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In Jamaica on a weeks vacation. No chapman stick with me dig this. I just have my laptop and IPod.
So I have been collecting some song lyric ideas, building some drum tracks to build on and listening to my personal Stick jams from the last few months.
Some audio coming…
In October 2010 I discovered the Chapmam stick.
Have you ever been a frustrated (instrument of your choice) player?
You know I was a frustrated lead guitar and piano player. I knew the theory, and I could compose musical pieces. (Notice I said pieces and not songs).
Playing bass came easy because I always had rhythm and I love dancing! (OK, I said it. Dancing…) And I love technically challenging music.
So the stick allows me to combine the two in real time.
When I got the stick I found every advancement was like the steps on a flight of stairs. Playing and practice lead to individual advancements. Some came quicker then others.
In about a year I became familiar enough with the fretboard that I could play bass and chordal phrasing simultaneously. Like a piano man, but with the punch and groove of a bass and harmonic accompaniment of an Electric Guitar.
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Rotation of Domination: Tribe hoping deep starting staff leads to title
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Cleveland's entire starting rotation is healthy this spring training — unlike late last season.
Corey Kluber, Carlos Carrasco, Danny Salazar, Trevor Bauer and Josh Tomlin combined to win 66 games last season, but Carrasco and Salazar got hurt in September and Bauer interrupted his October with his infamous injury sustained while playing with a drone.
"Where we're situated with our pitching, the guys are starting to get to the point where the game's not going too fast because they've got some years under their belt, but they don't have so many where the wear and tear is showing," manager Terry Francona said. "Kluber, you keep seeing him find ways to get better. And then Danny, Carlos, they're still pretty young. They're in their really good years. So we're hoping that's one of our strengths."
Salazar sported a "Rotation of Domination" T-shirt after Thursday's exhibition outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the likenesses of all five starters on the front.
"We have the best rotation right now, that's the way I feel," he said. "We have the best rotation not just in the American League, but in baseball."
Mike Clevinger and Ryan Merritt likely will be available for spot starts, and possibly Cody Anderson. Clevinger said he was grateful to observe the starting five.
"It's made me work twice as hard in the offseason as I normally would, just knowing what they're bringing to the table every day, knowing what I need to do to be a part of this team and keep producing," Clevinger said. "That was a huge role model-like experience for me to watch all of them compete."
Salazar, an All-Star in 2016, made his second spring training start Thursday. He missed time toward the end of the regular season with a strained forearm muscle and was also dealing with elbow soreness.
"When I pitched in the World Series I was 100 percent, I just wasn't able to go five or six innings because that takes time," Salazar said. "Knowing that we have the same guys this year, everybody saw what we could do."
Kluber and Tomlin are not pitching in exhibitions yet but are scheduled for simulated games on Friday. After Cleveland's lengthy 2016, the two are to make their first exhibition appearances next week.
"Our pitchers work hard and prepare well and I feel like they're always ready. I think that's why we had a lot of success last year," catcher Roberto Perez said. "If we had (Carrasco and Salazar) healthy all season, I think we'd have had a great chance to win it all. And that is great motivation for this year, to work our way back and win the World Series."
NOTES: Salazar walked three and struck out two in two innings, allowing a run and one hit. He threw 42 pitches. "My arm is a little bit slow still, but we've got time to catch up," he said. … Relievers Cody Allen and Bryan Shaw threw simulated games on Thursday.

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The 2014 Summer ocean racing with start off as usual on Cup Weekend with a repeat of last year's race to Portland. It was such a success last year with a strong level of participation and a great effort by Portland Yacht Club to really make the fleet very welcome on arrival. It is a qualifying race for the ORCV Christmas races, as well as that other ocean race that starts on Boxing Day somewhere up north! It's only three months away and will be upon us before you know it so not too early to start thinking about preparing your boat which will include a fresh safety equipment audit of course (Category 2).
Christmas will see the traditional races to Hobart (East and West coast) but this year the shorter Bass Strait race will be to Devonport, hosted by the Mersey Yacht Club on the Mersey River. Tamar Yacht Club has been a great host in recent years and we look forward to returning there in the future but hopefully the change in venue will bring some fresh interest into this important race. It is a great opportunity to experience a Bass Strait crossing without having to go all the way to Hobart so is an excellent step up from our coastal races or even the race to King Island. It is a Category 2 race, so certainly not too early to start thinking about what needs to be done to be ready on time.


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TRUMBULL, Conn. -- The Trumbull Police Department's $1.7 million renovation of its Emergency Communications Center is complete and up-and-running, according to the Trumbull Times.
The center, located inside police headquarters, included upgrades to the electrical system; the uninterrupted power supply; the generator; parts of the heating and cooling system; and security components for the building, said the Trumbull Times.
The town's upgrade to its radio system for the Trumbull Police Department was also part of the renovation and will provide new radios for officers and cars, and will operate on a newer digital technology, the Times. The work on the radio system is expected to be completed this year, added the Trumbull Times.
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Trainer Nigel Blackiston is confident that Let's Make Adeal can finish in the placings when she returns to racing in the Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Let's Make Adeal has not been seen at the races since she finished seventh in the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) at Royal Randwick on April 19, but she has impressed in two jump out appearances and Blackiston believes that she is ready for the start of her 2014 Spring Racing Carnival campaign.
The Flemington-based trainer told Racing Ahead that he was disappointed by Let's Make Adeal's three performances during the 2014 Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival, but he is confident that the daughter of Red Ransom is back to her best and can perform well fresh in the P.B. Lawrence Stakes this weekend.
"I am very happy with her," Blackiston said.
"She has come back bigger and stronger and she is a lot sharper this time in.
"I think that she has matured and if all goes to plan she will have a good campaign.
"I took her to Sydney just to give her the experience up there during the autumn and she didn't like it at all.
"She didn't like the heavy tracks and she didn't like the humidity, so it was a little bit disappointing, but she has had a nice break and she has come back in bigger, stronger and more mature.
"Her two trials have been excellent.
"They will know that she is in the race and with any luck I think that she can finish in the first three."
The 2014 Melbourne Cup has been the long-term target for Let's Make Adeal for over 12 months and Blackiston is hoping that the five-year-old can qualify to run 'in the race that stops nation', after narrowly missing out last year and replicate the feats of her Grand-dam Let's Elope, who completed the Caulfield Cup/Melbourne Cup double in 1991.
"I am hoping to head down the same path as the Grandmother," Blackiston said.
"She is in the Caulfield Cup and the Melbourne Cup and hopefully we can get there."
