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Joba and the unresolved 8thBy
Last night's game was absolutely heartbreaking when you forget that realistically, few thought the team would pull out a win with the quality of bottom of the order and opposing pitcher, Felix Hernandez, being, well, Felix Hernandez. By now, those who have stood by Joba despite his inconsistency are likely starting to question their commitment. If anything, the game may have crystalized some of the issues we'd seen with Joba Chamberlain this year.
After the game — in which Joba gave up a grand slam to steal Javy's outdeuling of King Felix — Girardi said he'd continue to stick with Joba. "As we go forward, I would like to have an 8th-inning guy…I'd like to stay with one guy. I'm going to send him back out there," he told reporters. He also said that Joba's been "largely good" when they've had leads and he's still re-adjusting to the 8th inning role.
In reality, some of what Joe said is true — he has been largely good (no, really) all things considered, but when he's been bad, he's been Ramiro Pena-in-an-0-2-count-against-Strasburg bad. But unfortunately for Joe and the rest of the team, the excuses aren't really assuaging anyone's fears. He's still blowing up in too many games and he's the primary reason the bullpen is one of the team's biggest question marks. For an "8th inning guy," consistency must be greater.
The starter-turned-reliever-turned starter-turned reliever has had some very impressive peripherals on the year and yet they haven't turned into positive results. Chamberlain, prior to last night's game, had a K/9 of 9.91, a BB/9 of 3.22, a microscopic HR rate (which will certainly go up), a festive 2.68 tERA and an FIP of 2.35. Yet somehow he also featured an ERA of 4.95 and a BABip of .378, far higher than anything he's thrown up in his career. So what could possibly explain the drastic divide in what we know statistically should happen, and what has happened?
Undoubtedly, as the BABip and other peripherals indicate, Joba has had quite a bit of pure bad luck. The reason the results have manifested to such proportions, I suspect, is largely what's happened after the poor luck. In all, there are ten appearances (not including the most recent game with Seattle) in which he's given up runs. Maybe he just can't handle the pressure after never quite regaining that plus-plus-plus stuff he had in 2007?
A quick look at those appearances:
- Joba enters April 4th game against Sox. Starts with a weak groundout to third then gives up seeing-eye single, walk and a deep flyball and then a game-killing single to RF. Leverage Index was .79 (1.0 is considered high leverage).
- April 11th against Rays, Chamberlain enters and gives up a sharp single then a triple. He settles down then issues a walk before getting a flyball out. Leverage index was again .79
- Later in April, against the Angels, Joba enters and gives up a LD single then a home run and then recovers to retire three in a row on flyballs. Leverage index was .95
- In mid-May, against the Twins, Joba had a wild time. He gave up a cheap single to start, then came back with a groundout, a walk, a strikeout, a single, another walk and finally, a home run. Leverage index was 2.47
- The next game was against the Sox. Chamberlain saw runners reach on grounball single and an error before getting clobbered with doubles and singles. Leverage is 1.90
- To close out May, in the infamous Cleveland game, Joba watched a seeing-eye single get through. Then was singled and doubled to death. Miserable. Leverage was 1.99. The previous low point of the season.
- Sandwiched between some nice outings against Baltimore and Houston was a rough spot against the Jays. He threw 6 pitches; Jose Molina hits a double, Fred Lewis hits a GB single, scoring Molina (!) from 2nd. Leverage was 2.79
- Squaring off against the Phillies, Chamberlain gave up doubles, singles, walks, steals — it was bad from beginning to end. Leverage was .25
- Against the Bigelow Torre Tea's in L.A., Chamberlain started off with a walk, got a double play, then saw a single, a stolen base and a double to allow the run to score. Only Torre's remarkable incompetance saved him from being the goat again. Leverage was .14
- Last week against Toronto was the previous mishap with Chamberlain. He gave up a scary out in LF (Gardner made a great catch), then saw a walk, a flyout and two singles. He was actually worse than his line looks. Leverage was 2.76
Well there's no clear correlation that Joba unravels because of bad BABip luck (I'd have to go back to see the video of those hits, which is just far too much research than I'm willing to put forth), he does struggle when the game is on the line and it does seem that once he gives up a big hit with a man on second, he loses it. With RiSP, Chamberlain is being hit around to the tune of .333/.383/.429. There doesn't appear to be a problem with runners just on first (.132/.195/.263) but when they reach second he just unravels, yielding a line of .357/.438/.429.
