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Editor's Note: The following story appears in the Sept. 26 edition of NUVO, edited to fit the page space available. We plan to update this package soon with the option to peruse the candidate's unabridged responses to these questions - and in some cases, bonus questions such as,"If you could ask you fellow candidates a question, what would it be?" and "What examples, if any, of waste or mismanagement do you see in state government?" This update will also include links to the candidate's various proposed policy papers. We'll announce the update's posting via our Facebook and Twitter accounts.
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The 2012 election inches nearer — 41 days away.
Mitch Daniels prepares to pass the baton.
Suspense grips the state: Who will take his place? How many people will register? How many will make their way to the polls? How will the presidential and statehouse elections factor in?
Millions of dollars in campaign ads are flooding into Hoosier homes trying to reach you — the precious voter. Rather than attempt to referee the daily avalanche of news releases crowing about grand plans or howling over policies and positions forecast to be the ruin of modern civilization, NUVO opted to feature the men running to be governor through a series of candidate profile questions.
The following questions cover a lot of territory. They in no way reflect the unthinkable number of issues and circumstances a governor must negotiate, but they begin to hint at the vast diversity of fare on the chief executive's menu. The job is of utmost importance to this state. To people who love Indiana, understanding the person who is governor and holding that office accountable are among the most important jobs true Hoosiers can do. We hope these candidate profiles provide voters with a more nuanced understanding of the candidates and help motivate greater participation at the polls.
Thank you to Rupert Boneham, John Gregg and Mike Pence for taking the time to participate and to their staff members who helped make those meetings happen. Thanks also to NUVO interns Sarah Shaefer and Olivia McPherson for their invaluable assistance.
NUVO: What do you feel defines a good governor?
Boneham: The ability to model what we would expect out of our leaders — out of a role model: to give back to the state, to put the state before themselves, not to just care about special interest but to care about all — from those of us that cannot fight for ourselves to those of us that have enough money to do whatever we want.
Gregg: I think a governor that's inclusive, in touch with Hoosiers' needs — and that doesn't mean just the person on Meridian Street. That means the person on all the little main streets and county roads all across Indiana. I think the governor tries to bring people together. The governor, a good governor would want to get more stuff done rather than worrying about who gets credit, and would worry about the next generation rather than the next election.
Pence: A good governor is someone who understands the moment in the life of the state and is able to provide the kind of leadership that takes full advantage of the opportunities for citizens in that moment. ... We've gone through a great season of reform in the life of our state; I supported those reforms very strongly. Now with jobs and schools, in particular, Hoosiers are looking for outcomes, the results. I think that for the next governor of Indiana to meet this moment, it begins with understanding the opportunity Indiana faces and how we can really take Indiana from good to great.
NUVO: What do you think Governor Daniels did best during his term? In what areas, if any, do you feel he fell short?
Boneham: One of the best deals that I think I have seen so far, now time will tell, but selling the Indiana toll road for a billion dollars more than it was valued at was a pretty good deal. Unfortunately, that's the exception to the rule. You know, as we go then into some of the things that I don't see as positive for the state ... how do we put this? When we look at cutting budgets, too many times we still look at cutting from the bottom up; we don't cut from the top down. When we try to centralize our government throughout Indiana and locate a lot of offices in Central Indiana that have power over outlying areas, it takes power away from our communities. So I would see a better use of our money as decentralization, again, of government and giving the communities back their power.
Gregg: You know, I tell people I'm not running against Governor Daniels. Indiana has had a tendency to like all of their governors and hold them high, and I'm not running against him. I'm running against a career politician, a congressman out in Washington, D.C., so I kind of keep trying to keep my comments going that direction.
Pence: In the midst of many reforms and accomplishments, I think the
legacy of the Daniels administration will be changing the culture of state
government. I think state government now moves more at the pace of taxpayers
than at the pace of bureaucrats. ... I think there is unfinished business, but
I'm hard-pressed to find areas where I disagree with the policies that have
been advanced. ... The nature of this moment in the life of our state is that
we can take Indiana from reform to results because of the progress we've made.
Boneham: Enough of ... different regulations that I have to deal with that cost dollars and jobs.
I've always said I want to change the world; the way that I will do that is by being one of those people that create policy. Showing what we have done for our job creations and our re-entry program. I would like to do that for the entire state.
Gregg: You know, I have quite a bit of experience in state government. I served as speaker of the house, I've served as president of Vincennes University, worked for a couple Fortune 500 companies and in all of those places always managed to bring people together. Two of the years I was speaker, we were tied 50-50 [split between the parties] and the whole time I was speaker, the opposite party controlled the Senate, so you had to work out differences, you had to collaborate and cooperate. ... I decided to run for office because I thought, we've got a lot of opportunities in Indiana ... [specifically in] ag. ... that's right there at the top, what I now call advanced manufacturing, but manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, energy, logistics, and life sciences.
Pence: For two reasons: I love this state. I love everything about it. I was born and raised in this state, got all my education in Indiana and have worked every day of my life living with or serving the people of Indiana. ... The second reason is because I think this is no ordinary time in the life of our state. I truly believe Indiana is on the verge of an era of growth — and if we bring the right leaders in on every level with the right ideas and the right energy, I think Indiana can take her rightful place as the leading state in the Midwest — and one of the fastest-growing state economies in the U.S. ... We really believe that we can be a part of Indiana meeting that moment with the right leadership and the right ideas.
NUVO: How do you rate the General Assembly's mass transit bill? What, if anything, will you do about the issue moving forward?
Boneham: I support mass transit wholeheartedly. A city the size of Indianapolis needs an efficient and desirable mass transit system. Mass transit gets people to work and consumers to the shops. But any system built needs to be efficient and reasonably self-sustaining.
Gregg: That was two local governments, Marion County and Hamilton County, coming together, wanting to ask the legislature for permission to have a discussion on something that they "might" like to do. And I want you to put "might" in quotes. The legislature wouldn't even allow them to have a discussion. It's just wrong. We accomplish nothing if we don't allow people to talk. We accomplish nothing if we don't allow for a free exchange of ideas and that's one reason why I'm running, I mean, as partisanship has gripped our country, and has gripped our state.
I'll tell you why it's utterly silly in this case. Indiana actually makes rail in Fort Wayne. The rail on the railroad, Indiana makes that in Fort Wayne. We make railcar and components, railcar and railcar components in Muncie. We make the diesel engines for the locomotives in Columbus and soon to be, I think, even Seymour. We don't have a rail policy. These opportunities, if we would quit griping and fighting with one another and worry about what we're going to do next and where we're going to do it— there's just huge opportunities.
Pence: I have an open mind on the issue. But as I've said in many conversations with people, particularly in Central Indiana, my view of the matter is any investment in mass transit has to be based upon the population density and reasonable expectations of utilization and sustainability. But what we can't have is one part of the state expanding infrastructure in a way that people all across the state will be required ultimately to pay for in higher taxes. ... In areas of mass transit — which again I am open-minded, I don't have an opinion — if I'm elected governor, we'll sit down with all the interested parties and listen. But from my perspective, when you're talking about mass transit infrastructure there are metrics that can be used to determine whether an investment is economically sustainable. That's how we'd approach it.
NUVO: How do you think the state's gay people feel our state's politicians have treated them recently?
