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Cardinals' Week 17 defensive snap counts and observations
In their season-ending 31-24 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in Week 17, the Arizona Cardinals played 82 defensive snaps. Let's see how that playing time was divided up and what it could mean.
Corey Peters, 60; Caraun Reid, 56; Zach Kerr, 41; Miles Brown, 19; Michael Dogbe, 13
Peters played a little more than normal. We continue to see Reid get significant playing time. He is a guy to watch for next year.
Cardinals' Week 17 offensive snap counts and observations
The Arizona Cardinals played 68 offensive snaps in their 31-24 season-ending loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Let's see how the playing time was divided up and what it could mean.
Kyler Murray, 63; Brett Hundley, 5
Murray came out after he was knocked down and hit his funny bone. Hundley finished the drive and led the team to a touchdown. Murray returned.
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Career Confessions
brought to you by Monica Kade
Founder: Monica Kade
Greg Webber – Founder of Webber Surfboards
Greg Webber is a non-stop innovator and shaper for top surfers all over the planet. In 1970 Greg started shaping Styrofoam boards at age 10 and put timber fins in them and copied the shape from Hot Buttered and McCoy surfboards.
Three years later he started Webber surfboards with brother John making them in the family back yard. Shaped his first polyurethane Webber surfboard from a broken nose Midget Farrelly board that he found in a trash bin at Bondi beach. A short time after Greg worked for G and S in Caringbah near Cronulla in Sydney and made boards for Richard Cram who won Australian junior title on a G and S Webber shape.
Come 1983, Greg had started Insight surfboards with Rod Dahlberg at Angourie, where they made boards for Many pro surfers like: Richard Cram, Greg Day, Joe Engel. Insight moved to Sydney and sponsored guys like Barton Lynch, Mike Rommelse, Shane Herring, while making boards for other pro surfers like Shaun Tomson, Sunny Garcia and Kelly Slater.
By 1986, Greg started doing his first full concave designs, as well as his first curved fins. Before FCS existed.
Greg re- founded Webber surfboards in 1996 back at Yamba and then moved back to Sydney in 2004 to continue to build Webber surfboards. Webber Surfboards sponsored Taj Burrow and shaped boards for guys like Andy Irons, Damien Hobgood, Chris Ward, Josh Kerr.
Describe yourself in 3 words: A human paradox (I’m as equally planned and ordered, with an aim and vision, as I am randomly and theme-lessly spontaneous) I hope it’s OK to make up words.
What is your life motto? Understand identity, yet be driven by the experience.
When did you start pursuing your career and how long did it take to become successful? 10yrs of age. First success after 9 years (shaping for the Australian Junior Champ and then after 19 years shaping for the world men and women champs in the same year.
How much time and effort did you dedicate to pursuing your dream? 20 hours per week shaping, 20 hours surfing and 10 thinking about the dynamics behind it.
What are the challenges in your line of work? Getting bored with it [shaping] due to changes taking so long to be accepted.
What is the mistake that taught you an extremely valuable lesson? Not staying at uni where I wanted to learn about creating artificial waves and reefs, which was my greatest dream; which I am now close to fulfilling 30 years later.
What is the best piece of advice you have been given to date? Start the job at the same rate you want to finish at. (Good for impulsive people anyway!)
In your mind, is formal training essential? It’s critical in the sense that it gives the depth of understanding of the fundamentals and the relationships behind the dynamics of any system or mechanism, but it can also lead to a profound retardation of any new thought in the very same realm. Ideally, the core elements of the system or the dynamics behind it are ‘felt’ and then put into a different part of the brain to that which stores them. This thereby allows them to be utilized by the looser parts of the design mind. In order for those structured thoughts and concepts to be freed up to the point that they can then be bent or distorted in such a way to create jumps in thought.
Do you think having a mentor is important? How would you go about getting one for this industry? It’s important as you develop, but if and when you surpass the mentor then you have to be reverent towards that person who guided your early progress, or else get caught in ego and lose your grip on the pure stuff that fuels the big break through.
I remember my mentor Rodney Dahlberg asking me one day only a few years ago, to not just tell him about the good aspects of the board of his I was looking at, but to tell him of the things that I could see that were not so perfect, but I’d never mention – It was a beautiful moment and the last thing I wanted to do was tell him his surfboard wasn’t perfect. For the first time, it became obvious to me that he knew I could see the things that were hidden to him. Once he asked for that [feedback], then I could openly and respectfully mention the tiny subtle things that I could see; on one hand accepting the huge compliment he had given me, but also and more importantly to reciprocate for the first time after his initial guidance 35 years prior. Mentors should find the student, not the other way around. The mentor will spot you by your work and attitude.
What are some steps those starting out can take to start/further their career? Try to interlink the three dimensions by seeing the board as a unit, with no actual nose or centre or tail. Step way back from your partly shaped board (where you get away from seeing through the design program) and look at the entire board as though it were a leaf. Then you will feel the overall character of its form.
What kept you going when you weren’t at your best? My father telling me at 13 years old, “Someone has to be the best!” As a result, I thought it was actually likely that I would be. The way he said it made me think: “Gee that’s good, that means as long as I have some talent and I like doing it, then I probably will be the best.” Those words have influenced my life just as much as my mother’s sculpting, and a ‘little golden book’ with an underwater scene, which made me think about the layer between water and air for the first time.
Do you believe that ‘making it’ is about luck and being in the right place at the right time? Yes for sure. But there is a way of thinking, which is very teachable and it has a huge bearing on the luck that you draw or fall into.
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Once Upon a Christmas Eve by Elizabeth Hoyt
December 14, 2017, 1:15 pm December 14, 2017
Home Book Reviews Once Upon a Christmas Eve by Elizabeth Hoyt
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Book Reviews December 14, 2017, 1:15 pm December 14, 2017
Series: Maiden Lane #12.6
Published by Forever Yours on December 5, 2017
Genres: Christmas Romance, Novella, Historical Romance
Adam Rutledge, Viscount d'Arque, really rather loathes Christmas. The banal cheerfulness. The asinine party games. And, worst of all, the obligatory trip to the countryside. His grandmother, however, loves the holiday—and Adam loves his grandmother, so he'll brave the fiercest snowstorm to please her. But when their carriage wheel snaps, they're forced to seek shelter at the home of the most maddening, infuriating, and utterly beguiling woman he's ever met.
Sarah St. John really rather loathes rakes. The self-satisfied smirks. The sly predatory gazes. Oh, and the constant witty banter rife with double meaning. But in the spirit of the season, she'll welcome this admittedly handsome viscount into her home. But as the snowstorm rages, the Yule log crackles, and the tension rises, Sarah and Adam find themselves locked in a fiery, passionate kiss. If love is the true meaning of Christmas, it's the one gift this mismatched pair can't wait to unwrap.
Once Upon a Christmas Eve made me smile. Adam is a bit of a scoundrel, but has a soft heart, and even though he definitely deserves his reputation with women, he never “ruins” anyone. Sarah has run into at least one rake before, knows Adam and know his type and doesn’t want anything to do with him. So of course, in between their verbal jabs and avoiding each other, they fall in love. They make a good couple who will keep each other on their toes.
This is a novella, so the romance progresses quickly. To be honest, I wish the story had been longer. I would have liked to see more of Sarah and Adam and had their relationship progress a little more evenly. I love the Christmas house party setting and especially the last scene. I may have to read more of Hoyt’s books soon.
This was a wonderful Christmas romance — sweet and fun and a tad bit steamy.
About Elizabeth Hoyt
Elizabeth Hoyt is a New York Times bestselling author of historical romance. She also writes deliciously fun contemporary romance under the name Julia Harper. Elizabeth lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with three untrained dogs and one long-suffering husband.
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December 14, 2017 at 2:37 pm 2 years ago
I’d like this one
December 15, 2017 at 11:53 am 2 years ago
I kind of wish I had read some of the series first. I have the feeling I would have known some of the other cahracters better that way.
Not my usual read but it does sound interesting!
I don’t tend to read a lot of historical romance, but sometimes they do grab my attention.
December 14, 2017 at 11:52 pm 2 years ago
Ideal reading for a quick me up.
Especially this time of year when everything is so busy.
Carole Rae
Christmas and romance…always fun! 😀
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Braun admits to using PEDs, out for 2013
> The Brewers lost to the Padres last night, 5-3. Tom Gorzelanny was cruising for the most part up until the sixth inning, when he gave up a game-tying double to Carlos Quentin and what would be the game-winning hit to Jesus Guzman. Jean Segura and Jonathan Lucroy hit back-to-back doubles in the first inning to give the Brewers an early 2-0 lead, but that was about the only damage done to Padres starter Andrew Cashner.
BRAUN GONE
> But last night’s loss almost didn’t feel like anything following the news that was reported earlier in the day. I think we all knew it was coming, but I was surprised at the circumstances. Ryan Braun has been suspended for the rest of 2013 season (a total of 65 games). He will also miss the postseason should the Brewers make it. (We all know that won’t happen, but that was an official condition of the suspension.)
From a logical standpoint, this isn’t that big of a deal, to be honest. This is a lost season in which Braun wasn’t contributing to already, so not much changes from here on out. I’d rather he miss the rest of this season than the first half of next season. He can come back and have a fresh start.
But I know I speak for a lot of Brewers fans when I say I don’t know what to feel emotionally. Braun has been my favorite player ever since his call-up in 2007, and it was amazing watching what could have been a Hall of Fame career develop during his first few years in Milwaukee.
Yesterday, though, Braun admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs. That changes everything. It means he’s been lying for the better part of the last two years. I almost don’t want to believe it. If you’ll recall, the day after his exoneration in March of 2012, he made a speech at the Brewers’ Spring Training complex in Maryvale, Arizona. It was a great speech, in my opinion, and he was so defiant about not having taken PEDs that I wouldn’t have believed for a second that he did it.
But apparently he did. Like I said, the suspension works out well for the Brewers from a logical standpoint, but I don’t think the emotional toll that this takes on the Brewers fan base that has tried to support and defend him through all of this will ever go away.
For me, at least, the worst part of this will be the way other teams’ fans will treat Brewers fans (and the team as well). After the news broke yesterday, I could hardly look at my timeline on Twitter (following Cardinals fans certainly comes back to bite you in situations like these).
Oh well. We all knew it was coming, and now this fanbase is in tatters. But we won’t be the only ones.
> One thing I strongly disagree with, however, is everyone saying Braun should apologize to certain parties, Dino Laurenzi Jr. in particular. The fact that Braun is getting suspended now doesn’t mean he did his job right. In fact, you could argue that it’s even worse. None of this changes the fact that Laurenzi kept Braun’s urine in a refrigerator in his basement overnight. Had Braun been suspended back in early 2012, then sure, maybe apologize to Laurenzi (but that’s assuming he would have done the job correctly). The whole reason Braun didn’t get suspended until now is because of his error.
Braun also doesn’t need to apologize to the Arizona players who feel “cheated” from losing the NLDS in 2011. Because it’s given that ALL of their players were clean at the time, right?
> And my last note on this subject: it’s irritating that MLB went out of its way to isolate Braun from the rest of the pack, meaning everyone else related to the Biogenesis clinic. Those hundreds of players across professional baseball are just as guilty as Braun and have been lying all along as well. I don’t see any reason to go after Braun specifically.
But, with Braun out of the way, MLB is going to stop at nothing to suspend everyone related to the Biogenesis clinic. Alex Rodriguez is going to get absolutely hammered. Yasmani Grandal, Jhonny Peralta, and Melky Cabrera are just a few other names that were on that list. Other fan bases are about to be crushed along with us.
> Three Brewers relievers have been drawing interest recently: John Axford, Jim Henderson, and Francisco Rodriguez. The Tigers, Dodgers, and Red Sox have reportedly been heavily scouting the Brewers’ relievers recently.
> Yovani Gallardo remains a trade target, but since it was reported that the Diamondbacks and Rockies were interested in him, there haven’t been many rumors surrounding him.
> The Brewers play the second game of this four-gamer with the Padres tonight at 7:10 PM CT. Donovan Hand (0-1, 3.27 ERA) will go for the Brewers and be opposed by spot starter Tyson Ross (0-4, 3.60 ERA).
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After Maldonado’s HR, Brewers hang on to take series
> This win certainly didn’t come as easy as it should have. But in the end, a win is a win; and a much-needed win for the Brewers.
> The Brewers defeated the Padres today, 6-5, in what became a nail-biter in the ninth inning. After Ryan Braun’s two-run home run in the eighth inning, it looked like the Brewers had an easy win that was theirs for the taking. But it didn’t turn out that way in the ninth inning.
It was a dismal start to the day, as Yovani Gallardo promptly gave up a lead-off home run to Will Venable. The ball didn’t appear to be hit that well, but it turned out that the ball was carrying a lot today. Gallardo actually nearly gave up another home run to Chase Headley in that same inning, but it was robbed by Braun in left field. Again, the ball wasn’t very well hit; both of these balls were opposite field home runs (Venable and Headley are lefties) that would have been routine fly balls on any other day. Anyway, Gallardo gave up another run in the second inning. With a man on second, Gallardo attempted to field a grounder from John Baker, but it went through his legs for an error, leaving men on first and third. Everth Cabrera then grounded out to score the run, although it looked like there could have been a play at the plate. But first baseman Taylor Green picked up the ball and just stood there looking at home instead of throwing, and first became his only play.
The Brewers had runners on base against Padres starter Anthony Bass all day, but couldn’t capitalize on their chances until the sixth inning. Norichika Aoki led off the inning with a single. He then stole second but got to third because the throw sailed into center field. Braun drove him in with an RBI single to cut the Padres’ lead in half, 2-1. After Aramis Ramirez and Green both flew out, the Brewers chances that inning weren’t looking very good, but then Rickie Weeks drew a walk. A batter later, Martin Maldonado once again came through in the clutch with a go-ahead, three-run blast, just like in the first game of the series. This gave the Brewers a 4-2 lead. Then, like I said earlier, Braun hit a two-run home run in the eighth that appeared to be just icing on the cake at the time. But it turns out those were two very important insurance runs that won the Brewers the game.
The ninth inning was just flat-out ugly. As far as the relief-pitching goes, it was the Brewers’ fundamentally worst inning of the year. John Axford came in to start the inning, but wound up recording just one out before the floodgates nearly opened. Chris Denorfia hit a one-out single, Venable doubled, and Logan Forsythe walked, all in sequence. Axford then gave up an RBI single to Headley, and followed that up with a bases-loaded walk to Carlos Quentin. The score was now 6-4, and marked the end of Axford’s awful outing. He threw 37 pitches and recorded just one out; more proof that he can’t pitch in non-save situations.
Then Jose Veras came in, which immediately got me thinking that the game was over, in a bad way. But, he struck out Yonder Alonso on eight pitches- all curveballs. Now there were two outs; any kind of out felt wonderful that inning. But Veras came back to walk Jesus Guzman, and now no mistakes could be made. There couldn’t be a walk, a hit, or anything. Veras needed to record an out no matter what. But, Veras came through in the clutch to strike out Baker on a 3-2 count- probably the biggest pitch any Brewers pitcher has made all year. That closed out the Brewers’ 6-5 win, and Veras was rewarded with the save.
This whole ninth inning frenzy sort of sucked up the fact that Gallardo actually turned in a decent outing after his shaky first two innings. He went seven innings while giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits. He walked two and struck out five, earning his fifth win of the year.
> Just a few days ago, I wrote about how we shouldn’t have expected Maldonado to put up very good offensive numbers, at least right away. But he’s proved everyone wrong so far, especially this series. Maldonado has brought his average up to .235 (he was down at .133 just a few days ago, mind you), and has come through when the Brewers needed him to this series. He hit a three-run home run the first game, a go-ahead RBI single yesterday (although the lead didn’t hold), and a three-run homer today. In other words, he’s been by far the Brewers’ biggest source of offense this series. By the way, I already mentioned that both home runs were go-ahead home runs, but that only adds on to his clutch factor.
> Ron Roenicke announced that, when ready, Marco Estrada will step back into the rotation in place of current fifth starter Michael Fiers. After Fiers’ first career start in Los Angeles, I was pumped and hoped he would be the five guy for the rest of the season. But, he hasn’t fared as well in his past few starts, having sub-par outings against both the Pirates and Padres, two of the worst offenses in the National League. Fiers will get at least one more start, but, at this point, I’m fine with Estrada returning to his role when he’s ready. Fiers would probably then move to the bullpen as a long man, or get sent back down.
> And that’s about it. The Brewers have an off-day tomorrow, but will start an Interleague series with the Royals on Tuesday. Here’s what the pitching match-ups are looking like:
Zack Greinke (7-2, 3.13 ERA) vs. Luis Mendoza (2-3, 5.36 ERA)
Randy Wolf (2-5, 5.45 ERA) vs. Luke Hochevar (3-7, 6.57 ERA)
Shaun Marcum (5-3, 3.50 ERA) vs. Vin Mazzaro (3.60 ERA)
As you can see, Greinke is going to be starting against the Royals in the first game. He has never faced them, but is still very familiar with them. He was drafted by the Royals, and spent his entire career with them until he was traded to Milwaukee in December of 2010. Greinke has been great at home since coming to the Brewers, but Kauffman Stadium should feel like home to him.
> Anyway, that’s about it. Thanks for reading, and feel free to leave your thoughts.
> Box Score
AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Corey Hart, RF-1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .253
Norichika Aoki, CF-RF 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 .300
Ryan Braun, LF 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 .311
Aramis Ramirez, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .254
Taylor Green, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .246
Rickie Weeks, 2B 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 .158
Martin Maldonado, C 4 1 1 3 0 1 3 .235
Edwin Maysonet, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .200
Yovani Gallardo, P 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .077
Carlos Gomez, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
Totals 29 6 6 6 5 9 11
2B: Green (6).
3B: Maysonet (1).
HR: Maldonado (3), Braun (15).
TB: Maldonado 4, Braun 5, Maysonet 3, Aoki, Green 2.
RBI: Braun 3 (40), Maldonado 3 (10).
GIDP: Maysonet.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 5.
SB: Aoki (5).
E: Gallardo (1), Weeks (6).
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Yovani Gallardo (W, 5-5) 7.0 5 2 1 2 5 1 4.21
Francisco Rodriguez 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.33
John Axford 0.1 3 3 3 2 1 0 4.37
Jose Veras (S, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 4.18
Totals 9.0 10 5 4 5 8 1
Pitches-strikes: Gallardo 104-64, Rodriguez 22-13, Axford 37-21, Veras 17-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Gallardo 13-4, Rodriguez 0-2, Axford 0-0, Veras 0-0.
Batters faced: Gallardo 29, Rodriguez 5, Axford 6, Veras 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Veras 3-1.
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Revamped All-Star Rosters
4:58p The All-Star team rosters for both leagues have changed quite a bit since they were announced a week ago. So, here are the new rosters:
Catchers: Alex Avila, Tigers | Russell Martin, Yankees | Matt Wieters, Orioles
1st Basemen: Adrian Gonzalez, Red Sox | Miguel Cabrera, Tigers | Paul Konerko, White Sox
2nd Basemen: Robinson Cano, Yankees | Howie Kendrick, Angels
Shortstops: Asdrubal Cabrera, Indians | Derek Jeter, Yankees | Jhonny Peralta, Tigers
3rd Basemen: Adrian Beltre, Rangers | Kevin Youkilis, Red Sox | Alex Rodriguez, Yankees
Outfielders: Jose Bautista, Blue Jays | Curtis Granderson, Yankees | Josh Hamilton, Rangers | Michael Cuddyer, Twins | Jacoby Ellsbury, Red Sox | Matt Joyce, Rays | Carlos Quentin, White Sox
Designated Hitters: David Ortiz, Red Sox | Michael Young, Rangers
Starting Pitchers: Jered Weaver, Angels | Josh Beckett, Red Sox | Gio Gonzalez, Athletics | Felix Hernandez, Mariners | Jon Lester, Red Sox | Alexi Ogando, Rangers | Michael Pineda, Mariners | David Price, Rays | Ricky Romero, Blue Jays | CC Sabathia, Yankees | James Shields, Rays | Justin Verlander, Tigers | C.J. Wilson, Rangers
Relief Pitchers: Aaron Crow, Royals | Brandon League, Mariners | Chris Perez, Indians | David Robertson, Yankees | Mariano Rivera, Yankees | Jose Valverde, Tigers | Jordan Walden, Angels
Catchers: Brian McCann, Braves | Yadier Molina, Cardinals | Miguel Montero, Diamondbacks
1st Basemen: Prince Fielder, Brewers | Gaby Sanchez, Marlins | Joey Votto, Reds
2nd Basemen: Rickie Weeks, Brewers | Brandon Phillips, Reds
Shortstops: Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies | Jose Reyes, Mets | Starlin Castro, Cubs
3rd Basemen: Scott Rolen, Reds | Placido Polanco, Phillies | Pablo Sandoval, Giants | Chipper Jones, Braves
Outfielders: Lance Berkman, Cardinals | Matt Kemp, Dodgers | Matt Holliday, Cardinals | Ryan Braun, Brewers | Jay Bruce, Reds | Hunter Pence, Astros | Andrew McCutchen, Pirates | Justin Upton, Diamondbacks | Shane Victorino, Phillies | Andre Ethier, Dodgers
Starting Pitchers: Roy Halladay, Phillies | Matt Cain, Giants | Kevin Correia, Pirates | Cole Hamels, Phillies | Jair Jurrjens, Braves | Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers | Cliff Lee, Phillies | Tim Lincecum, Giants | Ryan Vogelsong, Giants
Relief Pitchers: Heath Bell, Padres | Tyler Clippard, Nationals | Joel Hanrahan, Pirates | Craig Kimbrel, Braves | Jonny Venters, Braves | Brian Wilson, Giants
And that’s everybody. Remember that some of these guys got injured and won’t be playing, but their replacements are listed as well. And some of the pitchers who threw yesterday (Sunday) aren’t allowed to pitch in the All-Star Game, due to that stupid new rule. A few examples of guys who can’t pitch because of that rule are Hernandez, Hamels, Cain, Sabathia, Shields, etc.
Now, here’s the starting lineup for both leagues:
Rickie Weeks, 2B
Carlos Beltran, DH
Matt Kemp, CF
Prince Fielder, 1B
Brian McCann, C
Lance Berkman, RF
Matt Holliday, LF
Troy Tulowitzki, SS
Scott Rolen, 3B
Roy Halladay, SP
Curtis Granderson, CF
Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Jose Bautista, RF
Josh Hamilton, LF
Adrian Beltre, 3B
David Ortiz, DH
Robinson Cano, 2B
Alex Avila, C
Jered Weaver, SP
Braun would be starting in the outfield for the National League, had it not been for that stupid calf injury. At least we’ve got Weeks and Fielder in the starting lineup, though.
Weaver and Halladay should be a good matchup. To be honest, I would have rather seen Jurrjens starting instead of Halladay so it would have been the two ERA leaders facing off. But that was Bruce Bochy’s decision, not mine.
Anyway, the Home Run Derby is starting in an hour, so I’m pretty excited for that. I’ll have some coverage up after the derby ends.
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Full 2011 All-Star Rosters
12:52p The full All-Star rosters for 2011 have been officially announced. Starters, pitchers, reserves, etc., we know them all now. So, right before the Brewer game starts, I thought I’d list all of the players who made the All-Star Game at their respective positions. (Starters are listed first.)
Catchers: Alex Avila, Tigers; Matt Wieters, Orioles; Russell Martin, Yankees
First Base: Adrian Gonzalez, Red Sox; Miguel Cabrera, Tigers
Second Base: Robinson Cano, Yankees; Howie Kendrick, Angels
Shortstop: Derek Jeter, Yankees; Asdrubal Cabrera, Indians
Third Base: Alex Rodriguez, Yankees; Adrian Beltre, Rangers
Outfielders: Jose Bautista, Blue Jays; Curtis Granderson, Yankees; Josh Hamilton, Rangers; Matt Joyce, Rays; Michael Cuddyer, Twins; Jacoby Ellsbury, Red Sox; Carlos Quentin, White Sox
Designated Hitters: David Ortiz, Red Sox; Michael Young, Rangers
Starting Pitchers: Justin Verlander, Tigers; Jered Weaver, Angels; Josh Beckett, Red Sox; James Shields, Rays; Gio Gonzalez, Athletics; Felix Hernandez, Mariners; David Price, Rays; C.J. Wilson, Rangers
Relief Pitchers: Mariano Rivera, Yankees; Jose Valverde, Tigers; Chris Perez, Indians; Aaron Crow, Royals; Brandon League, Mariners
Catchers: Brian McCann, Braves; Yadier Molina, Cardinals
First Base: Prince Fielder, Brewers; Joey Votto, Reds; Gaby Sanchez, Marlins
Second Base: Rickie Weeks, Brewers; Brandon Phillips, Reds
Shortstop: Jose Reyes, Mets; Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies; Starlin Castro, Cubs
Third Base: Placido Polanco, Phillies; Chipper Jones, Braves
Outfielders: Ryan Braun, Brewers; Lance Berkman, Cardinals; Matt Kemp, Dodgers; Matt Holliday, Cardinals; Hunter Pence, Astros; Justin Upton, Diamondbacks; Jay Bruce, Reds; Carlos Beltran, Mets
Starting Pitchers: Roy Halladay, Phillies; Cole Hamels, Phillies; Cliff Lee, Phillies; Jair Jurrjens, Braves; Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers; Tim Lincecum, Giants; Matt Cain, Giants; Ryan Vogelsong, Giants
Relief Pitchers: Jonny Venters, Braves; Brian Wilson, Giants; Joel Hanrahan, Pirates; Heath Bell, Padres; Tyler Clippard, Nationals
AL Final Vote Candidates: Alex Gordon, Royals; Adam Jones, Orioles; Paul Konerko, White Sox; Victor Martinez, Tigers; Ben Zobrist, Rays
NL Final Vote Candidates: Michael Morse, Nationals; Shane Victorino, Phillies; Andre Ethier, Dodgers; Todd Helton, Rockies; Ian Kennedy, Diamondbacks
So the Brewers have three All-Stars in the starting lineup, a franchise record. The Brewers did not get any reserves or pitchers, but I guess there wasn’t really a chance because Bruce Bochy (NL manager) chose three of his own pitchers (Cain, Lincecum, Vogelsong). Not to mention Wilson got a players’ vote. I was hoping Yovani Gallardo and his nine wins would get in somehow, or Marcum and his decent ERA, but you can’t really compete with Giants or Phillies. (I forgot to point out that the stars of the Philadelphia rotation- Halladay, Hamels, and Lee- all made it. I bet Roy Oswalt would have made it as well, but he’s injured.)
As far as the AL goes, it’s the typical starting lineup for them, meaning the Yankees and Red Sox took most of the positions. Every starter for them is a player of the AL East, save for Avila and Hamilton.
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SINGSONG: NEW CD OUT NOW
New album SINGSONG was recorded live in Mark Jago’s old timber cottage on Sydney’s northern beaches over three days in July 2018. Karma County songs, a couple from various solo albums, and some favourite covers. No overdubs, just voice and acoustic guitar. There are only 50 Limited Edition CDs available, individually numbered and signed. Get your copy here $25 includes postage and handling.
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10 songs, 32 minutes, Short and Sweet! Recorded with The Magnolia Orchestra - Aldo Betto (guitar), Giacomo Da Ros (bass) & Youssef Ait Bouazza (drums) - at Yellow Fridge Road in the Tuscan seaside village of Porto Santo Stefano in April 2017.
Sonofobituary: EP – Relased 2016
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Half a dozen songs, a six pack of impressions... great expectations, indignation, whimsy, melancholy, incredulity and barefaced revisionism. The 4th solo release and 1st EP from ARIA award winner Brendan Gallagher (Karma County, Jimmy Little).
With longtime comrades Jonathan Zwartz (double bass), Rob Souter & Declan Kelly (drums), and some new pals, Julien Wilson (sax) & Eamon Dilworth (trumpet) along for the tale. But a distinctly Gallagher account of real and imagined things.
Wine Island
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★★★★☆ "We've long known that Brendan Gallagher is a fine musician, but what's clear in his latest work is his surpassing skill in the studio. For four years he's worked on the 21 tracks that comprise this two-CD set, laying down guitars, keys, bass and assorted other instruments, bringing in mates to help on drums and embellishments, but pretty much single-handedly crafting a package that sounds as good as anything you'll hear this year. Elegant, warm, without pretension, the material ranges from a powerful deep-blues walk through the standard Baby Please Don't Go to the beautifully crafted pop of Tonight On the Great Verandah and The Good Baker's Dream." JEFF GLORFELD, Sydney Morning Herald 4.10.13
"Wine Island is Brendan Gallagher's love letter to the rich assortment of musical styles that first inspired him. He's taken elements from these different styles, mixed them up in his quirky way and recorded them beautifully. It's a love letter that took decades to write and it's all the better for those rich years of experience it spent simmering in his musical brain." LUCKY OCEANS ABC Radio Daily Planet
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"The clue is in the title. There is a real tenderness to 'DJ Old Brendo's' words and music in this simple collection. The words tumble out in quiet conversations. His exemplary guitar playing has a warmth that, while having the technical skill of a man who's even written books on the subject, has an ease and humanity which gains your attention, without stridently demanding it." Ross Clelland, Drum Media
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"Karma County front man Gallagher has crafted 12 songs with the virtuosity and maturity of a seasoned pro. The rich lyrics deal with the detail and broad brush strokes of a life lived somewhere on the fringes, while the music travels from multi-layered guitars to lush strings supported by a sure footed rhythm section led by Felix Bloxsom. Ably assisted by Jimmy Little, David McCormack, Charlie Owen and Lucky Oceans. A cut above the rest."
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Venice Film Festival organizers today announced that Black Mass, the Johnny Depp-starring biopic of notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, will get its world premiere out of competition at this year’s fest. Directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart), the film also stars Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Jesse Plemons, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard and Kevin Bacon. The film will screen September 4 in the Sala Grande. Venice’s dates this year are September 2-12.
In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster Jimmy Bulger (Depp) to collaborate with the FBI in order to eliminate their common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement while consolidating his power and becoming one of the most ruthless and dangerous gangsters in Boston history.
John Lesher, Brian Oliver, Scott Cooper, Patrick McCormick, and Tyler Thompson produced the film with Brett Ratner, James Packer, Peter Mallouk, Ray Mallouk, Christopher Woodrow, Brett Granstaff, Gary Granstaff, Phil Hunt and Compton Ross serving as executive producers. Warner Bros is releasing the film worldwide beginning September 18. The Italian release is set for October 1. The film was co-financed with Cross Creek Pictures and RatPac-Dune Entertainment. Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth (Get On Up, Edge Of Tomorrow) wrote the script based on the book by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill.
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Annual report to Congress describes low offset percentages and near death of U.S. offsets in Europe
The twenty-first annual report to Congress on the impact of offsets in defence trade suggests that U.S. prime contractors are running rings around the Bureau of Industry and Security. The report says that in 2015, U.S. firms entered into just three new offset agreements with members of the European Defence Agency. The three agreements were valued at $35.5m…..
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The End of May
PM May’s long-anticipated resignation announcement adds to political headwinds facing the pound, ahead of a quiet start to a holiday-shortened week.
Sterling gained on Friday, despite the resignation of Prime Minister May after significant political pressure reached breaking point last week in the aftermath of a ‘bold, new offer’ on Brexit which did little to please any political faction. May announced plans to step down on 7th June, firing the starting gun on a Conservative Party leadership contest which is likely to be dominated by the UK’s divorce from the EU, with candidates set to be split between pro-deal and no-deal. While a pro-deal candidate would be the best outcome for sterling, the likelihood of a protracted leadership contest, with the prospect of a general election shortly after a new Prime Minister takes office, will both provide stiff political headwinds in the coming months. The contest is set to culminate with a new Prime Minister being announced in late-July, with Brexiteers Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab and Michael Gove the current favourites. For the pound, which largely ignored the release of April retail sales data, May’s resignation resulted in modest gains, with sterling adding 0.3% against the dollar and 0.25% against the euro, chalking up a first daily gain since 3rd May against the single currency, snapping the longest losing streak on record.
Elsewhere on Friday, the dollar shed around 0.3% after disappointing durable goods orders sparking concerns over longer-term economic prospects. The report failed to show even a modicum of good news, with orders declining 2.1% in April, in addition to a 0.9% decline in the core orders figure, the latter falling to the lowest level since December 2018. Meanwhile, the single currency held steady on Friday, a trend which continued on Bank Holiday Monday after market participants were reassured that an expected populist surge in European Elections was more muted than expected. Despite the ruling centre-left and centre-right coalition losing their majority in the European Parliament, pro-EU forces continue to dominate, limiting the impact of elections on the market. In contrast, commodity currencies gained on Friday, with the Aussie, Kiwi and Canadian dollars all adding around 0.3% as risk appetite improved.
Away from FX, equity markets gained on Friday, despite relatively cautious trading conditions ahead of an elongated weekend on both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe, the pan-continental Stoxx 600 gained 0.6%, while the US benchmark S&P 500 added 0.15% on Friday. Finally, oil prices firmed slightly on Friday, with both Brent and WTI adding more than 1%, though both global benchmarks recorded losses of more than 5% over the week.
A holiday-shortened week begins with a relatively quiet economic calendar, with no major releases due from the UK. Today’s main focus is likely to lie with this afternoon’s release of consumer confidence figures from the US, with markets expecting the index to record a further increase to 130.0, a level which would be a 3-month high. Markets are likely to look particularly closely at the impact of increasing US-China trade tensions on the US consumer, in addition to attempting to gauge the impact an increase in confidence will have on consumer spending and thus future economic growth. While an upbeat release may spark some demand for the dollar, the longer-term focus for the greenback remains on ongoing geopolitical issues.
Elsewhere, sterling traders will remain glued to developments inside the Westminster political bubble, with an ever-growing field of candidates competing to become Conservative Party leader. Markets may become increasingly jittery should a no-deal advocating candidate become a frontrunner, however the situation remains fast-moving and fluid. Meanwhile, for the euro, focus will fall on this morning’s sentiment figures. Markets expect business climate figures to fall to their lowest level since August 2016, exemplifying the fragile situation currently being seen in the eurozone economy. Consumer sentiment figures are expected to hold steady at -6.5. Also eyed for the single currency will be this evening’s EU Council summit, where the first round of horse-trading over the EU’s top jobs is set to begin. Markets will be most interested in the identity of the next ECB President, however this will, for political reasons, largely depend on the nationality of the EU Commission Presidential nominee - a process which is likely to be protracted and almost certainly not decided this evening. The central bank calendar is also relatively quiet today, with only Banque de France Governor, and ECB President candidate, Villeroy due. Overnight, markets will hear from BoJ Governor Kuroda and RBNZ Governor Orr, with any comments on the monetary policy outlook likely to be of particular interest.
Looking ahead to the remainder of the week, economic data remains relatively limited as the month of May draws to a conclusion. The main event for markets will likely be Wednesday’s Bank of Canada policy decision, though interest rates are expected to be kept on hold. Markets are likely to focus on the future outlook for monetary policy, especially after the BoC shed their tightening bias last month. Other focuses include the 2nd estimate of 1st quarter GDP from the US (Thurs) along with official PMI figures from China (Fri) and 1st quarter GDP data from Canada (Fri). This week’s economic calendar features no top-tier releases for the pound.
10:00am EUR Consumer Confidence (May) -6.5 -6.5
10:00am EUR Business Climate (May) 0.40 0.42
3:00pm USD Consumer Confidence Index (May) 130.0 129.2
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Blood Sweat & Tears: Spinning Wheel Live At Halifax, London 1980 DVD 2007 New In Stock Rare Classic
Formed in 1967 by ex-'Blues Project' member, Al Kooper, 'Blood Sweat and Tears' quickly became regarded as one of the most promising of all the late '60s rock bands. The pioneering fusion of jazz and rock captured the imagination of the critics and their first album Child is Father to the Man became a sleeper hit.
Organist, singer, Kooper had insisted on the status of band-leader but the other band members wanted a committed lead singer and by the end of the decade Kooper had been replaced by David Clayton-Thomas. This DVD features archive footage of that reformed Blood Sweat and Tears line-up live at the Civic Theatre in Halifax, UK on April 9th 1980.
The concert film Blood, Sweat and Tears finds the titular act - one of the top rock-fusion bands of the late '60s and early '70s - performing live before an enthusiastic audience at Halifax, England's Civic Theatre on April 9, 1980. B, S & T - which featured many incarnations - is here comprised of front man David Clayton Thomas, Bruce Cassidy, Vern Dorge, Earl Seymour, Bobby Economou and Richard Martinez. Selections include: "God Bless the Child," "You've Made Me So Very Happy," "Spinning Wheel," "And When I Die," "Lucretia MacEvil," "Nuclear Blues" and more. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
Artist: Blood Sweat & Tears
Title: Spinning Wheel
Genre: Music Video & Concerts, Rock
Sub-Genre: Rock / Pop, Music Video (Concert / Performance)
Release Date: 24-Apr-07
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Street Date: 24-Apr-07
DVD Release: 24-Apr-07
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The Humble Administrator’s Garden is the most famous of the south-eastern gardens; the very best of the East Wu Kingdom, and one of four great Chinese gardens-a classical Suzhou garden.
The Humble Administrator’s Garden is situated in Dongbei Street, Inner Dongbei Loumen, in the old city area of Suzhou. The garden occupies 4.1 hectares (not including administration area and flower nutsery, which occupy approximately 0.67 hectare). In the fourth year of the Ming dynasty’s Zhengde period (1509 A.D.),the Emperors’ envoy Wang Xianchen started to build it. During the next 400 years, following dynastic changes and different owners,through splendour and decay, the garden developed from formingone entity into separating into three gardens all with their own style.
The Humble Administrator’s Garden during the early times of Wang Xianchen’s ownership has been documented by Wen Zhengming; he made sketches and notes which exist today. These notes describe in some detail the garden’s appearance and style. At that time the garden’s area was approximately 13.4 hectares-quite large. There were 31 scenic spots altogether, with a lot of bamboo, mountains, waters and trees, etc.; resemling nature and giving an air of naturalness.
120 years later, in the fourth year of the Ming dynasty’s Chongzhen Period(1631 A.D.), the already slightly decayed eastern part of the garden was owned by the aide Wang Xinyi. Wang was very good at mountain and water painting, and he therefore designed and arranged such landscapes. He named the garden “the Pastoral Garden Home”.
During the early Qianlong period, the western part of the Humble Administrator’s Garden split into a middle and a western garden.
The present West Garden was established during the third year of the Guangxu period (1877 A.D.); it was rebuilt by Zhang Luqian; he named it “Rebuilt Garden”. This garden contained the sceneries of the Stay and Listen Pavilion, the “With Whom Shall I Sit?”Pavilion, the Floating Green Pavilion, etc. There were the 36 Pairs of Mandarin Ducks’ Hall and the Hall of 18 Camellias newly built; beautifully and exquisitively decorated.
The Middle Garden is the most distinguished part of the Humble Administrator’s Garden. It has experienced many changes throughout the dynasties and is now different from the early Humble Administrator’s Garden; the garden is based on water, and there are many rockeries grounded in the ponds. Surrounding the ponds there are numerous pavilions, terraces, halls and studios. Basically it has preserved its structure from the Ming dynasty, and the sceneries have not gone through many changes. The appearance of the Middle Garden took shape in the Xianfeng/Guangxu periods of the Later Qing dynasty.
The art of the Humble Administrator’s Garden has a prominent position in the history of China’s garden creation. It represents the historical characteristics and achievements of south-east China’s private gardens.
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2008Year of the Rat
2009Year of the Ox
2010Year of the Tiger
2011Year of the Rabbit
2012Year of the Dragon
2013Year of the Snake
2014Year of the Horse
2015Year of the Goat
2016Year of the Monkey
2017Year of the Rooster
2018Year of the Dog
2019Year of the Pig
The Chinese Zodiac
生肖 (Shēngxiào)
You probably know there are 12 Chinese zodiac animals used to represent years, 2020 is the Year of the Rat. Zodiac signs play an integral part in Chinese culture, and can be used to determine your fortune for the year, marriage compatability, career fit, best times to have a baby, and so much more.
What is the Chinese Zodiac?
The general consensus is that the zodiacs originally had something to do with the worship of animals. A zodiac system has existed in Chinese culture since the Qin dynasty, more than 2,000 years ago.
Over time the zodiacs became more and more integrated into everyday life, with different meanings and characteristics assigned to each animal. This in turn gave rise to various compatabilities (and incompatabilities) between each zodiac, and play a major role in marriage and career decisions, fortune-telling and more!
What's your zodiac animal?
In order, they are: rat (鼠—shǔ), ox (牛—niú), tiger (虎—hǔ), rabbit (兔—tù), dragon (龙—lóng), snake (蛇—shé), horse (马—mǎ), goat (羊—yang), monkey (猴—hóu), rooster (鸡—jī), dog (狗—gǒu), and pig (猪—zhū).
The zodiac cycle repeats every 12 years, making it easy to figure out whether it's your year- just check if your age is a multiple of 12! Here are the 12 zodiac animals in order with accompanying years:
Zodiac Animal
Recent Years
Rat 鼠 (shǔ) 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020
Ox 牛 (niú) 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021
Tiger 虎 (hǔ) 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022
Rabbit 兔 (tù) 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023
Dragon 龙 (lóng) 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024
Snake 蛇 (shé) 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025
Horse 马 (mǎ) 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026
Goat 羊 (yang) 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027
Monkey 猴 (hóu) 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028
Rooster 鸡 (jī) 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029
Dog 狗 (gǒu) 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030
Pig 猪 (zhū) 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031
Maybe you think your zodiac year (本命年—ben ming nian) will be lucky. It's your year after all. However, it's the total opposite.
It's seen as a hurdle you have jump over. The way to protect yourself from evil spirits and bad fortune is to wear red underwear every day for the entire year. Even in modern times, it's still treated as a real concern.
In some places, married men even have to be accompanied by their wives when they go out at night during their year!
Origin of the zodiacs
One legend says that the Jade Emperor (玉皇大帝—yù huáng dà dì) needed to choose 12 animals as palace guards. The Cat asked his neighbor Rat to help him sign up. Rat forgot, which is why they became mortal enemies.
At the palace, Ox was first in line, but Rat secretly climbed onto Ox's back and jumped in front of him. Tiger and Dragon thought it was unfair, but they could only settle behind Ox. Rabbit found it unfair too. He wanted to race with Dragon and succeeded.
This angered Dog, who bit Rabbit in a fit and was sent to the back as punishment. Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey and Rooster fought amongst themselves as well. Pig came late, after everything was finally settled, and could only be the last.
Of course, this is only a story. Cats didn't even exist in China when zodiac animals first came about.
How do Chinese astrologers know each zodiac's personality, fortune and compatibility with others?
Below is some technical information you might be interested in.
Dì Zhī (地支), or Earthly Branches, were the original terms used for the years. These branches are also assigned to the hours of the day, based on solar time.
The animals were later added as mnemonics and categorized as either yīn (阴) or yáng (阳).
Ten Celestial Stems (天干—tiān gān) pair with the Earthly Branches for a 60 year calendrical cycle. Then add in an element. These cycle through, but each zodiac also has a fixed element. This fixed element is what determines which sign you're compatible with.
Twelve Earthly Branches: zi (子), chǒu (丑), yín (寅), mǎo (卯), chén (辰), sì (巳), wǔ (午), wèi (未), shēn (申), yǒu (酉), xū (戌), hài (亥).
Ten Celestial Stems: jiǎ (甲), yǐ (乙), bǐng (丙), ding (丁), wù (戊), jǐ (己), gēng (庚), xīn (辛), rén (壬), guǐ (癸).
Five elements: water (水—shuǐ), wood (木—mù), fire (火—huǒ), earth (土—tǔ), metal (金—jīn).
A calendar of recent years with everything explained above would look like this:
Celestial Stem
Earthly Branch
2000 gēng chén Dragon Metal Yang
2001 xīn sì Snake Metal Yin
2002 rén wǔ Horse Water Yang
2003 guǐ wèi Goat Water Yin
2004 jiǎ shēn Monkey Wood Yang
2005 yǐ yǒu Rooster Wood Yin
2006 bǐng xū Dog Fire Yang
2007 ding hài Pig Fire Yin
2008 wù zi Rat Earth Yang
2009 jǐ chǒu Ox Earth Yin
2010 gēng yín Tiger Metal Yang
2011 xīn mǎo Rabbit Metal Yin
2012 rén chén Dragon Water Yang
2013 guǐ sì Snake Water Yin
2014 jiǎ wǔ Horse Wood Yang
2015 yǐ wèi Goat Wood Yin
2016 bǐng shēn Monkey Fire Yang
2017 ding yǒu Rooster Fire Yin
2018 wù xū Dog Earth Yang
2019 jǐ hài Pig Earth Yin
2020 gēng zi Rat Metal Yang
2021 xīn chǒu Ox Metal Yin
2022 rén yín Tiger Water Yang
2023 guǐ mǎo Rabbit Water Yin
2024 jiǎ chén Dragon Wood Yang
2025 yǐ sì Snake Wood Yin
There are six groups (六合—liù hé) of most compatible pairs. They fit into each other like jigsaw pieces. These are the ones who support you in the background.
Four groups of trios (三合—sān hé) are the next most compatible signs. Working in a team, they complement your skills.
Introduction to the animals
As mentioned before, the Earthly Branches are also assigned to hours of the day. The animals, depending on what they did, became associated with that certain time. This is another explanation for the ordering of the animals. The following list include each zodiac's time of day, culture, personality and compatibility.
Zodiac Year of the Rat
Rat(鼠—Shǔ)
People born in the year of the Rat like saving and collecting. They never have hard times financially and live organized lives. If you receive a valuable gift from a Rat, know that he thinks highly of you, because he doesn't usually like opening his wallet for others. Rats don't look for praise and recognition. They are very sensitive and know when there is trouble. When they do take risks, they're usually successful.
Rat is Yang, and its earthly branch is Zi.
23:00–01:00. Rats are at the height of their activity at this time and people began to associate rats with the Zi hour.
Rats steal food, which can be interpreted as the household being wealthy and having surpluses. Because of their fast reproduction rate, some also pray to rats for children.
Best match: Ox
Best group: Monkey, Dragon
Incompatible: Horse
Zodiac Year of the Ox
Ox(牛—Niu)
People born in the year of the Ox are hard workers and have a strong sense of responsibility. Even if they run into difficulty during work, they'll persevere through. They aren't very romantic, but are patient and would never force themselves onto someone who doesn't like them. They are usually quiet and keep their emotions bottled up inside. It's hard for others to understand them. When they do lose their temper, it's like an explosion and can drive others away.
Ox is Yin, and its earthly branch is Chǒu.
01:00–03:00. This is when farmers would wake up to feed their oxen.
Whipping spring cattle (打春—dǎ chūn) was a ritual performed to begin a new year of hard work and good harvests. The ox's stomach would be filled with five types of grains and scattered after the whipping to represent the sowing and harvest.
Best match: Rat
Best group: Snake, Rooster
Incompatible: Goat
Zodiac Year of the Tiger
Tiger(虎—Hǔ)
People born in the year of the Tiger are independent and have high self-esteem. They enjoy being the leader and protector of average people. They love justice and never back down in an argument. Recklessness is their biggest weakness, causing them to fail. However, they never truly fail. Tigers will always find a way to stand back up and succeed in the end.
Tiger is Yang, and its earthly branch is Yín.
03:00–05:00. Tigers are the most dangerous at night. Farmers would always be able to hear their frightening roars during this hour.
Tigers are the kings of all beasts. People believe that they are the guardians of children. In the past, infants were washed with water boiled with tiger bones to prevent diseases. Children also wear hats and shoes with tiger designs.
Best match: Pig
Best group: Horse, Dog
Incompatible: Monkey
Zodiac Year of the Rabbit
Rabbit(兔—Tù)
People born in the year of the Rabbit are gentle, quiet and polite. They are patient, intelligent and chic. Their sense of responsibility and attention to detail lead to great career success. They take love seriously as well, and would never fall for someone easily. If they find the right person, they'll love them to the end of the world and back.
Rabbit is Yin, and its earthly branch is Mǎo.
05:00–07:00. At daybreak, rabbits would come out of their homes to feed on the dew.
The rabbit represents the moon. Rather than the man in the moon, the ancient Chinese believed that there was a rabbit in the moon.
Best match: Dog
Best group: Pig, Goat
Incompatible: Rooster
Zodiac Year of the Dragon
Dragon(龙—Lóng)
People born in the year of the Dragon have hearts full of adventure and romance. It's hard for people to understand a Dragon's mysterious personality. At the same time, they are indifferent to things the average person worries about. They may seem lazy, but once they decide to do something, they'll be more ambitious and vigorous than anyone else.
Dragon is Yang, and its earthly branch is Chén.
07:00–09:00. This is the most common time for fog to appear. According to folklore, dragons ride the fog to come down to Earth.
Dragons are the most revered creature in Chinese culture and are used to represent royalty. Emperors were often seen as a dragon's reincarnation. Paired with the phoenix, they also symbolize a happy marriage and harmony between yin and yang.
Best match: Rooster
Best group: Monkey, Rat
Incompatible: Dog
Zodiac Year of the Snake
Snake(蛇—Shé)
People born in the year of the Snake are idealists. On the outside, they may seem cold but, deep inside, they are warm and enthusiastic. Their desire of exclusive ownership is very fierce. It irks them if they can't fully understand someone. Snakes are devoted and determined, but their worst enemy is laziness.
Snake is Yin, and its earthly branch is Sì.
09:00–11:00. After the fog has dissipated, snakes would come out to bask in the sun. When creating the character for sì (巳), it was written to look like a snake.
Snakes usually have a negative diction and are symbols of witchcraft. However, Nǚ Wā (女娲), the creator of the world in Chinese mythology, had a human's head and a snake's body.
Best match: Monkey
Best group: Rooster, Ox
Incompatible: Pig
Zodiac Year of the Horse
Horse(马—Mǎ)
People born in the year of the Horse are never one to surrender. They are always positive and energetic, pushing themselves forward. Their biggest desire is to have the freedom to do what they like and be able to express themselves. However, they also have various negative traits. Horses are bad at keeping secrets and lose interest quickly.
Horse is Yang, and its earthly branch is Wǔ.
11:00–13:00. When the sun is at its brightest moment, the horses would gallop and prance joyfully in the fields.
As the head of the six domestic animals, horses are crucial in transportation and war. They represent speed and freedom. Many Northern ethnicities, such as the Mongolians and Manchurians, revere and worship the horse.
Best match: Goat
Best group: Tiger, Dog
Incompatible: Rat
Zodiac Year of the Goat
Goat(羊—Yang)
People born in the year of the Goat have a pure and kind heart. They'd rather suffer silently than argue and ruin someone else's mood. However, even in silence, they still hold onto their own opinion. In regards to their passions, they will do anything possible to fulfill their wishes. Though kind, Goats have tricks up their sleeves as well. They are skilled at using soft power, able to patiently and politely persuade others into their favor.
Goat is Yin, and its earthly branch is Wèi.
13:00–15:00. At this time, the dew on the grass would be dried by the sun. This is the best hour to let the goats and sheep out.
Xiè Zhì (獬豸) is a mythological one-horned goat. It was the assistant of Gāo Yáo (皋陶), god of Justice. The Goat is also the symbol of filial piety.
Best match: Horse
Best group: Pig, Rabbit
Incompatible: Ox
Zodiac Year of the Monkey
Monkey(猴—Hóu)
People born in the year of the Monkey do things based on interest. If it's something they don't quite care for, they'll do the work sloppily. If it something they're interested in, they'll put their entire heart into it and work until they succeed. They live a long life full of energy and curiosity for the world. Monkeys also value relationships. However, spoiling children may be their weakness.
Monkey is Yang, and its earthly branch is Shēn.
15:00–17:00. The weather is much cooler with the sun setting and the monkeys would play around in the forest.
There are multiple legends about the Monkey as humans' ancestor. Monkeys also like eating peaches. Peaches are symbols of longevity and, with time, monkeys also became associated with long life.
Best match: Snake
Best group: Rat, Dragon
Incompatible: Tiger
Zodiac Year of the Rooster
Rooster(鸡—Jī)
People born in the year of the Rooster are able to sense what the other person is thinking or feeling. They have quick reactions and high EQ. They make great friends, although some are cunning. Roosters are creative and talented in the arts, although few find a career in that field. They have foresight and plan everything carefully.
Rooster is Yin, and its earthly branch is Yǒu.
17:00–19:00. The character for yǒu (酉) looks similar to wine (酒—jiǔ), and evening is the time for dinner and wine. It is also time to collect the roosters and hens and put them back in their nests, else it'll be too dark to find them.
According to legends, roosters are able to protect against evil spirits. In ancient times, sworn brothers must swear to the heavens, then drip rooster blood into wine and drink it all.
Best match: Dragon
Best group: Snake, Ox
Incompatible: Rabbit
Zodiac Year of the Dog
Dog(狗—Gǒu)
People born in the year of the Dog are conservative and full of justice. Because of their loyalty, Dogs are valued in the workplace. They rarely break rules, except for people important to them. In life, they only wish to live quietly with their family.
Dog is Yang, and its earthly branch is Xū.
19:00–21:00. Before sleeping, the people must patrol around for a check. Trailing behind them is the dog, humanity's little helper.
In the Qin and Han dynasty, the Stone Dog was worshipped by the people. In the Guangdong province, it is still popular to name dogs Wàng Cái (旺财). It means “prosperous wealth” and comes from dogs' barking sounds (旺旺—wàng wàng).
Best match: Rabbit
Best group: Tiger, Horse
Incompatible: Dragon
Zodiac Year of the Pig
Pig(猪—Zhū)
People born in the year of the Pig think logically and are able to fix whatever problem they're in. They aren't good communicators, but they're kind and able to provide for the family. Most of them are wealthy. Their only obvious fault is that they lose their temper easily.
Pig is Yin, and its earthly branch is Hài.
21:00–23:00. At night, the pig can be heard rustling around. In order to fatten it up, the farmer must feed before calling it a day.
Pigs are the symbol of wealth. Their chubby faces and big ears are signs of fortune as well.
Best match: Tiger
Best group: Rabbit, Goat
Incompatible: Snake
Chinese New Year Desserts
Learn all about Chinese New Year desserts, their history, and what they taste like!
Snacking 101: Seeds, Treats, and More
Chinese New Year is full of sweet, savory, and sour treats to occupy the lulls between feasting.
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Facebook Breaks Privacy Laws, Faces Fine Up to $125 Million
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A Belgian court found Facebook guilty of breaching Belgium’s privacy laws. Belgium’s Privacy Commission, the country’s privacy watchdog group, brought the case against Facebook.
The Privacy Commission claimed that information about how Facebook gathers and uses data is unclear and incomplete. Facebook uses “social plug-ins”, cookies and transparent pixels to track users internet activities, even if they don’t have Facebook accounts.
The company will need to cease its practice of tracking people on the internet without consent to avoid fines. Facebook “will be fined 250,000 euros a day or up to 100 million euros if it does not comply with the court’s judgement,” according to Reuters.
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How to learn an opening
I'm a ~2100 Elo rated player at the moment, and lately I've been wondering about the best general way of learning openings, and eventually mastering them in some sense. Note that this question is not in the same spirit as the question What's a good way to learn opening theory?, already answered earlier.
My question is a general question about methods, in a few parts:
What are some good methods to pick up an opening you've never played before? Are there any differences in approach if the opening is somewhat familiar, or completely new (think going from the French to the e6 Sicilian as Black vs. going from the French to the Pirc as Black)?
If you've played an opening for a while, and you're not getting good results with the opening, how can you determine if the poor results depend on you not knowing enough theory/ideas or if it's more fundamental, like the opening not suiting your style?
How do you determine if an opening book/DVD/[Whatever thing that costs money] will help your understanding of an opening before buying it? It's not very fun to buy something that won't be very useful in the long run.
Is it even necessary to get books on openings to learn them? How much more difficult is it really to learn openings without books, and what are necessary things to consider if you're trying to learn an opening by studying games in a big database? How much does this depend on player level?
How much time is it reasonable to assume that it takes to master an opening on average? How much does this depend on the type of opening? Take, for example, the London system as White vs. the King's Indian Defence as Black, where the first is a "system opening" that's not very sharp, and the latter is incredibly sharp and complicated.
I don't think that this is the type of question that can have only one good answer, and I would hope to see different people mentioning their methods of choice for learning openings. It's not easy to learn to play an opening well, if you don't know what's necessary to learn. I mean, otherwise every grandmaster would be as good on the Black side of the Najdorf Sicilian as MVL.
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ScoungedScounged
Understanding the ideas behind opening moves is very important, as others have pointed out. For memorisation, some use a spaced repetition system: chess.stackexchange.com/a/8354/10867. For a spaced repetition method that does not rely on computers, see chess.stackexchange.com/questions/15060/…. – IkWeetHetOokNiet Aug 3 '16 at 9:49
2100 online doesn't count - no offense. What's your OTB? – Jossie Calderon Jun 30 '19 at 14:57
@JossieCalderon I'm not sure if this is a troll comment or not, but in either case Elo rating is the same thing as OTB rating. If you'd like to know my current rating, please look at the following FIDE profile: ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=1716816 – Scounged Jul 1 '19 at 9:39
Try to understand the key idea behind the opening, and try to relate each of the main moves to it. If you can't do this, you don't understand the opening.
First test the new opening by playing it against players weaker than you (in your case, <2000). If you are getting bad results, it means that the opening doesn't suit your style. Then test the new opening against players stronger than you (>2200). If you are winning more games that usual, the opening is "value added;" otherwise it's "back to the drawing board.
If I buy a book or DVD, it's because something I've seen makes a "lightbulb" go off in my head. If I don't have this "aha" moment, I don't buy the item.
The greater your strength, the less benefit you will receive from books, and the more benefit from your own study. If you are the "smartest kid in class," you won't benefit much from reading others' papers.
Depending on the opening, mastery could take from a few months to years. Some GMs spend a lifetime trying to understand one opening.
By part:
If you're interested in learning a new opening, I recommend considering the following:
Know your preferred style of play: positional or tactical
Know your areas of strength: memorization, calculation, tactical vision, stamina, cool-headedness, etc.
Decide how much time you want to spend learning (and keeping up with) the opening
These factors will all influence the decision of which opening to study; don't do this by feel. For example, successfully using the London System is largely based on strategic concepts; there are very few traps and forcing lines. As a result, the established theory isn't very deep. The King's Indian Defense, on the other hand, is the complete opposite: it's full of traps and forcing lines, and the theory runs to 20 moves and more in some lines. Just look at Beating the King's Indian and Benoni, by Anatoli Vaisser, which is almost completely dedicated to the 4 Pawns Attack variation, and has an average of 7 games per page for 114 pages (that's nearly 800 games) as reference material.
Unfortunately, we can't assume that because a few of the same moves occur in two openings that they are similar in nature, either in the degree of complexity or the strategic / tactical balance. The "...e6 Sicilian" you refer to includes the Taimanov, Szen, Pin, Kan and Closed variations, as well as the Marshall. The French Defence has almost nothing in common with these, largely because in almost every French variation White plays either e5 at some point or exd5, while in the 195 distinct lines of the Sicilian Defense (by ECO code), White plays e5 in only 7 of them, and exd5 in only 1.
This makes the French a cramped, counterattacking defense where White holds d4 and even e5 as long as possible, while Black tries to liquidate the e5 pawn and open the f-file. By contrast, in the Sicilian White loses the d4 pawn immediately in all of the Open-related variations (Closed and Alapin are the main exceptions), and Black fights on the half-open c-file. Not much in common there.
However, there are some similarities between Black-and-White mirrors of the same opening, such as the KID and the King's Indian Attack, and the Sicilian Dragon and the English Sicilian Reversed or the English Bremen, Reversed Dragon. Similarly, the Dutch Defense and Bird's Opening have strong similarities.
Cause of poor opening results: First, you have to determine that the opening was the problem. An analysis of the games should determine that:
You played the first out-of-book move, when book moves with good results were available in the position, and
An engine determines that the positional evaluation dropped by at least 0.30 pawns as a result of the novelty
If these are true, then you don't know the opening well enough. If, on the other hand, the evaluation didn't change much after you played your last book move, then the opening was fine (and not the problem).
On value of books: Read the reviews. I find these extremely valuable. I was once interested in booking up on the Glek Variation of the KID as White, to prepare for an opponent. Several books I was considering claimed to address it, but the reviews revealed that the treatment was cursory, and I was able to eliminate them from consideration. But you need to be able to learn the opening from the book when you find it; read, practice, test, repeat.
You can certainly learn an opening by playing master games in it. Pick some where the players are equally rated, and a few where the stronger player was playing your opening vs a weaker player. Start with the imbalanced games first. If you can determine that the positional evaluation shifted during the opening (in the first 12-15 moves), you're looking at a demonstration of how to use the opening to win. Then, play through the games between the equally-matched players. Because they foil each other's intentions, you won't see the themes unfold, but you should be able to spot how a strong player avoided the problems a weaker player ran into.
I don't recommend this approach over using an opening reference, though. If the latter's any good at all, you'll save hours of time distilling the key elements and themes of the opening. For learning a new opening, I can strongly recommend the "Starting Out" series by Everyman Publishing; they publish in both paperback and e-book versions. Go from there.
This is very much a "your-mileage-may-vary" situation. You can learn to play the London passably in a weekend (say, 4-6 hours), but you won't be decent at the King's Indian for months (i.e. you'll have a decent chance to win if you get to carry out the general ideas, but good opposition will very likely kill you with tactics and traps repeatedly until you're familiar with them and how to avoid them). That said, the KID leads to fewer draws and more decisive games than the London System, and if you're a good tactician and weak on strategy, the KID's a pretty good weapon.
jaxterjaxter
After you've learned all the theory, try to understand all the concepts and ideas of each of the moves in the opening, go through many games in that opening between strong players, and play MANY games vs human/computer in that opening and use an engine to find your mistakes.
If you fully understand the ideas behind the opening, you should be able to find out what type of style the opening is, and by playing many games, you should be able to find out your own style. To find out what caused your poor results get an engine and see where you went wrong! Also check through the theory of the opening again/go through similar strong games to see if you went wrong in the theory.
Before you buy a book/DVD, you normally get to preview the product, (e.g. reading the book, watching the provided first part of the series etc.) If this preview makes you feel, "hmm... This seems like it could potentially increase my knowledge of the opening!" then buy it! Also take in to consideration the author of the product.
Books are just one of the many ways for you to Lear openings, (e.g. DVD, books, coach etc.) and I think these are all valid ways for you to learn an opening. However, unless your a gm I don't think just looking through games in a database is sufficient to learning the opening since it doesn't provide you with the ideas behind the opening like the other options, just plain moves. Sure, looking through games is a useful tool to learning openings but you can't solely rely on it.
How long it takes depends on how complicated the opening is as you mentioned, your personal situation, and what you define as mastery. I think different openings do take different amounts of time to master, but generally it should take you at least a couple of months to master. Not learn, but master!
AnlanAnlan
I've done that kind of training to understand my opponent's openings better and also to switch from one form of my primary defense to another branch of the tree.
The learning is easier when you can relate it to what you already know. Study books, study it yourself alone, play blitz, talk to someone else who plays it or against it.
I found years ago that when I played 1. d4 2. c4 openings I was horrible. I couldn't face hyper-modern defenses well. Then I understood the advantages on the Black side better and I understood both sides well enough to eventually learn to play a passable White side. In that instance I didn't study books because I was playing a variety of White openings: Catalan, English Open variation, QGD, etc.
On a couple of other occasions I doubted my Black defense to 1. e4. I switched by reading a little blue booklet by a Russian I'd never heard of (Nikitin). It turns out he (GM Nikitin) was the personal trainer of child prodigy Garri Kasparov and that he and Kasparov later wrote a regular book on that defense. It was an eye-opener, but I learned a lot from that one little booklet and played that defense for years.
Many years later I switched again. I had studied Tal's great book and saw how he played the defense. I changed to his variation and began reading books about it. I really was terrible at it at first, but I played it whenever I could. Over time I got better and feel at home with it now. I also played it with the aid of Houdini against other computer programs of various strengths. That's an interesting study method.
Current USCF rating 21?? Peak 2212
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When I first learn an opening I work out the main lines in a sort of skeleton format. I generally go about 8 moves and then look at the key variations. I then write out the main ideas (actually type out but whatever works for you). Then I play a lot of blitz games adding to my analysis and knowledge as I go. After a certain point you'll realize you know the opening better than almost everyone you play. That's when I go in and fine tune things. Analyze your weaker lines, look at results etc.
To answer your other questions:
I would approach everything as new to avoid getting locked into tunnel vision.
Analyze your games. Break it down by end of theory, end of opening, middle-game and endgame. Evaluate the positions using engines and databases, books and any other resources you have. Ask yourself where you're struggling the most.
The same way as anything else. You can look at reviews or whatever or maybe check them out at a library or read samples online. If I'm going to spend time on an opening I want several books and then I'll check their quality based on the other books, engines and databases. I'm more concerned with the openings themselves than the books.
I like having books to explain ideas. You could probably learn everything without the books but it would take longer. Plus, it's nice to have Silman explain that specific position rather than guess at it yourself based on what you learned from his books.
It depends entirely on the opening. I once studied Alekhine's defense and within roughly 3-4 hours I was scoring better than I ever had with any e4 defense. On the other hand something like the Dragon or Najdorf probably takes a lifetime commitment.
There's no such thing as a London vs a KID. Every position has one opening. A 2100 rated player should know that. I get what you're saying system vs system but still at your level you should understand each position is unique. Systems are only general ideas. I would be completely shocked if someone could reach your level and not understand how to handle transpositions.
At your level you really should be at the point where you start putting together a cohesive rep and deciding whether or not you want to "specialize" in a specific opening like the Najdorf or Dragon or whether it's a better use of your time to learn other openings. A lot of it depends on your goals.
Savage47Savage47
Long time since I posted this question, but it's fun that it still gets some attention. However I have some trouble understanding what message you're trying to convey in the second to last paragraph. When I wrote KID vs. London I meant that the required in-depth knowledge of sharp lines differs quite a lot between these openings, since the London is quite a laid-back opening that allows for transpositions while as a contrast the KID requires long exact sequences of moves in a plethora of lines if one wishes to avoid immediate disaster. – Scounged Nov 1 '19 at 16:58
@Scounged- Fair enough. I misread it. It seemed to me that you meant playing one opening against another which is a common misconception. – Savage47 Nov 6 '19 at 8:48
I mastered the Nimzo-Indian when I was relatively new to playing chess, by playing every game of the 1953 candidates tournament l, which had the top grandmasters playing to compete for the world championship. It turned out that the bulk of the games were Nimzo-Indians.
I would recommend getting game collections and recent tournament books of GM games and play only those games with the opening that you picked to master.
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KORG’s ARP Odyssey Remake to be Revealed in January
Peter Kirn - December 26, 2014
KORG has now made it public: we’ll get to see their ARP Odyssey, a remake of the classic 1970s synth involving one of the original creators, in January. Some sort of working unit at the NAMM trade show seems a likely thing to hope for.
And we can also see from the image they’ve posted that they’ve opted to recreate the third-generation ARP aesthetics, faithfully reproducing the black-and-orange labels. (Click for a full-size version, without the text.)
The Odyssey is a reasonable enough synth to reissue. Moog Music has already corned the Minimoog and KORG themselves the legendary MS-20; the ARP Odyssey is a logical rival to those units, a 2-oscillator, standalone synth in a keyboard. Just as it was a more affordable, accessible entry point to the ARP 2600, so, too, is an ARP Odyssey remake today.
I’ll echo what many have been saying in recent days to me privately and in comments: just like rebooting Hollywood films, there’s a limit to how much vintage gear we’d want reissued. For instance, to Bob Moog’s credit, his Minimoog Voyager was a reimagining of the earlier instrument, not a reissue. And there’s room for other gear, too. Speaking of which: why not a sequencer? (KORG has given us now two sizes of MS-20 but not the SQ-10 sequencer that’d make all this gear more fun.)
Still, I’m not concerned. There’s plenty of synth action out there, from wild iPad synths to weird boutique models. It’s hardly as though everything is a remake.
The question now is how serious Behringer was about their own rival ARP. They’ve gone for more retro styling in their mockup, and there’s that interesting-looking display in the corner. But we’ve yet to see whether this was just a social media tease or if, bizarrely, the market will have two competing Odyssey reissues.
Anyway, next month, we’ll know more. Back to your mulled ciders and egg nogs and such; nothing to see here that you haven’t already seen. (I love the 70s.)
For now, for the first time, ever, ARP has its own official website:
http://www.arpsynth.com/en/
Welcome to the alternate universe.
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by Dennis Crouch
When I first wrote about Amgen v. Amneal, I focused on the patent law issue regarding Markush groups in the patent claims. Here, I want to circle back to the question appellate jurisdiction. I’ll be teaching the 2nd semester of Civil Procedure at Mizzou this spring and appellate jurisdiction is the the first topic up for grabs.
Most patent infringement litigation reaches the Federal Circuit under the “final judgment rule” which creates appellate jurisdiction over cases “appealed from a final decision of a district court.” 28 U.S.C. 1295(a)(1). Final decisions “are decisions that end litigation on the merits and leave nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment.” Slip op.; Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay, 437 U.S. 463, 467 (1978). Thus, in a patent case involving infringement claims and invalidity defenses, both must be resolved before appeal. (Note here, that there are some, albeit limited, options for interlocutory appeals prior to final judgment).
In Amgen, the district court issued an infringement decision (against Zydus) but did not resolve questions of whether the asserted patent is valid and enforceable — explaining that:
The Court has not yet held trial on Zydus’ bifurcated invalidity counterclaims and defenses. . . . An invalidity trial will be scheduled by this Court if necessary following disposition of appeal proceedings.
Amgen Inc. v. Amneal Pharm. LLC., No. 1:16-cv-00853-MSG (Oct. 9, 2018), ECF No. 405. Because the invalidity issues were still unresolved, the decision was not final. Still, Zydus appealed and included only a conclusory jurisdictional statement that jurisdiction is proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(1) since the district court issued its final judgment:
The district court then issued a final judgment on October 9, 2018, in favor of Amgen against Zydus. . . . This Court has jurisdiction over the cross-appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(1).
Zydus brief. Amgen also did not challenge jurisdiction in its briefing. However, the appellate court is obligated to ensure itself of jurisdiction before moving forward.
At oral arguments, the appellate panel recognized the problem and questioned Zydus’s attorney during oral arguments who – after consulting with his client in the courtroom – agreed to “give up” its invalidity defense. [Oral arguments beginning at min 18]. In its decision, the Federal Circuit found that concession sufficient to cure jurisdiction. “Zydus’s representation effectively cures the jurisdictional defect in its notice of appeal because the contingency identified by the district court—Zydus’s potential invalidity defense and claim—is nullified.”
Too Short Analysis: The Federal Circuit did not cite any precedent or statute to support its conclusion that the oral-argument waiver can cure the lack of final judgment. The procedure principles here fall within the umbrella of “cumulative finality.” Most courts have accepted the notion that a premature appeal can be cured by a subsequent entry of final judgment by the district court. However, some courts have taken an alternative approach. Here is how Prof. Lammon explained the situation in his recent article:
[The cumulative finality] rule of appellate jurisdiction allows certain subsequent events to save a premature notice of appeal filed after certain district court decisions.
The general rule cannot be stated any more precisely, however, because the cumulative finality doctrine is currently a mess.
Bryan Lammon, Cumulative Finality, 52 Ga. L. Rev. 767 (2018). In his article, Lammon explains that the Eighth Circuit along with the Federal Circuit have traditionally held the narrowest views of cumulative jurisdiction and has previously required appellants to re-file their case after a proper final judgment rather than curing appellate jurisdiction on the fly. Lammon does not address whether the Federal Circuit should be following its own law on this issue or instead be applying the law of the regional circuit court of appeals. In a separate paper on finality, Lammon also explains that the meaning of “final decision” is not quite the simple definition that I used above.
The federal courts have given the term “final decision” a variety of meanings. Those meanings often deviate from–and are occasionally inconsistent with–the standard definition…
Bryan Lammon, Finality, Appealability, and the Scope of Interlocutory Review, 93 Wash. L. Rev. 1809 (2018).
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Let me note one failure of lawyering in the case: Although district court’s purported final judgment was not actually a final judgment as to Zydus, it did include a permanent injunction against Zydus as shown in the image below. The injunction is relevant because it fits within one of the exceptions to the final judgment rule. In particular, a district court’s decisions involving injunctive relief are directly appealable even if not part of a final judgment. “[T]he courts of appeals shall have jurisdiction of appeals from: (1) interloctutory orders of the district courts . . . granting, continuing, modifying, refusing or dissolving injunctions, or refusing to dissolve or modify injunctions…” 28 U.S.C. 1293(a).
Thus, it looks to me like Zydus’ attorney had a proper grounds for jurisdiction without giving-up its invalidity defense.
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Prof. Lammon has also briefly written about the case on his blog “FinalDecisions.org“.
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Cancelling a Covenant-Not-To-Sue
Molon Motor and Coil Corp. v. Nidec Motor Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2020)
In a divided opinion, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s summary judgment against the patentee Molon — holding that a 2006 covenant-not-to-sue remained in force despite a subsequent 2007 settlement agreement stating that prior covenants “concerning the subject matter hereof” are “of no further force or effect.”
The Subject Matter of a Contract: The majority opinion penned by Judge Lourie and joined by Judge Hughes concludes “that the two agreements concern different subject matter” and and thus finds the merger and cancellation clause inapplicable. Writing in dissent, Judge Reyna came to the opposite conclusion since both the 2006 covenant and the 2007 settlement agreement focused on a license to practice the ‘915 patent.
In the 2006 Covenant, Molon granted Merkle-Korff [Nidec’s predecessor] a bare license to practice the ’915 patent in any market. In the 2007 Settlement, Molon granted Merkle-Korff an exclusive license to practice the ’915 patent in the Kinetek Exclusive Market only. Both licenses relate to the same subject matter—the right to practice the ’915 patent. Thus, the 2007 Settlement’s merger clause, which wiped away all prior covenants with the same subject matter, wiped away the 2006 Covenant.
Judge Reyna in dissent. Judge Reyna appears to have the better argument — although not good enough to convince Judges Lourie and Hughes. Further, Nidec’s counsel Rudy Telscher did an excellent job marshaling Illinois cases that supported his client’s position.
The difference in interpretation between these judges is a matter of contract interpretation under Illinois law. Unfortunately, the majority’s statement of Illinois law is not too helpful: “Illinois courts have cautioned against defining ‘subject matter’ too broadly or too narrowly.”
Some Background on the First Lawsuit: Molon sued Markle-Korff on family-member patent (US6054785), and the defendant responded with a declaratory judgment couinterclaim against Molon’s Patent (US6465915). At that time, Molon was not interested in litigating the ‘915 patent and issued the 2006 covenant-not-to-sue.
Molon hereby forever covenants not to sue Merkle-Korff for patent infringement … under …
the ’915 patent … with respect to any and all products previously or presently made,
used or sold by Merkle-Korff in the United States. …
2007 Covenant. The district court dismissed the ‘915 patent claims but that first lawsuit continued with Molon’s originally filed infringement claims regarding the ‘785 patent. In 2007 the parties settled the ‘785 lawsuit with an exclusive license agreement that extended beyond the original lawsuit itself to include more than a dozen Molon patents (including foreign patents and the ‘915 patent). A difference between the 2006 covenant and the 2007 settlement was the scope of license.
2006 covenant – non-exclusive license to “any and all products previously or presently made, used or sold by Merkle-Korff.”
2007 settlement – exclusive license restricted to the “Kinetek Exclusive Market.” (The briefing explains that the “Kinetek Exclusive Market” is a specific confidential customer list that the licensee is allowed to sell to.)
As mentioned above, the 2007 agreement also states that prior agreements “concerning the subject matter hereof” are “merged” and “of no further force or effect.” However, the 2007 agreement does not particularly and explicitly revoke the 2006 agreement.
Fast forward to 2016 — Molon filed a new lawsuit against Nidec — successor in interest to Merkle-Korff. The new suit alleges that Nidec is selling beyond the Kinetek market and the big question here is whether the original broad covenant is still in effect.
For the majority, the big difference between the two promises is exclusivity:
There are fundamental differences between an exclusive license and a nonexclusive license, particularly in the context of standing to assert a claim for patent infringement. In essence, an exclusive licensee has an interest in the patent sufficient to establish an injury when a third party infringes, akin to an ownership interest, while a nonexclusive licensee has no such interest in the patent and merely enjoys freedom from suit. Under this framework, it cannot be said that an exclusive license and a nonexclusive license necessarily concern the same subject matter, even though both licenses include the same patent.
Id. The holding here then is that the original covenant was not cancelled — and so the patentee has no case.
One interesting additional issue not addressed here is the extent that a unilateral covenant-not-to-sue can be revoked, even by agreement. If we think of the covenant as a conveyance (of property rights), a revocation would ordinarily be insufficient to transfer rights back to the patentee. Rather, we would need an express conveyance or release. A covenant-not-to-sue could also be seen as an abandonment of rights — something like a ‘release.’ Historically courts have distinguished between a release and a covenant-not-to-sue, although that distinction appears to have lifted based as covenants now operate as a complete bar to a subsequent underlying action rather than their historical role of only creating a breach of contract action. See Skilstaf, Inc. v. CVS Caremark Corp., 669 F.3d 1005, 1017 (9th Cir. 2012).
Google v. Oracle: Amici Weigh in on Why the Supreme Court Should Reverse the Federal Circuit’s Rulings
Guest post by Professor Pamela Samuelson, Berkeley Law School
In the past week 28 amicus curiae briefs were filed in the Google v. Oracle case, including one written by me and Catherine Crump (of which more below). All but two support reversal of one or both of the Federal Circuit’s copyrightability and fair use rulings.[1]
Especially significant are IBM’s brief with Red Hat arguing against the copyrightability of computer interfaces and Microsoft’s brief criticizing the Federal Circuit’s unduly rigid fair use analysis and indifference to the need for flexible rules that promote interoperability in today’s highly connected world. The briefs are substantively excellent, and significant because these firms are such prominent developers of software.
For those interested in the case who are not computing professionals, I recommend the amicus briefs submitted by 83 computer scientists and by the Developers Alliance which explain the Java API technology and why reuse of Java declarations and interfaces generally is so important to enabling compatibility. Several other briefs, including one for the Center for Democracy and Technology et al., and another for R Street and Public Knowledge, offer numerous examples of compatible software systems that benefit consumers as well as software developers
By my count, more than half of the 28 amicus briefs focus only on the copyrightability issue and another 9 address both the copyrightability and fair use issues. Only 4—the Microsoft, Tushnet, Snow, and Rauschenberg Foundation briefs–address only fair use. This was a something of a surprise given that the fair use decision seems quite vulnerable to challenge. After all, a jury rendered a verdict in favor of Google’s fair use defense, and appellate courts are supposed to defer to jury verdicts. Several amicus briefs take the Federal Circuit to task for substituting its judgment on the merits for the jury’s as to issues about which there was conflicting evidence in the record. Also much criticized are the Federal Circuit’s analysis of the four fair use factors and the manner in which it weighed the factors together.
One very pragmatic reason why some amici would prefer that the Court rule on the copyrightability issue over the fair use issue is that fair use is a fact-intensive, complex, and much debated limitation on copyright. Google may be able to litigate software interface copyright cases for a decade or more, as it has done in this case, but startups and other small and medium-size companies as well as open source developers would prefer the certainty of a no-copyright-in-interfaces rule, as several amicus briefs pointed out. If the Court rules that interfaces are not protectable by copyright law, litigation over reuses of interfaces is much less likely. And if some developer does bring suit, chances are good that the case can be won on a motion to dismiss or for summary judgment
Software developer and industry association amici point to a longstanding consensus on the distinction between interfaces and implementations: interfaces should be free for reuse as long as developers reimplement the interfaces in independently created code. The Federal Circuit’s Oracle decisions have upset settled expectations in the industry, and if the Court upholds them, it would have, as Microsoft asserts, “potentially disastrous consequences for innovation.”
The American Antitrust Institute was among the amici that emphasized the potential for copyright in program interfaces to have anti-competitive effects by entrenching dominant firms and creating barriers for new entrants in the software business. This is particularly of concern in view of network effects which, even without interface copyright monopolies, make it difficult for users and developers to switch to new systems.
The Computer & Communications Industry Association and the Internet Association amicus brief provides a historical review of the evolution of software copyright caselaw. Although a few early decisions construed copyright as providing broad protection to program structures such as interfaces, landmark decisions by the Second and Ninth Circuits recognized that interfaces which constitute the functional requirements for achieving compatibility among programs should not be protectable by copyright law. Other courts followed these rulings. The Oracle decision deviates from this body of caselaw. Some amici regard interfaces as patent, not copyright, subject matter.
The amicus brief Catherine Crump and I co-authored and submitted on behalf of 72 intellectual property scholars positioned the pro-compatibility decisions within the framework of the Supreme Court’s 19th-century rulings in Perris v. Hexamer and Baker v. Selden, which originated the exclusion of methods and systems and their constituent elements from the scope of copyright; dozens of decisions applying these exclusions; their codification in 17 U.S.C. § 102(b); and caselaw applying these exclusions to software interfaces that enable compatibility. Our brief also explains why the District Court’s alternative ruling in favor of Google’s merger defense was consistent with Baker and its progeny and that merger provides a sound basis for finding that program interfaces that enable compatibility, such as the Java SE declarations, are unprotectable by copyright law.
Oracle will obviously have a different take on these issues when it files its brief due February 12. Amici in support of its position must submit their briefs within the following week.
Google will have an opportunity to file a reply brief in mid-March. Oral argument before the Court may be scheduled in late March.
[1] Although the American Intellectual Property Law Association is one of the briefs in support of neither party, the substance of its arguments on both the copyrightability and fair use arguments are quite close to the positions of Google and pro-interoperability amici. The other “neutral” amici were the Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol Foundations which expressed concern about a possible interpretation of fair use that would undermine artistic freedom to engage in creative reuses by artists.
“Nonappealable” means Not Keeping the PTAB in Check
Biodelivery Sciences Int’l. v. Aquestive Therapuetics, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2020)
The Federal Circuit has denied en banc rehearing in this case that focuses primarily on the ability of the appellate court to keep the PTAB in-line. In this particular case, the PTAB did not follow a prior remand order from the Federal Circuit. In particular, in a prior SAS appeal, the Federal Circuit indicated that the PTAB should hold trial on “each claim challenged.” Instead, the PTAB decided to dismiss the whole case — finding it it be “inefficient and expensive” to include the additional grounds. Judge Newman argues that such disobedience should be treated swiftly. She writes:
I write because of the significance of the balance of agency and judicial authority, and the rules of procedural law in the administrative state.
Instead of complying with the Remand Order, the PTAB withdrew all of its past actions as to these proceedings, although past actions were not the subject of the remand. . . . Nonetheless, my colleagues hold that the PTAB is not required to comply with the court’s Remand Order, and further hold that this non-compliance is not reviewable. This action raises critical issues of agency authority, judicial responsibility, and the constitutional plan.
Judge Newman dissenting from En Banc Denial.
Final and Nonappealable: construed as “may be reconsidered” and not reviewable in “at least some circumstances.”
Parallel District Court and ITC Litigation
Eko Brands v. Adrian Rivera Maynez Enterprises (Fed. Cir. 2020)
ARM’s US Patent 8,720,320 covers a Keurig coffee-machine adapter. Typical cartridges are single-use — rendered ineffective after being pierced by the brewer during operation. ARM’s device isn’t pierced and so retains its effectiveness over multiple uses.
ARM filed an ITC complaint against Eko and others. Although the ITC ruled that several claims were invalid for lacking written description (e.g., claim 5), Eko defaulted with respect to claims 8 and 19 and the ITC issued an exclusion order with respect to those claims.
Subsequently, Eko filed a district court declaratory judgment action to collaterally attack the ITC ruling as to claims 8 and 19. The district court complied and found the claims not-infringed (summary judgment) and invalid as obvious (jury verdict). The district court also awarded attorney fees to Eko as the prevailing party in what it found to be an exceptional case.
5. A beverage brewer, comprising:
a brewing chamber;
a container, disposed within the brewing chamber and adapted to hold brewing material while brewed by a beverage brewer, the container comprising:
a receptacle configured to receive the brewing material; and
a cover;
wherein the receptacle includes a base, having an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein at least a portion of the base is disposed a predetermined distance above a bottom surface of the brewing chamber, and at least one sidewall extending upwardly from the interior surface of the base,
wherein the receptacle has at least one passageway that provides fluid flow from an interior of the receptacle to an exterior of the receptacle;
wherein the cover is adapted to sealingly engage with a top edge of the at least one sidewall, the cover including an opening, and
wherein the container is adapted to accept input fluid through the opening and to provide a corresponding outflow of fluid through the passageway;
an inlet port, adapted to provide the input fluid to the container; and
a needle-like structure, disposed below the base;
wherein the predetermined distance is selected such that a tip of the needle-like structure does not penetrate the exterior surface of the base.
8. The beverage brewer of claim 5, wherein the container is reusable.
Note here that claim 8 adds a quite minor limitation that is probably already implied within the scope of claim 5.
On appeal, the Federal Circuit has affirming the claim construction and thus the resulting non-infringement and obviousness decisions. In the process, the appellate panel reiterated the lower court’s statement that “ARM’s insistence on trying [the case] was largely a charade used for the purpose of extending the life of the earlier ITC . . . order.”
Normal preclusion rules do not apply to interactions between the ITC and District Court. See, Tandon Corp. v. U.S. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 831 F.2d 1017, 1018 (Fed. Cir. 1987) (even appellate treatment of an ITC decision “does not estop fresh consideration by other tribunals”); S.Rep. No. 1298, 93d Cong., 2d Sess. 196 (“it seems clear that any disposition of a Commission action by a Federal Court should not have a res judicata or collateral estoppel effect in [infringement] cases before such [district] courts.”).
An invalidity decision in district court does not automatically cancel an ITC exclusion order. Rather, the ITC can rescind its decision based upon evidence that “the conditions which led to such exclusion from entry or order no longer exist.” Section 337(k)(1). Following the district court decision, the ITC issued a temporary rescission order that will likely be made permanent now — allowing Eko to keep importing.
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Note here that Judge Reyna dissented from Judge Dyk’s majority decision on claim construction of claimed “passageway that provides fluid flow from an interior of the receptacle to an exterior of the receptacle.”
The district court erred in its construction of “passageway” by rewriting the claims, including adding a negative limitation that is unsupported by the specification. . . .
The district court construed the term “passageway” as “a narrow space of some depth or length connecting one place to another.” This construction is not supported by the specification. The district court also interpreted “passageway” to exclude a receptacle “that utilized a broad, thin mesh.” This exclusion was raised sua sponte by the court and not argued by either party.
The majority suggested that the district court might have erred a bit in its construction but that Eko didn’t infringe either way.
In a turn of events, Eko also sued ARM for infringement and the jury sided with Eko. U.S. Patent No. 8,707,855. Although Eko won on infringement, the jury found no willful infringement. On appeal, Eko asked for a retrial of willfulness based upon improper jury instructions.
The jury instructions:
Eko argues that ARM willfully infringed the Eko
855 patent. . . . Willfulness requires you to determine whether Eko proved that it is more likely than not that the infringement was especially worthy of punishment. You may not determine that the infringement was willful just
because ARM knew of the Eko 855 patent and infringed it. Instead, willful infringement is reserved for egregious behavior, such as where the infringement is malicious, deliberate, consciously wrongful, or done in bad faith.
On appeal, the Federal Circuit found some fault with the jury instructions here — concluding that the instructions improperly intermix enhanced damages issues that are left for the judge. Rather, the jury’s role here is to address willfulness.
[T]he inclusion of the phrases “especially worthy of punishment” and “reserved for egregious behavior” in Jury Instruction 40 was erroneous.
However, on appeal, the Federal Circuit refused to order a new trial — holding that jury instructions must be considered as a whole – “we think that the instruction taken as a whole provides reasonable clarity as to the correct test for willful infringement.” In particular, the instructions allow for a finding of infringement that is simply “deliberate.” Later, the instructions also focus jury attention on intentional copying and belief of non-infringement. Those elements of the instructions were sufficient to cure the problematic language since “[t]he jury was reasonably informed that it could make a finding of willful infringement if it found that ARM deliberately or
intentionally infringed the ’855 patent.”
A Decade of Federal Circuit Decisions
January 13, 2020 PatentJason Rantanen
By Jason Rantanen
While most commentators are focusing on year-in-reviews, I thought it would be fun to do a decade-in-review using data from the Compendium of Federal Circuit Decisions, the publicly-accessible dataset that we’ve developed at Iowa Law containing information about all decisions by the Federal Circuit since 2008. You can access the Compendium via empirical.law.uiowa.edu/.
1. Decisions by origin
Recently, we updated the Compendium to include all decisions arising from origins other than the District Courts and USPTO. This lets us compare decisions across all origins along a variety of dimensions.
Figure 1 shows the distribution of Federal Circuit decisions by major source. A “decision” in the Compendium is defined as an opinion or Rule 36 affirmance. I’ve grouped origins with small numbers of appeals, including the Board of Contract Appeals, Department of Justice, and Department of Veterans’ Affairs, into the “other” category. (The figures link to larger versions.)
Or if strata are more your thing:
These graphs show the well-known increase in decisions arising from the USPTO (mostly from inter partes review proceedings), but also a decline in decisions arising from the MSPB. (These outputs match the inputs: the Federal Circuit’s statistics page indicates a decline in the number of docketed appeals arising from the MSPB.) While decisions arising from the district courts and the USPTO have crossed paths over the past few years, the number of decisions originating from the district courts is about where it began the decade. Overall, the court’s total output has risen by about 100 decisions/year during this time.
2. Precedential opinions by origin
Another way to assess a court’s output is in terms of its precedential opinions, as these constitute law on which future courts and parties rely. Below is a chart showing the Federal Circuit’s annual number of precedential opinions by major source of origin. The “other” group here includes the “other” category from the above graphs plus the Court of Appeals for Veterans’ Claims, Court of International Trade, and International Trade Commission.
Figure 3 shows precedential opinions in appeals arising from the district courts peaking at about 100 in 2014 and 2015, before falling to about 75 for the last few years. At the same time, the number of precedential opinions in appeals arising from the USPTO has risen substantially, from under 20 in 2013 to about 50-60 for the last few years.
3. Types of Decision by Origin
The below pie charts show the distribution of precedential opinions, nonprecedential opinions and summary affirmances under Rule 36. by source of origin for the entire period 2010-2019. About 30% of the Federal Circuit’s decisions consist of Rule 36 affirmances.
The lion’s share of precedential opinions and Rule 36 affirmances come from appeals from the District Courts and USPTO, nearly all of which involve patent issues. For nonprecedential opinions, it’s the opposite: about half of these of these are written in appeals from the MSPB and CAVC.
One other way of looking at the data on decision types by court of origin for the entire decade:
District court and PATO opinions: precedential, Rule 36 and nonprecedential
The final set of graphs for today are annual decisions from the USPTO and District Court by decision type.
If there are particular graphs of Federal Circuit decisions from the last decade that you’d like to see, send me an email and if we have the data I’ll try to generate them.
You’re welcome to play around with the data on your own. If you do use it for something that you publish, please include a citation to the Compendium. There’s a convenient cite form on the landing page for the database. You’re also welcome to use the above graphs in presentations, provided that you give credit to PatentlyO and the Compendium of Federal Circuit Decisions (https://empirical.law.uiowa.edu/compendium-federal-circuit-decisions).
More reading on the Compendium of Federal Circuit Decisions and methodology & cautions for case count data generally:
http://Empirical.law.uiowa.edu (Compendium website, with details and a copy of the Codebook)
Rantanen, J., The Landscape of Modern Patent Appeals, 67 Am. U. L. Rev. 985 (2018) (https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2013&context=aulr)
Rantanen, J., Empirical Analyses of Judicial Opinions: Methodology, Metrics and the Federal Circuit, 49 Conn. L. Rev. 227 (2017) (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2774307)
Rantanen, J., Administering Patent Law, 104 Iowa L. Rev. 2299 (2019) (https://ilr.law.uiowa.edu/print/volume-104-issue-5/administering-patent-law/)
Thanks to my research assistants for their work on the Compendium, especially Will O’Brien, Lindsay Kriz, Madison Murhammer-Colon, John Miscevich and Joseph Bauer.
Certiorari Denied in Eligibility Cases
The Supreme Court has denied certiorari in the three leading patent eligibility petitions:
HP Inc. v. Berkheimer (18-415)
Hikma Pharmas v. Vanda Pharmas (18-817)
Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative (19-430)
Although there are several other pending eligibility petitions, I gave these three the highest potential for certiorari. The result here is that the Supreme Court is now highly unlikely to take up eligibility anew this term. The one exception is the copyright case of Google v. Oracle where the court will likely discuss a dividing line between patentable and copyrightable subject matter.
Additional cases denied certiorari on Jan 13, 2020:
Power Analytics Corporation v. Operation Technology, Inc., et al., No. 19-43 (eligibility)
Regents of the University of Minnesota v. LSI Corporation, et al., No. 19-337 (sovereign immunity)
Garmin USA, Inc., et al. v. Cellspin Soft, Inc., No. 19-400 (eligibility)
Medtronic, Inc. v. Barry, No. 19-414 (meaning “ready for patenting” for on sale bar)
Chestnut Hill Sound Inc. v. Apple Inc., et al., No. 19-591 (due process and R.36 affirmances)
Nuvo Pharmaceuticals, et al. v. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, et al., No. 19-584 (written description need for experimental data proving claimed effectiveness)
Mushkin, Inc. v. Anza Technology, Inc., No. 19-610 (relation back to the original complaint)
There are several petitions that remain viable for this term:
ChargePoint, Inc. v. SemaConnect, Inc., No. 19-521 (eligibility)
Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. IBG LLC, et al., No. 19-522; Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. IBG LLC, et al., No. 19-353 (eligibility)
Apple Inc. v. VirnetX Inc., et al., No. 19-832 (apportionment and preclusion)
Maxell, Ltd. v. Fandango Media, LLC, No. 19-852 (eligibility)
Collabo Innovations, Inc. v. Sony Corporation, No. 19-601 (due process and takings for IPR proceedings against Pre-AIA patents)
Cisco Systems, Inc. v. SRI International, Inc., No. 19-619 (eligibility)
Chrimar Systems, Inc. v. Juniper Networks, Inc., et al., No. 19-829 (role of evidence beyond that raised in the IPR petition)
Morris Reese v. Sprint Nextel Corporation, et al., No. 19-597 (eligibility)
Although several of these petitions raise important points, none of them have received the attention or support of the ones denied today.
Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni
January 12, 2020 Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni
Recent Headlines in the IP World:
Paul Arena: Parallax Health Sciences Announces Patent Enforcement Initiative (Source: Yahoo Finance)
Corey M. Horowitz: Network-1 Receives Two New Patents from U.S. Patent Office Expanding Its Cox Portfolio To Include 35 Issued Patents (Source: Yahoo Finance)
Ian Lopez: Apple Handed Mixed Rulings in Bids to Ax Qualcomm Patents (1) (Source: Bloomberg Law)
Nat Levy: Solar-Powered Surface? Microsoft Wins Patent for Device Cover Lined with Charging Panels (Source: Geek Wire)
Source: FPO
Commentary and Journal Articles:
Prof. Lisa Larrimore Ouellette and Andrew Tutt: How Do Patent Incentives Affect University Researchers? (Source: SSRN)
Prof. Mark P. McKenna and Prof. Brett M. Frischmann: Comparative Analysis of Innovation Failures and Institutions in Context (S0urce: SSRN)
Prof. Daniel Benoliel: The Impact of Institutions on Patent Propensity Across Countries (Source: SSRN)
New Job Postings on Patently-O:
Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP
Myers Bigel, P.A.
Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti
MH2 Technology Law Group, LLP
Harrity & Harrity, LLP
The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.
Klintworth & Rozenblat IP
Ladders of Abstractions: How Many Rungs Till the Threshold?
January 9, 2020 PatentDennis Crouch
Maxell, Ltd., v. Fandango Media, LLC (Supreme Court 2020)
Maxell was originally a battery company (MAXimum capacity dry cELL). The $80b company has expanded into all sorts of digital media.
Its patents at issue in this case all relate to managing access to content sent over networks, such as videos provided through online rental and streaming services. U.S. Patents 8,311,389; 9,088,942, and 9,733,522 (all with 2000 priority date). [Update – These are the three patents listed in the petition, but that appears to be an error. I believe that Maxell intended to list 9,083,942 and 9,773,522 but switched a couple of digits.]
Maxell sued Fandango for infringement — alleging that the “FandangoNow” service infringed. The lawsuit was cut-short by the district court’s dismissal on the pleadings – finding the asserted claims ineligible as directed to the abstract idea of “restricting access to data” using “rules based upon time.” On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed without opinion following its internal R.36 procedure. Now, Maxell has petitioned the Supreme Court with a simple question:
Whether the claims at issue in Maxell’s patents are patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. 101, as interpreted in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 573 U.S. 208 (2014).
[Petition]. This petition is part of the pile of eligibility petitions, including Athena, Hikma, Berkheimer, and Trading Technologies.
The argument in Maxell focuses primarily on Alice Step 1 — whether the claim is directed to a patent ineligible concept. Maxell explains its position that the lower court went too-far in generalizing the concepts of the invention:
The court fundamentally erred at step one by describing the claims at too high a level of generality and failing to consider the digital context.
Id. The Supreme Court particularly warned against undue generalization in Alice — writing that at some level of generalization, all inventions involve an abstract concept. Alice.
Although Maxell’s innovations could be generally classified as a way of “restricting access to data” using “rules based upon time,” the company argues that this abstraction is not what was actually claimed:
[T]he patents do not claim the general concept of restricting access to data using rules; they claim particular solutions for restricting access
to digital audio/visual content using control information and rules sent to the user with the audio/visual file. Those solutions use two time controls to restrict access to copyright-protected content – a retention period and a playback permission period – according to specific rules set out in the claims. They protect copyright owners’ rights by restricting access to the audio/visual file to a limited period. And they optimize the user experience by allowing the user to choose when to use the audio/visual file, including when the user is offline.
Regarding Alice Step 2, Maxell suggests that the innovative concept is easier to identify once you recognize that the patent applications were filed back in the year 2000. However, the district court refused to consider evidence of inventiveness in its eligibility analysis.
In some ways, this case is simply asking the Supreme Court to recognize the USPTO’s eligibility examination guidelines as the law — a claim is only directed at an abstract idea if it recites an abstract idea.
The district court used the following claim as representative in its analysis:
13. A method, comprising:
transmitting audio/video information;
receiving the audio/video information;
storing the audio/video information on a storage medium; and
reproducing the audio/video information from the storage medium according to control information related to the audio/video information,
wherein the control information includes:
a first period for retaining the audio/video information on the storage medium, and
a second period, that begins at the start of an initial reproduction of the audio/video information, for enabling a start of a reproduction of the audio/video information stored on the storage medium, and
wherein,
in a case where an elapsed time from a retaining of the audio/video information is within the first period and an elapsed time from an initial reproduction of the audio/video information is within the second period, enabling a reproduction of the audio/video information, and,
in a case where a reproduction is started before the end of the first period and the reproduction is continuing at the end of the first period, enabling the reproduction to an end of the audio/video information beyond the end of the first period, and thereafter disabling a start of another reproduction of the audio/video information even if an elapsed time from the initial reproduction of the audio/video information is within the second period.
Note that the claim has interesting parallels to the claims invalidated in Mayo v. Prometheus.
Amgen v. Amneal Pharma (Fed. Cir. 2020)
Amgen’s patent at issue covers a drug formulation for treatment of hyperparathyroidism in particular situations sold under the trade name Sensipar with about $1b annual sales. U.S. Patent 9,375,405. Note here, that Amgen’s primary patent on the blockbuster drug expired in 2018, but this secondary formulation patent has been effective at keeping generics off the market.
Amgen sued Amneal, Piramal, and Zydus for infringement based upon their ANDA filings with the FDA. The district court ruled that the Zydus proposal would infringe, but that the proposed formulations by Amneal and Piramal would not infringe. On appeal, the Federal Circuit has vacated the verdict for Amneal on claim construction, but affirmed no-infringement by Piramal and infringement by Zydus. Thus, Piramal has something of a green-light to move ahead.
A major portion of the appeal focused on proper construction of a Markush group that required a “binder”:
A pharmaceutical composition comprising: . . .
from about 1% to about 5% by weight of at least one binder selected from the group consisting of povidone, [HPMC], … , and mixtures thereof.
‘405 patent claim 1.
The Markush Group claim form stems from a 1923 decision by the Commissioner of Patents that allowed a patent applicant to effectively define and claim a genus by enumeration of species within the genus. Ex parte Markush, 1925 CD 126 (Com. Pat. 1924). In Markush, the patent applicant attempted to claim a diazotized compound for making dyes that includes
material selected from the group consisting of aniline, homologues of aniline and halogen substitutes of aniline.
The applicant (Markush) had considered a broader descriptive genus such as “mono-amines” but concluded that to be too broad since it including too many non-working embodiments. The examiner though refused to examine the “alternative” claim form.
In his decision, the Commissioner in Markush concluded that there are “many instances in which a generic term covering a number of substances cannot properly be employed” and that a listing of alternatives may be the only way the applicant “may cover his real invention without filing a number of applications.”
Note here that Amgen’s Markush group is remarkably similar to that presented by Markush’s patent attorney Victor Borst back in 1925. The claim format has remained remarkably “stuck” as a limited mechanism for avoiding claim-in-the-alternative objections.
Amneal’s binder includes HPMC as recited in the claims, but also includes polyethylene glycol (PEG). The major question in the case here is whether Amgen’s Markush Group is “open” or “closed.” In other words, does the presence of the additional compound in the binder (PEG) avoid infringement. The district court found the claim closed to additional binding agents and thus that Amneal does not infringe. On appeal, however, the Federal Circuit rejected the claim construction:
There is no language in Amgen’s claim indicating that every binder … in the claimed formulation must be within the Markush group[]. Instead, the claim recites “at least one” binder … “selected from the group consisting of” various excipients. And the limitations merely require that those particular binders or disintegrants meet the specified weight-percentage requirements, which is not inconsistent with the overall composition containing other binders or disintegrants. The plain language of this claim requires “at least one” of the Markush members and certainly does not indicate that the only binders and disintegrants in the claimed formulation are those listed in the groups. And we do not see a sufficient basis for a different conclusion in the specification or in the prosecution history we have recited. . . .
[The claim] is satisfied when an accused product contains a component that is from the Markush group and that meets the limitation’s requirements for the component. It does not forbid infringement of the claim if an additional component is present functionally similar to the component identified in the Markush group limitation, unless there is a further basis in the claim language or other intrinsic evidence for precluding the presence of such additional components. There is no such basis here.
Slip Op. Thus, while the markush group itself may be closed (based upon its “consisting of” language), the claim as a whole is open (based upon its “comprising” transition in the claim’s introduction). With this broader claim interpretation, it looks like Amneal will be found to infringe.
Piramal’s proposed product is different in that its binder is a starch not listed in the Markush group. Thus, no literal infringement. Amgen unsuccessfully argued for infringement under the Doctrine of Equivalents. The problem was that the Markush group was added as part of a narrowing Examiner’s amendment that led to an allowance. (The group was already in a dependent claim — added to claim 1). Although the examiner asked for the amendment, Amgen argued on appeal that it wasn’t necessary to overcome the prior art because a separate amendment was sufficient. However, Amgen failed to provide an alternative purpose behind why the examiner asked for such an amendment. The Federal Circuit faulted that failure of alibi.
[I]f Amgen is correct … the Examiner proposed the Examiner’s Amendment for no purpose at all. Such a reading of the prosecution history is at best unpersuasive.
Slip Op. I’ll note here that the Federal Circuit appears shocked that an examiner would propose an amendment for no legitimate purpose. As a counterpoint, consider that a large portion of examiner rejections are later withdrawn by the examiner upon further consideration.
In any event, a narrowing amendment made fur the purposes of securing the patent triggers a presumption of prosecution history estoppel that would prohibit a claim of equivalents to re-claim the narrowed subject matter. One way to get around this presumption is to show that the narrowing amendment is tangential to the equivalent in question. Here, however, the starch used by Piramal is the same starch disclosed in the prior art overcome by the amendment. As the Federal Circuit has previously written: “an amendment made to avoid prior art that contains the equivalent in question is not tangential.” Intervet Inc. v. Merial Ltd., 617 F.3d 1282 (Fed. Cir. 2010).
Thus, the non-infringement holding of Piramal stands.
En Banc: Power of Customs & Border Protection
Sunpreme Inc. v. US (Fed. Cir. 2020) (en banc)
The Federal Circuit has issued an en banc decision in Supreme v. US, a case involving Customs & Border Protection (CBP) and antidumping / countervailing duty orders. The particular question presented was as follows:
When merchandise enters the United States, whether CBP may preliminarily apply an antidumping or countervailing duty order and implement certain measures to protect the public revenue, regardless of the clarity of the order.
Here, the particular duty order comes from two Dep’t of Commerce regulations that cover crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells but expressly exclude “thin film photovoltaic products produced from amorphous silicon (a-Si).” Products that fall within the order are subject to additional tariffs.
Sunpreme claims its products fall within the exclusion (and thus outside the Order), but CBP disagreed. Eventually the case went before the Court of International Trade (CIT) who characterized the DOC Orders as “ambiguous” with respect to Sunpreme’s modules. In its initial decision, the Federal Circuit agreed with regard to ambiguity:
This is not a close case. The Orders in this case cover certain solar modules and expressly exclude others, without providing a definition of the class expressly excluded. Sunpreme’s solar modules are hybrid products, mixing characteristics of the included and excluded solar cells.
Fed. Cir. Vacated Opinion (2019).
The ambiguity was important because CBP enforcement is seen as a ministerial action — CBP is not authorized to interpret or fill gaps in ambiguous orders. The court explained in its original opinion: “Ambiguity is the line that separates lawful ministerial acts from unlawful ultra vires acts by Customs.”
In its new en banc decision, the Federal Circuit has changed course — now holding that CBP has “authority to preliminarily suspend liquidation of goods based on an ambiguous antidumping or countervailing duty order, such that the suspension may be continued following a scope inquiry by Commerce.” In its decision, the full court found confirmed that CBP’s role is “ministerial” but found that its authorized ministerial acts include interpreting ambiguous orders from the CBP. In particular, CBP can make “individual product-by-product application decisions.”
Customs is tasked with determining, for every imported product, whether the product falls within the scope of an antidumping or countervailing duty order. 19 U.S.C. § 1500(c). That necessarily entails evaluating both the product and the order. In each instance, Customs is statutorily tasked with answering a yes-or-no question as to whether the order applies, in order to fix the duty owed. When the order is ambiguous, Customs is nonetheless called upon to answer the question. . . . Answering that question does not transform Customs’s yes-or-no question into an interpretive act that would “modify Commerce’s determinations” or otherwise impinge upon Commerce’s authority to issue and set the scope of duty orders.
En Banc Decision. The policy behind antidumping or countervailing duty orders is to protect US industry — and the Gov’t argued that the original opinion frustrated that policy by creating a likely procedural delay.
The issues in this case remind me of what happens with claim construction and infringement analysis in district court litigation. The Judge decides claim construction while the jury decides whether the product infringes those claims (as interpreted). When a judge fully construes a claim, a jury is left with almost nothing to do except the ministerial act of finding infringement. For tough infringement questions, there is always a tendency to argue that the claims should have been more fully construed. However, I believe that approach drains too much power from the finder of fact – the Jury.
Here, we have a similar situation in the Commerce case where the Orders are not ambiguous on their face, but do not fully define all potential situations. You might conclude that a new situation reveals ambiguity inherent in the order; Alternatively, you might instead conclude that the ambiguity is in how the situation applies to the order.
Single-Point-Of-Novelty Innovations and the Obvious-To-Try Analysis
Google v. Philips (Fed. Cir. 2020)
So far there are still no precedential opinions issued in 2020, and this is the first non-precedential patent related decision.
Philips’ patent RE44,913 (“text entry method”) claims a 2001 filing date. At that time, a key focus of mobile-device development was on how to facilitate typing on these small devices with relatively imprecise touchpads. The basic idea behind the invention can be seen in the two figures below. On the left is a “default” keypad with showing “primary characters.”; holding down the “5” key will then switch the display to the keypad on the rights that has more available options (“secondary characters”). After selecting one of those options, they keypad returns to the default state.
Philips sued Acer and others for infringement based upon their use of the Chrome and Android OS — that led Google to petition for inter partes review (IPR).
In its final decision, the PTAB sided with the patentee in holding that Google failed to prove that the claims were obvious. On appeal, the Federal Circuit has reversed.
On appeal here, the Federal circuit has reversed the PTAB’s final decision siding with the patentee and holding that Google failed to prove that the claims were obvious. The basic issue here is that there is only a minimal difference between Philips’ claimed invention and the key prior art reference. The court explains:
The parties do not dispute that the [Philips’] ’913 patent claim differs from that Sakata II method in only one respect. In the ’913 patent claim, after a secondary character is selected, the relevant key “return[s] . . . to the default state” rather than, as in the described Sakata II method, changing to the selected secondary character.
It was also clear that the “return-to-default” option was available and familiar to someone skilled in the art (e.g. shift key). Philips argued that particular step would not have been obvious-to-try since it one of many potential keypad techniques available. On appeal, the Federal Circuit rejected the “wide-scope inquiry” as a red herring in this case — finding language from KSR directly on point:
[W]hen a patent claims a structure already known in the prior art that is altered by the mere substitution of one element for another known in the field, the combination must do more than yield a predictable result.”
KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. (KSR), 550 U.S. 398 (2007). The Fed. Cir. explained somewhat obliquely that:
[T]he obvious-to-try inquiry at least sometimes must focus on known options at what is undisputedly the sole point of novelty in the claim at issue.
See Perfect Web Techs., Inc. v. InfoUSA, Inc., 587 F.3d 1324 (Fed. Cir. 2009). The practical point here is that inventions with a sole-point-of-novelty set themselves up as a target for an obviousness finding because the court will ask “if the sole contested step of the claim at issue was obvious to try, taking the remaining steps as a given.”
In this case, the Court found additional reasons for obviousness — notably the primary prior art reference was actually an improvement over prior return-to-default techniques.
Sakata II itself asserts that the character substitution at the last step provides an efficiency benefit over the evident alternative of requiring that the secondary-character menu be summoned each time one of those characters was to be re-used. . . . This efficiency assertion is on its face a comparative one, and what is plainly being compared to the Sakata II choice is the no-substitution option—where the primary character returns to the key upon disappearance of the secondary-character menu. That is Philips’s returnto-default claim element.
Slip Op. In the end, the appellate panel did not appear to directly fault the Board’s factual conclusions but rather Board’s legal analysis — in particular the meaning of “obvious-to-try” and its impact on the ultimate (legal) conclusion of obviousness.
We hold that claims 1 and 3–16 of the ’913 patent are unpatentable for obviousness. The Board’s decision is reversed.
January 5, 2020 Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni
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Guest Post: Against the Design-Seizure Bill
By Sarah Burstein, Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law
As previously covered here on Patently-O, a new design patent bill has been introduced in Congress. The so-called “Counterfeit Goods Seizure Act of 2019” would allow Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to seize goods accused of design patent infringement.
This bill is not reasonably tailored to address its purported goal of “stem[ming] the flow of counterfeit goods.” Instead, it will allow design patent owners to foist their private enforcement costs onto taxpayers, under circumstances that are unlikely to result in accurate determinations of infringement. Moreover, this type of ex parte, non-public system of adjudication is ripe for abuse.
I have three major groups of concerns about this bill: substantive, procedural, and rhetorical. This post will address them in turn.
Substantive concerns
First, CBP will not be in a position to make accurate determinations of design patent infringement.
The test for design patent infringement, as set forth by the en banc Federal Circuit in Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa, involves two steps. (For more on the Egyptian Goddess test, see this short essay.)
The first step requires a comparison of the claimed design (i.e., what’s illustrated in the patent) and the accused product. If those designs look plainly dissimilar, the test is over; there is no infringement. If the designs look like they might be the same, then the factfinder must consider the designs in light of the closest prior art.
This second step is important. Often, two designs that look similar in the abstract look much less so when considered in light of the prior art. Consider this recently-litigated example. The patented design is shown below on the left; the accused design is below on the right:
These two designs might not look plainly dissimilar in the abstract. But when viewed in light of the prior art, a number of visual differences become apparent:
Ultimately, the judge correctly concluded that the patent owner was not likely to prove infringement (though the path to that decision was a bit more circuitous).
