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He got game
Harley Davidson opening a store in Lima, Peru
Dynasty (DMM.to) has late Friday evening news
And it's almost certainly positive, right?
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jul 8, 2016) - Dynasty Metals & Mining Inc. ("Dynasty" or the "Company") (DMM.TO)(DMMIF) announces that Ruben Gellibert has stepped down as the Company's Chief Financial Officer.
The management and board of Dynasty wish to communicate that there is an ongoing process in place to look for a replacement for Mr. Gellibert.
The management and board of Dynasty offer their sincere thanks to Mr. Gellibert for his contribution to the Company and his offer to assist with the relevant transition process. The Company also wishes him well in his future endeavors.
The Friday OT: Nils Frahm; Says
The studio version:
Youtube link here. His best track is 'Said and Done', but I don't want to scare you off immediately and this is still magnificent music.
Calafia Beach Pundit has also noticed the connection between gold and TIPS
"It's rare that the prices of two different asset classes should track each other over the years as well as TIPS and gold have."
Daryl Hodges and Chuck Higgins are now investing in Pasinex Resources (PSE)
Honestly Daryl, you'd be better off investing in a new pair of shoes.
PS: Hope you fixed up that pink speedboat, Chuck.
A reminder for the 'all metals are bullish' brigade
Even to get back to a pretty mediocre U$40/lb, the spot price of the buggy whip metal (you probably know it by its formal name of uranium) needs to rise by 50% from here.
HudBay (HBM) (HBM.to) Constancia copper production in May 2016
Your author receives a mail from Daryl Hodges...
UPDATE: Reader 'S' mails in to add...
In terms of your link to the corporate info on Four Twenty Investments…I've got one better for you:
Corporations Canada publishes all mandatory corporate info online for CBCA companies (the provinces have their own thing and you have to pay to search).
Maybe Mr. Dodges can read the big heading "CAUTION - THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH LEGISLATION" warning on the top……
That's the thing about shining light on roaches...
But what is interesting is this, a little further down the same page:
Seems that Daryl is still connected to 17 Ladykirk, however he might protest or try to con us otherwise.
UPDATE 3 Friday morning. And by some miracle...
...the lying toerag Hodges decides to change his home address too. You think you have all your tracks covered now?
Sandstorm 2q16
Just to be clear...
...a market that allows a 97c bot deal with a dog like BSX.to is either very close to a near-term maximum or there already. The world of stupid only expands so far.
The IKN Weekly on April 10th 2016: "It's time to be long gold stocks...to buy and hold... to position for the big wins, not the small fliptrades"
Robert's mouse and Mark's gold unicornBut Mousie, thou art no thy-lane,In proving foresight may be vain:The best laid schemes o' Mice an' MenGang aft agley,An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,For promis'd joy!To A Mouse, Robert Burns, 1785Find below the last paragraph of last week's intro piece, "Gold bulls living in the past", which gets a re-print this weekend as it's a good entry point to discuss the most likely weak point to my argument:Fear has dissipated, the markets have rallied and for my money, quite literally, the next piece in the puzzle is a gold price that disappoints its hardcore supporters and dips under the U$1,200/oz level for a while (they do enjoy a chance of shaking their fists at the world, though). That will be our cue to fill up on quality precious metals equities because as day follows night, we're staring at a whole sector that will be worth a lot more this time next year.I still agree with the theory behind most of last week's piece and the strategy that's been in place but there ain't no way to hide them lyin' eyes, every time gold pretends to do its weakness act it pings back in style.The great thing about having a plan is seeing it unfold and work well. The normal thing about having a plan to predict the near-term movements in gold is that it works right up to the moment it doesn't. Case in point, the strategy I've been running since February which did pretty well for a while by doing this:1) Predicted the gold price surge over U$1,200/oz2) Predicted it had a limit3) Predicted a re-trace from the top4) Predicted a new bottom price of around U$1,180/oz in late March (or early April).It's been fun, but nobody gets to score a run if you only get to third base. I've been through a process of reflection in the last few days, considering my position and re-reading my own words while watching gold and the miners do things that don't match my ideas. The weakness to my theory is that it got entrenched, I'm guilty of using U$1,180/oz as a totem and gold doesn't need to drop that far in order to have complied with the ballpark. To cut a long story short, theories are great until they don't match reality, I got too cute with both the market and myself, I'm bored with being wrong for the right reasons because two years of that is enough for any stomach. The main conclusion I've drawn is that gold may drop that extra bit and hit my unicorn number of $1,180/oz, but it doesn't matter much any more. It's a pencil-note in the margin, the correct position now is looking further out and positioning for where gold and this sector will be a year from now, not a week or even a month.The precious metals stocks game is changing in front of our eyes. The sector of stocks we follow may or may not be overbought in the very-short-term, but when gold breaches U$1,500/oz down the line (and it will) current prices for quality stocks will be remembered as the bargains they were. It's time to be long gold stocks, ladies and gentlemen. It's time to buy and hold. It's time to position for the big wins, not the small fliptrades.The final verse of To A Mouse by Rabbie Burns is the one where he tells the mouse that it's better off than he the human being, because a mouse lives in the present moment and doesn't suffer from regret about past actions, or trepidation of what might come next:Still, thou art blest, compar'd wi' me!The present only toucheth thee:But Och! I backward cast my e'e,On prospects drear!An' forward tho' I canna see,I guess an' fear!And two hundred and thirty years (and five months...I checked) after those words were written it would be all too easy to lose myself in past regrets and future fears.
- Woe is me, my prediction on gold's downside in early April hasn't materialized, I've missed out on stock winners.
- Woe is me, the fear and pressure, make the right prediction about the future of gold else suffer humiliation and pain.Write them down and the neurosis becomes both clear and ridiculous. The person who tries to call the detailed price moves in something as fickle as gold is on a fool's errand. Foolish I may be, especially about the short-term, but the real money is made by getting the big calls right, not the details. Gold's going higher, name your own price and timescale, be long the sector.
Regulus Resources Raises
Regulus Resources Inc. ("Regulus" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:REG) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Haywood Securities Inc. and PI Financial Corp. (together the "Agents") to raise aggregate gross proceeds of up to $10.02 million through the issuance of up to 8,350,000 units of the Company ("Units") at a price of $1.20 per Unit (the "Offering Price") on a commercially reasonable efforts private placement basis (the "Offering"). Each Unit shall consist of one common share and one-half of one transferable common share purchase warrant (each whole common share purchase warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one common share (a "Warrant Share") at a price per Warrant Share of $1.60 for a period of 42 months from the date of issuance. The Company will also grant the Agents an option (the "Agents' Option"), exercisable in whole or in part by giving notice to the Company at any time up to 48 hours prior to the closing date, to sell up to an additional 1,252,500 Units (the "Additional Units") at the Offering Price. Continues here.
Daryl Hodges' marijuana empire
My thanks to reader L.
Chart of the day is...
...the gold/silver ratio:
Another win on the "Ten Random Predictions" list for 2016:
2) Silver to rally against gold and the gold/silver ratio will finally break under 70/1. It's been that high since October 2014 but I think it could be better for the poor relation metal in the year ahead. However and the same as last year, I still much prefer gold mining stocks to silver mining stocks as the goldies have much more chance of making real profits.
Notably, my financial calls have been way better than my sporting calls this year.
Whatever happened to Daryl Hodges?
Mo' Asanko (from IKN373)
Asanko Gold (AKG): Its short attack and the company responseOn the blog last week we documented the unfolding short attack story around Asanko Gold (AKG), first by offering up the link to the K2 Associates report critical of the company and saying there's a potential 90% downside on the stock price (21), then by noting that AKG had apparently held a non-public conference call with anal ysts sympathetic to its cause, which is naughty according to the rules (22). I invite you to catch up on the doings and dealings via those two posts, what I want to elaborate on follows on from the AKG conference call.Well in fact that should be callS, because I've now learned that Asanko last week held not one but two private, off-record Conference Calls with analysts and funds that cover or own AKG. And what's interesting is that IKN has learned that even people who are "pro-Asanko" and were invited to participate came away with the feeling that they hadn't been told the whole truth. Under the circumstances, that of a private (and probably rule-breaking) CC convened to debunk the shorters and refute arguments, the lack of clarity on certain issues didn't go down as well as AKG might have wanted. The specifics tend to get down into the nitty-gritty of the K2 Associates arguments against AKG so to get the full picture you'd need to read their hit piece first, but I'm going to take those as read and provide a simple list. According to IKN sources:
- AKG said that K2 Associates did not include drill data beyond 2010. That's false, as anyone reading their literature and support documents can easily see.
- K2 raised issues about the projected strip rates in the Asanko mine plan, which AKG refuted by stating that it's not true the mine plan final strip ratio is below that of the previous mine owner Resolute's average. However that comes across as a Straw Man argument because that's not what K2 claimed in its document. The K2 argument is that in the years to come (up to shell 21, to be exact) the AKG strip ratio looks very low compared to evidence and history. Not the same by any means.
