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United States Senate elections in Iowa, 2014
November 4, 2014
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Tom Harkin
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Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss Up[2]
- 1 Candidates
- 2 Race background
- 3 Issues
- 4 Polls
- 5 Campaign donors
- 6 Endorsements
- 7 Election history
- 8 See also
- 9 External links
- 10 References
Iowa is one of 21 states with a mixed primary system. The primary is closed, but voters are allowed to change their political party affiliation on election day.[3]
The election will fill the Senate seat currently held by Tom Harkin (D). Harkin was first elected in 1984. On January 26, 2013, Harkin announced that he would not seek re-election once his current term expires. Upon his retirement, he will have served in the U.S. Senate for 30 years. Prior to this, he served in the U.S. House for ten years. He told USA Today, "I have mixed feelings. You know what, it's somebody else's turn. To walk away from this position and this power is not an easy thing. But I think it's the right thing."[4]
If no Republican candidate gets 35 percent of the vote in the primary, a convention picks the nominee.[5] The nomination would be decided by 2,000 delegates during the convention.[5] The convention process begins in January 2014 with precinct caucuses, which then go to a March county convention, a district-wide convention in April and ultimately a statewide convention on June 14, 2014.[5]
Note: Prior to the signature filing deadline, candidates will be added when Ballotpedia writers come across declared candidates. If you see a name of a candidate who is missing, please email us and we will add that name. As the election draws closer, more information will be added to this page.
Announced candidates
- Bruce Braley - Representative from District 1[6][7]
- David Young - Former Chief of Staff to Sen. Chuck Grassley[8]
- Matt Whitaker - Former U.S. attorney [9][10][11][12]
- Sam Clovis - Host of the conservative radio show "Impact With Sam Clovis" on KSCJ-AM[13][14][15]
- Paul Lundby: Attorney [16]
- Scott Schaben: Businessman[17][18]
- Joni Ernst - State senator[10][19][20]
Potential candidates
- Bob Vander Plaats:CEO of The Family Leader [21]
- Brad Zaun - State senator[9]
- A.J. Spiker - Chairman of the Iowa Republican Party[22]
- Mark Jacobs - A former oil executive, Jacobs currently heads an education nonprofit.[23]
- Tom Vilsack: Former Iowa Governor and current U.S. Secretary of Agriculture[24]
- Dave Loebsack: U.S. Representative[25]
- Kevin McCarthy: State representative[26]
- Tom Latham: On February 27, the representative from District 3 sent an email to his supporters announcing that he would not be running for the seat.[27]
- Bill Northey: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture[28][29]
- Matt Schultz: Iowa Secretary of State[9][30][31][32]
- Kim Reynolds: Iowa Lt. Governor[33]
- Steve King: U.S. Rep, District 4[6][34][35]
Race background
Most vulnerable seats
The FiscalTimes compiled a list of the seven most vulnerable Senate seats up for election in 2014. The seven included in the list are: Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia. Going into the 2014 election, all seven seats are held by Democrats.[36]
Branstad endorsement
Gov. Terry Branstad spoke of his preference for Tom Latham to be the Republican nominee for Iowa's Senate seat at the National Governors Association on February 23, 2013.[37] Branstad said he believes Latham would be more electable statewide than fellow Rep. Steve King, who is also considering a run for the seat opened up by Harkin's retirement.[37]
Branstad also made it clear that he expects the two candidates to decide who will be running for the seat without a primary battle. "We're not going to have a primary, and I'm going to support both of my congressmen. I just think that Latham would be the strongest candidate for the Senate at this time, and I feel confident that he would be a great vote-getter in our state."[37]
Despite his preference for the strongest Republican nominee, Branstad has praised both candidates. He even suggested that he might support Steve King if Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) retires in 2016 and he makes a run for his seat.[37]
Branstad summed up the situation, stating "I've encouraged them to talk to each other, make the decision, but I would hope that and someday I'd love to see them both in the U.S. Senate, but I think Tom Latham would be the most experienced and the strongest candidate at this time."[37]
Latham declined run
Less than a week following Gov. Terry Branstad's announcement that he would prefer Tom Latham as the Republican nominee, Latham announced he would not run in 2014.[27]
On February 27, 2014, Latham sent an email to his supporters announcing that he would not be running for the Iowa Senate seat.[27]
In the message he stated, "However, only 56 days ago I took an oath to 'faithfully discharge the duties' of an office with which the people of Iowa's Third Congressional District entrusted to me. I cannot in good conscience launch a two-year statewide campaign that will detract from the commitment I made to the people who elected me, at a time when our nation desperately needs less campaigning and more leadership."[27]
His decision not to run, many argue, could hurt Republicans' chances of winning the open seat.[27] His place within the party, association with United States Speaker of the House John Boehner, and early poll indications all pointed to him as a formidable nominee for the Republican party.[27]
February 2013 lead
A poll conducted by Public Policy Polling February 1-3, 2013, showed a slight Democratic lead in a general election between potential candidates within the state.[38] The poll found a race between Latham and Braley a tossup, with Braley leading only 44-41.[38] By contrast, Braley led King by 11, with a 49-38 matchup. That same poll showed King leading Latham 50-27 in a two-man primary.
Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition meeting
Four of the Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls spent the evening at a coalition meeting sponsored by the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition on August 22, 2013, where they promised to defend life, traditional marriage, gun rights and Americans' pocketbooks.[39] Each of the four candidates who accepted the invitation to the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition house party spent little time parsing the issues. Instead, they spoke of their shared values, their life experiences and Iowa common-sense.[39]
"We all agree on almost all of the issues," Sam Clovis said.
"Anyone of us will be much, much better than a Bruce Braley in that seat," added state senator Joni Ernst, referring to 1st district incumbent Bruce Braley.[39]
"There's more common-sense on every street corner" in his hometown of Van Meter than in the nation's capitol, David Young said, "and I will take it with me to Washington."[39]
"We need a true conservative who will hold the line and say 'no,'" said Matt Whitaker, who asked his audience for their support and for them to "go out and spread the word about the wonderful candidates you meet tonight."[39]
That was, in fact, the point of the evening, according to Steve Scheffler, president of the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition, a non-profit advocacy and voter education group.[39] He encouraged those in attendance to help spread the candidates' messages, to volunteer for their campaigns and contribute money.
"Our members want to know about issues ranging from the defense of unborn life to what can be done to fix the economy, but we also want to know and measure the character of our candidates," Scheffler said. "These meetings will help flesh those questions out."[39]
The 2014 race takes on special significance, Scheffler said, because it's the first time since 1974 there has been an open-seat Senate race in Iowa. He emphasized the importance of unity among conservatives if Iowans are going to replace retiring Tom Harkin with someone who shares their values.[39]
"I'm not asking you to compromise, but bottom line, all of these candidates will agree with us on much more than what divides us," Scheffler said. While there are some "non-negotiables like such as life and marriage," he advised at getting into "spitting matches over little details."[39]
|Possible match-up: Braley v. Whitaker
|Bruce Braley (D)
|Matt Whitaker (R)
|Margin of Error
|Sample Size
|Public Policy Polling
July 5-7, 2013
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|Possible match-up: Braley v. Clovis
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|Possible match-up: Braley v. Ernst
|Bruce Braley (D)
|Joni Ernst (R)
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|Possible match-up: Braley v. Jacobs
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|Mark Jacobs (R)
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July 5-7, 2013
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|Possible match-up: Braley v. Young
|Bruce Braley (D)
|David Young (R)
|Margin of Error
|Sample Size
|Public Policy Polling
July 5-7, 2013
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Campaign donors
Bruce Braley (D) reportedly transferred $179,000 from his U.S. House campaign account to his U.S. Senate campaign, and spent $113,000 in the first three months of the 2013.[40] Braley ended the first quarter of 2013 with $1,004,606 in cash on hand and reported that he already received contributions from Iowans in all 99 counties.[40] He announced on July 2, 2013 that he raised $1.25 million in the second quarter, from April 1 to June 30, and had $2 million in cash on hand.[41]
Possible Republican candidate and current Representative Steve King reportedly raised $93,000 and had $90,000 cash-on-hand as of April 2013.[42]
On July 9, 2013 Republican candidate Matt Whitaker reported raising $110,506 in campaign cash in the 27 days since he entered the race on June 3, 2013.[43] He had 134 donors from Iowa, which represents 78 percent of his donors.[43] A fundraiser featuring U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley in Washington, D.C. is set for July 23.[43]
David Young (R) announced on July 9, 2013 his June 2013 fundraising efforts totaled $152,785 with $151,500 cash-on-hand at the end of the quarter.[44]
Outside spending
The National Republican Senatorial Committee announced a new effort targeting representative Bruce Braley, "batting for Obamacare," on August 16, 2013.[45] The group plans on releasing seven billboards in Des Moines accusing Braley of hurting Iowans by supporting Obamacare.[45] The billboards have a baseball theme, with four versions of a scoreboard that cite families, farmers, seniors and small businesses as the losers when it comes to the federal health care law.[45] As part of the effort the group will also launch a website, WrongTeamBraley.com, which shows Braley wearing a baseball cap with the Obama campaign logo.[45]
At Tom Harkin's 36th Annual Steak Fry in September 2013, the proceeds of which go toward To Organize a Majority PAC, several key Democratic members endorsed Bruce Braley for Harkin's seat.[46]
"Folks, you have been so kind and generous to me in all of the years I have represented you in both the House and 30 years in the Senate," Harkin said. "I want you to know there is only one person I want to pass that baton to, and that's our next United States' senator, Bruce Braley."[46]
Vice President Joe Biden also endorsed Braley.[46]"I've gotten to get to know Bruce," Biden said. "Tom admires him, and it's why I think he is going to be a great senator. He is absolutely authentic. I told Bruce I would come campaign for him or against him, whichever would help him most."[46]
Election history
On November 2, 2010, Chuck Grassley won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Roxanne Conlin (D) and John Heiderscheit (L) in the general election.[47]
|U.S. Senate, Iowa General Election, 2010
|Vote %
|Chuck Grassley Incumbent
|Roxanne Conlin
|John Heiderscheit
|Total Votes
On November 4, 2008, Tom Harkin won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Christopher Reed (D) in the general election.[48]
|U.S. Senate, Iowa General Election, 2008
|Vote %
|Tom Harkin Incumbent
