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« BASEBALL: 2001 Preview | Main | BASEBALL: Opening Month Notebook 2001 »
BASEBALL: Clemente and Musial
Originally posted on the Boston Sports Guy website.
Before the regular season really hits its stride, let's take one more trip in the way-back machine. Now, the All-Century Team, while an interesting debate at the time, was something I had not planned on going back to except as one illustration of how the all-time greats are viewed by the fans. But last week, Jon Saraceno of USA Today decided used the Opening Day festivities in Puerto Rico as an excuse to resuscitate an obnoxious and unnecessary charge against the selection of that team: that it was some sort of injustice, or worse yet prejudice, that resulted in Roberto Clemente being left off the team.
Saraceno doesn�t just argue that Clemente should have been given a special place on the team as a symbol of his pioneer/icon status, which is a defensible point depending on what you think the purpose of the team was. Certainly he is justly revered by a whole generation of Latin American ballplayers. No, Saraceno wants to show that Clemente was robbed: �Clemente belonged on that team. On merit.�
This argument is made (by noted baseball historians such as Spike Lee and impartial figures such as Roberto Clemente Jr.) to advance a larger point � whether you agree with it or not � that baseball has not given fair treatment to its Latin American stars and fans (Luis Clemente has a specific list of demands in mind when he touts this claim). So it�s worth examining the facts rather than taking them for granted, and the facts show that Clemente, great as he was, was absolutely not slighted by finishing tenth in the All-Century outfield balloting and being left off the team in favor of Stan Musial.
ITEM: CLEMENTE vs. PETE ROSE
Now, Saraceno does have one legitimate point here: of the nine outfielders chosen for the team, one (Pete Rose) was not as good as Clemente in their respective primes and didn�t spend as many years playing the outfield. It�s not a huge difference, but you would clearly take Clemente in the years 1961-67 over Rose in the years 1968-73. Both hit for great averages in a low-average era (Rose peaking at .348, Clemente at .357); Rose generally got on base more and was a bit more durable (13 straight seasons of at least 625 at bats beginning in 1968, while Clemente cleared 600 only three times while drawing half as many walks), but Clemente had more power.
And then you get to defense. Rose was a pretty good outfielder and won two Gold Gloves on the basis of his legendary hustle, but nearly everyone who ever saw Clemente thought he was the best defensive outfielder they had ever seen. Rose lasted longer, and after 1967 Clemente missed a lot of time, but over their productive years (particularly just the outfield years) Clemente was almost certainly the better all-around player.
ITEM: CLEMENTE vs. MUSIAL
Here�s where Saraceno and most of the other critics really go off the rails, arguing that the committee of experts was wrong to put Stan Musial on the team (largely because Clemente finished ahead of Musial in the voting). Saraceno doesn�t even try to explain why Clemente was better than Musial; it cannot be done. Now, people who write about baseball history and baseball stats are often (and fairly) accused of being too harsh, negative, or pompous, and I�ve tried as best I can in this space to restrain myself in disagreeing with people. But this one can�t be stated any other way: anyone who thinks Roberto Clemente was a better baseball player than Stan Musial needs to have their head examined.
It doesn�t matter how you measure it, either... but we'll break it down:
--1. Musial was by far a better hitter. His best seasons were much better than Clemente�s (and he had many more of them). He was a better baserunner. His teams won more championships, three World Championships and a pennant to Clemente�s two World Championships and a division title (in fairness to Clemente, the Cards had a cakewalk to the 1943 pennant and 1944 World Series because so few of their players got drafted, but then unlike Clemente, Musial won in his prime when he was the focal point of the team). Musial was clearly more highly regarded when he was playing. Clemente�s cannon throwing arm gives him the defensive advantage, but Musial was hardly a bad fielder.
--2. Here are their lifetime stats, per 162 games; Musial (18.7 seasons) followed by Clemente (15.0 seasons):
There�s a big difference there; besides the 14-point spread in batting average, Musial hit an extra 10 doubles and 9 homers a year and drew twice as many walks while striking out half as much. And that doesn't mention double plays; Clemente hit into 32 more double plays in about 2500 fewer career plate appearances and despite generally batting with fewer men on base. The STATS Inc. "Runs created" formula values Musial at nearly twice the league average hitter over his career (before park effects) compared to about 40% better for Clemente. The Baseball Prospectus "EqA" formula, which does take account of ballparks, similarly rates Musial about 10% better on average and more than twice as far, cumulatively, above the average or replacement level player over his career: check the player cards for Musial and Clemente.
You might wonder what Clemente would have done if he hadn�t died tragically after batting .312 at age 37. Well, Musial hit .337 at age 37, and his lifetime batting average then stood at .340. He batted .283 over the last 5 seasons of his career (the comparison would look even more lopsided if you take out that coda). And yes, Musial had two seasons (1943 to 1944) to beat up on war-depleted pitching and win an MVP award, but he also missed a full season of his prime (1945, in between .347 and .365 seasons) to the war, which more than makes up for two years of hitting soggy gray wartime baseballs.
(Granted, Clemente played his prime years in a low-scoring era, while Musial did not. According to STATS, Inc., the league scoring average was 4.12 runs a game over the course of Clemente's career compared to 4.35 in Musial's, and Musial played in a decent hitters' park (an outstanding one in his last five seasons) while Clemente played in a mild pitchers' park.)
--3. The league leaderboards confirm that Musial�s numbers truly reflect his dominance. Musial finished in the top 5 in the league in batting average 17 times. Repeat that to yourself a few times (Clemente did it 10 times, still an impressive figure). There were seven batting titles in there, to Clemente�s four. And hitting for average was Clemente�s strong suit. Musial was Top 5 in slugging 14 times to twice for Clemente, top 5 in on base percentage 15 times (Clemente did it twice, although he was sixth three times), first or second in the league in on base plus slugging (OPS) ten times to Clemente�s one. First or second in runs scored nine times (Clemente was in the top 10 three times, finishing as high as fourth); top 10 in RBI 15 times to Clemente�s three. Fifteen times.
In 1948, Musial led the NL in batting, slugging, on base, runs, RBI, doubles, triples, hits, and total bases. He was second in at bats, third in homers, seventh in walks. He led the league in more offensive categories in one season than Clemente did in his entire career. He was one of only two NL players to have 400 total bases in a season between World War II and the opening of Coors Field.
--4. Baseball-reference.com lists the career leaders in �black ink� (league leads, with special weight given to the most important categories) and �grey ink� (finishing among the league leaders); Musial trails only Ruth, Cobb, Hornsby and Williams on the black ink list (Clemente is 80th) and only Cobb and Aaron in grey ink (Clemente is 74th). Talk about not even being in the same class.
--5. OK, the stats aren�t everything. What about the respect of the people who saw them play? Musial�s nickname wasn�t just a catchy rhyme; from 1943 to at least 1954, Stan Musial really was �the Man� in the National League � the one guy nobody wanted to face. He won three MVP awards and drew more votes for the MVP, over the course of his career, than anyone else. Ever. More than Mays or Aaron, more than Mickey or Yogi or Joe D., more than Williams or Barry Bonds or any other legend you can think of (the modern MVP started in 1931). He terrorized the Dodgers, the Cards� chief rivals in the NL in those days; it was the Brooklyn fans who gave him his nickname.
Clemente was selected to the All-Star Team in 12 different seasons? Try 20 for Stan the Man. Now, Clemente was very well respected. In 1966, Sandy Koufax went 27-9 and had a league-leading 1.73 ERA in 323 innings for a team that won the pennant with a below-average offense. The writers gave Clemente the MVP even though he failed to finish in the top 5 in the league in slugging or on base percentage. That says a lot. On the other hand, Clemente clearly outhit Orlando Cepeda the following year, and Cepeda (playing first base by this point) won the award unanimously. But you could win 7 MVP awards and get fewer votes than Musial did over the years. That is respect.
ITEM: CLEMENTE vs. THE FIELD
I�ll sidestep, for now, the question of whether Clemente was more deserving than Ken Griffey Jr., the other questionable outfield choice, which is a tough question because Griffey played just 11 seasons in the 1900s. Because there were clearly outfielders left off the team who were more deserving than Clemente.
Let�s try Clemente against the field � here are his lifetime numbers again compared, in order, to two contemporaries (Frank Robinson and Al Kaline), one dead-ball era star (Tris Speaker), and two from higher-scoring eras (Mel Ott and Barry Bonds). Note again that Clemente played fewer games (about two full seasons�s worth) than any of these guys but Bonds and, unlike all except Bonds, he had no declining years:
(I left out Bonds� 2000, since that was after the team was selected and the century ended)
On the raw numbers, everyone but Kaline outclasses Clemente by a wide margin, and Kaline also comes out ahead. There has to be a pretty hefty adjustment for the times they played in to make up for that, but the first three of these guys played mainly in the same years as Clemente or under even worse conditions, and the other two are just miles ahead of Clemente. Three (Speaker, Kaline and Bonds) were tremendous fielders in their own right, and Ott was also known to have a great arm.
Let�s look at the two most obvious cases:
* Frank Robinson�s career ran nearly parallel to Roberto Clemente�s. At what point in their careers would anyone in their right minds have traded Robinson for Clemente? In 1966, when Clemente won the MVP award, Robinson won the Triple Crown, hit 49 homers, led his team to a World Championship and was World Series MVP. In the early sixties, when Clemente was just another outfielder, Robinson was the 1961 NL MVP and slugged .604 over a four-year span. Clemente hit 240 homers; Robinson hit 586. Though a year younger than Clemente, Robinson drove in or scored 100 runs in a season three times before Clemente even reached 70. And Robinson�s fiery personality and gung-ho style of play left a stamp on both the Reds and Orioles that persisted years after his departure.
* Then there�s Tris Speaker. Maybe Clemente was really the second-best outfielder ever, but Speaker was the best, a revolutionary centerfielder who played close behind second base and could go back to get nearly anything. That 76-point advantage in on base percentage is huge. In 1912, Smokey Joe Wood went 34-5 with a 1.91 ERA; they gave the MVP award to Speaker, who batted .383, had 75 extra base hits, and scored 136 runs. In 1916, he hit .386, cracked 41 doubles and drew 82 walks in a league where the average team scored 3.68 runs a game. When the lively ball arrived, Speaker was 32; he batted over .375 four more times, with line-drive power and walks. He played for three World Champions � two for the Red Sox and one for the Indians � the third as player-manager.
I�m willing to grant that Clemente belongs ahead of Kaline, despite the disparity in the numbers. First, while Kaline was a truly outstanding outfielder, Clemente was better. Second, Clemente was better at his best � unlike Kaline, he had his best years at the pit of the sixties rather than in the higher-scoring 1955-62 period. But the comparison is a very close one, and nobody would take seriously the idea of Kaline as having been insulted at being left out of the top 9 outfielders of the century. And I�m not going to run the whole analysis on Ott and Bonds here. But you can�t just dismiss them out of hand, the way Clemente�s boosters do.
ITEM: WAS THE BALLOT UNFAIR?
Saraceno argues that Clemente got shafted because fans in Latin America couldn�t vote: �Now, how many fans in the Caribbean, Central and South America, Mexico and Cuba do you suppose own a personal computer or have access to a major league stadium or Kmart?�
Now, I�m not going to defend the fan balloting, which made some really egregious errors (Honus Wagner finishing third among the shortstops was the worst, and if anyone has a beef it�s Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson), but Saraceno misses a few details. First, most of the people who actually saw Clemente play are here in the US, and it should mean something if those people voted for somebody else. Second, Luis Aparicio (who had no business getting anyone�s vote as one of the two best shortstops ever) did unexpectedly well due to an online campaign on his behalf in Venezuela. Third, the Pittsburgh Pirates, Clemente�s old employers, staged a push to get Clemente (and Wagner) elected. Now, maybe it says something about the Pirates that they couldn�t even get Wagner � the greatest player in National League history and by far the greatest of all shortstops � elected to the team. But Clemente didn�t lack for his boosters.
If you were drawing up a list of the 20 or 25 greatest outfielders, Clemente has to be on the list, probably somewhere between 15 and 20. You can move him up that list if you stretch a bit. But was Clemente's greatness so definitive that you would be snubbing him by not ranking him among the nine greatest outfielders of all-time? Don�t be silly.
TRIVIA QUESTION
If Roger Clemens wins 300 games, he will be the third 300-game winner ever to pitch for the Yankees. Name the first two.
Posted by Baseball Crank at 2:44 PM | Baseball Columns | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
I'd like to see you go from first to third on a hit to right field against Clemente. On defense I'd rather have Clemente in Right than any other player. There is no stats on how many players held up at second because they had respect for the greatest arm in baseball. Coaches and managers said " he takes away the strategy of hitting behind the runner". Most people who know baseball loved to see Clemente's arm in action. Maybe there is 15 better offensive players; but baseball is also defense. There is no stat "HELD AT SECOND".
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Leeds Today
Ancient hair gives up its DNA secrets
Analysing DNA from ancient strands of hair is a new tool for learning about the past, molecular archaeologists say, including whether hair samples belonged to Sir Isaac Newton.
Until now, scientists had thought analysing the hair shaft was of relatively little use as it contained so little DNA.
Stonehenge: the Welsh connection
As thousands were on their way to celebrate the summer solstice, scientists announced that three of the seven occupants of an Early Bronze Age burial close to Stonehenge (England) were from West Wales, source of the monument's bluestones. Given the dating and proximity of the burial it would be a “phenomenal coincidence” if the origins of the three adult males and the Stonehenge bluestones were not linked, according to Dr. Andrew Fitzpatrick of Wessex Archaeology. The intriguing possibility is that the burials were related to the transportation of the bluestones and the megalithic construction phases of Stonehenge.
Stonepages
Archaeology Gets a New Champion
Dr Mike Heyworth FSA MIFA MCMI has been appointed as the new Director of the Council for British Archaeology to succeed George Lambrick from 1 August 2004.
Dr Heyworth is currently Deputy Director of the CBA where he has worked for the last 14 years. A graduate of Sheffield University, his research background is in archaeological science. During his career at the CBA, Mike Heyworth has made a major contribution to British archaeology in the development of information systems for the whole historic environment sector. Amongst a very wide portfolio of responsibilities he is currently particularly involved with developing the CBA's role in encouraging public participation in archaeology.
Dr Heyworth will be only the fifth Director in the CBA's 60-year history.
Dr Francis Pryor, President of the CBA, said
"Archaeology has never been more popular in the UK and nobody knows the world of archaeology better than Mike. The CBA is in his blood and I know that he will be an effective campaigner for British Archaeology in the challenging years ahead."
Dr Heyworth said:
"I am delighted to have been appointed to this post. The CBA is a key independent voice for British archaeology and there are many exciting opportunities ahead.
"I look forward to continuing to work with all our key stakeholders and partners, particularly CBA's institutional and individual members, and building on our past successes."
Cave in
Neanderthal man has been badly misunderstood
When in doubt, trust William Golding. The author was a campaigner against hogwash. When he came across an old novel about a group of supertalented British boys who got stranded on an island — and, amazingly, managed to create on it their own, perfectly organised mini-England — he was the first to cry nonsense. Taking a slightly more realistic approach to the subject, he wrote Lord of the Flies. Another of his books, The Inheritors, is similarly straightforward in telling how the peaceloving Neanderthals were defeated by an emerging human race. As it turns out, Mr and Mrs Neanderthal were not the grunting thugs you may have imagined.
Neanderthal man was not so dumb after all
NEANDERTHAL man and his immediate ancestors were not the grunting cavemen they are commonly held to be but probably spoke and understood a rudimentary language.
Analysis of ear bones from fossilised skulls at least 350,000 years old has shown that their hearing was attuned to pick up the same frequencies as those used in modern human speech.
Outrage over destruction of Celtic fort
Heritage experts today condemned the destruction of part of a 3,000-year-old Celtic fort in Co Kerry.
The 700 metres of earthen works that surrounded the ancient Dun Mor Fort on the Dingle Peninsula were levelled at the weekend by an excavating machine. An entrance and a standing stone with an ogham (Celtic writing) inscription were also removed.
Archaeologists 'link Stonehenge to Wales'
STONEHENGE was built by a Welsh family, archaeologists now believe.
The discovery of an early Bronze Age grave, made by workmen laying pipes on Salisbury Plain, is further proof that England's ancient landmark is a Welsh export.
I C Wales
Found: the men who delivered Stonehenge
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered the remains of a “band of brothers” who, they believe, helped to transport giant bluestones from the Preseli mountains in West Wales to build Stonehenge more than 4,000 years ago.
They have been dubbed the Boscombe Bowmen after the location of their grave a few miles from Britain’s most famous prehistoric monument.
WELSH BUILT STONEHENGE
Grave solves druid mystery.
THE 4500-year-old mystery of who built Stonehenge may have finally been solved.
After studying skeletons found in nearby graves, archaeologists are convinced the creators of the great stone circle were Welsh.
Stonehenge 'builders' found
REMAINS found near Stonehenge are almost certainly of an ancient people who built the monument, archaeologists have revealed.
Researchers investigating the origins of the seven 4,500-year-old skeletons found buried on Salisbury Plain last year have run chemical tests to trace their origins and age.