How would this have turned out under the design-seizure bill? Who would have collected the closest prior art? There are many things to like about the Egyptian Goddess test, but one downside is that step two requires an informed and motivated defendant to work well. In an ex parte CBP proceeding, there is no one to play that role. CPB officials are not trained (and one assumes, lack the resources) to conduct their own prior art searches. And patent owners have zero incentives to provide any—let alone the closest—prior art when they record their patents or when they give CBP information about “suspect inbound shipments.” See generally 5 McCarthy on Trademarks § 29:37 (“Trademark owners that see a higher success rate in Customs seizures are typically the ones that continuously and vigilantly provide Customs with information to use in identifying suspect inbound shipments. Such information could include the names of known foreign counterfeiters, countries of origin, suspect importers, and the like.”)
If CBP skips (or lacks sufficient information to properly conduct) Egyptian Goddess step two, competing products could seized even when they don’t infringe. CBP could seize products that merely practice the prior art or that resemble the claimed design solely in functional aspects (for all but the most pioneering products, one would expect to find any truly functional elements in the prior art).
Thus, ex parte assessments of design patent infringement are likely to lead to significant over-enforcement. At least one other commentator has voiced similar concerns. Over-enforcement would chill legitimate competition and ultimately raise prices for consumers—the very consumers who would be footing the bill through their tax dollars.
In any case, it is simply not correct—as some proponents of this bill have asserted—that all CBP would have to do is look at the design patent and the accused product and see if they look the same.
Some might argue that CBP could review the prior art cited on a particular design patent. But that’s by no means guaranteed to be the closest prior art. Some of it may not even be available at the time of enforcement; USPTO examiners often cite web pages using basic URLs and link rot is a very real concern.
One proponent of this bill has asserted that “Customs officers have already effectively demonstrated the ability to determine whether imported goods infringe a design patent, through its ongoing enforcement of design-patent exclusion orders.” But how do we know that is true? What kinds of orders are being issued by the ITC? How broad (or narrow) are they? How can we know whether CBP is enforcing them well? While we can assume CBP does the best it can in the restraints under which it operates, any assertion about what that actually looks like in practice requires something more that ipse dixit before it can have any persuasive weight.
Procedural concerns
This bill raises also raises serious due process concerns. What recourse is there for competitors whose goods are improperly seized? What accountability is there for design patent owners who direct CBP officials to competing products that don’t actually infringe? Based on my experience reviewing design patent complaints, it appears that many attorneys are under the mistaken impression that design patents cover design concepts, when they really only cover the specifically-claimed designs. I call this “the concept fallacy.” It’s remarkably common in federal court filings. If members of the bar feel comfortable making such allegations in federal court, where they are subject to both judicial sanctions and public scrutiny, what allegations will they feel comfortable making to the CBP?
The non-public nature of these seizures is also a concern. How can we know how well the system is (or is not) working? Based on the information Professor Rebecca Tushnet has been able to gather about trademark seizures, it appears that the agency does not keep good records and its substantive determinations are guided by materials provided by trademark owners. One would assume that if the design-seizure bill were passed, groups like INTA, AIPLA, and/or IPO would be happy to provide their own guidelines for CBP. If that happens, any such materials should be made public, to ensure accuracy. (Hopefully, it won’t take a FOIA lawsuit like the one Professor Tushnet had to file.)
Rhetorical concerns
Finally, the entire framing of this bill is based on conflating design patent infringement with “counterfeiting.” Those two things are not the same.
“Counterfeiting” is a term of art in U.S. IP law. The Lanham Act defines a “counterfeit” as “a spurious mark which is identical with, or substantially indistinguishable from, a registered mark.” 15 U.S.C. § 1127.
Actual counterfeiting (i.e., as that term is defined in the Lanham Act) is arguably the worst type of IP infringement. But it’s already illegal. Indeed, it’s subject to criminal penalties.
If Congress thinks those remedies are not severe enough, it is free to increase them. But Congress should narrowly tailor any such efforts to acts that actually constitute counterfeiting. That’s not what’s going on here.
Proponents of this bill like to talk about “counterfeits without labels” (a strange concept in light of the relevant statutory definitions, but that’s an issue for another day) but the bill goes beyond anything that would seem to fall into that category.
Most design patents can be infringed by products that don’t replicate the entire appearance of the patent owner’s own product—if any. (Design patent owners, like other patent owners, aren’t required to produce products embodying their designs.) Even in the rare case where a design patent claims the entire shape and surface design of a product, that patent will still be infringed by a competitor who makes a product in that shape even if the color or material or some other non-shape attribute is so different that no one would mistake it for the original item.
Many (perhaps most) design patents claim just a small part of a larger design; the whole point of such patents is to capture competing products that don’t look the same overall. When an applicant claims a small part of a design, there is no requirement that it be an important or valuable part—let alone a part that would lead to serious consumer deception. (If you’re interested, I wrote more about these claiming techniques here and here.)
Over the years, I’ve heard many design patent attorneys say they want border enforcement. But it’s not because they’re worried about counterfeiting. They want it because it will make design patents more valuable—or at least seem more valuable—to their clients, which in turn makes it easier to sell their design patent prosecution services. (It’s perhaps not surprising that the push for CBP enforcement became more organized after the Supreme Court’s decision in Samsung v. Apple which, in the eyes of many, made design patents less valuable. The ultimate impact of that case, however, remains to be seen. For more on that case, see here; for more on the developments since then, see here.) While some proponents of this bill may truly, in their hearts of hearts, be worried about actual counterfeiting, the fact remains that many design patent attorneys want border enforcement for these other reasons.
We’ve seen this rhetorical technique before—in the past, proponents of broader copyright laws have used the word “counterfeiting” to conjure the specter of medicines laced with poisons and other horrors to scare legislators into enriching private rights holders. I hope Congress doesn’t fall for it.
PTO Informative Decisions: Patent Eligibility Rejection — Look to what is expressly “RECITED” in the claims
The USPTO has identified three recent PTAB decisions as “INFORMATIVE.” All three will be helpful to patent prosecutors and so should be considered:
Obviousness: Hulu, LLC v. Sound View Innovations, LLC, Case IPR2018-00582, Paper 34 (Aug. 5, 2019) (designated informative on Dec. 11, 2019) (finding insufficient justification to combine references);
Obviousness: Johns Manville Corp. v. Knauf Insulation, Inc., Case IPR2018-00827, Paper 9 (Oct. 16, 2018) (designated informative on Dec. 11, 2019) (denying institution based upon insufficient justification to combine references); and
Eligibility: Ex parte Linden, 2018-003323 (Apr. 1, 2019) (designated informative on Dec. 11, 2019) (reversing examiner rejection based upon 2019 Examination Guidelines for eligibility).
This post will focus on Linden, which is a patent application owned by BAIDU spun out of Prof. Andrew Ng’s lab at Stanford.
In Linden, the BAIDU patent application claims a method using a trained neural network to transcribing speech. The claimed method involves several data processing steps: normalizing the input (to the training data); generating a “jitter set” of audio files (time-distorted versions of the original); generating a spectrogram for each time-jiggered audio file; predicting character probabilities with the neural network; and transcribing the audio based upon character probabilities and a language model.
The examiner rejected the claims as directed to an abstract idea of manipulating data; creating information sets (based upon prior information sets); and decoding data. On appeal, the PTAB reversed — finding that the claim should not be classified as directed to an abstract idea under the 2019 Examination Guidelines. Under the Guidelines, abstract ideas must be classified as either:
Mathematical concepts;
Certain methods of organizing human activities; or
Mental processes.
* The guidelines note claims outside the enumerated groupings can be treated as abstract ideas, but only in “rare circumstance.” *
Here, the Board found that the transcription claims are not directed at these categories. Focusing first on mental processes and human activities, although transcription is a human/mental activity, the Board found that the specific process here (jiggering/spectrogram sets/etc.) cannot be “practically performed mentally” nor do they recite “organizing human activity” — which is defined as activities such as using fundamental economic principles, commercial and legal interactions, and managing relationships.
Regarding mathematical concepts. The claims here require several mathematical operations to be performed: jiggering; creating spectrogram; predicting character probabilities; etc. However, the Board found that none of these operations actually “recite” a mathematical algorithm or formula.
[T]he Examiner identifies that the Specification discloses an algorithm to obtain the predicted character probabilities. The mathematical algorithm or formula, however, is not recited in the claims. As such, under the recent Memorandum, the claims do not recite a mathematical concept.
Linden. In case you didn’t see it – this is bonkers. The Board here is saying that the claim would be problematic only if it actually and expressly recited the algorithm that it uses. Since the claim is drafted more broadly (i.e., at a higher level of abstraction), it cannot be seen as abstract.
The PTAB went on to explain that even if the claims did recite a mathematical concept — they are still not problematic because the claims as a whole are not “directed to an abstract idea” but rather any abstractions are “integrated into a practical application.”
Regarding Alice Step 2, the Board also faulted the examiner for failing to provide evidence that the claims do not include an inventive concept:
[T]he examiner concludes the claims do not include “any additional elements that amounts to significantly more than a judicial exception” but fails to provide sufficient factual support. Berkheimer.
Linden.
Typo by the PTO?. The Board identifies the case as “Ex PARTE LEE LINDEN, BENJAMIN LEWIS, AND ABHEEK ANAND.” This is confusing to me because none of these individuals are listed as inventors on the patent (Awni Hannum is the first named inventor).
How Many Patents Issued in 2019?
December 31, 2019 PatentDennis Crouch
New Record – 354,507 Utility Patents issued by the USPTO in 2019. The decade (2010s) also outstripped any other decade by leaps and bounds.
Take care Patently-O Commenters — Lawsuits are in the Air.
Three commenters to John Welch’s TTABlog were recently sued for defamation after criticising an attorney Lee Thomason who lost a case before the TTAB. I know both John and Lee (who recently retired as a clinical professor at OSU) which makes this a bit more interesting and unfortunate. Prof. Eugene Volokh has written more about the new lawsuit on his blog Volokh Conspiracy.
To be clear, the TTAB case was not simply lost on the merits. Rather, the TTAB issued a precedential decision cancelling Corcamore’s SPROUT registration as a sanction for bad behavior:
Respondent has been engaging for years in delaying tactics, including the willful disregard of Board orders, taxing Board resources and frustrating Petitioner’s prosecution of this case. In view thereof, Petitioner’s motion for sanctions in the form of judgment against Respondent also is granted pursuant to the Board’s inherent authority to sanction.
SFM v. Corcamore (TTAB 2018). Thomason represented Corcamore but was not personally sanctioned by the Board.
In his post, Welch did not identify Thomason by name but did make the comment: “What about a sanction against counsel?”
Three folks (all trademark attorneys) then added comments noting: (1) the attorney Thomason was a professor at The Ohio State; (2) the board “certainly ought to sanction” such behavior; (3) that the attorney is likely to blame because this is a procedure issue; and (4) that the attorney has been previously called out for unprofessional conduct.
The new defamation lawsuit filed in Federal Court in Kentucky accused Dreitler, Reidl, and deWolf of “volitional contacts with readers in Kentucky of the defamatory comments.” Prof. Volokh, whose expertise is defamation (inter alia), reviewed the filing and suggests that the claim will not stand, but promises an attempt to keep readers updated.
Read the complaint with exhibits here: https://reason.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ThomasonvDreitlerComplaint.pdf
Are you Smarter than a Law Student? Patent Exam 2019
My patent law course at Mizzou is primarily practice based — the students all write patent claims, reject claims, respond to office actions, and compete in a moot court competition. But, they also take a short exam. Here is the 2019 edition. – DC
Introduction: Mr. Crunch’s newest venture known as “Pause” is designed to help people relax and take a momentary meditative pause.
The basics: Crunch has designed an App (software program) to be installed an electronic device such as a mobile phone. At points in time throughout the day, the App will provide a notification “ding” to the user indicating that it is time for a meditative pause.
The notification sound: One special feature of the App is that the notification ding is specially designed to elicit a relaxation response. The default sound is modeled from a Tibetan Singing Bowl. However, App includes a customization process where App can measure a user’s relaxation response to the various sounds using biofeedback (heart rate; skin temperature; sweat gland activity; digestion via breath sensor, etc.) and then automatically select the most effective; alternatively a user can manually select from various sounds.
Timing of the notification: The other feature of the App is timing of the notification dings. Timing may be a pre-set time (such as 1:00 pm daily) or may be spaced randomly during awake hours. App may also rely on biofeedback to identify stressful points during the day and target those times for the ding.
Crunch conceived of the idea during a Kundalini Yoga session in August 2018. As he moved forward with development of the business, in September 2018 he fully disclosed all aspects of the invention to his banker (seeking a business development loan) and also to two software engineers that he hired on a contract basis to write the code. He also told everything to his spouse and <18 y.o. children, although not until January 2019.
It is now December 2019 and Crunch is ready to file his patent application. He understands that he cannot obtain a patent simply on an app that plays a sound. However, he thinks his customization processes are novel features. His proposed claim 1 is listed below.
1. A process for customizing an application stored on a mobile electronic device, wherein the application is designed to elicit a relaxation response in a user, the process comprising:
(a) customizing the notification sound:
causing the device to play a plurality of notification sounds for the user;
recording a biofeedback response for each notification sound, wherein the biofeedback response includes user heartrate; and
selecting a preferred notification sound based upon the biofeedback response; and
(b) customizing the notification timing:
measuring a stress level of the user based upon a biomarker, wherein the biomarker including user heartrate; and
selecting a notification time at a point of relatively higher stress.
Question 1. Is claim 1 directed toward eligible subject matter?
Question 2. Provide a concise argument why the USPTO should reject claim 1 as indefinite.
Question 3a. Crunch is concerned that his own pre-filing disclosures (as discussed above) might block him from receiving a patent. Do those disclosures qualify as prior art against his own application filing?
Question 3b If Crunch could go back in time, what are two steps he could have taken to better ensure that his pre-filing disclosures were not prior art?
Question 4. Crunch’s patent attorney performed a prior art search and found a publication from March 2019 describing an app that helps users maintain good posture. Key relevant features of the good-posture app publication:
It measures heartrate and provide a signal to users when heartrate slows telling users to improve their posture (apparently slumping typically occurs as heartrate slows);
Users can customize the signal according to their preferences. The publication suggests choosing a signal that the user finds pleasing.
Although the good-posture app is described in the printed publication, there is no evidence that the good-posture app was ever actually created. Will the good-posture publication prevent Crunch from obtaining a patent?
Question 5. The year is now 2021; Crunch’s US patent has issued without any amendment. An India-based company (Vishraam) has started distributing an app (globally) that is quite similar to Crunch’s proposal. A user has the option of customizing both the notification sound and the notification timing in same way claimed by the patent. Can Crunch hold Vishraam liable for patent infringement?
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Historic Underpinnings of the Inventor Rights Act of 2019
I received some questions regarding my statement that the provisions of the Inventor Rights Act of 2019 “have historic roots.” This post addresses those in more detail.
Profit Disgorgement – Reset to 1946: I will start with the profit disgorgement provision – which is a major change away from the current compensatory scheme in U.S. Utility Patent Law. That said, disgorgement remains available for design patent infringement as well as other IP regimes such as copyright, trademark, and trade secret misappropriation. The basic approach to disgorgement is to calculate the infringer’s profits associated with the infringement and then hand those profits over to the rights holder. As Supreme Court explained in Tilghman v. Proctor, 125 U.S. 136 (1888), this approach is designed to avoid unjust enrichment by the infringer — what patent owners term “efficient infringement.”
The reasons that have led to the adoption of this [profit disgorgement] rule are that it comes nearer than any other to doing complete justice between the parties, that in equity the profits made by the infringer of a patent belong to the patentee and not to the infringer, and that it is inconsistent with the ordinary principles and practice of courts of chancery either on the one hand to permit the wrongdoer to profit by his own wrong
Tilghman v. Proctor, 125 U.S. 136 (1888). Profit disgorgement was eliminated from the text of the Patent Act in 1946 and Courts have held that it is no longer an available remedy. See Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co., 365 U.S. 336 (1961) (“The purpose of the change was precisely to eliminate the recovery of profits as such, and allow recovery of damages only.”); Caprice L. Roberts, The Case for Restitution and Unjust Enrichment Remedies in Patent Law, 14 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 653 (2010).
The provision found in the Inventor Rights Act of 2019 would effectively reinstate the disgorgement option close to what it was back in the 1870s when disgorgement became available for cases at law in addition to those in equity where it was already available.
Venue – Reset to 2017: Under TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, 137 S. Ct. 1514 (2017), federal patent infringement lawsuits can only be filed in states where the defendant either (1) is incorporated or (2) “committed acts of infringement and has a regular and established place of business.” Quoting 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b). Prior to TC Heartland, venue was much broader and was proper so long as the court had personal jurisdiction over the defendant (i.e., minimum contacts). The proposal in the Inventor Rights Act of 2019 would not fully restore the broad venue, but would allow an inventor to sue in states where the inventor conducted research or has a regular and established physical facility.
Injunctions – Reset to 2006: For many years courts issued injunctions as a matter of course against adjudged infringers. That changed following eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C., 547 U.S. 388 (2006). In eBay, the Supreme Court ruled, inter alia, that no injunction should issue absent proof of irreparable harm caused by the infringement as well as inadequate remedy at law.
The proposal in the Inventor Rights Act of 2019 would would restore the pre-eBay law and thus allow for injunctive relief.
Post-Issuance Review – Reset to 1980: The Bayh-Dole Act (1980) authorized involuntary ex parte reexaminations. Since then, the scope of involuntary post issuance challenges have grown — most significantly with Trials under the 2011 America Invents Act (AIA).
The proposal in the Inventor Rights Act of 2019 would would restore the pre-1980 setup – barring any involuntary post-issuance review by the USPTO:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office shall not undertake a proceeding to reexamine, review, or otherwise make a determination about the validity of an inventor-owned patent without the consent of the patentee
IRA 2019.
Of course, a key principle of the proposal here is that it applies only to a subset of patents — those owned by their inventors.
(k) The term ‘inventor-owned patent’ means a patent with respect to which the inventor of the invention claimed by the patent or an entity controlled by that inventor—(1) is the patentee; and (2) holds all substantial rights.’
Special Rights for Inventor Owned Patents
Rep. Danny Davis (D-Il) and Paul Gosar (R-Az) have introduced the Inventor Rights Act. H.R.5478 that creates a set of rights and privileges associated with inventor-owned patents. These are patents owned by their respective inventors or owned by an entities controlled by the inventors. In addition to ownership, the inventor must hold “all substantial rights.”
Big Four:
No Involuntary Post-Issuance Proceedings against inventor-owned patents. No IPR, Post-Grant Review, or reexamination, or any other “determination about the validity” without “consent of the patentee.”
Injunctions would now be likely against infringers of inventor-owned patents. The Bill would create a presumption of both irreparable harm and inadequate remedy at law for infringement of an inventor-owned patent.
Broadened Venue for filing of infringement lawsuits. Here, the proposal does not recapture all of the venue “lost” in TC Heartland.
Damages law would offer a new option: Profit disgorgement + attorney fees + treble damages for willfulness when inventor-owned patents are infringed.
Inventor Rights Act 2019. These are all major changes. Although all of the provisions have historic roots.
Currently, only a rather small fraction of patents would qualify as “inventor-owned patents” under the statute. However, the Bill would tend to both (1) encourage individual inventorship and (2) encourage patent holding situations that take advantage of the inventor-owner rights. Tech company founders would likely keep ownership of their patents, although I suspect that large companies would remain wary of allowing regular employees to retain “all substantial rights” in the patent.
Folks at US Inventor, including Josh Malone and Paul Morinville, have lobbied for the proposal and have included substantial discussion on their website: https://www.usinventor.org/inventor-rights-act/.
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Home Destinations Vienna Trip Planner Vienna Tours Vienna Woods and Mayerling Half Day Trip
Vienna Woods and Mayerling Half Day Trip
You'll pass the Roman City of Baden, famous for its thermal springs as you travel through the romantic valley Helenental to the former Mayerling hunting lodge. Today it is a a commemorative chapel however it was also the very place the Crown Prince Rudolph, only son of Emperor Franz Joseph, committed suicide with Baronesse Vetsera in 1889.
In the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz (1133) you will visit the medieval cloister which houses the remains of the last Babenberger. Keep an eye out as you drive by the Holdrichsmuhle where Franz Schubert composed his song 'The Linden Tree' before arriving at the Seegrotte.
Your tour concludes continues with a leisurely boat ride on the largest subterranean lake in Europe. You'll you leave the Vienna Woods and return back to Vienna, passing the Liechtenstein Castle on the way.
Please note, pick up services only available with certain hotels. Please check 'view additional info.' for hotel details and pick-up time.
Min price: $71.87
Recommended duration of visit: 4 hours
Departure Point: Please note that there are different departure points for the winter season and summer season.
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Vienna Woods English in Winter English - Guide Vienna Woods and Mayerling Half Day Trip in English. Winter season. From 1.11.2017 - 23.3.2018.
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Vienna Woods English in Summer English - Guide Vienna Woods and Mayerling Half Day Trip in English. Summer season. From 24.03.2018 - 31.10.2018.
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Travel by boat and see the sights from the water
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Boat ride at the Seegrotte Hinterbrühl
Transport by air-conditioned coach
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Infant rates apply provided they do not occupy a seat
Please note, pick up services only available with certain hotels. Please check 'view additional info.' for hotel details and pick-up time
Return Details: Tour concludes at the State Opera.
Cancellation Policy: If you cancel at least 7 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
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- 21 January 2018 -
Nice experience and wonderful tour. The guide was polite, well informed and did everything to please us during the tour. Highly recommended.
It was a lovely tour but it felt a bit rush as there was a lot to see. We had a nice time though.
A great excursion to the outskirts of Vienna.
A pleasant trip to the outskirts of Vienna. Great views.
This is a big bus tour but everything was organized and even the short walks in the snow was enjoyable. The tour guide gave a lot of excellent information about the history. I'm glad they were able to offer a tour to the countryside even in the winter.
- 10 December 2017 -
Excellent tour, get to see a lot on a condensed tour
This tour was amazing!
- 29 November 2017 -
I think this is a good tour but wasn't a great tour for me. I guess I was looking for more scenic areas with equal focus on history. I think without the boat ride it wasn't really seeing Vienna Woods. The bus is so quick that you can't really enjoy the scenery and on a boat you could probably appreicate it more and take pictures. We zoomed by a lot of scenery. I've been on other tours where they would take you to lookout or stop and let you take shots of the scenery. I just felt a little misled and this was just a historic tour. I love history and it was nice to see the Abbey I just wanted equal time in Vienna Woods and have more time to take pictures. However, the Seegrotte was very unique and a nice break from the churches.
amazing interesting guide. great tour
Good to see the countryside and the underground lake was very interesting.
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District of Columbia National Guard Armory fosters bi-national engagement
| District of Columbia National Guard Public Affairs | Dec. 20, 2019
Members of the 33rd Civil Support Team brief Maj. Gen. Olivier Kim, Chief of the French Gendarmerie Reserves Command, at the District of Columbia National Guard’s Armory Dec. 11. (Photo by Maj. Brooke Davis)
Members of the 372nd Military Police Battalion, known as the Red Hand, brief Maj. Gen. Olivier Kim, Chief of the French Gendarmerie Reserves Command, on their crucial role in conducting traffic control, corrections, security and mobility support, especially during National Special Security Events. (Photo by Maj. Brooke Davis)
Brig. Gen. Aaron R. Dean II, the Adjutant General of the District of Columbia National Guard, introduces Lt. Col. Sydney Powell, Jamaica Defence Force with the Health Services Corps, to Maj. Gen. Olivier Kim, Chief of the French Gendarmerie Reserves Command at the DCNG Armory Dec. 11. (Photo by Maj. Brooke Davis)
Maj. Gen. Olivier Kim, Chief of the French Gendarmerie Reserves Command, presents a historical photobook to Brig. Gen. Aaron R. Dean II, the Adjutant General of the District of Columbia National Guard, at the conclusion of his visit to the DCNG Armory. (Photo by Maj. Brooke Davis)
The District of Columbia National Guard’s Armory hums with activity, and two countries were brought together on the Armory’s drill floor Dec. 11.
As part of a French Delegation visit, static displays manned by members of the 372nd Military Police Battalion and 33rd Civil Support Team educated visitors on the DCNG crowd control and civil support missions.
During the demonstrations, a visiting Jamaica Defence Force Health Services Corps professionals participated in the static display event. As part of the State Partnership Program, the healthcare professionals were participating in training that included infectious diseases, ambulance specs, mortuary affairs, and medical evacuations.
Maj. Gen. Olivier Kim, Chief of the French Gendarmerie Reserves Command, was able to interact with DCNG leadership alongside members of the Jamaica Defence Force.
Prior to the static displays, DCNG leadership provided the French general with a capabilities brief.
Brig. Gen. Aaron R. Dean II, the Adjutant General of the DCNG, briefed unique differences of bring Capital Guardians, including the DCNG is only federal National Guard not commanded by a governor, but by a presidentially appointed Commanding General.
Kim remarked he had just discovered that fact prior to the brief.
“The District of Columbia National Guard belongs directly to the President of the United States,” explained Dean. “However, we’re delegated to the Secretary of the Army. For civil authorities to utilize any of our assets, the request must be coordinated through our federal chain. This is unique to our unit.”
DCNG aviation capabilities were also discussed, including the District of Columbia Air National Guard’s Aerospace Control Alert mission. Since 9/11, the 113th Wing’s F-16s have flown 6,300 missions keeping the skies above our nation’s capital safe.
The recent Capital Guardian Youth Challenge Academy Completion Ceremony, also held in the DCNG Armory, was highlighted. 47 cadets successfully completed the six-month program that is focused on equipping youth with lifelong tools for success. The French Gendarmerie Reserves has a similar program, and Kim briefed it is targeted to youth aged 15 and older to reinforce learning about the French nation.
The briefing was concluded with a discussion about the importance of educating and working with employers of Citizen Soldiers and Citizen Airmen. Through the efforts of the Employer Support to the Guard and Reserve, or ESGR, employers are continuously invited out to see first-hand what their employees do during their time wearing the Capital Guardian DCNG uniform.
DCNG Command Sgt. Maj. Michael F. Brooks said, “It’s important for us to communicate with employers so that when we call on our Citizen Soldiers and Airmen to serve, we don’t leave employers without the manpower to perform their mission.”
At the conclusion of the DCNG visit, Kim presented DCNG leadership with a historical photobook of the French Gendarmerie Reserves.
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Snoop Dogg Explains Hockey Rules & Culture In Video Series For NHL Playoffs
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The 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs start tonight, and the NHL has drafted a familiar face to help casual fans better understand and enjoy the games. Snoop Dogg is set for a tutorial video series of sorts, in which he explains the rules and culture of hockey — as only “Dogg Cherry” aka “the Greater One” can.
Titled “Hockey 101 with Snoop Dogg” and aimed at folks who might not know the blue line from Bluetooth, the videos will address such potentially head-scratching topics for the uninitiated as offside and icing in uniquely Snoopian fashion. The first is set to go live this afternoon on the NHL’s social media channels and NHL.com. But the groundwork for the new promos was laid last season. You can watch Snoop’s preview below.
“One of the things we noticed when Snoop came to our All-Star game a couple years ago in Los Angeles was not only is he Snoop and everybody loves him, but he really loves hockey,” the NHL’s executive vice president Steve Mayer told Deadline in an interview. “The first thing he said when we walked into the East locker room was, ‘Sid the Kid!'” — calling out All World center Sidney Crosby of the two-time defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins. “He knows the players, he knows the game, and we started talking back then about how he feels like he can help promote the game.”
Here’s a teaser for “Hockey 101,” with new videos rolling out throughout the playoffs:
Mayer noted that all sports are trying to attract the less ardent fan, and “sometimes it takes music, it takes celebrity, it takes something from the outside to bring ’em in, and we thought there was no better time to bring in the casual fan than right before the Stanley Cup Playoffs.”
Enter Snoop. “We’re just trying to get him out there to the masses,” Mayer said, “who then will tune in to watch some hockey, we hope — and get sucked in for the entire playoffs.”
The exec noted that the videos also are “entertainment for the avid. There are things that people will see in these pieces that they’ll go, ‘Ah, I knew that’ — but the way Snoop tells you about it is entertaining.”
He added, “And by the way, when you finish watching his piece on offside, you’re gonna know what offside is.”
Mayer said another clip will focus on the slang of hockey — “the words that are unique to the NHL and the sport that only when Snoop says it in his own way make it entertaining and educational. … We’re very excited and we’re very interested to hear the feedback once they start coming out.”
The rapper, game show host and certified sports nut has a history with the NHL. He’s been a fan who has sported its jerseys for years, and he performed an on-ice DJ set during player introductions before the 2017 All-Star Skills Competition at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Here’s a peek:
#NHLAllStar vibes. 🎶🏒 pic.twitter.com/YSyGbluiVF
— NHL (@NHL) January 29, 2017
NBC’s networks are airing the Stanley Cup Playoffs, which begin with three games tonight. Among those is the Los Angeles Kings against the expansion Vegas Golden Knights, who shocked the sports world by running away with the Pacific Division title in their first year of existence. Seizing on the buzz around the new team, that game will be preceded by another of the league’s cross-promotions: a free concert by rapper Logic outside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
That game is on NBCSN. Here is the complete TV schedule for Round 1 of the 2018 quest for Lord Stanley’s Cup — the oldest trophy in North Anerican pro sports:
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With the Roseanne revival dominating headlines and ratings, we’d all be crazy not to expect more new seasons of old shows in the future. Considering Roseanne’s specific record-breaking success, ABC has to be eyeing their other blue collar, mega-blockbuster ’90s sitcom starring an outspoken Hollywood conservative: Home Improvement. The show’s leading man Tim Allen has expressed interest in strapping on a tool belt again, and the time sure does seem right, doesn’t it? If ABC is looking to hold Middle America’s attention, pairing the Conners and the Taylors again wouldn’t be a bad idea.
That’s why I want to get ahead of the curve on this one and make sure everyone remembers what Home Improvement was actually about. When people look back on Home Improvement, they hear a muffled grunt and the musky smell of sweat and leather wafts out from their memory cave. You remember “more power” and the Man’s Bathroom and head trauma, and you probably write off the show as a cyclical family sitcom running through all the same plots. As a kid, I watched every single episode as it aired from the comfort of a UT Vols beanbag chair and that was mainly my takeaway. Then earlier this year I binged all 204 episodes of Home Improvement on Hulu in just over a month and I realized that the show is not just the grunt-fest tool-a-palooza I remember it being. If ABC wants to bring back Home Improvement, it has to remember that Home Improvement was one massive indictment on toxic masculinity.
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Think about the formula of pretty much every single episode of Home Improvement: a problem arises either at work or at home, Tim makes it worse by recklessly dumping gasoline on it, he gets advice from his cultured next-door neighbor Wilson, and then Tim fixes the problem by using his newfound knowledge (or at least his garbled but well-intentioned take on it). “More power” may be Tim’s slogan, but it was never the solution. That slogan blew up a dishwasher, turned the washing machine into a mechanical bull, and routinely sent Tim to the hospital. Tim’s machismo always blows up in his face, literally.
That’s pretty clear, isn’t it? But we don’t see it that way because Tim is the lead character, the guy we’re supposed to root for. When he shoots a grill into orbit, it’s rightfully played as a laugh and not as a red flag. But Home Improvement was more than just a live-action Looney Tunes with power tools. In addition to showing how unchecked masculinity can cause emotional/property damage, the show gave us examples of totally different types of masculinity.
Sure, Tim’s sensitive, flannel-clad sidekick Al Borland (Richard Karn) is the butt of every joke. But even though he’s constantly dragged by Tim, the show regularly reminds us that Al is way more popular. Viewers love him, women love him (even if he’s nervous around them), and he knows way more about home repair than Tim. He’d have to in order to survive the exploding pumpkins and powered-up stilts Tim brings into the workroom. Al is unquestionably masculine, but his definition of what it means to be a man is not so limited.
And then there’s Wilson (Earl Hindman), the neighbor with an entire liberal arts college in his partially-obstructed noggin. Wilson is also an outdoorsy guy, except he can name more ancient philosophers than Detroit Lions players. Tim regularly confides in him, listens to him, and takes those life lessons to heart. Tim may act like he thinks Al is lame and Wilson is weird, but the show treats their depiction of masculinity as way healthier than Tim “got his forehead stuck to a table” Taylor.
But all that wouldn’t mean as much if the show didn’t also have a strong, commanding feminine presence that more than holds her own. Jill (Patricia Richardson) is the best sitcom mom of all time, and the fact that Home Improvement didn’t pair steamrolling Tim with a naysaying pushover speaks volumes. The show, which had a lot of women in the writers room BTW, created a TV wife and mother that was funny, tough, caring, career-driven, nurturing, and flawed on top of all of that. The show gave ’90s moms like my own a real stand-in, a mom that existed in-between the brash Roseanne Conner and the terminally cheerful Carol Brady. It’s surprising to say, but Home Improvement was not only concerned with showing varied kinds of masculinity, it depicted a femininity that was way sturdier than anything Tim built (except the hot rod, which somehow did not explode!).
Home Improvement was never a political show, not like Roseanne. Instead of getting into topical issues, though, Home Improvement got to something more guttural: how we treat each other and–to get all Wilson-y–ourselves. At least half, probably more, of Home Improvement’s episodes are about the give and take of Jill and Tim’s marriage. She wants the kids to develop a relationship with the ballet, but Tim wants to take them to a basketball game. Jill wants a romantic dinner, but it’s the same night as a big game. Tim’s psyched for his Super Bowl party, and then Jill gets super sick. And then there are the episodes about Tim coping with the death of his surrogate father Mr. Binford, or his mom selling their childhood home, or his son potentially having cancer. In all of those episodes, Tim learned how his stereotypically dudely leanings got in the way of his real relationships and his own mental, emotional health. The show’s testosterone trappings provided for a lot of hilarious bits (Tim drove a tank through a golf course, remember?), but that raucous comedy coexisted with a consistent examination and, fingers-crossed, broadening of what it means to be a man.
That’s a show we need right now. If we can get that Tim Taylor back, bring him back. Because the Tim Taylor on the original show was not “politically correct” and he wasn’t a “snowflake,” sure, but he was also open-minded enough to listen to those around him–well, only if you were standing behind a fence. Yeah, Tim had a blast making a mess of Tool Time in every episode, but he also learned something new every week, mostly learning to look past himself and see the world from another point-of-view. That right there, that’s a valuable tool to have.
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Tips and Etiquette
Wedding invitations not only provide the important details of the special day, they also give guests their first glimpse of the style, tone, and formality of the wedding that is planned. Following are some tips and etiquette guidelines relating to wedding invitations.
Names and Spelling
A wedding invitation is issued by the host(s). The hosts' names should be written out and include middle names and titles.
With the exception of Mr. and Mrs., all titles should be written out, unless the name is too long to fit on one line.
Examples: Doctor and Mrs. Albert George Ness; Sergeant and Mrs. James Lee Fevre.
When the wedding is being held in a place of worship, "the honour of your presence" phrase is used. When held at other locations, "the pleasure of your company" is traditionally used.
If the bride’s last name is the same as her parents, only her first and middle name are included.
The groom’s name should be written out and preceded by his appropriate title.
Examples: Mr. Alexander Graham Smith; Doctor Garrett Phillip Hanna
Write out the date and year. It is not necessary to use "and" in the year line.
Example: two thousand seventeen; two thousand twenty-three
Capitalize the day of the week and the month, but not the year.
The phrase "half after" should be used when indicating time, rather than "half past" or "-thirty."
It is not necessary to use the phrases "in the afternoon" and "in the evening."
The city and state should be written out. If all guests are local, the state may be omitted.
Respond Card
Any of the following abbreviations is acceptable: RSVP, R.S.V.P., r.s.v.p., R.s.v.p.
Writing out the request is also acceptable.
Examples: The favour of a reply is requested; Please respond on or before
If you're enclosing a printed respond card and self-addressed, stamped envelope, it is unnecessary to indicate "RSVP" on the invitation itself.
Respond cards keep wedding invitations neat and uncluttered. Refrain from putting RSVP requests on wedding invitations, but if you must, have it printed in the lower left corner of the invite.
If you prefer replies be sent to an address other than the return address on the envelope, or if you want to include an e-mail address or phone number as alternate RSVP methods, add that information below your RSVP request.
Example: RSVP
1120 Opportunity Drive
This enclosure lets guests know the details of your reception and is especially useful when the reception is held at a location other than the ceremony. It is no longer acceptable to invite some guests to the ceremony only. Also, if your event will not include a full meal, it is courteous to inform your guests with phrasing such as "… and afterward for light hors d'oeuvres and cocktails," instead of the more vague "… and afterward at the reception."
Map Card
This enclosure provides a map and driving directions for attending guests. Add some points of interest for a charming and helpful touch (parks, shopping malls, great restaurants, etc.).
Accommodations Card
This enclosure is used to provide basic information on recommended hotel accommodations. Locate three hotels with varying price ranges near the reception site and include contact information for each.
It is acceptable to put the web address (URL) for your wedding website on your invite, as long as you place it in the lower left corner or other inconspicuous area of the invitation. It is better, however, to avoid a crowded invitation by moving the information to a separate enclosure card. Here you can provide a few details about your site, rather than just the URL.
At Home Card
This enclosure lets guests know how to contact you and how to address you (hyphenated last name, etc.) after the wedding. It is also acceptable to include your cell phone numbers and e-mail addresses, if you wish.
Often times wedding-related events are planned (rehearsal dinner, pre-wedding golf outing, post-wedding brunch, gift opening, etc.). These events should always be noted on separate cards, never included on the actual wedding invitation.
Use your actual guest list when you start opening gifts; list each gift received next to the giver's name and address. Doing so makes sending thank you notes a breeze!
Samples of Formal Invitation Wording
Bride’s parents, who are divorced and remarried, host the wedding together:
Mr. and Mrs. Ronan Videla and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Andreason request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Kelly Grace Andreason and Mr. Garrett John Hanna Saturday, the twenty-second of March two thousand seventeen at six o’clock Temple Sinai Granville, Ohio
Bride’s mother and stepfather host:
Mr. and Mrs. Ronan Videla request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of her daughter Kelly Grace Andreason to Mr. Garrett John Hanna Friday, the seventeenth of May two thousand sixteen at seven o’clock Viansa Winery 25200 Arnold Drive Sonoma, California
Bride’s only living parent hosts:
Mr. [or Mrs.] Michael Thomas Fitzloff requests the honour of your presence at the marriage of his [or her] daughter Shannon Michelle to Lieutenant Roger Stephen Manning, U.S. Navy Saturday, the seventeenth of May two thousand sixteen at two o’clock New Haven Community Church New Haven, Georgia
Groom’s parents host:
Mr. and Mrs. George Dempsey request the honour of your presence at the marriage of Miss [or Ms.] Beth Ann Boomgarten to their son Mr. Alexander Graham Dempsey Friday, the fourteenth of November two thousand nineteen at six o’clock St. Thomas Cathedral Spokane, Washington
Both bride and groom's parents host:
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wilfork and Captain and Mrs. William James Plett request the honour of your presence at the marriage of Matilda Renee Wilfork and Timothy James Plett Saturday, the twenty-fifth of August two thousand seventeen at four o’clock St. James Catholic Church Grand Rapids, Michigan
Bride's parents host, but include groom's parents' names:
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Jeremiah Crenshaw request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Hillary Jo and Mr. Anthony Patrick Ames son of Captain and Mrs. Patrick George Ames Saturday, the twenty-fifth of August two thousand seventeen at four o’clock St. James Catholic Church Grand Rapids, Michigan
Bride and groom host:
Miss [or Ms.] Elizabeth Marie Carrington and Mr. Richard James Handlin request the honour of your presence at their marriage Saturday, the tenth of July two thousand seventeen at half after four o’clock First Congregational Church Richmond, Virginia
The honour of your presence is requested at the marriage of Miss [or Ms]. Elizabeth Marie Carrington to Mr. Richard James Handlin Saturday, the tenth of July two thousand seventeen at half after four o’clock First Congregational Church Richmond, Virginia
The families host together:
Together with their families Miss Macey Leigh Kirkland and Mr. Will Ronald Germundson request the honour of your presence at their marriage Saturday, the tenth of July two thousand seventeen at half after four o’clock First Congregational Church Richmond, Virginia
Bride’s other family members host:
Mr. Eric Henry Evans requests the pleasure of your company at the marriage of his sister Lisa Marie to Mr. Ian John Wyskowski Saturday, the fourth of June two thousand seventeen at one o’clock The Ritz-Carlton St. Louis, Missouri
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elliott request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their niece Miss [or Ms.] Samantha Jane Richards to Mr. Scott Randolph Markham Saturday, the fourth of June two thousand seventeen at one o’clock The Ritz-Carlton St. Louis, Missouri
Jewish wedding invitation wording differs only in that "and" is used instead of "to" between the bride and groom’s names.
Invitations may include "and your participation in the offering of a Nuptial Mass" beneath the groom’s name, when a Roman Catholic mass is being celebrated as part of the ceremony.
Allow plenty of time to carefully address, assemble, and mail your invitations.
Organize your master guest list in a functional form (file cards, computer database, work sheet.)
Using your finalized guest list, stay organized by developing a system for addressing and mailing your invitations.
Create an assembly line of sorts by arranging each piece that goes into an invitation in the order they will be picked up, assembled, and inserted into the envelope.
If needed, enlist the help of family, bridal attendants, or friends to help with the assembly.
Include enclosures such as map cards and accommodation cards for out-of-town guests.
Never include registry or gift information with (or on) your invitation. If someone asks, you, your family, bridal attendants, and friends can let them know by word of mouth.
Attire or dress code should not be mentioned on the wedding invitation. You may include "Black tie" in the lower right on a reception invitation, if necessary.
The Envelopes
Inner Envelopes
Inner envelopes bear the title and last names of the specific people invited. It is acceptable to write familiar names for close family members.
Examples: Mr. and Mrs. Sonnek
Aunt Mary and Uncle Phil
The names of children who are 18 years old and younger should be written on separate lines below their parents' names.
Example: Mr. and Mrs. Sonnek
Leah Sonnek
Logan Sonnek
Children 19 years old or older who still live at home with their parents should receive their own invitation.
If inner envelopes are not being used, the children’s names are written on the outer envelope below the names of their parents.
Outer Envelopes
Outer envelopes should be addressed conventionally using titles and full names (first, middle, and last).
Middle initials aren’t used, so either write out middle names (if known), or omit them.
All titles should be written out, except "Mr." and "Mrs."
All other words should be written out (Street, Saint, Post Office Box, North, Apartment, etc.). House numbers under twenty should be written out, as well.
Proper etiquette indicates to write out the state name; however, the two-letter postal code abbreviation is also acceptable when dealing with limited space.
Samples of Envelope Addressing
Always addressed to both members of a married couple.
Example: Mr. and Mrs. José Anthony Angelil
Fourteen MacArthur Way
South Saint Paul, Minnesota 55075
Unmarried Couple – Living Together
Addressed to both members of an unmarried couple who live at the same address.
Example: Ms. Amelia Redding and Mr. Jeffrey Burton
25 Xavier Boulevard
Married Couple – Professional Titles
If the woman uses her husband’s name socially:
Example: Doctor Kenya Boudin and Mr. Carter Boudin
If the woman uses her maiden name both professionally and socially:
Example: Doctor Kenya Willaree and Mr. Carter Boudin
If both are professionals:
Examples: Doctors Kenya and Carter Boudin
Including a Guest
If using inner and outer envelopes:
- Outer envelope reads: Mr. Stephen Richard Humphries
- Inner envelope reads: Mr. Stephen Richard Humphries and Guest
If you’re only using one envelope, include a short note with your invitation.
Example: Dear Stephen, You are welcome to bring a guest to the wedding. Please let me know.
Regards, Michelle.
(If time allows and Stephen supplies the information, you can send his guest an invitation, too.)
Assembling the Envelopes
Place any enclosure cards on top of the invitation.
When using inner and outer envelopes, insert the invitation (left edge first) into the inner envelope so that when the envelope flap is opened you see the printed side of the invitation.
Any enclosure cards are placed on top of the invitation in order of size with the smallest on top.
The inner envelope is then sealed and placed into the outer envelope so that when the outer envelope flap is lifted, the names are visible.
- When two envelopes are used, insert the invitation (folded edge first for a folded invitation, left edge for a single card invitation), so that when the envelope flap is opened, you see the printed side of the invitation.
- When there are enclosure cards, they are placed on top of the invitation, printed sides up, in size order with the smallest on top. Again, when the flap is opened, the printed side should be visible. If the invitation is folded, insertions are stacked in size order – smallest on top – but within the fold.
- The inner envelope is then sealed and placed in the outer envelope, so when the outer envelope flap is lifted, the name(s) of the guest(s) is visible.
Use the names of all guests whenever possible. Using "and guest" just isn't as warm and friendly.
Get names, titles, and addresses correct when addressing. It's impressive and flattering! When in doubt, ask.
Invitation envelopes should always be handwritten. Printed labels are not acceptable. Consider hiring a calligrapher or enlisting the help of others if you feel overwhelmed.
Take an assembled invitation to the post office and have it weighed to ensure proper postage. If invitations vary (e.g., one for local guests, another for out-of-town guests) have each variation weighed.
Before sealing the outer envelope, make absolutely sure that the names on the inner and outer envelopes match.
Mail all invitations at the same time. Don't wait to see how many will be attending from the first mailing before sending another. Simply estimate that 10 to 20 percent of invited guests will send regrets; doing this is so much better than using a standby guest list.
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Task Interiors and industry partners give back
Posted on November 13, 2019 by Kayla Webber
After months of planning and preparation, the Mali Langa Children’s Foundation Trust hosted two successful charity events in Mpumalanga with the help of generous sponsors and volunteers on 1 and 2 November 2019.
It all started with the foundation’s founder Mali Langa wanting to give back rather than receive in celebration of her birthday which occurred on 16 October.
“We are blessed in so many ways, and when I started thinking about my birthday this year, I felt the urge to give to others rather than be spoiled myself. There really is no greater gift than seeing children smile!” she said after the events.
THUTHUKANI PRIMARY SCHOOL
The weekend was kicked off with a visit to Thuthukani Primary School in Phola, Mpumalanga. Mali had identified the school earlier this year and paid several visits to determine what their most dire needs were. As a first act of giving to the deserving students, the foundation donated the full amount to cover the Gr.7 send-off weekend, a trip to Bela-Bela that is meant to prepare the kids for high school and celebrate their successful completion of primary school.
The Gr.7s were addressed by members of the foundation, including Mali Langa and collaborator Chef Benev, a celebrity chef on the rise that comes from similar circumstances these kids have grown up in. There were talks about the difficulties school kids in rural areas face and how to come out on top with an attitude of determination and hard work.
After this the Gr.4 girls were called in to receive sanitary packs to fight period poverty and to assist them in their transition into puberty. Many of these kids come from child-headed households with absent parents and are not fully equipped to deal with the intricacies of entering womanhood.
In the weeks prior to 1 November sanitary wares including pads, toothbrushes, toothpaste, anti-perspirant, soap, and the like, were collected through a drive hosted in the offices of Task Interior Styling, Mwelase Mining, and Gradidge Mahura Investments. The remainder of the supplies was supplied by the MLCF.
“We have now given to the girls in Gr.4 and will start collecting for the rest of the girls in the coming weeks,” Mali said. “Anyone wishing to donate or get involved in collecting items at their offices are more than welcome to do so by contacting us. We will provide boxes, collection and delivery.”
The Mali Langa Children’s Foundation trust is also planning a project to create a science lab and a computer lab for the school in the near future, as these facilities remain unavailable to students in the area.
HUIS SHALOM CHILDREN’S HOME
Another charity that has captured Mali’s heart was that of Huis Shalom in Ogies and other satellite children’s homes in Mpumalanga.
“After visiting Huis Shalom the first time I immediately fell in love with the kids who are living there, but I was not satisfied with their living conditions. It just didn’t feel like a home for kids and all of the happiness that they represent in the world,” Mali said.
Consequently, Task Interior Styling, Task Logistics, Decorex Africa & Olympic Paints, LuvLee Concepts, Mwelase Mining, Geo Cloud, Tostri Media and Chef Benev all put together their resources and time to transform the house from a dull shell to a bright and hopeful space which could inspire the kids that are growing up there.
Through drives, secondhand clothing, toys, books, paints, and even beds were collected by all the collaborating partners. The foundation and a team from Blue Pointer Energy then made sure the house was repainted, and had beds, mattresses and curtains replaced. Various other snags around the house were also fixed including cupboards, electric and plumbing.
To top it all off with a sprinkle of magic and love the foundation organised a party where the young kids from Huis Shalom and four of its satellite homes in Mpumalanga could run around and just be kids! On Saturday afternoon 2 November tents were erected, a petting zoo was brought in from Gauteng, jumping castles were inflated, entertainers walked around on stilts, artists painted smiling faces, sweet treats were everywhere, and Chef Benev made sure everyone was fed with style and flair as only he knows how to!
As a centrepiece to the setup a 3D Madame Langa marble cake with caramel filling stood loud and proud wearing the same outfit as Mali herself on the day! The original outfit was designed by Diaan Daniels Couture, who also put in the effort to come out to the event.
Mali commented, “The idea behind the magnificent cake was to give the world a taster of what is to come! I have been working on a very special doll project which will aim to bring a quality and accurate representation of a black woman to the toys market. I want young black kids to see that their role models in fashion and business do not all look like Barbie!”
The day was concluded with all the orphaned kids grouping together to release helium balloons up into the air to show them that the sky is the limit when it comes to their personal hopes and dreams!
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Label: NAPROSYN- naproxen suspension
Packager: Athena Bioscience
Medication Guide: HTML
These highlights do not include all the information needed to use NAPROSYN SUSPENSION safely and effectively. See full prescribing information for NAPROSYN SUSPENSION.
NAPROSYN (naproxen) suspension, for oral use
WARNING: RISK OF SERIOUS CARDIOVASCULAR AND GASTROINTESTINAL EVENTS
See full prescribing information for complete boxed warning.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) cause an increased risk of serious cardiovascular thrombotic events, including myocardial infarction and stroke, which can be fatal. This risk may occur early in treatment and may increase with duration of use. (5.1)
NAPROSYN Suspension is contraindicated in the setting of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. (4, 5.1)
NSAIDs cause an increased risk of serious gastrointestinal (GI) adverse events including bleeding, ulceration, and perforation of the stomach or intestines, which can be fatal. These events can occur at any time during use and without warning symptoms. Elderly patients and patients with a prior history of peptic ulcer disease and/or GI bleeding are at greater risk for serious GI events. (5.2)
RECENT MAJOR CHANGES
Boxed Warning 05/2016
Warnings and Precautions (5.1, 5.5) 05/2016
NAPROSYN Suspension is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug indicated for:
the relief of the signs and symptoms of:
polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis
acute gout
the management of:
primary dysmenorrhea
Use the lowest effective dose for shortest duration consistent with individual patient treatment goals. (2)
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, and Ankylosing Spondylitis
NAPROSYN Suspension 250 mg (10 mL)
or 375 mg (15 mL)
or 500 mg (20 mL) twice daily
twice daily
The dose may be adjusted up or down depending on the clinical response of the patient. In patients who tolerate lower doses well, the dose may be increased to naproxen 1500 mg/day for up to 6 months.
Recommended total daily dose of naproxen is approximately 10 mg/kg given in 2 divided doses.
The following table may be used as a guide for dosing of naproxen suspension:
Patient’s Weight Dose Administered as
13 kg (29 lb) 62.5 mg twice daily 2.5 mL (1/2 tsp) twice daily
25 kg (55 lb) 125 mg twice daily 5.0 mL (1 tsp) twice daily
38 kg (84 lb) 187.5 mg twice daily 7.5 mL (1 1/2 tsp) twice daily
Management of Pain, Primary Dysmenorrhea, and Acute Tendonitis and Bursitis
The recommended starting dose of NAPROSYN Suspension is 500 mg (20 mL), followed by 250 mg (10 mL) every 6 to 8 hours as required.
The recommended starting dose is 750 mg (30 mL) of NAPROSYN Suspension followed by 250 mg (10 mL) every 8 hours until the attack has subsided.
NAPROSYN (naproxen) Suspension: 125 mg/5 mL (contains 39 mg sodium)
Known hypersensitivity to naproxen or any components of the drug product (4)
History of asthma, urticaria, or other allergic-type reactions after taking aspirin or other NSAIDs (4)
In the setting of CABG surgery (4)
Hepatotoxicity: Inform patients of warning signs and symptoms of hepatotoxicity. Discontinue if abnormal liver tests persist or worsen or if clinical signs and symptoms of liver disease develop. (5.3 Hepatotoxicity)
Hypertension: Patients taking some antihypertensive medications may have impaired response to these therapies when taking NSAIDs. Monitor blood pressure. (5.4, 7)
Heart Failure and Edema: Avoid use of NAPROSYN Suspension in patients with severe heart failure unless benefits are expected to outweigh risk of worsening heart failure. (5.5)
Renal Toxicity: Monitor renal function in patients with renal or hepatic impairment, heart failure, dehydration, or hypovolemia. Avoid use of NAPROSYN Suspension in patients with advanced renal disease unless benefits are expected to outweigh risk of worsening renal function. (5.6 Renal Toxicity and Hyperkalemia)
Anaphylactic Reactions: Seek emergency help if an anaphylactic reaction occurs. (5.7)
Exacerbation of Asthma Related to Aspirin Sensitivity: NAPROSYN Suspension is contraindicated in patients with aspirin-sensitive asthma. Monitor patients with preexisting asthma (without aspirin sensitivity). (5.8)
Serious Skin Reactions: Discontinue NAPROSYN Suspension at first appearance of skin rash or other signs of hypersensitivity. (5.9)
Premature Closure of Fetal Ductus Arteriosus: Avoid use in pregnant women starting at 30 weeks gestation. (5.10, 8.1)
Hematologic Toxicity: Monitor hemoglobin or hematocrit in patients with any signs or symptoms of anemia. (5.11, 7)
Most common adverse reactions to naproxen were dyspepsia, abdominal pain, nausea, headache, rash, ecchymosis, and edema. (6.1)
To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact Athena Bioscience LLC at 1-833-284-3622or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.
Drugs that Interfere with Hemostasis (e.g. warfarin, aspirin, SSRIs/SNRIs):
Monitor patients for bleeding who are concomitantly taking NAPROSYN Suspension with drugs that interfere with hemostasis. Concomitant use of NAPROSYN Suspension and analgesic doses of aspirin is not generally recommended. (7)
ACE inhibitors, Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARB), or Beta-Blockers: Concomitant use with NAPROSYN Suspension may diminish the antihypertensive effect of these drugs. Monitor blood pressure. (7)
ACE Inhibitors and ARBs: Concomitant use with NAPROSYN Suspension in elderly, volume depleted, or those with renal impairment may result in deterioration of renal function. In such high risk patients, monitor for signs of worsening renal function. (7)
Diuretics: NSAIDs can reduce natriuretic effect of furosemide and thiazide diuretics. Monitor patients to assure diuretic efficacy including antihypertensive effects. (7)
Digoxin: Concomitant use with NAPROSYN Suspension can increase serum concentration and prolong half-life of digoxin. Monitor serum digoxin levels. (7)
Pregnancy: Use of NSAIDs during the third trimester of pregnancy increases the risk of premature closure of the fetal ductus arteriosus. Avoid use of NSAIDs in pregnant women starting at 30 weeks gestation. (5.10, 8.1)
Infertility: NSAIDs are associated with reversible infertility. Consider withdrawal of NAPROSYN Suspension in women who have difficulties conceiving.(8.3)
Renal Impairment: Naproxen-containing products are not recommended for use in patients with moderate to severe and severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance <30 mL/min). (8.7)
See 17 for PATIENT COUNSELING INFORMATION and Medication Guide.
2.1 General Dosing Instructions
2.2 Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
2.3 Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
2.4 Management of Pain, Primary Dysmenorrhea, and Acute Tendonitis and Bursitis
2.5 Acute Gout
2.6 Non-Interchangeability with Other Formulations of Naproxen
5.1 Cardiovascular Thrombotic Events
5.2 Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Ulceration, and Perforation
5.3 Hepatotoxicity
5.5 Heart Failure and Edema
5.6 Renal Toxicity and Hyperkalemia
5.7 Anaphylactic Reactions
5.8 Exacerbation of Asthma Related to Aspirin Sensitivity
5.9 Serious Skin Reactions
5.10 Premature Closure of Fetal Ductus Arteriosus
5.11 Hematologic Toxicity
5.12 Masking of Inflammation and Fever
5.13 Long-Term Use and Laboratory Monitoring
6.1 Clinical Trials Experience
8.3 Females and Males of Reproductive Potential
8.6 Hepatic Impairment
12.2 Pharmacodynamics
13.1 Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, Impairment of Fertility
Cardiovascular Thrombotic Events
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) cause an increased risk of serious cardiovascular thrombotic events, including myocardial infarction and stroke, which can be fatal. This risk may occur early in treatment and may increase with duration of use [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1 Cardiovascular Thrombotic Events)].
NAPROSYN Suspension is contraindicated in the setting of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery [see Contraindications (4), Warnings and Precautions (5.1 Cardiovascular Thrombotic Events)].
Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Ulceration, and Perforation
NSAIDs cause an increased risk of serious gastrointestinal (GI) adverse events including bleeding, ulceration, and perforation of the stomach or intestines, which can be fatal. These events can occur at any time during use and without warning symptoms. Elderly patients and patients with a prior history of peptic ulcer disease and/or GI bleeding are at greater risk for serious GI events [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)].
NAPROSYN (naproxen) Suspension is indicated for:
Carefully consider the potential benefits and risks of NAPROSYN Suspension and other treatment options before deciding to use NAPROSYN Suspension. Use the lowest effective dose for the shortest duration consistent with individual patient treatment goals [see Warnings and Precautions (5)].
After observing the response to initial therapy with NAPROSYN Suspension, the dose and frequency should be adjusted to suit an individual patient’s needs.
Always use a calibrated measuring device when administering NAPROSYN suspension to ensure the dose is measured and administered accurately. A household teaspoon or tablespoon is not an adequate measuring device, especially when one-half of a teaspoonful is to be measured. Given the variability of the household spoon measure, it is strongly recommended that caregivers obtain and use a calibrated measuring device. Health care providers should recommend an appropriate measuring device that can measure and deliver the prescribed dose accurately, and instruct caregivers to use extreme caution in measuring the dosage.
Naproxen-containing products such as NAPROSYN suspension, and other naproxen products should not be used concomitantly since they all circulate in the plasma as the naproxen anion.
The recommended dosage of NAPROSYN suspension is shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Recommended dosages of NAPROSYN Suspension
NAPROSYN Suspension should be shaken gently before use.
During long-term administration, the dose of naproxen may be adjusted up or down depending on the clinical response of the patient. A lower daily dose may suffice for long-term administration. The morning and evening doses do not have to be equal in size and the administration of the drug more frequently than twice daily is not necessary.
The morning and evening doses do not have to be equal in size and administration of the drug more frequently than twice daily does not generally make a difference in response.
In patients who tolerate lower doses well, the dose may be increased to naproxen 1500 mg/day for limited periods of up to 6 months when a higher level of anti-inflammatory/analgesic activity is required. When treating such patients with naproxen 1500 mg/day, the physician should observe sufficient increased clinical benefits to offset the potential increased risk.
The use of NAPROSYN Suspension is recommended for juvenile arthritis in children 2 years or older because it allows for more flexible dose titration based on the child’s weight. In pediatric patients, doses of 5 mg/kg/day produced plasma levels of naproxen similar to those seen in adults taking 500 mg of naproxen [see Clinical Pharmacology (12 .3)]
The recommended total daily dose of naproxen is approximately 10 mg/kg given in 2 divided doses (i.e., 5 mg/kg given twice a day). A measuring cup marked in 1/2 teaspoon and 2.5 milliliter increments is provided with the NAPROSYN Suspension. The following table may be used as a guide for dosing of NAPROSYN Suspension:
The recommended starting dose of NAPROSYN Suspension is 500 mg (20 mL), followed by 250 mg (10 mL) every 6 to 8 hours as required. The total daily dose should not exceed 1250 mg (50 mL).
Different dose strengths and formulations (e.g., tablets, suspension) of naproxen are not interchangeable. This difference should be taken into consideration when changing strengths or formulations.
NAPROSYN suspension: 125 mg/5 mL (contains 39 mg sodium): Available in 1 pint (473 mL) light-resistant bottles
NAPROSYN Suspension is contraindicated in the following patients:
Known hypersensitivity (e.g., anaphylactic reactions and serious skin reactions) to naproxen or any components of the drug product [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7, 5.9)]
History of asthma, urticaria, or other allergic-type reactions after taking aspirin or other NSAIDs. Severe, sometimes fatal, anaphylactic reactions to NSAIDs have been reported in such patients [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7, 5.8)]
In the setting of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)]
Clinical trials of several COX-2 selective and nonselective NSAIDs of up to three years duration have shown an increased risk of serious cardiovascular (CV) thrombotic events, including myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke, which can be fatal. Based on available data, it is unclear that the risk for CV thrombotic events is similar for all NSAIDs. The relative increase in serious CV thrombotic events over baseline conferred by NSAID use appears to be similar in those with and without known CV disease or risk factors for CV disease. However, patients with known CV disease or risk factors had a higher absolute incidence of excess serious CV thrombotic events, due to their increased baseline rate. Some observational studies found that this increased risk of serious CV thrombotic events began as early as the first weeks of treatment. The increase in CV thrombotic risk has been observed most consistently at higher doses.
To minimize the potential risk for an adverse CV event in NSAID-treated patients, use the lowest effective dose for the shortest duration possible. Physicians and patients should remain alert for the development of such events, throughout the entire treatment course, even in the absence of previous CV symptoms. Patients should be informed about the symptoms of serious CV events and the steps to take if they occur.
There is no consistent evidence that concurrent use of aspirin mitigates the increased risk of serious CV thrombotic events associated with NSAID use. The concurrent use of aspirin and an NSAID, such as naproxen, increases the risk of serious gastrointestinal (GI) events [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)]
Status Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
Two large, controlled clinical trials of a COX-2 selective NSAID for the treatment of pain in the first 10–14 days following CABG surgery found an increased incidence of myocardial infarction and stroke. NSAIDs are contraindicated in the setting of CABG [see Contraindications (4)]
Post-MI Patients
Observational studies conducted in the Danish National Registry have demonstrated that patients treated with NSAIDs in the post-MI period were at increased risk of reinfarction, CV-related death, and all-cause mortality beginning in the first week of treatment. In this same cohort, the incidence of death in the first year post-MI was 20 per 100 person years in NSAID-treated patients compared to 12 per 100 person years in non-NSAID exposed patients. Although the absolute rate of death declined somewhat after the first year post-MI, the increased relative risk of death in NSAID users persisted over at least the next four years of follow-up.
Avoid the use of NAPROSYN Suspension in patients with a recent MI unless the benefits are expected to outweigh the risk of recurrent CV thrombotic events. If NAPROSYN Suspension is used in patients with a recent MI, monitor patients for signs of cardiac ischemia.
NSAIDs, including naproxen, cause serious gastrointestinal (GI) adverse events including inflammation, bleeding, ulceration, and perforation of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, or large intestine, which can be fatal. These serious adverse events can occur at any time, with or without warning symptoms, in patients treated with NSAIDS.
Only one in five patients who develop a serious upper GI adverse event on NSAID therapy is symptomatic. Upper GI ulcers, gross bleeding, or perforation caused by NSAIDs occurred in approximately 1% of patients treated for 3-6 months, and in about 2%-4% of patients treated for one year. However, even short-term NSAID therapy is not without risk.
Risk Factors for GI Bleeding, Ulceration, and Perforation
Patients with a prior history of peptic ulcer disease and/or GI bleeding who used NSAIDs had a greater than 10-fold increased risk for developing a GI bleed compared to patients without these risk factors. Other factors that increase the risk of GI bleeding in patients treated with NSAIDs include longer duration of NSAID therapy; concomitant use of oral corticosteroids, aspirin, anticoagulants, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs); smoking; use of alcohol; older age; and poor general health status. Most postmarketing reports of fatal GI events occurred in elderly or debilitated patients. Additionally, patients with advanced liver disease and/or coagulopathy are at increased risk for GI bleeding.
Strategies to Minimize the GI Risks in NSAID-treated patients:
Use the lowest effective dosage for the shortest possible duration.
Avoid administration of more than one NSAID at a time.
Avoid use in patients at higher risk unless benefits are expected to outweigh the increased risk of bleeding. For such patients, as well as those with active GI bleeding, consider alternate therapies other than NSAIDs.
Remain alert for signs and symptoms of GI ulceration and bleeding during NSAID therapy.
If a serious GI adverse event is suspected, promptly initiate evaluation and treatment, and discontinue NAPROSYN Suspension until a serious GI adverse event is ruled out.
In the setting of concomitant use of low-dose aspirin for cardiac prophylaxis, monitor patients more closely for evidence of GI bleeding [see Drug Interactions (7)]
Elevations of ALT or AST (three or more times the upper limit of normal [ULN]) have been reported in approximately 1% of NSAID-treated patients in clinical trials. In addition, rare, sometimes fatal, cases of severe hepatic injury, including fulminant hepatitis, liver necrosis, and hepatic failure have been reported.
Elevations of ALT or AST (less than three times ULN) may occur in up to 15% of patients treated with NSAIDs including naproxen.
Inform patients of the warning signs and symptoms of hepatotoxicity (e.g., nausea, fatigue, lethargy, diarrhea, pruritus, jaundice, right upper quadrant tenderness, and "flulike" symptoms). If clinical signs and symptoms consistent with liver disease develop, or if systemic manifestations occur (e.g., eosinophilia, rash, etc.), discontinue NAPROSYN Suspension immediately, and perform a clinical evaluation of the patient.
NSAIDs, including NAPROSYN Suspension, can lead to new onset of hypertension or worsening of pre-existing hypertension, either of which may contribute to the increased incidence of CV events. Patients taking angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, thiazide diuretics, or loop diuretics may have impaired response to these therapies when taking NSAIDs [see Drug Interactions (7)].
Monitor blood pressure (BP) during the initiation of NSAID treatment and throughout the course of therapy.
The Coxib and traditional NSAID Trialists’ Collaboration meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials demonstrated an approximately two-fold increase in hospitalizations for heart failure in COX-2 selective-treated patients and nonselective NSAID-treated patients compared to placebo-treated patients. In a Danish National Registry study of patients with heart failure, NSAID use increased the risk of MI, hospitalization for heart failure, and death.
Additionally, fluid retention and edema have been observed in some patients treated with NSAIDs. Use of naproxen may blunt the CV effects of several therapeutic agents used to treat these medical conditions (e.g., diuretics, ACE inhibitors, or angiotensin receptor blockers [ARBs]) [see Drug Interactions (7)].
Avoid the use of NAPROSYN Suspension in patients with severe heart failure unless the benefits are expected to outweigh the risk of worsening heart failure. If NAPROSYN Suspension is used in patients with severe heart failure, monitor patients for signs of worsening heart failure.
Each 5 mL of NAPROSYN Suspension contains 39 mg of sodium. This should be considered in patients whose overall intake of sodium must be severely restricted.
Renal Toxicity
Long-term administration of NSAIDs has resulted in renal papillary necrosis and other renal injury. Renal toxicity has also been seen in patients in whom renal prostaglandins have a compensatory role in the maintenance of renal perfusion. In these patients, administration of an NSAID may cause a dose-dependent reduction in prostaglandin formation and, secondarily, in renal blood flow, which may precipitate overt renal decompensation. Patients at greatest risk of this reaction are those with impaired renal function, dehydration, hypovolemia, heart failure, liver dysfunction, those taking diuretics and ACE inhibitors or ARBs, and the elderly. Discontinuation of NSAID therapy was usually followed by recovery to the pretreatment state.
No information is available from controlled clinical studies regarding the use of NAPROSYN Suspension in patients with advanced renal disease. The renal effects of NAPROSYN Suspension may hasten the progression of renal dysfunction in patients with preexisting renal disease.
Correct volume status in dehydrated or hypovolemic patients prior to initiating NAPROSYN Suspension. Monitor renal function in patients with renal or hepatic impairment, heart failure, dehydration, or hypovolemia during use of NAPROSYN Suspension [see Drug Interactions (7)]. Avoid the use of NAPROSYN Suspension in patients with advanced renal disease unless the benefits are expected to outweigh the risk of worsening renal function. If NAPROSYN Suspension is used in patients with advanced renal disease, monitor patients for signs of worsening renal function.
Increases in serum potassium concentration, including hyperkalemia, have been reported with use of NSAIDs, even in some patients without renal impairment. In patients with normal renal function, these effects have been attributed to a hyporeninemic-hypoaldosteronism state.
Naproxen has been associated with anaphylactic reactions in patients with and without known hypersensitivity to naproxen and in patients with aspirin-sensitive asthma [see Contraindications (4) and Warnings and Precautions (5.8)]
Seek emergency help if an anaphylactic reaction occurs.
A subpopulation of patients with asthma may have aspirin-sensitive asthma which may include chronic rhinosinusitis complicated by nasal polyps; severe, potentially fatal bronchospasm; and/or intolerance to aspirin and other NSAIDs. Because cross-reactivity between aspirin and other NSAIDs has been reported in such aspirin-sensitive patients, NAPROSYN Suspension is contraindicated in patients with this form of aspirin sensitivity [see Contraindications (4)].When NAPROSYN Suspension is used in patients with preexisting asthma (without known aspirin sensitivity), monitor patients for changes in the signs and symptoms of asthma.
NSAIDs, including naproxen can cause serious skin adverse reactions such as exfoliative dermatitis, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), which can be fatal. These serious events may occur without warning. Inform patients about the signs and symptoms of serious skin reactions, and to discontinue the use of NAPROSYN Suspension at the first appearance of skin rash or any other sign of hypersensitivity. NAPROSYN Suspension is contraindicated in patients with previous serious skin reactions to NSAIDs [see Contraindications (4)].
Naproxen may cause premature closure of the fetal ductus arteriosus. Avoid use of NSAIDs, including NAPROSYN Suspension, in pregnant women starting at 30 weeks of gestation (third trimester) [see Use in Specific Populations (8.1)].
Anemia has occurred in NSAID-treated patients. This may be due to occult or gross blood loss, fluid retention, or an incompletely described effect on erythropoiesis. If a patient treated with NAPROSYN Suspension has any signs or symptoms of anemia, monitor hemoglobin or hematocrit.
NSAIDs, including NAPROSYN Suspension, may increase the risk of bleeding events. Concomitant use of warfarin and other anticoagulants, antiplatelet agents (e.g., aspirin), serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) may increase this risk. Monitor these patients for signs of bleeding [see Drug Interactions (7)].
The pharmacological activity of NAPROSYN Suspension in reducing inflammation, and possibly fever, may diminish the utility of diagnostic signs in detecting infections.
Because serious GI bleeding, hepatotoxicity, and renal injury can occur without warning symptoms or signs, consider monitoring patients on long-term NSAID treatment with a CBC and a chemistry profile periodically [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2, 5.3 Hepatotoxicity, 5.6 Renal Toxicity and Hyperkalemia)].
Patients with initial hemoglobin values of 10 g or less who are to receive long-term therapy should have hemoglobin values determined periodically.
Because of adverse eye findings in animal studies with drugs of this class, it is recommended that ophthalmic studies be carried out if any change or disturbance in vision occurs.
The following adverse reactions are discussed in greater detail in other sections of the labeling:
Cardiovascular Thrombotic Events [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1 Cardiovascular Thrombotic Events)]
GI Bleeding, Ulceration, and Perforation [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)]
Hepatotoxicity [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3 Hepatotoxicity)]
Hypertension [see Warnings and Precautions (5.4 Hypertension)]
Heart Failure and Edema [see Warnings and Precautions (5.5 Heart Failure and Edema)]
Renal Toxicity and Hyperkalemia [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6 Renal Toxicity and Hyperkalemia)]
Anaphylactic Reactions [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7)]
Serious Skin Reactions [see Warnings and Precautions (5.9)]
Hematologic Toxicity [see Warnings and Precautions (5.11)]
Adverse reactions reported in controlled clinical trials in 960 patients treated for rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis are listed below. In general, reactions in patients treated chronically were reported 2 to 10 times more frequently than they were in short-term studies in the 962 patients treated for mild to moderate pain or for dysmenorrhea. The most frequent complaints reported related to the gastrointestinal tract.
A clinical study found gastrointestinal reactions to be more frequent and more severe in rheumatoid arthritis patients taking daily doses of 1500 mg naproxen compared to those taking 750 mg naproxen.
In controlled clinical trials with about 80 pediatric patients and in well-monitored, open-label studies with about 400 pediatric patients with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis treated with naproxen, the incidence of rash and prolonged bleeding times were greater, the incidence of gastrointestinal and central nervous system reactions were about the same, and the incidence of other reactions were lower in pediatric patients than in adults.
In patients taking naproxen in clinical trials, the most frequently reported adverse experiences in approximately 1% to 10% of patients are:
Gastrointestinal (GI) Experiences, including: heartburn*, abdominal pain*, nausea*, constipation*, diarrhea, dyspepsia, stomatitis
Central Nervous System: headache*, dizziness*, drowsiness*, lightheadedness, vertigo
Dermatologic: pruritus (itching)*, skin eruptions*, ecchymoses*, sweating, purpura
Special Senses: tinnitus*, visual disturbances, hearing disturbances
Cardiovascular: edema*, palpitations
General: dyspnea*, thirst
*Incidence of reported reaction between 3% and 9%. Those reactions occurring in less than 3% of the patients are unmarked.
In patients taking NSAIDs, the following adverse experiences have also been reported in approximately 1% to 10% of patients.
Gastrointestinal (GI) Experiences, including: flatulence, gross bleeding/perforation, GI ulcers (gastric/duodenal), vomiting
General: abnormal renal function, anemia, elevated liver enzymes, increased bleeding time, rashes
The following adverse reactions have been identified during post approval use of naproxen. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure.
The following are additional adverse experiences reported in <1% of patients taking naproxen during clinical trials and through postmarketing reports. Those adverse reactions observed through postmarketing reports are italicized.
Body as a Whole: anaphylactoid reactions, angioneurotic edema, menstrual disorders, pyrexia (chills and fever)
Cardiovascular: congestive heart failure, vasculitis, hypertension, pulmonary edema
Gastrointestinal: inflammation, bleeding (sometimes fatal, particularly in the elderly), ulceration, perforation and obstruction of the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract. Esophagitis, stomatitis, hematemesis, pancreatitis, vomiting, colitis, exacerbation of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease).
Hepatobiliary: jaundice, abnormal liver function tests, hepatitis (some cases have been fatal)
Hemic and Lymphatic: eosinophilia, leucopenia, melena, thrombocytopenia, agranulocytosis, granulocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, aplastic anemia
Metabolic and Nutritional: hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia
Nervous System: inability to concentrate, depression, dream abnormalities, insomnia, malaise, myalgia, muscle weakness, aseptic meningitis, cognitive dysfunction, convulsions
Respiratory: eosinophilic pneumonitis, asthma
Dermatologic: alopecia, urticaria, skin rashes, toxic epidermal necrolysis, erythema multiforme, erythema nodosum, fixed drug eruption, lichen planus, pustular reaction, systemic lupus erythematoses, bullous reactions, including Stevens-Johnson syndrome, photosensitive dermatitis, photosensitivity reactions, including rare cases resembling porphyria cutanea tarda (pseudoporphyria) or epidermolysis bullosa. If skin fragility, blistering or other symptoms suggestive of pseudoporphyria occur, treatment should be discontinued and the patient monitored.
Special Senses: hearing impairment, corneal opacity, papillitis, retrobulbar optic neuritis, papilledema
Urogenital: glomerular nephritis, hematuria, hyperkalemia, interstitial nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, renal disease, renal failure, renal papillary necrosis, raised serum creatinine
Reproduction (female): infertility
In patients taking NSAIDs, the following adverse experiences have also been reported in <1% of patients.
Body as a Whole: fever, infection, sepsis, anaphylactic reactions, appetite changes, death
Cardiovascular: hypertension, tachycardia, syncope, arrhythmia, hypotension, myocardial infarction
Gastrointestinal: dry mouth, esophagitis, gastric/peptic ulcers, gastritis, glossitis, eructation
Hepatobiliary: hepatitis, liver failure
Hemic and Lymphatic: rectal bleeding, lymphadenopathy, pancytopenia
Metabolic and Nutritional: weight changes Nervous System: anxiety, asthenia, confusion, nervousness, paresthesia, somnolence, tremors, convulsions, coma, hallucinations
Respiratory: asthma, respiratory depression, pneumonia
Dermatologic: exfoliative dermatitis
Special Senses: blurred vision, conjunctivitis
Urogenital: cystitis, dysuria, oliguria/polyuria, proteinuria
See Table 2 for clinically significant drug interactions with naproxen.
Table 2: Clinically Significant Drug Interactions with Naproxen.
Drugs That Interfere with Hemostasis
Clinical Impact:
Naproxen and anticoagulants such as warfarin have a synergistic effect on bleeding. The concomitant use of naproxen and anticoagulants have an increased risk of serious bleeding compared to the use of either drug alone.
Serotonin release by platelets plays an important role in hemostasis. Case-control and cohort epidemiological studies showed that concomitant use of drugs that interfere with serotonin reuptake and an NSAID may potentiate the risk of bleeding more than an NSAID alone.
Intervention: Monitor patients with concomitant use of NAPROSYN Suspension with anticoagulants (e.g., warfarin), antiplatelet agents (e.g., aspirin), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) for signs of bleeding [see Warnings and Precautions (5.11)].
Clinical Impact: A pharmacodynamic (PD) study has demonstrated an interaction in which lower dose naproxen (220mg/day or 220mg twice daily) interfered with the antiplatelet effect of low-dose immediate-release aspirin, with the interaction most marked during the washout period of naproxen [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.2)]. There is reason to expect that the interaction would be present with prescription doses of naproxen or with enteric-coated low-dose aspirin; however, the peak interference with aspirin function may be later than observed in the PD study due to the longer washout period.
Controlled clinical studies showed that the concomitant use of NSAIDs and analgesic doses of aspirin does not produce any greater therapeutic effect than the use of NSAIDs alone. In a clinical study, the concomitant use of an NSAID and aspirin was associated with a significantly increased incidence of GI adverse reactions as compared to use of the NSAID alone [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)].
Intervention: Because there may be an increased risk of cardiovascular events following discontinuation of naproxen due to the interference with the antiplatelet effect of aspirin during the washout period, for patients taking low-dose aspirin for cardioprotection who require intermittent analgesics, consider use of an NSAID that does not interfere with the antiplatelet effect of aspirin, or non-NSAID analgesics where appropriate.
Concomitant use of NAPROSYN Suspension and analgesic doses of aspirin is not generally recommended because of the increased risk of bleeding [see Warnings and Precautions (5.11)].
NAPROSYN suspension is not a substitute for low dose aspirin for cardiovascular protection.
ACE Inhibitors, Angiotensin Receptor Blockers, and Beta-Blockers
NSAIDs may diminish the antihypertensive effect of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), or beta-blockers (including propranolol).
In patients who are elderly, volume-depleted (including those on diuretic therapy), or have renal impairment, co-administration of an NSAID with ACE inhibitors or ARBs may result in deterioration of renal function, including possible acute renal failure. These effects are usually reversible.
Intervention: During concomitant use of NAPROSYN Suspension and ACE-inhibitors, ARBs, or beta-blockers, monitor blood pressure to ensure that the desired blood pressure is obtained.
During concomitant use of NAPROSYN Suspension and ACE-inhibitors or ARBs in patients who are elderly, volume-depleted, or have impaired renal function, monitor for signs of worsening renal function [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6 Renal Toxicity and Hyperkalemia)].
When these drugs are administered concomitantly, patients should be adequately hydrated. Assess renal function at the beginning of the concomitant treatment and periodically thereafter.
Clinical Impact: Clinical studies, as well as post-marketing observations, showed that NSAIDs reduced the natriuretic effect of loop diuretics (e.g., furosemide) and thiazide diuretics in some patients. This effect has been attributed to the NSAID inhibition of renal prostaglandin synthesis.
Intervention: During concomitant use of NAPROSYN Suspension with diuretics, observe patients for signs of worsening renal function, in addition to assuring diuretic efficacy including antihypertensive effects [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6 Renal Toxicity and Hyperkalemia)].
Clinical Impact: The concomitant use of naproxen with digoxin has been reported to increase the serum concentration and prolong the half-life of digoxin
Intervention: During concomitant use of NAPROSYN Suspension and digoxin, monitor serum digoxin levels.
Clinical Impact: NSAIDs have produced elevations in plasma lithium levels and reductions in renal lithium clearance. The mean minimum lithium concentration increased 15%, and the renal clearance decreased by approximately 20%. This effect has been attributed to NSAID inhibition of renal prostaglandin synthesis.
Intervention: During concomitant use of NAPROSYN Suspension and lithium, monitor patients for signs of lithium toxicity.
Clinical Impact: Concomitant use of NSAIDs and methotrexate may increase the risk for methotrexate toxicity (e.g., neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, renal dysfunction).
Intervention: During concomitant use of NAPROSYN Suspension and methotrexate, monitor patients for methotrexate toxicity.
Clinical Impact: Concomitant use of NAPROSYN Suspension and cyclosporine may increase cyclosporine’s nephrotoxicity.
Intervention: During concomitant use of NAPROSYN Suspension and cyclosporine, monitor patients for signs of worsening renal function.
NSAIDs and Salicylates
Clinical Impact: Concomitant use of naproxen with other NSAIDs or salicylates (e.g., diflunisal, salsalate) increases the risk of GI toxicity, with little or no increase in efficacy [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)].
Intervention: The concomitant use of naproxen with other NSAIDs or salicylates is not recommended.
Clinical Impact: Concomitant use of NAPROSYN Suspension and pemetrexed may increase the risk of pemetrexed-associated myelosuppression, renal, and GI toxicity (see the pemetrexed prescribing information).
Intervention: During concomitant use of NAPROSYN Suspension and pemetrexed, in patients with renal impairment whose creatinine clearance ranges from 45 to 79 mL/min, monitor for myelosuppression, renal and GI toxicity.
NSAIDs with short elimination half-lives (e.g., diclofenac, indomethacin) should be avoided for a period of two days before, the day of, and two days following administration of pemetrexed.
In the absence of data regarding potential interaction between pemetrexed and NSAIDs with longer half-lives (e.g., meloxicam, nabumetone), patients taking these NSAIDs should interrupt dosing for at least five days before, the day of, and two days following pemetrexed administration.
Antacids and Sucralfate
Clinical Impact: Concomitant administration of some antacids (magnesium oxide or aluminum hydroxide) and sucralfate can delay the absorption of naproxen.
Intervention: Concomitant administration of antacids such as magnesium oxide or aluminum hydroxide, and sucralfate with NAPROSYN Suspension is not recommended.
Clinical Impact: Concomitant administration of cholestyramine can delay the absorption of naproxen.
Intervention: Concomitant administration of cholestyramine with NAPROSYN Suspension is not recommended.
Clinical Impact: Probenecid given concurrently increases naproxen anion plasma levels and extends its plasma half-life significantly.
Intervention: Patients simultaneously receiving NAPROSYN Suspension and probenecid should be observed for adjustment of dose if required.
Other albumin-bound drugs
Clinical Impact: Naproxen is highly bound to plasma albumin; it thus has a theoretical potential for interaction with other albumin-bound drugs such as coumarin-type anticoagulants, sulphonylureas, hydantoins, other NSAIDs, and aspirin [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)]
Intervention: Patients simultaneously receiving NAPROSYN Suspension and a hydantoin, sulphonamide or sulphonylurea should be observed for adjustment of dose if required.
Drug/Laboratory Test Interactions
Bleeding times
Clinical Impact: Naproxen may decrease platelet aggregation and prolong bleeding time.
Intervention: This effect should be kept in mind when bleeding times are determined.
Porter-Silber test
Clinical Impact: The administration of naproxen may result in increased urinary values for 17-ketogenic steroids because of an interaction between the drug and/or its metabolites with m-di-nitrobenzene used in this assay.
Intervention: Although 17-hydroxy-corticosteroid measurements (Porter-Silber test) do not appear to be artifactually altered, it is suggested that therapy with naproxen be temporarily discontinued 72 hours before adrenal function tests are performed if the Porter-Silber test is to be used.
Urinary assays of 5-hydroxy indoleacetic acid (5HIAA)
Clinical Impact: Naproxen may interfere with some urinary assays of 5-hydroxy indoleacetic acid (5HIAA).
Intervention: This effect should be kept in mind when urinary 5-hydroxy indoleacetic acid is determined.
Use of NSAIDs, including NAPROSYN Suspension, during the third trimester of pregnancy increases the risk of premature closure of the fetal ductus arteriosus. Avoid use of NSAIDs, including NAPROSYN Suspension, in pregnant women starting at 30 weeks of gestation (third trimester).
There are no adequate and well-controlled studies of NAPROSYN Suspension in pregnant women.
Data from observational studies regarding potential embryofetal risks of NSAID use in women in the first or second trimesters of pregnancy are inconclusive. In the general U.S. population, all clinically recognized pregnancies, regardless of drug exposure, have a background rate of 2-4% for major malformations, and 15-20% for pregnancy loss. In animal reproduction studies in rats, rabbits, and mice no evidence of teratogenicity or fetal harm when naproxen was administered during the period of organogenesis at doses 0.13, 0.26, and 0.6 times the maximum recommended human daily dose of 1500 mg/day, respectively. Based on animal data, prostaglandins have been shown to have an important role in endometrial vascular permeability, blastocyst implantation, and decidualization. In animal studies, administration of prostaglandin synthesis inhibitors such as naproxen, resulted in increased pre- and post-implantation loss.
Labor or Delivery
There are no studies on the effects of NAPROSYN Suspension during labor or delivery. In animal studies, NSAIDS, including naproxen, inhibit prostaglandin synthesis, cause delayed parturition, and increase the incidence of stillbirth.
Human data
There is some evidence to suggest that when inhibitors of prostaglandin synthesis are used to delay preterm labor there is an increased risk of neonatal complications such as necrotizing enterocolitis, patent ductus arteriosus and intracranial hemorrhage. Naproxen treatment given in late pregnancy to delay parturition has been associated with persistent pulmonary hypertension, renal dysfunction and abnormal prostaglandin E levels in preterm infants. Because of the known effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on the fetal cardiovascular system (closure of ductus arteriosus), use during pregnancy (particularly starting at 30 weeks of gestation, or third trimester) should be avoided.
Animal data
Reproduction studies have been performed in rats at 20 mg/kg/day (0.13 times the maximum recommended human daily dose of 1500 mg/day based on body surface area comparison), rabbits at 20 mg/kg/day (0.26 times the maximum recommended human daily dose, based on body surface area comparison), and mice at 170 mg/kg/day (0.6 times the maximum recommended human daily dose based on body surface area comparison) with no evidence of impaired fertility or harm to the fetus due to the drug. Based on animal data, prostaglandins have been shown to have an important role in endometrial vascular permeability, blastocyst implantation, and decidualization. In animal studies, administration of prostaglandin synthesis inhibitors such as naproxen, resulted in increased pre- and post-implantation loss.
The naproxen anion has been found in the milk of lactating women at a concentration equivalent to approximately 1% of maximum naproxen concentration in plasma. The developmental and health benefits of breastfeeding should be considered along with the mother’s clinical need for NAPROSYN Suspension and any potential adverse effects on the breastfed infant from the NAPROSYN Suspension or from the underlying maternal condition.
Based on the mechanism of action, the use of prostaglandin-mediated NSAIDs, including NAPROSYN Suspension, may delay or prevent rupture of ovarian follicles, which has been associated with reversible infertility in some women. Published animal studies have shown that administration of prostaglandin synthesis inhibitors has the potential to disrupt prostaglandin-mediated follicular rupture required for ovulation. Small studies in women treated with NSAIDs have also shown a reversible delay in ovulation.
Consider withdrawal of NSAIDs, including NAPROSYN Suspension, in women who have difficulties conceiving or who are undergoing investigation of infertility.
Safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients below the age of 2 years have not been established. Pediatric dosing recommendations for polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis are based on well-controlled studies. There are no adequate effectiveness or dose-response data for other pediatric conditions, but the experience in polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis and other use experience have established that single doses of 2.5 to 5 mg/kg (as naproxen suspension), with total daily dose not exceeding 15 mg/kg/day, are well tolerated in pediatric patients over 2 years of age.
The hepatic and renal tolerability of long-term naproxen administration was studied in two double-blind clinical trials involving 586 patients. Of the patients studied, 98 patients were age 65 and older and 10 of the 98 patients were age 75 and older. Naproxen was administered at doses of 375 mg twice daily or 750 mg twice daily for up to 6 months. Transient abnormalities of laboratory tests assessing hepatic and renal function were noted in some patients, although there were no differences noted in the occurrence of abnormal values among different age groups.
Elderly patients, compared to younger patients, are at greater risk for NSAID-associated serious cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and/or renal adverse reactions. If the anticipated benefit for the elderly patient outweighs these potential risks, start dosing at the low end of the dosing range, and monitor patients for adverse effects [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1 Cardiovascular Thrombotic Events, 5.2, 5.3 Hepatotoxicity, 5.6 Renal Toxicity and Hyperkalemia, 5.13)].
Studies indicate that although total plasma concentration of naproxen is unchanged, the unbound plasma fraction of naproxen is increased in the elderly. The clinical significance of this finding is unclear, although it is possible that the increase in free naproxen concentration could be associated with an increase in the rate of adverse events per a given dosage in some elderly patients. Caution is advised when high doses are required and some adjustment of dosage may be required in elderly patients. As with other drugs used in the elderly, it is prudent to use the lowest effective dose.
Experience indicates that geriatric patients may be particularly sensitive to certain adverse effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Elderly or debilitated patients seem to tolerate peptic ulceration or bleeding less well when these events do occur. Most spontaneous reports of fatal GI events are in the geriatric population [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6 Renal Toxicity and Hyperkalemia)].
Naproxen is known to be substantially excreted by the kidney, and the risk of toxic reactions to this drug may be greater in patients with impaired renal function. Because elderly patients are more likely to have decreased renal function, care should be taken in dose selection, and it may be useful to monitor renal function. Geriatric patients may be at a greater risk for the development of a form of renal toxicity precipitated by reduced prostaglandin formation during administration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6 Renal Toxicity and Hyperkalemia)].
Caution is advised when high doses are required and some adjustment of dosage may be required in these patients. It is prudent to use the lowest effective dose [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)].
Naproxen-containing products are not recommended for use in patients with moderate to severe and severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance <30 mL/min) [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6), Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)].
Symptoms following acute NSAID overdosages have been typically limited to lethargy, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, and epigastric pain, which have been generally reversible with supportive care. Gastrointestinal bleeding has occurred. Hypertension, acute renal failure, respiratory depression, and coma have occurred, but were rare. A few patients have experienced convulsions, but it is not clear whether or not these were drug-related. It is not known what dose of the drug would be life threatening [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1 Cardiovascular Thrombotic Events, 5.2].
Manage patients with symptomatic and supportive care following an NSAID overdosage. There are no specific antidotes. There are no specific antidotes. Hemodialysis does not decrease the plasma concentration of naproxen because of the high degree of its protein binding. Consider emesis and/or activated charcoal (60 to 100 grams in adults, 1 to 2 grams per kg of body weight in pediatric patients) and/or osmotic cathartic in symptomatic patients seen within four hours of ingestion or in patients with a large overdosage (5 to 10 times the recommended dosage). Forced diuresis, alkalinization of urine, hemodialysis, or hemoperfusion may not be useful due to high protein binding.
For additional information about overdosage treatment contact a poison control center (1-800-222-1222).
NAPROSYN Suspension (naproxen) is available as a light orange-colored opaque oral suspension containing 125 mg/5 mL of naproxen for oral administration.
Naproxen is a propionic acid derivative related to the arylacetic acid group of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The chemical name is (S)-6-methoxy-α-methyl-2-naphthaleneacetic acid. The molecular weight is 230.26 Its molecular formula is C14H14O3, and it has the following chemical structure.
Naproxen is an odorless, white to off-white crystalline substance. It is lipid-soluble, practically insoluble in water at low pH and freely soluble in water at high pH. The octanol/water partition coefficient of naproxen at pH 7.4 is 1.6 to 1.8.
The inactive ingredients in NAPROSYN Suspension include sucrose, magnesium aluminum silicate, sorbitol solution and sodium chloride (39 mg/5 mL, 1.5 mEq), methylparaben, fumaric acid, FD&C Yellow No. 6, imitation pineapple flavor, imitation orange flavor and purified water. The pH of the suspension ranges from 2.2 to 3.7.
Naproxen has analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties.
The mechanism of action of naproxen, like that of other NSAIDs, is not completely understood but involves inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX-1 and COX-2).
Naproxen is a potent inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis in vitro. Naproxen concentrations reached during therapy have produced in vivo effects. Prostaglandins sensitize afferent nerves and potentiate the action of bradykinin in inducing pain in animal models. Prostaglandins are mediators of inflammation. Because naproxen is an inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis, its mode of action may be due to a decrease of prostaglandins in peripheral tissues.
In a healthy volunteer study, 10 days of concomitant administration of naproxen 220 mg once-daily with low-dose immediate-release aspirin (81 mg) showed an interaction with the antiplatelet activity of aspirin as measured by % serum thromboxane B2 inhibition at 24 hours following the day 10 dose [98.7% (aspirin alone) vs 93.1% (naproxen and aspirin)]. The interaction was observed even following discontinuation of naproxen on day 11 (while aspirin dose was continued) but normalized by day 13. In the same study, the interaction was greater when naproxen was administered 30 minutes prior to aspirin [98.7% vs 87.7%] and minimal when aspirin was administered 30 minutes prior to naproxen [98.7% vs 95.4%].
Following administration of naproxen 220 mg twice-daily with low-dose immediate release aspirin (first naproxen dose given 30 minutes prior to aspirin), the interaction was minimal at 24 h following day 10 dose [98.7% vs 95.7%]. However, the interaction was more prominent after discontinuation of naproxen (washout) on day 11 [98.7% vs 84.3%] and did not normalize completely by day 13 [98.5% vs 90.7%]. [see Drug Interactions (7)].
Naproxen is rapidly and completely absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract with an in vivo bioavailability of 95%. The elimination half-life of naproxen ranges from 12 to 17 hours. Steady-state levels of naproxen are reached in 4 to 5 days, and the degree of naproxen accumulation is consistent with this half-life.
Peak plasma levels of naproxen given as NAPROSYN Suspension are attained in 1 to 4 hours.
When NAPROSYN Suspension and immediate release naproxen tablets were given to fasted subjects (n=12) in a single-dose, crossover study, there were comparable pharmacokinetic parameters between the two formulations.
NAPROSYN Suspension Naproxen Tablets 500 mg
Cmax (µg/mL) 64.3 71.1
Tmax (hours) 2.6 2.3
T1/2 (hours) 16.8 16.3
AUC0–t (µg·hr/mL) 1249 1218
Naproxen has a volume of distribution of 0.16 L/kg. At therapeutic levels naproxen is greater than 99% albumin-bound. At doses of naproxen greater than 500 mg/day there is less than proportional increase in plasma levels due to an increase in clearance caused by saturation of plasma protein binding at higher doses (average trough Css 36.5, 49.2 and 56.4 mg/L with 500, 1000 and 1500 mg daily doses of naproxen, respectively). The naproxen anion has been found in the milk of lactating women at a concentration equivalent to approximately 1% of maximum naproxen concentration in plasma (see PRECAUTIONS; Nursing Mothers).
Naproxen is extensively metabolized in the liver to 6-0-desmethyl naproxen, and both parent and metabolites do not induce metabolizing enzymes. Both naproxen and 6-0-desmethyl naproxen are further metabolized to their respective acylglucuronide conjugated metabolites.
The clearance of naproxen is 0.13 mL/min/kg. Approximately 95% of the naproxen from any dose is excreted in the urine, primarily as naproxen (<1%), 6-0-desmethyl naproxen (<1%) or their conjugates (66% to 92%). The plasma half-life of the naproxen anion in humans ranges from 12 to 17 hours. The corresponding half-lives of both naproxen’s metabolites and conjugates are shorter than 12 hours, and their rates of excretion have been found to coincide closely with the rate of naproxen clearance from the plasma. Small amounts, 3% or less of the administered dose, are excreted in the feces. In patients with renal failure metabolites may accumulate [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6)].
In pediatric patients aged 5 to 16 years with arthritis, plasma naproxen levels following a 5 mg/kg single dose of naproxen suspension [see Dosage and Administration (2)] were found to be similar to those found in normal adults following a 500 mg dose. The terminal half-life appears to be similar in pediatric and adult patients. Pharmacokinetic studies of naproxen were not performed in pediatric patients younger than 5 years of age. Pharmacokinetic parameters appear to be similar following administration of NAPROSYN suspension or tablets in pediatric patients.
Studies indicate that although total plasma concentration of naproxen is unchanged, the unbound plasma fraction of naproxen is increased in the elderly, although the unbound fraction is <1% of the total naproxen concentration. Unbound trough naproxen concentrations in elderly subjects have been reported to range from 0.12% to 0.19% of total naproxen concentration, compared with 0.05% to 0.075% in younger subjects.
Hepatic Impairment
Naproxen pharmacokinetics has not been determined in subjects with hepatic insufficiency.
Chronic alcoholic liver disease and probably other diseases with decreased or abnormal plasma proteins (albumin) reduce the total plasma concentration of naproxen, but the plasma concentration of unbound naproxen is increased.
Naproxen pharmacokinetics has not been determined in subjects with renal insufficiency. Given that naproxen, its metabolites and conjugates are primarily excreted by the kidney, the potential exists for naproxen metabolites to accumulate in the presence of renal insufficiency. Elimination of naproxen is decreased in patients with severe renal impairment.
Drug Interaction Studies
When NSAIDs were administered with aspirin, the protein binding of NSAIDs were reduced, although the clearance of free NSAID was not altered. The clinical significance of this interaction is not known. See Table 2 for clinically significant drug interactions of NSAIDs with aspirin [see Drug Interactions (7)].
A 2-year study was performed in rats to evaluate the carcinogenic potential of naproxen at rat doses of 8, 16, and 24 mg/kg/day (0.05, 0.1, and 0.16 times the maximum recommended human daily dose of 1500 mg/day based on a body surface area comparison). No evidence of tumorigenicity was found.
Naproxen tested positive in the in vivo sister chromatid exchange assay for but was not mutagenic in the in vitro bacterial reverse mutation assay (Ames test).
Impairment of Fertility
Male rats were treated with 2, 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg naproxen by oral gavage for 60 days prior to mating and female rats were treated with the same doses for 14 days prior to mating and for the first 7 days of pregnancy. There were no adverse effects on fertility noted (up to 0.13 times the MRDH based on body surface area).
Naproxen has been studied in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, tendonitis and bursitis, and acute gout. Improvement in patients treated for rheumatoid arthritis was demonstrated by a reduction in joint swelling, a reduction in duration of morning stiffness, a reduction in disease activity as assessed by both the investigator and patient, and by increased mobility as demonstrated by a reduction in walking time. Generally, response to naproxen has not been found to be dependent on age, sex, severity or duration of rheumatoid arthritis.
In patients with osteoarthritis, the therapeutic action of naproxen has been shown by a reduction in joint pain or tenderness, an increase in range of motion in knee joints, increased mobility as demonstrated by a reduction in walking time, and improvement in capacity to perform activities of daily living impaired by the disease.
In a clinical trial comparing standard formulations of naproxen 375 mg twice a day (750 mg a day) vs 750 mg twice a day (1500 mg/day), 9 patients in the 750 mg group terminated prematurely because of adverse events. Nineteen patients in the 1500 mg group terminated prematurely because of adverse events. Most of these adverse events were gastrointestinal events.
In clinical studies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, naproxen has been shown to be comparable to aspirin and indomethacin in controlling the aforementioned measures of disease activity, but the frequency and severity of the milder gastrointestinal adverse effects (nausea, dyspepsia, heartburn) and nervous system adverse effects (tinnitus, dizziness, lightheadedness) were less in naproxen-treated patients than in those treated with aspirin or indomethacin.
In patients with ankylosing spondylitis, naproxen has been shown to decrease night pain, morning stiffness and pain at rest. In double-blind studies the drug was shown to be as effective as aspirin, but with fewer side effects.
In patients with acute gout, a favorable response to naproxen was shown by significant clearing of inflammatory changes (e.g., decrease in swelling, heat) within 24 to 48 hours, as well as by relief of pain and tenderness.
Naproxen has been studied in patients with mild to moderate pain secondary to postoperative, orthopedic, postpartum episiotomy and uterine contraction pain and dysmenorrhea. Onset of pain relief can begin within 1 hour in patients taking naproxen. Analgesic effect was shown by such measures as reduction of pain intensity scores, increase in pain relief scores, decrease in numbers of patients requiring additional analgesic medication, and delay in time to remedication. The analgesic effect has been found to last for up to 12 hours.
Naproxen may be used safely in combination with gold salts and/or corticosteroids; however, in controlled clinical trials, when added to the regimen of patients receiving corticosteroids, it did not appear to cause greater improvement over that seen with corticosteroids alone. Whether naproxen has a “steroid-sparing” effect has not been adequately studied. When added to the regimen of patients receiving gold salts, naproxen did result in greater improvement. Its use in combination with salicylates is not recommended because there is evidence that aspirin increases the rate of excretion of naproxen and data are inadequate to demonstrate that naproxen and aspirin produce greater improvement over that achieved with aspirin alone. In addition, as with other NSAIDs, the combination may result in higher frequency of adverse events than demonstrated for either product alone.
In 51Cr blood loss and gastroscopy studies with normal volunteers, daily administration of 1000 mg of NAPROSYN has been demonstrated to cause statistically significantly less gastric bleeding and erosion than 3250 mg of aspirin.
NDC – 71511-701-16
Store at 25°C (77°F); excursions permitted to 15° - 30°C (59° - 86°F) [see USP Controlled Room Temperature] Avoid excessive heat above 40°C (104°F). Dispense in light-resistant containers. Shake gently before use.
Advise the patient and caregiver to read the FDA-approved patient labeling (Medication Guide) that accompanies each prescription dispensed. Inform patients, families, or their caregivers should be informed of the following information before initiating therapy with NAPROSYN Suspension and periodically during the course of ongoing therapy.
Advise patients to be alert for the symptoms of cardiovascular thrombotic events, including chest pain, shortness of breath, weakness, or slurring of speech, and to report any of these symptoms to their health care provider immediately [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1 Cardiovascular Thrombotic Events)].
Advise patients to report symptoms of ulcerations and bleeding, including epigastric pain, dyspepsia, melena, and hematemesis to their health care provider. In the setting of concomitant use of low-dose aspirin for cardiac prophylaxis, inform patients of the increased risk for and the signs and symptoms of GI bleeding [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)].
Hepatotoxicity
Inform patients of the warning signs and symptoms of hepatotoxicity (e.g., nausea, fatigue, lethargy, pruritus, diarrhea, jaundice, right upper quadrant tenderness, and “flu-like” symptoms). If these occur, instruct patients to stop NAPROSYN Suspension and seek immediate medical therapy [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3 Hepatotoxicity)].
Heart Failure and Edema
Advise patients to be alert for the symptoms of congestive heart failure including shortness of breath, unexplained weight gain, or edema and to contact their healthcare provider if such symptoms occur [see Warnings and Precautions (5.5 Heart Failure and Edema)].
Anaphylactic Reactions
Inform patients of the signs of an anaphylactic reaction (e.g., difficulty breathing, swelling of the face or throat). Instruct patients to seek immediate emergency help if these occur [see Contraindications (4) and Warnings and Precautions (5.7)].
Serious Skin Reactions
Advise patients to stop NAPROSYN Suspension immediately if they develop any type of rash and to contact their healthcare provider as soon as possible [see Warnings and Precautions (5.9)].
Advise females of reproductive potential who desire pregnancy that NSAIDs, including NAPROSYN Suspension, may be associated with a reversible delay in ovulation [see Use in Specific Populations (8.3)].
Fetal Toxicity
Inform pregnant women to avoid use of NAPROSYN Suspension and other NSAIDs starting at 30 weeks gestation because of the risk of the premature closing of the fetal ductus arteriosus [see Warnings and Precautions (5.10) and Use in Specific Populations (8.1)].
Avoid Concomitant Use of NSAIDs
Inform patients that the concomitant use of NAPROSYN Suspension with other NSAIDs or salicylates (e.g., diflunisal, salsalate) is not recommended due to the increased risk of gastrointestinal toxicity, and little or no increase in efficacy [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2) and Drug Interactions (7)]. Alert patients that NSAIDs may be present in “over the counter” medications for treatment of colds, fever, or insomnia.
Use of NSAIDS and Low-Dose Aspirin
Inform patients not to use low-dose aspirin concomitantly with NAPROSYN Suspension until they talk to their healthcare provider [see Drug Interactions (7)].
Dosing Instructions
Instruct patients on how to measure and take the correct dose of NAPROSYN Suspension and to always use a calibrated measuring device when administering NAPROSYN Suspension to ensure the dose is measured and administered accurately [see Dosage and Administration (2.1)].
If the prescribed concentration is changed, instruct patients on how to correctly measure the new dose to avoid errors.
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This Medication Guide has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Issued or Revised: April 2019
Medication Guide for Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
What is the most important information I should know about medicines called Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)?
NSAIDs can cause serious side effects, including:
Increased risk of a heart attack or stroke that can lead to death. This risk may happen early in treatment and may increase:
with increasing doses of NSAIDs
with longer use of NSAIDs
Do not take NSAIDs right before or after a heart surgery called a “coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)."
Avoid taking NSAIDs after a recent heart attack, unless your healthcare provider tells you to. You may have an increased risk of another heart attack if you take NSAIDs after a recent heart attack.
Increased risk of bleeding, ulcers, and tears (perforation) of the esophagus (tube leading from the mouth to the stomach), stomach and intestines:
anytime during use
without warning symptoms
that may cause death
The risk of getting an ulcer or bleeding increases with:
past history of stomach ulcers, or stomach or intestinal bleeding with use of NSAIDs
taking medicines called “corticosteroids”, “anticoagulants”, “SSRIs”, or “SNRIs”
increasing doses of NSAIDs
longer use of NSAIDs
advanced liver disease
bleeding problems
NSAIDs should only be used:
exactly as prescribed
at the lowest dose possible for your treatment
for the shortest time needed
What are NSAIDs?
NSAIDs are used to treat pain and redness, swelling, and heat (inflammation) from medical conditions such as different types of arthritis, menstrual cramps, and other types of short-term pain.
Who should not take NSAIDs?
Do not take NSAIDs:
if you have had an asthma attack, hives, or other allergic reaction with aspirin or any other NSAIDs.
right before or after heart bypass surgery.
How should I take NAPROSYN Suspension?
Use ONLY a calibrated measuring device to measure your dose of NAPROSYN Suspension. DO NOT use a household teaspoon or tablespoon. Your pharmacist can provide you with the proper device to correctly measure your dose.
Before taking NSAIDS, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:
have liver or kidney problems
have high blood pressure
are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. Talk to your healthcare provider if you are considering taking NSAIDs during pregnancy. You should not take NSAIDs after 29 weeks of pregnancy.
are breastfeeding or plan to breast feed.
Tell your healthcare provider about all of the medicines you take, including prescription or over-the-counter medicines, vitamins or herbal supplements. NSAIDs and some other medicines can interact with each other and cause serious side effects. Do not start taking any new medicine without talking to your healthcare provider first.
What are the possible side effects of NSAIDs?
See “What is the most important information I should know about medicines called Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)?”
new or worse high blood pressure
liver problems including liver failure
kidney problems including kidney failure
low red blood cells (anemia)
life-threatening skin reactions
life-threatening allergic reactions
Other side effects of NSAIDs include: stomach pain, constipation, diarrhea, gas, heartburn, nausea, vomiting, and dizziness.
Get emergency help right away if you get any of the following symptoms:
shortness of breath or trouble breathing
weakness in one part or side of your body
swelling of the face or throat
Stop taking your NSAID and call your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms:
more tired or weaker than usual
your skin or eyes look yellow
indigestion or stomach pain
vomit blood
there is blood in your bowel movement or it is black and sticky like tar
unusual weight gain
skin rash or blisters with fever
swelling of the arms, legs, hands and feet
If you take too much of your NSAID, call your healthcare provider or get medical help right away.
These are not all the possible side effects of NSAIDs. For more information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about NSAIDs.
Other information about NSAIDs
Aspirin is an NSAID but it does not increase the chance of a heart attack. Aspirin can cause bleeding in the brain, stomach, and intestines. Aspirin can also cause ulcers in the stomach and intestines.
Some NSAIDs are sold in lower doses without a prescription (over-the counter). Talk to your healthcare provider before using over-the-counter NSAIDs for more than 10 days.
General information about the safe and effective use of NSAIDs
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Medication Guide. Do not use NSAIDs for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give NSAIDs to other people, even if they have the same symptoms that you have. It may harm them.
If you would like more information about NSAIDs, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your pharmacist or healthcare provider for information about NSAIDs that is written for health professionals.
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Dallas Spending $500,000 For New Parks Master Plan
By Brian New | CBS 11 NewsBy Brian New August 6, 2014 at 6:25 am
Filed Under:Dallas, Dallas Park and Recreation Department, Klyde Warren Park, Lee Kleinman, Parks
(credit: KTVT/KTXA)
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Ever since it opened in downtown Dallas nearly two years ago, Klyde Warren Park has been the crown jewel of the Dallas parks system.
However, the 5.2-acre park alone isn’t enough to keep up with the city’s growing population and demand for more green space.
So in search of the next “big idea”, the city voted in May to pay the consulting firm of Wallace Roberts & Todd nearly $500,000 to update the park department’s comprehensive master plan.
The last time the city developed such as master plan, the “Renaissance Plan”, was in 2002.
Councilman Lee Kleinman said the city needs to be creative as resources and space are limited.
“We can’t grow out anymore,” he said. “So when you are looking at space and open space you got to look at everything that is there that you can turn into a park.”
Tuesday night the city held two public input meetings focused on determining what recreational activities resident want the city’s parks department to provide.
More input meetings are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
The updated parks master plan won’t be complete for another year.
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Hayes rejects an Andress player's shot to prove he is a defensive threat. (Photo courtesy / Mark Cooledge)
Hayes rejects an Andress player's shot to prove he is a defensive threat.
Photo courtesy / Mark Cooledge
Hayes hopes to lead basketball team to district title
Reed Medlock, Writer
It’s difficult to find a high school basketball player with size in El Paso. Then came along Hank Hayes, a lanky 6’9 center with shooting ability. Hayes has been one of the most dominant players in the district the past two years and is not planning on changing that in his senior campaign.
First and foremost, Hayes is a student athlete. With a 1410 SAT, 33 ACT, and a 4.1 GPA, Hayes puts school before anything else.
“I take school very seriously because, as much as I love basketball, I know it won’t be a huge part of my life after college,” Hayes said. “I want to do whatever I can to put myself in a position to succeed in life.”
Hayes joined the varsity squad his sophomore year, and despite some lack of playtime, he had an immediate impact on the squad. Adding great size to the team, Hayes is a rebound machine in the paint. His most impressive game during his sophomore year was at Dumas High School, where he had 14 points, two assists, and 10 rebounds in a 57-32 win.
Though he had a solid first year on varsity, Hayes’s breakout season was just around the corner. Throughout his junior year, he was consistently putting up double digits in points and rebounds, sprinkling in a good number of assists and blocks. Hayes’s best performance last year came in a 51-46 win versus Franklin, putting up 14 points, 10 rebounds, and two blocks. With impressive season numbers, Hayes ended the year with All-District First Team, All-District Defensive Team, All District Academic Team, and All-City Honorable Mention under his belt. His goals for this season are to win district and the district MVP award.
Hayes has gained attention from different programs and picked up his first offer from the University of Dallas this past summer.
Due to Hayes being one of the best players in the area, many would picture him being cocky and conceited. Yet, this is frankly not the case. Hayes is a great role model and teammate, setting an excellent example for the people around him.