- AKG claims that K2 is using the average strip ratio of previous owner Resolute as its benchmark, in fact that doesn't take into account the real key data of marginal strip rate. Again, hints at a Straw Man.
- AKG was apparently asked by one person on the call whether its reserve estimate includes assumption that the ore zones expand beneath Resolute's old pit. This is a key point because previous owner Resolute states ore zones were thinning at the end of its tenure and it was one of the main reasons they gave up the concession. According to the source AKG got weaselly on this point, talking about the way their data implies this and that without bringing out solid evidence. Even to the taste of an "AKG Friend", the company avoided answering this question directly and seeded doubt in their mind.So four matters which may look like nitpicking, but devils are in the details on these matters and as stated, you would have thought that a private, off-record CC with people sympathetic to your cause would be the place to lay out your argument in a transparent manner. My source came away from the CC that was supposed to bolster the AKG cause with more doubts, rather than less, and this effect may be behind the lack of response from the stock price after the CCs were done. This five day chart of AKG versus the XAU index shows how the stock didn't get any of the big boost enjoyed by the sector on Thursday and especially Friday (the XAU popped 5% Friday, a big move for the index and the first time it's been above 100 for a long, long time).Ultimately this AKG battle will be resolved by hard numbers and the next batch, the 2q16 production results, are going to be an important set to consider. AKG is likely to guide strongly for the quarters to come but the timing of the short report attack, just before quarter's end, means that the 2q16 numbers are going to be relatively free from bias and should provide strong clues as to who is right and who is wrong. I'm staying neutral on this story though, for one thing we're in a bull market (Mr. Partridge) and those can cover multitudes of sins. For another, AKG has a distinct data advantage and all the numbers about all its mining all of the time, we on the outside are always reduced to best-guessery and that could mean K2 is plain wrong in its assumptions. We shall see, but the AKG 2q16 production report will be one pored over closely by the mining world, K2 has seen to that and AKG didn't do itself any favours by leaving gaps in its responses and doubts in the minds of sympathizers during those grey-areas private ConfCalls last week.
How IKN affects lives
A deep bow to longtime reader Joe, who saw this in Toronto today and sent in his photo (to be clear, he's not the owner)
Errr...probably, right?
Posting will be light...
...on this blog, IKN, during the daylight hours of today Monday. For secret reasons.
The IKN Weekly, out now
IKN373 has just been sent to subscribers. Long one, plenty of stuff in it and to top it off, a new stock reco. Mostly written while enjoying the music of JS Bach. Happy daze.
Minera IRL news: In Ollachea tonight...
Iceland's football fans salute their team today
No matter who lifts the cup next weekend IKN gives you the hands-down winners of Euro16:
The Iceland team and their amazing fans. Deepest respect.
The "Resource Curse" does not exist
Auty (1993) and Sachs and Warner (1997) reignited the line of argument of the resource curse: the idea that natural resource wealth has negative net effects on the development of nations. However, the result has been found to be highly dependent on the types of variables used to represent natural resource wealth (Brunnschweiler, 2007) and similar questions can raised about variables used to represent being "cursed". In this paper we pursue the hunt for better variables by looking at the relationship between average income from natural resources per person and a wide array of key development indicators: Adjusted National Net Income, GDP per capita, an aggregate of services and industrialized goods, inequality measured by the Gini index, Poverty, the Human Development Index, the Prosperity Index, the Social Progress Index and the Fragile State Index. We do this on a global scale between 1970 and 2010. On the contrary, we find that natural resource wealth is positively linked to development. We suggest, alternatively, that much of the actual cases where abundant natural resources hurt nations have been cases of common theft by tyrants, often backed by imperial powers.
Read the whole paper here.


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Return to Jennette McCurdy
Jennette Michelle Faye McCurdy started her music career in 2009 with her debut single titled "So Close". As of January 2012, she has released four singles and two Extended Play (EP)s: one with five songs and another with seven. She has been signed on with two music labels; first, Your Tyme LLC and then Capitol Records Nashville.
She has stopped and is concentrating on acting.
Your Tymes Record, LLC
- So Close (single) (10/3/2009), Co-written with Ty Stevens and Joy Williams
- Homeless Heart (single) (5/19/2009), Cover of Amanda Stott's version.
Capitol Records Nashville
- Not That Far Away (single) (6/1/2010), Co-written with Rachel Proctor and Blair Daly
- Not That Far Away EP (Extended play) (8/17/2010) including the following songs: Not That Far Away, Stronger, Break Your Heart, Me With You and Put Your Arms Around Someone.[1] Stronger was released later on NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 35 on August 31, 2010.[2] Also see this Portuguese Wikipedia page on the EP. The EP was given a positive review, "This EP really carves a road for Jennette in the country music business. In Jennette's voice I really see a little bit of Carrie Underwood mixed in with a little bit of Martina McBride. Although she is just a teenager she already has the voice and singing skills of a talented and established singer."[3]
- Generation Love (single) (3/15/2011), Written by Tom Douglas, Heather Morgan & Ross Copperman [4]
- Jennette Mcurdy EP (2/24/2012) 7 songs, 1 bonus track[5]
- Jennette McCurdy (album) (5/6/2012 or 1/6/2012).[6] Jennette commented on the upcoming album, "I really wanted to just be honest to myself, stay true to myself with every song and deliver a CD that I felt reflected who I am as a person and tell the stories of my life because I feel that that's what people will relate to the most. Country music strikes a chord in people's hearts that makes you think 'wow! I know exactly what they're talking about. I felt that before.' I wanted people to be able to feel the same thing and I felt that could only be accomplished if I really wrote what I knew."[7]
- McCurdy left Capitol Records in July of 2012 and will continue to work as an actress for the time being [8]
Chart History
|Peak position
|"Not That Far Away EP"
|Billboard Hot Country Songs
|"Not That Far Away EP"
|Billboard Top Heatseekers Charts
|"Jennette McCurdy (EP)[11]"
|"Jennette McCurdy (Album)[12]"
|Peak position
|"So Close"
|iTunes Country Charts
|"Homeless Heart"
|iTunes Pop Charts
|"Not That Far Away"
|iTunes Pop Charts
|"Not That Far Away"
|Billboard Hot Country Charts
|"Not That Far Away"
|Mexican Charts
|30[citation needed]
|"Generation Love"
|Billboard Hot Country Charts
Details of singles
So Close
|So Close
|Your Tyme Records, LLC
|Jennette McCurdy, Ty Stevens, Joy William
So Close[15] is the debut single written by Jennette McCurdy, Joy Williams and Ty Stevens under the label Your Tyme, LLC. It was released on iTunes and Amazon.com on March 9, 2009.[16]
The song is about a girl's crush on a boy who seems "so close" but is physically or metaphorically far away. It was written based on an experience of McCurdy's. Country Music Television's Alison Bonaguro described it as "a refreshing country sound from the otherwise all-pop-music factory known as Nickelodeon".[17]
The single reached 16# and 53# on the iTunes Country and Pop Charts, respectively, within the first day of release, and was kept on these two charts for at least a week.
Jennette remarked, "it's been a lot of hard work and I'm so happy it's finally coming out. I thank you all for your constant encouragement as it's really helped me to keep on keepin' on! THANKS!".[18] She continued, ""I've been so pleased with (the response to the song). It makes me so, so, so happy to hear that people really like it." "I want to thank you guys so so so so SO much for going and downloading So Close, my first single on iTunes."[19][20]
It stayed on the iTunes Charts for around four weeks.[21] In terms of iTunes chart performance, this was her most successful single to date.
External Links
- Dutch Wikipedia entry on So Close
- Spanish Wikipedia entry on So Close
- Portuguese Wikipedia entry on So Close
Homeless Heart
Homeless Heart is a song by Canadian singer Amanda Stott from her second album Chasing the Sky and featured in the album Women & Songs 9.[22] Stott also released a music video of the song shot in Cuba.[23] It is written by Andreas Carlsson, Desmond Child, and Harry Sommerdahl and was very popular.[24][25] She described it as "a song that can be taken from the perspective of a relationship or a parent to a child or even a person's faith, where people can make the song their own and put themselves in it."[26]
Bryan Rice version
Danish pop singer Bryan Rice released his version and a remix of Stott's version with Tom Belton in Auguest 2006. While Stott's version opened with "Lonesome Stranger" Rice's version started with "Lonesome beauty". He also released a music video (not a remix) of the song shot in New York City.[27][28] It was a hit single for him.[29]
Tobias Regner version
The winner of Germany's Deutschland Sucht den SuperStar (season 3), Tobias Regner, made a pop/rock version of the song in his album, Sraight, which reached 99th position in the European Top 100 Albums for 6 weeks.[30] Regner's version also opened with "Lonesome Beauty" and changed the line "You've got to find" to "You gotta find".