Stonehenge creators' remains found
Remains found near Stonehenge are almost certainly of an ancient people who built the monument, excited archaeologists have revealed.
Researchers investigating the origins of the seven 4,500 year-old skeletons found buried on Salisbury Plain last year have run chemical tests to trace their origins and age.
COULD LATEST STONEHENGE SKELETONS BE ITS BRONZE AGE BUILDERS?
Archaeologists working near Stonehenge have unearthed a grave containing the remains of seven men who they believe might have helped to build Europe’s most famous prehistoric monument.
Discovered at Boscombe Down and dating back to the beginning of the Bronze Age - around 2,300 BC – the men appear to have been alive during the period when many of Stonehenge’s vast megaliths were brought from Wales.
Welsh 'helped build' Stonehenge
Archaeologists say remains found near Stonehenge are almost certainly those of the ancient people who helped to build the monument.
Tests on teeth found in a 4,300-year-old grave at Boscombe Down suggest the prehistoric workmen were Welsh.
Historic chalk mine dig to begin
Residents of almost 300 homes are being asked to give the go-ahead to a major archaeological dig for old chalk mines.
Marbles expert: Greeks are like abusive parents
It is Europe's longest-running cultural heritage dispute, yet the row over the rightful home of the Elgin Marbles is still so hotly contested it will almost qualify as an Olympic sport in Athens this summer.
End the exile
For 300 years we have had the Elgin Marbles, but the case for their return is now unanswerable.
Unknotting a tangled tale of towels
Tests on a painting, called the Mandylion, revered as a miraculous imprinted image of Christ, have revealed it to have been made in the 13th century. There are several early versions of the image, but the one in Genoa is the first to have been subjected to a thorough scientific examination. The results are being presented at an exhibition (until 18 July) in the city’s Museo Diocesano as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations. Appropriately, the show is presented as a journey, both spiritual and scientific—since the venerated icon has links with Syria, Turkey, Sinai and Armenia.
Developers in north determined to bulldoze Bronze Age site for villas
THE COMPANY charged with the destruction of a grade one archaeological site in the village of Kazafani says it will do all it can to go ahead with its project to build luxury housing on the site of an early Bronze Age necropolis.
Reacting to an article that appeared in the Cyprus Mail one week ago, Sercem Construction Ltd boss Cemal Bulutoglulari said: “We have the necessary licences to build on the plot, we have done nothing illegal,” adding that his company had issued an appeal to the Turkish Cypriot antiques and monuments council to have the grade one status of the site at Vounos lifted.
Thousands gather at Stonehenge
Thousands of revellers are expected at Stonehenge in Wiltshire to mark the summer solstice.
The 5,000-year-old World Heritage site is again open to the public, following earlier years in which it was closed amid fears of damage to the stones.
Solstice crowd warning is issued
Police are warning commuters to steer clear of Stonehenge on Sunday and Monday morning because of the annual solstice celebrations.
Wiltshire Constabulary says roads around the ancient monument are likely to be busy as thousands celebrate the longest day of the year.
Thousands expected at Stonehenge for summer solstice
Around 30,000 people are expected to converge on Stonehenge in England from today for one of the highlights of the counter-culture calendar- the summer solstice celebrations.
Gatherings in recent years have been far more low-key than in previous troubled times but police in Wiltshire and Hampshire have said they will still not tolerate any illegal parties after the event.
They have also warned motorists to avoid the area if possible and have reminded drivers that illegally parked cars will be removed.
Thousands head to Stonehenge for solstice
As many as 30,000 people are expected to converge on Stonehenge for one of the highlights of the counter-culture calendar - the summer solstice celebrations.
ITV.com
1/8 - Bridge on the River Wye
Sunday, 20 June 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Channel 4
The words "daredevil" and "archaeology" aren't usually heard in the same sentence, but it's absolutely the right description for this new series. Totally mad might be appropriate, too.
The idea is for Dr Mark Davies and his band of highly skilled, daring archaeologists to excavate Britain's most inaccessible historical sites, the ones that even the most enthusiastic Time Team type wouldn't touch with a 6ft trowel.
This week they investigate the remains of a Roman bridge they think may have been built over the fast-flowing River Wye in Chepstow.
Things get exciting when the equipment starts to malfunction...
Extreme Archaeology
Thousands expected at Stonehenge for the Solstice
Today's Sunday newspapers are full of reports of thousands due at Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice. The Daily Star, ITV.com and Breakingnews.ie all print the same story...
Some 30,000 people are expected to converge on Stonehenge for one of the highlights of the counter-culture calendar- the summer solstice celebrations.
Mystery of stone anchors
Divers at Dunbar have turned archaeologists in a bid to unlock the past surrounding mystery stone anchors found off the local shore.
They are also hoping members of the public will help them in their quest to learn more about the maritime artefacts which they discovered six years ago while diving about a mile east of the town.
East Lothian Today
Illegaler Handel mit archäologischen Fundstücken verhindert
Täter innerhalb von 24 Stunden ermittelt
Beamte des Landeskriminalamtes Sachsen durchsuchten am vergangenen Mittwoch, den 16. Juni 2004 die Wohnung eines 32-jährigen Leipzigers und stellten mehrere sehr wertvolle archäologische Fundstücke unversehrt sicher. Das Landesamt für Archäologie war durch eigene Recherchen in einem Internet-Auktionshaus auf den Leipziger Anbieter aufmerksam geworden, der mehrere archäologische Fundstücke dort zum Kauf anbot. Die schnelle, unkomplizierte und professionelle Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem Landesamt für Archäologie und den Strafverfolgungsbehörden führte innerhalb von 24 Stunden zur Ermittlung eines Tatverdächtigen. Durch die sächsische Landesarchäologin, Frau Dr. Judith Oexle, die bei der Durchsuchung mit vor Ort war, konnten die meisten Fundstücke sicher identifiziert und zugeordnet werden.
Dig reveals Roman relics in town
Roman artefacts have been discovered in a new archaeological dig in the centre of Shepton Mallet.
Experts working on the largest project for 10 years in Somerset say they have found relics left behind by residents of the town nearly 2,000 years ago.
Etruscan road uncovered
A plain in Tuscany destined to become a dump has turned out to be an archaeologist's dream, revealing the biggest Etruscan road ever found.
Digging in Capannori, near Lucca, archaeologist Michelangelo Zecchini has uncovered startling evidence of an Etruscan "highway" which presumably linked Etruscan Pisa, on the Tyrrhenian coast, to the Adriatic port of Spina
Medieval Necropolis Found in Northeastern France
"They're skeletons from the Middle Ages, so much the better!" recounts this relieved resident. "I wasn't sleeping at night the whole weekend, after my son discovered the first human teeth with the first dig of the shovel, and then we had to call the police when we found the bodies," she adds. On Thursday, the regional archeological authority estimated that the bones dated from the 10th to the 15th century. "They were buried in a traditional way, east to west, arms folded and without any funeral marker," said archeologist Jean-Pierre Legendre, underscoring the important of this discovery "for the archeological map" [of the region].
Nécropole du Moyen-Age découverte dans un jardin
Des squelettes d'une nécropole du Moyen-Age, ont été découverts dans un jardin en Meurthe-et-Moselle
Une famille de Saint-Nicolas-de-Port voulant construire une terrasse dans son jardin a découvert stupéfaite des ossements humains, selon l'archéologue du service régional d'archéologie de Metz.
Dig confirms existence of Brodgar Neolithic village
Last year's discovery of a structure half-way between the Ring of Brodgar and the Standing Stones of Stenness (Orkney, Scotland) gave the first hint that old conceptions about the area were going to have to change. That discovery, together with a series of extensive geophysics scans, was beginning to indicate the sheer extent of prehistoric human activity wasn't entirely based around the ceremonial rings. But even the geophysics results couldn't prepare the archaeologists for what they found after digging a number of small exploratory trenches around the site of the "Brodgar New Hoose" - in particular that the area around Lochview could be still house an extremely well-preserved Neolithic village.
Stone Pages
Irish Monuments Bill a backward step for protection
Speaking during the second stage debate on the National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004, Sinn Féin spokesperson on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government Arthur Morgan TD slammed the anti-heritage ethos behind the Bill and questioned Minister Martin Cullen's suitability for holding responsibility for the Heritage portfolio.
Bronze Age findings in Donegal
Two 4,000-year-old Bronze Age burial bowls have been recovered intact from cist graves on a Donegal farm (Ireland). Also found on the site were the intact remains of a young man and the cremated remains of another person, probably a woman in her early 20s. The discovery was made on Mr David Patterson's farm in Liscooley, Castlefinn, Co Donegal when he was excavating the foundations for a shed. Mr Patterson contacted the archaeological section of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, and the investigation was carried out by senior archaeologist Mr Victor Buckley.
REMAINS OF HUGE STONE AGE ELEPHANT FOUND IN KENT
Construction work for the Ebbsfleet station on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in north Kent has unearthed a 400,000 year old Early Stone Age site.
The major find is the skeleton of an elephant surrounded by flint tools lying undisturbed where they were originally discarded.
Stonehenge: Built by Welshmen?
At least three of the builders of Stonehenge were from Wales, according to archaeologists who found the builders' grave close to the Stonehenge site, and have linked the remains to stones used in the construction of the Salisbury Plain monument.
Discovery.com
ASTONISHING ROCK CARVINGS IN NORTHUMBERLAND BAFFLE ARCHAEOLOGISTS
A trio of extraordinary stone carvings found in Northumberland have got archaeologists and experts so baffled they've asked for help in deciphering them.
"We have enjoyed speculating about the meaning of these new and unusual markings," explained Dr Aron Mazel of Newcastle University’s School of Historical Studies, "but the truth is we really don’t know what they are."
Ulster's ancient heritage explored
THE ancient and exotic will be unveiled on Archaeology Days across Northern Ireland later this week.
The DOE's Environment and Heritage Service has announced events which will explore topics such as what happens on an archaeological dig and at the rebuilding of a wedge tomb.
"The Archaeology of the St Pancras Burial Ground"
Friday 18th June 7.00p.m.
Gordon Square
London W1
Lecture by Phil Emery and Kevin Wooldridge
For further details see the EMAS Events Page
Do you dig archaeology? Well you can now
MORE than two dozen archaeological digs are looking for participants this summer, at sites ranging in date from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages.
Opportunities to join in exist in most parts of Britain, as well as in Ireland and on the Isle of Man.
Trouble logging in? Try Bug Me Not
Ancient graves found on cliffs
A 1,250-year-old cliff-face cemetery has been found in Pembrokeshire revealing the county's early Christian past.
Two skeletons dating from the Dark Ages of around 750AD have been recovered and a stone with a carefully chiselled cross has also been found.
Roman ruin 'movie' wins accolade
A plan to boost tourism by recreating Roman life in a special effects-laden film, has itself won recognition.
The National Lottery has awarded a commemorative blue plaque in recognition of the project to boost tourism around Hadrian's Wall.
Huge Etruscan Road Brought to Light
Digging in Capannori, near Lucca, archaeologist Michelangelo Zecchini has uncovered startling evidence of an Etruscan "highway" which presumably linked Etruscan Pisa, on the Tyrrhenian coast, to the Adriatic port of Spina.
Pupils get digging to unearth the past
YOUNGSTERS took part in a dig to find a hidden ruin dubbed ‘The Palace’ and unearthed a series of finds.
Archaeologist Tony Rook, a former teacher at Sherrardswood School, previously unearthed a Roman villa in the grounds of the school and believes there are remains of another large, unexcavated building with mosaic floors underground.
Welwyn & Hatfield Times
Archaeologists solve medieval mystery
An archaeologist has helped solve a medieval mystery about a thieving monk.
Gabor Thomas' work has finally laid to rest a centuries-old argument about where in Sussex the errant monk did his pilfering.
Remains of ancient farm excavated in Oestfold
The remains of a farm dating back to the Roman period is being excavated in a field in Raade in the county of Oestfold.
It is believed to be the largest find from the Roman period ever made in the Nordic countries, and seen as unique in this region, according to public broadcaster NRK.
friends of the earth malta stop waste dump damaging neolithic ruins
Victories for environmental campaigners are few and far between in Malta. The outlook had seemed to be getting worse when the Maltese government put forward plans to create two potentially hazardous and certainly polluting waste dump sites only 300 metres away from the world's largest free-standing Neolithic temples, Hagar Qim and Mnajdra, relics of a matriarchal society that existed some 4,000 years ago.
Ship wreck site to train divers
A boat is lying at the bottom of the sea on Teesside after a careful operation to sink it.
The Kittiwake is in a corner of the West Dock in Hartlepool where it will be used for divers and marine archaeologists to explore.
Borders folk may be descended from Africans
Families who have lived in the English-Scottish Borders for generations could be descended from African soldiers who patrolled Hadrian's Wall nearly 2,000 years ago.
Archaeologists say there is compelling evidence that a 500-strong unit of Moors manned a fort near Carlisle in the third century AD.
Jowell to cut 'wasteful' heritage bodies
The Government is to slash the plethora of bodies safeguarding the national heritage to crack down on waste, Tessa Jowell, the Secretary of State for Culture, has warned. Following reorganisations in art and sport, which cut numbers of staff and funding schemes, heritage is the next sector to be targeted.
Bronze Age necropolis on Cyprus is being bulldozed
A fierce row has broken out between the Turkish Cypriot Department of Antiquities and Museums and a construction company over what the department claims is the “illegal destruction of a grade one archaeological site” at Vounos, near Kazafani, to make way for luxury homes.
Antiquities Department head Ilkay Feridun said she had filed legal proceedings against the company following last-minute moves to declare the Bronze Age necropolis at Vounos a grade one site. "Our archaeologists did a detailed study of the site and found it had been damaged, and we have informed the Attorney-general of the situation," she said. She added that bulldozers had “completely flattened” the Vounos site, damaging the hundred or so tombs located there.
Archaeologists find ancient fort
Part of an artillery fort built in 1627 has been discovered near to the docks in Hull.
The South Battery once formed part of the city's defences but it has not been seen since it was demolished around 1855.
Historic henges new warning
A QUARRY firm has been warned it has a fight on its hands over plans to extend its operations next to an ancient site of national importance.
Campaigners this week pledged to step up their fight to protect the unique triple henge complex at Thornborough, near Bedale, after it was revealed that quarry operators had submitted a planning application to extract more sand and gravel nearby.
Nidderdale Today
Visit the Friends of Thornborough's Web site at
http://www.friendsofthornborough.org.uk/
Castle sold to mystery buyer
A west Wales castle with links to Dylan Thomas has been sold to a Welshman for an undisclosed sum.
Laugharne Castle, along with a nine-bedroom Georgian house, was put up for sale at an auction on Saturday.
Going to see the stones
With the Summer Solstice just a few days away the papers are coming up with ideas on how to spend it in 2004 (why not tells us in our latest poll).
STONEMASONS UNCOVER MEDIAEVAL MYSTERY
Mediaeval pots dating from the 14th to 16th centuries have been discovered in one of Aberdeen's most historic buildings.
They were found by masons repointing the west wall of one of Aberdeen University's oldest buildings. The four broken pottery jugs were carefully placed behind stones which, in two cases, had been trimmed away at the rear to accommodate them.
This is North Scotland
INTERACTIVE ONLINE MAP OFFERS UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO STONEHENGE
English Heritage is now offering unprecedented access to the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in the form of a new micro-website, launched on June 11.
For the first time, visitors can explore the entire archaeological landscape that surrounds the world famous stone circle from the comfort of their desktops.
Viking ‘town’ is Ireland’s equivalent of Pompeii
IT’S likely to be some weeks yet before Minister for the Environment Martin Cullen announces recommendations for dealing with and possibly preserving what historians are now describing as Ireland’s first town.
The discovery of the Viking settlement, at Woodstown, five miles from the city, which is believed to date back to the mid-9th century, was made as preparatory work got underway on the city’s €300m by-pass.
Waterford News and Star
Satellite images 'show Atlantis' in Spain
The fabled lost city of Atlantis might lie in a salt marsh region off Spain's southern coast, according to research reported online by the archaeology journal Antiquity. The study, not yet peer-reviewed by archaeologists, is based on satellite images showing ancient ruins that appear to match descriptions made by the Greek scholar Plato. Resembling two rectangular buildings, the structures are hidden in a muddy region known as Marisma de Hinojos near the port of Cadiz.
Ancient remains found at bypass site
VITAL clues into how we lived thousands of years ago have been unearthed on a bypass site.
Among the items uncovered along the A142 between Newmarket and Fordham include skeletons from the Bronze Age and Iron Age, along with a body from Roman times.
Flints and pottery, buried since the Neolithic period around 4,500 years ago, have also been discovered, and will now be cleaned and carefully examined to help experts learn more about the history of East Anglia's ancestors.
Pergamon Altar's Restored Frieze Unveiled
BERLIN - After a decade of painstaking cleaning, Berlin's Pergamon Museum has unveiled the restored marble frieze of the Pergamon Altar, the second century B.C. centerpiece of its collection.
The 371 foot-long frieze decorated the outside walls of the altar, which was built between 197 and 156 B.C. in the present-day Turkish town of Bergama. A German engineer discovered fragments of the frieze, which had been taken apart and incorporated into the walls of a fortress, in 1864.