Boneham: For years, LGBT Hoosiers have been treated like second-class citizens. We've seen too many young people taking their lives because of bullying in their schools and homes. As governor, I will stand up for all of us. I will protect the constitutional right to equality under the law for every single Hoosier.
Gregg: I have been on record as saying I support traditional marriage. But with that said, when I was speaker of the house, that was the only time we ever passed a hate-crimes bill with a gay category in it. I've told people; I'm all about jobs. This whole amount of time we spend on social issues... it's not putting anybody to work and that's what we need to be focused on. And I remind them I'm running against the guy whose whole 12-year career has been nothing but dealing with social issues. And I've been criticized by some reporters saying, "Why do you bring it up?" Well, because I feel like I'm the game warden and a leopard is trying to change its spots. You can't be one way for 12 years and then all of a sudden say "Now I'm for jobs." You need to look at the record. I stand by my record. I've done other things, I'm not a career politician. I have not spent every day of the last 12 years trying to deny women access to healthcare.
Pence: My hope is that every Hoosier, regardless of their political or
personal philosophy, has been treated with the respect that every person in
this state should be afforded. I believe that's been the case in the state of
Indiana and if I serve as governor, it will continue to be. Regardless of where
any Hoosier stands on any particular issue, I think here in this state we know
you can disagree without being disagreeable. Hoosiers put a high premium on
civility and mutual respect — if I have the privilege of serving as
governor — whether I agree with any particular community in the state on
every single issue, I will always show every Hoosier the respect that I believe
should be accorded.
NUVO: What about the state's economy? Where do you see the greatest opportunities for growth?
Boneham: I like seeing our economy better than our neighbors. I like seeing our businesses not fleeing the state, but actually businesses looking to relocate in Indiana. I want to encourage that, not with tax abatements and government subsidies, but ... backing the government down from putting so much regulation in front of business, encouraging businesses to come to Indiana because of our location, because of our ease of compliance regulations, because our personal and corporate taxes...
We want to bring our corporate tax rates and our personal tax rates down to a 3 percent level. If we stop giving the tax abatements, if we stop giving the prebates. ... Honestly, I mean, I'm looking at GE that's threatening to move out of the state again if we don't give them another 10 years of abatements. At the same time we charge all of our small businesses 100 percent. If we eliminate that and stop taking away from our ability to collect taxes and we make everybody pay across the board, we can bring it down for everyone. That along with our location, along with the easing of regulations — and I'm not talking about making it a free-for-all, that you can do anything in Indiana — but you can promote your business, you can promote your world, you can advertise your company. You can put your sign up and take care of your world. We are the crossroads of America. We need to show that.
Gregg: There's a new awareness, sustainability, green farming ... [between growth in aquaculture and new generation greenhouses] Indiana could actually be to the point where we help change the way we feed the world and it would be affordable, it would be cost effective, and it would be healthier. ... I actually come from a mining background. I've worked for two Fortune 500 [mining] companies. Southwestern Indiana is part of the Illinois coal basin. ... The United States is the Saudi Arabia of coal. I think clean coal is part of the answer and I'm an advocate of coal-fire generation. I disagree with our president on coal even though we're in the same party. ... We've also got opportunities all over southwest, south-central Indiana in natural gas. We've got methane that we haven't even begun to tap. Then all you've got to do is go north and you see the wind possibilities and all over the state, the biofuels.
When I drive northwest up to Lake County, or if I drive over to Anderson and Muncie, and I see those wind turbines, I see new technology. I see alternative, renewable power, but I also see opportunity. I want to know why that steel post that holds that thing up isn't made in Gary. I want to know why the hub that's cast for that isn't cast in a La Porte, Ind., casting foundry. I want to know why the wire in that doesn't come out of, it's no longer Essex Wire, but it used to be Essex Wire in Fort Wayne. I want to know why that blade that's got some aluminum materials is not made in Lafayette or Booneville down on the river at Alcoa. ...
When we talk about logistics, everybody always wants to talk about roads. The challenges, everybody already knows this, the toll road (money) is going to be gone July 1 of 2013, so you've got I-69 that's somewhere between Crane and Bloomington. That has to be finished. You've got 31 north up to South Bend ... it's got to be finished. Approximately 60 percent of our bridges need to be totally refurbished in the next 20 years. So we've got some challenges there. ... But we've got some opportunities still there, in that we've got an unbelievable interstate system that crosses the state. We're located in the central part of the country. If we complete 30 or so miles of rail up the western side of the state we could ship southwestern Indiana coal up to Burns Harbor, one of our three ports in Indiana. It could also be used in northern Indiana, but it could also (move through) the St. Lawrence Seaway and be exported ... also some of this produce and all of the ag products. ...
Pence: If we make job creation job one, I think we have an opportunity to increase private sector employment and increase investment in our traditional areas of strength, which are manufacturing, agriculture, logistics and the life sciences.
There's been a lot of talk in the last 20 years about the new economy and new jobs. I think Indiana should continue to lean into attracting new jobs to our state, but I think the real opportunity for growth is to build on our strength. And in Indiana we are many things. But we grow things, we make things, we're innovators, we're inventors and we export what we grow and make from factory to farm and lab to every part of the world. So I think our greatest areas of potential are in our traditional areas of strength and that's where we're going to focus.
The policies that we're articulating are intended to harness that energy, which I'm happy to elaborate on relative to vocational education or the proposal to promote greater collaboration between our universities and life sciences.
NUVO: What do you see as Indiana's No. 1 environmental issue and how would youradministration respond to it?
Boneham: I am the outdoorsy guy. I grew up in Kokomo, Ind., catching snakes and fish and turtles and crawdads in the Wildcat Creek. I want to protect our waterways, I want to protect our air, I want to protect our soil. The best way to do that is to aggressively go after the people that are breaking the law and not just fine them a slap on the wrist, but actually pursue them criminally and financially. ... We protect Indiana's environment and when we catch people dumping or polluting we prosecute and we recover the money from them to make it right. It's that simple. We don't need to create more regulations. We need to enforce what we have. And not make it a slap on the wrist, because some people still, some of the bigger companies, can dump and it's cheaper to dump.
Gregg: We've got a number of issues out there when I talk with people.
... We need to be concerned about our water supply. Not so much from just
contamination ... there's a finite amount of water and I think we're going to see
over the next 10-20 years that he or she who has the water is going to be the
one that attracts the business and industry, the population growth. ... Indiana's
got some great aquifers in certain areas of the state. And I think we need to ...
see what we've got, know where it is, keep it clean. But I think water is
probably, it would be my biggest environmental concern because if we have water shortages ... that's going to absolutely impact not
just where cities are built, but where these factories locate. It would have
to be water.
Pence: I think Indiana's made great progress over the last eight years in compliance with federal standards and more importantly the public's expectation for clean water, clean air, clean soil. But I think maybe the greatest challenge that we have is to make sure that the State of Indiana is implementing our environmental standards and working with the federal government on environmental standards in ways that meet our environment goals but also are not a hindrance to job creation and growth. I'm someone who believes that a strong economy and a clean environment are not in competition with each other, necessarily. And that there are ways to grow our economy and we can continue to make progress on a clean environment ...
NUVO: Are you at all concerned about man-made climate change?
