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8 ways to energize your B2B content marketing strategy
This article and expertise was originally published on The B2B PR Blog.
Is your B2B content marketing strategy successful? Or do you at times feel like your strategy needs a facelift? According to Content Marketing Institute, content marketing leaders experience 7.8 times more site traffic than non-leaders. So what sets these two groups apart, and how can you boost your content strategy to generate that kind of success?
The answer may lie in your B2B blog content. A reported 80% of B2B marketers include blogging in their marketing strategy. Yet, there is still massive room for growth and improvement in the sphere of B2B blogging. When asked about the future of their marketing efforts, another 52% of B2B marketers admitted that they expect blogging to be their most critical tactic for success in the coming year.
So what can you do to further embrace this growing trend? Here are eight definitive ways that you can fire up your content strategy, and generate palpable results.
Invest in a motivating storyteller
So-so B2B content marketing is based around a company's product or service — but great, inspiring B2B content marketing is built upon storytelling. As humans, our motivations are tied to compelling and relatable stories. No matter how old we are, a well-told story can move us to take a positive action.
Take this example from New Relic, a company that helps businesses to sift through and decipher the meaning of their data. Normally, this company's product might sound as exciting as watching paint dry. But through a story of a company's journey and its desire for understanding, New Relic takes a dry subject matter and makes it appealing. Instead of thinking of data, customers think, "I would love to be able to understand my business more clearly." That's the beauty of storytelling.
Choose quality content over quantity
With such a big push toward filling that content calendar, the quality of B2B blogs and other content can quickly go downhill. While it's important to keep that content flowing, you never want to lose sight of the quality of your content. Don't give them a reason to seek content from your competitors — always strive to give them consistently high-quality content that keeps them coming back for more.
Create content around a predetermined purpose
What is your company's purpose? This is the first and most important question you need to ask yourself before any content is created. If you don't have a clear purpose or goal, your content will appear haphazard and your readers will have no reason to return.
Make it personal
Nobody likes to be addressed in generalities — to be just another face in the crowd. We want to feel special. That's why you no doubt program you phone with your personal data — so it can greet you by name, give you local weather, and even recognize your fingerprint.
In B2B content marketing, we need to personalize our approach if we want to succeed. Many effective marketers have already begun to do this. A recent study published by Forrester Consulting and Persado revealed that 69% of marketers used data from loyalty and customer value programs to determine what offers would appeal to certain individuals. Another 67% of marketers used behavioral data to create the right content based on insights and emotions. Could you leverage this kind of data in your marketing strategy?
Become a reliable news source
One way to become an authority is to generate data people cite. Conduct your own research, distribute your own surveys, and then leverage the valuable information you collect. In addition to external use, consider sharing it internally, for employee recruitment, or customer service.
Meanwhile, those in your industry will find it valuable. Create reports, articles, presentations and white papers citing your data. Promote it in social media and direct people to a digest where they can get the full report in exchange for an email address.
Go live whenever possible
67% of B2B marketers say that live events make for one of the most effective strategies. It gets people talking around your brand, let's you bond with potential and current customers, and gives your company a more human feel.
Another great benefit of a live event is that it can live on long after the event ends. Create video snippets of your live event to use in your marketing. Do video interviews with attendees to make it more engaging and encourage attendees to stay connected. Ask people at the event to follow you on social media. Create a special, event-specific hashtag that you can use to track feedback from the event and promote the event before, during and afterwards.
GE mastered these promotional tactics for its Healthymagination event, part of an initiative to bring affordable healthcare to developing countries and promote its health care technology. GE created movie-set areas at the event where industry professionals could share their stories. The content generated at this event was highlighted by GE to further promote its cause.
Give your outstanding content a leg up
While B2B blogs have a shelf life, this can be extended in multiple ways. Some blog topics are evergreen in nature, and naturally give you more traffic. There's also a lot you can do to keep a truly great blog post going long after that first wave of readers dies down.
One way to prolong your content's shelf life is to turn it into paid media. This boosts your owned or shared media because it reaches beyond your current audience. And by methodically choosing high-quality content, you put your best foot forward for first-time clickers while extending the life of your well-written and carefully prepared content.
You can also take an outstanding blog post and update it with new information. It looks fresh to your audience, but doesn't involve a lot of extra work on your part.
Test everything
Why does it seem that some sites have all the success, while others have some sad content fails? Luck doesn't enter into the equation — a lot of it comes down to testing. Test what works, and stick to it. Try different types of content (visuals, infographics, CTAs, and even blog post titles) to see what works for your audience. Use analytics programs like Google Analytics to acquire detailed information about where your site stands, and then test to find your personal formula for success.
Some Points to Keep In Mind…
- Make your content approach as personalized as possible.
- Leverage paid media to get as many eyes as possible on your truly spectacular posts.
- Use live events to get people personally involved in your brand.
- Make your content all about telling stories.
Don't be shy. Implement these practices in your B2B content marketing strategy as soon as possible, and get ready to see measurable improvement.
This article was written by Wendy Marx from Business2Community and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Twitter or its affiliates.


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I was about to parachute into enemy territory, when my wife informed me via Skype that she was leaving me for some Wall Street broker and taking my daughter with her.
Yeah, that burned. Being a SEAL prepares you for a lot in life – but not for a blow like that.
A year later I wind up in New York instead of re-enlisting. The crazy city, civilian life–I'm not gonna lie: it's hard. I'm pretty sure clubbing in New York requires night vision goggles, too.
I can handle anything if it means being in my daughter's life though. She's all that matters. So the last thing I want is to fall for someone, especially some rich Manhattan elitist with walls ten feet high.
Grace Parker-King. Even her name sounds uptight. She's off-limits for so many reasons, but at the moment, I can't seem to care. And when her seemingly put-together life starts to spin out of control, and my instincts to protect and save kick in, I should turn away.
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Luminous objects from Buenos Aires
Such is the name of this Buenos Aires' firm (Objetos Luminosos, in Spanish), that makes more than 50 models of lamps using one material: Isoflex panels. This type of plastic is washable, has low static and is 100% recyclable. We know plastic is not the best way to go. Perhaps you could incorporate them into other shapes and prolong their life cycle. This year they're incorporating some new models and a new brand, Ysuby. The lamps are sold in parts in a flat pack with easy instructions. ::Objetos Luminosos See other lighting on treehugger. [by Paula Alvarado, from Buenos Aires]


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Japan gets creative in the kitchen to attract more tourists
SOME say love is the universal language, but we think that food is the best way to communicate. Across borders, language barriers, political and economic hardship and even relationship conundrums, food can be the healer, the bringer-together of enemies, and alliances.
Food is also a sure way to spark an interest in another country's culture without having to delve deep into the history books or knowing the language.
Japan Tourism, the country's national tourism organization, understands this loud and clear and has recently launched a culinary-based tourism campaign to encourage US tourists to visit the country.
The Discover Japan Recipe Campaign has teamed up with Dale Talde – a Filipino-American celebrity chef – to entice travelers to explore Japan's cities through food and break down language-barrier anxieties that many travelers face.
Although Western cultures are introduced to Asian cultures through local restaurants serving golden noodle ramen and sushi, as well as shops selling pop-culture characters like Hello Kitty, many people would still avoid visiting the cultures they came from due to fear they'll spend the whole time struggling to communicate.
The campaign hopes to abolish these fears through a series of short videos where Talde cooks with traditional Japanese ingredients. Viewers are then encouraged to vote for their favorite dish – with one lucky voter winning the prize of a round trip to Japan.