|Christopher Reed
|Total Votes
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 2014
- United States Senate elections, 2014
- BP News: Iowa GOP facing a potentially messy primary for U.S. Senate in 2014
External links
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 SENATE RACE RATINGS FOR JULY 18, 2014," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 Senate Races," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State Website, "Voter Registration FAQ," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ USA Today "Iowa Sen. Harkin will not seek re-election," January 26, 2013
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Roll Call "Rare Convention Presents Hurdle in Iowa Senate Race" Accessed July 9, 2013
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Wall Street Journal, "Harkin's Exit Heralds Scramble for Senate Seat," January 26, 2013
- ↑ Sioux City Journal, "Iowa's U.S. House 1st District GOP field doubles; Pate, Rogers join race," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ The Iowa Republican, "Grassley Chief of Staff David Young set to enter U.S. Senate race," May 23, 2013
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Washington Post "Northey won't run for Iowa Senate seat, hopes Steve King will" Accessed May 2, 2013
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 KMALand, "Ernst still undecided on Senate bid," May 23, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "Former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker pursues open Senate seat," May 6, 2013
- ↑ Roll Call "Matt Whitaker Announces Senate Campaign Team #IASEN | Shop Talk" Accessed June 11, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register "Sioux City radio host to reveal U.S. Senate intentions Monday" Accessed June 7, 2013
- ↑ The Gazette, "Sioux City radio host considering U.S. Senate run," May 23, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register "Sioux City radio host Sam Clovis joins U.S. Senate race" Accessed June 12, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register "Senate candidate David Young: Bruce Braley is 'vulnerable'" Accessed June 18, 2013
- ↑ Daily Times Herald "Kuemper alum Schaben plans U.S. Senate bid" Accessed July 10, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register "Candidate for U.S. Senate suggests African American wife is evidence he's not racist" Accessed July 10, 2013
- ↑ Politico "Iowa Republican Senate primary 2014 a free-for-all" Accessed May 28, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register "Joni Ernst announces bid for Senate seat" Accessed July 10, 2013
- ↑ Buzz Feed Politics, "Iowa Conservative Bob Vander Plaats Weighing Senate Run," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Iowa Republican Senate primary 2014 a free-for-all," May 24, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "Mark Jacobs, possible Senate candidate, hosts education reform forum," May 8, 2013
- ↑ The Des Moines Register, "Vilsack will not seek U.S. Senate seat in 2014," February 15, 2013
- ↑ Globe Gazette "Loesback won't seek U.S. Senate seat" Accessed May 31, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register "Iowa House Democratic Leader McCarthy "absolutely" won't seek higher office" Accessed May 31, 2013
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5 The Hill "Rep. Latham won't run for Senate" accessed February 28, 2013
- ↑ Radio Iowa, "Iowa Ag Secretary discussing a run for the U.S. Senate," March 1, 2013
- ↑ Washington Post "Northey won't run for Iowa Senate seat, hopes Steve King will" Accessed May 2, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register "Matt Schultz flies to D.C. to size up GOP Senate bid" Accessed May 15, 2013
- ↑ Omaha.com, "Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz travels to D.C. as he mulls Senate bid," May 15, 2013
- ↑ Washington Post "Matt Schultz won't run for Senate in Iowa" Accessed May 31, 2013
- ↑ Washington Post "Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds won't run for Senate" Accessed May 2, 2013
- ↑ Washington Post "Steve King is out. The next phase of the Iowa Senate race starts now." Accessed May 25, 2013
- ↑ Fox News "Iowa's Steve King rules out GOP bid for Senate in 2014" Accessed May 25, 2013
- ↑ Fiscal Times "7 Senate Seats Most at Risk—Hint: They're All Blue" accessed February 15, 2013
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 37.4 Politico, "Terry Branstad prefers Tom Latham for Senate race," accessed February 25, 2013
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Public Policy Polling "Dems start out ahead in Iowa Senate election" accessed February 28, 2013
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.5 39.6 39.7 39.8 The Gazette, "GOP Senate hopefuls tell faith voters any one of them better than the alternative," accessed August 26, 2013
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 Des Moines Register "Braley Raises 1.07 millino for U.S. Senate Race" Accessed April 16, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register "Braley has $2M on hand for U.S. Senate run" Accessed July 3, 2013
- ↑ Roll Call "Steve King's Cash Raises Eyebrows, Doubts About Senate Bid" Accessed April 17, 2013
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 Des Moines Register "Republican Matt Whitaker raised $110,000 for his U.S. Senate race" Accessed July 9, 2013
- ↑ Iowa Republican "Young Raises $152,000 for US Senate Campaign" Accessed July 10, 2013
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 45.3 Des Moines Register, "Republicans swing at Braley for 'batting for Obamacare'," accessed August 16, 2013
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 46.3 Iowa State Daily, "Joe Biden endorses Bruce Braley's campaign for senator at Tom Harkin's Steak Fry," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ 'U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"
- ↑ 'U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008"


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Feb. 21 -- Farmers in California's Central Valley, the world's most productive agricultural region, will get none of the water they requested this year from a federally controlled system because of the drought gripping the state, the U.S. Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation said.
