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• This edited article by Fr Richard Foley SJ first appeared in the 1988 winter edition of the Medjugorje Messenger.
• Cardinal-designate Urs von Balthasar died suddenly, aged 82 on June 26, 1988 – just two days before he was due to receive the red hat from Pope John Paul II, who had long been one of his warmest admirers.
"Medjugorje's theology rings true. I am convinced of its truth. And everything about Medjugorje is authentic, in a Catholic sense. What's happening there is so evident, so convincing."
Bouquets seldom come more glowing than this one presented to the extraordinary little (Yugoslav) "world village" by the world-famous Swiss theologian.
Von Balthasar was a tall, gaunt man who wore his 80- plus years extremely lightly. What had long established him as a giant figure in the world of theology and culture was his profound learning combined with a wide vision. Also he had a unique gift for marrying up modernity with tradition. It came as no surprise when, in 1984, the Holy Father (whose favourite theologian Balthasar was) award him the prestigious "Paul VI prize" for theology.
Cardinal du Lubac hailed Balthasar as the most cultured mind of our generation. Not only as a theologian but as a friend, he was on close terms with the likes of Cardinal Ratzinger (now Benedict XVI). And it was another theological giant – Karl Rahner – who referred to what he called the "breathtaking versatility" of Balthasar's writings.
His views on Medjugorje were expressed in sundry articles and private letters (including one to myself). And he developed these views in the course of a long interview he gave me in London.
To begin with, the Swiss theologian emphasised our liberty and right to go to Medjugorje on private pilgrimage. Pending the Church's formal acceptance of Medjugorje, pilgrimages organised at an official level have rightly bee vetoed by the Yugoslav bishops as presumptuous and pre-emptive of the (expected) go-ahead.
Balthasar told me that he, too, had come across any number of people, including priests and even prelates, who dismiss Medjugorje as anything from irrelevant to impossible, yet have not taken a really hard look at the evidence. And he agreed with my verdict on theological liberals: they are illiberal enough to question the Mother of God's freedom to appear where, when, and to whom she likes, and over as long a period of time as she likes.
Yet the ordinary faithful, he pointed out, see divine realities instantly and uncomplicatedly. This is thanks to their instinct for Heaven-sent truths; we refer to it technically as sensus fidelium. Not for nothing did Our Lord tell us that his Heavenly Father is wont to reveal things to plain, ordinary folk that blinkered wiseacres (some with theological degrees) miss by a mile.
For Balthasar, the clinching proof of Medjugorje's genuineness is in the quantity and quality of its fruits. By going there on pilgrimage, or simply through such contacts as books, videos etc, countless thousands have received rich graces. These graces pertain to things like peace of mind, a deepening faith, the desire to pray more, courage to fast once or twice a week on bread and water (or hot drinks), the resolution to frequent the Sacraments regularly.
Incidentally, Balthasar noted how pastorally wise and opportune is Our Lady of Medjugorje's recommendation of frequent confession as the very instrument to sanctify and renew the contemporary Church.
Given that the "fullness of faith" is a recurrent Balthasarian theme, it is not difficult to see why he accepted Medjugorje so wholeheartedly. For its message is thoroughly, uncompromising orthodox. And it nourishes within us respect for the Church's divine authority. Nor could this be otherwise, seeing that the message comes from her whom Balthasar has styled "the mother and model of the Church, the immaculate Church; the heart and centre of the Communion of Saints."
Another Balthasarian concept finds in Medjugorje a fresh and exciting expression. It is what he terms Theoramatik – "the drama of love being played out between God and the world."
Looking at Medjugorje in the light of Balthasar's concept, we can say that the God of love has transformed it into a theatre of holiness in which his Mother – leading lady in the divine drama – is teaching multitudes of people and helping them to make her message the very guiding star of their pilgrimage of faith, their lifelong adventure into the grace of God and the God of grace.
Closely linked with divine drama in Balthasar's theological system is the communication of truth. And there's certainly an abundance of this commodity to be found in Medjugorje. Its messages coincides and dovetails to a remarkable degree with what John the Baptist proclaimed in the Judaean dessert. In fact, the general Medjugorje message virtually amounts to the Gospel according to the Gospa (Croatian name for Our Lady).
