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Todd Coffey MLB Career Stats

25-18 4.10 438.2 329 1.42

Todd Coffey Bio

  • Full Name: Justin Todd Coffey
  • Born: 9/9/1980 in Forest City, NC
  • Draft: 1998, Cincinnati Reds, 41st rd. (1220th overall)
  • High School: Chase, Forest City, NC
  • Debut: 4/19/2005
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MLB Career Stats 25 18 4.10 461 0 11 438.2 329 1.42

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Todd Coffey Stats

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Todd Coffey Advanced Stats

*Since 2006
*Since 2006

Todd Coffey Statcast Events

Todd Coffey Awards

Brewers Unsung Hero Award

Year Team League
2009 Milwaukee NL

Todd Coffey Leaderboards

Season SV Rank
2006 8 22nd in NL

Season G Rank
2006 81 6th in NL
2009 78 7th in NL
2010 69 22nd in NL

Season HLD Rank
2006 15 20th in NL
2009 28 2nd in NL

Todd Coffey Latest Transactions

Team Date Transaction
July 6, 2015 Diablos Rojos del Mexico released RHP Todd Coffey.
June 4, 2015 Diablos Rojos del Mexico signed free agent RHP Todd Coffey.
April 5, 2015 Gwinnett Braves released RHP Todd Coffey.
March 7, 2015 RHP Todd Coffey assigned to Atlanta Braves.
February 23, 2015 RHP Todd Coffey assigned to Gwinnett Braves.
February 12, 2015 Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Todd Coffey to a minor league contract.
September 4, 2014 Tacoma Rainiers released RHP Todd Coffey.
May 29, 2014 Tacoma Rainiers activated RHP Todd Coffey from the temporarily inactive list.
May 22, 2014 Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Todd Coffey to a minor league contract.
May 22, 2014 RHP Todd Coffey assigned to Tacoma Rainiers.
November 3, 2012 RHP Todd Coffey elected free agency.
October 29, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers activated RHP Todd Coffey from the 60-day disabled list.
July 25, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers transferred RHP Todd Coffey from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list.
July 3, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers placed RHP Todd Coffey on the 15-day disabled list. Right elbow soreness.
April 30, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers activated RHP Todd Coffey from the 15-day disabled list.
April 25, 2012 sent RHP Todd Coffey on a rehab assignment to Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.
April 14, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers placed RHP Todd Coffey on the 15-day disabled list. Right Knee Inflammation
February 3, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Todd Coffey.
October 30, 2011 RHP Todd Coffey elected free agency.
April 24, 2011 Washington Nationals activated RHP Todd Coffey from the 15-day disabled list.
April 17, 2011 Washington Nationals placed RHP Todd Coffey on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 9, 2011. Left calf strain.
January 24, 2011 Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Todd Coffey.
December 2, 2010 RHP Todd Coffey elected free agency.
June 20, 2010 Milwaukee Brewers activated RHP Todd Coffey from the 15-day disabled list.
June 17, 2010 sent RHP Todd Coffey on a rehab assignment to Nashville Sounds.
June 8, 2010 Milwaukee Brewers placed RHP Todd Coffey on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 30, 2010. Bruised right thumb.