The bureau said in a statement it won't be able to deliver any of the more than 2.4 million acre-feet of water sought by farmers. A state-controlled system last month said it, too, wouldn't be able to deliver any of the 4 million acre-feet of water sought by local agencies. An acre-foot is the volume needed to cover an acre of land one foot deep with water.
Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for the world's 10th largest economy last month after 2013 turned into the driest year on record, leaving reservoirs at dangerously low levels. The dwindling availability of water means farmers will fallow hundreds of thousands of acres, boosting food prices across the U.S. and leaving farm workers jobless. The state has identified 10 rural towns with less than 100 days of supply remaining.
"In this county alone, we're in the billions of dollars of lost economic activity," said Ryan Jacobsen, chief executive of the Fresno County Farm Bureau. "We do compete on a global scale, but the reality is that there very likely is going to be a shortage of certain commodities."
Environmental Concerns
The Bureau of Reclamation supplies water to 1 million people and a third of the irrigated farmland in California through a 500-mile network of canals and tunnels. About two-thirds of California's 38 million people get at least part of their water from northern mountain rains and snow through a network of state-managed reservoirs and aqueducts known as the State Water Project.
Some of the Bureau of Reclamation's customers will receive about 40 percent of the water they ordered because they had pre-existing contracts with the agency.
The state and federal systems are curbing delivery so that a small amount can be held in shrinking reservoirs and to protect the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, an ecologically sensitive confluence of two rivers that feed into San Francisco Bay. The reserves are needed to keep salt water from seeping in and damaging the water supply and to protect endangered fish and wildlife that rely on the Delta habitat.
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santonicaSyllabification: san·ton·i·ca
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The dried flower heads of a wormwood plant, containing the drug santonin.
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- If the drug is pure, the liquid will acquire a pronounced red color; if falsified, the color will be yellow; and if no santonica be present, the liquid will be colored but faintly, if at all.
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Some words don't look right together on the page: "Cancer and God's love" is such a combination. Two realities that seem incompatible. I read once that it is risky to write about a situation while one is going through it. Probably sage advice, but at the risk of having to change some of these lines later, I'll push forward. Perhaps something here will minister to someone out in in the Blog-o-sphere.
Its no secret that Denise and I have spent the last 7 months walking through her bout with breast cancer. Some of our best friends are experiencing similar challenging days. Can I say this about cancer treatment: its not fun. Cancer is a life changer. Physically, relationally, financially, socially, spiritually, it changes things. And some people struggle with the inevitable question: If God loves you, why did He allow cancer into your life? Why no supernatural healing? Why no big "check in the mail"?
Hard questions. I would not want to speak for anyone else's experiences, but I have discovered something. Something comforting. Something that I could only have discovered thorough this kind of . Here it is in a nutshell.
I have been preaching through the Bible book of 1 John. In it John writes the statement: "God is Love." And at first blush, someone might say, "yeah, some kind of love. The kind of love that allows cancer. no thanks." But here's the thing. We have to look deeper. Like gold, some truths have to be dug up! The Greek word translated into English "love", is agape. It one of four different Greek words that English renders simply, "love". Agape means unconditional, sacrificial, selfless love. Its the kind of love God demonstrated toward us when he allowed His Son Jesus to be sacrificed on the cross for our sin. It's the kind of love in short supply. The kind of love that we humans find very difficult, and many never experience.
Cancer teaches us about agape love. Cancer allows us to experience first hand what agape love is. What it means to serve, to give, to receive and minister without any other motive than love. I have experienced Gods agape love every time someone brings over a hot meal. Every time someone helps out around the house, and when friends speak words of encouragement and care. I have learned what it means to put others first, to care when tired or discouraged. I have learned first hand that love is a commitment and that love grows deeper and richer the time passes by.
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Hundreds are expected at the 2013 Hike/Bike for Hospice, to be held Sept. 22 at Granger Meadows Park in DeWitt to support the future of compassionate care at Sparrow Hospice.
This year's event features a 5K hike and 40 mile bike ride and is extra special as Sparrow celebrates 30 years of providing compassionate hospice care.
Participants will include the family of Ken Curtin, a Sparrow Hospice Patient who died in December 2012. His wife, Shari Curtin, called his time at Sparrow Hospice "a gift" and said their family is thankful for the compassionate care they received.
"Every person working there has a gift. They ministered to his needs so tenderly," said Shari. "It was a gift to us, his family, to see him at peace, talking, laughing with his many, many visitors up until the very end."
"The annual Hike/Bike for Hospice helps ensure the continued delivery of compassionate hospice care in mid-Michigan," said Michelle Wiseman, Director of Sparrow Hospice and Palliative Care Services. "It's really a heartening, and healing, event, and is a chance to honor and remember our loved ones who have completed life's journey."
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If you plan to be onstage with Phil Lesh, the former Grateful Dead bassist, you better be willing to travel to some pretty strange places — musically speaking — at any moment, guitarist John Scofield said.