Let's Make Adeal is currently available at the generous quote of $31 in the 2014 P.B. Lawrence Stakes betting market with Ladbrokes Australia, while Puissance De Lune ($3.30) remains a narrow favourite from Lidari ($5), Star Rolling ($6.50) and Foreteller ($7).


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The professional support staff at Watauga Orthopaedics includes an incredible team of mid-level providers and physical therapists at both locations in Johnson City and Kingsport, TN.
Our mid-level providers care for patients in our office and in the hospital following surgery, while our therapists provide comprehensive rehabilitation services in our on-site facilities. Whether you have a simple sprain or need reconstructive surgery, all our providers have a passion for healing and are dedicated to improving your quality of life. Meet them below.
Originally from Maryville, Tennessee, Brock completed his undergraduate degree at Tusculum College in 2004. He also attended the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville (UTMCK), where he graduated from the School of Radiography in 2008.
After graduation, Brock worked at UTMCK level 1 trauma X-ray in surgery and the ER for five years. He decided to further his opportunities and attended the School of Physician Assistant Studies at South College in Knoxville in 2015, where he received his master of health sciences.
Brock and his wife, Aleisha, have been married since 2013. They love traveling and the outdoors.
A native of east Tennessee, Everett received his undergraduate degree in nursing at Milligan College in 2000. In 2013 he finished his master of science in nursing with a family nurse practitioner focus from Middle Tennessee State University. He has over 14 years of experience in nursing and has worked at Johnson City Medical Center caring for surgical and nonsurgical cardiac patients.
Everett has been an avid cyclist and endurance athlete coach for many years, which prompted him to take an interest in sports medicine and caring for orthopedic injuries. He joined Watauga Orthopaedics in February 2014.
Austin is a native of east Tennessee, born and raised in the Tri-Cities area. He attended the University of Tennessee - Knoxville where he earned his bachelor's degree in kinesiology in 2013. He then attended the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, where he earned his master of medical science - physician assistant degree before moving back to the area to join the Watauga Orthopaedics team in February 2016.
Austin has spent most of his life participating in team sports, physical activity, and competitive water sports, adding to his interest in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine. In his free time, Austin is an avid outdoorsman and water sports enthusiast.
Sam first studied pre-med at East Tennessee State University and then received his physician assistant degree at Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville in 1991. After becoming a PA, Sam worked one year in a neurosurgical practice, 17 years in the Indian Path Medical Center ER, and nine years in an emergency room in Knoxville. In 2001 he moved to Johnson City and was an emergency room PA for seven years.
Sam joined Watauga Orthopaedics in 2008. He is a member of the Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants and the American Academy of Physician Assistants.
A native of Johnson City, Mike attended Science Hill High School where he played football, wrestled, and ran track. He is a member of the Science Hill High School Hall of Fame for football. He attended the University of Memphis on a football scholarship and graduated with a BS in engineering technology.
Mike later attended East Tennessee State University, graduating with a master's degree in microbiology and immunology. He then worked in the pharmaceutical and medical equipment industry for 13 years before going back to school to earn his master's degree in physician assistant studies from Lincoln Memorial University.
After graduation, Mike worked several years in the emergency room for Northeast Tennessee Emergency Physicians before joining Watauga Orthopaedics in August 2013, where he heads up the orthopedic urgent care clinic in the Johnson City office.
An avid biker, Mike also enjoys fishing, hunting, working out, and spending time with his wife, Laura, and their son, David.
Alvin began his educational career at Science Hill School of Practical Nursing where he earned his licensed practical nurse diploma in 1994 and ended with a degree in physician assistant studies at Jefferson College of Health Sciences in 2002.
Between 1995-2014, Alvin has worked as a licensed practical nurse, physical therapy technician, and physician assistant, and he has been employed at Johnson City Medical Center, Appalachian Orthopaedic Associates, Greeneville Orthopaedics, and even Watauga Orthopaedics from 2004-2008.
In addition, Alvin has worked as a volunteer firefighter and first responder/EMT and been on multiple medical missions to Haiti and Kenya. He returned to Watauga Orthopaedics in March 2014 to work closely with Dr. Stewart, who concentrates on reconstruction, sports medicine, and trauma.
Born and raised in Southern California, Shawn came to east Tennessee to pursue his passion for orthopedics in the Watauga Orthopaedics PA Fellowship Program.
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Rachel is a native to Jonesborough, TN. She got her Bachelors of Science in Health Science with a concentration in Human Health at ETSU. She then attended PA school at Bethel University in Paris, TN. Some of her hobbies include reading, watching football (Go Vols!), and outdoor activities like hiking. She is also a major Star Wars fan.
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Two Georgia lawmakers are considering legislation similar to the "personhood" referendum rejected by voters in Mississippi earlier this month.
Sen. Barry Loudermilk, R-Cassville, and Rep. Rick Crawford, D-Cedartown, have both supported similar legislation previously declaring that life begins at fertilization and seeking to ban abortion.
Loudermilk said he is looking at re-introducing the bill with modified language omitting references to fertilization and cloning — words that proved problematic in the failed Mississippi ballot issue.
Crawford said despite being a member of the minority party in the state, he shares the conservative views of his constituents. He says the amendment is "an invitation to discussion" on the issue of abortion and being pro-life.
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Legendary Stones of Kuching
Kuching, Malaysian Borneo – The stone grows and gets larger and larger, therefore it has mystical and magical properties. That is one of the legends I had heard about a sand stone outcropping located, appropriately, on Rock Road here in Kuching.
Suriani and I have made it a point to take small excursions, exploring her hometown and my adopted city. We were still exhausted from our two month tour of the states, and I was recovering from a medical emergency trip back to the Washington area.
Stones have been a legendary part of the lore in the Western world. Being Irish, I was often told I had kissed the blarney stone when I was growing up. There is the Philosophers Stone that can turn lead into gold. Many sing about the "Rock of Ages" in church.
Known in Malay as the batu kinyang, meaning stone crystal, the rock is wedged between a large Hindu Temple and a secondhand store. Nobody knows how long the stone has been a place of worship, as well worn paths led to it when it was made know to the Western world in 1840. From the road to the very rear of the black, smooth and undulating outcrop, it measures about 24 meters (80 feet). The width varies but can exceed 15 meters (50 ft.) in places.
I had read that the stone was considered sacred by all the races in Sarawak, the state where I live on Borneo Island; but, particularly for the Malays. I asked my wife's parents, who are strict Moslems, about it and they and their friends had never heard of it.