Justin Todd Coffey Bio Info

Justin Todd Coffey...resides in Rutherfordton, NC...married to Jennifer...has two daughters, Hannah and Haley, and a son a graduate of Chase (NC) High...grandfather, A.T. Coffey Jr., played semi-pro baseball with the Reliford Count y a science fiction buf f with par ticular interest in Star Wars and Star Trek...originall y sele cted by Cincinnati in the 41st round of the 1998 First-Year Player Draft...signed by Reds scout Steve Kring. 2011 Went 5-1 with 10 holds and a 3.62 ERA in 69 appearances in his initial season with the Nationals...Successfully stranded a career-best 80.6 percent (36 of 43) of inherited runners, a mark that ranked seventh in the NL...Against NL East foes, went 3-0 with a 2.73 ERA (9 ER/29.2 IP) in 34 games... batting average against (.244) was best of career...Allowed just one earned run in 14.2 innings (0.61 ERA) in 13 appearances in May...Fanned a career-best five batters on May 5 at Philadelphia...on May 11 at Atlanta, worked 1.2 scoreless innings as four of five outs recorded came via the strikeout...Missed 12 games from April 9-24 during a stint on the 15-day DL (left calf strain). 2010 In final season with MIL, struck out a career-high 8.1 batters per 9.0 innings en route to finishing 2-4 with 13 holds and a 4.76 ERA in a team-leading 69 appearances...paced the Brew Crew in appearances for a 2nd consecutive season... was 2-1 with a 3.91 ERA in 26 games upon being placed on the 15-Day DL on June 6 (retroactive to May 30) with a right thumb contusion...ERA in 43 appearances after the DL stint was 5.35. 2009 Was named Brewers Unsung Hero as voted on by the members of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America...Went 4-4 with a 2.90 ERA and 2 saves in 78 relief appearances during his first full season with the team...Led the National League with a career-high 83.2 relief innings pitched...His 78 appearances led the staff, tied for seventh in the National League and ranked third in franchise history for a single season...Did not surrender a run in his first 16 appearances or 17.0 innings as a Brewer dating back to 2008...the 16 scoreless appearances were a franchise record after making a debut with the team...Had saves on 4/10 at New York-NL and 4/22 at Philadelphia...Held opponents to a .247 batting average...Retired 54 of 78 first batters faced (69.2%)...Stranded 33 of 51 inherited runners (64.7%)...Was named Brewers Pitcher of the Month for July after going 1-0 with a 1.26 ERA in 11 games (14.1 IP, 16 K)...Posted a 0.96 ERA over his final 11 appearances of the season (9.1 IP, 1 ER)...Signed a one-year contract on 1/21/10, avoiding arbitration. 2008 Combined with Cincinnati and Milwaukee to go 1-0 with a 4.39 ERA in 26 relief appearances...Began the season with the Reds and went 0-0 with a 6.05 ERA in 17 appearances during two stints with the team (Opening Day-4/27 and 7/19-7/31)...Also appeared in 34 games at Triple-A Louisville, where he was 3-3 with a 4.35 ERA and 2 saves...Was designated for assignment by Cincinnati on 9/9 and claimed off waivers by Milwaukee on 9/10...Went 1-0 and did not allow a run in 9 appearances with the Brewers (7.1 IP)...Made his Brewers debut on 9/13 at Philadelphia (1 IP)...His only win of the season came against his former team on 9/21 at Cincinnati...On 12/8 signed a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration. 2007 For the third straight season made at least 57 apps for the Reds...didn't allow a run in his last 9 apps of the season (6.1ip)...began the year with the Reds and posted a 4.94era in 26 apps before he was optioned to Louisville on 5/24, when RHP Gary Majewski was recalled...spent the rest of the season shuttling between Cin and Louisville...overall had 5 stints in Cin...was recalled for the final time after Louisville's season ended...earned his victories on 4/13 at Chi (6-5 win) and 7/19 at Fla (7-5 win)...on 7/31 at Wsh threw a career-high 2.2 innings...posted a 1.33era in 19 apps at Louisville...while with the Bats, on 8/9 vs Indianapolis singled for his first professional hit. 2006 Led the staff with 81 apps and 78.0 relief innings pitched, both career highs...were the most apps by a Reds pitcher since Stan Belinda's 84g in 1997...ranked among National League pitching leaders in both categories (T6th in apps, 9th in relief IP)...his 18 apps in August were the most by a Reds pitcher in a month since RHP Wayne Granger pitched 20g in September 1969...pitched in 44 Reds wins, highest total on the his last 3 apps of the season allowed 3 earned runs in 3.1 innings, raising ERA from 3.38 to season-ending the 7-3 loss vs Hou on 8/23 was ejected by HP umpire Wally Bell for arguing balls and strikes...was his first career that appearance allowed a season-high 4 earned runs without retiring a batter...his overall ERA without that appearance drops to 3.12...began the season predominantly pitching the eighth inning...recorded 7 of his 8 saves during a 17-appearance stretch from 5/18-6/29...after the 7/6 acquisition of Eddie Guardado returned to mainly pitching the eighth inning...earned 7 of the staff's 8 saves preceding Guardado's acquisition...recorded his last save of the season in the 4-2 win vs Chi on 9/22... in his first 23 apps of the season through 5/23 posted a 0.65era (27.2ip, 2er, 0hr) his last 18 apps of the first half beginning 5/26 posted a 7.85era...did not allow a run in his first 9 apps after the All-Star break (6ip)... from 7/16-7/22 earned victories in 3 consecutive apps...14 times threw more than 1.0 inning and 7 times threw 2.0 innings...7 times pitched 3 consecutive days. 2005 In his Major League debut made 57 apps during 2 stints with the Reds...posted an 11.25era in 3 apps for Cin from 4/19-4/25 and a 4.00era in 54 apps during his second stint beginning 5/9 through the end of the his last 3 apps of the season allowed 4er in 0.2 innings, raising ERA from a season-low 3.92 to season ending his 24 apps prior to that season-ending 3-game stretch had posted a 1.21era (22.1ip, 3er) and in 22 of those 24 apps did not allow an earned run...his career-high 13.2-inning scoreless streak from 5/16-6/24 consisted of 12 consecutive scoreless apps...began the season at Class AAA Louisville and made 5 relief apps there before he was recalled on 4/18, when Ramon Ortiz went on the disabled list...returned to Louisville on 5/1, when Ortiz came off the DL...on 5/9 was recalled again and spent the rest of the season with the Reds...made his Major League debut in the 7-1 loss on 4/19 vs Chi (2ip, 2h, 2r, 2er, 1hbp, Barrett solo HR)...on 4/23 at Fla recorded his first career strikeout (Dontrelle Willis)...earned his first Major League victory on 5/10 vs SD (5-1 win)...began his career 4-0 before losing a 12-9 decision at Mil on 9/26...that 4-game winning streak was second-longest by any National League rookie the 7-2 victory on 8/28 at Pit threw 2.0 scoreless innings for his first Major League save...on 6/25 at Cle took a Jhonny Peralta line drive off his left calf...missed only 2g. 2004 Combined to go 5-1, 3.05 with 24 saves in 55 relief apps at Class AA Chattanooga and Class AAA Louisville...led all Reds minor leaguers in 59.0 innings posted 64 strikeouts and just 6 walks...was selected to play in the Southern League All-Star Game...began the season with the Lookouts and was promoted to Louisville on 8/3...on 10/13 was added to the 40-man roster...following the season played for Scottsdale in the prestigious Arizona Fall League (12g, 3-1-0, 4.43, 22.1ip, 20h, 5bb, 14k). 2003 Combined to finish 3-5, 2.16 with 11 saves in 50 relief apps at Class A Dayton and Potomac...spent most of the season at Dayton, where he went 3-3, 2.25 with 9 saves in 39 apps...was selected to play in the Midwest League All-Star Game...on 7/29 was transferred to Potomac, where he went 0-2, 1.96 ERA with 2 saves in 11 apps. 2002 Went 6-4, 3.59 with 2 saves in 38 apps and 5 starts at Class A Dayton...posted a 6.61era in his first 10g of the season and a 2.81era in his last 28 apps. 2001 Combined to go 2-3, 3.72 with 1 save in 17g and 4 starts between the Rookie GCL Reds and Rookie Billings...spent the first part of the season recovering from a right elbow injury...did not make his first appearance of the season until 6/26. 2000 Missed the entire season following 5/8/00 "Tommy John" surgery to repair the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. 1999 Went 1-1, 3.38 in 5g and 2 starts with the Rookie GCL Reds...held opponents to a .145ba...on 8/13/99 had arthroscopic surgery to clean out his right elbow. 1998 In his first professional season went 0-0, 3.00 in 3g and 2 starts at Rookie Billings.