"The thing is, he wants the music, at any time that we feel like it, to go completely free," Scofield told the Advocate. "He's kind of dedicated to that, and nothing will throw him. He wants us to fuck up the tunes. It's like a philosophical stance. It's incredible: There's no other rock star I've ever met who wants to do that."
That type of situation might stress another musician out ("Am I doing this right?"). But not Sco, 61, who's embraced structured chaos his whole career. After dropping out of the Berklee College of Music in the 1970s, he launched his solo career while also gigging and recording with Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Gary Burton, Billy Cobham and George Duke. He joined Miles Davis' band in the 1980s for three notable Columbia records (Decoy, Star People and You're Under Arrest). He's released an album of his own just about every year between 1977 and 1996, each packed with slippery, harmonically intricate, driving compositions, soulful ballads and Sco's trademark tone. As the jazz world was arguably struggling for direction in the 1990s, Scofield became — along with Pat Metheny, Allan Holdsworth, Larry Coryell, Mike Stern and a few others — one of the few elite jazz-fusion guitarists to break through to a wider audience.
By 1995, however, improvisational music was dosing the mainstream. Even as the Grateful Dead stopped touring in the wake of Jerry Garcia's death, the jamband scene was exploding: the Allman Brothers were touring and recording, Phish became one of the biggest bands in the world, Blues Traveler and Dave Matthews were on the radio, and a host of post-Dead spin-offs featuring original band members emerged. Scofield heard groove-jazz trio Medeski, Martin and Wood, who were combining New Orleans rhythms, gospel and swinging organ-jazz textures, and his future direction took shape.
"When I started to hear what MMW was doing, I said, 'I know about that. That's funk!'" Scofield said. "I've made my life doing that, and it's combined with a kind of free jazz, which I thought was cool." Sco collaborated with MMW on 1996's A Go Go; Bump (2000), recorded with his own jam-style group, got even funkier and more outside. "Even though I'm a quote-unquote jazz musician, I felt very familiar with the whole thing, because I heard the Grateful Dead at their first show in New York in 1967, which I didn't realize was their first show in New York until Phil Lesh told me it was. It just seemed natural to me, even though I'm not from that scene."
This weekend, Scofield returns to the Gathering of the Vibes in Bridgeport for the fourth time in the festival's history (he played in 1999, 2000 and 2005). On both Friday and Saturday nights he'll join Phil Lesh & Friends, the festival's headlining act; his own band, Uberjam, takes the stage on Friday afternoon.
Uberjam recently released Deux, a follow-up to their 2002 self-titled Verve Records debut. "It felt really fun and exciting to play," Scofield said, when asked about the vibe during the Uberjam sessions late last year. "And thrilling, because we had all this stuff we could do, and we hadn't played for awhile... We played some of the old tunes, and it was like, 'Holy shit, this is great!'... We just got off on doing it."
Leading up to the first Uberjam record, Scofield said, the band had jammed on tunes and grooves; cool stuff would happen, and Scofield would go out and rewrite that. This time around, he worked from grooves and textures already recorded by rhythm guitarist Avi Bortnick, who played in San Francisco-based Afrobeat groups years ago.
"[Bortnick] just let me have at his tunes, change them, add sections," Scofield said. "We had never worked together like that, the two of us... I took Avi's tunes, which were really developed Afrobeat things and sequences he had in the computer, along with his guitar parts and everything. The groove was already there for the songs, and I added melodies. The material somehow is stronger."
With Lesh, Scofield appeared on Live at the Warfield, a 2-CD/DVD set released in 2006. Despite the freedom built into the music, working with Lesh, Scofield said, involves considerable preparation. "Phil is very nice because he lets me read chord charts onstage," Scofield said. "I've got hundreds of sheets with these chord changes written on them, and I just get them in order, and I'll listen to them, so I remember, and I have a library of those tunes, because there are, like, 20 different versions of each one, too, from all the Deadheads."
Apart from following along with the tunes, Scofield said, it's a no-pressure situation.
"It can be ecstatic when it gets into a thing," Scofield said. "And I like some of the songs too, a lot, [the ones] that I didn't know. It's been great for me to learn to appreciate that music."
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6. Does the monitor match the PC?
Early methods of communication between PC and monitor relied on monochrome digital signals but were soon superseded by low resolution colour versions such as CGA (colour graphics adaptor) and EGA (enhanced graphics adaptor). In 1987, the VGA (Video Graphics Array) was introduced with a resolution of 640*480 pixels, which was followed in 1990 by the SVGA standard with 800*600 pixels. Both used analogue data signals but maintained the digital control lines of their predecessors. With increased screen sizes, further increases of resolution were needed, starting with the IBM developed XGA as shown in the table below.
The output ports provided by the computer to supply data to the monitors have progressively increased their performance to accommodate the higher speed data flows required by the interfaces. Below is a list of the most common of these.
Other analogue video standards have originated in the television and video equipment fields. Composite video, is in essence, a television RF (Radio Frequency) signal before being combined with sound and the RF carrier. Just two wires are needed, signal and ground, using a phono connector. Of the three analogue standards discussed, composite video produces the lowest quality of image. No audio is provided.