We had thought the sacredness of the stone to be long abandoned as we clamored over the structure. A small rivulet with aquatic plants dribbled through a water-carved, centimeter-deep-and-wide ravine attached to a small pool. Further back, a tree, whose diameter was about the size of a pencil and with about three large leaves waving at the top was bravely surviving the inhospitable conditions.
Moving closer, we realized the holiness had not left the rock for some people. There were remnants of burnt incense sticks. A glass, meter-high box with red sleeves and opening at the top was for monetary offerings. We then realized the tree had been planted.
As mentioned in an earlier column, my wife is related to Panglima (leader of warriors) Seman, a Malay who helped the White Rajah, James Brooke, fight the pirates. According to legend, he would paddle his sampan down the river, and silently swim to the pirates' dhow and pull each one into the water. Taking them to shore, he would then dispatch them on some rocks.
I wanted to see the rocks from the perspective of the pirates and the Panglima, so we hired a sampan and were motored by a wizened old Malay, who gladly took us to the location. The trip took about 20 minutes, and we scanned the shoreline admiring some of the ancient houses that still stood on the shores.
When we reached the place in the river, off the village named for Panglima Seman, the motor stopped and I took some photos.
Apparently, the rocks that had once spilled into the waterway were now drowned by a lock (barrage) that controlled the depth of the river. The boulders that lined the shore line looked more like an erosion control project than an area to ambush pirates bent on sacking Kuching.
However, in my romantic mind I could envision my wife's ancestor bravely and single-handedly attacking a six-man canoe, protecting the villages and the fortunes of the White Raj.
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NASA's Kepler mission has discovered a 5-planet system that includes a hot Mars and four super-Earths, two of which might host liquid water. These aren't quite the Earth-like exoplanets Kepler's been looking for, but they're close.In a system 1,200 light-years away, five small planets whizz around an orange star about two-thirds the size of our Sun. One of them is a hot Mars, a planet half the size of Earth that whips around the star every 12.4 days. Another two are hot super-Earths, completing orbits every 5.7 days and 18.2 days. But the final two are the ones that capture the imagination: half again the size of Earth and orbiting in the star's habitable zone, these worlds could be the pale blue dots we've been looking for. Maybe.
"I'd be hesitant to call any of these worlds potentially 'Earth-like.'" says Caleb Scharf (Columbia University), an exoplanet expert not involved in the study. "But their discovery is definitely leading us closer and closer to places that might represent alien, but nonetheless similar, environments to our own."
The planets Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f are 60% and 40% bigger than Earth, respectively, and their orbits last 122 days and 267 days, William Borucki (NASA Ames Research Center) and his team report this week in the journal Science. But the team is careful to point out that planets so small are difficult to characterize — even pinning down their masses will be a challenge.
To find these planets, Kepler has been snapping pictures of more than 150,000 stars roughly every 30 minutes for more than four years now, looking for the periodic dips in brightness that could signal a planet passing in front of its star. Kepler-62 is one of these, a hydrogen-fusing K2 star almost twice as old as the Sun.Kepler's automatic pipeline searches the hundreds of thousands of stars for brightness variations, and this pipeline discovered four of the five exoplanets. But the fifth, Kepler-62f, required a more hands-on approach. The planet has only made three transits so far, and one of these transits came too close to a data-transfer break for the pipeline's liking. A more careful look by coauthors Eric Agol and Brian Lee (University of Washington) identified the third transit, upgrading the signal to planet status.
The holy grail of exoplanet searches is finding an Earth-sized planet in a star's habitable zone, but that's more easily defined in words — "the region around a star where a rocky planet with an atmosphere could host liquid water on its surface" — than in practice. Borucki's team used two approaches to measure the habitable zone. The first assumes any planets are rocky with carbon dioxide-water vapor atmospheres. Under these strict assumptions, Kepler-62f would receive enough stellar flux to keep liquid water on its surface with the help of the greenhouse effects, but Kepler-62e would be too hot.
A more liberal approach defines the habitable zone by calculating the solar flux Venus and Mars received when they were still able to host liquid water. This definition allows Kepler-62e to sneak into the warm end of the habitable zone.
Even if we take the latter tack, are the planets actually habitable? Their masses are too low to nail down via wiggles in the star's position or variations in the transits' timing, so with just their sizes we can only speculate about what they're made of. Still, by not finding these other signals, the astronomers can limit Kepler-62e to 36 Earth masses and Kepler-62f to 35 Earth masses. Those limits are enough to confirm that the bodies are planets.
The two planets' diameters, combined with their distance from the star and the star's age, suggest both worlds have likely lost any thick, Jupiter-esque gas envelope that might have enshrouded them in their early years. So, depending on their exact masses, the planets are either waterworlds or rocky.
"If they're Earth-mass, they'll be strange water-rich worlds," Scharf speculates. "It's not inconceivable that they could harbor a liquid water ocean close to the surface, but this would presumably have to be a very deep ocean, turning to increasingly pressurized phases of ice at depth."
Even if the planets are many times Earth's mass, they could be still rocky instead of watery, Scharf says. But at such large masses, the rocky planets would be decidedly different from Earth, possibly very geologically active. Then again, since Kepler-62 is 7 billion years old, there's also a chance the planets could have simmered down by now.
There's still a chance of getting a better answer someday. By continuing to measure transits over many years, the team could one day determine exact masses by measuring the gravitational effect of interplanetary tugs. With Kepler scheduled to fly at least until 2016 and possibly beyond, there's a chance this method could one day provide better answers about these planets' nature.
Want to know more?
- Read the paper in Science
- Read the NASA press release
- Read the CfA press release, which includes more information about the planets' habitability
- Read the University of Washington press release, which says more about the detection of Kepler-62f.


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Is cinema the real advertising innovator?
Advertising's being driven more and more by digital innovation, so it was great to see my favourite channel, cinema, hailed by John Hegarty at Cannes Lions this year as a fantastic medium. This led to comments in the press along the lines that good old fashioned cinema continues to perform well without being seen as particularly innovative.
Traditional, maybe. But old fashioned and lacking innovation? I don't think so!
To me, cinema is both pioneering and innovative. It was arguably the first truly immersive media experience, and over the past 20 years, cinema tech has evolved massively in terms of both sound and vision – take 3D, for instance. Meanwhile, the growth of the multiplex has made cinema a destination in itself, not to mention the boutique explosion, with luxuriously comfortable seats and the ultimate in comfort food and drinks on tap. This has driven us all to fall even more in love with the movies, delighting in being a captive audience sharing the experience with family and friends, where ads are simply seen as part of the experience – to my knowledge, no one has ever left to make a cup of tea while they're showing!