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Cheap and green?

Can the new public power deliver what it promises?

Michael Winkler, Arcata planning commissioner and an alternative   energy researcher at Humboldt State University. File photo.
  • Michael Winkler, Arcata planning commissioner and an alternative energy researcher at Humboldt State University. File photo.

In more than two dozen California communities, city and county governments are seeking to take control of their local electricity systems under a new state public power law. Could it happen here?

This weekend, Paul Fenn, the chief architect of the new public power strategy, will share his vision at a conference and open meeting. Fenn was a driving force behind the 2002 state legislation that enabled local governments to form Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) power authorities to take over the buying and selling of electricity within their jurisdictions. Under the law, privately owned utilities like Pacific Gas and Electric Co. would continue to provide transmission, distribution, billing and other functions. But in essence, they would be working for the community.

Adopted after the 2000-2001 energy crisis, the CCA law was meant to give communities a way to secure more reliable and less costly power. It was also seen as a way to sharply increase the use of renewable power, and that's what excites some Humboldt County folks.

"We can develop our own priorities for energy within this county," by forming a publicly owned CCA, said Michael Winkler, Arcata planning commissioner and an alternative energy researcher at Humboldt State University. "I'd like to see a much higher percentage of our energy come from local renewable energy, and that would be a lot more feasible with a CCA than if we stayed with PG&E."

While PG&E is mandated to boost its renewable energy portfolio to 20 percent by 2017, Fenn promises that with a CCA, Humboldt County will be able to boost its renewable power usage much faster without raising utility rates. "[A CCA] can deliver 51 percent [renewable power] by 2017 at the same price or better than you're going to pay PG&E," said Fenn in a telephone interview last week.

Is that offer too good to be true? There are certainly skeptics who doubt that publicly run CCAs can deliver cheaper or greener electricity than the privately owned utilities. "There's no guarantee that a CCA would be any better or more efficient at procuring electricity than the investor-owned utilities," said Louis Irwin, an analyst with the California Public Utility Commission's Division of Ratepayer Advocates.