S-video (for super or separated video) carries the video data as two separate signals, for colour and luminance. A resolution of 700*486 pixels is available, again with no audio. Cables with DIN connectors with at least 4 pins are commonly used. As S-video has effectively the two component parts of composite video, the colour and luminance can be combined is a simple adaptor to form composite video. The reverse conversion is only possible with electronic manipulation. Due to lack of bandwidth, S-video is not suitable for high definition pictures.
Component Video is the analogue standard that has found favour for use with DVD players, high definition displays, video projectors as well as with computers. RGB colour signals are carried by three separate cables, each having their own phono connector. Video projectors and other professional video applications in this country utilise BNC connectors, whereas Japanese equipment tend to use "D" Type connectors. The line and frame synchronising signals are sent during the blanking periods of one or more of the colour signals and typically use Green for this purpose. Some variants of the system have separate synchronising lines, requiring a total of five cables. Audio is not inherently included but can be accommodated with two additional cables for stereo. Computer video cards typically label component video as "TV Out" or "VIVO" (Video in Video Out). These variations in the encoding of the RGB signals generate a significant lack of standardisation increasing the risks of improper picture generation on the monitor. Transmission of the component video signal is more robust than for the DVI and HDMI digital systems, enabling cables of up to 60 metres to be used without the use of boosters. There is a gradual deterioration in picture quality with length of cable, which is contrasted against the behaviour of digital signals, which experience a sudden occurrence of picture breakup at a specific cable length. Although the quality of the digital systems is better in theory, it is often a matter of conjecture as to whether the viewer would, in practice, see much difference.
Of the two common digital formats, the DVI (Digital Visual Interface) was the first to gain popular acceptance in computer displays. Introduced in 1999, it is the only widespread video standard that includes analogue and digital options within the same connector. Audio is not included. The connector is specific to the standard and has between 19 and 29 pins. Three main designs of connector are available. DVD-D (digital only), with 19 pins provides digital signals, DVD-A (analogue only) is analogue having 23 pins and DVD-I (Integrated, digital an analogue) has 29 pins. As the analogue signals of a VGA connector and the analogue section of a DVI connector use the same signals, it is possible to use a straightforward adaptor to convert between the two without having any intervening electronics. Because there is uncertainty as to which version of the connector is to found on the video interface and the monitor, the following summary may be useful in establishing which cable is needed to connect the two.
- If both connections are DVI-D, a DVI-D cable is needed.
- If both connections are DVI-A, a DVI-A cable is needed.
- If one is DVI and the other is VGA and the DVI is analogue compatible (i.e. is either DVI-A or DVI-I), a simple adaptor can be used without any electronics.
- If both connections are DVI-I, any DVI cable can be used but a DVI-I is recommended.
- If one connection is DVI-A and the other is DVI-D, it is not possible to connect them with a single cable. An electronic converter is required.
For displays of 1920*1200 pixels, cable lengths of up to 4.5 metres are possible. For 1280*1024 pixels, up to 15 metre cables are generally attainable. For longer distances, boosters are recommended. These are either self-powered or will need an external power supply. As already mentioned, digital signals are subject to sudden degradation if excessive cable lengths are used. This is known as the "digital cliff" and will occur at a specific distance for a given system and cable quality. There is no gradual deterioration as in analogue systems.
In 2003, a video/audio interface with a compact connector was introduced to provide high definition digital video with up to 8 audio channels and other features such as remote control. This HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) system can support 2560*1600 pixels. The 8 channel audio is transmitted at a 192 KHz sample rate with 24 bits per sample. Digital Dolby is supported. Cable lengths of up to 5 metres are achievable for cheaper cables and better cables can be a maximum length of 15 metres. Degradation, when it occurs, is often in the form of instability or blinking. The connectors have 19 pins and are hot-pluggable. As the DVI digital signals are compatible with HDMI, a DVI-D or DVI-I cable may be used to drive a HDMI monitor, or vice versa, using an adaptor. In this case, but audio and remote control features would be lost.
A major feature of HDMI is the incorporation of High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), which prevents the unauthorised user from viewing HDCP protected content. This has made it particularly attractive to software suppliers and some 800 companies in the video and PC fields have now adopted the format. Sales of the interface are set to exceed those of DVI in 2008.
Increasingly, monitor manufacturers are offering both types of digital interface and so one is faced with the decision of which to use. For normal screen sizes, the picture quality is the same. Both use the same encoding scheme and simple adaptors are available to convert between the two. The principle advantage of HDMI is that it also carries high quality audio. Also, the connectors are smaller and the cables are of smaller cross-section. The analogue Component Video is also capable of good quality reproduction though it achieves it with different colour information. Cable lengths can be as long as 60 metres, producing a gradual reduction of quality with increasing length.
The Apple range of computers deserves an individual mention as they have used a variety of video interface standards, often combining them to form proprietary connectors. Apple's standard DVI connector, which can provide VGA via a short connector cable, also accommodates composite and S-Video on the Power Mac G5 and the Mac mini. A mini-VGA connector may be converted to normal VGA via a short cable and is available on the white iBook, eMac, iMac G4 and G5 as well as the first generation 12-inch Power Book G4. Later models also support composite and S-Video. A micro-DVI connector is used in the MacBook Air to cater for the restricted space available. This is also used on later 12 inch PowerBook G4, Intel based iMacs and MacBooks. A full DVI connector is supplied on the MacBook Pros.