Finally, Medjugorje's message is shot with divine beauty – another key idea in Balthasar's thinking. To apply it to Medjugorje, we canny say that beauty is abundantly manifest in that little favoured corner of Yugoslavia. It is in the hills, the fields, the stars that look down, the soft winds that blow across the plains. It is in the faces and hearts of those gracious people who live there. It is in the faith and prayer of the pilgrim throngs. It is in the vast Eucharistic assemblies and the haunting Slav hymns. It is in the patient lines of penitents seeking absolution. It is in the myriad of Aves that rise day and night.
Medjugorje's beauty is, above all, in the glorified humanity and maternal love of Mary. The perfume of her holiness is everywhere. Her presence it is that permeates Medjugorje with "God's better beauty – grace."
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Are 2-percent mortgage rates a real possibility in the future? Not so long ago, if you'd asked a group of economists and CEOs of home loan companies that question, your inquiry would probably have been greeted with either explosive laughter and much eye rolling or a stony silence with the same eye rolling. After that, you might have found yourself being interrogated about your beliefs concerning unicorns, fairies and the Loch Ness monster. It was unthinkable that rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) would dip below 3.00 percent in the foreseeable future.
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That was then and this is now. Today, that same question would be heard respectfully and responded to seriously. Most experts would probably tell you they're not expecting rates to fall to those sorts of levels, but they're certainly not ruling it out.
If you look at the latest mortgage rate forecasts from some of the most expert economists working in the field, you'll be luckier than this writer if you find anyone suggesting sub-3 percent 30-year FRMs. Indeed, those closest to the issue, at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Mortgage Bankers Association, are all predicting rises in rates this year and next.
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But they'd likely be the first to acknowledge that they might not be right. After all, they've been forecasting rate rises for a very long time, and by now they must be used to being proved wrong. That's not their fault, of course. All economic forecasts are based on assumptions about how economies and markets are going to act in the future, and economies and markets have rarely been as unpredictable as they have been over the last few years.
And their task has been made immeasurably harder by globalization. Time was when they only had to worry about how the American economy would do. Now, with money crossing national borders in huge quantities, investors in London, Shanghai, Frankfurt, Tokyo and elsewhere can affect U.S. mortgage rates almost as directly as those in New York.
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The rate you'll pay for a new fixed-rate mortgage is largely determined by supply and demand in the mortgage market at the time you "lock" (fix) your rate. If at that time, investors (who include the people who manage your pension fund and maybe some of your other investments) are worried about economic conditions either at home or abroad, they're likely to be buying lots of mortgage-backed securities, because those are regarded as a relatively safe investment, even if the returns on them are modest. But, during more confident times, those investors care less about safety and tend to put their money into riskier investments that offer higher rewards, such as stocks and shares. The law of supply and demand means that prices (rates in this case) fall when the supply of money increases. Of course, there's a lot more to it than that, but the rule almost always holds good: mortgage rates tend to rise and fall in line with how spooked investors are.
The American economy has not been doing badly recently, though it could be doing a whole lot better. But in this globalized era it seems there's always a country somewhere that's a cause for concern. In the last year, investors have been spooked by China's slowing growth rate, Greece's financial disaster and its potential for wrecking a number of other more important economies in the "eurozone" (the group of nations that share the euro currency), Japan's inability to shake off its decades-long stagnation, and the likely impact of Britain's decision to leave the European Union ("Brexit"). Meanwhile, at the time of writing, some foreign central banks (their equivalents of our Fed) are charging negative interest rates on deposits from banks, and some foreign government bonds are paying negative yields. In such a topsy-turvy environment – with some estimating that up to $10 trillion worldwide is currently invested at negative interest rates or yields – American mortgages can look very tempting to those around the world who are seeking some reasonably safe return on their money.
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If and when the global economy regains its footing, mortgage rates will almost certainly go up. But few expect that to happen anytime soon, and some are wondering aloud whether a return to the old "normal" is ever going to occur. So low mortgage rates look likely to remain, at least for a while.
If things get worse globally or domestically, those rates might fall further, quite possibly breaking the 3-percent barrier. So to return to our original question: Are 2-percent mortgage rates a real possibility in the future? You bet.
Though, obviously, they could never drop below the 2-percent or 1-percent barriers or stray into negative territory. Unless ...
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As a homeowner, the prospect of such low rates on mortgages is fantastic. You can always refinance if they really do keep going down.