Irwin notes that since the energy crisis, the utility commission has been more aggressive in ensuring that utilities provide the best electricity value for their customers. "The controls are a lot tighter now," he said, leaving less opportunity for a CCA entity to deliver electricity at lower costs.

The Utility Reform Network, a consumer group, has more faith in the CCA approach as a method to lower rates. But its spokeswoman voiced concern that electric rates would go up if a CCA prioritized renewable energy over less costly conventional electricity. "As important as renewable energy is, affordable energy is also important," said Mindy Spatt. "Perhaps there's a population in Marin County that feels it's worth it to them to pay more for renewable power. That's great, but not everyone is in that position, unfortunately."

Fenn doesn't dispute that renewable power is more expensive than conventional power under current economic conditions. But he says that a CCA can construct renewable power plants more cheaply than PG&E can by financing them with public bonds. "You can dramatically improve the [renewable] portfolio without driving the prices over the top, provided you go with 30 or 40 year bonds," he said. "We can do something PG&E cannot do."

Furthest down the CCA road is the San Joaquin Valley Power, a coalition of Kings County, Tulare County, Fresno and 11 other cities. The SJVP's plan was recently approved by the public utility commission, and if final calculations pencil out, it will start providing electricity later this year.

San Francisco's board of supervisors approved a CCA plan earlier this month. Berkeley, Oakland and Emeryville have banded together to develop a joint CCA. Marin County, Richmond, Vallejo and several other counties and cities are in various stages of research and planning.

The first step in the process locally would be a study to determine whether a CCA is even feasible. If public power backers like Winkler sense growing support for the idea after Fenn's talk, they'll likely ask the Redwood Coast Energy Authority or another government entity to pay for such a study.

One major issue sure to arise is the fact that the county is a transmission "island" with very limited connections to the statewide electric grid. This transmission constraint limits the amount of electricity that can be exported from or imported to the county (see "Too much power," May 17).

Most California communities are served by multiple transmission lines and can receive power from scores of different generating plants — even plants located in adjoining states. And being able to buy electricity from many different electrical generators is seen as a key factor in making a CCA work, especially in its early years before it can build its own power plants. "Although people clearly want to go green [with a CCA] in Humboldt County, the ability to do that may be limited by the transmission system," said Bill Marcus of JBS Energy, a consultant to Berkeley and other communities.

There's also a question about whether local governments have the funding and staff — not to mention the political will — to invest in studying and designing a CCA. The Berkeley-Oakland-Emeryville joint venture has paid consultants $450,000 to study the matter so far, with another $500,000 budgeted for the final phase of research — and no guarantee that a CCA will be formed. "Implementation is still under close consideration, and has the support of several council members, but there are massive barriers in the way," said Carol Misseldine of the Oakland Public Works agency.

The CCAs that are closest to being up and running — San Francisco and the San Joaquin Valley outfit — were put together by well-funded public utility agencies that were already deep with expertise in the power business.

According to Fenn, the opportunity to form a CCA won't last forever. Because of the way utilities are regulated and financed, any new CCA will have to compensate PG&E for the debt and contract obligations the utility has incurred to assure future supplies of electricity. With PG&E seeking to build new gas-fired power plants (including one locally), the utility's debt — and the amount of money that a new CCA would have to pay — will soon rise dramatically, according to Fenn. "The economic door [for new CCAs] is closing," he said.

"It all comes down to a local sense of urgency," said Fenn. "Is there a mayor [in Humboldt County] who really cares about climate change, a council member who really wants clean energy jobs? Then it's possible. If everybody just wants to have meetings and discuss it forever, it won't happen."

Fenn will speak from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Wharfinger Building in Eureka on Friday and at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Arcata Community Center as part of the North Coast Regional Energy Alternatives Conference. The conference will include many other presentations and exhibits starting at 9 a.m. Info: or 443-8326.

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Just Saying No

As Wilder and the School Board duke it out, Richmond parents side with the kids.

As rhetoric between the School Board and the mayor heats up — now with dramatic threats that children may not receive school lunches if money from the city isn't freed up — city parents are fighting back with a new organization and Web site,

"We fundamentally understand what he's saying," says the group's spokeswoman, Tichi Pinkney-Eppes, who is also president of the Richmond Council of PTAs. "There should be accountability, and we, too, would like to know what happened to the money. However, we would disagree that this litigious process is going to get us to the answer any sooner."

The group, which claims no political affiliation, encourages parents to contact Wilder, School Board members and City Council representatives to advocate for an end to hostilities in the name of what's right for students.

Pinkney-Eppes says the organization's name — with its shot across Wilder's bow — hardly writes a free pass for the other fists in this fight — the School Board.

"We have to have a school system that's more effective and efficient," she says. "Why is the school system not ADA-compliant when they've been getting money for that since 1992?"