Oxford ArchDigital Provides Stonehenge Mapping Site
When English Heritage and Wiltshire County Council wanted to create a virtual tour of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site, they chose Oxford ArchDigital for their expertise in map based websites.
Funded by the New Opportunities Fund (NOF), the new microsite goes live on 11 June as part of the English Heritage website,
www.english-heritage.org.uk/stonehenge.
CAVEMAN STIRS BREWING ROW ON WITCH'S BONES
A Witch has cast her spell to stir up a row between two tourist attractions. Former circus owner Gerry Cottle bought Wookey Hole a year ago and said the bones of the famous witch should be restored to her original home in the caves, but a museum curator has other ideas.
Archaeologist Herbert Balch found the bones around 100 years ago. They were lying alongside a comb, a crystalline ball and the bones of two goats tethered to a stake.
Western Gazette
Orpheus Grave Mystery Unveiled in Bulgaria
An archaeological expedition led by prominent Bulgarian Professor Nikolay Ovcharov unveiled the mystery of the excellently preserved Thracian temple in the region of Tatul village.
Though most of the archaeologists in the expedition assume that the Thracian temple was dedicated to the mythical Orpheus, there are still some suggestions that that it might have been built in honour of a Thracian king.
ELGIN DIG DELIGHT OVER 14TH-CENTURY DISCOVERY
Archaeologists working at a construction site in Elgin have uncovered a perfectly-preserved 14th-century oak-built well.
The find has been described as "phenomenal", and is being hailed as a rare glimpse into life in mediaeval Elgin and Scotland.
Photos from the Berry - Limousin Study Tour
Photos from the recent Berry - Limousin archaeological study tour are now on the web and can be viewed at:
http://www.archaeology.eu.com/tours/previous/2004_lim/index.html
Archaeology Days in Northern Ireland, 21 June 2004
This Northern Ireland contribution to National Archaeology Days, taking place in England and Wales in July, is timed around the 21st June, the summer solstice. There is a wide variety of events, hosted by many different organisations, taking place on Saturday 19th June, which will stimulate the imagination and be an enjoyable experience for everyone.
Roman 'industrial estate' found
Experts who unearthed the best preserved example in Wales of a medieval track, have now found what they believe is the equivalent of a Roman 'industrial estate.'
New research may uncover Byblos' Bronze Age port
If archaeologist Ibrahim Noureddine is right, sunbathers at Byblos' beaches (Lebanon) may one day find themselves next to a Phoenician port. The underwater archaeologist is currently working on ancient ports, trying to figure out whether people in the Bronze Age built their harbors or used the natural foundation. It is not an easy task, as Noureddine does not even know for sure yet where to dig for the old harbors.
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Illegaler Handel mit archäologischen Fundstücken...
Dig reveals Roman relics in town Roman artefa...
Etruscan road uncovered A plain in Tuscany de...
Medieval Necropolis Found in Northeastern France...
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Irish Monuments Bill a backward step for protect...
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Stonehenge: Built by Welshmen? At least three...
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Roman ruin 'movie' wins accolade A plan to bo...
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TROIKA Red Blue White
The TROIKA Intergenerational Dance Film Project
Longreach, Winton and Mackay
Troika began as an exploration of the unofficial tracks and trails people have walked along during their lifetime. The journey took us from the remote areas of Western Qld to the coastline of Mackay and into the lives of the elderly people who
lived there. We were joined by artists from Japan, Germany, UK, Indonesia and Australia. The red desert, the vastness of the blue skies and ocean and the glaring white sun gave us a starting point. The passion and energy of the dancers,
their inner calm and confidence and their reverence for each other and the landscape, reflected these 3 colours. At times the landscape dictated our movements. Often the dancers created their own improvisations. Sometimes people
wanted to tell their own story using just movement. Their stories were played out on mountains, grasslands, deserts and underwater. Their narratives were driven by a deep desire to be seen as artists in their own right with skills, ideas and a
passion to make a contribution to life.
Troika is about finding our place in the world through our encounters with trails and landmarks that are illusive, wild and often enchanting. While footpaths and roads are the official and sometimes mundane public connectors between people and place,
trails remain part of the interior terrain, out of the way, not easily traversed and sometimes secretive. Trails are not only a way of traversing space between one point and another, but they can lead inward towards journeys of thought and feeling.
They can also lead outward to a sense of belonging to the landscape and as a way of connecting to the past to those who walked these tracks before. If it takes more than one to make a trail we want to find out who was involved in making them
and maintaining them.
Elderly people are often the keepers of the flame in regional towns. What are the places they return to in recollection or in reality? Their stories may tell us something about the people of that community, their relationship to thelandscape and
to some kind of human longing or need to walk that way. Jess Wickins who volunteers at the Parish Op Shop Auxilliary in Mackay vividly remembers walking a track with her grandmother at the end of east Gordon St Mackay when she
was a small girl. “It curved its way towards east point and the Pioneer River.” For Jess it was a place of mystery and a place where she felt close to her grandmother When I walked across the small wooden bridge it was like was a test of courage.
I felt brave that I could do it. Having young people on board this project has made it so enjoyable."
Troika follows on from the success of the 2014 and 2015 intergenerational projects Finding Ithaka and Cheek2Cheek, which saw young people actively engaging elderly people in agedcare facilities in Mackay, Biloela and Gladstone.
“These projects have made a considerable impact on residents from the memory unit. They are now more animated in their interaction with each other. Their level of confidence has increased significantly .”
Wendy Stream Bluecare Service Manager Mackay
“I can’t say enough about this project. It changed my life. I now get up in the morning and can’t wait to go to the dance workshops.”
Woody Tryhorn Hibiscus Gardens Agedcare resident Gladstone
Following an evaluation of these projects in 2014, the following key needs were identified:
1. Opening up purposeful creative activities to breakdown the isolation elderly people experience in their lives in remote areas of Queensland.
2. Reducing the stigma of old age and dementia for residents families and the community.
3. Setting up an arts based training program for staff in the centre to ensure the sustainability of the program.
4. Actively engaging young people in the programto develop real connections through trust and communication with people who are different
to themselves and taking responsibility in helping to celebrate the lives of elderly people.
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Club wins Northumberland & Tyneside Cricket League of the Year
All of our groundsman’s hard work paid dividends for the players during the season it was also recognised by Mike Latham in his Facebook entry into Cricket Grounds of Great Britain in his glowing praise for our facilities. This was then recognised by our League when they awarded our club the honour of being ground of the year.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Cricketgrounds/permalink/2479477182095657?sfns=xmo
Well done to the other county winners
Newcastle Cricket Club from the North East Premier League
Stamfordham Cricket Club from the West Tyne League
This is the fifth time our club has won League Ground of the Year 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2019, we also have won the Northumberland County Ground of the Year in 2008 and 2015.
Club Management Officials for 2020 Season
Nov 11, 2019, 8:55 pm
Chairman – Paul Milburn
Secretary – Steven Henderson
Treasurer – Paul Milburn
Child Welfare Officer – Paul Milburn
Cory Milburn
David Wanless
Trevor Elliott
Stuart Rosser
Adam Peacock
David Dent
Michael Adamson
Club Auditor
Dean Hardy
Club Playing Officials for 2020 Season
1st Team Captain – David Dent
1st Team Vice Captain – Cory Milburn
2nd Team Captain – Stuart Rosser
2nd Team Vice Captain – Michael Adamson
Midweek Captain – Matty Tanney
Midweek Vice Captain - Vacant
2019 Players Awards
1st Team 2019 - Players Player Award – Adam Peacock.
1st Team 2019 Bowler Award – Mark Lawrence 29 Wkts @ 14.24, best figures was 5 for 12 against Bomarsund CC, 154.4 overs with 32 maidens. 2 – 5 wicket haul’s.
1st Team 2019 Batsman Award – Adam Peacock 549 Runs @ 49.91, Highest Score 109 not out against Benwell & Wallbottle CC, with 1 – 100, 3 - 50s in 14 innings with 3 not outs.
2nd Team 2019-Players Player Award – Stuart Rosser
2nd Team 2019 Bowler Award – David Wanless 21 Wkts @ 11.14, top of the division averages one of only 2 players who took 20 wickets best figures was 5 for 17 versus Civil Service CC, 85.0 overs with 14 maidens. 1 x 5 wicket haul.
2nd Team 2019 Batsman Award – Stuart Rosser 780 Runs @ 195.00 Top of the league averages. Highest Score of 132 against Bomarsund CC, with 6 not outs in 10 innings. 4 x 100’s 2 not outs and 2 x 50’s both not outs.
Annual General Meeting 10th November at 4pm all members are welcome, can you let the club secretary know that you are attending.
League end of season presentation evening
Northumberland & Tyneside Cricket League end of season presentation evening is to be held at Newcastle Racecourse on 2nd November tickets £25, 3 course meal, meet at 7pm for a 7:30pm start.
Names to our secretary if you want to attend.
End of Season Function
End of season function Saturday 28th September was a great success with vocalist Jonny Boyle and a disco we had around 130 attending.
We had a fish and chip van outside for those who wanted food.
2019 Season Ends
Our 1st team finish 5th in the Northumberland & Tyneside Cricket League Division 3 with 360 points, won 9, lost 5, we 7 lost to the weather and 1 where GEMS conceded. We progressed to the semi-final of the cup before losing to the eventual winners Wickham CC.
Our 2nd team won Division 6 South with 329 points, won 9, lost 2, we lost 6 to the weather and 1 where Blyth CC conceded. This is the first league title our club has ever won so it is a great achievement. We also made it to final's day for the T20 Big Bash before losing to the eventual winners Newcastle CC.
Our midweek team finished 3rd in the league with 85 points, won 8, lost 4, 2 was lost to the weather. We made it to the final of the Ian Appleby Cup before losing to Benwell & Walbottle CC.
Overall we had a successful season on all fronts.
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"New engines, more models."
Editor: G.R. Whale
$22,990 Base Price MSRP
$47,750 As Tested MSRP
Model Lineup: "Ford F-150 XL Regular Cab 2WD standard bed ($22,990); STX SuperCab 4WD ($31,615); XLT SuperCab 2WD long bed ($30,580); FX4 SuperCab standard bed ($37,480) Lariat SuperCrew 2WD standard bed ($37,795); SVT Raptor SuperCrew 4WD ($45,470); King Ranch SuperCrew 4WD short bed ($45,790); Platinum SuperCrew 4WD standard bed ($47,900); Harley-Davidson SuperCrew 4WD ($51,995)"
Standard Engine: 3.5-liter dohc 24-valve turbocharged V6
Engine Options: 302-hp 3.7-liter dohc 24-valve V6; 360-hp 5.0-liter dohc 32-valve V8; 411-hp 6.2-liter sohc 16-valve V8; 365-hp 3.5-liter dohc 24-valve turbocharged V6
Standard Transmission: 6-speed automatic
Transmission Options: 6-speed automatic
Basic Warranty: "3 years/36,000 miles"
Assembled In: "Kansas City, Missouri; Dearborn, Michigan"
Model Tested MSRP: "Ford F-150 SuperCrew Lariat 4x4 short bed ($40,765)"
Standard Equipment: "leather upholstery, air conditioning, 5.0-liter V8, 6-speed automatic, P265/60R18 tires, power steering, power disc brakes, power windows, power locks, cruise control, AM/FM/CD, remote keyless entry, leather 40/20/40 split bench power front seats w/lumbar"
Options As Tested: "3.5 EcoBoost V6 ($895); 3.55:1 locking rear differential ($470); heated/cooled captain's chairs and console ($975); Sony navigation radio ($2,470); Lariat Plus package ($950); trailer brake controller ($230)"
Standard Safety Equipment: "front airbags, front side airbags, side curtain airbags, electronic stability control, ABS, SOS post-crash alert"
Optional Safety Equipment: "reverse sensing system, rearview camera, MyKey"
Destination Charge: $995
Layout: four-wheel drive
Horsepower: 365 @ 5000
Torque: 420 @ 2500
Length Width Height: 231.9/79.2/75.9
Track - F/R: 67.0/67.0
Turn Circle: 47
Head Hip Leg Room - F: 41.0/60.5/41.4
Head Hip Leg Room - R: 40.3/64.6/43.5
Payload: 1520
Suspension - F: "independent, coil springs, anti-roll bar"
Suspension - R: "live axle, leaf springs"
Brakes - F/R: vented disc/vented disc with ABS
Fuel Capacity: 36
Price Effective: 01/22/2020
Manufacturer Phone: 800-392-FORD
Manufacturer URL: www.ford.com
"Smooth and quiet, the Ford F-150 is comfortable on bumpy streets around town, over rugged terrain at construction sites, around farms and over utility roads, and on the open highway. Its steering is nicely weighted and requires little correction on the highway making it nice for long cross-country tows. The cabs are comfortable, whether ordered with leather or cloth.
The 2012 Ford F-150 lineup offers a plethora of models in dozens of permutations. All are highly capable trucks, even those loaded with luxury features. The F-150 was completely redesigned for 2009. For 2011, the F-150 received a new engine lineup and electric-assist steering on all but 6.2-powered Crew Cabs. For 2012, the Lariat Limited model is no longer offered, but one of the nine F-150 versions should be close enough.
A new FX appearance package is for 2012 F-150 FX2 and FX4 models that includes 20-inch wheels and lots of flat-black trim inside and out. The FX Luxury package adds cooling to the heatable front seats.
Other noteworthy changes include electric shift-on-the-fly four-wheel drive for 2012 F-150 XL up to Lariat models, while 2012 F-150 Lariat, King Ranch and Platinum offer a 4x4 auto mode that requires no driver action and hill start assist. All 2012 F-150 4WD models can now be flat-towed behind another vehicle, like a motorhome or larger construction truck. And a new locking rear differential for 2012 is offered on more axle ratios and 2WD models than the old limited-slip was.
The F-150 lineup runs the gamut from wash-off vinyl flooring and a two-door Regular Cab to leather-lined premium four-door models with as much rear-seat legroom as the front of most luxury sedans: Within those extremes lies something for everyone. Yet even the least-expensive F-150 isn't boring; it leaves room for customization, does the work required, and keeps overhead down.
With one of the deepest beds in the segment, the F-150 has generous cargo volume out back and a maximum payload rating of 3,060 pounds; most versions carry 1,550-2,100 pounds. Any cab model F-150 can be optioned to tow more than 11,000 pounds; the range varies from 5,500-11,300 pounds. (The Ford Super Duty line of heavy-duty pickups is covered in a separate New Car Test Drive review.)
Two V8 and two V6 engines are offered, all with 6-speed automatic transmissions. Standard on 2WD is a 302-hp 3.7-liter V6. Other choices include a 360-hp 5-liter V8, the only engine offered on every cab/bed combination, a 411-hp 6.2-liter V8 on SuperCrew short beds, and a 365-hp twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6 on all but regular cab short beds. Each engine except the 6.2 offers multiple axle ratios.
Many years the best-selling pickup, the F-150's had a target on it for those same years. So it has to stay competitive: The standard V6 is more powerful than any other pickup V6 and the same horsepower as Chevy's 1.1-liter-larger V8; the 6.2 offered in Crew Cabs and Raptor is more powerful than any half-ton pickup engine; it's the only pickup that comes with a 6-speed automatic in every model. And its maximum payload and weight ratings are competitive in a world where numbers and rankings often change monthly.
Like any full-size pickup, the key to an F-150 is assessing your needs accurately and choosing the best one among all the permutations. Also like any pickup, remember that maximum payload and maximum trailer weight don't go together, are available only on a few of the 50-plus versions, and often decline as soon as you check an option box other than paint or aluminum wheels. Also remember the EPA ratings are only that, for empty trucks, and you are moving around at least 5,000 pounds. Do that, and you should be quite happy with any F-150."
"The 2012 Ford F-150 comes in more than four-dozen configurations, so it's easier to find which setups you can not get: No luxury trim Regular Cab, no ultra-lux SuperCab, and no long-bed SuperCrew. Everything else is split amongst four wheelbases, three cab sizes, three bed lengths (one of which is available in two styles), four engines, nine trim levels, and rear- or four-wheel drive.
Regular Cabs are offered in standard bed (about 6.5 feet) and long bed (about 8 feet) XL, STX, or XLT grades. SuperCab trucks add higher FX and Lariat trim to choices plus SVT's Raptor, and a short-bed option (about 5.5 feet). A long-bed SuperCab is available only with the heavy-duty package. The SuperCrew F-150, available with either the short bed or standard bed, drops the STX grade and adds King Ranch and Platinum derivatives while Harley-Davidson is SuperCrew short bed only.
The F-150 XL ($22,990) is a standard bed, Regular Cab two-wheel drive. It comes with 3.7-liter V6, 17-inch steel wheels, black bumper/grille/mirrors, and vinyl upholstery and floor covering. XL includes air conditioning, split front bench (and rear on four-door cabs), locking tailgate, tilt steering wheel, stability control, capless fuel filler and a stereo radio. 4x4 models get standard electric-shift-on-the-fly 4WD.
F-150 STX ($26,665) adds body-color bumpers over a black grille, CD player, and cloth seats with driver lumbar. More equipment is available, including 18-inch wheels, Sirius radio, SYNC, cruise control, fog lamps and power mirrors.