Jennette McCurdy version
Jennette's cover was released as her second single under Your Tyme LLC, following exactly Stott's lyrics.[31] Within the first week of release, it reached #43 on the iTunes Country charts and peaked at #24 on the UK iTunes Country music chart.
The song was for McCurdy's recently deceased friend Cody Waters, and 20% of proceeds were donated to the Cody Waters Foundation.[32][33]
External links
- Dutch Wikipedia Entry on Homeless Heart
- Spanish Wikipedia Entry on Homeless Heart
- Portuguese Wikipedia Entry on Homeless Heart
- Preserved page on the English wikipedia on Homeless Heart
Not That Far AwayNot That Far Away is Jennette's third single, written by Blair Daly, Rachel Proctor & Jennette. It was released to country radio on May 24, 2010 and as a music download on June 1, 2010.[34][35] The song serves as her debut single and the lead-off single to her upcoming debut album with Capitol Nashville. Jennette was at North Star Mall singing this and her other songs on the EP for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.[36]
"Not That Far Away" is an up-tempo song featuring prominent banjo and electric guitar with steel guitar fills. The song's female narrator describes the scenario of a young girl, who dreams of becoming a country artist, heading out of town to Nashville, Tennessee in pursuit of her dream. In leaving, she finds herself assuring her mother that she's "not that far away" from her hometown in California.
Jennette said, "This song really captures the last year of my life. I've been in Nashville writing for and recording my record and following my dream while really missing my family and friends back in Garden Grove, California."[37] The single was chosen in a fan-voted poll that featured samples of six songs from her upcoming record; "Not That Far Away," with 30% of the total votes, was selected for release.
It reached #58 on the Billboard Country charts the first week (Billboard week starting July 10, 2010)[38] and re-entred at #60 in a second week.[39]
Jim Kiest remarked, "A perfectly credible...country debut about chasing dreams..."[40]
Music Video
The music video, which was directed by Roman White and shot in Watertown, Tennessee, premiered on Nickelodeon (TV channel and Country Music Television on August 14, 2010.[41] In the video, Jennette is shown moving into a new home, arranging furniture and putting up pictures of her alongside her mother. She then takes her guitar and walks through town, eventually making her way to a coffee shop, where she performs the song during open mic night. Throughout the video, Jennette is also shown talking on the phone and writing in a journal, as well as singing the song from various locations.
External Links
Generation LoveGeneration Love is the title of a song recorded by Jennette. It was her 4th overall single, 2nd single for her upcoming album and was available for the first time on March 15, 2011 as a digital download on iTunes and Amazon. It was released to radio airplay on April 25, 2011.[42] The song was written by Tom Douglas, Heather Morgan & Ross Copperman.[43] It was produced by Jay DeMarcus, bandmember of the Rascal Flatts. Jennette performed it along with other songs from her Not That Far Away EP across America, raising a huge sum of amount for St. Jude's Hospital.[44][45]
The song's female narrator laments on the modern generation, which is seen as selfish and caught up in mainly the technological world. It is contrasted with the early generations of the Great Depression, War veterans and the post-World War Two generation that performed feats such as landing on the moon. The main message is to convince the current generation to be a generation that is one of love--"Generation Love".
Producer Jay DeMarcus placed it succinctly, ""I think a lot of times this generation is overlooked and people think things come too easy for them. This song is a great message that there are a lot of great kids and there is an opportunity to turn it around."[46]
Jay DeMarcus noted, "Coming from her (Jennette) and the way she sings it with such conviction, it's just a great message".[47]
It debuted at #57 on the Billboard Country chart on the week starting May 2, 2011, although Billboard placed it officially on May 14, 2011.[48][49]
On the week starting May 9 (Billboard placing it officially on week starting May 21, 2011), it moved up to #50.[50][51]
The song reached a peak at #44 on the Billboard Country chart of the week starting May 16, 2011 (Billboard placing it officially on week starting May 28, 2011).[52][53]
It dipped one position to #45 on the week starting May 23, 2011 (or as Billboard released it, June 4, 2011).[54][55]
It regained in its fifth week (Billboard.biz news week starting 31 May 2011) to the high of #44.[56]
In terms of Billboard chart performance, this was her most successful single to date.
In the Billboard.biz week starting 6 June 2011 (or official chart week starting June 18, 2011), it dropped to #46.[57][58]
In the Billboard.biz week starting 13 June 2011 (official chart week June 25, 2011), it fell to a low of #54. It has been on the charts for seven weeks.[59][60]
It no longer charted on the Billboard.biz week starting 20 June 2011. It thus remained on the charts for seven weeks, hitting #44 twice. This is Jennette's highest ranked single on the Billboard charts so far.[61]
Music Video
The music video of the song, which was directed by Roman White premiered on CMT around April 29, 2011.[62] It reached #2 on the iTunes Country charts. In the video, Jennette is shown singing on a building rooftop with the ground littered with red hearts shapes. Throughout the video, young people are shown holding posters or balloons with hearts, and helping the older generation.
For the week starting 6 June 2011, the music video made it to CMT's Top 20 Countdown Viewers Poll.[63]
External Links
Not That Far Away Extended Play (EP) (2010)
Not That Far Away is the debut extended play released from country music singer and actress Jennette McCurdy.
It was released on August 17, 2010. It features her debut single "Not That Far Away," which peaked at No. 58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of July 10, 2010. This EP is currently unavailable in terms of digital downloading or physical CD.
It peaked at #3 on the Top Heatseekers chart and #32 on the Billboard Country Albums charts.[64] According to the Portuguese Wikipedia, it also hit #96 on the Mexican Charts.[65]
External Links
Jennette McCurdy Extended Play (EP) (2012)
Jennette's "brand new EP", simply titled as "Jennette McCurdy" was released on 24 January 2012, initially only at Justice stores (a brand for young girl's clothing)[66][67]
It features seven tracks, according to this photograph, including the already featured single, "Generation Love"[68](See also [69]). Since it is an EP, some fans were disappointed (See previous reference). A full, 10 song album will later be released on iTunes.[70]
According to the front page of her official website, once you obtain the album/EP, you can also get a free download of a bonus song, titled "Broken Umbrella".
According to unverified sources on the Spanish Wikipedia, the EP hit #3 on the Billboard Country Albums charts and #5 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums charts. This however is strictly unverified.[71]
External Links
Jennette McCurdy (Album)
Her début album was released on Amazon.com on 5/6/2012[72] and iTunes on 1/6/2012.[73]
It features 10 songs, including "Generation Love". The album picture cover appears to be the same as that in her 2012 EP of the same title.
External Links
External links
- Jennette McCurdy's music section on her website
- Jennette McCurdy on CMT
- Jennette McCurdy on iLike.com
- Jennette McCurdy chart history on Billboard.com--not updated!