Wilder previously removed money earmarked by the School Board to begin renovations at schools to bring them into compliance with the standards required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. The action provoked a lawsuit by parents against the city and schools. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, however, ruled in Wilder's favor.

These are the sorts of lawsuits that parents say they're fed up with.

On Monday, Wilder's Visions newsletter blasted the School Board for its continued efforts to buck his authority, casting blame for the current impasse on them.

"When the School Board's vice chairman recently commented that money might not be available to feed our schoolchildren, I was prompted to ask: what higher priority do you have than the health, safety and welfare of the children entrusted to your care?" Wilder says in the newsletter. "One would think that bus routes could be altered, or lawn maintenance curtailed, rather than allow our children to go hungry. On my watch, they won't go hungry and using them as pawns is reprehensible."

The letter has School Board Chairman George P. Braxton II fuming.

"If we don't pay vendors and vendors decide not to deliver the products we use to feed the children, [no food services] could become a real concern," Braxton says, calling Wilder's suggestions that lawn maintenance or other services could be scaled back disingenuous. "It's not very often that you get advice from the person who's causing the problem. You look at that — mowing the lawn: Do we not pay the grounds service people? These are employees of the school system."

But with both schools and the city preparing or pursuing lawsuits against the mayor, Wilder still has his allies — even on the School Board.

As for the recent hunger scare, School Board member Carol A.O. Wolf calls it a "maudlin manipulation on the part of the School Board claiming our children would go hungry. It's an insult to the intelligence of our parents and citizens to tell them that their children would go hungry."

But Wilder's comments also come off as somewhat disingenuous, she says: "It appears that neither the mayor nor the School Board leadership sees the duty of being a proper role model. Both are given to statements of gross misrepresentations."

Meanwhile, many on the School Board say the current mess — including the lawsuit — could have been avoided had Wilder simply given them chance to meet and vote.

"I believe the majority of the board was prepared in the first meeting — when this whole thing came up — to go with [the audit] until the money was withheld," Braxton says. "A cynic could say that … you never gave them a chance to say no or yes. You just took the money," explaining that Wilder started withdrawing the funds before the School Board had a chance to meet.

Wilder began withholding funds to the schools about a week before the School Board's scheduled March 19 meeting. Braxton says simple polling shows the board had a majority in favor of allowing the mayor to audit the school system.

All of which speaks to why parents are now fuming, says Chris Jankowski, managing principal of local political consulting firm Rhumb Line, which is providing with media consulting services. Jankowski also is parent of two children who attend Richmond public schools.

"I'm the profile of the kind of person who would love what Mayor Wilder is trying to do," says Jankowski, who calls himself a conservative who supported Wilder's election as mayor. "I sense among my friends and neighbors that his support is eroding quickly. We're united in our opposition to withholding funds — I haven't met a parent yet who supports the mayor's actions." S

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Dealing with vertigo, Cooper doesn't make trip to Seattle

CHICAGO -- White Sox manager Robin Ventura confirmed Wednesday that pitching coach Don Cooper will not make the trip to Seattle because of his ongoing battle with vertigo.

Cooper is the leader of the White Sox staff, although as John Danks pointed out Tuesday night, bullpen coach Bobby Thigpen is a knowledgeable pitching mind and in on all the meetings. So the team's recent struggles can't be directly tied to Cooper's absence.

"You would like to have him back," said Ventura of the effect caused by Cooper's absence over 13 games, non-consecutively. "I don't know if it's 16 runs worth, but we'd like to have him back and be here working. I'd like to have him here. He would like to be here. Pitchers would like him to be here. But I don't think it's 16 runs worth.

"He's just not feeling any better. It wouldn't do him any good to get him on a plane. The doctors have basically said 'Don't fly. That would be the worst thing you could do right now.' Just be here, get some treatment and figure out what's going on."

Scott Merkin is a reporter for Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Mac Miller Hits The Studio With Lil Wayne & Young Money

Yesterday, Mac Miller was spotted in the studio with a slew of Young Money artists. From left to right in the picture below was Lil Wayne, Birdman, Lil Twist and Mac Miller. Of course, Mac & Wayne have done work in the past on the track, “The Question” from ‘Macadelic.’

It’s hard to say who’s project they may have been working on since every artist in the picture is planning to release new projects very soon. Mac Miller is always working on new music has plans to release several projects this year. Lil Twist is dropping his debut album, ‘Bad Decisions’, this spring. As for Lil Wayne, ‘Tha Carter V’, is coming soon, but details regarding the project are scarce. Birdman too is working on his next album, ‘Bigga Than Life’, it is expected to release this year. Hopefully we find out what they were working on sooner rather than later.