He's also walked (including last night's game) 8 men in 11 appearances in which runs scored, indicating some level of frustration. Eight of the ten appearances listed above have a leverage score of .79 or higher. Looking at the rest of the game logs, he's been pretty much all-or-nothing this year — lights out or insomnia-inducing. While his peripherals say he should be one of the best relievers in the AL, it's undone by the poor luck and the appearances in which Murphy's Law presides. Part of that appears to be from a loss of focus. He's just not spotting his pitches when luck puts him in a jam. And they're getting tagged.
In terms of pitch sequencing, this is about the one area of consistency you'll find with Chamberlain. He's throwing fastballs pretty much exclusively if there is a 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 count but by the same token is also fascinated by the 2-2 and 3-2 slider. His pitch selection still leaves much to be desired in terms of predictability and when they're not spotted well, yikes. With both pitches rated as fairly pedestrian in Pitchvalues this year, adjustments must be made. And he hasn't made them thus far.
As I mentioned, Chamberlain also had some stretches where he was very good and excelled when the game was on the line. In 19 games with a 1.00 or higher leverage situation, teams scored off him in 6 of them. You want much better results for a reliever facing high-pressure situations, but he hasn't completely Trevor Hoffman'd the bed when the game is on the line. As Girardi said, by that measure, he's been largely good. But not good enough. Someone that volatile is not who you want to see come into the 8th inning of a tied game 7.
Joba is sort of a special situation in that he's started before and who knows, may even return to the role next year (though I doubt it). But generally speaking, relievers are not consistent, particularly young ones. It's why they're relievers; you can't just pull them every time they struggle.
At the same rate, having set roles and continuing to set them up for failure could be damaging to the player and is certainly damaging to the team. Girardi admitted that Chamberlain's stuff was off but yet he had no contingency plan — no one warming up in the bullpen. Putting confidence in the pitcher is one thing, but being haphazard when you know he doesn't have a feel for his pitches that night, is another.
For the fans, it's hard to separate expectation from patience. What Mike said last night is correct — he is getting by largely on his reputation from three years ago (or 2 years ago, depending on how you value his 2008 before injury) and outside of Girardi, I think you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who still advocates keeping Joba in his present role, which no doubt infuriates many. Chamberlain has had crazy-high expectations and he's fallen short.
But still, he's (still) a young pitcher with very good stuff and we'd be wise to remember how rare it is for a pitcher under 24 to reach expectations so early. Lashing out and saying we should trade him for a few pine cones and a glass of clamato juice is short-sighted. Whether they be mental, physical, mechanical or some combination, it's in the Yankees' best interest to get Chamberlain fixed. Right now it's a detriment to the team to let him fix it in the 8th inning in high-pressure situations, and it seems wrong for him too. At the very least, Girardi needs to be willing to take him out if he doesn't look strong. A change must be in order, even if no one in the bullpen has really stepped up and made themselves deserving of the 8th inning honor.
With all these notable implosions we should bear in mind that Chamberlain's not a lost cause either. Tons of 24-year-olds with glimmers of brilliance and moments of frustration and trauma go on to have storied careers. We need to remember the lessons of patience or we're bound to be disappointed in every shiny new toy we receive.
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Don't be overly swayed by his peripherals. They're only good because of his Jeckyl and Hyde nature this year. When he's on, he dominates and shows flashes of brilliance. When he's off, he gets nobody out and is lucky to escape only giving up 3 runs, because he has nothing. He's been on more than off, so the overall peripherals look good. But the bad outings have been so spectacularly bad that his ERA is bloated.