“Although he’s the star of the team, he tries to get everyone involved and is a great leader,” junior Mason Heredia said. “Hank is a great role model for all of us, as he is a future collegiate athlete but also a really smart individual.”
Besides giving it his all on the court, Hayes has other hobbies that keep him busy in the offseason.
“I love playing the piano and working with computers, so that takes up most of my time outside of basketball and homework,” Hayes said.
Hayes will lace up for another game on Nov. 19. versus Burges, held at the Franklin Magnet Center at 7:30 PM.
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Republic Goes Bankrupt And I Wonder If It’ll Survive the Process
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The long, drawn out descent of Republic Airways continues. The company, which flies as a regional feeder for American, Delta, and United, filed for bankruptcy last week after a rocky few years. This will be an odd bankruptcy, though not as strange as it could have been last year. This bankruptcy is about fixing its mistakes over the years. That sounds good, but it’s risky. I can’t help but wonder if Republic survives this process.
Republic used to be a shining star in the regional industry, but that reputation is long gone. I’m not sure when to actually pinpoint the start of the downfall, but certainly the decision to acquire Frontier and Midwest was right up there. Or maybe it was when Republic ordered C-Series aircraft despite having no way to fly them for a partner (it was Frontier or bust). Or maybe it was after buying Frontier and Midwest, Republic sold the combined airline for nothing just as it was starting to make money again. (The new owners are making a ton of cash.)
Storm clouds gathered last year when Republic admitted a pilot shortage was hitting it hard. Things got worse when Delta decided to renew an agreement for 50-seat jets (which it had the right to do) that Republic expected to expire. Despite finally coming to an agreement on a new contract with its pilots, that wasn’t enough to solve the problem at hand. Things got worse later in the year when Republic simply couldn’t operate its schedule. Delta has sued the airline and was forced to make some really close-in changes last December because of this.
Now, the airline has filed for bankruptcy protection. As I mentioned, Republic signed an agreement with its pilots to increase compensation last year. And according to the letter sent by CEO Bryan Bedford (see the text in reply 6), it has no interest in making any changes to labor agreements. So what’s this all about?
Ditch Airplanes It No Longer Wants
The backbone of the fleet is a mix of Embraer 170s and 175s. It wants to continue operating those aircraft going forward (and continue taking delivery of those on order), but it has some other airplanes it wants gone. This is like a graveyard of bad decisions.
It still has those ERJ-145s flying for Delta which it wants to get rid of. It should have found a better way to ditch them when these were still operated by a different standalone subsidiary.
There are some other ERJ-145s that aren’t flying at all but are collecting dust in the desert. It wants those to disappear.
It has announced that the Q400 aircraft flying for United are going away, but it wants them gone faster. Those weren’t with Republic for long. That was related to the ill-fated effort to pick up that flying from Colgan just a couple years ago.
I believe Republic is still flying 5 Embraer 190s for Caesar’s on charter, but that may have expired. Those airplanes were never a good fit but operated under the Frontier/Midwest banner back in the day and need to go away.
Republic still has a sizable order on the books for the C-Series. With no prospects to be able to fly that for any partner, I just don’t understand that one. That needs to go.
Once it gets rid of all the airplanes it doesn’t want, it can then focus on the Embraer 170/175 and combine its two subsidiaries (Shuttle America and Republic) into one. That’ll be a smaller but leaner operation. It’ll reduce costs and all will be well, right? Well, not so fast. Because the other part of the equation is a little scarier.
Break Contracts With Its Airline Partners
Today, Republic operates airplanes for each of the big three legacy carriers. According to Bryan’s letter, “we must negotiate additional revenue from our codeshare partners that recognizes the true cost of the product, that reflects our value in the marketplace and the value we provide our partners.”
Right. I don’t think Republic has any real value in the marketplace other than being able to provide (lately, un)reliable low cost transportation for the legacy carriers. It has the planes and it has some pilots. But if another operator can do it for less, then that’s still how the marketplace works. (Anyone have another explanation for why Mesa is still winning business?)
Clearly the contracts aren’t where Republic wants them, but will it have the leverage to get these guys to agree to a new deal? This is a risk for Republic. If it breaks the contracts, then the partners may go elsewhere. The only thing Republic has on its side is that it has the airplanes (and orders), and it might take other airlines more time to ramp up. But you can bet that the legacies are all investigating that right now.
The tone that Republic is using makes it sound like there’s no risk to the airline at all. This is just a simple process. But I don’t buy it. This piece from Bryan’s note in particular made me take notice.
We have worked for months with our stakeholders to attempt to restructure the obligations of our out-of-favor aircraft and to increase our codeshare revenues; it has increasingly become clear that this process has come to an impasse and that we can no longer afford to waste our valuable resources.
If the aircraft owners don’t want to negotiate, this will force their hand. But what about those airlines? If they can’t come to an agreement outside of bankruptcy, then that means the airlines aren’t going to make it easy inside of bankruptcy. Maybe the airline partners will decide that with the contracts broken, they have better places to put their airplanes. We don’t know. But it is a risk.
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31 comments on “Republic Goes Bankrupt And I Wonder If It’ll Survive the Process”
I’m actually rather excited about the prospect of Republic shutting down altogether. While frequency will likely take a hit at non-hub airports I can’t wait to escape from all 50 seat regional jet flying. I would hope this would accelerate a move to the major airlines running nothing but 76 seat and larger airplanes ideally by main-line flight crew.
Republic IS leaving the 50 seat market and INcreasing the 70 seat ejet market, so why would they have to shutdown to make that happen?
Republic, Compass, Skywest and Mesa all operate E170 equipment. That flying going back to mainline isn’t going to happen. Now mainline operating the 100+ seat market with the E190 product is happening and they will absorb much of their flying back from the regionals that way.
Republic is trying once again to lead the pack by vacating less profitable 50 seat/turboprop aircraft while simultaneously retaining and attracting qualified pilots which are becoming more valuable to airlines today as the pilot supply continues to shrink.
If Republic can renegotiate its contracts with it’s key stakeholders in reorganization, it will emerge from Chapter 11 leaner, fitter and more attractive to new pilot candidates. It is those regionals that can retain and attract pilots that will survive in the future.
crankyflier says:
Abraham – It doesn’t matter which regionals go away. There’s always someone else willing to do the flying. The only thing that makes 50 seaters (or any seaters) disappear is if nobody can do it for cheap enough anymore. But with fuel low, that shouldn’t be the case. There should still be 50 seaters flying around since there are some places that can’t support larger aircraft.
And Jim- Republic isn’t leading the pack here. Every other regional (maybe except Air Wisconsin) has already shed a bunch of 50 seaters and tried to focus on larger aircraft.
Fred miller says:
Republic shutting down would be incredibly good for the industry. The flying will go to stronger regionals and hopefully mostly back to the major airlines. This would be a boon for safety as well by getting rid of a huge number of lower quality pilots at the regional level.
Eric C says:
Those pilots will be employed instantly. The majors are, collectively, hiring the equivalent of a Republic annually. The regionals will hire anyone who meets legal minimums, and will train and retrain them until they pass. That’s the hidden danger of the 1500 hour rule: there’s not enough supply to be discriminating any more.
The insuation that regional pilots are not qualified and equally skilled as mainline operators is completely false. Many regional pilots have been stuck at their respective airlines for well over a decade through no fault of their own. It has been considered the lost decade for mainline hiring, no movement or career opportunities for those stuck at a regional level. Your ignorance to the skill set and caliber of employees speaks largely to your knowledge of 121 carriers as a whole.
ed.jacob says:
Nonsense! A few years ago in a survey of age / qualifications / experience conducted by one of the majors, they found that the median of their (large) regional was higher (= more experienced) than the mainline!
Why? Retired military, pilots made redundant from failed carriers etc.
I have no doubt that the picture has changed now – but don’t be too quick to jump to conclusions!
The majors need to realize that they can’t keep awarding contracts to regionals at unrealistic rates. Many regionals must bid under cost because it’s still better than losing a contract altogether. There’s more planes that need paying for than their are contracts to pay for them, and in that difference is desperation. This does no one any good. There’s not fat left to trim, what’s left is reducing the entire operation to the smallest, cheapest thing that can function just well enough to blame its operational issues on weather, major partners, or a pilot shortage. What’s more, in propping up the lowest cost bidders the majors are doing harm to the responsible regionals that bid the costs that allow them to deliver the desired product.
Mesa remains in business in part because covering the flying they fail to do is not SkyWest’s least profitable fifty seat contract. You won’t see them bail out Mesa on the 175 though.
I think it’s interesting that the people making so many poor decisions at Republic are still the same top executives. I don’t think a mainline carrier will snatch them up (i.e. Delta/Endeavor) but I could see another regional buying at least part of the company or its assets. With their pilot rates much higher I don’t think we will see any type of true “merger.”
Dennis Garrou says:
The “regional airlines” are not really airlines at all; they are “wet lease lessors” to three large legacy carriers, who are always looking for the best lease deal they can find. Republic et al will continue to get squeezed until their business evaporates when mainline carrier pilot union aircraft minimum size mandates kick in.
Having to deal with AA/DL/UA isn’t going to be easy. They might need the counts to break all contracts and start all over again.
Mesa may still be winning business now, but they’d better be careful. The only reason any pilot shows up there is for a quick upgrade, which will go away once the growth is over. (See also: PSA)
Joel – Isn’t that why a pilot goes to any regional? I can’t imagine people start at a regional expecting to be a career. Maybe some lifestyle flying for tiny carriers in nice places, but not the big regionals. It’s all about how quickly you can get to mainline.
DesertGhost says:
This looks a lot like Mesa’s bankruptcy a few years ago. It was relatively successful. That doesn’t mean Republic’s will be. Bankruptcy is always a risky business, even with a lot of cash.
Eric A. says:
Now that the industry landscape is 3+1+.5(ULCCs ) ‘regional’ consolidation was inevitable. It’s a catch 22 for the big 3: consolidation is good for product consistency and vendor stability but there are fewer non-wholly owned carriers to play against each other and whipsaw for the best contract.
Even as a zombie regional, RAH fills the role as an actor to play against indies and wholly owneds to keep overall costs in line.
PHLLAX says:
The Caesar’s contract ended in the 2nd half of last year. I’m surprised that they haven’t tried to sell the remaining 190’s back to AA.
Interesting. I wonder if AA wasn’t willing to give Republic as much money for them as they wanted. Perhaps AA or DL will pick these up in Bankruptcy.
ejwp says:
Interesting that so many people want to see the end of smaller RJ’s. All that does is it makes smaller communities more difficult to serve – and note how many small communities have already lost service. That creates a nice opportunity for a regional to pick up and develop markets that have little or no service – and that cycle which we saw in the ’80’s and ’90’s will repeat all over again. An opportunity for Cape Air, or similar…..?
Dennis G says:
ejwp said, “That creates a nice opportunity for a regional to pick up and develop markets that have little or no service.” WHAT regionals? There are none. They don’t make their own schedules or sell tickets; they wet lease airplanes and crews to the big guys.
apart from Cape Air, Great Lakes, Silver, etc……
AFAIK, there is some at risk flying that the regionals do.. They set schedules and prices, although its flown under the major’s brand.
What are the chances that UA picks up the ashes of Republic to have an in house regional. They’re the only major without one or two.
Nick – My guess is United isn’t in a place to actually do that, but this would be an opportunity to do it. Same thing Delta did with Pinnacle, now Endeavor.
Aphro38 says:
Won’t happen.
Tried with Air Wisconsin years ago and failed due to AFA scope clause.
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-dc-circuit/1056496.html
Perhaps, but that was 1995, and UA has been through a bankruptcy and a merger since, who knows if that language is still in the flight attendant’s contract. I’d expect that its found its way out of the contract.
http://unitedafa.org/contract/2012-2016/letters/scope_agmt.aspx
Mirabella says:
If Republic decides to assume its executory contracts during bankruptcy, it has a statutory requirement as debtor to demonstrate it can perform its obligations in the future. That could be tricky.
JayB says:
This is a mess that is only going to get worse as airlines shed any responsibility for operating routes with their own crews and aircraft. Contracting out may be nice for the airlines but is crap for the contractors and the travelling public. Leaving it up to a contractor to find crews, leaving it up to contractors to keep up with the right-sized aircraft a principal wants, being able to bid a price to cover costs in a concentrated industry where take-it-or-leave it is becoming the norm, is a march to disaster.
This disaster starts with what the airlines are doing in how it provides service to its customers. I dislike the use of regionals…the regional employees are just fine, but it’s how the airlines are using them, is what I dislike. When we see someone like UA operate its entire schedule in a major market, like Dulles to DFW with regionals, 3 1/2 hrs each way, this is not what I expect from a major airline. The whole operation is contingent of the management and financial skills of the contractor, not the principal, and the principals know they can make the contractors bow down to whatever they want. And, the travelers? Like where are you going to go? Sure, go to AA? Maybe WN steps in, and UA is drummed out of the market. Can competition really work in the structure we have today?
We’re getting closer to the airlines being nothing more than companies that “forward” people. Nothing wrong with the regionals being used to service the airlines’ spokes, but in the major markets, as replacements, using “bottom-feeders” or soon to be same…no way!
UA is using Commut Air, ExpressJet, GoJet, Mesa, Republic/Shuttle America, SkyWest, and TransStates. If UA is in business to be an airline, be one! Any airline that operates more than 50 percent of its flights with a regional forfeits its right to be called an airline. All of the these regionals are heading for the graveyard and what will we have left?
Like, I have answers? I know what I like and I’m not getting it.
Flights or Available Seat Miles?
The difference is important.
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Dan Larsen says:
I worked as a ramp rat for Atlantic Coast (United Express) back in the early 2000’s, although i was gone by the time the Independence Air fiasco rolled around.
The first thing you learn is that the business of regional airlines are the industry’s dirtiest little secret.
I have no comment on the I-Air business model, but the whole thing started because United wanted to (and did) cut their rates. ACA said no, you have a contract that we want you to honor. (Again, it’s not like people get rich in the regional world.) When push came to shove, ACA thought they had too much flying for United to replace over night. But since they had to do something with those airplanes, I-Air was born.
In retrospect, I actually wonder how likely they thought it would be that I-Air would fly the day they dreamed about. How much of it was that they truly expected United to cave?
These days, there’s some similarities with Republic. Republic wants better rates, and the majors don’t want to play ball. The reality is, some airline will pick up the equipment and rehire the people at Year 0/Year 1 rates. So why should the airlines play ball?
I ran like hell from the regionals, and I’m glad I did. Jesus its messy.
Paul A. says:
I am truly surprised that more Regional Airlines haven’t had this problem. (Great Lakes, Silver Airways, ect) because of the pilot shortage. And because a lot of them rely on the EAS contracts.
I Hope they are able to make it, but I doubt it, maybe Great Lakes or Silver will try to buy them.
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T & T Delvers Tales
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Introduction by Ken St. Andre
The following tale of wizardly cunning was created by playing a solo dungeon authored by Scott Grant–a dungeon expressly designed for wizards, instead of those more commonly created for warriors. Using magic well within a solo dungeon is a difficult task for a game master/scenario writer to manage, and Scott, one of the many rather brilliant members of Trollhalla, has managed it very well.
I did all the writing here, but because Scott created all the situations and characters, and because the members of Trollhalla voted to determine the hero’s next action each time, I have given them authorship credits as well. An adventure created from a solo may or may not end happily but what I want here is fiction, not an exhaustive retelling of the game. I have decided to leave some of the game mechanics visible (usually in parenthesis) in order for those who are not familiar with Tunnels and Trolls to have some idea what is happening and why. If I submitted the story for professional publication, I would take all the game mechanics out of the narrative. It’s really just a short story. Such a narrative typically only shows a small part of the total adventure. Markus was supposed to retrieve at least 9 out of 10 tokens, but . . .
I have also left in some of the commentary I wrote while playing through the adventure the first time. This breaking of the fourth wall between narrative and readers is generally frowned upon by the literary establishment, but this tale is a kind of special case. I am hoping that it will not only give you a few minutes of reading pleasure, but also illustrate some of the gaming principles involved in roleplaying a game like Tunnels and Trolls.
And now, on with our tale . . .
by Scott Grant, Ken St. Andre, and members of Trollhalla
Markus of the Myre looked good in his new dungeon delving gear. He had a complete suit of leather armor with high-topped boots and fingerless gauntlets–protection for the hand, but maximum dexterity for casting spells and fighting. A wickedly curved jambiya was thrust through the belt at his waist–he counted on his armor to keep it from cutting him–and his trusty staff was in his left hand. He kept a serious expression on his face with some difficulty as his gnarled old instructor droned on and on.
“You have one final test to complete your education,” said old Oinkenwartz. “All those who train in Cormac’s School of Wizardry, also known as the Cedar Corral Wizards Guild, must learn to use their training in a very real way. We don’t just send you out into the world with a pat on the backside and hope for the best; we want you to be truly prepared.”
“I appreciate that, Sir,” said Markus, when what he really meant was “Can we get on with this?”
“Follow me.” Oinkenwartz pushed aside a curtain and revealed a stairway heading down to the Tower’s basement. They had gone that way many times before on training exercises. The old wizard muttered a word “Tnalov” and levitated about six inches. He then floated effortlessly down the stairs. Markus had to walk.
The young apprentice thought he knew everything that the basement had to offer, from the Library of Stone to the Practice Room to the Janitors Closet, but Oinkenwartz put his hand on a stretch of blank wall, muttered something. Then the wall shimmered and disappeared, revealing another stairway leading down into unknown depths.
“I survived this dungeon myself many years ago. Though it has seen many changes, it is still very challenging—and very deadly. You will need more than just your magic; you will need to be smart, clever and lucky. Less than half of our students ever make it out. Perhaps you will meet some of them down there.” Oinkenwartz snorted, making a wheezing noise that could have been a laugh, a spell, or perhaps his last breath.
The old teacher pulled a gem out of thin air—actually he reached up and pulled it from behind Markus’s ear. The apprentice wished the old coot wasn’t such a stage magician at heart. “Before you enter the dungeon, you may cast two spells. This gem will allow me to restore your kremm after each casting. Choose your spells wisely.”
Markus looked at his instructor quizzically. “That’s a very kind offer, Sir, but what good does it do me to cast a spell now, when I will undoubtedly need it later?”
“Good thinking, lad. Most of the spells would be useless to you now. But surely there are some that might come in handy later.”
“Hmmm, well, hocus focus might be useful, but I already have a staff ordinaire.”
“That was a wise investment on your part.”
“I’d like a Do-Over spell, then and a Ground Rule Double.”
“Excellent, Lad, excellent!” Oinkenwartz extended the jewel toward Markus. “Cast those now, if you please.” Markus concentrated, did some finger flexing, intoned mystic syllables. The jewel cast off some unlikely glows and remained glowing brightly in the teacher’s hand. “You take it my boy! When you want the Do-Over just rub the gem and say do-over. When you want the Ground rule double, rub it and say double.”
“Thank you, Sir. May I go now?” Markus took the gem.
“Oh, yes, go now!” The old wizard lunged forward and pushed Marcus through the portal. Caught unexpectedly, Markus staggered back a few steps and teetered on the edge of the stairway. The stone beneath his feet flattened out; the stairway turned into a spiral slide, and Markus found himself sliding down into the darkness. He barely managed to hold onto the gem, and he did drop the staff, but it didn’t matter. The staff slid down into the pit with him. Then he found himself flying through the air and falling. [L1SR on DEX—rolls 3, 3 plus 3,4 for a total of 13—makes it handily.]
Markus found himself in a dimly-lit room. One stone just above the chute that had dropped him here glowed weakly. He put the jewel in a small pouch that was tied to his belt, picked up his staff and got to his feet. There was a door in the north wall. The chute was in the south wall. There didn’t appear to be anything interesting, although there could have been something hidden on the walls—the light was really too faint to tell.
[Note: only 3 spells had any result on the gem. Hocus Focus was one of them, but it was a waste since Markus already had a great focus in his staff ordinaire. One person suggested the Ground Rule Double. Nobody suggested Do-Over. Spells like Detect Magic are inherently useless in this solo. Markus is a wizard. He detects magic automatically—he can’t help it. Sligo may think it’s a great joke to kick you out of the dungeon on the first paragraph, but I think it’s a waste of our time, so I gave Markus the only two spells that might help him. In my opinion, Vorpal Blade would have been a possibility if the player had a sword or knife. He does have a knife, but the adventure didn’t allow that to work either.]
Markus got up and looked around. It didn’t take long. Two steps in any direction brought him to the wall. Yes, the stone above the entry chute was glowing, a cool light, and not very bright, but as his eyes adjusted to the semi-darkness, he found he could see well enough. For a moment he thought about casting Will-o-Wisp to get a little more light, but why bother? This dungeon, like all the best dungeons he’d ever heard of, seemed to provide its own light. That made sense. If creatures were going to live down here, they’d have to be able to see to get around.
He thumped on the walls as he walked, just to see if there were any hollow-sounding spots, but that just scuffed up his knuckles. Solid stone has a way of doing that when you rap on it. When he reached the door he found some markings, all done in the Dwarvish runes that everyone was using for writing these days. He stopped to read it. “Dang! Wasted an Oh There It Is. Nothing here.” And “Trrrommm was here.” And a few other comments with about as much content. It did make him wonder if he had brought anything to write with. A quick check of his delver’s pack ™ showed him that he had two large pieces of white chalk—they would do. He made his own mark by the door, M. M. and the date 6/28/1320 A.K.
Then he opened the door and looked outside. He was at a T intersection. Dimly-lit corridors stretched off to the left, right, and straight ahead. He stepped out into the intersection and closed the door behind him. As he put his foot down, he skidded a little. Looking more carefully at the floor, he saw that he had stepped in something. Ew!
He drew an M on the door behind him and arrow indicating which way he went.
Markus turned left and set off on his explorations. He took a moment to mark his trail with a chalk arrow and an M. He walked for a while and came to another intersection. Again he turned left, and walked until the corridor ended in a door. He put his ear to the door, and heard muffled voices. They sounded human.
Having decided to go through every door he found, Markus pushed the door open. He found himself looking into a sort of arena. The room was a good fifty feet square and well-lighted with several open-sided oil lamps. There was a large ring painted on the floor in heavy black paint, and two armored warriors stood outside of it in opposite sides of the room. One had a sword and shield. The other carried mace and shield. Both wore full plate armor. Shield and armor showed a few dents, and both men were breathing heavily. It appeared that the fighters were very evenly matched.
Markus stood near the northern door. There were exits to the east and west. On the south wall was a golden podium with a small trophy upon it. The two men had been talking, but when they saw Markus enter, they lowered their visors and turned to face him.
“Good evening, Gentlemen,” said Markus. “Pardon me if I have interrupted anything important. My name is Markus of the Myre. May I ask who you are?”
The one with the sword said, “Hello, Markus, my name is Scott. Is it evening already?”
“Well, the sun had gone down when I entered this dungeon.”
The one with the mace said, “Greetings, Markus, my name is Grant. We’ll get back to our fight soon. Would you care to stay and watch, just to be sure that Scott doesn’t cheat?”
The question made Markus a bit uncomfortable. “Um, why are you two men fighting? Wouldn’t it be better to save it for the monsters in this place? I could use a bodyguard, or two.”
“Monsters?” Both men looked at Markus like he was crazy and burst out laughing.
“Grant is the only monster around here,” said Scott. “He wants to keep me from the prize I deserve.” He pointed almost reverently at the small gold trophy.
“What makes you think you deserve it?” asked Markus.
Scott puffed out his chest. “It should be mine because I am a gallant and brave fighter, and the trophy would make a nice addition to the long list of honors and awards I have received.”
“You, Scott, are a pompous braggart,” sneered Grant, “and you deserve to be taken down a notch. If I win the trophy, I’ll sell it for gold, and give half the money to the poor.”
“I don’t trust you, Grant. I think you lie, and you would do anything to take away the honors that I deserve.”
Grant shrugged and looked at Markus. “See how he is. Who can trust a man who knows no humility? Someone like him would think it’s honorable to cheat, because he thinks it’s his right to win.”
“Cheat! Me? I would never do such a thing!”
“Hah! You would take every advantage you could get, because you know that a dead foe will never complain about your underhanded tactics.”
“Are you calling me dishonorable and a liar?”
“I only speak the truth. It’s not my fault you can’t deal with it.”
The swordsman raised his blade and rushed into the ring toward his foe. “I’ll show you how I deal with those who challenge my honor.”
The mace wielder charged also. They came together with a clang of armor. Grant blocked the swordsman’s swing easily with his shield and then countered with a blow of his own. The fight was on again.
“Hmph!” snorted Markus to himself. “These guys act like jealous brothers. Well, they are going to fight. What am I going to do?” He paused to think for a moment.
It was a very long fight—it lasted a full hour. (30 combat rounds—I fought it out.) Markus took a seat near the door and watched—one would normally have to pay for this kind of entertainment back on the surface. The fighters were indeed fairly even, but it became obvious after a while that the swordsman Scott had more skill, or perhaps the sword was simply the superior weapon. He seemed to get past Grant’s shield more often, and when he scored, he left a bleeding wound behind. The mace dealt crushing blows that sometimes staggered the swordsman, but he wasn’t bleeding much.
(GM’s note: Scott won 18 rounds, Grant won 8, there were 4 ties.)
For the first half hour it appeared that Scott was oh so slowly winning, and then for about fifteen minutes the tide turned—Grant beat his foe back and back. Then it looked like the mace wielder simply ran out of energy. His blows lacked force. He staggered from side to side. His parries missed. Scott saw his chance, and with a final blow to the helm, smashed Grant to the floor, where he lay motionless—perhaps dead, perhaps too weak to go on.
“Ha! Victory!” gasped Scott. “I told you the trophy was rightfully mine.” He kicked his fallen opponent, and staggered off toward the trophy. He seemed to have completely forgotten that Markus was even in the room.
Scott sheathed his sword. “That was a glorious fight! I shall now claim my prize.” He went over and picked up the trophy.
Markus thought how easy it would be to cast a Take That You Fiend spell on Scott. Then he could take the gold trophy, and anything else these losers had.
“That wasn’t so glorious,” he muttered. “You had him beat for the last five minutes, but you had to finish beating him to death.”
“That’s what warriors do,” sneered Scott. “He tried to steal my trophy. He deserved to die.”
Markus could feel the spell forming in his mind. How easy it would be to take him down. Then he heard the groan. It was very faint, but Grant still lived. The young wizard turned away from the swordsman and went over and knelt beside the defeated. He pulled off the man’s helmet.
Scott took his trophy and staggered out of the room.
Markus opened his pack and took out his first aid kit. He had a couple of vials of healing potion inside it. He opened one and carefully dribbled the fluid down Grant’s throat. The part he spilled he rubbed into the nearest cut on Grant’s neck. The man’s breathing, which had been very weak, strengthened a bit.
Grant opened his eyes. He looked a bit surprised to see the stranger bending over him. “I lost, didn’t I?”
“You almost died,” Markus answered. “You were on your last gasp when I got a little healing potion into you.”
“Thank you, Markus. If you ever need a friend, I’m yours to command.”
“You’re not saved yet, friend. I am a wizard, but healing isn’t one of my talents. That’s why I carry the potions.”
“Just get me to a door, and I’ll be alright. I have a little magic of my own.”
Markus dragged Grant toward the eastern door. The man seemed to get stronger by the second, and he managed to pull himself to his feet before they reached the side of the room. As they lurched through the door there was a flash of light and Grant was gone. Markus found himself alone in a short corridor. The hall continued straight ahead, and also went right, with the door behind him.
“Nice trick,” Markus muttered. “I wish I knew it.” He continued down the hall until he reached a four-way intersection. Then he turned left. That left him in a short corridor with a closed door at the end. Markus walked up to it. When he got up close to it, he found a small sign near the handle that said, “If you like adventure, please come in.’
“I love adventure,” Markus told himself. He turned the handle and pushed the door open. The room was about 20 feet square, and much brighter inside than outside; several of the glow stones bedecked the walls. A handsome young man stood in the center, dressed in chain mail, and with a broadsword on his hip, looking into the mirror and smiling. When he heard the door open, he turned to look at Markus.
“Come in, my new friend,” said the stranger. “My name is Tragan, and it was foretold that you would come to help me with my quest.”
Markus stepped into the room. “My name is Markus. What quest are you talking about?”
“This portal leads to an ogre’s lair. I must go through and steal its treasure. Perhaps you would be willing to help me.”
Markus looked at the young fool so eager to rush off and try his luck against an ogre. “Well, what kind of help do you want from me?” he asked.
Tragan thought about it for just a second. “Maybe you could teach me a spell to help me vanquish the ogre,” he suggested.
Markus looked at Tragan dubiously. Something about the handsome rogue bothered him. At first he seemed so eager for help, but he didn’t really offer very much information. Markus throught about where he was—in the Wizards Guild Dungeon. One of the Guild’s most important rules was DO NOT TEACH MAGIC TO OUTSIDERS AND NON-GUILD MEMBERS. Could this just be a trap to see if he would break the rule?
“I’m sorry, Friend,” said Markus. “I have no idea what spell would help you best, and it is against my vows to share my magical knowledge with others. But, I might be able to help by . . .
Markus was wondering if this magic mirror could be his way out of the dungeon. There was only one way to find out.
“I can’t teach you a spell, Tragan, but I’m willing to go along and help you rob this ogre. What are we waiting for? Let’s go.”
The offer didn’t get quite the reaction Markus was expecting. “You can’t go through the portal with me,” barked Tragan, “not even if we’re holding hands.” The expression of disgusted disappointment on his face was very clear now. “Since you don’t seem very smart, just leave this room. Someone else will come along and help me sooner or later.”
Markus felt his anger starting to rise.
Markus seriously thought about seeing how ready for combat this Tragan fellow really was. A Take That You Fiend spell might teach him a little courtesy. On the other hand, it might just make him mad. He decided to write the whole thing off to experience and simply leave.
There were three doors in the room. Markus had entered by the one on the north wall, and determined to leave via the one on the south wall. He was already near the center of the room, talking to Tragan. He said, “Good luck with the ogre, Mr. Nimblebrains.”
Then he quickly walked to the south door, pulled it open and stepped through. He found himself in another dimly-lit corridor running north and south. He continued in his southward direction. He walked until he reached another 4-way intersection. Once again he turned left and walked on. When the straight tunnel ended, he turned left again. This eventually led to a door that blocked his path. Listening proved futile, and when he was ready, he cautiously opened it.
The chamber inside consisted chiefly of a pit that extended from wall to wall blocking his passage. On the far side of the pit about 20 feet away there was another door. Markus stood on a narrow ledge next to a free-standing pole—the kind of pole that would be ideal for tying a rope to, Being a well-equpped young delver, Markus looked in his pack to see what he had for such situations. He found 30 feet of silk rope, a piton hammer, and ten pitons.
Markus moved over to the right side of the room, located a seam in the mortal between stone blocks, took out piton hammer and piton, and pounded the piton into the wall. (12 a.p.) Then he tested it to see if it would hold his weight. (4 a.p.) The mortar crumbled and the small piece of metal came out of the wall and fell into the pit. Markus almost fell in with it, but managed to catch himself in time.
“This is a stupid idea,” said Markus. He put his pitons and hammer back in his pack. Then he looked at his rope. He could easily tie it to the pole on this side of the pit, but how could he attach it to the pole on the other side of the pit. The rope was made of silk. Light. Extremely strong. He couldn’t throw it worth a darn. It was too light. And he was supposed to lasso the top of a pole higher than his head more than 20 feet away. No. That wasn’t going to happen either.
“This would be easy enough if I could fly,” he muttered. He checked his spell book. No. There was nothing there that would enable him to fly. “Oh, well, no flying today.”
“Maybe I could just jump across,” suggested his daredevil self.
“And maybe you’d fall short of the other side. It’s a long way down. I think I’ll save that attempt for some time when I’m being pursued by the hordes of hell,” wisely counseled his more prudent self.
That only left one reasonable thing to do—turn around and depart the way he had come. He wandered the halls for a good long time, trying not to retrace his steps. Once he heard what sounded like distant roaring. He didn’t go that way. Finally, he came to another hall that dead-ended at a door. He opened the door and found . . . a library.
The walls were lined with shelves, and the shelves held hundreds of books. The door was in the north wall and across from it on the south wall was a marble-framed fireplace containing a cheery fire. Near the fireplace was a large, overstuffed easy chair, the perfect place to sit and read. A lovely mahogany table graced the center of the room, and on the table were various covered containers. Something smelled delicious.
Markus investigated the table and found there were a variety of foods available, and a plate, knife, fork, and goblet. He suddenly felt voraciously hungry. He detected magic of some sort, seemingly all around him in this room. There was no one else in the room with him.
Markus felt amazingly hungry all of a sudden, but he didn’t trust a meal laid out by someone else. He reached into his pack, got a couple of strips of lizard jerky, took a swig from his canteen, and gnawed off a bite of meat. As he chewed on that his hunger came under control, and he began looking at the closest shelf full of books. He was a bit surprised to see a library in a dungeon, and he wondered what kind of books it would contain.
He closed his eyes, reached out and grabbed a book at random, pulled it off the shelf, and then looked at the cover. He read the title: Curses, and saw a crudely drawn eye squinting at him. The eye winked at him. He felt a cold shudder move through his body, felt malevolent magic, and knew that he had just been cursed. However, he had no idea what the curse was.
So much for the idea that reading is good for you! He hastily dropped the book and kicked it across the room.
Then found himself in the same situation as he was before.
Markus continued to ignore the food. He thought it was a trap. He wasn’t ready to give up on reading yet. Libraries are wonderful places, and he was sure there was a book here for him. He picked another book. This one was called THE WIZARD’S DILEMMA. He settled down in the comfy chair. The tale grabbed him immediately—it was about a young wizard named Slip who indentured himself to a mad philosopher. The philosopher set him on one task after another, each involving some sort of moral choice that Slip had to make. Indeed, the book was written so cunningly that it seemed like Slip could not make a choice until Markus made his. As Markus read, he felt ever more strongly that Slip’s perilous choices were his own. When he finally finished the book, and the hero, Slip lay dead at the feet of the Mad Philosopher, he felt that he had somehow failed, and that both he and Slip had suffered for it. Slip certainly had. He had a terrible headache.
(In game terms Markus had to make a L2SR on WIZ. He rolled a 7. With a WIZ score of 17, and a character level of 1, that would have been just enough to make the saving roll, but Markus is under a curse to miss his next 3 saving rolls. He does not get his level bonus of 1. 17 + 7 = 24. He needed 25. He missed the saving roll. That’s one. The effect of missing the saving roll is that he has taken permanent brain damage, but not very much. His INT fell from 33 to 31.)
Markus put the book back on the shelf upside down. He walked around the room and admired the paintings on the walls. He gnawed on another strip of beef jerky. It had been hours since he last ate. He thought about how this room seemed like a place where one could stay forever—if only there was a bathroom attached. Just after he had that thought, he discovered a clean chamber pot, discreetly hidden in a corner. The room definitely had a magical aura to it. He wondered if that were the trap. A person could just lose himself in a life of reading in this room. Hundreds of books, a magical food supply, a comfy chair that one could easily fall asleep in—what more could a person want?
“This is all cozy enough,” mumbled Markus. He had been in this library so long now that he talked just to hear the sound of his own voice, “but I didn’t come down here to get stuck in a library. On the other hand, I am kind of tired. A nap wouldn’t hurt.”
He went over and cast lock tight on the entrance to the room. “No point in letting someone or something surprise me while I’m asleep.” Then he made himself as comfortable as possible in the comfy chair and closed his eyes. In a short time he fell asleep, and he had a strange dream.
But he couldn’t remember it when he woke up. He felt rested. He took an apple out of his pack and ate it. Then went to the door and cast Knock-Knock to unlock it. Click. He wet his palm from his canteen and scrubbed the sleep out of his eyes, noting that the canteen was now half empty. He needed to find a safe water source. He could take the wine from the table, but he didn’t trust it. It made him think that someone ought to invent a purify spell for such situations to eliminate drugs, poisons, dirt, etc.
Then he pushed open the door and headed out.
The crowette attacked. Markus didn’t realize it, but he had been secretly hoping for a fight ever since he entered the dungeon. He just had time to point his staff and shout “Take that you fiend!” He visualized a bolt of purple lightning.
And got nothing. (L1SR on INT. Rolled 7. Failed because of the curse) The crowette tore into him in a fury of raking claws, flapping wings, and pecking beak. Markus’s leather armor served him well—indeed it saved his life, but he was still hideously wounded. Blood poured off him from a dozen wounds. (Crowette has a monster rating of 12. 2D6 + 6. Rolled a 5 for a total of 11. Leather armor absorbed 6 hits; thus Markus takes 5 points of damage. His CON drops from 13 to 8.)
His magic had failed him. As the crowette broke free of him and circled up towards the ceiling preparing for another attack, Markus wondered what to do next.
The idea of being knocked down from behind caused Markus to discount the idea of fleeing. Although badly hurt, he didn’t want to be beaten by a crow. As the huge bird dived at him once again he got ready to smack it with his staff.
(Combat roll: Crowette rolled 2D6 + 6 = 12. Markus rolled 2D6 + 7 = 14. Markus needed a L1SR on DEX to hit. He did no damage.)
The giant crow nimbly avoided Markus swing, but it did not manage to sink its talons into the wizard that time. As he flailed at it, and missed, Markus felt like a heavy burden was lifted off his spirit. He thought he heard a voice saying “The curse has expired.” But there was no one nearby.
The bird flapped its way back up into the upper reaches of the room again. It landed on a projecting stone and cocked its head at Markus. The man thought the bird might be actually considering whether to attack again or not.
The crowette perched up near the ceiling on a small outcropping of stone. Markus thought maybe it would leave him alone now, having failed twice to take him down. He could feel himself bleeding, and knew he had to administer some first aid to himself quickly. He pulled off his pack and reached for both bandages and the half a healing potion he had left.
When he took his eyes off the crowette for a second, it attacked again. He had been expecting it, and the harsh caw croaking sound the bird couldn’t help but make also alerted him. He closed his eyes for just a second, visualized the purple lighting, and tried his Take That You Fiend spell one more time. (L1SR on INT to cast. Rolled 8, gets 8 a.p. Succeeds.) Purple lighting shot from his staff to the body of the diving black bird and enveloped it in purple flame. The crowing noise abruptly stopped as the bird died instantly. Its dive fell short, and it impacted the floor at Markus’s feet. (12 a.p. for killing it.)
Markus kicked the bird once just to make sure it was dead. Yep. He then finished digging bandages and healing potion out of his pack, and fixed himself up as best he could. The healing potion brought his Constitution back up to its normal value (13). The bandages and astringent stopped the bleeding. He ate and drank from his supplies, and rested, and in about two hours he felt ready to go on.
Markus took a crowette feather as a trophy. Then he headed for the west door. He walked through an intersection and continued down his narrow corridor until it finally ended in another door. He listened and heard nothing, tried the door, and walked in. The first thing he noticed was a very bright, hot light set in the ceiling far above him. The room was so hot that he immediately broke into a sweat. In the center of the room was a short pedestal made of an unknown material, but glowing redly—perhaps from the heat. Sitting atop the pedestal was an orange token.
Markus looked at the token. His mentor hadn’t said anything about needing tokens, but he had a feeling that he needed this one. He sensed for magic. The strongest source was the light in the ceiling, but the pillar also seemed a bit more than ordinary. The sweat trickled down his face in hot little streams.
“I’m pretty sure this is a trap of some sort,” Markus mused. “But what can I do about it?
Of the 36 spells that Markus knew only a few of them seemed useful in this situation. Finally he narrowed his choices down to five:
Call Water. Costs 8. Briefly summons a forceful dash of water.
Cloud o Dust. Costs 4. Raises a 10 foot wide cloud of dust, obscuring vision.
Complete Drip. Costs 3. Drops 20 gallons of water on the target.
Spit in your eyes. Costs 2. Produces a drop of mildly stinging liquid in the eye of a foe.)
Call Ice. Costs 8. Briefly summons an icy blast of frost.
Markus had figured out that the token itself was superheated. He cast Complete Drip (10 a.p.) and 20 gallons of water materialized and splashed over the token. A flash of steam arose when the water hit the hot token. He had hoped that the water would wash the token off the pedestal but that didn’t happen. Perhaps it was stuck or attached to the pedestal in some way. The big splash of water cooled it off for a few moments, but because of the extremely bright light overhead, it started to steam and heated up again immediately.
It occurred to him that he would have to do something about the light overhead. There was some kind of magical reaction going on between the light and the token that produced enough heat to make it glow. It would certainly hurt him to grab the token while it was red hot. Yes, the light up above was hot, but it couldn’t be hot enough to have that kind of effect without magic being involved.
Markus thought about the trap a bit more, and decided that the Cloud o Dust spell might obscure the light enough to allow him to get the token. He had never thought that spell would be good for anything, and he had a hard time remembering how to cast it, but finally he managed to get it right. (4 a.p.) The room filled with a big cloud of dust, making everything kind of hard to see.
As he approached the token, Markus could see that it was still glowing with heat. It occurred to him that perhaps he could knock the token off the pedestal with his staff, and push it out of the room to get it out of the light, but he decided against trying that. This was meant to be a magical test, and if his instructors were watching him, he wouldn’t get any points with them by figuring out a non-magical way of beating the test.
The Complete Drip spell had seemed to work before, and it was the least expensive of the ways available to cool the token. Markus stood far enough away that no steam would hit him, and cast it again. (7 a.p.) The deluge cooled the token enough for Markus to grab it and stuff it in his pouch.
As the dust settled, he noticed that the room seemed to be heating up again, and he decided to make a rapid exit. He saw a door other than the one he had entered by and headed for it. He came out into another hallway.
Closing the door behind him, he sat down, had a meal and a drink, and rested for more than an hour until his kremm was completely restored. He also examined the token. It was a curious coin made of iron—perhaps it was magnetism that held it to the pillar. Markus had noticed that it was difficult to pull it away from its resting place. One side of the coin had a small picture of a well on it. The other side showed a hill with a fortified village on top. He wondered if the token had a secret message for him.
Markus continued to wander through the walls until he reached another door. Entering it, he found himself in the exit room. On the opposite wall was a portal, and beyond the portal, a fiery pit. In the wall next to the pit were a number of slots of curious shapes meant to hold tokens. Each slot was a different shape and color.
Also inside the room were five of his classmates. They all seemed to be in a trance. One of them held a piece of paper, and on it was a message.
“We have assembled 8 of the 9 tokens necessary to leave this place. If you have brought the 9th, please insert it in its slot, waken us, and let us all leave together.”
“I do have the ninth,” Markus mumbled. He searched the walls until he found a slot where the token would fit. Before he put his coin in its place he thought, “I haven’t really seen that much of this dungeon. Perhaps I should just keep the coin and wander around a bit more.”
(Khenn’s commentary: having reached the exit room completely randomly, and learning that you need 9 of a possible 10 tokens to get out, I have to say, Scott, that I consider this challenge way too tough. Three tokens would be fair; five would be tough but perhaps do-able. Nine out of ten? Yikes!
By all means, O Ye Elite who love a challenge, be sure to get your own copy of Final Exam. It is mappable, and should make you think a lot. If you manage to find the exit room with any tokens in hand, I do think you should give yourself the option of escaping.)
Markus put his token in the slot designed for it. For a moment nothing happened, and then the portal shimmered and changed. The other side now showed an examination room in the tower of the Wizards Guild.
Markus shook his classmates awake. They snapped out of the trance fairly easily. Holding hands they all stepped through the portal together. They felt an electrical shock that made every hair on their bodies stand up, and heard a loud zapping noise. The portal vanished behind them.
Old Professor Oinkenwartz had been dozing in his chair. He woke with a start when the loud zapping noise told him that someone had found the way out of the training dungeon. He opened his rheumy old eyes to see Markus and five other students beaming at him.
“Here! What’s this?” he snarled. “You’re supposed to get out one at a time, not in gaggles.”
“Why is that, Sir?” asked Markus. “Don’t you think that cooperation is a viable survival strategy in the outside world?”
“NO!” snarled the professor. “Er, well, um, maybe it could be once in a while, but in my day, we wouldn’t . . .”
The sound of Markus and the other students laughing at him further ruined the old professor’s day.
A Wizard Went a Wooing by Mark Thornton, Ken St. Andre, and various hands.
Posted in Fantasy Fiction, FRP Games, Gaming Fiction, Ken St. Andre, Mark Thornton, Phantog, Trollhalla, Trollworld, Tunnels and Trolls, Uncategorized, Wizards
Tagged Kraken Continent, Mark Thornton, Phantog
Chapter 1: Jungles of Phantog
“Master Mage, we are half a day’s trek from Apys, and that is as far as I have
contracted to transport you. We must make good speed now. There is something
that has picked up your trail, and I have not been able to hide your scent from
it. You must tell me now that you will honor our bargain.”
Kennarith Ko frowned. “How do you know that something has picked up my scent?”
he snarled. “If you had told me there was any necessity to hide my scent, I
could have been doing so for days. Perhaps it is you that something trails.”
“Perhaps, but I have been here before. When faced with a choice of taking me or
taking the wizard with me, it has always chosen the wizard. Perhaps it is magic
that the creature desires. You, you are full of magic, and I have none.”
The Huntmaster looked at Kennarith grimly, staring straight into the icy blue
eyes of the foreign wizard. “Think what you like,” he said calmly. “I need to
know. Will you pay me exactly half of the dowry you will gain should you win a
bride from Apys?”
“I told you I would,” answered the wizard, “but let us be clear about this. If
the dowry is money, then you can have it all. If the dowry is magical objects,
then we can divide them between us. but I get first choice, and we take turns
choosing the other objects. If there is an odd number then you can have the last
item. If the dowry is some spiritual thing,” he hesitated to let the concept
sink in, “if it is increased magical ability or souls or something as yet
inconceivable to me, then you get nothing. I am a wizard, yes, but I am no
master, and I cannot divide the intangible, nor set values on unknown objects.”
Krokett the Huntmaster looked disconcerted. No one had ever spelled out these
different possibilities for him before, but than no one had ever paid him
before. “Will you take an oath on those words?’ he asked.
Late afternoon sunlight slanted down through the heavy foliage above them and
stray beam caught the wizard and made him shine for a just a moment in the
general gloom of the forest. “I vow that I will pay Krokett, and only Krokett,
as I have sworn to do with the dowry from Apys. This I swear on my mother’s
head, and on my spirit’s freedom, and on he honor of the Wizards Guild of
Khazan.”
“I accept your vow. Try to keep up!” said the rugged huntsman. He strode off
between two trees and promptly vanished, just as if he had become invisible or
were only an illusion to begin with.
“So,” mused Kennarith, “The huntmaster seeks to test me. Very well!” The bracken fern parted as kennarith swiftly followed after the Huntmaster. His years doing menial labor for his magical training had toughened not only his mind, but his reflexes as well. Indeed it had spared him from more than one mishap with Osrek the Alchemists… accidents. His side still tingled when he smelled distilled essence of flame demons.
Kennarith broke into a trot and followed the Huntmaster. He saw movement some forty feet ahead–something pushing through a tangle of vegetation. In seconds he reached it, and shoved through himself. On the other side were two paths leading in two different directions, and the guide was not visible on either one. How did he move so fast, and why?
One path was fairly open and empty as far as the eye could see. The other quickly clogged with the malodorous shrubbery that infested this jungle. Kennarith chose that one, and pushed rapidly forward.
A strong hand reached out from behind a tree and grabbed the wizard’s upper arm, pulling him roughly to the side.
The wizard breathed a sign of relief.
“Good, you kept up with me. Now get ready to fight. Watch!”
A strange beast appeared on the path the wizard had just left. It had the size of a large cat, the face of a fiend, and the tusks of a saber-toothed cave tiger. Krokett locked his gaze on its slitted yellow eyes, took one step forward with knife in hand and let out an explosive yell.
Krokett’s yell startled the Fiend, because in the blink of an eye, it was gone.
“Whew,” the wizard gasped. “What was that?”
“Don’t relax!” snapped the Huntsman. “It is only changing the direction of attack. His head moved from side to side as he scanned the forest. Then he grabbed Kennarith’s shoulder and spun him to face the Fiend as it materialized in a leap coming right at him.
Kennarith Ko had thought about what to do, but when the time came for action, he reverted to the most basic kill spell he knew and he put all his wizardly energy into it. The wizard’s staff crackled with purple energy and an eye-searing bolt of killing force shot out of it and struck the fiend fully in its tentacled chest.
The Thing fell to earth just shy of the two men because of the magical impact, but then shrugged it off, and gathered itself to continue the attack. In that momentary hesitation, Krokett leaped on it, flailing madly with the great bush knife. Man and beast rolled across the ground in a cacophany of growling (from the man) and a kind of whistling screech (from the fiend).
For the first minute of the fight the wizard watched with eyes agape as man and creature struggled. He quickly understood that this was more than just a physical fight between a man and a beast–it was more of a spiritual struggle manifested on the worldly plane. Once he saw a fiendish claw rip a gaping hole in Krokett’s stomach, but neither blood nor entrail flew out of it. In the next instant the wound closed again af it had never been.
Then the two moved in his direction and it seemed as if the fiend would break free of the man. Kennarith threw off his horror and leaped into the fight, jabbing at the monster with his staff, wielding it like a spear to poke and smash the horrible creature. Every blow seemed to simply glance off the fiend, but Krokett threw him a grim smile, more of a twitch of the lips as battled. Every little bit helped.
And then it was over. With a final howl the unnatural beast stiffened and lay still. Now wounds began to appear on its body, dozens of wounds where none had been visible before. Dead!
Krokett forced himself to his feet, leaned down and cleaned his gore-encrusted blade on the animal’s hide. His clothing had been torn and slashed in many places. Purple bruises began to rise on his flesh.
“Are you all right?” the wizard asked.
“I will live.”
Krokett knelt and pushed a mass of tentacles aside, then made a deep incision in the fiend’s chest. Thrusting his hand into the bloody opening all the way up to the elbow, he felt around and then jerked his arm back out, bringing with it an internal organ.
“What?” The wizard gaped in amazement.
“Its heart. If I do not take it, the creature will live again. See, it still beats.” The bloody red organ still shivered and squirmed in the Huntmaster’s hand.
“What will you do with it?”
“We should eat it. You helped beat it, so you are entitled to a share. Of course, it may poison us, but if it doesn’t . . .” he left the implications unspoken.
Kennerith’s mind raced as his stomach churned. The thought of eating a
still-beating heart disgusted him, but the though of facing a beast
immune to his spells a second time chilled him to the bone. Furthermore,
if the heart was unhealthy to eat, then letting Krokett eat it all would
place himself in dire peril as well. He could ill afford to let his
guide die – without his help he would quickly become lost in this
jungle, not to mention the other unknown dangers that could lurk in a
place where monsters had developed immunity to magic.
No, far safer if both he and Krokett became ill, but remained able to travel. of course, this was assuming that a single bite would not prove fatal…
This was no time for dithering. Faint heart never won fair maiden, and winning a fair maiden was what he was here to do.
“We’ll split it half and half,” said Kennerith reaching out his hand, “but perhaps it would be safer to eat cooked?” Fire appeared and danced in the wizard’s palm.
“Are you going to cook it in your hand, wizard? I think I’ll eat my part raw.” Krokett used both hands and tore the still throbbing heart into two pieces. He handed the smaller piece to the wizard, then bit into the larger one. Blood dribbled from the sides of his mouth and into his beard.
Kennarith Ko did cook the fragment of fiend heart in his hand. Spitting the fragment on the point of his own sax, he directed little blasts of flame at the meat until it darkened, stopped bleeding, and actually began to smell good.
(Lest you think that the wizard was fireproof, let it be known that calling flame in this manner is usually the first spell a wizard learns. The flame never actually touches him, but springs into existence far enough from the wizard’s hand to not actually burn him.)
“Mmmmm, chewy,” said the wizard as he bit into the fiend’s heart. When he swallowed it, it felt as if a ball of flame passed through his throat, through his chest, and into his stomach. But even as it went down he felt his body being recharged with the kremm energy of magic.
The huntsman washed his bloody meal down with several gulps from his canteen, then offered it to the wizard. Ko took it, wiped the mouth with the sleeve of his robe, and took a big gulp. He was in for it now, no point in being cautious or timid if he hoped to keep his guide’s respect.
“Let us go on,” said Krokett. We are not that far from our destination.” He stepped back onto the path he had been following and set off briskly. Kennarith grabbed his staff and hastened to follow him.
They walked for a couple of hours as the sky grew darker and afternoon advanced. They climbed, and the vegetation changed, somehow seeming lighter in both color and tone as they gained altitude. At the same time, the ground grew soggier, and the muddy forest floor squelched with every step.
Then they crested a ridge, and Krokett pointed. In the center of a rocky hollow stood a great hive building more than 200 meters in height and twice as broad, a building unlike any the wizard had ever seen before.
“This is it,” said the guide, “the home of the Manukans, the People of the Buzzing Bees. This is where you must go to win the Bride of Nature that you seek.”
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Chapter Two: Into the City of the Manukans
Kennarith looked down and saw six soldiers striding up the eastern side of the crater towards him. They walked on stiff-jointed hind legs with a pair of similarly inflexible arms coming out of the mid-point of their bodies. The ebonic sheen of their chitinous skin was swathed with bands of shaggy brown-gold fur. Multi-faceted eyes and twin antenna completed the inhuman picture. Each guard also carried a large pair of diaphanous wings that vibrated as they walked, not enough to lift them into the air, but perhaps it lightened their steps because they approached swiftly. Each guard also carried a long bronze-headed halbard.
“I will leave you now,” said Krokett. “Remember our bargain, and seek me where we first met if you make it out of the hive successfully.” The Huntsman faded back into the jungle.
When they reached his side the leading bee-man looked the wizard over intently. Apparently satisfied, he began to speak in a buzzing version of the Common Speech. It took a few sentences for Kennarith to understand, but the bee-man rejpeated himself until finally Kennarith interrupted him.
“You speak my tongue strangely,” he said slowly, “but I am beginning to understand. You want me to follow you.”
“Correct.” The leader turned and strode away. Kennarith immediately followed him back down the hill. The other five fell in behind him.
In a short time they reached a broad ramp leading up into the hive-building. It led to an arched doorway illuminated by a large sphere that glowed with crimson radiance. Kennarith wondered how many men had passed through this ominous doorway. One of the escorts touched his shoulder and buzzed, “You are the seven thousand five hundred and sixty-first.”
The number seemed absurdly high to the Khazani wizard, but then he reflected that the Manukans were said to have been on Trollworld longer than the men had, and almost as long as the elves.
The soldier continued to speak. “This portal is a means of destruction should our queens decree. The photonic forces it subjugates may be released in any direction they desire. The effect is stark; existence is negated.”
The red light energy made his flesh crawl with a kind of tickling sensation as Kennarith passed through the doorway. The chamber inside held at least a thousand burning beeswax candles, and the air hung heavy, cloying and sweet in his lungs. A wave of sleepiness assailed him, but the wizard clenched his hands and fought it off. It would not be wise to lose consciousness here.
Many more of the soldier Manukans flanked both sides of the atrium. Kennarith could see now that it was but a passageway connecting the exterior with the interior of the structure. A larger, heavier beeman crawled from a passageway above and to Kennarith’s left. He fluttered down to stand directly in front of the wizard.
“You are the thirty-sixth and last of this cycle’s contenders for royal marriage,” he droned. “I repeat, you are the last. This means that the wooing will begin on the morrow.”
“I understand,” answered the wizard.
‘You may rest, take nourishment, and think about what level you would like to compete for.”
Fed with unfamiliar foods, lulled by the humming that seemed to permeate the strange city, Kennarith Ko was taken to a sleeping chamber and left to his devices. He quickly fell asleep.
When he awakened he found cool water and a scroll waiting for him on the bedside table. He washed his face and quenched his thirst. He had eaten so well before his sleep that he felt no hunger. Turning to the scroll he read these cryptic words:
YOU MAY CHOOSE YOUR OWN LEVEL OF COMPETITION:TWO, THREE, FIVE, SEVEN, TEN OR THIRTEEN. IF YOU OVERCOME THE OTHER FIVE CHALLENGERS AT YOUR CHOSEN LEVEL, YOU MAY BE ACCEPTED BY THAT LEVEL’S QUEEN, AND YOU MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AGAIN AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF YOUR CHOICE.
There was a space to indicate his choice, and a pen and ink for writing it.
After some deliberation, Kennarith Ko decided to go for the easiest challenge, and wrote the number 2 in the space provided. As soon as he had done so, the paper magically faded out of his hand. At that moment he realized that he was sensing magic from all sides, and was unlikely to have any warning should enchantment come upon him.
His chamber door opened and in came the large man, or his twin. “Be thou ready for your challenge?” he asked.
“What is my challenge?” asked the Wizard.
“You have chosen to woo Apida the Harvest Queen. It is her duty to ensure that the Phantagonian flowers come to no harm, that they are free from disease, and protected from herbivores that her people may be assured of plentiful pollen supplies.”
“Sounds like a vital task,” Kennarith muttered to himself.
The guide led Kennarith to another chamber deeper inside the hive. Five other wizards were already there. The bee man made introductions and Kennarith Ko met Nux Fractor, Spontaneous Combustius, Perry Stroika, Ali Bongo and Sly Toffand. All were human except for Perry, who despite have rounded ears, was a half-elf.
The bee man led the six contestants into another chamber even deeper inside the hive. There, draped languorously upon a couch reposed the young queen, Apida.
As Manukan women go, Apida was truly lovely. She sported a full and firm thorax, cute stripes of ochre and burnt umber, two lively antennas, and bee’guiling. (Ken’s note: Mark has filled this section of the adventure with as many bee puns as he could come up with, and they are plentiful, but I may skip most of them. If you want to bee entertained by them, get the adventure.)
Apida was besotted with all her suitors. She clapped her four hands together and dismissed the bee man, whose name was Bee’de. “My bee’trothed must have a fine voice,” she buzzed. “You shall all sing for me.” She opened a cabinet and brought out 6 scrolls. “These are some of my most bee’loved songs. Each of you shall choose one and sing for me.”
The six songs are:
1. Honey for my Honey
2. Let it Be’e
3. Be’e My Baby
4. The Buzz of it All
5. Just Can’t Help Be’elievin’
6. Be’e Good to Me
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By the luck of the draw, Kennarith Ko got to be the last singer.
The six wizards studied their scrolls for a few minutes. None of them were puzzled by them, though some figured then out a little faster than others. Their bee’havior was very civilized, and they took turns singing for the queen. It took a little about an hour for them all to have a turn.
The queen kept score in her head, but did not give any sign of whose singing she liked it best. (the adventure as written says to give the 6 contestants wooing points. Having made all the necessary attribute and saving rolls this is how it stands after the first round of competition:
Perry–200
Ali–200
Spon–100
Nux–500
Sly–200
Kenn–400)
When the singing was over Bee’de the bee man attendant came in with a tray upon which there were six golden goblets, each brimming with a thick brown brew. An overwhelmingly sweet aroma rose from the liquor.
“Drink, or do not drink, as you choose,” said the bee man, “but be aware that this is very potent liquor, and it may becloud your thinking.”
Because he was the last to arrive, Kennarith was the last to confront the queen and give her his one word description. Though many ideas had run through his head, the word he finally decided to use was “majestic”.
After seeing what had happened to Sly, none of the other wizards dared even touch the queen. When his turn came, Kennarith simply knelt before the queen and said “you are the most majestic person I have ever met, but then again, I not met many kings or queens.” A line like that would have made most humans smile, at least, but Apida’s face showed no emotion.
The tests had been gentle so far, but Apida’s thoughts turned to the physical. She feared that her mate might break during the exchange of genetic material that must eventually come. It had happened in the past, and so, a test of physical capability was developed.
The queen retired through one door, and the bee man Bee’de took the six of you off in another direction. He brought you all to a hollowed-out honeycomb that was a replica of the queen’s nuptial chamber. There were six divans made of sculpted wax, and he told you all to lie down upon them. He then began to spurt honey on Perry from a bell-shaped receptacle on wheels with a hose and nozzle attachment.
“Ewww!” said Perry. When Bee’de finished he was completely immersed except for his head.
“Are we in any danger from this?” asked Ali Bongo.
“You will not be harmed if you do not struggle,” answered Bee’de, “but you may be seriously injured if you resist.”
It occurred to Kennarith Ko that he as a wizard, and that whatever was in store for him when he was coccooned in a Manukan miasma of melted molasses (okay, honey, but the feeling would be much the same), he should not just take it lying down as a warrior would. He might be able to do something to himself as a wizard, and he wondered what spell he might cast upon himself to better his chances.
Kennarith thought about the warning–he had been told not to move, and the one spell that would freeze him in his tracks was Hold That Pose. He cast it on himself at level 3, knowing that would hold him for up to 8 minutes, and hoping that would be enough.
The honey was extremely hot, and beneath it the wizards heated up very quickly. However, all of them had the same thought, and all had cast Hold That Pose. They all endured the heat well enough, and a few minutes later, Bee’de brought attendants to clean them off. He was somewhat surprised to see that all six contestants came through the ordeal unscathed.
The Queen took one look at her wooers and smiled slightly.
“And now, my would-be wooers,” she buzzed, “it is time for us to take a walk in the forest. Gather what protective gear you may have, and meet me at the entrance to the hive one hour from now.” She departed to make herself ready for the excursion.
Kennarith did not have much in the way of special provisions to make for himself. He had no armor and little in the way of weapons, since he had counted on the Huntsman to protect him in the jungle. Instead he made certain that he had plenty of water in two canteens, some high energy food, and he put two healing potions in the pockets inside his robe. He wore knee-high boots and a leather cap inside his wizard’s cowl, and hoped that would be sufficient.
An hour later the six wizards stood at the entrance to the hive. Apida appeared with an escort of 20 soldiers, all fully armed and armored. The bee men and the queen have protections that outsiders such as Kennarith and the other wizards would never dream of. No such protections were offered to the wizards.
“This walk may be extremely dangerous for you,” warned Bee’de. “Before you risk your lives in the Phantagonian jungles, think, and if you wish, you may back out now.”
The bee soldiers escorted Apida, Perry, Ali, Spon, Sly, and Kennarith along a trail visible only to them. Nux had announced at the beginning that he really didn’t feel up to trekking through the jungle that day, and had retired back to the hive. The constantly beating wings of the soldiers did at least provide enough of a breeze to evaporate the sweat off your body, and thus provide some measure of coolness.
After several minutes of walking, Ali Bongo sidled over to Kennarith and began to speak in the Thieves Cant of the Khazan ghettos. “Ey, matey, ‘ow you like der tests zo far? Gotta offer for ya. Innerested?”
Kennarith looked at the other wizard coldly. “Wotch gots in yer mind?” he answered in the same almost unintelligible jargon.
“Look ere, Palzy. Itz gonna be hard ta know how to win dis ere game. Wotcha say we nooj der oddz a bit. Iffin I wins, i do give you a top job ere, an’ you does der same fer me iffen you gets der young missy. And,” he waggled an eyebrow knowingly, “we alzo duz wut we kin ter ‘elp each udder wen we kin gainst der odders ere. Woddya say? Deal or no deal?”
Kennarith smiled at Ali, and made a
thief’s sign with his left thumb and forefinger. “Deal,
Palsy,” he whispered, “but keep it on der downlow, hokay?”
“Ri-ite!” grinned the other wizard. “Laters!” He wandered
off. As the walk continued, Kennarith noticed that Ali
approached some of the other wizards as well. Sly gave him a
big grin, Spontaneous looked confused and Perry said, “Wut?
Get away from me!”
Suddenly the brisk march through Phantog ended. The party
entered an octagonal clearing filled with luscious
lascivious, lurid blooms of epic proportions. Another
twenty Manukan soldiers were standing around the clearing to
protect these flowers.
Some workers opened a large wooden chest they had been
carrying and took from it several large goblets carved from
a translucent, jade-like stone. They gave one cup to each
wizard.
“Go to the flowers and collect the pollen within them,”
buzzed the queen.
The wizards set to work. For a half-elf, Perry did not
seem to react very well to plants. After only a short time,
he sneezed so hard that he dropped his collecting cup and
spilled what little pollen he had gathered on the ground.
Bee’de approached and told him to stop–his part of the test
was over. The others all managed their tasks with varying
degrees of success. Surprisingly, Sly was the best at
accumulating flower pollen. When he presented his cup to the
queen, it had half again as much pollen in it as the second
best (Ali) and nearly three times as much as Kennarith had
collected. On the other hand, the other wizards all looked
both tired and dehydrated after collecting pollen for half
an hour, but Kennarith, who had brought plenty of water, and
drank liberally from it as he worked, just felt better and
Just as the queen finished checking Kennarith’s cup, a
strange beast charged into the clearing–a wide-nostriled
mucous wrangler. It charged, head down, nose down,
firing a shower of snot pellets in all directions. One
noxious missile hit Ali in the forehead and spattered all
over his face. He went down flailing; his skin turned green,
and he began to vomit, all very quickly.
The soldiers ruahed to attack the elephant-sized beast. It
had already trampled one flower and was bearing down upon
the queen.
With 40 guards coming to the defense of the queen, not to mention three other wizards, Kennarith figured that his best option was to try and save Ali’s life.
His first action was to cast a Call Water spell and wash the poisonous mucous off of Ali’s head, reasoning that the sooner the infection was removed, the less damage would be done. He wished he knew a Too Bad Toxin spell, but he didn’t. It was within his powers to cast it, but a fourth level spell, and as a 2nd level wizard who had recently graduated to 3rd level, he simply hadn’t learned it yet. 4th level spells cost 1500 gold to learn, and the truth was that many wizards learned their higher level spells by getting more advanced wizards to simply teach them outside the guild offices.
Ali still looked like he might die, his complexion distinctly green and his breath coming in short harsh gasps. Kennarith reached into one of his inner robe pockets and pulled out one of the two healing potions that he had brought with him. He poured it down Ali’s throat and hoped for the best.
Between the death spells of the other wizards and the furious halbard work of the bee soldiers, the mighty Mucous Wrangler didn’t last long. One soldier was hit by the falling monster and squashed flat.
Queen Apida noticed that three wizards had cast spells in her defense, but that Kennarith had rushed to the aid of the only person in serious danger from the attack. She awarded points to the three wizards who defended her, and none to Kennarith and Ali, but kept in mind that Kennarith had kept his head during the emergency and preserved a life.
When the excitement subsided it was time to return to the hive. The cups full of pollen were closed with lids on top, and the four functional wizards were told that they must carry their cups back to the hive balanced atop their heads in order to leave their hands free for self defense. Kennarith and the other wizards tried balancing the flat-bottomed cups on their heads, and managed for a short time, but they were constantly in danger of falling off. “This is silly,” Kennarith declared. He removed the cup from his head, pulled open his robe, placed the sealed cup in his largest pocket, and then proceeded along the path with little danger of losing the precious pollen. The other three wizards made similar arrangements. Sly simply used his hands after the first near mishap, figuring that there were plenty of soldiers to defend him in case of another attack.
Suddenly Apida pointed into the dense lushness of the jungle. “We will take the short cut back. There is something I want to show you. Quick! Find the secret door and we shall be safe and have time to play!”
Perry, Spon, and Sly dashed forward, magic crackling from their fingertips. Ali remained in the litter that two of the soldiers were carrying. His condition had stabilized, but he was still in no shape for a rigorous walk in the woods.
The Dragon’s Servant–1
Posted in dragons, Fantasy Fiction, Gaming Fiction, Ken St. Andre, Swords and Sorcery, Trollhalla, Trollworld, Tunnels and Trolls, Uncategorized
For the last few days, members of Trollhalla have been seeing me talk about a new T & T novel that I am thinking about writing. Scenes and situations have been going off inside my head. Sometimes I have lain awake for hours in the early morning, mentally writing and imagining parts of the new book.
The book is to be based on a solo adventure that I wrote back in 2010. It has been a year since I created it, and I think it is just about ready for publication. Last week it came to me–in that half waking trance between midnight and morning–that the solo was only a preface to a much better work of fantasy fiction that I could do. And then, this scene came to me, and played itself out in my mind. I didn’t get a chance to write anything until I got to school, and then I sat for a couple of hours, creating what you will see here. I am fairly slow as typists and writers go, but I don’t need a lot of revision either.
The best thing with a novel is probably to keep it to oneself, write it, revise it, and try to get it published. Mostly, that is what I will do. However, as I have struggled with this idea over the last week, I have also taunted the members of Trollhalla with hints and questions. Darrgh Tarrho, and Garrlakk, and Moondragon have seen the solo–nobody else has, so they have some idea of what I’m thinking about. I hope you all get the chance to read and play the solo before the month is over. Meanwhile, it is time for me to start getting these ideas out of my head and into written form. They may not come out in a nice orderly sequence. The story will probably assemble itself like a jigsaw puzzle, but . . . here is the first scene.
Vvvarrr, the dragon that made Lerotra’hh an immortal.
The art is by Miika Spray, also known as Moondragon, a terrific artist and a valued friend and member of Trollhalla. I hope she won’t mind me showing the first sign of it here.
Vvvarrr looked at her new servant, and wondered if this human man was smart enough to be her servant. The urukin woman, Lerotra’hh, was already an accomplished wizardess when she came to the dragon and offered herself over seven centuries earlier, but this man, this Neth was only a rogue. Yes, he had daring and courage, but did he have wit? She decided to test him.
“Thiss iss your firsst tassk as my sservant,” she hissed. “Give me everything you own. Jusst put it all on the treassure heap!”
Neth thought it was a very strange command. The dragon owned so much, and he owned so little. Why would she want to take that little away from him. Perhaps it was some kind of test. He shrugged out of the straps that held his pack, and then swung it off his back, and pitched it onto the treasure heap. It didn’t contain anything breakable. Then he unbuckled his sword belt, and lightly tossed it along with the attached sword and dagger onto the pile of gold. Finally, he turned out his pockets, producing a few gold and silver coins along with a very small folding knife, some string, and a few pieces of flint. Tossing that bric-a-brac onto the edge of the pile, he turned to face the dragon. “I think that is everything I own.”
“NO!” Her voice was louder now, with an undertone of menace. “I ssaid, give me everything you own.
Neth looked at the great green reptile in dismay. He had just given her everything he owned, right down to the lint in his pockets. Pockets! He still had pockets and clothing. Could she want that too? She did say everything. He hastily took off his fur jacket, and tossed it on the pile. Vvvarrr watched him, and did not say a word. She just let a bit of steam escape from one of her nostrils. After the coat he lost his shirt, his trousers, his boots, his loincloth, tossing each item onto the dragon’s pile, until he stood there naked. He had no rings, no jewelry to add.
“That is absolutely everything I own,” he told her with hands spread wide.
Vvvarrr roared and a jet of flame shot above the rogue’s head. The sudden heat made sweat pour out of his body. Her eyes glowed with hellish red light, and her mighty talons clenched and unclenched. “I tell you for the third and lasst time!” she bellowed. “GIVE ME EVERYTHING YOU OWN.”
Neth knew that he was failing his new mistress in some way, but he could not think how. He had given her everything he owned. And she wasn’t satisfied. In that moment he knew he was going to die horribly in the next few seconds. He could see her inhaling. The next gout of flame would roast him. What else could the dragon want? Did she want his hair, his teeth, his immortal spirit?
And then it came to him. Maybe she wanted all of those things. Closing his eyes, Neth threw his body on the great pile of treasure, landing spread-eagled and butt up just as a blast of dragonfire blossomed in the place where he had been standing.
“Much better,” purred the dragon. “You could have ssaved much time if you had done that at the beginning. Being a sservant iss new to you, but I expect intelligence and obedience from you. I gave you three chancess thiss time, but it will not happen again. If you cannot undersstand ssimple commandss, then you are not worthy of immortality–not worthy to sserve me.”
“Yes, mistress,” Neth answered, remaining on his bed of gold. “I am sorry. I did not truly understand what you meant.”
The dragon simply glared at him for a while. He lay quietly and did not dare to look at her. Then he felt a human hand smack into his buttocks and heard a silvery laugh. Looking up, he saw the sorceress who had called herself Rav now standing beside him. “Dress yourself and take your old weapons and gear, but remember that those items as well as you yourself belong to me now.” She spoke now without a trace of the sibilance that had marked the dragon’s voice.
He quickly put his clothing back on, all except for the heavy coat. The cavern had grown much too warm for him to need it.
“We must find a place for you to rest,” said Rav. “Follow me. I think perhaps the urukin’s old bedding place might serve.”
Yorrdamma Vrash, part 1
Posted in Fantasy Fiction, FRP Games, Gaming Fiction, Goblins, Roy Cram, Swords and Sorcery, Trollhalla, Trolls, Trollworld, Tunnels and Trolls, Uncategorized, Wizards
The following strange tale comes to me from a member of Trollhalla, one Roy Cram by name. Back in the day he published a couple of solo dungeons with Flying Buffalo. He mentions places I’ve never heard of, and mating practices that seem unlikely to say the least. He seems somewhat confused, but I’ll let him tell his tale. The troll mother he describes must be one of the fleshy trolls and not a true rock troll as rock trolls do not mate and reproduce in the fashion he describes. Aside from that I suppose we should believe most of this delirium–after all, we do actually have Yorrdamma Vrsash himself as proof that some sort of miscegenation produced him.
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combination Goblin and Troll--guess at the appearance of Yorrdamma Vrash.
Yorrrdamma Vrash’s story part one
Oh Great Khenn Arrth: I, Yorrdamma Vrash, crave Your attention. Attend me I beg you. Here, on this crude stone altar that I raised, I offer You the life blood of this Goblin who, with his companions, now dead, tried to murder me as I rested here in the midst of the Mistywood (Sound of squealling cut short by the Whack! of a Sax severing a neck). Long I have wished to tell my story, and since the recent battle with the goblin thieves has made sleep impossible, I now propose to narrate the tale of my life. May it please You to hear it.
If not, You are a Deity, and can do as You please. If I displease You, pray do not smite me.
Ignore me if I am beneath or unworthy of Your notice, but my life passes burning through my memory now, and tell the tale I must, if only to these four dead Goblins and these mist enshrouded trees.
Yorrdamma was born in the Troll warrens beneath Castle Gedokrist on Mount Angwich. This was in the days before Zekrim Gedokrist buried the great city of Mora beneath a sea of mud. It was in this time that the Gedokrist was busy raising a huge army to make war on his half-brother, King Valikorum of Valesia. Zekrim was determined to have a large contingent of Trolls in his army for ‘shock’ troops. Since the hill and rock trolls of this region were unruly and mostly opposed to serving as his vassals, Zekrim assigned the wizard Aylgamer to ‘recruit and train’ a group of Troll soldiers. To this hard task Aylgamer diligently applied himself. He rounded up a large number of trolls and began to ‘train’ them, using magic and harsh discipline. In addition he started a series of experiments in selective and magic enhanced breeding to produce a creature more suitable than the rough and hard to control feral Trolls. His efforts began to create a race of Trolls that were smarter, tougher (!), more tractable, and able to sustain exposure to sunlight. All seemed to be going well.
Yorrdamma’s mother was one of the first generation progeny using Rock Trolls. She was impressive physically and relatively docile, but smart enough not to let on to her masters that she was a good deal smarter than they thought she was. When she reached the age of bearing young she was impregnated with Troll semen laced with traces of magically enhanced human, Ogre, and Demon seed. Her gestation proceeded at a rapid pace, and Yorrdamma came into the world early and unattended. He was tiny and ugly, a ‘runt’ troll or Trollish equivalent to a human dwarf. But Urdammu’s heart was overwhelmed with love for this tiny ugly helpless creature. She had seen the progeny of her Troll sisters removed from them at birth, and knew that this babe would go straight to the kitchen to enrich some pot of stew. This was the first thing in her life that she felt really truly belonged to her. So, when Aylgamer’s Orc assistants saw she had borne offspring and tried to take the whelp from her, she tore the arm off the first and beat the second one to death with the bloody end of the amputated limb.
Now at this time Zekrim was mustering his army for the assault on Valesia and there was much confusion in the camp. Urdammu wrapped her baby in a blanket, put him in a box of supplies, found a big cudgel and took off through the camp looking like she had business to attend to. She left in her wake, with crushed heads, a couple of orcs who dared to try and hinder her with questions, and made it to the woods before her escape from the warrens was noticed and an alarm raised.
This is the end of part one – part two to follow soon.
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Here the narrative breaks off, although the writer has promised me more of this weird tale. Note the antique language–orc instead of uruk, also the antiquated notion that gods require blood sacrifices. In these modern times blood isn’t that much good to us. Money is the sacrifice we really want from our followers.
Well, we will see what comes of Yorrdamma Vrash’s autobiography.
The Game Master is God!
Posted in Fantasy Dungeons, FRP Games, Trollworld, Tunnels and Trolls, Uncategorized
The Trollgod talks about the Way Things Are Meant to Be
Some question has come up about what I might have meant when I say the GM is
God. It’s a common principle in all role-playing, so let’s talk about it a
Some GMs like a free form game. They set up a situation and let the
players do whatever they can with it. I’m like that most of the time.
Other GMs have a story that needs to be told. The characters become
actors in that one story, and have very little freedom. Certain things have to
be done or the story doesn’t get told.
In the first case you don’t have
to mess with the rules much at all. The only thing that can trip you up is the
unspoken/unwritten rules. If the player misses a saving roll and dies, let him.
If he takes on a monster that’s way too tough for him and dies, too bad. The
players have a responsibility to make good decisions and have a good game.
In the second case the story is paramount. If a player gets himself
killed, and the story needs that character, then the god GM can fudge the
results. What should have been a killing blow to the head turns into a glancing
blow that only knocks the character down. Unconscious and left for dead, the
character lies there and takes no harm while the fight moves on. This is good
storytelling. It can make for a great game. It ignores the fact that the GM
threw the game rules out the window in this one case. A skillful GM would never
even let the players know what he had done. After all, it is the GM who narrates
the action, and if he narrated a knockout instead of a kill, then that’s what
happened. That is what I mean when I say the GM is God.
example–could happen in my kind of game. The party is dying, down to its last
few hit points and surrounded by Uruks. You know that the way the dice are
rolling, they will die on the next combat turn. So, suddenly the GM says, “You
hear a loud whistling noise. The Uruks look startled. They turn and run for
their lives, completely ignoring the party. Some of them even drop their
weapons. The party looks around in astonishment. What the heck was that? They
may never find out, but they are alive, and not dead. The game can continue. Did
I break any rules there? No. But the GM played God and saved everyone. The game
continues, with the players wondering what saved them. It may even turn into a
plot hook for later.
The GM has a responsibility to his players–he’s
not there to either pamper or torture them. He’s there to provide a good, fun,
challenging game. Show off the game world. Display your GM creativity. Make
people laugh! Believe me, it takes godlike powers to do all that, so . . . the
GM is God.
T & T can be played mechanically, obeying every “rule”,
but such a game has no “heart”. I want you all to invest your own creativity in
play and in game/world design. Trollworld is my world. You’re welcome to play
there, but you don’t have to. Other worlds may work a bit differently–voila!
House Rules!
You will forgive me if I spend most of my time and effort
working on my own world. When I go play on Beanworld, or Glorantha, or Middle
Earth, it’s different, and I play by the local rules. You should, too, and if
you don’t care for the local rules, don’t bitch about it. Just don’t go back.
I’m a big believer in voting with your feet. The object is to enjoy your gaming,
not to make others unhappy.
Go forth and do great things!”
D31 Blogging Challenge: D17
Posted in FRP Games, Trollworld, Tunnels and Trolls, Uncategorized, Wizards
17 is for Morning Star.
My apologies, brave ones–as the d numbers get bigger, it gets harder and harder to add anything significant about T & T. I’m really just continuing this because of the challenge I set myself.
17 is for Trollworld basketball player. When rolling 3D6 for a human character’s height, a 17 generates a height of 6 feet 11 inches tall. It generates a weight of 310 pounds. And that’s all pure power-packed barbarian muscle.
17 is the Strength required to bend an extra-heavy bow (one with a draw weight of over 100 pounds. 17 is also the Strength required to wield a heavy mace or a morningstar.
It seems to me that 17 was a magic number in 1st edition Dungeons and Dragons, being the number of character levels possible. In my naivete circa 1975, I thought 17 was as high as levels needed to go in role-playing games. Thus, my ultimate magic spells in 1st edition T & T were 17th level, and they were Summoning, Banishing, and Deluxe Staff. The Deluxe Staff spell is kind of special: the text reads: This is a spell you can’t do, folks. You may buy deluxe staves from the (Wizards) Guild (5000 gold pieces), but they are actually made by a small, very secretive clan of wizards who like their privacy. There is no such thing as “deluxe staff material” for weapons or armor. Considering that the deluxe staff is described as absolutely indestructible, that’s a good thing.
If you know any other good 17s for Tunnels and Trolls, feel free to list them in the comments below. I’m a day late on these blogs already, but I’ll catch up some time. (ha! and if you believe that, I have some swamp land I’d like to show you.)
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Liz Danforth's picture of a goblin in goblin Lake has always been the way I visualized these little 2D6 monsters.
Sixteen is a good number for Goblins–they like to run in packs, and 16 is a good monster rating for them, too. A monster rating of 16 gets the goblin 2D6 + 8 combat adds–average combat roll around 15. Almost any first level T & T fighter can beat a single goblin in a fight, but 16 of them at a time might be a bit much. Time for strategy, tactics, and a quick retreat if you meet 16 Goblins at one time.
In 5th edition, Level 16 magic is for anti-magic spells and Exorcism.
16 is the Dexterity required to use heavy bows in combat effectively. It is also the Strength needed for a hand and a half sword–sometimes called a bastard sword. They called it that because they hated what it, not because they couldn’t find its father.
Sixteen is also for sweet 16–a very good age to start role-playing.
If you have some sweet 16s to add about Tunnels and Trolls, please put them in the comments below, and come back tomorrow to see if I have anything for 17 in Tunnels and Trolls.
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The Troll's treasure hoard.
Fifteen is for the Troll’s Hoard in Trollstone Caverns. TC is the short GM adventure that I wrote for 5th edition T & T. While much of the text in 5th edition actually came from Liz Danforth, the Trollstone Caverns is all mine. The map has 18 key locations, but location 15 is the deepest point, and the spot where any adventurers are most likely to get good loot.
Fifteen is a number widely used in the weapons tables of the 5th edition. Medium self bows and medium longbows both require a DEX of 15 to use them. I took 2 semesters of archery a million years ago when I was in college. It’s harder than it looks. Really light bows don’t have much penetrating power. Heavier weapons that take more strength to draw tend to wobble. Modern bowmen all want to be sharpshooters–too much of the Robin Hood legend, I think. Ancient and medieveal bowmen didn’t worry so much about shooting straight. They were grouped in companies, and they laid down barrages of arrow fire by making high arcing shots. The bow was the artillery of its time.
15 is also the number of weapon adds that all the early forms of pistols get in combat. If your character gets shot with a gunne in T & T, he/she is gonna get hurt, and hurt pretty bad.
Yes, there are guns in Tunnels & Trolls. They are rare, but deadly.
There is one 15th level spell in 5th edition T & T. Air, Earth, Fire, and Water allows the caster to conjure an elemental to use as a servant for 5 game turns. Its monster rating will equal the total of the caster’s attributes times two. That will usually generate a humongously powerful servant. 300 years later in 7th edition T & T, this spell has been lost.
If you can think of any other fine fifteens used in Tunnels and Trolls, please list them in the comments below, and come back tomorrow to see what I can do with sweet Sixteen.
Oz, the god wizard of the land of Oz. Being a god can be a lot of work.
Fourteen is for fortnight–a term never once used in Tunnels and Trolls.
Fourteenth-level Spells and Beyond: Spells of 14th level and higher are not sold by the Wizards Guild in the Empire of Khazan. There are rumors that they can be learned from the Nagas, but they are generally considered to be god-level magic and should be distributed only at the discretion of the GM.
Which leads me to talk for a little bit about god-level wizards. Originally, there were no gods postulated for Tunnels and Trolls. The game developed in a religious vacuum. As far as I know, no human society yet has ever existed without the idea of gods. The gods might be benevolent, malevolent, or indifferent, but there were always gods. On some basic level, people need to believe in powers greater than themselves. They need explanations for such questions as “why is there lightning?”
Well, we all know the answer to why questions. The answer is because. There is lighting because Zeus is throwing thunderbolts at things on Earth. Or if not Zeus, then Thor. How can they be powerful enough to hurl lighting? They can do it because they are gods.
On Earth we made up gods to explain the unexplainable. In Trollworld, there are people–wizards–who can do unexplainable things. They can fly. They can cast lightning bolts. They can disappear and reappear in different places. These people are wizards–magic users.
And some wizards are clearly more powerful than others. Some wizards like Gristlegrim or Loopo the mad mage are so powerful that they have created whole new races/kindreds to be their people. Gristlegrim literally made the Dwarves of Trollwold. He carved them from stone and brought them to life. Loopo made the uruks. He warped and twisted the basic nature of elves into a vile parody. Yet, elves and uruks can mate–Lerotra’hh, the Death Goddess of Khazan, is one such example of what happens when such a mating takes place.
Wizards who have learned to transcend any imaginable limits of power are known as god-wizards. They can do anything. They use the natural kremm energy of Trollworld itself to get their effects. The only ones who can oppose them are other god-wizards.
You should have noticed that I’ve avoided giving these so-called god-wizards any other supreme titles. None are known as all-wise, all-loving, all-evil. That is because they are not supreme gods–not even real gods. They are just beings of such power that they might as well be considered to be gods. Some of them even think of themselves as gods.
They aren’t gods. There are no true gods on Trollworld. There are, however, a lot of god-wizards.
That’s all 7th edition theology, or lack of it. There is a 14th level of spells in 5th edition T & T, though it only has one spell. Force Shield is the 14th level spell in the old days. A force shield is a wall of colored light that cannot be penetrated by any lower-level magic or weapons. The wizard can shape and move the Force Shield as he wishes.
Fourteen is used frequently in the weapons tables as STR or DEX requirements for various hard to manage weapons.
If you can think of any notable uses of 14 in T & T, please add them in the comments below. And come back tomorrow to see if there is anything good to be said about the number 15.
Hey, wow, it’s Friday the 13th! I haven’t seen one of those in a long time. On this day associated with bad luck I’ve had one really bad leg cramp at 3 in the morning–I’ll be limping for the rest of the week, and I’ve experienced a bit of lethargy, but that’s all. However, your bad luck is just beginning. Read on!
You could be born again in Tunnels and Trolls buy you might come out looking like this.
Thirteen is the highest level of spells available from the Wizards Guild in Trollworld. There is only one spell, and it is the Born Again spell. The fifth edition featured two level 13 spells: Invisible Fiend and Wizard Speech. Ot the three, I’d say Wizard Speech is the most useful–it is a universal translator for the wizard. The Born Again spell has to be cast in advance, and it allows the character to re-materialize in a younger form when he dies. Only high level wizards capable of spending 208 WIZ at a shot can cast it.
Tunnels and Trolls never had the endless reincarnations so prominent in D & D. Dead is pretty much dead in Tunnels & Trolls unless the G.M. wants to bring your character back to life. Yes, characters come back sometimes as zombies or vampires, but you can’t just haul the body to the nearest temple and come back to life. The gods could do that for characters, but mostly they don’t, so be careful when you’re playing. Dead is dead in T & T.
Dead is usually dead in Tunnels and Trolls. Try not to die.
One of my favorite swords is the falchion–a kind of wide-bladed sabre with a heavy slashing head that bends backwards a bit towards the swordsman. It requires a DEX of 13 to use it effectively. So does the black-eagle blade and the fish spine sword. All of these weapons do more damage than the standard broadsword, but the falchion is the best of them.
As warrior maids go, she could use better armor, but she has a real nice sword.
If you know any good 13s that I’ve missed for T & T, please list them in the comments below, and come back tomorrow to see if I can do anything with the number 14.
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Al Sadd aim to play without pressure against Monterrey
December 13 2019 11:39 PM
Al Sadd’s Baghdad Bounedjah (second from left) will need the support of teammate Akram Afif (second from right) on the field against Monterrey today.
By Sahan Bidappa/ Doha
Al Sadd will go into their FIFA Club World Cup Qatar quarter-final against Mexican side Monterrey today as the dark horse, a tag that head coach Xavi Hernandez was relishing. The South American champions will be a different and difficult opponent to Sadd, to the one they faced on Wednesday night in the first round match.
Against Hienghene Sport – the Oceania minnows from New Caledonia – Xavi’s men could afford to play below-par and still get away with victory, but against Monterrey there will be minimum scope for error for the Qatari giants.
Sadd were largely unimpressive during their 3-1 win over Hienghene, struggling to find the net and needed extra time goals to see off a spirited Hienghene side. And now they will have to raise the bar against the Mexicans today at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium if they aspire to face European champions Liverpool in the semi-finals on Wednesday.
Xavi put down his side’s struggle to playing with a burden of expectations and the Spaniard said he has worked with his team over the last two days and made them aware to play pressure-free.
“It was a matter of confidence in the first match. We played well against Hienghene, but when it came to scoring goals and in important moments we struggled. I told my players that I trust them a lot and if they play to the best of their capacity then the team will do well,” Xavi said yesterday.
“Yes, Monterrey are the favourites tomorrow but I trust my players a lot. I’m here to win. I was preparing for this match even before the Hienghene match, because I was confident of winning against them. Now I am also preparing for Liverpool match, because I know we can beat Monterrey,” the 39-year-old added.
The Sadd head coach seemed to have done his homework on Monterrey side, who are taking part in the Club World Cup for the fourth time. “It’s a big game for us, we want to compete, we want to reach the semifinal, but we have in front of us, a very good team. Monterrey are an unbelievable team, they are working really well especially with this new coach Antonio Mohamed. It will be very tough, very difficult but at least we want to compete,” he said.
“In football, we never know what happens but we want to play very well, to show everybody our level. We want to play without pressure because the other day we felt too much pressure. But now it’s different. I think they are the favourites and it means we don’t have too much pressure now. We will play to win,” Xavi added.
Former Barcelona and Spain great is still in early days of his coaching career. But he is clear in his vision on how to play football – the kind of which gave him eight La Liga titles and four Champions League trophies at Barcelona.
“My football philosophy is simple: to play with the ball more. I don’t want my players chasing the ball all the time, I would rather have them control the play by holding the possession more. That’s the way I was brought up at Barcelona and in the Spain team,” Xavi says.
Sadd will once again rely on Baghdad Bounedjah – who scored a goal and put in a Man-of-the-Match performance against Hienghene. But the Algerian will need the support of Akram Afif, who was off-colour against the Oceania team.
Monterrey, meanwhile, are the in-form team at the moment. The Mexicans edged out local rivals Tigres 2-1 over two legs to win their continental title for the first time since winning the tournament three times in a row between 2011 and 2013. That streak of success in the CONCACAF means Los Rayados have significant experience of the Club World Cup, with their trip to Qatar their fourth participation.
Monterrey coach Antonio Mohamed said his team is eyeing nothing short of a final appearance in Qatar. “We want to prove our ability against the best clubs. This is a great opportunity for us. We want to reach the final. Playing against these teams is a challenge but we also want to enjoy the tournament,” 49-year old Argentinian said.
“We are fully prepared. We have adapted to the weather conditions in Qatar, we have the talent and desire and we dream about reaching the final,” he added.
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Saint Mary's (Cal.) Gaels
Ford leads Saint Mary's over Pepperdine 78-69
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Ford scored 26 points and made three assists, Malik Fitts added 18 points with seven rebounds and Saint Mary's beat Pepperdine 78...
Ford scores 24, Saint Mary's tops BYU 87-84 in OT
MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Ford had 24 points and Saint Mary's made 6 of 8 free throws in the last 65 seconds to hold off BYU 87-84 in overtime on Thursday...
Tripp scores 39, Pacific beats Saint Mary's 107-99 in 4OT
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Jahlil Tripp scored a career-high 39 points and Pacific outlasted Saint Mary's 107-99 in the fourth overtime Saturday night. ...
Mt. St. Mary's downs LIU 82-73 in double overtime
EMMITSBURG, Md. (AP) — Damian Chong Qui scored six of his career-high 26 points in the second overtime and Mount Saint Mary's beat Long Island University 82-73...
Fitts lifts Saint Mary's over San Francisco 69-58
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Malik Fitts scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Saint Mary's topped San Francisco 69-58 on Thursday night in the West Coast...
Fotu scores 17, leads Saint Mary's past Seattle, 84-58
MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Dan Fotu scored 17 points and Saint Mary's pulled away in the second half to post an 84-58 win over Seattle on Saturday night. ...
Gibbs lifts Mount St. Mary's over Coppin State 79-55
EMMITSBURG, Md. (AP) — Jalen Gibbs scored a season-high 27 points, and Vado Morse added 22 points and six rebounds as Mount St. Mary's easily beat Coppin State...
Fitts, Ford lead Saint Mary's to 68-63 win over Nevada
Ford scores 34 in Saint Mary's 96-56 win over Arizona State
By John Marshall Dec. 18, 2019 11:04 PM EST
PHOENIX (AP) — Jordan Ford scored in the opening minute on a layup in transition, then hit a 3 and another layup. Two more 3s, one leading to a four-point play...
Ford, Fitts pace Saint Mary's past California 89-77
Michael Wagaman Dec. 15, 2019 01:07 AM EST
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Malik Fitts got Saint Mary's rolling early with his perimeter shooting. Jordan Ford kept the Gaels going after California cut their...
No. 19 Dayton beats Saint Mary’s in Jerry Colangelo Classic
By Jack Magruder Dec. 08, 2019 06:26 PM EST
Fitts leads Saint Mary's (Cal) past N. Illinois 61-49
MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Malik Fitts had 13 points and 12 rebounds to lead Saint Mary's to a 61-49 win over Northern Illinois on Thursday night, the Gaels' eighth...
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Krebs, Ford lead Saint Mary's (Cal) past Omaha 75-66
MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Tanner Krebs had 19 points to lead five Saint Mary's players in double figures as the Gaels won their seventh consecutive game, beating...
Ford’s 27 points lead Saint Mary’s past Utah St. 81-73
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Krebs, Ford lead as Saint Mary's tops Lehigh 77-66
Nov. 23, 2019 10:58 PM EST
MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Ford and Tanner Krebs scored 20 points apiece as Saint Mary's topped Lehigh 77-66 on Saturday. Krebs also had seven rebounds for...
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Ford scores 24 to lead Saint Mary’s over Fresno State 68-58
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Ford scored 24 points and Saint Mary’s defeated Fresno State 68-58 on Wednesday night for the Gaels’ third straight win. ...
Saint Mary's Gaels at Fresno State Bulldogs 11/20/2019
Last Game: @ Pacific L 107-99
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Jack Gardner posted an article in Gaming News
People are busy and sometimes they just don’t have two hours to sit down and watch video game PR people talk about new releases and gizmos. Thankfully, you have us. Sony kicked off their press event by debuting the user interface of the PlayStation 4. The UI looked very similar to the PS3’s current mode of operation. Without some hands-on operation, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact differences. The addition Sony wanted to direct the majority of attention to was the ability to hop into live online games on the fly with friends. Sony’s president of worldwide studios, Shuhei Yoshida, demonstrated the speed of the new UI by jumping into the final minute of a Killzone: Shadow Fall multiplayer match. Following the user interface demonstration, the show’s main presenter, Jim Ryan, took the stage to show off a new trailer for Grand Turismo 6. Polyphony will be introducing the latest concept cars from various manufacturers that will only be appearing in GT6. The new Grand Turismo title will be dropping December 6. Ryan also announced that Polyphony is working with Sony Pictures to develop a feature film based on the Grand Turismo Academy from GT6. Next, Sony presented a new, free-to-play collection of creation tools and games in the form of LittleBigPlanet Hub. Players will have access to tons of free content and will be able to purchase other digital items and tools as they see fit. At Grand Theft Auto V’s launch on Sept 17, there will be a PS3 bundle available as well as an elite headset. Starting today, any gamer that pre-orders GTA V will receive 75% off other Rockstar games. Sony, proving that they firmly believe in the Vita’s future, announced several titles that are being ported to the handheld including: Batman: Arkham Origins, Lego Marvel, Football Manager Classic 2014, and Borderlands 2. They also announced that several major indie games would be making their way to the device such as Starbound, Fez, and Velocity 2X. These three titles will also be coming to PS4. The Vita will be receiving a price drop to $199 as well as significant reductions to memory card prices. Following these announcements, several new titles were announced for Vita. First, Ovosonico’s Murasaki Baby tasks players with leading a child safely through a nightmare fantasy world that looks like Tim Burton and the animators behind The Yellow Submarine got together. Using touch controls, players will quite literally take the child by the hand and lead them through the various dangers like nose monsters and thunderstorms. BigFest, a music management game, is another title coming to Vita. Tasking gamers with throwing the best music festival ever, players will design the festival and organize the music to be as successful as possible. In a unique twist, all of the music players can promote is written and performed by real, unsigned bands and Big Fest could actually influence their careers depending on how well you manage your festivals. The game also has co-op and competitive modes, but we aren’t sure yet how they function. In addition to these two new titles, the PC indie hit Rogue Legacy will make its way to PS4 and Vita next year along with Edmund McMillain’s The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth next spring. PlayStation Plus subscribers get The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth for free. N++ will make its debut on PS4 sometime soon. Exclusively on PS4 this winter, the creator of Thomas Was Alone, will be bringing his next game, Volume, to PS4 and Vita. Guns of Icarus Online is also coming to PS4 next year. Vlambeer, the developer behind Ridiculous Fishing, is bringing their self-described “Rogue-like-like” title Wasteland Kings to PS4 and Vita next year. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number will be a console exclusive for the PS4 and Vita next year. Several new exclusive titles were announced for PlayStation 4. The Chinese Room’s mysterious Everybody’s Gone to The Rapture made its debut with a new trailer. Tequila Works’ Rime also surfaced, looking like Ico crossed with a Miyazaki film. Hell Divers, a new game from Arrowhead, is coming to PS4, PS3, and Vita. It appears to feature co-operative alien fighting gameplay mildly reminiscent of what the team achieved with Magicka. A reimagined version of an Amiga game of the same name, Shadow of the Beast, will be making its way to PS4. The Playroom, a suite of mini-games and interactive toys, will be pre-installed on every PS4. Playroom uses the DualShock 4 and PlayStation camera to provide party games and gimmicky fun. A new InFamous: Second Son trailer was shown, as well as new multiplayer footage of Killzone: Shadow Fall. In a bit of a surprise announcement, Twitch.tv will be coming to PS4, presumably in the form of an app similar to what you can find on the Xbox 360. However, it will probably not function as an alternative to the built-in Ustream in-game streaming. Music Unlimited will allow gamers to listen to music while playing games. And easily control their music selection with the DualShock 4 controller. European internet access can sometimes be insufficient to play online. However, Sony is partnering with some of Europe’s leading ISPs to offer broadband packages that give attractive bonuses for gamers. It is unknown if similar packages will be available in North American markets. Additional details on these offers will be coming in the near future. Ubisoft showed off the Vita’s remote gameplay capabilities with a PS4 copy of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. We are really hoping that remote play works as well as it appears on stage (something that has historically been spotty at best). A new Watch_Dogs trailer was shown and Ubisoft announced that a film based on Watch_Dogs is in the works. Unsurprisingly, Minecraft will be available on PS4 at launch, marking the moment when you will be able to play Minecraft on literally every single electronic device ever constructed. The final game announced was War Thunder from Gaijin (not to be confused with Gaijin Games). War Thunder is a free-to-play, next-gen, WWII combat MMO with literally hundreds of aircraft, ground vehicles, over 100,000 km2 of battle area, co-op modes, a mission editor, and five nations with unique weapons battling for world domination. The closing bullet points of Sony’s conference were more like bombshells. First, the 12GB PS3 price will be dropped to $199. Second, players who buy the PS3 versions of Battlefield 4, Assassin’s Creed IV, Call of Duty Ghosts, or Watch_Dogs will be able to buy their PS4 counterparts at “a significantly discounted price.” Third, players were reminded that all PS4 games playable via remote play on Vita. Finally, priced at $399, the PlayStation 4 will be launching in 32 countries and available in North America on November 15. If you are interested, you can view the official stream of the conference for yourself. What do you think about the PS4 and its launch line-up? Pre-ordering? No? Let us know what you think!
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Jack Gardner posted a topic in Announcements
People are busy and sometimes they just don’t have two hours to sit down and watch video game PR people talk about new releases and gizmos. Thankfully, you have us. Sony kicked off their press event by debuting the user interface of the PlayStation 4. The UI looked very similar to the PS3’s current mode of operation. Without some hands-on operation, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact differences. The addition Sony wanted to direct the majority of attention to was the ability to hop into live online games on the fly with friends. Sony’s president of worldwide studios, Shuhei Yoshida, demonstrated the speed of the new UI by jumping into the final minute of a Killzone: Shadow Fall multiplayer match. Following the user interface demonstration, the show’s main presenter, Jim Ryan, took the stage to show off a new trailer for Grand Turismo 6. Polyphony will be introducing the latest concept cars from various manufacturers that will only be appearing in GT6. The new Grand Turismo title will be dropping December 6. Ryan also announced that Polyphony is working with Sony Pictures to develop a feature film based on the Grand Turismo Academy from GT6. Next, Sony presented a new, free-to-play collection of creation tools and games in the form of LittleBigPlanet Hub. Players will have access to tons of free content and will be able to purchase other digital items and tools as they see fit. At Grand Theft Auto V’s launch on Sept 17, there will be a PS3 bundle available as well as an elite headset. Starting today, any gamer that pre-orders GTA V will receive 75% off other Rockstar games. Sony, proving that they firmly believe in the Vita’s future, announced several titles that are being ported to the handheld including: Batman: Arkham Origins, Lego Marvel, Football Manager Classic 2014, and Borderlands 2. They also announced that several major indie games would be making their way to the device such as Starbound, Fez, and Velocity 2X. These three titles will also be coming to PS4. The Vita will be receiving a price drop to $199 as well as significant reductions to memory card prices. Following these announcements, several new titles were announced for Vita. First, Ovosonico’s Murasaki Baby tasks players with leading a child safely through a nightmare fantasy world that looks like Tim Burton and the animators behind The Yellow Submarine got together. Using touch controls, players will quite literally take the child by the hand and lead them through the various dangers like nose monsters and thunderstorms. BigFest, a music management game, is another title coming to Vita. Tasking gamers with throwing the best music festival ever, players will design the festival and organize the music to be as successful as possible. In a unique twist, all of the music players can promote is written and performed by real, unsigned bands and Big Fest could actually influence their careers depending on how well you manage your festivals. The game also has co-op and competitive modes, but we aren’t sure yet how they function. In addition to these two new titles, the PC indie hit Rogue Legacy will make its way to PS4 and Vita next year along with Edmund McMillain’s The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth next spring. PlayStation Plus subscribers get The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth for free. N++ will make its debut on PS4 sometime soon. Exclusively on PS4 this winter, the creator of Thomas Was Alone, will be bringing his next game, Volume, to PS4 and Vita. Guns of Icarus Online is also coming to PS4 next year. Vlambeer, the developer behind Ridiculous Fishing, is bringing their self-described “Rogue-like-like” title Wasteland Kings to PS4 and Vita next year. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number will be a console exclusive for the PS4 and Vita next year. Several new exclusive titles were announced for PlayStation 4. The Chinese Room’s mysterious Everybody’s Gone to The Rapture made its debut with a new trailer. Tequila Works’ Rime also surfaced, looking like Ico crossed with a Miyazaki film. Hell Divers, a new game from Arrowhead, is coming to PS4, PS3, and Vita. It appears to feature co-operative alien fighting gameplay mildly reminiscent of what the team achieved with Magicka. A reimagined version of an Amiga game of the same name, Shadow of the Beast, will be making its way to PS4. The Playroom, a suite of mini-games and interactive toys, will be pre-installed on every PS4. Playroom uses the DualShock 4 and PlayStation camera to provide party games and gimmicky fun. A new InFamous: Second Son trailer was shown, as well as new multiplayer footage of Killzone: Shadow Fall. In a bit of a surprise announcement, Twitch.tv will be coming to PS4, presumably in the form of an app similar to what you can find on the Xbox 360. However, it will probably not function as an alternative to the built-in Ustream in-game streaming. Music Unlimited will allow gamers to listen to music while playing games. And easily control their music selection with the DualShock 4 controller. European internet access can sometimes be insufficient to play online. However, Sony is partnering with some of Europe’s leading ISPs to offer broadband packages that give attractive bonuses for gamers. It is unknown if similar packages will be available in North American markets. Additional details on these offers will be coming in the near future. Ubisoft showed off the Vita’s remote gameplay capabilities with a PS4 copy of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. We are really hoping that remote play works as well as it appears on stage (something that has historically been spotty at best). A new Watch_Dogs trailer was shown and Ubisoft announced that a film based on Watch_Dogs is in the works. Unsurprisingly, Minecraft will be available on PS4 at launch, marking the moment when you will be able to play Minecraft on literally every single electronic device ever constructed. The final game announced was War Thunder from Gaijin (not to be confused with Gaijin Games). War Thunder is a free-to-play, next-gen, WWII combat MMO with literally hundreds of aircraft, ground vehicles, over 100,000 km2 of battle area, co-op modes, a mission editor, and five nations with unique weapons battling for world domination. The closing bullet points of Sony’s conference were more like bombshells. First, the 12GB PS3 price will be dropped to $199. Second, players who buy the PS3 versions of Battlefield 4, Assassin’s Creed IV, Call of Duty Ghosts, or Watch_Dogs will be able to buy their PS4 counterparts at “a significantly discounted price.” Third, players were reminded that all PS4 games playable via remote play on Vita. Finally, priced at $399, the PlayStation 4 will be launching in 32 countries and available in North America on November 15. If you are interested, you can view the official stream of the conference for yourself. What do you think about the PS4 and its launch line-up? Pre-ordering? No? Let us know what you think! View full article
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He succeeds Mr. William T. Bergeron, whose term as chairman expired this month. Mr. Bergeron will continue to serve as a commissioner. In addition, the Board elected Mr. Robert R. Barkerding vice chairman and Mr. Laney T. Chouest secretary-treasurer.
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“I want to thank Bill Bergeron for his leadership over the past year. The changes that have been implemented will serve us well into the future,” said Mr. Kearney. “The Port of New Orleans is one of our region’s largest economic drivers and a critically important component of the global transportation network. I look forward to working with the Board, staff and all stakeholders so the Port can continue to address its challenges and realize its unlimited potential.”
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#118: Up Up And A Hey
Published January 26, 2013 Atlanta Braves , Baseball , Braves , Braves & Stuff , Jason Heyward , Martin Prado 371 Comments
by Gil Elliott
‘Gil from Mechanicsville’
Wow, in the course of a few short days, Frank Wren and company turned a negative into a plus with the addition of a former number one over-all draft pick and sometimes misunderstood All-star in Justin Upton. To be honest, I did not see it coming. Along with former number one pick, B J Upton and a young and quickly maturing number one pick Jason Heyward, the Braves have put together an outfield that may only be behind the L A Angels in overall talent and ability, even that may be argued.
BJ Upton, Justin Upton, Jason Heyward
Certainly, it is an outfield that could well hit 100 home-runs and drive in 300 runs over the course of a season. That and steal 60 bases, not to mention the potential to save runs which could vastly improve the entire Atlanta’s collective ERA.
I have been trying to recollect when the Braves have fielded a trio of outfielders who have brought as much potential for excitement and honestly, I cannot think of another time in Braves history they have had this much talent in the outfield at one time. Most certainly, the starting outfield for the 2013 National League All-star game could have these three players in it. They are that good. To think, in the course of a few short years, the Braves have gone from having one of the weakest outfield to one of the best. Amazing.
Sadly, the acquisition of Justin Upton did not come without a high cost. In addition to three minor league prospects and a once untouchable young starter in Randal Delgado, the Braves had to part with one of the most liked players in the organization in the person of Martin Prado. Prado was respected by fans and team mates alike because of his attitude and work ethic. In addition to being able to play every infield position, he had a perchance for being clutch. Not a big home-run hitter, he utilized the tools he had to spray the ball to all fields. He would on occasion hit the dramatic big fly but seemed to be just as content to hit a single the other way to move a runner over.
For sure, if the Arizona manager, Kirk Gibson, wanted a gritty player, he got one in the 29 year old Prado.
Now the only questions remain as to how well the combination of Juan Francisco and Chris Johnson are able to man the third base position which seemingly was to be held down by Marteen in the wake of Chipper Jones’ retirement.
Juan Francisco, Chris Johnson
The Braves may have given up some defense with the addition of Johnson but Francisco has shone flashes of excellence at the hot corner. The reports out of winter ball have been very positive as to Long Juan in his effort to get into better playing shape. With the tremendous power one would wish to have in a third baseman, he appeared to have a bit of a lazy streak which cause the Reds to give up on the young Dominican and trade him to the Braves during spring training prior to the 2012 season. This after being the Reds heir apparent to play third on a full time basis in 2012 but Dusty Baker grew weary of Juan’s apparent indifference to the Reds’ directive to show up in shape. For sure, Dusty will not abide a lollygagger.
Now, spring training will soon be upon us. A better idea of what we can expect will become evident. There are holes always to be filled and a 162 game season can be a long and arduous journey. Injuries and mishaps along the way can turn promise into disappointments but for now, the folks in Braves Country are ready to get started and yearn to hear those two words,
371 Responses to “#118: Up Up And A Hey”
Excellent, Gil! Thank you!! 😀
I hope our hopes aren’t shredded.
(mutter: I still don’t like losing Prado……)
Thank you CL and kudos as always to the graphics department 🙂
Great new banner too by the way, looks great.
Thanks, Gil. I’m not sure I’m pleased with it. Seems too “busy” – but they’re all there, by George! 😀 😀
5 Voice of Raisins January 26, 2013 at 10:13 pm
Excellent, Gil… and I like the new banner very much. Very nice indeed.
6 Carolina Lady January 26, 2013 at 10:19 pm
Thanks much, Raisins. I’m still looking at it like an old dog looking at a new food pan. 😀
“NEW YORK (AP) — One of the oldest trick plays in baseball is now a balk.
Under a rule change imposed by Major League Baseball, pitchers will no longer be allowed to fake a pickoff to third base and throw to first as a way to dupe a runner on first base into breaking for second. Next season, that move would be a balk. Pitchers can still step off the rubber and fake to third.
The change was approved at the owners’ meetings two weeks ago.
The Associated Press first reported the pending rule change last May after the Playing Rules Committee approved the proposal with MLB executives and umpires in agreement. The players’ union, though, vetoed the plan.
The collective bargaining agreement allowed MLB to implement the change after a one-year wait.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman says it’s possible third baseman Alex Rodriguez could miss the entire season while recovering from hip surgery.
Cashman says “there’s no guarantees in this stuff” that Rodriguez will be able to play this year.
The 37-year-old Rodriguez had surgery on his left hip last week. The team said the rehabilitation time was expected to be six months, which would sideline the star slugger until the All-Star break.
On Friday, Cashman said it was possible A-Rod could be out all year.
“Yeah,” Cashman told WFAN radio. “I think because [of] the serious nature of the surgery and the condition that he’s trying to recover from, you know, there is that chance.”
“I can’t say it’s not possible that he won’t be back,” he said.
The Yankees signed free agent Kevin Youkilis during the offseason to play third base while Rodriguez is out.
Cashman said Rodriguez is doing everything “in his power to put himself in the position to get back and be healthy and productive.”
“Best case scenario, yeah he should be back,” Cashman said. “Worst case scenario, he won’t be back, or there might be something in between.”
A 14-time All-Star, Rodriguez hit .272 with 18 home runs and 57 RBIs in 122 games last year. The three-time AL MVP was benched in three of nine postseason games and pinch hit for in three others, batting just .120 (3 for 25) with no RBIs in the playoffs.
Rodriguez had surgery on Jan. 16 to repair a torn labrum and reshape a bone to alleviate an impingement. He has 647 career homers and is due $114 million over the next five years as part of his record 10-year, $275 million contract.
Notes: RHP David Robertson and the Yankees reached a one-year deal, avoiding arbitration. The reliever had asked for $3.55 million and the team offered $2.85 million.
Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Ex-Astro Jeff Bagwell involved in scandalous Houston divorce
07:33 AM ET 01.26 | Former Astros slugger Jeff Bagwell was passed over for the Hall of Fame along with Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire this month, but he’s emerging as a player in a sleazy and bruising divorce battle between his reported girlfriend Rachel Brown and her estranged hubby, hand surgeon Michael Brown. The Browns’ strange and scandalous breakup has shocked Houston, where Bagwell played during his entire 15-year career, and brought to light Bagwell’s relationship with Rachel.