Boneham: In Indiana, you know we deal a lot with, there is talk with the methane gases released from the feedlots and the cattle farms, the pig farms, there's the methane gases that they're starting. And I'd like to see some of these landfills try to collect methane gases. Now they still might just be burning them off, unfortunately. I would like to see some collection and actual use, but Indiana, just like the rest of the country, has to get some control over the fluorocarbons, the methane gas, the air pollutants. For us in Indiana, we have focused a lot with the farms and all the pesticides we have put on the ground. We haven't focused as much on the air.
Gregg: I'm trying to focus on the things that Indiana can deal with, what the governor's office can deal with, and I don't think on those issues that that's anything the governor can deal with. But I will tell you I do think, I'm not one of these people who discounts global warming. We're obviously going through some type of change and extremes, and whether one wants to call it global warming or something else, it's legit, it's real.
Pence: I'm concerned about policies like a national energy tax that would work such a hardship on Hoosier utility ratepayers. I think the issue of climate change — and the cause of any climate change that's occurring — is a subject of scientific debate. And I think the science should always drive that debate, but I strongly oppose efforts to enact cap and trade legislation at the national level. And if elected governor, I'll strongly oppose efforts to impose cap and trade through regulatory policy by tying Indiana's utilities to standards of other states in the country.
Indiana, we get the overwhelming majority of our electricity from coal-burning
power plants. I support clean-coal technology. Indiana continues to be a leader
in that area. To embrace a cap and trade regime would be to work a great
hardship on Hoosier families and Hoosier businesses because of our reliance on
coal-burning power plants. I'll strongly oppose those efforts as governor.
NUVO: What's your take on Duke Energy's development of the coal gasification plant in Edwardsport? Do you believe the current proposed settlement of cost overruns is in Hoosiers' best interest?
Boneham: When we don't really know the total impact to the environment yet and we're creating a settlement ... I would have to honestly have to dig more into that, because we're dealing with some of the fracking things too, that I want to, I don't know the long-term effects. There are long-term effects in some of the things going on we don't know yet. Potentially there could be a greater cost, and we don't see it. Unfortunately, there's not enough transparency, even though it is a billion dollars over. Would it be more cost-effective to stop right now or should we continue on? That, and I have to say, I'll sit here right now and say that would take putting my team together and really doing analysis of how far we want to continue.
Gregg: I'd be willing to comment on that after they get it settled, because I'd need to see that, but I can tell you that I'm an advocate of things burning Indiana coal. I'm an advocate of trying new technology and I think that Indiana has about the sixth lowest utility cost. But with that said, cost overruns, I am not a fan of them being handled by the consumer.
... That's going to be an issue, and some of our power plants around the state are older and are mothballed. That's going to be something we're going to have to look at. Fortunately, right now we've got cheap natural gas, coal prices are low. But the costs of building those power plants are enormous. ... I know you have a lot of readers that are basically anti-utility. I always kind of, coming from the coal industry, I was always sensitive to that. I tell people that we long ago in this country decided we wanted to be cool in the summer and warm in the winter. That battle's been fought.
Pence: We've not expressed an opinion on that. If I'm elected governor, we'll take a very careful look at all the issues affecting Indiana's utilities with an eye toward ensuring that we promote policies that keep energy at a relatively low cost. One of the benefits for us, in terms of attracting jobs to Indiana, is we're a relatively low-cost state from an energy perspective. I want Indiana to continue to pursue and maintain policies that will maintain that competitive low-cost energy advantage that Indiana has. But any specific issues from my perspective would await us actually being given responsibility in the area. Then, we'll listen, learn and lead. That's how I like to approach things.
NUVO:What is your sense of our state's current educational landscape? How would it change — if at all — under your leadership?
Boneham: Our current educational landscape costs us half our dollars in our budget. I'd like seeing the ISTEP school scores rising, but we're talking about bringing in coaches to coach our teachers on how to teach better to the multiple-choice tests. Well, life is not a multiple-choice test. Life is an essay. And when we teach our children to pick the best of four answers and they get out in the world, how do we expect them to come up with their own answers? I want to give the power back to the teachers and the principals. I want to eliminate the standardized testing. I want to eliminate the No Child Left Behind. I want to empower our schools. I want to take dollars out of the administration and put them back into programs. ...
Gregg: I've talked to school teachers all over the state and they all tell me it can get better. They all tell me they don't mind being held accountable, but they'd like a voice in the changes and the reform and I think we need to give teachers a voice, our public teachers. The day I'm elected governor, war on the public teachers will stop —and(on) public education. I don't think it does any good to demean. ... We need to have people work together and share ideas. ... I'm an inclusive person, you just have to be.
Now, with that said, I think one of the biggest things we can do in education is fully fund kindergarten. I know they say it is, but fully and truly fund it, and also do some prekindergarten and early childhood development. That's just essential and we're one of a handful of states that do nothing on that. That's why we propose the childcare credit for parents that work. The other thing we have to do on the other end, as kids get ready when they graduate from high school, they need to be career ready or they need to be college ready. ... College is accessible in Indiana. Our challenge is to keep it affordable. And that would be one of the things that I would do would be to challenge the public trustees, the public university management, to say "How can you keep these fees, how can you keep a lid on them, so to speak?"
Pence: For more than 20 years I've been a champion, along with leaders like Bill Crawford, of educational vouchers. I think giving underprivileged kids and their families the same choices that more affluent Hoosiers have to go to a different public school, a public charter school or even a private school, it is better for the kids and better for the communities and education as a whole. Competition makes everyone stronger on the basketball court or in any arena.
That being said, I want to make sure schools are working for all kids, regardless of where they start in life and regardless of where they want to start in life. To me a voucher program is about saying to kids "We're going to level the playing field." Even if you were born into a tough environment and an underprivileged family, we're going to give you scholarships and choices to go to the best school you think your kids can attend. Similarly, we've advocated very strongly that at the other end of the educational process — more choices and more pathways for career and vocational education. ... I come from a perspective that all honest work is honorable work and that our schools ought to stand for the principle that any child that wants to go to college should be given access to a world-class college preparatory education. And, similarly, I think we can do a better job saying that for boys and girls that want to go into the workforce after high school and continue their education another time, we want to give them access to the kind of career and vocational education that will permit them to take off their cap and gown and go to work making a good living.
As I've traveled around the state, as often as I've heard business say they're not hiring, I've heard businesses tell me "We can't find people that are qualified to hire." I think if we close the skills gap at the high school level, it's going to be good for our kids, but it's also going to be good for our economy and for jobs.
NUVO: Do you plan any changes in how the state serves its veterans?
Boneham: We know that there are many areas our veteran's services can and must be better. But without knowing all the facts and how the current agencies work, it's not appropriate for me, or any candidate, to make sweeping statements on how we would fix it. I would rather know what's broken and how it happened before I try to fix it.
One thing that I do know is that we need to examine the portion of funding from the POW/MIA specialty licenses plate that goes directly to supporting Indiana veterans. Right now the majority of those funds go to programs to support active duty personnel and their families. While that is just as important, it wasn't the original intent of the plate.
Gregg: I mean it has happened in every corner of the state, ... normally it's their parent, but sometimes it's a spouse, saying, "We're trying to get ... our claims paid." And they can't. So the first thing that we said is, hey, we're going to put more people in there. There is a huge backlog of claims. That's No. 1. No. 2: When Indiana spends all this time talking about social issues, I tell people they want to talk about a social issue, talk about our slide in per capita income from 36th to 41st, but also talk about unemployment among veterans at 20 percent.
