Billy Shaheen says Obama's candor on the subject would 'open the door' to further questions. who is planning to run for the Senate next year. MARIJUANA has caused ZERO deaths directed to it's use. By Peterkins Manyong Some 23 SDF Vanguards yesterday afternoon stormed the Bamenda Up Station residence of Hon Clement Ngwasiri, spraying teargas.The MP was only saved, thanks to the prompt intervention of gendarmes. Calling. His first new addition to the case was a pair of hard drives which connect to an eSATA hub also stored in the enclosure. [Wallyman] started off. is showing off the result of his Slic3r hack for printing mesh grills.
Hackaday | Page 2[Michel] was in need of a 9. V battery connector, and in a brilliant bit of insight realized 9. V batteries will plug directly into other 9. V batteries (just… don’t do that. Taking a dead 9. V, he tore it open, was disappointed by the lack of AAAA cells, and soldered some wires onto the connector. Sometimes a project starts off as a reasonable endeavour, but quickly becomes something much more awesome. Wallyman] started off building a hammock stand. В and ended up making a giant slingshot. We’re not one to argue with something that just became a million times more fun. We’ve seen solder stencils made out of laser- cut metal, photoetched metal, plastic cut on a vinyl cutter, laser- cut plastic, and now finally one made on a 3. D printer. It’s a pretty simple process – get the t. Cream layer into a . DXF file, then subtract it from a plastic plate in Open. SCAD. Apple loves their proprietary screws, and when [Jim] tried to open his Macbook Air with the pentalobe screwdriver that came with an i. Phone repair kit, he found it was too large. No problem, then: just grind it down. Now if only someone could tell us why a laptop uses smaller screws than a phone…[Victor] has been playing around with an RTLSDR USB TV tuner dongle for a few months now. It’s a great tool, but the USB thumb drive form factor wasn’t sitting well with him. To fix that, he stuck everything into a classy painted Hammond 1. A enclosure. It looks much cooler, and now [Victor] can waterproof his toy and add a ferrite to clean things up. TV News’ 1. 0 Most Powerful. It is time for the annual drumroll, tah- dah and to- do as Television. Week unveils its list of the 1. Most Powerful People in TV News. With the roster comes the annual asterisk signifying that while it is painstakingly assembled, the selection and ranking process is both earnest and admittedly unscientific. To extensive research, add backstage drama and gossip that had us tinkering and rethinking until past deadline last week, thanks to a barrage of headlines about CBS News and Katie Couric and a dribble- down- the- chin- juicy New York Times Magazine profile of MSNBC’s tin- eared Chris Matthews, who has everyone talking about him—and not in a good way. You’ll see that we have taken advantage of the political Zeitgeist to add a little more shock value than usual at the end. While most of the news players listed here are very familiar, it’s some of their key players who are new to our spotlight. Steve Capus. Title: NBC News president. Tenure: 2. ВЅ years. Rank last year: 2. Why he was chosen: The NBC News ship, which last year seemed to have sprung a few worrisome leaks, is once again sailing upright and steady as she used to go. NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams” is edging out ABC’s “World News With Charles Gibson” with more regularity. The “Today” show is once again making it look easy to be No. ABC’s “Good Morning America” see it sweat as it did during close weeks last year when “Today” would find ways to eliminate some of its more vulnerable segments from the Nielsen ratings’ scrutiny. During the first quarter of this year, “Today” led by 1. MSNBC. com is the leading television news organization Web site. Perhaps most tantalizing is the success NBC News has had in this long, dramatic and lucrative political season by making MSNBC “The Place for Politics. The cable channel may finally have found its voice—brash and brass ballsy at day’s end—and a formula that makes it a valuable platform for (and not just a way of amortizing expenses of) NBC News. Invaluable asset: His fellow MSNBC alumnus, Phil Griffin, the NBC News senior VP in charge of both “Today” and MSNBC. Mr. Griffin has been given a lot of (tight) rope with MSNBC, whose prime- time lineup tied CNN in the key news demo of 2. March. Even when someone at MSNBC has to apologize, the incident gets a lot of ink and the names are spelled correctly. It’s not the only recent strategy that reads like a page out of a Fox News playbook—even if the political points of view are poles apart. Nitpicking: Chatty Kathie Lee Gifford for “Today”? Does this portend a spinoff for the fourth hour? Shouldn’t it? Sunday’s New York Times Magazine profile of Chris Matthews reveals a lot of sharp elbows, but makes clear that the man who once was a fresh face now is his own worst enemy. Roger Ailes. Titles: Chairman and CEO of Fox News, Fox Business Network, Fox Television Station Group. Tenure: Launched Fox News Channel in 1. Rank last year: 1. Why he was chosen: Fox News Channel is making money, money, money by racking up rating$, rating$, rating$ day in, day out, year after year. The network created in his image is consistently among the 1. CNN is in the low 2. MSNBC seldom even makes the Top 3. However, FNC has been oddly low- profile and sotto voce in the most portentous political year in memory despite the presence of Karl Rove in Fox News’ pundit pack. Invaluable asset: His fierce determination to succeed makes folks reluctant to write off the Fox Business Network, which did not come out of the box six months ago showing any of the razzle- dazzle Fox News Channel displayed from the get- go. The wobbly financial sector and economy haven’t helped the channel, which was conceived as “business- friendly. Still, Mr. Ailes and his team of senior VPs Kevin Magee and Neil Cavuto have not been able to take advantage of the Dow Jones and Co. News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch purchased for $6. Nitpicking: The prime- time lineup, while as popular as ever—“The O’Reilly Factor” and “Hannity & Colmes” still top the cable news ratings—seems less than potent politically this season. Except for veteran Shepard Smith, there is no next- generation breakthough talent in the Fox stable. David Westin. Title: ABC News president. Tenure: 1. 