Yes, ballplayers are human and do bad things, must be the steroids…
Anyway, good morning all… I wonder how long it will take the “A-Rod with a walker” jokes to surface. I don’t think the insurance extends past three years so there is incentive for New York to get him going again but seriously, The guy is 37 and the Yankees are still committed to pay him $20 million a year for the next five years?
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/new-york-mets-landon-powell-daughter-izzy-dies-012713
12 Mitch Patrikus January 28, 2013 at 2:18 am
I think this Braves outfields has the potential to become one of the best ever. http://wantthatsummerback.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/braves-outfield-potential-to-be-best-ever/
13 Voice of Raisins January 28, 2013 at 12:08 pm
MLBTR: Two NL East teams, the Nationals and Phillies, have projected payrolls surpassing $100MM for the 2013 season. Meanwhile, the Mets and Braves project to spend $80MM and $83MM on payroll, respectively. The Marlins will round out the division with a payroll in the $30-40MM range.
To be specific, the Phillies’ projected payroll is somewhere around $156MM with the Nats weighing in around $108MM. I can see generalizing the Nats with “surpassing $100MM”, but the Phils? That’s like saying Congress spends “a little bit”…
Howdy Mitch…
Hey, Mitch! Welcome!
16 Voice of Raisins January 28, 2013 at 3:47 pm
@ajcbraves: #Braves pitchers & catchers report in 2 weeks, rest of position players report by 2/14, game vs. Tigers in 25 days (2/22)
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) January 28, 2013
Yes Raisins, only in America where a “cut” means Not spending as much as we projected but not necessarily less than we spent in the past. I wonder if I could get away with claiming a “loos” by saying “well” I wanted $100. 000 but could only get $50,000 so I had a loss of $50,000… ? Nothing like using “newspeak” to fool the masses.
So, back to the topic at hand, the Nationals have a very reasonable payroll. Same could be said for the Braves although I think both teams could elevate their payrolls without much sweat being raised. The Phillies can afford their salary but the fact they are getting older does not bode well for the ‘fightin Phils’ .
Te Mets are trying to dig out from under the Bernie Madoff debacle. Goes to show you that if it is too good to be true, it probably is. They will be back to their spendthrift ways soon enough.
Now, the Marlins, I sure am glad I am not a Marlins fan. Evem more a Marlins player unless I was serving out my time in MLB baseball purgatory where it makes no difference what I make the first six years because I am doom to play for them anyway. The only thing a Marlin’s player can hope for is to play to a high level and hope I am marketable enough to score a big deal somewhere else.
I have to laugh at all the folks on the blogs who clamor for local ownership. I wonder what their reaction would be when the wake up and discover that the team has been sold to Jeffery Loria?
Yes, Gil… Liberty Media has not been that bad, really. They are pretty hands off, allowing for the local suits to act responsibly in their stead. I think for the most part that Mr. Schiller has done that fairly well. And he has said, on more than one occasion, the payroll will go up commensurate with the attendance. Exhibit A – the 2012 Chipper Farewell tour. Attendance increased, and so did the payroll limit, in a moderate amount… from $90MM-ish to about $98 MM-ish. If the Up-twins can add the expected excitement to this team, we may see the same thing again next year.
Now… I have had my own little fit or two over the payroll limits. But really, those were out of frustration by seeing a rival team, like the Phils, just toss out a few million more to fill a hole. But Frank has fielded a darn talented team for their money. Proof that it can be done. And there is still a reported $8MM-$10MM left in the kitty. Good to have some flexibility between April and July, eh?
One has to believe that Frank is waiting to see if he needs to fill a hole at third or behind the plate before making any more moves. A lot depends on if the platoon at third pans out and BMac is able to return to pre 2012 form at the plate before any of that cashed is spent. The pitching staff looks set on paper but one never knows what trouble lurks around the corner. On the positive side, most of the players are young, less prone to breaking down, methinks..
21 berigan2electricboogaloo January 31, 2013 at 5:00 am
Very nice blog Gil! I was going to say that a few days ago, but was tired and wanted to add some quite insightful thoughts too…a few days later..umm, er…very nice blog Gil! 😕
Oh, 164 game season? did they add two? a lot slips past me these days…
22 Gil in Mechanicsville January 31, 2013 at 10:03 am
You mean it’s not? It sure seems that long to me, must be all those late night extra inning games on the west coast.
Not a lot of new stuff to write about at the moment, just the same old, same old. I think everyone is anxious for the Super Bowl to be over and spring training to get started.
The most interesting things to watch this spring are: In no particular order
Evan Gattis and whether or not he has a legitimate chance to make it on the roster,
BMac and if he is willing to be patient and not undo all the surgery he had performed.
Who will be the back up infielder
Who the 5th outfielder will be.
If Julio will be ready for prime time.
You can read only so many human interest stories….
Reading what various folks have to say about the Braves vs Nationals as to how the teams stack up against each other, much has been opined that the Nationals have a superior pitching staff but I am not so sure. I watched quite a few Nationals’ games last season and it is my belief the talking heads and bloggers are going strictly by the stats and not what actually performances.
I guess the Braves and the rest of the world will have to wait and see if Mike Minor continues his second half of the season performance as opposed to his first half debacles. I am suspicious that Hudson still possesses shut down quality stuff.
I also think the baseball world forgets how good the Phillies’ starting staff still is. Of course they do not have the bullpen arms the Braves and for that matter the Nats can employ but they are still a very dangerous ball club and I don’t see them rolling over for anyone.
Source: Prado four-year contract with #Diamondbacks is for $40 million.
Good for Marteen, he’s earned it….
$40 million in four years. I wonder how much that is in real money?
Today is Jackie Robinson’s 94th birthday. (Check out Thursday’s Google cover page.)
I think back at how much inflation we have experienced in our life time and I believe it to be around 1000% … Cost of a gallon of gas when I was a kid, 31.9 cents a gallon, cost today $3.199 dollars a gallon, A loaf of bread was .19 cents a loaf, Now $1.90 loaf. Newspapers were a nickle, today they are 50 cents…. It seems to me that is about right.
There fore, Marteen will be making $10, 000 a year in 1957 money…
29 Voice of Raisins February 1, 2013 at 8:15 am
Gil, I can remember as a kid watching “The Price Is Right” on TV. They had a game where the contestant had to guess each digit in the price of a car. Almost every contestant that played it started with “2” or “3” because most of the cars were in the $2000-$3999 range.
1000% indeed.
I can also remember when Mike Schmidt was the first $2MM player, and it was almost scandalous that a team crossed the $2MM barrier. Heck, they’ll sign someone for $2MM these days just to come to ST and try to win a roster spot.
30 Voice of Raisins February 1, 2013 at 12:34 pm
confirmed from #Braves PR whiz Jim Misudek that both Uptons will just be "Upton" on back of jerseys, and both Johnsons just "Johnson"
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) February 1, 2013
Yeah… football is done, now we can all focus on what is really important… basketball… just kidding.
32 Voice of Raisins February 4, 2013 at 10:28 am
Packing the truck…won’t be long til Braves are unpacking in Lake Buena Vista twitter.com/ajcbraves/stat…— David O’Brien (@ajcbraves) February 4, 2013
On this date in 1934, Henry “Hammerin’ Hank” Aaron was born in Mobile , AL.
Happy Birthday Hammer!!! 😀
RT @KrisMedlen54 My Wife and I welcomed our son Max Michael Medlen into this world today Happiestday of lives http://t.co/5UaxQApi
Congratulation Little Dude… Max Medlen? Sounds like a great baseball name….
Sitting here trying to decide whether to opp for the MLB Premium Package or stay with the DirectV baseball package. The computer one is a lot cheaper, plus I could get the spring training although things are shaping up for Jo and I to make a dash to Florida this spring. Ahem… Still waiting for my bonafide, platinum press credentials… SIGH!!!!…
Hoping to great a real live look at JR Graham. May have to start calling him “White Bread” or simply “sliced”…
He may not be “sliced”, but apparently the best thing since…
A little “Rye” humor there.
Maybe a “Graham” cracker?
They’re in the mail, Gil! In. The. Mail. (Dear lord, how many times do I have to say that?) They’re in the MAIL!
…..chuckle, snort, grin…..
43 Voice of Raisins February 6, 2013 at 2:50 pm
Seems some of our boys are a little anxious:
1st workout done down here in Florida! Now time to hit the links
— Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman5) February 6, 2013
Warm enough for some baseball today!!!! Right around 70!
70 in Jonesboro GA I mean…don’t know what it was in Florida, except warmer
46 Mitch Patrikus February 6, 2013 at 6:45 pm
Warm day up in Iowa too! Got to about 34!
Howdy Mitch! Welcome back. Hey, Ber… didn’t overheat, did ya?
Hey Mitch, I figured I didn’t have to ask you about overheating. Defrosting maybe…
49 Gil in Mechanicsville February 6, 2013 at 11:38 pm
“Graham” cracker… Oh SNAP!…
In. The. Mail Yeah, and just when they are going to start curtailing the Saturday delivery of my junk mail too…. If they get delayed any longer I am going to have to pay storage…
Sigh… guess I will be denied access to the club house yet again.. 😦
51 Carolina Lady February 7, 2013 at 12:10 am
Just tell them WHO you are, Gil! They’ll let you and your assistant Miss Josie in. If they haven’t heard of Braves & Stuff, they’ll just be showing their ignorance. They’re supposed to KNOW where to get the good info! 😀
Hey, Mitch! 34, huh? I think I’ll leave my part there for you to enjoy. Glad to see you back!
Gil, Where is Clarence?? You told him we don’t bite, didn’t you?
V, I was down in Peachtree city and Newnan, were I saw on the news(weather report) it was 74, and no joke, I was sweating in my car sitting inside talking on the phone! Weird!
Now baseball…boring…reading about what’s left out there just isn’t very interesting, is it?
Slow for another couple of days… but staring Monday, the news items should start popping as many teams begin workouts. I absolutely LOVE that Fab 5 Freddie is already in Orlando and is already working out. Awesome!
So many golf courses, so few spring training days… The kid has to get a jump on it somehow.
Wasn’t Freddie working out with Dan Ugla this winter? I can’t remember which Braves player it was. Once upon a time, Spring Training was all about getting into shape for baseball. Now it seems that nearly all of the players workout year round. Of course, getting paid, or wanting to get paid, millions of dollars may be somewhat of an incentive
CL, it is his silly season now that taxes are to be done. He is a “TAX Pro” among his many other talents. He was the “smart one” of the two of us.
Ber, the classic cars have been rad dude…
Cool cars, aren’t they Gil? Somehow, I don’t think someone is going to wax nostalgic about a 1994 Camry…may say it was reliable, but feelings for it? Wanting another one to restore???
Feel bad for Jair…I wonder if the Braves didn’t check him out closely enough, or if he acted like he was ok, when he wasn’t?
from MLBTR
The Orioles have yet to finalize their one-year, $1.5MM agreement with Jair Jurrjens, and there’s a chance the deal will fall through. The Orioles were still receiving medical evaluations on Jurrjens as of last night, Encina reports. It’s becoming unclear whether the deal will be completed and it doesn’t seem to be headed in a positive direction. Orioles executives have long-standing concerns about Jurrjens’ health.
Read more at http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/#jw4pcB2CXxO1uhet.99
It’s pretty evident that Jair had/has some physical problems. Pitchers just don’t forget how to pitch overnight and drop off that poorly for no reason. When a guy loses that much velocity and all movement at the same time, there is an issue. We all saw it; Frank knew it… everyone knew it. It’s why no one would trade for him. Heck, Frank would have taken a pair of tickets to Breaking Dawn in trade to move him along. (Did we ever find out what/who we got for Ryan Langerhans? It’s one of the great mysteries of the last decade…) When teams are willing to take a flyer on guys like Dontrelle Willis or Miguel Batista, but not on Jair Jurjjens, there is a reason.
So, the ghost of Mark Wholers raises his ugly head yet again, the idea that something is wrong but everyone is in denial. I guess the question now would be who has liability if surgery is necessary.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/tim-lincecum-cuts-hair-becomes-baseball-version-joseph-194510258–mlb.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/former-murder-suspect-angel-villalona-obtains-visa-headed-080357739–mlb.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/kevin-millwood-retires-16-seasons-443-starts-two-051117408–mlb.html
61 Mitch Patrikus February 10, 2013 at 9:42 pm
Yes there has been a lot of defrosting this winter! Needs to get warm soon! I’d kill for a nice sunny 65 degree day right now!
62 Voice of Raisins February 11, 2013 at 7:21 am
It’ll be 65 today here in Jefferson… but very rainy. That said, Saturday was a Chamber of Commerce day for sure. Mid-60’s during the day, low-40’s in the evening, and the stars in the sky were as clear and bright as the outlook for the 2013 Braves outfield. Not bad being a North Georgia boy…
63 Voice of Raisins February 11, 2013 at 10:41 am
I love this. 😀
Reporting day for #Braves pitchers and catchers. And the Heyward tents are up being right field. http://t.co/ZwTk1sng—
David O'Brien (@ajcbraves) February 11, 2013
Mitch, the forecast for Orlando today: 84 and sunny… as it should be as the Boys of Summer commence.
65 Carolina Lady February 11, 2013 at 4:37 pm
Heyward tents! Love it!!! 😀
4 years @ $48MM seems reasonable for Michael Bourn. The $15MM annually that he reportedly was seeking was never realistic, IMO. Also, he didn’t get the 5+ years guaranteed he was seeking. Again, I never felt that was realistic, but 4 + an option seems good for all sides. The Indians OF certainly has received a boost with the additions of both Bourn and Nick Swisher. I’ll root for them this year, because I’ve always liked them, and they are sort of like our AL “tribesmen”.
Great job Michael… you earned this deal.
First day of workouts!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀
68 Gil in Mechanicsville February 12, 2013 at 10:20 am
I saw the news of Bourn’s signing last night. My thoughts were the same as yours Raisins as to the fairness of the deal. I think the Braves would have been happy to sign him to a similar deal but that ship had long sailed.
At least the Indians are making an effort. Francona is a good guy to have as a manager and should fit well.
Reading some comments elsewhere that Justin Upton would not be much of an upgrade over Marteen Prado in left for the Braves. While I loved Marteen, that is a real stretch. Offensively, they are two different types of hitters, defensively, Justin’s increased range should help compensate for the step lost in center to BJ over Michael.
The real trick should be the Uptons getting accustom to the nuances of Turner Field and it’s lack of back lighting in the outfield. The lame excuse of not wanting to block the view of the Atlanta skyline went out the window with the additions of a super sized Coke bottle and a giant cow….
The best day of the year is when pitchers and catchers report! It makes me feel like I can kind of escape this snow and 30 degree weather that we have up here.
Where are you, Mitch?
Does Heyward look like he is in amazing shape or what?!?
Upton here, Upton here.Heyward there. #Braves http://t.co/DYKzaSqa—
Hm. Maybe they’d better put up bigger tents??
I’m from up in Northeastern Iowa
We’ll send you some of this warmer Carolina air, Mitch. ‘Course, no telling what condition it will be in by the time it reaches you! 😀
from Thanks, Chipper on fb:
“Jordan Schafer and Tyler Pastornicky are among the players that were not early arrivers to spring training. Fedi Gonzalez was not pleased either. Schafer is just 20 minutes from Braves camp in Haines City. Pastornicky is in Bradenton, Florida.”
I think if my name was Schafer, I’d be sitting on the curb waiting for them when everybody arrived. Just sayin’ –
75 Gil in Mechanicsville February 13, 2013 at 8:58 pm
Actually, I think it is a little unfair for Fredi to have had feelings for the kids not to show up early. If the Braves want them in camp early, tell them to show up early, that way there is no miscommunication. I did lots of volunteer work, the expectations were a lot different from my paying job. Also different between salary and hourly
Then again, you have a very valid point CL…. Just saying, communication is a two way street. Or at least should be..
76 Voice of Raisins February 13, 2013 at 9:50 pm
For my money, both Schaf and the Rev face uphill battles this spring. And I don’t have a dog in that fight either way. I have no reason to defend either one. But I am pretty sure they have been working out together under a supervised and structured program. It could be that they are simply finishing it out leading to their official arrival to camp.
But that said, don’t you want to make a good impression on your boss?
77 berigan2electricboogaloo February 14, 2013 at 11:07 am
Sure glad Bourn signed with the Indians and not the Mutts…
he would have been a thorn in our sides for sure…Weird that He’s “only” worth 2 mil more per season than Angel Pagan, who is also a year older.I think if he hadn’t tanked the last few months, he would have gotten more too
Heyward dwarfs the others in that photo…is it just me, or does that look like Andruw Jones behind him? (I Know it can’t be, but sure looks like him!)
Having seen Heyward in person, I can honestly say he has become even more impressive looking. The secret though is not to just become stronger but to also stay flexible. I think that is what happened to Dan Uggla. In his quest to become even stronger, he lost his flexibility.
Raisins, true dat on Schafer and the Pastor. Going back and reading the comments, Fredi has a valid point but I don’t think he should have made them public. Stuff like that never goes away. It is a lot like showing up an umpire. You never know when you are going to need that 2 inches off the plate to go your way… You also don’t know when the ump is going to remember he doesn’t like you very much either.
Save the digs for the Kangaroo Court Fredi… The message will get delivered. I look for Schafer to be cut and Pastornicky to be included in a trade package… That is, unless they both can suddenly hit .500 this spring.
After much consideration, I guess I won’t be making the trip to Florida this year. I really want to go but after thinking about how much walking is involved just to get from the parking lot to the stadium, I just don’t think I can do it yet. BUMMER!!!! I guess I will try to make up for it this summer by going to DC to see the Gnats play the Braves.
The ironic thing is the tickets to see the Nationals play in “real” games are cheaper than watching Atlanta play at Disney. Who would have thunk it? Of course, the parking is free at “Dark Star” but little else.
Only downside to going to Washington is having to actually drive in DC but if you sneak in the back way, it isn’t as bad.
Ber, I had that same thought about Andruw. Don’t know who it is but there is a great resemblance.
That is minor league hitting instructor Jamie Dismuke… and he is a dear ringer for Andruw.
Speaking of Uggla bulking up and being too tight, word has it he has actually come in a tad smaller this spring… seemingly to reverse last season’s trend.
And Heyward looks like a comic book hero… 😀
dear ringer dead ringer 😳
84 Gil in Mechanicsville February 14, 2013 at 10:32 pm
Nice little blurb on Venters being in better shape this spring. I still say he did not really recover fully from the flogging he received at the hands of Bobby Cox and Freddi the past two years. He will be lucky, as well as the rest of the Braves’ fans, if he suffered no real permanent damage.
I said last year that Uggla needed to be careful in the way he went about his weight training. Baseball player have to be limber. Being strong is great but being quick is actually better.
Heyward could put on a Batman suit and would not need the fake muscles. That said, see my previous comment….
What is it with the Dominican Republic and Visa problems and ball players? Have the ball clubs not figured out they have to grease the palms of those slime balls in third world countries? It has been that way since the Spanish first showed up the 1500s’. Might even have been that way before that.
85 berigan2electricboogaloo February 15, 2013 at 3:25 am
Gil, Sorry about you not being able to make the trip this year. I bet a lot of locals have power scooters in their daily vehicle….wonder if any place rents something like that down there? A package deal, special van and a power scooter???
86 Gil in Mechanicsville February 15, 2013 at 4:01 am
Sounds like a good idea for some enterprising entrepreneur. I actually have a scooter I bought a couple of years ago but I have been in denial and refuse to use it. I am pretty determined to walk as long as I can. Doesn’t stop me from using the carts in Kroger and Wal-mart however.
I am trying real hard to talk myself out of buying another gun. I have three right now that I am watching and to be honest, I don’t need any of the three. Especially since folks have gone bat s**t crazy about hording ammo. No need to put stronger background checks in place, any nut who wants a gun won’t be able to shoot the dang thing after they buy it…
Still, everyone has to have a hobby and collecting firearms is mine. Personally, I feel the are much more practical than my wife’s doll collection but that is just me. I think she would argue the point.
One of her dolls sits in a place of honor in our home. Your Josie is one special lady!
I’m sorta interested in a .45. Got ideas/comments/recommendations?
.45 vs .38?
Gil, the US Gov’t is/has been buying up MILLIONS and MILLIONS of rounds of ammo – even in the name of the Nat’l Weather Service. Wonder why….
I’ll be honest with you, while a .45 is a much more impressive round, unless you are planning on spend time regularly at a shooting range, I would suggest to you the same firearm I purchased for Josie in a Lady Smith & Wesson or one of the Tarus clones which are about half the price. It is small and will fit in your hand nicely and you will not be bothered by having to remember how to release the safety, you simply point in the direction you want to shoot and pull the trigger. The barrel is only about 2 inches long so it is not real accurate beyond 15 feet but any further than that away from your attacker and they are not so much a threat. The noise alone will deafen everyone and the flash will blind them. While a 38 does not stop someone as well as a .45, it should slow them down enough for you to escape.
Besides, a .45 has a nasty recoil and unless you are prepared for it, see comment about range time, you are never going to be able to fire a second round if needed. Simple is good and a nice 38 special is about as simple as you can get short of a butcher knife. Bottom line, you have to do with what you are comfortable with and what feels right in your hand. Safety is paramount but once you make the decision to buy a gun, you also have to face the reality you might someday have to use it. A good gun safety class in addition to range time is a lot more important to me than having someone fill out a bunch of lame paper work for the Feds. You would never think of letting someone drive a car without practice first. Owning a gun is no different in my eyes…
Whew, didn’t mean to get so windy there.
Now baseball…. Chipper didn’t show up on time, I wonder if Fredi is going to call him out to the papers?
Holy cow! It’s snowing! No way it can stick though. Ground temp is too high and it is sopping wet. But it’s pretty coming down. Doesn’t happen too often in these parts.
Gil, thanks for the advice. I had a S&W special until the house burned and I just never got around to replacing it. Today is a different world than it was at that time and criminals are getting bolder. If anyone breaks into this house, I wouldn’t hesitate one second to take them down. If it comes to them vs my daughter or me, guess who loses? I have several rifles and a shotgun, but by the time I located them, buried as they are to prevent theft, I’d be better off with a baseball bat. For in the house, a handgun is all-around more practical. A single .38 round may not stop somebody, but I’ve done pretty well on grouping shots on the range.
Chipper is coming to ST? – or did I miss the joke?
The Chipper comment was a dig at Fredi for dissing the Pastor and Schafer for not coming into camp early. Chipper was suppose to show up Friday but didn’t come until Saturday.
I will not go into all the back and forth about how the two rookies should have come into camp early. I just felt Fredi should have kept it in house and aired it to the press.
Yes. it snowed here today too but no accumulation. Just a reminder it is still winter…
92 berigan2electricboogaloo February 18, 2013 at 12:23 pm
Happy Presidents day! I’m sure you all are thinking about Millard Filmore, William Henry Harrison, Franklin Pierce, and the other greats….
Nice little story on Babe Ruth’s last car, a 1948 Lincoln
http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/news/editors-picks/babe-ruths-ride-hits-homerun-with-owner?et_mid=598888&rid=233805310
Referring back to the ammo: this sure answers the questions.
http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/feds-buying-enough-bullets-for-24-year-war/
At least a dozen #Braves spring games to be televised http://t.co/zFqT0nTv
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) February 18, 2013
Thanks CL, I think the real reason is still the “run” on ammo by those who thought it would be outlawed. A lot of hoarding has taken place. Perhaps the shortage is prolonged by manufacturers being tied up with filling order for the government. I can certainly see how that could be true with .223 and 9mm which is really scarce right now. I did manage to find some 22 mag and some 22 subsonic rounds today but at about a 30% premium.
I bought another car tonight. As a result, I had to pass up a couple of really good deals on two firearms. I figure doubling my fuel economy would be more beneficial than trying to find any more space in an already over crowded gun cabinet. Of course I am going to bemoan my failure to “pull the trigger” on those deals for weeks. SIGH!
Now baseball… Looks like there will be lots of opportunities to see the Braves rookies on TV this spring. I have the MLB channel as does Ber, I don’t know about Raisins but I suspect he will get to watch on the local Atlanta outlets. Only one who will be left out in the cold will be CL I’m afraid. 😦
Yes, Gil, I will have access to all of the above mentioned games except those that are carried on CSS (Comcast). That said, access does not always equal opportunity. That is a different animal altogether…
100 Voice of Raisins February 19, 2013 at 7:27 am
That said, the weekday afternoon games are already on my calendar. 😀
No recorder Raisins?
102 Voice of Raisins February 19, 2013 at 11:48 am
Nah… I’m too cheap…
Plus, I’m not one to live in the past. 😉
103 Voice of Raisins February 19, 2013 at 1:09 pm
More games added nationally: http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/dozen-braves-spring-training-games-be-televised/nWR3M/
Fredi has announced his pitching rotation for the 1st 5 spring games: Huddy, Maholm, Teheran, Medlen and Minor. As long as they stay on that schedule throughout spring, Meds gets the nod on Opening Day, followed by Minor, then Huddy, Maholm and Teheran. That is pretty much what most have speculated. Then again, there are a few weeks of spring left to make final determinations.
Atlanta Braves: 1B Freddie Freeman proclaims himself healthy
By Eric Schmidt
As the Atlanta Braves open their spring training for the 2013 season in Florida, the hopeful team is happy to finally have a fully healthy first baseman back this year. Freddie Freeman suffered a serious bruise to his left index finger in the middle of last season after being struck by a Jose Reyes throw while he was sliding. He battled with the injury for the remainder of the season and he had to adjust his swing. He told reporters that he is finally healthy and is looking forward to the 2013 season.
Freeman said that shortly after the first of the year he could finally make a fist with his hand and began hitting last month. “I started hitting with Dan Uggla last month. It was a lot of fun knowing that I was fully healthy,” said Freeman.
Freeman told reporters that he believes he has rectified a situation that bothered him for much of last season as well, his vision. The first baseman told reporters that he has finally found a pair of contact lenses that are comfortable and he has ordered a special pair of clear Oakley glasses to wear while playing this season.
Freeman is hoping to improve on his .262 batting average last season and could be poised for a breakout season.
http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/02/14/assessing-jordan-waldens-role-with-the-atlanta-braves/
The Atlanta Braves decided to strengthen their bullpen this offseason with the acquisition of Jordan Walden in exchange for starting pitcher Tommy Hanson. With Walden, the Braves added some right-handed firepower in an already powerful bullpen. This trade looks like another example of general manager Frank Wren and manager Fredi Gonzalez hoping to keep Craig Kimbrel, Jonny Venters and Eric O’Flaherty from being overworked. Can Walden show consistent command and stay healthy? If so, he will carve out a nice role on this 2013 team.
2012 Recap: Walden endured the dreaded “sophomore slump” in 2012 after emerging onto the MLB scene in 2011. That year Walden saved 32 games, struck out 67 batters with a 2.98 ERA and made the American League All-Star team. Last season, Walden dealt with biceps and shoulder injuries, lost his closer role and was limited to 45 games in a middle-relief role. His ERA (3.46), WHIP (1.36) and walk-per-nine-inning ratio (4.2) were all up from the previous year. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim added Ryan Madson to their bullpen this offseason, making Walden expendable.
2013 Outlook: Walden features a lot of upside and potential but also some well-known risks. The upside is that he lights up the radar gun, consistently hitting 98 and 99 and occasionally triple digits. What makes his fastball so potent is its sinking action which has led scouts to describe the pitch as a “bowling ball.” Walden mixes that in with a slider that has good bite, but he struggles with locating it on a consistent basis. The downside with Walden is his quirky motion that leads to injury concerns. Walden propels himself off the mound in a unique jumping motion but doesn’t fully complete his follow through, which puts a lot of pressure on his arm. The windup has many moving parts and is a major reason Walden has consistency issues.
Walden clearly adds a power arm to the Braves’ bullpen and will give Gonzalez flexibility at the end of games. He now has various options in righty-righty or lefty-lefty situational matchups. I even expect Walden will pick up a few saves this season when Kimbrel needs a day off. But, the Braves don’t need Walden to save 32 games like he did as an Angel. They need him to get people out in front of Kimbrel and stay healthy in order to help keep that bullpen fresh leading up to the postseason. Braves’ fans saw what an overworked bullpen looked like in September 2011. A healthy Walden will go a long way in preventing that from happening in 2013. While his role is somewhat unidentified as of now, Walden has a simplified outlook on that right now. “I know my job is to set up Kimbrel, I don’t know where I fit in here yet, but my job is to just be part of this team for now. There’s no reason to worry about closing when we have Craig.”
Read more at http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/02/14/assessing-jordan-waldens-role-with-the-atlanta-braves/?ztCUHCu3kHPadEIG.99
David Miller is a Senior Writer for RantSports.com.
Read more at http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/02/14/jordan-schafer-is-ruining-his-chance-at-atlanta-braves-roster/?ATuCTJ8pvLqRjeq9.99
You have probably seen lots of news by now about players reporting early to Spring Training. All around Major League Baseball, position players have been arriving along with or even before pitchers and catchers. It seems to be the thing to do if you are willing to make the trip a few days early. The Atlanta Braves have a possible outfielder that apparently doesn’t agree with the idea of showing up early.
Jordan Schafer was placed on waivers by the Houston Astros and claimed by the Braves. Braves fans will remember Schafer from a short few years ago when he was supposed to be the next great outfielder to come through the farm system. That never really materialized as he got into some trouble for taking human growth hormones and eventually he wound up playing for the Astros. Drug problems found him there as well. This past off-season, after he was released by the Astros, Schafer was graciously asked back to Spring Training with the Braves.
In response, Schafer just decided not to show up yet. Some might not think that’s a big deal since he wasn’t required to show up until Thursday, but manager Fredi Gonzalez doesn’t like it one bit. He sarcastically joked about Schafer apparently already having a guaranteed spot on the roster, saying that must be the reason he hadn’t bothered showing up. There is some good news for Schafer as he decided to show up early today. At least that’s something.
For those who think it shouldn’t matter that he didn’t show up early, I have an analogy for you. Imagine you and another two people are up for a promotion at work. You show up a few minutes before time to start working but your competitors slept at their desk and had hours of work in when you got there. I’m not saying something is terribly wrong with showing up right on time but don’t expect a promotion or a job over the guy that was there way early and working.
Oh, by the way. Evan Gattis and his family reportedly drove thirty hours to arrive days early for the Braves camp. Schafer lives thirty minutes from the field. Yeah, he is a talented fellow, problems or not. But this spring, Schafer better have a forty-four ounce bat and a rocket up his backside if he plans to win a spot.
8 minutes of great memories!
http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/pre_game_for_turner_fields_first_braves_game/12933727
See, that is exactly what happens when the manager of a club calls you out, I read yesterday that Schafer had already informed the club and had received approval of the club to show up at the required time because of some unspecified family related business/crisis that required his presence in Chicago the week prior to the opening of spring training. Now, I am not saying Schafer is right or wrong and I am not saying the club shouldn’t take into consideration desire to play and go the extra mile, I am just saying Gonzalas should have kept it in house and not snarked to the press. It shows to me a lack of leadership skills. For all his faults, Bobby Cox did not call out his players in the papers, he did it behind closed doors where that sort of thing belongs.
Perhaps it is my life experiences on both sides of the fence which allows me to speak on the subject but in my eyes, it is Fredi who was in the wrong here.
Re: Schafer. In my view, it won’t matter. I don’t believe he makes the team anyway. Reed Johnson plays all 3 spots, and Schafer offers little power from the left side. Plus he’s out of options, so he is likely a goner.
Wonder why the Braves invited him back to Spring Training? Strange situation, indeed. BTW, I agree, Gil, that Fredi should have kept his mouth shut. It certainly helps no one. So far, I am underwhelmed with the Braves manager. Maybe because I’ve seen little of the actual games, but that’s where I am with him. Not that it amounts to a hill of beans. 🙂
Well, when the Braves picked Schafer up off the scrap heap, Bourn was no longer under contract, BJ had not yet been signed and Justin was not on the radar. In fact, I don’t even think Reed Johnson had been re-signed. The Braves OF consisted of Jason Heyward and Jose Constanza. Period. They were still talking of Martin as a LF because there were so few options. He was simply a cheap depth move.
In my opinion, the Braves’ bench will have 2 spare OF… one of which will be the RH Reed Johnson. That leaves 1 other spot open for a OF, which will certainly be a LH. Now… Schafer is a LH, but not a bopper. The Braves would ideally like to have more pop off the bench, I would think, ala Eric Hinske (the 2011 version, not the 2012 version). They do not have that in house currently, so failing the acquisition of said LHPH, the spot will come down to Schafer vs. Constanza. Maybe a little competition and another year’s maturity will be enough to tap some of that raw potential that Schafer once flashed. Who knows? But if I was competing for the last spot on a Major League roster, I’d have been in camp before the pitchers and catchers. Constanza was hung up in the DR with visa issues. Schafer was a 30 minute drive away…
My money says the Braves pick up the above mentioned LH bench bopper late in the spring as other teams’ rosters begin to take shape and veteran hitters become expendable.
from an article sent by Ber:
The Missouri Senate has given first-round approval to legislation that aims to name the new I-70 Mississippi River bridge for famed Cardinal Stan Musial.
“Bridges, at the heart of it, they connect people, they bring them together, and I think that’s a fitting tribute for ‘Stan the Man’ Musial,” said Sen. Eric Schmitt, a Republican from Glendale who is sponsoring the legislation.
Musial, 92, died Jan. 19 at his home in Ladue. Shortly thereafter, a movement grew to name the bridge after the seven-time National League batting champion. The bridge is expected to open next year.
The naming effort needs approval from both the Missouri Legislature and Illinois Legislature.
Good morning folks, it is my opinion that the major league rosters should be expanded to 30 for the first month of the season, this would give clubs a little more time to look at prospects and take a bit of the pressure off of pitchers. Just my two cents worth.
Yes, Schafer was a hedge. Look for him to start in Gwinnett.
The real wild card is Gattis. Wow, does he ever look like a young Javy Lopez. Probably has the same skill set behind the plate, Javy wasn’t exactly a gold glover either.
Of course Javy has a little chemical help… just saying…
So, how many spots are really available this spring? One left handed bat off the bench, One utility infielder, one fifth outfielder, one relief pitcher?
The starting rotation is certainly set unless Julio falls apart this spring, There are a couple of guys waiting in the wings in Gilmartin and Graham, other than that, little suspense…. Still think the Braves are going to miss Prado. I hope they appreciate him in Arizona.
I hope the talking heads will talk about baseball and not about their golf games when the rookies get to play in games this spring. I have found I often have to turn the sound completely off during ball games lately. This is especially true with ESPN.
117 Voice of Raisins February 21, 2013 at 12:05 pm
So… back on the topic of Jordan Schafer…
And the only reason to keep beating this horse is that I believe every other roster spot is pretty much sewn up except for the last spot on the bench. Barring a spring trade, which is certainly possible, that last spot will almost certainly come down to Schafer vs. Jose Constanza.
Now, reportedly Schafer had already let the Braves know that he had a “family matter” to wrap up prior to reporting. Fine. Constanza still hasn’t reported due to visa problems. The upside here is that these guys are not battling for a key spot in the lineup. Imagine if this was the Astros!! (Wait! First, don’t imagine that… it’s detrimental to your health. Second, Schafer was released by the Astros. Ouch…)
My point is simply that this debate on Schafer’s reporting time is really pretty insignificant. Why did Fredi give him a blast in the press? Well, IMO the kid needs something to motivate him. He doesn’t seem to have that internal fire to break through. Here’s a kid who has demonstrated immense talent and potential, but seems content to just coast on his reputation. Ironically, Constanza has to bust his butt just to get his pinky toe in the door. Who has greater upside? Probably Schafer, if he’ll ever turn the corner. But can he do that? Thus far, the answer appears to be “No”. Conversely, what we have seen from Constanza is pretty much what we will get.
If you polled the Braves coaches and FOT’s today, I believe that almost universally they would agree that the team is 99% set… but that they would love to improve the LHPH bench spot if possible. I think Schafer is facing 2 opponents in his bid to make the team. (NOTE: I said the team… not just the roster. No options left on this kid. He makes it or goes bye-bye.) He is competing with Constanza as well as the yet unnamed veteran LHPH that will become available in 3 or 4 weeks.
You know… now that I think about it, it’s a pretty good problem to have. If this is the only real roster battle this team has, we’re in mighty fine shape. Gonna be tough on us amateur reporters, though. What else are we gonna report on?
I hope that Schafer realizes that if he doesn’t put himself in gear, it’s good-bye baseball. Hope he’ll wake up and not waste that valuable talent.
Do Dominicans ever plan for their Visas ahead of time?
Maybe they should switch to American Express… 😆
@VOR: 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
I’m fairly certain the annual visa run around in the Domican is a shake down exercise designed to line the pockets of some small time bureaucrat. It’s the essence of the ultimate banana republic. Either that or a union…
The ultimate banana republic?
You have just hit upon Obama’s great vision for the United Socialist States of Amerika…
The 2013 version of Los Barves hits the field today in their Grapefruit League opener. Of course, no TV yet, and no radio on their flagship station. But it is being broadcast on the flagship’s 2 sister stations.
Naturally, both of those stations have a broadcast radius of about 3 1/3 car lengths, and both are located in the NW section of Metro Atlanta. Poop… 😐
No computer links to either station?
My biggest fear is a contrived rebellion so he can declare marshal law.
His answer to the question about what folks should do in the face of raising gas prices, drive less… I wish he would keep his butt in DC along with that gorilla he is married to and save million of gallon of jet fuel.
Unfortunately, there is a proviso in the MLB radio contract that prohibits the official game broadcast from being aired via internet. That’s why the radio stations – flagships and affiliates – continue their scheduled programming… it still airs on their respective online feeds. It has something to do with the advertising that is sold for the gamecasts, as the advertising for internet broadcasts is completely different. Plus… MLB has its own proprietary internet feeds for which they charge a fee to provide.
In other words, no internet broadcast because the “powers that be” gots to make some coin from every word.
127 berigan2electricboogaloo February 22, 2013 at 11:10 am
Constanza…he often provides a spark when he plays…unfortunately, as a sparkplug , he often fouls out quickly, but for awhile, he can certainly help…I still recall his triple in the playoff game last year, about the only guy to.. do something that I can recall…honestly, it would be better for him to get released, then go to some team like the Giants, get a couple hundred AB’s, go to the W.S….
As to the rising gas prices… well, remember at the onset of O’s presidency, his Energy Secretary Steven Chu was quoted as saying, “Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe”, which at the time was somewhere around $9 a gallon. Americans were paying an average of $1.84. We’ll never see that side of $2.00 again and possibly not that side of $3.00 again.
Chu is an egghead whose quote was not so much about gas prices themselves, but about forcing Americans to buy more energy efficient cars, focus more on renewable energy sources, etc. In other words, he hoped the circumstances would force Americans to change their behavior. His attitude is but an echo of the one who appointed him.
Simba – he “just can’t wait to be king”, right? – has never been shy when it comes to trying to force his subjects to behave a certain way. Whether it’s through banking (the bailout of American banks left the government in control of that industry through massive new regulations), or about healthcare (need I even comment there?) or about redistribution of wealth (check your paystubs since January 1?)
We don’t even need to bring up his current assault on the 2nd Amendment. (BTW, his stealthy assault on the 1st Amendment is much more covert, and many times more dangerous…)
Don’t forget also that back in 2007 right after his first election, Valerie Jarrett, a co-chair of his Transition Team, appeared on TV and proclaimed, “given the daunting challenges that we face, it’s important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.” Rule? What what? Was that merely a slip of the tongue? A “Freudian” slip even? Or was it simply a foreshadow of things to come? The last 4 years would seem to indicate that it was more portent than accident.
O’s answer to everything is always from a position of reaction, not action. Always. His latest State of the Union address was heavy on criticizing what has been, and extremely light on proposing what should be. He has no solutions… he just reads copy well and smiles pretty. Don’t get me wrong. I am not insinuating that he isn’t smart or anything. That’s the scary part… he’s brilliant. But his brilliance is in manipulation and salesmanship, not in leadership. Leaders unite and inspire. The former community organizer divides and plays groups against each other. That is not leadership, that is cancer. Leaders are humble and deflect attention to those around them. This man is arrogant. His idea of transparency is to attack those who question his policies and to discredit them. Leaders sweat and tremble every moment that their men and women are in harm’s way. This guy cracks jokes with late night TV talk show hosts and parties in Las Vegas.
History will one day show what a destructive president O has been. My biggest fear is that the story will not be allowed to be told. We have already revised our schools’ history books under the guise of political correctness. How much longer before we just make it all up under the “general welfare clause”? This so called “general welfare” power has already been abused by this president on some lower profile issues. Those were merely test balloons. Wait until he uses it to seize your firearms and your IRA’s. Then to suppress the conservative media reaction.
We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto…
Then again, what do I know? I’m just a schmo trying stretch my checks and pay the bills…
Now, baseball…. (homage to The Scribe)
The games begin in less than an hour!! Woo hoo!!! 😀
I tried every backdoor and side entrance to the limited radio broadcast that I knew. I struck out like Dan Uggla vs. Steven Strasburg… 😦
Freeman singles to RF to open #Braves 5th, first hit for either side
Brilliant opine, V. I’m sure you saw where he recently said, …”The problem is that I’m not Emperor.”
Lest we flog that horse a bit more, I will simply say, right on bro… I think you nailed it. Now baseball..
Braves lost, Gattis did not play and still don’t know why. Pitcher are ahead of the hitters. I don’t think we missed a lot yesterday but baseball is baseball…
El Oso Blanco!!!
El Oso Blanco… “The White Bear”… it’s the nickname given to Gattis in Venezuela this season as he wowed his Latin brothers with great feats of power.
So, what’s Spanish for Polar Bear? El Orso Brrrrr?
Glad it’s spring training, Braves acted like it was a playoff game…
V, very well said sir!
Finally feels like a day that has you thinking baseball can’t be too far off…
didn’t think I would be watching any baseball tonights after Steve Berthiaume left to do Diamondbacks games, but old tv bud Jon Sciambi is the “backup” guy, and actually did all the shows this past week…way too early to get a feeling for teams, but there sure are some teams, that if they stay healthy, are going to be real competition for the braves….thank goodness the Marlins are in our division! 😆
Here’s story that will have you rooting for a Yankee prospect…
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/clean_slade_QZVnSxWJqgBYOOV9vj34PP/0
Awesome article, Ber. Thanks much for that one.
from Bowman’s blog:
“Constanza’s absence will provide more opportunities for Schafer to impress during the exhibition season. If Schafer continues to show the work ethic he has during the early portion of camp, I think he will give the Braves reason to keep him. But if they gain any hint of concern about his attitude or dedication over the course of the entire season, I don’t think they will be afraid of the possibility of losing him via the waiver wire.”
Great article, Ber! Thanks!
Great article Ber, thanks for sharing….
And now a word about NASCAR, my other favorite sport, sometimes… Today’s race was right up there on the most boring race ever meter. If it were not for the talking heads acting like the national media types at an Obama Press conference, they would not have had anything to talk about. Say what you will, a 200 mph single file freight train is not my idea of an exciting race…
Braves lose another one, Looks like out scrub pitchers cannot help but give up runs by the buckets full but our kids still can’t seem to get any runs… Okay, it’s early and these games don’t mean anything but I shutter to think they might be harbingers of what to expect.
Josie has been hinting about taking a road trip, I am not convinced it is worth the price of gas just yet.
I have a bad feeling that Bryce Harper is going to be real nemesis for the Braves for years to come.. I hope we can counter..
Gil, yup….
get these, tried to post on someone’s blog…said I could sign in with wordpress…put in berigan2electricboogaloo….this pops up….
You do not own that identity. I don’t? Can I at least…borrow it???
It must be your evil Twin… or White Sox I forget…. 🙂
😆 😆
I have a bad feeling that Bryce Harper is going to be real nemesis for the Braves
It’s OK… he is on this week’s SI cover. He’s toast now… 😀
Yep. that will do it… Just ask Frenchy….
Then again, it didn’t exactly hurt the best one of the Uptons, Kate.. but I digress….
Long Juan hit a long one today against the Tigers. While Prince Fielder’s dinger may have had a tad more distance on it, Juan’s counted for more as it was of the three run verity as opposed to Prince’s two run shot. Just goes to show that no matter how far you hit it, distance does not give you any more points. Having guys on ahead of you really makes the most difference when it comes to RBIs. More impressive methinks is the double he hit the opposite way. Hopefully Brian McCann will recognize that being able to spray all fields with power will stop other teams from getting in his head by loading up on the right side of the field.
Of course, if teams continue to over shift, home runs might well become the ultimate weapon against it. No wonder the number of strikeouts per nine innings has risen so dramatically. If you are going to take away the single, hitters have little choice but to go deep.
Chicks dig the long ball…
Minor (the adjective, not the pitcher) changes to the Braves’ TV deal. Don’t get too excited, though…
http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/braves-tv-deal-changes-games-move-peachtree-tv/nWcNF/
Braves are coming up on MLB Network in about 5 minutes. NOTE: It is the Phillies broadcast team…
That the best commercial ever made. (IMHO) Love it!
Today’s game is exactly why spring training games are a rip off if you are having to pay major league prices to see players play, It’s the old bait and switch.. Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing the prospect and the rookies play but not at $35 a pop.
Hooters girl acting as the ball girl for the Phillies, I wonder if Chipper regrets retiring so soon? Okay, I know that was bad…..
Braves pitchers practice throwing homer balls…. That’s right guys, those boys will be looking for those pitches come September…
163 Voice of Raisins March 1, 2013 at 7:47 am
So now Buster Olney is reading our blog too?
Scouts say Braves looking for a left-handed hitting bench guy.
Of course they do Raisins, where else can you get such insight to all things Braves?
Evan Gattis is really making waves this spring, his value as a trade chip may never be higher,
Speaking of left handed bench guys, our old friend Rick Ankiel signed with Houston, I hope he sticks…
I went back and watched the little tribute to Mad Dog put up by a fan and remembered why I loved watching Maddux so much, the guy was an artist with a baseball. While a power arm is impressive, it is a God given talent. You either can or you can’t depending on one’s anatomy. Maddux however had talent. He could make a baseball do things that defy the laws of physics. Lord how I am thankful to have been able to see him pitch, I am even more thankful to see him pitch for the Atlanta Braves….
And I went back and watched the commercial again… Just too funny….
I agree on all fronts…
Good news: http://markbowman.mlblogs.com/2013/02/28/mccann-encouraged-after-taking-bp/
A couple of thoughts about Craig Kimbrel, I think Craig is a little slow getting out of the box if you know what I mean. It seems that he needs a month or so into the season to hit his stride. I think if you look at his history, short that it may be, he has never been what one could consider “sharp” until late June. I hope the Braves can give him a bunch of three run leads to save early in the season but then, the Braves have tended to be slow starters themselves.
I still say too many folks are selling the Phillies short. They have an excellent starting staff. If they can shore up their pen, they are going to be plenty dangerous. I am not saying that just because of the ten runs they put up yesterday against the Braves, That is just “baby fat” , no, it is how they came on at the end of last season after everyone got settled into their respective roles that showed me they can still play with the best of them.
Obummer is really a dork…. I can’t see what 51% of the country saw in him to re-elect him. SIGH!
Gil, there is a lot of doubt in many quarters about that 51%. He didn’t just SEE dead people, they voted for him. As did Mickey, Minnie et al.
Thankfully, God is my source for everything; not the US Gov’t. And with Him, all things are possible. 🙂
172 Voice of Raisins March 1, 2013 at 3:48 pm
Amen indeed!
lots of good stuff above fellas…and fellettes 😉
Evan Gattis ….weird timing…might have wished we had traded for Justin Upton first, and saved the moola on his bro…time will tell, hopefully, he will tear the cover off the ball playing in front of, you know, fans…
Gil, if nothing else, the Phils will play tough. Michael Young will have a bounceback year, and amazingly, Chase Utley seems to be healthy now…Ryan Howard has said when he came back last year, his leg was still pretty weak..100% now….a tough division, no doubt, with 4 true MLB teams, and that AA team in Florida, which will no doubt win 40+ games this year.
Lyle Overbay may be a thought again….
It’s going to be an interesting year all right. I suspect the Phillies will keep Washington from running away with a title. Might say the same about the Phillies and the Braves too. I just think folks are forgetting the Phillies still have one of the best starting pitching staffs in the majors. They scare the poop out of me….
“Braves second baseman Dan Uggla struck out four times in four at-bats against the Nationals, including consecutive three-pitch strikeouts. He has struck out 10 times in 16 spring at-bats with two hits and two walks. . . .”
Anyone else beginning to wonder about Dan’s ability to be a big league hitter? Yes, I know it’s early but gee… This has been a real trend. I just don’t see how the Braves can afford to keep him on the roster.
Then again, someone has to bat in the eight hole…
Me, me, me!! I will, Gil!! Need to borrow somebody’s bat. Maybe one of Dan’s since he isn’t using them.
Sorry, CL… he used it yesterday. 😉
Isn’t it funny how money is such a determining factor in how long a club is willing to go along with failure? No wonder players go with the high powered agents (Scott Boras) and the super contracts. It is like “playing insurance” ..
Hey, I like Dan’s hustle and don’t begrudge him one bit, at least he is trying but I am beginning to think Miami may have got the best of Wren on that deal. Not so much for the reliever but Omar was such a spark plug and one has to wonder if maybe Marteen might not have snagged another All-star appearance.
At least this year the Braves have a lot of power bats sprinkled thru out the line up. We have all seen how even just one player can carry a club for a month or so, Having a couple of guys who can carry a club along might be something to behold.
The real test id hitting with runners in scoring position. Something the Braves have been deficient in of late. That and actually being able to field the ball cleanly and making accurate throws to first.
CL, still a funny line though! :LOL:
Is Jim Powell doing TV now as well???
Just found BJ Upton’s homer…I assume yesterday???
183 Voice of Raisins March 4, 2013 at 11:42 am
Who knows what the year will bring..?
But I’m not going to throw in the towel based on Spring numbers. In fact, I hope he continues his “spring” trend. Last year he hit .313/.404/.750 w/ 6 HR’s in Spring, and then fell off the cliff in the regular season. Here’s hoping he continues to suck in Spring and has a great 2013 campaign!!! 😀
Heads up!! Los Barves on MLB Network today at 1:10pm!!!
Bethancourt is catching Huddy today. Wonder if that is how the season’s first couple of turns through the rotation will go?
186 Voice of Raisins March 4, 2013 at 12:18 pm
Great picture: https://twitter.com/ajcbraves/status/308622983444971521/photo/1
Jordan Schafer better enjoy his time wearing the Tomahawk over the next couple of weeks. That last at bat was sad, and sadly typical. So… where is Rick Ankiel trying out?
What? Ankiel is in Houston’s camp? 😆
Well, that speaks volumes on Schafer, right?
Last 5 Braves to bat:
6’3″, 215 lb. Jordan Parraz
6’4″, 230 lb. Evan Gattis
6’0″, 200 lb. Joey Terdoslavic
6’5″, 215 lb. Joe Leonard
6’5″, 245 lb. Ernesto Mejia
The Mets probably think they are playing the Giants… 😉
Schafer AB #1: 2 outs, runner on 3B = K
Schafer AB #2: 1 out, runner on 3B = GIDP
By the way… as badly as Schafer is hitting, he’s currently ahead of Constanza in the race for the last bench spot. Of course, no one has heard from Constanza, either…
Schafer has performed better than Ryan Langerhans for Toronto…
A couple of comments about the pitching today… Huddy went 4 long innings today. Was not sharp and thankfully, had a kid behind the plate who has the agility of Charles Johnson. Kind of like dodge ball in reverse.
Avilian looks really good, really really good. Most impressive hurler in the fold right now, Easy O looked like, well, Easy O… The rest will be plying their wares in Atlanta Lite or Mississippi.
Gattis looks a lot like McCann… Really, very remarkable resemblance. Lots of good prospects to trade for what ever they might need. A lot like the Dodgers use to be.
I didn’t realize Mijia was only 23.
The Pastor would benefit greatly if he could play 2nd base somewhere. Even if it was in Atlanta, anyone need a slightly over paid very streaky second sacker?
And as if I had not spoken enough about Schafer today, here is a rosier view of the once and future Brave: http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/jeff-schultz/2013/mar/04/jordan-schafer-given-one-more-chance-get-it-right/
Have I been too harsh?
I think Jordan suffered from many of the same things which Frency did. Perhaps a 22 year old athlete equates to 16 years old in normal terms. That age where you know everything and your parents are idiots.
I have moved on from Schafer. If he comes back, great, if not, the Braves already have a pretty stacked outfield. I hope the kid makes it, I really do but the road to success is littered with kids just like him. Like the grate philosopher , Jimmy Dugan, once said, “Baseball is suppose to be hard, if it were easy, then anybody could do it.”
I guess my thing with Schafer is simply that we know that he isn’t going to start… he has to perform as the LH coming off the bench. Twice yesterday he came up with a runner on 3B. Each time he ended the inning, once on a K, once on a DP. Utter failure. But… if we are judging the roster 4 weeks before the season starts based on early failure, we’re going to have to start Evan Gattis at 2B. 😉
And that is exactly what Frank Wren said in an interview yesterday afternoon when asked about Dan Uggla. He said it is still very early in spring. (It is/b> true. I must keep reminding myself of that…) In any non-WBC year, we would only have played just 2 or 3 Spring games. He also said that if this is still happening 3 weeks from now, it is something he’ll have to look at. That’s an interesting statement to me…
Anyway, according to Frank, this is nothing new, and Danny is working with “Walk and Fletch” daily in the cage working out the wrinkles. And he hasn’t struck out in the last 2 games. OK… so he didn’t play yesterday. Sue me. 😀
Oops! 😳
Formatting error!!!
Oh, well. It’s early in Spring, right?
It was encouraging to read the article on Schafer. Seems there are a lot of people pulling for him. Wouldn’t it be beautiful if he could bust out and reach his potential?
V, do you need more time in the formatting cage? 😆
Yup… need more time with “Walk and Fletch”… 😛
“Walk and Fletch”… title to a bad Chevy Chase movie… then again, they were all bad Chevy Chase movies…
I was able to watch parts of the Braves vs Yankees last night, at least during the times I was able to keep my eyes open. Whew, Paul Malholm really looks shaky. I think against a real major league team, he would have given up 10 runs… I guess that is just another example of how folks should not take any stock in spring training records. So many moving targets if you know what I mean.
Uggla has to wonder if he suddenly has a bulls-eye painted on his helmet. Ouch!!!!! The Pastor continues to make it tough on the Braves in picking the final bench pieces.
Uggla hit in the head (helmet) by pitch, leaves game for pinch-runner. Stayed on his feet and headed to 1st, but they took him out
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) March 6, 2013
That is one tough son of a gun…
Oh, and maybe I should talk harshly of Schafer more often. The kid suddenly looks like the prospect he once was.
Bold assertion:
As of right now, I'd guess Gattis backup C, Schafer 5th OF. RT @thornbush133: @ajcbraves How do u see current status of likely bench player?
Remind me to buy a back up battery for my CPU… Right in the middle of a Pulitzer worthy post, POOF!!! Guess the limbs are getting closer to the power lines. Only takes one little blip to waste lots of good work.
The weather folks here say the accumulation totals are very difficult to predict. Even the separation of a few miles can make a big difference. The cedar trees in the front yard are really sagging now. Cedar trees hate snow.
Okay, watching Tommy Hanson looking like the Tommy Hanson of old.. Gopher ball given up in the 2nd inning against the Reds. Even trading for a guy with a sore back looks like a win for Frank Wren.
Gil, in the back of my mind, I kinda always felt that Walden would be flipped in Spring Training to someone in need of back-of-the-pen help. Not gonna happen if the dude can’t throw a pitch…
Too bad, too. Detroit is openly shopping for a closer.
Speaking of flipping, I can’t help but think Schafer could be traded if he continues to perform. He is not exactly ideal as a bench guy, as his game is as much speed and defense as it is offense. And the Braves don’t have a real HR threat on the bench… yet. Just sayin’…
And almost on cue:
Talk among scouts that #Braves will listen on Venters. Braves, though, say they love depth in their bullpen, including 3 LHs with Avilan.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) March 6, 2013
Very nice article by the esteemed Mark Bowman: http://markbowman.mlblogs.com/2013/03/06/gattis-and-schafer-could-both-be-on-atlantas-opening-day-roster/
What would they do without y’all to tell ’em what’s what??! Best minds in baseball right here! 🙂
Well, it is snowing to beat the band here. the weather folks say it is a real moving target as far as predicting the accumulation totals. Anywhere from 1 to 10 inches depending on where you live. A lot more north and west of Richmond. We will see…
Looks like Josie and my annaversary dinner will get postphoned
Raisins, I am not concerned about a little soreness in Walden’s sore back, as long as it is only a muscular thing and not from a spinal impingement or the like. I’m sure the MRI they will run will reveal the cause of the problem. It is not as if he is necessary for the success of the bullpen this season.
Better he fully recover from whatever ails him than think he has to be the savior of the team.
Trade chips? I look for the Braves to trade Schafer for anything rather than let him go free to the Mets. Much like the Reds trading away Francisco, only the Braves might not mind having Schafer on the roster. As for the rest, the Braves will hang onto them because they can.
I wonder if Constanza would have had so many problems securing a visa if he was playing on the DR WBC team? That said, I don’t know why he does’n’t just walk across the Rio Grand like everyone else? He might even get free stuff… not like ICE is going to worry about picking him up.
Good article, V. Thanks for posting it.
Kind of tough for a 35 year old (cough, cough) to come back from Tommy John… Too bad for Fookie…
http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/florida/cardinals-shortstop-furcal-to-have-elbow-surgery/nWj6D/
He’s had a hard time staying on the field since the crackdown on PED’s. Not accusin’; just observin’…
Yes Raisins, he is not the only one either..
More on Walden today
Said he had an epidural to ease his lower back pain. I had not know that anti-inflammatory were injected that way. Then again, I guess a steroid could be considered an anti-inflammatory.
I think he is likely to need some type of surgery to correct the problem. Same could be said for O’Flarerty. I guess a back problem is not as bad as an arm problem for a pitcher.
Another observation I have had is that it is a shoulder problem that is the real coup de grace for a pitcher’s career.
In retrospect, Fucal really did Frank Wren a favor not signing with the Braves didn’t he?
And it is revealed that Walden has a bulging disc. Not good but can be fixed. I guess he needs to talk with Huddy…
Actually, I wish I had my back fixed many years ago but unfortunately, the doctor I saw said there was nothing wrong with it…. Another reason I have such a low opinion of doctors. Funny, I never met a doctor who didn’t want to be something else….
Simmons really looks great playing for the Dutch. He is going to be a real game changer for the Braves this season…
A headline over at MLBTR says Mariners To Receive Cash For Carp.
I misread that at first and thought it was another government program…
Good morning folks, just my two cents worth but does it seam to everyone that many have written off Brian McCann? I love all the hype about Evan Gattis and even Bethancourt but are the Braves really ready to write off a six time All-Star and Silver Slugger winner just because he is going to be a bit more expensive?
Brian was basically playing one handed the past couple of seasons. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to see Gattis break out this season and even see Bethancourt develop into a star but when a player who is as clutch as any player ever to wear a Braves uniform is written off as being too expensive, well, it just speaks of corporate greed…
Still, it is good to have options…. Some baseball players can be as temperamental as a Ferrari.
I watched team USA get it handed to them by Mexico last night and while I was at it, saw why Arizona is in danger of being overrun by invaders from south of the boarder….
Gil, I wonder if it is because the media in general is primarily interested in whatever is new and shiny with more info that the audience doesn’t know. Gives them something new to write about. However, I agree that Brian is being given the short end of the stick.
Woo hoo… big bru ha ha between Mexico and Canada this afternoon. Not smart to throw at a bunch of hockey players…
On another note, When ask by the media if any of his players were hurt in the melee between his Canada club and Team Mexico, Canadian manager, Ernie Whitt, replied, “Naw, you can’t hurt a Canadian”… It was pretty funny to hear him say it.
On last night’s game between the USA and Italy, David Wright looked like the same David Wright who is going to be a real nemesis for the Braves this season, Ross Ditweller, the National’s lefty, looked really sharp. Going to be a tough year for hitters in the NL EAST.
CL, exactly! Plus, no one knows what a new guy can do, could be the sky’s the limit…that said, I hope Gattis gets a ton of Ab’s early…
232 Voice of Raisins March 10, 2013 at 10:10 pm
Decided to sit down and watch a little WBC baseball. Meh. I don’t know half the players and can’t pronounce most of the names. The noisemakers in the stands really get on my nerves. I think I’ll go trim my toenails…
Must have watched the Cuba vs Japan.. Not know their names? Welcome to my world of minor league baseball… 🙂
All that said, I don’t think I have ever seen such a bunch of hotdogs as the Dominican Republic team… Have to agree with the noise makers though. Baseball is a much more serene game….
Speaking of serene… Huddy best take things a bit more serious. I don’t mind working on stuff, just realize that giving up 6 runs in 3 innings is not instilling the confidence of the fans in his ability, especially since he has regressed to be a 5 inning pitcher.
235 Voice of Raisins March 11, 2013 at 6:18 am
On positive note, #Braves Hudson cracked, "I'm getting a lot of work in…By the end of spring training I should be up to 160, 170 pitches"
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) March 10, 2013
Good “fair and balanced” examination of the McCann situation, from both the Braves’ and Brian’s perspectives:
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/brian-mccann-time-with-atlanta-braves-could-be-nearing-end-031013
237 Gil in Mechanicsville March 11, 2013 at 11:11 am
Yes, it is a business. Sadly, when I am reminded as such, I feel like I may as well root for DuPont as opposed to Dow Chemical…. Or Boeing vs Air Bus.. It is sad that so many General Managers have forgotten the fine art of dealing with human beings and forget that often times it is how bad news is delivered and not the bad news in itself.
My favorite tag line from a movie comes from “North Dallas Forty”. To wit:
How come every time I call it a game, you call it a business and every time I call it a business, you call it a game?
238 Voice of Raisins March 11, 2013 at 2:14 pm
I have to take issue with Rosenthal on one point, though… I disagree that if Mac has a classic McCannian type season, that he would price himself out of the Braves’ plans. I get the sense that they are not completely ready to let him leave. Seriously… I know that they are talking about Bethancourt being the future, but that is a classic Braves FO move to partly make sure to maximize that player’s value, but also to make sure all the other GM’s know that the Braves are fine moving into the “Bethancourt era”. By mid-season, the Braves will know quite well how healthy Mac is. I for one will not be surprised to see something big happen at the deadline that could involve Bethancourt, with a subsequent announcement of an extension for Brian.
Oh, and Maholm was stellar over 5 innings this afternoon (0 runs, 2 hits, 5 K’s), while the Braves jumped all over Strasburg for 6 runs in the 6th.
240 Carolina Lady March 11, 2013 at 4:55 pm
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241 Gil in Mechanicsville March 11, 2013 at 4:56 pm
I wonder what it would take to price the Braves out of market. I still think it is how much the choose to pay. not how much the can pay.
Nice showing by Maholm today. See, Strasberg is human..
On the subject of Braves pricing….
A recent interview with Derek Schiller revealed some good news: the Braves revenue increased by $17MM last season. Plus, the recent sale of broadcast rights to 45 games from Turner owned Peachtree TV to FOX Sports also netted them an undisclosed amount of money. He said money would not prevent them from making necessary moves in season.
I also believe that MLB will step in and develop some type of revenue sharing between the haves and the have nots as far as the big revenue streams in places like New York and Los Angeles. I also think when they do so, they will have a floor as to how much can be spent to prevent the joker who owns the Marlins from just pocketing the cash. I don’t say the Marlins have to spend $100,000,000 a year of payroll but they are honestly an embarrassment to the league.
I cannot see the league allowing the Marlins to move to greener pastures either. The Rays, however, are a different story.
Yes and no, Gil. They already have a pseudo-revenue sharing program with the luxury tax. In fact, this year’s version of the Yankees will be a middling team because they are making a conscious effort to get below the tax threshold. That said, they are also a perfect example that you cannot spend yourself into prosperity. (Hello… White House? Are you listening?) While it may produce short term success, it will always produce long term hindrance. The highest spending teams? Yankees = old and bad. Red Sox = old and bad. Phillies = old and sliding rapidly. Dodgers/Angels = will be good, but tied to several onerous contracts that will lead them down the path of their old NE brothers. They all end up with a handful of highly paid fading stars, and nothing left to flesh out the lineup except rookies and retreads. Has Derrick Lee returned Brian Cashmans’ call yet? By the way, do you notice that the most egregious spenders are in the NE region of the country? Or in LaLa land? The places where they wholeheartedly support the President and his spend, spend, spend philosophy?
It’s different than other sports. Example #1: Atlanta Falcons’ QB Matt Ryan. He’s currently negotiating a new contract that will give him more up front money, but a lower annual cap figure. It’ll help the team with their cap numbers, and guaranty him more money. And that is the key. MLB is the only sport where every contract is guaranteed. If a veteran in football or baseball is no longer productive and their contract becomes a hindrance, they get cut and the team gets salary relief. In MLB, you only cut a player to free up a roster spot. He still gets paid. Just ask Kenshin Kawakami. Also, the MLBPA would never EVER allow a player to negotiate down for ANY reason. EVER. Bottom line – in the NFL and NBA, the leagues drive the bus. In MLB, the players’ union drives the bus. And thus, they will never have a salary cap.
Anyway, as to the spending floor, the only path to a minimum payroll is a salary cap. And as we just said, that’ll never happen in MLB. Their union is just simply too strong.
Though many may argue, especially with its current ownership, one of the best examples of how to run a MLB franchise is right here in The A. Their older veterans are always balanced by younger players that are developed the right way to be effective ML’ers when the bell rings. And they will never give an ARod or Ryan Howard type contract that has them paying $20MM to a player that can’t get out of the trainer’s room. (Mike Hampton was a product of injury, not age.) They’ll just simply let that player walk and plug in the next guy in line. Right Mac? And need we rehash the Michael Bourn argument? But it is a perfect example as to how they examine every angle of a pending contract, especially from a future impact perspective. Had we simply given Bourn the contract he wanted right out of the gate, as many wanted, he would have been that guy 7 years from now that prevented us from putting the best 25 guys in the dugout, and the best 9 on the field. Vernon Wells immediately comes to mind. That would be the same Vernon Wells who still has 2 seasons left on a 7 year, $126MM contract that will pay him $21MM this season to sit on the Angels’ bench. That means 3 other OF and a DH are better players. $21MM… that’s roughly 24% of the entire Braves payroll. I hope he takes it easy on the sunflower seeds. Those things can get pricey…
OK… this is getting close in length to a classic Savannah Guy tome, so I’ll stop here…
If a veteran in football or baseball is no longer productive and their contract becomes a hindrance, they get cut and the team gets salary relief.
That ruins a perfectly good rant… it should read “If a veteran in football or basketball is no longer productive and their contract becomes a hindrance, they get cut and the team gets salary relief.”
Good grief… 🙄
That’s okay Raisins, I knew what you meant. Excellent point and well taken on this end.
And yes, it would be pretty easy to give a guy a big contract if you could drop him after one season. I think there has to be a certain amount of trust between the owners and players for that to happen in baseball and I think we all know that ship sailed a long time ago.
As long as there is a some guy who is willing to pay an A-Rod to sit on the bench, you will always have that situation. It is TV money that drives the payroll bus now, something other teams caught onto after watching the Atlanta Braves climb out of the cellar. Of course, it also took Bowie giving Ted Turner the boot to get him out of the day to day operations of the team to make it effective.
Now baseball (on the field) Glad to have Teheran pitching well this spring, Bodes well I think.
And I am pretty certain this will be Huddy’s last year in Atlanta too…. I hope he has invested wisely.
Then again, I am sure there is some GM out there who thinks he might be worth $15 million or so, after all, it would not be his money….
V, your rant wasn’t ruined, honest! was just thinking, too bad each tv contract wasn’t made null and void when teams were sold….cuz if every team was getting at least a few hundred Mil, no team could cry poor…
So according to Fredi and Frank, and by all observations, neither JuanFran nor CJohnson has separated himself from the other in the 3B battle. That is both good and bad, depending on how you look at it.
First, neither is going to turn any heads with their glove. That’s just a reality we’ll have to live with. And both have been pretty good with their bats… in fact, quite similar in numbers, both power and average. However, they are also similar in K’s.
I guess what I’m saying is that neither is sucking over there this spring. But then again, neither is really standing out either. It’s just kind of, er, kind of just there. I can’t get excited by either. The way Pastor has been hitting this spring, I wish he could handle the duties over there, but that’s not really a consideration. He looks destined to a journeyman career as a utility man.
And Terdo has raked also, but he still needs to prove he can actually catch a ball sometimes. The Braves moved him to LF last season because his 3B defense had gotten pretty bad. Hey, the guy has gotten alot bigger. I hardly see him going back to the IF.
And wither Edward Salcedo? By all accounts, he’s a bust. Well, maybe that’s a little premature, but he didn’t even earn an invite to the big boys’ camp this spring, even after playing in the Arizona Fall League last fall. Of course, he hit a league low .141, too. But he’s just 21, so who knows?
The Braves will kick it off in less than 3 weeks with arguably the most athletic OF in baseball, and one the best overall. We have a superstar in waiting at SS, and one of the best young 1B in the game. Our bullpen is second to none; our rotation is young and strong. Our 2B is a former All Star who still has plenty of tread on the tires, and is ripe for a return to form.
But 3B…
Well, you can’t expect anyone to really follow the act that just left town, but I can’t get very excited about what’s stepping in. Seriously, do you want your 3B batting 8th in the lineup?
I guess someone has to…
251 Voice of Raisins March 14, 2013 at 10:00 am
Speaking of Long Juan:
#Braves Francisco hit a ball on green roof of building yesterday during BP at Roger Dean Stadium http://t.co/RbF7ZGvPF8—
David O'Brien (@ajcbraves) March 14, 2013
Wow… 😯
Looks to be another lead worthy post Raisins…
Yes, it is sad when two guys batting over .300 this spring with power are considered the weak sisters on the team… What a bummer… 🙂
Just drive in more than you let in guys and don’t throw DP balls into right field…
Anyone else remember with the eight spot in the order was usually reserved for the catcher?
Combining offense with defense usually equals super stardom. Frankly, I will settle for a guy who hits .250 but is clutch with men on base. Oh how I hate failing to get guys home from third with less than 2 outs. Oh how I long for a player who does not try to hit a 5 run homer when a well placed single to the opposite field guarantees two runs. SIGH, not only do chicks dig the long ball but so does ESPN…. Why else does Dan Uggla keep his starting spot in the line up? Okay, big money too, but why else?
How do you know when you have arrived? When the guys riding the bench are just as good as the other team’s starting nine. Reminds me of the Cardinals of the 60s, the Reds of the 70s and the Dodgers of the 80s… If nothing else, they give you great trade pieces.
So, who do you think will make the most money in the course of their career, the guy who hits three singles every ten at bats or the guy who hits one homerun in every ten?
I rest my case Raisins… That would be a Roy Hobbian shot with “Savoy Special”… Better check to see if he has been buying Sammy Sosa’s old bats.
I wonder if he will ever realize that if he cut down on his swing even just a little bit, he is still strong enough to put them over the wall and a line drive off his bat would rip the glove off the first baseman’s hand..
Still, there is enough power in this year’s Braves line up for opposing teams to petition the commissioner to require screens to be put in place whenever the Braves are at-bat. 🙂
Somehow, it reminds me of the joke about the gorilla and driving the ball 450 yards off the tee… same when putting…
I was just reading O’Brien’s post about Venter’s coming in relief of Medlen in yesterday’s game and how he walked 4 in a row, walking in a run. One of two things going on with him methinks… Either his shoulder never recovered from the 80 or so appearances he made in 2010 or hitters have learned to lay off that biting slider of his. In order to make that pitch work, you have to get ahead of a batter with a good fastball. It does not have to be a groove pitch, just one close enough to be called a strike or low enough to be hit on the ground, failure to be able to do that leads me back to my first conclusion that it is the shoulder.
He would not be the first pitcher regulated to the trash heap by the Braves after a season of abuse. I guess we should count out blessings that Kimbrel was not available for a whole season that year.
Hats off to the Nationals for taking the long view of things and not destroying Strasberg’s career and rushing him back and over using him last season.
Pitching anatomy 101…
loss of velocity = elbow,
loss of control = labium
loss of both = left fielder
255 Gil in Mechanicsville March 14, 2013 at 12:43 pm
Braves on MLB today vs Cards.
Majic Mike Minor looks good, Schafer trying to make it hard for the Braves to leave him off the roster too…
“j” left handed for “g”… 🙂
Spoke too soon..
OF Constanza joins race for #Braves bench job, after missing first month of spring training due to visa issues in Dominican Republic.
Sux for him. Schafer has really taken hold of his opportunity.
Wow. if I had to watch baseball games with all the noisemakers clamoring in the background, I would give it up… Glad Kimbrel is coming home… Hurry up Simmons, come home soon.
He should have just paid the bribe and been done with it Raisins…
That, after all is the way it has been done in that part of the world every since the Spanish showed up….
So many auctions, so little time… can’t go to them all so I am just going to go to the one that is closest tomorrow…
#Braves OF Constanza (through interpreter E. Perez) says he was last on list of ballplayers that DR customs processed
Maybe they were processing them in alphabetical order by the 8th letters of their surnames… 😀
Must be a lot of folks trying to get off the island at one time….
Well Matt Diaz was released by the Yankees…that’s too bad….they probably aren’t used to seeing his terrible hacks when he misses a ball..bet he can still hit though…yankees picked up Ben Francsico and Brennan Boesch. Not going to know many of the Yankees early on, what with Tex, A-Roid, and Granderson injured, and Swisher on the Indians…,
I think Matty will get a call somewhere, Houston may be hiring…
Well, I guess it was inevitable, Evan Gattis coming back down to earth. Of course, he is still no worse than Uggla and for a heck of a lot less money.
And I might mention that our new centerfielder is 2 for his last 21. Is the pitching that good or guys not trying hard enough. Oh well, it is baseball, win some, lose some and get rained out the rest…
Monday’s game will be televised on ESPN at 1:05 PM… Medlen is starting against the Phillies.
#Braves C. Johnson 3-for-3 w/HR and two singles. Francisco pinch hits in 7th and singles
Competition breeds excellence. Too bad 51% of our country doesn’t realize that (or want to believe it, as the case may be)…
Hate to say it, but, having a tandem that can hit 300 plus and jack about 35 home runs between then will sooth the pain of losing both Chipper and Marteen pretty quickly.
And no, I will never be convinced that a strike-out is no less productive than any other out. Never heard of anyone scoring on a sacrifice strike-out . Also not included is the number of balls put into play that go for errors rather than outs, Just ask Chipper and Brooksie about that. I’m pretty sure those errors would not have happened if the batters had struck out.
They are called un-earned runs for a reason.
17 to 10… Well, if you like a lot of offense, it was the game to watch.
Question, if everyone says it does not mean anything to hit off pitches in spring traing because they are “working on stuff” , what does it mean when you still can’t buy a hit? Could Dan Uggla be the next player with a big contract to play in Gwennett? I mean really, come on Dan, buck up dude!!!
17-10? Was that Braves over Phillies, or Falcons over Eagles?
Either way, it was Atlanta on top…
It was one of those games like when the 5 starters were pitching, only, it was Medlen on the mound for the Bravos… Kind of scary, but then again, he got two hits….
It appears that some folks who have not struggled at the plate had a field day against a couple of Triple A pitchers yesterday and poor Dan, does anyone have any delusions his hitting will improve against top quality talent? Sometimes a team has to bite the bullet and hope for the best and try to play a kid like Pastonicky at second who would be cheap while paying big bucks for Uggla to play elsewhere. It would not be the first time it has been done. The Braves now have others who can fill the role Uggla was acquired for. The Braves will likely carry Uggla because they do have a lot of money invested but I think they would be very happy to be able to trade him to anyone who would be willing to pay even a little bit of his salary.
I have only seen something like the Uggla thing once before, Gil… and it was about 2 years ago with Uggla. But as cold as he was in 2011 for 3 months, he was that hot for the next 3 months. He epitomizes streaky. For me personally, I’d rather have The Rev out there also, and batting in the 8 hole. Heck, who are the pitchers gonna bunt over?
One other thing regarding Uggla, then I will step off. He has the potential to hit 30 HR’s, no doubt. But even if he starts crushing yicketties at that pace, he still won’t hit over .240. His career BA over 7 seasons is .253, and he isn’t exactly on the upswing. Now personally, I like the dude. He hustles all the time, and he doesn’t make excuses. He’s a fine role model. But he drives me crazy with is streakiness. And I’m sure it makes him crazy, too. How must he have felt yesterday seeing his teammates feast on the Phillie pitching (or lack thereof)? Yet he was 0-4 with 2 K’s. Ouch! Rev will never be a Gold Glove candidate at any position, but 2B may be the best fit for him. And he has proven he can hit ML pitchers, not just in spring.
If I was making the call, I’d take the Rev and a .285 AVG, .325 OBP, and 10 HR’s. He’d score alot of runs out of the 8 hole. But ya gotta get on base first.
Also, his versatility would make the team much stronger. He’s like Prado-lite. Ramiro Peña is making this team as the BUSS. He has no options left, is a superior fielder, and bats Switchie. He is the ideal backup to Simmons. But the Rev deserves to make the squad.
Simple economics demand that Uggla play. Rev can’t play if Rev has no roster spot. $14MM Uggla is not playing at AAA Gwinnett. The only reason Kawakami got sentenced to swelter in Pearl, MS is because he had some other (attitude related) issues in addition to the fact that he just couldn’t cut it with the big boys. Uggs has to play. That’s just the way it is.
278 Carolina Lady March 19, 2013 at 12:39 pm
Guaranteed salaries stink. If you don’t produce, you don’t get paid.
It’s an uggla situation.
And I wanted his bat.
Had lunch today with my good friend Richbrave and we both agree, Pastornicky would be better at first but unless some team was willing to take Uggla off our (the Braves) hands for a semi reasonable price, He has one of the best insurance policies out there… BIG CONTRACT… Like the Cubs’ Soriono but different…
Sometimes you just can’t hit a hard eight!
We also opined on which way McCann would go after this season, after all, his next contract is his “retirement” contract.
Conclusion, if the Braves treat McCann really nice and “woo” him, he will stay in Atlanta for less than market price. If he feels disrespected, he will sign for big money with a club like the Yankees and have monster years hitting home runs into the short porch in left.
Also agreed, Venters is done, he has not recovered from 2010… Sad but true.
So funny!!
CL, 😆
Video is funny too!
I don’t know about the rest of you guys, but I’m stealing that video fo my facebook page… Thanks CL…:-)
“We just talked to him a lot about, you’ve got to be a line-drive hitter,” Walker said. “You’ve got to hit line drives in this league. You’re not going to hit enough home runs to be a home-run hitter, and in the big leagues you can’t out-run ground balls – they’ve got people who can catch and throw it over, you’re just going to be out by a step closer than other guys. So we’ve got him convinced that he’s got to be a machine and turn into a guy that’s very accurate and use the whole field. Does he have to be able to pull the ball? Yeah, sure, he has to pull the ball in this league. They can attack you in(side). But mechanically, right now he’s got a pretty good feel.
Great piece in the AJC this morning on Jordan Schafer. The above is a quote from hitting coach Greg Walker. I had not heard it quite that way before but explains a lot about how a guy like “George” Constanza can hit 320 in Triple A and only scratch 220 in the bigs.
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/atlanta-braves/2013/mar/19/heres-why-braves-might-keep-schafer/
Yes it does, Gil. I really appreciate how Schafer has embraced his second chance, and his gift from the DR. If he makes it, it’ll be because he has earned it 100%.
When it comes to choosing whom to keep on the 25 man roster versus who is going to be sent down, always bet on the team keeping the guy with no options left, at least until they prove they are no help to the team. It’s not all that far to call a guy up from Gwennette after all. That said, I look for Constanza to start in Triple A.
I see Constanza in AAA to start, and I see Schafer traded at some point if he can continue to rebuild his value. His game is much more suited in a regular role than to the bench, IMO.
And the Braves are bludgeoning another team again today. 8 runs through 4. Heck, even Uggla has a couple of hits. OK, to be fair, he has 1 hit, and the ball has hit him once. But hey… you take what you can get, right?
And Gattis looks great behind the plate. I mean it… not just passable. He has made 2 terrific throws to thwart would be stealers, and made a really nice catch and tag at home on a throw from BJ in CF.
Uh.. the WBC has done nothing to hurt Andrelton. In his first game back, he has a double and 2 HR’s, 4 RBI and 3 runs scored. And it’s only the 5th inning. Braves now have 11 runs. This season is gonna be a fun one. 😀
DoB’s article was excellent. Thanks, Gil. (Glad y’all liked the video – it just cracked me up!)
Can Schafer play 2nd?
18-9. Another whompin’. Good times… good times… 😎
Yep, that was the same Simmons I was watching in the WBC games. He was pretty impressive in those games too.
I was able to see the game on delay via MLB last night, did not know it was on until the 4h inning and fell asleep right after Walden pitched (actually during his inning but still) I have to agree about Gattis. As for Schafer, maybe a trade but 162 games is a long season and guys get worn down, it’s good to have a fast catch and throw guy in the outfield you can go to when one of the main horses tire. After all, the Pony Express riders didn’t ride the same horse the whole way….
I am really impressed Freedie Freeman this spring. As lost as Uggla is, Freddie is locked in.
Uggs was on base 3 times yesterday: 1 single, 1 HBP, 1 E. Take ’em any way you can get ’em, Danny Boy.
Schafer might could get 1 or 2 starts a week spelling an Upton or Heyward here and there, but those guys are the horses of this team. I don’t see them wanting out of the lineup very often.
Plus, the way Gattis has been playing, you just about have to find a place for him on the bench. That’s no problem for the first couple of weeks as he’ll probably be the BUC. But when Mac returns, then what? DOB speculates that they could easily keep him as 5th OF and 3rd C, since Reed Johnson plays all 3 OF spots. Me too.
Do y’all truly realize the bludgeoning potential of this lineup?
1- Simmons
2- JHey
3- BJ
4- Fredo
5- JUp
6- Mac
7- Ugh
8- Long Juan/CJohnson
Body shot after body shot… then the crushing knockout blow.
I would venture to say they have a line up similar to some other notables like the Tigers and the Angles, only hope is to get to the pitcher’s spot but I think they may enjoy having so many DH opportunities this season.
The Braves announce today that Tim Hudson would be the opening day pitcher this year over Kris Medlen. To be honest, I don;t think the Braves are doing Huddy any real favors in pitting him against Cole Hmmels in the opener. Hammels has pretty much had Atlanta’s (and everyone else’s number for that matter) the past couple of seasons. Then again, it’s a pretty potent line up the Braves will post up to the Phillies. Should be fun.
The latest from the AJC is Cristhian Martinez is in danger of losing his role as the long reliever in the Braves pen. To be honest, I don’t know who else they would have in mind to fill that role at this juncture. Allegedly, his last outing in the minor league camp was less than stellar but if one were to use that gauge, would not Medlen and Minor be on the slippery slope too?
No, it has to be something else we have not seen nor are we privy to. That said, the Braves brain trust continue to deny there is anything wrong with Venters despite the fact he has not appeared in a game for over a week. Either the Braves are in denial, Venters is on the move in a spring trade deal or he is indeed hurt. Take your pick….
All I have to say is spring training is all about potential. Showing the brass you have the potential to help the club. Or not… Are you listening Dan? Pastornicky continues to make sending him down to Gwennett very difficult. He has shone a perchance for being “clutch” and that is a rare trait these days.
While spring training is just that, you cannot turn hitting on like a light switch. The Pastor has been locked in since day one…
And my goodness, have the Braves ever struck pay dirt with Simmons.? The kid can play some “D”…
Very good looking lineup! But, being a bit of a wet blanket…don’t think we have guys like Phat Albert, J Hamilton, Cabrera, or Prince…120 RBI guys, at least until they prove they are….but healthy, someone may be that guy. JHey would be the most likely breakout guy. TBC!
Don’t forget, we are playing more AL teams this year, heck, I know I saw we are playing the Mariners in April(Of course, was it here, or there Berigan?) anyway, Gattis would come in handy those days..perhaps he will get sent down to get ab’s then come up each AL roadtrip?
Thanks for that link Ber, I doubt many folks over at CBS realize that there are some of us who still care about the flag and the symbolism of what it stands for.
Love that video! It’s great to see it again. Thanks, Ber!
SNOW AGAIN! Bah, humbug….. I’m really getting tired of winter folks… This global warming crap just isn’t doing it for me. Need to heat things up a bit… burn more gas folks… The trees need the CO2.
Why are busy hectic weekends always followed by Monday?
Glad y’all liked the video! Sent by a non baseball liking friend..
Gil, saw about 10 flakes all winter. Sucks in GA, at least south of the ATL. We get cold, but rarely snows…mid 40s and very windy…imagine its windy everywheres….
Wow, can you believe it, it’s almost Easter already? So many things on my to do list now. My back is still only about 50% but my legs are finally responding to exercise I think. So many things have been left undone this past year. I think I know how JJ Jurjjens feels a little bit. Only mine are things that involve keeping the place up.
I hardly know where to begin but for sure, it begins when the weather warms up. some. That said, like the proverbial elephant, one bite at a time… the real question is, which bite first?
Much to do today, so I’ll keep it brief…
* I am NOT concerned about our starting pitching.
* I AM concerned about our 3B defense.
* We’re gonna strike out alot, and walk little. But the ride is gonna be fun.
* I read this somewhere, but agree: we have to the potential to go back to back to back to back in HR’s. This lineup is flat out scary.
* Evan Gattis is a hitter for sure. He is a work in progress in the field.
* Joey Terdo… see above.
* Jonny V… get it fixed. Admit it to someone and get it fixed.
* Andrelton, I look forward to seeing you blossom into a perennial All Star.
* Frank has constructed a magnificent AL lineup. Of course, we are a NL team, but we are playing in several AL parks this year…
* Not sure we have the horses to stay with the Nats, but we are dang close. It is going to be a really fun year.
* Yes, that means I dismiss the Phillies. Too old + no depth = difficult season.
* The Mets might lose 100 games. They have NO pitching.
* The Marlins are quite thankful that the Mets are in their division.
* The elephant in the room is Dan Uggla. Don’t know what to say. He is a complete mystery. He’s always been streaky, but pitchers still feared to make a mistake to him. Do they still this year? This is a crossroads season for him.
The Braves optioned outfielder Jose Constanza and infielder Tyler Pastornicky to Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday, making official what had been apparent for weeks: Jordan Schafer and Ramiro Pena will be on the opening day roster.
They also optioned reliever David Carpenter to Gwinnett, leaving 31 on the spring-training roster. The only remaining decisions for the Braves are backup catcher – Evan Gattis seems likely over Matt Pagnozzi – and the last spot in the bullpen, with candidates Cristhian Martinez and Anthony Varvaro both out of minor-league options. — Mr. O’B
Gonzalez added that having Pastornicky on the bench getting a few pinch-hit at-bats per week at the big-league level wouldn’t be helpful at this point. He’ll go to Gwinnett and play second base and some shortstop, possibly some outfield, then play mostly second base after [Paul] Janish is ready. — more from Mr. O’B
Rev is getting alot of reps at 2B. He got alot of play at 2B in Orlando after SImmons and Pena returned. I think it is a clear message to Uggla. He is becoming our Alfonso Soriano, but not quite as bad and not quite as onerous a contract. Soriano-lite.
The Braves believe Pastornicky’s athleticism will aid him in his attempt to establish himself as a versatile utility player. But if Dan Uggla struggles through the first two months of this season, the Braves would at least have to think about benching him and giving the starting second base job to either Ramiro Pena or Pastornicky. — Bowman
Now that Venters has been pulled from 1st MLB appearance in nearly 2 weeks after 1 out, seems obvious there's something going on health-wise
Uh… duh!
Love reading the comments here! 😀
What we may lack in quantity of numbers. we certainly make up for in quality of opines…. Now, if I would just have a little more faith in my stock market predictions, I could retire… Oh, wait….
That said, for the past couple of weeks, I have had a ominous feeling about Denny Hamlin… SIGH! I hate being right sometimes, scares the heck out of me….
At some point, you have to wonder if the brass for the Braves are in denial or just plain stupid when it comes to Jonny Veneters. I suspect by this time next week, we will learn that Jonny has an appointment with Dr. Andrews and will subsequently learn he will undergo TJ. They will discover that yet again, an MRI does not always reveal the extent of the damage when it comes to tendons.
Therefore, GET WELL SOON JV…. We will look for you to be back next fall, just in time to redeem yourself for 2011….
Shoot V, everyone and their brother bashes Alfonso Soriano(a true hotdog as we know,but we wouldn’t know it if he didn’t hit the braves a bit) but last year, he hit 32 HRs , drove in 108(more than Uggla ever has driven in), and hit .262 (42 points higher than Mr U) I’d take that kind of production from Uggla in a heartbeat!
Gil, glad you are slowly but surely getting back up to speed! 🙂 Spring training 2014, mark it on the ol’ calender!
Yes, Ber, Soriano did do that last season. Last season. But the contract he signed was a complete drag on the entire Cubs organization, and prevented them from signing anyone else to play around him. And when he dipped to 20 HR and 55 RBI in 2009, it sealed his legacy. With him, it was really more about the contract than the production. Not that Danny isn’t well compensated, but there is a big difference between 8 yrs/ $136MM and 5 yrs/ $62MM.
Heck, just 2 years ago, even though Danny had his struggles, he still hit 32 HR’s with 82 RBI. And he drove in 78 last season even though the HR’s dropped to 19, the first time since 2006 that he hit less than 30 HR’s (he hit 27 that season, his rookie campaign). In fact, he was 29th in RBI in the NL last season, a season that most would agree was a disaster. Those 78 RBI were more than those driven in by All Star 2B Brandon Phillips (77), by Martin Prado (70), than Justin Upton (67), even Bryce Harper (59).
Here’s an interesting factoid…
Danny is slotted in the 7 hole in Fredi’s projected batting order (when Mac returns). Just looking at the NL East, here are the projected 7 hole hitters:
Nats- Danny Espinosa, 2012: 17 HR, .247 BA, 56 RBI
Phils- Ben Revere, 2012: 0 HR, .294 BA, 32 RBI
Mets- John Buck, 2012: 12 HR, .192 BA, 41 RBI
Fish- Casey Kotchman, 2012: 12 HR, .229 BA, 55 RBI
Bravos- Dan Uggla, 2012: 19 HR, .220 BA, 78 RBI
As for me, I’ll take Danny’s run production over those other guys.
Now… that said, he cannot disappear this season. In fact, hitting in the 7 hole should take a little pressure off. I would like to see some improvement over last year. I would love to see some consistency. But we all know that Danny is as streaky as they come. Let’s just hope the hot streaks outnumber the cold streaks.
Thanks Ber, funny thing but I can measure progress by the ability to get up from various chairs in my household.
Thing about being the 7th hitter in the Braves line-up, you will be protected by a guy who can also hit 30 homers collectively (Johnson/Francisco) and preceded by a lot of guys who can get on base.
My hope is the offense takes the pressure off the pitching staff. Hey. it has worked for the Yankees for years.
The real key to the Braves’ success in my opinion will be if they play as a team, not a bunch of selfish long ball hitters. Use the whole field rather than try to pull the ball down the line.
No doubt, the strike outs are going to happen but let them be because of an outstanding pitcher, not because they missed a mistake pitch.
Who will be the number eight hitter in the Braves line-up this season? Whoever is the 4th or fifth outfielder subbing that game or infielder spelling Uggla or Simmons.
The good thing is guys should get lots of rest this season. Share the wealth Fredi G. Just not all at one time and never during a hitting streak.
AND NO LONG LOSING STREAKS THIS YEAR!!!!
It has been a really quite spring for BMac. I’m hoping he has the type of season that will earn him a $20 million per year payday with the Yankees. He is a good guy and has always been a team player. Besides, I want him to go somewhere the Braves won’t have to face him too often.
Not that I would want him to leave but it have become a pretty foregone conclusion the Braves won’t give him big money…. Too much hype around Bethancourt for that.
Besides. the Braves will be shaking out the sofa cushions trying to find the money to pay Heyward not to leave.
I’m not so sure Bethancourt will be ready in 2014, Gil. It may very well be that the Braves re-sign Mac, and pay JHey with Huddy’s money…
Told that it was an emotional scene when #Braves Gattis informed he made team. Fredi, Frank, Manno, Greg Walker were there.
One of the many reasons why I love this sport…
Gattis story: http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/gattis-makes-braves-opening-day-roster/nW5Wy/
Thanks for the story V. Love this part, as I really didn’t think Freddi would even consider this, nevermind say it…
“We know what he can do offensively,” Gonzalez said. ” I didn’t tell him he was going to be the backup guy. Hell, he could split time with Laird right down the middle. Maybe he could even get more time (than Laird). I wasn’t by any means saying he was going to be the backup catcher.”
Last Grapefruit League game is today, season begins in just 4 days. Giddy? Who, me? 😀
On the flip side, looks like JonnyV is visiting Dr. Andrews next week. Never a good sign…
” I suspect by this time next week, we will learn that Jonny has an appointment with Dr. Andrews”
Well, it looks like it did not take a week…..
And yet another reason you don’t trade pitching if you can help it. Dumping Big Red off on the Angles for Walden is looking more brilliant all the time.
So, things we have learned over the course of the last six weeks…
Mike Minor cannot import a two seam fast ball into his repertoire, at least not yet.
There is still a place for feel good, follow you dream kind of stories in baseball… See Evan Gattis
Baseball is still a place where redemption and second chances can be earned if you work hard enough for it… Jordan Schafer
If you snooze, you lose… Jose Constanza
Having a big long term contract is still the best insurance policy to guarantee a place in the line up, no matter how bad you stink up the place… Dan Uggla
Two heads are sometimes better than one… Chris Johnson and Juan Francisco
You can sometimes price yourself right out of a job… Brian McCann…
Speaking of Big Red, yowser…
He has only logged 12.0 innings over 4 starts this spring, with an ERA of 8.25 that includes 4 homers. His once daunted fastball now sits consistently between 88-91 mph. He was pulled from just his 4th start yesterday while warming up for the 4th inning because of tightness in his right triceps. Looks like more of the same even in his “new environment”.
Of course, not all former Braves pitchers are dog meat, I have read and heard that JJ Jurjjens had a really good spring and is looking like the JJ of old. Appears his knee is no longer giving him pain. He will begin the season at Norfolk but I expect him to make his debut in Baltimore sooner than latter.
Baltimore has long been my favorite AL team but not a lot to cheer about since Cal retired. That and an idiot owner, but I digress, a lot of megalomania prevails in the DC-Baltimore area.
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20130331/ARTICLES/130339971/0/FRONTPAGE
This guy could have had a great career in the majors. Makes me think of Wohlers.
332 Gil in Mechanicsville April 1, 2013 at 7:27 am
Thanks CL for the article. My sister -in-law suffers from the same condition and it is pretty frightening at time for her and my brother.
333 Voice of Raisins April 1, 2013 at 7:43 am
OPENING DAY!!!!!!!!!!! 😀
334 Carolina Lady April 1, 2013 at 10:40 am
I’m really sorry to hear that, Gil. It is a terrible thing to live with.
V, get down off the ceiling! 😀
When do the Braves play?
335 Voice of Raisins April 1, 2013 at 11:07 am
Braves play at 7:00pm tonight. Wish it was a day game… seems appropriate for Opening Day, but hey… gotta grab those prime time $$ for the networks, right?
Actually, I’m not complaining. My evening plans are to crank the grill up about 6pm, with the pregame coverage being played on my old radio. Yep, I have a radio. Seems unbelievably archaic, but I still roll that way. Cannot wait to smell the charcoal and hear Jim Powell.
336 Voice of Raisins April 1, 2013 at 12:59 pm
Quite a statement from Mr. O’B:
It’ll take 100 games to win the division this year, 98 to win a wild card in a league with the Dodgers now spending like the Yankees (and them some) and the Giants being the Giants until someone proves otherwise.
Wow… the bar has been raised, huh?
337 berigan2electricboogaloo April 1, 2013 at 1:11 pm
On ESPN tonight, playing the Phils….of course I play trivia at….7 pm…do I cancel? Ends at 8:30 or so, and its not the sports south guys either…
I recorded part of the mlbtv prediction show(ESPN’s show was a joke, with only 2 folks in studio for some reason)….everyone and their brother is predicting the Nats to not only win the east, but basically to be the best team in baseball…I’d like to argue, but kinda hard to. A very balanced team the nats…better rotation, more power arms. Think we have the edge offensively, perhaps still bullpenwise as well….
had this post waiting…was going to add, then thought, just send it…now I see DOB post….I don’t know….I think it’s going to be the other way…mets are scrappy…marlins are punching bags…but braves nats and Phils, are going to beat up on each other….I think 88 to 92 will win it…mark my words…so you can mock me in Oct! 😉
339 Carolina Lady April 1, 2013 at 4:52 pm
Things are a little more interesting since (most of) the drugs have been removed.
Don’t know why this popped into my mind 😛 – but what ever happened to Marcus Giles?
Guys, I told ya not to worry about Uggla! :p
Great to see Freddy F(who hit a 2 run bomb in case you all didn’t know) really excited to see Uggla hit one…nice to see Freddi let Uggla hit 3-0 too…
On sports south…forgot that espn would be blocked out
341 Voice of Raisins April 1, 2013 at 9:26 pm
Oh yeah… that’s what I am talkin’ about! Just what we should expect out of our boys…
The fact the Braves hit three home runs did not surprise me. That they hit them off Cole Hammels did. The one Freddie hit was a thing of beauty. Uggla’s was just a relief. If the Braves become the “Bash Brothers” this summer, it is going to be a fun ride.
Huddy looked great until the fifth inning, too bad he could not stay around long enough to get the win but Fredi G did the right think in giving him the quick hook. Avilan deserved a save for the spectacular work he did in the fifth. Impressive kid that one is…
Avilan was impressive indeed. That pitch he got the K on was just nasty.
Each of the 3 HR’s was impressive in their own way. Freddie’s was the stereotypical “towering” HR. Uggla’s was a monster blast halfway up the stands. And JUp’s was a low liner rocket off the bat. All 3 very majestic indeed.
Of the 3, I gotta say that Uggla’s was my favorite. He absolutely crushed that ball.
Good news about Venters… well, relatively good news. After a thorough examination by Dr, Andrews, there does not appear to be another tear in Jonny’s elbow. The story follows here:
http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/venters-gets-plasma-injection-in-elbow/nW9z7/
Good news! I wonder if Avilan was giving some pitching tips by Venters?
Oh, saw baseball tonight (at 1 am) they claimed the Justin Up homer was 460+ feet, which surprised me…showed Bobby Cox lipping WOW after the homer….he also has hit the most 450+ foot homers in the past…well, few years, don’t recall exact number…Stanton was second on the list
347 Gil in Mechanicsville April 3, 2013 at 4:35 pm
Hi guys (and gal), looks like it’s time for an updated lead for the blog. Any ideas? Anything anyone wants to know that we don’t already know? Sigh… Writer’s block is a b—h….
Game tonight but I am not so sure they will be able to play Thursday night. Even if they do, I would venture it will be miserable.
So… Have the folks from Hollywood started writing the “Evan Gattis Story” yet? All that is needed is for him to name his bat “Wonder Boy” and he’ll be set.
Amazing isn’t it? Feel good story of the year. Great time to be a Braves fan I’m saying. Strikeouts? We don’t care about no stinking strikeouts! Not when you have Freddie Free crushing the ball and Justin Upton making like Carlos Beltron during his heyday. Now all the Braves need is for BJ to get his bat going a little bit…
Everyone else sure has theirs reved up.
349 Carolina Lady April 4, 2013 at 8:42 am
Gil, I got nothing. *sigh*
Nasty, wet, cold and dreary in NEGA today… probably not too different in Atlanta. I am sure they’ll do what they can to get tonight’s game in, but I am not gonna hold my breath. And you know Meds has to be ticked that he gets rain and 39 degrees for his 1st start of 2013. Bleh. 😥
Of course, rain and 39 degrees was the same in both dugouts. Cliff Lee was pretty good last night. I’ll take 2 out of 3, especially when we get so many against NYM and FLA.
I look at it this way, the Nationals have t play the Phillies too. I suspect there will be quite a bit of bad blood between those two before the season ends too. Like the ad for NASCAR says “Everyone needs a rival, because you have to have someone to beat.”
The Direct TV installer failed to show yesterday, was supposed to be here between Noon and 4PM, Called at 8:49P and said I would have to schedule. Very upset that I will not see my games the next two nights. Guess who is going to get an F on their customer satisfaction report? .
But despite the loss, giving up only two runs and still getting a loss is not like you were stinking up the place, just means the guys with the bats in their hands on your side were facing a pretty good guy on the other side throwing the ball
355 berigan2electricboogaloo April 6, 2013 at 9:25 am
Sorry Gil, don’t have anything either…and tax time is approaching, and I’ve done less than any other year at this point…sigh..And no DC only holiday to give me an extra day or two…Cliff Lee was the old Cliff Lee. Wind sure helped him though. FF hit a bomb that would have gone 20 rows back any other night, and it didn’t make the warning track.
But, last night was much better. Minor got off to a good start, which has to help put the first half of 2012 further back in his mind.
J UP is very hot…not Chris Davis hot(4 HR’s 16 RBIs!) but quite hot….
Finally home so I will get to watch tonight’s contest. I had to rely upon GAMEDAY for the play by play last night and it loses quite a bit in the translation. Still, giving up only two hits in 7 & 1/3 is a pretty nice game.
Funny how things can work out. If J Up were not on board and the club was relying upon BJ for the offense, folks would be ready to run Wren out of town on a perch… Of course once he hits his stride, going 0 for home stand will be long forgotten… If not, well, good thing Justin fell into the Braves’ lap…
And the Nat’s pitching may not be all that after all… The Reds’ sure feasted last night. Big difference in facing the Reds instead of the Marlins… Let’s hope the Braves are able to sweep them next week too. But first, time to jump on the Cubbies. I am looking forward to seeing the rookie the Cubs have going for them Sunday.
Looking forward to seeing Teheran tonight too.
Well, a tad disappointed after all the hype but it is early days folks.
What a sweet win!!! Upton here, Upton there…
Oh yeah!! 😀
Freddi may have to leave BJ in the lead off spot, it sure seems to agree with him.
361 berigan2electricboogaloo April 6, 2013 at 11:53 pm
Glad you got to see it Gil, that was a GAME, was it not???? 🙂
Yes indeed Ber, yes indeed…
363 Gil in Mechanicsville April 7, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Freddy Freeman tweaked a right oblique last night that unbeknownst to most of us had been hurt for a week. He is upset at being put on the 15 day DL but sometimes you have to protect a player from themselves.
Perhaps the Braves are learning from their experiences with McCann. I know other teams will exploit an injury when they are aware of it and I doubt anyone was aware Free was playing hurt before last night. Let it heal FF, no need to be a hero right now, you will have a lot of opportunities later this season if you are fully healed.
Braves call up Blake DeWitt to fill in Freeman’s roster spot. Chris Johnson to play first and Francisco to play third until Free come back. Does anyone else feel like they need a program to keep up with all the changes? I sure am glad the Braves put the names on the back of their jersey’s Lets me put a name with the face a lot faster.
well, I woke up after 3 hours with a bad headache(as opposed to those good ones) so when it finally subsided hours later, I knew I’d sleep through the game. Sounds like another good one…Gil, you are right…on all counts. Glad they put FF on the DL, sometimes even 2 weeks isn’t long enough..but sitting 3 games then swinging hard again, is likely to cause a ;month or two loss…and right you are about needing a scorecard. With Simmons jamming his thumb(How come Ricky Henderson and Pete Rose could slide headfirst without jamming their fingers?) we have basically “new” guys at 1st, ss, 3rd and Catcher…gives Chris Johnson and Francisco a real chance to get into a groove. Wish Freddy would give Gattis a chance to get into one…nice that Laird is hitting a bit, but he has no power,, we know what he can do, in other words…
I have always, do now, and always will loathe headfirst slides. 😡
367 Carolina Lady April 7, 2013 at 10:20 pm
Gil, I don’t think we have an “IN” box. I spent more than an hour scouring the dashboard. Did you mean the Draft box? If you did, something is amiss because it isn’t there now. Otherwise, I need some clues! 😆
Extreme pollen day here in NEGA. 2,093 particles per sq. inch. bleh! 😛 In Minnesota, they purchase snow shovels. In Georgia, we purchase pollen shovels. It’s one of those days. Los Barves hit the road at the right time…
OK… the little emoticon dude is all wrong. He’s got his tongue out, but he’s smiling. There is no smiling when there are 2,093 particles per sq. inch. You’d get yellow teeth. Actually, you wouldn’t want your tongue out either. Ew. 😐
370 Gil in Mechanicsville April 8, 2013 at 11:05 am
We are still about a week or two away from the high pollen count here in the Old Dominion. Nothing like waking up and discovering your car has turned yellow overnight… Tis why we are opening the pool later this year.
Now baseball… Good game yesterday. Huddy appeared to find himself after the second inning. Goes to show you that being a veteran has its advantages. “Scrabble” seemed to let a “hit by pitch” completely let him become unhinged. It was straight out of the Carlos Zambrano school of pitching philosophy.
Avilan really looks like the real deal. His only problem might be there is so much movement on his pitches, the umpire might not call a lot of strike if the batter is patient. Still, he has one wicked cutter…
I think the worst of our pine pollen season is about over. The cat didn’t even want to go out in it.
Thanks to an excellent trail of breadcrumbs, I was finally able to locate The Staff’s new lead and the graphics department has just sent it back. So –
NEW LEAD IS UP! (Thanks, Gil!)
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156: The Home Stretch & The Braves Heat Up
Published September 6, 2016 A.J. Pierzynski , Atlanta Braves , Baseball , Baseball Fans , baseball photos , baseball trades , Braves , Braves & Stuff , Braves Pitching , National League , Sports 401 Comments
by Gil ‘N Mechanicsville
So here we are, the final month of the season. A point in the past where we have seen the Braves totally collapse and limp into the postseason. No such worries this year, the Braves lost this season in April with a 5 wins, 18 loss record. May and June were hardly any better going 10-18 and 12-16 respectfully, so yes, it was over early for los Bravos. In fact, until August 31st, the Braves appeared to have a stranglehold on having the first overall pick in the 2017 draft.
All that seems to have turned around though with a good, not great record, but relative to the rest of the season, a very good August. 13-15 for the month is not going to win many championships but considering the state of the Braves pitching staff, it was a pretty spectacular month. Two things seem to have the greatest impact on the turnaround for the home boys in Atlanta: (1) Matt Kemp and (2) resurgence in the young pitchers.
Matt Kemp, no longer the All-star caliber player he was in LA is still head and shoulders above anyone else the Braves have had playing left field in years. He was traded for a guy who was a huge disappointment for all concerned with both the Dodgers and Braves. The Dodgers did at least recover some of their investment but the Braves basically ate about 30MM dollars. A guy who was so toxic, the Padres dropped him before he could get on a plane and fly to San Diego. Of course Olivera will have to console himself with the 62 million dollars he is signed for. A fellow can live pretty well in the Dominican Republic with that kind of scratch.
Matt Kemp was a salary dump for the Padres, plain and simple. All I can say is it must have been a pretty miserable marriage for the offensively challenged Padres to want him off their roster. Kemp showed up in Atlanta about 30 pounds overweight and somewhat out of shape but he has made a big difference for Freddie Freeman in particular and the Braves in general. No longer fleet afoot, he still can drive in runs and has played a decent left field. In the final game with San Diego, he actually laid out for a sinking line drive. He came up just short and the ball rolled to the wall for a triple but hey, up by 7 runs at the time, it was gutsy and I’m sure the effort was not lost on his teammates.
This team might be well out of it but they are not playing like it. The final month of the season is upon us and the Braves can only play the role of spoilers. They will again be playing a majority of NL East rivals. While the Nationals have pretty much wrapped up the division, the Mets and the Marlins are both clawing for a wild card berth. The Braves are playing for a modicum of respect and several are playing for a spot on next season’s roster.
It should be interesting as to who will make up the roster when the Braves take the field in their new ballpark next April. Truthfully, I only see two spots on the roster as being givens: Freddie Freeman and Dansby Swanson; everyone else is on the bubble as far as I can tell. It should be an interesting offseason for the Braves.
401 Responses to “156: The Home Stretch & The Braves Heat Up”
1 Carolina Lady September 6, 2016 at 12:55 pm
Excellent, Gil! There’s hope! Thanks so very much for writing this for us!
2 berigan2electricboogaloo September 6, 2016 at 1:34 pm
Excellent work Mr Gil!!!
I think Kemp was traded cuz the young GM looked at his WAR and decided he wasn’t worth a plug nickel…
I need to go off on WAR , what a complete joke it is if we are to believe Kemp is no better than any ol Left fielder…who are you going to believe, your eyes or the lying stats that say he stinks?????
3 Vox O'Reason September 6, 2016 at 2:34 pm
DO’B says he expects the Braves to sign Tim Tebow to a minor league deal. He doesn’t cite a source or even anyone “unnamed”. Just says he expects it.
The timing of the showcase suggests he’s ready, willing, and able to go play winter ball somewhere to receive additional coaching and instruction. That gives a team time to decide which level he might slot into.
For me personally… why not? Doesn’t cost the team a thing. Now, I don’t expect him to ever rise to the big league level, but there’s nothing to lose by giving him a chance. And he just might sell a few more minor league tickets along the way. No downside that I can see.
4 Gil in Mechanicsville September 6, 2016 at 3:11 pm
I don’t know Vee, I don’t think El Orso Blanco was expected to amount to much either. He turned into some pretty decent pitching for the Braves in addition to being a cult favorite. Every body love a rags to riches story.
Not sure exactly if Tebow would qualify under that heading… Maybe a hand me down to riches to J C Penney’s story. 🙂
I doubt he could be much worse than Brandon Snyder. If he can turn so of the bulk into tone, maybe he can get into baseball shape. Certainly he would have a built in fan base. Should be fun..
Like you said, very little down side at this point. Not like he has bad knees. Just couldn’t throw a football…
By the way, I went back and posted some stats for the Braves as far as win loss by month. I forgot to go back and include them when I first outline the lead… DUH!
Anyhow, I know it would not make a big difference to you guys but someone else might notice it.
I know a lot of AJC blog regulars give grief to Chip Carey over his fax pas. That said, he is head and shoulders over the buffoons who are announcing the gNats telecast. They seem to have no clue as to whom the opposing team players are or what is going on in the game. PAINFUL…
Had to make a trip to DMV today to get the car title straight for the sale. As bad as it was, I still think back to what it use to be and how it was an all day thing and some really, really nasty clerks. The attitude is moderately better now but at least they have chairs.
7 Carolina Lady September 6, 2016 at 6:28 pm
I read a little about Tebow recently that generally wasn’t good from the writer’s perspective. Said his footwork in the outfield wasn’t good and there was something negative about his swing but I don’t recall exactly what. The ending comment was something snarky about him fitting on the Braves team. I’ll wait and see. With God, ALL things are possible and I know he believes strongly. Wouldn’t it be terrific for all concerned if Tebow suddenly burst onto the scene with good success?
CL, I don’t think anyone will confuse Tim Tebow at this point as the second coming of Mickey Mantle. Well, except for those people who don’t know who Micky Mantle was. Sure, their is always work to be done but what is the down side? If it doesn’t work out, no biggie. Not like you are investing in a number one draft pick.
Oh, I understand, Gil, but – just saying! 🙂
10 Gil in Mechanicsville September 6, 2016 at 7:29 pm
I suspect said writer is a hater… Likely from the left coast.
So, Braves jump off to a 2-0 lead in the first. gNats announcers stunned…
11 Carolina Lady September 6, 2016 at 11:21 pm
12 Vox O'Reason September 7, 2016 at 7:27 am
Tim Tebow will always draw sharp criticism from some no matter what he does. They really don’t hate him so much as they hate what he believes and what he represents. I suspect that for many, the “hate” is more deeply rooted in envy.
Quite honestly, the odds are long against him rising much above AA. But I don’t begrudge him the chase.
Now the Braves are even catching heat for considering him. It’s being called a stunt and an attempt to sell tickets. Well… if that happens along the way, then good for everybody. I hope they sell alot of tickets.
First and foremost, I hope it broadens his platform to share the love of Christ. Tim Tebow is a walking witness without even opening his mouth.