Many models of F-150, the longest bed in all three cab styles, are available with a heavy-duty payload package with 3.5 and 5-liter engines. This is typically about $1,700 and required to get the maximum payload rating about 1,000 pounds heavier than standard F-150. It includes stouter parts underneath and 7-lug 17x7.5 inch wheels.
F-150 XLT ($27,690) adds chrome for bumpers and trim, power mirrors, remote keyless entry, automatic headlamps, carpeting, cruise control, power windows and locks, and better cloth upholstery. All manner of options are available on the XLT, including three wheel diameters, tailgate step, cargo management and towing equipment.
F-150 FX4 ($37,480) and FX2 ($33,900) come with a 5-liter V8, black grille and body-colored bumpers, trim and mirrors. Standard are fog lamps, a locking differential, towing package, 18-inch wheels, sporty cloth split bench seat (power driver on four-doors), Sirius radio, and electric-shift 4WD on FX4. Options include infotainment and 17-inch (for more severe off-road use) 20-inch wheels and the FX appearance pack that includes 20s and lots of blacked-out pieces.
F-150 Lariat ($35,010) is the mainstream luxury F-150 and hence is four-door only with V8 or turbo V6 engines. Chrome trim and bumpers highlight monotone paint, and the Lariat adds heated mirrors with signal repeaters and auto-dimming on the driver's and inside, dual-zone climate control, heated power leather seats with driver memory, leather wheel with redundant audio controls, tow package, SYNC, trip computer, and power adjustable pedals. Options include 20-inch wheels, heated/cooled front seats, Sony sound and navigation, trailer brake controller, rear camera and park sensors, and moonroof.
F-150 King Ranch ($42,515) is like a Lariat with a different attitude. It adds two-tone paint and KR badges, unique wheels, mesh chrome grille, Chaparral leather heated and cooled power captain's chairs with driver memory, running boards, and power folding, heated, signal outside mirrors with chrome caps. Options are essentially limited to engines, a locking differential, alternative axle ratios, 20-inch wheels, Sony sound and navigation systems, moonroof, chrome tube running boards and remote start.
F-150 Platinum SuperCrew ($44,235) gets a unique satin chrome grille, body-color bumpers and wheel lip moldings, 20-inch wheels, power-deploy/retract running boards, satin chrome tailgate trim, tuxedo-stitched leather power captain's chairs, wood grain and brushed aluminum trim, rain-sensing wipers, power folding/heated mirrors, and unique console. Options are limited but you can get 17-inch wheels and all-terrain tires for luxury on the farm.
A special F-150 Harley-Davidson edition ($48,720 2WD/$51,995 4WD) comes with 6.2-liter V8 only and decked out in colors and heavy chrome trim befitting the brand it's named after.
Ford's SVT division offers the Raptor SuperCab ($42,570) and Raptor SuperCrew ($45,470) intended for serious off-road use. It comes only with the 411-hp 6.2-liter V8. Unique long-travel high-performance suspension, wheels and tires, and aggressive bodywork set it apart from any other F-150. A front camera is offered for seeing close-in obstacles or drops obscured by the hood.
The F-150 option list is comprehensive and, although simplified in recent years, can still resemble the tax code to the uninitiated; there are, for example, many option codes for running boards and trailer towing mirrors. Most options are dependent on the model and other options, and many features are standard on more expensive models or go that way with engine upgrades. In addition, prices of options often vary by trim level.
All prices listed above are just a starting point for the trim level. Options and packages add to the price, though they may also add to your enjoyment of the vehicle. To approximate an upgrade, add $2500-$3500 for four-wheel drive, $250-$350 for a longer bed, and $1500-$4000 for a larger cab. In many cases these upgrades add more standard equipment and/or a larger engine. (All prices are Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Prices, which do not include destination charge and may change at any time without notice.)
Mechanical options include engine upgrades, alternate axle ratios, limited-slip or locking differentials, larger tires and upgraded wheels, skid plates, towing mirrors, trailer brake controller ($230), 36-gallon long-bed fuel tank, tailgate step, heavy-duty payload package, and Ford Works systems like an in-dash computer. An engine block heater is available to fleet buyers and standard on Alaska and northern plains-state trucks. Other upgrades include captain's chairs bucket seats with center console, power sliding rear window, rear-view camera (with or without navigation) reverse parking sensors, tri-coat or two-tone paint, moonroof ($995), Sirius radio, sound systems, remote start, and navigation.
Safety features that come standard include antilock brakes, AdvanceTrac RSC electronic stability control, trailer sway control, frontal airbags, front side airbags, and side curtain airbags. Safety-related options include an integrated trailer brake controller, rear-view camera, MyKey, and reverse park sensors."
"The angular lines of the Ford F-150 mean it's easier to clean, easier to park, and gives maximum inside volume for outside space. Some bulge to the hood and large grille openings imply power, as does the higher altitude of 4WD models; many models have big graphics to ensure everyone knows what it is. The F-150 is easily recognized by substantial blue ovals, stepped front window ledge, and the tall bed.
The front door edge that allows a lower glass line at the front is stylish but also very useful; it allows a better view of front quarters near the truck and means you can have a good-sized mirror that doesn't limit forward vision because you look over it rather than around it. The view rearward can be aided by extendable towing mirrors, a rear camera, and a power sliding rear window. We found the towing mirrors work very well.
Pillars between the doors (called B-pillars) and the rear hand-hold on the pillar may yield an awkward blind spot for some drivers, but everyone should appreciate the windshield pillars (A-pillars) shaped to help preserve forward vision. Relatively square shoulders on the hood make it easy to see the edges of the truck, a bonus for tight parking lots, plow operators, and squeezing between trees or rocks en route to outdoor recreation.
With all beds you can get a locking tailgate and tie-down points. On many models you also get a bed extender and tailgate step (rated 300 pounds); the tailgate step makes stepping into the bed easier but it makes the tailgate feel heavier than some petite drivers will want to open or close. Some models offer a box-side step rated at 500 pounds; a pop-out, under-bed step behind the cab, but we needed considerable effort to return it and wonder how it will work after grounding on a rocky trail, having mud or snow thrown at it, or in freezing weather. Refueling is done with Ford's capless filler system so you will never lose another gas cap.
Most F-150 models have Ford's family-face horizontal three-bar aspect to the grille and the tailgate styling; the larger grille, squared headlights and more heavily contoured hood all add to the imposing size, though it isn't as imposing as Dodge's forward-leaning grille setup. On higher-level models the chrome is considerable, and extends to the front tow loops on 4WD.
The FX model has a multi-ribbed grille, blacked-out trim, plenty of decals and real truck tires if you choose the 17-inch off-road tire option. The chassis on 4WD models doesn't have anything mounted much lower than the frame rails, but if you intend to use four-wheel drive for anything more than snow or muddy roads the skid plate package should be considered. The FX appearance package's flat-black 20-inch wheels have contemporary style, but we find them far more apropos the FX2 than the FX4.
Models with the heavy-duty payload package come with 17-inch wheels with seven bolts holding each on. More attachment points are frequently used as truck weight increases but 7 bolts is an uncommon pattern and may limit your choice in aftermarket or replacement wheels."
"Ford has all bases covered inside the F-150, with plenty of patterns, textures and finishes, and the choice of a 40/20/40 split-bench front seat or captain's chairs in many models. On those trucks with a bench seat, the middle passenger should be of a smaller size for both knee clearance and the narrow space between seat and belt brackets.
Mindful that you can't have everything for $23,000, the basic XL is quite respectable and a good value given a single option tab on a bigger pickup can be nearly half the XL's purchase price. Fleet drivers will appreciate that air conditioning is standard and the truck is quieter and more refined, in part due to a smoother 60-degree V6 and not one derived from a 90-degree V8.
At the other end of the spectrum, the Platinum is like a Lincoln Navigator with a pickup bed. The King Ranch chairs may look like a fine saddle (and require the same maintenance in some climes), but you'll want to ensure the jeans are clean and spurs off before you climb into this cowboy clubhouse.
Virtually everything you might need is either standard or available, and much the same degree of luxury in a more subdued style can be found in Lariats, which follow a more eclectic approach to decor and make one wonder if seven colors and surface textures on a rear door alone might be one or two too many. The speaker grilles on high-line models that look like metal really are (with the three horizontal bar theme molded in), and in some cases the trim is real brushed aluminum. The wood is faux but well done, perhaps to save trees.
The front bench is still split three ways: The center section flips down to reveal a console with storage and cup holders. The console is flat, so you can put a clipboard on top of it and it won't slide off until you stop, start or change direction quickly. Captain's chairs on FX and Lariat models, especially with power adjustment and the optional adjustable pedals (the switch is often hidden on the steering column), provide good driver positioning for virtually everyone. We found the seats didn't suffer from our earlier criticisms of lacking thigh support and aggressively tilted headrests.
Front and rear-seat room is very good; the SuperCrew's rear is a vast, spacious area for three adults with a flat floor all the way across and full roll-down windows. On the down side, it could take a while to heat up or cool off in climate extremes, and the floor mats cover only a third of the carpet by our tape measure.
The rear seat cushions lift up to stow vertically, with four grocery bag hooks on the underside of the wider driver-side seat and, if equipped, the subwoofer for the Sony sound system under the right rear seat; rear cabin storage seats-up amounts to nearly 58 cubic feet. With captain's chairs up front there are vents in the back of the center console. There are three tethers and two anchor sets for baby seats, outboard rear headrests raise enough to protect tall passengers, and a smaller center rear headrest to preserve vision for those who use the window; you can also get a power sliding window with defrost.
We sampled a couple of trims, one with bucket seats and white-stitched black leather, the other a 40/20/40 bench in tan leather; the lighter color interior looked richer, but also busier since it had dual colors for the dashboard where the black truck didn't. Either seat is comfortable, the advantage of the bucket being goodies like heating/cooling on higher trim models. Most of the touch points on Lariat felt good, with a sort of rubberized texture to the door armrests, but there is still plenty of hard plastic in pillar covers and lower doors to ease cleaning.
The cloth upholstery in the STX feels comfortable and durable; in temperature extremes we'd prefer it to the leather on upper trims. Apart from seat coverings and the steering wheel, the STX doesn't feel budget conscious.
All models use the same basic dash layout, with tachometer to left (no marked redline), speedometer to right, and oil pressure, coolant temperature, fuel and transmission fluid temperature lined up between. On lower-level models the gauges are more traditional white-on-black and, on higher-line models, silver faces with dark numbers that light up green and are often easier to read at night than in daylight. The ancillary gauges are quite lethargic so you need to heed warning lights even if a gauge doesn't quite agree.
The new central screen provides a wider array of information called up by a thumb-switch on the steering wheel, including but not limited to transmission fluid temperature, fuel economy/range, gear selected, trailer profiles, and tire pressures.
Trucks with the Sony navigation/audio system have arguably simpler controls than those without it by virtue of the voice command, logical operation and system integration. Trucks without that option aren't bad, but even on some lesser trims we found plenty of white-on-black buttons on the center panel which could require some familiarization. Window switches are all lift-to-close but the power door lock bar is horizontal so if Rover puts his paw on the right part of the switch you could get locked out.
Bench seat models use a column-mounted shift lever, while most bucket seat models use a bigger console shift lever, both with a Tow/Haul mode. The floor-shift requires a button-push from D to N as you might at a long light or rail crossing, and the column-shift has a light detent so it's easy to go one-to-two gears too far. Manual gear selection requires engaging the M position and using a +/- thumb toggle to change, like GM's approach, but Dodge's layout is simpler and just as effective. Liberal chrome on the console can produce some distracting glare.
Headlights are to the left, four-wheel drive and the integrated trailer brake controller are to the right; the power adjustable pedal switch on the left side of the steering column is harder to find than dash switches but does keep you from leaning forward while trying to adjust your driving position. Four round omni-directional vents ensure airflow where you want it, front seatbelt anchors are height-adjustable, and our only ergonomic complaint was the lack of a sun visor that covered the length of the side glass.
The Sony navigation/sound system and Ford's SYNC system bring infotainment to a new level, integrating Bluetooth-enabled devices, 911 Assist, Vehicle Health report, Sirius travel link with real-time traffic, weather, 4500 movie theater listings and show times and 120 gas stations with fuel prices. Power points, a USB port and MP3 input jack are in the lower center dash. The Sony 700-watt 5.1 channel sound system provides very good sonic quality, even if the impact didn't feel like 700 watts. It has the usual assortment of graphics nonsense like the oxymoronic-titled audio visualizer, which we could live without.
Pickups without space are pointless and the F-150 won't disappoint. The Regular Cab is roomy enough to fit three adults across and has plenty of space for the miscellaneous debris and detritus that tends to accumulate in trucks. SuperCabs have a full-width back seat best-suited to kids and short rides for bigger adults since legroom is the squeeze point; it's similar in size and intent to the Chevy Silverado or GMC Sierra extended cab or the Titan King Cab. For larger families or routine four-passenger service, the SuperCrew's room and regular back doors will be welcome, with as many as 30 different places to put things."
"The Ford F-150 is among the heavier trucks in its class, contributing to a solid feel and none of that empty metal box bang-and-clang that characterized pickups of old. There's an impression of substance and tight construction regardless of the road surface or the model.
What stands out most driving the F-150 is the relative refinement. Ford attributes much of this to the Quiet Steel laminate used in some body panels.
The standard F-150 engine is a 3.7-liter V6 with contemporary technology like variable timing for the four cams and four valves per cylinder. This engine was in service in front-drive platforms and the new Mustang before it came to F-150, so it's not unproven. In the F-150 it's rated at 302 hp at 6500 rpm and 278 lb-ft at 4250 rpm, just 8 hp less than the 2010's biggest engine. You have to get the revs up to get the best work from it but the transmission is well calibrated, so it's a realistic choice where cost or fuel economy are paramount and work is limited to relatively light towing or hauling on fairly level ground.
Also adapted from the Mustang but not revving as fast in the truck application is the 5-liter V8 of 360 hp and 380 lb-ft of torque, more than GM's 4.8 and 5.3, Ram's 4.7, Titan's 5.6 and Tundra's 4.6; the Ram Hemi and Tundra 5.7 rate higher power. The highest-payload F-150s use this workhorse, it can tow up to 10,000 pounds, and it sounds like a muscle-car, more authoritative than even the 6.2-liter.
The 6.2 debuted in the SuperDuty pickups, that's why it's the only iron-block engine (and hydraulic steering assist) in the line. In F-150 applications it rates 411 hp and 434 lb-ft of torque at 4500 rpm, the most powerful half-ton pickup engine, but is available only in short-bed SuperCrew trucks and the Raptor. GM's 6.2 is rated slightly lower and also limited to certain configurations.
The most impressive engine choice is the twin-turbocharged, direct injection EcoBoost 3.5-liter V6. Horsepower is 365 and torque is 420 lb-ft at a nice low 2500 rpm so unless you need the rumble of a V8 it's by far the best combo of performance and economy. There is no lag waiting for power to come up, it's the quietest engine with just a hint of whistle at moderate throttle (talk-radio would mask it), its at-altitude performance will be better than the others and it often carries more than 6.2 V8 trucks because the engine is lighter. You can't use boost and get good economy at the same time, but you can have both to work with in the same truck. The only negatives are it costs more than the 3.7 or 5.0 and it's grunt sometimes overwhelms rear traction when towing resulting in axle-tramp, a rough up-and-down motion of the rear axle until traction control intervenes or the driver lifts off the throttle. On 4x4 models it comes with a 36-gallon fuel tank but 4x2 are limited to a 26-gallon tank.
The 6-speed automatic works smoothly, and is not overly anxious to get into that fuel-saving top gear as soon as possible; engaging Tow/Haul mode will stretch out the shift points, not require a mat-flattening mash of the pedal to affect a downshift and provide some engine braking on descents.
The F-150 has a fully boxed frame, which is quite stiff and resistant to both bending and twist. The front suspension is a dual ball-joint design pioneered and still used by BMW and found on the Expedition sport-utility, while the rear suspension has long leaf springs and outboard shocks.
Electric-assist steering is used on all F-150 except those with the 6.2 V8. It makes for lighter effort at low speeds, better weighting at road speeds, never loses assist in extensive maneuvering as when backing a trailer, and is programmed to reduce fatigue from crowned roads or crosswinds. It should simplify engine service, requires no service of its own, and can add up to 4 percent in highway fuel economy. However, the electric-assist steering is not rated for snow plowing, and the hydraulic-steering 6.2 V8 is only in Crew Cabs also not recommended for plowing.
The sheer mass of the F-150 combines with the suspension to deliver a very good ride (by pickup standards) and quiet composure. Sure, it will skip on bumpy corners and move around over dry wash scrabble at speed but it doesn't get upset or noisy. Longer wheelbases will bob or pogo-stick on some expansion joints and expressway surfaces but it never becomes fatiguing. As is often the case, the standard-size wheels produce better ride quality and less road noise than the 20- and 22-inch packages.
Brakes get the job done with their ultimate performance based as much on tire choice and weight in the bed as anything else. Electronic stability control and anti-lock brakes are standard across the board. A locking rear differential is optional for the best traction and available even on some 2WD models, and in many cases the suspension tuning on an FX produces the best ride quality over marginal roads and city potholes.