Girardi has mentioned that his rough outings have been related to getting too much rest, and I did a piece on that today over at TYU. But you can't rearrange your bullpen for one pitcher. If Joba cant learn how to make adjustments on the fly, learn how to be more consistent, he's too combustible for his current role.
Also, there have long been whispers about Joba's conditioning (or lack thereof) and the sense of the coaching staff that he constantly needs a kick in the ass. I think his lack of being able to locate is related to not repeating his delivery, which is related to momentary bouts of fatigue. Until we see Joba come in chiseled, finally looking like he takes his profession seriously, I don't think his results will change. Lots of guys have thrown the ball 99 MPH and failed. Mark Wohlers, John Rocker, Kyle Farnsworth, etc. If you can't locate, you'll get crushed. Joba needs to keep his fastball below the waist. If he can't, he's a useless tease.
Pretty sure he covered that all or nothing point in the article.
Yeah, but he ended on a hopeful note. I think Joba's career is at a crossroads. Being better conditioned may not even work, but it's his best shot. What he's doing now will have him pitching for the Long Island Ducks in 5 years.
Just wait next spring when he comes back in the best shape of his life…then you'll see!
Kyle Farnsworth really hasn't "failed" IMO, Joba's a bit different than that. I'm deeply saddened that now were talking about him strictly as a reliever, seven months ago a lot of the regulars here were all but convinced that he would dominate or at least be a successful starter. The concerns over his lack of stuff in 2009 and now about well…everything this year, it seems that the book is slowly closing on him being a starter in the future. I recall discussing Ryan Dempster with a Cubs fan friend of mine, I told him…occasionally pitchers need an inning or two to get their shit together, thus when you're a reliever trying to get ready within an inning of play and be expected to shut down a team for an inning may be a bit of an unrealistic expectation. Joba Chamberlain has been bred to be a starting pitcher, he's had a good forty or fifty innings of bullpen work prior to this year and about two hundred innings of starting. Perhaps the best thing for him isn't to "adjust" to the new role, but to hit the reset button and transition back to the old one. Try to replace Vazquez or Pettitte in 2012, as of now the bullpen thing clearly isn't working out…he's not getting enough regular work, whatever is/was bothering him clearly isn't getting fixed, nor can it be expected too. Scranton, work on him becoming a starter…relief isn't his forte anymore.
Side note: I recall at the last time there was a recap when Joba pitched…someone suggested that we make too much whenever he gives up a run, care to retract that?
Here's last night's silver lining: Mo got another night off. If they tag Rowland-Smith tonight, he'll hopefully get all the rest he needs to help his side and his knee.
Mo, Jeter, Posada, and a little bit of Swisher. Also, Javy pitched very well. The team has gone twice through the rotation without a single bad start now, and all but one or two of them have been excellent.
I love how you felt the need to throw in the Wizard of Oz Lion pic.
That Joba as the Cowardly Lion photo always reminds me of that brief scene in the Shining of the guy in the dog suit.
You had to do that, didn't you? Now I'm gonna have that stuck in my head all goddamn day.
I think Joba needs a trip to scranton.
ESPN is reporting that Bob Sheppard has passed away. Sad day for baseball.
R.I.P. Bob You truly were "the voice of God".
The 'Voice of God' ascends to Heaven.
does it sound like the Yankees realize Joba needs to develop at AAA but they feel as if they have no backup option to replace him? It is weird though because if Melancon had gotten called up and had just 1 appearance like Joba did he'd have been shipped back to Scranton this morning.
I think of Joba a lot like I think of Brackman. You want giant leaps, but you'll take baby steps. I found myself hoping, at the beginning of this season, that his stint in the bullpen would allow him to gradually regain his old stuff (velocity and slider action-wise), and eventually some better command, on account of throwing the same pitch to the same place so many times.