While Japan already attracts a substantial average of 1.2 million US travelers per year since 2016, it is still struggling to regain its status as an attractive tourist destination after the 2011 earthquake that killed nearly 16,000 people and led to the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster.
But things are looking up. Between April to July of this year, tourist numbers jumped up 21.1 percent compared with the same three month period in 2016, according to the Japan Tourism Agency. And this new cooking campaign hopes to add to the already healthy US$33 billion that the tourism industry pulls in.
What does Japan's tourism future look like?
"Japan was once very conservative and isolated because we are an island, but that's been changing," Ken Iwata, executive director of the tourism board's New York office told Skift.
Since Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abē prioritized tourism as a key area of focus for the government, the country and its surrounding islands that make up some of Japan's most stunning prefectures, have become far more accessible.
Technology is widely aiding the appeal to tourists, as many perceive Japan to be a leader in innovative tech. Some of this artificial intelligence is being used to create apps that help to quickly translate languages.
As well as technological advances pulling in tourists, in 2020 the island can look forward to hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics, which will create a surge in tourism for the countries capital, and hopefully for other regions also.


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The Court Martial
Among the documents found at the Public Record Office in London is the actual record of the court martial of William Kentfield and a large number of other soldiers for mutiny and sedition. The mutiny occurred on Monday, October 28, 1700. The court martial convened on Wednesday, presided over by Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont and Governor of New York.
The documents in London are in incredibly good condition, and the photocopies I received are some of the highest-quality historical documents I have ever worked with. In making this transcription, I have tried to remain as true as possible to the original. Generally I have retained the original spellings, for instance "souldier," "generall" and "soaven" for "seven." The proceeding is sometimes a "court martial" and sometimes a "court marshall." The main exception is that I have dropped the "ff" that traditionally was used when a word began with "f." The "ff" beginnings simply made the document too hard to read. Words I could not decipher are indicated by "____".
Documents from this era seem at first glance to use capitaliztion at random. Often, I have found, this is because the scrivener did not consistently use the same size letters. That is, what appears to be a capital letter may only be a relatively large sample of a lower-case letter. Accordingly, while I have made some effort to retain the capitalization of the original, it was impossible to completely duplicate this feature. Numbers in [brackets] are page numbers added many years later by the PRO. A small number of additional editorial comments are also set off by [brackets]. The beginning of each day's proceedings is set off by bold print.
The document begins with the act to punish mutineers that had been passed recently by the General Assembly. The mutiny happened when the soldiers were assembled behind the fort and the act read to them. There is no way to know whether the mutiny had been planned in advance, or was a spontaneous reaction. It is clear from other documents that at least some of the soldiers had been near mutiny during their voyage from Ireland. The document continues with the trial itself. Here is the page at which William Kentfield is mentioned. The separate link at William's name will take you to the actual image of that page.
The document concludes with the execution of James Morris and Robert Cotterell.
Copy of the Proceedings of a Court Martial
held at New Yorke in Octr and Novr 1700
for the Tryal of Several Soldiers for mutiny
Referred to in the E. of Bellomonts Ltr
of ye 28th Novr 1700
Recd 18th Feby 1700/01
[153] In Pursuance of an Act made by the Generall Assembly of the province of New York in America, in the twelfth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord William the Third by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland king defender of the faith and Instituted an Act for pumishing Officers and Souldiers who shall mutiny or Desert his Majesties service, and to prevent their being harboured and Concealed by the Inhabitants of this province, and to Incourage the seizing and securing such as shall desert his Majesties forces for the future Reciting that Whereas his most feared Majestie out of his Royall and tender care of the preservation and [153b] Serenity of this province hath with great expense been pleased to send over and Maintain a body of Troops born on his Majesties pay with their proper officers. And whereas it will be always necessary that a competent force should be constanttly kept on foot for the defense of this province which is a frontier to the rest of his Majesties plantations on the Main Continent of America, and that the forces which now are, or hereafter shall be in his Majesties pay within this province should be kept in due discipline of warr. And whereas no man may be for_____ of Life or Limb, or Subjected to any kind pf punishment by Marshall Law or [154] any other measure than by the judgment of his peers, and according to the known and Established Laws of England and this province, yett nevertheless it being requisite for the retaining such forces as already are, or hereafter shall be established in his Majesties pay in this province in their duty, and that an exact Discipline be observed, and that Souldiers who shall desert his Majesties service may be brought to a more Exemplary and speedy punishment than the usual forms of law will allow, it was enacted by his Excellency the Governor and Councill and Representatives in Generall Assembly and by the authority [154b] of the same that from and after the publication of the said act, every person being in his Majesties service Mustered and in his Majesties pay as an Officer or Souldier, who at any time thereafter should Excite, Cause or Joyne in any Mutiny or Sedition in any Garrison City E___ or place in this province where they should be posted, or should desert his Majesties service in the ___ should suffer Death or such other punishment as by a Court-Martiall should be Inflicted. And that the Governor or Commander in Chief of the said province for the time being should and might by virtue of the [155] said ___ have full power and authority to grant Commission under the seal of the said province to such persons as were therein named and appointed from time to time to call assemble and authorize Court Martialls for punishing such Offenders as aforesaid. And that no Court Martiall which shall have power to inflict any puishment by virtue of this act for the offenses beforementioned should Consist of less number than Soaven, four whereof to be Members of his Majesties Councill of the said province, whereof his Majesties Chief Justice of the said province always to be one, and the rest of the said number of Soaven [155b] to be the Chief Military Officers who command the established forces aforesaid under the Governor or Commander in Chief for the time being, and that the place for holding the said Court Marshall should be where the Governor or Commander in Chief should appoint and direct. And that such Court Martiall should have power to Administer an oath to any Witnesses in order to the tryall or Examination of the Offenses aforesaid; with a proviso that the said act, nor anything therein contained should ex____ or be construed to exempt and Officers or Souldiers whatsoever from the ordinary process of law, nor should [156] ____ any of the military forces in this province or detachment of the ____. And that in all tryalls of Offenders by Court Marshall to be held by vurtue of this act, where the offenses might by punished with death, every person present at such tryall before any proceedings should be had thereupon should take an oath upon the Evangelists in open Court before the Governor or Commander in Chief for the time being, or whom he should authorize or appoint to administer the same as followeth - (viz) You shall well and trult try and determine between our Sovreign Lord the King and the prisoner to be [156b] Tried so help you God. And that no sentence of death should be given against any Offender in such case by any Court Marshall unless five or more of the Soaven persons should concurr therein. By which majority of five or more so sworn as aforesaid the judgment should pass, and no proceedings tryall or sentence of death should be had or given against any offender but between the hours of eight in the morning and one in the afternoon, and that the Governor or Commander in Chief for the time being should have and was thereby authorized and Impowered to nominate authorize and appoint a fitt person to ____ [157] Advocate with all other necessary ___ officers proper for such Court Martiall as aforesaid; as in and by his Majesties act of Assembly (Relation thereunto being had) more fully may appear. The proceedings thereon were had as followeth.