The real innovation, however, has come from the boardroom. First, cinema has marketed itself to consumers extremely well. In an average year, cinema and the movies themselves spend in around £190 million on advertising in the UK alone. What other medium invests so much in promoting itself? If there's a new blockbuster coming to town, like Star Wars, it's common practice to put £10 million behind it. A big part of this is spent on the driving interaction with you and me through social media and mobile – so cinema has thoroughly embraced the digital revolution.
Second, the way cinema is packaged today is simply superb. Booking has been transformed online, where you can buy tickets quickly and easily for individual theatres across a range of options from premium to standard. Plus TV-style ad buying techniques have been introduced to streamline the process and improve audience targeting. All of this has been driven by capturing the best talent from other media sectors.
Most media experts thought cinema would die with the DVD and bigger and better TVs – how wrong they were. Instead, faced with such a seemingly impossible challenge, cinema evolved faster and continues to thrive. Now that's innovation.
By Pete Davis, founder and managing director of Get Me Media
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M&A wrap: T-Mobile "crying out" for Sprint tie-up?
Deutsche Telekom may be forced into a tie-up of its sub-scale U.S. wireless unit with Sprint Nextel after a $39 billion deal with AT&T collapsed. While Deutsche Telekom is now walking away with a $6 billion breakup package, its chief executive Rene Obermann has lost a lot of time and will now have to invest in the U.S. market or find a new way to exit the country, an option analysts regard as unlikely. T-Mobile USA "is just crying out for a merger with Sprint. That's the only long-term solution for Deutsche Telekom," Will Draper, head of telecoms research at Espirito Santo, said.
Goldman Sachs claimed the spot as the top U.S. M&A adviser in 2011 as rivals JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley fell in the standings due to the collapse of AT&T's $39 billion deal to buy Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA unit. JP Morgan, which had previously been the top U.S. M&A adviser for the year, advised AT&T along with Greenhill and Evercore. Morgan Stanley, which had been No. 2 in U.S. M&A based on the dollar value of transactions on which it had advised, was working for Deutsche Telekom along with Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank.
Olympus Corp is preparing to issue about $1.28 billion (100 billion yen) in new shares to bolster its depleted finances, with Japanese high-tech stalwarts Sony and Fujifilm seen as possible buyers, the Nikkei business daily reported. The report comes after a warning from one of the camera and endoscope maker's leading shareholders that the scandal-tainted board may try to retain control by issuing new shares to dilute the power of existing shareholders.
The New York Times Co is nearing a sale of 16 regional newspapers spread across the U.S. Southeast and California to Halifax Media Holdings, it said on Monday. The possible sale, news of which comes just days after the Times Co announced the sudden retirement of its chief executive, is the latest in a series of steps the company has taken to cut costs and focus on its most important newspapers and their websites.
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This question is posed to us, in some fashion, on a daily basis. Most of us fall into one of three camps: whatever they are selling I don't need it, I'll take it to be safe, or I like the sales person so I'll take his recommendation.
The answer to "is it worth it?" comes down to a balance of four things:
The risks are what you have to lose by not choosing "it". The benefits are what you gain, or what "it" does for you. The cost includes not only what "it" costs, but what it costs if you don't take "it": compare the cost of having it with not having it. The "U-factor" is a category that encompasses things centered around you: what you want, who you are, what you are … U U U U U … everything about what you bring to the table.
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September 13, 2013
The police had taken my pistol the day before but I wasn't without heavy arms. I'd been stockpiling weapons at the studio. Glocks, MAC-10s, ARs fitted with scopes and hundred-round monkey nuts. All out in the open for easy access. I was in Tony Montana mode, bracing for a final standoff. I didn't know when it would happen, who it would be, or what would force its occurrence, but one thing I did know: something bad was going to happen and it was going to happen soon.
I looked around my studio. The Brick Factory. It seemed like just yesterday this had been the spot. Everybody would be over here. At all hours of the day for days on end. But now the Brick Factory looked more like an armory than a place where music was made. I'd seen the looks on people's faces when they came through. My studio was no longer a fun place to be. Onetime regulars started dropping like flies until I was the only one left. Alone.
Everyone was scared again. Not just scared of what was going on with me but scared of me. Scared to call me. Scared to see me. Keyshia had tried to be a voice of reason. She tried telling me the things I was stressing over weren't as bad as I was making them out to be. That my problems were manageable. That we could figure them out together. But I was too far gone and even Keyshia had her limits. A few days earlier I'd snapped on her and she'd hung up the phone. She'd had enough.
A paranoid mess, I went and checked the CCTV monitor for any activity outside. None. The parking lot was empty. The gate was secure. If that brought me any peace of mind, it disappeared as soon as I looked away from the screen, down at my feet.
The ankle monitor. I was a sitting duck. Everyone knew I was here. And they knew I couldn't leave.
That wasn't entirely true. I wasn't supposed to leave. But I had, the day before, when I'd gone to my lawyer Drew's office and the police got called. They found a loaded .45 next to my belongings. They let me go but took the strap with them to get fingerprinted and turned in to evidence. I knew my days were numbered. I'd violated my house arrest and had a run-in with the law while doing so.
Fuck it.
If I was going back to jail anyway, I might as well go find these niggas I'd been having problems with. These were my old partners, but things had soured and they'd been sending threats my way. I didn't want to wait until I got out of jail to see if these niggas were about all the shit they'd been talking. We could handle this now. I grabbed a Glock .40, some smoke, and was on my way.
During my walk to their spot I'd fallen into something of a trance, mumbling incoherent thoughts to myself as I wandered down Moreland Avenue. But my zombie-like state was interrupted by the red and blue flash of police lights. It immediately put me on high alert.
"Hi, Gucci," I heard. "I'm Officer Ivy with the Atlanta Police Department. What's going on?"
That was a red flag. No police had ever said "Hi, Gucci" to me like that before.
"Is everything okay? Your friends called us. They're worried about you."
Red flag number two. My friends were certified Zone 6 street niggas. They ain't the type to call the law.
None of this was adding up. Even with codeine and promethazine syrup slowing me down, my heart jumped as I realized what was happening. Or what I thought was happening. This man was no cop.
I knew niggas who did this. They'd dress up in police uniforms, get a kit put on their Dodge Chargers, and pull someone over, impersonating police. They'd tell them it was a routine traffic stop and before they knew it they were tied up in the trunk of their own car.