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Mac Miller – The High Life

Good read from FFWDWeekly, Mac Talks Reality Show, Touring With Lil Wayne, Receiving the Key to Pittsburgh and more.

Mac Miller’s somewhere in Los Angeles, travelling to the next set of the odd biographical MTV2 series Mac Miller and The Most Dope Family, when the phone is handed to him.

“It’s just a dumb-ass reality show,” the 21-year-old quips about the current activity. “This is the second season. I don’t think it’s gonna be as good as the first.”

It’s all noted in jest: he lets out an obviously contained laugh and quickly admits that the show’s producers are sitting in the car with him. It’s a brief, insightful foray into the rapper’s life; at heart, Miller’s a laid-back jokester who doesn’t give a shit about what people think. As a rapper, however, he’s constantly thoughtful.

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Mac Miller x ELLE Interview (Talks Lil Wayne, Justin Bieber, and More)

Mac Miller has come a long way from the young, punk Pittsburgh tween who dreamed of a rap career. These days, the 21-year-old, who recently released his second album, Watching Movies With the Sound Off, is a bonafide star: one who headlines festivals, tours with Lil Wayne, and anchors his own MTV reality show. On a recent evening, rang up Miller to talk about his upcoming European tour with Wayne, why he’s not ashamed of getting his Justin Bieber on, and what he looks for in a woman.

To catch the full interview, head over to ELLE

Lil Wayne Reschedules Overseas Tour With Mac Miller

March 26th was set to start an epic overseas tour from Lil Wayne and Mac Miller. Now the tour will be delayed as Wayne finishes up his album. For the full quote from Wayne read below:

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“I am rescheduling to my European tour in order to release my album, I Am Not A Human Being II, world wide on March 26th. I didn’t want my tour or album to be rushed, so despite my best hopes, I have made the decision to push back the tour to October 2013. I cannot thank my European fans enough for their patience and look forward to performing in the fall with Mac Miller. I never do anything halfway, and I promise to bring what will be an incredible live show experience.”

Mac Miller feat. Lil Wayne – The Question (prod. Wally West & ID Labs) + Lyrics

Mac Miller links up with Lil Wayne for, “The Question,” off of his, “Macadelic,” mixtape.

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Roberto Munoz

Roberto was one of our featured storytellers at the salon, “Foreign Correspondents: Immigrant Odysseys” on November 9th, 2014. He shares the riveting details of his passage to the US from Mexico as a 15 year old. You can also see his story in Spanish here. Read More »

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  English transcription of video: Hi my name is Roberto Muñoz. I’ve been in the state of California since 1980. The reason why I came to this country was because in my town – I come from a town in the state of Guanajuato – and I used to see that a lot of people from the United States would ... Read More »

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Story by Maria Hernandez     English translation of video clip: My name is Maria Hernandez. Hernandez is my marriage name. My maiden name from my hometown is Castañeda. I’m from Las Varas, Nayarit México. This is my youngest child. I have two other ones. I’m 36 years old.  My favorite food is Ceviche because of my state….. it’s a ... Read More »


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Mike Huckabee says that he might give a Presidential run in 2012 a pass.  Oh joy!  I have a serious dislike of Mike Huckabee… he should stick to his radio show.  But I hate his radio show as well.  He’s always shilling his Simple Books, Simple Government, Simple Christmas… with his Huck This and Huck that… it really gets under my skin.

Why?   Because Huckabee gave us Obama.

He stayed in the race only to make sure Mitt Romney couldn’t win.  He divided the votes on purpose to allow McCain to win by such comfortable margins… McCain – the last guy any Conservative wanted to win the nomination.   Then with some many people saying that they would never vote for McCain… they stayed home from the polls… Our turn out was low.   Obama won each state by small margins overall.   If we had a less distasteful candidate things would have been different.  Instead, we got McCain and that allowed Obama to ride the Soul Train into the White House.

I hold Huckabee accountable for that.  I also don’t like the fact that The Huckster is rabidly Anti-Mormon.  Religious Bigotry because one Christian group believes differently than another Christian group.  That’s small minded, pathetic, and is not a character trait that we need in a President.

Screw Huckabee.


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Changes with nginx 0.1.32                                        19 May 2005

     *) Bugfix: the arguments were omitted in the redirects, issued by the
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     *) Feature: the "if" directive supports the captures in regular

     *) Feature: the "set" directive supports the variables and the captures
        of regular expressions.

     *) Feature: the "X-Accel-Redirect" response header line is supported in
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Even though it was only announced a few weeks ago, the first Red Sonja teaser poster was released at San Diego Comic Con.Â  Originally scheduled for 2010, it looks like we might see the movie a year earlier than expected.Â  I’m still not convinced Rose is the best She Devil with a Sword, but if she can bring life to the Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith creation, and do it right, then I’ll see it.