I think we have to consider the injury in 2008 as a major setback for Joba as a prospect. Yes, he was already pitching in the major leagues, and pitching well at that, but he had flown through so much of his development that there was still a lot of room for him to grow in terms of gaining command of his curve and change, and, of course, gaining stamina and being able to pitch more innings. I really feel that it would be unfair to even think about Joba as the pitcher he was pre-injury, aside from his velocity. IMO, after the injury, he re-entered project phase, and is currently in phase 2.
As a pitcher coming off a shoulder injury beginning his first full season as a starter in 2009, I really think that the primary goal was to get him a lot of innings and keep him healthy. Results would have been nice, but they weren't particularly relevant to the big picture, which was getting Joba through a full season as a starter.
Now, in the bullpen, I think the primary goal is for him to regain his stuff of old. It appears, as he has been busting out mid-to-high 90s fastballs consistently for a few weeks now, that he has started to do just that. If you ask me, that's the biggest story in regards to Joba this season. Much like with Brackman, pretty ERAs are nice, but him getting his stuff back AND having nice walk and strikeout rates is much more important.
I recognize that he is currently playing a pretty big role on the major league team, and so it feels like results are more important than anything; he's a big-leauger, not a prospect, so all that matters is what kind of production he's giving you. But this isn't the right way to look at it. Joba's development has been famously stunted by both injury and (rightly or wrongly) the team's decision to emphasize immediate success over his development. So he may be 24, and 3 years into his big league career, but in reality, he is still a prospect. He is still a guy that the team is trying to turn into a high-end major league pitcher, whether as a reliever or a starter (I personally think the team still views him as a starter).
This is, I believe, why he continues to pitch regularly. Because he has to. I know a lot of people don't like the idea of the team being hurt somewhat for one player's development, but if it leads to the old Joba coming back, it will have been worth it. So, just like JMK said, don't ask for him to be traded for nothing. We have to take it one step at a time with Joba, and, more importantly, we have to recognize where we're stepping from. You can choose to see it as someone who was a star in '07/'08 and has gotten progressively worse since then, or you can see it as somebody who has been making steady progress in his return from injury, first gaining arm strength and stamina from spending a full year in the rotation, and then gaining velocity (and hopefully improved command later on in the season) from a year in the bullpen. I'll take the latter.
You can choose to see it as someone who was a star in '07/'08 and has gotten progressively worse since then, or you can see it as somebody who has been making steady progress in his return from injury, first gaining arm strength and stamina from spending a full year in the rotation, and then gaining velocity (and hopefully improved command later on in the season) from a year in the bullpen. I'll take the latter.
I wanted to repeat this, because it emphasizes perhaps the most difficult thing about watching young players as they develop.
The main stumbling block for Joba might be the mythical creature known as "Joba Chamberlain '07″ when a young, hard throwing pitcher came up and pitched an outstanding 24 innings and made a lot of people believe that the Yankees had found the equally mythical "heir to Mo" or the more ridiculous "8th inning" guy.
The truth is, young pitchers often struggle. Not everyone comes up and is instantly Dwight Gooden, especially when dealing with injuries.
All of the points JMK raised — the struggles with RISP, the walks, the resistance to changing pitch selection — to me all point to a young pitcher who is trying to live up to an extremely small sample achieved early in his career.
In other words, the peripherals show that Joba still has the "stuff" to succeed, but the results and the difficulties show that he still has to make adjustments to put it together.
I would expect that the best thing for Joba would be to go back to being a starter while making his adjustments in an environment that is conducive to trying things out without the pressure of chasing those mythical 24 innings thrown as a 21 year old.
As JMK said:
Tons of 24-year-olds with glimmers of brilliance and moments of frustration and trauma go on to have storied careers. We need to remember the lessons of patience or we're bound to be disappointed in every shiny new toy we receive.