"Gucci, do you have any sort of weapon on you right now?"
"I do got a weapon," I barked back, pointing to the Glock bulging out of my jean pocket. "Don't unholster yours. I ain't surrendering nothing until you prove you're for real. Call for backup."
More officers arrived on scene but that didn't calm me. The standoff continued. When I told them I'd shoot 'em up if they touched me, they moved in and took me down, arresting me for disorderly conduct. After they found the gun and weed, more charges would follow.
Cuffed or not, I wasn't done fighting. I yelled, spat, and kicked as officers did their best to restrain me. Paramedics arrived and scrambled to inject me with a syringe. Were they poisoning me? When one wasn't enough they shot me up with another. Only then did I start to let up. I sank into the stretcher, a chemically induced calm putting an end to my nightmare.
August 14, 2014
Eleven months later I was in the US District Court of Georgia watching a conversation between Judge Steve Jones and Assistant US Attorney Kim Dammers. It was my sentencing hearing.
". . . Nonetheless, the government thinks that this is in fact a just sentence. Mr. Davis has a substantial history of violence in the past. He has an aggravated assault in 2005 that's in paragraph twenty-nine in the presentence report, a battery that was also a probation—"
"I saw that," said Judge Jones.
"—in paragraph thirty-three. He has an aggravated assault pending in paragraph thirty-eight."
"I saw that."
"And of course there was the murder in DeKalb County that he was charged with but never brought to an indictment. And then there was also a battery in Henry County where the victims were unwilling to come forward. Reading between the lines, you could fairly say—"
"So given that, the government was not willing to enter in a low end of the guideline range. It's only two months' difference. It was more a matter of principle than anything, but I think thirty-nine months is a significant enough sentence for Mr. Davis to understand the seriousness of the offense."
A few minutes later Judge Jones was ready to make it official. But before he handed down my punishment, he had some words for me.
"Mr. Davis, again, I want to explain to you why I'm accepting this binding thirty-nine months' confinement. You have a serious offense here. Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is a serious offense and I think in looking at the 3553(a) factors, I have to take that into consideration, the history and characteristics of the defendant, and also deterrence. You are not supposed to have a firearm. I also look at the overall record and looking at everything—the factors and the presentence report—I find this to be an appropriate and reasonable sentence under the circumstances. Now, the sentence you are going to receive, the rest of it I'm going to tell you about in a minute . . .
"You are still a young man. You still have a full life in front of you. From what I've been told by my nieces and nephews, you have a very famous life. But I'm an old man and I've seen a lot of things in these years and I've seen a lot of famous people lose out in life. And I won't go down the list. I'm sure your lawyers can tell you who they are. I've seen a lot of famous athletes, a lot of famous people in music, movie stars. If they continue—if you continue down the track you continue down, you are going to be like a lot of them. You are going to wake up one morning broke. You are going to wake up one morning back in prison again. Or worse, you're not going to wake up at all one morning.
"You have a talent. Again I apologize, I'm still a Four Tops guy. It's hard to keep up. I've been trying to find out more things. According to my nieces and nephews you have a great career in front of you. You've got a prison term that you've got to do and after that you are still a young man. You can do a lot if you abide by and follow the law.
"The law applies to everybody. No matter who you are, what you do, the law applies to you. It applies to me. It applies to Ms. Dammers. It applies to the agents. To your attorneys Mr. Findling, Mr. Singer-Capek. Everybody in this room. You follow it, and again from what I've been told you have a lot you can get done."
Thirty-nine months. No surprises there. I'd agreed to it as part of a plea deal I'd accepted back in May.
While the judge, Ms. Dammers, and my lawyers went on to review the terms of my confinement and probation period, I started doing the math. A calculation I'd made a thousand times since they offered me that plea deal.
Thirty-nine months. I'd already served eleven, so that meant twenty-eight more. I could handle twenty-eight. Maybe only twenty-four if they let me serve the end of it on house arrest. Drew seemed certain we could make that happen. Twenty-four months. Two more years. Three total.
Give or take a few, thirty-nine months was about the amount of time I'd already spent locked up over the course of my life to date. But that time had been spread out over a series of different bids. Thirty-nine months straight up wasn't going to be easy. But I could get through it. And when I got out I'd still have some time to make things right.
When I did come home I'd have to start moving a different way. I was getting another chance but this was the last one. They were making an example out of me this time. Next time they were throwing away the key. No room to make the same mistakes.
Good. Things had to be different this time. I'd already started making changes. But I wasn't done. If I really wanted to start fresh I was going to have to find closure with everything that landed me here. Maybe I could do that in twenty-four months.
Talking about my life has not been easy. It's been that way for a long time, really ever since I caught that murder charge right as I was getting my start in the rap game. I remember walking out of DeKalb County Jail the day I made bond and seeing the line of reporters waiting for me. I wondered how long they would follow me. I wondered how long the events of that night would follow me. That was such a strange time.
I hated doing interviews. I'd try to keep my composure but inside I'd be festering, fuming that people were putting me in a situation where I had to speak on things that were the last things I wanted to speak about. I'd tell myself to give them the benefit of the doubt. That these were journalists doing their jobs. That they didn't know how fucked up it was to ask me those questions. That they weren't trying to disrespect me. Still, I always felt disrespected.
Over the years I tried to numb those feelings, to forget them, to pretend they didn't bother me. Didn't work. There are some things in life you can never completely walk away from, as badly as you might want to.
But I could try to make peace with all that had happened. And a lot had happened. Ups, downs, and all that led up to those ups and downs.
"Mr. Davis, is there anything you want to say before I sentence you?" Judge Jones said, bringing my attention back into his courtroom. "Anything you want to present?"
"I just want to first say that—"
"Stand up, please," he interrupted.
I stood up.
"I want to say that I thank you and I definitely don't want to withdraw my plea. I just thank you for your time."
"Okay. Thank you, Mr. Davis."
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
"As wild, unpredictable, and fascinating as the man himself. " —Complex
"A cautionary tale that ends in triumph." —GQ
"A revelation and a welcome addition to hip-hop's literary legacy." —All Hip Hop
The highly anticipated memoir from Gucci Mane, "one of hip-hop's most prolific and admired artists" (The New York Times).
For the first time Gucci Mane tells his story in his own words. It is the captivating life of an artist who forged an unlikely path to stardom and personal rebirth. Gucci Mane began writing his memoir in a maximum-security federal prison. Released in 2016, he emerged radically transformed. He was sober, smiling, focused, and positive—a far cry from the Gucci Mane of years past.