Pence: It breaks my heart to say the unemployment among Hoosier veterans returning from service since 2001 is two times the unemployment of the average Hoosier. Indiana has got to do better. Hoosiers want us to do better. That's why we've articulated a very specific set of policies and goals — from Indiana being accredited with veterans affairs in Washington, D.C., to emulating Indianapolis' recently stated goal of awarding state contracts, in part, on the basis of vet-owned business status. ... I think we can do better by our veterans. I think Hoosiers know they owe a debt of gratitude to the men and women who put on the uniform that we'll never be able to repay.
NUVO: What's your sense of the influence of the Citizens United decision (which prohibits limitations on independent political spending by corporations and unions) on politics in America?
Boneham: My biggest problem with Citizens United and the new Super PACs is the anonymity of donors and the way they get around contribution limits.
Gregg: (It's) had an enormous influence and I don't think it's a positive influence because you can have people given unlimited amounts of money and then not know where they come from, where the dollar comes from. I mean, we've seen $1 million come from some super PAC that's supposedly hooked to the Republican governors that came in to the Congressman and nobody has to tell where it's from. I think it's probably one of the most disastrous court cases we've had as far as affecting our electoral process, because it, in some cases, it is going to allow a person with little or no qualifications just to come in and buy a race if they can attract that type of money.
Pence: I'm someone who has long believed that the more debate that we can encourage and more transparency we can encourage in the American political process, the better off our citizens and our elections will be. I strongly oppose the McCain-Feingold law (which regulates campaign financing and was enacted in 2002). I actually was a plaintiff in the lawsuit that challenged McCain-Feingold, the McConnell case, to the Supreme Court. I was pleased to see the Supreme Court, while they upheld McCain-Feingold in the McConnell case, they slowly changed the law in the Citizens United case as one of the recent iterations of that. But they changed it in a manner of freedom. But I want to say that I believe that the more debate and the more transparency that we have in campaign elections is better for the country.
... My view has always been that Hoosiers ought to be able to expend their dollars in public life under the First Amendment as they see fit in support of the candidates or causes of their choosing. But I've also always supported transparency in our campaign finance laws and I'll continue to ... promote both those things. I've supported efforts at created transparency and accountability. ... I think throughout my career in Congress, I've long supported the public's right to know. I authored the Free Flow of Information Act in the Congress — that passed the House of Representatives and may yet become law — that will ensure the free flow of information by protecting confidential sources at the federal level.
NUVO: Any special plans for farmers?
Boneham: Standing up for our farmers and not letting the federal government tell them who can or cannot drive a tractor on their land. The federal government is trying to create a situation where only CDL drivers can operate equipment, even on private land, even out in the fields. That will never happen if I am governor.
I also see a great value in bringing fibered crops to Indiana and creating an industry that we are growing fibers, turning them into textiles, creating clothing for every prisoner locked up in Indiana, thousands of prisoners, tens of thousands of prisoners. Every state hospital employee, thousands, hundreds of thousands of scrubs — first responders, fire, and police, law enforcement officers
... Now
we have different colleges in Indiana that have for years been working on
fuels, grass fuels. Well, there are some crops out there that could make 10
times, 50 times the fuel production that corn creates and they grow in our
environment. [Any particular crops?] I would love to see bamboo and hemp come
into Indiana. Hemp is a $200 billion dollar industry in the United States, and
it is not represented because the federal government has said hemp
is illegal. [Is there a place for marijuana as well, or should we focus on
the hemp?] They're being able to create a spot for medical marijuana, of course. When we have alcohol that is legal and marijuana that is not, if we want to look at, in our future, the decriminalization, the taxing and regulating of marijuana like we do alcohol, it cuts off a lot of budget problems. But that is not one of my agendas. I don't want to scare everybody away... I'm already scary enough.
Gregg: I've been real critical of my opponent in that there is a farm bill laying in the House right now. ... he voted for a recess while Indiana farmers are experiencing, in some cases, the worst drought ever, in other cases, still the worst drought in over 20 years... Indiana farmers are hurting, and if I were governor I would be doing everything I could to work with our congressional delegation and the ag secretary and the president, to say we need relief.
Another thing that goes hand in glove with an ag policy is ... rural development policy ... I live on a farm, I don't farm, but my parents still live in our hometown of 300 people. You know there are some real challenges to a lot of these small towns... that also affects the farmer. We need to do everything we can because that's an important part of our heritage... we have to eat.
Pence: My running mate, Sue Ellspermann, recently unveiled our agricultural agenda and
I would commend it to your readers' attention. I think Indiana
is many things, but Indiana is agriculture at our
core. One of the reasons I love the state fair is because you see tens of
thousands of people who make their way out to the state fairgrounds and on an
annual basis are reminded where we come from in Indiana and we celebrate that
no matter what our backgrounds. But I think the economic opportunities in
agriculture are very real. Agriculture is a major part of our past and our
present. The reason we embraced an innovation corridor for agriculture being
promoted in this state, the reason that we're determined to look at and
evaluate the tax burden that faces family farmers is because we really do
believe that a growing diverse agricultural economy in Indiana is a core part
of our state's economic strength and by promoting greater innovation and
greater investment in Indiana, it will just make Indiana stronger.
NUVO:How do you define Hoosier?
Boneham: I like describing myself as that good Hoosier boy that has values, a sense of self worth and work ethic. ... We're able to look each other in the eye and care if people are OK — not to get too involved, but to care. ... Indiana is a great place.
Hoosiers that inspire me ... some of these men and women coming out of the
detention center that
were born with three strikes against them. That were raised without the knowledge of making a legal living
or even having a sense of self worth that are able to turn themselves around. ... Seeing someone that has been beaten down all their life, stand up and say "No matter what,
I will make it!" ... I have many fellow Hoosiers that I think back on knowing that we can make it.
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In 1989, the San Francisco 49ers went 17-2 and won the Super Bowl. And Joe Montana thinks that team would beat up on this year's squad.
Asked before the NFL Honors show on Saturday about what would happen if the two teams squared off, Montana told NFL.com it "would be bad" for the 2012 49ers.
"That would be bad for this year's team," Montana said. "That was one of, I think, our more explosive teams all around, offensively and defensively. It would have been a good matchup, I think, but two different styles."
This is a really good 49ers team Jim Harbaugh's leading. It went 11-4-1 in the regular season and finished with the second-best defensive-points-allowed total in the league and the fourth-best point differential. Colin Kaepernick took over for Alex Smith just over halfway through the season, and the 49ers offense instantly became more explosive. Frank Gore is criminally underrated. Michael Crabtree developed into one of the game's better wideouts down the stretch. The defense features Justin Smith and Aldon Smith and the best linebacker pairing in the league in Patrick Willis and NaVorro Bowman.
But the '89 Niners? That team was stacked, man. And it's not like Montana was ripping this team; NFL.com points out he was "quick to compliment" what Harbaugh's done.
The '89 team had Montana, with Steve Young backing him up. Sorry, Alex and Colin. Roger Craig ran for 1,000 yards and Jerry Rice is the G.O.A.T. Charles Haley and Ronnie Lott? Mercy.
Folks in San Francisco say '89 was the best team in franchise history. And as I recall, Young said in the 1994 49ers version of America's Game produced by NFL Films, Bill Walsh was conflicted about walking away after winning a title in 1988 because he believed he'd have the best team of his career coming up the next season.