13 Gil in Mechanicsville September 7, 2016 at 8:47 am
So, the Braves come up short last night after coming a bit unglued in the 8th. The game was lost however much earlier. Perez just does not have the “out” pitch needed to get real professional hitters out. Not a real knock on him, just a fact. Some day he will learn it’s better to walk one in that let four in at once.
I was reading Coppy’s comments on Tebow this morning. I don’t think he needs to apologize for the Braves’ interest in the ex quarterback. Certainly a better investment than a multitude of former Cuban national team players.
Rain delay in DC. TV news reports strong storms in Northern VA with lightning and hail. Going to be a late night for the Braves.
We had a T-Storm this AM with about 1/2 inch of rain and one really loud clap of thunder. I guess someone near-by lost a tree… The lights flickered but no loss of CPUs.
Things have been pretty quite on the Atlanta front haven’t they? I guess football is taking all the ink.
That plus with the trade season essentially done and with the expanded rosters, there isn’t much to talk about personnel-wise either.
Ozzie Albies did leave their playoff game last night with what appeared to be a wrist injury. I need to follow up on that.
The Nats had to trot out 10th pitchers on the night and still beat us. Kinda sad.
@HearKyleTait @mlbbowman pic.twitter.com/NjrNDVE9mY
— Steve Hardy (@Shardy1963) September 8, 2016
Ominously, there is NO update on this injury since it happened. I’ve only seen it mentioned twice, and that was in the Mississippi recap and in the Pensacola recap. No news is not always good news, and in instances such as these, the silence is deafening.
The only mentions by the Braves’ 3 beat writers was a retweet of Kyle Tait (Mississippi’s radio voice) by Bowman and McAlpin. Not even that from DO’B.
As for Tait, he tweeted what he saw and fielded a ton of questions but had nothing much to add, clarifying it this way: “Injury news has to come from ATL. Keep eye on what [Bowman and DOB] get from Coppy. We can’t release injuries.”
We’ll keep our eyes open today.
Man, that was a long game last night… !0 pitchers… Not that they were in trouble, just Washington has a bunch of kids who were called up and Dusty seems determined to see all of them pitch.
The Braves on the other hand just ran out of them. Having Jim Johnson hit for himself in the top of the 8th should tell you all you need to know about the Braves’ pen. It was only Johnson’s second at bat in his career. he is now 0-2 with 2 strike outs.
All the itching changes just slowed things down incredibly. I think the league should allow teams to expand their rosters to 40 men in September but still only be allowed to dress 25 per game. Why do teams play under different conditions for only one month?
Bad news about Mallex but he should be healed by spring training.
Folty was strong last night. inconsistent strike zone was the main reason he only went 6 innings. Lots of deep counts.
Dansby crushed one last night. That ball had a nose bleed by the time it landed…
Tim Tebow signs with the Mets… Oh well…
Mets are signing Tim Tebow to a minor-league contract, an MLB source tells ESPN. Instructional League or Arizona Fall League next for Tebow.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 8, 2016
That answers that question, now doesn’t it?
Tim Tebow will inevitably be traded from the Mets to the Braves in a trade involving Kelly Johnson
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) September 8, 2016
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! 😀
The Braves are expected to provide details about Albies' injury later today. It didn't look good.
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) September 8, 2016
Ugh! 😦
25 berigan2electricboogaloo September 8, 2016 at 9:08 am
I saw a bit of the game…heard the last of it…Jim Powell said it was a stupid delay of game, no rain…but, I understand teams not wanting to use a starter for an inning or two…then a long rain delay…to hear the end of the game…braves up, then giving up a run to tie game back up, then 2nd and 3rd with no outs…if the Nats hadn’t won against the braves bullpen… it would have been the biggest shock since…Simmons was traded…Ted Simmons… 😉
Hope Ozzie is not too badly hurt…saw a homer of his on TV (shocking when a local TV station shows Gwinnett highlights) and the camera showing him round 3rd, he looked like a 12 Y.O. Little leaguer 😉 5 ‘9, 160? I don’t think so…looks 5’5 140…hopefully he will fill in a bit…19, you can still get a bit taller, right?
no really guys, I am totally 5’9!!!!! 😛
Hey, it hasn’t stopped Altuve… Of course some balls will be hit over his head but what a miniscule strike zone.
29 Vox O'Reason September 8, 2016 at 10:12 am
Jim Powell said it was a stupid delay of game, no rain…but, I understand teams not wanting to use a starter for an inning or two
Not just that, but sometimes a short early preemptive delay can avoid a later long delay. I can remember a few weeks ago when they halted a game in ATL between innings with no rain because the radar showed a strong storm moving toward The Ted. It allowed the crew to get the field covered before the storm hit, and therefore the infield was fine when the cover came back off. Probably cut the prep time by more than half. Had they waited for the rain to start, it would have taken alot longer to get the IF back into playing shape.
30 Gil in Mechanicsville September 8, 2016 at 11:25 am
Oh, there was a heck of a storm in the area last night, just didn’t reach the ball park. That happens with T-Storms. When they say scattered, well, you know…
Early indication is Ozzie Albies suffered a right elbow injury that did not damage the ligament. He's being evaluated by Dr. Andrews today.
Good news / bad news. Of course, the bad news is that he got hurt. The good news, and it is very good news, is that the ligament was not involved. If it’s a stress fracture, a broken bone can heal in plenty of time for him to resume baseball activities well ahead of spring. Also, the injury happened at the end of a full season, not hampering his development timeline as he did get his full season in.
If the kid has to have an injury, the type and timing looks to be semi-positive.
Aaron Blair is making a rehab start for Gwinnett in their playoff game 2. That’s kinda nice. 🙂
So, I wonder if the stress fracture is at the olecranon process? That is the bone at the tip of the ulna. Often times pitchers will experience it. Hey, the weakest link will break. I suspect he fell on it at some point and cause the fracture but it did not show up right away.
As long as it is not a complete fracture, it should heal. Add cortisone to aid healing. It’s why no PED test are given to players on the DL…
Of course it will postpone his stint in the AFL. Perhaps he will play in one of the winter leagues, or not.
35 Vox O'Reason September 8, 2016 at 2:18 pm
.@SunTrustPark officially opens on March 31, 2017 when the #Braves will host the Yankees in an exhibition game! pic.twitter.com/FZUIYwxkgF
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) September 8, 2016
Open only to A-List members -> season ticket holders.
Pretty sure I won’t attend.. 🙂
According to A.J. Perez of USA Today, Hector Olivera has been found guilty in his domestic abuse trial. Olivera was sentenced to 90 days in prison, but 80 of them are suspended under the judge’s decision for his misdemeanor conviction.
Close the chapter; close the book. Begone.
DO’B from very early (1:45am) this morning:
John Schuerholz told the Braves Banter blog talk radio show that [Ozzie] Albies fractured the olecranon bone, which is located at the tip of the elbow. He was examined Thursday by Dr. James Andrews, who has a clinic near Pensacola.
Albies will miss the rest of the Double-A playoffs and the Arizona Fall League season.
Edumacation:
What is a Broken Elbow (Olecranon Fracture)? How is a Broken Elbow (Olecranon Fracture) treated? What is the long term outcome?
Obviously the treatment and outlook section of the above-referenced article is from the perspective of the everyday Joe. You can rest assured that Ozzie Albies will receive the best possible treatment and the best possible rehab that Liberty’s dollars can buy. And I’m also fairly sure that Dr. James Andrews will be the one to perform the surgery.
He’ll be ready for Spring Training.
It is a bit of a shame that he won’t be able to participate in this year’s AFL, but he has faced the same level of competition at AA/AAA this season, so it won’t hamper his development. It just would be nice to see him against a different group in that context.
Okay, no game last night. DUH.. I’m pretty sure you all knew that. I think the Braves really needed the day off too after getting swept by DC. For a team that has such an abysmal record, they seem pretty close to being back.
At least the offense has shone up. Kemp has to feel pretty good about how the run totals have increased since his arrival. Now, if the Braves can just get some solid pitching. The depth chart on the starters is still pretty thin on experience although a couple of the youngsters are showing promise.
The pen is a bit shallow too. I sure wish the Braves had hung on to Grille. That is especially true since they basically just at his contract.
I don’t think the Braves are ready to make the big push quite yet as far as salary goes for free agents. They are getting close however. I look for the real push to come in 2018.
Is it too early to guess who will get moved this winter?
I do think they’ll go after a couple. Maybe not the top of the list – Cespedes or Encarnacion or Ramos – but I am almost certain that they’ll make a run at a couple of pitchers… maybe Jeremy Hellickson or Rich Hill. Hill is at the top of my list because he’s a lefty, but both would be ideal. And neither is going to command an “ace” contract.
In my gut, I think they’ll make a hard run at bringing Martin Prado back to ATL to play 3B. Yes, Adonis has had a really good season, and he has saved our bacon on more than one occasion, but that just might make it the perfect time to trade him, not keep him.
Jeff Francoeur is almost a lock to return. I’ve heard him say just this week on a radio show “I hope they (Atlanta) want to bring me back in 2017.
No. In fact, I think there are a couple that stand out.
You can bet your bottom that one of Mallex Smith or Nick Markakis will be traded. My money is on Mallex. He and Ender Inciarte fill the same role, and Ender is proven. In fact, he’s more than proven himself. He has excelled. Markakis is a steady presence that plays well with a young clubhouse. And he’s been steadily productive, if not flashy while doing it. Nick’s contract alone makes Mallex a more attractive trade chip.
As I alluded to earlier, I believe Adonis will be included in a deal, not necessarily the center of a deal, but more of the “plus” that goes with a featured player.
Here’s how I see the offseason paying out:
Coppy will sign 2 starting pitchers. Will they be at the top of this year’s FA class? Well, maybe one will. Probably not both.
Or, maybe he signs one, and trades a prospect for one that’s already established. I’m not talking Chris Sale or Carlos Quintana. There will be a team out there that has a guy going into the last year of his deal that they know they can’t afford. That’s the guy I’m talking about. Yu Darvish or Michael Pineda come to mind. Maybe Tyson Ross.
They’ll make a real run at Martin Prado. And I think they could make that happen early. Obviously that would determine what they could do with Adonis.
Frenchy is coming back. Almost a certainty.
And all that brings me to the topic of catcher, which I’ll post separately so as not to make this one Savannah Guy-esque.
Much has been made of a Braves / Brain McCann reunion. But it appears to me that more is being made of it outside Atlanta than inside Atlanta. Honestly, I don’t think they’ll go that route. The cost in terms of prospects and dollars is just too much for what you’d get back.
McCann does not really fit the mold of what Coppy wants to do. Yes he’d be a big splash, and maybe a feel good story for somebody. But his overall numbers have not been great, and your taking away his short porch in RF. Add that to the huge contract obligation remaining and it simply doesn’t add up for ATL.
As good a season as Wilson Ramos has had – and you can mark his 2016 campaign down among the best walk years in MLB – he’s never even approached this kind of productivity or health before. I picture him as stack of cash sitting in the training room. I don’t like it and don’t want it.
And Matt Wieters… well, I suppose maybe it could happen. But I don’t see it. If you sign Wieters, you have to make him the #1. And by all accounts, Flowers is not going to sit for 6 out of 7 games. And he shouldn’t.
Matt Wieters (2016) = 104 G, .244/.300/.392, w/ 12 HR, 53 RBI -> 162 G avg. 21 HR, 80 RBI
Tyler Flowers (2016) = .68 G, 269/.366/.427, w/ 7 HR, 29 RBI -> 162 G avg. 17 HR, 56 RBI
I don’t play on the WAR and fWAR playground. I don’t need to. I watch baseball. I can tell you that the upgrade from Flowers to Wieters is not worth the $$$ it will take to make it happen. Not when there are greater needs elsewhere (rotation). That said, I still can’t rule it out 100%.
Still, I’ll stick to my earlier prediction that they pass on Wieters and go for Alex Avila or Jason Castro. Either would make a very good pairing with Tyler Flowers. Both are 30-years old, both bat LH. Neither will break the bank, but either would provide production. I’d prefer Castro as his bat plays a little better, but I’ll take either. Castro could re-sign in HOU, especially if they have a successful playoff run.
And of course, I need to hedge this prediction against the possibility that Coppy could use some “capital” and make a trade for a guy not named McCann (unless it’s DET’s James McCann).
I suppose I should have mentioned AJP’s name up there somewhere. I hope he retires and takes a job in the Braves system as a manager. Wouldn’t that be awesome? Man… if they’d make him the manager at AAA Gwinnett I’d be as happy as a tornado in a trailer park.
47 Gil in Mechanicsville September 9, 2016 at 12:13 pm
“I’d be as happy as a tornado in a trailer park.”
Now that’s funny, I don’t care who you are… 🙂
While I like Mallex, I like Ender better. With Kemp now occupying the role of left fielder/right handed power bat. The need for 7 outfielders is quite diminished. I know Frenchy would like to come home but he will get fewer plate appearances than he may want. He would be more of a late inning defensive replacement for Kemp or a relief guy for a day off for Kemp or Markakis.
If the Braves trade Nick, that could change.
One must remember that Wieters plays in the AL. That will skew a home run total as much as playing in the Pacific Coast League.
Yes, Adonis poses a bit of a conundrum for the Braves. That said, he has increased his trade value quite a bit and takes some of the pressure to acquire a third baseman. I can live with a guy of Adonis’ caliber if the Braves can shore up their catching corps.
48 Vox O'Reason September 9, 2016 at 12:15 pm
If the Braves could sign Prado and Castro, their lineup would be:
1- Ender Inciarte, CF (L)
2- Martin Prado, 3B (R)
3- Freddie Freeman, 1B (L)
4- Matt Kemp, LF (R)
5- Nick Markakis, RF, (L)
6- Juan Castro / Tyler Flowers, C (R/L)
7- Jace Peterson, 2B (L)
8- Dansby Swanson, SS (R)
I believe that Ozzie’s injury will almost certainly cost him a ML job to start the 2017 season. Watch for him to start the year at AAA and be a mid-season callup.
If the Braves could sign Frenchy for the bench, it would be:
Castro / Flowers, C (R/L)
Frenchy, OF (R)
Chase d’Arnaud, IF/OF (R)
Rio Ruiz, IF/OF (L)
They’ll continue to go with a short bench due to its versatility.
If they could sign Hill and Hellickson, the rotation could be:
Julio Teheran (R)
Rich Hill (L)
Folty (R)
Jeremy Hellickson (R)
* Tyrell Jenkins or Aaron Blair (R)
And that leaves the bullpen…
As big a shambles as the bullpen has been this year, there will be a buttload of options going into 2017, not counting whomever they want to bring in over the offseason.
The closer will be decided between Mauricio Cabrera and Arodys Vizcaino, (with the outside chance that AJ Minter makes a run at it). And let’s not count out the possibility of Jim Johnson re-signing. I think ATL is a good fit for him, but other teams may be willing to pony up a few more $$.
The loser of the closer race will be a late inning setup man, along with one of Shae Simmons and Jose Ramirez.
Ian Krol should snag a LHRP spot. Paco Rodriguez, who should be fully recovered from his March TJ surgery will likely be on the team’s new extended recovery schedule. The Braves have now projected TJ return out to 18 months instead of 12, opting to go a slower route. Paco should open his year at AAA until he’s ready.
I see any of John Gant, Rob Whalen, Joel de la Cruz, or even WillyP as candidates for the long role. Other possibilities are Chris Ellis or Casey Kelly.
The key is locking in that closer role early. It establishes the rest of the order and eases the whole bullpen into their roles.
Dang! I somehow overlooked Matt Wisler for the 2017 rotation!! My apologies Matt.
Matt Wisler (R)
That actually looks like a real MLB rotation.
It also looks like a rotation that might save the bullpen some innings.
The more I look at Hellickson, the more I like him. He projects to pitch 194 innings this season, with a 3.90 ERA. He only strikes about about 6.8 batters per 9 IP, but he only walks 2.8 to counter it. His WHIP (Walks + Hits per IP) is just 1.193. The only Braves with a better one is Julio (1.027).
As for Rich Hill, his WHIP is 1.034, just behind Julio. But Hill’s IP don’t project as high, and while he strikes out a few more guys, he also walks more.
As much as I want a LHSP, I think I’ll take Hellickson over Hill.
Looking at this year’s FA class, starting pitching is pretty bleak. Hellickson could be the top of the heap. That’s a break for him in that he may receive more than his actually worth given the sparse market. That’s not good for the Braves, who will probably not engage in a bidding war for anyone.
My guess for the rotation at the start of 2017 is Teheran, Foltynewicz, Ivan Nova, Wisler and [Sean] Newcomb. You’ve got be encouraged by the improved control Newcomb showed late this season with Double-A Mississippi, and I included Nova because all former Yankees are now given the same treatment in Atlanta that former Braves used to be given in Kansas City.
I had not considered Newcomb, but I suppose he should at least be mentioned alongside Blair and Jenkins as candidates for the #5 spot. I think the #5 decision will be totally dependent on the ability of Coppy to bring in 2 veterans. Then again, I suppose Bowman’s projection kinda shows that… doesn’t it?
Bottom line is that Julio and Folty look to be locks, and Wisler is close. That leaves 2 openings to be filled from outside or inside.
#Braves Alblies had his fractured elbow placed in splint, will have surgery next week, expected to resume baseball activities in Jan.
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) September 9, 2016
Sums it up.
Statement regarding Ozzie Albies: pic.twitter.com/lUjpv1XiDx
Official word.
I think you might be right about Ozzie’s timeline. No need to rush a 19 year old to the bigs. A couple of months in Triple A will do him no harm and allow for him to transition back from his injury. The down side for him will be the atrophy he will experience with the immobilization but he is young and has time to rebound.
On Prado, he can still play second base too. I thought of him as a 2nd baseman if they decide to keep Adonis. Of course you don’t usually go big for a 2nd baseman.
I think spring training should be fun next year. Still lots of opportunities for guys looking to be on a big league team. I guess that is what surprised me about Tebow signing with the Mets.
We will just have to wait and see about that one won’t we?
I did not see Kelly Johnson’s name on your list Vee….
I don’t think the Braves need a complete roster shake up at this point. Just some shoring up. A deeper bench and starting pitching. Of course there are about 29 other teams which are thinking the same thing.
I also think Snit should get another year at the helm. He has done a pretty good job with the material he has been given to work with. I think the players respects him and that is a big plus.
The Braves have this afternoon announced their minor league system Pitchers / Players of the Year. They are…
AAA Gwinnett: Rob Wooten / Rio Ruiz
AA Mississippi: Rob Whalen / Dustin Peterson
A+ Carolina: Matt Withrow / Keith Curcio
A- Rome: Patrick Weigel / Austin Riley
Adv. Rookie Danville: Jhon Martinez / Ramon Osuna
Rookie Gulf Coast League: Kyle Muller / Anthony Concepcion
Dominican Summer League: Filyer Sanchez / Raysheandall Michel
also think Snit should get another year at the helm. He has done a pretty good job with the material he has been given to work with. I think the players respects him and that is a big plus.*
The players love him. The word is that he makes the effort to relate to each one of them personally. That is probably the thing that Bobby Cox did better than anyone else.
Maybe he can stick around a couple of years until AJP gets some minor league seasoning. 🙂
Corrective post:
also think Snit should get another year at the helm. He has done a pretty good job with the material he has been given to work with. I think the players respects him and that is a big plus.
Maybe he can stick around a couple of years until AJP gets some minor league seasoning. 😉
d'Arnaud had a wart removed from his foot. Won't be available for a few days. Castro recalled from Gwinnett. #Braves @680_The_Fan
— Kevin McAlpin (@KevinMcAlpin) September 9, 2016
Good for Castro. Not so good for Gwinnett as they forge ahead in the playoffs knotted 1-1 with Charlotte (Chisox). I suppose that Reid Brignac will take over at SS and Sean Kazmar will slide into 2B.
61 Gil in Mechanicsville September 10, 2016 at 8:47 am
Ah well, the Braves had em and let the Mutts off the hook. Cabrera definitely shows his youth and inexperience on occasion. The mis-played double play ball did not help him either.
I guess there is a very valid reason why the Bravos are 30 games under .500 this season.
So, the Braves win in 10 and AJ Pierzynski gave all the appearances of someone who had just played his last game in an Atlanta uniform. Honestly, I thought he had been traded with all the hugs going on in the dugout. I guess will will find out later today.
Pretty exciting game though. I thought John Gant showed great poise in not coming unglued in the first inning after having his defense desert him. It was ugly.
47,000 fannies in the seats tonight. Were there that many Chipper Jones bobble heads available? Nice to see that many Atlanta fans at the game. It was like old times. Big crowd, Braves beating the Mets…. Let’s keep it going folks.
Parting shots…. I’m was trying to figure out why A.J. would be retiring at this point but then it struck me that the Braves must want to add someone to the 40 man roster and needed room. Kind of sad really. The most hated man in baseball has grown on me the past two seasons. Who would have thunk it?
I hope he stays with the organization.
64 Carolina Lady September 11, 2016 at 4:18 am
LOL LOL LOL LOL
65 berigan2electricboogaloo September 11, 2016 at 9:01 am
I only just now got a chance to look at all the posts from Friday…whole lotta bloggin’ going on…
I am glad use guys like Snit too. I think F.G. did a pretty good job with the “talent” he had to work with, but he did make some decisions that could be 2nd guessed…don’t feel that happens as often with Snit. I just hope Coppy, et al don’t think cuz he is 60 that he’s just too old for the talent going forward and/or has to buy into VORP, fWAR, and other made up things that drain the fun out of the game….
Weird, AJ acted like AJ wasn’t retiring….missed the game, but from what Gil says, and others I read online, it sure looked like he was….
As for the 40 man roster…I still want to know how the Red Sox, Astros, Cubs can forever bring up phenoms (and therefore putting them on the 40 man ) yet they don’t seem to have to jettison decent talent to do this….gotta believe the braves are protecting guys that don’t need protecting….
gotta believe the braves are protecting guys that don’t need protecting….
It might seem that way.
67 Gil in Mechanicsville September 11, 2016 at 5:18 pm
PU! That was a stinker of a game. I’m thinking a lot of Atlantans were distracted by football today. Hopefully…
I am officially boycotting Pro football. Will stick with the semi-pro college game.
68 Vox O'Reason September 12, 2016 at 7:47 am
I think F.G. did a pretty good job with the “talent” he had to work with
On that we disagree. FrediG always had the look of a deer in the headlights to me.
VORP, fWAR, and other made up things that drain the fun out of the game
I think there are some measurements that can be a part of a fair measurement of results. I have become a fan of WHIP (walks + hits per inning) for a pitcher, and of OPS (on base % + slugging) for a hitter. But again, they are only one respective ingredient in a recipe. And both OBP and SLG are parts of the good ol’ slash line, so there’s that.
And it irks me that the sabrecats call RBI an antiquated stat. Last I checked, you have to score runs to win a game. But they don’t really look at games, do they? It’s only about the individual player’s “value”. Fairly symptomatic of society, but I digress.
AJP is now on the DL again with that hammy issue. Reports say he’s going home to FLA to be with his family and decide if he wants to be activated for the final week, and probably most specifically the last series in ATL.
This has all the appearances to me that the leg issues that have dogged him this season simply never completely let him play the way he wants or needs to. From the outside, one might assume that they got AJ into the training room, prepped him up for one final go at it, and let him catch one more game.
You make a good point that for the majority of his career he was looked upon as an abrasive character and someone that was very hard to get along with. Yet he has become quite beloved in ATL. I hope he can stay connected to the organization in some way. His home is in central FLA, near Lake Buena Vista, isn’t that far from ATL, and is very close to the team’s Spring Training facility and their rookie league team.
Of course, selfishly I’d like him to manage the AAA team in Gwinnett. Plus, he AAA team is struggling with attendance, and he’d be a bit of a selling point IMO.
V, in defense of FG, a bit… Adonis Garcia was so bad he was sent to the minors, and Inciarte was hitting .227 at the all star break, long after FG was gone…but, whatever..the team was worse then than now, and hopefully we have seen the worse play of this rebuilding team
AJ was like the dad this team never had, Fredi G was more like a mom I fear. Sometimes you need someone to tell you your faults so you can correct them instead of someone who gives you a hug and tells you everything is not your fault.
A team needs to have a strong hand at the helm. Their are exceptions but they are few.
Speaking of the AAA team’s attendance problem, one of the suggestions the team’s GM has made for addressing the issue is to change the name of the team. He feels that since the team is so closely located to the ATL club, the locals don’t separate the 2 entities. I think he could very well be right. (I don’t think that’s the whole problem, but I do agree with his logic.)
Anyway, they are assessing many possible solutions to the problem, and a name change is only one of them.
From the perspective of a fan, I’d love to see the team adopt its own identity. I think it would be really fun.
So for pure amusement, let’s come up with a few suggestions for the club.
How about the Gwinnett Gophers? Then they could keep that popular rodent mascot. No… probably not good for the psyche of the pitchers. And the mascot is a chipmunk anyway.
Gwinnett Choppers? (That’s the mascot’s name.) No… probably need to separate completely from the Braves identity.
Look…. there are team names like the Bananas and Chihuahuas and Iron Pigs and Biscuits.
There’s Wing Nuts, Nuts and Tin Caps.
We have Yard Goats, Isotopes and Flying Squirrels.
There are even Muck Dogs and Mudhens.
Surely we can find a new identity for our bums. (But not Beach Bums. That one’s already taken.)
If you wanted to go the historical route, you could call them the Gwinnett Buttons. Gwinnett County was named for Button Gwinnett, a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Then again, Gwinnett was killed in a duel, so maybe the implications are ominous.
If you wanted to be more representative of Gwinnett current events, you’d call them the Gwinnett Traffic Jams, or Gwinnett Creeps. OK, maybe not that last one.
Gwinnett County is the poster child of the excesses of suburban overgrowth. How about the Gwinnett Sprawls?
No. Maybe not.
The Gwinnett Gladiators is a great name. Unfortunately it’s already being used by a minor league hockey team.
While there aren’t any dog tracks (legal, anyway) in the state of Georgia, Gwinnett Greyhounds has a nice ring to it.
There is, however, a Greyhound bus station in nearby Norcross, in Gwinnett County. Maybe a corporate tie in?
Better make sure the team has some speed on it somewhere, though.
Upon further review, I can’t think of many things less fun than a long bus ride. Strike that one…
Gwinnett Fire Ants? Why not, there are plenty of them in Gwinnett County, although we certainly have our fair share 30 minutes NE of there, too.
I cede the floor…
Oh wait… I will cede the floor in just a minute. I would be remiss if I failed to mention that all 3 of the A- Rome Braves, AA Mississippi Braves and AAA Gwinnett Braves advanced to their respective League Championships.
And now I cede the floor…
well, if no one is watching the major league team, doesn’t it stand to reason fewer folks are going to watch the AAA team?
We heard the same thing when the Braves Triple A club was in Richmond. Truth is, a winning ball club is still the best promotion. Also being the only thing going in town. That said, when you finally realize that minor league ball clubs are simply a means to an end. You understand it is not about winning and losing in the minors, it is about development.
It would be like going to see auditions, over and over and over again. It’s why tickets are only $10 a pop for box seats. The fine folks in Gwinnett were sold a bill of goods in a manner of speaking. Minor league ball clubs are not known to be tourist attractions. They only attract families and friends of players and scouts.
Did y’all know the Braves offered to sign a 25 year lease and build a new ball park in Richmond in exchange for a tax exemption for a real estate development which would surround the ball park (sound familiar)? Hiz honor, the mayor said no, the Braves left town…. Still no revenue for said property because a slave museum is being built on the site…. but I digress… I do not shop, visit or otherwise do anything in Richmond other than drive through it to get somewhere else.
Now, back to possible mascot name… How about the Chattahoochee Catfish? The Georgia bloodhounds? The Coon dogs? or better yet, the Coon dawgs??? Of course if you are dead set on using the “G” hook, their is always the Gwinnett Grendels… yep, the real monsters of the midway…
Gwinnett Gridlocks. Deadly accurate.
Things we have learned about arenas, stadiums and ballparks.
Building one in a slum is not a good idea unless the entire slum is eradicated.
Would a municipality build a factory and then allow a company to use it for free?
Does anyone really want one built in their back yard?
If a new ballpark is so important for attendance, why is it that Wriggly Field and Fenway Park are so popular?
As for the Braves, I think it is a good move for them to leave Turner Field. The current leadership in Atlanta city hall does not view baseball as important to the city. Only football and basketball fill that bill.
To be honest, I do not feel any over whelming need to visit Atlanta proper for any reason other than to see the Braves and even that grew old the last time I was there.
86 Vox O'Reason September 12, 2016 at 11:17 am
Happy Birthday to Freddie Freeman (27) and Matt Wisler (24)!!
Nice piece by Bowman on AJP:
http://m.braves.mlb.com/news/article/200734702/braves-put-aj-pierzynski-on-disabled-list/
88 Vox O'Reason September 12, 2016 at 4:36 pm
Snit said Mallex Smith, Rio Ruiz and maybe a few others will come up once the Minor League playoffs end.
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) September 12, 2016
Looking forward to seeing Rio in ATL.
#Braves RHP Perez says he's still waiting for MRI results. Left game Sun. with diagnosis of R triceps impingement.
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) September 12, 2016
I have a bad gut feeling about this…
One final(ish) comment about A.J.;s departure… I guess he figured that if he was not going to play, he might as well watch the games from home.
I think he has been hobbled for most of the season. Just soldiered on. Recker has been a good addition to this team. He is no Buster Posey but he is light years beyond Corky Miller.
Just when you think you have seen it ll, Dansby out with a (groin contusion) from a errant throw back to the pitcher during warm ups after Folty was clocked by a line drive.
An errant throw leads Swanson to make an uncomfortable exit https://t.co/0o09wt5Vv3 pic.twitter.com/mOvpLnptdl
Ewwwwwwwwww…
And Ozzie thought his broken elbow was painful… That has to be one of the most star crossed moments in baseball history.
So, the Braves are 6-5 for the month of August. At least a good trajectory.
On a different note, I doubt Dansby will name his first born Tyler… A painful reminder that not all pitchers can catch. Not all catchers can throw…
Like the old joke, “Doc, leave the swelling, just take away the pain”…
Okay, enough cheap shots at Dansby’s expense. I’m pretty sure a lot of front office types were sweating last night…
And what of the Marlins’ comeback after being down 7-0. Folty needs to find that happy place where his fastball has life on it. That perfect speed where the ball will hop or cut at the last second. It’s fast but too flat. Something to work on in the off season methinks.
Matt Wisler returns to the mound tonight. Just in time too…
97 berigan2electricboogaloo September 13, 2016 at 10:28 am
I was thinking…I do that every once in awhile….remember a few weeks back when the braves said they would go with a youth movement in the rotation the rest of the season? I didn’t dream it, right? can’t find a story right now…anyway, if I didn’t dream this (not to brag, but I can really have boring dreams like that) …well, what grizzled vets were going to lose starts, anyways??? I keep seeing guys like Perez, Gant, De La Rosa, or whatever his name is…starting…and they ain’t gonna start next year unless there is an outbreak of TJ surgeries (parish the thought!) so…why waist roster spots on guys that aren’t going to be part of the 2017 picture?
One thought I had is that being September, the more likely prospects are so young, they are at innings limits…that would make sense….it’s just saying, going with the Youth movement that doesn’t make sense to me…if I didn’t dream the whole thing up…
Some minor items (pun intended) that we missed on Sunday:
After AJP was placed on the 15-day DL, the Braves brought up AAA 1B/C Blake Lalli, a 33-year-old career minor leaguer whose had a couple of previous “cups of coffee” in the majors with the Cubs (2012) and Brewers (2013).
Not sure why the Braves chose to do this, though. He’s not a legit prospect, and It’s not like he’s gonna get any real playing time. He’s played more games at 1B than C this year and throughout his career. And his addition to the 40-man roster meant someone else had to be released. That someone was P Wilfred Boscan.
I suppose they could simply be playing it safe and not want to get caught short in the unlikely event that both Flowers and Recker got hurt, especially with the expanded roster. But it seems a little bit unnecessary to me.
I wonder if 2 weeks of a ML minimum salary and increased meal per diem is worth missing the Governor’s Cup finals?
Yeah… probably.
I suppose the real winner is some cat named Reed Harper, a 25-year-old SS who spent most of the year in A+ Carolina (who missed the playoffs) before being bumped to AA Mississippi when Ozzie got hurt, and has now been bumped to AAA Gwinnett to fill Lalli’s roster spot, presumably since Daniel Castro was promoted to ATL after Chase d’Arnaud had a wart removed from his foot.
Man, that’s alot of moving parts!
And of course the real loser is Boscan, who went from getting ready for the AAA Championship series to looking at the Help Wanted ads.
99 Gil in Mechanicsville September 13, 2016 at 10:49 am
Man, that’s a lot of moving parts!
Or in d’Arnaud case, parts removal…
At this point in my life, even the grizzled veterans look like kids to me. 😦
If Gwinnett wins the cup, I guess they will still mail Boscan a ring… or not…
Things are still pretty exciting in the AL East. Four teams with a shot of making the play-offs. It only takes one good week to cement a spot and one bad one to lose it all.
I think the other two divisions are set. The Rangers own the Astros this year and that is the tale of the tape for the Stros.
The Angles are almost as sad as the Braves. Do you think Simba thought that possible when he was traded?
100 Vox O'Reason September 13, 2016 at 4:30 pm
#Braves Swanson saw doctor and was cleared to play, no damage down there.
Keep your eye on the ball, so to speak.
101 Vox O'Reason September 14, 2016 at 8:06 am
As Jim powell said so accurately last night on radio, “You don’t want to watch sausage being made, and you don’t want to watch young pitchers develop at the major league level.”
That was the “thinking” Matt Wisler last night. He’s at his best when he stops nibbling and simply trusts his pitches. He needed AJP to remind him of that.
Also, I am reminded again of why Tyler Flowers should be the backup catcher and not the #1. For one, he lacks that ability to be stern with his pitchers. Oh, he calls games and frames pitches just fine. But he needs to chew a butt now and then.
Second, he can’t throw out base-stealers. Maybe that’s the most condemning trait. He has thrown out just 2-52 this season (1 of those occurring just last night). That’s simply unacceptable from a guy getting the lion’s share of starts.
But Coppy addressed that again specifically yesterday…
Coppy took to the braves official twitter account to answer questions again yesterday. You can scroll down to see them here: https://twitter.com/Braves
I have, of course, read the entire discourse and came away with some very strong impressions.
First, he didn’t shy away from any questions, and some were brutal. And he is brutally honest. I like that… I just hope it doesn’t bite him back.
Second, it’s very clear what the expectations are for 2017. As he put it, they fully intend to compete and contend.
He once again said that they will go after 2 veteran starting pitchers and a starting catcher, either via FA or trade. And when asked if the acquisition of 2 pitchers would block young pitchers from advancing his statement was stark and telling: The time for opportunities is over. In 2017, you have to win a job. Period. And that’s for position players as well as pitchers.
He also mentioned that he would have more $$ to spend in FA than he has in 10 years. If you look at the committed dollars for 2017, and factor in reasonable raises for the arb guys, the team still looks to only have about $50M on the hook. (That’s by design, by the way. It’s the exact reason why Chris Johnson was traded for equal dollars. It was less about amount and more about length of contract.) That means they should be able to spend very freely.
One other highlight, and I’ll let you go check out the whole text yourself. He said that he has been very pleased with the work Snit has done, and lauded Snit’s accomplishment with this year’s team.
After reading the whole of his comments yesterday, in context, I think that out of 25 men on a roster, there may be only about a handful that you can say 100% will be on the squad when they open their new park.
Pen:
TFlow
That’s about it. 6 of 25. Less than 25%. And yes, he even stated that Dansby has to win his job. It’s not a given.
This promises to be maybe the wildest winter we’ve seen in a very long time.
Example of his honesty:
The first Hector Olivera trade. Feel like we remedied it with Matt Kemp and all he brings, but it still haunts me. https://t.co/8pgk2k6UVP
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) September 13, 2016
The question asked to him was: What do you look at as your biggest mistake with the Braves?
106 Gil in Mechanicsville September 14, 2016 at 8:36 am
John Hart was speaking with Chip & Joe last night and he indicated the organization was pretty happy whit a lot of the players currently in the pen. Ditto on his observation on the job Snit has done.
He seem to feel the addition of Kemp really solidified the team’s offense.
I have to agree on Tyler’s base throwing but a lot (not all) of the steals were on the pitchers.
107 Vox O'Reason September 14, 2016 at 10:22 am
Proudest husband and happiest father! Welcome to the world Grady Vito! 9/13/16 @Kelly_Recker pic.twitter.com/DMR6xS9hL0
— Anthony Recker (@Anthony_Recker) September 14, 2016
And now we know why the team felt it had to add Blake Lalli to the roster. Recker went home for a few days while his 2nd child was being born.
108 Gil in Mechanicsville September 14, 2016 at 10:25 am
Yes, the elephant in the room might just be Markakis… I think either way, the Braves would do okay but I don’t see anyone else in the system ready to fill his spot. Mallex is more of a centerfield type than a right fielder and a top of the order type player as opposed to an RBI guy. One has to admit, Markakis is a great RBI guy. I look for the Braves to hang onto him another season unless they suck at the beginning of the season, then they will flip him but other than for a catcher, I don’t see an up side to him being moved. He is not making all that much in salary as opposed to his replacement.
Then again, I don’t know how much a free agent pitcher will cost either. Won’t be cheap, that is for sure.
So, looks like starting pitching will be a big want next season.
Note to Braves… Don’t blame a young pitcher for getting flustered when an umpire has a mystery strike zone… Note to hitters, those balls on the edge of the plate are hittable pitches. Just because it’s a ball, does not mean the umpire will deem it so.
Freddie Freeman might soon join him on paternity leave.
Despite some growing pains, I look for Dansby to be a lock at shortstop next season. That leave second and third base as the available infield spots.
Ruiz might make an appearance at third next season but Adonis has made it tough on the brass to just replace him unless it is a big time third baseman. It is still some years off before a lot of the recently acquired youngsters make it to the show but by then, I expect Swanson to move to third base.
On the all Turner Field team… Only locks are catching Javy Lopez, Third base Chipper Jones, Center field Andruw Jones, shortstop Raphael Furcal.
First base is tough. Galarraga and McGriff over Freddie but I expect Freddie to take the spot because he is fresher in everyone’s mind.
Second base I go with Lempke over Marcus Gilles because Giles was on the juice… of course the same could be said maybe of Javy.
Right field? Dave Justice… Left field Ryan Klesko…
Right handed pitcher, Greg Maddux, Left handed pitcher Tom Glavine, reliever /closer John Smoltz.
Utility guy???? Prado or Infante? tough one there…
112 Vox O'Reason September 14, 2016 at 12:01 pm
It is still some years off before a lot of the recently acquired youngsters make it to the show but by then, I expect Swanson to move to third base.
Have to disagree there. Austin Riley is the guy many people point to as the most promising of the Braves crop of young hitters, and he’s a pure 3B. The 6’3″, 220 lb. 19-year-old is the first real home grown power hitter the Braves have developed since… when was the last one? And his athleticism keeps him on 3B. He’s prototypical there.
Riley has big time RH power already, and is probably only 2 more years (2019) away from forcing some decisions.
He slashed .271/.324/.479 w/ 20 HR and 80 RBI in 129 G at A- Rome this season, collecting 29 2B’s and 2 3B’s along the way. He’s a future cleanup hitter.
As is typical of a kid at his stage of development, he does strike out a bit too much right now. But the flip side is that scouts say he does have a good knowledge of the strike zone, just some “swing and miss” in his game that’s not unexpected of a developing power hitter.
Here’s a quote from his scouting report: The Braves haven’t produced many homegrown power hitters of late, but they feel Riley could eventually join the developed-from-within ranks of run-producing bats like Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones and Ryan Klesko.
That’s high cotton.
Here’s what I see…
I see the Braves filling some gaps via FA for the next 2-3 years – sorta like 1991-1992 and the additions of Sid Bream, Terry Pendleton and Greg Maddux – with the system beginning to fill in the gaps in 2019 and 2020. Guys like Riley, Dustin Peterson, Travis Demeritte, and Braxton Davidson, with Ronald Acuna and Kevin Maitan right on their heels.
The future really is pretty bright, and I haven’t even mentioned what many around the league refer to as the Braves’ “elite” crop of pitching prospects.
When your rotation has 4 first rounders, 3 teenagers, and a playoff ERA of 0.75 pic.twitter.com/kZT1cg5fr3
— The Notorious B.O.G. (@BravesOptions) September 14, 2016
Rome’s rotation through 5 playoff games (Soroka, Allard, Fried, Touki) looks like this: 3-1, 36.1IP, 28K, 4BB, 3ER, 0.75 ERA.
— courtesy of a Rome press guy
😂😂😂 Adonis Garcia making sure @Braves teammate Dansby Swanson is safe during the pitching change. Fantastic. #MLB pic.twitter.com/mMBoSv2KlW
— FOX Sports Southeast (@FOXSportsSE) September 14, 2016
Ha ha ha ha ha 😆
115 Gil in Mechanicsville September 14, 2016 at 4:27 pm
They showed that last night on the telecast… Pretty funny…
when was the last one?
Ryan Klesko, Javy Lopez and Dave Justice… They traded away Jermaine Dye… Been a while though…
Okay, but how long is Freddie Freeman going to stay with the Braves? He is going to command a pretty big payday when his current deal is up.
Freddie won’t get Giancarlo Stanton money but he will be in Boston/New York/Los Angeles territory.
He will get at least as much as Paul Goldschmidt. Similar stats.
Freddie had a bad start to the season but was working with a wrist injury no one knew about. With Kemp batting behind him, his career totals are going to improve more yet.
I’m pretty excited to see if Matt Kemp is going to show up in shape next spring. He could put up MVP type numbers if he does and the Braves keep Markakis to bat behind him.
Add another bat to the line up and the Braves could go from worst to first pretty quickly next year. It has been amazing how much difference Kemp has made in the short time he has been in Atlanta.
I expect the Braves will have another good draft next June. No big international signings because they pretty much went all in this past July. I think they will again target the best players available but having said that, the philosophy of trading pitching for hitting has been altered somewhat. Last night John Hart was saying most teams are hanging onto their good young hitters and not trading them for pitching. Said organizations were going to have to groom their own bats going forward.
how long is Freddie Freeman going to stay with the Braves?
He is signed through 2021, so he’ll be here a little while. The big raise comes next year.
Salaries:
2016: $12,359,375
By 2022, he’ll be 32 and looking for that one last big payday. Unless his career takes an unexpected turn, he can look for another 3-4 year deal before going year to year.
I think it will be interesting to see if the Braves try to move Enders from the lead off spot. As hot as he has been, I would not want to tinker with the current line up too much. Adonis is a moving part as is Tyler Flowers. Dansby might be tried in the two hole before the end of the season.
Still, when you are scoring 6 runs a game, you don’t really don’t want to mess with success too much.
Add another bat to the line up and the Braves could go from worst to first pretty quickly next year.
I agree, with a caveat. The offense has come together pretty well. I think they’ll add another bat at C, shore up the bench, and depending on the market, they’ll hold with Adonis for another year. It’s looking more like MIA will lock Prado down and not let him leave town. Same with Turner in LAD. Past those 2, I’d just as soon keep the inexpensive Adonis and redirect any money saved toward starting pitching. Maybe Ozzie joins the ranks; maybe not. Jace has been at least good enough, and should continue to do so until Ozzie is indeed ready.
But the starting pitching is really going to be the story of 2017… can it come together and allow us to win some games?
I think Coppy will be true to his word and bring in 2 veterans. Beyond that, Julio and Folty should remain. #5 is up for grabs.
So to a certain degree, the fortunes of the 2017 Braves will depend heavily on the ability of Coppy to either sign 1 or 2 very good FA pitchers, or trade for 1 or 2 very good pitchers. If that fails, then it could be a less than successful 2017 season.
But… he has surprised me many times in the last 2 years. And honestly, his track record in acquiring personnel is pretty good. If he says he’s gonna get us 2 good veteran pitchers, I think he will.
Must be tough trying to get by on such meager earnings… I did not realize he was signed through 2021. By then I might be out of baseball myself… 🙂
I’m happy to say I have not yet seen a single NFL game. I doubt they have missed me, I am not in their target audience, 18 – 35… You know, the age where you will spend $1500 on a set of custom wheels for a car with a book value of only $500…
I will watch college ball the same as basket ball. I have not seen a pro basketball game in years.
I’m getting pretty savvy when it comes to NASCAR too, I usually watch the first 10 laps and the last 50. The rest is just filler between beer commercials.
I think it will be interesting to see if the Braves try to move Enders from the lead off spot.
Based on what I’ve heard Coppy say on radio and in print, Ender Inciarte isn’t going anywhere. Mallex is another story. Great kid, but no place on this roster. He could be a nice piece in a trade for a pitcher, though.
I have not really looked at the pitchers who will be coming available in the free agent market, I can think of a couple who would likely be available for trade who would be strictly short term and salary dumps for some teams who are still a long ways away.
Funny, but I can see why the Johns were so frustrated with the Braves’ abysmal start this season. The only real change has been Matt Kemp. No one thought the Braves would be a contender but did we really think they would lose 100+ games?
I hope the Braves keep Snitker on for at least another year. While he might not be a sexy name but he knows how to manage a game and deal with players. No whispers about how he has lost the locker room like were saw with Fredi G.
I have not really looked at the pitchers who will be coming available in the free agent market
Well… it isn’t great. In fact, you can call it a down year for FA pitchers, especially starting pitchers. LAD’s Rich Hill is probably the top guy.
Who? I know… right?
There’s Rich Hill, PHI’s Jeremy Hellickson, and… well there’s those 2. It does kind of suck that the Braves finally have money to spend and no one to spend it on.
But you hit the nail on the head, Gil: I can think of a couple who would likely be available for trade who would be strictly short term and salary dumps
And that may be the way to do it.
Pay no attention to Josh Collmenter or Joe Wieland. Those 2 were brought in mainly because Folty can’t walk yet and WillyP can’t open a can of soda. In fact, if I understand their respective contract status’ correctly, Wieland is a FA at season’s end and Collmenter’s deal has a mutual option for 2017 at $2M ($150K buyout for the club).
Now that said, they could both come back and compete for a spot along with everybody else, but either way they are not the 2 starting pitchers Coppy keeps referring to.
So who might be available for a salary dump? Let’s start with starting pitchers who are FA’s in 2018.
There’s CHW’s Chris Sale. Alot has been said about him, but the Pale Hose aren’t the type of team to dump salary, and it’ll take a Shelbian deal to acquire him. I doubt that will happen. Plus, his deal contains team options for both 2018 and 2019. That’s alot of team leverage.
How about the Cubs’ Jake Arrieta? He’ll be there. He’s said publicly that he wants to get “g’d up”. He’s ready for the big payday. And he’ll get it… probably from Chicago. So he isn’t really relevant to this conversation.
Toronto has a couple of guys heading to FA in 2018 on big contracts now that might fit the scenario – Francisco Liriano and Marco Estrada. Neither is a top-of-the-rotation pitcher, though.
OK… so maybe this exercise isn’t as apparent as it would seem.
#Braves Snitker on Ramirez pitch high and in to Fernandez: “It just, I guess, got away from him.”
R-i-g-h-t. I snicker at Snitker. Old school baller.
I’m sure the Braves staff of crack analysts have been combing the bushes for two pitchers who could fill the bill both long and short term. The rub is, no one wants to give up pitching although I’ll bet Arizona would be willing to part with Shelby Miller. That’s a joke son… 🙂
On last night’s game… The bounce definitely went Miami’s way. Batted balls were ricocheting like crazy right to people.
I’ll bet Arizona would be willing to part with Shelby Miller.
I’d bet Dave Stewart would be willing to at least listen to 28 of the other 29 GM’s. Guess who wouldn’t be invited to the party?
In all seriousness, as I’ve said here in out corner of cyberspace, I would be quite happy to sign Jeremy Hellickson. He’s not flashy, but he’s solid, efficient and gives you a chance most nights. As with most modern pitchers, he averages right around 6 innings per start, and will likely finish 2016 between 180-190 IP. He’s not an ace, but would be a good #3.
3 yrs / $36M is probably the going rate. And given that the market really only has 2 other decent options (Rich Hill and Ivan Nova), he may get a 4th year as incentive.
Ivan Nova is an intriguing name too. Might have a higher ceiling if he can get with the right pitching coach. He’s also probably in that 3 yrs / $36M range.
So, think the Twins would be willing to part with Ervin Santana? He is making a ton of money but he could be considered damaged goods. Still, he paired well with Julio.
Jake Arrieta has found a home in Chicago. He won’t be leaving there until his arm falls off, which could be anytime given today’s game environment. Certainly no one really thought he would have the amount of success he has experienced this season.
The Braves need to have another success story like Javier Lopez. A proven innings eater who had never really been considered a front line kind of guy. What the team really needs is for the kids to understand they do not have to strike out 20 guys. It only runs up their pitch count.
Strikeout artist don’t usually get deep into games. Having starters who only pitch 5 or 6 inning can be really tough on your bullpen.
So, I guess we will just have to wait and see what rabbits pop out of the Coppy’s hat. I’m sure there will be names that make us go “who”??? I only hope they stay away from the Kawakomies of the world… No need to travel down that path.
We all want instant gratification but not at the expense of cleaning out the Braves farm like happened with Teixeira. Or worse, Lem Barker…. Oh the humanity… 🙂
132 Gil in Mechanicsville September 15, 2016 at 12:40 pm
Of course Dave Stewart might also be looking for a job too…
Very considerate of Freddie Freeman’s wife to have their baby on an off night, don’tcha think? 😉
BTW- regarding Josh Collmenter and Joe Wieland…
Since Wieland had been DFA’d from the Mariner’s 40-man roster, the Braves do not immediately have to add him theirs, so he’s almost certainly destined to be in Gwinnett’s bullpen as they play out their Governor’s Cup finals series.
Collmenter, on the other hand, will have to be added to ours which is currently full at 40.
Who loses their spot?
I’m guessing Joel de la Lose, er Cruz. He’s been awful and certainly does not factor into the Braves future plans. I doubt anyone would claim him on release waivers anyway, so he can simply be outrighted back to Gwinnett in 10 days if Coppy wants to keep him around.
Nothing like getting outrighted to a vacant lot… Pretty low risk trade, cash deal in both cases. Right now, I’m surprised the Braves haven’t had Buddy Carlyle done a jersey for an inning or two.
This is really a good opportunity to audition for a spot on next year’s team. Maybe the Braves’ coaches can spot a problem with Josh’s delivery. Considering what the D’backs did to Shelby Miller to mess him up, it’s possible.
don a jersey… then again, if he put one on, he most likely would be done…
So, the NFL has officially lost me as a fan/patron/supporter whatever… Because they don’t have the cajones to tell the mal contents to show a little respect and stand during the national anthem, they will just eliminate it from the pre game ceremony.
Be gone NFL… be gone… and take the NBA with you…
138 berigan2electricboogaloo September 15, 2016 at 11:05 pm
So, think the Twins would be willing to part with Ervin Santana?
No…the Gm there said when asked why they didn’t trade him at the deadline, he said, basically where was he going to get a pitcher as good as him, during the offseason?
That’s going to be the problem…as I have pointed out before, the reason the braves had to settle for Lowe and KK wasn’t because of money, the players didn’t want to come here, and with fewer players available as a Free agent starters, doesn’t it mean that the guys potentially available by trade ,that their teams are going to demand more for the ever rare “commodity”? ….so…what can the braves do about this? Frank Wren…did he screw something up? Wasn’t that the same offseaon Furcal reneged on the handshake deal? Or was it just a rough off season to try to need 2 starters???
Do “you” really want to sign 2 guys to 3-4 year contracts that have career 4 ERA’s?
Ok, Jeremy Hellickson is only 29…that’s good. 3.91 ERA for the career 3.76 ERA this year in Phllly, but the 3 seasons before…5.17, 4.52, 4.62(first 2 years in AL, 3rd year in AZ) now…since many think Ramos is a dangerous signing in his walk year after being injured and not that great a hitter til this year, what about Hellickson? Will he be better than say, Matt Wisler? Hellickson feels like an innings eater, but in reality he is averaging less than 6 innings a start…still might be an improvement . Of course, pitchers will go down, you can’t have enough of them, can you??? Hey, lets trade for a young stud starter. a Guy that had 3 straight seasons of an era of 3.74 or lower…for 3 straight seasons at least 170 + innings, topping out at 205 and only 24! I mean, looking back, why wouldn’t you make that deal? Perhaps you don’t give up 2 #1 guys…but wouldn’t you if say you were set at 2nd and ss??? It would be beyond stupid for the Diamondbacks to sell low on him right now…still only 25.
It’s just bad timing, this being the offseason….if was Coppy, I’d keep my powder dry til later in the year….or the next off season(then again, there may be no one then as well…of course he is under pressure to put a more competitive team on the field, especially for the new stadium. You can’t tell me this team isn’t bleeding money…no one is at the games. They say 18,000 when it looks like 5000. I know, season ticket holders too…well, find it hard to believe there are over 10,000 of them…
I have had to stop and start this so many times…points forgotten, new ones thought up…anywho…braves have to have a plan B, cuz a team with the 2nd worst record in baseball is not going to have an easy road to signing one of the 3-4 guys out there when teams like the Red Sox, Yankees, Dodgers, etc can ante up the moola AND a chance to compete in 2017…the braves can claim they are going compete, and they may very well do so, but players will have to see it to believe it…
ok, this will put this post beyond Savannah guy territory….and I had to leave it alone for several hours….
I think the braves should trade for 1 really good guy, then try to get a F.A. that isn’t all that likely to be gettable….but they can try…Julio T, Wisler, Follty, Traded for guy and 5th starter from within doesn’t sound too bad…
Of course, you would have to trade both Nick M and Inciarte …what??? Inciarte??? You can’t trade him…did you see what I dug up from the All-Star break? His average? .227…remember how the braves couldn’t even trade him at the trade deadline cuz he, you know…sucked? Is he going to be much better than Mallex? Are teams going to give much for Mallex after hitting .237 this year? I Know he’s a kid, but still basically unproven…interesting to compare to Ender….Mallex 3 Hrs 21 RBI’s 14 steals in 169 AB’s. Ender (easier for me to type) 3 Hr’s 27 RBI’s, 15 steals in 465 AB’s…great defender, no doubt…but you gotta trade to get better, right?
And just as in the draft, you have to go where the surplus is…trade Nick M, and Ender, either in same deal, or separate ones, and get 1 of the 2 starters needed…then go for 1 of the 2 Blue Jay outfielders via free agency….Juan Encarnacion would be great. Can you imagine a 1 to 6 lineup of Mallex,, Swanson , FF, Encarnacion Kemp, and Garcia? That and some average starting, can at least aim for .500 (after a 100 game loss season is very good) and a lot of teams do compete for W.C. games that are .500 or slightly better.
So much to address… where to begin..?
That’s going to be the problem…as I have pointed out before, the reason the braves had to settle for Lowe and KK wasn’t because of money, the players didn’t want to come here
I have to disagree here. I believe that is a great misconception. First, money always talks. If you have enough of it, you can buy anyone. The problem in 2008 was that Frank Wren talked as if the Braves were going shopping at Saks, and they ended up in WalMart. The top pitcher signed in FA that year was CC Sabathia to the Yankees for 7yrs / $161M. His signing with NYY was a foregone conclusion. Frank talked as if he was going to sign A.J. Burnett, and the press bought in wholeheartedly. In fact, at one point, they even talked as if it were about to happen. The reality was that they never made an offer close to the 5yrs / $82.5M he got with NYY. Why? Because Wren would not go a 5th year on Burnett. For those 5 years, Burnett produced ERA’s of 4.04, 5.26, and 5.15 for NYY before being traded to the Pirates where he rebounded with a 3.51 revival and 3.30 in his contract year.
Even if Frank had been willing to go there, we’d have grilled him for the first 3 years and considered it a bad signing. And it would have been.
And for all of the odd negativity surrounding Derek Lowe (4 yrs / $60M), his first 2 years here gave us ERA’s of 4.67 and 4.00, with W-L totals 15-10 and 16-11 along with IP totals of 194.2 and 193.2 respectively before age began to catch up with him in 2011. And to be brutally honest, those teams were mediocre and living off the coattails of the “glory years”.
How much would we pay for a 15 game winner and 190 IP now? If Frank was guilty of overpaying, it was in length of contract, not $$. And I am not in the habit of defending Frank Wren.
I don’t think they “settled” for Lowe so much as they targeted Lowe as the best of the 2nd tier pitchers. And they were probably right. The next guys down were Oliver Perez and Jamie Moyer, who was already drawing Social Security when he re-signed with PHI.
And there is no defending Kenshin Kawakami. They simply whiffed on that one. And if it’s necessary to pin blame, pin it squarely on Frank for running off all the good scouts. Somebody actually said KK would be a good MLB pitcher. That somebody should have been fired. KK did have a nice car collection, though. How many other people were driving around a Lamborghini in Pearl, MS?
So technically, if you want to say players didn’t want to come here because Frank wasn’t willing to give them the $$ they were demanding, then you are right that Sabathia and Burnett did not. But MLB players will always take the most $$. Always. (Heck,if they don’t, they get raked over the coals by the MLBPA.)
The only thing that will prevent Coppy from signing a top FA pitcher this year – of which the pool is agreeably shallow – will be a lack of willingness to outbid another team.
And the other thing we do agree on is the strategy of signing one and trading for one. I believe it is the best route, and I believe it is what they’ll do. And I believe we probably have no idea where that trade may come from.
The top 3 pitchers available via FA:
LH Rich Hill (36) – 12-4, 2.06 ERA, 100.1 IP, 0.957 WHIP.
Those numbers are split between OAK and LAD. And believe it or not, that’s his highest IP total since he pitched 195.0 for CHC in 2007. It’s also the only other time he’s pitched over 100 innings. He’s been limited again this year due to injuries. Given his age and career numbers, I wouldn’t even make a call that direction.
RH Jeremy Hellickson (29) – 11-9, 3.76 ERA, 172.1 IP, 1.184 WHIP. His 2016 numbers are pretty consistent with his career numbers. What makes him attractive is that he averages only 2.2 walks per 9 IP. Scouts like him because he has a simple repeatable throwing motion that doesn’t put too much stress on his arm. He’ll never be a #1, but he’s a solid #3. For a team that has a #1, a possible #2 and a collection of #5’s and wannabes, a good solid veteran #3 could be a great steadyng force.
RH Ivan Nova (29) – 12-6, 4.03 ERA, 149.2 IP, 1.209 WHIP. He was picked up by PIT at the deadline from NYY and has won 5 of 8 starts with a 2.41 ERA and 0.936 WHIP in yellow and black. Nova made 6 relief appearances in April for the Yankees which affected his IP total. His problem in NY was giving up the HR, of which 19 left that tiny park. He’s only given up 4 with the Bucs. He was considered a project when he came over, but has been their best pitcher since. He has also walked just 0.5 per 9 IP for them. That’s microscopic.
To me, either Hellickson or Nova would fit here. Perhaps Nova has a higher ceiling than Hellickson. But the flip side is that you know exactly what you get with Hellickson… the proverbial “higher floor”. Each will probably get about the same amount – 3 yrs / $36M. It may take adding a 4th to land a deal. But a good consistent #3 pitcher could go a long way toward stabilizing an otherwise unstable rotation.
Past those 3 names, the pickings really drop off. And I mean really drop off. Not even worth mentioning. Andrew Cashner is the only one with any pedigree, but he’s battling shoulder issues. No way I’d cast a glance his direction.
Are teams going to give much for Mallex after hitting .237 this year?
Not by himself. But as part of a deal involving one of the prized arms? Yes. He’s actually very attractive as a capable CF, a base-stealer and a leadoff hitter, all rare commodities. And he’s cheap for a number of years. That may be his most attractive quality.
I could see the Braves trading 1 of their 4 OF, but not 2. And I think Mallex is the guy to go for the above stated reasons, and for the fact that what we’re getting now from Nick for the money he’s still due is not a bad deal ($11M per season for 2 more). Markakis has slashed .297/.359/.473 w/ 11 HR’s, 20 2B’s, and 47 RBI’s in 300 AB’s over past 78 games. .359 OBP! That’s the Nick Markakis we hoped for when we signed him. Now that we have him, why trade him? He’s the perfect 2 year bridge to Dustin Peterson.
This is roughly the path I see Coppy taking in the offseason…
He will sign a FA starting pitcher. Who? You can never tell with this bunch, but the one thing I can trust in is that the scouting dept. is back to being top notch. If they give a thumbs up on a guy, I’ll accept it.
He will sign C Matt Wieters. I’ve flip-flopped on this one, but from the things I’ve read recently, he doesn’t want a compliment to Flowers, he wants a primary starter. That’s either Wilson Ramos or Matt Wieters via FA. Wieters seems like a natural fit to me.
He will address the bench, with Frenchy signing his deal on day 1 of FA. Rio Ruiz could very make the team as the LH, and should. He has made great strides this year at AAA and his time is now.
So speaking of Ruiz, I think Adonis will remain, and that those 2 could work in a loose platoon. That helps the bench as well. There is a caveat here, though. Either Adonis or Rio could find their names in…
… a trade for a 2nd starting pitcher. I am not going to begin to speculate on who, though. This front office staff works in mysterious ways. Finding a #3 or #4 pitcher won’t be a prohibitive task. Finding a #2 or #1 will. This is gonna be a fun winter.
That’s the heavy lifting.
So here’s how I see 2017 unfolding…
FA signee (3 yrs / $36M)
Trade acquisition
Wisler/Jenkins/Gant/Whalen
CL Vizzy
SU Shae Simmons
SU Mauricio
LH Ian Krol
LH Paco Rodriguez
2 more of Wisler/Jenkins/Gant/Whalen/Ramirez/Withrow/Marksberry, etc.
Ender, CF (L)
Dansby, SS (R)
Freddie, 1B (L)
Kemp, LF (R)
Markakis, RF (L)
Matt Wieters, C (S) (3 yrs / $45M)
Adonis/Rio (R/L)
Jace (L) — caveat: Ozzie will be up at some point, likely June
TFlow, BUC (R)
Frenchy, OF (R) (1 yr / $2M)
Adonis/Rio, IF (R/L)
Chase d’Arnaud or Daniel Castro, IF/OF (R)
Signee or acquisition, IF/OF (L or S)
They can do this and still keep the payroll around $100M. The emergence of Adonis this year has made 3B a much lesser priority. Plus, the offense has not been the problem since Kemp was acquired. Pitching has, most specifically starting pitching. That’s where Coppy will direct his resources, and rightfully so. I don’t see another “worst to first” year. But I believe that lineup, with a quality rotation, could contend for a Wild Card in 2017 barring major injuries and with a few bounces going their way.
Coppy said it himself. The time for “opportunity” is done. It’s now time to win a job or don’t. That will bear out all over the roster.
So, let’s take a little inventory shall we? Here is a list of teams who have an excess of major league pitching… chirp…chirp…chirp… Yep, that’s right, 0 out of 30…
It’s why teams like to trade for kids who are close. I fear the Braves will be lucky to gain one additional arm for next season unless they make a trade for a guy who is a short timer.
Why else would the Braves actually get a return for a couple of retreads like Lucas Harrell and Bud Norris, both of whom finally broke down. The were the proverbial used cars who the Braves had filled the differential with sawdust to cover the defects.
I think the Braves will be better next season if only because of the addition of Matt Kemp. While Markakis will be dangled, I would be hesitant to trade him because he is a clutch RBI guy. His power is returning but his time in rehab is done now. He is finally worth what his contract calls for.
If the Braves can continue to score runs at a 5.7 per game, their record will greatly improve. The problem now is the pen is worn out. That is the fault of too many short outings by the young starters.
So, getting back to the Braves’ Way… Keep your core and bring in fresh legs every season and add at least one rookie to the line up to replace guys who have roostered out and have become too expensive.
So, where are the available roster spots in 2017 other than pitching? 2nd base, 3rd base and catching with catching being the number one for me.
What we do know is the Ted Simmons and Johnny Benches don’t grow on trees. I would be open to bring back Brian McCann as a left handed platoon player if the Yankees were willing to face reality and know he is not worth the money they are paying him. No team is that desperate to give up top prospects plus pay his salary too.
Congrats are due to Freddie Freeman and wife Chelsea on the birth of their baby boy!
Our first picture as a family of three!!! 24+ hours of labor, epidural at 8-9cm dilated and 3 hours of intense pushing in every position possible and this little guy wouldn't flip (he was sunny side up) or budge past my pelvic bones. Ended up in c-section after exhausting every other option. Not how I wanted my labor to go, but he is healthy and perfect!! So smitten by this guy. ❤️👶🏼
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Congrats to the Mississippi Braves for being this year’s runners up in the Southern League Championship. Quite a season for the AA squad. The emergence of guys like Dustin Peterson and Patrick Weigel make this season a success regardless of the outcome.
AAA Gwinnett is down 2-1 in the Governor’s Cup series and have to win out to take it all. Again, quite an accomplishment for a team that struggled to stay .500 much of the season, and had so many players shuttling back and forth between Buford and Atlanta. Late season improvement is a great measuring stick for the next season.
The A- Rome Braves, however are up 2-1 lead in the South Atlantic League Championship Series. That rotation…
That’s the group everyone needs to keep their eyes on. Oy!
Touki Toussaint, Max Fried, Mike Soroka, and Kolby Allard… all 1st rounders. That rotation through the playoffs looks like this: 3-1, 36.1 IP, 28 K’s, 4 BB’s, 3 ER, 0.75 ERA. Flippin’ ridiculous numbers.
Watch this curve from Touki:
Touki and his friend, Uncle Charlie. @BravesReddit @BravesMILB pic.twitter.com/8Pe1O72fBK
— K26dp (@K26dp) September 14, 2016
And they say that Fried’s is better… the best in the organization.
It backs up my earlier statement that acquiring a couple of veteran pitchers on 3 year deals is all we need. Add this group to Sean Newcomb and you really have something special.
Now, if only their arms can stay healthy. It’s incredible of how many kids futures depend upon one little sliver of tissue connecting muscle to bone. SIGH! Keep it healthy guys.
Reminder… we have to have at least one roster move before Josh Collmenter (most likely) or Joe Wieland (less likely) can be added to the 40-man roster. As of today, there is still no starter announced for tomorrow’s start against WAS.
There’s no real reason to do anything before tomorrow’s 1:05pm start, with an announcement likely following tonight’s tilt.
I look for 1 of 2 guys to be DFA’d:
Joel de la Cruz, because he isn’t contributing much and is almost a lock to pass through release waivers with nary a sniff. Pretty sure he’s given up at least 1 run in every relief appearance he’s made.
Blake Lalli, because both Anthony Recker and Freddie Freeman will back to the squad, and he too is likely to pass through release waivers without being claimed, although given his ability to catch he carries at least a chance.
Another reason to jettison de la Cruz and keep Lalli is that once the Gwinnett playoffs are completed, we’ll see Tyrell Jenkins and Aaron Blair back in ATL. Probably Rio, too, making his ML debut. Although that will require another 40-man adjustment. (He would need to be added anyway after the season for Rule 5 protection, but that’s another topic for another time.) If they choose to bring up Rio, that would almost certainly spell doom for Lalli.
Teaser for another time: The whole Rule 5 thing will get very dicey once the season is completed. The rules are convoluted, but essentially we’ll need to add about 4-5 of the older prospects to the 40-man or risk losing them. The trick comes in that in-season, guys on the 60-day-DL don’t count against the 40. But once the season is complete, they automatically go back on.
The list of 60 day guys are:
OF Mallex Smith
LSHP Jesse Biddle
LHRP Andrew McKirahan
LHRP EOF
LHRP Paco Rodriguez
RHRP Dan Winkler
EOF is a goner, but the others are not. So you are looking at 5 spots right there alone.
Also, the team will part ways with AJP (retirement) and Beckham (FA), and probably Recker (Rule 55 FA). I could see them also choosing not to re-sign Chaz Roe and Brandon Snyder, and possibly non-tendering Chase d’Arnaud.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. That’s a topic better suited to the end of the season when the real speculation can begin.
Gwinnett’s last possible game is Saturday, when Collmenter or Wieland will make their emergency start in Atlanta vs. WAS. Blair is already penciled into that spot in the rotation for it’s final 2 turns in Miami and back home against DET. There is still another hole for next Thursday, which rotates around 2 more times including the season finale.
Now that AA Mississippi’s season is done, I wonder if Mallex will continue his “rehab assignment” in AAA Gwinnett? Why not?
Number of pitchers per year to throw at least 200 pitches 95 MPH+
— Daren Willman (@darenw) September 16, 2016
And there is your direct causation to the overwhelming increase in elbow injuries.
157 berigan2electricboogaloo September 16, 2016 at 1:26 pm
I think AJ Burnett, like Furcal, played the braves (and Wren) like a cheap fiddle…IIRC, after getting the offers increased, then we heard that his wife didn’t like to fly, and he needed her to be able to be within a “reasonable” limo drive from their home to the ballpark…or some sort of….crud…
My point is, if you put all your eggs in one basket (no deplorables jokes please 😉 ) you are likely to be burned….or have your plans scrambled…hey, I’m tired…had to be up early for A/C guy (and couldn’t sleep well in a hot house)
I think Mr V, you are a tad , just a tad cynical 😛 Players don’t always accept the most money…Borass clients? Yep…. but there are guys that would rather win…Ben Zobrist and JHey both had better deals I believe, but signed with the Cubs cuz…winning rules…
So, that will be a challenge. But, we do have a lot of chips, perhaps lower down than some teams want…but still blue chips.
Thing is, Coppy has found what I was saying months ago…no one seems to want to trade (young) hitters away, which seems so weird….so if you need to improve a team, via trades, it’s mainly going to be via pitching, which, as Gil said, no team seems to have a surplus of right now…
so, do you give up prospects , blue chippers even, for for an innings eater? Give up the next Wainwright for a #3 so the team is a .500 team next year? Coppy and company have a tough job ahead…no doubt.
V, I think you have convinced me that we shouldn’t trade Nick M…he has been better of late. One thing though, his is only signed for next year, right? Might be one reason to trade him…don’t know…
And then there’s that…
OF Mallex Smith with rejoin #Braves today after Double-A Mississippi was eliminted from playoffs. He's been out since broken thumb June 19
One thing though, his is only signed for next year, right?
2 more years (2017-2018) at $11M per year.
If I had it my way, we’d keep Kemp, Inciarte, Kakes, and Mallex as the #4, getting to play occasionally to spell the others and keep everybody fresh through September. That would be ideal, and certainly preferred.
But if a trade is to happen, he may be in demand. Actually, Ender will be in demand, but Mallex may be what’s settled upon.
Still no Freddie. He’s earned a day or 2 off.
just saw this post…of course they have to act like Kemp has made no difference with the braves cuz…that’s what the experts do… http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/09/poll-the-braves-outfield.html
Yeah. I saw that.
Some have suggested that Kemp’s presence has bolstered the production of Markakis and Freddie Freeman. However, as noted above, Markakis’ production is more a continuation of his June/July surge than something that could be directly attributable to Kemp’s presence in the lineup. Freeman, meanwhile, was already having a strong season and was entering a hot streak in the days leading up to Kemp’s acquisition.
#Braves Moving Their Advanced-A Team to @BCManatees in Kissimmee, Florida. Statement: pic.twitter.com/QJzqcubtGq
Mudcats to Manatees. I like it!! 😀
So, with the A+ team moving to Kissimmee and playing in the Florida State League, seems like a perfect landing spot for a newly retired aspiring manager whose home is only about a half hour from there, to get his feet wet.
Ahem… AJ?
At least the bus rides are shorter.
Sadly, the John Gant experiment may be coming to an end. Weber’s stock took off however. And what of Matt Kemp? Impressing the home crowd by laying out to catch a sinking liner… 30 games under 500 and still playing like it means something.
1:00 o’clock game today.
Waiting for my son in law to show up this AM… Sold him my Lexus… I hope he appreciates it. Ahh. the fleet is dwindling… 🙂
So, Coppy reaches into his magic hat and pulls out Josh Collmenter. Amazing, 5 innings of dipsydoddle pitching and 8 strike outs and only two dingers given up to this years version of Pruig, Trae Turner who is 7 for 8 against the Braves in this series.
No, he wasn’t Greg Maddux but he wasn’t Mike Minor either. Maybe the Braves will only have to find one additional vet for next season. You never know…
So much packed into this weekend… where to begin?
Begin at the beginning… 🙂
I’ll start with something that may have been overlooked with all the other comings and goings.
The Braves transferred AJP from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL, eliminating any chance of him returning at season’s and, and essentially capping his career. Maybe not a HOF career, but he sure did put up some very good career numbers for a catcher. He has my highest respect.
P’s Matt Marksberry (rotator cuff inflammation) and Rob Whalen (shoulder fatigue) were also 60’d, and together the 3 moves opened the necessary 40-man spots to accommodate Josh Collmenter, Rio Ruiz and surprise callup Emilio Bonifacio.
I agree with Gil that Collmenter gave us 5 tough innings on Saturday, and should have earned another start in the process.
Collmenter proved that you don’t have to blow batters away to get them out. Nothing he threw was straight, and every pitch seemed to have it’s own unique movement. And coming from straight over the top, and I mean 12 o’clock high, that has to be tough to pick up. If the guy could harness his command, he could be a really tough middle of the rotation pitcher. Maybe he’ll get a couple more auditions before season’s end. It wouldn’t be the first successful reclamation project on Roger’s résumé.
What was fun was listening to the gNats announcers stun disbelief that the Braves beat their team… Twice!
I thought Wisler was masterful yesterday. He has learned that strike outs (though sexy and great for Draft King points) are a lot less effective than ground balls hit at people because it leads to quick innings and low pitch counts…. Yes, going up right before our eyes…
Now having said that… I sure would like to have that Trea Turner kid on out team. I would take him over Harper every day…
and growing up too…
Even in the middle of a major rebuild, is the top of the Braves lineup in need of anything?
1-5 you have Inciarte, Garcia, Freeman, Kemp, and Markakis. I’m not sure how I would ever find comparable top 5’s, but I cant imagine another group being as productive as these guys have been, outside of Chicago’s north side maybe.
And overall, the offense has been among the best in baseball post-ASB, being #1 in OBP, and tied for 1st in AVG. From August into September the Braves offense is in the top 10 in all of MLB in almost every category that matters.
If you consider Coppy’s plan, add another bat at C, and bring up Ozzie midway through, and the offense is ready to contend.
Now pitching is another story, but wasn’t the major question this season where we were going to find offense? IMO, we have the offense and some young guys in the system to begin supplementing in a couple more years.
Much is made of the “Mile High” city of Denver and the thin air but people forget that Phoenix fits that description too. No wonder their pitchers struggle a bit.
Collmenter might not be a front line pitcher but he could well fill a need for the Braves. give him a go I say. One thing he will need is some guys behind him who can catch the ball…
Trae Turner… 5-tool star. Yep, he’s a good’un.
And maybe… just maybe his arrival will cause Nats mgt. to consider allowing Harper to leave via FA in 2018. Alot of people hate him. I’d take him on my team in a heartbeat.
I think we all must agree that Matt Kemp is the proverbial “big right handed bat” the Braves have been seeking for years. Now, it’s just fine tuning the rest of the line up with role guys and pitching… It’s always pitching isn’t it?
The Braves already have some solid bull pen guys but they have been overworked at time which makes them appear less effective. Having starters who can get you into the eighth inning instead of the sixth can sure lessen the fatigue experience by guys like Cabrea and Hernadez.
One more thing of note then I must begin my workday…
Scott Boras is flying to BAL this week to begin contract extension talks regarding Matt Wieters.
Dan Connolly, BaltmoreBaseball.com: Without getting into specific money or contract length, Boras said he believes there is a mutual interest between the team and their veteran catcher to continue the relationship that began when the club selected Wieters with the fifth overall pick of the 2007 draft.
When was the last time a Boras client was advised NOT to go into FA? And given the relatively thin catching market, he ought to garner a top deal.
Gotta say.. it’s kind of a red flag for me. Makes no sense unless they know something nobody else does, and that would make me really nervous as a GM kicking the tires.
But for argument’s sake, let’s say that Wieters comes off the board, leaving Wilson Ramos as the easy #1 on the market, with Jason Castro suddenly the #2. His price goes up dramatically. It really changes the landscape of FA catchers.
Regardless, the market is not great, and if Wieters exits it becomes significantly weaker. It might actually force the Braves to engage in meaningful talks with NYY regarding Brian McCann. Not preferable.
Harper will end up with the Yankees. It has been his goal from day one. It just happened that the gnats had the first round pick when he was drafted. The Nationals are deep but one must remember, it was mostly ex Braves scouts who helped build their farm system.
Yep, starting pitching, and the acquiring of, is the real offseason story. That’s the linchpin to having a successful 2017 campaign.
Ryan Cothran at Tomahawk Take makes a couple of good points…
#1, as we have discussed ad nauseum, the 2017 FA crop is really thin. It figures that the year that the Braves are once again poised to spend some FA $$ to shore up some positions, the market is down in all across the board.
#2, as bad as this year’s FA crop is, next year’s is loaded. Or as Cothran puts it, “frickin’ LOADED“.
Here is his suggestion, and is isn’t too far off from ours, although the names he mentions are new:
If I were given this scenario and I had to pick between these 2 scenarios *[free agency or trade], I’d go with 1 of each. Don’t lay into me too hard:*
1. Sign Clay Buchholz to a 1-year incentive-laden deal. It wasn’t too long ago that Buchholz was a top-5 consensus prospect in the Major Leagues. He’s had years of pure dominance and years of pure vomit. He seems like the perfect candidate for Roger to fix, and Roger has been really good at resurrecting careers (assuming Roger is asked to stay, which isn’t a lock given the pitching issues this season). Buchholz is also from the south and went to the same college as Jace Peterson, McNeese State University in Louisiana.
2. Trade Nick Markakis for Francisco Liriano. The Blue Jays acquired Liriano from the Pirates at the deadline and he hasn’t pitched that poorly for them (4.09 ERA through 7 games), but they have a problem staring them in the face in the form of free agency. As of now, Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, and Michael Saunders, all huge bats, are free agents in 2017. It’s been well-documented that the Jays cannot keep both Bautista and Encarnacion, and I’d be willing to infer that Saunders walks as well. Their payroll commitment for 2017 already accounts for $107MM without those 3, leaving them less than $30MM to fill numerous vacancies. A lateral move for a RFer seems wise.
Now the Liriano mention really intrigues me. Not so sure about Buchholz. If I’m gonna watch a guy struggle throughout the year, I’d just as soon let it be one of our youngsters. That said, the point is taken that he has been very good at times. Maybe he simply needs a change of scenery and a new voice in his ear.
Regardless of who is actually available and who is actually on the Braves’ radar, we all know that starting pitching has to be Coppy’s laser focus this offseason.
1-5 you have Inciarte, Garcia, Freeman, Kemp, and Markakis. I’m not sure how I would ever find comparable top 5’s
That kid Swanson ain’t so bad either.
That leaves catching and 2nd base and Jace keeps getting better. Not an everyday name but he has made the most of his opportunities.
McCann?? The Yankees will pay for Brian to leave town and the Braves can use him if the price is not too high. Platoon him with Flowers and it could work. I would not over pay however and I don’t think Coppy will.
Remember #Braves rookies, there's no crying in baseball! #DressUpDay pic.twitter.com/n4R0mNJ1RL
No. Words.
185 berigan2electricboogaloo September 19, 2016 at 11:39 am
They showed the other day the clip of Jose Fernandez after he hit a homer, and showboated a bit…and McCann gave him the what for…and that reminds one of him standing right in front of home plate after Carlos Gomez hit a dinger and really showboated…he is a leader….and I don’t know who on the current team is a leader type. Nick M? seems quiet to me. FF as well…..Has Kemp ever been labeled a leader? I honestly don’t know….You need leader type players, along with production…
And when you consider that your rookie hazing picture contains 15 players – 15 players – you might want to add some veteran presence.
If Wieters signs as extension before hitting the open market, then I view Jason Castro as the only really viable FA option. And his asking price will escalate accordingly as well. Given that HOU doesn’t have any realistic options in their pipeline, they will work very hard to keep Castro in the fold. Coppy better be talking to some GM somewhere, whether Brian Cashman in NY or not.
If Wieters signs as extension before hitting the open market, then I view Jason Castro as the only really viable FA option.
Man, the catching cupboards are bare! 2014, .222 BA, 2015, .211, this year…. .213. good grief….
Man, the catching cupboards are bare! 2014, .222 BA, 2015, .211, this year…. .213. good grief…
Yes, but rated one of the best pitch framers in the game. And with a young pitching staff, the defensive side of the catcher’s game has to be as much a priority as his bat.
Just as importantly, he has thrown out 11 of 39 would be base stealers, a 22% clip.
By contrast, Tyler Flowers has caught 2 of 56, or a microscopic 3%. Yowch! The only thing I can’t figure out is why teams don’t run more on him..?
190 Carolina Lady September 19, 2016 at 5:51 pm
Sure wish I could UNsee something! LOL Looks like they were having fun with it – as they should. Team effort, or so it appears! McCann was “raised” by Chipper. If nothing else, bring him back as a bench coach. That type of influence is badly needed.
In an article chuck full of McCann bashing, talk of his throwing ability, or lack thereof
Another aspect of his game that has gone the wrong direction is his ability to nab base stealers. When the Yankees signed McCann, he was just a year removed from shoulder surgery. In his final year with the Atlanta Braves in 2013, he was not great at throwing runners out, only nabbing 24 percent — four percentage points below the league average.
Under the Yankees’ catching coach, Gary Tuck, who Girardi once praised as one of the best in the business, McCann was at 37 percent in 2014, 10 points better than the MLB average, and 36 percent last year, four points higher than the league.
This season, with Tuck let go, McCann is throwing runners out only 20 percent of time, which is nine points worse than the league average. Cashman said it has nothing do with Tuck’s departure. McCann wouldn’t say if Tuck’s absence had impacted him. Girardi sees no difference.
http://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/yankees/post/_/id/93497/brian-mccann-is-an-85m-platoon-player
Mcann has not really been helped by playing in Yankee stadium either…
Home 206 30 48 7 0 10 HR 33 RBI 29 5 55 0 0 233 BA .340 OBP .
Away 195 23 46 6 0 9 HR 22 RBI 21 2 38 1 0 .236 BA .315 OBP
We all know that McCann’s huge contract is a lifetime achievement award. He’s not even close to “earning” on the field the paychecks he’s receiving now. And I do not begrudge him that. I believe that a person is “worth” what ever someone is willing to give him. So there’s that. Where I would question any attempt to bring him back to ATL comes in the obvious:
1) How much would it cost the team in prospects?
2) How much would it cost the team in $$?
There is no doubt that he still has both game and experience to contribute. And it’s even fair to say that he might be more valuable to a team like the Braves than to say… the Nats (who will also be catcher shopping if they can’t/don’t re-sign Wilson Ramos).
But he becomes a detriment if you give up Mallex Smith, Lucas Sims, and Brett Cumberland to get him. That’s a non-starter for me. And if you’ll recall, the talks in July started and ended with Ender Inciarte and Folty. That’s when Coppy hung up the phone, as he should.
And he becomes a detriment if it only costs you Chris Ellis and Travis Demeritte, but you’re still on the hook for all $49M that remains on his deal.
While NYY might seem to be in a hurry to dump Mac and his salary given the emergence of their new franchise catcher Gary “Sanchise” Sanchez – who is really, really good – Mac won’t necessarily take playing time from the young catcher. In fact, with ARod having already retired, and Mark Teixeira hanging it up at season’s end, there will be plenty AB’s at DH and occasionally at 1B. And quite honestly, that might be the best thing long term for the 10 year veteran catcher who will be 33 when the lid is taken off 2017. But he does still have a few good years left to squat.
If the Braves could get him in a deal without losing any of the real future, and without paying him an amount that takes away from the starting pitching budget, then I can live with it… especially if TFlow can get in a start a week. I always liked the way Bobby would assign his BUC to a pitcher so that he got a game in every turn through the rotation. I believe that works best for both catchers as long as your BUC is not Corky Miller. It keeps your starter fresher and your backup sharper. And it really pays dividends in September and October.
I’ve given up trying to guess what Coppy & Co. are going to do. They’ve shown me both creativity and unpredictability. So this whole conversation may be rendered moot when they announce a deal for a guy that nobody ever envisioned… and we all go, “Where’d that come from?” If I had to lay money down right now and give a thumbs up or down on whether I think Mac will come back to his Georgia home and play out his career where it began, in my gut I think I’d have to say…
As I said earlier, I would not be opposed to Mac returning to the Braves if the Yankees ate most of his contract and he did not cost ant top tier prospects. So, who will fill the spot next season? Recker may return for another season, he has been passable if not exactly all-star caliber. That said, don’t be surprised to see Coppy trade for some young backstop we have heard little of or sign someone who has been release because he no longer fits in that team;s plan.
Hey, we have all become spoiled by catchers who can hit as catching was long thought to be defensive position. Somebody has to hit eight and if you have seven other guys who can hit, I can deal with someone who hits around .200 as long as he can call a good game, block wild pitches and throw out would be base stealers.
195 berigan2electricboogaloo September 20, 2016 at 9:09 am
But he becomes a detriment if you give up Mallex Smith, Lucas Sims, and Brett Cumberland to get him. That’s a non-starter for me.
Thing is, where is Mallex going to play if we keep Inciarte? If he’s only good enough to be a 4th outfielder on the 2017 braves, then…I think we can spare him. Brett Cumberland is 21 Y.O. Catcher (as I am sure you know 😉 ) Who, after playing College ball was sent to the Rookie league where he tore the cover off the ball in 45 games…. .216 B.A.
I know that’s a fairly small window, but you don’t often hear of College players going to rookie ball, and….not hitting. So, I’d gladly give up those guys…and Lukas Sims…what is he exactly? The guy who was 5-5 with a 2.67 ERA at AA, or the guy who was 2-6 with a 7.56 ERA at AAA in 11 starts?
Are any of these 3 guys elite?
I forget who said it, but I heard/read about some Manager/GM that said basically don’t believe what you see on the field in April, or Sept, when it comes to judging a team.
This September , the offense has been AWESOME!!! One of, if not the best in baseball…..but it might not be, probably can’t be as good come next year as what we are seeing now. Adding a catcher that will hit 20 HR’s drive in 60 or so, while batting 7th…would be a good thing, IMHO.
And 17 mil a year for 2 seasons, with the possibility of 15 Mil the 3rd year with vesting options…just doesn’t sound that bad to me. Especially with the weak as always catching market.
We should hope Ramos leaves the Nats and they can’t get someone like McCann…It would be nice to see them a weaker team next year, at least from the Catcher’s position. Mets, Nats, Marlins, Phils will all likely be better next year…we need to be better wherever we can be better, so as to be in at least the wildcard hunt….
That said, don’t be surprised to see Coppy trade for some young backstop we have heard little of or sign someone who has been release because he no longer fits in that team;s plan
Christian Bethancourt is likely to be available, only 25 Y.O. Highly thought of prospect for some club, in the recent past 😛
Recker may return for another season, he has been passable if not exactly all-star caliber.
He will be a FA at season’s end. He’ll get a job somewhere, and after showing he is a capable ML backup, he may even avoid the dreaded minor league deal.
Thing is, where is Mallex going to play if we keep Inciarte? If he’s only good enough to be a 4th outfielder on the 2017 braves, then…I think we can spare him.
I do not disagree, however I don’t want to waste him on a catcher at the end of his career when I need to fix my pitching rotation so badly.
We should hope Ramos leaves the Nats and they can’t get someone like McCann…
2 things to note:
#1. If Wilson Ramos is the real deal, why have the Nats not tried to extend him already? Multiple recent interviews show a somewhat disappointed Ramos saying that no one from WAS has even approached him about it. Nobody knows Ramos better than the Nats themselves. Given his long injury history, the Nats’ lack of willingness to lock up their own when they have nobody in line to take the reins makes me very wary.
#2. If McCann is the answer to our woes, or to the Nats’ woes, why haven’t the other teams in need of catching – most notably the Cleveland Indians – lined up to make a deal? At the July trade deadline, the number of teams being connected to a possible Mac deal was 1… the Braves. Now as the Hot Stove season looms just a few weeks away, and offseason rumors are beginning to form, only 1 team is being connected to Mac… the Braves. Why not WAS? Why not CLE? Why not BAL? Why not HOU? Why not CHW? Why not [fill in the blank with any number of teams with question marks behind the plate]? Nope… just the Braves. There’s a reason teams aren’t clamoring to go get him. The Braves need to proceed with the same amount of caution.
Stats courtesy of Bowman:
NL East runs per game since 8/2 (Kemp’s ATL debut):
Braves 5.22
Nats 4.73
Mets 4.49
Phillies 4.02
Marlins 3.73
MLB runs per game since 8/2 (Kemp’s ATL debut):
Rockies 5.89
Red Sox 5.63
Dbacks 5.39
Rays 4.91
Mariners 4.85
Royals 4.84
Waddaya know? Maybe Kemp has some value beyond some boutique statistic created in somebody’s mom’s basement after all.
Small note…
ESPN.com’s remaining Braves schedule has Joel de la Cruz named in Thursday’s starter slot (where Josh Collmenter started last Saturday). Not sure of they’re privy to info not already public knowledge or not. I say that because as far as I know, the starters for the MIA series have not yet been announced.
Anyhoo…. I’d think that the Braves would like to have another look at Collmenter and see if last week was a fluke. It’s not like JdlC gives the team a better chance to win. In fact, given that he’s 0-7 with a 5.09 ERA, I would say that anyone else gives the team a better chance to win.
And before we get off into any philosophical discussion of looking at all the youngsters over the last 12 games, remember the team is currently 59-91 and would give anything to finish better than last year’s 67-95. Obviously that’s a tall order, meaning they’d have to finish out 9-3. But the bottom line is that the team – and most especially Snit – are looking to win over any other motivation.
But I digress. I’ve not read any current updates on Folty’s condition, but if he’s able to make any more starts this season, you can bet he’ll be on the mound. As of now, the next turn looks to be Julio, Ryan Weber, (both already announced to wrap up the NYM series), with TBD, Wisler, Blair, with Julio back on the mound for the 4-game series in MIA.
It’d be great if Folty is ready to come back into the next turn to open the series in PHI, bumping Weber back to the bullpen. That would also put him in line to pitch the season’s (and The Ted’s) finale.
I’ll be keeping my ears (and eyes) open for the announcement of Thursday’s starter. It will be a good indicator as to whether Collmenter was just a one time fill-in or will be given another opportunity to audition for next year’s staff. I am most intrigued.
One more thing about Collmenter. Roger has a track record of “fixing” issues with formerly successful pitchers. He taught Bud Norris a new pitch and extended his career. He has given Aaron Blair a new windup and might have revived his prospect status and ML chances. (Wasn’t that a thing of beauty last night? Wasn’t it cool watching a kid take his teacher’s lesson and put it into practice in a ML game against a team fighting for a playoff spot? And in the process earning his 1st ML W while out-pitching a notable pitcher with a cool nickname?)
We need to give Roger alot more respect than we do.
Something else we need to pay attention to over the last 12 games…
At some point before this season wraps, the Braves have to either remove the ‘interim” tag from Snit’s title or tell him he’s out of the running. You cannot watch a guy work as hard as he has to keep this boat afloat, and to even lead the team to semi-respectability in his tenure. The players love him and more than that, they respect him. No way the team can ham-handedly drag Snit’s status out into the offseason. Not when they’re trying to regain some organizational luster.
They way I see it, they either name him the manager for 2017 before 2016 wraps, or he’s out. IMO, they should go ahead and do it now. He’s earned it.
You cannot watch a guy work as hard as he has to keep this boat afloat, and to even lead the team to semi-respectability in his tenure…, and not give him some clarity on his future.
That’s what I meant to say there.
I think we give Roger a lot more respect as a pitching coach than we ever gave Terry Pendleton as the hitting coach. Maybe it wasn’t really his fault that Andruw Jones was so hard headed and always tried to pull the ball…
Anyway, I vote to give Collmenter another try at the brass ring, what really is the downside to that unless he has some mysterious illness/injury/condition no one knows about.
Yes, it really appears the Braves are trying to win out. Why else would you have your first string guys in the line up everyday?
Otherwise you would have guys like Mallex Smith and Rio Ruiz vying for a position.
Folty took a wicked shot off his calf, somewhat reminiscent of the one that zapped Chipper Jones. No sense altering a guy’s delivery for one more start. Let it heal and then off to where ever young pitchers go in the off season to get ready for 2017.
Agree on Snitker. The Braves could do a lot worse and little better.
And on Arron Blair, for some reason he reminded me of Kevin Millwood last night. Not sure why. Just one of those things in the back of my head. Maybe it’s the similar body type or his mound demeanor. It’s been a long time since I saw Millwood pitch so I don’t know…
He did pitch a nice game though. I think everyone was holding their breath after he gave up the homerun but he seemed to gather himself and get past it. That is maturity.
Braves have a decent shot of winning this series. Not like the Mets aren’t playing for something. Again, some nice defensive play behind the Braves pitchers last night. I’ve seen a lot of guys give up on balls like the ones Kemp caught last night.
If McCann is the answer to our woes, or to the Nats’ woes, why haven’t the other teams in need of catching – most notably the Cleveland Indians – lined up to make a deal?
Cleveland is weird…they are going to get their regular catcher back next year, which is why Jonathan Lucroy didn’t want to go there, as they made it sound like they would go with their (had to look it up, Yan Gomes) in 2017. Makes no sense, Lucroy is a great catcher both ways…and would have had to be a 1st baseman/DH/Catcher.
At the July trade deadline, the number of teams being connected to a possible Mac deal was 1… the Braves. Now as the Hot Stove season looms just a few weeks away, and offseason rumors are beginning to form, only 1 team is being connected to Mac… the Braves. Why not WAS? Why not CLE? Why not BAL? Why not HOU? Why not CHW? Why not [fill in the blank with any number of teams with question marks behind the plate]?
I don’t know, though Sanchez hadn’t come up yet, and the Yankees probably weren’t really shopping him too hard…Now they know Sanchez is ready….
And it’s still early…Baltimore may re-sign Weiters….Nats may re-sign Ramos, depending on how the market plays out…. Houston is still playing Gattis , and has 28 HR’s, while only playing some at the Catcher position….Have no idea on White Sox…they let Flowers go last year after he sucked for several years…..
I have to say Lucroy has no regrets on his choice to go to Texas and neither does Texas from what I can tell. He’s as happy as a pig in slop. Texas is the single most reason why the Astros will not make it back to the big dance this season.
One last comment about B-Mac. I do not think McCann is an everyday catcher but I do think he is a player who could fill the role of mentor, leader and Shepard to a bunch of young arms. I think it all comes down to price in the end. A guy who can spit time with Tyler Flowers until the next block buster trade brings Buster Posey to Atlanta.
I thought I would throw that one in there to see if y’all are paying attention.
Norris is still available and I am sure others on the down side of their careers. Swerber from the Cubs might be had too. There might even be another Molina relative hiding somewhere. The real problem to me is the huge outcry for a catcher who is an offensive powerhouse. I’d rather have a Charles Johnson and let the other seven guys drive in runs.
I guess the real problem is Draft Kings does not award points for throwing out base runners. Passed balls don’t count to the basement dwellers, only hits.
Chicago won’t let Shwarber go. Not happening. Now Coppy might pry Swihart away from the Bosox…
Y’all know so much about those still in the Minors, those on other teams – and I’m not even sure who’s on the home team. RESPECT!
We read a lot and lots of free time on our hands… Well, some of us.. 🙂
Watching the Braves win is sooooo much better than watching them lose over and over and over again… This is even fun.
So, who can the Braves pry away from San Fran for 2 weeks of Jim Johnson? I think a bunch of teams really missed an opportunity to pick up a really good closer.
One has to wonder of JJ has enough in the tank for one more season as the Braves rebuild.
Braves go for the sweep tomorrow, I would not bet the farm on the Braves to pull it off but I would not bet against them either. Weber will go about 85 pitches. Colon takes the ball for the Mets. Mets have to be hearing foot steps as the Cardinals are getting hot.
214 Carolina Lady September 21, 2016 at 2:59 am
“…. I would not bet the farm on the Braves to pull it off…”
Gil, they ARE the farm! 😀
So last night, the Giants beat the Dodgers, the Cardinals drubbed Colorado and the Mets lost to the Braves. That leaves a three way tie for the 2 wild card spots in the NL.
Prediction, if the Mets don’t make the play-offs, look for Terry Collins to be seeking new employment. Does not make any difference his team has had more injured than a M.A.S.H. unit…
The Astros might make it in if they do not have to play Texas again. Looks like the Tigers are going to be playing for something when they show up in Atlanta for the final three games of the season too. Going down to the wire and the Braves are the fly in everyone’s ointment…
Gil, it sure is going to be an interesting few weeks before the season ends, eh?
Mets best pitcher right now is 43 years old…Jay Bruce went from being just about the hottest hitter in the NL to hitting .176 with the Mets for something like 200 AB’s!!! How is that even possible? But yeah, clearly Collins fault…
Cleveland basically has only 2 starters left…Dodgers are counting on 2 recently of the DL lefties, and hoping Alex Wood can help…Giants have no bullpen…This really could be the year for the Cubs, at least to make it to the W.S.
Man, Cubs vs. Red Sox world Series….perhaps with NFL numbers down, people will remember/discover/rediscover why baseball is the best sport in the world!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Cubs will be the sentimental favorites just because they are the Cubs. They should be the favorite because they have the best team but as we know, the best teams do not always win. Especially win the umpires insinuate themselves into the game.
Beware the infield fly rule, even the umpires do always understand it… At least there won’t be 15 pitching changes each game.
Rainy day today… don’t you just love fall???
Cubs / Red Sox World Series…
I’d be glued to the TV.
I will when it gets here. Highs in the 90’s again. Ready for cooler temps for sure.
Coppy, on a podcast with Buster Olney earlier today:
“We have more money now than we’ve had in any of the 10 years that I’ve been a part of the Braves,” said Coppolella. “Our biggest needs are going to be starting pitchers. We have a lot of good young starters, guys with great arms, guys that we still really like. They have been somewhat force-fed into opportunities because of guys getting hurt and/or traded. So part of what we want to do is get guys that are more stable — not that we’re going to write off any of our young arms, we still like all them very much — but if we could add two veteran starting pitchers, that would really help our team.”
More of that, when asked about about Snit:
“Brian couldn’t have done any better,” Coppolella tells Olney. “…It’d be easy for this team, knowing that they’re not going to the playoffs, to just kind of go through the motions. That has not happened. These guys are playing hard every night. They’re doing great things every night, and that’s a big tribute to Brian as well as to this whole staff. … We’ll end up seeing which way it turns out. If he ends up being the guy — we aren’t set that he wont be, we aren’t set that he won’t be — we just feel that we owe it to our players, to our organization to at the very least talk to a few people without the Braves to see what they have to offer.”
At least we are not alone in what we are seeing in a team that is playing to the limit of their abilities every night. I have seen it before where a team just seems to put it on auto pilot and end up losing games because they are out hustled. I guess that is what has impressed me about Kemp. I did not expect him to be diving for balls and taking an extra base. He was not playing that way in San Diego. The rest of the crew is hustling too. The results is a winning record in August against some good teams. For sure, a team better not go to sleep on these guys because they will swipe your lunch and leave you a bill.
On Snitker… I’m all for the Braves giving him a two year deal and seeing how it works out. he has won with teams when he has had the horses. As it is, he’s dragging this herd across the finish line by shear will.
Amen to your comments on Snit, Gil. And the post above has Coppy talking out of both sides of his mouth. That’s an insult to Snitker.
A catch equal to or greater than Otis Nixon’s robbery of Andy Van Slyke of Pittsburgh back in the day. That my friends is what “The CATCH” really looks like.
All that said, it was the supposedly hapless Braves all around play, coming back from 3 runs down and making plays, going all out that endears this team to me.
The acquisition of Matt Kemp reminds me of another guy who set the Braves offense on fire, Fred McGriff. Somehow he has been the perfect guy to solidify the line up.
And yes Vee… WOW…
The perfect catalyst. Now that the kids know what it is to really play a game and to actually WIN, and keep winning, I can’t help but have hope again.
I’ll never forget when the Crime Dog arrived. There’s just something like magic that happens when they walk into the right door.
2 on and 2 out in the bottom of the 9th.
Enter @Enderdavid18. #ChopOn pic.twitter.com/oDjydDXZ7q
What a lot of folks may not have known is Jim Johnson was making his 4 appearance in five nights. he had struck out Cespedes the night before on a wicked 12-6 curve ball which produced one of the ugliest swings ever seen in New York.
Just amazing the reaction from a team that has been in the cellar since spring training. You would have thought the Braves had just clinched the NL East pennant given the elation of the entire team after Enders brought back a ball clearly over the wall.
The real shame is all the fans who have tuned out this team and moved on to football. This team has clawed and scraped and fought tooth and nail for the last two months in every game they have participated in. A very young pitching staff has shone their inexperience and have given up runs in bunches.
The Braves have three series left, the Marlins need desperately to sweep the Braves if they hope to have a chance to make the play-offs. They cannot continue to rely on other teams ahead of them to lose. The last home stand kicks off with the Phillies who best attraction continues to be the Phanatic. Last but not least will be the Tigers who are also are in a dogfight to make the big dance.
It is must see TV if you ask me.
I was amazed by that catch! Just happened to flip by as I had been watching Charlotte descend into hell for much of the night….
I thought for sure Cespedes had won the game there….the reaction of the team was awesome! 🙂 People like Kemp were on the top of the dugout fence ready to hop over it, like they just knew Enciarte would catch it!
Gil, I think Otis Nixon still has the title of best catch eva!
I sure would like for someone to do a statcast comparison of the two plays. I think Ender covered more distance but Otis has the height.
So the story goes like this…
I was at church last night, being Wednesday and all, and came out of band rehearsal about 9:30, and hear that the score is 3-2, bad guys ahead, with Ender on base. The Mets were bringing in a new pitcher to face Freddie, who promptly reached on a broken bat single. (When you’re hot, you’re hot.) Then came the corresponding pitching change, and the battle between their power, being closer Jeurys Familia, and our power, being cleanup hitter Matt Kemp, commenced.
Then of course, the double steal off an unsuspecting Familia, who is not very familia with having runners on base, to put the tying runner just 90′ away. Of course that meant a sac fly to tie it up was a great possibility, and I was absolutely locked in.
As Familia and Kemp battled it out, I pulled into a Racetrack parking lot to “take care of some business”. Well, actually I pulled into a Racetrack parking lot to park my car and to go inside to “take care of some business”. Anyway, the 2 warriors battled pitch after pitch, and the drama was dragged out with an interrupting trip to the mound… and I could wait no longer and had to go on into the store. Funny thing was, I was confident that Kemp would drive the runner in while I was “taking care of business”. I truly was confident. And when I came back out, of course the game was tied.
No big deal. I knew it would happen.
So I get to the house with the game tied, and find that my family is watching a movie on Netflix. Not unusual. It was well into the movie, so I wasn’t going to ask them to stop and let me watch the end of the game. Plus, I was starving and needed to rustle up some late grub. I figured I’d just catch the highlights later on Twitter.
A few minutes later, Netflix freezes because my internet provider Windstream is more unreliable than Calvin Murphy (look it up) on Father’s Day, and we are all on hold briefly until it comes back. Then a second freeze occurs, and Mrs. Vox suggests we abandon Netfix,to which I heartily agree. I politely ask if they mind if I catch the last bit of the game, and they say OK.
When I turned the channel to the game, I found our battlin’ Braves were up 4-3 and Yoenis Cespides was striding to the plate to face Jimmy John in the bottom of the 9th inning.
Timing is everything.
So as we hoped, it appears that Josh Collmenter will get the rotation slot that was formerly occupied by Joel de la Lose, er… Cruz, including tonight’s start.
The current rotation beginning tonight is Collmenter, Wisler, Blair, Julio and Ryan Weber who pitched well enough last night to at least keep the game close enough for the offense to claw back in. His final line was 5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 K, 2 BB. 2 of those 4 hits were of the longball variety. Not pretty in the box score. Y’all may have to fill me in on the actual game play.
If the current rotation holds, Weber would get the final start of the season and final start EVER at The Ted. I like the guy and all, but I’d kinda hate to see that happen.
Which brings me to my next question…
Will Folty be back before we close the lid on 2016? I understand he threw about 25 fastballs in a bullpen session yesterday and said he felt “normal”. He says if that continues, he’ll mix in all his pitches during a longer bullpen Friday and hopes to make at least one more start this season. Of course, nobody knows when that may be, but the timing could set him up for next Tuesday when the boys return home to face the Phillies. Seems logical to me as long he does have a full bullpen Friday with no residual issues. That, of course, would line him up for two more starts, including the season finale.
If Folty needs more time, but still can get back for that one start he mentioned, then it would land somewhere in that last turn through the rotation, pushing the other guys back a day and lining Julio up for the last start. I cannot imagine they’d let Folty miss another 10 days and then trot him out there for the season’s capper. I just can’t see that.
And I kinda dig the symmetry of having Julio bookend the season.
Great story Vee… And I had thought that Folty would be penciled in for the final start but who knows. Much depends on how deep the rest of the staff can go as to the availability of the Braves current long reliever, Weber, as to his availability.
With a play-off berth on the line for the Tigers, I’m sure the Braves will play all the games straight up to assure the sanctity of the season. No free gifts to the the Tigers.
I think what tickled me most last night was the intensity of the Braves for the whole game. They ran hard with every batted ball and
NO LOLLYGAGGING… T’was a thing of beauty. Of course the home run given up to Cabrera was no cheapee but Weber was squeeze on the walk to Ryes preceding him. Still, even down 3-0, you had a feeling that Colon would not go nine and the Braves would strike. Recker’s line drive to the Met’s pen changed the whole tenor of the game. Once it was 3-2, you know the Braves had a shot.
Of course, with just 10 games remaining, the 61-91 Braves need win just 2 more times to ensure they won’t lose 100 games, which earlier this season seemed completely unavoidable. In fact, I can recall at one point some national publication projected the Braves to lose 115.
My have the times have changed.
No… now the focus should go beyond simply playing the spoiler. The Braves need to go 6-4 over the last 10 to match last season’s 67-95 record, and 7-3 to finish with a better record.
7-3 is a tall order… yes. But no longer unthinkable.
Does that 1 game matter when you’re still last in the division and 2nd worst in all of MLB.
It does to me. I bet it does to Snit, too.
Pitching matchups vs. Miami:
Collmenter vs. Jose Urena (4-7, 5.59 ERA) I like our chances
Wisler vs. Andrew Cashner (1-4, 6.18 ERA) I like our chances
Blair vs. Bruce Chen (5-4, 5.04 ERA) I like our chances
Julio vs. Jose Fernandez (16-8, 2.86 ERA) this will be a great matchup
3 wins in this series is so very achievable.
Yikes!! 😯 Formatting error. I’ll try that again…
http://m.braves.mlb.com/news/article/202642728/braves-freddie-freeman-extends-on-base-streak/
Collmenter is the Braves version of Colon and Jamie Moyer. I cannot help but think of Charlie Liebrandt when I see a guy with an 84 mph fastball… But it is a moving fastball. Nothing straight. He’ll get at least one more turn.
With last night’s win, a couple of things happened, the Braves “magic number” is down to one. The Fish are fried… I can see no way for them to make the play-offs now. They just won’t be able to climb past everyone with only 9 game to go.
Matt Kemp had his boom stick going last night. The first ball he hit went 408 feet to center to be caught. His other two homers went to shorter parts of the park but equally as far.
Freddie continues his hit/on base streak. Keep the line moving folks…
In his first start Collmenter pitched well enough to hang in and get a win with a good offense. Last night, Collmenter appeared to be in command of the game. I am very anxious to see his last start and see if he resembles a “get by” pitcher or a “commanding” pitcher.
If he can repeat last night’s performance, I see no reason not to give him a shot next year. Technically he is under contract for 2017, although it is in the form of a mutual option for $2M. Given his pre-Atlanta season, Collmenter would be a fool do opt out of his side. And given the state of the team;s starting pitching, Coppy would be a fool to not pick up his side of the deal.
I like the guy. He’s a funky dude, both on the field and off. It’s cool to have some “colorful” guys around the team.
Was gonna report some interesting points from Heyman’s recent posting on the Braves, but have decided to simply cut and paste it all. It’s all pretty good.
The Braves say interim manager Brian Snitker has done a fine job and is in the mix, but as expected, they plan to interview manager candidates, which seems to suggest there’s also a good chance they’ll hire a new manager. Terry Pendleton and Bo Porter are the other main inside candidates. In addition to Torey Lovullo, other names that could be considered include Bud Black, Ron Gardenhire and Don Wakamatsu … Give the Braves credit for not doing anything like tanking and happily allowing the Twins to get that No. 1 pick. And actually, the Braves are suddenly “dangerous” on offense, according to one scout. Ender Inciarte and Adonis Garcia have been very productive lately, joining Freddie Freeman, who’s been on fire. Garcia incidentally was signed after his release by the Yankees for a minor-league salary ($2,000 a month). Ex-Yankee execs Gordon Blakeley and Alex Cotto (nephew of Henry) deserve the credit there … A lot was made of GM John Coppolella’s remark that while Matt Kemp has been a terrific help to the lineup that they’d also prefer to see him improve his shape (said here and on MLB Network), but from here the GM made a rather obvious statement of fact and did so diplomatically. The truth is, while Kemp has hit and aided their lineup, his poor shape is shocking to everyone who’s seen Braves games recently. It would be impossible not to notice. How sensitive have we all become? … While Atlanta definitely is in the market for a catcher, they aren’t seen as likely to meet Matt Wieters’ price. Wieters has engendered significant Braves speculation since he is a Georgia Tech product … Max Fried, 13 K’s the other day, was throwing 93-96 mph and found his old curve. Good sign for him … Longtime former GM John Schuerholz’s Hall of Fame candidacy will be debated at the next veterans committee meeting, and with Bobby Cox, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz having gone in recently, it would be just for Schuerholz to make it, too. Fourteen straight division titles won’t ever be repeated.
As to Heyman’s assertion, or more opinion I suppose, that the interviewing of outside candidates “seems to suggest there’s also a good chance they’ll hire a new manager”, I must respectfully disagree.
2 reasons:
1) Coppy has clarified that the team will look at and possibly interview other candidates for the job out of due diligence, in accordance with The Plan. As for me personally, I think Snit has done enough to keep the job, at least for 2017. That said, I don’t have a problem with the team staying their course in The Plan and going through the process. If Snit is the man for the job, he’ll get it. I believe that.
2) Those close to the team – the beat writers – seem to be of the opinion that Snit has the inside track, with DO’B even admitting his gut says Snit gets it. I’ll go with those who are in the clubhouse every day over a guy who only has cursory exposure. And I say that with all due respect to Jon Heyman, whom I like. And I can’t say the same about many most national writers. But Heyman simply isn’t around the clubhouse. Our local guys are.
One more thing regarding the manager…
If the team is to hire someone else, it makes no sense to hire internally. Snit has shown he’s the guy already here. Bypassing him for Pendleton or Porter would appear to be hiring new for the sake of hiring new. It would also give the appearance that Snit was never a real candidate. I don’t think the execs are of that mindset anyway, but beyond that it would send a bad message to both the players and to the fans.
If they decide to go outside, Bud Black is nothing more than a name, and Don Wakamatsu has never succeeded as a manager. Neither brings anything of real substance. Torey Lovullo is currently Boston’s bench coach, and might be a good manager one day. But don’t you need a firm hand at the helm of a young team? I think you do. At least Ron Gardenhire had a good run in Minnesota. If Snit isn’t gonna get the gig full time, I’d be OK with Gardey. He’d be just about right for a young team on the rise. During his 13 years in Minnie, he finished in the Top 2 AL MOY voting 6 times, winning it in 2010. He also had a 3rd place finish in his 1st season managing.
Well, the Braves improved play and the Twins’ downward spiral have pretty much cemented Minnie’s earning next year’s #1 draft pick. But he Braves hardly have a stranglehold on #2.
Here are the worst teams and their records, and the teams they have left to play:
Twins (55-98) Doesn’t really matter. They just suck.
Braves (62-91) Marlins, Phils, Tigers
Reds (63-89) Brewers, Cards Cubs
Padres (64-89) Giants, Dodgers, D’backs
D’backs (64-88) O’s, Nats, Padres
Rays (64-87) Sox of both color, Rangers
A’s (66-86) Rangers, Angels, Mariners
Angels (67-86) Astros, A’s, Astros again
The Reds, Padres and Rays especially have some tough sledding left.