I agree. One thing I have never been able to figure out – the resistance to changing pitch selection. Who calls the pitches? Shouldn't Girardi or Eiland be telling Joba when we goes out their that he isn't allowed to shake off the catcher, and that he has to throw whatever Posada or Cervelli put down? And if that ain't good enough, Joe or Dave should be relaying in the signs to the catcher? I mean, if I know he's going to throw a slider, and you know he's going to throw a slider, I would guess the hitters all probably know, too. Right?
Just demote the kid already. He needs a no-pressure environment to rebuild his delivery and mechanics.
As a starter.
As a starter.
One of my biggest concerns would be that they would send him down to AAA only to have him pitch out of the bullpen.
that would be the biggest mistake if they did that. Since he would be in scranton why not get him as much innings as possible and start him
Option Joba, call up Nova; DFA Park, call up Nova. Put Joba in SWB's rotation for the season.
If we continue with 'the screw around with Joba's mechanics/head variety show' as a starter/reliever we're going to destroy a potentially valuable pitcher. If we have the ability to go out and trade for an all star CF, all star pitcher and went hard after Cliff Lee all in one year (and still have an above avg farm right now) there's no reason we shouldn't get a good reliever or two to avert this trainwreck.
"As a starter."
How come I'm not surprised and the same people I will give you guys this you don't give up. How about going down and working out of the pen to help the weakest part of this team they already have 5 good starters.
If there is a glimmer of hope that he might be converted back to a starter this might be it. It's improbable, but a guy can dream.
I wonder if the Rangers would bit on a Joba,Montero,Javy deal, for Cliff Lee? Throw in some money perhaps?
joba has never been the same since the shoulder injury. A lot of his effectiveness was related to his intimidating velocity, which he has never fully regained. He should be sent down to the minors to learn how to pitch.
He hit 99 mph last nigh so his velocity is not the problem. Generalized suckiness seems to be his main issue.
It was never just the velocity though. The problem is he's ridiculously inconsistent. I think twice this year he looked like "Joba from 2007″, but usually when he dials it up to 97 now, he doesn't know where the pitch is going. And that slider isn't the same as it used to be either. I don't know what it is, seems like mechanics but I'm not a pitching coach. Whatever it is though, I don't think "the 8th inning in high pressure situations" is the place for him to work on his inconsistency.
It most certainly was the velocity, at least in some significant part. Even with all other things being equal, when his velocity as a starter dropped from 95 to 92 I have a hard time believing that didn't adversely affect his ability to put hitters away. He's averaging 94.3 this year and he averaged 97 in 07. It's not everything, but it's pretty important.
Now he has outings where he averages 96+ and outings where he averages 93, but I haven't noticed much of a difference in performance. I think it's mostly about how sharp his slider is a particular day, and frankly sometimes you get hit and sometimes you don't. It's just poured basically every time it's rained.
I put a lot of blame for Joba's struggles on the Yanks. He is clearly not the most stable of guys, and is inconsistent with his conditioning as he noticeably gains and loses weight throughout the season. With someone like this, I think it would be of the utmost importance to keep him on as consistent of a routine as possible. You don't rush him to the big leagues and turn him into a reliever, only to turn him back into a starter, only to turn him back into a reliever. That is almost a guaranteed roadmap to creating a flameout/bust, for someone with Joba's temperament. He gave us great short term gains in the beginning, and then completely fucked with rest of his career.
Joba deserves plenty of blame himself, but the Yanks should have recognized this, and handled him completely differently.
he noticeably gains and loses weight throughout the season.
I don't think there's any way to tell whether or not he gains/loses weight during the season unless you're watching him get on the scale.
Or watching his face and body get bigger and smaller.
You make it seem like there are not noticeable differences when people gain and lose weight, only an arbitrary number on a scale.
When is Aceves back? If The Gangster is back sometime this month, I say swap Joba for Melancon, put Robertson in the 8th inning slot, and let Aceves do the flexi work, and let Melancon sink or swim with some experience.