AT a Court Marshall held in Fort William Henry in the province of New York the thirtieth day of October In the Twelfth year of his Majesties reign by virtue of a Commission under the seal of the said province from the Right Honorable the Earl of Bellomont Captain [157b] Generall and Governor Chief of the ________
Present Stephen Cortland Esq Chief Justice and one of his Majesties Councill
Abraham D____ Members of
Robert Livingston his Majesties Councill
Robert Walters in the said province
Capt Peter Mathews
Lieut Charles Ashford Military Officers
Lieut Henry Holland
P_____ P______ Gentleman
Judge Advocate
Bar__ Cosens Gent Clark
Richard St___ Marshall
The Court being opened by proclamation, and the commission being published, and the persons mentioned having taken the oath in the said act mentioned before his [158] Excellency the Governor, order was given that certain Souldiers prisoners for mutiny sedition and desertion be brought up, and tried for the same and accordingly Corporal James Morris, Robert Cotterall, Edward Short, Alexander Marashlan (?) Richard Fleming and William David with severall others were brought into court under guard, and the Judge Advocate informed the court of the charge against the prisoners as followeth
That they with divers others being Souldiers in his Majesties pay and service in the province of New York, on Monday the eight and twentieth day of October instant at [158b] the Garrison and city of New York did excite ___ and joyne in mutiny and sedition, and then and there deserted his Majesties service, and refused to obey the command of their officers appointed to command them, in contempt of and contrary to their duty as souldiers, and the good discipline of warr to the great confusion and disorder of his Majesties garrison and government of this province to the terror of his Majesties good subjects therein and to the hurtfull and evill example of other souldiers in his Majesties pay in the same.
The said prisoners severally pleading not guilty, the Court proceeded [159] to prove the said offenses against them and the proof was as followeth viz
The honorable John Nanfan Esq his Majesties Lieutenant Governor of this province province [sic]being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Mighty God sayth that understanding the eight and twentieth instant that divers of the souldiers in his Majesties pay to a great number were _____ to make a disorder, and to prevent them from breaking out into a mutiny, and that they might not be ignorant of the law here lately made against such offenses, commanded the two companies belonging to the Earl of Bellomont and himself, with the Detachment designed for Albany to be drawn up [159b] behind the fort near the North River, and then ___ to them, and after having given them commands and exhortations to obey, ____ loudly to them (being then about the number of two hundred and fifty men as he believed) the late act of Assembly for punishing mutiny sedition and desertion, amongst which company of souldiers were the prisoners in court viz Corporal James Morris Robert Cotterell Edward Short and Ho___ Marashlan, who with others heard the act read, showed great insolence and contempt of the laws, upon which Captain Nanfan commanded them to march several times, but they all _____, breaking their [160] ranks, falling into disorder, and crying out Halt, Halt, we will not march until we have our sea pay, English pay and clothes with divers other Insolent and seditious expressions.
That Cotterell in particular was ____ and active amongst the souldiers, and withdrew from the company to which he belonged, and placed himself in his the said Captain John Nanfans company, and there whilst the act was reading he very rudely interrupted him though often commanded to be silent and continued afterwards Insolently with others to stand and halt and not march as commanded.
That Morris was one of the first [160b] and most forward amongst others who presently after the reading of the said act came out of the ranks, to his horse side, and told him the souldiers were resolved to Mutiny, and thereupon he demanded Morris to return to his rank, and exhort the men to observe their duty and to be obedient but contrary thereto Morris was very active amongst them to stirr up the disorder and mutiny that followed.
That Short was also amongst the ________ forward in demanding his pay with gross insolence and rudeness telling the said Lieutenant Governor they would not stirr without they had their English pay sea pay [161] and Clothes given to them, and also the souldiers that were prisoners released, and would there dye if those things were not done, and refused to march, and incouraged and excited others against their duty.
John Riggs first lieutenant in the Lieutenant Governors company being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God sayth that the souldiers in great numbers running up in a mutinous _____ to the fort gate with a design as it appeared to surprize the garrison, he heard Morris amongst others say, Lett us ____ the fort, ____ any Lord, and those ____ our selves, and thereupon attempted to [161b] gett into the fort, which was prevented by shutting the gates.
That Cotterell withdrew himself from the Earl of Bellomonts company to which he belonged and placed himself in Captain Nanfans company, and that the said Lieut John Riggs finding him there incouraging the other souldiers to Mutiny, took hold of him by the shoulder, and would have drawn him forth, but was hindered and opposed by three other souldiers that sided with Cotterrell against their duty.
Lieut. Richard Brewer being sworn sayth that _____ and ____ ___ of the prisoners for mutiny now present [162] were forward and leading men to mutiny whilst on board the ship that transported them hither from Ireland.
Mathew Clarkson Esq. Secretary of the province being sworn saith that on Monday the eight and twentieth day of October instant before noon he the deponent was looking over the walls of the fort, on the West side of the said fort in company with three or four of his Majesties Councill of the province of New York where most of the souldiers in his Majesties ____ pay were drawn up under arms, between the place where the Deponent was then standing and the North River [162b] at which time one Richard Fleming (as the Deponent was afterwards informed his name was) ____ and stood near to the Deponent, and the said Fleming did there call to the men under arms after the Lieut Governor had read the act of Assembly to the said ____ for punishing Officers and Souldiers who should mutiny ___ and particularly to one ____ and ____ others, and bidd them demand their half pay; upon which saying some of the Gentlemen of the Councill as well as the Deponent did advise the said Fleming to be quiet, and told him the _________ of such proceedings, but he the said Fleming seemed not to take notice of [163] the said advice, but in a sort of a ______ ran down from the walls into the fort and immediately came up again, at which time the said forces did refuse to obey the command of the Lieutenant Governon and their other officers (except about six or soaven) where he the said Fleming called saveral times from the walls Don't March Don't March with several other words to induce the said forces not to obey the commands of their officers, and after the said Fleming came from the walls to his post he being one of the Guard, and just as the Earl of Bellomont went into the house he the said Fleming took up his arms which were then grounded as the rest of the said arms [163b] were, and presented his musket and levelled it at the window of the room where the said Earl of Bllomont was just then outside and further sayth not.
Barne Cosens Gould Clerk of the Councill of the province of New York being sworn sayth that on Monday the eight and twentieth instant, being in the fort at New York, and with several of the members of his Majesties Councill looking over the wall thereof to see the souldiers newly arrived with the others in arms, and the Lieutenant Governor of this province reading to them the act made by the Generall Assembly for punishing Mutineers and Deserters___ and [164] after the same was read with exhortations ___ he perceived plainly a mutiny amongst them, they crying out One and all Dam'me Don't stir a man. The officers particularly the Lieutentnat Governor and Lieutenant John Riggs crying out March, March, and the said Lieutenant Riggs sayd You that will march, March. But they refused except only some few who followed Lieutenant Holland out of the Center; That in the interim a souldier since known to this Deponents by the name of Richard Fleming being being [sic] within the fort, and one of the Guard that day came on the wall, near where this Deponent was leaning over and called out to the men then under the fort in mutiny and disorder to [164b] this or the like purpose viz _______ Don't March till you have your pay for now is the time to gett it if ever O God! I'm upon the Guard, I can't be with you, but my heart is with you with much more to this like effect. This Deponent seeing the said Fleming a very lively fellow pittied him, and said to him, friend, you are in the wrong of it, for if the souldiers gett any thing from their mutiny and ___, altho you hold your tongue you will be a _____, and this forward way of yours may perhaps do you a _____, but he still cryed out Damm him he ___ not be wronged and hold his ___ and kept on incouraging the mutineers [165]
His Excellency the Earl of Bellomont affirmed that he having ordered one Flaming a Souldier to be committed to the Main Guard upon Mr _______ complaint against him, one William David also a souldier and near his Lordship cryed out boldly and daringly to his Lordship, Then you had as good committ us all, and his Lordship ________ to commit and punish him, he suddenly withdrew, upon which his Lordship ordered him to be putt upon the Guard.