But, as an American and a human, you should be concerned that such rates will signal a global economy in crisis, with all the misery for millions or billions of people that implies. Indeed, if things get really bad, you could find yourself a victim of a worldwide depression. So be careful what you wish for.


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In recent months, Celtic may have lost some finesse, but their spirit remains in good order. Trailing by goals from Zander Diamond and Darren Mackie during Aberdeen's early blitz, the Celtic Park team showed the possessiveness of champions whose title is under threat.
Refusing to accept defeat, Martin O'Neill's players showed extraordinary resilience to contrive goals from Stanislav Varga, John Hartson and Craig Bellamy to establish a five-point lead over Rangers in the Premierleague.
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Dr. Allison Bialas is this year's recipient of the Jeffrey Modell Prize for outstanding postdoctoral fellow within the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine.
Allison is a 3rd year postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Carroll. She is studying the underlying mechanisms of neuropsychosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and has identified an important role for microglia in the disease. Allison received her PhD in Neuroscience at Harvard University, where she trained with Dr. Beth Stevens.
This is the first year the Modell prize was awarded. Allison's proposal entitled "Understanding CNS Lupus: Can Peripheral Inflammation Promote Synapse Loss?", was selected by the PCMM Scientific Board and was announced at the PCMM retreat this past September.
The identification of a set of genetic variations that are strongly associated with the risk of developing schizophrenia provides insights into the neurobiology of this destructive disease.
Schizophrenia is a devastating and chronic neuropsychiatric disorder that affects nearly 1% of the world's population. It has long been hoped that the identification of genetic risk factors for schizophrenia would help to identify the physiological causes of the disease, but, despite decades of intensive research, the biological underpinnings of schizophrenia have remained elusive. Sekar et al. (PDF) present a remarkable genomic and neurobiological study that finally delivers on this long-standing hope.
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What is this association? Drs. Carroll and Bialas noted that 60% of lupus patients will experience neuropsychiatric symptoms within the first year of diagnosis. "This number may reflect changes in brain chemistry — in particular, in those patients who have shown elevations of cytokines in their cerebral spinal fluids," said Dr. Bialas.
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With ALR funding, Drs. Carroll and Bialas will investigate the hypothesis that cytokines induced by lupus-specific autoantibodies trigger nerve dysfunction. They will also explore the impact of an early event in lupus development — the breakdown of B cell tolerance on the nervous system.
"Knowing the underlying mechanisms can lead to a cure for lupus," said Dr. Carroll. "From murine models, we already know that we can block or slow down the activity of cytokines."
Dr. Carroll is quick to point out that his investigation may not have gotten off the ground without ALR funding."The ALR makes it possible for a novel idea like ours to get some exposure. If we are on the right track, the ALR will have set us up for a larger NIH-funded grant to push the research further," he concluded.


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Washington, Aug 25 (ANI): Scientists have identified the key components of a protein called TRIM5a that destroys HIV in rhesus monkeys.
Senior researcher Edward M. Campbell, of Loyola University Health System, said that the finding could lead to new TRIM5a-based treatments that would knock out HIV in humans.
In 2004, other researchers reported that TRIM5a protects rhesus monkeys from HIV. The TRIM5a protein first latches on to a HIV virus, then other TRIM5a proteins gang up and destroy the virus.
Humans also have TRIM5a, but while the human version of TRIM5a protects against some viruses, it does not protect against HIV.
Researchers hope to turn TRIM5a into an effective therapeutic agent. But first they need to identify the components in TRIM5a that enable the protein to destroy viruses.
"Scientists have been trying to develop antiviral therapies for only about 75 years. Evolution has been playing this game for millions of years, and it has identified a point of intervention that we still know very little about," Campbell said.
TRIM5a consists of nearly 500 amino acid subunits. Loyola researchers have identified six 6 individual amino acids, located in a previously little-studied region of the TRIM5a protein, that are critical in the ability of the protein to inhibit viral infection. When these amino acids were altered in human cells, TRIM5a lost its ability to block HIV-1 infection.
By continuing to narrow their search, researchers hope to identify an amino acid, or combination of amino acids, that enable TRIM5a to destroy HIV.
Once these critical amino acids are identified, it might be possible to genetically engineer TRIM5a to make it more effective in humans. Moreover, a better understanding of the underlying mechanism of action might enable the development of drugs that mimic TRIM5a action, Campbell said.
In their research, scientists used Loyola's wide-field "deconvolution" microscope to observe how the amino acids they identified altered the behavior of TRIM5a.