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Location decisions and nongovernmental organization motivation : evidence from rural Bangladesh
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly important role in development assistance, but little systematic evidence is available about their objectives and choices in developing countries. The authors develop two stylized accounts of NGO motivation: one in which donor contracts determine location decisions, and another in which altruistic motivations are the principal determinants. The authors then use data from the 1995 and 2000 rounds of the Bangladesh Households and Income and Expenditure Survey to analyze location decisions of NGO programs established between those two sample years. The data show that net change in a community's NGO program was unrelated to the community's need and that NGOs were ready to establish new programs in new areas without being concerned of duplicating the efforts of other NGOs. The findings suggest that contracts with donors, implicit or explicit, probably play a crucial role in determining the incentives that affect NGO program location choices.
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Photographer's iPhone shot proves worthy of NYT's front page
Great photographers know the importance of improvising; conditions are often less than optimal and circumstances can change quickly, but a photographer's perserverance can pay off when he soldiers on to get the shot despite all challenges.
Just ask Nick Laham, whose portrait of New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez made the front page of the Sunday edition of the New York Times.
Laham squeezed into a locker room bathroom to take portraits of Rodriguez and other players during a spring training session. He explained the situation on his blog:
"This was not my choice, I wasn't given the option of studio or bathroom stall and decided on the latter. I joined the chain of photographers at 6 a.m. in the confines of the New York Yankees Spring Training facility in Tampa, and took what space I could get and worked with it."
Though Laham also used his DSLR camera to shoot the players, it was his iPhone-captured and Instagram-processed images that earned the attention of the NYT as well as Getty Images, which licensed the photos.
That an Instagramed image could earn such a coveted front-page position yet again has not gone without controversy: Poynter explored the topic today after Laham's image caused the Business Insider to raise a red flag about the demise of photography as we know it. But the move was really nothing new for the Times, which first ran photographer Damon Winter's Hipstamatic image of a soldier in Afghanistan back in November 2010.
Laham shared more of the images he shot with his iPhone that day on his blog, including these portraits of CC Sabathia, Raúl Ibañez and Mariano Rivera:
these aren't even particularly good as far as portraits go. There are tons of better mobile photo portraits out on the net; why this got chosen was because the subjects are stars. Nothing more than that.
I wonder what would the result have been had he post processed his DSLR pictures.
The iphone is a fine camera.
The processing may or may not be to your liking.
But giving Mark Zuckerberg a non-revokable, perpetual, fully-paid, fully-sublicensable, fully-indemnified right to use the photos and the New York Times brand is pretty stupid.
"Hi, is that the nyt? Apple here. You know, it'd be really nice if you could use an iphone photo on your front cover some time. Perhaps we could help you with some apple inside scoops one day.."
"Oh well, yes, we do have this one year old picture of a baseball guy. Leave it with us."
If you're a newspaper trying to keep up in an era of social media do you appeal to the average Joes who account for a couple hundred million potential readers or do you cater to the artistes?
There is not a publication or network out there that does not covet the FB audience.
Sorry but I registered only to protest against all these so called "pro" shooters with expensive cameras thinking that pictures with phones are worthless only because they are shot with, well ...a phone.
If the picture is appealing and the colors look nice on your all-so-perfect-calibrated-screen, then what's the problem?
How about we extend this way of thinking and state that all the pics shot in the 20's (by pro photographers) are not good enough anymore because the lens used at that time was not perfect compared to present standards?
I'm not a pro but am seriously interested in photography since I was 12 and turning 40 this year. No "pro" with education or without can tell me what to like.
To be honest, I like a good "snapshot" way more that all this perfect lit and 200% sharp commercial stuff out there.
Well you said that you prefer a snapshot anyway, so that explains it right there. If you prefer Taco Bell to real Mexican food that actually tastes decent, then you're too ignorant to understand.
So am I alone in seeing the ridiculous contradiction in a mobile phone emulating old-style photos...?
The only way to separate the true photographers from the technologically enabled ones is to reinvent film again. The technology is killing the art and these portraits are poor to say the least!
That just tells me NYT and Getty don't have a clue. Instagram is awful.
The mobile hype is not just annoying. It is a dedicated wide spread attack to diminish and destroy photography.
This twisted cheerleading of smart phones is really annoying. The only things that made this photo worthy NYT's front page were the Subject and the Skills and Status of a Photographer.
Sure the technology is making it easier for the masses to sing without voice, play music without knowing notes, make pictures without understanding light and composition. But without true skills and talent the outcome will always look comical, grotesque, amateurish, cheap, fake, 3rd grade-ish, etc, etc.
That's why I find such articles really annoying. They give too much credit to technology without any analysis of real factors of success of certain photographs.
Well, what can I say. I guess it works for web and newspapers but I doubt that this will work very well on quality print media.
I've seen some nifty shots done with cellphones before, but those shots are all about the right moment and a lot o luck. With a dslr on an assignment u need to be prepared with all the proper lighting equipment to shape and sculpt the image because u do t have the time to wait for the lucky lighting conditions. So no, for most professional photography applications u need pro caliber equipment.
I've definitely seen far worse photos taken with DSLRs.
Time for you equipment snobs to take a chill pill. I remember reading an article about why more and more photojournalists were using Instagram and other forms of phone photography to cover stories. It makes perfect sense. Phone cameras can deliver sufficiently good image quality, and the ability to transmit the images practically instantly means photojournalists can get there images out to the world that much faster. Plus, unlike a DSLR, you can slip a phone into practically any pocket, and it's a lot less conspicuous than even many compact cameras.
Sorry, but if you are a real photographer, you ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS have some sort of real camera with you at all times, even something like a Sony RX100 at least. Maybe lugging the Nikon D4 cameras of the world everywhere is a bit much, but come on already--if having something like a Sony RX100 with you everywhere is more than you can bear, maybe you're in the wrong profession.
Yes I did, and still--you have a DSLR at your disposal, and you use a cellular phone? Why in the world would someone EVER do that?
@larrytusaz - a lot of photojournalists are now covering stories with phone cameras because, unlike a DSLR, you can use a phone to capture an image, crop it, edit it (on a 4" or larger screen), then immediately send that image anywhere in the world. I don't think DSLRs are going to be getting 4"+ screens, Snapdragon processors, editing capabilities, and cellular phone connectivity any time soon.
Oh please Larry, are you a "real" photographer. Anyway, the iphone camera IS a real camera. And no, I don't even own a smartphone, but I've taken pictures for a living since 1971. I don't care what kind of camera you use. A REAL photographers photographs will always look better than a wanna be photographer.
And a "real photographer" who would be retarded and mentally-ill enough to use a PHONE to take a picture should be forced out of business and not allowed to practice his craft based strictly on that alone. Period. It's the same as how no self-respecting chef would microwave Chef Boyardee in a zapper for anything he's presenting to others as an example of his "craft." He's a retarded idiot if he does so.
Photos were taken LAST year, licensed to Getty.
Nick Laham is young, creative, and SMART. Check his portfolio.
He's definitely NOT a hack.
I do not think that it is the image or what it was taken with that is the issue here. What is an issue is why this is deemed newsworthy at all.
PS The image quality does look pretty dubious).
These look like 30-year old Polaroid pictures shot on film that had been left in the trunk of a hot car. Is this the "thing" now?