1 years. Rank last year: 4. Why he was chosen: He’s a survivor—the longest- tenured current TV news organization leader by far. He has finally established a line of succession. There’s an atmosphere of competitive confidence and stability. While “Good Morning America” and “World News” may not have the sense of momentum they had last year, they are vigorous and competitive. The revived “Nightline,” the international aspirations in which Mr. Westin has become an adroit player/booker and the growth of “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” into a consistent silver medalist in the Sunday newsmaker show competition lends ABC News a comforting air of tradition even as it digs for the pot of gold at the end of the digital rainbow that teases all news organizations. Invaluable asset: Dave Davis, the executive VP overseeing ABC News programs, has more than lived up to his reputation as a smart, decisive executive with much- needed people skills. Add in his visibility and accessibility and you’ve got a big morale boost. Nitpicking: Just once, could ABC hire a male correspondent who doesn’t look like a clone of Mr. Westin? 4. Tim Russert. Titles: Managing editor/moderator of “Meet the Press” and senior VP/Washington bureau chief for NBC News. Tenure: Since 1. 99. Rank last year: 5. Why he was chosen: If it’s an election year, it must be a particularly good one for Mr. Russert, for whom “term limits” is an alien concept. When his current 1. Meet the Press” for 2. He’s been the “Meet” man for more than a quarter of the 6. TV history and a veritable institution in the political capitol of the free world. His “Meet the Press” audience, often more than 4 million viewers strong before the show is even made available online, enjoys a 4. ABC’s “This Week. It could be argued that he’s more powerful than many higher- ranked news executives. Invaluable asset: The political- TV equivalent of “Perry Mason” moments enabled by the dogged research for which Mr. Russert and his executive producer Betsy Fischer are justly famous. Nitpicking: Mr. Russert’s loyalty to people used to making familiar points in a familiar way can sometimes make his roundtables seem fusty, especially in a presidential campaign year like this when a woman and an African American man have changed the political landscape and the race and gender conversations forever. Jim Walton/Jon Klein. Titles: CNN Worldwide president and CNN/U. S. president, respectively. Tenure: 5 years and 3. ВЅ years, respectively. Rank last year: 8. Why they were chosen: CNN/U. S. has revitalized itself by focusing on politics. Prime- time ratings, revenue, CNN. There will be the big test of avoiding precipitous ratings drops in between the election and the next big story, but for now, CNN can bask in the glow of having topped Fox News in the all- important news demographic of 2. February for the first time in six years. CNN’s invaluable assets: The addiction to politics of Senior VP and Washington Bureau Chief David Bohrman and political director Sam Feist is the wind beneath CNN’s politically corrected ratings wings these days. Nitpicking: Book- ending Larry King with the youthful and vital Campbell Brown and Anderson Cooper only makes his increasing weaknesses more glaring. Yes, it’s CNN’s most- watched program, but “Larry King Live” also means there is no compatible audience flow, only prime- time whiplash for viewers. Lou Dobbs’ angry and autocratic persona also seems increasingly out of synch with what Mr. Klein says is working for CNN—passionate middle- of- the- roadness—but no one seems able or willing to temper Mr. Dobbs. “American Morning” also represents an audience challenge. Keith Olbermann. Title: Host of “Countdown With Keith Olbermann”Tenure: Five years. Rank last year: 6. Why he was chosen: Two decades into his career, he’s become an overnight success as talk TV’s first break- out liberal voice. With about 1 million viewers per night, he is MSNBC’s Goliath and so he can gleefully play David to Bill O’Reilly’s Goliath. Invaluable asset: After blithely burning oh, so many career bridges, Mr. Olbermann seems inclined not to screw up this opportunity, which is arguably his best ever, especially since it comes with fun assignments and exposure on NBC Sports’ Sunday Night Football bench. Nitpicking: He remains an acquired taste. Bill O’Reilly. Title: Host of “The O’Reilly Factor”Tenure: 1. Rank last year: none. Why he was chosen: He’s still the ratings king of the cable news world, easily bringing more than 2 million viewers into the Fox tent at the beginning of each weeknight and giving Fox a distinct advantage in reach over its competitors. If Mr. O’Reilly writes a book, it effectively debuts as a best seller. Invaluable asset: He can say the most outrageous—and often non- doctrinaire—things with an almost straight face. Nitpicking: His bully- boy persona doesn’t seem to frighten so many people anymore. Indeed, it can be argued his heckling has helped MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann. The Factor” often seems more interested in reading body language than in the race for the White House. Sean Mc. Manus. Titles: President of CBS News and CBS Sports. Tenure: 2. ВЅ years and 1. Rank last year: 7. Why he was chosen: He’s smart. He’s solid. He’s wise to the fun and frightful ways of the rollercoaster of an industry he was born into as the son of ABC Sports legend Jim Mc.
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