They attached fluorescent proteins to TRIM5a to, in effect, make it glow. In current studies, researchers are fluorescently labeling individual HIV viruses and measuring the microscopic interactions between HIV and TRIM5a.
"The motto of our lab is one of Yogi Berra's sayings -- 'You can see a lot just by looking,'" Campbell said.
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Finally got pictures posted from our June 2005 trip to areas in southern Tanzania. Tried to keep them in order of the parks/reserve visited. Forgive me for a few duplicates here and there.
Trust they will bring back memories of trips others have taken. I know I really appreciated photos provided by members of this board.
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Finally got pictures posted from our June 2005 trip to areas in southern Tanzania. Tried to keep them in order of the parks/reserve visited. Forgive me for a few duplicates here and there.
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Wow! Great pictures. I SO want to return after enjoying your photos! I especially like #169.
Thanks for sharing.
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Wow, great photos. I particularly liked the photo of the giraffe crossing the river and the croc with mouth agape. And all the bird photos -- what size lens did you use and what camera?
Thanks, Michael
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As if I needed any more reasons to take a Southern Circuit trip--yikes, these are so alluring.
Thank you, Dick!
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The bird photos are fantastic.
Thanks for sharing.
Southern Circuit... here we come, eventually!
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Wow. I just realized that I've never seen a giraffe IN the water before as you depict in the photo of one crossing the river. Very interesting.
I'm blown away by all the bird photos. My favorite is the one toward the end of the many bee-eaters in the tree.
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Thanks so much Dick I hav been waiting for these! Just skimmer through this morning as I do have to do some work so I will be looking more carefully this weekend. From my glimpse they look great.
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Dick, I've been avidly waiting for these photos and now they are here I wish I hadn't looked because exactly what I thought might happen has happened. I want to cancel all current plans and instead go back to Ruaha.
Unfortunately GovernorPhil has a slightly different view (Cape Town is booked for September and we are going!!!) so I'll just have to be patient.
The best photo for me was the cinnamon bread - it reminded me that when we were at Ruaha River Lodge I would empty the bread basket into a napkin and take it all out on the morning drive - it's a long time between breakfast and lunch and Esau, our guide, always enjoyed his share .
Seriously though, you've got some great photos there and I really enjoyed looking through them. Thanks for posting.
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I agree that the bird shots are great, but my fave is "Elephant having salad."
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Wonderful photos! Thanks for posting these. Ruaha looks incredible
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Lovely... I like the photos from and in the planes and coming into land and having landed and also I'm grateful for the accommodation photos, even vehicles!!... much appreciated.
Of course, love animal pics... wow to that giraffe crossing the river! And what about that greater kudu bull mid-run? And the little gecko on the rock is too adorable! And that one with the big big ele and the ele calf walking towards you--- that must have been amazing! Oooh and the baobob with the hole in it made by eles is pretty unusual isn't it, not to mention that strange little grove of baobobs all together? I like your shot of the underside of an ele foot - what a cool idea!
You also have some fabby bird shots - great lilac-breasted rollers, hoopoe, spotted thick-knee, helmeted guineau fowl, magpie shrike, red-necked spurfowl, green-winged pytilia, maribou stork, von der decken's hornbill, red-billed hornbill, fiscal shrike, ashy starling, white-headed buffalo-weaver, cordon bleu (who knew there was a bird of that name?), white-browed coucal, crowned hornbill, yellow-billed storks, wire-tailed swallow, little bee-eater (one of my very favourite birds), hammerkops, goliath heron, grey-headed kingfisher (yes it is, both times), spur-winged lapwing, pied kingfisher, water thick-knee, white-fronted bee-eater (so close to the first one and wow on the flock shot) and then the waterfowl and house crow right at the end there!!!!
And landscape and flora pics too... Wow to the inside of the mahogany seed pod!!! And I like the shot of the acacia in flower - I have seen it on tv - a riot of yellow - but not visited in th right season to see it in person. And what about that lovely shot where you're heading upriver and there are the tall palms infront of you reflecting into the water?
PS Did you happen to see any kudu?