Some of the factors that aid visibility also hinder it. The high stance of a pickup is good for more distant views but hides things behind the tall tailgate and this is a wide piece of equipment. Extendable towing mirrors include a flat upper element and separately adjustable wide-angle element for a superb view rearward and safe towing but they are big and will be easily smacked off if you forget they're extended or don't leave space for that motorcyclist.
The rearview camera is good for the view behind the tall tailgate and on the navigation screen has colored lines to indicate the width of the truck and centerline for hitching a trailer; however, this display is not predictive and does not move the colored lines with the steering wheel so it applies only in straight reversing. Rear park sensors also aid maneuvering in tight quarters, raising the frequency of audible beeps as you move closer. You'll want to turn that off when backing up to a trailer or in other situations, but that involves going through a couple of menus on the information screen, more tedious than the simple defeat buttons used by Toyota and others.
The payload rating for the F-150 models varies from about 1,560 pounds to 3,060, but that includes occupants other than the driver. A construction crew of four 200-pounders in a SuperCrew might have just 700 pounds of rated capacity left for tools and materials. The highest gross combined rating (truck, trailer, cargo, passengers) for any F-150 is 17,100 pounds and these pickups are among the heaviest half-tons.
Maximum tow ratings for most F-150 cabs range from 11,000-11,300 pounds. These highest ratings are similar to the Ram 1500 HD which uses heavy-duty components including stronger (but more common 8-bolt on the Ram) wheels. Remember these maximums apply to an unloaded pickup; if you foresee towing more than 7000-8000 pounds behind a loaded F-150 you should consider stepping up to Super Duty.
The integrated trailer brake controller option is the ideal choice for smooth braking. We've tested it and it works much better than aftermarket systems. But verify that the integrated controller will work with the brakes on your trailer; some electro-hydraulic trailer systems are not compatible."
"The Ford F-150 delivers a strong combination of style, interior comfort, performance, ride and hauling ability. The new engine lineup moves Ford from follower to leader in power and alternatives. With multiple choices in trim, drivetrains and body styles, there's an F-150 for every type of pickup owner.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent G.R. Whale reported from Dallas, Dearborn and Los Angeles after test-driving many F-150 models."
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WATCH: The life of Colorado’s three-time World Strongest Man winner Brian Shaw
By Nicki Jhabvala
Brian Shaw — not THAT Brian Shaw — is a three-time World’s Strongest Man winner who holds world records in deadlift and atlas stone loading.
He also tosses kegs, eats seven meals a day and lives in Denver.
VICE Sports caught up with Shaw to learn more about the life of the World’s Strongest Man. And from what we can tell, it includes a lot of car-lifting, fire truck-dragging and meat-eating (almost four pounds a day!)
Watch the VICE documentary, then go back an check out The Denver Post’s 2009 feature on Shaw.
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July 7, 2014, 3:42 pm
Inside NASCAR Furniture Row Racing shop
By Alexandria Valdez
The No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet, driven by Martin Truex Jr. (Scott Halleran, Getty Images)
From the outside you can’t tell that the gray building in Denver houses the NASCAR Furniture Row Racing team. But then you hear the roar of an engine from inside and you know you’re at the right place.
When you walk through the door, you see the familiar No. 78 decor. The front office is small, and to the right is a picture collage from when the team won its first race at Darlington in 2011.
All the race magic happens behind this office, in the race shop. The 20,000 square feet house cars, engines, tires and a variety of machinery for the car. Furniture Row gets its chassis and engines from Richard Childress Racing in North Carolina. The parts catch a ride to Denver on the Furniture Row store trucks that transport furniture to its Denver stores.
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Categories: Colorado Sports, Motorsports
Danny Trevathan isn’t making excuses for his “drop six”
By Joan Niesen
Derek Wolfe jokes with Danny Trevathan about a botched touchdown after the Broncos’ 49-27 win. (Benjamin Hochman, Denver Post)
Next time, Danny Trevathan says he’s going to throw the ball to a fan.
Better yet, maybe he should hand it to a fan. Or deliver it to a fan. Or really not let it out of his grip until the points are confirmed on the scoreboard. After all, some of his teammates were already celebrating his pick six on Thursday in the fourth quarter of the Broncos’ 49-27 victory over Baltimore when they realized Trevathan had actually fumbled the ball on the one-yard line.
It was supposed to be a celebration toss. Instead, it was a fumble, and it cost the Broncos a touchdown and Trevathan the first score of his NFL career.
“Man, it was just a little mistake,” Trevathan said after the game. “I think it was kind of selfish. That’s the type of player I am. I’ll take full responsibility, and I’ll grow from it.”
Even after the big win, Trevathan didn’t make any excuses for fumbling the ball just inches before he stepped into the end zone. It stung, but the fact that it came in a 49-27 Broncos blowout win must have helped.
Peter Sagan wins third stage in six tries in USA Pro Challenge
Peter Sagan (Daniel Petty, The Denver Post)
FORT COLLINS — This third annual USA Pro Challenge is turning into a Slovakian folk dance. Peter Sagan won his third stage in six days Saturday on a week-long course so mountainous it scared away every top sprinter in the world. Every one but the Slovakian, Peter Sagan.
He easily won a bunch sprint after 115.2 miles from Loveland to Fort Collins.
“I came here to prepare for Quebec (Grand Prix) and I’ve won three stages,” Sagan said. “I’m very happy and a little surprised.”
He shouldn’t be. Not one of the 129 other riders in this field had ever beaten him in a sprint finish. Then again, this isn’t cherry picking. He has won 17 times this year.
They did try, however. Rory Sutherland, the Australian for Team Saxo-Tinkoff, took the lead with 500 yards to go but Sagan easily caught and passed him to the line.
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Bill Walton raves about Colorado cycling while he pedals his way to Denver
VAIL — I ran into Bill Walton in Vail Village Friday on my way to the press room and he invited me to sit down so he could talk about his week riding along the USA Pro Challenge. Before each stage, the NBA Hall of Famer rides with the rec team, Carmichael Training Systems, and marveled at Colorado cycling.
Walton primarily came to Aspen to see his son, Luke, get married. But Bill is following the race all the way to Denver.
“I was able to ride every day,” said Walton, a huge vertical scar on his surgically replaced knee. “The bike trail system in Colorado is just spectacular. And generally the cars are incredibly respectful of the riders. You don’t get that a lot. The quality of the roads has just been fantastic. The weather, the people, I’ve just had so much fun and had such a great time.”
Walton climbed Independence Pass three times already this week.
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The pluses and minuses of USA Pro Challenge vs. Tour de France
Cyclists leave downtown Aspen for Stage 2 of the USA Pro Challenge from Aspen to Breckenridge on Tuesday. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — It’s Stage 3 of the weeklong USA Pro Challenge, and I’m seeing some advantages this race has over the Tour de France. So here are the pluses and minuses the Pro Challenge has with Le Tour.
PLUSES
1. The towns. What? Yes, towns. OK, take Paris out of the equation. I love Denver, but when it comes to architecture, the Eiffel Tower has a wee bit over the Wells Fargo Center. Still, the towns the Pro Challenge race through in Colorado are more scenic. Much of it is because Colorado mountain towns are more modern and richer than ancient villes in France. I’ll take Aspen over Grenoble; Breckenridge over l’Alpe d’Huez. With the Yampa River meandering through this lovely town, Steamboat Springs has a ski pole up on any village I saw in the Pyrenees.
2. Weather. The hottest it has been this week has been low 80s and dry. At night it drops to about 60. It’s absolutely flawless. Saturday’s Loveland-Fort Collins stage is scheduled for 87 but I’m still recovering from the steambaths I’ve experienced in Provence.
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DU’s Todd Baxter to return to lineup against Virginia
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Denver's Todd Baxter (24) celebrates his goal as Johns Hopkins' goalie Pierce Bassett reacts during the second quarter of last weekend's quarterfinals. Baxter had three goals during Denver's 14-9 win.
BALTIMORE — Senior attack Todd Baxter, perhaps DU’s most important overall player, will play against Virginia in Saturday’s NCAA Final Four. He practiced Thursday for the first time this week and is set to again work with his teammates in today’s afternoon workout at M&T Bank Stadium.
“I’m much stronger than I was a week ago,” Baxter told me before today’s practice. “A little less tape on my knee, but sticking with the brace, and I pretty much have a cast going on my ankle. It’s stronger.”
Baxter, who is second on the team in goals (31) and third in points (49), suffered a high-ankle sprain and partially torn knee ligament in his right leg on May 7. He missed the May 14 first-round NCAA Tournament game against Villanova and made a gutsy and productive return last Saturday against Johns Hopkins, scoring three goals before tweaking the ankle late in the third quarter. He limped off the field and told coach Bill Tierney “I’m done for the day.”
Some thought he was done for the year.
“The tweak was on the third goal,” Baxter said. “I just stepped wrong trying to stay out of the crease. But no significant damage, just a slight tweak. I’m definitely going to be out on the field Saturday.”
Baxter, from Eden Prairie, Minn., is DU’s emotional leader, and he completes the feared attack trio with juniors Mark Matthews and Alex Demopoulos.
“He’s going to have a big impact, just like last weekend,” junior attack Alex Demopoulos said. “He’s a tough guy and he’s still the impact player he’s been all season.”
Baxter’s return moves sophomore Eric Law back to midfield, where he shares first-line offensive duties with Chase Carraro, Cameron Flint and Jeremy Noble.
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Categories: University of Denver
In college circles, Colorado is “State of Hockey”
Denver's John Ryder, left, hits North Dakota's Brent Davidson during the WCHA championship game on Saturday. (Jim Mone, AP)
Air Force coach Frank Serratore reminded me of something that has occurred for the second time in four years. In addition to getting all three Colorado teams in the NCAA Tournament, Colorado has the most of any state. This two-prong success story also happened in 2008.
“More teams from state of Colorado than the three Ms — Minnesota, Michigan and Massachusetts,” Serratore said today. “Isn’t that something?”
Minnesota had just one school, Minnesota-Duluth, make the 16-team field. Michigan has two — Michigan and Western Michigan, and Massachusetts (after realizing Merrimack is in North Andover) has two — Merrimack and Boston College. New York also has two — Rensselaer and Union.
So kudos to Serratore, DU coach George Gwozdecky and CC bench boss Scotty Owens. Combined, you are more powerful than the proposed Big Ten hockey conference, which, ahem, has just one of its five teams still playing.
Categories: Air Force Academy, Colorado College, University of Denver
No Plus-One on horizon for college football
It's BCS or bust: Bill Hancock, the organization's executive director, says there's no movement for a Plus-One format. (Morry Gash, AP)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — BCS executive director Bill Hancock met with us at Monday’s Football Writers Association of America breakfast and said the current system works and there’s no groundswell for any sort of playoff.
He said under the old bowl system, Nos. 1 and 2 met less than 25 percent of the time. Under the current BCS system, they’ve met all 13 times. Only one problem: On Tuesday morning, we’ll have a Texas Christian team that’s undefeated and just defeated a great Wisconsin team on a neutral field.
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Categories: Football
Fan Mail: Rapids’ coach Gary Smith ready for your questions
By Ryan Casey
Rapids coach Gary Smith is the next participant in The Denver Post's Fan Mail. (Karl Gehring, The Denver Post)
The toast of the town? That’d be the Colorado Rapids, who play FC Dallas for the MLS Cup on Sunday.
“I’m extremely excited and delighted and a lot of other emotions,” Rapids coach Gary Smith said after his team beat San Jose in the Eastern Conference final. “But most important, for the players to be rewarded for the very first time for all of their endeavors.”
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Categories: Colorado Rapids
A look at Adam Murray’s goalie helmet
DU sophomore goalie Adam Murray has a new helmet and paint job. He incorporates a handful of things in his new lid, including former DU mascot Boone, his pride from being an American hockey player from Anchorage, and his religious beliefs.
The Boone thing has become a goaltending tradition. Correct me if I’m wrong, but former All-American Wade Dubielewicz first started donning Boone figures on his helmet and pads around 2001 or so, after the school came out with that lame “red-tailed hawk” mascot. (Indigenous to Colorado, I remember the school higher-ups proclaiming during the announcement of the silly looking logo. I remember thinking, “Denver Boone is a person, a Pioneer, but what does a red, black and gold hawk have to do with being a Pioneer?”)
Anyway, the kids and many alumni have pushed to get Boone back as DU’s official mascot. That isn’t going to happen, but at least the goalies have been given the freedom to put the little dude on their equipment.
Here is Mr. Murray talking about his new lid:
Read more of Mike Chambers at All Things Avs.</a
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Categories: Hockey, University of Denver
Chris Paul at Carmelo Anthony’s wedding: “We’ll form our own Big 3”
Carmelo Anthony wed T.V. personality LaLa Vazquez over the weekend, but it was Chris Paul's alleged toast that made the news. (Louis Lanzano, AP)
Even at his own wedding, Carmelo Anthony couldn’t escape talk of his contract.
Anthony, who wed T.V. personality LaLa Vazquez at a restaurant in New York City over the weekend, watched a toast by New Orleans Hornets’ guard Chris Paul take the news.
According to the New York Post, Paul allegedly toasted “We’ll form our own Big 3” — in reference to himself, Anthony and the newest member of the Knicks, Amare Stoudemire. This, of course, on the heels of the party of three in South Beach.
Categories: NBA
June 23, 2010: one long day in sports
Nicolas Mahut of France reacts after losing on the of his 11-hour, 5-minute first round match against John Isner. (Glyn Kirk-Pool, Getty Images)
Well, it sure took long enough. Yesterday, and the sports world, that is.
By now, you may have heard about that marathon of a tennis match. You know, the one that spanned 10 hours, and still needed another hour this morning to finish up.
At 11 hours and five minutes, it set a new record for the longest match in tennis history. By more than four hours. Its fifth set alone, at eight hours and 11 minutes, bested the previous record for the longest match by an hour and 38 minutes.
CC, DU ranked fifth, sixth
The USA Today/USA Hockey Mag poll came out today and, not surprisingly, the WCHA had six teams in the top 15. CC, defending WCHA champion, came in No. 5, and DU, defending WCHA playoff champion, is No. 6. Makes sense.
What’s obviously skewed here is this: the top four teams are the same four teams that made the Denver-hosted Frozen Four in April. North Dakota, which got spanked at the Pepsi Center in the semis to eventual champion BC, is No. 4. Last time I looked the Fighting Sioux are in rebuilding mode, having lost virtually all of their top players from last year. Yeah, UND is a recruiting factory, but the Sioux will be so young this season, I’m not sure they belong in the top 8 or so. Anyway, here’s the “rough draft” of how things “might” develop this season:
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
Men’s College Hockey Poll – #1 (Preseason)
(first place votes in parenthesis)
Final Rank 2007-08 Record
1 Boston College, 490 (27) 1 25-11-8
2 University of Michigan, 432 (4) 2 33-6-4
3 University of Notre Dame, 376 3 27-16-4
4 University of North Dakota, 371 (1) 4 28-11-4
5 Colorado College, 355 (2) 8 28-12-1
6 University of Denver, 299 9 26-14-1
7 University of New Hampshire, 287 6 25-10-3
8 Miami (Ohio) University, 263 5 33-8-1
9 University of Minnesota, 223 12 19-17-9
10 Boston University, 203 NR 19-17-4
11 Clarkson University, 173 10 22-13-4
12 Michigan State University, 159 7 25-12-5
13 University of Wisconsin, 103 13 16-17-7
14 Northern Michigan University, 75 NR 20-20-4
15 St. Cloud State University, 69 14 19-16-5
Others receiving votes: Princeton University, 51; Cornell University, 30; Harvard University, 30; Minnesota State University Mankato, 28; U.S. Air Force Academy, 24; University of Massachusetts, 9; University of Massachusetts Lowell, 9; Niagara University, 9; University of Vermont, 6; University of Maine, 3; Northeastern University, 3.
Favorite son returns
The play-by-play voice of ESPN’s Thursday night college football won’t need a map to find Boulder – or to get around the University of Colorado campus, for that matter.
Chris Fowler, a 1985 Colorado graduate best known for anchoring ESPN’s College GameDay show on Saturday mornings, will be joined for ESPN’s telecast of the CU vs. West Virginia game by Craig James, Jesse Palmer and Erin Andrews. Read more…
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“Front Row Joe” a real pro
By obbie harvey
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Give Joe Nemecheck some credit. He wrecked Sunday night on lap 67 of the Sprint Cup race at California Speedway, but you didn’t hear any excuses from Joe.
Nemecheck, who earlier in the weekend celebrated his one-year anniversary of driving for the Denver-based Furniture Row team, lost control of his car, overcorrected and slammed into the turn 2 wall. His car was damaged beyond repair and he finished last in the race.
But he didn’t blame anyone but himself and didn’s use the most common Sprint Cup drivers’ excuse, a flat tire.
Nemecheck has qualified for 22 races this year, the most ever by the 3-year-old Furniture Row team and with 11 races to go they are sure to add to this total. On the downside, they stand 38th in points standings, some 400 points out of the magical No. 35 spot that would guarantee them a qualifying position and no more “get-in or go-home” situations.