- Jennette McCurdy discography on AllMusic.com--super outdated
- ↑ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/not-that-far-away-ep/
- ↑ PR Newswire, World's Best-Selling Music Compilation Series Announces August 31 Release Date For NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 35, PR Newswire, August 2, 2010
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20131003091224/http://heavenlyreviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/not-that-far-away-ep-review.html
- ↑ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/generation-love-single/id421627903
- ↑ http://justjennette.com/music/jennette-mccurdy-self-titled-album/
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Jennette-McCurdy-digital-booklet/dp/B008723QPE
- ↑ http://countrymusictattletale.com/2010/08/25/jennette-mccurdy-releases-her-first-ep-not-that-far-away/
- ↑ Jennette leaves Capitol Nashville Records
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/jennette-mccurdy/chart-history/1015515?f=324&g=Albums
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/jennette-mccurdy/chart-history/1015515?f=324&g=Albums
- ↑ http://www.jennettemccurdy.com/news.html?item=48
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennette_McCurdy_%28album%29
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs?chartDate=2010-07-24&begin=1&order=gainer#/charts/country-songs?chartDate=2010-07-10&order=gainer
- ↑ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/billboardbiz/photos/pdf/country_update_0516.pdf
- ↑ Nikki Katz, Jennette McCurdy Shares First Single News!, Junior Celebs, January 19, 2009
- ↑ http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=307073658&s=143460
- ↑ http://blog.cmt.com/2009-03-23/has-icarlys-sam-gone-country/
- ↑ Nikki Katz, Jennette McCurdy 'So Close', Junior Celebs, March 10, 2009
- ↑ Marisa Donelan, NO, SHE DOESN'T BEAT UP BOYS: 'iCarly' star Jennette McCurdy heads to Worcester on Sunday, Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, Massachusetts), March 14, 2009
- ↑ Nikki Katz, Jennette McCurdy Thanks Fans, Junior Celebs, March 14, 2009
- ↑ Nikki Katz, Jennette McCurdy Working Hard on Album, Junior Celebs, April 16, 2009
- ↑ http://shopemi.com/album_page.asp?upc_id=724386046604
- ↑ The Halifax Daily News (Nova Scotia), Amanda to open for Kalan , The Halifax Daily News (Nova Scotia), February 3, 2005
- ↑ http://www.warnerchappell.com/wcm_2/song_search/song_detail/songview_2.jsp?esongId=859488300&view=splitinfo
- ↑ Cam Fuller, Brandon musician 'destined to be a significant force', The Star Phoenix (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), March 10, 2005
- ↑ Karen Blss, Amanda Stott, Canadian Musician, SECTION: Pg. 44 Vol. 27 No. 3, May 1, 2005
- ↑ http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewVideo?id=150984557&s=143444
- ↑ http://www.bryanrice.com/flash/popUpPlayer.jsp?mediaId=1015869&containerId=
- ↑ http://www.uefa.com/under21/news/newsid=1630807.html
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=293&cfgn=Albums&cfn=European+Top+100+Albums&ci=3067081&cdi=8640606&cid=06%2F24%2F2006
- ↑ http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=316244934&s=143444
- ↑ The Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia),STAR SPESH Jennette McCurdy,Pg. 30, The Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia), March 23, 2010
- ↑ Brandy McDoneel, 'iCarly' sidekick takes center stage on tour, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK), April 11, 2011
- ↑ http://www.zimbio.com/Jennette+McCurdy/articles/JGknFP9UDnc/Jennette+McCurdy+Hot+Country+Not+Far+Away
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003MLSTB6/ref=sr_1_album_1_rd?ie=UTF8&child=B003MLSTFM&qid=1282587413&sr=1-1
- ↑ Robert Johnson, I, Jennette, San Antonio Express-News, April 14, 2011
- ↑ http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2010/05/11/icarly-star-jennette-mccurdy-not-that-far-away-single-debut-album/
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/country-songs?chartDate=2010-07-10&order=gainer
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs?chartDate=2010-07-24&begin=1&order=gainer#/charts/country-songs?chartDate=2010-07-24&begin=1&order=gainer
- ↑ Jime Kiest, Singles,San Antonio Express-News, June 9, 2010
- ↑ http://www.cmt.com/videos/misc/552480/not-that-far-away.jhtml?id=1645770
- ↑ http://www.allaccess.com/country/future-releases
- ↑ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/generation-love-single/id421627903
- ↑ AOL Music, Jennette McCurdy's 'Love' Raises $140,000 For St. Jude's, AOL Music, 27 April 2011.
- ↑ Dale Roe, Celebrate Lemony Snicket with cake, Austin American-Statesman (Texas), 13 April 2011
- ↑ McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Sun Journal, 'ICARLY' STAR JENNETTE MCCURDY SHOWS REAL PROMISE WITH 'GENERATION', McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Sun Journal, 1 March 2011
- ↑ McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Sun Journal, 'ICARLY' STAR JENNETTE MCCURDY SHOWS REAL PROMISE WITH 'GENERATION', McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Sun Journal, 1 March 2011
- ↑ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/billboardbiz/photos/pdf/country_update_0502.pdf
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/country-songs?chartDate=2011-05-14&order=gainer
- ↑ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/billboardbiz/photos/pdf/country_update_0509.pdf
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/country-songs?chartDate=2011-05-21&order=gainer
- ↑ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/billboardbiz/photos/pdf/country_update_0516.pdf
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/country-songs?chartDate=2011-05-28&order=gainer
- ↑ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/billboardbiz/photos/pdf/country_update_0523.pdf
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/country-songs?order=drop
- ↑ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/billboardbiz/photos/pdf/country_update_0531.pdf
- ↑ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/billboardbiz/photos/pdf/country_update_0606.pdf
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/country-songs?order=drop
- ↑ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/billboardbiz/photos/pdf/country_update_0613.pdf
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/country-songs?order=drop
- ↑ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/billboardbiz/photos/pdf/country_update_0620.pdf
- ↑ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/music-video/generation-love/id431262263
- ↑ http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/top_twenty_countdown/series_wildcard.jhtml?wildcard=%2Fdynamic_templates%2Fshows%2Fcenter_templates%2Fwildcard%2Ftop_twenty_countdown%2F2011%2Ftop20_viewers_poll_main.jhtml
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts#/charts/country-albums?chartDate=2010-09-04&order=gainer
- ↑ http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennette_McCurdy#.C3.81lbuns
- ↑ http://www.jennettemccurdy.com/news.html?item=48
- ↑ http://www.bsckids.com/2012/01/jenette-mccurdys-new-album-will-hit-justice-stores-exclusively/
- ↑ http://justjennette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Track-listing.jpg
- ↑ http://justjennette.com/2012/02/08/jennette-mccurdy-tweets-a-major-album-update/
- ↑ http://jennettemccurdy.com/news.html?item=43
- ↑ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennette_McCurdy#EP.27s
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Jennette-McCurdy-digital-booklet/dp/B008723QPE
- ↑ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/jennette-mccurdy/id530820687

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Reining in the filibuster will cause a hue and cry, but some Democrats think it may be necessary and overdue.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will have a big decision to make come January: whether to use an arguably heavy-handed rule change to make it easier for Democrats to push legislation through the Senate.
Pressure is rising for him to do so. He'll be castigated by opponents if he does and rouse the anger of liberals if he doesn't. He hasn't made a decision, but he's certainly thinking about it.
It's all about the cloture rule -- the 60-vote threshold required to shut off a filibuster -- which in today's Senate is the only way to get anything passed. With 59 Democrats and independents who align with Democrats, Reid rarely scores a win without the help of a moderate Republican or two. It'll be much harder next year, with Republicans likely to cut into the Democratic majority by anywhere from four to eight seats.
Reid has a onetime chance to change the cloture rule, dropping the vote threshold to 55 or even lower. You might ask, how is that possible, since everything in the Senate is debatable and it takes 60 to stop debate. That is largely true, but there are a couple of exceptions, and one gives Reid an opening.
Here's how it would go: The first order of business when the new Senate convenes in January is the recognition of the majority leader for the adoption of the rules of the Senate. Reid could include the cloture threshold change in the package he presents. Republicans would surely object, but the presiding officer, Vice President Joe Biden could deny the objection. The rules could then be accepted on a simple majority vote. It's not a debatable motion requiring 60 to invoke cloture. Note that this is a onetime shot. Changing the rules after a new Senate adopts them requires 67 Senate votes.
Reid and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Reid's lieutenant, and Charles Schumer (D-NY), chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, all say they are "considering" the option. "Considering" is different from saying "will" or "planning to." Nonetheless, none of the three is saying "no way." Reid goes so far as to say the cloture rule "needs to be reconsidered in light of the abuse." Should Reid lose his reelection fight -- a distinct possibility -- either Durbin or Schumer is likely to become majority leader.
Reid and Durbin have met with frustrated and more liberal members of the caucus -- Sherrod Brown (OH), Pat Leahy (VT), Bernie Sanders (VT), Al Franken (MN), John Kerry (MA) and others -- to discuss the option.
Supporters of a change say the filibuster has been misused in modern times and insist there is no real basis for requiring a supermajority of 60 to stop it. As Schumer puts it: "Cloture is not in the Constitution. It's not in the Declaration of Independence. It's not in the Bill of Rights. It's not in any amendment to the Constitution. It is not in any legal text. No judge has blessed it. It is basically nowhere, except in the Senate rules as amended in the 1900s, long after the first senators took their seat."
Schumer can often be a partisan buzz saw and spinmeister, but he's right on every part of his quote.
The cloture rule never existed until 1917, and that was at the request of President Woodrow Wilson to stop Senate intransigence and ratify the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I. Cloture, requiring two-thirds of the Senate as prescribed at the time it was implemented, was invoked.
It was also the case in early Senate history that cloture wasn't required because objectors simply spoke as long as they could to stop a vote – the truest definition of a filibuster. There are several of note. Sen. Henry Clay of Kentucky is considered the pioneer of the filibuster, with a legendary stem-winder in 1841. (The length of Clay's speech – on a banking bill – is disputed, but it is normally considered the better part of a full day, according to the Senate Historical Office.) The longest: Strom Thurmond (R-SC), who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes in opposition to a voting rights bill in 1957. The last line of his historic and record-setting filibuster was, "Mr. President, I expect to vote against this bill."
The Senate changed the cloture rule in 1975, reducing it from two-thirds (67) to three-fifths (60). That change was made by Sens. Walter Mondale (D-MN) and Edmund Muskie (D-ME). This was post-Watergate, and the Senate was stymied. Mondale and Muskie shored up the 67 votes required to change the rules. They didn't use what Reid, Durbin and Schumer call the "Constitutional Option."
Maybe they didn't need to or want to. Maybe Reid both wants to and needs to. We'll all see in the first few minutes when the Senate gavels to order in January.