Born in rural Bessemer, Alabama, Radric Delantic Davis became Gucci Mane in East Atlanta, where the rap scene is as vibrant as the dope game. His name was made as a drug dealer first, rapper second. His influential mixtapes and street anthems pioneered the sound of trap music. He inspired and mentored a new generation of artists and producers: Migos, Young Thug, Nicki Minaj, Zaytoven, Mike Will Made-It, Metro Boomin.
Yet every success was followed by setback. Too often, his erratic behavior threatened to end it all. Incarceration, violence, rap beefs, drug addiction. But Gucci Mane has changed, and he's decided to tell his story.
In his extraordinary autobiography, the legend takes us to his roots in Alabama, the streets of East Atlanta, the trap house, and the studio where he found his voice as a peerless rapper. He reflects on his inimitable career and in the process confronts his dark past—years behind bars, the murder charge, drug addiction, career highs and lows—the making of a trap god. It is one of the greatest comeback stories in the history of music.
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane is a blunt and candid account—an instant classic.
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- 304 pages |
- September 2017


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This was the 34th running of the Chapelgill hill race, organised by Robin Morris of Lothian Running Club. Five Carnethies were in the field of 40 runners, whose average age was around the fifty mark, the young fast guys saving themselves for the SHR Championship race at Criffel the following day. I had last done this race back in 2010 when it was a championship counter, finishing back in 56th place.
The start by the sheepfold was sheltered from the cold wind. The race itself is one of the shortest in the SHR calender, but packs in 410m of climbing in less than the mile it takes to reach the summit. After the steep climb to the short runnable ridge I was back in 6th place, but managed to gain 3 places by the turnaround point at the cairn, where Hilary was marshaling. The descent is ludicrously fast, and by taking slightly better lines, stumbled my way to the front to finish just ahead of Stuart Malcolm of Highland Runners, but some way off Phil Davies's record of 18.50. Joan Wilson of Lomond Hill Runners was first female. The first senior in 6th place was Thomas Knox of Anster Haddies, finishing just behind father Jonny.
The prize giving finished off a grand afternoon out, with 1 in 4 runners receiving prizes of Run and Become vouchers and whisky. This is classic Scottish Hill Racing, turn up in a muddy field at the end of a remote glen, pay £2, race, and back home for tea (and rugby).
Many thanks to Robin for organising, and those that helped out, including Gordon, with registration, and Hilary & Jonathan marshaling.
Would be great to see this as an SHR Championship race again in the near future.
Results: http://scottishhillracing.co.uk/RaceResults.aspx?RaceID=RA-0019&RaceYear=2017
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New frontier: 'Hyperlinks' explores design's cutting edge, an intersection of the digital and the spatial
As all computer geeks know, a hyperlink is a word or group of words that you click on to jump to a related document. Yet a provocative new exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago argues that a new kind of hyperlinking is under way — not online, but offline, in the homes and other places we inhabit every day.
Architects and designers are blurring the boundaries between their once-separate disciplines, using new technologies and materials to transform the landscape. And their designs are more playful and people-friendly than the ones produced by such exchanges in the past.
These are among the big ideas of the visually arresting, often entertaining, but not entirely persuasive exhibition called "Hyperlinks: Architecture and Design."
Its organizers — Zoe Ryan, the museum's curator of design, and Joseph Rosa, the Art Institute's former chief curator of architecture and design (he now heads the University of Michigan's art museum) — have gathered a wealth of material from avant-garde architects and designers around the world.
Imagine bioengineered mushrooms that would provide insulation between densely packed apartments. "Hushrooms," they are called. Or space capsule-like homes that would allow the eco-minded to live off the power grid? Or a kitchen in which the walls transform into virtual screens and keyboards that help you brew a cup of tea?
It all sounds very sci-fi, but there's just enough real material in "Hyperlinks" to keep us from rolling our eyes. One of my favorites (above) is an inventive response to the dangers of riding a bike on city streets, especially at night. Two Massachusetts-based designers, Evan Gant and Alex Tee, attached a lighting device to a bike's seating post. The gizmo uses green laser lights to project two lines with a bike symbol onto the street — in effect, a virtual bike lane.
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CSU's Office of the Registrar contributes to this mission by providing and continually improving academic support services for the University; including but not limited to the creation, maintenance, preservation and transmission of student academic records, support for the University's curriculum, reinforcing its academic policies, and to serve the needs of the students, both current and former, by providing quality service, timely response to requests for information and convenient access to services. To this end, the Office of the Registrar will be a leader of emerging technologies that assist in the delivery of services and information in the most effective and efficient manner. The Office of the Registrar subscribes to the highest ethical principles of our profession and strives to serve the university with honesty, integrity and accuracy.
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Peacefully on Sunday, June 11, 2006 in her 90th year, at the Trillium Health Centre - Mississauga. Beloved wife of the late John ADALBERT. Loving mother of John (Linda) of Carlisle, Ontario, Robert (Barbara) of Sudbury, Ontario and Peter (Claude) of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dear grandmother of Kathryn (Patrick SIRNIK) of Ottawa and AnnMarie (Aaron RIDEOUT) of Toronto, Robert (Cheryl,) Ryan (Rose) and Caralyne (Mick HARDWICK) all of Sudbury, Lydia, Stephen, Andrew and Marysia LIPIC, all of Winnipeg. Great grandmother to Bobby, Trisha and Alicia LIPIC, Michael and Megan; Ella and Kole RIDEOUT, and Mikhellie and Katie HARDWICK. Dear sister of Bernice SCZELECKI (Adam), Jane ROSE (Don), Betty LEON (late Fred), Julius O'BIRECK (Jane) and the late Alice LEON (late Edward,) and the late Walter O'BIRECK (late Molly) and the late Jimmy O'BIRECK (late Rose.) Special thanks are extended to Stephanie LEON for her love and devotion to Aunty Rose. Stephanie spent many hours lovingly caring for Rose over the 8½ years of hospital time. Your care and gentleness is greatly appreciated Stephanie, by all who loved her. Thanks also to the wonderful staff of Trillium Health Centre Continuing Care 2. The care Rose received was wonderful and we always knew she was being looked after by very caring and concerned individuals. Thank you. Also, thanks to Doctor ABRAMSON for his special care and concern. Rose had a friend at Trillium that was always by her side and we would like to thank Kathy for keeping us up to date and in touch when Rose could not. Kathy, you were a good friend to Rose; thank you from all the family. The family will be receiving Friends at the Turner and Porter "Peel" Chapel, 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga (Hwy. 10, North of Queen Elizabeth Way) on Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. and Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass to be held at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, 4260 Cawthra Road, Mississauga, on Friday, June 16, 2006 at 10 a.m. Interment Assumption Cemetery. Goodnight, sweet lady, may God bless!