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Thanks to all for the kind words as to the pictures! Most of the really good ones were taken by daughter Beth who has an idea for the unusual (like the pad of the elephant foot). She used a Pentax ZX-M with a 75-300 zoom and was much more diligent in taking her shots. I on the other hand was more impulsive and would often shoot as soon as I saw subject "x" thinking it would run away if I didn't. I used mostly the Olympus digital 740 w/10X zoom. In a few cases we did enlarge pics but as you all know graininess gets to be an issue. On this trip I really appreciated how side-lighting influences pictures. Special thanks to Kavey for the many smilie faces! Kudos to all.
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I too like to take pics of strange details - I took a picture (that I adore) of the feet of a baby king penguin and everyone else kept asking when they saw it why I took that!! Same for one I took of a penguin "tail"!
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Yes the foot photo is the type of thing that attracts me too! I have a whole collection of up cross zebra stribes. giraffe markings etc there something about that kind of thing that appeals to me!
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Hi Dick,
That photo link appears to no longer work. Would you mind sending a invite to yourself through the Share Photos page on Kodak Gallery, then pasting the url here? Thanks!
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Patty, I trust this works. http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=6f4o51n.abn4uz2n&x=1&y=-yahy64
I wonder if I caused problem with Kodak when we ordered several items of late? Calendars, tote bag and framed prints were neat! Did note a difference in background color between two separate orders of the same calendar though.
Thanks for your efforts. Dick
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These are great! Patty - thanks for bringing them back to the top. Dick- it looks like your trip was just outstanding! Thanks for sharing.
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The new link works. Thanks so much!
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This reminded me I have to go to Southern Tanzania. I love elephants in camp. Thanks Dick – and Patty. Wonderful photos!
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Can't seem to access your photos on Kodakgallery and am getting a message that the link is no longer valid. Am dying to see your photos as I will be in Selous and Ruaha in a few weeks.
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Did you try the new link (5 posts up)?
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hi dick remember me?hehe i hooked you up with josaphat(spelling). i think you had my mikumi tent. that view from your tent to the tent towards the left and down a bit. i can almost swear we had the same tent. have to look at my pics and see.
oh i love the close ele pics best!!!!
do you have any video of that?
humm, making me think i should get back there sooner than later. but this time i will have to hit katavi.
oh, out of chance i was checking out the FOXES web-site last nt. then i see this today.
thx, david
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Yes, Dave, I remember you. When we were at Ruaha River Lodge I gave Josephat the picture you emailed me. He recalled your visit. Thought you saw just about everything there was to see in the park, at least in the daytime. He is a great guide! We are looking forward to seeing him (probably will not get there until 2007. Happy New Year! Dick
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hi dick, same to you also. i don't think i will be able to get to so.tanz this yr. have other safaris in mind. but maybe if you guys don't mind. maybe we can team up for 07.we'll figure out an itin when it get closer. long ways off now. of course if it's ok with you guys.
thx, d
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Finally got to see your photos thanks to Patty who directed me to the correct link. They are fabulous!
I especially liked the bird pictures, particularly the malachite kingfisher and the lilac-breasted rollers.
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If it seems unclear today just how much Miriam Schapiro has contributed to the body of American art, that's only because she's not finished yet. For the past three decades, she has been hard at work toppling some of the establishment's most revered conventions, flouting some of her most blustery critics, and laying the groundwork for some of the most socially relevant and subtly articulate work to come out of the Counterculture Generation. In short, she is a pioneer. And given all that, Missoula should probably count itself lucky to be hosting Schapiro's first-ever solo exhibition in the Rocky Mountain West, Miriam Schapiro: Works on Paper, a 30-Year Retrospective, which goes on view this Friday at the Art Museum of Missoula (AMM).
The exhibition itself is as layered and as understated as Schapiro's work has always been. Fifty-nine pieces, representing all the phases and themes of her life's work, come together to create a kind of mosaic of the woman who, for all intents and purposes, founded the school of feminist art. And in her case, that's more than just a turn of phrase. It was in 1968 that Schapiro, now a resident of Tucson, Ariz., teamed up with painter and installation-artist Judy Chicago to create the Feminist Art Program at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, Calif., the first curriculum of its kind anywhere. And it's no understatement to say that their renegade project-along with their voluminous work over the years-influenced an entire generation of women artists, many of whom, perhaps, would not have become artists were it not for them.