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scan is one of the dvb-apps tools. It scans specific frequencies for programs that can be received and generates a channel list. Depending on where you get your dvb-utils package, the program to use is called scan or dvbscan. In the following examples, we'll use the name dvbscan. The First steps with a budget DVB card page shows examples using different names.
dvbscan does not have a man page. If you run it without parameters, it gives you an overview of the commands, which is usually only sufficient for experts.
dvbscan requires a channel information file to do its job. These files are supplied with the package, but the location where they are installed may vary. In the following examples, the directory is /usr/local/share/dvb/scan/dvb-t/; other installations also use /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/eamples/scan/dvb-t/. In each case, the name of the file you're looking for is of the form cc-Ttttt, where cc is a two-letter country abbreviation, and Ttttt is the name of the location of the transmitter. So in Adelaide, Australia, you'd look for a file called au-Adelaide; in Oxford, UK (the example at First steps with a budget DVB card) you would use uk-Oxford.
Note also that there are other files with similar names:
- /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/eamples/dvb-t/au-Adelaide is a copy of /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/eamples/scan/dvb-t/au-Adelaide.
- /usr/local/share/dvb/zap/dvb-t/au-Adelaide is a canned version of the output of dvbscan. It may be out of date, so it's better to generate it from dvbscan, but if you can't get dvbscan to work, you might get further by using this file.
dvbscan outputs a lot of data. Here's some of it:
$ dvbscan /usr/local/share/dvb/scan/dvb-t/au-Adelaide scanning /usr/local/share/dvb/scan/dvb-t/au-Adelaide using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' initial transponder 226500000 1 3 9 3 1 1 0 (etc)
This information tells you what hardware and channels dvbscan is talking to. There are often many lines of transponder information. The information shown here is wrapped over two lines to make it easier to read.
>>> tune to: 226500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64: TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE 0x0000 0x0250: pmt_pid 0x0102 ABC -- ABC HDTV (running) 0x0000 0x0251: pmt_pid 0x0100 ABC -- ABC TV Adelaide (running) ... 0x0000 0x0257: pmt_pid 0x0106 ABC -- ABC DiG Jazz (running) Network Name 'ABC Adelaide'
This is the tuning information for the first transponder. Each transponder can transmit multiple programmes. The last one is a radio programme, which you can see from the output later on.
During scanning, you may see error messages like:
>>> tune to: 571500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64: TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8:HIERARCHY_NONE WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
This is not fatal. It's possible that the scan files contain information about stations that are not yet, or no longer, in service. Check the output at the end to see whether you have all the advertised programmes.
At the end, dvbscan outputs a list of channels corresponding to what it has found, for example:
ABC HDTV:226500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_3_4:QAM_64: TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:2314:0:592 ABC DiG Jazz:226500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_3_4:QAM_64: TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:2318:599 ... TEN Digital:219500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_1_2:QAM_64: TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:512:650:1617
This is a "colon-separated" file. It consists of a number of fields delimited by colons. Here's the meaning of the three lines shown above:
|First programme
|Second programme
|Third programme
|Programme name
|ABC DiG Jazz
|TEN Digital
|Frequency (Hz)
|Inversion mode
|Symbol rate
|FEC name, HP
|FEC name, LP
|Transmission mode
|Guard interval
|Hierarchy information
|Video pid
|Audio pid
|Service ID
These fields vary depending on the type of modulation; the ones shown are for QFDM (and, paradoxically, not for QAM). For other forms of modulation, the meanings of the fields differ. See the source code (and document it, please!) at util/scan/dump-zap.c.
Looking at the values, it's clear that ABC DiG Jazz is a radio programme, since it doesn't have a video pid. Less clear is why ABC HDTV does not have an audio pid. This is a real issue: this means that when tuning to these streams, no audio is output. We'll look at how to solve this problem below.
The frequencies shown here are in Hz. They correspond to 226.5 MHz for ABC and 219.5 MHz for TEN. Note that the first two programmes are the same frequency, so they come in the same MPEG stream. They're distinguished by the pids.
creating channels.conf
The data shown above is what tzap and friends want in their channels.conf file. tzap expects to find it in a file ~/.tzap/channels.conf. Create it like this:
$ cd ~ $ mkdir .tzap $ dvbscan /usr/local/share/dvb/scan/dvb-t/au-Adelaide > .tzap/channels.conf
Presumably czap and szap require directories called ~/.czap and ~/.szap, but you should confirm this.
No sound with HDTV
scan does not alwyas recognize the audio streams, at least for DVB-T. In Australia, most channels broadcast HDTV with AC3 audio, which scan does not recognize when invoked as above. The result is the output shown above for ABC HDTV: no audio.
This is almost certainly a bug in scan. Until it is fixed, you can proceed in the following way:
- Create the channels.conf file as shown above.
- Run tzap to tune to the stream:
$ tzap -S "ABC HDTV" &
The -S ("silent") option tells tzap not to output its usual signal quality information; the & tells the shell to issue a new prompt when it has started tzap.
Next, run dvbscan with the -c (scan on currently tuned transponder only) option:
$ dvbscan -c using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' 0x0000 0x0250: pmt_pid 0x0102 ABC -- ABC HDTV (running) 0x0000 0x0251: pmt_pid 0x0100 ABC -- ABC TV Adelaide (running) dumping lists (6 services) ABC HDTV (0x0250) 01: PCR 0x0905 V 0x090a TT 0x090c AC3 0x090b ABC TV Adelaide (0x0251) 01: PCR 0x0080 V 0x0200 A 0x028a (eng) TT 0x0240 AC3 0x0294
This output was limited to the interesting information. The last two lines show the output for ABC HDTV and ABC TV Adelaide. ABC TV Adelaide has a video pid 0x200, an audio pid 0x28a, and an AC3 pid 0x294. The meanings of the other values still need to be documented.
By contrast, ABC HDTV has a video pid 0x90a, and AC3 pid 0x90b--and no audio pid. This is the problem. In the output from scan based on the transmitter data, the corresponding values are (leaving out the middle of the lines, which aren't of interest here):
ABC HDTV: ... :2314:0:592 ABC TV Adelaide: ... :512:650:593
As described above, the third-last value is the video pid, and the second-last value is the audio pid. In this output they're in decimal, while in the output of dvbscan -c they're in hexadecimal; but they correspond.
To work around the lack of audio pid in ABC HDTV, convert the value of the AC3 pid (0x90b) to decimal (2315) and edit the channels.conf file:


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WELLSBURG – Gary L. Grooms II and Jessica L. Harvey were united in marriage at Lakeview Resort in Morgantown on Dec. 1, 2012, during a 4:30 p.m. ceremony with Pastor Tom Edgell officiating.
The bride, the daughter of the late Thomas L. Harvey, was given in marriage by her mother, T. Louise Harvey of Bridgeport, W.Va. She wore an ivory and champagne strapless gown with sweetheart neckline featuring sparkling champagne crystals and sequins at the neckline. The waist was embellished with a champagne silk charmeuse band with delicate embroidery throughout the dress and chapel length train. She carried a bouquet of red roses, lizianthus, tulips, and dusty miller.
The groom is the son of Paulette Grooms of Wellsburg and the late Gary L. Grooms.
Brooke Cunningham of Bridgeport, served as her sister's matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Shannon Harvey and Jenalyn Mayle, both of Bridgeport.
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The gathering outside the Westfield Marriott hotel in Chantilly included Ron Paul supporters, Occupy veterans, members of the 9/11 truth movement and Oath Keepers, a Tea Party-affiliated group comprised of military and law enforcement officers.
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The annual off-the-record gathering of global leaders in finance policy and national security was taking place behind chainlink fencing, No Trespassing signs and scores of local police. At the base of the driveway, the protesters congregated to denounce the meeting and shout at the occasional vehicles that entered and exited.
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'Data' is not synonymous with 'meaning'. Although in all the recent fuss about Sir Tim Berners-Lee's attempt to overturn the UK Civil Service's ingrained culture of secrecy, this might easily be overlooked.
The announcement of data.gov.uk is to be welcomed, but it is only the first step on a long and complex road. The fears expressed by the data custodians, that data might be interpreted differently from the way intended, just shows how much we are still governed by vested interests who act 'in our own good'. Sorry, give us the data, and let us make our own interpretations, good or bad.
So, data.gov.uk is a good thing. But it could turn into the veritable Pandora's Box without some kind of agreed framework within which data are interpreted and evaluated. I am indebted to the KIDMM community for flagging-up the fact that a European focus group has been working on this very problem for some time.
The all-Europe Comité Européen de Normalisation (CEN), is a rather shadowy organisation which seems to work on standards issues in the background, and then suddenly spring into the limelight with a proposal for a new ISO standard. One of their workshops – Discovery of and Access to eGovernment Resources (CEN/ISSS WS/eGov-Share) – appears to have done precisely this with (I assume) a proposal to the SC34 working group (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34/WG3). This working group is concerned with producing standard architectures for information management and interchange based on SGML, and their current focus is the Topic Maps standard Topic Maps (ISO/IEC 13250).
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Texas native Bill Paxton's next project is a documentary on the assassination of JFK, but don't look for any wild-eyed conspiracy tale.