But, some high finishes down the stretch could change all that and if anyone can do it, Nemecheck can. He’s a real pro and Furniture Row is lucky to have him aboard.
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Categories: Motorsports
On arriving in China
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Tourists on Monday visit Tiananmen Square, which is shrouded with heavy smog. Pollution levels remained high just 11 days before the Olympics. The Chinese capital could ban 90 percent of private cars from its roads and close more factories in a last-ditch bid to clear smoggy skies for the Olympics, state media reported. (Andrew Wong/Getty Images)
John Henderson: Yangshuo, China — I was the first member of the Denver Post Olympics team, a threat to no one in any relay but the four-man chug-off, to arrive in Beijing. In fact, I may have been one of the first American reporters. I left Thursday, and when I arrived it looked like the Beijing that I had imagined all these decades. I walked out of the terminal and dawn was just enveloping the city. Beijing appeared masked in a mysterious morning fog. A misty, gray cloak had covered a city that dates back to Genghis Khan 800 years ago.
I kept looking for a large group of elderly Chinese practicing tai-chi, their slow, fluid movements a human poetry against a backdrop of ancient China. I listened for twangy Chinese music and lotus flowers blooming on the sidewalk. Then I peered closer. The silver mist didn’t look so romantic anymore. No wonder. It wasn’t fog.
It was smog.
Folks, Beijing’s air is as filthy as you’ve heard. I arrived 13 days before the opening ceremony. It’s about the time the government started limiting car usage and stopped street construction just so you can walk a few blocks without hacking up your esophagus. Looking at the air quality, Beijing would have to use rickshaws for the next 20 years to clean it up.
Categories: Olympics
For the track and field fan …
Recently I was honored to win the Jesse Abramson Award for excellence in track and field journalism from the Track and Field Writers of America. For those who enjoy track and field I am posting the links to the stories in my entry below. Four were published in The Denver Post and one was a magazine story (Running Times) on Boulder and Eugene, the twin capitals of American distance running.
Quarter miler Jeremy Wariner and Clyde Hart: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_5883127
Pole vaulter Jenn Stuczynski: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_6214115
Ryan Shay dies at the marathon Olympic Trials: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_7364187
Denver’s David Oliver a top hurdler: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_6703469
Boulder and Eugene: http://www.runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=13781
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Categories: Running
Gwozdecky gets a late recruiting gem
Below is our Patrick Wiercioch story that made its debut at DP.com Friday. I wanted to make a clarification to online story, add George Gwozdecky quotes and a little commentary.
To clarify, Wiercioch made a verbal to Wisconsin and was scheduled to become a Badger in the fall of 2009. Now, he will replace inactive incoming freshman David Carle (heart condition) and be a Pioneer this fall, using the scholarship originally pegged for forward Stepan Novotny, who decided to play major junior. (DU will honor Carle’s scholarship.)
I spoke with DU assistant Derek Lalonde on Friday about Wiercioch after getting a tip from a source. Lalonde mentioned that DU coach George Gwozdecky has spoken to Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves — the two were teammates on the Badgers’ 1977 NCAA title team — and there are no hard feelings about Wiercioch’s switch.
“We had a conversation, and Mike and I have an understanding of it all, and how we dealt with it,” Gwozdecky told me.
College hockey isn’t like college football. Teams don’t typically recruit a kid after he’s committed to another program. This seems to be a case of simply wanting to play college hockey this fall, instead of waiting another year. Wiercioch took his three official visits to Michigan, Wisconsin and Denver (November), and obviously realized that, minus Carle, the Pios were in need of a puck-moving defenseman.
He phoned Gwozdecky last week and asked if DU might be interested in replacing him with Carle.
“He made it very certain that he really wanted to be playing college hockey in the fall,” Gwozdecky said. “We, along with a number of other schools, wanted him to play another year of junior hockey and come to us in (2009) . . . He called me and said he wasn’t going to play at Wisconsin this fall, and if we were interested . . .”
Wiercioch had a terrific second half of the season for the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League, obviously impressing the Ottawa Senators, who selected him with the 42nd overall pick in June.
“We were well aware of his dramatic contribution to his team and their playoff season,” Gwozdecky said. “He really developed in the second half of the season. Sometimes it’s hard to project when a guy is going to be ready, but we think he’s ready and he’s bound and determined to play college hockey in the fall, and he’s going to be with the Pioneers. So that’s great.”
The commentary is this: Very nice late pick-up by the Pios. A kid of this caliber is so hard to find this time of year, and DU was fortunate to present the ideal opportunity for Wiercioch. Secondly, let’s just hope he turns out better than former NHL second-round D-men T.J. Fast and Keith Seabrook, who both bolted Denver for major-junior long before reaching their potential. Fast left in January 2007 during his sophomore season; Seabrook about six months later after his freshman year.
ONLINE STORY:
The University of Denver hockey team landed a stroke of good luck Friday when Patrick Wiercioch signed a letter of intent to play with the Pioneers next season.
Wiercioch had a verbal agreement to play with Wisconsin. But when DU defender David Carle left the program two weeks ago because of a heart problem, Wiercioch saw that opening and decided to take it.
Wiercioch visited DU in November. He also visited Michigan and Wisconsin and eventually decided to play with the Badgers.
Wisconsin was deep with defensemen, so Wiercioch switched to Denver for a better opportunity for ice time.
DU believes Wiercioch’s arrival is a windfall. He was a second-round pick, 42nd overall, in the NHL Draft, by Ottawa via Chicago.
“I just think it’s a simple case of how much he developed over this past season and his draft status,” DU assistant coach Derek Lalonde said. “He wanted to get his college career going. He was in search of someone and obviously heard of the David Carle situation. We had an opening and are ecstatic and fortunate to find this kind of player at this time of the recruiting process.”
Carle, 18, brother of former DU star Matt Carle of the San Jose Sharks, withdrew from the NHL draft and left the Pioneers after being told by doctors that he has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a thickening of the heart that has been linked to sudden death for athletes.
Carle was expected to be taken in the first two rounds of the draft. And he will still attend DU as a student.
NHRA comes to Denver, for better or worse
It’s the only game in town.
The Denver Grand Prix is history (although there’s always a possibility of it’s return), PPIR (Pikes Peak) is closed and the construction of a track for NASCAR Sprint Cup races is still a dream. That leaves drag racing and the NHRA as the only big-time pro racing series still available to Front Range motorsports fans.
Yes, Bandimere is not the most comfortable place to watch the drags. It’s outdated for sure. Water and sewer issues exist and it’s always hot with little relief available for most fans. But, I believe the Bandimere folks have done the best they can to cope with these problems. They created the Top Eliminator and Quarter Mile clubs to provide more fan comfort (for a price, sure, but at least they are available). Water stations and cool down areas are in place and although portalets are no treat, at least there is no shortage of them.
Other tracks I’ve visited (Topeka and Ennis among others) are way ahead when it comes to creature comforts,
but Bandimere is locked into a unique location which can’t expand or upgrade and obviously its days are numbered. The family has tried to move and I’m sure efforts continue. But for now, it is what it is and most fans seem to accept that and are willing to endure the situation for a chance to experience professional drag racing.
Don’t ask me for an objective view of the situation. I love the drags and no amount of discomfort would keep me from attending.
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Greta Van Fleet: From The Fires Review
2017 has been an incredible year for Greta Van Fleet. The young four piece band out of Frankenmuth, Michigan consists of brothers Josh Kiszka (vocals), Jake Kiszka (guitar), Sam Kiszka (bass/keyboards), and Danny Wagner (drummer). Back in April the band exploded onto the scene with the four track EP, Black Smoke Rising, which has been a major success with the single “Highway Tune” reaching #1 on the rock radio charts. Now the band returns with From The Fires, a double EP, which features all four tracks from Black Smoke Rising, plus four additional songs.
The album opens with “Safari Song,” which was on Black Smoke Rising and features a killer guitar riff and soaring vocals from Josh Kiszka. Then we get a new track with “Edge of Darkness,” which has a dark sounding riff and definitely fits with the ’70s style rock the band displayed on Black Smoke Rising. Guitarist Jake Kiszka gets to spread his wings a bit with an extended guitar solo that concludes the track. Another track from the previous EP, “Flower Power” follows before we get “A Change Is Gonna Come,” which is a Sam Cooke cover and shows a bit of the band’s soul side. Next up is the popular “Highway Tune” followed by “Meet On The Ledge,” a Richard Thompson/Fairport Convention” cover. The Greta Van Fleet version really soars in the chorus complimented by the backing vocals.
The final new track on the EP is “Talk On The Street,” an upbeat rocker and GVF original that could potentially be a good candidate for a single. From The Fires concludes with “Black Smoke Rising.”
From The Fires is a great continuation of where the band left off with Black Smoke Rising. Fans who enjoyed the first EP will certainly enjoy the four new tracks and fans who are just discovering the band have eight great rock tracks to dive in to. For all the “rock is dead” people out there Greta Van Fleet is certainly proving that theory wrong and could potentially open the door to get more rock bands into the mainstream. Rock n’ roll doesn’t need saving, but it does need exposure and Greta Van Fleet is certainly bringing it to a new generation. Ride the wave because it doesn’t appear to be crashing down anytime soon. From The Fires is another step towards rock super stardom from the breakout band of 2017.
The Review: 9/10
Can’t Miss Tracks
– Safari Song
– Highway Tune
– Talk On The Street
– Black Smoke Rising
The Big Hit
Review by Pete Francis
Buy the album: Amazon | Amazon UK
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2 Responses to “Greta Van Fleet: From The Fires Review”
Ann Whitten says:
We saw Greta Van Fleet at the Troubadour on Oct.30 and they killed it! One of the best new bands in the last decade!
Judy Adkins Hill says:
I flew from Albuquerque, NM, to Tucson, AZ, to see Greta Van Fleet on Nov 1, and was blown away by this young band. they have the maturity and talent to tear up the rock scene for years to come. oh, and I already have my tickets to see them in Paris in March on my 71st birthday. totally awesome.
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Priests and Bishop of the Diocese of Worcester Tell Vocations Stories on CatholicTV
Starting this April, CatholicTV will air new episodes of the vocations-promoting series “Come Follow Me”.
Come Follow Me is a television program in which priests share the stories of their lives as priests and how they decided to become priests.
During one episode, Bishop Robert McManus of Worcester, Massachusetts told the story of the day he found out he was going to be named the new Bishop.
On that fateful day, then Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo called McManus and said, “The Holy Father loves you very much,” “uh-huh” replied McManus. Montalvo continued, “the Holy Father has assigned you to the Diocese of Worcester. Do you accept?” “Yes I do.” Replied McManus. “Very good”, said Montalvo. “Write a letter to the Holy Father and tell him that you accept, and call me later on in the week.” McManus and show host, Fr. James Mazzone laughed as McManus recalled the story.
In April, CatholicTV will air new episodes of Come Follow Me. These episodes will include interviews of the following priests:
Fr. Paul Lemire, Fr. Stephen Johnson, Fr. Brian O'Toole, Fr. Larry Esposito, Fr. Nick Desimone.
These episodes will air each week at the following times (Eastern):
Monday 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday 6 a.m.
Friday 9 a.m.
Sunday 11:30 p.m.
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Priests and Parishes Threatened by Drug Cartels
CSI | April 23, 2010
The Mexican bishops’ conference acknowledged in a statement on April 14 that Mexican priests have suffered numerous threats of violence, kidnapping and extortion from the nation’s narcotics-trafficking cartels. The conference also confirmed that a growing number of priests—mostly serving in remote and mountainous areas rife with illegal drug trade activities—have been transferred to other parishes, assigned other types of work or even moved to other parts of the country because of threats. Other priests, meanwhile, have been forced to raise up to $800 each week for extortion payments.
“We have personally felt the variety of problems that affect our homeland, such as the overflowing wave of violence and insecurity that has been ongoing for years and have claimed numerous victims—many of them innocent,” the bishops said in their statement. “Many priests live their ministries in a heroic way, amid the fear of threats, poverty, violence, extortion and aggressions,” they said. The statement was read by Auxiliary Bishop José Trinidad González of Guadalajara, Auxiliary Bishop René Rodríguez of Texcoco and Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristóbal de las Casas as the bishops ended their spring planning session in suburban Mexico City.
The violence overflowing parts of Mexico has claimed at least 22,700 lives—a figure recently revised upward by the federal government—since President Felipe Calderón took office in December 2006 and sent the army and federal police to crack down on the cartels. “In spite of the grand efforts of various government agencies, fear exists and the insecurity destroying the life of so many communities isolates them and exposes them to new expressions of violence,” Bishop Rodríguez told reporters.
The statement marked the first time the bishops acknowledged that the violence attributed to the crackdown on the country’s warring cartels has directly affected the church. The bishops released a pastoral letter on violence in February, but the issue has confounded the church as it has attempted to minister in seemingly lawless regions of Mexico without running afoul of either the government or the cartels. Equally challenging has been the question of how the church should respond to threats against priests.
Mexico’s evangelical community went public on April 2, when the Mexico City newspaper Reforma published a report on how cartels and their affiliates have threatened to kidnap evangelical pastors and extorted churches and charity projects through protection rackets. The newspaper sought the opinion of the bishops’ spokesman, the Rev. Manuel Corral, who initially denied similar threats against members of the Catholic clergy, but stories of aggression against priests and the church quickly surfaced.
A parish church in the Chihuahua town of El Porvenir, which neighbors Fort Hancock, Tex., was damaged by an arson fire on Good Friday. The fire was extinguished by parishioners. Hours later, local military personnel, stationed just a few blocks away, finally arrived at the scene. The parish priest, the Rev. Salvador Salgado, denied he had been threatened but reported that other priests in the Diocese of Ciudad Juárez had been. Father Salgado expressed a sense of powerlessness in confronting the violence. In his region near Ciudad Juárez it has turned once-peaceful communities into ghost towns as frightened residents flee to Texas and cartel members burn down buildings thought to be affiliated with rivals. “This is something we can’t meddle in, because there have been threats against us and because there will be reprisals against us priests,” he said.
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72nd Cannes Film Festival 2019 -Directors’ Fortnight Lineup
Directors’ Fortnight Lineup
Deerskin (Quentin Dupieux) – Opening Film
Yves (Benoît Forgeard) – Closing
Alice and the Mayor (Nicolas Pariser)
And Then We Danced (Levan Akin)
The Halt (Lav Diaz)
Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää)
Song Without a Name (Melina León)
Ghost Tropic (Bas Devos)
Give Me Liberty (Kirill Mikhanvovsky)
First Love (Takashi Miike)
The Lighthouse (Robert Eggers)
Lillian (Andreas Horwath)
Oleg (Juris Kursietis)
Blow It to Bits (Lech Kowalski)
The Orphanage (Shahrbanoo Sadat)
Les Particules (Blaise Harrison)
Perdrix (Erwan Le Duc)
For the Money (Alejo Moguillansky)
Sick Sick Sick (Alice Furtado)
Tlamess (Ala Eddine Slim)
To Live to Sing (Johnny Ma)
An Easy Girl (Rebecca Zlotowski)
Wounds (Babak Anvari)
Zombi Child (Bertrand Bonello)
Red 11 (Roberto Rodriguez)
The Staggering Girl (Luca Guadagnino)
Two Sisters Who Are Not Sisters (Beatrice Gibson)
The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady (Gabriel Abrantes)
Grand Bouquet (Nao Yoshigai)
Je Te Tiens (Sergio Caballero)
Movements (Dahee Jeong)
Olla (Ariane Labed)
Piece of Meat (Jerrold Chong & Huang Junxiang)
Ghost Pleasure (Morgan Simon)
Stay Awake, Be Ready (An Pham Thien)
ACID Lineup
Blind Spot (Pierre Trividic, Patrick-Mario Bernard)
Des Hommes (Jean-Robert Viallet, Alice Odiot)
Indianara (Aude Chevalier-Beaumel, Marcello Barbosa)
Kongo (Hadrien La Vapeur, Corto Vaclav)
Mickey And The Bear (Annabelle Attanasio)
Solo (Artemio Benki)
As Happy As Possible (Alain Raoust)
Take Me Somewhere Nice (Ena Sendijarevic)
Vif-Argent (Stéphane Batut)
ACID TRIP #3: ARGENTINA
Las Vegas (Juan Villegas)
Brief Story From The Green Planet (Santiago Loza)
Sangre Blanca (Barbara Sarasola-Day)
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72nd Festival de Cannes -Short Films in Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection 2019.
72nd Festival de Cannes announced the Short Films in Competition and the
Cinéfondation Selection 2019.
Presided by Claire Den
THE 2019 SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
This year, the selection committee has viewed 4240 short films.
The 2019 Short Films Competition comprises 11 films (9 works of fictions, 1 documentary, and 1 animation), from Albania, Argentina, France, Finland, Greece, Israel, Ukraine, Sweden and USA.These films are all in the running for the 2019 Short Film Palme d'Or, to be awarded by President of the Jury, Claire Denis, at the Closing Ceremony of the 72nd Festival de Cannes on Saturday, May 25th.