At first glance, I think the Braves could easily jump the Reds and Padres. Maybe the Rays, too. Without squinting too hard, I could see them falling (or rising, because winning deserves a positive connotation) to #5 in the draft.
That’s good, right?
I had heard somewhere that while Kemp agreed that he needed to get into better shape, he was somewhat put off but the national attention to that fact. Hey, no body like to be called fat. I don’t expect a 32 year old power hitter to come in looking like Trea Turner but we don’t want to see another Panda either. I expect Matt will get serious about his diet during the off season. He knows what he has to do. I think he really enjoys it in Atlanta. He is like a kid again. It happens.
The only folks calling for a “name” hier as manager are people who don’t pay attention to baseball. Snit has always been a good manager, he just finally got an opportunity to show it. Face it, this team was never going to sniff a winning record and so much turn over on the pitching staff really doomed the Braves regardless. I think Snit would be okay with a one year extension and having the interim tag removed.
No matter, I think Terry Pendleton will get a chance to manage somewhere if he wants to. Not sure about Bo Porter. I know Eddie Perez wants to manage but will have to start out riding the busses again. Got to pay your dues first.
You are right about Collmenter. While there were some weak ground balls and pop ups, there were also some rocket shots hit at people. He not a guy who would have success in Denver. You are right in another start will be a good indicator of what the Braves have in him. He is a decent number 4 guy in a line up. I thought it was funny what Paul Byrd said of Josh and his 84 mph fast ball, a lot of those flame throwers would be fighting over who would get to follow him in the rotation. He would be like following a knuckleballer.
Any pick in the top ten should assure a team of a quality player. It is really up to your scouting staff to do due diligence. I forget the number of drafted players who actually make it to the show but it’s pretty low. I think a team would have a better chance at hitting the lottery jack pot given such a low return on investment.
The Braves do better just trading for talent from the Padres. Haven’t the fathers really traded away some super talent? Just saying…
I was telling Ms Josie the other night that I think the Padres have become the Montreal Expos. That was a team that drafted some really good players who went on to star for other teams.
I think the Nats need to shut down Harper until the play off. It is so obvious his shoulder is not right. It cannot be doing him any good to go out each night and aggravating it.
#Braves lineup Friday pic.twitter.com/vss7tzP794
What do we notice about the above lineup card? Well, how about the fact that Blair is listed as a reliever, and Weber is listed as a starter? Also that Folty is listed as a starter. Can we assume from that that he’ll take a turn during this rotation? If so, in Blair’s spot? That would be tomorrow. No off day until Monday, so there cannot be any skipping.
Intriguing indeed.
I thought all along Folty would make the start in Miami as long as his leg was okay. Blair will be a starter some day, just not sure when. Doubtful it will be this season. I’m thinking he is more like the long relief guy until Weber explodes again.
Funny thing about free speech, it is only free if you are downing our country or saying bad things about conservatives. Everyone else is off limits. #SteveClevenger
Folty (calf) might start Tuesday. If so, he'll have a chance to make two more starts.
As we laid out yesterday, that would be Weber’s slot including the season (and Turner Field’s) closer.
My advice to anyone who wants to mouth off about anything. Keep editing it until all the invective and bile is removed. Otherwise what you say will be used against you someday.
Or as the late great Lewis Grizzard once implored, “Damn brother, I don’t think I would have told that” .. 🙂
Rare political rant ahead. Tread carefully…
Clevenger has the right to say whatever he wants, but has to expect the same level of repercussion as Kaepernick or any other athlete. In this instance, he’s employed in the great blue northwest. If he were in Texas, things might be different. Most of the Mariner fanbase are neo-socialist bleeding heart liberals, those who espouse tolerance above all else but have a marked intolerance for those who disagree with them.
Take Kaepernick for instance. His remarks were no less pointed and inflammatory, but his hate opinion lines up with the leanings of the left leaning San Francisco ticket buyers. He has taken a beating in the conservative media outlets, but he’s golden to the mainstream. Yet a conservative is crushed underfoot as insensitive and racist.
Sure… no double standard there.
It also doesn’t help that Clevenger has grossly underperformed. The only reason he wasn’t simply released was that he’d get paid the rest of the season’s salary. This way he loses a little over $28K… which is absolutely nothing to the M’s, but alot to a guy making the league minimum. Thus, it’s clearly an intentional punishment and thumb in the eye as he’s headed out the door.
It’s also a reminder to the rest of the club to keep their mouths shut if they share a conservative point of view. Free speech comes with a pricetag. Totalitarianism at its finest in the heart of the great blue northwest.
Awesome observations, guys! Interesting comments all.
It’s a lot like being married Vee, you are free to do anything you want, as long as the wife is okay with it… 🙂
Another tense game last night. Wisler was not sharp at all for is first 5 innings but for some reasons, the Fish just would not take advantage. Adonis had another big night and Freddie reached another milestone in a crazy lost season. Mallex Smith makes another great catch to end the game last night.
As streaks go, this current win streak is not spectacular but it shur has been fun to watch. Perhaps the manager can make a big difference in how players perform.
Aaron Blair takes the mound tonight looking for win number two in a row against Wei-Yin Chen, a veteran major league guy who has had a decent season for the Marlins.
One more note, I don’t think the Braves would want both Williams Perez and Josh Collmenter on the same starting staff. Too similar in approach.
Wow, what terrible news to learn of the sudden death of young Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez this morning. A terrible loss for baseball, the Marlins and the world in general. It makes me so sad.
Blessed are those who mourn, because they will be comforted. – Matthew 5:4
I didn’t sleep well last night went back to bed and just while looking for the Braves game found it was cancelled and why. Jose Fernandez if he stayed healthy would have probably Wonderful World Series and had a Hall of Fame career and probably would have been the best pitcher in the game and I hear his wife was expecting a baby girl just so tragic so sad and so needless
if he stayed healthy would have probably Won several World Series…Was using my phone….
Imagine how devastated his Mother must be, to lose her son….a son that jumped in to save her, when she went overboard on the boat they came from Cuba on….His girlfriend is expecting a baby girl he will never get a chance to hold, she will never get to know her Dad, except second hand…..
Yes Ber, a harsh reminder of how life can be so short. I am reminded of the tragic lose of another young pitcher who was probably the best on the Angels staff. Nick Adenhart.. I don’t thinks the Angels ever recovered that season.
Yes Ber, a harsh reminder of how life can be so short.
Well, on this side of eternity, anyway. That’s why we better make it count. As I heard Pastor Greg Laurie say this weekend, we call it life and then the afterlife, but it should really be the beforelife and then life, because this one is “like smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes.” (James 4:14)
Better be ready.
Lost in all of the sadness from the weekend is the observation that Shae Simmons had not appeared in any games for about a week. And during his time back in ATL he was looking like the legit guy he was supposed to be before a myriad of injuries took him out in 2014, 2015, and slowed his return this year.
According to the three-headed beat writer, Kevin O’Bowman, he’s been dealing with “forearm soreness” that the team is downplaying as “not serious”. I must add, though, that they said they hope it’s not serious. With that in mind, and with the end of the season closing in quickly, they’ve pretty much just shut him down.
In my view, he’s an important piece to the team’s 2017 bullpen. Let’s all share in the team’s hope that it’s nothing serious.
Alan Carpenter at Tomahawk Take makes the observation that if Detroit is still fighting for that last Wild Card spot on the season’s final day, and it’s a must-win game for them, the Braves could face Justin Verlander to close out their time at The Ted. What a treat that would be for what should be a full house.
I hope the Braves play it like it’s them playing for a spot in the big dance. I suspect Detroit will not have wrapped up by then because other teams (Astros) will still be holding out hope. Also there are 2 teams in the AL east still pushing.
No game tonight so the bullpen arms should be fresh, or a fresh as one can expect.
forearm tightness Ominous words when strung together for a professional pitcher. I know what it meant for me, I wasn’t a pro by any stretch. Me of the 55mph fastball…
I’m pretty sure the Marlins baseball team would just a soon call it a season and just try to get past it all. At least with family you get three days.
With the bump in the rotation with yesterday’s cancelled game, and the return of Folty on Wednesday, the rotation for the last time through will be:
Collmenter
Wisler
… with Julio returning to pitch the season-ender, which is somehow appropriate. And if it does end up being a must-win game for DET and Verlander is indeed on the mound, it’ll be a whale of a game.
As for the cancelled game, the only way it will be made up is if it matters to MIA’s Wild Card chances, which are all but gone. They have to practically win out, and get some help from some other teams. They (along with PIT) are 4.5 behind San Fran for the last spot, and 4 behind St. Louis with 6 to play. And they have 3 vs. the Mets at home and 3 vs. the Nats in DC.
In other words, don’t plan on that game being made up.
So, I wonder what happens if the absent game effects the draft pick selection?
Or I should say, the draft selection order…
So, I wonder what happens if the absent game effects the draft pick selection order?
With the bottom 5 teams being so close, it very likely will. The league will order the teams based on winning %. Obviously there’s no way to know if it will affect us positively or negatively, but it will no doubt affect us.
I think it could affect the Marlis too. So winning percentage it is. I guess MLB had already planned for just such a scenario, or not…
You can scratch a reunion with Martin Prado off the wish list. He and the Fish have worked out an extension. At this point, the only major upgrade at 3B will be Justin Turner, who will come at a very steep price. I say we keep Adonis, loosely platoon Rio Ruiz, and point our cash toward pitching. Having Rio will add another LH bat to the bench, too.
can confirm @clarkspencer report #Marlins Martin Prado has agreed to 3 yr, $40 mil deal. Signing Prado, pending free agent, was priority
— Joe Frisaro (@JoeFrisaro) September 27, 2016
Good for him. Good for them, too. Kinda hard to “hate” them right now.
While Adonis will not likely make the All-star team not win a gold glove, He isn’t that awful either. I can live with his offense and his defense too. Makes it more likely 2nd base will be a real target for an up grade. That and possibly of adding catcher although I can live with Recker too. So, where to spend the money? Yep, veteran arm and hope they can last through spring training.
I look for the Bravos to have a much better start next season, maybe not yet ready for primetime but in position to make a real run in 2018.
Makes it more likely 2nd base will be a real target for an up grade.
Gotta respectfully disagree. Jace will hold that position down until Ozzie makes his debut sometime in June, if not earlier. I think pitching and catching will be the main focus of the men in suits. Gonna take alot of cash to land a big fish with a big arm, but I think they’ll be fishing in that pond for one guy at least. If Ivan Nova rebuffs PITs extension overtures and enters the market, watch for him to be on Coppy’s speed dial. I like Jeremy Hellickson because I think he’s a “low floor” kinda guy that’ll chew up some innings and might win 12-15 games. But he won’t be a 20 game winner. Nova has that potential if he can get it all together. He can also be a 9 game winner if he gives up gophers at the rate he did before his mid-season trade. But he’s turned it around in PIT and has been the pitcher that NYY said he could be. So you take a little risk of getting Yankee Nova vs. Pirate Nova.
But hey… gotta take some risks to gain reward, right?
#Braves have traded INF Gordon Beckham to the Giants for cash
Well that’s interesting. He wasn’t coming back here anyway.
There it is. Wilson Ramos has a torn ACL, Dusty Baker says.
— CSN Nationals (@CSNNationals) September 27, 2016
Yep. The guy has been plagued by injuries his entire career. Could there be a worse possible time for him? For the Nats? For the Braves?
If Wieters takes an extension instead of hitting the open market he’s a fool. He’s gonna command a mint now. It also jacks the market for Jason Castro.
After 2 lengthy rain delays, and with the Braves being down 6-1, I bailed in the 5th inning.
Of course these boys never quit and came back to win it 7-6 on the strength of 5 scoreless from the bullpen and timely hitting from guys like Flowers and Smith. Heck, that sounds like a bakery!
What’s going on over there?
I watched the game until the rain delay and then switched over to watch regular TV. Went to bed at eleven and checked to find the game restarter. Then saw the Phillies’ pen cough up a 5 run lead and the Braves come back. These never give up do they?
A player was announced to be coming back for Beckham. Amazing the Giants would give up someone for a one week rental.
Amazing the Giants would give up someone for a one week rental.
Well… let’s take a look at who this, ahem player is.
Per DO’B:
Minor league IF Rich Rodriguez, 23, has played parts of six minor league seasons in the Giants organization, four of those at the rookie-league level and this season in high Single-A, where he hit just .174 (19-for-109) with one extra-base hit.
He’s played all infield positions and some at the outfield corners and has a .264 career average (217-for-821) with 18 doubles, two triples and 68 RBI in 264 minor league games.
I would have preferred the previously announced cash.
. BOOM! @TimTebow hits a homer during instructional league game! pic.twitter.com/8h9JCzr7Br
— Katie Johnson (@Katie_Johnson_) September 28, 2016
First pitch of his instructional league career. You can't make this stuff up. https://t.co/eLs6EUamJb
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 28, 2016
So, about last night…. Julio sucked… just really could not get the ball down for the first three innings. Too much rest between starts? Perhaps fortunate for the Braves there was a rain delay.
Tonight Folty returns. Dr said he would always have pain from where he was hit by the line drive. He will have to learn to pitch with it.
I too flipped by last night…saw game was back, 6-1 5th inning, 11 pm…had no idea they came back til you guys said they won! Shockingly, baseball tonight did not mention this fact 😛 They did show Mallex Smith’s great catch the other night…
Me, too! I really, really need to go shopping – for myself this time. You men probably won’t believe this, but I am an extremely LOW maintenance person. I don’t have even one dress in my closet and have basically one pair of shoes. (There are two pair in the closet but I can’t wear them because of my back.) I have a lovely selection of tee shirts and sweatshirts, and maybe a half-dozen pairs of slacks, but that’s it. I should at least have one ‘something’ nice to be buried in, don’t ya think? Have no idea where that thought originated. sigh 😀
I should at least have one ‘something’ nice to be buried in
Funny you should mention that, I had the same exact thought about myself the other night. Problem is, it’s a crap shoot. By the time I die, I doubt whatever I have will fit… Closed casket… Then can be comfortable in a sweat suit… I am also requesting glove because my hands get cold easily… 🙂
Maybe my uniform…
Now baseball… Folty looked sharp tonight. One hiccup but nothing catastrophic. he looked free and easy. The boys had the bats working against tonight’s sacrificial lamb run out by the Phillies. 12-2 was the final.
Braves now tied with Arizona record wise. Still four games to go. Wisler tomorrow night and then the final curtain… Would love to bump the Tigers out of the dance.
Boston and Chicago look to be the class of the field but anything can happen, just ask the Braves…
Still watching ESPU eh Ber? Sigh… I watch MLB Tonight. at least they talk about all the teams. Quick Pitch usually shows the Braves highlight near the end of the show each night. It’s what happens when you are close to the bottom of the pile.
baseball tonight did not mention this fact
If I were walking by the set of Baseball Tonight, or anything on ESPN for that matter, and saw that it was on fire and I had a glass of water, I’d drink the water.
The only time that network will be on my TV is if UGA football is there and I have no other alternative. (Actually, I am researching some newer tech alternatives to my TV reception choices anyway, but that’s a different conversation.)
At any rate, even when I am forced to watch it, I don’t listen to the commercials, and if I could figure out a way to sync the latency between the radio broadcast and the satellite signal, I wouldn’t listen to any of it. I’d listen to the radio play-by-play. Unfortunately it takes a second or 3 to bounce all those microwaves off the various satellites and repeaters.
If I could develop a device to let you dial in a corresponding delay to the radio reception, I’d probably make millions.
Gil, I know, you and V mock me for still watching it…CL probably does too 😉
I don’t blame use guys…I think I mentioned before, MLB tonight, I like, but I don’t always want to look at live look ins, then get interested in the game, then they go away…then I also want to see the highlights of the games…which quick pitch does, but I can’t tell my DirectTV to record it, except if I tell it to record 1 specific hour. Otherwise, hit record all episodes (like I do for baseball tonight) I get like 10 hours a day recorded!
I have to watch/record Quick pitch on friday, Saturday, and apparently Sunday’s as there is no baseball tonights on there….perhaps the last weekend.
Sad that ESPN thinks there are so few baseball fans there is no need to bother having the show on the weekends…you sure can find football tonight, or whatever they call it year round…
I also really like Tim K (who isn’t on nearly enough) Adnan Virk (I hate toupee man hosting) and a few other guys they have. Of course Adnan is pulled away from Baseball tonight the last month of the season (he’s a HUGE Blue Jay fan) cuz football.
If MLB.TV would hire a few guys from ESPN I’d gladly give it up…of course, ESPN gets 6-8 bucks from ALL OF US, whether we watch them or not…might as well watch one show and NOTHING else they have on…..
Plus, there are only a handful of national talking heads that I have much respect for anyway, and I can’t think of any on ESPN.
I like Jon Heyman (MLB Network), Jeff Passan (Yahoo), Joel Sherman (NY Post, MLB Network)… that’s about it.
Buster Olney and Jayson Stark left me behind a while back, and Ken Rosensource is too paranoid for my taste.
If you want to hear about your team from ESPN, they better be from NY, LA, CHI, PHI, TEX, SF or BOS. And those just happen to be the top 7 TV markets, in order. Some coincidence, huh?
Olney, Kurkjian and Stark all seem like the same guy to me.
I do like Jerry Crasnick a little, but I prefer to just catch his tweets and stay away from his columns.
I used to really like Peter Gammons, but as he got older, and ESPN got more politically motivated, he has distanced himself a little from the Death Star. But his first love and concentration is the Red Sox, so he doesn’t relate much to me.
Dang. There go my millions…
http://www.sportsyncradio.com/
FYI- the reviews on the free software download are mixed. The max delay time is 9.9 seconds. Apparently the latency for FM radio broadcasts is greater than that. I suppose it is fine for AM though. That said, AM is not an option after dark for those of us out in God’s country.
I basically had this post written yesterday, and I guess I was going to put the cherry on top, and forgot to hit post…checked later, no post…sigh….
anyways….
You know who else has been plagued by injuries most of his career? Wieters! 😉 Seriously though…McCann has been for the most part injury free…and know he will be worth more in a very thin market, so not likely will the braves pony up what it will take to get him…
and I’m sorry but Jason Castro sucks when he is not behind the plate. 222, 211, then 209. 31 RBI’s last year 32 this year, in a bandbox….while back in the day, you could get by with lame hitting catchers and SS’s those days appear to be over…
so, the question is….is it really worth it to try to get Wieters, Castro, or McCann? Is anyone going to be markedly better than Flowers/Wrecker? Ok, better throwing, but…what else? McCann throws out runners at the same pace as Castro…costs more, but he does you know…hit
talk about 3 guys I can’t tell from each other 😉
Yes, the catching market just got a lot thinner with the Buffalo going down in DC. An ACL tear… I can hardly think of a worse injury for a catcher. Ramos’ value has taken a marked change for the worse.
I expect the Braves will search high and low for a new backstop but could well settle to keep the guys on their current roster. Not sure that Recker won’t sign with someone else in the off season as his stock has risen.
Not sure if the low number of caught stealings is really all the fault of Flowers and Recker. The Braves young pitchers have not yet mastered holding runners and they have been pretty easy to get a read on by opposing runners. Most of the steals this season have appeared to be on the pitchers and not the catchers.
I think that is why the Braves were so disappointed in Bethacourt’s failure to lunch. It really set the Braves back in that respect.
LuCroy cost Texas a ton as it would any team but it may well have been the trade which could propel the Rangers into the World Series.
The Braves scouting and assessment group under Frank’s regime were consistently bad about giving a realistic profile of our “top” prospects. I could go on and on naming failed players, but what’s the use?
Bethancourt by far has hurt the team’s present and future given that he was “can’t miss”. Well, he missed.
I think Flowers has done a good job. I can think of worse around the league. Recker has far exceed expectations as his backup, and will probably get a sweeter deal elsewhere in FA. Plus, he’s a RH hitter, same as Flowers. Ideally we could find a LH compliment, much the way AJP/TFlow were set up.
I think at this point, Coppy is going to have to unearth a catcher in the trade market. Flowers may have another year as the primary guy, but he’s only under contract for 1 more year.
And I agree 100% Gil that Lucroy cost alot, but is paying big dividends in Ft. Worth. I heard somewhere just this week that he has 5 or 6 game winning RBI since joining the Rangers. That’s alot of wins he’s directly responsible for.
I still think the priority of Coppy this offseason will be:
#1- Starting pitcher
#3- Catcher
#4- 3B
Now… as to the subject of 3B, Adonis has done a nice job for us this year. In fact, he’s obviously exceeded expectations. But when you compare him to other 3B around the league, it’s kinda telling. Let’s do a MLB-wide comparison using the tried and true old school stats that you want out of the prototypical 3B:
HR: 14 ties him for 23rd with 3 others, 1 of whom doesn’t even play the position every day (Javier Baez)
RBI: 63 ties him for 19th with 1 other
2B: 29 places him 15th
OPS: .715 places him 23rd; this is the one comprehensive stat that think best represents what you want offensively from a 3B
And for the boo-teek basement stat of WAR, he’s 46th with .01. Hey, at least it’s a positive number.
I personally could care less about “WAR”, but do place stock in the others.
It reveals that he isnt even in the same class with guys like Josh Donaldson, Kris Bryant, Nolan Arenado, and Manny Machado. Not even with a creaky, aging vet like Adrian Beltre.
Martin Prado is far ahead of him, as is David Freese… yes, David Freese.
Here’s something to chew on. Would Tampa be willing to listen on Evan Longoria? He’ll be past his prime by the time the Rays are ready to compete again, and they would surely be interested in some young prospects. They always are.
What a huge acquisition that would be! If Longo sat in our lineup, it would lessen the need at catcher, and make the top 6 a virtual murderer’s row:
1- Ender (L)
2- Dansby (R)
3- Freddie (L)
4- Kemp (R)
5- Longo (R)
6- Markakis (L)
7- TFlow (R)
8- Ozzie (S)
Surgery will reveal extent of Ramos' injury. Possible meniscus tears in addition to torn ACL, per sources. Crushing impact on free agency.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) September 29, 2016
… always “per sources”. Couldn’t resist. Too easy. He should start his on line of tacky bowties and call them Per Sources.
He should start his on own line of tacky bowties…
Of course, online bowties might be a real business niche.
“Bowties already tied and delivered to your door in just 2 days with Per Sources Prime!”
Did y’all vote for the Braves All-Turner Field team? I did. The results were announced yesterday. There were some obvious one and some surprises.
The winners are:
C – Javy Lopez
1B – Freddie Freeman
2B – Marcus Giles
3B – Chipper Jones
SS – Rafael Furcal
LF – Ryan Klesko
CF – Andruw Jones
RF – Brian Jordan
Utility Player – Martin Prado
Starting Pitchers – Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Tim Hudson, Julio Teheran
Relief Pitcher – Craig Kimbrel
There was some chatter that they would let Bobby make out a “lineup card” with these guys on it and “present it” to the home plate ump prior to the #6 countdown game Tuesday. What a great charity opportunity it would be to auction that bad boy off, huh? Alas it didn’t happen.
So how would you line these guys up? I would go like this:
1- Furcal, SS (S)
2- Chipper, 3B (S)
3- Freddie, 1B (L)
4- Andruw, CF (R)
5- Klesko, LF (L)
6- BJ, RF (R)
7- Javy, C (R)
8- Marcus, 2B (R)
That’s a tough call. Has there ever been a better #3 hitter in ATL besides Chipper? But I want both he and Freddie to get those 1st inning AB’s, and I want Andruw as my cleanup hitter. No question.
The 1999 Braves had alot of those guys on it: Chipper, Andruw, Javy, Klesko, BJ, Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz were all on that roster. Furcal would come on in 2000. Marcus didn’t arrive until 2001.
For the record, I voted for Uggla over Marcus and BMac over Javy (which was a tough choice). I think the others were pretty much all my choices.
I just ran across a piece by Alan Carpenter over at Tomahawk Take where he suggests the Braves could offer a diminished “rehab and re-prove yourself” contract to Ramos (something like 1 or 2 years at $8M per), while retaining Recker as Flowers’ backup for another season.
That’s an interesting take, but I can’t see it. All indications are the the team is ready to put a winning lineup on the field in 2017. The time for waiting and being patient is over. Other players have come back from ACL surgery in 6-8 months, but not necessarily to catch. I gotta think that’s going to take longer, so you just about have to give him at least a 2 year deal, right? And even then you can’t expect much in 2017.
Nah. Can’t see it. Those $$ will go in a direction that will make an impact in 2017. As they should.
V.I think we’re pretty much in agreement on WAR it’s an absolute joke. A few weeks back I just didn’t have the time when I was thinking about it but I was going to write a very long Savannah guy Length to post on what a joke WAR was. What I was going to use his example is about 2 weeks ago Matt Kemp had at least 30 home runs in about 95 RBIs and he wasn’t even in the top 100 players there were guys with seven home runs and 33 RBIs that were considered better players than him good guys that can hit 7 home runs and drive in 33 RBIs are a dime a dozen and a funny thing happened between the Braves got him everything started to fire on all cylinders but as we know baseball experts talk about an oxymoron will use any sort of excuse to explain away why the Braves are better except Matt Kemp because his War sucks so therefore he must suck
With Garcia it’s sort of like Tyler Flowers is this year an aberration? Or have they really turned a corner? I heard Joe Simpson say something interesting yesterday we talked to this guy that said he had to completely rewrite everything he had about Garcia you had him as a guy that had for mechanics for body type little rain wasn’t very good hearing got to just throw his old scouting report away I think we’re going to find some day Terry Pendleton made a monstrous difference in his ability to bring his talents to the Forefront have you ever change so completely on both sides of the baseball like he did this year? I’m doing this by phone so it’ll be a few were there is but I kind of like writing a post in 3 or 4 minutes instead of 15 20 minutes
Agree, Ramos would be a bad investment.
Isn’t Travis d’Arnaud availble?
I would thing the Braves would like to have a lefty to platoon with Flowers however.
Ruiz is the current heir apparent at third but you are right Ber about how much TP has helped Adonis. Of course the Braves might just be showcasing Ruiz.
Who do the Pads have available who can play third?
I look for AJ Ellis to be released by Philly.
I voted for Javy but I want the juiced Javy… 🙂
Brian Jordan over Sheffield? Naw…
I like this lineup. Hope to see some of this game tonight.
Brian Jordan over Sheffield?
Now that you mention it… I think I voted for Shef. Can’t remember.
Another righty… and not as much with the bat as Flowers. Heckuva clubhouse guy, though.
Travis d’Arnaud would be a decent pickup…. probably a “change of scenery” guy. But he’s just 1st time arb eligible this year, and under the Mets control through 2020. It’d take a trade to get him. You wanna deal with the Mets? I don’t. That is unless they’ll take Chaz Roe and Joel de le Cruz for him… 😉
Interesting quote today from Wilson Ramos, courtesy of MASNsports.com’s Byron Kerr (via an interpreter):
“Unfortunately, this injury happened so close to the end and it may affect whether I’m able to stay with a National League team or not, but if it’s up to me, I definitely would like to keep playing for the Nationals and play as long as I can.”
He’s obviously alluding to the fact that while he can probably hit and run next season, crouching is another thing… as we discussed earlier today.
And another point that can’t be dismissed. This is his 2nd right ACL tear.
We keep talking about the Braves “going after a catcher”, but with all of the teams looking for catching help, it’ll be a rocky road no matter who we are looking at.
For the Braves, we need starting pitching more than anything, and a couple of arms at that.
A team such as the Nats… the only real thing they need now is a catcher. They’ll make that the top priority and make a hard run right out of the gate on the top guys. I can’t see Coppy being that aggressive. Although alot of national guys (not that I think they know everything) believe Wieters will sign with the Braves early. I just can’t believe that, though. Not with Scott Boras as his agent and with Ramos’ injury changing the catching market so dramatically. I think they’ll wait on through the Winter Meetings when they can get in front of alot of teams and allow them to all bid against each other.
The Os are hanging tough for the second wildcard spot which is going to be tough having to play in Toronto. Of course the Jays have not yet clinched the spot. I’m sure there are three AL teams rooting for the Braves this weekend against Detroit.
Come to think of it, this weekend will be a good yardstick for the Braves to see how they really stack up against a good team. The Braves end of season schedule has not been near as tough as the first six weeks of the season.
Yep, Mallex in center and Ruiz at third. Maybe not next seasons starters but likely 2018’s opening day’s roster. Then again, Mallex would take Markakis’ spot, not Enders’.
If Kemp can lose 20 pounds in the off season, I would like to see him in right field. Otherwise, he can play a decent left field. He and Mallex have both made some highlight reel catches in left this week.
The guys in the booth said that Snit was going to let Mallex play three games against the Phils and let one of the outfield regulars sit. It’s Ender’s turn tonight.
I think Daniel Castro has raise his stock this week as well. Smooth in the field and clutch with the stick. Don’t be surprised to see him on the 25 man roster next season. Not a lot of power but there are other guys who can fill that roll on the team.
A word about Dansby… Walt Weiss with power…. I knew he reminded me of someone…
yep, Charlie Liebrandt clone… or maybe the reincarnation of Jamie Moyer as a right hander. Amazing how a pitcher throwing an 80mph fastball can mess with a hitter’s timing. Almost like a person missing the bottom step. Pretty sure he will be in camp this spring. Takes a bit of pressure off Coppy and Company to go big on a free agent but then again, allows for a little maneuvering too.
Note to the Braves… Stay away from Strausberg… Please…
What the Braves need is a solid innings eater like Javier Lopez a few years back. Even a return of a guy like Ervin Santana would be huge.
The next three games against Detroit will give the Braves a good measuring stick on how they stand. They will be facing some good pitching. It will be tough to score 5 runs and that could be a telling point.
Oh by the way, wasn’t that dinger by Dansby dandy? Nice play by Jace Petterson at second in the fifth inning too which saved a run.
Kind of sad to see the season come to a close now that the Braves are playing well. That is such a turn around from what we have come to expect from a Braves team the past 10 years. Always starter strong a faded in August and September.
Amazing how a pitcher throwing an 80mph fastball can mess with a hitter’s timing.
Especially following Folty in the rotation…
No worries. Strasburg is the Nats’ burden through 2013.
Kind of sad to see the season come to a close now that the Braves are playing well.
One thing that is consistent with a “breakout” team is how they finished the previous one. A graphic on last night’s game showed that they Braves were “3 games back” of the Mets for the 2nd half. If we can improve the rotation we’ll close that gap a little.
I believe that is the key to at least competing next year. We all scratched our heads and wondered where the offense would come from in 2017, but somehow it has already come together. Add in a couple of solid mid-tier starters and you have something to talk about. Add in a top starter and an innings eater (to help out the pen) and you really have something.
Speaking of available mid-tier starters, too bad for Hellickson last night. Never good timing for an injury, but that is almost as bad as it gets. Not Ramos-ian bad, but bad nonethelesss. Wonder how many $$ dropped off his earning potential as he enters into FA? He was arguably in the top 3 starters available. Now he has question marks. Yowser.
Hey Coppy… Ivan Nova is represented by The Legacy Agency. I’m sure you have them in your speed dial, but I’m happy to find a contact number if you want me to…
Hellickson tweaked his knee running the bases. Not serious. He said he enjoyed his time with the Phillies, but would like a multi-year deal.
— Matt Gelb (@MattGelb) September 30, 2016
For the record, Hellickson finished the season with a 3.71 ERA and 189 IP.
In a pair of tweets by PIT’s scribe, Ivan Nova is quoted yesterday as saying “I don’t want to leave this clubhouse, to be honest. But it’s not up to me.” He said comfort will play a role in decision.
I bet the new SunTrust Park clubhouse will be really comfortable. 😉
I bet the new SunTrust Park clubhouse will be really comfortable.😉
Yep, either guy would be solid and expensive… I am sure player around the major leagues have taken notice of what is happening in Atlanta too. Everyone wants to be a part of a winner.
Funny how one player can be a game changer but Matt Kemp has been that guy. Heck, I remember the month Troy Glauss had which pushed the Braves over the top one season. It was only for one month but it was significant.
I think Freddie will cut down on his strikeouts next season. If only because he realizes he does not have to be the guy…
Matt Kemp, 34 HR’s 107 RBI’s…do we really want him to slim down? 😉
Funny, when he was in full on beast mode, he kept getting hurt…..
Funny, I too have been feeling like the season is ending at exactly the wrong time….
Go point Ber on Kemp. Perhaps we put too much stock into “shape”… Still, twenty pounds of fat can mean the difference in playing right field vs left. That said, the Braves have not really had a decent left fielder (one who can hit) since Kesko was traded.
Even so, Kemp has made some pretty decent fielding plays since coming to the big A.
Just doesn’t need a big A to slow him down.
I don’t feel the Braves need to sweep the Tigers to validate themselve this past month but 2 out of 3 would do it for me.
162 games and it comes down to the last three games for those teams vying for the final wildcard berths. My advice, celebrate while you can guys, someone is going home a “loser” after each series.
#Braves now have better record than Tampa Bay and Arizona, in addition to Minnesota. ATL is a half-game behind Cincy.
As usual, the ol’ B&S is ahead of the curve. I believe we discussed this last week.
And just 1 out of 3 and the Braves front office is out from under a self made cloud, too. They promised us after the 2015 disaster that 2016 would not be as bad. Well, it appeared for most of the year that it was a foregone conclusion that 2016 would be worse. But if the Braves win just 1 from the Tiggers, we’ll match last season’s win total of 67 with only only 94 losses, 1 less than 2015. 🙂
Hey, one out of three would help the Braves meet a goal but I think everyone outside of the Tigers would feel let down. I would anyway. Just would be a bit of a downer.
Of the teams left in the AL wildcard, I think Seattle is in the worst spot followed by the Tigers. No matter, it is going to be tough on the wildcard team to advance. Most of their front line pitching will have been used.
With all the added games for the post season, I think it is time for baseball to shorten the regular season so the World Series is over in October. I know, team owners want to squeeze every nickle they can out of a season but fans reach a point of fatigue and want to move on to the next sport. There is just too much overlap.
And this year the World Classic rears its ugly head. I know some guys will be worn out before they can get started. Then again, maybe the Braves can find a catcher…
Wow. Stunning photo!
http://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/look-rainbow-appears-over-country-club-after-arnold-palmers-ashes-are-spread/
So many of our Braves are on record lobbying for Snit to be given the full time job… Freddie, Jace, Ender, and more.
Given the strong finish to this season, and going into the final series a The Ted and all that this weekend represents as far as being a springboard into the next era, I think the front office should remove the interim label tonight, and let this team go through this last weekend of the “past” with their leadership intact and manning the helm as they forge into the future.
I fully agree, Raisins. They need to have some feeling of continuity that would with a familiar boss, as they move into a new stadium. Another manager at this point would definitely be detrimental, IMHO. I guess I’m saying the same thing you did above. Besides, Snit has earned it! I hope the upper echelon realizes all this.
Saturday, October 1 : The Final Thank You
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Series presented by Gas South.
The first 20,000 fans will enjoy a surprise gate giveaway and fan appreciation prizes will be distributed randomly throughout the game
Free Scouts Alley games throughout the game
Free entry into the Braves Museum
10% merchandise discount in the Braves Outlet Store located at aisle 230
Commemorative Turner Field poster presented by Gas South and SunTrust for all fans through the gates
All gates open at 4 p.m. (3 hours early)
Sat, Oct 1 @ 7:10 PM EDT
Sunday, October 2 : The Final Game
The-Final-Game
Enter the gates of Turner Field for the last time and take your seat for the historic, final Braves game at Turner Field!
Braves alumni will take the field in a special ceremony before the game to celebrate the last two decades of players at Turner Field and throw a ceremonial first pitch.
Commemorative final game ticket in a WellStar lanyard for all fans through the gates.
Free entry into the Braves Museum throughout the game
Commemorative Turner Field poster presented by Gas South and SunTrust for all fans through the gates.
Postgame: The Braves will close out Turner Field with a postgame ceremony that includes a ceremonial final pitch, the transfer of home plate to SunTrust Park, a Parade of Braves Country states, and a presentation featuring Braves VIPs.
All gates open at 12 p.m. (3 hours early)
Hey CL, MLB has the Braves game free tonight on line. Here is a link.
http://m.mlb.com/tv/e14-449256-2016-09-30/v1181340283?clickOrigin=MSB&team=mlb
Thanks, Gil!!
They said there would be a special guest to remove the last number. I think it should be Ted Turner. Likely Jimmy Carter or Hank Aaron.
337 Carolina Lady September 30, 2016 at 11:05 pm
WOW! A real, live ballgame!
HEY, GUYS!!!!! Check out OUR visitors counter up top! We hit a big milestone tonight!
Uh-oh. Trouble in the tropics:
“Hurricane Matthew is now a major hurricane as it moves across the Caribbean Sea. An expected turn to the north this weekend will bring trouble to Jamaica, Cuba and the western Greater Antilles early next week.
As of 11 p.m. EDT, Matthew was located near 13.3 N, 72.3 W, or about 80 miles north-northwest of Punta Gallinas, Colombia, and 440 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica. Maximum sustained winds are 160 mph, making it a Category 5 major hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It is moving to the west at 7 mph. Its minimum central pressure is 941 mb or 27.79 inches of mercury.
A Hurricane Watch has been issued for Jamaica. A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued from the Colombia/Venezuela border to Riohacha, Colombia and a Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for the southwestern coast of Haiti from the southern border with the Dominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince.
Matthew is moving across the south-central Caribbean, and will continue to move to the west for the next several days. Warm water and lower wind shear will help Matthew maintain major hurricane status for the next several days.
The forecast for this system diverges significantly early next week, with an expected turn to the north-northwest over the weekend. This could send this system close to Jamaica, western Haiti and eastern Cuba on Monday and early Tuesday and then eventually into the Bahamas Wednesday.
However, the uncertainty surrounding the forecast track and strength will mean that all of the Greater Antilles, Florida, the Gulf Coast and Atlantic Seaboard should keep an eye on this system’s development.”
Um, I’m thinking it might be a good time to go visit Nashville. Or Memphis, maybe.
339 Gil in Mechanicsville October 1, 2016 at 9:09 am
I predict it will travel up the Gulf Stream.
Young Matt Wisler was tagged early and often. It was over pretty early. Oh well, not a huge surprise was it?
And it looks like Cuba is in for some more redevelopment…
342 Gil in Mechanicsville October 1, 2016 at 10:22 am
With Aaron Blair scheduled to take the ball tonight against the Tigers, I am reminded of how shallow the Braves’ current roster is when it comes to starting pitchers. If Blair comes to the game with hos deer in the headlights look, the Bravos are doomed to defeat. However, if he can muster some brass, he can grow by leaps and bounds.
hey, the Tigers are a legitimate top tier ballclub. No cheap wins against a very powerful offense with few holes to exploit. It will be a stress filled outing for the young righthander.
Zimmermann is a tough cookie but he is beatable.
Yes Vee, upon reflection and after last night’s loss, coming up 1-3 in this series would be a plus.
343 berigan2electricboogaloo October 1, 2016 at 6:14 pm
Yay! 100,000!!!!! I was noticing that the number was pretty high up a few weeks ago(month?) but it was going so slowly…I forgot.
I am pretty sure though that I was the 100,000 visitor/hit and I am also pretty sure that there was a promise of a large cash payout to said visitor 😆 😆 😆
344 Gil in Mechanicsville October 1, 2016 at 7:14 pm
Ber, it’s free pizza for everyone… 🙂
Young Aaron Blair off to a much better start tonight than Matt Wisler last night. Maybe we have a chance after all.
346 Carolina Lady October 2, 2016 at 6:34 am
http://www.talkingchop.com/2016/10/1/13131384/atlanta-braves-manager-search-interviews-brian-snitker-terry-pendleton
The “Porter” that is often mentioned, is that Jeff Porter, the head medical guy?
Bo Porter, who was the manager of the Astros during their rebuild. He is currently coaching third base for the Braves.
I hope you watched last night’s game CL. MLB is free this weekend.
Wow, what a performance by Aaron Blair, who would have thunk it? And Dansby Swanson doing it with his glove and his bat… A lot to like in this group, including playing with a passion, something we have not seen in a long time in Atlanta.
349 berigan2electricboogaloo October 2, 2016 at 12:53 pm
I didn’t get a chance to say it last night, but was that a game, or was that a game???? 🙂 Clearly the best game the braves played all year, and for Blair to show up and really pitch…shame he won’t get another start , shame the braves season is ending today….
I do feel a bit sorry for Detroit, they really look like a good team, a playoff team….but after the braves did little against Detroit Friday in front of a huge crowd, it was great to see them play so hard against the Tigers…they played like a team in the playoff hunt…they are having fun….
I would have just assumed Snit was the guy, clearly he has a less than perfect team playing above and beyond what could be expected….and yet….from CL’s link….
Mark Bowman
@mlbbowman
The Braves interviewed their four internal mgr. candidates – Snit, Pendleton, Perez and Porter. Pendleton was said to be very impressive
9:11 AM – 1 Oct 2016
Ok, why say this??? Especially before the season is even over?
Look I like TP, think he should have been given a chance to manage at this point…but, IF they were going to give him the job, give him the job for this year (After FG was fired) instead of Snit , with a 2017 contract…that way, if he showed to be a terrible manager, they could have looked for someone after this season…
Snit through everything off, I don’t think “They” expected him to do as well as he has…team was supposed to look like the team before the all star break, the worst team in baseball….When everyone started to hit, then Kemp came over…they really got on a roll…
How many minority managers are there? A faceless corporation owns the team, but I bet MLB can put real pressure on teams (especially one’s that aren’t owned by one man) to hire more minorities….
Tell me again what Snit hasn’t done with this team? Has he managed to put competitive team, a team that doesn’t quit, on the field , without any real starters (consistent ) save Julio and Folty (when healty) And if any vet pitched well in a few starts, he was traded….how about the way he uses the bullpen? Masterful job last night….how exactly is TP going to be better than Snit has been? Does TP buy into VORP and fWAR more than Snit? Or is he just what MLB wants?
I hope, I am really reading too much into one tweet….perhaps they are just making it sound like he is a serious candidate when Snit is the guy….I think for all Snit has put up with (Joe Simpson was so PO’ed when he was demoted to AAA manager after being a 3rd base coach for years) I see absolutely no reason he shouldn’t be the 2017 manager in Cobb Co.
Ber, you should forward that post to Coppy…
Excellent job on the pre game program!
Julio strikes out the side, throwing 94-95….don’t see that often!
What a great finish to a somewhat disappointing season. Julio was dealing against a very good hitting team. The Braves, reminiscent of all those great teams in the 90s, score just enough to break the Tiger’s hearts.
Good signing of Jim Johnson to a two year extension. Why not?
Dansby made another big time play in the eight inning to keep the Braves ahead.
What a game!!! I don’t want to see the season end!
The closing ceremonies, are like watching paint dry though 😉
355 Carolina Lady October 2, 2016 at 10:53 pm
Gil, yes, I did watch the games! For most of them, this was the first time I’d actually been able to see them play. But it was great to watch!
Some neat photos from the ceremonies and the game:
356 Vox O'Reason October 3, 2016 at 8:56 am
for Blair to show up and really pitch…shame he won’t get another start , shame the braves season is ending today…
And that is exactly how the Braves needed to exit this season, leaving their fans wanting more, and letting all of MLB know that this team won’t be kicked around in 2017.
Signing JimmyJohn to a 2-year extension was one of the best things the team could have done as this season wrapped up. Clearly he has revived his career this season, clearly he is comfortable here, and clearly the Braves intend to have alot more save opportunities in 2017. Now they will have a core group of JJ, Vizzy and Cabrera to handle the late inning duties, not to mention Jose Ramirez, who really came around in the 2nd half, and Ian Krol who quietly had a pretty good year himself.
I mean… it seems weird to say it, but what’s not to like about the group of relievers we’ll be bringing to Disney in February? I think it could be a real strength of this team going forward. Extending JJ was brilliant, though. He’s the cement that keep it all together.
Johnson revitalized his career with Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell's assistance. They've formed a great working relationship
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) October 2, 2016
Which would seem to indicate that the team, and JJ’s agent, knows Roger will continue his tenure here. That would strongly indicate to me that an outside manager is not very likely.
Now here is my HSO (hot sports opinion)…
The report of Terry Pendleton having such a strong showing in his interview is a favor to the long time Braves employee. I think Snit has the job, and that the Braves are going to allow TP to chase his managerial aspirations with another club, COL or MIN or [fill in the blank].
And he’s earned it. I think he’ll a very good manager. But I also believe Snit has shown he is a very good manager of this club and it should be his going forward.
All indications over the last couple of weeks have been that Snit has all but won the job, and the has certainly won over the team and clubhouse. And as CL said above, finishing this season strong and keeping the continuity of leadership is going to be key to turning the corner and beginning the next era of great Braves baseball.
Having Bowman report that TP made a strong impression over the team’s official website – to me – was simply a statement to the other teams in need of a manger that there is a great candidate sitting in Atlanta. Consider him for your job.
Snitker remains the favorite, but the Braves may continue to evaluate options before deciding who will be their manager next year.
… and Bow agrees with me. 🙂
Jim Johnson endorsed Snitker and McDowell after signing a two-year extension yesterday https://t.co/3yzYOB1pvp
It is kinda falling into place, isn’t it?
2017 is shaping up to be much different than 2016 when spring training was like a cattle call to man positions for the Braves. Sure, there will still be some opportunities for players to make this team’s pitching staff and 2nd and 3rd base as well as the catching position could be shored up but all and all, the team looks to be solid.
I am not sure of how long the media black out last on team news and signings. I do know the league restricts big news event until after the World Series.
So, I expect a lot of rumors to be swirling about until the ink is dried upon the paper in relation to what is in store for the Braves roster. The biggest news will be about Boston and Chicago as the fend off their challengers.
Other small points of housecleaning as we wrap this season…
Dansby Swanson finished the season with 129 official AB’s, which means he retains his rookie status for 2017 and will be eligible for ROY. Had he had just 2 more AB’s (131) he would not. That’s pretty close in the last game of the season, don’tcha think?
One has to think that Viz, his late season arm woes notwithstanding, will come up in trade discussions over the winter. Certainly he won’t have the same value that he may have had when he was rolling in the first half, but he will still have value. And with JJ back for 2 more years, he’s somewhat expendable for the right return… or as part of a larger deal for a starter.
How about the way Blair finished his season, eh? Showed me a couple of things. First, he’s coachable, because Roger completely reworked his windup and delivery. Not only did it add some movement to his fastball, it allowed him to locate it better. And apparently it has added some spice to his breaking ball too. That pitch was almost unhittable Saturday. And against a very good hitting team, too.
Josh Collmenter… I don’t know what to say. Is it Roger? Is it a new environment? Who knows? But he won 2 of his 3 starts, gave us 19 innings in them, and pitched to a 2.37 ERA. He has earned as much of a claim on a rotation spot in 2017 as Wisler or Blair.
I want to see which Wisler comes to Disney in spring. The one who thinks too much, or the one who trusts his pitches and simply throws what his catcher puts down. When he nibbles, he gets knocked. When he pitches, he looks good. I hope he has time to reflect and understand the time for kid gloves is done.
Coppy wants to bring in 2 starting pitchers for 2017. That’s great. But I hope it isn’t 2 middling pitchers. If we can’t afford 2 top guys, I’d rather see one top guy, and another veteran to compete with the rest of the crew. Just don’t shortchange us with 2 more #3’s or #4’s. We have alot of those already. Julio has proven himself to be a #1 or #2, and Folty has shown he has the potential. Add a real bona fide #1 or #2 and we have something to build on.
One can certainly understand TP’s desire to finally manage a club of his own. he has paid his dues but one cold say the same of Snit. All those bus rides in the minors, who could blame him?
What one fears is for the Peter Principle to rear its ugly presence. I think VOX hit on it when he opined that the Atlanta Brass did not really expect the team to respond so well to the direction of Snitker. He was to be the sacrificial lamb who could be easily dismissed at the end of the 2016 season.
Fooled em he didn’t he?
The thing which worries me about Collmenter is how much the smaller ballpark will effect him? Flyball pitchers don’t generally do well when the fences are moved it.
Josh and Williams Perez are both soft tossing, pitch to contact guys. There is room for only one on the roster if you ask me.
I don’t think there will be two top tier guys available this winter. So, let’s set our sights on wrapping up one front line starter. I fear when too much money is put into one basket. It is just too big a risk.
365 Vox O'Reason October 3, 2016 at 10:05 am
Final draft order:
Twins (59-103)
Reds (68-94)
Padres (68-94)
Rays (68-94)
Braves (68-93)
They did what seemed impossible even just 1 month ago. They leapfrogged 4 teams back to 5th. Cancelling that 1 game last week potentially made the difference between picking #2 an #5. Of course, had we won it – a distinct possibility – we’d still be #5. We’ll never know.
For me, I’m not disappointed one bit. Heck, even the #1 pick is still a dice roll.
Yep. And Williams Perez filled an empty spot when he needed to. I’m glad he did. But he isn’t a ML caliber starting pitcher. Maybe a long reliever. Maybe.
I think spring training as well as off season trade will cull the herd a bit. While the adage is you never have enough pitching, the real truth is you never have enough good pitching…
I noticed that Nationals’ pitcher Gio Gonzalez is a free agent this winter. I have no proof other than my lying eyes but me thinks the PEDs being sent to his dad somehow made it to Gio too. He has not been the pitcher he was prior to the Miami clinic being shut down. Just saying…
A lot of guys will be looking to score the big final contracts. It’s the out years which are so risky when it come to long term contracts.
While Jeff Kemp might be a bit overpaid, one has to believe the braves don’t mind a bit when you consider the albatross they were saddled with in Olivera before he was sent packing back to from where ever he came.
One has to wonder if the Braves will be tempted to trade Markakis this winter or will try to ride him for one more season before trading him with only one season left on his contract. As it stands, he seems the perfect guy to back up Kemp in the line up.
The one thing Adonis has going for him is his cost. While not a top tier 3rd baseman, he allows for the Braves to spend money in other areas of need.
The thing which worries me about Collmenter is how much the smaller ballpark will effect him?
I think it could play a little better to hitters, but not dramatically. Given the changes to wall height as well as distance, it should play kind of similar. I think Coppy answered a Twitter question recently saying it might favor hitters a little more, but I suppose it all remains to be seen. I do know that they employed a group of engineers to study wind patterns from a nearby USAF base and used that data to help determine wall heights to keep it “fair”.
Per AJC:
At SunTrust Park, batters won’t have to hit the ball as far to right-center field for a home run as they do at Turner Field. But they will have to hit it higher.
A key difference will be the outfield wall, which is a consistent eight feet, four inches high all the way around at Turner Field but will be lower and higher at SunTrust Park.
The SunTrust Park wall is to be only six feet high at the left-field foul pole; eight feet, eight inches high in left-center and center field; and 16 feet high in right field, including at the right-field foul pole.
The right-field wall — almost twice as high as at Turner Field — will be balanced by a shorter distance from home plate. At Turner Field, the right-center power-alley fence is 390 feet from the plate. At SunTrust Park, it will be 375 feet away.
Other planned outfield dimensions include 335 feet down the left-field line (same as Turner Field), 385 feet to left-center field (compared with 380 feet at Turner), 400 feet to straight-away center field (same as at Turner) and 325 feet down the right-field line (compared with 330 at Turner).
At its deepest points, immediately to the left and right of straight-away center field, the SunTrust Park wall will be 402 feet from the plate.
So it sounds to me that it will be pretty similar, but there will be a section of right-CF that will play shorter. I kinda like that.
I also found an AJC story where braves exec VP Derek Schiller said the angles and varying heights of the SunTrust Park wall were designed to give the outfield “character and personality and uniqueness,” He went on to say, “It’s something that quite frankly we lacked at Turner Field.”
As I told my wife yesterday when we were talking about closing a park that’s only 20 years old, it was a “good” park, but not a “great” park. It certainly wasn’t ATT Park (SF) or PNC Park (PIT) or Camden Yard (BAL). It ranked 24th a recent poll of all 30 MLB parks in “how fun they are to visit”. But it served its purpose. To me, Turner Field lacked personality. I think that is something the men in suits made a #1 priority in SunTrust. I can’t wait.
The Braves open their new home on April 14. Might make a good countdown counter… wink wink.
Camden Yard (BAL) A shame it is wasted by locating it in Baltimore… Beautiful ballpark. National’s park is typical of a facility built in Washington. Glitzy but with little imagination.
I guess Bud Selig can look at yesterday and thumb his nose at all of us who didn’t like the 2nd Wild Card addition. 3 of the 4 WC teams were determined in game 162. I suppose it’s hard to complain about that.
Congrats to those who made the dance…
NL East champs: Washington Nationals
NL Central champs: Chicago Cubs
NL West champs: LA Dodgers
NL Wild Cards: NY Mets and SF Giants
AL East champs: Boston Red Sox
AL Central champs: Cleveland Indians
AL West champs: Texas Rangers
AL Wild Cards: Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays
Note that the AL East gave us 3 of the Junior Circuit’s 6 playoff teams. Pretty stout. Of course, one will get knocked out immediately in the play-in game.
Turner Field was a ballpark that fell short of what it could have been. Bad parking and little to do around the park and located in a section of town which was less than inviting.
Josie has already said we will likely make at least one trip to the new stadium next season. It seems a place to be safer and with something occupy the hours not filled with baseball. I’m sure there are lots of things to do in Atlanta but from what I understand, Underground Atlanta is not a place where one spends a lot of time any more without a bodyguard.
I expected more from Walt Weiss.
Courtesy of ABCsports.com:
Colorado Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu won the National League batting title with a .348 average after sitting out both Saturday and Sunday against the Milwaukee Brewers.
LeMahieu also sat out Wednesday and Thursday at San Francisco. He went 0-for-2 on Friday in the Rockies’ 4-1 win over the Brewers and left the game in the fourth inning with a .348 average, one point better than that of Washington Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy, who has been sidelined with a strained buttocks.
Strained buttocks and sitting on your buttocks are 2 very different things.
While the series against MIL had nothing to do with the final standings, the 2 games against SF (1 being a loss) had everything to do with it as the Giants snuck into the WC with a win in game 162. I’m thankful Snit & Co. cared about the integrity of the game and played all his regulars against playoff hopefuls, including putting Dansby’s 2017 rookie status in jeopardy as he was in the lineup for the entirety of the DET series. His glovework and bat contributed to both of ATL’s wins, too. One would think Walt Weiss would have the same respect for the game.
Okay, time to get up and try to do something constructive outside today. Will catch up later.
375 Vox O'Reason October 3, 2016 at 2:06 pm
Per Bowman today:
The Braves will interview Ron Washington and Bud Black this week.
Snit says he understands why the Braves will continue to evaluate external options.
Hart acknowledged it would be hard to hire TP, Eddie or Porter given what Snit did as the manager over the past couple months.
Per DO’B today:
Braves are interviewing Bud Black today, will interview Ron Washington later in week.
Braves made it clear won’t hire 1st-time manager after job Snitker already did. (I can’t see them hiring someone on staff for same reason)
Players agree [on keeping Snit] and that’ll weigh into decision. If someone just blows them away in interview, maybe the’ll consider. Otherwise, Snit’s job.
More manager stuff…
Walt Weiss is out in COL. Robin Ventura was already out over the weekend in CHW.
Nothing new on the roster needs front. Coppy still says he'd like to get 2 starting pitchers and a catcher to work w/ Flowers.
Actually, there is a little bit there is you read between the lines. Now he wants a catcher to “work with” TFlow, not replace him. That would seem to hint that Wieters won’t be on their “to do” list.
Given TFlow’s offensive production this year, it’s hard to argue. There really isn’t an obvious candidate with better numbers as a hitter. Gotta work on those base stealers though. (I know and agree… the pitchers are partially to blame. And I think that should improve. But his release time is still too slow.)
Also, it looks like HOU will work very hard to keep Jason Castro an Astro. Perhaps TFlow’s old southside Chicago buddy Alex Avila is a candidate. Numbers aren’t gonna wow anybody, but a strong receiver. For what it’s worth, he carries a higher WAR (1.0) than TFlow (0.3), and even higher than Brian McCann (0.9). if you put any stock in that particular stat, TFlow ranks 48th. Interestingly, Recker ranks 33 with 0.6. I just have a hard time with that stat. How has Recker been worth more wins to the Braves than Flowers? I cant see that he has.
Tell ya what, though. Looking at all the catcher stats from 2016, and looking at whom should be available, I’d just as soon re-sign Recker. Higher OBP and higher OPS than Avila.
#Braves no longer looking for a starting 3B, after Adonis Garcia improvement during season
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) October 3, 2016
Seems a no brainer. Similar to TFlow in that there isn’t a clear improvement now that Prado is no longer available. Turner is, but would cost too much to the Braves given their need at starting pitcher. Also, given that behind Adonis you have Rio, Jace and possibly d’Arnaud, the bridge to future starter Austin Riley is satisfactorily in place.
More from a plethora of DO’B tweets:
I’d be surprised if Braves Snitker doesn’t get the job, and probably within a week. Just a feeling.
Braves have starting pitching as top priority, at least 2 and possibly 3 added, Coppy said. Still looking for catcher to pair with Flowers
But Coppy said Braves would be content with Flowers and Recker if can’t get another catcher they like.
"I'm gonna be here, I'm gonna work, whether I'm the manager or not. I will be a part of this in some capacity. I'm not going anywhere."-Snit
— Ben Ingram (@IngramRadio) October 3, 2016
Braves lifer.
Prediction, Snit will get the job in Atlanta, TP will get one of the vacancies coming open after the firings. Eddie Perez will take over as the bench coach.
Working on a new lead, hopefully the Chief can edit it before the big wind blows in for Mathews which appears to be taking aim at Wilmington…
So, the Braves will be seeking two good arms. Ahem, call Tampa…
So, who else can Coppy fleece?
Alan Carpenter, Tomahawk Take:
*This club just mowed down four playoff teams (oops: two of them aren’t playoff teams… mostly thanks to Atlanta) over the last two weeks when they each needed to win some games for their own purposes. That was just remarkable. *
I am grinning in agreement. In what started as a lost season, it became amazingly meaningful in August and September. It actually became a fun ride.
This club just mowed down four playoff teams (oops: two of them aren’t playoff teams… mostly thanks to Atlanta) over the last two weeks when they each needed to win some games for their own purposes. That was just remarkable.
I'm told Dave Stewart has been fired as Dbacks GM.
— Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) October 3, 2016
And likely out of ever being a GM again. Horrible job. Worse than Frank Wren. Glad he was on the job for the Shelby Miller heist, though.
Tony LaRussa is equally culpable. Good on the field (and very fortunate to have the personnel he had), but never impressed me in the front office, especially as much as he impresses himself. Very arrogant and self-important. Deserves to be fired too.
OFFICIAL: The #Dbacks have parted ways with Sr. Vice President & GM Dave Stewart and Manager Chip Hale.
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) October 3, 2016
And their manager goes too. Can LaRussa be far behind?
388 Carolina Lady October 3, 2016 at 5:11 pm
Great opines, guys! It seems that the Braves surprised everybody recently. Including me! I’m just so happy to have been able to see those last games!!
I fully agree with the comment above that said the Braves are just where they should be before the big move to SunTrust. Fans ARE excited and eager to see them again. Let’s hope for a great Spring Training!
I’ll get the new lead done as soon as I can. Kelly & I are making sure we’re ready if Matthew does bully its way into our neighborhood. Depending on its track and cat rating will determine if we can stay or have to get out of Dodge. If everything is clean beforehand, it makes cleanup afterward that much easier, especially getting the grass cut. Makes for easier raking.
I guess the only real positive to having a hurricane blow over your trees is it takes care of your leaf problem all at once…
In today’s age of specialization, front office types are groomed to be front office types, hard to make that transition from the field. Also more teams have devoted resources to scouting talent and evaluating said talent. Computers make things instantly available but you still have to have some grunt in a back room compiling said data and inputting it into the system. Garbage in, garbage out as they say.
Today, being a GM and making trades is like counting cards at the blackjack tables, being able to do so does not guarantee success but it improves your chances. Sid Thrift said the secret to being successful as a baseball GM was having the ability to spot talent long before anyone else has the chance.
Wren’s depletion of our best scouts is also showing. Makes one consider a contract hit –or maybe not…..
Wren’s depletion of our best scouts is also showing.
So much a part of the story that was told but forgotten. The top ones left en mass, many going to WAS…. and look at how that has paid off for the Nats. And after Wren was deposed, many of those same top scouts returned.
All one has to do is look at the Braves’ drafts from this year and last to know that we have the backbone of our system back where it should be. I would never suppose to compare an untested teenager to a HOF pitcher, but that group that finished at Rome this year… Kolby Allard and Mike Soroka (drafted), and Max Fried and Touki Toussant (via trade) are ridiculously talented. Then behind them you have the group just drafted in Ian Anderson, Joey Wentz, Kyle Muller and Bryce Wilson that completely dominated hitters in the short GCL schedule.
All those kids were acquired because we had top notch scouts doing their job. And the highlight is Ian Anderson, a kid that most panned as being a reach and only being drafted at #3 to save money, but ended up being the best pitcher taken in Round 1 after the Rookie Leagues all wrapped up.
Yes, CL… you cannot undervalue the importance of having the best scouts.
And then you have the Padres, who have drafted a ton of talent only to trade it away. The Montreal of the West…
Catching up on overnights…
Looks like the Braves were impressed with Bud Black and do like him, but Bowman feels that Snit is still the leading candidate in what is currently a “two horse race”. They do have an interview scheduled later this week with former TEX manager Ron Washington (whom I liked when he was there, BTW).
I get the impression from the things I’ve read from both Bow and DO’B that Black or Washington would have to really blow the interview out of the water to move past Snit. I don’t think Black has done that in his opportunity.
DO’B thinks the team will announce the manager by Friday.
Not to mention that both Washington and Black both have their baggage. One of the biggest mistakes people make I fear is being overly impressed by a pedigree. Sure, Snit does not have the name recognition of either of these two applicants but he has a proven record of being a solid leader.
Now, if the Braves had continued on their downward spiral, I would be among the loudest participants in the mob calling for a new leader but when what appears to be a groundswell of support from his players and a willingness to run through walls by said players, I think the Braves would be foolish to simply make a change for name recognition alone.
Not to worry about Washington and Black, there are other jobs available. It’s why I think Terry Pendleton’s days in Atlanta are numbered. Not that TP is unhappy in the big A, just that he probably feels his time has come to move on to greener pastures. Of course that did not really work out so well for Leo Mazzone did it?
395 Vox O'Reason October 4, 2016 at 12:00 pm
I think Terry Pendleton’s days in Atlanta are numbered.
I agree, only in that I think he may get his shot at a head job this year… maybe in COL? I could see that happening.
From what David O’Bowman reported yesterday, the Braves seem set to hire back all of their field coaches, but are waiting to settle the managerial hire before finalizing it. Plus, I would think that if a new guy did somehow get hired, he’d want some say in things.
(BTW- the other 1/3rd of the three-beat-salad, Kevin McAlpin, has been absent since early last week after his father had a stroke, and then passed away a few days later. Prayers are already up to his family during this time of loss. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. – Matthew 5:4)
Ken Rosensource:
More on #Braves: Per sources, Ron Washington interview is tomorrow. Prez of bb ops John Hart knows him from days together with #Rangers.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) October 4, 2016
Don’t get me wrong Vee, I didn’t think TP would be fired, only that he would pick up a managing job somewhere.
I like Ron Washington but he is a bit too much of a seat of the pants kind of guy for me. And, he does have his own baggage to deal with.
I suspect if Bobby Cox had the final say in the matter, it would be Snitker, So, just what are the Braves looking for in a manager? A name? Experience? A yes man?
Yeah, I got that. I was actually agreeing with you. I just didn’t do it very well. 🙂
Here’s why I think Snit has the inside track on all other candidates: he knows these players better than anyone else. He’s seen them all over the organization. He also keeps the coaching staff (with the aforementioned possible exception of TP) intact, and I think that’s of utmost importance when you’re speaking of Roger McDowell. The job he continues to do is almost as good as his predecessor, and that’s saying alot. One only needs to look at the way Aaron Blair and Josh Collmenter finished out their 2016 campaigns to see how Roger can have an immediate effect on a pitcher. And I believe he is critical to the further development of Folty, Wisler, Blair and may of the other youngsters… youngsters of which Snit is very much aware and knowledgeable.
I’m not sure how any outsider can really compete with that…
Just had a thought… if TP were to exit to find greener playing surfaces elsewhere, who might become the new bench coach? I wonder if AJP might be a candidate? Hmmm…
So is it too early for me to have this set on my Bookmarks Bar?
http://www.espn.com/mlb/team/schedule/_/name/atl/year/2017
Well, at least the Braves won’t have to play the Nationals 12 times in the first two weeks but they will face the Mets a lot. Plus the begin the season with a 9 game road trip. At least the Mets will not yet be at full strength from the get go, all those young studs will still be looking to recover from arm injuries.
I guess Josie and I will go down to the camper tomorrow to bring home what we can and put things as high as we can to prevent them from being damaged by Mathew. It is always a crap shoot when it come to hurricanes but it’s the price you pay for being on the water.
What is worse than the highway coming thru your house, having it come within 15 feet and you have to live with the traffic… Hurricanes are like that. All that water…. I guess I better check the scuppers.. 🙂
Gil’s new post is up!!
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Scarlet Lady: Cruise like a rock star aboard Virgin Voyages' first ship
Karla Cripps, CNN • Updated 21st January 2019
(CNN) — The words "cruise holiday" and "rock star" don't usually go together.
Unless you're talking about Virgin Voyages' first ship, the adults-only Scarlet Lady, which will depart Miami for the Caribbean in 2020.
The Richard Branson-backed cruise line has just released renderings of the ship's 78 luxury "RockStar Suites," which will be located on the ship's 15th deck.
These will include 15 Mega RockStar Suites, which are further divided into Massive, Fab, Posh and Gorgeous Suites.
The rock star theme is quite literal, too. The Massive Suite will feature a music room stocked with guitars, an amp and a special private lookout point at the front of the ship.
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It's got a private terrace with a standing hot tub, a large "runway" table for when you're entertaining guests and an open-air "Peek-a-View" shower that offers sea views.
These suites come with rock star treatment as well.
RockStar sailors -- Virgin doesn't refer to its guests as "passengers" -- get private airport transfers, access to an exclusive terminal pathway and personal "rock and roll style rider sheets to satisfy even the most diva-like of requests."
The RockStar Massive Suite's private terrace.
The designers behind the suites say they called on the Virgin brand's rock and roll heritage, with rooms featuring nods to icons such as Grace Jones.
Sailors can expect a retro-futurism vibe with deep blues and iridescent dichroic elements in the bathroom to echo the deep blue sea.
"We wanted to inject a bit of exclusive, distinctive, luxurious feeling nostalgia in a contemporary way that speaks to today's traveler more," says Dee Cooper, senior vice president of design for Virgin Voyages, in a statement.
All suite guests will have access to Richard's Rooftop, "an exclusive chic outdoor lounge."
Changing the way we cruise
A joint venture between Virgin Group and Bain Capital, Virgin Voyages is targeted at travelers who might not normally consider cruising.
The progression shouldn't come as a surprise, given Virgin already has stakes in aviation, trains, hotels and even space travel.
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The Scarlet Lady is the first of three planned Virgin Voyages ships, with two more due to come in 2021 and 2022.
According to the ship's builder, Fincantieri, it will weigh about 110,000 gross tons and stretch 278 meters long and 38 meters wide.
With 1,430 cabins, it will hold more than 2,770 passengers who will be serviced by 1,160 crew.
Virgin Voyages has unveiled sleek new ship designs in hopes of attracting a different kind of cruise ship traveler.
With a silver-gray hull and smoked glass, the ship's design was inspired by the sleek luxury of a yacht, while red highlights are of course a nod to Virgin's branding.
The ship will feature over 20 dining and drinking options -- but no buffets, main dining rooms or assigned dining times like you'd find on traditional cruise ships. Formal wear nights? They've ditched that idea too.
Restaurants will include Wake, which serves "a theatrical take on steak and seafood" and is "the most glamorous restaurant on the ship." As the name implies, it's located at the back of the ship and offers dramatic views of its wake."
Test Kitchen will be a laboratory-like eatery -- "part cooking school and part restaurant."
A rendering of the ship's Korean restaurant, Geonbae, where top-shelf soju shots are on the house.
But the one that we're most intrigued by is Geonbae, a Korean BBQ restaurant.
"Hosted by the loudest servers at sea, each meal will begin with a complimentary round of soju for the table and throughout the evening sailors are encouraged to take part in lively Korean drinking games," says Virgin Voyages' description of the restaurant.
All of the ship's restaurant food will be included in the fare, with no upcharges -- another departure from what you'll find on big brand ships currently plying the seas.
Other onboard amenities include plenty of creatively designed outdoor recreational spaces, including the Athletic Club, an outdoor lounge featuring what the cruise line claims will be the largest daybed at sea.
Celebrity Edge: 'Futuristic' cruise ship completes maiden voyage
There will also be an onboard tattoo and body piercing parlor, dubbed Squid Ink, part of a partnership with New York's World Famous Ink.
Single-use plastic will be banned from the ship. This means no plastic straws, bottles, stirrers, condiment packs and other unnecessary food packaging. Still and sparkling water will be complimentary.
Ready to set sail? Virgin Voyages will open for bookings on February 14th.
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Adapting organic, ecological farming systems: Cuba revolutionises its agriculture sector - Daily News Egypt
Sciences Adapting organic, ecological farming systems: Cuba revolutionises its agriculture sector
Adapting organic, ecological farming systems: Cuba revolutionises its agriculture sector
Country replaces tractors with bulls to plough land due to fuel shortage
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Before 1989, Cuba was an important country in the so-called green revolution, which heavily relied on imported oil from the Soviet Union.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, and under a harsh American blockade, Cuba was exposed to the worst food crisis in its history, which forced them to search for urgent solutions to break the impasse.
The solutions were new and unprecedented. Cities, backyards, balconies, roofs, corridors, schools, hospitals, government and private institutions, and even non-arable areas, were planted using containers or sacks through alternative or movable soil.
Cuba used organic and semi-organic systems to convert organic waste into compost (organic fertiliser) to feed plants. It also relied on the natural control of insect pests, plant diseases, weeds, and completely prevented the use of pesticides in urban agriculture.
Furthermore, Cuba provided untapped lands within cities for long periods of time without rent and opened new markets. It also encouraged enterprises to market their own products to their employees. Agricultural extension departments were established in various Cuban regions. Cooperatives supplied seeds, organic fertilisers, and natural pesticides to people in the Cuban capital. Cuba’s capital Havana has hundreds of urban orchards.
In parallel with the urbanisation of cities, the Cuban government dismantled large farms into smaller ones, to become more manageable and capable of withstanding sustainable agriculture practices. In these farms, Cuba replaced tractors with bulls to plough the land due to the fuel shortage. Some 300,000 bulls are currently engaged in agriculture process in Cuba, in addition to over 200 biological control centres throughout the country, with all biological control agents produced from beneficial bacteria, fungi, and insects.
Over 350,000 farms, including 150,000 family farms, have managed to produce about 97% of their needs of vegetables, such as lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, avocados, cucumbers, herbs, medicinal herbs, and other products, such as poultry and meat. All the rest relied on draining organic waste and turning it into fertilizers.
The experience of ecological agriculture in Cuba has contributed toward reducing both global warming and climate change, since tractors were replaced with bulls, the quality of air improved.
It also led to the provision of hundreds of thousands of jobs. This contributed to crime reduction, especially in informal housing areas.
Professor: Khaled Ghanem
Professor of Organic Agriculture at Al-Azhar University
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US to promote investment in Palestinian territories during June conference
US officials did not clarify whether Palestinian, Israeli officials would or not attend
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United States officials said on Sunday that the White House will unveil the first part of US President Donald Trump’s long-awaited peace plan between Israel and Palestine during an economic conference in Bahrain next month.
The conference aims to encourage investment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to Reuters.
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Previously, Trump described the anticipated plan as “the deal of the century,” but Palestinian officials criticised the US effort as they believe it will be highly biased toward Israel.
The conference, which will be hosted by Manama on 25-26 June, is expected to bring together representatives and business executives from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
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Conversion Tracking: The Basics
Conversion pixels let you track the success of your campaign by reporting back when the user completes an action on your website after arriving through an advertisement. Not only will conversion tracking tell you how many times this action has been completed, but it will also allow you to attach a dollar value to that action for revenue reporting. Once conversion pixels are placed, you can see how many conversions are generated from each site, placement, banner, etc. Conversion pixels can be used to track actions such as these:
User makes a purchase.
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Any other event or action on your website.
A conversion pixel is a short line of code that advertisers place on their conversion pages (e.g. “thank you” pages). Basis DSP keeps track of the impressions and clicks that occur for your campaigns, and these events are tied to a user ID (such as a cookie ID, mobile advertising ID, etc.).
When the user clicks one of the ads in the campaign, a cookie is placed on that user’s browser. That cookie records the time, domain, placement, creative, etc. that the user clicked.
Later, when the user arrives at the advertiser's thank you page and the browser loads the conversion pixel, the Basis server looks up the user ID for the list of impressions and clicks that have occurred for the user recently. If there is a match between a conversion pixel and a campaign, the conversion is attributed to the most recent “touch” (impression or click) that occurred. Click trumps impression – that is, if a click occurs but another impression occurs after, the conversion will be attributed to the click. As a result of this process, you can see the number of conversions that occurred as a result of the last touch being on a particular site, exchange, ad, placement, etc. This information, along with the revenue generated from that conversion, is available in your campaign statistics.
See Setting Up Conversion Tracking for the step-by-step process.
Primary Conversions
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Woolworths leadership
It has supermarkets across Australia, supermarkets in New Zealand, and also 22 retail stores in India which are the joint venture agreement with Indian supermarket chain Tata. Woolworths has listed as a strong financial performance company with a 3. We, as passionate committed retailers, understand and lead our customers through excellence and a deep knowledge of our products and services and the world we live in. The key strategic priority for Woolworths is to build up a multi-option retailing in term of low price, good quality products and services, in stores experience to meet customer requirement.
Woolworths fired back, triggering seven years of intense price competition.
But now Coles has waved the white flag, indicating a move away from price-based marketingto a focus on other attributes, such as sustainability, local produce and community. Coles Good Things Aussie Sourcing Policy Research shows if price is the main selling point, shopper loyalty decreases and customers become more conscious of price.
Price wars are also costly for retailers. While operational costs wages, rent, bills remain fixed or go up, prices can't keep coming down. You eventually run out of margin. Coles' recent half-yearly results reflect this, with a drop in earnings of In contrast, Woolworths announced an But Woolworths dropped their "cheap, cheap" price-cutting campaign nearly two years ago.
Other retailers also get caught in the cross fire of price cutting. Case in point is Aussie Farmers Direct, which fell into administration this week saying they were: How this strategy came about Supermarkets are now looking beyond price to stand out. Both Coles and Woolworths are very similar in the brands they offer, prices, layouts, weekly specials and online channels.
The move away from price gets shoppers thinking about what is unique to each chain. So, rather than price, the focus has shifted to service qualitysocial programs and connecting with the community. Shoppers who are continually exposed to loyalty program logos, may eventually stop noticing these logos, or "switch off".
This is because of a behavioural tendency called "habituation". What these new strategies are trying to sell So, if Coles are no longer selling themselves on price, what are they selling? Coles' new approach is more subtle, selling themselves through aspirational stories and employing classic advertising techniques to do it.
These techniques are used in advertising to convey positive feelings and emotions associated with a particular experience. A simple way to achieve this in advertising is to feature people telling their own stories — as seen in the new Coles advert launched this week.
Woolies Commonwealth games With the Commonwealth Games near, both supermarkets are also featuring sports stars in their marketing. Woolworths' new campaign features athletes and their connection with fresh food, positioning the company, once again, as "Australia's Fresh Food People". Their advertisements feature an array of young, fit, attractive and successful athletes linking the athletic success with the purchase of products from Coles.
By moving away from price and focusing on a storytelling strategy, both supermarkets can engage consumers with a process called "internalisation".
This is where people accept the endorser's position on an issue as their own. Internalisation is a powerful psychological mechanism because even if the source used in the campaign is forgotten, the internalised attitude usually remains. Price doesn't create this effect. While food prices won't necessarily go up anytime soon, consumers shouldn't expect to see any further significant price drops.
Instead, Coles and Woolworths will draw attention to other important attributes. Faced with the expansion of Aldi across South Australia and Western Australia and the entry of German supermarket KauflandColes has recognised they can't keep fighting a battle on price alone.
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Gary Mortimer is associate professor in marketing and international business at Queensland University of Technology and Louise Grimmer is lecturer in marketing at the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics at University of Tasmania.
This piece originally appeared at The Conversation. First posted March 07, Woolworths details 3-year strategy to become customer centric.
Supermarket giant will focus on data utilisation, product innovation, better customer service and value but isn't forgetting about price. Woolworths adopts an integrated competitive strategy, i.e. it utilizes a combination of both overall-cost leadership and differentiation strategies, in search for sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) over its rivals in the supermarket industry.5/5(29).
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A JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (ESAMI) AND LUND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (LUSEM)
1.Background
The Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation was established by ESAMI in collaboration with LUSEM and officially launched at ESAMI headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania on 26th November 2011 for purposes of supporting the economic development and the fight against poverty in Africa through innovation and entrepreneurship development. It is in recognition of the important role played by business enterprises in both social and economic stability and growth through employment creation, trade and supply of essential goods and services that the centre was established.
The centre is domiciled at ESAMI and hosts a venture laboratory for developing entrepreneurs and innovators in Africa. It is also an incubation centre for businesses resulting from student research case studies and projects developed under expert supervision and guidance.
Centre Objectives
a.In general, the centre is intended to promote innovation and entrepreneurship development in Africa
b.It is specifically aimed at helping to increase knowledge and skills in new venture creation and business management.
Core Areas of Emphasis
a.Build capacity in innovation and creativity
b.Set up, establish and operate venture lab for development and nurturing of entrepreneurs
c.Facilitate students and faculty exchange program between collaborating partners of the centre
d.Facilitate development, design and conduct of various academic and executive development programmes in entrepreneurship, innovation and business management
e.Carry out research and consultancy activities in the African region
f.Develop and promote business linkages with industry in Africa and beyond
Centre Products
a.Short courses, seminars and workshops
b.Master in Entrepreneurship
c.Executive MBA Programme
d.Research and consultancy services
e.Partnerships and business linkages.
2.Target Group
The Centre is intended to serve the whole of the African region targeting budding and aspiring entrepreneurs. It also targets well established businesses.
3.Partnership with Key Stakeholders
The centre will seek and enter into partnerships with key players in business and industry for purposes of nurturing and supporting the innovation and entrepreneurial process. The following are among the key stakeholders the centre shall be working with:
a.Micro-finance and banking institutions
b.Donor agencies
c.Government and regulatory agencies
d.Research institutions
e.Universities
f.Other training institutions
g.NGOs
h.Business enterprises
These will provide the support structure for the nascent businesses and entrepreneurs in terms of financing, attachment/mentoring, source of raw materials/market for products produced, source of new technology, etc. It will also offer business people a forum to float and test new ideas for business and product innovations.
4.Brief about ESAMI
ESAMI is an Inter-Governmental regional management development organization established in 1980 and currently owned by ten African member states. These include Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It was established in 1980 to service the eastern and southern African countries. In 1997, through a resolution of the Council of Ministers, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) designated ESAMI as a centre of Excellence for Management Development in Africa. This effectively transformed ESAMI into the African Management Institute with a coverage of the whole of Africa.
ESAMI is headquartered in Arusha, Tanzania and in keeping with international conventions has a headquarter agreement with the government of the United Republic of Tanzania. It enjoys diplomatic cover in Tanzania and in all other member states. ESAMI has a tripartite mandate: Management Consultancy; Management Training and Education; and Applied Management Research.
ESAMI is well known in Africa and beyond for its quality management training and education; consultancy and advisory services; research and promotion of successful management and leadership practices. ESAMI offers in addition to its range of short term management training executive master programmes which have developed a lot of interest and demand on the continent and beyond. Some of the on-going masters programmes are MBA, MBA (Transport Economics and Logistics Management); and MBA (Customs Administration and Management).
ESAMI also hosts the Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa (trapca), a project jointly implemented by ESAMI and Lund University of Sweden under Sida support.
5.Brief about Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM)
Lund University was established in 1666 and is one of the largest, oldest and broadest universities in Scandinavia which has consistently been ranked among the world’s top universities. It is the leading research university in Sweden in terms of research grants. With eight faculties, Lund University activities cover education and research in engineering; science; economics and management; medicine; humanities; theology; fine arts; music and drama. Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) is one of the eight faculties under which entrepreneurship and management training and education falls. LUSEM is an EQUIS accredited member of EFMD. Lund University is a member of the prestigious research university networks Universitas 21 and the League of European Research Universities (LERU).
Lund University has a long tradition of innovation which started almost a hundred years ago. It has a successful entrepreneurship centre that provides a combination of academic and applied entrepreneurial programs including a unique Venture Lab that has developed many entrepreneurs. Some of the projects started in these venture labs have developed into major business companies.
In general, the centre is intended to promote innovation and entrepreneurship development in Africa
It is specifically aimed at helping to increase knowledge and skills in new venture creation and business management.
Build capacity in innovation and creativity
Set up, establish and operate venture lab for development and nurturing of entrepreneurs
Facilitate students and faculty exchange program between collaborating partners of the centre
Facilitate development, design and conduct of various academic and executive development programmes in entrepreneurship, innovation and business management
Carry out research and consultancy activities in the African region
Develop and promote business linkages with industry in Africa and beyond
Short courses, seminars and workshops
Master in Entrepreneurship
Executive MBA Programme
Research and consultancy services
Partnerships and business linkages.
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Donor agencies
Government and regulatory agencies
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ECHA’s dossier evaluation process covers compliance checks and the examination of testing proposals. By consulting the table below, you can find out whether ECHA has started to evaluate dossiers for a particular substance and follow the progress through the evaluation process.
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In most cases, this means that the registrant has responded to the adopted decision with compliant information. However, as in some cases an evaluation is concluded at an earlier stage, an adopted decision is not always available for every evaluation marked as concluded.
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Marshall Tuck
Tony Thurmond
Currently: (former) Educator at New Teacher Center
Marshall Tuck has been working on public education most of his adult life, but never as an elected official. That, he says, is a good thing: The public school system doesn’t need a traditionalist who is beholden to special interests, but someone who is willing to think big and occasionally tell the powers that be what they don’t want to hear. Although he supports a California ban on for-profit charters, he is strongly backed by nonprofit charter school advocates.
The son of a teacher and a lawyer, Tuck was born in Burlingame, where he attended both parochial and public schools. After an initial stint in investment banking, Tuck ditched finance for a career in education. He has managed a network of charter schools, partnered with a school district to revamp low-performing schools, and most recently worked at a nonprofit that trains new teachers and principals.
Paying teachers more—especially if they agree to work in challenging schools
Giving schools more flexibility to hire and fire
Complaining about the size and complexity of the California education code
Not spending the entire hiring season arguing with his opponent about charter schools
Letters of Recommendation:
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
Association of California School Administrators
California Charter Schools Association
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
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The Resume of Marshall Tuck
Educator-in-Residence at the New Teacher Center, 2015 – 2017
Helped implement a training program for new public school teachers in Fresno
CEO at Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, 2007 – 2013
Managed 18 struggling public schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District under an agreement struck by Los Angeles former mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Helped provide training to teachers, principals, and parents
President of Green Dot Public Schools, 2002 – 2006
Helped the group open 10 charter high schools in some of L.A.’s poorest neighborhoods
Additional experience: Candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2014 (ran on a very similar platform)—unsuccessful
It starts with electing an educator to be superintendent and not just another politician.
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D’Angelo Russell leads Brooklyn Nets on ridiculous 4th-quarter comeback
D’Angelo Russell’s career night led to the Brooklyn Nets breaking a franchise record and shocking the Sacramento Kings.
Are you kidding me? Forty-four points. Twenty-seven in the fourth quarter. D’Angelo Russell is absolute insanity. The All-Star led the Brooklyn Nets from down 28 points in the second half. It was the largest comeback in franchise history and the Sacramento Kings had no idea what hit them. Brooklyn was able to top Sacramento 123-121 in what is undoubtedly the team’s best win of the season.
Yes, you read that correctly. The Nets came back from down 28 points in the second half. In fact, Brooklyn trailed by 25 points at the onset of the fourth quarter.
Head coach Kenny Atkinson had to pull out all the stops, riding an unorthodox lineup down the stretch. Treveon Graham, Rodions Kurucs, Jared Dudley, and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson all played major minutes in the fourth quarter alongside the aforementioned Russell.
Russell drove the bus, but Hollis Jefferson parked it. He finished the game with the winning bucket in the waning seconds. With five seconds left and the score tied at 121, the Kings, understandably, denied Russell the ball. Rather than try to force the ball into Russell, Hollis-Jefferson put the blinders on and drove the basket.
? @IAmCHAP24 GAME-WINNER ? pic.twitter.com/hDuWrFHo79
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) March 20, 2019
His acrobatic finish fell and the Kings were left with less than a second on the clock and no timeouts. The Kings weren’t able to pull a Stephen Curry and nail the three-quarter court shot.
Each Net on the court made big plays when it mattered. Brooklyn’s veteran-presence—Dudley—hit a go-ahead three with just over a minute left. In addition to his game-winner, Hollis-Jefferson came up with crucial 50-50 balls when the Nets needed a lift.
Kurucs tried to start a few scuffles with every King who crossed his path. He may not have shot well in this one, but he provided an edge that was sorely needed. Graham didn’t make a huge impact on offense, but his team defense made a huge difference. The defensive cohesion was something to witness. The Nets held the Kings to 18 points in the fourth despite allowing 103 points through the first three frames.
But while the supporting cast all played crucial roles in the comeback, Russell was on a different plane of existence. In the fourth quarter, there was nothing he couldn’t do for the Brooklyn Nets. He was knocking down pull-up threes in transition, driving to the rim, finishing in traffic, but most importantly, he was dishing it to the open man when necessary. He finished the night with 12 assists—as if 44 points wasn’t enough.
THE ICE IS FLOWING THROUGH HIS VEINS TONIGHT ?❄️ pic.twitter.com/yxPgykHneh
Russell’s growth this season has been downright remarkable. He deserved his All-Star bid, but was still viewed as a player who wasn’t quite at that star level yet. Games like this are clear evidence that Russell is close to being mentioned among the top point guards in the NBA.
Russell’s dime to Dudley with 1:11 left was in the midst of his scoring flurry. No one could fault him for launching the contested three, but he made the smart play. Did Kobe Bryant teach him that one in Los Angeles? Probably not.
As fantastic as the finish was for Brooklyn, it could have been a gut-wrenching loss. Sacramento started the third quarter with a 20-0 run and it looked like the Nets had given up. There was no life.
The Nets were 0-3 on their road trip entering Tuesday night. Another loss would have put a little more fear in the hearts of Nets fans who previously penciled in a playoff spot. This victory can put those fans at ease. Brooklyn now sits comfortably in seventh-place with a three-game lead over the ninth-place Orlando Magic.
There are no breaks in the schedule for Brooklyn the rest of the way. They are still staring down three tough road games against the Los Angeles Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers, and Philadelphia 76ers.
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But this win has to give this team a monumental lift. The Nets had a great opportunity to steal a win against the playoff-bound Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday. Lou Williams put a stop to that.
A blowout loss following that type of heartbreak could have sent the season into a complete tailspin. But instead, D’Angelo Russell put on his cape and swooped in to save the day. This was the largest comeback in franchise history and it was without a doubt the best game of Russell’s career.
If there was any panic that Brooklyn would make the playoffs, this win will quell those fears. At this point, teams like the Philadelphia 76ers, Toronto Raptors, and Indiana Pacers might be hoping to see someone other than Brooklyn in the first round.
Of course, this win doesn’t mean that the Nets are poised for a Cinderella run in the playoffs. But it does show that this is a team that doesn’t quit and has a star player who can turn it on at a moment’s notice.
Furthermore, if any free agents were up late watching this game, they must be wondering what the Nets could be with a superstar on the wing.
NEXT: Brooklyn's Playoff Hopes Could Rest On Their Next 4 Games
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Very nice day today, so as the cap to it
I have a new set of findings to observe
Damn, I'm an Operator and didn't even know it!
Two men wanted in a string of Pittsburgh-area bank robberies may have had military or law enforcement training, FBI officials said.
The FBI said the robbers’ weapons-handling skills, including holstering their guns, show extreme precision beyond usual bank robbers.
Surveillance video from the robberies show the men holding their weapons with their fingers off the trigger and on the barrel of the gun (emphasis added-cb), a safety method taught to officers and military personnel.
Maybe they wiped my memories so I wouldn't remember the special training, and the mission?
The EffingBI: Experts At Work
Labels: Law enforcement bullcrap
Mentioned this before, but as a response to those insisting our ancestors mainly lived on veggies,
might point them here. Williamson did a lot of research for his new book, and it includes
However, it's obvious from the evidence that vegetarianism is just a modern ideal. No matter how many believers bleat about it being "natural," it not only wasn't natural then, it was a complete myth. There just aren't plants in the temperate or boreal latitudes that you can gather for enough protein, fat and calories to stay alive. Even if you could, you won't find them in December. This is a world nothing like our own. No domesticated grains, no herded animals. Even modern "wild" berries are usually contaminated, and sweeter, because of cross-pollination with domestic breeds. I've had vegetarians insist we were mostly vegetarian at the time, but they're unable to name the plant species we allegedly derived our calories from, especially fat. I'll save you time: There are almost none. Gathering non-fruit comestibles is a net calorie loss and a waste of time.
Most of the Paleo diet people won't be happy either. There was a lot of meat, but most of it was stringy and lean. Humans need fat for brain development and to maintain the skin, among other organs. When you can't get gorged, winter-ready animals with a layer of fat to eat, you wind up eating brains, livers and kidneys. They also provide salt, minerals and flavor. Hunter gatherers cherish the organ meats for nutrition. You'll want a lot of fatty fish, too.
After a week of this diet, I was ready to kill someone for some french fries or a peanut butter sandwich. That ought to set the vegan types howling.
After the murders in the Aurora, CO theater, the Brady clowns got with the family of one of the dead and decided to sue some people for not being mindreaders(at long distance, yet). They lost, bigtime, and it's costing them.
A federal judge ordered the parents of a Aurora, Colorado, theater shooting victim to pay court costs and attorney fees as a result of a lawsuit filed last year, and the defendants in the case say the family owes around a quarter of a million dollars.
Miguel has this from the decision:
Even if the defendants did not have immunity under the federal or state statutes, the Phillipses never showed any of the online stores knew or reasonably should have known about Holmes’ potential criminal acts or misuse, the judge said.
Additionally, the plaintiffs never alleged any individual defendant had knowledge of Holmes’ other online purchases or the firearms he bought offline, the judge said.
“There can be no question that Holmes’s deliberate, premeditated criminal acts were the predominant cause of plaintiffs’ daughter’s death,” Judge Matsch wrote, but “[n]either the Web nor the face-to-face sales of ammunition and other products to Holmes can plausibly constitute a substantial factor causing the deaths and injuries in this theater shooting.”
Miguel also wonders if the Brady clowns gave these people any idea of the consequences if they lost? And what they'll do now?
And the CSGV, of course, is having fits. Because feels, and this takes a weapon out of their hands.
Labels: Food, History, The Way It Should Be Done
And now for the regularly-scheduled data dump
after which I'm crashing, while dreams of "Where the !($&! is that wrench?" dance in my head.
When redlegs say 'Fuck you', they mean it.
Ladies, it's a small packet of data,
but here y'go
Mmmmm.... warp drive...
After watching the SpaceX rocket recently just try to land on a platform, you’d think this ability is years if not decades away. Yet the buzz on space websites is that NASA may have accidentally discovered a way to create a warp field. Wait, what?
Yes, lots of testing to be done, and it could turn out not to be what they think at any time. But if it is...
Labels: Science
In case you hadn't heard, Eric Holder II was confirmed the other day
as the 'new' AG, thanks to a handful of 'Republicans' led by that miserable shit McConnell:
Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), Orrin Hatch (Utah), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Susan Collins (Maine), Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Mark Kirk (Ill.), Rob Portman (Ohio), Thad Cochran (Miss.), Ron Johnson (Wis.) and Mitch McConnell (Ky.)
GOA has a 'We're disgusted' letter to send to McConnell, which I think is a waste of time; that bastard doesn't care.
Labels: Corrupt Backstabbing Politicians, Turncoat RINOs
Frat dirtbags who need acquaintance with a Cluebat™,
magnum-version.
“They were being treated like the Vietnam veterans were treated,” said Linda Cope, the founder of the Warrior Beach Retreat.
Cope tells me the fraternity members were staying in the same resort – and caused a night of mayhem. The college kids made derogatory comments about the warriors’ wives, threw items off balconies and desecrated an American flag.
She also said one of the warriors and his service dog were spit on.
Cluebat™. With spikes.
To their credit, the fraternity seems to be taking this very seriously, University of Florida as well. Emory U, however,
Emory University, on the other hand, said it cannot confirm that any of their students were involved in the despicable behavior.
“If any members of our community are identified as being responsible, they will be held accountable for their actions by the university,” read a statement from the Georgia school.
Call it being cynical, I have to wonder if they'll actually do that.
Labels: Downright Disgusting
Things that I trust more than Hillary Clinton:
* Mexican tap water
* A rattlesnake with a "pet me" sign
* OJ Simpson showing me his knife collection
* A fart when I have diarrhea
* An elevator ride with Ray Rice
* Taking pills offered by Bill Cosby
* Michael Jackson's Doctor
* An Obama Nuclear deal with Iran
* A Palestinian on a motorcycle
* Gas station Sushi
* A Jimmy Carter economic plan
* Brian Williams news reports
* Loch Ness monster sightings
* Prayers for peace from Al Sharpton
(stolen from Mr. Henick)
If this is correct, H&K really screwed the pooch on the G36. Short version: heating from firing, and even from the sun hitting one side of the rifle for a while, can cause serious accuracy problems. And it appears the wrong type plastic was used in some components. And H&K may have forged acceptance marks. That alone, if true, will cost them their ass.
The EPA: We lie according to our audience, but we lie.
Trust: it's what we no longer have in far too many.
A detective’s court testimony Monday revealed that Baltimore law enforcement is spying on residents at an incredible rate without a warrant — and doing their best to hide it.
Detective Michael Dressel testified that Baltimore law enforcement have used “sting rays”–devices that can track personal cell phone data and location–without court orders, The Baltimore Sun reports. Police said they have used sting rays 4,300 more than times since 2007.
I find myself liking Eastwood:
“Everybody’s saying I threatened to kill Michael Moore,” Eastwood said, according to Variety. “That’s not true.”
After a pause, he added, “It isn’t a bad idea.”
I guess you could say one accomplishment of Hillary Clinton is this level of corruption; kind of amazing, actually.
Oh, and she doesn't like paying taxes.
Labels: Corrupt Backstabbing Politicians, Gunny Stuff, Law Enforcement- sorry excuse for, Lying Bastards, Lying Politicians, Taxes, The Way It Should Be Done
No, carrying a knife of itself should NOT be reason
to arrest someone. Let alone murder them. They need to pay attention to this:
Reconsideration of knife bans began as early as the 1980s, when the Oregon Supreme Court found that “[i]t is not the design of the knife but the use to which it is put that determines its ‘offensive’ or ‘defensive’ character.”
Exactly. Just like firearms.
And what the hell happened to Gray that so damaged his spine while in police custody?
This being the NYeffingTimes, you have the obligatory by closing hundreds of heavily polluting coal plants stuff, but they do actually report the slight problems with this EPA power grab:
“If the proposed rule stands the way it is, there will be blackouts,” said Nick Akins, the chief executive of American Electric Power, an electric utility that supplies power in 11 Midwestern states.
This week, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, a utility industry group, issued a report concluding that, as written, the proposed climate change rules could pose “a significant reliability challenge” to the nation’s power supply.
Turbines built on windswept plains and solar panels built in sunny deserts will need new power lines to connect them to the grid, but siting, permitting and building such lines can take up to a decade.
No discussion of all the problems with those bird cuisinarts and land-covering panels, but having this source actually discuss some of the problems...
The solution? Be like Californicated!
A report issued in February by the Analysis Group, a consulting firm based in Boston, concluded that there were ways for states to avoid blackouts and brownouts during the power transition. The report found, if states were to adopt interstate cap-and-trade plans, along the lines of the program in place in California, they could cut pollution while keeping the lights on.
Yeah, because Californicated is in GREAT shape...
Yes, it's the NYeffingTimes; yes, they try to paper over the horrendous problems; when it's bad enough that even they take notice, that tells you just how bad it is.
Meanwhile, at the most misnamed DHS,
Sources at the Department of Homeland Security report to PJ Media that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is reallocating significant resources away from a computer system — the “Electronic Immigration System” — to sending letters to all 9,000,000 green card holders urging them to naturalize prior to the 2016 election.
No wonder they're not worried about ISIS bases in Mexico, doing something would take money away from trying to influence the next election.
Labels: Energy, Illegal Aliens, Screwed by government, Tools
The project continues, Pic added
with the lower now fully assembled. And dies have been obtained for producing ammo. Interestingly, bullets of suitable diameter/weight seem available, but little in the way of loaded ammo. Still looking for some of that.
Leigh, that clevis pin idea worked wonderfully, no problem at all installing the pivot pin.
Picture later; right now I'm for bed.
Added: here's how it looks
Yeah, that's an A2 stock; I find I like it better for some things than a adjustable. This not being a tactical/home defense build, I prefer the length and feel of it better. Rock River trigger, DPMS lower and other parts.
After having watched son build/work on some AR firearms, I ought to be less worried about screwing something up here, but I'm not. I do have a Claw upper-receiver block for assembling it, which should help. I have a good scope, need to get some rings to mount it with.
From the People's Republic of Maryland,
at the hands of the local Stasi:
Baltimore police released videos Monday showing the arrest of a man who died of a severe spinal injury suffered in police custody. Six officers have been suspended, but investigators say they still don’t know how it happened.
A week after the arrest of Freddie Gray, police said still don’t have any videos or other evidence explaining what happened to cause the “medical emergency” that an arresting officer said Gray suffered while being taken to the local police station, Deputy Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez said.
Gee, whatever could have happened?
My first thought: did they play the 'drop a knee on his neck, needed or not, in the names of Control and Officer Safety' ? SOMETHING damn sure happened to him, either then or in that van.
Labels: Sorry Excuses for Lawmen
A good ruling
The Supreme Court said Tuesday that police may not extend an ordinary traffic stop to seek evidence of crimes unrelated to the offense that prompted officers to pull a vehicle over.
Now word of this needs to get all over. To help stop the "Sir, you realize if you don't give me permission to search I can detain you for however long it takes for us to get a dog here?" bullshit.
Labels: The Way It Should Be Done
In the crappile that is Wisconsin, don't forget the Democrat journalists who took part
in trashing lives. Like the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Archer, French writes, “looked outside and saw a person who appeared to be a reporter. Someone had tipped him off.”
Supporters of the Democrat-launched political John Doe probes into conservatives have argued secrecy is key to its success, denouncing any leaks that undermine the prosecutors’ case. But Archer’s suspicion that a reporter was present was apparently right – and indicates that secrecy is a tactic rather than a principle: a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article published on the day of the raid, Sept. 14, 2011, indicates that a Journal Sentinel reporter arrived in time to see “about a dozen law enforcement officers, including FBI agents” raid Archer’s home.
Yeah, the brownshirts are back. And if you call them that you're a racist homophobic woman-hating white bastard.
Labels: Corrupt Journalists, Progressive dirtbags
Trust the feds? The Department of Justice?
Justice Department officials have known for years that flawed forensic work might have led to the convictions of potentially innocent people, but prosecutors failed to notify defendants or their attorneys even in many cases they knew were troubled.
Officials started reviewing the cases in the 1990s after reports that sloppy work by examiners at the FBI lab was producing unreliable forensic evidence in court trials. Instead of releasing those findings, they made them available only to the prosecutors in the affected cases, according to documents and interviews with dozens of officials.
Well, of course! If they let the defendants know, they might actually do something about it! And that might damage the reputations of the prosecutors!
In one Texas case, Benjamin Herbert Boyle was executed in 1997, more than a year after the Justice Department began its review. Boyle would not have been eligible for the death penalty without the FBI’s flawed work, according to a prosecutor’s memo.
The case of a Maryland man serving a life sentence for a 1981 double killing is another in which federal and local law enforcement officials knew of forensic problems but never told the defendant. Attorneys for the man, John Norman Huffington, say they learned of potentially exculpatory Justice Department findings from The Washington Post. They are seeking a new trial.
A: Do not trust a fed. Of any stripe.
B: Do not expect a damn thing to be done about crooked/corrupt feds; all these bastards still have jobs and still have their law licenses.
C: NEVER trust ANYTHING that comes from the EffingBI.
'Disgusting' just barely begins to cover it.
"Nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered evidence against criminal defendants over more than a two-decade period before 2000," the newspaper reported, adding that "the cases include those of 32 defendants sentenced to death."
The article notes that the admissions from the FBI and Department of Justice "confirm long-suspected problems with subjective, pattern-based forensic techniques—like hair and bite-mark comparisons—that have contributed to wrongful convictions in more than one-quarter of 329 DNA-exoneration cases since 1989."
Never trust ANYTHING that comes out of a crime lab. If you're being charged with something, demand a neutral lab retest everything. From the Insty link where I found these,
When I was in college, I interned for a criminal defense attorney who told me that although most people, including defense lawyers, assumed that the FBI lab was a gold standard, he always sent stuff to an independent lab for verification, and half the time it came back with a different result from the FBI lab. He said he didn’t understand why more lawyers didn’t do that, since a different result in itself might produce reasonable doubt.
Labels: Law Enforcement- sorry excuse for
You expect ethical conduct from the Brady Center?
Earlier this week, the Brady Center's Legal Action Project attorneys Jonathan Lowy and Alla Lefkowitz withdrew from a Wisconsin lawsuit after inadmissible evidence was published on Brady’s website in violation of Wisconsin’s rules of professional conduct concerning trial publicity.
Automakers want to force people to come to them for service. Because safety and copyright.
The proper response that comes to mind is "Kiss my ass."
Labels: Business dirtbags, Gun Bigots
The handguard has been chosen
Came with its own barrel nut, proprietary design
This is a Diamondhead VRS T-308L. Free-floating, 13.5" long, fits over a low-profile gas block. Instead of the standard 'torque the barrel nut to minimum, then add enough to line a hole up with the gas port in the receiver', this barrel nut uses a 1 3/8" wrench to tighten it down, and is low enough that there's no obstruction of the gas port. Then the handguard(forend, whatever) slides over, two bolts go through it and cutouts in the nut, level it and tighten the bolts down. Lots of good reviews, and it's not a tactical cheesegrater design. I wanted something with a flatter bottom instead of round, and this feels good in the hand. And you can add rails to it if you wish. I think it'll work nicely.
Also have a gas block and tube, and a vise block for the receiver. Waiting for the crowfoot wrench to come in, then I can hook it to the torque wrench and assemble this.
I've never built a AR before. My LORD, the options...
'Progressives' and union thugs; this is what they do
Speaking both on and off the record, targets reflected on how many layers of Wisconsin government failed their fundamental constitutional duties — the prosecutors who launched the rogue investigations, the judge who gave the abuse judicial sanction, investigators who chose to taunt and intimidate during the raids, and those police who ultimately approved and executed aggressive search tactics on law-abiding, peaceful citizens.
For some of the families, the trauma of the raids, combined with the stress and anxiety of lengthy criminal investigations, has led to serious emotional repercussions. “Devastating” is how Anne describes the impact on her family. “Life-changing,” she says. “All in terrible ways.”
One of the victims said the cops 'seemed apologetic'. Maybe, but that didn't stop them from doing this.
Anne also describes a new fear of the police: “I used to support the police, to believe they were here to protect us. Now, when I see an officer, I’ll cross the street. I’m afraid of them. I know what they’re capable of.” Cindy says, “I lock my doors and I close my shades. I don’t answer the door unless I am expecting someone. My heart races when I see a police car sitting in front of my house or following me in the car. The raid was so public. I’ve been harassed. My house has been vandalized. [She did not identify suspects.] I no longer feel safe, and I don’t think I ever will.”
Rachel talks about the effect on her children. “I tried to create a home where the kids always feel safe. Now they know they’re not. They know men with guns can come in their house, and there’s nothing we can do.” Every knock on the door brings anxiety. Every call to the house is screened. In the back of her mind is a single, unsettling thought: These people will never stop.
And every one of the sorry excuses for lawmen involved will bitch and whine of the public has a problem with what they did; they'll demand they be respected as 'protectors'. Even when they're actually predators.
Screw all of these corrupt bastards.
Labels: Law Enforcement- sorry excuse for, Progressive dirtbags, Sorry Excuses for Lawmen
This isn't good
A mysterious disease that kills patients within 24 hours has claimed at least 18 lives in a south-eastern Nigerian town, the government says.
Laboratory tests have so far ruled out Ebola or any other virus, Mr Akinmade added.
Something known in a slightly different form, or something new to us?
Snork...
There is something ineffably Clintonesque in that: She declined the use of the customary limousine because she wanted to appear to share the lives and troubles of the ordinary people, so she rides around in a customized armored van, having spent a great deal of money — starting prices for such vehicles are comparable to those of Porsches — to avoid the appearance that she has a great deal of money. . . .
Labels: Lying Politicians, Medicine
Speaking of 'Trust these bastards? Why?',
remember all the intel seized when bin Laden was killed(that Biden opened his mouth and blabbed about)?
However, as Hayes explains, “the senior DIA official who ran the project, Colonel Derek Harvey, says the intelligence community has fully analyzed less than 10 percent of the collection. Top DIA officials were told directly to stop providing analyses based on the bin Laden documents.” Why? This information refuted Obama’s boast that al-Qaeda was “on the run.” “The administration had decided to end the war on terror, and no amount of new intelligence about threats from al Qaeda was going to change their minds,” Hayes added. “So they chose ignorance.”
This doesn't just count as 'stupid', this is insane.
Despite NCIS’s disturbing then-five-year-old report, National Security Adviser Susan Rice notoriously claimed last June 1 that Bergdahl “served the United States with honor and distinction.”
Far worse, Obama negotiated with terrorists and swapped Bergdahl for five Guantanamo detainees, namely top Taliban commanders whom the primitive Islamofascist group relentlessly demanded by name. Obama sent these mass murderers to Qatar for one year. Three of them reportedly have violated their terms of release by attempting to re-connect with the Taliban. Regardless, come June, all five may go wherever they want. Most likely, they will fly to Afghanistan and resume sending Americans home in boxes.
And the supposed 'degrade ISIS' strategy is just what was feared:
The problem, says retired four-star Army general Jack Keane, is “the most restrictive rules of engagement our pilots have ever been asked to execute.”
The Washington Examiner’s Byron York explains that Obama “has ordered that civilian casualties — unavoidable in a bombing campaign — be kept to such an absolute minimum that military commanders have had to stay away from significant Islamic State targets.”
When the Islamic State first emerged, it traversed Iraqi and Syrian deserts in pick-up trucks. A few days of relentless bombing would have reduced these maggots to cinders. Instead, Obama’s daintiness let them seize territory the size of Great Britain. The group now has infiltrated Libya, Tunisia, and Yemen, sealed an alliance with Boko Haram in Nigeria, and much more.
Know all the "Obama's secretly a muslim!" stuff? I don't think so. I could be wrong, but I doubt he has ANY devout religious belief(other than "I am the god!"). I do think he has such a sympathy for/tolerance for Islam that he's willing to tolerate damn near anything from muslims and make excuses for it, while holding the US and the west in general in contempt. I think he joined Rev. Wrights' church not from devout belief, but because it was necessary for politics; also, Wrights' hatred of America fit very nicely with Obamas' beliefs.
So we've got a President who doesn't like this country and wants it damaged, made as powerless as possible. and who'll tolerate- in some cases it would seem flatly encourage- muslim terrorists to act against us. The Chinese term was 'interesting times'.
Labels: Corrupt Backstabbing Politicians
We're supposed to trust ANY of these bastards?
“If I had policies or directives that were contrary to the law, I would understand if they didn’t want to follow them. I would expect them to follow the law first,” Young said.
To that, Saldana replied, “And that’s where you and I probably have a fundamental disagreement.” (The exchange begins at the 1:25:30 mark in the video above.)
Dear Leaders' directives are more important than the law to his minions. And they'll say it publicly.
Young asked Saldana if Obama’s comments concerned her in any way, given the implication that Obama was asking ICE to enforce his own directive, and not U.S. law.
“I’m trying to be honest with you, sir,” Saldana replied. “No.”
"Dear Leader gave his orders, you expect us to disobey them just because of the law?"
And get this defense:
She then equated Obama’s directive to any normal directive that a company or congressman might send out to their staffs. “I imagine you have staff that you expect to comply with your directives and your policies,” she said. “I imagine the typical employer in the United States has employees who they expect to follow their directives, their policies.”
If an employer told his employees "I don't care what the law says, do what I say", people like Obama and this clown would scream and demand investigations and jail; but if Obama says it...
Trust?
The Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered evidence against criminal defendants over more than a two-decade period before 2000.
Of 28 examiners with the FBI Laboratory’s microscopic hair comparison unit, 26 overstated forensic matches in ways that favored prosecutors in more than 95 percent of the 268 trials reviewed so far, according to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and the Innocence Project, which are assisting the government with the country’s largest post-conviction review of questioned forensic evidence.
Yeah, there are honest agents in the EffingBI. Also in ATF; would you trust your life that the one you're dealing with is one of them? After all that's come out?
Labels: Corrupt Bureaucrats, Law Enforcement- sorry excuse for
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Destination HealthEU Weekly Health Digest April 15, 2019 April 26, 2019
Weekly Health Digest: Anthrax, Ebola in Congo, Mental Health in Detention, and More
A summary of important health news from the past week.
Anthrax is Killing Wildlife, and it’s Putting Humans at Risk, too
By: Jacqueline Howard
Health officials in Kenya investigating the sudden death of 10 buffalo have confirmed that the first case in the outbreak was due to anthrax. Such cases occur occasionally in livestock and wild animals around the world, and humans can become infected if they come into contact with an infected animal (this includes eating the animal’s meat or drinking its milk). According to a release by Kenya’s State Department of Wildlife, the outbreak has been contained and officials are monitoring the situation. In order to prevent anthrax outbreaks from spreading other animals and to humans, livestock vaccines are administered and post-exposure antibiotics are distributed to those who may have had contact with an infected animal.
Congo Ebola outbreak not a public health emergency of international concern, WHO says
By: Susan Scutti
The World Health Organization’s director-general, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has declared that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not an international health crisis. If it stays within the Congo, the WHO will keep the same position. The outbreak began August 2018 and has become the second largest and deadliest situation. So far, 1,206 cases and 764 deaths have been reported. During the 2014 outbreak in West Africa, 1,711 probable cases had been reported before the outbreak was deemed a public health emergency of international concern. Without the declaration from the WHO, Congo might repeat the mistakes of West Africa during their Ebola outbreak.
E.R. Visits for Kids Swallowing Toys, Coins Have Doubled
By: Katelyn Newman
A recent study found that the rate of young children in the United States going to the emergency room for having swallowed coins, toys and other similar objects has practically doubled over the last 20 years. After looking at data from 1995 to 2015, the researchers found that the rates of emergency room visits for these ingestions increase from 9.4 per 10,000 children in 1995 to 17.9 per 10,000 in 2015. The lead author of the study, Dr. Danielle Orsagh-Yentis, highlighted button-sized batteries as a potential contributor to the increase in ingestions over the last two decades. The authors note that further research is needed and investigating foreign body ingestions in the home environment is important.
Watchdogs Cite Lax Medical And Mental Health Treatment Of ICE Detainees
By: Sarah Varney
A recent report by Disability Rights California exposes bad conditions at an ICE detention facility run by private corporation GEO group. They note detainees attempting suicide and not getting important care and resources such as depression medication, walkers, and wheelchairs. There are additional reports of psychiatrist improperly prescribing detainees antipsychotic medications, which make them sleep a lot. GEO group has come under fire previously for conditions at prisons and other facilities it runs.