Paxton is producing the film along with Tom Hanks in time for the 50th anniversary. Interviews are already underway for the project, which will be a straightforward telling of documented events.
"I went to Tom and said no one has really told this story," Paxton told Popcorn Biz, referring to his efforts to bring Hanks onto the producing team. "We're not going to go fantasy, we're going documented."
"It's a story that's always been told with a conspiracy angle," he said, indicating projects such as Oliver Stone's "JFK." "We're not going to dramatize stuff we don't know about."
As a child, Paxton saw Kennedy give his last speech in front of the Hotel Texas and the events that followed have haunted him his whole life. "I was 81/2 when I saw the speech," he says. "After that it was an embarrassment to say you you were from Texas much less Fort Worth or Dallas."
At the end of this multi-part documentary, he hopes it will answer a lot of questions.
"I can understand how conspiracy stories started," says Paxton. "Things people point to as complicity to me were gross negligence that was covered up. I do believe there were other plots to kill the President."
"But in the final analysis on that particular day, it was Lee Harvey Oswald all the way."


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Steven Teles's The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement is the best and most thorough attempt to document the spectacular growth of conservative efforts to influence the law since the 1970s. Both scholars and legal activists have much to learn from his careful account of this important episode in legal history.Hat tip.
Teles's most important finding is that effective institutionalization of legal change requires not only a demand for reform by voters or interest groups, but also a supply of trained advocates, public interest law firms, and judges willing and able to influence the law in the direction desired by an insurgent political movement. As Teles effectively demonstrates, public demand for legal change does not in itself generate the needed supply of institutional resources. Through his analysis of the growth of conservative and libertarian organizations such as the Federalist Society, the Institute for Justice, the Center for Individual Rights, and others, Teles chronicles the difficulties faced by the legal right in their attempts to create the cadre of lawyers and institutions they needed to challenge liberal dominance over the law. The successes and failures of this effort are instructive.
Part III also briefly discusses a few limitations of Teles's argument. Perhaps the most important shortcoming is his neglect of social conservatives' efforts at law reform. Most of Teles's account focuses on libertarian organizations that sought to use judicial review to limit the power of government. Social conservatives, by contrast, sought to undo judicial constraints on government power for the purpose of using the state to advance social conservative ends, most notably, banning abortion and pornography. Fuller consideration of the social conservative experience is needed to test the generalizability of Teles's conclusions.
Finally, Part IV shifts gears and addresses some of the lessons of Teles's account for libertarians and conservatives who wish to strengthen judicial limits on government intervention in the economy. To succeed, pro-market public interest organizations must keep their distance from business interests. In addition, Teles shows that pro-market legal activists have not done enough to promote follow-up litigation to exploit and enforce major precedential victories. On this point, as on others, legal activists of the right can learn from their left-of-center counterparts.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Teles Reviewed Yet Again
Legal History Blog has already noted Mark Tushnet's review of Steven Teles's Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement. Ilya Somin, George Mason University School of Law, has just posted another, Lessons from the Rise of Legal Conservatism, which is forthcoming in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. The abstract follows:
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- Alfred Brophy said...
Dan--Teles may be the most reviewed book in legal history this year--or maybe it'll be _Exporting American Dreams_. We'll see.
Pretty soon we'll need a review of the reviews, because in Teles' case I think the book has become an inkblot for reviewers' ideas about the conservative legal movement....
- February 20, 2009 at 9:53:00 AM EST
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By Julie
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The Pennsic A&S Exhibition celebrated its 10th annual show Monday with brilliant displays of craftsmanship and intricate artwork in a wide variety of media.
The exhibition, held in the dance barn, is a chance for artisans and craftspeople to show and talk about the creativity they expend year around to the gentle people of the Known World.
All artists provide written documentation of their pieces and many are on hand brimming with enthusiasm to share their passion with those in attendance.
This year's display included Pearce Redsmythe of Æthelmearc, who fashions intricately cut metalwork including Baronial coronets, metal trim for armor and various pins. Redsymthe uses a goldsmith saw, (mundanely a jeweler's saw) in a slow, but precise method to make the tiniest of cuts and curves in thin metal plates. First, he makes a pattern and presses a tiny hole into each cut-out piece and then uses the saw to slowly cut out the piece within the pattern. The process is slow but the results are rewarding.
Redsmythe began his hobby in college with a metalsmithing class 15 years ago. The bulk of his smithy work has been for the SCA and he has made crowns for barons and viscounts in his home kingdom of Atenveldt and his current kingdom of Æthelmearc. Last year he won the Ice Dragon Grand Pentathalon in Æthelmearc, qualifying one item in five different categories.
THL Jocelyn of Lutterworth of the Middle Kingdom displayed a work in progress, a six-foot scroll that is the beginning of a hymn for Easter Mass used in the 11th century Church in southern Italy. The scroll has the words of the song in one direction with pictures portraying the hymn in the other direction. Jocelyn is still seeking the reason the pictures and words are facing directions.
Jocelyn authenticated the scroll by gaining access to normally closed parts of the University of Chicago library where pictures of some of the originals are found. Monks made the scrolls while deacons or bishops would read them in the cathedrals. The scrolls were made in the 11th Century and as late as the 12th Century. She made many of the inks, such as indigo, that were used in the pictures through period methods, substituting modern inks for those that would be unavailable or poisonous. She completed the scrolls with fasteners similar to what she saw in the pictures. The scrolls of the period generally were 30 feet in length and Jocelyn hopes to have her scroll completed to that length by next year's Pennsic.
Lady Clara Beaumont of the East Kingdom applied her interpretation skills to poems found in a dance manual published in 1581. The dance manual, Il Ballerino, was written by Fabritio Carosa.
Each poem in the book was dedicated to a lady, and started with addressing the lady in question and describing her beauty. The poems then went on to describe the dance dedicated to that lady. Lady Clara said some of the dances were created for the particular lady in question.
Lady Clara interpreted three poems first from the old Italian into basic English, then crafted the awkward English into poetry. She has interpreted dance manuals and cookbooks before, but this was her first work with poetry.
For Baron Bardulf Rauen of Atlantia the SCAdians are the art. He displayed nearly 550 photograph portraits of SCA members dressed in exquisite garb and clearly in persona as they bear arms or other tools of their various trades.
"The art is in the people," he said.
Baron Rauen took the photographs mostly at SCA events in the southern part of the Atlantia kingdom. He said he gave up heavy fighting for something less painful.
"Photography has always been a hobby," he said, smiling, "I got tired of having the crap beat out of me." The people seem to appreciate his choice, with some of his past models approaching the albums to find their portraits while others simply paged through the albums glimpsing the faces of SCA.


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PARIS (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings stuck by its triple-A rating on France in a much-awaited review on Friday but warned that an expected peak in debt in 2014 was the limit it could agree to for a country with a top-notch credit grade.
Fitch is the only agency to retain an AAA rating on the euro zone's second-largest economy. It kept to its negative outlook, saying that indicated a slightly greater than 50 percent chance of a downgrade in future.
Fitch said it was raising its forecast for the country's debt in 2014 to 94 percent of gross domestic product from an earlier 92 percent - higher than any other top-rated sovereign except the United States and Britain.
"This is at the limit of the level of indebtedness consistent with France retaining its 'AAA' status assuming the government debt is firmly placed on a sustainable downward path from 2014," Fitch said in a statement.
French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici called Fitch's rating an "encouragement" and a "motivating force" that confirmed the government was right to pursue its debt reduction targets.
"It's a pointer for the way ahead. My take on this is that the French economy is solid and can be trusted, and it is absolutely essential that we keep to the path we have mapped out: European construction, budget solidity and competitiveness," he told Europe 1 radio.
Last month, Moody's cut France by one notch from AAA to Aa1 - causing only muted investor reaction - following a similar downgrade by Standard & Poor's in January.
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TEL AVIV, Israel (CNN) -- Israelis and Palestinians clashed in Gaza, killing four Palestinians including a teen, as President Bush arrived Wednesday in Israel to prod the oft-stalled Mideast peace process.
The talks, which Bush lauds as the path to an independent Palestinian state, are "largely secret," National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley told reporters en route to the Middle East, but negotiations are moving forward.
"There is less known about them publicly than is going on," Hadley said. "The issues are hard. And the process goes forward, and obviously the president is going to try and give some impetus to that process in the conversations he is having on his trip."
Hadley added, "One of the things he needs to do is rally the support of the Arab world behind both Israeli and the Palestinian leadership so that they will support whatever is negotiated between the two sides." Key players »
As those conversations were happening, a rocket hit a shopping mall center in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, wounding at least 14 people, including a mother and an infant, the Israeli military and emergency officials said.
Islamic Jihad sources said the militant group claims responsibility for the attack, although Israel always holds Gaza's Hamas leadership responsible for attacks carried out by militants in Gaza.
Islamic Jihad is a militant group that operates in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas leaders. Hamas operates a separate militant group called the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades.