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A proposed 118-mile natural gas pipeline that would snake through parts of Carbon, Luzerne and Northampton counties would "result in some adverse environmental impacts," the federal government says.
But those impacts would be reduced to "less-than-significant levels" provided the pipeline company follows the government's recommendations and its own proposed mitigation measures.
That's the bottom line of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's final environmental impact statement of the PennEast Pipeline Project.
The next step, said FERC spokeswoman Celeste M. Miller, will be for FERC to review all of the information before making a final decision.
"The commission will consider the entire record, including the comments and final environmental impact statement, and then make a decision on the application," she said.
It was unclear Friday how long that process will take.
FERC's statement, released Friday, drew cheers from Penn East.
The final environmental impact statement "(validates) after nearly three years of scientific review and input from numerous stakeholders that the approximately 120-mile underground natural gas pipeline can be built with little impact on the environment," the company said in a press release Friday.
The statement is the "last major federal regulatory hurdle for PennEast Pipeline prior to an anticipated favorable order from FERC commissioners that would result in approval of the project," it said.
PennEast expects that order to come this summer.
The company's plans call for the pipeline to run through Lower Towamensing, Towamensing, Kidder and Penn Forest townships in Carbon County.
The Kidder Township Zoning Hearing Board gave conditional approval to a special exception application for a compressor station in the township.
FERC is the second of two federal agencies to give the project an environmental green light.
In February, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, which issued a water quality certification to the project.
The approvals, Dat Tran, chairman of PennEast's Board of Managers said, "have affirmed that PennEast Pipeline's construction and ongoing operations will not harm the environment, including waterways."
Tran lauded his firm's project.
"Federal regulators have once again determined that PennEast Pipeline can deliver enormous benefits for the region, including lower electric and gas bills, thousands of jobs, enhanced reliability, and direct access to one of the most abundant and affordable supplies of clean-burning natural gas in all of North America, while doing so with little impact on the environment," he said. "The thorough review conducted by federal regulators assessed impacts on everything from safety to water resources to air quality and wildlife. Their finding is a clear win for the region, business competitiveness, economic growth and job creation."
But Linda Christman, president of pipeline opposition group Save Carbon County, vowed to keeping fighting.
"(FERC) had so many mistakes and omissions in the original environmental impact statement. It was so lacking in key information that the Environmental Protection Agency recommended they issue a supplemental statement," she said.
"I don't imagine FERC has corrected the environmental impact statement in this final document. So, we'll be going forward with bad decisions based on bad information.
"Just because they've issued this final environmental impact statement, this pipeline is still a long way from being built," Christman said. "This fight is not over."


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In the pipeline: Trains from Panvel to Raigad
Soon, you will be able to take a suburban local train beyond Panvel in Navi Mumbai to Karjat and Uran in the neighbouring Raigad district.mumbai Updated: Oct 16, 2010 01:17 IST
Soon, you will be able to take a suburban local train beyond Panvel in Navi Mumbai to Karjat and Uran in the neighbouring Raigad district.
The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has proposed to include a 27.6-km line from Panvel to Karjat and a 26.9-km line from Panvel to Uran under the third phase of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP).
This will boost real estate and industrial development in the Panvel-Uran-Karjat triangle. With the state government planning a new airport near Panvel, the extension of suburban trains will provide the area with a much-needed mass transport system.
The Panvel-Uran and Panvel-Karjat routes have a single line mainly being used by goods trains. The Pune-Manmad Express is the only train that runs on the Panvel-Karjat stretch built in 2005. Suburban trains on the Harbour line carry five lakh commuters to Panvel every day. Those wanting to travel to Uran or Karjat from here have to rely on state transport buses.
"We are looking at exploring these routes, which are part of the Comprehensive Transport Study under MUTP III for suburban trains. The third phase will have additional lines for suburban trains along with other infrastructure," said PC Sehgal, managing director, MRVC. The distance from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) and Karjat is 100km, while the CST-Panvel stretch is 42-km long. If the Panvel-Karjat line is laid, commuters will be able to cut 30km out of the journey.
The project will mean a turnaround for Panvel and nearby areas, where real estate prices start at Rs 2,500 a square foot. "These two routes will surely open up the real estate market in Navi Mumbai and further north. Big developers are already planning housing projects in Boisar and Dahanu although the Virar-Dahanu stretch hasn't opened for local trains yet," said a senior MRVC official on condition of anonymity.
The MRVC will have to first convert the Harbour line from 1,500-volt Direct Current to 25,000-volt Alternating Current for it to extend it between Panvel and Karjat. This will happen when the Central Railway gets the new violet-and-white trains.
The MRVC has also planned a line connecting Virar-Vasai to Diva-Panvel thus linking the farthest ends of Western and Harbour line stations. The Konkan Railway also plans to electrify its entire 760-km route in the next two years. This means the only stretch remaining to be linked will be between Roha and Uran, through the industrial belt of Pen. "We hope to complete electrification work till Roha in the next two years," said BP Tayal, managing director, Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd.
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By: Amparo Jorge Twilight Satire Edward Cullen is such a gentlemen! Only real drawback would be his age..he appears to be 17 years old but he is really a vampire who has lived for 107 years because he was made immortal. Bella Swain comes around and they are instantly attracted to each other.You can imagine the age difference. Edward is really "old school". Vampire's Suck A Twilight Spoof Vampire's Suck Movie Trailer I Love You...Twilight? D: http://www.theonion.com/articles/woman-married-to-fat-emotionally-distant-vampire-e,2887/ Mastermind Comedy that strikes the Twilight series story line about a teenage girl who is torn between two supernatural suitors. Vampire's Suck was a parody movie that was released August 25, 2010. The movie was made to portray the characters from the Twilight movies! It mocks all things Vampire. This parody video is just one of the many videos that takes the Twilight story line and destroys it! Edward is an immortal, super dreamy vampire who's number one priority is to care for Bella. This video does a really good job at showing Edward as the complete opposite of that. A sad married woman who craves love and affection reads The Twilight Saga to feel "romance" again. Very bizarre and super exaggerated! She fantasized about a romance like in Twilight, the woman wanted her lazy Husband to be like the sweet heart Edward Cullen. Can you say obsessed?! Work Cited "Spoof | Twilight Lexicon - Part 3." Twilight Lexicon. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. <http://www.twilightlexicon.com/tag/spoof/page/3/>. "Twilight Trailer Spoof." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded>. "Vampires Suck." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded>. "Vampires Suck (2010)." Vampires Suck. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. <http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vampires_suck/>. "Top 5 Twilight Spoofs Online: Best Twilight Breaking Dawn Parodies." Top 5 âTwilightâ Spoofs Online: Twilight: Breaking Dawn Opens Twi-Hards. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. <http://www.scene-stealers.com/blogs/top-10-twilight-spoofs-breaking-dawn-parody/>.Full transcript


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The warning is plain: ''This country can easily lose its leadership in scientific achievement unless it seeks and trains those who can maintain it.'' This is not a recent warning from President Reagan. Nor is it testimony before a congressional committee. Rather, it is a 1947 excerpt from a New York Times article on the state of science teaching in the United States.