Erenik BEQIRI
Albania,
France 15'
Dekel BERENSON ANNA Ukraine, Israel,
Vanessa DUMONT
Nicolas DAVENEL
Vasilis KEKATOS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY Greece / France 9’
Teemu NIKKI ALL INCLUSIVE Finland 15’
Elin ÖVERGAARD
INGEN LYSSNAR
(WHO TALKS)
Agnès PATRON
AND THEN THE BEAR
Yona ROZENKIER PARPARIM
(BUTTERFLIES) Israel 7’
Agustina SAN MARTIN MONSTRUO DIOS
(MONSTER GOD) Argentina 10'
Chloë SEVIGNY WHITE ECHO USA 15'
Federico Luis TACHELLA LA SIESTA
(THE NAP) Argentina 14'
THE 2019 SELECTION CINEFONDATION
For its 22nd edition, the Cinéfondation Selection has chosen 17 films (14 live-action and 3 animated films), from among the 2,000 submitted by schools all over the world. The important presence of Central and Eastern Europe highlights the vitality of filmmaking education in these countries. Six of the selected shorts come from schools taking part for the first time.
The Jury will hand over the three Cinéfondation prizes at a ceremony preceding the screening of the awarded films on Thursday 23rd May, in the Palais des Festivals Buñuel Theatre.
Wisam AL JAFARI AMBIENCE Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture
Louise COURVOISIER
CinéFabrique
Ondřej ERBAN
STO DVACET OSM TISÍC
(ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND)
Kenya GILLESPIE JEREMIAH The University of Texas at Austin
Martin GONDA PURA VIDA FTF VŠMU – Film and Television Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts
Slovakia 30’
Shoki LIN ADAM Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Yarden LIPSHITZ LOUZ NETEK
(RIFT) Sapir College
David MCSHANE SOLAR PLEXUS NFTS
Antonio MESSANA
ROSSO: LA VERA STORIA FALSA DEL PESCATORE CLEMENTE
(ROSSO: A TRUE LIE ABOUT A FISHERMAN)
La Fémis
Katalin MOLDOVAI AHOGY EDDIG
(AS UP TO NOW) Budapest Metropolitan University (METU)
Martin MONK FAVORITEN
(FAVOURITES) Filmakademie Wien
Leszek MOZGA ROADKILL University of the Arts London (UAL)
Barbara RUPIK DUSZYCZKA
(THE LITTLE SOUL) PWSFTviT
Richard VAN
Flo VAN DEUREN BAMBOE RITCS
Olesya YAKOVLEVA SLOZHNOPODCHINENNOE
(COMPLEX SUBJECT) St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television
YEON Jegwang REONGHEE
(ALIEN) Korea National University of Arts
72nd Festival de Cannes -Official Poster depicting Agnès Varda , in the bright sunlight.
Like a manifesto, this still photo from the set sums up everything about Agnès Varda: her passion, aplomb, and mischievousness. Ingredients of a free artist, forming a recipe she never stopped improving. Her 65 years of creativity and experimentation almost match the age of the Festival de Cannes, who celebrates each year visions which reveal, dare and rise higher. And who remains keen to remember.
72nd Festival de Cannes -Jim Jarmusch’s new film The Dead Don’t Die, will be screened at the Opening, and in Competition – a world premiere
Jim Jarmusch at the Opening of the 2019 Festival de Cannes!
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The Opening Ceremony of the 72nd Festival de Cannes will take place on May 14th 2019. It will be broadcast free-to-air by Canal +, as well as in partner cinemas. Actor and director Edouard Baer will be the Master of Ceremonies.
The Competition Jury, chaired by Alejandro González Iñárritu, will present the Palme d'Or at the Closing Ceremony on Saturday May 25th.The Dead Don’t Die, Jim Jarmusch’s new film, will be screened at the Opening, and in Competition – a world premiere!
The 72nd Festival de Cannes will open with the Competition screening of Jim Jarmusch's new film, The Dead Don't Die. On Tuesday May 14th, on the screen of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, the film by the American director and screenwriter will be this year’s first Palme d'Or competition screening.In the sleepy small town of Centerville, something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight are becoming unpredictable and animals are beginning to exhibit unusual behaviors. No one quite knows why. News reports are scary and scientists are concerned. But no one foresees the strangest and most dangerous repercussion that will soon start plaguing Centerville: THE DEAD DON’T DIE -- they rise from their graves and savagely attack and feast on the living -- and the citizens of the town must battle for their survival.
The independent filmmaker's newest foray into genre film (after the western with Dead Man, Samurai/crime film with Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, and his vampire film,Only Lovers Left Alive ) promises to be "the greatest zombies cast ever disassembled": Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Caleb Landry Jones, Rosie Perez, Iggy Pop, Selena Gomez, RZA, Sara Driver, Austin Butler, Luka Sabbat, Eszter Balint, Carol Kane and Tom Waits. The Dead Don’t Die also reunites Jarmusch with many of his frequent collaborators including Director of Photography Frederick Elmes (Night on Earth, Paterson, Broken Flowers ) and Editor Affonso Gonçalves (Only Lovers Left Alive, Paterson ).The Dead Don’t Die is Jim Jarmusch's thirteenth feature film and stands as not just a humorous and sometimes scary subversion of the genre (with a nod to George Romero’s seminal film, Night of the Living Dead ) but also a tribute to cinema itself.
Since Stranger Than Paradise, Caméra d'or winner at the Festival de Cannes in 1984, which was a landmark in the history of new independent American cinema, Jim Jarmusch has been sharing with us his artful, soulful universes, inspired soundtracks, offbeat humour, and the meanderings of his anti-heroes in an always slightly strange world. At Cannes, his elegant, rock and roll cinema, often presenting an alternative America, has been honoured with four awards, including the Short Film Palme d'or in 1993 for Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California and the Grand Prix in 2005 for Broken Flowers.
In 2016, Jim Jarmusch had two films in the Official Selection: Paterson with Golshifteh Farahani and Adam Driver, in Competition, and Gimme Danger, the music documentary on Iggy and the Stooges as part of the Midnight Screenings.
A Focus Features presentation produced by Joshua Astrachan and Carter Logan, The Dead Don’t Die will be distributed by Focus Features and Universal Pictures International around the world – alongside Longride in Japan.
The film will be released in France on the same day as its Cannes screening in the evening of May 14th, in the United States on June 14th 2019 and then worldwide.
72nd Festival de Cannes -Alejandro González Iñárritu-President of the Jury
Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu is to be President of the Jury of the 72nd Festival de Cannes, taking place in May 2019.
“Cannes is a festival that has been important to me since the beginning of my career, he has declared. I am humbled and thrilled to return this year with the immense honor of presiding over the Jury. Cinema runs through the veins of the planet and this festival has been its heart. We on the jury will have the privilege to witness the new and excellent work of fellow filmmakers from all over the planet. This is a true delight and a responsibility, that we will assume with passion and devotion.”
For their part, Pierre Lescure, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate, are delighted that the filmmaker has accepted their invitation: “It is very rare for Alejandro G. Iñárritu to agree to take part in a jury, and this is the first time that the Festival de Cannes Jury is to be chaired by a Mexican artist. Cannes embraces all types of cinema, and through the presence of the Babel 's director, it is Mexican cinema that the Festival will be celebrating.”
“Not only is he a daring filmmaker and a director who is full of surprises, Alejandro is also a man of conviction, an artist of his time. We are always happy to welcome him on the Croisette and, in 2017, have been particularly proud to present "Carne y Arena" (Virtually present, Physically invisible) into the Official Selection, a virtual reality installation that addressed the question of migrants with great strength and humanity.”
Alejandro G. Iñárritu succeeds Cate Blanchett, Jury President of the 71st Festival de Cannes, whose jury awarded the Palme d’or to Shoplifters by Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu.
The Festival de Cannes 2019 will take place from Tuesday 14 to Saturday 25 May.
Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.
When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them.
“You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am.
Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.
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'Last Supper, Italian Cenacolo, one of the most famous artworks in the world, painted by Leonardo da Vinci probably between 1495 and 1498 for the Dominican monastery Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. It depicts the dramatic scene described in several closely connected moments in the Gospels, including Matthew 26:21–28, in which Jesus declares that one of the Apostles will betray him and later institutes the Eucharist. According to Leonardo’s belief that posture, gesture, and expression should manifest the “notions of the mind,” each one of the 12 disciples reacts in a manner that Leonardo considered fit for that man’s personality. The result is a complex study of varied human emotion, rendered in a deceptively simple composition.’
..................................................................................................”After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”
22 His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. 23 One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. 24 Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.”
25 Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”
26 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 27 As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.
So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.” 28 But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. 29 Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor. 30 As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.”
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Conversations about Trees: Engagement and Retreat in Brecht, Rich, and Marvell
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In college, I spent much of my time in the classroom talking about trees. Shakespearean forests, pastoral glens, country houses. I knew that poetry about nature was removed and esoteric, but it was also the poetry I often loved most. There are myriad reasons, of course, that poets choose nature as their subject. Nature offers the comforting suggestion of continuity, an awareness of scale; it can be both menacing and welcoming; it’s fertile ground for symbol and simile. However, in times of heightened political tension, poems about trees can feel like a cop-out, or especially irrelevant. Last week I taught “The Garden,” by Renaissance poet Andrew Marvell, to a classroom full of sleepy-eyed college kids, and I wondered whether we should be reading this sort of garden poetry—which celebrates retreat from society, activity, and political life—at all. This question led me to Adrienne Rich’s poem “What Kind of Times Are These,” which explores in a contemporary context the question of poetic retreat versus political engagement. The poem wrestles with the inextricability of landscape and history, and settles on the suggestion that “in times like these / to have you listen at all, it’s necessary / to talk about trees.”
Rich’s poem is in conversation with Bertolt Brecht’s 1939 poem “To Those Who Follow in Our Wake.” Brecht, writing in a time of political upheaval, addresses the concern of retreat versus engagement with anger: “What times are these, in which / A conversation about trees is almost a crime / For in doing so we maintain our silence about so much wrongdoing!” Rich’s poem alternates between a similarly outraged tone and wistful observation of nature. The first stanza begins “There’s a place between two stands of trees where the grass grows uphill / and the old revolutionary road breaks off into shadows / near a meeting-house abandoned by the persecuted / who disappeared into those shadows.” The subsequent stanzas follow this pattern, beginning with idyllic, pastoral imagery and ending with a deep awareness of history:
I’ve walked there picking mushrooms at the edge of dread, but don’t be fooled
this isn’t a Russian poem, this is not somewhere else but here,
our country moving closer to its own truth and dread,
its own ways of making people disappear.
For Rich, the pastoral has inherent appeal as a way of making people listen. It’s an interesting philosophy—that people will more readily read a poem that’s ostensibly about nature, with some politics mixed in, rather than one that is overtly about politics or history. Perhaps it’s because nature feels inherently personal, and represents the reasons many people seek out poetry—poems are, for many, spaces for reflection, self-examination, brief retreat. This is why a poem like Marvell’s is appealing: it suggests that a life separate from the “uncessant labours” and “busy companies of men” is feasible, if only temporarily. “The Garden” fetishizes solitude, an attitude that’s comforting for young people seeking validation in poetry: “Society is all but rude, / To this delicious solitude.” It’s a beautiful, layered poem, not only about renunciation and retreat, but about the sensual pleasures of getting lost in nature: (“Stumbling on melons as I pass, / Ensnar’d with flow’rs, I fall on grass”). Rich is right: good nature poetry draws the reader in, invites them into a space of heightened attention.
In Rich’s poem, descriptions of nature aren’t only a device to hold the reader’s attention. Land, and the trees and artifacts within it, is itself at stake:
I won’t tell you where the place is, the dark mesh of the woods
meeting the unmarked strip of light—
ghost-ridden crossroads, leafmold paradise:
I know already who wants to buy it, sell it, make it disappear.
In Marvell’s British Renaissance poem, nature can be juxtaposed with “Society” (as antidote or refuge). Conversely, in Rich’s contemporary American context, the landscape is at the whim of society (those who want “to […] make it disappear”). The continued existence of the “dark mesh of the woods” is itself a political issue. In Marvell’s poem the speaker is ensnared and protected by nature; in Rich’s, the speaker is the protector. Perhaps it is “necessary / to talk about trees” because the trees themselves are at risk in a literal way (climate change, deforestation); they are emblematic of the human “wrongdoing” Brecht laments in “To Those Who Follow In Our Wake.”
Brecht’s poem can be read in response to poems like Marvell’s; Rich’s poem directly complicates the dichotomy between political poetry and pastoral imagery that Brecht raises. When read together there seems to be room for both modes of engaging with the world—and perhaps each can even enhance and nuance the other.
Tags:Adrienne Rich, Andrew Marvell, Bertolt Brecht
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Ariel Katz was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina. She graduated from Yale with a B.A. in English, and now works and writes in San Francisco.
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Auburn basketball: Tigers suffer first loss of season
By Josh Vitale, Montgomery Advertiser
TUSCALOOSA — Bruce Pearl said it more than once during the days leading up to No. 4 Auburn’s rivalry bout with Alabama: “We’re going to get beat.”
The sixth-year head coach did not necessarily mean in Wednesday’s game at Coleman Coliseum. He just meant that, eventually, it was going to happen. Losing is inevitable in college basketball. Only four teams in the last 40 years have finished the regular season undefeated. There hasn’t been an undefeated national champion since Indiana in 1976.
Pearl didn’t want to be right. He definitely didn’t want to be right Wednesday night, across the state, against his program’s biggest rival. But he was. Auburn got beat.
Alabama won, 83-64, in front of a raucous crowd inside Coleman Coliseum to knock the Tigers from the ranks of the unbeaten. San Diego State is now the only team in America without a loss on its resume.
Here are three takeaways:
1. Starting slow finally caught up to Auburn.
Auburn has made a habit of starting slow this season, on both ends of the court. Over its last eight games entering Wednesday’s, it had made just 36.9 percent of its shots through the first 10 minutes of the game while allowing opponents to shoot 48.8 percent.
But that slow start had never really held the Tigers back much, at least not since a Dec. 5 game against Furman where they had to erase a 14-point second-half deficit just to win in overtime.
Alabama proved a much tougher test than the Paladins. And Auburn’s start was much, much worse.
The Tigers went into halftime trailing 36-27, and it was only that close because freshman Isaac Okoro was able to go on a personal 5-0 run in the final minute. The freshman wing shot 5 of 6 in the first half. The rest of the team shot just 4 of 23.
Auburn missed its first 10 attempts from beyond the arc and turned the ball over 12 times — already more than it averaged over its previous five full games (11.8). And only two of those were steals. The Crimson Tide flipped those turnovers into 11 points.
So often this season, though, Auburn has dug in after that slow start. Over those same last eight games, it outscored opponents by 90 points after those first 10 minutes. But the switch never flipped Wednesday.
The Tigers got to within two points a little more than five minutes into the second half. The Crimson Tide responded with a 19-8 run.
2. Auburn struggled to do the things it is normally good at.
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The Tigers hadn’t turned the ball over more than 17 times since that overtime win over Furman on Dec. 5. They turned it over 21 times Wednesday, which matches their season-high set in the opener against Georgia Southern.
The visitors entered Wednesday’s game ranked fourth nationally making 57.1 percent of its 2-point shots. They made just 11 of 25 layups/dunks in Coleman Coliseum.
3. Samir Doughty might like to forget this night ever happened.
#HeadbandSamir has been a fun storyline for this Auburn team all season. The senior guard first put it on during the third game of the season and has worn it ever since. He has played incredibly well with it on his head, too, leading the team scoring 15.7 points per game.
But about midway through the first half Wednesday, Doughty ripped that headband off. The mojo was no longer working.
The senior guard played maybe his worst game of the season, scoring just six points on 2-for-11 shooting and committing seven turnovers before fouling out.
This article originally ran on annistonstar.com.
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Training the Operational Staff
Thread: Training the Operational Staff
Originally Posted by William F. Owen
Rat mate. Don't want to chuck a thundie in the mess, but could I sum up the above as, "trying to work out how a staff supports the commander in counter-insurgency operations?"
Now that raises the question: What is the role of the commander in COIN? My observation of an American two-star and a British three-star in Afghanistan was that they had very different conceptions of their roles.
Both did battlefield circulation, and both considered themselves the 'decision makers' for the command. The differences were:
1. The American felt very comfortable making decisions for his subordinate commanders, routinely requiring that company-level operations be approved by him. The Brit did not.
2. The Brit described himself as a 'precision guided munition' and routinely made himself available for interaction with locals, international actors, NGOs, etc., if it contributed to mission accomplishment. He did however, require meticulous preparation for such engagements, which proved to be a heavy staff burden. The American hated doing such things and routinely left those types of engagements to his subordinates.
3. The American wanted routine, twice-daily, detailed briefings on - well, everything. The Brit only wanted to be briefed by exception - when things changed, when things were going off the rail, when certain milestones were reached.
4. The Brit's Chief of Staff was a decision maker, more important than the various deputy commanders. The American's Chief was an office manager whose role was to assist the deputy commanders in making decisions.
This is related to the thread because the different command styles inevitably impacted the size, shape, and focus of the staff - both staffs were, by the way, simultaneously bloated, undermanned, and undermined by the need to continuously rotate in augmentees.
Excellent question -- and one that merits exploration.