Later Wednesday, the Israeli military attacked a group of armed men in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian sources and Israel Defense Forces. Palestinian authorities said two militants were killed. It is not clear if they were killed in an airstrike or an artillery strike.
Israeli police identified the missile that hit Ashkelon as a Grad rocket, which has a longer range than the Qassam rockets frequently used by Palestinian militants in Gaza.
There has been a steady increase in rocket and mortar launchings from Gaza since Hamas took control of the territory last year.
In an interview with al-Arabiya television before he left for the Mideast, Bush said a peace deal by year's end was still possible, and that observers should not be discouraged that he was meeting separately with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. It was more about logistics than discord, he said.
"It's a very complicated process, and I don't think necessarily not having a trilateral meeting should be read as anything other than that it just didn't work out," he told the station Monday. "It's not a sign that the talks aren't going forward." Watch how the trip combines business, pleasure »
After Bush arrived in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, Israeli President Shimon Peres lamented the coming end to Bush's presidency in January, calling Bush's tenure a "moving" eight years.
"I think before you will leave office, you will see a change of guards here in the Middle East," Peres said.
As for prospects of peace in the Mideast, Peres said Lebanon's Hezbollah and Gaza's Hamas were the key deterrents to achieving harmony in the region. The latest violence perpetrated by the groups -- both of which are considered terrorist organizations by the U.S. and Israel -- "may be the last effort by some very extremist group[s] to remain alive," he said.
Neither Lebanon nor the Palestinian territories are enemies of Israel, Peres said, emphasizing that Hezbollah's and Hamas' anti-Semitic views were not representative of the attitudes of the average Lebanese or Palestinian person.
Bush responded: "The objective of the United States must be to, one, support our strongest ally and friend in the Middle East -- the only true democracy against the forces of terror that you just described -- and at the same time, talk about a hopeful future."
In his al-Arabiya interview earlier this week, Bush said economic development and security were key to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
"People want to see whether or not the state is capable of protecting them," he said. "As this Palestinian force gets more capable, we expect the Israelis to move back -- and move back to the point where the state can actually begin to function a little bit in the West Bank."
Gaza is controlled by Hamas, which wrested the region from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement in violent clashes last year. The power base for Abbas, a U.S. ally, is anchored firmly in the West Bank. He wields little influence in Gaza.
Bush and the first lady were greeted at Ben Gurion International Airport by Peres and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, as well as most of Israel's Cabinet and religious leaders.
On his arrival, Bush hailed the close relationship between the United States and the Jewish state.
He drew comparisons between the two nations, saying that "both faced great challenges when they were founded, and our two nations have both relied on the same principles to help us succeed," including democracy, welcoming immigrants and building "an enduring alliance to confront terrorists and tyrants."
The United States, Olmert said, supported Israel "in times of hope and in moments of crisis." And the president, he said, "has been our closest ally and partner."
Despite that thorny issues like Mideast peace and oil prices are atop Bush's agenda, the trip is not all business. See Bush's full itinerary »
Bush was visiting Israel, in part, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Jewish state. The 61-year-old president quipped, "It doesn't seem that old." Watch Bush's speech marking the anniversary »
The meeting between U.S. and Israeli leaders came as Palestinian medical and security sources reported that four Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes and shelling and as a rocket hit a shopping mall in the Israeli city of Ashkelon.
The rocket blew out windows at the mall and injured at least 14 people, including a mother and infant, Israeli military and emergency officials said. The militant Palestinian group, Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Israeli police identified the missile that hit Ashkelon as a Grad rocket, which has a longer range than the Qassam rockets frequently used by Palestinian militants in Gaza.
Later Wednesday, an Israeli air strike hit a group of armed men in northern Gaza, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Palestinian authorities said two militants were killed.
During his Mideast tour, Bush also is scheduled to visit oil-rich Saudi Arabia, where he will meet King Abdullah amid increasing American frustration at gas prices.
Congress on Monday directed Bush to stop filling the government's emergency oil supply for six months to try to bring prices down, a move Bush has argued would have little effect.
"His visit to Saudi Arabia will also commemorate the 75th anniversary of the formal establishment of U.S.-Saudi relations," the White House said.
Bush will then head to Egypt, where he will meet with another U.S. ally, President Hosni Mubarak. He will also meet with Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah II.
Egypt is trying to broker an agreement between Israeli and Hamas leaders to end attacks on each other because the tit-for-tat violence threatens the broader attempt to reach a peace deal.
Bush is scheduled to deliver remarks at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday, the final day of his trip.
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Mount Saint Mary - 2, Farmingdale State - 1
Farmingdale, N.Y. - Sophomore forward Vanessa DiSilvio (Massapequa, N.Y.) scored both goals for Mount Saint Mary College as they defeated the Rams 2-1 in today's Skyline Conference women's soccer game. The Knights improve to 9-2-1 overall and remain undefeated in conference play at 4-0, while Farmingdale State falls to 7-6, 2-2 in Skyline play.
After a scoreless first half, DiSilvio gave Mount Saint Mary the 1-0 lead in the 53rd minute, assisted by sophomore defender Jordyn Catapano (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.). Farmingdale tied the game 1-1 at 71:48, off a free kick from sophomore defender Andrea Kiefer (Centereach, N.Y.), which was sent home by senior forward Corine Magee (Mastic, N.Y.).
DiSilvio gave the Knights the 2-1 lead on a shot from 30 yards out, which would stand as the game-winner as Farmingdale could not capitalize on some late chances.
Rams freshman goalkeeper Breanna Blair (Littleton, Colo.) made seven saves in defeat, while junior keeper Jacquelyn Mancini (Valley Stream, N.Y.) made six saves for the win.
Farmingdale State will now face Purchase in a conference game on Tuesday, October 8 at 7:00 p.m.


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Another good one from our friend and reader Stacy Moses
2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
4 medium cloves garlic, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1½ cups dry red wine (use a good one)
¼ cup olive oil
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
Freshly ground black pepper
4 New York strip steaks, about 1-inch thick, 8 ounces each (see Kitchen Notes)
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Marinate the steaks. Combine the first 7 ingredients in a 1-gallon zippered plastic food storage bag (or a glass baking dish large enough to hold steaks in a single layer). Add steaks, taking care to coat them with marinade on all sides. Seal bag and marinate steaks in the refrigerator for 8 hours, turning once.
Grill the steaks. Prepare grill. About 30 to 45 minutes before you're ready to cook, remove steaks from marinade, pat dry with paper towels and let them come to room temperature. Discard marinade. When you're ready to grill steaks, season them on both sides with salt and additional black pepper. Brush grill with oil and sear steaks over direct heat for about 4 minutes. You can rotate them a quarter turn halfway through if you want crosshatch grill marks—or not. Flip the steaks, using tongs (never pierce with a fork!) and grill on the second side for about 3 minutes, or until they reach desired doneness.
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Marsh v. County of San Diego, — F.3d —, 2012 WL 1922193 (9th Cir. May 29, 2012)
Yes, there is now. At least in the Ninth Circuit. Since the defendant was found to be not liable for violation of that right because of qualified immunity, an appeal is unlikely and the ruling will probably stand.
When defendant Coulter retired from the district attorney's office, he kept a photocopy of an autopsy photo (of a 2-year old boy with head injuries) from one of the cases he tried in 1983. What's even more bizarre is that defendant turned over the photo and a memo to a newspaper and television station.
When the mother of the deceased little boy who appeared in the photo heard about this, she sued the district attorney and the county for violation of her due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
The trial court threw out the case on summary judgment. Plaintiff sought review with the Ninth Circuit. Though the court found defendant was not liable for a constitutional violation because of qualified immunity, it held that plaintiff had a constitutionally protected right to privacy over her child's death images.
Due Process
The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been held to protect "a right of personal privacy, or a guarantee of certain areas or zones of privacy." Carey v. Population Servs. Int'l, 431 U.S. 678, 684 (1977) (quoting Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 152 (1973)). This privacy right is of two types: (1) the individual interest in avoiding disclosure of personal matters, and (2) the interest in independence in making certain kinds of important decisions concerning, for example, family relationships and child rearing.
In this case, the court observed that other courts, including the Supreme Court, had recognized a common law (but not constitutional) protection against the disclosure of a deceased family member's death scene photos. But this case was the first time a court held that protection against public disclosure of such photos was a constitutionally protected right under substantive due process.
The court noted that "the well-established cultural tradition acknowledging a family's control over the body and death images of the deceased has long been recognized at common law." Because such sensibility is so deeply-rooted in our culture, the test for both types of substantive due process were met in this case. Protecting the interest would serve to avoid the disclosure of the graphic details of a family member's tragic death (which reveals much about the manner of death and extent of suffering). In the context of a child's autopsy photos, the right of a parent to determine the "care, custody and control" of the child is protected by a federal privacy right against public disclosure.