Then the Court adjourned till tomorrow morning Eight of the Clock.
At a Court Marshall held at Fort William Henry this one and thirtieth day of October 1700.
[165b] Present as Yesterday.
The Court opened and Adjourned to the City Hall of the City of New York by his Excellency the Earl of Bellomonts direction.
At a Court Marshall held at the city of New York in the City Hall of the said City held this one-and-thirtieth day of October 1700.
Present as before.
The court being opened it was ordered to have the prisoners brought forth, which was done, and were all severally charged for mutiny and sedition by the Judge Advocate in manner aforesaid and thereunto
Jonathan Willford pleaded Not Guilty
Then John Butler a souldier sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God sayth that he remembers not any [166] particular expressions, but that there was a generall mutiny, severall persons crying out One and all, and neglecting the commands of their officers, and sayeth that Corporal Morris commanded the souldiers at the church to ground their arms and that some obeyed him, some not, and that Willford the prisoner at the barr sayd that they would stay behind the fort untill they had theur sea pay, and hoped to have it by and by
The Hono. The Lieutenant Governor on oath sayd that on Monday the eight and twentieth instant when he ordered the souldiers to March from behind the fort which was imediately after the act for punishing mutiny and desertion [166b] was read to them, the said Jonathan Willford cryed out Halt, Halt, Don't March, and refused to march when ordered, and that when he heard that the fort would fire on them, ____ Willford cryed out, Damm them, lett them fire at the Devill, we will fire as fast as they. And the said Willford ___ himself to ___ of ___ that deserted from his post and went and drew up with others before the church.
Lieutenant John Riggs on oath declared to the same purpose as the Lieutenant Governon, and further that Willford sayd, now is the time we might have our sea pay and refused to march and was very ___, __ exciting the rest.
[167] Lloyd on oath declared that he went by order of the Lieutenant Governor to command the obedience of the souldiers when they were at the church, and that they refused, and that Willford was amongst them.
These six plead Guilty and throw themselves on the mercy of the King and the Court
Thomas Statham
Henry Woodard
John Simpson
Thomas Wakefield
Edward Dawe
John Merchant
William Clark pleads Not Guilty and no evidence appearing against him and Mrs Hutchins the Landlady of the said Clark, a woman of Creditt and reputation justifying on oath that the said William Clark was in her house [167b] all the time of the mutiny, and that he stayed there untill he was carried from there by a guard of the militia (which was raised on ___ of the Mutiny) to the fort he was discharged.
William Bresbin pleads Not Guilty Mr Miles Forster and Mr ____ ___ being sworn both say that on Monday last __ the eight and Twentieth instant about noon being the same time the mutiny happened a person came to the house of Miles Forster to buy powder and bulletts which was the same person William Brisbin that now is on his tryall
[168] These one and twenty plead guilty and submit to the mercy of the King and the Court and were remanded to prison
Patrick Martin
George Brambly
John Rogley
Thomas Graveson
Peter Morris
Thomas Pallfield
Barnett Cain
William Kenfield
John Connollee
Thomas Jones
Samuel Golding
Barnard Donnkin
John Cure
John Paull
John Thorn
John Carr
John Rypana
James Groon
William Bridgeman
William Russell
William Holding
[168b] Plead Not Guilty
Mathew Horne
William Block
Thomas Noble
And Lieutenant Henry Holland informing the court that they with some few others were under his command and not disobedient to him, but marched with him when commanded and stayed with him they were discharged by the court
Then the court Adjourned till tomorrow morning eight of the Clock
At a Court Marshall held at the City Hall of the City of New York the first day of November 1700.
Present as Yesterday
The court opened and ordered the prisoners to be tried to be brought into Ocurt, which was done, who were all [169] in manner aforesaid arraigned and accused for mutinyt and sedition to which
These twelve plead Guilty and throw themselves on the mercy of the King and the Court
John Greene
James Watkins
Ferdinand Macharoktin
Robert Meade
Abraham Brooks
Owen Marmullin
Thomas Codman
John Maddock
John Cunningham
George Mongomery
William Bayley
Thomas Davis
Roger Lee pleaded Not Guilty and was discharged on Lieutenant Hollands affirmation of his being at his lodging all the time of the mutiny by his order.
[169b] John Copper plead Not Guilty and acquitted nothing being proved against him.
Charles Burn pleads Not Guilty and afterwards confessed he heard the Lieutenant Governor read the act while he was under arms, and that notwithstanding he deserted his officer in the field.
William Williams pleads Not Guilty, and Captain Mathews giving a good account of him he was discharged.
Thomas Lyon pleads Not Guilty and discharged on Serjeant Bolters affidavit that he marched as farr as commanded by his officers.
[170]These twelve plead guilty and submitt themselves to the mercy of the King and the Court and were remanded to prison
James White
Robert Williams
Joseph Barnwell
Thomas Evans
William Orisk
William Elliott
Thomas Major
Edward Fitzgerald
John Worley
Alexander Marbay
John Bradon
James Clare
Joseph Burt pleads Not Guilty and Lieutenant Holland affirming that he was one of those that followed him when he commanded them to march he is acquitted as also were
James David Who pleaded
Robert Henderson Not Guilty
[170b] These ten plead guilty and submit to the mercy of the King and the Court and were remanded to prison
Thomas Loaves
James Copperthite
William Warren
James Appleby
John Wood
John Gibbons
Howard Hope
David Rose
Edward Jones
James Metcalfe
John Dryden pleads Not Guilty and it appearing that he was wounded and sick in his quarters at the time of the mutiny he is acquitted.
John Fitzgerald pleads Not Guilty yet avers that he was behind the fort in arms, and that there he left his arms, ____ ____ _____ after he went to the church where the souldiers [171] were in mutiny, where he found his arms again, and there joyned with them, that he left the souldiers there and surrendered himself to Lieutenant Riggs.
Alexander Mohern pleads Not Guilty yett sayed that he was behind the fort in arms, where he heard the Lieutenant read the act of Assembly for punishing mutineers and deserters but di dnot submit at first, but afterwards layd down his arms and went into the Chappell a prisoner amongst the rest
John Mackentire pleads Not Guilty and no evidence being against him he was acquitted
John Ford pleads Not guilty Lieutenant [171b] Riggs swears he ordered the company in which he was Lieutenant to march, of which (as he believed) the said Ford was one, and they all refused, but Mr. Riggs's evidence not being positive as against him, the said Ford was acquitted.
James Hussey pleads Not Guilty, yett he avers he heard Lieutenant Holland command them to march, and that he refused being in the Third Rank.
Daniell Livingston
Evan Saninell
John Friend
Plead not guilty and no body appearing against them, they were acquitted
Joseph Collvill pleads Not Guilty and Lieutenant Gwyn swears that he remembers Collvill behind the fort, and notwithstanding his orders to the contrary he left his post and went to the Mutineers at the Church.
[172] William Sherman
Thomas Baker
Robert Hands
Plead bot guilty, and one Anne Osburn Swearing that they were at her house all that morning, and untill they were _____ out by the officer they were acquitted.
Alexander Taylor pleads Not Guilty acquitted not being in arms that day.
Thomas Butler pleads Not Guilty and nothing appearing against him he was cleared on the Character given by his Officers Lieutenant Brewer and Lieutenant Holland.
James Adams
Marnes Brown
Evan Jones
Plead Not Guilty and acquitted on their officers giving a good character of
them and no evidence appearing against them.
[172b] Dennis Grade pleads not guilty and it appearing he was not in arms that day he was acquitted.