Yeah. It seem to be look "OLD" is the "NEW" in thing :) He should have use 35mm film SLR :)
Reminds me of a great photographer I know that uses Holga plastic lens camera with medium format film to shoot images.
For photojournalist, its the content that sells the image whether it is a technically perfect image or not. Different standards for different media.
Surprise!--there are actually quite a few photojournalists that are using point and shoot cameras for their work. This has been going on for a very long time. My gut feeling is that the degradation of the quality of photography for newspapers and magazines is the reason why newspapers and magazines are cutting their pro photographer staffs to a minimum and just purchasing stock photos for their articles. Canned photography seems to be the solution for news media. Wonder why your newspapers are crap? These dinosaurs are hanging on by a thread. Instagram and iphones are just another symptom of the dumbing down and lowered expectations of our society. Mediocre seems to be the theme for the sheeple.
The value of the news worthy photo is not determine by the image quality alone. The photographer need to be at the right place and the right time to capture the right moment. Newspaper are losing business to the internet so they are unable to keep too many pro photographers staff. They cannot hire an army of photographers and put them at every corner to wait for something to happen. However, since almost everyone have a smart phone that can take pictures, everyone can keep a look out for news worthy pictures and sell them to the newspaper. This is the cost saving way for them to remain profitable and stay in business.
Crappy times need crappy pictures.
What is so crappy ? Are you against "arty" pictures? The composition or the exposure is wrong? The focus?
Or is the camera not expensive or advanced enough for you?
This is the Cambrian explosion if photography. It didn't "prove worthy" of being put on NYT, it was "being experimented" on NYT. With some more experimentation, we'll figure out what was an embarrassing failure and should never be tried again. Of course, for some of us, it's pretty obvious what will fail. Till then, the rest if the people will find it hard to figure out and will assume that all experiments are worthy of Nobel prizes :)
For anyone who is interested here is the link for the Getty page the photo is on along with the DSLR shots.
I think a lot of people are not aware how shorter time photographers are given for this type of thing sometimes in less than idea locations. Also you are photographing someone that at times has to go rushing off somewhere.
You can bring up the details of the photo. The file size is 3.55 mb which might suggest this was taken on an iPhone 4 which is 5MP. Or it has been cropped a lot.
My iPhone is 8mp. It's handy as the camera I always have with me, and it actually has good color.
Is that enough for the above photos? It seems so. I can count the whiskers and eyebrow hairs. What would you do with more resolution? Count the threads in the uniform?
Anyway, I don't think newspapers need quite the resolution that a magazine would, and magazines vary in quality themselves, so I guess I'm not too surprised that a phone photo could be used.
I like to think that at least some of my iPhone photos are worth taking and keeping, so I guess for some of us, maybe this will be some validation that it's not a complete waste of time. But if this is the only camera you have with you, you gotta work with what you've got!
I don't see where is the big news. if I am not wrong iPhone is actually a 5Mpix camera right? well, back in 2000 professional photographers were using digital cameras with less than 3Mpix to take pictures for press. that's 13 years ago. so, what's the big news again?
3GS has 5 Mpx, iPhone 4, 4S and 5 use an 8 Mpx Sony sensor.
well, if it has 8Mpix then the news is even less worth mentioning.
I really want this "mobile photography" nonsense to be over soon. photography is done with cameras. iPhone is (apart other things) a camera, so, what's the big surprise? it's not like these pictures were taken with a stone but with a camera. that's a 150 years old activity. nothing new happened.
"Apple is cool, buy more products" is the big news.
Ha.. best thing about this was that the Yankee's got spanked by the Red Sox on opening day.. in the Bronx!
Oh, to the person below that asked S.I. not to do any swimsuit issues.. Sorry to inform you but you might want to check out this years addition.. Last pages have instagram shots of the ladies... all and all, not too bad.
The photo might be good enough. The text bellow is just awesome. These photos are nothing but "improvised" .
Phones are good tools, have many strong useful points, but don't treat me lika a fool with cheap advertising.
The lighting is fine, maybe the camera is fine and since so many post-edit in grain/rough texture the look is fine. But what are with those colors, they might be hip and cool for the Newspaper folk to try out but at least work on getting worthwhile colors... oh right we're using a smartphone, can't expect too much.
It may be more interesting to run instagram photos, but if these shots were chosen "over" the DSLR shots then that makes me wonder how those turned out...
No fancy studio (justa bathroom) no fancy camera (justa phone) no fancy lighting. Great pics!! Still love me some Stieglitz and Walker Evans but Good job Nick. Mobile photos are here to stay. The only thing fading into obscurity are the cranky old dinosaurs who used to work in darkrooms.
So they re-used a photo - so what? This is last year's news. Where ya been?
PLEASE! Sport Illustrated.
Never use iPhone images on your annual Swimsuit Issue.
It's always the photographer and not the camera. But this will be forgotten in like 10 min.
Is it just me...? My Mom's iPhone shoots better colors then this.
Might as well just to shoot B&W images.
Did you completely miss the part where it said the image had been 'Instagramed'? That means the photos colours were processed and did not use the iPhones default colours. The customer (the newspaper) liked the look of the photo just as it was. If they wanted to have it converted to B&W they could have asked but obviously were happy with it as it was. The colour look is what would have attracted readers at the news stands. In B&W it would not have stood out on the news stands and would have lost them newspaper sales.
Instagram is now a verb?
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Yeah, get over it people, the photos are not bad. If you're this close with decent light, the iphone will give you just as good a photo as the most expensive DSLR. It's a 4x4 photo on newsprint.
the MP doesn't determine the image quality. Only the sensor and lense combo do. MP can give you more detail but most uses don't require 24+ mp.
However, to say a mobile phone can take same quality shot as a DSLR is just blind insanity. You can take a better composed shot but the quality will NEVER be the same.
Take a look at the guy's getty images. His DSLR photos are there as well. Image Quality wise they completely destroy the mobile photos he took. The only real problem he had with his DSLR photo was he had them pose in really robotic poses specifically for commercial reasons. The IQ difference is night and day though.
They are not and will not be "as good as an expensive DSLR". An iPhone costs more than my Sony Nex C3 and the Nex will absolutely demolish any iphone for sheer image quality.
you can take good photos with mobile phones that can rival DSLR in content and composition but never in quality.
It's J Jonah Jameson's call...
Live with it.
Everyone with a camera phone who uses Instagram will now exclaim "see, I told you I was a photographer!"
With the proper lighting and processing, almost any camera can look good.
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The battlements of Tattershall Castle have loomed over the Lincolnshire fens for almost 600 years. The moated medieval tower has seen kings, queens and conquering armies come and go, but this weekend will see an unprecedented invasion when leather-clad bikers converge on the historic property. But rather than pulling up the drawbridge, the castle's owner, the National Trust, is laying out the welcome mat with a month-long arts programme to entice heavy metal fans and bike enthusiasts.
Highlights of the Dark Materials festival, which launches today, include a specially commissioned sculpture by cutting edge artist Tod Hanson and an "alternative village fete" featuring "radical crafts", heavy metal face painting, rockabilly barn dancing and works by "steam punk" artist Joe Rush, who makes sculptures from bike parts.
It's a long way from the historical re-enactments, cream teas and garden tours associated with properties owned by the National Trust, a charity devoted to conserving Britain's heritage, but that's the point.