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  1. Dave
    July 24, 2008 at 10:33 pm — Reply

    LOL! Who – other than Robert Rodriguez of course – would look at that wonky-ass plastic surgery-ruined face and say “Oooooh hot! Gotta see it”

  2. hermit
    July 25, 2008 at 1:34 am — Reply

    the problems i have with rose mcgowan as red sonja is: she is too small, red sonja should be almost 7 feet tall. second, she need big boobs, like pamela anderson boobs. it may sound mysogine, but that’s what it is.

    so, according to my google search, she is 5’3” and from the photos i’ve seen, she does not have big enough boobs.

  3. hermit
    July 25, 2008 at 4:28 am — Reply

    hey, according to IMDB, the director is not even Rodriguez, but some lowlife who did a ‘masterpiece’ called highlander:endgame.

    i don’t want to throw the towel too fast, but this is gonna blow

  4. July 25, 2008 at 8:14 am — Reply

    highlander: endgame. I saw that in theaters in high school, and that in fact did blow.

  5. Dave
    July 26, 2008 at 12:40 am — Reply

    All this talk of blow reminds me how I’m pretty sure McGowan got cast in this shit flick in the first place.

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One of the great things about running a website like this is the number of really talented people we get to have contact with on a regular basis. There is a big behind the scenes project we are currently trying to get off the ground that I know many of you will dig. As the art comes in, the one thing I’m totally in awe of is the ability of this person to whip up something great in a matter of minutes.

This idea of great art in a few minutes led me on a search for today’s Art Appreciation Moment of the Day, and I found this piece by Lauren Montgomery.

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Just a super quick piece I did with a few minutes of free time at the end of the day.

I’d never drawn Bayonetta before. Always wanted to. It was a super fun game when I played it…..on easy.

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Two years ago, when Kathryn DiMaria was at the wise age of 12, she made her parents an interesting proposal: she had saved her babysitting money and wanted to buy a cheap, used Pontiac Fiero to restore herself. Her goal was to have her project completed by her 16th birthday. Spoiler alert: she’s right on track and halfway there.

With the help of her father, Jerry, she found one for sale on Craigslist for $600 that fit the criteria she was after, and they drove over to check it out. After she decided she wanted it, it was up to her to negotiate with the seller, and she talked him down to $450, not bad considering it made the 40-mile drive home. Jerry thought they would wait a few weeks before getting started, but before he knew it, Kathryn was out there pulling apart the interior. On the Fiero forum, where they’ve been documenting the project, Jerry writes, “As she disconnected wires and switches she labeled the wire and the switch with the tape, and placed the screws in an individual ziplock and labeled that as well as what they came from…..Man I love that girl!”

Kathryn is one of the inspirational makers who will be at Maker Faire Detroit this upcoming weekend, July 28 and 29, at The Henry Ford. We chatted with her to get some insight into what drives her.

1. When you were 12, you made your parents an offer they couldn’t refuse. Tell us about it, and what inspired you.
When I was 12 I was inspired to start a project, any project, and recently I had been to a few car shows. So I decided to rebuild a car, and I fell in love with the Fiero. I gave my parents several reasons towards getting a car, some of which were: I would pay for it all myself, it was reasonably cheap, I would learn a lot, and the Fiero got reasonably cheap gas mileage.

2. What is it about Fieros specifically that interests you?
The things about Fieros that interest me are that they are small — a small car that would be easier to build rather than a larger one — and I really like the way they look. They are just so smooth, and they are made mostly of curved lines; there are no straight lines on a Fiero.

3. How did you get interested in restoring cars? What kind of reactions have you gotten from your peers?
I got interested by working on my own project. Before that I really wasn’t that interested in cars — it just kind of crept up on me. The reactions I have received vary depending on the peer. My friends closer to my age don’t really understand, so they react more in the way that they think I’m slightly strange. Others that are older adults can really appreciate what I’m doing and have different reactions, so it really depends on the person.

4. Tell us about the Fiero you bought.
My Fiero is an 86 SE Fiero. Also, it used to have a 2.8-liter engine that will be replaced by an 3.4-liter engine from a Camaro.

5. What have you redone on the car so far, and what has your learning process been like? How much work is left to do?
I have completely redone my interior and I have been working on my engine and the structure (like the frame rails, etc.) and on my body panels. My learning process has been steady and I have already learned so much and I continue to learn every time I work in the shop. Also I am about right on schedule to have it done on my 16th birthday so I am about halfway done.

6. How has the experience of collaborating on such a big project with your father been?
It has been wonderful to work on such an amazing project with both my Dad and my Mom. Working with everyone has been great. It has taught me that this world is a wonderful place and not evil like we tend to think.