John Hodge pleads not guilty and no evidence appearing against him he is acquitted.
These twenty plead guilty and submit themselves to the mercy of the King and the Court
Andrew Markenson
Robert Willis
John Harris
Edward Lambert
Paull Stoober
David Mardnikell
John Green
John Smith
David Duglas
John Moore
Nathaniell Brown
Joseph Goodwyn
William Cooke
[173] Samuel Spicer
Nicholas Barrick
Thomas Macgracken
Hugh Jones
Symon Jordan
James Curry
Daniel Macdonnell
Then the court adjourned till tomorrow morning eight of the Clock.
At a Court Martiall held at the City Hall of the City of New York this Second day of November 1700.
Present as Yesterday.
The Court being opened it was ordered that the prisoners following be brought into Court viz
[173b] Corporall James Morris
Robert Cotterell
Jonathan Willford
Richard Fleming
Which being done the Judge Advocate informed the court that the prisoners at the barr had been charged ___ and arraigned for mutiny sedition and desertion to which charge they had pleaded not guilty, and then particularly recited to the court the evidence at large that was given against each of the said parties, setting forth the notoriousness of their offenses and the dangerous consequences that might have attended them with the great horror and confusion it [174] brought in the Government, and danger to the Kings garrison and subjects, and that their offenses being all clearly proven, and of so horrid and high a nature, deserved the utmost punishment that could be given, and prayed the Court to give judgment according to their crimes. Then the court on mature deliberation of the evidence produced and sworn before them as aforesaid found them all guilty of mutiny and sedition Whereupon the prisoners were asked fi they had anything to say, why sentence should not pass against them according to Marshall Law, and they offering only frivolous excuses that forms were drawn [174b] and the like The president pronounced the sentence as followeth.
You James Morris Robert Cotterell Jonathan Willford and Richard Fleming shall be carried from here to the place from whence you came, and from thence you shall be brought behind the fort to the place where the mutiny began and there shall be shott to death on Wednesday next between the hours of eight and twelve in the forenoon.
Then the court ordered that William Davis Edward Short Alexander Marashlan should be brought to the barr. Together with Peter Morris who had pleaded guilty, which being accordingly done, the Judge [175] Advocate informed the court of their severall crimes and offenses, and at large sett forth the evidence that was given against them, and that their offenses being fully and clearly proved deserved severe punishment which the circumstances of the L__ affairs here commands may be justified, that for the future the like may be prevented, and good order, discipline and obedience be kept and maintained in his Majesties forces in this province. Then the court declaring them guilty gave sentence against them as followeth.
That William David and Peter Morris [175b] should from this time for the space of a month ensuing be kept in the hole in his Majesties fort William Henry in New York, and during that time should be fedd only with bread and water and that twice every week during the said time should be severely whipped on his naked back at the relief of the guard.
That Edward Short should be p_____ for six days one hour every day and from this time during the space of a month ensuing shall be kept in the hole in his Majesties fort William Henry and during that time be fedd only with bread and water.
That Alexander Marashilan shall be kept in the hole of his Majesties [176]fort William Henry from this time during the space of a month next ensuing, and be fedd with bread and water only during the said time, and that he for his further punishment to run the gauntlett twice.
Then the court adjourned till Monday morning eight of the clock.
At a Court Martiall held at the City Hall of the City of New York this fourth day of November 1700.
Present as on the Second instant.
The court opened and adjourned till Wednesday morning eight of the clock.
[176b] At a Court Marshall held at the City Hall of the City of New York this sixth day of November 1700.
Present as on Monday last.
Court opened.
All the prisoners except those who had received sentence were called up, and the Judge Advocate was desired to lay before them their severall offenses and the greatness of their crimes, the badd and dangerous consequences of them and what they ought and ought not to do, and to demand what they had to offer why judgment should not be given against them, according to their severall offenses, and course of the Martiall Law, [177] to whom on the request of the court he proceeded.
You have _____ all of you severally had the fairet tryall in the most publik manner possible for the severall crimes whereof you have been charged, tried and arraigned in this court. You have severally heard your charges and accusations, which principally consist of mutiny and desertion and that in a very notorious manner.
To this most of you have pleaded guilty, and such of you as have stood on your tryall to maintain your innocence have upon evidence clear and positive [177b] been all found guilty, upon which not one of you can find reason to think he deserves otherwise than a severs judgment, and what severity soever shall be inflicted on you cannot surmount the merritts of your crimes.
Your offense indeed is such as cannot be aggravated being in it selfe not only mutiny of the deepest stain and highest nature, but of a most dangerous and of the last badd consequences full of horroe and threatening confusion to this Government for whose preservation and safety his Majestie hath sent you hither.
You have in contempt of your duty to your King and comander raised and carried on such a mutiny and sedition, even from the very hour of your landing, and hath been allmost beyond example, and to the great anger and disorder of the King garrison, and his subjects of this province, in which all of you have boldly proceeded even to the very borders of treason and rebellion, for indeed such had your crimes been, had you moved therein but one step further, had you seized the Kings garrison as you intended and attempted, or fought and opposed the Kings forces within it as you resolved; you had then involved all in blood and given your crimes the hateful names and nature too of [178b] Treason Murder and Rebellion. Those things considered with the high and dangerous consequences of your mutiny, your offenses will appear incapable of any aggravation, and more especially soe since not one man amongst you hath been able to find or offer the least reason to colour your rebellious attempts which is yett more heinous and inexcusable in you since you had the law before read to you by which your offenses were to be punished. Some of you I have heard at the time of the mutiny insolently demanded English pay, sea pay and to have certain souldiers in prison released. [179] To this I must observe to you what your officers have assured, that you were all fully paid as to the time of your going on shipboard in England and Ireland, and that the King pays five pounds for each mans accomodation and passage to this province, which comes to more than double your pay when in actuall service in the field, and this makes it very improbable as well as unreasonable that the King should be obliged to advance your ordinary subsistance besides, which you have so daringly demanded, and your officers say is wholly impracticable so to do.
But suppose there had been money due to you, your generall my Lord Bellomont had no comand or instruction [179b] from London to advance and pay it here. Lett that matter of your demands be one way or other, it no way excuses this most rude and unwarrantable proceeding of yours. It is as well to your own shame as against your duty to demand what only you think your due, with swords in your hands, with a daring insolence to your Generall and Comanders, and this attended too with mutiny disobedience and rebellion.
This is such a practice as not only never gains your ends, but putts all in a shame, confounds the very ends of a souldiers duty, betrays the trust putt in his service, and is generally attended with blood and [180] confusion and seldom ends but in the loss of the lives of such as move therein. If at any time you think your selves under any grievance concerning your pay, subsistence or provisions, you must not yourselves be judges of your own wild complaints, but your only warrantable way to be redressed is and ought be to apply your selves with submission to your officers, and if they faile to relieve you, you will not be deneyed the justice and rights due to a souldier, on your humble application to your to your [sic] Generall or Comander in Chief.
Had those things been observed as in Duty they ought, you had not been [180b] in this Condition. Obedience gentlemen is the very life and strength of an army, and all Military affaires; without it a body of one hundred thousand men is rather dengerous than serviceable, and of this none of you can be ignorant.
It is observed there are three Essentiall Qualifications absolutely necessary to a good souldier. First an English courage and resolution. Secondly Exact Discipline. Thirdly a ready obedience to comands.
These three are Indispensably necessary to compleat a good souldier in the field, neither the one nor the other must be wanting, but least of all can obedience be left out of the number, the want of which [181] gentlemen now gives you occasion to want a pardon or suffer punishment.