The event is the latest in an innovative programme of arts and cultural events laid on by the National Trust in partnership with the Arts Council to target new audiences.
"We need to reach out to new people and show them that we are not just a teacakes and tweed organisation," says Tom Freshwater, contemporary arts programme manager for the National Trust. "Contemporary art is a new way to get people into our properties and it can help them connect with the property on a deeper level."
The Tattershall project came about because hundreds of bikers used the car park as a rendezvous en route to the coast, though few were entering the building. But it is part of a wider agenda to bring Britain's heritage to life in innovative ways. In recent months this has seen the National Trust release a punk compilation album – Never Mind the Dovecotes – and host a Hare Krishna festival in the 18th century grounds of Croome in Worcestershire, which involved music, dance, chanting and meditation. At Attingham Park, Shropshire local artists have been invited to explore the house's links with animals, with some unsettling results. Among the outlandish installations at the House of Beasts exhibition are macabre miniature dioramas made with dead insects, and taxidermy specimens in surreal situations, such as a magpie perched on a Bakelite telephone.
Freshwater admits some visitors have found the work "challenging". "If you look at the visitor books, 70 per cent of comments are positive but then we'll get comments such as: 'We come to the National Trust to get away from modern life' or 'This should be in the Tate Modern'. But we're not doing this to be shocking. We are taking it very seriously and working with responsible and well-respected artists."
The National Trust is not alone in embracing the counter-cultural and contemporary to reach new audiences. Across Britain, stately homes and castles are coming up with ever-more creative programming to freshen their appeal, from pop-up cinemas, such as The Nomad which toured historic houses and gardens this summer, to enlisting artists to breathe life into their buildings.
Recent collaborations included designer Vivienne Westwood's contribution to the Enchanted Palace experience at Kensington Palace, which uses theatre, storytelling and light installations to bring the state apartments to life, and Antony Gormley's showing of two new works at Harewood House in Yorkshire. Last week, Chatsworth, home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, unveiled a new work by Damien Hirst as part of its Beyond Limits sculpture exhibition. Hirst's Legend, a bronze depiction of a flayed winged horse, will be the highlight of the event, which is expected to bring in an additional 220,000 visitors over its six-week run.
"It's been hugely successful, with the international art audience and our traditional visitors. And it's attracted a new audience that wouldn't necessarily have come otherwise," says Matthew Hirst, head of arts and historic collections at Chatsworth.
Next year sees the culmination of the three-year partnership between the National Trust and the Arts Council and there are plans to go out with a bang, with 25 events at properties such as Tatton Park, Cheshire, Nymans in West Sussex and Ham House and Garden, Surrey.
Biker festivals, punk albums and dead insects: it's a million miles from the perception of our stately homes and manor houses as treasure troves of the nation's heritage. But as Freshwater points out, this is not such a radical departure as it might seem.
"In their heyday, in the 18th and 19th centuries, many of these houses would have been at the cutting edge of art and architecture. By supporting contemporary artists we are continuing a long tradition."
'Dark Materials' is at Tattershall Castle until October 26. 'The Alternative Village Fete' is on October 15 and 16. 'House of Beasts' is at Attingham Park until July 15 2012. See www.nationaltrust.org.uk. 'Beyond Limits' is at Chatsworth until October 30; see www.chatsworth.org


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Utah's Lone Peak officially crowned No. 1 after winning fifth state title in six years.
Knights put an end to national championship debate Saturday night with 33-point win in title game.
In a showdown between the top two teams in the Academy Top 10 rankings, Findlay Prep wins. Also, Simeon, Lone Peak and St. Anthony win.
Head coach Kevin Boyle in winner's circle for the second time in three years in Fort Myers; Dakari Johnson earns MVP honors as Eagles dominate Lone Peak in final.
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|1 1⁄2 Pound
|Hard boiled eggs
|1 Ounce (1 Heaped Tablespoon)
|To Taste
|Cayenne pepper/Curry powder
|To Taste
|Bacon rashers
|1⁄2 Pound
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|1 Pound
|1 , juiced
|1 Pint
Cut the steak into thin 5-in, lengths.
Chop the hard-boiled eggs and onion and mix them with the 1 tablesp flour, seasonings and beaten egg.
Remove rind from bacon and cut bacon into 3-in lengths.
Roll a teaspoonful of egg mixture in each strip of bacon, and then in one of the pieces of steak Secure with a toothpick.
Toss ir flour and sear in hot fat.
Transfer from pan to casserole, add the tomatoes, skinned and sliced, lemon juice and stock or water Place in a moderate oven (350° F., Gas 4) and allow to cook for 2 hr Remove toothpicks.
Serve With macedoine of vegetables and creamed potatoes.
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 2879 Calories from Fat 1297
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 144 g221.7%
Saturated Fat 54.5 g272.7%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 1019.4 mg339.8%
Sodium 1737 mg72.4%
Total Carbohydrates 158 g52.8%
Dietary Fiber 14.9 g59.6%
Sugars 22.2 g
Protein 231 g462.4%
Vitamin A 103.1% Vitamin C 189.4%
Calcium 39.8% Iron 119.5%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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Joe Manganiello is suddenly a very busy guy.
Manganiello, who will play the key role of Alcide on "True Blood" this season, has also booked one of the lead roles in "Livin' on a Prayer," a CBS pilot from "How I Met Your Mother" creators Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.
The latest round of pilot casting also includes Poppy Montgomery and Marc Blucas in an ABC drama and Eugene Levy in another CBS comedy.
"Livin' on a Prayer" is about a group of friends living in Pittsburgh; Bays and Thomas have described its characters as being one step further along in life than the "HIMYM" crew.
Manganiello, who's guested on several episodes of "HIMYM," will play a former high-school football star turned husband and father, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Bays and Thomas co-created the pilot with "How I Met Your Mother" writers Kourtney Kang and Joe Kelly.
The rest of the casting news:
– Former "Without a Trace" star Montgomery and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" alumnus Blucas will star in ABC's "True Blue," the showbiz trades report. The show revolves around six San Francisco cops and former best friends who work together solving a fellow officer's murder. Blucas will play a detective and the ex-husband of Montgomery's character, the only female captain in the department.
Jon Harmon Feldman ("Reunion," "Big Shots") created the show and will exec produce with Bert Salke and Chris Brancato. Peter Horton ("Grey's Anatomy") will direct.
– Levy ("American Pie," "Best in Show") will star in "Hitched," the CBS comedy from "Chuck" writer-producers Josh Schwartz and Matt Miller about newlyweds who are still getting to know one another. Levy will play the groom's dad, who's been divorced four times, the HR says.
– Elsewhere, Nelson Franklin ("I Love You, Man") has been cast in FOX's comedy "Traffic Light," and James Murray ("Krod Mandoon," "Primeval") has joined CBS' CIA drama "Chaos."
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Mater Dei's Mosqueda-Lewis a real hot shot
SANTA ANA - When a basketball rolls around the rim and nuzzles up against the glass and finally drops through, you'll hear someone say, "He (or she) got the shooter's roll."
No, he (or she) didn't.
Real shooters don't need the roll.
Real shooters are disappointed when the ball sort of slithers into the rim like an otter diving into a whirlpool. Real shooters are mortified when it bounces off the heel, between the hoop and the board, and then goes up and drops through, divinely.