Looking to the future, the current display standard most able to be upgraded to higher resolutions, is HDMI. This is the only one that has inbuilt audio capability. The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has proposed a licence free new standard called DisplayPort which has been designed to succeed DVI which includes DRM (Digital Rights Management).
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Multiple bee attacks - three total - within a month have prompted city officials in Peoria to issue tips and reminders to residents of how to avoid and evade swarms of bees.
Africanized honey bees went after two people on consecutive days last week. The affected areas were separated by a couple miles, so the attacks do not appear to be related.
The most recent attack happened at a horse boarding stable near 81st Avenue and Thunderbird.
"They attacked him, they attacked his horse and three other horses," says Sue Henley who boards her horse at the stables. "They just swarmed on him. There was a massive black mass of bees that came at him."
The manager of the stable noticed a few horses were being stung so he sprayed a type of fly spray on one of the horses."What it did was make them swarm. It did the opposite of what he thought it would do," said Henley. "It was very scary." A man allergic to bees was attacked while working on a rental property one day prior to the incident at the stable."Old man got stung, the daughter came, got the mother and took him to the hospital, but he's home now. He's ok. Slightly stung," said neighbor Roy Fries.A few weeks prior to that incident, a massive hive in this mobile home park was destroyed.
Africanized bees carry less venom than other types of bees, but they attack in swarms inflicting much more damage.
"I've lived here all my life and I've never seen anything like that before," said Henley. "The horses were running all over the place, it was really frightening, really frightening."
A statement issued by the City of Peoria Fire Department advises people to stay at least 50 feet away from an active hive.
The statement warns that Africanized bees will chase you up to a quarter mile. This type of bee will hover and wait for you if you jump into a pool in an attempt to escape their fury.
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In a recent teary interview with E!, LeAnn Rimes admits she doesn't regret having an affair with Eddie Cibrian while they were both married to other people, but she hates how she handled the whole thing.
You may remember that the pair fell in love in 2009 while making the Lifetime movie Northern Lights and ultimately left their spouses Dean Sheremet and Brandi Glanville. "I call it insanity! Absolute insanity," she said of falling for each other. "But nothing ever happened between us except for on camera, you know, during the film ... Absolutely nothing. I had no idea what life was throwing me and I had no idea how to handle it ... But all I knew was I could not ... we couldn't stop connecting in some way. And it was the hardest thing I've ever been through in my life."
The hardest thing that she's been through! What about their devastated and humiliated spouses? What about Eddie's kids who now have to deal with constantly bickering parents?
"I wish I handled it differently because I wish it could've been better for me, for Brandi, for Dean, for Eddie, and for everyone else," Rimes explained. "I know in this situation it's gonna take some time, all I wish is that everyone that was hurt, that we hurt, that I hurt, can be happy."
Sorry, but I am not buying this so-called mea culpa. Her biggest regrets seem to be looking like the bad guy in all of this. For most of her life, she has been the sweet-faced, country crooner. Now being branded a home-wrecking hussy is almost too much for her to bear. "I'm like, can someone come up with anything like more, I don't know, original?" she joked, before beginning to cry.
It's certainly been hard for her to deal with the most vicious of critics. Her recent emotional breakdown can partly be attributed to that. It also doesn't help that Brandi is very vocal about how much she dislikes LeAnn. But it seems all the pain and suffering -- hers and that of others -- has all been worth it for the star. "When you endure those kind of hardships, at the end of the day if you can't make it through that, you can't make it," she said. "And we've made it through a lot ... We fought for each other."
Do you think LeAnn is really sorry for how much the affair devastated their loved ones?
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I think she is. But I'm really tired of hearing about it over and over. Will journalists ever stop writing about them?
I really wish she would just go away and quit talking about it. I think she just makes herself look worse the more she talks about it.....Quit be mean to the kids Mom, actually try to work with her, quit talking about it in public & work on your music & try to make amends-in private, please.
how come she is getting full blame for this? She didn't cheat with herself, it takes two...
And I'm not saying she isn't in the wrong, because clearly she is, but we need to remember that she is only human, just like the rest of us. We all make mistakes, some worse than others. It's sad her mistake had to help ruin two families... but if both families were really that happy and great, then do you think this affair would have happened?
Anyway... the deed is done, no turning back now... all she can do is move on, and we need to respect that and let it go! She's not the first and wont be last to have an affair!
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|Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:05 pm
Where is your favourite place to stargaze in SAN Parks?
I was really amazed at the impressive display of stars on show at Talamati. It adds a whole new dimension to a visit to Kruger.
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|Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:30 pm
On a drive at Punda Maria!! (Okay I might be biased )
There's no light pollution from settlements here. I love to stop during a drive & switch all the lights off on the vehicle as well as the engine. While on a drive I can also select an open spot as there are quite a lot of large trees (& a hillside) in camp which hinder the view.
:hmz: thinking...on top of Dzundzwini hill...(I wish!)