If the Yankees do still want Joba to be a starter, I think it's time to make the full time committment to that role now, in the minors. But even if they see him as a relief pitcher, I still say send him to AAA and have someone work with him.
I truly believe, as Yogi would say, that half of Joba's problem is 90% mental.
Although he doesn't look like he's lost his cool on the mound, I think he gets terribly frustered and doesn't think clearly. It affects everything, from mechanics to pitch selection to control. I don't know what his personality is, whether he would learn better by being forced to do things a certain way, or by encouragement and positive reinforcement, but either way, he definitely needs someone to guide and manage his development more. He doesn't seem to be able to manage his abilities successfully on his own, as, say, Hughes seems to have.
When is Aceves back?
Best case scenario: September.
More likely scenario: Next year.
"Undoubtedly, as the BABip and other peripherals indicate, Joba has had quite a bit of pure bad luck."
Doesn't it also have to do with his pitches sailing right down the middle and belt high?
He's been unlucky on how far opposing batter have walloped those pitches.
Joba's been poor and has left far too many pitches on the fat part of the plate, but he's also been victimized by some bad luck as well.
Last night was a perfect example. That high, straight, flat fastball to Lopez was inexcusably bad execution and 100% on Joba, and it happened because his previous sliders weren't sliding and he couldn't go to any other pitch, which is also 100% Joba.
But the previous batters (Wilson/Ichiro/Figgins), Joba actually made some good pitches in good locations that normally would have resulted in either strikes or harmless flyouts, but they fell in for hits. Sometimes you're both bad and unlucky which makes you look even worse than you really were. Up until the Lopez PA, Joba hadn't really gotten lit up, he looked pretty decent.
That's exactly what I mean. Last night was the perfect storm of Joba having some poor luck (the first few hits were not particularly hit hard but fell in), poor pitch selection (being predictable and needing to rely on a pitch, one that wasn't terribly effective), losing his shit and not being able to locate anything. He got tagged.
I said the same thing in essence in the post-game thread and met some sarcastic disagreement. We usually don't allign on many issues but on this one we are on the same page. Nice to join you on this one.
Someone said Joba is the new Kyle Farnsworth.
I think it's pretty close.
He either has to be traded or send back to 3A to rework his mechanics & mindset.
why would you trade him? what are you going to get?
I'd still like to see us trade some non-elite prospects (i.e., guys who have mid-level trade value but probably aren't good enough to ever play meaningful roles for us, like Zach McAllister) for a reliever or two to bolster the bullpen and allow us to demote Joba to get him fixed.
Especially relievers who are Type A or Type B guys who would likely net us a draft pick in 2011′s stacked class, meaning that the total prospect cost would be next to nothing.
The two guys I have in mind are Octavio Dotel and J.J. Putz, both of whom are pitching well at the moment and have returned to their strikeout-per-inning rates. They're both scheduled to be Type B's, so we'd get 4 months of them for a prospect that we'd instantly replace in the system. And since they're only Type B's and not Type A's, their teams probably wouldn't overvalue them.
Dotel probably wouldn't cost us a thing. We have a nice history of pillaging the Pirates, too.
It's worth noting, even though it's of little significance, that the final walk and home run against the Twins was not with Joba on the mound.
"Most of the times when we've had the leads he has done a good job," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Tonight he struggled, it was with his command and we'll just keep working at it."
I don't think this is a mechanical pitching problem. I think he does not have the psychological makeup to be a major league pitcher, other than as a low-grade inning-eater relief pitcher. He just looks totally befuddled out there, and the moment the situation becomes a little tense, he totally loses his cool. He does not have the temperament for high-impact situations.
I agree!! I'm getting sick of seeing him screw up. I wish the Yankees would do something with him and I really don't care what. Demote, trade, release, any would be fine.
We need Chris Britton.