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis does not need gravitational pull or any other such help.
Well, that's not quite true. On Friday night against La Jolla Country Day, she and her Mater Dei teammates needed time.
She was 2 for 12 in the first half, and the defending state champion Monarchs were losing on their home floor in the Nike Extravaganza, and Mosqueda-Lewis was not exactly stoic about it.
She missed a couple of shots that you would consider "forced," except real shooters don't do that either.
The second half beckoned, and Mosqueda-Lewis rose up and fired a 3-pointer that did not bounce, swirl or beg its way in. It just landed, like a missile.
It had perfect backspin and arc, and she did it the way the rest of us would toss a beer cap into a trash can.
Then she kept doing it.
"It's really a great shot," said Kevin Kiernan, the Mater Dei coach. "The other players try to imitate it, and they can't."
She wound up with 24 in the second half and 28 overall, six above her average, and the Monarchs won, 68-54, to become 22-1.
They will have to contend with Brea Olinda and Long Beach Poly to win more titles, but obviously there's more to them than Mosqueda-Lewis.
She, Jordan Adams and Alexyz Vaioletama won gold medals with Team USA's under-17s last summer, in France. At least five of these Monarchs will be playing in Division I next season.
Mosqueda-Lewis committed to Connecticut last year. She was hoping to help the Huskies extend their record winning streak, but Stanford ended it at 90, on Dec. 30.
The Monarchs were flying back from a tournament in Boston. They were on JetBlue, with satellite TV at each seat.
"We were sitting in different parts of the plane," Mosqueda-Lewis said. "I'd watch, and then I'd stand up and turn around and say, 'What's going on?' My teammates were worried for me."
Mosqueda-Lewis is assertive enough to have asked Maya Moore, UConn's national player of the year, if she wouldn't mind giving up her No. 23, since Kaleena also wears it.
"She told me she wanted to let it go for a little while," Mosqueda-Lewis said. "Maybe someday. They don't retire numbers there."
Once they reach this level, they aren't really girls anymore. They have played 50 to 100 games every summer, with their travel teams.
The coach of the West Coast team left a couple of years ago, so Mosqueda-Lewis played on another. Never mind that it meant spending the summer on her own in Murfeesboro, Tenn.
So she was bemused, not intimidated, when UConn coach Geno Auriemma began goading her. Auriemma sees no reason to buddy up to players that he'll be pushing unmercifully for four years.
"He didn't kiss my butt," Mosqueda-Lewis said. "If you want to go there, fine. If you don't, don't. He'd say, 'You're a California girl. You're not going to make it. I think you might be a little soft.' He wanted to know if I can take it."
Since Mosqueda-Lewis was savvy enough to mention that Diana Taurasi is also from California, she saw it through.
"She's got some of Diana's swashbuckler in her," Auriemma told the Hartford Courant last month. "And she wanted to come. That is huge to me."
Still, Auriemma will demand that Mosqueda-Lewis expand her shooter's role.
"I think she can come off the (UConn) bench and contribute next year," Kiernan said. "She's gotten much better at creating her own shot. We've helped her with her defense. When you talk about Maya Moore, she's in professional condition. Kaleena has to work on that. She knows that."
Mosqueda-Lewis has trained with her father, an Anaheim firefighter, and with Mater Dei assistant coach Alicia Komaki. She is eating five small meals a day. She's not Gail Devers, but she gets to her shooting launch point quickly enough.
"I've always been big," Mosqueda-Lewis said. "I used to be bigger than all the boys and girls. I really wasn't very good. I was clumsy, couldn't shoot. But people said I had potential. I figured I would keep doing it. Around the seventh or eighth grade I really started enjoying it.
"Now I'm short."
She was short a few times Friday night, in the first half.
Fortunately, games are long enough to let shooters roll.
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Are those nice wallpapers gonna be in fedora 9 now? because we are past the final freeze now.. Or is this gonna be saved for F10?
I'm being told by mizmo that it'll be fine. I'm making a few quick edits at her request, so I'm sure they're fine. The current versions are at http://slarti.ianweller.org/waves-0.1.1/. You can also see the Makefile and GIMP script I used there. mizmo has asked me to add a bit of a purple hue to the morning one, since morn and noon are very similar. If someone is willing, could they check the waves.xml file there? -- ian


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A leading shareholder in Apple has called on the technology giant to keep the chairman and chief executive roles separate following the death of Steve Jobs.
Mr Jobs, one of the world's most prominent business figures who co-founded Apple from his parents' house in 1976, was replaced as chief executive in August as his health deteriorated. However, he retained the chairman's role – it is far more unusual in the US than the UK to separate the two roles.
Tim Cook, the long-time chief operating officer, became chief executive. Many saw Mr Jobs's chairmanship as more of an honorary role, similar to that of a company president.
Despite suspicions that the separation was largely honorific, the $34bn pension fund of the Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) believes it would be better for Apple's oft-criticised corporate governance if Mr Cook did not also assume the chairman's role. Liuna owns shares in Apple through more than 100 different funds.
Jennifer O'Dell, assistant director of the Liuna corporate affairs team advising the funds, said: "We believe strongly the two positions should be separated. Our preference would be to have a chairman of the board and a chief executive officer."
Liuna demanded details of Apple's succession planning last year, when concerns were again growing over Mr Jobs's long fight with pancreatic cancer. The call failed, but the US's biggest pension fund, Calpers, won a battle to insist that Apple needed majority shareholder support to elect unopposed candidates on to its board.
"Shareholders need those two positions to be separated for transparency," said Ms O'Dell. "We would also like them to disclose what the succession plan is [now]. We're not asking Apple to reveal the name of the next chief executive officer, but how they develop internal candidates to one day fill that role and to know that an emergency plan is in place."
The Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) corporate governance group would not comment directly on the Apple situation, but did say that it would "generally support independent chair proposals filed by investors". ISS added that it would "weigh in" should a share-holder make an independent chairman proposal ahead of Apple's next annual meeting in February.
A decision to keep the roles distinct would mean that Mr Cook would not have the same power over the organisation as his predecessor, who briefly established the company as the world's biggest this summer.
Peter Miesk, an equity analyst at Jefferies, said that the former US vice-president Al Gore, who is currently a director, could be in the running for the chairman's role. John Doerr, a non-executive at Google, could also be a candidate.
Mr Miesk also dismissed fears that Mr Jobs's death will lead to a substantial fall in the share price. Many people in Wall Street believed that Mr Jobs, one of the true pioneers of world business, with his ultra-sleek designs and uncanny ability to predict consumer trends, was integral to the Apple brand. Mr Miesk said: "We have spent the past 12 to 18 months looking at the business and understanding the new products it is working on. It looks to have a product road map for at least the next four to 10 years. We are very positive. We think the earnings estimates are too low for the products we think it is capable of. They will continue to have high market share."
Apple's shares held up fairly well last week, despite Mr Jobs's death on Wednesday and the muted reaction to the launch of the latest iPhone 4 on Tuesday. This was Mr Cook's first set-piece event without Mr Jobs, and he was not considered to have performed as well as his predecessor did at such events. Shares closed at $369.80 on Friday, down from a touch under $380 at the start of the week. Mr Cook's next major announcement comes on 18 October, when investors will be scouring his comments at Apple's fourth-quarter results for hints of the future direction of the company.
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