Then the Judge Advocate asked the prisoners what they had to offer to the Court, why judgment should not be given against them, and punishment inflicted according to their severall offenses. They making no ______ but that they had thrown themselves on the King and the Courts Mercy, the Judge advocate acquainted them that a pardon was given them by the Governor the Earl of Bellomont at the intercession of the Judges, which being delivered to them by Lieutenant Riggs, they were advised to deliver it into Court which was done, and [181b] then the Judge Advocate further acquainted them that My Lord Bellomont their Captain Generall out of his generous inclination to Mercy, and trusting that they would with their utmost obedience and duty retrieve their offenses by taking care never to offend in the like manner for the future, hath been willing to pardon and forgive their offenses, of which in this Court they have been found, and confessed themselves guilty he did by order of the Court advise them on most humble manner to return their thanks to his Lordship, and to own to him their faults and offenses, with sorrow and detestation, [182] not feigned but sincere, and give him the strongest assurances possible of their steady resolutions to continue dutifull orderly and obedient to the Kings service and their oficers comands for the time to come, and by that means they would not only obliterate the memory of their offenses, but meritt a fair and just treatment and regard from their comanders, who no doubt would not be wanting to incourage and reward such ____.
Upon which after the president had ordered their pardon to be read and given them further directions and exhortations to keep firm to their respective duties, as the only means to do his Majesties service, and make themselves happy under their severall officers, they were all discharged.
This day according to the sentence signed by all the judges, and given the Second of November instant, James Morris, Robert Cotterell, Jonathan Willford and Richard Fleming were brought to the place of execution behind the fort, under the guard of about two hundred and soaventy private sentinells where having with Mr. Vosoy the Minister of Trinity Church in the City of New York been in prayers about half an hour, and after all four were on their knees, and two files of Musketteers were ready to discharge against them the Lieutenant Governor ordered [183] Fleming and Willford to rise and march off producing to them a reprieve from my Lord Bellomont, and imediately thereon comand was given to fire on the other two which was accordingly done, and they both shott to death.
B. Cosens Clerk of the Court Martiall


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The San Joaquin River and its three main tributaries ranked second on a list of "endangered" streams released by a national group.
Water demand from farms and cities has sapped the San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Merced rivers, says the annual report from American Rivers, based in Washington, D.C.
"Dams, levees and excessive water diversions have hurt river habitat and opportunities for recreation and community access," says the report released Tuesday. "The river's salmon and steelhead populations are on the brink of extinction."
American Rivers called on the State Water Resources Control Board to boost the flows. That agency already has proposed that they increase to 35 percent of natural conditions from February through June of each year – something water users say would mean lost food production and jobs.
It's not the first time the San Joaquin River system has appeared on the endangered rivers list. It ranked No. 1 in 2014, and in 2009 it topped the list in conjunction with the Sacramento River system. American Rivers compiles the list annually to draw attention to current or pending threats it sees on the streams, including dams, hydroelectric plants, mining and pollution. Ahead of the San Joaquin River on the 2016 list at No. 1 is the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee/Flint river system in Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
In its assessment of the San Joaquin, the American Rivers report declares that the primary threats are outdated water management and excessive diversions from the river's natural flow.
"Years of managing the San Joaquin for agriculture, hydropower and flood control have taken their toll on the river," the report states.
"The river is so overtapped that in some places it runs completely dry, threatening water quality, endangering fish and wildlife, creating uncertainty for farmers, and leaving communities vulnerable in the face of more frequent and severe droughts," the report says.
The river is a focus of a major restoration project that includes state and federal water agencies as well as irrigation districts, environmental organizations and nonprofits up and down the length of the river from Fresno to the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta. American Rivers is one member of San Joaquin River Partners, a coalition of environmental groups that includes Fresno's San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust.
Steve Ottemoeller, water resources manager for the Friant Water Authority, said he doubts whether the American Rivers designation will have any practical effect.
"I don't think it will make anything happen sooner" for the restoration efforts, he said. "Things are already in play to make the improvements that these folks want to make."
The Friant Water Authority, which represents irrigation agencies on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley that receive river water from the Madera Canal and the Friant-Kern Canal, is among the numerous signatories to a complex legal settlement over the river restoration.
"I was a little surprised when (the river) was named No. 1 a couple of years ago because we're in the process of working on the restoration," Ottemoeller added. "That was something that was negotiated and signed by the courts in 2006. … It's an ongoing activity, and we would expect it to continue to get better."
The state board is expected to announce a revised proposal this year for the February-to-June flows on all four rivers. The aim is to improve fish numbers and water quality there and downstream in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
One major goal of the river program is restoration of a viable salmon fishery on the San Joaquin. Farmers who rely on the river for irrigation, however, say that may be an unrealistic expectation so many years after the construction of Friant Dam in the late 1930s and early 1940s dramatically changed the character of the river on the Valley floor.
Kole Upton, a farmer in the Chowchilla area and a board member of the farm-advocacy group Families Protecting the Valley, said the river and its users face a "challenging situation" posed by restoration efforts, drought and climate change. A long-term trend of warming, he said, is rendering the river – which he described as "the southernmost periphery of salmon viability" – as an area where the water is too warm for salmon to survive, much less thrive.
"But environmental ideologues are bound and determined that we're going to do this restoration, no matter what," he added.
Instead of the cold water needed by salmon, Upton is among advocates for a warm-water fishery on the San Joaquin, which he called a "common-sense solution" that restores water flow to the river without shutting down deliveries of surface water for agriculture.
"We need a good, healthy environment, and we need fisheries," he said, "but we can't do it in a manner that jeopardizes the livelihoods and the communities that rely on agriculture."
Science has found that a healthy river needs more water.
Michael Martin, Merced River Conservation Committee
Michael Martin of Mariposa, director of the Merced River Conservation Committee, urged steps aimed at enhancing agriculture and the ecosystem. They include water efficiency on farms and "conjunctive use" of rivers and groundwater.
"Science has found that a healthy river needs more water," Martin said. "We have to work together to find solutions to better manage the water we have."
But even Upton acknowledged that environmental groups are unlikely to budge from the idea of restoring salmon runs. And proposals for a new dam at Temperance Flat above Millerton Lake to store more San Joaquin River water for dry years seems to run counter to American Rivers' aspirations.
Indeed, American Rivers is urging supporters to lobby the State Water Resources Control Board "to increase the water flows in the San Joaquin to keep it healthy."
"California's ongoing drought places additional stress on the river and its communities, but we must not allow the drought to force rash decisions – such as cutting environmental protections or building expensive new dams at taxpayer expense – that will harm the river, fish, wildlife and communities for years to come," the report states.
Upton said depriving agriculture of surface water from the river, however, is counterproductive to the health of Valley communities and farms that must rely on water pumped from the ground when water allocations are cut.
"We need groundwater restoration to save the aquifers; that's something that has to be done. We cannot keep going overpumping the ground water," Upton said. "But this isn't going to work if the state and federal agencies keep taking surface water away."
Tim Sheehan: 559-441-6319, @TimSheehanNews
Endangered rivers, 2016
1. Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and Flint river system in Georgia, Alabama and Florida, under heavy demand for cities, farms, recreation and other uses
2. San Joaquin River and three main tributaries – Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Merced – because of excessive diversions
3. Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania and Maryland, dam operations and water quality
4. Smith River in Montana, proposed copper mining
5. Green-Duwamish River in Washington, floodplain management and pollution
6. Pee Dee River in Virginia and Carolinas, hydropower
7. Russell Fork River in Virginia and Kentucky, coal mining
8. Merrimack River in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, polluted runoff
9. St. Lawrence River in New York, hydropower
10. Pascagoula River in Mississippi, proposed dams
Source: American Rivers


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Updating the SEC's 5 toughest stars to replace from last season
SEC Country updates its look at the SEC's toughest players to replace from last season, a post-spring football assessment of the biggest individual shoes to fill for the 2016 campaign.