7. The thread about your project is currently 18-pages long on Pennock’s Fiero Forum. How has being part of the online community helped your project?Being a part of has been great. I have been able to record my progress while getting feedback, suggestions, and support. Everyone in the community has been wonderful and good to me, and I have loved every minute of it.

8. You’ve had a very specific color scheme in mind for the paint and interior. What is it?
My colors are black and yellow so all of my interior is black with yellow accents and my exterior will be black with yellow racing stripes.

9. How did you hear about Maker Faire and why did you decide to participate?
I was invited to participate in the Maker Faire and that is how I learned to do it and also how I decided to participate in it.

10. What advice would you give to the young makers out there who are inspired by your project?
I would say that you need to follow your dreams and spend time with those you love, because you never know when your dreams might come true or when you might run out of time to be with your family.

To read all about Kathryn’s Fiero build, check out the forum posting, and to get all the information you need to go to Maker Faire Detroit, head to the site!


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How to End This Depression

End this Depression NOW!
It's obvious who Paul Krugman is talking about when he notes the "depression we’re in is essentially gratuitous."

Gratuitous as in the Republicans' pushing the world into a pit and self-consciously stopping the people and communities from clawing their way out, as the GOP hauls in $millions in campaign contributions, while laughing at the 99 percent.

Writes Krugman:

The depression we’re in is essentially gratuitous: we don’t need to be suffering so much pain and destroying so many lives. We could end it both more easily and more quickly than anyone imagines—anyone, that is, except those who have actually studied the economics of depressed economies and the historical evidence on how policies work in such economies.

The truth is that recovery would be almost ridiculously easy to achieve: all we need is to reverse the austerity policies of the past couple of years and temporarily boost spending. Never mind all the talk of how we have a long-run problem that can’t have a short-run solution—this may sound sophisticated, but it isn’t. With a boost in spending, we could be back to more or less full employment faster than anyone imagines.
"If you want to ask 'what is the structural problem with the U.S. economy?' I say it's not a structural problem with the economy, it's a structural problem with our politics; in particular the fact that we have one party that has gone completely off the deep end, and is not interested at all in helping to run this country unless they get to run it all." (Economic Policy Institute, May 2, 2012. Video below)

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Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children

CRDG associate director Kathleen Berg was appointed in 2009 by the state Board of Education as the first Hawai‘i State Commissioner for the Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission (MIC3), the national governing body of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. This year, in fall 2011, her term was extended for another two years.

Hawai‘i was the fourteenth state to join the compact, which by November 2011 included thirty-eight states and covered nearly 90 percent of military dependent students in the nation’s public schools. The compact was designed to ease the transitions from school to school and from state to state that are part of the reality for children in military families due to regular moves between postings. While the armed services have made great strides in easing the transition of their personnel, their spouses, and, most importantly, their children, much remains to be done at the state and local levels to ensure that the children of military families are afforded the same opportunities for educational success as other children. Hawai‘i has been at the forefront of those efforts, with initiatives such as the Joint Venture Education Forum and, now, work with the MIC3. The fifteen-member state council, chaired by Berg, had its first meeting in April 2010. It was attended by the governor, who emphasized the importance of the compact. Since then the state council has addressed issues such as eligibility for athletic activities and placement involving algebra and Hawai‘i state history courses. Berg has served as the national vice chairman of the MIC3 since fall 2009, having been reelected to the post in 2010 and 2011.

Berg, who retired in 2009 from military service as a brigadier general and traditional member of the National Guard, brings real-life experience to her position, having been both a military spouse and a recognized member of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard. As an educator, she has extensive experience teaching K–12 and has been associate director of CRDG since 2003. Her most recent research interests have centered on issues affecting military dependent students in Hawai‘i public schools.


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Highlights of the Fatoshpere

Over the past week or so, some great things have been written by our fellow bloggers of size. Here are a couple of the highlights:

The Rotund has a lovely reminder today that being kind to your body is part of being superfantastic…and keeping sane in a crazy world. Makes me want to make an appointment for a massage. In fact, I think I just might do that.
The Fat Experience Project is looking for your stories of what it’s like to be plus-sized in our world. The idea is to bring faces to the question of size acceptance. Go. Read some stories. Submit your own. Telling stories is important.

Junk Food Science neatly dissects a recent study claiming to prove that fat mothers who clearly eat nothing but junk food have fat babies who eat the earth and then die and it’s all the mother’s fault.

Big Fat Delicious has yet another example of the so-called Obesity Paradox to share with us all.

And if you need a good giggle, I highly recommend heading over to Shapely Prose and reading the thread on Spaghetti Language. There are some darn funny bits of prose in that thread.

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