The role of a Commander in COIN or COIN-like operations is not identical to his role in MCO; he effectively has less to do and thus more time to devote to minutia if he's inclined to do that. This can have ramifications down to the lowest level, not just to the Staff. Due to the operational tempo, the Staff also has more time...
Then there's the trickle down question; the effect on the working troops. In the first cited unit below, Platoons and Companies just worried about the job at hand -- Brigade was 'the rear.' In the second, they did the job but always with an eye toward appearances at the neglect of performance as Brigade was always in their thoughts -- thus teaching a lot of Lieutenants and NCOs some really bad habits...
I served under two US Brigadier Generals that mirrored your examples. One operated as did your British commander, to the proverbial 'T.' His standing order at night was "Wake me only if all three Battalions are in heavy contact." People were expected to inform him if changes occurred between the Tuesday and Friday A.M. scheduled briefings.
The other was much more into your American model, to the extent that he was insistent that not only did he want company efforts run by him before execution, he wanted reports to the Platoon level and constantly asked the Staff to pursue issues of no real value to be answered in the next briefing (two per day most days, 0800 and 1800; probably averaged only 1-1.5/day or so over the year, sometimes given to the Deputy Commander, the XO or, even the S3 whether necessary or not...).
So your comment:
is quite accurate and, i'd add, affects units down the chain.
The only difference to that in my examples was the Staff for the first rather austere and distant but truly excellent Commander was fairly small but not undermanned while over the months that for the second cited which started as a small but fairly good crew working for a really nice but overly busy guy grew to be just what you describe due to a lot of make-work. Said 'augmentees' of course ripped off from the Battalions...
No doubt in my mind which of those Brigades functioned best and did the better job. Both were good, the first was far more combat effective with far less hassle; benefiting from a good example -- and, as you wisely illustrate, at least partly the impact of a Commander on the Staff.
Currently based in the US.
What is the role of a commander?
UK and US mil probably (on paper) see the role of the commander in the same way. I have attached a diagram of how the UK sees the command/staff relationship and divide.
I am not aware how much thought has been given to the role of a commander in COIN. Command and Command style is such a parochial subject with each commander jealously guarding the right to be 'his own man' in matters of style and substance that no guidance per se appears to have been laid down - certainly not on a broadly disseminated basis. My last commander saw his role (in a COIN campaign) clearly as threefold: supervise the supervisors, add substance to main effort, decide where to carry risk.
What Eden descibes matches up very well what I have seen of UK commanders in various theatres. We (as staff) see his job as that of making the key decisions and, in a COIN campaign, a key influence tool where he can go in and engage with select individuals and groups, make promises and keep them. That does impose a heavy staff burden Staff also get out far too rarely. On my last tour I would see the brigade commander at my outpost every 10 days or so. I saw bde staff once in 6 months... I fail to see (and thought then) how staff could plan effectively in such a nuanced environment without getting out on a regular basis. As a staff weenie in AFG I was out probably more often then required!!
More of the staff burden (certainly in UK HQs) appears to be self-imposed with staff getting wrapped in process and generating output in order to increase their importance and career profile, or merely to justify their existance (I have yet to hear of a staff branch downsizing themselves voluntarily). An increase in output does not necessarily link to an increase in effect...
My personal feeling is that while the role of the HQ is to support the commander and enable subordinate units (right people, right kit, right place, right time and having shaped the battlespace) in fact HQs have lost sight of this and HQs do staff process for the sake of it, but also (and as pertinent) to feed the insatiable demand of the next higher HQ for product.
That aside I like the UK command approach overall, but have a gut feeling that US commanders tend to get out more then their UK counterparts on a rank by rank basis.
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Staffwork: The Hidden Hand of Operations
I searched for staffwork and amongst the very few threads shown, this appeared the most fitting.
A KoW article by a Canadian officer on the 33rd Canadian Brigade Group (33 CBG) Headquarters exercise with the USMC in cool Camp Pendleton:http://kingsofwar.org.uk/2012/07/sta...ons/#more-7235
Which IMHO is doubly interesting as the unit is:
a reserve formation, part-time soldiers, composed of university professors and high school teachers, policemen, software engineers, supply management specialists, occupational therapists and a variety of other occupations. The unit is also a conglomeration of officers and soldiers from militia units across eastern and central Ontario who work as a group only occasionally.......virtually all participating had made at least one tour to Afghanistan.
Some of the points made have appeared in Jim Storr's book The Human Face of War.
There is an interesting different point of view, an Australian one too, on the use of reservists:
The case for committing complex and professional war fighting skills to the Reserve may be tempting for Australian defence planners, but it makes little sense. War fighting is a profession and modern weaponry and tactics are highly technical and complex. Like Olympic athletes, when professional soldiers train less they achieve less. Any decision to warehouse war fighting capabilities in the Reserve is really a decision to let the capability atrophy and fail.
Link:http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/...y-Reserve.aspx
I know SWC has recently discussed in the US context the differences between regular and reservist components.
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The Best New Songs of August 2018 The Best New Songs of September 2018
Americana Vet Wrestles with Bandmate’s Suicide on Haunting New Album
“A Better Version of the Truth was the toughest record I have ever made,” Bow Thayer writes on Bandcamp – and that’s saying something from a man who once battled an ice storm with Levon Helm to record.
But that can’t be compared with the tragedy Thayer encountered during the three-year journey towards his latest album. First, his drummer suffered multiple strokes, rendering him unable to play during two years of physical therapy. Sadder still: This past March, his bassist Alex Abraham took his own life at just 28 years old. (Read his obituary at the Vermont Standard, which includes details about how to donate to the Alex Abraham Musical Excellence Scholarship at Woodstock High School).
Thayer writes about the tragedy quite movingly in the album’s liner notes. My paraphrase won’t do his words justice, so I’ll quote that part in full:
On March 31st of this year, we were scheduled to play a local show. Come set time, our bassist Alex Abraham was nowhere to be found. After limping through the gig without him, I called home and asked my wife to go check on him. Alex was living at a friend’s house just up the road from us. Maybe his car got stuck – it was a pretty sloppy mud season. Or maybe it was just another miscommunication – I’m known for those. But upon arriving home I was greeted with a look and telepathy that shook me to the bone. My wife had found Alex after he had placed a Remington Model 33 rifle in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Upon reaching the scene nothing could have prepared me for what I witnessed. It broke my heart (and it would have broken yours) to to see such an amazing and dear young talent snuffed out of this existence without any explanation. The grief was, and is, almost unbearable, the only solace being his fierce and extraordinary bass tracks left behind.
You can hear one of those bass tracks on the album’s just-released title track, accompanied by Thayer’s custom “bojotar” (electric guitar + resonator guitar + banjo). Though the song was written before Abraham’s death, the lyrics resonate strongly with tragedy: “Haze heavy, shadows and light / A fountain of darkness on the road tonight / Picking at the ice just to get down to the stone / Hoping there’s life at the end of the tunnel.”
Listen to “A Better Version of the Truth” below, and pre-order the album of the same name (out November 9) on Bandcamp. And, as a bonus, below that watch a live video of Bow and Alex performing together a couple months before his passing (video by Mike Dann).
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Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (GBA)
Written by wyldcard
Category: GBA
Developed by: Capcom
Published by: Nintendo
ESRB Rating: Everyone for Mild Fantasy Violence
For: Gameboy Advance
The latest release from the Legend of Zelda franchise is The Minish Cap. The story begins when the evil wizard Vaati wins a sword tournament. This earns him the right to touch an ancient box containing both monsters and a legendary sword. Vaati does more than touch the proverbial Pandora?s Box; he opens it. Looking within the box for the ?Light Force,? the wizard cannot find it. Disappointed, he turns Princess Zelda into a stone statue. The legendary sword is the only thing that can save Princess Zelda, so the king asks you to look for the only ones who can repair the sword - the Picori, the race of people who made the sword. The problem is that no one has seen the Picori for a long time. Every Zelda game has a guide, and Minish Cap is no exception. While you are looking for the Picori you run across a cap with a bird?s head on it. The cap, you discover, is a wizard who was cursed by Vaati, and this cap (err, cursed wizard) becomes your guide. He also gives you the ability to shrink, and return to normal size with the aid of certain pots, tree stumps, etc.
GAMING EXPERIENCE: Game Play:
The gameplay is flawlessly-executed Legend of Zelda gameplay. You fight off monsters with your sword, shield, boomerang, and other familiar tools. Link handles well throughout the game no matter what size he is. The level of design in this game is amazing, a fact particularly apparent once you acquire the ability to shrink in size. I found myself in the main town marvelling at how intricate the level of design was for both sizes of Link.
The graphics are nicely done and have a Wind Waker theme to them. There are areas you can only see once you have shrunk. Leaves towering over Link are nicely rendered. Some of the boss characters are pixelated a little bit here and there, and although it is nothing too bad is is definitely noticeable. Character models are nicely done and look good, especially when you consider many of the characters are from the 3D games.
The sound effects are classic Zelda, as is the music. The music is pleasant, and many of the tunes are ones I found myself humming days and hours later. Boss battles have more of a frenzied pitch, and towns have a much more relaxed feel to them.
The control is spot on. It is hard to find anything wrong with the control. The only issue I ever had was some minor confusion at first when I was shrunk. That really stemmed from not being sure where I was. Once I learned that I had no problems.
This is one part of the game I feel is lacking. Most decent gamers should be able to beat this game in around ten to twenty hours. There are kinstone medal fusions to do, and figurines to collect after you beat the game if you did not get them all before beating the game. However, these extras, in all honesty, did not draw me back. Part of the fun of a Zelda game is figuring out the rooms, puzzles, and dungeons. Once you do that, the mystery is gone.
APPROPRIATENESS ISSUES: Violence:
There is a lot of cartoon style violence in this game. Your arrows will stick out of the bodies of enemies you shoot, and you spend most of your time fighting with your sword (hacking and slashing at the monsters). Like previous Zelda games, a defeated enemy poofs away, and there is no blood or gore.
Nintendo has been very friendly to families in this regard. Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap is no exception. There is no language I found that would embarrass you.
Occult Themes:
There have always been some occultic/supernatural aspects to the Legend of Zelda. Normally it has to do with the Triforce, and some have argued that is a reference to the Trinity. However, the Triforce is not a part of this game. There are other considerations, though. An elderly man is sick in bed from an evil spirit. You use a magical jar to free that man from the evil spirit. Link also talks to spirits of dead people who aid him in his quest. But the strangest, by far, are the swordmasters. Each swordmaster possesses your body to show you the new sword technique. Thankfully that is a small part of the game, but it is troublesome nonetheless. There are a few more instances of magic in the game. Most notable is the magical nature of the shrinking and returning to normal size that is central to the game. Second, certain blocks allow you split yourself into multiple copies to move large rocks. Finally, some of your tools are magical in nature (i.e. a Magical Cane).
Sexuality is not a part of this game. Nintendo proves a good game can be developed without any references to sex.
Moral/Ethical Issues:
There is the aspect of good versus evil. There is also the aspect of you helping people out. Throughout the game you are on all kinds of quests to not only save the world, but to help the other characters in the game. I really did not find any moral problems with the game.
Closing Comments:
This game snuck up on me. The first two dungeons were a breeze, and I thought I would be done in a few hours of gameplay. Then the puzzles got more complex to the point I was racking my brain for a solution to a room. The real key to unlocking secrets in this game is the Kinstone fusion system, which allows you combine Kinstone pieces to unlock a wide range of rewards and power-ups. Even though this game may not be one of the longest Zelda games, it is a good one. A few parts of the game felt like \'been there, done that,\' but the ability to change sizes freshened it up. I feel this is a solid game worth a buy. Plus, you can register it with Nintendo, and registering enough select products with Nintendo grants you free stuff.
Final Ratings:
Game Play: 10/10 Graphics: 9/10 Sound: 10/10 Control: 10/10 Longevity: 6/10 GAMING TOTAL: 45/50
Violence: 8/10 Language: 10/10 Occult Themes: 6/10 Sexuality: 10/10 Moral/Ethical Issues: 10/10 APPROPRIATENESS TOTAL: 44/50
Overall Score: 89%
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cintra The Dregulator, The Dregulator 2007 2 Comments
“The reason that we went into Iraq was to establish a permanent military base in the Gulf region….”
— Former President Jimmy Carter, Feb. 3, 2006
“The United States maintains 737 military bases in 130 countries across the globe. … In order to secure favorable access to Iraq’s vast reserves of light crude, the United States is spending billions on the construction of at least five large permanent military bases throughout that country.”
Lewis Seiler and Dan Hamburg, San Francisco Chronicle, April 30, 2007
“Charlie, we’re not in the process these days of doing permanent bases anywhere.”
— Condoleezza Rice to Charlie Rose, in a US State Department Press Release, May 7, 2007.
If perception is power, and he that controls the perception has the power…then:
Q. Who’s the Daddy?
The Big Boys and girls have been engaging us in a game of Perceptual “Peek-A-Boo!”
It keeps us guessing and amused. It’s sort of like dislodging a cell phone from the mouth of a crying toddler by singing in a high voice and replacing it with a Twinkie.
We keep taking the Twinkie! Dang.
Perception Twister #1: Exit strategy? Oh, did Daddy need an Exit Strategy? Oh, silly Daddy. Well, next time, he promises to know better. “One of the reasons we had no exit plan from Iraq is that we didn’t intend to leave,” said UC San Diego Professor Emeritus and ex-CIA agent Chalmers Johnson. So, really: Daddy don’t need no stinking exit strategy. But that’s too spicy for you, honey.
Oh, and by the way…? All those guys who’ve been having trouble doing their jobs lately? The ones who happen to be your employees as taxpayers? Go ahead: shake your finger at them very sternly, and yell at them, and say whatever mean thing you want to them. They will look sheepish ….even a little defensive!
But no, you can’t fire them. That’s for Daddy to decide. They “serve at his pleasure” (which is very S&M).
Alberto “Mi Abogado” Gonzales? Yep…. he lied! Call him names! But unless you actually throw sticks and stones: he’s staying. You don’t put a dog down just because it ruined every single carpet in the Hall of Justice.
Paul Wolfowitz? He’s decided to stay on, at the World Bank, despite repeated demands for his head over that indiscreet little “Oh, and My Girlfriend Gets $200K,” embezzlement-prank.
He’ll most likely be keeping the World Bank gig, thanks. He likes the kicky perks.
Oh wait, so…. is what they meant by Political Theater?
And The President? Despite the blood-curdling screams of the American people and even harsh reprimands from his own flying monkeys, he’s still tossing out vetoes right and left. It’s kind of like drunk driving, but it ultimately kills a lot more people and bankrupts the entire country.
But Paris Hilton? Well, still going to jail, so far. She needs bigger allies, obviously. She should have made a porn tape with Robert Gates; she might be vacationing in Qatar right now.
Ironically, the President is allegedly drunk again, too: “LAURA FLEES BOOZING BUSH!” screamd the Globe cover article. “The scuttlebutt is he’s back on the 80-proof,” quoth the article, reprinting gossip leaked to none other than E! gossip maven, His Majesty Ted Casablanca, “from a reliable source and confirmed by a former White House staff member who is still close to Mrs. Bush.” Apparently, when the President began slurring his words again, Laura, recognizing the mark of Devil Bourbon, fled the White House in disgust and began camping across the street at the Hay-Adams. “The President doesn’t want a divorce but won’t recognize that there is anything wrong with their marriage,” said Ted’s source. “…Laura has put up with so much.”
Best answer to the question “But Why? WHY?” came from Allan Schnaiberg, psychiatrist and Professor at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University.
“First and foremost, George W. Bush has a ‘Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)’” wrote Schnaiberg.
“…The most disturbing aspect about narcissists… is their pathological inability to empathize with others…
…(I)s George Bush willing to risk the lives of hundreds, maybe thousands more American soldiers, on an outside chance to save his political skin, in a half-baked plan that even he knows probably won’t work at all? Yes, he is. Because George Bush is that narcissistic, that desperate, and yes, that sociopathic as well…
… The insufferable “holier than thou” attitude associated with “Dry Drunk Syndrome” is indicative of underlying narcissism…
…Finally…those persons with NPD are notoriously unable to say they’re sorry…. Anyone having this particular character flaw almost certainly has NPD.”
Well, I haven’t heard a “Sorry” yet. Neither has Laura, apparently, nor Iraq, nor You, the American People.
But that’s what you get for rolling with the NPD, Fiends. Malignant Narcissists may be fun to hang out with, for a while – they are the life of the party – but eventually, you’re probably going to want to hang out with someone who actually cares about you, as a citizenry, and get a few of your needs met. You just deserve so much more.
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Ian "Laura Drinks, Too!" Ransom
Malignant Narcissism sucks. I know, because I grew up in a family of them. They had power (such power as can be had in a town thirty miles from the Celine Dion Family Restaurant & Theater-Grill), but not a clue as to what they should do with it aside from child terrorization.
They passed on the Narcissism gene to me, sans the Malignant. Mother was a great beauty, though–the absolute doppelganger of Jessica Lange in the King Kong years. Dad looked like Kong, though not in the way that George W. looks like Kong.
Curiously, they never drank a drop, though I always believed that they were the sort who needed to.
Aside from that, I can totally believe that W is self-medicating. He’s been in a natural stupor for the last eight years…why not revisit old, familiar self-inflicted stupors?
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