To clarify, this isn't a listing of the conference's most dominant departing players from last year. If that were the case, tailback Derrick Henry — the second Heisman Trophy winner in Alabama history — would have been front and center.
(The same holds true for Ole Miss O-tackle Laremy Tunsil, most likely a top-five pick in the upcoming draft.)
Instead, the vaunted Crimson Tide, who boast the nation's No. 1 recruiting class for six consecutive years — according to 247Sports — will simply have another five-star talent to plug-and-play at the running back position.
COLLEGE: Alabama
LEGACY: Anchored one of the greatest D-lines in recent college football history
REPLACEMENT CANDIDATES: Daron Payne, Da'Shawn Hand, Dalvin Tomlinson, Joshua Frazier
At first blush, Alabama should never have any indispensable assets on a Nick Saban-coached squad. The Crimson Tide are all about amazing depth (five-star recruits at nearly every spot) and unrivaled consistency (otherwise known as The Process).
Heck, the program might even absorb the loss of former defensive coordinator Kirby Smart (now UGA's coach) without skipping a beat. The Crimson Tide are that prolific, that proficient and that focused.
That said, for three decorated seasons at Alabama, which yielded two SEC crowns and one national championship, Robinson (likely first-round pick in the upcoming draft) was a certifiable defensive force in the trenches.
For 2015, Robinson (nine career sacks, 22 tackles for loss) helped Alabama notch elite-level national rankings with rushing defense (first overall), total defense (third) and scoring defense (third).
Robinson (NFL Combine tallies: 5.2 in the 40-yard dash, 106-inch broad jump) was particularly dynamic in the College Football Playoff semifinal against Michigan State. He didn't record one sack or tackle for loss, but the Spartans offense had no success in the running game and failed to score a single point — a byproduct of Robinson nimbly and forcefully closing off rushing lanes near the line of scrimmage, essentially devouring the Spartans' cadre of smaller interior blockers.
Note: Jarran Reed, Robinson's linemate and potential first-round pick in the draft, should also be difficult to replace this fall.
COLLEGE: Ole Miss
LEGACY: Arguably the greatest receiver in Rebels history
REPLACEMENT CANDIDATES: Quincy Adeboyejo, Damore'ea Stringfellow, Damarkus Lodge, Derrick Jones, A.J. Brown, DeKaylin Metcalf
NFL pundits who loathed Treadwell's pro day 40 time (4.6 range) and vertical leap (33 1/2 inches) may no longer see his college value as irreplaceable.
But that mistake will be rectified (and regretted) in the near future, after Treadwell (82 catches, 1,153 yards, 11 touchdowns last season) lands with an NFL club that craves a top-flight receiving prospect with instant-breakout potential.
The Rebels' personnel loss here was softened a bit on National Signing Day, when Ole Miss added a pair of top-20 receivers (A.J. Brown — No. 5 WR; DeKaylin Metcalf — No. 18 WR). For the coming season, however, it may still require a cumulative team effort to replicate the relative output/impact from Treadwell — the school's all-time leader in receptions (202) and single-season leader with catches, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns.
For 2015, Treadwell registered six 100-yard outings (including five straight) and six consecutive games of at least one touchdown.
COLLEGE: Florida
LEGACY: One of the Gators' most accomplished defenders of the decade
REPLACEMENT CANDIDATES: Bryan Cox Jr., CeCe Jefferson
Bullard was a solid rotational defender in his first three seasons, but everything went up a few notches during his senior campaign, to the tune of 6.5 sacks and 17.5 tackles for loss.
Even at 6-foot-3, 283 pounds, Bullard possesses quick feet and great explosion off the line. As such, it's eminently possible he'll be more productive at the NFL level than in college.
The reason for that: Bullard's Florida career was more about turmoil at the top (coaching changes) and contrasting defensive philosophies. And yet, he still did everything in his power to lead the Gators to an SEC East title in Jim McElwain's first season at Florida.
For Bullard's remarkable final season, the Gators enjoyed supreme rankings with the following categories: Eighth nationally in total defense, 11th in scoring defense, 13th in passing yards allowed, 15th in sacks, 23rd in tackles for loss and 25th in rushing defense.
COLLEGE: South Carolina
LEGACY: One of the greatest wideouts of the Steve Spurrier era
REPLACEMENT CANDIDATES: Deebo Samuel, Javon Charleston, Matrick Belton, Bryan Edwards
Here are the supposed truths involving the Gamecocks' receiving corps, as they enter Year 1 of the Will Muschamp era (a dramatic departure from his pass-happy predecessor):
Charleston may be an SEC newbie and of slight build (under 190 pounds), but he also has the raw physical prowess of a college-era Anquan Boldin, in terms of garnering quick separation from defenders at various points of route running.
The freshman Edwards (four-star recruit) tallied multiple touchdowns in the Gamecocks' spring game — with both touchdown tosses coming from Brandon McIlwain , a four-star quarterback who also plays baseball for South Carolina.
And Samuel has the look of a more polished product. At the spring game, he was typically the first read for the quarterbacks.
Deebo is also the Gamecocks' leading returning receiver (third on the 2015 squad), modestly collecting 12 catches, 161 yards and one touchdown.
Now for the bad part …
At best, these maturing assets are nowhere close to erasing the memory of Cooper, who had been a two-year dynamo for the Gamecocks, averaging 67 catches, 1,055 yards and 10 total touchdowns.
As a sophomore, Cooper carved up the likes of Vanderbilt (10 catches, 114 yards), Auburn (seven catches, 127 yards, two touchdowns), Tennessee (11 catches, 233 yards, two touchdowns) and Miami (nine catches, 170 yards). One season later, Cooper posted five 100-yard outings and finished his collegiate career with at least one touchdown in four straight games.
All told, when referencing the other South Carolina pass-catchers during that span, Cooper crushed the competition with essentially double/triple the production.
COLLEGE: Mississippi State
LEGACY: Greatest quarterback in school history
REPLACEMENT CANDIDATES: Nick Fitzgerald, Damian Williams, Elijah Staley, Nick Tiano
We're hoping the Bulldogs can identify a long-term quarterback option before Mississippi State completes that soon-to-be-arriving statue of Prescott (four-year starter, 9,376 yards passing, 111 career touchdowns, 63-percent passer) outside Wade-Davis Stadium.
By the widest of margins, Prescott (one No. 1 national ranking midway through 2014, two bowl victories and 34 total wins) stands as the greatest quarterback in Mississippi State history, meaning that even a five-star recruit would have great difficulty filling these immediate shoes.
That success warrants bonus points, as well, considering how Mississippi State has produced just one draftable wide receiver in the last 20 years (three-time Pro Bowler Eric Moulds was a first-round pick in 1996).
Speaking of receiver, Fred Ross (88 catches, 1,007 yards, five touchdowns last year) was the SEC's most prolific wideout for November/December, averaging 9.6 catches, 115 yards and 0.8 touchdowns during that five-game span.
Also, Ross and Ole Miss star Laquon Treadwell (potential top-15 pick in the upcoming NFL draft) were the only SEC wideouts to register four consecutive outings of 100-plus yards last season.