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Certainly, it helps narrow things down somewhat that the show limits itself to works on paper. But bear in mind, this is an artist who has thrived in flat, ornamental, two-dimensional media, like paper and cloth. Crafts that were traditionally the domain of women, and that were habitually dismissed as "decorative," became her stock in trade. There are, for example, pieces of female collage, or "femmage" as she calls it, an expressive combination of painting and piecework that pays homage to women's experiences, traditions and modes of expression. You can see it full-force in pieces like "Patience," a dense honeycomb of tiny cloth swatches, lacquered over with a lace apron. Or "Invitation," a pastiche of fabric and paper that bears more than a passing resemblance to a midwestern quilt. There is an almost obsessive layering of patterns and geometries at work in pieces like these, an attention to detail that can best be described as true craftswomanship.
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Cabs and Alou were players choices which means players respect those two more than Dunn or Abreau.
Cabs and Alou were players choices which means players respect those two more than Dunn or Abreau.
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i think cabrera is a good player but is riding his october fame from last year to the all star game and how can the players respect alou more, the guy pisses on his handsOriginally Posted by RedDog
This is absolutely wonderful news! So glad that Jack gave Barry the nod. He deserves it.
Well, if ops is the definitive stat in baseball then I guess Drew, Dunn and Abreu should have found their way onto the squad. But, I wonder if Jack even knows what ops is. My guess is that there was a lot of diplomacy involved, phone calls between managers, consideration about getting the teams with the best records a couple more men on the roster... I know Jack loves Cabrera, and who wouldn't. That kid is amazing. I just think people get too worked up about it every year. I am just glad we got four, and that Barry gets one final act in the spotlight. He is going to be treated like a king by the other players that night. Adam is going to have many, many All Star appearances in his future, I am sure.
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Just to let you know from a reliable source. McKeon only was able to pick three guys because of the situation whereby some teams were not represented. He picked a Marlin, a Red, and a Phillie.
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It's great news for the Reds' players and fans, but is it great news for the cheap Reds' front office? lol I'm wondering if any or all of the 4 guys have an All-Star $$$BONUS$$$ clause in their contracts.
According to Jax' website, none of the selected players receives a bonus if they are selected to the ASG. However, if Casey is selected to the ASG in 2005 or he gets 640 more ABs by the end of 2005, his option for 2006 at $8.6M automatically kicks in.Originally Posted by BallBuster
I was really shocked that Paul Wilson didn't make it until I saw the stats of the starting pitchers that did make it. That is one heck of a pitching lineup for the NL including the relievers.
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Just to give you a sense of how amazing Larkin making the All-Star team as a 40-year-old shortstop is, I can only find three players in major league history who played SS with any regularity at the age of 40 -- Honus Wagner, Luke Appling and Ozzie Smith (who really was more of a half-timer by that point in his career).
That Larkin still plays the position is a triumph in itself, that he's still good enough to make a All-Star team should be the capstone on a HOF career. Mortals don't do this. Heck, most immortals can't do it either.
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Outstanding research, M2. This should seal the deal for Barry to get in the Hall. I mean, what more can the guy do?Originally Posted by M2
If he doesn't make the Hall of Fame it will be a travesty.
Well done Jack. This should put to rest the notions that Jack carries a grudge against Larkin and Griffey. McKeon is a professional and chose Larkin for baseball reasons just like he decided to pitch around Casey and pitch to Griffey based on baseball reasoning. That day though there were a few here that called Jack all sorts of childish names. Let's see if those still hold a grudge toward Jack for the "stare".
I agree Bill. Props to Trader Jack for putting past issues aside to allow the Captain to make one final all star appearance. I can honestly say that if I were in McKeon's shoes, Larkin doesn't make the team. But, like everyone else I am very happy that he was included.
Cheers, Jack :GAC:
You guys, I am thrilled that Larkin was selected! I was jumping around my living room when I found out. Just outstanding news. If this really is his last year of playing (hmm...), what a way to go out. Congrats to the Captain, and thanks to McKeon for picking him!
And congrats to Junior, Casey and Graves. Good stuff, having four Reds named to the team!
Amen, M2Originally Posted by M2
As I always say, never underestimate Barry Larkin. Thank you, Jack.
Along with the 500+HR NL outfield, it will be a very nice story for MLB to have three 40 yr. olds (also NL) showing they still have the right stuff. Even though I personally think what Barry has accomplished over 19 years as a shortstop is the most impressive of the trio, it won't hurt his HOF chances to be lumped w/ Clemens and Johnson on a national stage.
Does anyone not think that this is Barry's last year?
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