Veteran teachers and administrators have seen it all before. The cycles of education's crises - from teacher surplus to teacher shortage, from parental concern to parental neglect - seem to come and go with the regularity of the seasons.
Now another crisis in science and math education is challenging the credibility of the nation's public schools. But many public figures, including pro-minent educators, are warning that if anyone is crying wolf this time, it's because the wolf is at the door.
How does this crisis differ?
There is a loose consensus among economists, academicians, and business leaders that America's industrial economy, which for decades has been dependent on unskilled and semiskilled labor, is moving into a new phase. This ''information age'' economy, as some are calling it, will be rooted in technology, in telecommunications, computers, and information processing. All these fields will require workers with technical expertise. And that means training in science and math.
Instead, what the US is facing now is a downward spiral in the quality of science and math teaching nationwide. Problems include:
* Teacher shortages. Record numbers of science and math teachers are moving into the private sector. The problem has spread to more than 40 states, and some, such as California and Texas, report critical staff shortages.
* Use of poorly qualified teachers. Nearly 60,000 of the approximately 200, 000 science and math teachers now at work in public schools are not qualified to teach in those fields, according to officials of the National Science Teacher association.
* Drops in achievement scores.The average achievement in science among US schoolchildren has been falling since 1960. Average SAT scores in math were down 17 percent in 1982 compared with 1972.
* Declining interest in math and science. According to one study, approximately 50 percent of students entering junior high school say they like science, but only 25 percent feel that way when they leave junior high.
As critical as such problems are, there is an odd contradiction in the current situation. Some educators see the teacher shortage and declining interest and achievement as merely symptomatic of the real nemesis: public perception that the study of science is not really of vital importance, that the subject is somehow separate from the real world. Particularly perplexing to these educators is the concurrent surge of interest in popular science, as is evidenced by the success of half a dozen or more general interest science magazines.
''Right now math and science appear to most Americans to be arcane mysteries about which they know very little, and far too many are willing to leave it to the experts to deal with,'' points out Dr. Benjamin F. Payton, president of Tuskegee Institute. ''So when we have an incident like Three Mile Island or Love Canal, many people, well-meaning people, react to the incident but do not react in a manner that demonstrates any basic understanding of the scientific background to the incident. Unfortunately (this) leads to a kind anti-scientific , anti-technological attitude.'' (See interview, Page 2.)
To understand the present crisis it is necessary to go back to the last low point of concern about science and math education: 1957, and Sputnik. The average American was acutely aware of the importance of science and math instruction in the years following the Sputnik. Parents dropped the names of astronauts when admonishing their children to do math and science homework. School boards and state governments rallied behind science education.
That enthusiasm faded in the '70s, and as the commitment dwindled, so did the resources. The education establishment, too, accepts part of the blame.
''The deficiencies in the teaching of mathematics, science, and technology did not appear suddenly,'' says A. Graham Down, executive director of the Council for Basic Education. ''They are the inevitable product of years of inattention and confusion about educational goals.''
Within the last five to ten years, as the trend toward poorer science and math education continued, a counter trend took hold in the economy. Computers began to proliferate, and with computers came the demand for personnel with math and science backgrounds to design, build, service, and manipulate the machines. Today, the two separate trends threaten to brake further economic development.
''If the shortage of technical enineering types continues as forecast, American industry can't grow. If we're going to grow as a company we're going to need outstanding, first-class technical talent just like most of the rest of US industry,'' says Dr. Thomas A. Vanderslice, president and chief operating officer of GTE Corporation.
The American Electronics Association (AEA) reports that there will be a shortfall on the order of 113,500 electrical and computer science engineers over the next five years, or nearly 23,000 per year.
Despite the monumental task facing those who would upgrade math and science instruction, local governments are teaming up with business, colleges with secondary schools, and businesses with public schools to chip away at the problem on a local and regional level (see story, Page 5, commentary, Page 8).
According to a 50-state survey by Education Week:
* 22 states have enacted or are considering legislation to provide financial incentives, including forgivable loans and scholarships to prospective teachers of science and math (see story, Page 9).
* 27 states have passed or are considering legislation to fund programs to retrain teachers in other subjects to teach math or science.
* 31 states have acted or are considering action to raise high school graduation requirements.
* In 45 states, statewide commissions, task forces, and study groups are examining all aspects of the situation in science and math education and how it affects their economy and the quality of their public schools.
The programs being tried are successfully attacking the problem from both the top and the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder. At the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, gifted juniors and seniors from around the state come together for intensive study of science and math as well as a liberal dosing of the humanities (see story, Page 3).
In rural Macon county, Alabama the Ford Foundation and the Tuskegee Institute have teamed up to raise the standard of math and science education by reteaching teachers and by nurturing the abilities of those students who show a natural aptitude for math (see story, Page 4).
There is something of a consensus among educators that the most effective way to deal with the shortage, in the short run, is to retrain existing teachers in science and math. This would address not only the dearth of teachers, but also help those who are underqualified, and those who are qualified but need to keep pace with rapid developments in math and science.
The solutions aren't without their own problems. Educators are becoming increasingly concerned about looking before they leap into new programs. For instance, Florida proposed legislation to increase high school graduation requirements to three years of science and mathematics instruction.
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development in Alexandria, Va. , counters that the legislation may well result in a decrease in the science and math achievement of college-bound students and a reduction in the caliber of mathematics and science teachers. The group claims that instructional improvement can only come when such political decisions as upping curriculum requirements are backed by resources with which to hire additional teachers.