‘Three-person’ baby boy born in Greece
By: James Gallagher
A baby boy was born via IVF (in vitro fertilization) involving three people in Greece. Both the mother and the child are healthy, but the public response regarding the procedure is split. The procedure was developed to help women with rare mitochondrial diseases and thus requires three individuals: the father, the mother, and a donor woman. The mother’s egg is combined with the donor woman’s egg to prevent mitochondrial disease in the baby. While some see it as an alternative for infertile couples around the world, others are questioning whether it is ethical. The same team of doctors is set to help 24 other women take part in the trial.
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Kevin Spacey back on social media with cryptic video for 'kindness'
WASHINGTON (dpa)- After a one-year hiatus, actor Kevin Spacey returned to social media with a cryptic one-minute video, apparently as his character Frank Underwood from House of Cards.
In the video, titled only KTWK, the actor, who has been hounded by sexual abuse allegations and effectively removed from the big and small screens, is stoking a fire in a hearth and says he would not miss a chance to wish all a merry Christmas.
“As we walk into 2020, I want to cast my vote for more good in this world,” he said. “Ah yes, I know what you’re thinking. Can he be serious? I’m dead serious. And it’s not that hard, trust me."
The actor then builds towards his possible point, a request for leniency: "The next time someone does something you don’t like, you can go on the attack. But you can also hold your fire and do the unexpected. You can kill them with kindness.”
The video ends with ominous music and the actor aggressively deploying his fire stick into the logs.
Spacey has not faced any criminal prosecutions over the abuses allegations, with prosecutors dropping one case as an alleged victim died and another became unavailable.
Underwood, the character, was killed off in the final season of House of Cards, as allegations began to surface.
The last video Spacey posted was on Christmas eve 2018, titled "Let Me Be Frank," in which he seemed to vaguely and bizarrely address the allegations.
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Brussels tram route 81
Find sources: "Brussels tram route 81" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Tram route 81 in Brussels, Belgium is a tram route in the south of the city which connects the Marius Renard stop in the municipality of Anderlecht with the multimodal Montgomery metro station in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. The route also crosses the municipalities of Saint-Gilles, Ixelles, the City of Brussels and Etterbeek. It connects with the metro at Saint-Guidon/Sint Guido, Brussels South (also railway), Merode (also railway) and Montgomery. The route also crosses the major tram routes 3 and 4 at Horta. A good deal of its length is in carriageway, while long sections at either end are in reservation. It has a short section in tunnel at South Station.
STIB/MIVB
Montgomery – Marius Renard
PCC 7942 in Avenue Fonsny.
Brussels tramway network
Saint-Gilles, Woluwe
PCC 7700/7800
PCC 7900
Began service
1 May 1914 (1914-05-01)
Bruxelles-ville
Marius Renard
13.8 km (8.6 mi)
Journey time
← Route 62 {{{system_nav}}} Route 82 →
The route was changed in the 2000s, with the section west from Brussels-South railway station going to Marius Renard rather than Heysel/Heizel.
Until 2018 the route was served by PCC trams - first 7700-series and later the longer 7900s. In that year the stops at Bailli/Baljuw were moved from the central reservation of Avenue Louise/Louizalaan into Rue du Bailli/Baljuwstraat, which has permitted the longer Flexity low-floor trams to be used when these are not needed elsewhere, that is normally at weekends. This progression to high-capacity vehicles accompanies an improvement in service frequency, with the daytime headway now being 71/2 minutes.
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Montgomery - Merode - Sint-Pietersplein/Place St Pierre - Acacia/Acacias - De Jacht/La Chasse - Sint-Antoonkerk/Église Saint-Antoine - Mouterij/Germoir - Gist/Levure - Flagey - Dautzenberg - Baljuw/Baili - Drievuldigheid/Trinité - Janson - Moris - Lombardije/Lombardie - Bareel/Barrière - Willem Tell/Guillaume Tell - Bethlehem/Bethléem - Koningslaan/Avenue du Roi - Zweden/Suède - Zuidstation/Gare du Midi - Bara - Raad/Conseil - Albert I - Kuregem/Curegham - Dover/Douvres - Verzet/Résistance - Sint-Guido/Saint-Guidon - Meir - Ysaye - van Beethoven - Frans Hals - Vivèspark/Parc Vivès - Marius Renard
List of Brussels tram routes
STIB/MIVB Website
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New hospital-based data contradicts HUD estimates on homelessness
Illinois hospital visits associated with homelessness have tripled since 2011 and conservative estimates of homelessness using hospital-based data exceeded similar estimates from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Illinois Education and Research Center
News Release 5-Dec-2019
The Lancet Public Health: One in two people who are homeless may have experienced a traumatic brain injury in their lifetime
This systematic review and first meta-analysis on the prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in people who are homeless or in unstable housing situations -- including 38 studies published between 1995 and 2018, and published in The Lancet Public Health journal -- suggests that homeless people experience a disproportionately high lifetime prevalence of TBI.
The Lancet Public Health
One in two homeless people may have experienced a head injury in their lifetime
People who are homeless experience a disproportionately high lifetime prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a new UBC-led study published today in The Lancet Public Health.
Program linking patients to community resources shows no significant impact on well-being
A social prescribing initiative, designed to improve patients' well-being and quality of life by connecting them to non-medical resources, did not prove effective overall.
Annals of Family Medicine
ER focus on immediate medical issues can miss the bigger picture
University of California - San Francisco
Frequent visitors to emergency departments often have complex social needs, such as homelessness, substance abuse, unemployment and mental illness, yet both medical providers and policy makers tend to focus on their immediate or recent medical issues without examining such other factors.
Hellman Family Award for Early Career Faculty
Health care intervention: Treating high-need, high-cost patients
Patients with complex needs -- serious mental and physical health problems and substance use disorders -- flock to emergency rooms costing the health care system billions every year. A new study led by Dr. Dave Buck of the University of Houston College of Medicine suggests a nontraditional approach to these patients can significantly improve their daily functioning and health outcomes.
Episcopal Health Foundation, Cullen Trust for Health Care, Rockwell Fund
News Release 7-Oct-2019
Study shows Housing First program significantly reduces homelessness over long term
The longest running study of its kind on the 'Housing First' model has found that it significantly reduces homelessness over the long term compared to treatment as usual, according to a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry by scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and St. Michael's Hospital. Housing First provides immediate access to rent supplements and mental health support services to people who are homeless and have a mental illness.
Lancet Psychiatry
Community responders more likely to seek help during overdose when naloxone does not work
Calling emergency services is an integral part of overdose response training. This step may be even more important in the setting of rapidly-progressing overdoses from fentanyl. New research from Boston Medical Center's Grayken Center for Addiction found, however, that community members responding to an overdose with naloxone are more likely to seek emergency help when naloxone does not work or takes more time to work.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
News Release 25-Sep-2019
Most Europeans want governments to help the homeless
The majority of European citizens hold positive attitudes toward people who are homeless and wish that European states would do more to reduce it, according to a study published Sept. 25 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Pr Pascal Auquier of Aix-Marseille University, and colleagues from the HOME_EU consortium.
Study: Spend more on housing, teens in foster care are less likely to be homeless, jailed
New research: Spend more on transitional housing and teens in foster care are less likely to be homeless, jailed.
Journal of Adolescence
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Folds on Europa
Europa's Frozen Surface
Europa and Callisto under the Watchful Gaze of Jupiter
Source: NASA/JPL/SSI
One moment in an ancient, orbital dance is caught in this color picture taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 7, 2000, just as two of Jupiter's four major moons, Europa and Callisto, were nearly perfectly aligned with each other and the center of the planet.
The distances are deceiving. Europa, seen against Jupiter, is 370,000 miles (600,000 kilometers) above the planet's cloud tops. Callisto, at lower left, is nearly three times that distance from the cloud tops. Europa is a bit smaller than Earth's Moon and has one of the brightest surfaces in the solar system. Callisto is 50 percent bigger -- roughly the size of Saturn's largest satellite, Titan -- and three times darker than Europa. Its brightness had to be enhanced in this picture, relative Europa's and Jupiter's, in order for Callisto to be seen in this image.
Europa and Callisto have had very different geologic histories but share some surprising similarities, such as surfaces rich in ice. Callisto has apparently not undergone major internal compositional stratification, but Europa's interior has differentiated into a rocky core and an outer layer of nearly pure ice. Callisto's ancient surface is completely covered by large impact craters: The brightest features seen on Callisto in this image were discovered by the Voyager spacecraft in 1979 to be bright craters, like those on our Moon. In contrast, Europa's young surface is covered by a wild tapestry of ridges, chaotic terrain and only a handful of large craters.
Data from the magnetometer carried by the Galileo spacecraft indicate the presence of conducting fluid, most likely salty water, inside both worlds.
This high resolution image of the icy plains on Europa shows multiple sets of crosscutting ridges.
Europa Under Stress
This image of Europa, an icy satellite of Jupiter, was obtained from a range of 39,028 miles (62,089 kilometers) by the Galileo spacecraft during its fourth orbit around Jupiter and its first close...
Ridges and Plateaus
Imagination is our window into the future. This whimsical travel poster imagines future explorers living and working in the ocean beneath Europa's icy crust.
Europa Travel Poster
This spectacular image taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft camera shows a region of ridged plains on Jupiter's moon Europa.
High-Resolution Image of Europa's Ridged Plains
This close-up view of the icy surface of Europa, a moon of Jupiter, was obtained on Dec. 20, 1996, by the Solid State Imaging system on board the Galileo spacecraft during its fourth orbit around J...
Close-up of Europa's Surface
This is a high resolution picture of Jupiter's moon Europa. The area shown is about 5.9 by 9.9 miles (9.6 by 16 kilometers) and the smallest visible feature is about the size of a football field.
Ridges on Europa
Ridges disrupted by the localized formation of domes may be indicative of thermal upwelling of water from beneath Europa's crust.
Dome-Shaped Features on Europa
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft took this image of Europa hanging above Jupiter's cloud tops.
New Horizons Spies Europa
In this movie Europa is seen in a cutaway view through two cycles of its 3.5 day orbit about the giant planet Jupiter.
Europa Tide Movie
This view of the Conamara Chaos region on Jupiter's moon Europa taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows an area where the icy surface has been broken into many separate plates that have moved late...
Chaotic Terrain on Europa in Very High Resolution
This 12-frame mosaic provides the highest resolution view ever obtained of the side of Jupiter's moon Europa that faces the giant planet.
Europa's Jupiter-Facing Hemisphere
Dark, irregular features on Jupiter's moon Europa.
Thera and Thrace Macula on Europa
Dark crisscrossing bands on Jupiter's moon Europa represent widespread disruption from fracturing and the possible eruption of gases and rocky material from the moon's interior in this four-frame m...
Dark Bands on Europa
This view of the south polar region of Jupiter's moon Europa shows part of a gray band that formed as plates on the icy surface separated and material filled in the widening gap.
A Record of Crustal Movement on Europa
This high resolution image of the icy crust of Europa reveals a surface crisscrossed by multiple sets of ridges and fractures.
Europa's Crisscrossed Ridges and Fractures
This image of Europa was taken by the Galileo spacecraft under "low-Sun" illumination.
Terrain Shadows on Europa
New Horizons took this image of the icy moon Europa rising above Jupiter's cloud tops.
Europa Rising
A newly discovered impact crater can be seen just right of the center of this image of Jupiter's moon Europa returned by NASA's Galileo spacecraft camera. The crater is about 18.5 miles (30 kilomet...
Europa's Active Surface
A map centered at the estimated source region for potential plumes from Europa.
Source Region for Possible Europa Plumes
This three dimensional effect is created by superimposing images of Jupiter's moon, Europa, which were taken from two slightly different perspectives.
Red-Blue Three Dimensional View of Pwyll Crater
This enhanced color image from NASa's Galileo mission shows the region surrounding the young impact crater Pwyll on Jupiter's moon Europa.
Pwyll Crater
These cracks and ridges in the south polar region of Jupiter's moon Europa have been rotated into sigmoidal or "S" shapes by the motion of Astypalaea Linea, a strike-slip fault in the moon's icy su...
Cracks and Ridges Distorted by Europan Fault Motion
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You are here: Home / United Nations News / Rohingya cannot become ‘forgotten victims,’ says UN chief urging world to step up support
Rohingya cannot become ‘forgotten victims,’ says UN chief urging world to step up support
July 12, 2018 by United Nations 1 Comment
UNFPA Bangladesh/Allison Joyce Secretary-General António Guterres (center) meets with Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh.
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“Small children butchered in front of their parents. Girls and women gang-raped while family members were tortured and killed,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Tuesday in a Washington Post opinion piece, adding: “Nothing could have prepared me for the bone-chilling accounts.”
The continuing plight of nearly one million Rohingya refugees driven from their homes in Myanmar was the focus of Mr. Guterres’ trip along with Jim Yong Kim, the President of the World Bank Group, during a visit last week to Bangladesh – the country where they have found safe-haven.
Since late August 2017, widespread and systematic violence against Myanmar’s mainly-Muslim minority Rohingya, has forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in Rakhine state for Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar area, just across the border.
Prior to that, well over 200,000 Rohingya refugees were sheltering in vast, makeshift camps in Bangladesh as a result of earlier displacements.
In his Washington Post opinion piece, the UN chief recalled one Muslim man he met who broke down in tears, describing how his eldest son was shot dead in front of him.
The man’s mother was brutally murdered and his house was torched to ashes. He then took refuge in a mosque but was discovered by soldiers who abused him and burned the Koran.
“These victims of what has been rightly called ethnic cleansing are suffering an anguish that can only stir a visitor’s heartbreak and anger,” continued Mr. Guterres.
“Their horrific experiences defy comprehension, yet they are the reality for nearly one million Rohingya refugees.”
The Rohingya have suffered a pattern of persecution — lacking even the most basic human rights, starting with citizenship — in their native Myanmar.
The Secretary-General explained that systematic human rights abuses by Myanmar’s security forces over the past year were “designed to instill terror in the Rohingya population, leaving them with a dreadful choice: stay on in fear of death or leave everything simply to survive.”
While Bangladesh’s resources are stretched to the limits, wealthier countries are closing their doors to outsiders.
“The Government and people of Bangladesh have opened their borders and hearts to the Rohingya,” Mr. Guterres said, adding that such compassion and generosity “show the best of humanity and has saved many thousands of lives.”
UNHCR/Caroline Gluck A Rohingya boy walks up steps in a rain-damaged section of the Chakmarkul refugee settlement.
A global response needed
A Global Compact on Refugees is being finalized by UN Member States, seeking to ensure that, among other things, front-line countries, like Bangladesh, are not alone in responding fleeing waves of humanity.
Meanwhile, the UN and humanitarian agencies are working flat-out alongside the refugees themselves and host communities to improve conditions.
“But far more resources are desperately needed to avert disaster and to give fuller expression to the principle that a refugee crisis calls for a global sharing of responsibility,” stressed the UN chief, pointing that only 26 per cent of an $1 billion international humanitarian appeal has been funded.
This shortfall means that malnutrition prevails in the camp, access to water and sanitation is iffy, refugee children are missing basic education and inadequate measures are left to alleviate the monsoon risk.
“Makeshift homes hastily built by the refugees on arrival are now threatened by mudslides, requiring urgent action to find alternative sites and build stronger shelters,” he detailed.
Mr. Guterres spoke of his visit to Bangladesh, saying “the Rohingya people need genuine assistance.”
The crisis will not be solved overnight, yet the situation cannot be allowed to continue indefinitely.
Unless the root causes of the violence in Rakhine state are addressed comprehensively, hatred will continue to fuel conflict.
“The Rohingya people cannot become forgotten victims. We must answer their clear appeals for help with action,” concluded the UN chief.
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The Central Government Real Estate Agency uses Building Information Modelling (BIM) to obtain up-to-date, concrete, reliable information on buildings under its management. BIM is a digital 3D building model integrating all data related to the design, build, and management processes. All the relevant parties can work with this information. A growing number of building firms, design agencies and other construction-sector enterprises work with BIM.
Uniform building information and information management
Building Information Modelling (BIM) gives the Central Government Real Estate Agency concrete, reliable, uniform information on its stock of buildings. We use this information for various reasons, for example:
to manage contracts
to manage buildings
to monitor the quality, safety and health aspects of our buildings
to account for the buildings under our management as part of our stock
Our use of BIM complements our efforts to maintain professional commissioning practices in the public sector.
Prescribed BIM standards
In future, the Central Government Real Estate Agency wishes to have access to long-term, reliable information on its stock of buildings. That is why we have prescribed a set of BIM standards for building and maintenance providers, known as the RVB BIM Norm. A provider must supply a permanent stream of up-to-date building information product in order to comply with these standards, for example in the form of building models and graphics. These products contain the data prescribed under the standards. We prescribe the RVB BIM Norm for DBFMO contracts and for a number of integrated management contracts.
Contractors are only obliged to deliver information products under the BIM standards if their contract so dictates. Otherwise, contractors may decide for themselves whether or not to supply information products in accordance with the BIM standards. In all cases, the data must satisfy the requirements stipulated in the relevant contract.
BIM Norm
The BIM Norm only describes the specifications for the BIM information products that you are obliged to deliver as the contractor. In the case of DBFMO and other integrated contracts, the performance requirements are described in the output specifications attached to the contract.
The output specifications indicate what you are to deliver and when, and according to which specifications. You are otherwise at liberty to design and organise your “BIM process” as you see fit.
The present BIM Norm states the following:
You must include all material and spatial elements covered by the output specifications in the building model.
The requested functions must be linked to the building model. This shows the relevant elements and rooms for assessing the performance requirements.
You must supply the data from the building model in the form of CAD graphics and in the IFC open file format.
Development of the BIM Norm and new versions
The current version of the BIM Norm does not (as yet) set requirements for many aspects, nor does it set general requirements. We have done this deliberately because we wish to encourage suppliers and contractors to make use of BIM. The lessons that we learn in this stage can be applied when producing new versions of the standards in the years ahead. We also intend to prescribe the standards for other types of contract. How the BIM standards develop also depends on how widely BIM is used in the sector and on advances in ICT.
Given the current stage of development, we have decided to apply the BIM standards on smaller scale. Gradually, we will gain more experience enforcing the standards and making use of BIM data. The DBFMO contracts for which we have prescribed BIM are still in the “design and build” phases. As yet, we have no experience in the “operate” phase.
Applying the BIM Norm for integrated contracts
In future, the Central Government Real Estate Agency intends to prescribe the BIM standards for various different types of contract. These contract types are themselves still being developed. When and how we will prescribe BIM for these contracts therefore depends on their progress.
BIM Norm for DBFMO contracts
In the case of DBFMO contracts, we apply the BIM Norm as a performance requirement in the output specifications. That makes this specific performance requirement one of the subjects covered by the monitoring and payment arrangements.
What this means for you as the contractor is that you must keep the building model and all files exported from that model up to date and make them available to us from the point at which the building is occupied. You must make the data available in digital data transfer environment to be designated for that purpose. We will set requirements for the design, reliability and security of that environment.
You must also deliver data in accordance with the BIM standards prior to the occupancy phase. We will not use this data to assess tenders.
BIM Norm for DBM contracts
The Central Government Real Estate Agency wishes to apply the BIM Norm for DBM contracts. As this type of contract is still at an early stage of development, application of the BIM standards in these contracts is also just getting started.
BIM Norm for integrated management contracts
In a few years’ time, the Central Government Real Estate Agency intends to apply the BIM Norm broadly for integrated management contracts for management and maintenance (multiyear integrated contracts). The situation will be similar to the DBFMO contract: as the contractor, you will keep the building model and all files exported from that model up to date and make them available to us. The BIM Norm will be included in the monitoring and payment arrangements.
Questions about the BIM Norm
As we continue developing the BIM standards, we welcome your questions, comments or additional information. Please e-mail them to the BIM post-office box: postbus.rvb.bim@rijksoverheid.nl Please be aware that we do not undertake to answer every question, or to respond within a specified period of time.
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The Running Hero (First Edition) »
The Running Hero
by Sumanth Ganta (Author)
It was the start of the 2013 Olympics and the whole stadium was on the edge of their seats, completely still and quiet. All the racers including Alex “Bolt” Stool took their positions at the starting line of the red, and newly laid track. The referee gets ready to start them off by holding up his gun with his long and bony pointer finger on the trigger.
“Runners! Take your mark! Get set...”the referee announces.
“Rrriiinnnggg.”
Alex wakes up to see himself just wiggling around in his bed like he was crazy. The sound was the alarm going off next to him, not the gun-shot. He gets out of bed and turns off his alarm. The alarm was flashing 9:30 a.m in big bold numbers. He was in the middle of a really nice dream. He was a tall 6’2” muscular and fast runner who was able to run 5 miles in 10 minutes, he was taking his position next to his opponents, Jim, Jimmy, Jimmison, John, Johnson, and James. But just then his alarm rung and he got up. He goes to the bathroom and looks at himself in the mirror. He was an enormous 5’3” boy weighing around 150 lbs, currently in the 7th grade at J. Watson Middle School in Montgomery, Alabama. His name was Alex J. (John) Stool. He felt really depressed that he wasn't able to finish his dream, but he was determined to that, one day he could achieve his dream (may be a dream forever!) of becoming a professional track runner in the Olympics, so he decided to start trying so he set a goal for himself to lose as much weight as possible in the month of October which starts tomorrow.
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12304. Adulteration and misbranding of butter. U. S. v. Harry Petersen (Petersen Creamery). Plea of guilty. Fine, $100.1
12880. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. Creameries of America, Inc. (Arden Sunfreze Creameries, Inc.) Plea of guilty. Fine, $100.1
13412. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 36 Cubes of Butter. Decree entered, adjudging product adulterated and ordering its release under bond.1
13950. Adulteration and misbranding of butter. U. S. v. Harry Petersen (Petersen Creamery). Plea of guilty. Fine, $52.1
15621. Misbranding of butter. U. S. v. Western Creamery Co., Inc. Plea of guilty. Fine, $50.1
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1. 17494. Misbranding of butter. U. S. v. 7 Cases of Butter. Product released under bond to be reconditioned.
Sego Milk Products Co.
2. 16198. Adulteration and misbranding of butter. U. S. v. Mutual Creamery Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $50.
Mutual Creamery Co.
3. 13412. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 36 Cubes of Butter. Decree entered, adjudging product adulterated and ordering its release under bond.
L. J. Durrant Co.
4. 13950. Adulteration and misbranding of butter. U. S. v. Harry Petersen (Petersen Creamery). Plea of guilty. Fine, $52.
Harry Petersen, trading as the Petersen Creamery, Salt Lake City, Utah
5. 20850. Misbranding of butter. U. S. v. 120 Cartons of Butter. Product ordered released to be made to comply with the law.
Challenge Cream & Butter Association
6. 21610. Adulteration and misbranding of butter. U. S. v. Western Creamery Co., Inc. Plea of guilty. Fine, $32.
Western Creamery Co., Inc.
7. 15621. Misbranding of butter. U. S. v. Western Creamery Co., Inc. Plea of guilty. Fine, $50.
Western Creamery Co., Inc., a corporation trading as the Western Creamery Co., Salt Lake City, Utah
8. 15637. Adulteration and misbranding of butter. U. S. v. Tremonton Dairy Products Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $50.
Tremonton Dairy Products Co., a corporation, Tremonton, Utah
9. 157166. Adulteration and misbranding of butter. U. S. v. Nelson-Ricks Creamery Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $50.
Nelson-Ricks Creamery Co.
10. 12304. Adulteration and misbranding of butter. U. S. v. Harry Petersen (Petersen Creamery). Plea of guilty. Fine, $100.
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Actress and activist Jane Fonda, along with Gloria Steinem, Ai-jen Poo, and Reverend William Barber II were arrested in Washington D.C. earlier today. Dolores Huerta (founder of United Farm Workers and Feminist Majority Foundation board member) was also in attendance. Fonda was arrested for the fifth time today at her ongoing climate action #FireDrillFriday, which began in...
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South Carolina Bill Introduced That Would Compensate Pregnant People Forced to Give Birth
South Carolina state Senator Mia McLeod has introduced a bill called the South Carolina Pro Birth Accountability Act, or SB 928, that would compel the state to provide financial support to pregnant people forced to give birth due to the state’s proposed ban on abortion after six weeks. The legislation would mandate that the state...
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Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Obamacare Insurance Mandate
On December 18, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans struck down the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional. This decision did not invalidate the entirety of the Act, but rather it sent the case “back to a federal district judge in Texas to ‘conduct a...
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Gender Gap Prominent in Support for Trump Impeachment
Recent polls have shown that American women support impeachment and removal from office by around 10 points more than men—a gender gap that is reflected in national politics as well. Since the 2016 election women in the U.S. have led the fight against the rampant misogyny, racism, and xenophobia that is the hallmark of the...
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The Fight for Paid Leave Takes Center Stage in House Oversight Hearing
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform, chaired by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), held a hearing yesterday on the critical lack of paid leave for employees who need to take time off to care for a new child, a sick family member, or their own health. Committee members and witnesses discussed the ongoing need...
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by Feminist Newswire on Dec 9, 2019 • No Comments
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform will hold a hearing tomorrow on the critical lack of access to universal paid family and medical leave across the country. Chaired by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, sponsor of the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, the committee will hear testimony from key witnesses regarding the impact and possible long-term...
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Punjab Assembly Defers Agenda Due to Ministerial Absence
ISLAMABAD, December 24, 2019: The Provincial Assembly of Punjab deferred most of the Private Members’ agenda due to absence of the relevant ministers, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Tuesday.
Following are key observations of the House proceedings during fifth sitting of the 17th session:
The House met for two hours and 27 minutes, however, the sitting remained suspended for 21 minutes due to prayer break.
The Speaker presided over the sitting for 53 minutes while rest of the sitting was chaired by a Member of Panel of Chairpersons.
The Leader of the House did not attend the sitting.
The Leader of the Opposition attended the sitting for 35 minutes.
As many as 35(9%) MPAs were present at the outset and 27(15%) at the adjournment of the sitting.
The parliamentary leader of PPPP attended the proceedings.
One out of eight minority lawmakers attended the sitting.
The House adopted three out of eleven resolutions sponsored by Private Members. The adopted resolutions recommended the Federal and the Provincial Government to repair fences alongside motorways in order to avoid road accidents, implement distinct development program at district level to uplift living standards of special persons and ensure provision of public toilet facility for women in villages. Another two private resolutions were rejected, five remained unaddressed due to absence of the mover and the concerned ministers and one was withdrawn by its mover.
A PTI lawmaker presented a report of the Standing Committee on Higher Education regarding a legislative proposal as supplementary agenda.
The House took up six out of 20 starred questions appearing on the list while the lawmakers asked 12 supplementary questions.
The Chair referred an Adjournment Motion (AM) by a PTI lawmaker regarding nonregistered housing schemes in district Rawalpindi to the Special Committee for further deliberations. Another three AMs were deferred because of not receiving replies from the concerned departments while one motion remained unaddressed due to ministerial absence.
As many as five lawmakers spoke on eight Points of Order consuming 31 minutes of the proceedings.
Punjab Assembly Leaves Private Members’ Agenda Unaddressed
ISLAMABAD, December 31, 2019: The Provincial Assembly of Punjab left most of the agenda unaddressed during Private Members’ day, observes Free and Fair Election Network…
Punjab Assembly Transacts Entire Business
ISLAMABAD, December 30, 2019: The Provincial Assembly of Punjab took up entire agenda appearing on Orders of the Day on Monday and unanimously passed the…
Punjab Assembly Discusses Public Service Commission’s Report
ISLAMABAD, December 27, 2019: The Provincial Assembly of Punjab held a discussion on the Annual Report of the Punjab Public Service Commission for the Year…
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The Fan Studies Network
Keeping fan studies scholars connected.
CFP: Bridging Gaps:National Identity in Persona, Branding, and Activism
With the rise of Web 2.0, people brand themselves through social media as a singular person. The online visibility of their brand often takes precedence over social contributions. Their online presentation, however, is a reflection of how they want to be perceived in a collective setting. How does this kind of branding differ to a local business service or an international celebrity who also brands themselves online? What impact is persona branding having on society and the way people view themselves?
A focus on the persona of activists shows the particular impact of branding in society. An activist’s voice, like that of a political leader, is often heard if they have a strong brand. Yet, the perception is often specific to their national contexts. How are socialist actions in North Korea viewed in the Western world? How does having a female political leader change the perception of a country? How are immigrants seen around the world? What role does media play in creating theseconstructed views in national and transnational contexts?
We encourage scholars and industry practitioners to question, explore, and problematize the notion of national identity in persona, branding, and activism. We ask:how is a country reflected through its celebrities, popular history, stereotypes and myths? Often one individual can have global fame, which can result in branding a nation or city and develop a country’s cause as well. Their persona becomes the basis of how a place is perceived internationally. For example, American born icon Elvis Presley is used to represent Las Vegas and Memphis, while George Clooney has attached himself to Darfur through his activism. Similarly, Steve Irwin became a symbol of Australian culture through his philanthropy and his fame as “The Crocodile Hunter.” A decade since his death people still create the association between him and the nation’s identity, while overlooking how race, gender and class affect one’s overall brand identity.Myths surrounding national identity are also evident in beauty pageants and the Olympics. How do these stereotypes affect our understanding of culture?
The Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) Bridging Gaps conference, in association with sponsors Centre for Ecological, Social, and Informatics Cognitive Research (ESI.CORE) and WaterHill Publishing, invites papers and films that explore the relationship among four key themes – persona, branding, activism, and national identity. We invite academics, filmmakers, journalists, publicists, designers, advertisers, marketing specialists, charity organizers, and guests to explore and connect themes from a range of interdisciplinary fields and generate a valuable discussion and practice that will inspire change.
Attendees may present papers, take part in a workshop or create a roundtable discussion on the themes of persona, branding, activism and national identity. We recommend roundtables on Heath Ledger but open to discussions on other stars in national contexts of Australia and abroad.
Extended versions of selected papers will be published in an edited book by WaterHill Publishing, while others will be invited for the opportunity to publish work in the CrossBridge journal.
We also invite people to send in videos for the Celebrity Chat Award. The idea forCelebrity Chat was born in Melbourne and the first recording took place in Perth. We are proud to be bringing it back home. The best video/documentary will be selected based on its ability to draw attention to a significant matter, be relevant to the conference theme and/or inspire change.
Registration includes: Your printed conference package, catered lunch, coffee / tea breaks, evening drinks, professional development workshop, access to evening receptions, eligibility to publish in edited book, and consideration for the $100 best paper and screen awards.
Submission guidelines:
250-word abstract or workshop / roundtable proposal
Include a title, your name, e-mail address, and affiliation if applicable
Submit to conference Chairs Dr Jackie Raphael and Dr Celia Lam at email address: celeb.studies@gmail.com
Deadline for abstract submission:July 28, 2017
Notification of acceptance: August 25, 2017
Full text due: November 1, 2017
Pre-Conference reception: December 8, 2017
Conference presentations:December 9-10, 2017
Publication of edited book: 2018
Celebrity Chat Video Submissions:
Video length should be 10-20 minutes
Deadline for submission: August 1, 2017
Notification of acceptance: September 15, 201
Conference screening: December 9-10, 2017
Topics include but are not limited to:
National Identity and Persona
Activism and Philanthropy
Fandom and Audiences
Endorsements and Advertising
Tourism and Promotion
Politics and Leadership
Persona and Online Presence
Mass Media and Social Media
Public Relations and Publicity
Journalism and Newsworthy Topics
Gender and Power
Icons and Status
Beauty Ideals, Pageants and Culture
Models as Role Models
Olympics and Representing Nations
Sporting Identities
Literature and Photography
Theory and Methods
Research Agenda and Business Models
Cognition and Memory
Social Innovation and Change
Education and Advocacy
Community Building and Community Partnerships
Conference Chairs: Dr Jackie Raphael and Dr Celia Lam
Conference Committee: Dr Kirsty Fairclough, Dr Bertha Chin and Bethan Jones and
Conference URL: http://cmc-centre.com/conferences/2017perth/
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CFP: MeCCSA 2018
Theme: Creativity and Agency
Deadline for proposals: Monday 18 September 2017
We are pleased to invite you to submit abstracts, panel proposals and posters for the next Annual MeCCSA Conference, to be held on 10—12 January 2018 at the School of Arts and Creative Industries, London South Bank University.
The conference is the annual presentation of the best work across the whole range of MeCCSA interests, and is also an opportunity to hear about and discuss important topics in both media and HE policy relevant to MeCCSA members.
We welcome scholarly papers, panels, practice contributions, film screenings, and posters across the full range of interests represented by MeCCSA and its networks, including, but not limited to:
• Cultural and media policy
• Film and television studies and practice
• Radio studies and practice
• Representation, identity, ideology
• Social movements
• Digital games studies
• Women’s media studies
• Disability studies within media studies
• Approaches to media pedagogy
• Children, young people and media
• Diasporic and ethnic minority media
• Political communication
• Methodological approaches
• Media practice research and teaching
The theme of the MeCCSA 2018 conference is Creativity and Agency. ‘Creativity’ is a concept that is, at least implicitly, central to many courses in our subject area, which often entail analysis of ‘creative industries’ and include elements of ‘creative
practice’ as part of the curriculum. Yet it remains a highly contested concept, from the official promotion of the ‘creative economy’ through to more recent debates about the commodification of everyday ‘creative labour’ via social media. How has the concept
developed in the twenty-first century? How should we interpret today’s creative landscape?
• Professor David Gauntlett (University of Westminster)
• Professor Angela McRobbie (Goldsmiths, University of London)
• Professor Andy Miah (University of Salford)
We invite proposals for papers, practice contributions, themed panels and other presentations which engage with the various artistic, organisational, social, political, economic, individual, collective and technological dimensions of creativity and agency.
Potential topics could include, but are not limited to:
• art and activism
• creativity and cultural policy
• everyday creativity
• public service media as a creative agent
• technology and creativity
• creative entrepreneurship and cultural industries
• individual and collective conceptions of creativity
• non-fiction and creativity
• creativity and pedagogy
• creative labour and social media
• creativity and practice research
Deadline for proposals: Monday 18 September
Individual abstracts should be up to 250 words. Panel proposals should include a short description and rationale (200 words) together with abstracts for each of the 3-4 papers (150-200 words each including details of the contributor), and the name and contact
details of the panel proposer. The panel proposer should co-ordinate the submissions for that panel as a single proposal.
Practice-based work
We actively support the presentation of practice-as-research and have a flexible approach to practice papers and presentations. This may include opportunities to present papers and screenings in the same sessions or as part of a separate screening strand.
We also welcome shorter papers in association with short screenings/sharing. We have dedicated presentation spaces to display practice artefacts including screenings and computer-based work. For displaying practice work, please include specific technical data
(e.g. duration, format) and a URL pointing to any support material when submitting your abstract.
Direct link for proposals submission:
http://tinyurl.com/abstracts-2018
Conference website: http://www.meccsa2018.org
Email enquiries: MeCCSA2018@lsbu.ac.uk
Twitter: @MeCCSA2018
CFP: At home with horror? Terror on the small screen
There is just one week to the deadline for abstracts. We have received some wonderful abstracts, but there is still time to submit! Deadline is 30th June.
The Melodrama Research Group presents: At home with horror? Terror on the small screen
27th-28th October 2017
Keynote speaker: Dr Helen Wheatley (University of Warwick)
The recent horror output on TV and the small screen challenges what Matt Hills found to be the overriding assumption ‘that film is the [horror] genre’s ‘natural’ home’ (Hills 2005, 111). Programmes such as American Horror Story, Penny Dreadful and The Walking Dead are aligned to ‘‘quality TV’, yet use horror imagery and ideas to present a form and style of television that is ‘not ordinary’’ (Johnston 2016, 11). Developments in industrial practices and production technology have resulted in a more spectacular horror in the medium, which Hills argues is the ‘making cinematic’ of television drama (Hills 2010, 23). The generic hybridity of television programmes such as Whitechapel, and Ripper Street allow conventions of the horror genre to be employed within the narrative and aesthetics, creating new possibilities for the animation of horror on the small screen. Series such as Bates Motel and Scream adapt cinematic horror to a serial format, positioning the small screen (including terrestrial, satellite and online formats) as the new home for horror.
The history of television and horror has often displayed a problematic relationship. As a medium that operates within a domestic setting, television has previously been viewed as incompatible with ‘authentic’ horror. Television has been approached as incapable of mobilizing the intense audience reactions associated with the genre and seen as a medium ‘restricted’ in its ability to scare and horrify audiences partly due to censorship constraints (Waller 1987) and scheduling arrangements. Such industrial practices have been seen as tempering the genre’s aesthetic agency resulting in inferior cinematic imitations or, ‘degraded made-for-TV sequels’ (Waller 1987, 146). For Waller, the technology of television compounded the medium’s ability to animate horror and directed its initial move towards a more ‘restrained’ form of the genre such as adapting literary ghost stories and screening RKO productions of the 1940s (Ibid 1987). Inferior quality of colour and resolution provided the opportunity to suggest rather than show. Horror, then, has presented a challenge for television: how can the genre be positioned in such a family orientated and domesticated medium? As Hills explains, ‘In such a context, horror is conceptualised as a genre that calls for non- prime-time scheduling… and [thus] automatically excluded from attracting a mass audience despite the popularity of the genre in other media’ (Hills 2005, 118).
Helen Wheatley’s monograph, Gothic Television (2006), challenges the approach of television as a limiting medium for horror, and instead focuses on how the domestic setting of the television set is key to its effectiveness. Focusing on the female Gothic as a domestic genre, Wheatley draws a lineage from early literary works, to the 1940s cycle of Gothic women films and Gothic television of the 1950s onwards. Wheatley argues for the significance of the domestic setting in experiencing stories of domestic anxiety for, ‘the aims of the Gothic drama made for television [are] to suggest a congruence between the domestic spaces on the screen and the domestic reception context’ (Wheatley 2006, 191).
Developments in small screen horror are not restricted to contemporary output. In his work on the cultural history of horror, Mark Jancovich argues that it was on television in the 1990s where key developments in the genre were taking place (Jancovich 2002). Taking Jancovich’s work as a cue, Hills develops his own approach to the significance of horror television of the 1990s. Hills cites Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The X Files as examples of programmes striving to mobilise the genre’s more graphic elements while existing as a ‘high-end’ cultural product: ‘authored’ TV that targeted a niche fan audience (Hills 2005, 126).
Taking these recent developments into account, the aim of this conference is to engage with such advances. Can we say that it is on the small screen where critical and creative innovations in horror are now being made? How has the expansion of satellite television and online sites impacted the genre? How has the small screen format developed the possibilities of horror? Is the recent alignment with ‘quality TV’ evidence of horror’s new mainstream status? This conference will also reflect on seminal works on television horror and revisit the history of the genre. In addressing these questions the conference will underline the importance of the small screen for horror, within the study of the genre and of the medium, and ask: is the small screen now the home of horror?
Topics can include but are not limited to:
* The seasons and horror on the small screen
* Gothic television
* Gender and horror
* Historical figures and events in small screen horror
* Small screen horror as an ‘event’
* Adaptation from cinema to small screen ‘re-imaginings’
* Production contexts
* Censorship and the small screen
* Serialisation and horror production
* National television production of horror
* The impact of Netflix and Amazon Prime
* TV history and horror
* Literary adaptations
* Children’s TV and horror
* Genre hybridity
* Fandom
* Teen horror
* Stardom and horror
Please submit proposals of 400 words, along with a short biographical note (250 words) to horrorishome@gmail.com<mailto:horrorishome@gmail.com> by Friday 30th June. We welcome 20 minute conference papers as well as submissions for creative work or practice-as-research including, but not limited to, short films and video essays.
Conference organisers: Katerina Flint-Nicol and Ann-Marie Fleming
https://tvhomeofhorror.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/Homewithhorror
CFP: Football, Politics and Popular Culture
Football, Politics and Popular Culture: 2017 Annual Conference of The Football Collective.
Hosted by the Popular Music and Popular Culture Research Cluster, University of Limerick.
‘The Football Collective’ is a dedicated International network of over 200 academics and practitioners across a range of disciplines (Sociology, Musicology, Business Management, Economics and Finance, Political Science, Gender Studies, History, Social Media and Fan Studies, Corporate Governance etc.). Through sharp analysis and research it has provided a platform for thought provoking critical debate in football studies.
Football has always been political. For example, on 13th May 1990, just weeks after parties favouring Croatian independence had won the majority of votes in an election, a riot between the fans of Dinamo Zagreb and Red Star Belgrade marked a game in the Maksimir Stadium. Zvonimir Boban, the Zagreb captain and future AC Milan star kicked a police officer who had allegedly been mistreating Croatian fans. Some argue that this moment marked the end of Yugoslavia, with a devastating Civil War following soon afterwards and many of the protagonists on that day swapping the terraces for the front lines.
The bodies of clubs, players and fans are enmeshed with politics. Clubs have been born as a result of population upheavals and migration; have been associated with ethno-national and religious communities, and political ideologies and parties to name but a few. In the contemporary context, football continues to be tied to political events and symbols. The ongoing movement of people into Europe has witnessed voices raised by football supporters both in support of and opposition to migration. Racism and anti-racism practices play out on and off the pitch. Broader contemporary international political controversies such as the prohibition of the flag of the Palestinian State, the wearing of symbols such as the British poppy or the commemoration of Irish Independence continue to spark controversy among player and fan communities alike.
Football also manifests at times in artefacts of music and broader popular culture. Football chants for example are a sophisticated socio-political activity, which connect to early forms of communication where humans used music, chant, and dance to bond as social groups. ‘Performance’ also has a unique ability to make difference visible and audible, and songs in particular have been shown to have powerful agency in the negotiation of ‘Self’ and ‘Other’.
We invite you to join us at the University of Limerick, on Thursday and Friday 23rd – 24th November 2017 for the Annual Conference of The Football Collective which is organized in association with the Popular Music and Popular Culture Research Cluster @UL. “Football, Politics and Popular Culture” will bring together interdisciplinary football researchers, academics and students to share research findings, interests, stories, and methods, in order to develop better research and collaboration across the Collective. We will also host guests from outside of the academy. In this conference, we therefore particularly welcome papers that address (but are not limited to) football and the following:
· Fan culture
· Political songs and chants
· Migration
· Racism
· Islamophobia/anti-Muslim racism
· Ethno-national formation
· Sectarianism
· Identities
· Class politics
· Gender and Sexualities
· Its representation in popular culture (including film and literature)
The conference is designed to offer opportunities for all to present research, research ideas, potential projects, and innovative methods of data collection or public engagement. Thus it aims to discuss research that (a) has been undertaken, to share findings and gain insight and feedback on data analysis, representation, and potential outputs (b) is being proposed as a potential option for the Collective group to understand an existing issue or (c) has been published, to share findings and discuss future research needs. Please submit a Word document containing your paper title, a 250 word abstract, and author information including full name, institutional affiliation, email address, and a 50-word bio to footballconference2017@ul.ie by 6th September 2017. A maximum of 20 minutes will be allocated to each conference paper. Panel proposals (three presenters – 60 minutes) should include a 150 word overview and 250 word individual abstracts (plus author information listed above). We also welcome proposals for workshops, film screenings, performances etc. We particularly encourage submissions from PhD scholars and early career researchers. Notifications regarding acceptance will be sent by 15th September 2017.
Conference Conveners:
Dr. James Carr, Dept. of Sociology, University of Limerick.
Dr. Martin Power, Dept. of Sociology, University of Limerick.
Dr. Stephen Millar, Popular Music & Popular Culture Research Cluster, University of Limerick.
For further information please visit https://footballcollective.org.uk/2017/04/05/the-football-collective-annual-conference-2017/
footballconference2017@ul.ie
CFP: Casual Games and Gaming
GAMES & CULTURE SPECIAL ISSUE: CASUAL GAMES AND GAMING
Shira Chess, University of Georgia (schess@uga.edu)
Christopher A. Paul, Seattle University (paulc@seattleu.edu)
As the video game medium continues to shift, the casual games market has grown increasingly robust. In “casual” we are referring to games meant to be played in short bursts of time, are inexpensive or free, require minimal expertise on the part of the player, and are typically played on mobile devices and computers. The texts, genres, audiences, and industries of these games has grown exponentially in the past decade.
Given these shifts in platform and style, this special issue seeks to push at research within the casual games market. Juul’s foundational work A Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games and Their Players (2010) helped establish much of the groundwork in this area. Further research continues to suggest the need to use a variety of methodological approaches to capture the often-ephemeral nature of the casual games market and its players (Leaver & Willson, 2015). Possible areas of investigation could include (but are not limited to):
• Historicizing the term “casual”
• Analysis of the casual/hardcore breakdown
• Methodological approaches to casual games
• Analysis of specific casual genres (Time Management, Hidden Object, Invest/Express, Puzzle, etc.)
• Audience studies on casual games
• Industry and studies in casual
• Formal/textual analysis of specific casual games
• Research on mobile games
We are looking for new voices and innovative research that push the boundaries of casual. We are happy to give some basic feedback on abstracts pre-submission.
Deadline & Submission Information
Essays are due by October 10, 2017.
Final essays should be 6000 words or less, including references and should use APA style (5th edition). Submissions should be posted to Manuscript Central portal, at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/games. When submitting, please be sure to submit as a “special issue for casual games.”
If you have questions, please contact us at schess@uga.edu or paulc@seattleu.edu
CFP: Queer/ing Animation deadline extended
“Queer/ing Animation” is developing nicely with a strong emphasis on queer readings of animated work and queer understandings of the medium as a whole. However, we are still looking for abstracts on queer
fan communities (ex. queer interpretations of a character, slash and femslash communities), animation as a tool for queer activism, queer representation within animation (ex. positive representation, gaps in representation, possible examples of queerbaiting),
and studios’ relationship with queer communities (ex. treatment of queer employees, interaction with queer fans, marketing practices aimed specifically at the queer community).
If you missed the last CFP or if you saw the CFP and missed the deadline, this is a great second chance. Please send a 250 word abstract and 100 word biography to Kodi Maier at
queeringanimation@outlook.com
Abstracts are due 16 June 2017.
The symposium will take place at the
University of Hull on 26 July 2017.
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CFP: Fandom and Controversy – special journal issue of American Behavioral Scientist
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SPOTLIGHT: Books of December
Tor Books acquires Stephen Hunt’s fantasy novels and Solaris announces a new book deal for Eric Brown!!!
I recently got this press release from Stephen Hunt and just had to share it :) “The Court of the Air” was one of my favorite novels in 2007—you can read my review HERE and an interview with Stephen HERE—and thanks to Tor, it’s coming to the US, where I think it could make a really big splash along with its follow-up “The Kingdom Beyond the Waves”. For UK readers, the semi-sequel is currently set for a May 6, 2008 release and is one of my most anticipated books of the New Year. So be sure to keep an eye on these titles and here’s the Official Press Release:
December 14, 2007 – London & New York. Airlie Lawson and Tara Hiatt, Rights Directors at HarperCollins in London, have confirmed a major two-book deal with Claire Eddy of Tor Books in New York, to publish “The Court of the Air” by Stephen Hunt, and his follow-up fantasy novel, “The Kingdom Beyond the Waves”.
HarperCollins Voyager acquired World rights in three novels from literary agent John Jarrold, and have already sold German, French, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese rights, and are presently pursuing interest in a number of other markets.
'I'm delighted,' said John Jarrold. 'I've known the guys at Tor for over twenty years, and they have a wonderful reputation. I don't think Stephen could be in better hands in the US. Congratulations to him, HarperCollins and Claire!'
Stephen Hunt's “The Court of the Air” was the lead title for 2007 of HarperCollins' genre imprint, Voyager, and was published in the same week as HarperCollins other main fantasy novel of the year, “The Children of Húrin” (JRR Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien).
HarperCollins acquired “The Court of the Air” in 2006 after the company won a fierce auction for the work, seeing off many other major publishers to acquire Hunt's title.
Fantasy and science fiction author Stephen Hunt is the owner of http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/, the second most popular sci-fi site on the Internet with close to a million readers a month, clocking up 30 million hits a month. Established in 1991, SFcrowsnest.com is one of – if not - the oldest science fiction and fantasy web sites on the web.
Hunt's author's web site can be found at http://www.stephenhunt.net/
PRAISE FOR THE COURT OF THE AIR:
“An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.” – The Times
“Hunt can take his place alongside such eminent Magratheans as JRR Tolkien, Mervyn Peake and China Mieville. Creating a fully-realised other-world which feels new and different, yet cohesive and believable is half the battle in a fantasy novel, and it is a battle Hunt wins with honours... Hunt's world is so rich and colourful it keeps you engrossed...It's a confident audacious novel." – SFX
"The characters are convincing and colourful, but the real achievement is the setting, a hellish take on Victorian London where grim, steam-driven machines work beside citizens with magical powers. The Court of the Air is aimed at young adults, but the depth and complexity of Hunt's vision makes it compulsive reading for all ages." – The Guardian
"Wonderfully assured … Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension" – Time Out
In other news, Solaris Books has acquired three Bengal Station novels from science fiction author Eric Brown:
“Necropath, Xenopath and Cosmopath feature Jeff Vaughan, a telepath employed by the spaceport on Bengal Station, a vast twenty-level city-port that dominates the ocean between India and Burma. As part of a security team working against terrorists and other undesirables, he reads the minds of visitors to Earth. The first novel follows Vaughan on the trail of a mysterious religious sect, a serial killer, and a soul-sucking alien life form secreted on the Station.”
Solaris Commissioning Editor Christian Dunn said: “Helix was such a fantastic read that we’re thrilled to acquire a sequence that will delight fans of hard SF. Eric is an outstanding talent and these books can only help push him towards the stardom he deserves.”
Sounds quite promising :) Looks like the first Bengal Station novel “Necropath” is slated for a Spring 2009 release, so in the meantime, be sure to check out Eric’s new novel Kethani when it comes out May 6, 2008, and read the full press release HERE.
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Molecular mechanisms of metabolic resistance to synthetic and natural xenobiotics
Xianchun Li, Mary A. Schuler, May R. Berenbaum
Cell and Developmental Biology
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Center for Advanced Study
Xenobiotic resistance in insects has evolved predominantly by increasing the metabolic capability of detoxificative systems and/or reducing xenobiotic target site sensitivity. In contrast to the limited range of nucleotide changes that lead to target site insensitivity, many molecular mechanisms lead to enhancements in xenobiotic metabolism. The genomic changes that lead to amplification, overexpression, and coding sequence variation in the three major groups of genes encoding metabolic enzymes, i.e., cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s), esterases, and glutathione-S-transferases (GSTs), are the focus of this review. A substantial number of the adaptive genomic changes associated with insecticide resistance that have been characterized to date are transposon mediated. Several lines of evidence suggest that P450 genes involved in insecticide resistance, and perhaps insecticide detoxification genes in general, may share an evolutionary association with genes involved in allelochemical metabolism. Differences in the selective regime imposed by allelochemicals and insecticides may account for the relative importance of regulatory or structural mutations in conferring resistance.
Annual Review of Entomology
Berenbaum, Carde, Robinson
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ento.51.110104.151104
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allelochemicals
glutathione transferase
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esterases
Allelochemical
Esterase
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Li, X., Schuler, M. A., & Berenbaum, M. R. (2007). Molecular mechanisms of metabolic resistance to synthetic and natural xenobiotics. In Berenbaum, Carde, & Robinson (Eds.), Annual Review of Entomology (pp. 231-253). (Annual Review of Entomology; Vol. 52). https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ento.51.110104.151104
Molecular mechanisms of metabolic resistance to synthetic and natural xenobiotics. / Li, Xianchun; Schuler, Mary A.; Berenbaum, May R.
Annual Review of Entomology. ed. / Berenbaum; Carde; Robinson. 2007. p. 231-253 (Annual Review of Entomology; Vol. 52).
Li, X, Schuler, MA & Berenbaum, MR 2007, Molecular mechanisms of metabolic resistance to synthetic and natural xenobiotics. in Berenbaum, Carde & Robinson (eds), Annual Review of Entomology. Annual Review of Entomology, vol. 52, pp. 231-253. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ento.51.110104.151104
Li X, Schuler MA, Berenbaum MR. Molecular mechanisms of metabolic resistance to synthetic and natural xenobiotics. In Berenbaum, Carde, Robinson, editors, Annual Review of Entomology. 2007. p. 231-253. (Annual Review of Entomology). https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ento.51.110104.151104
Li, Xianchun ; Schuler, Mary A. ; Berenbaum, May R. / Molecular mechanisms of metabolic resistance to synthetic and natural xenobiotics. Annual Review of Entomology. editor / Berenbaum ; Carde ; Robinson. 2007. pp. 231-253 (Annual Review of Entomology).
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Bearcreek Bank
By The Montana National Register Sign Program
A coal-mining town established in 1905, Bearcreek developed quickly, and after just one year the town boasted telephones, city water, and electric streetlights. Bert Vaill, a cashier with the Carbon County Bank of Red Lodge, purchased this lot from the townsite company for $800, and in 1906 he hired John Russell to construct a one-story Romanesque style bank from native sandstone quarried just north of town. Symbolizing Vaill’s faith in Bearcreek’s future, the bank’s thick stone walls were also meant to assure customers that their money was safe from theft and bank failure, a tenuous assumption in the days before Federal Deposit Insurance. Part of a vibrant commercial district, the bank—owned for a time by Butte copper magnate William A. Clark—played a significant role in Bearcreek’s development through loans and investments. It also provided currency exchange for the community’s immigrant miners. When the International Coal Company defaulted on a $170,000 loan in 1921, the bank went into receivership. Former mine foreman Tom Frasure purchased the property and reopened the bank under the name Miner’s State Bank in 1922. In 1928 it, too, closed. The building then housed a restaurant until 1943. That year an explosion at the Smith Mine killed 74 miners. The disaster started an exodus from Bearcreek, causing the restaurant and many other businesses to close. Used for storage, the building was rehabilitated in 1967 for use as the Bearcreek City Hall, a function it has served ever since.
Bearcreek Bank: Facade ~ Source: National Register of Historic Places nomination form, MT State Historic Preservation Office, Helena ~ Creator: John and Lisa Axline ~ Date: Feb 2004
Bearcreek Bank: Streetview looking west ~ Source: National Register of Historic Places nomination form, MT State Historic Preservation Office, Helena ~ Creator: John and Lisa Axline ~ Date: Feb 2004
Bearcreek Bank: Facade ~ Source: MT State Historic Preservation Office, Helena ~ Creator: Kate Hampton ~ Date: Jan 2016
Main and Second Streets, Bearcreek, Montana ~ Public
The Montana National Register Sign Program, “Bearcreek Bank,” Explore Big – Montana's Historic Places, accessed January 19, 2020, https://explorebig.org/items/show/109.
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‘Get Your Act Together’: Trump Threatens To Pull Federal Support As California Fires Rage
By finanz.dk | 3. november 2019
Via Zerohedge
As Californians grapple with this year’s annual fire season, President Trump has a message for Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom; clean up your act.
“The Governor of California, @GavinNewsom, has done a terrible job of forest management. I told him from the first day we met that he must “clean” his forest floors regardless of what his bosses, the environmentalists, DEMAND of him,” Trump tweeted on Sunday.
Trump then threatened to withhold federal money, which California receives every time they declare a state of emergency.
“Must also do burns and cut fire stoppers,” he continued. “Every year, as the fire’s [sic] rage & California burns, it is the same thing-and then he comes to the Federal Government for $$$ help. No more. Get your act together Governor.“
“You don’t see close to the level of burn in other states…But our teams are working well together in putting these massive, and many, fires out. Great firefighters! Also, open up the ridiculously closed water lanes coming down from the North. Don’t pour it out into the Pacific Ocean. Should be done immediately. California desperately needs water, and you can have it now!”
….putting these massive, and many, fires out. Great firefighters! Also, open up the ridiculously closed water lanes coming down from the North. Don’t pour it out into the Pacific Ocean. Should be done immediately. California desperately needs water, and you can have it now!
California state Senator Mike McGuire tweeted “Total crap” in response to Trump, claiming that “Approx 57% of CA’s forest land is owned by the Fed Gov’t. Only 3% is owned by State/local gov’t. THE FEDS HAVE CUT their forest budget by hundreds of millions.”
Total crap. Facts First: Approx 57% of CA’s forest land is owned by the Fed Gov’t. Only 3% is owned by State/local gov’t. THE FEDS HAVE CUT their forest budget by hundreds of millions. CA has increased ours massively. Show some empathy for #KincadeFire survivors, @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/ZdDCn8LebI
— Mike McGuire (@ilike_mike) November 3, 2019
After more than a week battling around a dozen blazes throughout the state, fire crews have most of the incidents over 70% contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. That said, first responders have been slowed down by reports of drones being operated in their airspace.
Two separate instances of drone flights disrupted water-dropping helicopters from attempting structure protection in the nearby city of Santa Paula, Ventura County Fire Department spokesman Mike DesForges said.
“The helicopters had to set down for 30 to 40 minutes each time,” DesForges said. “The drones are difficult to see and they can be pushed by winds very easily. If they strike one of our helicopters, they could cause it to crash, and if not, we would still need to land that helicopter to perform repairs.” –NPR
On Thursday night, the Maria Fire broke out near the cities of Ventura and Oxnard to the north of Los Angeles. It is currently 50% contained after burning around 9,400 acres. Following the new blaze, Newsom expanded the state of emergency in Sonoma and Los Angeles.
Maria fire (circled)
Firefighters in Santa Paula, CA, battle the #MariaFire, the state’s newest wildfire, which exploded overnight and forced thousands of evacuations. https://t.co/n16MC75LYd pic.twitter.com/X2DEWdlasn
— ABC News (@ABC) November 1, 2019
My bitch go loco
Maria, Maria, Maria!#MariaFire #SantaPaula pic.twitter.com/Ea81t5avLC
— Shant Nazaryan (@Shant_Nazaryan) November 2, 2019
To the north, the Kincade Fire in Sonoma County has burned over 77,000 acres and is 76% contained. Over 4,500 fire personnel battled the blaze east of Geyserville.
WATCH: A Boeing 747 dropped fire retardant on California’s Kincade fire that has burned 75,000+ acres.
Governor @GavinNewsom has declared a statewide emergency pic.twitter.com/1cLaoF9k3l
— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) October 30, 2019
“They’re still doing a lot of work in those hot spots, and there are still a lot of utility workers in there trying to get services restored,” said Cal Fire spokesman Cleo Doss. “We’re trying to help the people who have already been released get back into the area.”
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, evacuation orders have been lifted for all but a few locations affecting 1,500 people. During the height of the fire, around 185,000 people were evacuated. The fire has destroyed 372 structures, including 175 homes. Four first responders sustained non-life threatening injuries.
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Help Me Remember/ID this Song/Album/Band Megathread
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MercyfulSatyr
Coelacanthine Cadaver
What with the flux of random requests for song identification that do little more than just sit around taking up space once completed, I've created this thread in an attempt to reduce said threads.
Basically, if you're trying to figure out what a song is, post it here with whatever you know about it, be it a YouTube video, lyrics, or whatever. Hopefully someone will be able to help you.
ULTIMATE WINDOWBLADED ARMSAW ATTACK!
mercyfulsatyr: easily the most humble man on the board.
My reviews.
BLACKSABBATHOHM
please tell me what song this is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3WO21OwYNM
and no its not satanic rites. its too long plus satanic rights is the intro to curdle the blood. satanic rites is instrumental
Gompidge
...Anyone help with this?
http://www.dcopperfield.info/topgear/12/1/1.mp3
Dechripastocide
Gompidge wrote:
What the hell is that?
Is the board's server low on space or something?
alliaphagist
haha wow. Sorry I can't help you but why would you want to know?
alliaphagist wrote:
See here: http://www.metal-archives.com/board/vie ... hp?t=44272
Basically just interested, it's obviously not a popular band - to get something like this on primetime TV is quite rare. The band may not be aware of it, and curious as to how far the program researchers will go or whatever.
Bangyourheadtometal
Not really sure if this belongs here, but do you know the Motorhead song "King of Kings"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlA5gA55vuM I searched it on the archives but didn't find it, was it ever released at all? It's actually the song that got me into metal a year ago
JesusShaves5643 wrote:
I think we should all constantly headbang and breed a new generation of children that can headbang all day and not receive any injury.
rexxz
Where's your band?
Google.com works wonders:
Motörhead have performed a new track titled "King of Kings", emphasizing Triple H's new "King of Kings" character, which made its debut at WrestleMania 22. "King of Kings" is also featured on the WWE Wreckless Intent compilation album. "The Game" and "Line in the Sand" are also featured on the RAW 15th Anniversary compilation CD.
Hexenkraft - diabolical cyberpunk darksynth
Cosmic Atrophy - extradimensional death metal
Grimmenfrost
Very helpful thread you created here. I posted a week ago in the FFA thread, in need of help with a small excerpt of a song from some VH1 metal documentary. I'll just paste what I wrote:
Could someone help me with a excerpt of a song in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWLsAsKbSVU
It's around 3:03-3:25.
PhantomOTO wrote:
Operation Ivy sucks and are gay, you are gay, and this "skanking" is gay.
pwd666
I've got the end of a song stuck in my head and I can't think of what song it is. The only vague clue I have is that the end of the song has a sad sounding piano tune. I probably have it on CD but its really bugging me. Any ideas? Even if noone figues it out, I'll at least get songs with a sad piano in them(which I like).
ksbluesfan wrote:
...I looked like one of the Ramones for a while, but that's better than sporting a Mississippi mudflap.
SpiritOfTheForest
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
pwd666 wrote:
Draconian - The Cry Of Silence sounds like a possibility
RageW wrote:
So you can recognize them easily. What's the first thing that a name like "Bring Me the Horizon" makes you think of if it's not straightened hair and flamboyant homosexuals whining about angst?
@ pwd666: Could it be Morbid Angel from "Blessed are the sick?" A piano outro picks up at the end of a song. It's a different track altogether but they blend together quickly.
@206 - Its not that one, I like that song though.
@SpirtoftheForest - Not that one either but I do enjoy that song too.
Well I thought it might be Apocalyptic Dance by Bethlehem but its not it, although its possible its another Bethlehem tune. Keep the ideas coming, I realize its a very vauge description but if I find it Ill be sure to post.
DeathfareDevil
Doesn't "Left Hand Path" end with a bit of piano? If that's the song I'm thinking of, I get that stuck in my head every once in a while.
serpent_moves
oops didn't see this thread, i ll copy paste my post from the dm help thread:
hi, can someone please identify this song/album/band for me?
http://www.speedyshare.com/976677965.html
i downloaded it as Merciless - The Awakening but it turned out to be something completely different
WindsOvCreation
I had this riff stuck in my head a few months ago, and I couldn't figure out where it was from, so I tabbed it out in Guitar Pro. My first thought was Windir, but I checked every one of their songs. My second thought was possibly Wintersun, but again, I couldn't find it in one of their songs. I'm starting to think I just made it up (in which case I'm totally using it in a song).
http://www.mediafire.com/?n4zkeunymmd
I have this about 30 second clip of a song, if anyone can help shed some light on who it is that would be fantastic:
http://rapidshare.com/files/186084880/u ... p.mp3.html
sixhundredand66
Winds0fCreation wrote:
that one is Enslaved - Eit Auga Til Mimir, from the Blodhemn album. Such an awesome song.
lolocaust
whats the song at 0:54?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1WcsV7hQ1V4
gigel2006
lolocaust wrote:
Read in the comments section, the user replies saying that they wrote all the music in the video.
OzzyApu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=095jeUCikMM
The song that begins at 2:43. I've been trying for months (almost years), to figure out what it is. I scavenged all of early Atrocity and it isn't anything they recorded. In the comments section some people are saying it's from an Alex Krull side project that never released jack shit. !!!??? WHAT!!?!?? WHY NOT?? Can't find anything on the archives from them except for other bands with the same name.
Corpus Christi or something.
Yesterday was the birthday of school pal and I met the chick of my sigh (I've talked about here before, the she-wolf I use to be inlove with)... Maaan she was using a mini-skirt too damn insane... Dude you could saw her entire soul every time she sit...
gomorro
Too Slow to Owl
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:17 pm
Has anyone listened to the version of Future World played alive by Gammaray and Andre Matos (in the time he still playing in Angra) in Sau Paulo... They play a cover of a classic song for the intro... Is there someone who knows the name of the song?
Does anyone know which song is at 0:18 till 0:43? Sounds like a very folk-viking song I heard before. Fuck my Alzheimer's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krFNeLE5 ... re=channel
Sadness_for_Life
gigel2006 wrote:
I think that's a Dropkick Murphy's song.
Leave the village lights
Step into the night
Sadness_for_Life wrote:
Yes it is "I'm Shipping Up To Boston". Thank you so much! That part could've been in metal!
chillybones
A friend gave me this link and asked what band it is, and I cannot figure it out.
http://www.efukt.com/2431_Death_Metal_Porn.html
All I can really say that I know about the video is that the quote in it is from the Exorcist III
"rip! And cut! And mutilate the innocent! His friends! And again, and again, and on and on!!!"
Its the same quote Children of Bodom used on the song Taste of My Scythe
I still cant figure out what band made this video.
Evenfiel
Heavy Metal Hunter
The vocalist looks like Killjoy from Necrophagia.
It's Necrophagia
schwuppe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_0MVlpS ... re=related
From which band is the 2nd real metal song?
ManofWar55
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxhXrUra ... onse_watch
Thanks. The beginning sounds like Cellador, but the vocalist doesn't.
Anyone here live in Pittsburgh? I'd like to meet some metalheads in the area.
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schwuppe wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_0MVlpSWus&feature=related
Manilla Road - Necropolis, if you haven't figured it out already.
Seto wrote:
The second real metal song is by Exciter, Manowar being the intro.
EntilZha
http://www.eternalblackness.de/folkmetal.mp3
This is my very poor reconstruction of a folk/viking metal song that is stuck in my head. Sorry that I can't sing for shit.
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Raw demo sound, similar to Isengard, that melody that I tried to sing is both sung by the singer and played by a synth-flute. Not an obscure band, either, I think it is something somewhat well-known.
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Nope, just another one of those excruciatingly gay folk/black metal records. Just happens to be annoyingly catchy at the same time. Kind of a pagan metal version of Modern Talking, I guess.
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Kessel returning to the "U"?
By buckysieve, July 13, 2006 in Men's Hockey
ATLSiouxPhan
Is this a Gopher Board or a Sioux Board? And people wonder why Sioux fans are labled as obsessive when it comes to Gophers hcokey. Give me a break!
I think its a Sioux board. There are green buttons everywhere, and there is an Indian at the top of the page.
A.B.T.G.
Location:Down UNDer Bar drinking Capt. Morgan til close
Slap Shot
Not at all. Using the term best American ever is the part I find ridiculous. My point is that you don't hear that anymore -- I wonder why!
I'd be interested in seeing a link to a post from a Gopher fan that referred to Kessel or Johnson as the, "best American ever".
Redneksioux
Kaulk? Is that you?
THETRIOUXPER
Location:GF
It wasn't a gopher fan, it was one of the writers for USCHO that called phil the greatest US born hockey player ever. As far a a link I don't know but someone had it on here at one time.
Location:Grand Forks, ND
I think that Kessel has a lot of work to out score Pat Lafontaine and Mike Madonno.
Gopher Fan in Sioux Land
As somebody stated over on kfan.com or gpl ( i can't remember exactly) I don't really care one way or the other. If he comes back, great. If he leaves, i'm ok with that too, because Just like the Sioux, and any top hockey program in the country does, they will just re-load and be a threat again. Please don't spin that as to me saying the Gophers are a lock for the Nat Champ. But instead that the team will be a force. On paper the Gophers might seem to have the best team in the country but last time I checked the game is played on the ice, not paper. And in any one game anything can happen (insert Holy Cross Insult here). Either way the WCHA in general is going to be a fun league to watch again this year.
Runninwiththedogs
Location:St. Louis Park, MN
You may get your wish. I'm sure Phil Kessel will be more than happy to tell the world what Phil Kessel will be doing next season, whether it be Phil Kessel in the NHL or Phil Kessel back at Minnesota.
LOL that reminds me of Rickey Henderson...
I wouldn't believe anything that's being said about Kessel at this point. I would wait until the NCAA is through with MN-TC and their "scandal."
I'm just sayin...
Sioux-cia
Location:Missing Alaska
I would wait until the NCAA is through with MN-TC and their "scandal."
RWTD, you're killing me, girl!!!
#1Hakfan
I won't believe Kessel will be back until he calls a press confrence.
Anyways, Who will be the most exciting player and most dangerous offensive player in college hockey next year?
Answer: OSHIE
another thing, I wonder if Finley and Eric Johnson ever ran into each other growing up since EJ is from Bloomington and Finley is from Edina and they must be close to the same age. Could you imagine those bantam games.
AZSIOUX
Location:Scottsdale,AZ by way of Bemidji, MN
the top wcha teams always reload but this year has been crazy with the top talent that has left, especially the sioux followed closely by the gophs and wisc..... the league in a whole will still be the best out there but will be missing tons of skill.................i know that new players are coming in and they will develop to be great as well but any hockey fan can only sit back and look at the departures and say DAMMMMMMMM
hell, the sioux may be a better of a team after all things pan out, and they may also struggle, we just dont know until they start playing i guess. if toews stays (nice rhyme, i know ) then we may have 2 hobey baker candidates, heck dont want to think yet if he goes, just would plain old suck.................
kessel, johnson, okposo, oshie, lee and toews is a hell of a group on the ice, i just hope we all get to see it!!
Diggler
The Oshie. You have to give him the proper respect.
Oshie rocks.............at least he will be back by the sounds of it. He is one of the most determined players I have ever seen in a sioux uniform. Talk about giving 110%!! Just look at Oshie.............
MafiaMan
Location:Barrington RI
Glad I can make ya chuckle, Rwtd.
I still remember Rickey breaking Lou Brock's stolen base record. He gets to the mike and says "Lou Brock was a great base-stealer, but today, I am the greatest of all-time!". I can't remember the pitcher's name, but a player in the opposing dug-out today told him that the comments "made me want to throw up."
Hilarious. The only self-promoter better than Rickey Henderson was Deion Sanders. TO is giving everyone a run for their money though.
Location:Twin Cities currently, grew up in western NoDak
Poor Ricky wasn't even the top story in sports that day...Some guy named Nolan Ryan threw his 6th? No-Hitter that day....I guess he wasn't the greatest of all-timezzzzz...
Ah, the most famous self promoter of all, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. Now you see me, now you don't." Mohammad Ali!!!
They may have stated it too, but I have seen and heard it many places, including at work from a gopher fan.
Of course most of it was before he even played a shift and probably even back to the old gopher hockey website. As soon as he actually started to play, expectations were downplayed.
LCGopherFan19
He was the "next one" according to INCH back in July 04. I thought he was great last year.
http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/7Archiv...kessel_0245.htm
Sioux_Hab-it
Location:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
If the Don doesn't keep him out of Blarneys the headline could soon read Un-Done. Boston has probably told him to return to UMTC and shape up because he is looking more and more like the Wisconsin poster boy for Bratwurst and Beer.
..... he is looking more and more like the Wisconsin poster boy for Bratwurst and Beer.
At www.bostonherald.com the Bruins assistant G.M. said the final decision on Kessel has not been made. The article goes on to say that they question Kessels fitness and Maturity and maybe another year of school will help him.
7>4
No question, Kessel was a stud last year and is a top level college hockey player. However, if he returns to U of M next year, it will have nothing to do with his love of Gopher hockey and everything to do with the fact that the powers in Boston decide that his game is not ready for the next level. Also, my guess is that he would rather continue to be Big Fish in Gopher land than just another puke riding buses between AHL ports.
Let'sGoHawks!
Location:Grand Forks, North Dakota
This thread: WHO CARES!!!!
buckysieve
You could say the same thing about Toews and Skille. If Chicago wants them for next season then both will be gone. E. Johnson has wanted to be a Gopher his whole life but if St. Louis wanted him on their team next year he would've signed. It's usually always up to the team. It doesn't mean that Kessel doesn't have love for Gopher hockey. And I highly doubt that Kessel would play one minute in the AHL like you suggested.
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Antivirus is a confusing matter: it’s called anti-virus, but there are tons of other types of malware out there. So…do those programs also scan for spyware, adware, and other threats. Security software is an essential tool for any computer, whether it’s a personal or business device; by now, this shouldn’t be a surprise for anyone. Not protecting your machine leaves it open to infection from a whole host of threats which can not only damage your PC but result in attackers stealing money, financial data or other sensitive information.
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Fictional lawyers, District Attorneys of Port Charles, Characters introduced by Frank Valentini,
Characters created by Shelly Altman
Characters created by Chris Van Etten
2010s female characters
Margaux Dawson (Elizabeth Henderickson)
Elizabeth Hendrickson
Left town
Margaux Marino
Graduate of NYU
Graduate of Stanford Law School
District attorney of PC (formerly)
Metro Court Hotel
1420 Quartz Lane
Vincent Marino (deceased)
Jeanette Marino
David Dawson (2010s; divorced)
David Dawson (engaged; 2010s)
Drew Cain (kissed; 2018)
Margaux Dawson is a fictional character on General Hospital.
She was portrayed by actress Elizabeth Hendrickson from May 29, 2018 until June 18, 2019.
Former Y&R Alum, Elizabeth Hendrickson, who has been previously Daytime Emmy-nominated, will begin her GH run as a prosecutor in Carly’s (Laura Wright) case. Fans have been very excited about the addition of Hendrickson to the ABC daytime drama series, because she will be reunited with many of her former castmates from All My Children and Young & the Restless, including Billy Miller (Drew), William deVry (Julian), and more.
Shelly Altman, co-head writer of General Hospital, told Soap Opera Digest, “Margaux doesn’t believe that Carly was insane, and of course, she’s right. She doesn’t like anyone using the court to their advantage in this way.”[1]
In August 14, 2018, Executive Producer Frank Valentini was interviewed by Michael Fairman. He revealed he brought on Elizabeth Hendrickson (Margaux) as a potential love interest for Drew. He said "I knew her work from All My Children and The Young and the Restless, and she is a phenomenal actress and we are really lucky to have her. Margaux has got the flash drive with Drew’s memories on it and that is an important piece of information to have."[2]
On June 6, 2019, Hendrickson confirmed on her Instagram page that she is leaving GH. She made her last appearance on June 18.
Margaux Dawson is the new District Attorney in Port Charles. Like her predecessors at the DA's office, she is determined to convict Sonny Corinthos and his organization for all of their crimes.
Margaux finds Drew's memory drive
Margaux has met Drew Cain, and as of July 24, she is in possession of the missing drive containing all of his memories.[3] On August 17, they shared their first kiss at Charlie's. Soon afterwards they begin dating.
Margaux seems familiar to Dr. Kim Nero, like she has seen her before.
On August 21, it's revealed that Margaux was born as Margaux Marino, her father wasn't around in her early life as he left her and her mother when she was two years old. She grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and entered in middle class, public schools and was at the top of her class. She joined NYU and soon she enrolled herself in law school at Stanford law and graduated with honours. After law school she worked as assistant DA in Oakland, California, which is near San Francisco. Two years later, she was appointed as the new DA of Port Charles.
In September 11, 2018, it's revealed that Margaux's father was somehow involved in the mob and he was killed because of it. In September 21, it's revealed that thirty years ago her father, Vincent Marino, was Joe Scully's criminal defence lawyer and that he was killed by Sonny before being buried in Croton under orders from Joe. Unbeknown to Sonny at the time Vincent's corpse was unearthed by his father Mike Corbin so it would be reburied underneath Charlie's Pub during it's construction.
She had one brief marriage to David Dawson that ended after a year since she felt he had a lack of imagination as he only wanted to maintain the status quo while she wanted more so they parted as friends and she is still using his name to this day.
On April 1, 2019, Margaux revealed to Nora Buchanan that she has ties to Pine Valley.
DA Margaux getting ready for her trial against the Corinthos family
Margaux Dawson is the new District Attorney in Port Charles. She represented Nelle Benson in her case for pressing charges against Carly Corinthos. In early June, Margaux took residence at Peter August's former room at the Metro Court. In June 25, she found Sam McCall and Curtis Ashford searching in her room for evidence leading to Peter, later she shared her concern to Commissioner Jordan Ashford about the PCPD hiring Ashford and McCall P.I. firm, especially when Sam is a known associate of Jason Morgan and Sonny Corinthos.
Margaux assures Nelle she'll be prosecuted for her crimes
On July 17, Margaux met Drew Cain and on July 24, she found the missing drive containing all of his memories in the lost and found box at the Metro court. In early August, thanks to Jason, Margaux was given all the evidence needed to exonerate Carly and to convict Nelle for her numerous crimes; particularly killing her ex fiancé Zachary Grant before she came to town, framing Carly, and recently attempting to have her thought-to-be husband Michael murdered. She continues to bond well with Drew, without him having any knowledge that she has the key to his past. On August 17, at Charlie's, after Drew refused to help Margaux in her plot to take down Sonny, she kissed him before she walked out. Drew followed her and questioned her about the kiss. After back and forth arguments, they confessed that they are attracted to each other and they agreed on a date.
Drew and Margaux kiss
On August 22, they went out on a date at the Floating Rib where they ran into Carly and Jason, Carly accused her of using Drew to get to Jason to which Margaux rebuffed and claimed otherwise. Later when Drew took Margaux back to her room, she excused herself to change her blouse, and when she returned she saw Drew holding a flash drive. She panicked and claimed it contains evidence for a case, but he guesses that she's lying. She shows him the photos on the flash drive of her as a kid in her computer. He apologizes. She wonders if he got himself invited in just to search her suite. After a back and forth argument, Drew decides to leave but as he's about leave, Margaux stops him and they kiss. Later when he leaves, she takes a flash drive labelled Anamnesis Project out of her vault.
In September, after learning that the dead body that was found beneath Charlie's Pub was her father, Vincent, she became even more determined to nail Sonny for his murder. In October 11, Margaux revealed to Drew that she has the missing drive and she offers to give it to him in exchange for his help in taking down Sonny.
On December 10, 2018, Margaux gives Drew the flash drive containing his memories. At first he doesn't want to take it, but Margaux forces him to take it.
On June 18, 2019, Margaux left town, 12 days after threatening Shiloh.
Illegally divulged information pertaining to Carly Corinthos’ trial to the plaintiff, Nelle Benson [Jun 2018]
Withheld evidence (Drew’s memory flashdrive) pertaining to the Jason Morgan Conspiracy [Jul 24-Dec 10, 2018; gave the flashdrive to Drew]
Threatened Shiloh [Jun 6, 2019]
↑ https://michaelfairmantv.com/this-week-elizabeth-hendrickson-to-make-gh-debut-as-margaux/2018/05/29/
↑ https://michaelfairmantv.com/executive-producer-frank-valentini-talks-returns-exits-and-previews-the-drama-this-fall-on-general-hospital/2018/08/14/
↑ http://tvmegasite.net/updates/gh/2018/gh-07-24-18.shtml
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Daniel’s Prophecy of World Empires: Allah is in the Details
by Tim Buck | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog, News | 3 comments
Would it surprise you to learn that Satan has fought against God’s plans primarily through seven pagan empires and that the rise and fall of these empires are chronicled in scripture? They are the seven empires Satan has used to persecute Israel throughout its history. Scripture also foretells that one of these seven empires will return in the end times as Satan’s final empire and will be ruled over by Antichrist.
This means that no less than seven world empires are chronicled in scripture to rule the world for Satan. Six of these are historic empires and named in scripture. The last one can be identified by studying history and prophecy about the end times.
Where are the Empires?
Seven successive empires rule over Israel all the way from Egypt until God establishes the Millennial Kingdom. The seven historical empires are Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome and Islam. This last one will appear in two phases: Islamic Empire ending with the Ottoman Empire (“Phase I”) and the re-emergent Islamic Empire of the 10-King Caliphate (“Phase II”).
This perspective derives from a careful study of Daniel 2 and 7 along with Revelation 12, 13 and 17. These five chapters profile the “Times of the Gentiles” when the Gentile (pagan) empires rule Israel as prophesied by Jesus (Lk. 21:24),
They (Israel) will fall by the sword and be taken as prisoners to all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Four Empires in Daniel
We are introduced to four of the empires in the book of Daniel when the prophet Daniel reveals the details of King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in chapter two. In the dream, the king sees a massive metallic statue that portrays four of Satan’s empires from Babylon to Islam.
The four kingdoms can be identified as: Babylon (head of gold), Persia (breast and arms of silver), Greece (belly and thighs of bronze), and Islam (iron legs) – with the fourth one (Islam) having a second phase as ten toes mixed with iron and clay that will re-emerge in the “last days.”
The picture of the divided 10-toe empire (Dan. 2:40-44) graphically portrays the Sunni-Shiite division within Islam that is fighting for supremacy in the Middle East today.
Daniel provides a surprising amount of detail concerning both Greece and Islam. Both Chapters 7 and 11 highlight the life of the forerunner of Antichrist (Syrian King Antiochus – 165 BC) and Daniel 11 contains the longest description in the Bible about the wars, atrocities and activities of Antichrist.
Dual Purpose Prophecy
It turns out that the great image in Daniel’s second chapter has a dual-prophetic purpose and application. It’s end time application is mentioned in Daniel 2:28 where Daniel says,
“There is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the end of days.”
In addition to portraying four historical empires, the image also stands for Satan’s 8th and final empire. According to Revelation 13:1-2, the same four empires comprise Satan’s final empire,
And the beast which I saw was like a leopard (Greece), and his feet were like those of a bear (Persia), and his mouth like the mouth of a lion (Babylon). And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority.
Where will Antichrist come from?
This animal imagery that portrays the empires comes from Daniel 7:4-6. The modern empires depicted therefore, that make up the final empire, include the regions of Turkey/Syria, Iraq, and Iran. The final empire will cover all the territory of these 3 former empires and will be ruled by the (10-toes) 10-King Caliphate. Nowhere in the Bible have these figurative identities ever been changed.
Lion = Iraq
Bear = Iran
Leopard = Turkey/Syria
So when we read about a beast in Revelation with these same names, we have every reason to believe the Lord is pointing us to watch the offspring of those empires as the same location for the coming beast empire. Did you get that?
The empire of Antichrist will rise from these empires!
Iranian Shiite Crescent
The maps reveal that the revived Islamic Caliphate will include a significant block of Shiite Islamic countries. The Shiite countries will be able to compete with the Sunni block of Muslim nations like Turkey and become a major force within the 10-King Caliphate. This is what is prophesied in Daniel 2:40-44 which describes the Caliphate being a bad mix, partially weak and partially strong. It appears from the above map and from Revelation 13:2, that the Shiite block will have major sway in the coming Caliphate.
There is a good possibility that four of the 10 Kings could be from the Shiite nations of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Iran. These nations seem to be well on their way of fitting into the end time beast empire of the Antichrist.
Shiite Mahdi – Islam’s Messiah
The strong Shiite presence within the Caliphate leaves the door open, for at least the possibility, that Antichrist could be the awaited Shiite messiah known as the Mahdi. According to Islamic tradition, the Mahdi will appear in the end times and lead Muslims to rule the world. He will be a great leader who arrives in a time of chaos to lead the Islamic Caliphate against the Jewish people and Christianity. His exploits are eerily similar to the one we know as Antichrist.
Iran, the strongest and most militant Shiite nation has designed their nuclear program and expansionist policies solely on the hope of the coming Mahdi. As such, Iran continues to gain traction as they seek to build out their “Shia Crescent” and combine the region under their wing.
The nations are now lining up like Satan has dialed them up on the phone and gave them instructions to begin to take their rightful places in his empire. Just as seen in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, the final empire is beginning to appear right before our eyes. Nebuchadnezzar’s 2500 year old metallic image that Daniel revealed to him is an exact portrait of Satan’s final empire.
Mark on February 1, 2019 at 9:53 pm
I think your on the right track it’s not the Catholic Church they have no money and are not in a position to wager war even thru the fat and happy Germans plus small families does not equate to pre WWII families but Muslims are having record number of births it’s Ishmael vrs Isaac in the end
Jason on February 24, 2019 at 3:31 pm
The Shiite crescent I believe will be the revived kingdom of the north in Daniel 11. There is actually right now an entity forming south of Israel as well and they are all Sunni nations. This entity is called Arab NATO or middle east strategic alliance (MESA). It is proposed to be an alliance of 6 gulf states in the Arabian Peninsula along with Egypt and Jordan. Interestingly the Bible says that after the AC rises he waxes great toward the south and subdues 3 kings. I believe he will subdue 3 kings in the Arabian Peninsula. After this in Daniel 11:23 he makes a league with himself. Probably “confirms” the Shiite crescent. He then goes to war with Egypt (ancient king of the south). This I believe is the kingdom against kingdom Jesus speaks of in Matthew 24. All the while Jordan escapes out of his hands (Daniel 11:41). Interestingly the leadership of Jordan just recently said they would not join Arab NATO or any alliance in the near future. This is probably why they escape out of the AC hands. This stuff is all VERY near.
I believe we are very deep into the feet of the statue in Daniel 2. Many don’t realize that the 2 thighs of brass on the statue represent the ancient kingdoms of north and south (Seleucid and Ptolemy). The legs of iron have to represent a kingdom that conquered the areas of kingdoms of north and south. Rome did NOT because Rome never conquered Babylon (Iraq) and Persia (Iran). However Sunni Islam did conquer that entire area through the 4 main Islamic Caliphates of the middle east (Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid and Ottoman). Sunni Islam (iron) dominated this area from the 6th century AD until recent times (even after 1924). But in recent times Shiites (clay) have begun to take over the kingdom of the north area of the beast. In 1971 the Assad regime (Shiite Alawites) took over Syria. This is when I believe the clay started to be added to the iron. Then more clay when the Islamic republic of Iran took over in 1979. Then more when Hezbollah came along in Lebanon in 1985. Iraq has been a Shiite majority for probably at least 20 yrs now and the last 3 leaders of Iraq have been Shiites. So there has been clay mixed with the iron for a while now. This is why the Bible says the AC kingdom shall be a divided kingdom. A bad mix as you said. Because I think it will be Shiite kingdom of north vs Sunni kingdom of south.
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2018 Reading Challenge: May
When I started this reading challenge, I was aiming to read 3 books a month and have a post ready for you at the beginning of each new month. Well, that plan didn’t work out for me this April-May.
These last couple months have been draining on a personal and professional level. Keeping up with my reading, and general content creation for this blog has been quite near impossible.
I felt guilty and stressed…
Then I remembered why I started this challenge. It was to help me grow and push my reading habits to the forefront. While I may not achieve this perfectly, I love that I have something to keep me accountable and really push myself even when the last thing I feel like doing is picking up a book and forcing myself to relax.
Even though it stressed me out, I am so happy to have started this reading challenge. It has taught me not only to take some time out for myself but also to switch off and really lose myself in another world. Even if it’s just for an hour. That bit of separation helps … a lot!
With no further delay here is my May Reading List:
The Wife by Alafair Burke
An interesting crime story, with more of a twist than I was expecting. This story visits a woman’s traumatic past and then jumps to the present time where she’s living a seemingly idyllic life. This life shattered when her husband is charged with murder. As the events unfold and her past comes back to haunt her, she has to make a tough decision whether to shield herself or her husband from an unhappy future. A crime story that keeps you guessing and fully immerses you in the life of a very troubled woman.
Have you ever read a book and the moment you finish it you feel an undeniable loss, which makes you want to read the book all over again just so you can relive something great? THAT is how I felt after reading Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone.
Set in the 70s, a family moves to Alaska to get a new start in a difficult life. They soon find that to live in the wilds of Alaska takes great strength, and for a man suffering from PTSD after his stint in the Vietnam War, this turns out to be a testing time for him and his family. As the book progresses, you take a journey with this family as they navigate their way through life and discover the courage they need not only to survive “The Great Alone” but also the darkness inside their home. A must-read as far as I’m concerned.
Look For Me by Lisa Gardner
This book is a hard one to review because it started off really exciting but lost me as I kept on reading. The content itself was an interesting crime story, but I felt like the magic disappeared towards the middle. It’s important to note that this was my first book of Lisa Gardner’s that I’ve read, and this story was a Detective D.D. Warren and Flora Dane adventure. If I had more of a previous connection to these returning characters, maybe I would have liked this book a whole lot more than I did.
Look For Me depicts the struggles of survivor’s guilt and abuse. A young girl disappears following her family’s brutal murder in their own home; the police quickly consider her to be the prime suspect. Believing in her innocence, Flora Dane (an avenger-like character) is determined to look for her and help her solve the mystery of who killed the young girls’ family, even as she revisits her own personal horror story in the process.
I’m happy I kept pushing myself to finish reading this book because it picked up nicely after a while and made for a good ending. Which I think is way better than a great book with a terrible ending. What are your thoughts?
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The effects of prostaglandins (PGE2 and 16,16-dimethyl-PGE1) on epinephrine (E) and norepinephrine (NE) release, in response to a hypotensive stimulus (bleeding 5 ml/300 g), were studied in relation to blood pressure and heart rate responses in the rat. PGE2 (10 micrograms/kg-1 . min-1) and 16,16-dimethyl-PGE1 (1 microgram . kg-1 . min-1) accelerated blood pressure and heart rate recovery rate following acute hemorrhage and increased plasma E and NE levels. Plasma levels of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycol (DHPG) were not affected by PG infusion. In bilaterally nephrectomized rats, PGE2 increased plasma levels of E, NE, and DHPG but failed to enhance the blood pressure and had only a mild effect on heart rate recovery following bleeding. In hexamethonium-treated rats, infusion of PGE2 had a small and transient effect on blood pressure recovery, but its effect on the heart rate was not affected; NE and E levels in the plasma of the hexamethonium-treated rats were still higher in the PGE2-infused rats. These studies indicate that in the intact rat, administered PGE potentiate the release of E and NE and facilitate blood pressure and heart rate recovery following acute hemorrhage. The hemodynamic effects of the PGE appear to be mediated by a renal factor whereas the effects of PGE on E and NE response to hemorrhage are independent of the presence of intact kidneys.
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The 20-ha (500×400m) Tiantongshan Forest Dynamics Plot was established in 2010 in the Tiantong National Forest Park (29.8°N, 121.8°E) of the Zhejiang Province, eastern China. The forest community in the plot is considered as a typical lower subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest. The plot's floristic composition is transitional between the temperate and subtropical. According to the second survey finished in 2015, there are 120,729 individual trees, belonging to 154 species, 97 genera, and 52 families. The vertical structure of the forest is clear, with two canopy tree layers (upper and lower), one shrub layer, and one herb layer. Choerospondias axillaris, Lithocarpus megalophyllus, and Cyclobalanopsis sessilifolia are the three most dominant species in the upper tree layer. There are many shade-tolerant and intermediate light-demanding species such as Litsea elongata and Distylium Myricoides in the mid-layer. The understory layer is rich and complex with high variability in species composition.
Vertical structure of the forest community in the plot is distinguishable, classified into three layers from canopy story to sub-canopy story and shrub storey.The structure of the forest community is stable and DBH distribution of all trees followed a reverse “J” shape. Mean DBH of all individuals is 5.66 cm. Proportion of small (DBH<5cm) individuals achieves 70.3%.
The first re-census was completed in 2015. The total number of free-standing individuals (including branches, sprouting branches) increased from 132,000 to 170,000. 190,000 records of data were recorded in this re-census, including 58,000 recruitment data, and 20,000 death data. Detailed changes in species richness were still in preparation. Several species, i.e. Melia azedarach, Zanthoxylum ailanthoides and Fortunearia sinensis were newly observed species. and others, i.e. Rhamnus crenata, were locally extinct. Replacement, growth and death of different species have different patterns.
Principal Investigator: Wang Xihua, professor of East China Normal University. His research is mainly focused on vegetation ecology and restoration ecology.
Research Team: Chen Xiaoyong, Yan Enrong, Yang Haibo, Shen Guochun, Yang Qiongsong, Zheng Zemei, Yao Fangfang
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Russia to use Fan-IDs (again) as visas for 2020 UEFA Euro Cup visitors
Upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, have passed on Monday a bill allowing foreign tourists with Fan-IDs to travel to Russia without entry visas for matches of the 2020 UEFA Euro Cup.
Last week, the bill was passed in the third and final reading by lawmakers from the State Duma, the parliament’s lower house, and following today’s approval by the senators, it must be signed into law by the Russian president.
“Within the period, which begins 14 days prior to the first match of the 2020 UEFA Euro Cup in Saint Petersburg and ends on the day of the last match [in St. Petersburg], the entrance to Russia for foreign citizens and stateless persons, who come to Russia to watch 2020 UEFA Euro Cup matches, will not require issuance of visas based on identification documents,” according to the explanatory note.
Addressing a government’s session in mid-March, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the country planned “to employ the same mechanism we used in the past regarding the issuance and operational rules of Fan-IDs.”
Russia came up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup with an innovation, which was the so-called Fan-ID and was required for all ticketholders. This innovation was successfully tested during the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia and earned high marks from the world’s governing football body of FIFA.
The Fan-ID played an important security role during the major football tournament in Russia as it granted admittance to the stadiums and also served as visa for foreign visitors to enter the country.
A Fan-ID holder was allowed to enter the country without having a Russian visa and stay for the duration of the global football tournament. Fan-IDs were obligatory, in addition to purchased tickets, in order to attend matches of the 2018 World Cup tournament in Russia.
2020 UEFA Euro Cup
The matches of the 2020 Euro Cup will be held at stadiums in 12 different cities across Europe, namely in London (England), Munich (Germany), Rome (Italy), Baku (Azerbaijan), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Bucharest (Romania), Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Dublin (Ireland), Bilbao (Spain), Budapest (Hungary), Glasgow (Scotland) and Copenhagen (Denmark).
Russia’s second largest city of St. Petersburg was granted the right to host three group stage matches and one of the quarterfinals of the 2020 UEFA Euro Cup.
The decision to hold the 2020 Euro Cup, which will be celebrating its 60th anniversary that year, in various European countries instead of in one or two hosting countries was made at the UEFA Executive Committee’s meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on December 6, 2012.
A total of 24 national football teams will be playing in the final tournament of the 2020 Euro Cup. All 55 UEFA national member teams, including 12 teams from the hosting countries, will have to play in the qualifying matches to vie for the berth in the final 24-team lineup of the quadrennial European football championship.
It is possible that some of the national teams from the hosting countries of the 2020 Euro Cup will not be playing on home soil in case they fail to clear the qualifying stage.
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Transavia France boosts French connections at Budapest Airport
Celebrating its sixth route launch in almost as many weeks, Budapest Airport has marked Transavia France’s further commitment to the Hungarian gateway as the carrier launches a twice-weekly service to Nantes.
Joining the airline’s existing link to Paris Orly, Transavia France’s latest investment sees a 50% increase in seat capacity for the airline from Budapest this summer.
“This is the perfect link for Transavia France to start,” explains Balázs Bogáts, Head of Airline Development, Budapest Airport.
“Both cities are known popular tourist attractions, therefore I’ve no doubt that each destination will be equally attractive for passengers from either end of the route.”
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Wizz Air boosts Budapest Airport’s summer schedule
The early days of the summer season see Budapest Airport welcoming two new connections with Wizz Air as the home-based carrier launches links to London Gatwick and Oslo.
Supporting the advancement of the Hungarian gateway, the ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) added a daily service to London Gatwick on Sunday, which sees Budapest offer over 100,000 seats to the UK’s second-largest airport (in terms of passenger traffic) during S19.
Today, the ULCC also launched the airport’s third operation to Oslo, adding to Budapest’s growing connection with Norway’s capital city.
Seeing a 35% increase in flights to Oslo during the summer season, Wizz Air will offer close to 200 services in total to the Scandinavian country as the latest service joins the airline’s existing links to Stavanger.
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Wizz Air: Now flying from Krakow to Tel Aviv
Wizz Air is set to launch new direct flights between Krakow, Poland, and Tel Aviv, Israel, in September 2019.
The new flight route is set to begin operating on September 16, 2019, offering 4 weekly flights operated on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Wizz Air is the largest low-cost company in Central and Eastern Europe and also offers other direct flights to Tel Aviv from European cities, including Budapest, Varna, London-Luton, Kosice, Lublin, and Craiova.
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Budapest Airport launches new winter routes
Launching 15 new winter routes in total, Ryanair route additions will see 3 new destinations on Budapest Airport’s route map. Facing no competition on its new operations to Lappeenranta, Luxembourg and Poznan, Ryanair will be providing further variety to passengers traveling to and from Hungary.
As Budapest Airport’s blistering summer schedule is launched this weekend, the Hungarian gateway continues its route network expansion into the winter timetable with Ryanair. Confirming the addition of another 6 new services – Catania, Gothenburg, Lappeenranta, Luxembourg, Poznan and Tel Aviv – the ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) will be offering a total of 46 routes from Budapest during the winter season.
“In just three years Ryanair has come close to doubling the number of passengers it has welcomed to Budapest Airport as early forecasts predict the carrier will deliver more than three million travelers to our gateway in 2019,” said Balázs Bogáts, Head of Airline Development, Budapest Airport. “Even before this summer season has begun, it’s great to announce that Ryanair will once again be enriching our route network from the winter with new destinations, as well as increased services on proven successful routes.”
As the ULCC also confirms frequency increases on its existing links to Berlin Schönefeld (9 times weekly), Copenhagen (daily), London Stansted (25 times weekly), Milan Bergamo (11 times weekly) and Prague (9 times weekly), an estimated over 3 million Ryanair customers will pass through Budapest throughout the summer and winter seasons, recording a robust growth of 17% and significantly reinforcing the airline’s growth at the Hungarian capital city airport.
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Iberostar Hotels & Resorts launches voice bookings with ‘Google Assistant’
Iberostar Hotels & Resorts has launched an innovative option enabling guests to book rooms through voice commands thanks to an integration with Google Assistant. This is a major step forward for customers, who, from now on, will be able to explore this option from their assistant-enabled devices using voice search. When a customer says, “Hey Google, I want to book a room at,” followed by the name of an Iberostar hotel, its location and the desired dates, Google will provide the details of that hotel’s availability and rates and finalize the booking using Google Pay credentials. In turn, the hotel will be notified of the booking via the channel selected by the user.
Voice bookings through Google Assistant is the latest addition to Iberostar’s innovation plan to provide its guests a great experience, even before their stay. The feature is already available in English for users in the US on Android and Apple smartphones, as well as household devices. During the initial stage, customers will be able to book the following Iberostar city hotels immediately with no advance reservation restrictions in various locations around the world: Iberostar Las Letras Gran Vía (Madrid), Iberostar Lisboa (Lisbon), Iberostar 70 Park Avenue (New York), Iberostar Paseo de Gracia (Barcelona), Iberostar Grand Budapest (Budapest), Iberostar Grand Mencey (Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the Iberostar Berkeley (Miami).
“We strive to provide our guests not only with a platform to create great memories during their stay at any of the destinations where we operate, but also with services that cater to their needs,” said Javier Delgado Muerza, Iberostar Group’s Chief Digital Officer. “We are working on connecting with them and facilitating their experience with us. This is a step forward in the company’s current digitalization plan, which is centered on users and innovation, while remaining committed to providing an outstanding hotel experience”.
Iberostar has entered into a strategic alliance with Mirai for the development of this project, aimed at boosting sales thanks to multi-channel connectivity, which includes this cutting-edge voice recognition-based solution that positions the brand amongst the world’s leading international chains.
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The Alinea Project
eG Spotlight Fridge
Inside the Alinea Food Lab
By ronnie_suburban, October 18, 2004 in The Alinea Project
ronnie_suburban
eGullet Society staff emeritus
Location:Chicago, IL USA
It’s the first day of cooking in Alinea's Food Lab and the mood is relaxed. We’re in a residential kitchen but there’s nothing ordinary about it. Chef Grant, along with sous chefs John Peters and Curtis Duffy are setting up. The sight of the 3 steady pros, each in their chef’s whites, working away, does not match this domestic space. Nor does the intimidating display of industrial tools lined up on the counters. While the traditional elements are here in this suburban kitchen: oven, cooktop, sink, so too are the tools of modern restaurant cookery: pacojet, cryovac machine, paint stripping heat gun…wait, a paint stripping heat gun?
In the physical realm, the Food Lab is a tangible space where the conventional and the unconventional are melded together in the quest for new culinary territory. With Alinea’s construction under way, the team must be resourceful. This meant that renting a space large enough to house both the office and the kitchen aspects of the food lab was out of the question.
The decision was made to take over a large office space for the research and administrative aspects of Alinea and transform a residential kitchen into the Lab. Achatz and the team would work three days per week at the office researching all aspects of gastronomy and brainstorming new dishes, while managing the project as a whole. The remaining time would be spent in the kitchen executing the ideas formulated at the office. “At first I thought separating the two would be problematic,” says Grant “but in the end we are finding it very productive. It allows us to really focus on the tasks at hand, and also immerse ourselves in the environment conducive to each discipline.” The menus for opening night—containing as many as 50 never-before-served dishes--must be conceived, designed, tested and perfected. The Alinea team does not want to fly without a net on opening night.
On a more abstract level, the Food Lab is simply the series of processes that continually loop in the minds of Chef Grant and his team. While there is no single conduit by which prospective menus--and the dishes which comprise them--arrive at Alinea, virtually all of them start in Chef Grant's imagination and eventually take form after brainstorming sessions between the Chef and his team. Menus are charted, based on the seasonality of their respective components, and the details of each dish are then laid out on paper, computer or both and brought to the kitchen for development. In this regard, the Food Lab provides something very special to the Chef and his team. “We consider the food lab a luxury,” says Grant. Once Alinea is open and the restaurant’s daily operations are consuming up to 16 hours of each day, time for such creative planning (aka play) will be scarce. Building a library of concepts, ideas and plans for future menus now will be extraordinarily valuable in the future. Otherwise, such planning sessions will have to take place in the 17th and 18th hours of future workdays, as they did when the Chef and his team were at Trio.
Today, several projects are planned and the Chefs dig into their preparations as soon as their equipment setup is complete…
Poached Broccoli Stem with wild Coho roe, crispy bread, grapefruit
Stem cooked sous vide (butter, salt, granulated cane juice)
Machine-sliced thin bread
Dairyless grapefruit “pudding”
Dried Crème Brulee
Caramel orb shell made with bubble maker and heat gun
Powdered interior made with dried butterfat, egg yolks, powdered sugar & vanilla
PB&J
Peeled grapes on the stem
Peanut butter coating
Wrap in brioche
Micro-grated, roasted peanuts
Instant Tropical Pudding
Freeze Dried Powders of coconut, pineapple, banana
Young coconut water spiked with rum
Muscovado Sugar
Candied Chili
Jamaican Peppercorn
The steps required to comprise each dish are, as one might imagine, intricate and numerous. For the Poached Broccoli Stem, Chef Grant begins by separating the broccoli stems from the florets. The stems are stripped of their fibrous exteriors and pared down until they are uniform in size. Grant comments on the use of the second hand part of the vegetable: “This dish started with the roe. Every year we receive the most amazing Brook Trout Roe from Steve Stallard, my friend and owner of Blis. Typically, we serve the eggs with an element of sweetness. I find it goes very well with the ultra fresh salinity of the week-old roe. This time around we wanted to take a savory approach so I began looking into complimenting flavors in the vegetal category. About the same time, our group had a discussion about secondary parts of vegetables and the stem of broccoli came up. I had a past experience with the stem and found it to be very reminiscent of cabbage. Knowing that cabbage and caviar are essentially a classic pairing, I felt confident that we could work the dish out. Now I'm struggling to decide if this is a broccoli dish or in fact a roe dish, I think they really battle for the top position and that helps makes the dish very complex."
Chef Grant processing the broccoli
The stems are placed in a polyethylene bag, along with butter, salt and granulated cane juice. The bag is sealed with a cryovac machine
The sealed stems are placed in a 170 degree F water to cook, sous vide, until extremely tender; about three hours
Broccoli stems after cooking
The crisp bread element is fabricated via the use of an industrial deli slicer. Chef Grant then brushes the sectioned pieces of poached broccoli stem with eggwash, affixes them to the thin planks of brioche and places them in a fry pan with butter.
Grant's mise...not your ordinary cutting board
Poached Broccoli Stem and Crisp Bread cooking
Ready for plating
A bright green broccoli puree is made with a vita-prep blender. Here, Chef Grant "mohawks" it onto china given to him by Thomas Keller
Smoked Coho roe has arrived via Fed-Ex, courtesy of Steve Stallard
Chef Grant devises a plating scheme for the Poached Broccoli Stem while Curtis looks on
Chef Grant ponders one potential plating of the dish. He called this incarnation 'predictable' and started over.
Another plating idea. This version is garnished with broccoli petals and ultra-thin slices of connected grapefruit pulp cells. The yellow petals are stand-ins for what will ultimately be broccoli blossoms
Grant is still displeased at the dish's appearance. "The dish tastes as I envisioned it....texturally complex, with the crispness of the bread, the soft elements of the floret puree and stem, and the pop of the eggs. The buttery richness from the bread gives the stem the flavor of the melted cabbage I loved at the [French] Laundry. And the hot and cold contrasts from the roe and broccoli …I like it…..I just don’t like the way it looks.” Another attempt and the group agrees, it is better but not “the one.” The use of the thinly sliced cross sections of peeled grapefruit energizes the group. In the next rendition, they make small packets with the ultra thinly-sliced grapefruit containing the roe...
A third plating configuration for Poached Broccoli Stems; this one featuring the packets of roe wrapped in ultra thin sheets of grapefruit pulp cells
At this point the team decides to move on and come back to it next week. After some conversation they decide that in the final dish, broccoli will appear in at least 5 forms: poached stems, floret puree, some raw form of the stem, the tiny individual sprouts of broccoli florets, and the blooms. Grant feels that Poached Broccoli Stem could be ready for service, although he still envisions some changes for the dish that will make it even more emblematic of his personal style. “Our dishes continue to evolve after they hit the menu. It is important for us to get to know them better before we can clearly see their weaknesses.”
The thought for the dried crème brulee originated over a year ago when a regular customer jokingly asked for a crème brulee for dessert. “He said it as joke, I took it as a challenge,” says Grant. "Of course, we never intended to give him a regular crème brulee.” The team tried various techniques to create the powder-filled caramel bubble while at Trio to no avail. An acceptable filling for the Dried Crème Brulee has been developed by the Chef and his team but several different methods, attempted today, to create the orb from caramelized sugar have been less than 100% successful.
Caramel blob awaiting formation. Chef Curtis kept this pliable by leaving it in a low oven throughout the day
Chef Grant’s initial idea to use a metal bubble ring and heat gun (normally used for stripping paint) to form the bubbles does not work as hoped. Attempts to fashion them by hand also come up short.
Says Grant, “At Trio we tried a hair-dryer. When Martin told me about these heat guns which get up to 900 degrees F, I thought we had it for sure. If it was easy everyone would do it I guess.” Eventually, Alinea partner Nick Kokonas garners the task’s best result by positioning a small, warm blob of sugar onto the end of a drinking straw and blowing into the other end. The results are promising. Curtis suggests using a sugar pump to inflate the orbs. That adjustment will be attempted on another day.
“We intentionally position whimsical bite in the amuse slot, it tends to break the ice and make people laugh. It is a deliberate attempt to craft the experience by positioning the courses in a very pre-meditated order. A great deal of thought goes into the order of the courses, a misalignment may really take away from the meal as a whole.” For PB&J, the grapes are peeled while still on the vine and then dipped into unsweetened peanut butter. They are allowed to set–up, and then they are wrapped with a thin sheet of bread and lightly toasted. When the peeled grapes warm, they become so soft they mimic jelly. The composition is strangely unfamiliar in appearance but instantly reminiscent on the palate. PB&J is, according to Grant, virtually ready for service. There are a couple of aesthetic elements, which need minor tweaks but the Chef feels very good about today’s prototype.
Chef John peels grapes while still on their stems
Peeled grapes on their stems with peanut butter coating
Chef Grant studies the completed PB&J in the Crucial Detail designed piece
Often, creative impulses come by way of Alinea’s special purveyors. “Terra Spice’s support over the past couple of years has been unprecedented, and it has accelerated with the start of the food lab,” says Grant. “It is great to have relationships with people that think like we do, it can make the creative process so much easier. Often Phil, our contact at Terra, would come into the kitchen at Trio and encourage us to try and stump him on obscure ingredients. We always lost, but not from lack of trying. He even brought in two live chufa plants into the kitchen one day.” The relationship has developed and Terra team has really made an effort to not only search out products that the chefs ask for but also keep an eye out for new ingredients and innovations. In August, Phil brought by some samples of products that he thought the Alinea team might be interested in trying.
Phil of Terra Spice showing the team some samples
Coconut powder and other samples
Grant recalls “the most surprising item to me was the dried coconut powder. When I put a spoonful in my mouth I could not believe the intense flavor and instant creamy texture, it was awesome.” That was the inspiration for what is now Instant Tropical Pudding. The guest is presented with a glass filled with dried ingredients. A member of the service team pours a measured amount of coconut water into the glass and instructs the guest to stir the pudding until a creamy consistency is formed.
The rum-spiked coconut water being added to the powders
At the end of the day, the Chefs assess their overall effort as having gone “fairly well.” It’s a mixed bag of results. Clearly, the fact that things have not gone perfectly on Day 1 has not dampened anyone’s spirits. The team has purposely attempted dishes of varying degrees of difficultly in order to maximize their productivity. Says Grant, “Making a bubble of caramel filled with powder…I have devoted the better part of fifteen years to this craft, I have trained with the best chefs alive. I have a good grasp of known technique. The lab's purpose is to create technique based on our vision. Sometimes we will succeed, and sometimes we will fail, but trying is what make us who we are." The team's measured evaluations of their day’s work reflect that philosophy.
According to Chef Grant, “The purpose of the lab is to create the un-creatable. I know the level at which we can cook. I know the level of technique we already possess. What I am interested in is what we don't know...making a daydream reality.” With little more than 100 days on the calendar between now and Alinea’s opening, the Chef and his team will have their work cut out for them.
=R=
A special thanks to eGullet member yellow truffle, who contributed greatly to this piece
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Chris Cognac
Location:Los Angeles
Whatss the story on the PB and J thing, it looked interesting.
Moo, Cluck, Oink.....they all taste good!
The Hungry Detective
I can tell you that it was absolutely delicious
chefg,
What was the inspiration for your version of PB&J?
chefg
As I said up-post that amuse slot is an important one. The guests first bite should, in my opinion, do more than just taste good. For us it becomes a way to disarm the diner. Yes the food is highly manipulated, yes it is aesthetically different that most that you have had, yes it tastes good, but it is also familiar and it is ok if it makes fun of itself. If we can successfully place a dish in front of the guest that is visually unfamiliar yet tastes of one of the most comforting flavors known….. we have successfully set the tone for the rest of the evening.
The dish itself it very simple. The technique of slicing bread very thinly and wrapping it around things comes from el Bulli. The inspiration for this particular dish started with the squid. That is what we call the holder developed by Crucial Detail. I wanted a bite sized course that would be consumed by hand and be positioned upright. I started to review fruits and vegetables that would provide a natural “handle” for the guests to use to consume the course. Once I settled on grapes on the vine the rest was a given. Of course we make the peanut butter ourselves and peel the grapes while they are still on the vine, that takes some dexterity.
Can you give us an update on the Dried Creme Brulee? Has your crew been able to "push the ball forward," so to speak?
Fabulous report about an extremely exciting project.
ChefG, I have a question about the sous vide cooking of the broccoli. It appears in the photo as if you are cooking it in water on top of a range. How do you control the temperature to a constant 170F or do you?
Another question - I do not see the broccoli stems in the final platings. Are they there?
Thank you for the insights.
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I think I can answer this part of the question. The crisp breads are inverted, with the broccoli stems on their undersides, facing the plate.
Ok, I can see that in the first two platings, but not in the final plating with the disc shaped bread. That appears to be resting flat on the bottom of the plate, although I suppose it isn't. It is an intriguing dish. Personally, the stems are my favorite part of the broccoli.
ducphat30
If I am not mistaken, that is a bowl, so the broccoli stem is underneath the bread.
Patrick Sheerin
If you look very closely, it appears that the crisp bread disc is not lying completely flat on the plate in the final version shown.
I love the stems too. I often make slaw or soup with them.
We have in fact finalized the technique that we will use to create the bubble of caramel. After tomarrow's session I hope to be able to post some images.
Most excellent. I'll look forward to seeing them.
Bicycle Lee
uhhh...so WHEN are you going to start taking resumes?
With every post I become more anxious.
"Make me some mignardises, &*%$@!" -Mateo
LOL...again with the resume questions?!
Please check Alinea's web site for employment information.
eh, there's still only the intro page there.
I figure that I might as well keep popping my face out into the open.
I know it is a bit like when I applied to Harvard, but then again, I won't know what I am capable of if I rely solely on speculation.