State Law – Procedural Due Process
The court held that plaintiff's procedural due process rights were violated by the disclosure of the autopsy photo. California has a statute — Cal.Civ.Proc.Code § 129 — that codifies the state's public policy against the reproduction of post-mortem photos for improper purposes. This served to create a liberty interest in plaintiff that could not be taken away without due process. The court found that plaintiff had sufficiently alleged a claim of violation of the statute and, therefore, a deprivation of a state-created liberty interest.
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On Wednesday, I was so blown away by the book my student wrote during center time, that I wrote an entire post about it. Thursday morning, my sweet author came bouncing in the door of our center, with her book in hand. It had definitely seen some wear, but she was still proudly carrying it. "Mrs. Ayn, could I read MY book at circle time this morning? I want to share it and let the friends know they can write books, too! I'm sure they will really enjoy it!" This sweet child cracks me up because she is always using very large words and always very clearly enunciates every phoneme, plus she always uses a lot of inflection. I could listen to her talk all day, which is good, because she would talk all day if I let her!
At circle time, instead of going to her spot and waiting for me to call on her, she was waiting in my spot as the class moved over to the rug. "Mrs. Ayn, should I let the children know that I will be reading today's story or do you want to?" (Still cracking me up!)
At the end of center time, I had a stack of 6 student made books on my desk. Some of the friends worked tirelessly through center time so that they could have their own book. These kids are amazing! Four of the six books have narration, and 2 are wordless books. As a class, we make books all the time. This shouldn't surprise me that they would progress to the next level and make their own books independently, yet it does. I would like to share them all eventually. I think I might make some sort of slide presentation for them but most are on light paper with pencil illustrations, so they are hard to see. (I'm thinking like maybe SmileBox or something, any ideas?)
One of the books was so impressive I had to share it. The friend who wrote this one is very bright and came to me already reading in August having just turned 4. I apologize for the poor pictures, As I said, this friend chose drawing paper and pencils, so it does make it difficult to see.
By Dr. Seuss
Lydia got home from school.
Lydia's mom was here. She brought her home.
Lydia had a snack. It was goldfish.
Lydia took a nap.
She sat on the carpet. Her teacher played music on her Sonic radio.
The next day Lydia had breakfast. She fixed her hair.
Lydia got to school on time.
Her mom parked the car.
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Simon Probably your supplier at a reasonably approachable price is Wickes. I bought a long roll- about 12 metres long but only 10cm wide. It's about £12 a roll. How to join it is any bodies guess. All that I can tell you is that I bought stuff for an old Picador but it was only about 3" wide. The firm was Davis Abrasives then in Byker and is now in Cramlington. The joints were diagonally cut and scarfed and glued.Maybe this helps. Let me knowNorman
I've been following along with great interest, Simon, just not a lot to say, except keep up the good work!
I found the third bar. It was on the floor and buried in sawdust.
Simon when roughing out squares to circles on the bandsaw, drill a tight hole in a piece of scrap for a nail, and press it through. Turn it over so it stands vertical, point up. Clamp the scrap to the bandsaw table with the nail sticking up. set the distance of the nail to the blade to equal the rough radius you want. Then put a hole through the center of your blanks for a slip fit on the nail.To use, put a blank on the stationary nail axle, and rotate the blank into the blade to cut the circle. This works best if you have a groove for a miter gauge in your bandsaw table, and put a tongue on the bottom of the scrap base so you can slide it in toward the blade, rather than just clamp it. You can then cut circles of any diameter, just by sliding in or out.You can also cut cone segments this way by tilting the table to give an angle cut.And you can cut rings this way, too.
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The Basics
Columbus Crew (12-5-4, 40 points, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. FC Dallas (9-2-9, 28 points, third in the Western Conference) at Crew Stadium.
All-time record: Tied 15-15-7.
TV Info
4 p.m. ET; TeleFutura (national); ONN (Ohio), FSSW (Texas).
Game Intro
The hottest team travels to Columbus on a 7-0-4 streak that includes a 1-0 win at Chivas USA last week.
In their last meeting vs. the Crew, FCD kept the series between Hunt Sports Group teams level when David Avila scored in stoppage time at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco on April 10 for a 2-2 draw.
The Crew bitterly complained about a quick and, they believed, illegal restart that led to the equalizer seconds before the final whistle.
Columbus are coming off a 3-1 home win vs. Colorado last weekend. After being tied at the break, Jason Garey and Steven Lenhart helped erase the memory of a stinging loss at Real Salt Lake the previous week. The Crew will be without captain Frankie Hejduk at right back (caution-point suspension).
Columbus Crew
Saturday is Lamar Hunt Legacy Day and a statue of the Crew founder will be dedicated prior to the game in the stadium he built.
The Crew must rebound from a heartbreaking 1-0 loss in added time at Mexico's Santos Laguna on Tuesday in the CONCACAF Champions League. Fortunately, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Chad Marshall and Danny O'Rourke did not travel and several other starters saw limited duty.
Looking to improve on a 9-2 home mark, the Crew will have five of the last eight on the road after Saturday.
FC Dallas
After losing their first road game at New York on April 17, the Hoops are 3-0-6 and can break the league road unbeaten record that was set by Columbus in 2004.
Brek Shea has scored all five of his goals since May 15. Former Crew striker Jeff Cunningham leads the team with seven goals despite starting only 10 games. David Ferreira has six goals and eight assists.
"They interchange really well," Crew goalkeeper William Hesmer said. "Guys are all over the place. Cunningham has speed. Ferreira is a great playmaker."
Kevin Hartman leads MLS with a 0.69 GAA and has six shutouts in 16 games.
Heroes & Villains
Atiba Harris vs. the Crew medical staff -- The Crew view him as "Atiba the Hun" after several incidents. A Harris elbow forced Chad Marshall from the game with facial lacerations and a possible concussion a year ago, when Harris was with Chivas USA. Marshall missed a game because of that.
In March, Harris took out Shaun Francis in a preseason game and the rookie defender was out three weeks with a sprained ankle. In the first meeting in April, midfielder Eddie Gaven was victimized by an errant Harris elbow and had to leave the match with a blood-gushing split lip.
Stats that make you go "Hmm..."
The Crew are 11-0-1 when scoring first and 6-0 when ahead at the half.


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As diabetes drug maker Novo Nordisk and retailer Target become the latest companies to distance themselves from Paula Deen, her recipes are still number one y'all.
Fans have ensured the embattled chef's upcoming book, "Paula Deen's New Testament: 250 Favorite Recipes, All Lightened Up," is already a best seller.
The tome has reached the number one spot on Amazon's best sellers list and is currently second on Barnes & Noble's Top 100 list. Huge interest for a book that's not scheduled to be released until October 15.
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Such support comes at a time when Deen's cooking empire is being rocked by an exodus of business partners over the scandal that has erupted concerning the celebrity cook's past use of racial slurs.
"We have made a decision to phase out the Paula Deen merchandise in our stores as well as on Target.com. Once the merchandise is sold out, we will not be replenishing inventory," read the statement from a Target spokesperson on Thursday.
"Novo Nordisk and Paula Deen have mutually agreed to suspend our patient education activities for now, while she takes time to focus her attention where it is needed,'' the drug company said in their statement. "Novo Nordisk would like to acknowledge Paula's involvement in our 'Diabetes in a New Light' campaign, where she has helped make many people aware of type 2 diabetes and the lifestyle changes needed to control this serious disease."
Deen, who has Type 2 diabetes, had been a spokesperson for Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Victoza.
Deen's public image came under fire in 2012 when it was revealed that she had diabetes for three years while continuing to promote high-fat, high-sugar recipes in her televised appearances and cookbooks. The information regarding her health was only made public at the same time it was announced she would become the celebrity face of Victoza.
Deen's latest scandal began when it was revealed during a May 17 deposition that she had used racial epithets - particularly the N-word - in the past. The deposition is part of a $1.2 million lawsuit filed by Lisa Jackson, a former manager of Uncle Bubba's Seafood and Oyster House in Savannah. Deen and her brother Bubba Hiers own the restaurant.
In the lawsuit Jackson claims she was sexually harassed by Hiers and that Deen used the N-word around her.
Deen tearfully took to NBC's "Today" show Wednesday for the first time to talk about the scandal. She said she is "somewhat in a state of shock" over what were "hurtful lies said about me."
Asked by host Matt Lauer whether she was a racist, Deen said, "No, I'm not."
The Food Network, where Deen had been a high-profile fixture with her show "Paula's Home Cooking," was the first of her business partners to cut ties Friday following an initial "Today" no-show and the release online of erratic videos in which she begs fans for forgiveness.
Smithfield Foods, Wal-mart, Home Depot and Caesars Entertainment all followed in Food Network's wake. Home shopping giant QVC has stated they are monitoring the situation as it unfolds.
Ahead of the soaring advance book sales, Deen's publishing company issued a statement regarding the controversy. "We are monitoring the situation closely," Stuart Applebaum, spokesman for Random House said. "At present, the book remains on course for its fall publication."