Given coach Dan Mullen's track record with quarterbacks (Prescott, former Florida star Tim Tebow) and Mississippi State's strong offensive production since 2010 (averaging 30.5 points per game), the Bulldogs should be prolific with quarterbacks along the recruiting trail for many years to come.
For 2016, the strong-armed, fleet-footed Fitzgerald (6-foot-5, 227 pounds) has the initial stature of a long-term building block for Mississippi State. With Ross wreaking havoc on the field, this provides Fitzgerald with a healthy advantage over most passers with zero career starts.
Jay Clemons, the 2015 national winner for "Sports Blog Of The Year" (Cynopsis Media), has previously written for SI.com, The National Football Post, Bleacher Report and FOX Sports.


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This took place yesterday at a private club in Singapore. The theme of the event was "Tropical Night" and they weren't kidding! My show at 1pm was performed under the tropical sun by the poolside; no shelter or tent was provided over the stage. Thankfully the audience could sit in the shade. I had to be careful not to get blinded by the sun whenever I looked up while juggling or balancing things on my head. The bartender and waiters by the poolside were kind and filled my water-bottle with lots of ice.
The 8:30pm show was performed on the same outdoor stage but it was a comparatively cooler affair. Yet it presented another challenge. I adjusted the spotlights to make sure I could see what I was doing without too much of the light shining into my eyes while performing. For the night show, I added the fire-manipulation act before the grande finale!
All in all, it was very satisfying to entertain the audience at both shows in the club, which by the way, has a very pleasant air-conditioned lobby to hang around in.


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I was asked to make this personal, and that's what I've done.
When I told an associate I was writing an introduction to a book by John C. Dvorak, I was told, "Good choice. Neither one of you started with any journalism background and you're both crusty old curmudgeons who don't give a rip what anyone else thinks."
Which, if perhaps a bit extreme about me, certainly describes John to a T. Remarkable how much insight some readers have.
John and I have been writing opinion columns about computers and technology since the 1970s. We started at about the same time, and for a while we both wrote for InfoWorld, although our overlap was very brief back when Maggie Cannon was editor. We have very different styles. I tend to write the "Field and Stream" column—rambling accounts of what I did and what happened next, interspersed with observations on trends and how the world is going to hell (or not). John writes formal essays and short, very terse opinion columns. I hate to admit it, but what he does is harder than what I do. On the other hand, I write novels and he doesn't, although spies tell me even that's about to change.
We also used to host the best-known computer parties the world has ever known—the Pournelle-Dvorak-Hearst Party at COMDEX. It was famous because you could come to the party only if you could find it, and we got pretty clever at hiding the real party while steering people to a large, faked one that neither of us visited for more than 10 minutes. There are still plenty of people who think they went to the party who actually never found it.
The name of that party got shortened over time to "the Dvorak Party," and I think I know who was responsible. Dvorak openly bribed people to vote for his chili at one of the COMDEX chili cookoff contests and even paid to have pretty girls go out and rope people in to his chili booth, so my guess as to who had the colossal egomania to "shorten" the name of the party—which, incidentally, neither of us paid for (that was done by Will Hearst)—should be pretty obvious.
It wasn't as though he could have paid for it, either. I remember back at the first CD-ROM conference in Seattle. I invited John to dinner at the Pink Pig. I brought my BYTE technical editor. John showed up with five friends, and when it came time to pay the check, it was bigger than his expense account would handle. I never had that kind of problem at BYTE while McGraw-Hill owned the book, so I paid it. Then I realized this was my tech editor's first BYTE trip, and the bill was large enough—thanks to single-malt Scotch—to scare him. So I hustled and commissioned two technical articles about CD-ROM, and I wrote one on how CD-ROM was the wave of the future and ended up on the cover of The New Papyrus, saying prophetic things. It made me look pretty good, and I suppose I ought to thank John for sticking me with a check so big I had to work hard to justify spending that much money.
We started writing about computers and related technologies at the same time. We also got connected to what became the Internet very early on, back in the days when it was all a big adventure, and text adventure games such as Zork were an important part of the experience. Those were the days when electronic mail came in at 300 baud, and you could read a newspaper while waiting for the entire message to print. Even at 1,200 baud (no one called it bits/second then), you could read the text as fast as it came on screen. Even so, it worked, and because neither John nor I like working in someone else's office, we both learned to use the new capability so that we could file our stories from home or anywhere else.
At least he learned. I now have a confession.
I know John has been to Brazil and to Finland north of the Arctic Circle, because we went there together. On both of those trips, he was able to establish communications with his home base—we didn't say things like "get online" in those days because that's not quite the way it worked—and I couldn't. He also had a wealth of local information, including currency exchange rates and the best bars in Helsinki—the ones that served single-malt Scotch—which he had managed to find. This was back well before there was anything like Google or AltaVista or, for that matter, an Internet. I could usually get better technical information than he did because BYTE's BIX had the most sophisticated readers in the world, but it was hopeless asking them about Helsinki cab fares or Springbank single-malt Scotch.
So. It's probably fitting that John writes a book about the Internet experience and how to use it and getting connected. He's always been pretty good at that. Sometimes better than I am. Of course, he wrote a book about OS/2 back when I knew far more than he did about it. I actually had three OS/2 systems working and interconnected and able to share a CD-ROM drive, and believe me that wasn't anything like easy in those days. I know Dvorak hadn't done it, but there he was with a book on the subject. But when I read it, I realized he'd done it again: I might know more about OS/2 than John Dvorak, but I sure didn't know more about it than his collaborators. He had the head of Team OS/2 as a co-author. And I have to admit, John has always been very good at getting people who know more than he does to write with him. And when he does that, you can rely on the result. I do.
So here's John Dvorak writing about being ONLINE. Recommended.
Jerry Pournelle
Studio City, July 2003


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Brocade is a perennial sponsor at NANOG, and NANOG 70 is no different. The Product Management team in our Switching, Routing and Analytics BU will be meeting a host of customers all week long. We'll discuss all the solutions are gaining traction in SP networks, colocation providers, and Internet and Cloud Exchanges, as well as other areas (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Brocade's SLX Portfolio in SP Networks
Brocade has been been presenting on issues relevant to the core attendees at NANOG for many years, and interest has been brisk since the introduction on the SLX Portfolio.
As expected, we'll also be a sponsor at the Beer n Gear on Tuesday June 6 so come see us then!
Joining us also will the SLX 9540. This versatile switch (Figure 2) plays a role in data center and edge locations including DCI/WAN Edge, Internet and Cloud Exchange, Colocation, large enterprise, and others.
Figure 2: SLX9540 is Ready for Interviews in Bellevue
SLX 9540 provides cost-effective density and performance versatility for digital-era data center interconnect, WAN edge, and internet exchange connectivity. Deployment features and options include:
This hardware, as well as all of our SLX 9850, SLX 9140, SLX 9240, and our automation, visibility, packet broker and analytics solutions, will form the core of the Extreme Networks data center business, as detailed in this online interview with CEO Ed Meyercord. Obviously, come see us about that too!
And in the spirit of NANOG, we'll be laser-focused on issues relevant to network operators, many of which we've been discussing here on a regular basis. We've prepared lightning talks on intent-based automation (components and use cases) and on the connectivity requirements for supporting hybrid clouds from colocation facilities and other SP data centers.
Relevant products we'll be discussing are:
Come see us if you can, and as we have with previous events, we'll be following up with the key themes that emerge from NANOG 70.


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