Even a stage position would be like my Golden Ticket, but an actual paid position, now that would be incredible.
This Food Lab thread really gets my neurons firing....
I will venture so far as to say that I believe Alinea will be one of the most important restaurants in America for years to come.
I appreciate your enthusiasm and perseverance. There is an email link that appears at the bottom (right corner) of the intro page at the Alinea site. From what I can tell, it appears to be functional.
Now....back to the food!
agbaber
Location:Atlanta / Boston
This is, by far, the coolest thing I have seen yet on eGullet.
And that's saying a lot. (The Bourdain/Ruhlman/Pardus/Ripert battle runs a close second, though.)
I look forward to coming to Alinea now as much as look forward to Masa or even The French Laundy.
I cannot thank you enough for letting us have this look into the process behind your food. It really is quite incredible.
(And Jon Klemt, one of your foodrunners at Trio says hi. He lives in my house at BU now. I nearly flipped out when I learned he worked at Trio with you.)
Andrew Baber
True I got more fans than the average man but not enough loot to last me
to the end of the week, I live by the beat like you live check to check
If you don't move yo' feet then I don't eat, so we like neck to neck
A-T-L, Georgia, what we do for ya?
The Gentleman Gourmand
Fritz Brenner
this is amazing, thank you so much for the report.
also very interested to hear about the brulée. what will the dessert feel like in the mouth? aside from its flavor, will the traditional crème aspect of the dish come through?
"There is no worse taste in the mouth than chocolate and cigarettes. Second would be tuna and peppermint. I've combined everything, so I know."
--Augusten Burroughs
nick.kokonas
At the risk of starting a flood, I will say that nothing is stopping you from sending your request for information or resume to info@alinearestaurant.com . A "few" others have already... Every single email gets personal attention.
Officially, the next phase of our website will likely go live in December. It is likely then that Chef Achatz will begin sorting through all of the employment requests.
Chef G and the team are giving a cooking demostration this evening at the Chopping Block in Chicago....
There is an electronic thermometer probe that you can see sticking out of the right hand side of the pot. The temperature is monitored and a slow steady flame keeps it very constant. With a large pot of water, this is easy to achieve.
In each of the platings, including the final one which is a bowl, the broccoli stems are under the brioche.
... and don't worry Chef G and eGulleters, that is the first, last, and only food question I will answer!
Edited October 19, 2004 by nick.kokonas (log)
chefg.
The most amazing media, I have ever seen, in any form.
If one could parallel your artistry, it would be to Paul McCartney writing " Hey Jude" for Juilan Lennon.
Magnificent.
petite tête de chou
Location:Oregon
A fascinating process to witness.
Shelley: Would you like some pie?
Gordon: MASSIVE, MASSIVE QUANTITIES AND A GLASS OF WATER, SWEETHEART. MY SOCKS ARE ON FIRE.
Gul_Dekar
Location:Wageningen, Netherlands
I have to say this is probably the most exciting section of eGullet at the moment! Reading about all the developments for Alinea has made me feel vicariously exhilarated about it.
ChefG: All the best and hope to see how the dried creme brulee turns out!
At this point we have been is the test kitchen for about 7 weeks. It took some time to get acclimated to the mechanics of a kitchen after a four-week absence, but now it seems the team has hit a groove. We are adjusting to our surroundings and getting used to the schedule that we have held over the last two months…now things seem to be developing as we envisioned.
One aspect of this process that I have found most interesting is the relationship between the actual foodstuffs and creation of concepts. In the past, while working 16 hours a day, I always wished for more quiet time to “brainstorm”. I felt that if I slightly removed myself from the maintenance of daily production it would enable me to conceptualize dishes more efficiently, freeing up more time to ponder technique, and craft the overall experience that would become Alinea. Recently, I have had the time, and that is not true. Hours spent in front of a computer, in cookbooks, and with my eyes closed result in fewer ideas than when I touch the food. I will have a preconceived idea of a dish’s direction, or of the aesthetic, and it will change before my eyes when I touch the ingredients. At this point I will walk you through some of the dishes we have been working on.
Ron captured the early struggles of the caramel bubble. As I mentioned this concept has been in the back of my mind for a long time, only recently have we devoted a great deal of time to the development.
Most of the time when a new idea takes its position on the docket we think backwards first. In other words reaching back to previous technique or concept often helps us solve issues at the moment. For some reason, in this case, we neglected this approach and stubbornly pushed forward with reckless abandoned. The blinders we placed on ourselves cost us a couple of weeks time and much frustration. As shown here
An early attempt to blow the bubble with a sugar pump
We were determined to “blow” a bubble of caramel, in the literal sense. This thought obviously stemmed from the basic concept of a bubble, as we knew it, the introduction of forced air into an elastic medium. Our determination became a limiting factor, when in fact we knew the technique that would solve the problem all along. It took Nick's wife, Dagmara, who was quietly watching us struggle, to bring the solution to life.
Inflated balloons waiting to be dipped in sugar
We had used balloons to help us mold food into spherical shapes before. In the past we used them in the inverse, filling the balloons with the liquid foodstuff and popping the balloon to achieve the shape we desired. In this case the balloon had to become an exterior mold, the balloon dipped into the hot sugar and then deflated to produce the brittle shell. After several popped balloons and some burned fingers we finalize the technique and the result is shown here.
The finshed caramel bubble
As I stated we were determined to produce a dried crème brulee. After the burnt sugar sphere was created the rest seemed easy. A mixture of spray dried cream, egg yolk, and powdered sugar scented with vanilla was mixed and added to the orb. A bottom layer of sugar was added and the result was a globe of caramel with a powdered “custard” interior.
A Dried Creme Brulee Cracked Open
In true ironic innovative fashion we looked at the November issue of Food and Wine today and read about Jose Andres producing a “caramel lightbulb”…after some disbelief and a few four letter words we came to the conclusion that we ran out of time for this concept. In todays fast paced world you need to get your ideas to the table very quickly, every pun imaginable intended.
I love coconut. We only deal with it fresh of course, and it becomes one of the “bottom of totem pole” tasks in the kitchen, that is, to shuck, peel and juice the flesh. The end result is far superior than any processed product you can buy, not to mention the sense of accomplishment that comes with fabricating a dozen or more, with the knowledge that the will be consumed that night.
For this dish: Stone Crab young coconut, cashew, parsnip we decided to utilize modern technology to help us achieve the desired effect. Parsnips have an amazing aromatic quality when raw, but seem to be very toothsome at that stage. After we settled on the flavors of cashews and coconut to solidify this crab dish we were determined to produce a veletely eretheral puree made from those ingredients. The first couple of attempts fell short, the puree coming out very grainy. But after marinating the raw cashews, young coconut, and parsnips overnight in a solution of coconut water and salt we discovered the mixture cold be manipulated into a smooth puree in the vita-prep blender with ease. At that point we froze the puree and processed it in the paco jet, the result was a mousse like consistency of ultra-smooth texture. This base became the sockel for the resulting crab dish.
Plating of the crab dish
In an attempt to build on the aromatic quality of the dish we looked to volatile spices to accent the crisp raw flavors of the puree. Mace and saffron seemed a natural match. The result was vinaigrette made from the two spices; it would be tossed over the crab and applied to the plate. The last element was the herbacious kilimanjari basil which you see in leaf and bloom form.
Stone Crab young coconut, cahsews, parsnips (front view)
Stone Crab young cocnut, cahsews, parsnips (side view)
Procuitto-Passionfruit-Catmint
This dish was initialized from the dehydration of cured meats. Their intensely salty and crispy characteristics were appealing to us, especially since the use of a dehydrator produced a result that did not taste “cooked”.
discs of procuitto in dehydrator
It seems to be the closest version of a crispy “raw” flavor that we can accomplish. I considered using pancetta in this manner, mainly for its rolled properties, but found the flavors of procuitto to be more appealing. Trying to mimic the spiral asthetic of pancetta we rolled the thinly sliced procuitto and froze it into a log. It was then sliced into thin rounds and dehydrated into crispy, half dollar sized chips of cured meat.
A chip of crispy procuitto held up after being removed from dehydrator
Of course everyone would think of melon at this point. But the reason melon works so well with procuitto is what interested me. Knowing we could replace it with anything that fit the profile, we chose passionfruit for a few reasons.
Sous Chef Curtis Duffy with passionfruit bavarios laid out in a sheet pan before punching
Obviously the fruitiness, but also the intense aroma and acidity. The pulp and shell were made into a broth that was then turned into a bavarios. This was punched into a disc slightly smaller than the ham and sandwiched between. Mint seemed to be another natural element to this dish. We chose catmint that was growing in Nick’s garden. It is very powerful and tends to push into nose more them most mints. I think it is nice contrast to the lingering meaty notes of the ham.
Finished dish:Procuitto-Passionfruit-Catmint
We view responsible manipulation as a good thing. If we can maintain integral qualities of an ingredient but present it in a different form, be it an alteration of texture or physical state, that is appealing to us. This is an example of that philosophy. Here we have flavored a “cracker base” with a duxelle of wild mushrooms and various mushroom powders. The apperiel is mixed, steamed, dehydrated, and then fried to achieve its final form. The result is a very crunchy, intensely flavored mushroom cheetos if you will. We simply micro-plane fresh matsutakes mushrooms over the cracker and arrange various herbs throughout.
Puffed Wild Mushroom
The dishes as you see them here will undoubtedly evolve of the next couple of weeks. I am sure by tomorrow morning we will all have fresh ideas regarding them, and as more days in the kitchen unfold the dishes will mature. After all, that is one of the main reasons we decided to devote the energies to this process, to open Alinea with dishes that have gone through the same evolutionary process as a restaurant that as been open for a period of time.
I am finding it difficult to articulate the physical process behind a lot of these concepts. I can comment on the inspiration, and the technical aspects, but the fact that they are so close to me prevents me from describing them objectively. Maybe Nick can give us an "outsiders" opinion.
Need guidance on how to use powdered emulsifiers such as monoglycerides
By WackGet
Recently I picked up a few different types of emulsifiers in bulk powder form when I saw them in passing at a catering wholesaler.
Having never used powdered emulsifiers before in cooking or baking, I figured I'd find pretty comprehensive instructions for their use on the web - but I can't.
I'm not a stranger to food science but nor am I a chemist. I understand that emulsifiers are at least sometimes prepared by pre-mixing them into a (heated?) liquid or fat and then using the resulting solution in the actual recipe, which may explain why a lot of commercial emulsifier mixtures are packages as tubes of gel or paste. I've also checked several industry-level textbooks about emulsifiers and while they are fantastic for in-depth explanations of the chemistry behind each emulsifier, they do not (as you might imagine) provide guidance on how a lowly baker or cook would actually use a powdered form.
So does anyone know how to prepare and use a dry powdered form of any of the following in a real recipe?
Specifically I am most interested in enhancing baked goods and adding stability to sauces, but would also like to know how to use them for other processes such as sausage-making too.
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids E481 Sodium stearoyl lactylate E482 Calcium stearoyl lactylate E472e DATEM (diacetyl tartaric acid ester of mono- and diglycerides)
Continuous internal temperature sous vide turkey breast
By mjbarnard
I cooked two turkey breasts sous vide. This year had access to the Meater+ thermometer probe which I managed to vacuum seal in the bag without difficulty (it is small). Since it works wirelessly I was able to monitor and it records the internal temperatures at the thickest part of the breast.
I thought the results were interesting. I cooked at 60C for 8 hours. I have always used https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/a-better-way-to-turkey-cook-that-bird-sous-vide-for-the-best-feast-ever which gives long cooking times at lower temperature. I have found that as according to this page https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/11/sous-vide-turkey-breast-crispy-skin-recipe-thanksgiving.html that 55C gives turkey which is just a little too pink for most tastes. Over the last few years have increased the temperature up to 59/60 and I find it perfect - very moist and tender, but pale not pink.
See attached images. I changed my mind a couple of times and started at 58 then 60 then 59 again, so ignore the slight variations. The thing I found interesting was that the thickest part (of a large breast) reached 55C in around 1 hour 40 mins and target of 59 in 2 hours 30 mins. Now I appreciate that sous vide is a combination of temperature and time or duration, but the data make me think that around 4 hours would be sufficient, as per the seriouseats table. I have previously used the chefsteps 55-58 for their much longer advised times, up to 12 hours and the meat is still quite pink at the end, so I dont believe 55 for 12 hours would effectively be the same.
From now on I will watching the internal temperatures with interest. This has always been the (relative) unkown for sous vide amateurs.
Alinea Kitchen Design
By chefg
I have to say designing the Alinea kitchen has been one of the most exciting experiences thus far in the opening of this restaurant. I have been fortunate to have been “raised” in some of the best kitchens in the country. When I arrived at the French Laundry in August 1996 the “new kitchen” had just been completed. Often times you would hear the man talk about the good old days of cooking on a residential range with only one refrigerator and warped out sauté pans with wiggly handles. When I started about 50% of the custom stainless steel was in place. The walls smooth with tile and carpet on the floors. I recall the feeling of anxiety when working for fear that I would dirty up the kitchen, not a common concern for most cooks in commercial kitchens.
The French Laundry kitchen didn’t stop, it continued to evolve over the four years I was there. I vividly remember the addition of the custom fish/canapé stainless unit. Allowing the poissonier to keep his mise en place in beautiful 1/9 pan rails instead of the ice cube filled fish lugs. Each advancement in technology and ergonomics made the kitchen a more efficient and exacting machine.
When I returned to the Laundry this past July for the 10th anniversary I was shocked that it had metomorphisized once again. The butcher room was now a sea of custom stainless steel low boys, the pot sink area was expanded, the walk-in moved, and an office added to the corner of the kitchen. The kitchen as I left it in June of 2001 was beautiful and extremely functional, of course it is even more so now. It is the relentless pursuit of detail and concise thought that allows the French Laundry kitchen to be one of the best for cooks to execute their craft…..16 hours a day.
This was good motivation.
When it came time to design my kitchen I drew on experiences at Trio, TFL and other kitchens I was familiar with to define the positives and negatives of those designs. We were faced with a 21x 44' rectangle. This space would not allow for my original kitchen design idea of four islands postioned throughout the kitchen, but ultimately gave way for the current design which I think is actually better than the original. But most the important aspect in shaping the final design was the cuisine. Due to the nature of food that we produce a typical layout with common equipment standards and dimensions do not work. Here is where the team drew on our experiences from Trio. By looking at the techniques we utilized we came to several conclusions.
1. A conventional range was not our main heat source. We do need the flat tops and some open burners for applications such as braising and limited stock work. But our overall use of this piece of equipment is somewhat low. Given that we wanted four open burners and two flat tops with two ovens I began to source out a reliable unit. We settled on the Molteni G230.
2. Upon analyzing our other heat source needs we decided to place a large focus on induction. By utilizing portable induction burners we are allowed the flexibility to give as much power as needed to a specific station in the kitchen. Obviously induction’s radiant heat is very low, and this allows us to keep the temperature in the kitchen reasonable, yet the power is quite high. 31,000 BTU's of highly controlable heat. But the main reason for choosing this flexible source of heat is the fact that each chef typically employed at least four different cooking applications on a given night. This huge flux in technique and the realization that the menu would change entirely in 8 weeks time meant that we had to design a kitchen that could evolve on a nightly basis. And last, we are very specific with temperatures; induction makes it easier for us to hold a liquid at a predetermined temperature for long periods of time without fluctuation. They operate between 85 and 500 degrees farenheit. We did a great deal of research on the different producers of induction and favored Cooktek. The fact that they are the only U.S manufacturer of commercial induction cooking equipment and located in Chicago made the decision easier. Their innovative approach to induction may prove to be even more exciting as we are already talking about new product development in the future.
3. a. The complexity of the presentations and a la minute plate-ups of the food require a great deal of surface area devoted to plating. This was one of the most critical factors in determining the basic shape of the kitchen. The size of some of today's popular plates, the amount detail in each composition, coupled with the fact that producing tasting menus vs. ala carte means sometimes large waves of same dish pick ups made it necessary for us to have over 44' of linear plating surface.
b. Virtually nothing goes vertical above the 36” counter top in the space. All food, plates, equipment, and dry good storage are contained by under counter units. There are a few exceptions such as the infrared salamanders, the three-door refrigerator, and the hood. This allows all the cooks a clear line of communication between each other and the front staff. It allows me an easy sight line to survey the entire kitchen’s progress with a quick glance.
Given these two points it seemed obvious that we needed to combine the two and create custom pieces that would fulfill both needs. Large spans of plating surfaces with all food and equipment storage below. As you can see we ended up with two 22’ long units. Each function as a pass and under counter storage.
The building is 21’ wide wall to wall. This allowed us just enough space to create two lines on each exterior wall with their passes forming a 60” corridor for the pick up of plates and finishing of dishes.
4. We decided to add a station to the kitchen. At Trio we had five including:
a. pastry
b. cold garde manger
c. hot garde manger
d. fish
e. meat
Now that we had more space, and the ability to give each station multiple heat
sources regardless of their location in the kitchen, we could spread the workload even further. We also realized it doesn’t make much sense to identify each station by classic French Bragade terms. A saucier did not solely cook meat with classic techniques and prepare various traditional stocks and sauces…in fact quite the opposite. This holds true with most of the stations, with the exception of pastry, but even they will have very unconventional techniques, menu placement and involvement in the kitchen systems. We will add a station that will be responsible for a large majority of the one-bite courses both sweet and savory.
5.Given the size constraints of the building we realized a walk-in would not be possible in the kitchen. If we were to have one it would be in the basement. Having experienced this at Trio we decided to design the kitchen without a walk-in, making up for the space in various lowboy locations and a three-door reach-in. I experienced the walk-in less environment when I worked at Charlie Trotter’s. It is certainly different, but as with most things if done properly it provides a very efficient environment. It works best in situations where fresh products are brought in daily for that days use. And prevents ordering in large quantities. It also provides us with very specific units to house different items. We will utilize the 3-door refrigerator to store the majority of the vegetables and herbs along with some staple mise en place, and items that cannot be made in very small quantities like stocks. Raw meat will have it’s own lowboys as well as fish, dairy, and all frozen products.
6. At Trio we found ourselves using the salamander a great deal. It is very useful for melting sugar, bringing on transparent qualities in things like fat and cheese, cooking items intensely on only one side, and it is a highly controllable non-direct heat source. Due to the air gap between the foodstuff and the heat elements the cook can control the degree of heat applied to the dish based on the technique he is using. It becomes a very versatile tool in the modern kitchen, so much so that we will install three Sodir infrared salamanders.
Again, this is to insure that all the cooks have access to all of the techniques in the kitchen. As I said before it is important for our cooks to be able to sauté, simmer, poach, fry, grill, salamander, and freeze at the same time and sometimes for the same dish.
We have a few unusual pieces of equipment in the kitchen; the most is probably a centrifuge. A few months ago Nick and I were driving home from a design meeting and ended up talking about signature dishes and menu repetition. Of course the black truffle explosion came up and he asked if I would have it on the menu at Alinea. I replied a firm no, but shortly thereafter said I would enjoy updating it. We threw around some tongue and cheek ideas like White Truffle Implosion, and Truffle Explosion 2005….I said it was a goal of mine to make a frozen ball with a liquid center….but then dismissed it as nearly impossible. Within a few minutes he said …”I got it…we need a centrifuge” His explanation was simple, place the desired liquid in a spherical mold and place on the centrifuge…place the whole thing in the freezer. Within days he had one in the test kitchen. I guess this is better suited for the kitchen lab topic that we will be starting in a few weeks…
We are working on a upload of the kitchen blueprints. When those post I plan on going into more detail about certian aspects of the design. Doing so now would be pointless as the viewer does not have a reference point.
Alinea: The Story Thus Far
By ronnie_suburban
Sometime this week, at an undisclosed location in the city of Chicago, Chef Grant Achatz begins the next leg of his journey to open his new restaurant, Alinea. Grant will christen the 'food lab' where the menu for Alinea will be developed. eGullet will be trailing Grant and his team throughout the process -- not just in the food lab but through every facet of the launch. Over the next six months, we will follow the Alinea team as they discover, develop, design and execute their plan. We'll document behind-the-scenes communications, forwarded directly to us by the Alinea team. We will be on the scene, bringing regular updates to the eGullet community. And Grant will join us in this special Alinea forum to discuss the process of opening Alinea. eGullet members will have the opportunity to ask Grant, and several other members of the Alinea team, questions about the development of the restaurant.
A Perfect Pairing?
By the time he was 12 years old, Grant Achatz knew that he would someday run his own restaurant. The story of Alinea is the story of Grant's personal development as a chef and a leader. Grant was brought up in a restaurant family. He bypassed a college education in favor of culinary school, after which he ascended rapidly to the position of sous chef for Thomas Keller at The French Laundry in Yountville, California. In 2001, Grant took the helm of Trio in Evanston, Illinois, which had previously turned out such noted chefs as Gale Gand, Rick Tramanto (Tru) and Shawn McClain (Spring, Green Zebra). In 2003 Grant won the James Beard Foundation's "Rising Star Chef" award, and other prestigious awards followed. By 2004, Grant was recognized as one of the most influential and unique voices on the international culinary scene.
In January 2004, Grant met Nick Kokonas, a successful entrepreneur who was so obsessed with haute cuisine that he had traveled the world in search of it. After globe-trekking specifically to eat at such culinary meccas as Alfonso 1890, Taillevent, Arpège, Arzak, and the French Laundry, Nick was in near disbelief when he realized that the "best food in the world was 10 minutes from my house." Nick had not previously consideredbacking a restaurant, even though he has both relatives and friends in the industry. But in Grant, he saw an opportunity to help create something great.
Through Grant's cuisine, a bond formed between the two men. So inspired was Nick by Grant's culinary ideas that he returned to Trio almost monthly. Finally, he challenged two of his friends, one from New York and the other from San Francisco, to fly to Chicago and experience Trio. He wanted to prove definitively to his skeptical, coastal buddies that Trio was the best and most important restaurant in the country, assuring them that "if the meal at Trio isn't the best meal you've ever had, I'll pay for your meals and your flights." Nick won his bet: his friends were blown away.
Later that night, after service, Grant joined Nick and his guests at their table. The men chatted about a variety of topics and in the '14 wines' haze of the late evening, they discussed Blue Trout and Black Truffles: The Peregrinations of an Epicure, Joseph Wechsberg's gastronomic memoir. The next day, Grant emailed Nick to ask again about the title of the book they had discussed. Not only did Nick remind him, but, within a few days, sent Grant a copy of Wechsberg's book. A friendship was born.
Shortly thereafter, Grant sentNick his business plan for Alinea, sending an email after evening service. By the following morning Nick had read it and replied with his own enthusiastic amendments. With a burgeoning friendship already in place, trust developing between the two men and proof they could work together crystallizing before their eyes, it became clear that they would become a team. Says Grant, "I think most people, in a lot of ways, look for themselves in other people in order to match with and I think to a large degree, the reason why we get along so well is that our personalities align very well."
Nick felt the same way. "It's one of those situations where everything just lined up right. I had the interest, I'd started a number of different businesses and I felt like it would be an opportunity to work with someone who I'd get along with very well. I wouldn't want to build a restaurant just to build a restaurant and I doubt I'll ever develop some other restaurant. I think this is the right situation at the right time."
Grant adds, "I think we're both very driven and passionate people. So for me, it was about finding someone I could trust, someone that I knew was going to think like me, be as motivated or more motivated than me. Those things were very, very important--and something I hadn't seen--or something I didn't believe in--that I saw in Nick." Nick continues, "I think a lot people come to a chef with their pre-existing vision of the restaurant they want to build. I didn't even want to build a restaurant before I saw his vision, so it wasn't like I was saying 'I'm building this restaurant and I want you to be my chef' -- it was more like 'I think you should build a restaurant, what can I do to help you build it?'" Grant would have the additional supportive backing he'd need and Nick would have another venture -- and one he solidly believed in -- in which to direct his business acumen.
It's All About The Container
Anyone who's eaten Grant's cuisine at Trio knows that he is intensely concerned with food and the optimal ways to prepare and serve it. His dishes innovate in flavor; they challenge, tease and delight the senses. But Grant is also driven to innovate in service and technique, constantly seeking new vehicles to deliver sensations to the diner. He works closely with a trusted collaborator, Martin Kastner of Crucial Detail in San Diego, CA to create original service pieces for many of his dishes. And as Grant has searched for additional ways to expand the continuity of the dining experience, it has become clear to him that it starts before the diner even gets to the restaurant's front door.
According to Grant, "You can pull it back as far as you want. The experience is going to start before someone even picks up the phone to make a reservation to this restaurant. It's going to be about their perceptions; why are they picking up the phone to make a reservation? What did they see? What did they read? What's leading them up to that point? They call to make a reservation, that's another experience. The drive to get to this neighborhood is another experience. The minute they open their door and take one step out of their car, now they're surrounded by another experience."
Advancing the functional elements of how food is served is an innate part of the cooking process for Grant, who seeks to render the traditional boundaries of dining obsolete. When asked what he will be able to accomplish at Alinea that he couldn't accomplish at Trio, Grant says, "the obvious is to create the container in which we create the experience. I think that's the very exciting thing for me that I've never been able to have a part in." For Grant, a restaurant's physical space represents the ultimate container and the ultimate personal challenge. The result should break new ground in the world of fine dining. Grant and Nick are intense and competitive. In both their minds, "crafting a complete experience" is the primary focus of Alinea. According to Nick, "the whole idea is to produce an experience where the food lines up with the décor, which lines up with the flow through the restaurant and from the moment you get, literally, to the front door of the place and you walk in, your experience should mirror in some respects--and complement in others--the whole process you're going to go through when you start eating." Grant takes it a step further. "It's about having a central beacon from which everything else emanates and therefore, it's seamless. The whole experience is crafted on one finite point and if everything emanates from that point, then there's no chance that the experience can be interrupted."
The search for Alinea's space further reflects not only their shared philosophy but also their separate intensities. Says Nick, "One of the things we felt really strongly about, and we both came to it, was that we wanted it to be a 'stand alone' building because if you're in something else you can't help but take on some of that identity. And it's really difficult to find the right size building in the right kind of location, with the right kind of construction that was suitable for the identity of Alinea."
Nick and Grant drove down every street within a chosen geographical band, armed with a giant map and a set of green, yellow and red markers. Once they had found a set of acceptable streets, they asked a realtor to show them every space available on them.
"Once we did find the building," says Grant, "whichever space we would have chosen, we would have analyzed and considered each different aspect to provoke a certain emotion, a very controlled emotion depending on how we wanted it arranged. But I also think that we wanted the neighborhood to feel a certain way, the street to feel a certain way. Is it like Michigan Avenue where I have people 4-deep, walking straight down the sidewalk, non-stop, all day and all night or is it more of a tranquil environment outside? All those things were spinning around and once you identify the golden egg, then you have to go find it."
While they would probably never admit it, each innovation, each step they take together in building their venture serves as yet another a opportunity for the Alinea team to challenge the restaurant's competitors. Their attention to all the details provides countless opportunities to distinguish Alinea from other restaurants.
Here the two men can share in the creation, combining their diverse skills and experiences into a unified and shared vision. Alinea will be their baby. They want it to be the best --not just the best food -- but the best everything. They even want the experience of calling for a reservation to be a memorable one.
The Path From Here
In that spirit, the Alinea food lab opens this week. Grant refuses to promote even one of his legendary creations to 'signature dish' status. Instead of populating Alinea's menu with previous favorites from Trio or 'trial' dishes that have been only roughly tested, Grant and his team will take six months to devise, develop and perfect the dishes and delivery modes that will appear on Alinea's opening menu. When the idea of maintaining a kitchen staff for six months before the restaurant's opening was presented to its investors, in spite of the additional expense, "it seemed like a no-brainer" according to Nick. Grant is an equity partner--a true chef/owner--in the venture and there is a solid consensus among all the backers about the priority of his vision.
In addition to being one of today's foremost chefs and culinary innovators, Grant Achatz is a long-time member of eGullet, and a lively, provocative contributor to our discussion forums. Read his March, 2003 eGullet Q&A here.
Photos courtesy Alinea
eGullet member, yellow_truffle, also contributed to this report
Alinea Serviceware
In November of 2002 I decided to pursue the development of service ware to support the cuisine we were producing. This process was initiated by one dish; we wanted to present a frozen sucker of unusual flavors. The making of the actual dish seemed easy…basically pick a flavor. But finding the appropriate holder proved very difficult. It was this difficulty that forced us to entertain the thought of building are own.
I contacted over 30 designers via email explaining my desire to produce service pieces based on function as the priority as opposed to aesthetics. Pieces would be built around the food, supporting the dish based on its characteristics. Of the 30 designers I contacted only one replied, Martin Kastner of Crucial Detail. We bounced emails back and forth for a period of time, as we got to know each other’s desire to be involved in this collaboration the process developed into more than just a holder for a frozen sucker.
Martin proposed several solutions before we settled on the final form. He suggested that the sphere of ice had enough strength to support three pivoting legs.
The legs would become the holder, and when squeezed they would collapse to form the utensil from which the pop would be eaten.
We realized that the service of food has remained basically the same for the last 200 years. Looking at how cuisine had developed in the last ten years it became obvious that the need to support the food functionally and emotionally was crucial to the success of the cuisine itself. The involvement of the serving pieces and actual eating utensils plays an enormous role in the emotions that guests can experience while dining. The pieces can add humor, surprise, intrigue, excitement and even a sense of intimidation to the meal. When these emotions are triggered, it leaves a very personal stamp on the experience based on the individual’s reactions. I realized the synergy of food and the serving pieces helps the chef convey the message to the guest. A personalized emotional experience is created, solidifying a meal into a form of art.
As food has advanced in technique it has at times become more difficult to serve. For example we wanted to create palate cleanser that was a single bite of intensely flavored ice. I wanted the food to quickly melt on the palate as opposed to the normal sorbet course. We created an ice chip the size of a half dollar and about 3 mm thick. This rapid dissolving is the essence of a palate cleanser…if its purpose is to refresh do you really want multiple bites? One bite…an intense clearing that lacks time and monotony is what we decided this course should be. The problem was finding something that we could serve this very thin ice chip on. This led to the creation of the eye.
Of course sight is essential to conveying emotion and in all of the pieces developed we look at the aesthetic value. But in some cases the final form is very dramatic. This is the case of the squid.
Upon the creation of the Tempura Shrimp cranberry, preserved lemon, vanilla fragrance we found it necessary to present the composition in an upright position. This would give the guest a visual cue as to how to eat the dish, lowering the end into their mouth while keeping the vanilla bean vertical. Since the dish was tempura fried it was necessary to provide air circulation to avoid steam from softening the exterior. All of these attributes lead to the design of a very dramatic piece that executes the function but also adds a high level of visual appeal.
During the course of developing these pieces we made conscious efforts to create pieces that would change the mechanics of eating. The repetition of lifting a piece of silverware to ones mouth seemed unnecessary in some cases, and this thought lead Martin to the antenna concept.
The goal was to eliminate the need for a plate and utensils with the exception of the skewer itself. It becomes the only vehicle in the process of preparation, serving, and consumption of the course. Additionally it controls the way the three different components of the dish hit the palate due to their position on the skewer.
This helps us achieve complexity in flavor and texture.
After several discussions about serving pieces and what we were trying to achieve, Martin approached me with a concept that involved hiding the food.
This had been done before; we have all experience the dramatic lifting of a cloche…revealing the food underneath. But what about taking that a step further? Hold the surprise of what was “underneath” until it was on the guest’s palate. We have been working on the pouch since March.
This service piece could help us provide a great sense of excitement and intrigue when a given course is served. This concept has not yet been completed. As you can see we started with a few approaches and it has evolved into something quite different.
The bow was designed specifically to hang foodstuffs that had characteristics of lightness, motion, and delicacy. Rather than lie a thinly sliced piece of cured duck breast or a piece of savory vegetable leather on a plate, we could give the food dimension.... and encourage movement by creating a piece that swayed slightly when transported and placed on the table.
It has become quite typical in high-end restaurants to serve small bites on spoons propped up on folded napkins. I wanted to create a plate that would support the spoon from the bowl not the handle. When Martin presented me with images of the antiplate I knew it was perfect. The simplicity and scale of the piece draws attention to the food and at the same time makes it very easy for the guest to pick up the utensil. I am going to hold this image back for a period, we will insert it later.
We have more pieces in development, as they mature I will add them to this thread.
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To support the expansion of the countywide ECoSistema music program, we welcome Kent Dutchersmith. Kent is a Lead Teaching Artist working with music students at the Boys & Girls Club in Goshen. Kent first showed musical interest when he was kicking to the beat of the church organ when he was still in utero. Playing music, teaching music, and empowering others to do music have been life-long passions of Kent’s. At Goshen College, Kent studied music, elementary education, and TESOL. Kent earned his masters in music education with an emphasis in Orff Schulwerk at Anderson University.
Kent taught elementary music (and ESL) for 18 years with Goshen Community Schools, which included directing Goshen’s only Orff Ensembles for 10 years (at Chamberlain and Model Elementaries). Kent is also a performer and a multi-instrumentalist and has recorded 2 albums with the family-oriented band, Kentucky T. Dutchersmith, and the Rubber Band.
Currently, Kent plays cello in the Maple City Community Orchestra, string bass in the Lost Luggage jazz trio, and electric bass in the church group Faithful Bread, which he has led for almost 20 years.
Kent is very excited to be joining a non-profit organization that uses music to empower children who may not otherwise have access to such opportunities. He looks forward to integrating the Orff approach into his teaching (especially into the Song Circle Class) and can’t wait to teach beginning string players.
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Anabel Bruner
Our Adult Pathways team added Anabel Bruner as Orientation Coordinator in our Elkhart office. Anabel is the first person you encounter when entering the office and the voice you hear when calling in by phone. She’s bi-lingual and provides many of our adult students with assistance as they study to pass their high school equivalency (HSE) exam.
Her parents are from Monterrey, Mexico and she was born in Texas. Soon, they moved north, living in Michigan for eight years and ending up in Elkhart. She grew up immersed in two languages and learned to work hard towards her goals. She’s the only one of four children in her family to go to college and graduate.
In her downtime, she likes to craft and make gifts for other people. She also likes to paint, read, go to the movies, bake, cook and spend time with family and friends, learning something new every day. She and her husband also enjoy biking, hunting, and fishing together and they have five pets.
Anabel is excited to be working with HEA and looks forward to seeing the impact the initiatives will have on Elkhart County long term. She made a career change this summer, from working in the medical field to the world of education. She’s finding it rewarding to help adult learners achieve their goals.
Allison Horner and Janet Amaya
Allison Horner and Janet Amaya are youth apprentices starting with us this year, as project assistants. They’ll be working part-time while attending high school part-time. As part of the apprenticeship, they’ll receive high school credit, college credits, industry certifications, and paid employment. They are part of the new CareerWise Elkhart County apprenticeship program supported by our community foundation, TCU, and local businesses.
Allison is a junior at Northridge High School in Middlebury, Indiana. She is the captain of the varsity cheer squad and participates in coaching a youth cheer team. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, along with watching baseball games. A fun fact about her is that I was born on Valentine’s Day.
She chose to go into the apprenticeship program because of the different pathways it provides. She finds joy in balancing her school education with real-life experiences, which made the apprenticeship program appealing. With HEA, she looks forward to learning about creating projects that focus around students and working with other companies to create new learning pathways for those students.
Janet is also a junior at Northridge High School. She chose the apprenticeship program because she feels it will be a learning experience. She looks forward to learning how it is to work at an office and how to work with different people. A fun fact about Janet is that she eats yogurt with a fork!
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PHOTOS, VIDEO: Folsom Street Fair unleashes San Francisco's wild side
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More than 400,000 people attended the 29th Folsom Street Fair leather event that took place Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 across 13 blocks of downtown San Francisco. Photo by Jessica Worthington / Xpress
Ball gags, harnesses and cock rings, oh my! In San Francisco, it’s no new thing to let your freak flag fly, but Sunday afternoon at the Folsom Street Fair, this flag was made of leather and studs.
Upon arrival it was hard to look away. Everyone who was anyone was dressed up, and it was no time to be shy. It was clear that this fair was all about expressing yourself in what ever way you wanted, especially if it had to do with bondage, domination, sadism and masochism.
Molly Von, 22, a first-timer at the Folsom event, styled her hair in long red ponytails and sported heart-shaped pasties with a pink tutu.
“I have never seen so much old man dick, but I respect the confidence it takes to be nude,” Von said. “I love that this is more about being comfortable with yourself. That’s the thing about SF — anything goes.”
Full frontal exposure was the norm in this sexy, leather wonderland and there was plenty more to see when it came to getting really kinky.
Porn star Nick Moretti was working the fair and handing out autographed nude photos of himself. He explained how he got into fetish porn for Kink.com.
“When I first started I was pretty vanilla, until one day I was an extra at a shoot, then something came over me and I couldn’t resist the bondage,” Moretti said.
Vanilla is a term used by the BDSM community, meaning those who are not into BDSM.
“Once you find something that sparks your interest, you get really into it. It doesn’t have to be about sex,” Moretti said.
Referring to his friend, Moretti said, “I mean, look at this guy, he looks innocent and sweet and honestly. He’s a nerd who plays World of Warcraft, but he ties some mean rope knots. It’s an art, really.”
The Folsom Street Fair is the third largest outdoor event in California and the largest free event geared toward the BDSM community. This San Francisco event donates all proceeds to a number of charities working in public health, human services and the arts. Last year, the Folsom Street events donated more than $330,000 to charities in need.
This event featured more than 250 exhibitors and vendors, ranging from kink wear to full-on BDSM shows.
Liam Snyder was working the Utilikilt sales stand. He explained the liberating feeling of being a man in a kilt.
“The kilt is about freedom. It’s a lifestyle you are buying into,” Snyder said. “Our usual customers tend to be ‘bears,’ because the kilt is a real sign of masculinity. The only requirement to wear one of these is balls, metaphorically speaking.”
At the Society of Janus, the sounds of whipping and moaning were overwhelming. SOJ is a nonprofit organization devoted to educating the community about safe and consensual BDSM.
“When you go home tonight and tell everyone you were too embarrassed to be flogged, you need to tell yourself I was too embarrassed to explore my own sexuality,” a volunteer yelled into a microphone to someone who refused a free spanking.
Michelle Foley, a second year volunteer and 10-year-San Francisco resident admitted that she is here purely to support the community.
“I normally wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t a volunteer. I have many friends in the community and it feels great to be here and support them,” Foley said.
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3 Responses to “PHOTOS, VIDEO: Folsom Street Fair unleashes San Francisco's wild side”
John Holland on September 27th, 2012 4:59 pm
this used to be fun, local event and then the organizers got greedy and realized they could make it an international event and make a lot of money. hardly anyone in sf goes to this fair anymore. every year in september the organizers of this year turn my city into a theme park for decadent, well-to-do white white that don’t live here, disrupting traffic and altering the fabric of this city, especially the mission neighborhood where there are a lot of economically challenged people of color whose values strongly conflict with the values of this fair. worse yet, some of these outsiders now think anything goes in san francisco and are trying to turn our neighborhoods into year round folsom street fairs for their amusement and self gratification. SHUT THIS FAIR DOWN. DON’T SELL MY CITY OUT. PLEASE.
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2017 BMW Concept X7 iPerformance review
By a_akentieva Last updated Sep 29, 2017 68 0
The X7 will ride on BMW’s CLAR platform, which is currently used in the 7 Series sedan. Powertrain specifications haven’t been detailed, but BMW says the X7 will offer electric propulsion, which BMW calls eDrive, paired with a TwinPower Turbo engine. Obviously, this is where the iPerformance designation comes in. The gasoline-electric hybrid system will be of the plug-in variety and can run in full EV mode with zero local emissions. We expect BMW’s inline-six and V-8 engines will be available, too, with rear-wheel driving coming as standard and all-wheel drive being optional, perhaps depending on the powertrain.
So, until BMW debuts the production version of the X7, this concept remains the best guess at what we can expect. Let’s just hope the overstyled exterior gets heavily toned down before the X7 hits showrooms in late 2018.
Up front, BMW has stretch is kidney grille to an overgrown size, with the single-piece grille consuming an unnaturally large amount of real estate. As large as the grille is, the headlights are proportionally small. BMW is using laser lights here, affording it the opportunity to add style behind the clear lenses. Blue-colored X-shapes references both the X Class and the iPerformance blue seen accenting vehicles like the i8 and i3. Down low, large vertical inlets send air around the wheels while adding visual height to the X7’s front profile.
As with the tall front end, the X7’s rear is very vertical, foregoing the coupe-like look of many modern SUVs. Undoubtedly this helps headroom for third-row passengers. Back here, BMW uses more vertical vents to give a sense of height, while thin brake lights wrap completely around the X7’s tail.
The X7 gets tons of bright and satin chrome accents – from the front grille to the doors, and on to the D-pillars and roof. As with the X7 being so large, BMW designers added 23-inch wheels to keep the proportions in check. Count on smaller wheels on the production version.
As overstated as the exterior is, the interior is rather appropriate, though highly futuristic. But futuristic isn’t a bad trait, especially when backed by actual technology. The X7 features twin, 12.3-inch displays for the driver – one for the gauge cluster and the other for the infotainment system. More screens reside in the second row, allowing those passengers to keep up with navigation, adjust seat settings, check the weather, and even listen to their own music. Adding to the techno-flare, the software allows for interworking between applications. For example, a user can send an address to the navigation system from their email accessed on the screens.
BMW’s iDrive system is reworked here, too. It features a large, low-rise knob surrounded by several shortcut menu buttons that are actually touch-sensitive panels. The same type buttons are used for the drive modes, traction control, and Park Sense features. The drive modes include Sport, Comfort, Adaptive, and Eco Pro. The gearshift looks as if it’s cut from a diamond. Aside from the indented Park button, it shines brightly like it’s under a jeweler’s cabinet.
Though we haven’t seen it in person, BMW seems to have done a great job with using high-end materials and fitting them together rather well. Real wood is matched with real aluminum. The leather seats feature a two-tone color scheme and diamond-shaped perforations. Nearly every panel is accented by light pipes, giving the X7 a rather scrumptious look at night.
The X7 iPerformance Concept offers room for six, with the first and second-row seats placed on individual pedestals. This should give occupants tons of legroom, along with the sense of spaciousness.
While the interior is certainly our favorite aspect of the X7 Concept, several features aren’t likely to translate to the production version. Chief among them is the glass roof with its interesting Y-shaped support. Etched within the rear glass panel is backlit crystal glass that illuminates at night.
As mentioned, BMW hasn’t revealed exactly what powertrain is under the X7 iPerformance Concept’s hood. Nevertheless, BMW gave away most of the details. The SUV uses a gasoline engine with TwinPower (meaning a single, twin-scroll turbo) lturbocharging for its main power source. It’s then mated with an eDrive system that offers fully electric driving and plug-in recharging. Beyond that, everything is speculation.
BMW will likely use its eDrive system borrowed from the X5 and 3 Series. In the case of the X5, this means a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with 241 horsepower paired with a 111-horsepower electric motor for a combined output of 309 horsepower. An eight-speed automatic transmission sends power to all four wheels. The X5 eDrive is capable of 19 miles of all-electric driving. Expect the 2019 BMW X7 to match or surpass those numbers.
The hybrid powertrain won’t be the only X7’s power source. BMW will surely utilize its 3.0-liter TwinPower inline-six and 4.4-liter TwinPower V-8. Both gasoline engines should move the X7 with authority, but the V-8 and its 445 horsepower and 480 pound-feet of torque is the driver’s choice. BMW is likely to include a diesel option, too. In the X5 35d, a 3.0-liter inline-six is used with 255 horses and 413 pound-feet of torque.
The BMW X7 iPerformance Concept shows a very interesting future for BMW. While we’re not big fans of the overstated exterior, the well-done interior and high level of user technology is a welcomed improvement over current vehicles. The fit and finish within the cabin appear to be top-notch and the large screens give the driver plenty of information in a modern yet simplistic manner. Add to that the fuel-sipping eDrive powertrain, and the X7 iPerformance shows huge promises. It’s been a long time coming for BMW to finally bring a three-row SUV to market, especially considering how many different versions of the 3, 4, and 5 Series sedans it has.
The X7 iPerformance Concept will be on display at the 2017 Frankfurt Auto Show. BMW will likely wait until early in 2018 to debut the production version of its X7, with examples arriving in showrooms later that year as 2019 models.
source:www.topspeed.com
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Digital Content Publisher
Montreal QC ca
Ubisoft Entertainment, a global leader in the video games and entertainment software industry, is currently seeking a full-time Digital Content Publisher who is experienced in web content publication and optimization. The Digital Content Publisher will be a process-driven person who’s passionate for community conversations and helping deliver the best content to make our customer experience as exceptional as possible.
Their responsibilities will be focused on helping the Community Content Team to develop, oversee, and execute content publication plans based on community management strategic communication timelines. They’ll be charged to use a mix of internally generated content, original source creative, and community content to curate the best mix of information for articles, events, and their objectives. The Digital Content Publisher may also be tasked with producing source content to help feed the community with information and art, stoking the fires of the community discussion in a continually positive way.
Primary publisher of web-based content for community sites throughout the Ubisoft online experience
Manage publication of content needs from all internal clients, leading and updating a primary content calendar
Collaborate with the global Content and Community teams to synthesize strategies and optimize deliverables for web
Offer recommendations to content creators based on best practices
Coordinate between content and localization teams to ensure all deliverables are translated on time
Able to work on more than one initiative at a time
What you bring
2-4 years of experience publishing web, mobile and/or social media content
Excellent editorial judgement, and topical knowledge of both gaming and the expectations of community
Knowledge of industry best-practices, including content delivery standards, usability, and SEO
Experience with Content Management Systems and web publication toolsets like WordPress, Tridion, Contentful, or other open web publishing toolsets
Agile methodology and a tenacious work ethic
Escalation understanding; Able to relay blockers and challenges immediately to management before the critical path in order to assess contingency planning based on the business goal(s) and/or next steps
Ability to work as a part of a team -- You’ll be working closely with our Content Team, Community Developers, CRM group, Web Producers and Management, in order to create the vision requested and release content on time
At Ubisoft Montreal, a preeminent developer of video games located in Montreal’s dynamic Mile-End neighbourhood since 1997, we offer a work environment unique in the industry for allowing you to build and cultivate games that are part of critically acclaimed, iconic AAA franchises of international repute.
When you join Ubi Montreal, you enter a community of passionate, extraordinary developers connected by their need to innovate, to be creative and to work with the latest technology. You’ll discover a world where employees enjoy constant career advancement, a supportive learning environment, and competitive compensation packages.
More than anything, at Ubi Montreal, you will regularly ship a variety of big, quality titles – Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Rainbow Six, Watch_Dogs, For Honor and… well we can’t disclose all our secrets just yet… – and work with some of the most talented people in the industry.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status.
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Re: Famous media player Winamp new version with Windows 10 support leaks online
Evan Reese
Nope, it's not all and good for everything.
For example, my Window Eyes screen reader is now defunct. I can still use it, but it's getting more difficult with web pages now, certainly now it is useless with Firefox. So I've moved on to JAWS 18. It works better in numerous ways, and it's faster as well.
So when something stops working as well as something that's still being developed, then I'm moving on.
From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 7:10 PM
To: all-audio@groups.io
Subject: Re: [all-audio] Famous media player Winamp new version with Windows 10 support leaks online
All and good for you then but its not all and good for everything though is it?
I’m not against Winamp at all and as I mentioned earlier I used the software but even for me it became too bloated and I was left wondering exactly what the aims of the developers of Winamp were, to make something flashy or something that actually worked.
As I said earlier I was having trouble playing some content so I decided at that point to “Move on”, no regrets whatever there.
On 12 Oct 2018, at 10:01 am, Evan Reese <mentat1@...> wrote:
Well sure, when a new version of Windows comes out that Winamp will not run under, then absolutely, I'll find another player. Just from reading this list, I know I won't have any trouble finding a good alternative. But until then...
-----Original Message----- From: Dane Trethowan
There are a whole heap of different audio formats but that’s really not the point.
As Windows evolves and changes that the software running on it has to evolve with Windows.
On 12 Oct 2018, at 8:20 am, Evan Reese <mentat1@...> wrote:
Being kept up to date how? How many new audio formats have you heard about in the last few years?
So what's to be kept up to date with these newer players? The user interface? As several others have already pointed out, Winamp has an excellent user interface. New audio formats that Winamp can't play? Well, I've already asked that question.
So what's the urgent imperative for being kept up to date with these players?
And here lies the point,, what new things we have in this discussion say VLC and Windows Media player are better than what you had as they’re being developed and deliberately being kept up to date, user feedback is being evaluated with regards to these and future products.
So look at the subject line which talks about a new version for Winamp, where is it?
You're right, some people don't like change.
But there's another alternative to either changing all the time or staying behind. Change when what is new is significantly better than what you have now. Change just for the sake of change is pointless.
I’ve given this topic more thought and I think what it really boils down to is that people don’t like change regardless how good or bad something might be compared to another App, another method or whatever so here’s the point, take onboard change or stay behind and eventually stagnate.
On 12 Oct 2018, at 12:43 am, Hamit Campos <hamitcampos@...> wrote:
Tom for those of us who have only kinda run across WinAmp. What made it such a big thing with the blind? Maybe I didn't give it much a chance. But actually the 1 I used felt odd. But I only tried it. But seeing it doesn't have SRS Wow like Media Player does, I don't use it much. Meh I've tried it for streaming but that's about all. I do know lots of people love WinAmp. I have homies that do.
On 10/11/2018 12:04 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
While I've not dealt with every type of media player that ever was, I don't see how one could get a whole lot better (as far as accessibility is concerned) than Winamp; just my opinion, you understand!
Tom Kaufman
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Winamp is the most accessible media player for the blind. It may be
old, but it is highly functional. I am listening to online radio with
it as I type this message. Braille slates are more than 80 years old
but they are still used because they are useful. I also own and use a
minidisc recorder. It is somewhat ancient, but it remains highly
effective for spoken word recording.
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On 10/10/18, dennis <dennisc67@...> wrote:
i would love to get it when it comes out.
On 10/10/2018 7:12 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Only me but I just couldn’t be bothered wasting my time wondering what
others are thinking about something that soon will be ancient history.
On 11 Oct 2018, at 8:33 am, JM Casey <crystallogic@...> (
crystallogic@... ) wrote: I have this beta. I'm skeptical how
official it is and I haven't bothered to install it, because Winamp
is working just fine for me in Windows 10. However, a couple of others
other lists have reported that it works well. -----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: [all-audio] Famous media player Winamp new version with
Windows 10 support leaks online I probably wouldn't download it right
yet;
not until we know that it is "officially" out there! Wouldn't want
something bad to get into our computers! Tom Kaufman -----Original
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Famous media player Winamp new version with Windows 10 support leaks
online all I can say is download and use at your own risk.
On 11 Oct 2018, at 6:59 am, Brian Olesen <brian@...> (
brian@... ) wrote: Famous media player Winamp new version with
Windows 10 support leaks
By Mayank Parmar - September 17, 2018 Winamp for Windows Remember
Winamp?
The popular media player for Windows is expected to make
comeback at some point. Winamp was launched by independent developers
in 1997 and it grew quickly popular with over 3 million downloads in a
span of time. In a couple of years, Winamp became one of the most
downloaded Windows applications. The app was sold to AOL in 1999 for
million but it later acquired by Radionomy in 2014. Radionomy, the
developers of famous Winamp promised that the app will receive a new
update with several new features. A while ago, the developers published
release notes of an update but no downloadable package was available
users to try out. Winamp developers promised major updates ever since
took over the company and we are
waiting for that day. It's an old and outdated app but it's still being
used by millions of
A new version of Winamp, which was last developed on October 26, 2016,
leaked online. Winamp 5.8 has been published by an unknown source and
not from the official developers. It's also worth noting that
scan generates two different
for the app, so we are not including the link to unreleased Winamp
this article. Winamp works fine on Windows 10 The Winamp 5.8 comes with
several new features and improvements including support for Windows 8.1
and Windows 10. It is, however, worth noting that public and stable
version of the app
smoothly on Windows 10, but Winamp 5.8 is supposed to address
issues with Windows 10. As noted above, this release of Winamp comes
several other improvements. For example, there's a dedicated setting
lets you
Winamp's video support and the company has also fixed some bugs to
the overall performance of the player. The current owner hasn't
announced any updates for the app but
the beta has just leaked out, there's a chance that an official
will be released soon. It's also possible that the developers are
testing a new and improved version of the app with better support for
Windows 10. At this point, it's not yet known whether a new Winamp
is planned
not. We are waiting for additional details from the developers and we
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#About the Only City in the World that Spans Over Two Continents
Today, when Istanbul the capital of Turkey, it is still the largest and most important city in the country, and certainly the most interesting. This is a huge, dynamic, vibrant and experiential city that offers tourists a fascinating history, long-standing architecture and delicious food, along with immense cultural wealth and countless places of entertainment. The visit here is an experience for all five senses and is usually a continuous race after all that this city has to offer.
It is a huge city, with tens of millions of residents, offering modern next to the old and grandeur and wealth next to popular simplicity. The rich and volatile history of this city is seen here from every street and corner. Istanbul is full of museums and palaces, as well as mosques, churches and even a few synagogues that survived here.
Many say that Istanbul, like all of Turkey, is like a man who runs to the West, but does so on a train going to the East. Indeed, its geographical location, the encounter between Asia and Europe, makes Istanbul a point of contact, in almost every area, between East and West. But it also rips this city between the worlds and creates constant tension - political, social and cultural - between the dominant Muslim religion here and the secularism inherited by the legendary leader Atatürk of the new Turkey.
Istanbul was founded by Greek settlers in 660 BC, it was on the European side of the Bosphorus and was called Byzantium. According to ancient tradition, the name of the city was named after the founder of Byzantium.
In the year 196 CE the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus besieged the city and destroyed large parts of it. Emperor Constantine (306-337 AD) restored and enlarged it in the 4th century AD and re-inaugurated it in 330 CE as the "New Roma." It became the new capital of the Roman Empire. Later it received his name "Constantinople."
With the division of the Roman Empire, the city became the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. The location and strength of the Byzantine Empire, its new name, made it a cultural and commercial center and in the 9th century it became the largest city in Europe.
But Crusades, conquests and destruction, weakened the Byzantines and in the 15th century they barely controlled the city and its immediate surroundings. This allowed the Ottoman Turks to occupy Constantinople and turn it into Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire for 500 years. After the defeat in World War I and the fall of the empire, Ataturk, leader of the Turkish Republic, transferred the capital to Ankara.
Still, in the 20th and 21st centuries, Istanbul remained the cultural, economic, commercial and tourist center of Turkey. The city may no longer be a place armies shed blood over, but its size, its vast population, its unique position in space and her history doesn't allow it to be forgotten.
#Geography
Istanbul is the largest city and informal capital of Turkey, but first of all it is the only city in the world that spreads across two continents - Asia and Europe. The highlight of this city is the Bosphorus Strait, which is actually built along both sides. In the straits, or more precisely in this strait, water flows through marble water to the Black Sea, separating Europe from Asia.
This allows Istanbul to enjoy both worlds at once - the progress of the European continent on the one hand, and the tradition and past of the Asian continent on the other.
Want to see the most popular places in town? - Click the tag "Must see in Istanbul".
#When To Visit?
Every season this city offers a different experience.
In terms of weather, it's best to visit Istanbul in spring (April-June) and autumn (September-October). In the summer, the humidity is tiring, warmer, you'll have to wander through masses of tourists, the prices will be higher and you will have to stand in long lines. In the winter you will have a relaxed visit and good prices, but it is cool here, and even cold. Spring is a fair compromise for Istanbul - more pleasant, less crowded than the tourist-bombed summer, and also a little cheaper in lodging.
#Transportation
Flights to Istanbul will land at Ataturk Airport, located 24 kilometers west of the city, and you can reach the city center by metro, light train, or buses leaving the airport at all times.
Tip: Buy an "Akbil" ticket at the airport, a discount for public transportation throughout the entire vacation in Istanbul.
Walking in the Old City is the most convenient way to see the place. The urban buses here are red, and the metro is not in tourist areas, but trips can be combined with buses, taxis or simply walking, and reached cheaply, easily, and quickly.
#Accommodation
Take a hotel in the area of Taksim Square and Istiklal Avenue. Accommodations are cheap and the area is full of life, with nightlife entertainment and a nice atmosphere day and night. The old city, where many want to sleep, is dead at night and very expensive, and what is not expensive is not so nice.
Buy a SIM card in Taksim Square or any cellular store in the city. A 9 GP SIM costs 130 Lira. Don't buy your SIM card at the airport - it is very expensive!
Istanbul is very cheap compared to European cities. Still - a significant saving will be generated if you eat from the famous street food (see below). Also worthwhile to eat at "locanta," a kind of popular workers' restaurants aimed primarily at locals. The food will usually be very good, especially with respect to restaurants, not to mention the tourist traps that are often the least tasty and most expensive.
Children travel for free - by bus, ferry and even on the Sightseeing Istanbul bus.
In order to save on public transportation, buy the economical "Akbil" card at the kiosks in the city or in the central stations. This is a pre-paid card that gives discounts. At the end of your stay in Istanbul you will receive back the deposit fee. The ticket is good for buses, ferries and airports.
If you want to go to a Turkish bath - these are significantly cheaper on the Asian side. They are also more authentic and less touristy. A real, cheap Turkish bath is Carsi Hamami, next to the Asian side ferry station. The price is a quarter of that on the west side and you can also enjoy massage scrubbing of your delicate body.
Turkey has regular restaurants along with other types. Locanta, for example, is a popular workers' restaurant, where the food is homey, tasty, traditional, high quality, cheap and simple. The locantas in Turkey appeal to the residents and not the tourists, so there are almost no tourist traps.
The Meyhane, where alcohol and food lovers go, is a tavern supplier and a Turkish tavern supplier. Most of them eat good and inexpensive.
With culinary offerings from the most varied and rich in the world, With culinary offerings from the world's richest and richest, Istanbul restaurants are also an atomic food hub. Here are some of the most popular dishes in the world. The meal will always start with a Mezeler, which are appetizers, vegetarian appetizers, or Dolma, which are meatless vegetables cooked in olive oil, here and there with seafood.
Turkey has traditionally specialized in restaurant kitchens. There is a distinction between specialization in meat, fish, street food, burekas pastries, or filo pastries. There are the "wines", which serve wine and mazes and small dishes. There are delis that specialize in mini desserts or lukum shops, marzipan and dried fruit sweets and so on.
All this means that not every place will excel in everything and they will be focused on what they are good at. But the Turks understand that tourists expect full service. So you will often see waiters carrying delicacies and food from restaurant to restaurant, to satisfy the diners' desire. A restaurant with an excellent dessert will bring it to its neighbor, a burekas from a nearby street stand, a fish from a restaurant specializing in fish and so on.
An unforgettable meal? Find awesome restaurants - Click on the tag "Must eat in Istanbul".
#Recommended Turkish Dishes
Meet the "kofta," the kebab patty." Its brother is the Turkish shawarma, the Döner Kebap, which means "spinning kebab."
The shish-kebab is the grilled steak on the grill and so on. In general, the word kebab is used in Turkish for everything that was cooked on the grill (shish) or baked in the oven.
And, of course, the stuffed ones are the best there are, although the best of the Turkish stuffed ones is an eggplant filled with a wonderful culinary delight, dubbed "Imambayıdı," means "the fainted Imam." They say that this is what happened to the imam who tasted it for the first time ...
The vegetable dishes with meat that are cooked here are also known in the clay pots in the oven and in Turkish they are called Gibecz. These wonderful cooked dishes also include eggplant in various styles, along with delicacies such as muskas, stuffed peppers and onions.
Other local hits are the eggplant, rice and beans dishes, or the stuffed intestinal stew called paça.
It is customary here to sip Ayran's glasses, which is the wonderful yogurt with the sour-sour taste, and there is also a great yogurt soup in the Turkish kitchen that is worth ordering.
At the end of the meal you can order a sutlach, which is baked rice pudding and tastes great. An equally wonderful dessert is Ashura, an amazing delicacy made of wheat, dried fruits and nuts. There is also Ekmek Kadayif - a dessert of bread baked for many hours in sweet syrup and served with Cayamak. But in the desserts there is also Turkish delights in every scent of every color, shape and taste, oriental cakes full of almonds and pistachios, baked baklavas, kanafas, kadaifs and hot halva that can be as wonderful as you can imagine.
#Street food
Turkish burekas, lachmajon (the Turkish meaty pizza), and Simit Turkish pretzel, are the kings of the street here, but not only them.
The street food here includes the burekas, which is considered one of the most popular pastries in Turkey. In its crisp pastry dough, the Turks fill Bulgarian cheese or cheese, eggplant, potatoes, spinach and other fillings. What goes great with burekas is an Iranian or yogurt drink in Turkey that goes with anything.
In Istanbul, the Ballyk Ekemek, the fish in the bun, is also popular. This popular dish is a delicacy that the Turkish people eat as a satisfying mid-meal or as a shopped and self-sustaining meal. These sandwiches are made of fresh, fried fish that is put into a fragrant roll.
Other popular street foods here are Simit, which is a fresh, warm billet with sesame, a lemajun, a kind of Turkish pizza, with minced meat instead of cheese. Also known are the dry sujuk sausages, which hang here in every corner and the Turkish filo, topped by Su Börek, made of Yufka dough leaves and excellent for eating alongside a cup of hot tea.
Sweet lovers will try the delicacy of the Eastern Lokum, with its exotic taste, which also includes almonds, pistachios and coconut.
The city of Istanbul is a kind of shopping paradise. In this area too, it has quite a lot to offer tourists. Markets, malls and streets with luxury stores - it has an endless supply and a fair range of products and goods.
The two most famous shopping sites of this city are the Egyptian market and the big market, also known as the "covered market" or simply the "big bazaar."
Clothing brands can be bought in the streets of Eastclal and Cumhuriyet - the name of the boulevard that continues north, after Taksim Square.
Leather products will be found in the big bazaar, as well as jewelry. The pottery decorated there are colorful and beautiful, but note that they are not suitable for the dishwasher.
The biggest shopping center in Istanbul and one of the largest in Europe is AkMerkez. It is in the Etiler region, northwest of the Republic Bridge on the Bosphorus. This mall is full of excellent shops and a free bus will pick you up from Istiklal Street.
Shopping is really cheap on Ordu cad, which crosses the Old Town. It is located in the Laleli neighborhood, which extends south of Ardo Street to the Grand Bazaar. In this neighborhood you will find hundreds of wholesale shops, with very cheap prices and almost everything you will look for. The selection here includes clothing, household items, decorations, gifts, accessories, food and utensils. The selection here is huge and they say you can find everything in the shops and markets, but at a very cheap price.
Shopping? - Find the best places for shopping - Click on the tag "Shopping in Istanbul".
Istanbul nightlife center is the Istiklal pedestrian street in the Beyoglu district. It has a variety of restaurants and clubs. There are also alleys with a variety of bars and restaurants where wine is sold alongside side dishes with fish, seafood and vegetables.
Next to Istiklal is also Taksim Square, which is the modern heart of the great city. There are plenty of restaurants and nightclubs in and around it.
In Istanbul you will find tourists as well. The Meyhane is a pleasant place to enjoy, eat and drink alcohol, a certain type of Turksih taverna or Hamara. Here you can mainly drink Raki (Turkish Arak), and eat small plates on the side.
Most of the Meyhane in Istanbul are located in Taksim Square and offer food and drink, Turkish music, and often live performances.
#Istanbul Country Codes
#Electric Outlets
The required type of plug is only Type F.
https://youtu.be/x0qVpFIlfuE
The City in All Its Beauty:
https://youtu.be/13kmEG3mWBA
Istanbul's vibe:
https://youtu.be/7A1q7v4btbk
The Old City:
https://youtu.be/6t-VoZaU3xc
Great Palace Mosaic Museum
#About the Museum With the Mosaics
The Great Palace Mosaic Museum (Büyük Saray Mozaikleri Müzesi) displays a wonderful collection of mosaic art from the Byzantine Emperor's Palace.
In the museum you can see wonderful mosaic, where scenes of hunts and mythology stories are illustrated. The mosaics were found by archeologists near the Sultan Ahmed Mosque.
#A Closer Look:
https://youtu.be/slgbGGUHMrI
Rahmi M. Koc Museum
#About Istanbul's Transportation Musuem
The Rahmi M. Koc Museum in Istanbul is an impressive museum for vehicles and the history of transportation.
The museum includes ancient carriages, locomotives and trains, some of which were still used by the Ottoman sultans. It also features miniature models of trains and various accessories and means from the world of trains and its history.
Alongside them is a large collection of other transportation vehicles. Among them you can see historical tools and transportation from the last few centuries, including carriages, cars and models of cars, ships, planes and even submarines.
There are over 1,000 items here. It is interesting to see among them the blue, personal and luxurious train used by the Turkish Sultan in Ottoman Turkey.
A Closer Look:
https://youtu.be/zdMuzIPLpcc
Another Look:
https://youtu.be/qP0bo2PEP_U
Wandering Around the Museum:
https://youtu.be/EIuL0ocFNxc
Pehlivan
#About the Turkish Canteen for Traditional Food and Self Service
At the Pehlivan buffet, despite the diminutive "buffet," you will find great Turkish food, just the kind you will not see in tourist restaurants.
The "Pehlivan" in Istiklal, just off Taksim Square, offers a variety of self-service surprises . Take anything that good, because the prices here are great.
Among the best hits here: kebabs in tomato sauce on grilled pita, baked eggplant in yogurt, shawarma over beans, baked lamb chops, meatballs, rice with chopped mint, stuffed peppers and much more.
The variety of meats, salads, sides and delicacies adds to the flavors and spices that do not meet much. And most importantly, the atmosphere here is local, in the best sense of the word. The food is also suitable for those who don't fall for the tourist traps. Just the kind of food that makes customers clean the plates completely. Enjoy your meal!
https://youtu.be/X0SNsuW45mQ
Tarihi Karaköy Balik Lokantasi
#About the Unique Kadıköy Fish Temples
Tarihi is a unique seafood restaurant in the Kadikoy neighborhood in Istanbul. Although its location on the beach, it is not so much a seafood restaurant. The salty waters of the Bosphorus provide less fish and variety from the sea.
And still, if you are looking to eat good fish in Istanbul, Tarihi is the place to look for. Located in a small space in the Kadikoy neighborhood, in the first floor of a normal building, Tarihi will over a minimal variety of dishes, but each one is great and prepared perfectly.
Among the delicious dishes, its best to start with the fish stew. Bass skewers, shrimp skewers - all cooked over the grill, all are excellent. Fish will be served with bread slices There are mostly no appetizers. Wanted fish? - you got fish!
No dinner is served at Tarihi, it is only open for lunch hours, and focuses on fishing at night.
Do not be confused with the luxurious Tarihi located in the same building on the top floor.
Zübeyir Ocakbaşi
#About Istanbul's Kebab Empire
For many, Zübeyir Ocakbaşı, or Zubair, is the ultimate temple of ribs and kebabs of Istanbul, especially the Taksim Square area, which is steeped meat restaurant.
The restaurant has 3 floors and each has a grill, with a pair of "Bashi" that overlook the grilling. "Ozak Bashi" is the man on the grill and roasts the meat in front of the diners. There are no steaks here, because Zubair is the temple of the Turkish kebab of all kinds. Everything that comes on the grill is called Turkey "kebab."
You are invited to eat all types of kebab here, including Kabbab Adana, which is the familiar Kebab, but it is the name of everything that was roasted on charcoal or skewered - including skewers, lamb chops and parts of the interior. Everything is kebab ...
There won't be any big cooked dishes here, but there is also a wonderful Turkish salad and the excellent "mountain salad."
Book in advance. Zubair is always packed with people and it is necessary to save a place!
The elders of Istanbul recommend a special experience here - sitting at the bar.
https://youtu.be/MgA3vNhn_Ek
Yakup 2
#About the Local Buffet Restaurant Liked by the Local Bohemian
Yakup 2 is a bohemian restaurant frequented by local artists and celebrities in Istanbul. But it's also a good and delicious place, which you're likely to connect to.
This restaurant is "Meyhane," which is something between a tavern and a Turkish taverna, which means it is based on a meal of mezze, small portions called Meze, and less on main courses.
The dishes at the mezze restaurant here are large and satisfying, allowing you to give up on the main dishes and base a meal on small plates of different dishes.
#What Do We Eat Here?
As with any meyhance, you can eat cold (Suak Mizel) and Hamim (Sigach Mezler) plates. Alongside them will serve fresh and refreshing vegetable salads. In the first courses, it is worth eating the Albanian style roast or fried liver, the wonderful octopus salad and the stuffed peppers. Enjoy your meal!
In meyhance, it is customary to rely on a meal of mezzes. If you are satisfied with them, there is no obligation to continue ordering more!
The meal here will be accompanied by quite a bit of Rakı, a the Turkish liquor, but please pay attention to the amount of alcohol you drink.
Halil Lahmacun
About the Bakery for the Turkish Bread - The Lahmacun
The Lahmacun, is mix of the Arab words for dough and meat, it is a sort of pizza with meat toppings, except the mean is grinded and replaces any cheese. This is on of the best street food in Turkey. If you are not vegetarians, there's a high likelihood you will like this. If you are vegetarians - look for the closest burekas bakery, there one usually on each streets.
Like everything you eat outside your home, there are good and bad places. But Halil Lamacun is not regular dough and meat. Here it is a really delicacy. With this dough, unbelievable, great meat sauces, exact proportions for parsley and lemon, and Halil- a skilled cook and an expert on lahmacun, who produces thousands of such delicacies every day and has, with the taste of some secret ingredient...
According to what you like, you can choose between a regular lahmacun, spicy, and vegetarian - with cheese. Enjoy!
Turks drink a glass of ayran with this, with sour yogurts, it's really good !
https://youtu.be/HVqqMuKqVNY
Kadikoy Merkez Borekcisi
#About Kadıköy's Burekas
Many see Kadikoy Merkez Borekcisi as the best burekas in Istanbul.
This place, located in the Sarıyer neighborhood, up the Bosphorus, is what is called in Turkish, "Börek Salonu," meaning "Borax Hall." Here they sell the Borek, and burekas in plural.
The borek is made from thin layers of puff pastry dough, rolled and filled with fillings such as cheese, spinach, meat and the like. It is baked here in large molds and sold in pieces, by weight.
This is Turkish and Mufti burekas , alongside which are also sold foods such as Pide, a long pastry made of pizza dough containing cheese, egg or meat. Or Suböreği, in Turkish "water borax" - Borek filled with cheese or spinach cooked in water and slightly reminiscent of lasagna.
There are also burekas with sweet fillings, and in any case - the serving of the dishes, with the impressive cutting of pastries and placing them on a tin plate with paper on it - everything here means perfect simplicity.
Drink a glass of Ayran, the spicy yogurt drink that the Turks have invented, tea or lemon.
Only cash is accepted here.
https://youtu.be/rz5eM0dkGzo
Hunkar Borekcisi
#About the Burekas from Sarıyer, Specializing in dough and Burekas
The Turks can be very picky with their burekas. Sariyer is a an area in Istanbul for dough, where you will find many burekas bakeries (the are is also shaped like a burekas). Here you can eat excellent burekas, with all different fillings, alongside salty desserts and candies.
Hunkar Borekcisi if one of the best places here, and their name proceeds them. There's a high probability you will like what you tastes here. Many think this is the best burekas around. The vendor here will quickly cut you a slice of burekas, which you chose, into small pieces, so that you can eat each of them in one bite.
Listen to us - next to every burekas needs to be cup of ayran, a yogurt based drink, sour and perfect, that goes perfectly when burekas.
Right across from you is the port with a sea view. Sit with the burekas and cup of ayran facing the water, with birds flying above. Look towards the docks and fisherman and enjoy the moment.
Miniatürk
#About the Huge "Mini-Turkey," with Smaller Models of Turkey and Istanbul
Miniatürk on the north-east coast of the Golden Horn in Istanbul, is the largest miniature city in the world. As expected, a variety of miniature models of Turkey's main attractions, both present and past, are presented here.
In fact, it is a miniaturized park spread over a vast area of 60,000 meters. The exhibits you see here are on a scale of 1:25. Viewing area in the park takes up a quarter of the place (about 15,000 meters), in thinking for the future, the park left a lot of room for building additional exhibits.
This impressive miniature park features 105 models of central buildings and places in Istanbul and throughout Turkey. Next to them are quite a few models from areas that are now outside Turkey, but were previously included in the Ottoman Empire.
It's very interesting to see the historical exhibits for buildings that no longer exist, in the past stood here and some even included in the Seven Wonders of the World. Among them you will find the mausoleum of the Lycarnesus, today in the Bodrum region of Turkey and the temple of Artemis in Greek Ephesus, is the Turkish Epsis of our day.
In the park there is a train that runs between the exhibits.
Young children can play at the playground facilities and in the children's maze.
https://youtu.be/L2zxC3Auvto
#A Tour:
https://youtu.be/fLsxhk0nqjs
Jewish Museum Turkey
#About the Museum with the Story of the Jewish Community of Istanbul
The Jewish Museum of Turkey is a cozy museum that presents and describes the history of the Jewish community of Istanbul. The atmosphere here is unique and does not include the alienation we feel in many museums.
Through a collection of exhibits from the past, donated by families, Turkish synagogues and various Jewish institutions, visitors can learn about the Jewish past, professions, art, commerce, and economy,
The museum exposes visitors to the significant role that the Jewish community brought to the culture and society of the Ottoman Empire, and the unique place of the Jewish community in Turkey in general. It is interesting to see, especially compared to other Jewish communities are the world.
The three floors of the Jewish Museum of Turkey present the long-standing heritage of the Jewish community in Istanbul, which is closely linked to Turkish and Ottoman history. This, by the way, was built up largely by Jews who emigrated to Turkey during the expulsion from Spain.
The museum contains a wealth of exhibits related to the life of this magnificent community, including items related to religious worship in the city and the state, and other items illustrating the place, integration and historical role of this community in Turkish society in the old days.
Although from time to time there are activities related to Turkish Jewish heritage, this museum deals more with the display of a Jewish world existed, and is no longer there.
Closer look:
https://youtu.be/UjcKu_FRNqA?t=5s
https://youtu.be/7gcCV7er4cY?t=18s
Pudding Shop Lale
#About the Beautiful Restaurant that Has Become a Backpacker Meetup Spot
The Pudding Shop is an old and well-known place in Istanbul. This is a restaurant started in the 1950's by the brothers Idris and Naamik Ulpan. In the 1960's hippies turned this place into a hotspot for nomads.
Today this place is a popular sport that attracts many enthusiastic tourists. The most interesting thing here is the chicken pudding, made of...chicken meat.
Except for being a lively and nice restaurant, this place is also great for finding partners for hiking trips, recommendations and talking over details for treks and hikes in and around Turkey.
https://youtu.be/Y2aeOApuGyQ
#A Visit:
https://youtu.be/bL1Bu78UBnY
Haci Bekir
#About the Old Delicatessen with the Turkish Sweets
In various parts of the city, including the Asian side of Istanbul, you will find branches of the sweets power house called Haci Bekir. Here they produce and sell first hand all types and flavors of lokum.
With the coconut and pistachios and the texture of the sweet jelly - you can find sweets in almost every possible color and texture. Alongside the lokum are also sold halva, wonderful marzipans and old candies.
The lokum tempe, the halva and marzipan of this chain are wonderful. The oldest branch is the famous mosque on Istiklal Street 129, and it was founded in the second half of the 19th century.
If you want to bring sweet gifts to those you love back home, it is worth buying them from here, and not from the airport where prices are exorbitant and freshness is not probable.
https://youtu.be/mDqWTvuF2m8
Nusr-et
#About Istanbul's Heavenly Steak House
Nusr-Et Steakhouse Etiler is a steakhouse that has become a kind of temple of good meat. It belongs to the rhythm of an expert named Nusret Gök, who also gets the best meat and also sells the diners and returns them here again and again.
Nusr-Et is located in a prestigious suburb of the city, where the upper class lives. This restaurant is said to be much better than Peter Luger, the famous meat champion from New York!
Among the great dishes you will find on the menu here are thin but very serious entrecote pieces, crazy steaks with divine taste, excellent Turkish koba, laspy lamb ribs wrapped in a lot of fat, the lukum, which are soft fillet slices, tiny and sweet, reminiscent of Turkish Lukum and "Spaghetti"- fine slices of veal rib meat.
At the end the dessert will come, which will be the end to this incredible meal with sugar filling up your mouth. You worked hard - drink some tea and head to sleep
https://youtu.be/ELQKW0u3DO4
#Another Look:
https://youtu.be/97KUKrpqhTw
#A Full Dish:
https://youtu.be/7uxyX6HCc7o
Yildiz Park
#About the Park with The Turkish Sultan's Palaces
Yildiz Park is one of the most beautiful and nice parks in Istanbul. In a park not far from the city center, between the neighborhoods of Siktas and Ortkoy, you will find a natural grove with ancient trees. Where you can take a short break from this beautiful and bustling city.
The Yildiz Park is excellent for a romantic walk, or for an outing with the children. The park, which is so spacious and green, is one of the city's best nurseries. It has easy walking trails, beautiful lakes, hiding areas and lots of peace.
Indeed, this park is loved by many families in Istanbul, where many family picnics are held.
#What's in the Park?
Want to discover more of the secrets of the park? - In addition to the trees, flowers, plants and everything that is needed in nature, in Yildiz Park you will find a few more secrets.
The two lakes surrounding the park, for example, are among the major attractions here. Next to them you can relax in peace and tranquility in a busy city and get a kind of Istanbul, calmer and quieter.
There are also magnificent palaces in the park, such as the Children's Palace, the Cadir Palace, the Sale Palace and the Palace of Malta. Each has dozens of rooms. In the 19th century, these palaces were used by Sultan Abd al-Hamid II and his foreign guests.
#Palaces of the Park
The gardens in the park were part of the children's palace hidden behind the wall. It was built by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, who was paranoid and constantly feared for his life. Half of his subjects spied on the other half, at least according to the stories told here about the obsessive sultan, who created an insane and unprecedented spy system.
The palace itself was built at the end of the 19th century. The Sultan lived there with his family until 1909, when he was removed from power. Throughout the park you can see some pavilions that were part of the palace. Some of them are now used as museums.
The most beautiful pavilion among them is the "Shala Kushko" built by the Sultan for his guests. This was where the German Kaiser Wilhelm II was hosted, when he visited Istanbul in 1898.
The recommended entrance to the park, located on a hill, is near the house of Malta. But it is recommended to go to the Shalah house and from there to descend.
The park has several small restaurants, kiosks and cozy tea houses.
https://youtu.be/C9RL_3jPGV0
#Photos of the Place:
https://youtu.be/C96g92f4Gcs
#Sometimes there is Excellent Jazz Here:
https://youtu.be/BkWwGylf95U
#Tour Guide:
https://youtu.be/BwuwvJq8IVI
Istanbul Military Museum
#About the Historical Military Arms Museum
For lovers of military history, the Istanbul Military Museum (Askeri Muzesi) in Istanbul is a must-see museum.
In this military museum, which once was a powerful empire with a very strong army, you can see an impressive collection of weapons, maps, uniforms, pictures, miscellaneous ammunition and uniforms from the Ottoman army, the Turkish army and more.
In the museum you can also learn about Turkey's military history and see a huge range of military items from close up, including hundreds of weapons of all shapes and sizes, ranging from multiple guns to tanks, planes from the beginning of aviation and more.
# Ottoman Military Music
Even if the museum is fascinating to history and army enthusiasts, many come here specifically to experience the military music of the Janissaries orchestra, the traditional Turkish army orchestra. This military orchestra gives another aspect of the city's music life and contributes to the acquaintance of Istanbul's past culture.
The orchestra appears in the museum with flags and musical instruments used by the Janissaries to play before the battle. Members of the orchestra are dressed in traditional clothes. They perform music and military songs from the time of the Ottoman Empire, from which the Turkish state was born today.
The Janissaries were an imperial order, founded in the 15th century, and had accompanied the Turkish soldiers to battle.
The Janissaries band performs daily, between 3 and 4 pm, except on Mondays and Tuesdays when the museum is closed.
Those interested can watch the performance in a the video.
https://youtu.be/sZmYXbLxxXo
Set Balık
#About the Fish Restaurant in the Sarir
Set Balık Restoran is a fish restaurant offering traditional cuisine combined with innovative and creative dishes.
The restaurant is located on the Bosphorus, in the Sarıyer neighborhood on the northern European side of Istanbul.
Every month the food will change slightly, because the cuisine here is based on seasonal fish only. But the meal begins when the waiter serving a large trophy of hot, cold pastries at the table, with an excellent raki.
Among the cold pastries stand out the delicious plates with dishes such as Cold Palamida, vegetable salad with shrimps, pickled bonito and baked eggplant in pomegranate sauce.
In the hot meat section stand out the wonderful bass beans and falafel version of sea fish. There are also main dishes and delicious desserts.
It is worth arriving at lunch and ordering a table by the window with a view.
Can't decide what to order? - Try to let go, and let the waiters serve you what the chef recommends from the kitchen today with their recommended mezzes. There is little room for error here!
Filled up on juices? - Ask for only tastings from main dishes and they can be served to you.
Only cash is available at the restaurant.
https://youtu.be/dl6J95MuTFs
Karakoy Gulluoglu
#About the Temple of Turkish Baked Goods
Karakoy Gulluoglu (Karaköy Güllüoğlu) is the factory store of the "Gollo Brothers" confectionery industry. These brothers, who originated in Gaziantep, the cradle of the baklava and the quality pistachios, built the place. There is this is the place to buy baklava, pistachios. and other baked and roasted delicacies in the Galata region.
Every day in the afternoon, many locals arrive here, sip tea with Turkish pastries, excellent burekas and many more, which are prepared and sold here.
Along with the well-known Turkish sweets and the baklava and pistachios, the Turks come here to eat the kadayaf, the kanafeh (called here konpe), Akmak kadayef and other hot noodles.
If you are dining around, it is worth giving up the desserts in the restaurant and coming to buy it here.
Except for a few tables outside, the place is not really good for a long meal.
Here is the perfect place to buy home some sweets for your loved ones. Ask for a beautiful box with the things you have chosen.
https://youtu.be/Engirimnc5U
Şahin Lokantasi
#About the Popular Worker's Restaurant with a Fainting Imam
Şahin Lokantasi is a popular worker's restaurant (in Turkish, "Locante"), where food is homemade, high quality, simple, traditional and delicious.
The locantes in Turkey serve good food, because they appeal to residents and not to occasional tourists. Accordingly, their prices are cheap. Here there are no tourist traps. If a restaurant of this kind is not good, it quickly closes.
Communicating with tourists is not the strongest part of the restaurant, so just point to the pots and plates that come out of the kitchen and get whatever you want, even if you do not know its name.
For the connoisseurs, the first dish worth eating here is the "fainting imam." It is an eggplant fried in olive oil and filled with minced meat and tomatoes, with a wonderful seasoning and other secrets. The legend tells of an imam who ate it and was so dizzy with pleasure, he fainted.
But there are also eggplant dishes in a variety of styles and flavors, there are Dolma, which are zucchini stuffed with rice and meat with yogurt, there are dumplings, those delicious lamb tarts endless, beans on rice and finally Turkish desserts, the leading among them are Sutlaj, which is rice pudding in milk, with burnt sugar on top.
Be early for lunch here. Otherwise you will find it difficult to get a table among the locals who are standing at the doorsteps of this popular restaurant.
https://youtu.be/s6JNrQAluaw
#About the Cafe with the Spectacular View
For those looking for a nice view of Istanbul and the setting sun, from a different angle from the Galata Tower, you should reach the hill of Eyup in the European region of Istanbul. From here you can take a cable car to Pierre Lotti Cafe.
You can descend by foot through the Eyup Sultan Mezarlik cemetery compound, after the flag of Muhammad who is buried here. This cemetery is spectacular. Put on "turbans," for the burial structures of the nobility you will walk past that look like little mausoleums.
The Pierre Loti Café offers a spectacular view of the landscape, and a good story. From here you will see a fascinating and spectacular view of the city and the Golden Horn, both during the day and at night.
Pierre Lotti was the pen name of Louis Marie Viaud, a writer who in the 19th century was an officer in the French Navy and used to sit in this cafe regularly. The man lived in the city and became very attached to the cultural life in Istanbul. After his death, the cafe owners decided to name him after him.
#The Story of Pierre and Aziadeh's love
Pierre Lotti was a French officer and descendant whose real name was Louis-Marie Julien Vieux (1850-1923). He served in the sea, aboard the French Navy, and roamed the world. His nickname, Lotti, was given when he was in Tahiti, named after a local tropical flower on the islands.
One day his ship arrives in Thessaloniki and a secret affair is started between Aziadeh and himself, a married woman who was the fourth wife of a well-to-do Turkish merchant. At the height of the romance, Pierre is transferred to Istanbul and he settles in the Eyup district, opposite the Golden Horn.
His beloved lover convinces her husband to move to Istanbul. The two renew the love sessions at Pierre's house. The flowering love cannot stop Pierre form need to them move away from Istanbul. Again they separate.
The war between the weak Ottoman Empire and Russia brings Pierre to ask a local friend to rescue Aziada from Istanbul. The friend was supposed to coordinate her rescue and smuggle her to France, but he was killed. Unfortunately, no one receives Pierre's letters to Aziadeh and love is interrupted.
Pierre, who had written in the past and turned out to be a talent, decided to write their story. He was aware of the fact that there was no end to the story, and therefore he ended it. That he returns to the city, only to see that Aziadeh died and then, saddened by the death of his beloved, he joins the battles and is also killed. Unfortunately, the story was almost fully realized. Years after the war, when Pierre returned to Istanbul, he did discover that Aziadeh was dead. After he went to the grave of his beloved, he left Istanbul and never returned.
Years later, the cafe owner called his place, after the French writer. The coffee with the magnificent view of the Golden Horn has since been named after one of the city's greatest lovers.
It is better to come to Pierre Lotti Cafe for sunset and catch a table at the end, with a view of the to the setting sun.
Arrive by taxi or bus to Eyup, and from there walk, or by cable car to Pierre Lotti Cafe.
https://youtu.be/gG_WKnINQoI
#Landscape:
https://youtu.be/zGuiAIVEptY
#Instruction:
https://youtu.be/BNEjo5fPRP4
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Prince's Islands
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Republic Monument
Istanbul Archaeology Museum
Emirgan Park
Divanyolu Street
Ortakoy
Ortaköy Mosque
Sur Balık
Çiya Sofrasi
Bulgarian St. Stephen Church
Dürümcü Nuri Usta
Kadikoy
Ahırkapı Balıkçısı
Sirkeci Railway Station
Istiklal Avenue
Taksim Square
Buyukada
Galatasaray Bath
Eminönü Balikçılari
Cagaloglu Hamam
Çiçek Pasajı
Neve Shalom Synagogue
Mevlevi Monastery
Caddebostan Coast
Dolmabahce Palace
Bosphorus Bridge
Maiden’s Tower
Galata Bridge
Faruk Yalçın Zoo and Botanic Park
Kumkapi Fish Market
Balat Ahrida Synagogue
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After years of false starts including rumors of a MSN series and a comic book relaunch announcement that went nowhere, fans and TV journalists alike were all taken surprise Saturday night with some BIG news… Heroes is coming back. Titled Heroes Reborn, this mini-series is set to start in 2015. A press release with more details can be found here. NBC has also released a teaser promo that made the initial announcement:
NBC To Revive Heroes For Fall 2012? No, It Was An April Fool’s Gag, But…
If you came to HeroSite.net on April 1st, you may have seen the headline that NBC is planning on reviving Heroes for Fall 2012.
… and if you had kept reading, you would have seen it was an April Fool’s gag, and that no such plans are currently being made.
Hopefully no one got too angry at the Fool… hey, we’ve done it before… but the real reason it all happened to begin with was for an excuse to write this column, posted by HeroSite.net’s Craig Byrne at our general TV news site, KSiteTV. Enjoy
Results Of The Final HeroSite Awards!
Heroes has concluded, but that didn’t stop us from running one last HeroSite Awards – honoring the best and worst of the season.
Because of getting less reponse to last year’s Awards, we cutting down on the amount of categories for Season 4 – this time limiting to just Best Episode, Worst Episode, Favorite Character, Favorite Writer, and Favorite Director.
In honor of the Season 4 DVD coming out this week, we’re finally posting those results!
Tim Kring & Zachary Quinto To Appear In Comic-Con Panel
Heroes creator Tim Kring has a new book coming out called Shift, and Zachary Quinto will be on hand to speak with him about it in a special one-on-one interview and Q&A session on Friday, July 21 at the Comic-Con International in San Diego.
If you want a chance to find out about the new project, or to possibly get some word on the possibilities of a Heroes return, this is your chance.
Here are the panel details:
1:30-2:30 SHIFTing Gears: Tim Kring and Zach Quinto— Tim Kring (creator of Heroes) and Zach Quinto (Heroes’ Sylar, Star Trek‘s Spock) discuss Tim’s new venture into book publishing with his book, Shift, the first novel in the Gate of Orpheus trilogy. Tim will be debuting the book trailer and discuss the many other multiplatform elements he has created to promote the book. Join Tim and Zach for this one-on-one interview and Q&A session! Room 5AB
Tim Kring’s Statement On Heroes’ End
Heroes creator Tim Kring has issued a statement about the cancellation of Heroes. Here’s what he had to say:
“I want to first extend my deepest gratitude and heartfelt appreciation to the legion of enthusiastic fans who have watched ‘Heroes’ on TV, online, DVR, DVD and mobile over the last four seasons.
Every week more than 45 million TV viewers around the world, as well as millions of social and digital media-based fans, have made ‘Heroes’ one of the five most-watched shows across traditional and digital media screens in the history of television.
For NBC, I certainly understand the challenge of creating a business model around a show which arrived precisely as the audience was finding new ways to watch traditional content on multiple screens.
I personally have had 12 great years with my friends at NBC, and with ‘Heroes,’ they provided me a rare opportunity to put a message of hope, interconnectivity and global consciousness into the world. For that I am grateful and look forward to finalizing our discussion about a number of ways to keep the ‘Heroes’ universe alive for its fans.”
A Two-Hour Heroes Wrap-Up Is Still Possible
Variety spoke with NBC executives today at the time of their Upfront announcement, and posted a quote from NBC Entertainment President Angela Bromstad where she talked about the decision to end Heroes and the possibility for more in the future. Here’s what she said:
“I think that Tim knew that this could have been the last season for ‘Heroes’ and he answered a lot of questions for the fans. But after the upfront Tim and I are going to sit down and see if he is interested in doing a two-hour movie event, and we’ll see how it goes.”
HeroSite.net Reviewer Otto Berkeley Writes His Goodbyes
One of the most popular elements of HeroSite.net has been the review section featuring recaps and analysis from Otto Berkeley.
Otto has written a special piece saying goodbye to the readers and to the show. Check it out, and be sure to leave him some comments while you’re at it.
Heroes Canceled?
Just two days ago we were saying that Heroes Season 5 is still a possibility, but now, the very reliable Josef Adalian at NYMag is saying that it’s done.
“As NBC has become more confident in its slate of new shows, all indications are that our Heroes are dead,” Adalian says in his latest column which can be found here.
Apparently even Tim Kring has not been given this news. If Heroes is indeed over, a two- or four-hour movie wrapup can still be a possibility.
NBC will be announcing their Fall schedules on Sunday, May 16.
Pre-Order Your Season 4 Heroes DVD’s!
The fourth season of Heroes is now available to pre-order on the DVD and Blu-ray formats.
No release date has been confirmed yet, but if you pre-order from Amazon you’ll be supporting this site. Amazon had a pre-order price guarantee so if the price goes down between now and the date of release, you’ll get the lower price. And who knows – a strong pre-order turnout might help NBC make certain decisions in the next few weeks.
Here’s where you can pre-order them from Amazon.com:
Hero Site
Heroes Reborn: Official Description For The Final Episode
4.19 “Brave New World”
4.19 “Brave New World” (Gallery & Discussion)
4.18 “The Wall”
4.17 “The Art of Deception”
Game Over review
Heroes Reborn Episode 12
Heroes Reborn episode 6
Heroes Reborn review
Heroes Reborn spoilers
Hiro Nakamura
Mohinder Suresh
Noah Gray-Cabey
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Free family health event launches African community project
African music will herald the launch of an innovative community project ‘Ubuntu’ at a free family health event in Handsworth.
Birmingham’s city wide sexual health promotion service is launching the project on Saturday 2 July 2011 at Handsworth Leisure Centre. Ubuntu will promote sexual health services to Birmingham’s African communities through community-based one-to-one and group sessions and outreach projects.
Mathew Nyashanu, Ubuntu co-ordinator, said: “The scheme is unique in that it targets the African community in Birmingham and bridges the gap in sexual health promotion. This is the opportunity for all Africans to come together and show their commitment to sexual health promotion initiatives across the city.
“Ubuntu means ‘a person is a person through other people’, the name was chosen to reflect the importance of family and community links in African culture, which can influence personal relationships and attitudes towards sexual health.”
The scheme will be working with Terrence Higgins Trust, the local African Forum and National African HIV Prevention Programme.
The African Family Health event will be taking place on Saturday 2 July at Handsworth Leisure Centre from 1pm till 9pm.
For further information on the Ubuntu project, please contact the sexual health promotion service on 0121 446 1088.
The sexual health promotion service is part of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Heartlands, Solihull and Good Hope hospitals.
Remember the good old times? Good Hope wants to hear from you!
Locals who enjoy a good blast from the past look no further – Good Hope Hospital is looking for volunteers to help them host ‘reminiscence groups’ for patients.
The groups will be established as regular informal get-togethers for stroke, elderly, and dementia patients at the Hospital. The aim will be for volunteers and patients to chat about everything from their favourite memories and the local area, to key events in history. The increased communication and concentrated thought processes associated with reminiscence groups have been shown to improve a patient’s sense of well-being, promoting rehabilitation and recovery.
Good Hope volunteer service advisor, Angela Butts, said. “Many of us love to reminisce and talk about the past. We hope these informal groups will provide a meaningful way of recalling those treasured memories and give patients a lasting positive experience. These groups can’t run without the support of volunteers, so we’d love to hear from anyone who has just an hour or so a week spare to spend time chatting about the past with our patients.”
If you would like to become a volunteer at Good Hope, are interested in helping run a reminiscence group, or have items such as books or features on local history that are suitable for donation, please contact Angela Butts, Good Hope volunteer service advisor, on (0121) 424 7379 or email angela.butts@heartofengland.nhs.uk
Bounce safely this summer, urge Solihull health specialists
Trampolines are top of the wish list for many children but they are also one of the top causes of accidents. Approximately 75 per cent of accidents, including head and neck injuries and broken limbs, happen when more than one person is on the trampoline.
Many of those accidents could be avoided by following this advice from Solihull’s injury prevention specialist health visitor, Carolyn Lindsay.
Highlighting the risks during Child Safety Week, Carolyn explains: “Trampolines are fun and a great form of exercise but the number of children having potentially avoidable accidents is increasing.
“If you are thinking of buying one, check that safety pads cover the springs and consider a model that has netting as part of the design to reduce the risk of falling off and hitting the ground. Children under six years old must have one suitable for their age.
“Place the trampoline away from trees, fencing and washing lines and on soft lawn or wood chip. Children should always be supervised when playing on trampolines and ladders should not be used because younger children could use them to get on unnoticed. It is also important not to go under a trampoline when it is in use. Bouncing should be in the middle of the trampoline and never for getting off it. Somersaults and other complicated moves are best learnt safely at an organised club.”
For more child safety tips look out for Carolyn in the foyer of Sainsbury’s in Stratford Road, Shirley, on Friday 24 June from 10am to 2pm.
Carolyn Lindsay and other public health specialists are employed by the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Solihull Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Heartlands Hospital.
Live music fundraiser for local Hospital care
Listen to some excellent live music, help raise money for a worthy cause and enjoy some good old fashioned quality time with family, friends and members of the local community. What more could you need from an evening of entertainment?
The League of Friends at Good Hope Hospital presents a summer concert for all to enjoy this June. An array of performances will be on offer, including popular songs alongside great classics performed by Sutton Coldfield’s Community Choir and Good Hope’s own staff choir, Hearts in Harmony.
All funds raised from the event will go towards Good Hope Hospital’s scanning equipment appeal. Eleanor Ward, senior sister in elderly care at Good Hope, explains: “Money raised for the scanning appeal will be used towards purchasing a bladder scanner for the elderly care service. This is an important tool when checking whether a patient will need a catheter. Having this equipment for our elderly patients would be fantastic, making a patient’s stay and treatment run more smoothly and efficiently.”
The Summer Concert will be held at the Bishop Walsh School, Wylde Green Road, on Tuesday 28 June, with the musical entertainment beginning at 7pm. Tickets are priced at £5 each. You can get yours from the Good Hope League of Friends by calling Mona Campbell on (0121) 424 9125. Alternatively contact the Hearts in Harmony choir on (0121) 424 0113 or the Sutton Coldfield Community Choir on (0121) 354 2587.
Solihull’s young mums see breast is best for baby
Young women nationwide have been tending to bottle feed their babies but in Solihull more are now seeing the advantages of doing what comes naturally.
‘Breast is best for baby’ is the message behind Solihull’s breastfeeding service to get more young mums breastfeeding.
Midwives and health visitors are reporting a noticeable increase in the number of young mums in Solihull breastfeeding their newborns and more importantly, keeping it up.
Infant feeding coordinator Carmen Baskerville is hoping to encourage more with an extra push during Breastfeeding Awareness Week, which starts on 19 June. Along with breastfeeding facilitator Elaine Bates, Carmen will be touring Mothercare shops and children’s centre’s in the area to promote breastfeeding with mums and mums-to-be.
Carmen said: “One of the best things that only a mother can do for her baby is to breastfeed. This gives the baby the best start in life. We want to support women in their decision to breastfeed and help them continue to do so.
“Increasing evidence shows that for babies breastfeeding reduces the risk of gastroenteritis, chest and urinary infections, diabetes, allergies and childhood cancers and for mothers reduces the risk of breast and ovarian cancer and hip fractures.”
Laura Bourne, age 25 from Coleshill, struggled to breastfeed her first son, Kai, when he was born seven years ago and gave up. Second time around, Laura had support from the service by going along to the breastfeeding café in Chelmsley Wood with Zane, now aged one year, and as a result breast fed Zane for eight months. Laura has gone on to train as a peer supporter and helps other mums at the new breastfeeding cafe in Smiths Wood.
Laura explains: “With Zane I was determined to breastfeed but without help and support I wouldn’t have been able to keep it up because I was having difficulties. I’m happy to help other mums, particularly young ones because I know what it is like. The breastfeeding cafes are good because you can sometimes feel like you are the only one having difficulties but there you find out you’re not”.
For more information and to find your where your nearest breastfeeding café is, please contact Carmen on 07970811026.
Solihull breastfeeding service is part of the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Solihull Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Heartlands Hospital.
Solihull Hospital hosts awareness talk about thyroid disease
Locals interested in learning more about thyroid disease have the chance to hear from a Solihull specialist when the Hospital hosts a talk on the subject.
The thyroid gland is found in the neck. It produces hormones that are released into the bloodstream to control the body’s growth and metabolism. Thyroid disease in all its forms is common and affects millions of people in the UK. Symptoms can include sudden weight loss or gain.
Dr Andrew Bates, consultant diabetologist and endocrinologist, will give a brief overview of the thyroid gland and the various forms of thyroid disease and leave plenty of time to answer questions.
Dr Bates said: “The thyroid is only small but it has a vital part to play in our health and development. There are effective treatments for most thyroid diseases but if left untreated they can lead to serious, long-lasting health problems.”
The seminar is taking place on 22 June at 5pm in the Education Centre at Solihull Hospital. To book your place or to find out details of the Hospital’s future health seminars, contact Sandra White, membership manager, on 0121 424 1218 or email Sandra.white@heartofengland.nhs.uk.
Solihull’s special dental nurses get tots smiling
Solihull Special Care Dental Service’s therapists and nurses went out armed this week with a giant set of dentures and brushes to raise awareness of the importance of dental care for National Smile Month.
Parents and toddlers were shown how much fun brushing teeth can be and were given useful tips on how to reach those hard to reach areas. Each child was given a goodie bag with a brush and two-minute timer to show how long teeth brushing should take.
Dental therapist Karen Hendon, who is based at Hurst Lane Dental Clinic and works on the mobile dental unit, said: “We really want to raise awareness of the importance of looking after teeth by brushing twice a day, reducing sugar intake and by having regular check-ups with a dentist. The earlier children can get used to brushing their teeth the better. We advise parents to take children with them when they visit the dentist from the age of two so they get used to it.”
Dr Nigel Carter, chief executive of the British Dental Health Foundation, which organises National Smile Month, praised the service’s contribution. Dr Carter said: “We are delighted that Solihull Special Care Dental Service has joined the many dental practices, schools, health professionals and community groups promoting good oral healthcare under the umbrella of our National Smile Month campaign.
“A good oral healthcare routine can help guard against all sorts of oral and general health conditions from bad breath and decay to gum disease, which has been linked to a number of more serious health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and strokes.”
The special care dental service is part of the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Solihull Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Heartlands Hospital.
Friends’ Success at Solilhull Hospital Fete
Liz Steventon, FOSH Secretary, George Cother, FOSH President, Irene Chamberlain, Mayor of Solihull, Robert Chamberlain, Mayoral escort
Rain and showers didn’t deter the crowds as hundreds of Silhillians attended the annual Friends of Solihull Hospital Summer Fete.
The Fete was opened by Mayor of Solihull, Councillor Irene Chamberlain and was one of the highest attended of recent years. The day featured live entertainment including the including Birmingham pipes and drums, Stagecoach Dance Troupe, Harmony Band and Thornabbey Dog Training. There was also a tombola, cake and gift stalls and lots of activities for children.
5-year-old Daisy Amarilli being made up by Melissa Stokes
Claire Molloy, Heart of England NHS Trust’s Executive Director of Solihull Healthcare Services, said: “It was a wonderful afternoon and everyone who came enjoyed it thoroughly. We are very grateful to the Friends of Solihull Hospital and all the hard work they put in raising money towards helping us provide the best possible care we can to the local community. We really appreciate the support of the local people who came along on the day.”
Friends of Solihull Hospital Association fundraiser Liz Steventon, said: “The whole day was a great success, a big thank you to everyone who came along and made the day possible. It was a fun day out for all the family, and we have raised lots of money for the Hospital towards equipment and machinery which will be invaluable in treating our patients.”
Locals Amy Cunningham and Nathan Portlock soak up the atmosphere
The Friends of Solihull Hospital Association raise an average of £25,000 each year, and have raised over £600,000 since the group started in 1953. FOSH are currently aiming to raise £87,000 for a vital piece of equipment for the Hospital known as a keyhole surgery stack.
If you would like to find out more about the Friends of Solihull Hospital Association, make a donation or volunteer, please email Liz Steventon,liz@steventon.net
Hospital bosses volunteer to say thank you
Pictured with vice-chairman of the trust board Anna East (centre) are, from left: Jane Johns, Bijaya Mishra, Ann Polson and Philip Bellingham.
Hospital bosses have been showing gratitude to their volunteers this week – by stepping into their shoes for the day.
As part of Solihull Hospital’s National Volunteers’ Week celebrations, senior staff including the hospital trust chairman and human resources director, showed their appreciation by spending time working as volunteers.
Chairman Lord Philip Hunt tried his hand at being a porter, non executive director Richard Samuda joined the volunteer meeters and greeters and his colleague David Bucknall lent his services to the pharmacy department. Director of human resources Mandy Coalter sold cakes with the fundraising volunteers.
A long service awards ceremony and afternoon tea party was also held in recognition of the Hospital’s longest standing volunteers, where vice chairman of the trust board, Anna East, thanked the volunteers for their dedication.
Lord Philip Hunt (right), Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust chairman, joins hospital porters Gary Summerfield and Paul Heath.
Among the volunteers at the presentation were members of the chaplaincy team Philip Bellingham, with 10 years of service, and Ann Polson with 15. The chaplaincy team has members from a range of faiths offering support to patients.
Bijaya Mishra, a volunteer in accident and emergency for eight years, said it had “widened her horizons” and Jane Johns, a volunteer on the orthopaedic ward for eight years, said it had helped her feel part of the community when she moved to the area after living abroad for a long time.
Other celebratory activities at the Hospital included volunteer arts and music displays, cake sales and volunteer workshops where staff could find out more about the valuable roles volunteers play.
Trust Chairman, Lord Philip Hunt, said: “Becoming a volunteer for the day has been a real pleasure. I have met so many dedicated and enthusiastic people, but more importantly, it has been a real eye opener to all that they do. The contribution our volunteers make every single day is invaluable to our patients and our hospitals and I would like to thank personally every single volunteer for sparing the time to help make our hospitals better places to be.”
If you are interested in finding out more about becoming a volunteer at Solihull Hospital, part of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, please email joan.pryce@heartofengland.nhs.uk or call 0121 424 5640.
Sky’s the limit for Solihull Stop Smoking team
Smokers working at Birmingham Airport are being helped to stub out by Solihull’s very own stop smoking team.
Airport staff wanting to quit the habit will have the opportunity to attend weekly clinics and group sessions, where they will be given helpful advice and top tips and have a chance to ask any questions.
Cathy Sinton, stop smoking advisor for workplaces, said: “Research proves that people are four times as likely to stop smoking and stay off of cigarettes when they have face to face, consistent support. We want to make it as easy as possible for people wanting to quit smoking and our service makes a real difference and offers them just that. By offering our service within a place of work, people feel confident and reassured that they really have support to stop smoking.”
The stop smoking service is part of the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Solihull Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Heartlands Hospital. Solihull Stop Smoking team runs several clinics for large organisations, including Land Rover, the National Exhibition Centre and National Grid.
To find out more about the stop smoking service, contact Cathy Sinton on 0121 712 7785.
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Explaining structural change towards and within the financial sector
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6 Anime Like Flying Witch [Recommendations]
Similar Anime [Article Category]
Slice of Life Anime [Genres]
Callum May
Flying Witch is one of the best slice of life series this season. Following Makoto Kowata, a witch in training as she comes to the country, this relaxing series is constantly prepared to show off its charm. With a cast of magical characters being constantly introduced, the jokes never gets old as it employs its impeccable comedic timing. The anime here are all ones that give off a similar atmosphere to Flying Witch and will make you laugh in the same way.
Similar Anime to Flying Witch
1. Majo no Takkyuubin (Kiki’s Delivery Service)
Episodes: Film
Aired: July 1989
Kiki’s Delivery Service is perhaps the closest you can get to what Flying Witch is hear to achieve. Both featuring witches trying to fit into the real world, they share a profound sense of charm as reality becomes magical before our eyes. Both protagonists are sent off on their own to become better witches and better people, although Kiki’s Delivery Service is more interested in the idea of independence in this coming-of-age story.
As a classic from Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki, if you haven’t watched it already, you should be ashamed. I’m surprised you can show your face in public, having not seen this movie. It’s a wonderful simple tale with absolutely beautiful spectacle as Kiki flies through the city in search of her place in the world. As a family experience, she is a joy to watch with her old-fashioned politeness and hilarious naivety. I’ve heard many claims that it’s the best Miyazaki film and whilst I don’t agree myself, I can certainly understand why.
Kiki’s Delivery Service - Official English Trailer
2. Non Non Biyori
Aired: Oct. 2013 - Dec. 2013
It’s always wonderful when we get a series that I can compare to Non Non Biyori. As one of the most delightful slice of life series out there, anything within the same ballpark as this show is worthy of high praise, something Flying Witch should be receiving by the truckload. The “let’s move to the country” story isn’t hugely rare, but those that attempt it usually end up hitting the nail on the head in their approach to slice of life series.
In the same way that Makoto introduces magic to Aomori, the world of Non Non Biyori is already shown as magical through the eyes of the children that explore it. With a similar comedic timing, Non Non Biyori revels in its slow pace, taking the time to allow us to see the world of country life as something foreign, yet comforting. Like Flying Witch, it has a warmth to it that you just won’t find in other locations.
[PV] "Non Non Biyori" animated decision! Promotional video
3. Barakamon
Aired: July 2012 - Sept. 2012
Much like Non Non Biyori, Barakamon also takes place out in the country, far from everyday conveniences. However, in this case, the setting has the narrative goal of helping cartographer, Sei Handa find inspiration for his work. Just like travelling to the country helps Makoto with her witch training, Handa finds a new love for art with the help of the neighbourhood kid, Naru.
In many ways, Naru is similar to Flying Witch’s Chinatsu in that they are hilariously hyperactive, optimistic and most importantly, constantly awestruck. There’s never any cynicism coming from Naru. If you caught a big fish, you can guarantee she’s going to be the most excited out of anyone to see it get reeled in. And it’s that sort of optimism that we don’t get to see in reality and thankfully Barakamon works to substitute in a little slice of happiness into our sad depressing lives.
Any Anime Like Flying Witch?
4. Hanasaku Iroha
Aired: April 2011 - Sept. 2011
As one of the most iconic shows under the P.A. Works show brand, Hanasaku Iroha represents everything that makes the studio’s output great. With an incredibly similar style of comedy within a similar setting, it’s the perfect show to jump straight onto when Flying Witch hits its inevitable conclusion. It may not have the magical element that drives Flying Witch’s narrative, but the character dynamics at play and the protagonist are just as lovable.
As we join Ohana on her trip to her grandmother’s hot spring inn, she’s a compelling and interesting enough character for us to genuinely hate anyone who does her wrong whilst loving those that give her a chance in this unfamiliar environment. With art by Kazuki Higashiji, one of the best art directors in the business, Hanasaku Iroha’s world never stops being compelling as every environment draws us in. It’s a series that is beautiful in every sense of the word as Ohana works to dispel any malice and bring the staff of the Kissuiso Inn together.
Hanasaku Iroha ~ Blossoms for Tomorrow ~ Vol 1 - Official Trailer
5. Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge (Tanaka-kun is Always Listless)
Aired: April 2016 - Currently Airing
If you’re enjoying Flying Witch (Why else would you be looking at this list), then you may be looking for other simulcasts to keep you going through the week. Tanaka-kun is Listless shares the same pace of comedy, giving jokes time to breath with a strong emphasis on physical comedy that’s not slapstick. Most importantly, it’s relaxing. Just as I watch Flying Witch just before I go to sleep, I do the same for Tanaka-kun as each episode completes its story, leaving us with a satisfying conclusion each time.
Like most of us back in high school, Tanaka can’t stay awake in class. However, instead of him being yelled at by a teacher, his classmates and friends just accept it as a part of who he is, with his best friend Oota carrying him from class to class whilst he sleeps. It’s charming, hilarious and relaxing all at the same time, especially when the rest of the cast start to get introduced, turning it into far more than just a one joke show.
TV anime "Tanaka-kun is always languor-up" PV
6. Little Witch Academia
Episodes: Short Film
Aired: March 2013
Would you look at that? Another series about a witch in training! Whilst Flying Witch and Little Witch Academia have similar character premises, the way they’re delivered is entirely unique stylistically and narratively. With many of the picks on this list being relaxing comedies, this is one for those that are just looking for something with magic and comedy. Because there’s nothing relaxing about Little Witch Academia, employing the hyperactive cartoonish comedy that we expect from the Studio Trigger animation team.
With our energetic witch-in-training, Akko at the helm, this short twenty minute film takes us on adventure as she tries to prove that she has what it takes and uphold the name of her hero, Shiny Chariot, a magical performer. This journey takes her on an adventure deep into the school’s dungeons and into the sky to fight a dragon, showing up the school bully. There’s not a single second of Little Witch Academia that isn’t heartwrenchingly lovable and you’d be doing yourself a disservice by deciding not to watch it.
Anime Mirai 2013 Little Witch Academia trailer second edition! !
So there are six shows that you’ll fall in love with in between episodes of Flying Witch. These are all exceptional slice of life or comedy series and it’s great to see Flying Witch stack up to these critically acclaimed series. Let us know how you’re enjoying Flying Witch and what you’d recommend in the comments below.
Author: Callum May
Hi, I'm Callum or 'Canipa' as I'm occasionally referred to online. I enjoy long walks on the beach, reading dramatic poetry and studying philosophy... or I would if watching anime didn't sound way more fun! Usually focused on watching shows seasonally, I'm always keeping up with whatever's new. I'm also always taking the opportunity to promote the greatest anime of all time, Chronicles of the Going Home Club. Watch Chronicles of the Going Home Club. You can also find me on TheCanipaEffect.com
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