I have fond memories of sitting around a small camp fire at Marakele's delapidated bush camp underneath the stars while on a course. It's at the base of the mountain & I remember a full moon rising from behind the cliffs...
I haven't stayed at Talamati yet - mental note made to go & check it out!
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|Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:05 am
Most of the smaller camps (not on the border of Kruger) gives you an impressive display on a clear night.
I just love the view from all.
I sometimes love winter more, less cloud cover, less leaves on trees to hinder the sighting of stars and less snakes to step on when my eyes are fixed on the stars.
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|Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:48 am
I can't claim to have been to ALL of the SANParks so I suppose I can't say which one offers the BEST stargazing. However, I'd have a very difficult time imagining any of the parks in South Africa offering better night sky views than the Richtersveld Transfrontier Park. In fact, I think the night skies could be the most important attraction to RTP.
Here are two timed exposure pics I took in the park. No special lenses or anything, just the plain old Canon 350D camera with the kit lens but pitch black night with plenty plenty plenty stars (didn't I mention they were plenty?).
First picture taken at Kokerboomkloof. One of the most magical places you are likely to ever find yourself in. The point of view is towards the south and, as the photo clearly shows, incorporates the south celestial pole. What I particularly like about this picture is that both the large and small magellanic clouds are visible (above and below to the left of the Quiver tree). These are dwarf galaxies which are well outside of our own galaxy and two of the few extra-galactical bodies visible to the naked eye.
Respectively, they are 170,000 and 210,000 light years from us which is VAST. I mean really really far. In 1987 a supernova occurred in the large magellanic cloud which was the closest observed supernova since Oct 9 1604 and visible to the naked eye. The staggering fact is that the star exploded some 170,000 years ago (10,000 years earlier than the oldest known fossils of humans on earth) but the light of the event reached us only in 1987.
I was just a teeny kid at the time but would have loved to see it as it might well be the only naked eye supernova in our lifetimes seeing as the previous one was 380 years before this one so who knows, we may have to wait another 380 years for the next one.
Second picture taken at Richtersberg, on the bank of the Orange River. This one is pointing in a north-easterly direction showing stars as they appear from behind the horizon and climb up into the sky.
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Haven't been to the Richtersveld.
Nossob in KTP is amazing when the generator's off at night. *sigh* Augrabies is great too.
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|Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:12 pm
@ Betelgeuse - I think I have to try one of your night drives next time I'm at Punda.
@ Christo - You are right winter/spring is best - few leaves and more clear nights.
@ deefstes - thanks for these great pictures. I would love to go to Richtersveld.
I was just a teeny kid at the time1987 or 1604?
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|Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:39 pm
Deefstes, DB and I are always promising ourselves that we will one day visit Richtersveld, and now your post and magical star trace pics have just reminded me that it's time we made that promise a reality.
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|Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:15 pm
I totally agree with deefstes. The nightsky in Richtersfeld NP is amazing.
We haven't stayed at Kokerboomkloof but especially at Potjiesprom and all other camps without artificial light pollution it's amazing.
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Anywhere in South Africa away from civilisation will guarantee a magnificent display that will take your breath away. Especially in winter in the interior when skies are at their clearest. I always gasp in the Karoo, in the Kalahari, on any hilltop away from lights, and in the Okavango. I want to still go to Sutherland.
The amazing thing is that you're only seeing two to three thousand stars with the naked eye. Why do I say only two or three thousand stars? Because the latest estimates of the number of stars in our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is anywhere between a few hundred billion and a few trillion!! Yes, billions and trillions - thats 1 followed by 11 or 12 zeroes!!! Can you even imagine what the sky would look like with a million stars, never mind a million times that number! The mind, the soul, boggles ... And that is enough to humble us, even just a little, yes?!.
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Strange nobody metioned Satara on a cold winters night with no camp activity.
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Yes, It suppose the only time Satara has no camp activity is on a cold winter's night. Otherwise the braai fires and camping and hut lights impede the viewing to some extent. As with all large camps.
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I'm not saying there isn't great night sky viewing to be had in any of the KNP camps but surely, if the thread is about "best" night sky viewing, none of the KNP camps could possibly contend.
Apart from the fact that most of them have some sort of light pollution the air in the eastern parts of the country (and certainly in KNP) contains a lot of moisture which impedes night sky viewing ever so slightly.
For that reason you will find that large observatories are in dry regions and deserts, and if it can be at a high elevation, even better. But what I wanted to say is that, while the night skies can be magical as seen from Satara and many other KNP camps, it doesn't quite hold a candle (pardon the pun) to the viewing that is to be had in places like RTP or KTP where the air is dry.
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And the Karoo!
But, of course, the best viewing would be to climb a high mountain and look on a clear day. At least another couple of thousand stars would appear.
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|Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:46 am
As to date I would have to say Olifants rest camp in KNP, the river view in full moon is awesome & every little flicker of light can be seen in the sky. Having a telescope on hand was the cherry on top...
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deffstes, I'm still blown away by those two brilliant photographs - I love the forethought of composition that went into them. Both are great, but the southern circumpolar one is my favourite - I don't know if you planned to have the Magellanic Clouds where they were perfectly positioned for the photograph, but I think you should win some kind of award ... Really!
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