GET RID OF JOBA!!! I AM SICK OF HIM BLOWING GAMES!!! SEND HIM DOWN OR TRADE HIM OR WHATEVER!!! THIS IS THE MAJOR LEAGUES MAN!!!!!!!!!!!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.. I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ANGRY ABOUT LAST NIGHT I HATE THIS GUY….IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE TO KEEP SENDING HIM OUT….Einstein was right…"The definition of insanity is when you do something over and over and over again and expect different results" STOP THE INSANITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Moscow is still delivering military hardware to the Syrian regime, the head of the state arms exporter confirmed Wednesday.
"We are continuing to carry out our obligations on contracts for the delivery of military hardware," Rosonboronexport director Anatoly Isaykin told reporters at a news conference in Moscow. He added that there were anti-missile air defense systems and repair equipment but not attack weapons or aircraft, such as Mi-171 helicopters or Yak-130 Mitten jet trainers.
He stressed that Rosoboronexport has not shipped Iskander missile systems or other offensive weapons to Syria. "There have been no Iskanders on Syrian territory. And there are no contracts for supplies of offensive weapons."
Isaikin also mentioned that Syria ranked 13th or 14th in terms of volume on the list of the countries receiving Russian arms. At the same time he confirmed that Russia's cooperation with Iran continues, that it has resumed dealings with Libya and has not lost a single contract with Egypt.
According to Rosoboronexport's 2012 arms contract figures, India is the leading purchaser of Russian arms, with Myanmar, Vietnam, Venezuela and Middle Eastern countries also among the Russian defense industry's main clients. Russia's expanded list of its clients in 2012 included Afghanistan, Ghana, Oman and Tanzania.
Russia previously confirmed that it would fulfill 2007 and 2010 contracts to supply arms to Damascus, despite Israel and America's objections. This includes anti-tank Cornett missiles and P-800 Yakhont supersonic cruise missiles, which Israel considers capable of posing significant danger to its naval vessels in the Mediterranean Sea.
However, over the past few years, differing reports have been published concerning arms deals between Russia and Syria. Most of the reports have proven inaccurate, in particular the report published by the London-based Al Hayat daily last July, which claimed a deal between Russia and the Syrian regime to purchase a Russian missile air-defense system known as the S-300, Sukhoi-27 fighter jets, advanced T-80 tanks and MiG-25R for reconnaissance missions.
I wonder how lucky the Syrian regime is to have an ally like Russia, which despite the death toll in Syria rising to 70,000 continues to export arms, giving an excuse that Russia is committed to carry out prior agreements with Syria. For this, Russia must answer some questions: If the Syrian regime, led by Bashar Assad, falls, will it continue to export weapons? What is the validity of the arms contract between Russia and the Syrian regime, for us to know the date of the last shipment?
Isaikin denied shipping Iskander missile to the oppressive Syrian regime. His denial does not mean these missiles are not available in Syria. The Israeli DEBKAfile website, in January, stated that Syria received Iskander missiles from Russia and has deployed them along the adjacent border with Israel and Jordan in response to the deployment of NATO's deployment of Patriot surface-to-air missile batteries near Turkey's border with Syria.
For sure many countries in the Middle East are interested in Russian arms, in particular air-defense systems and long-range missiles. Arabs may find that dealing with Russia in arms transactions is much easier than dealing with America, which always considers that no country in the Middle East should own air, sea or ground weapons, as they might threaten Israel's security.
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Both seem about equally dangerous. Not sure which is worse. — Larry, Tacoma
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The Japanese Grand Prix, held at the Suzuka International Racetrack, is the penultimate round of the 2004 Formula 1 season.
Being near the end of the season, Suzuka has had numerous close battles for the championship. This year, even though the championship is over, the Japanese Grand Prix promises to be a great race. A favourite of most of the drivers, they will be able to fight hard for the win without the added pressure or responsibility of securing points for the championship.
Torrential rain hit Suzuka, soaking the race track. Most teams only sent their drivers out to do installation laps and full wet weather tyres were conpulsory.
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I'm sure all of you have seen a lot of animes. But which one was the most bloody and violent anime you've ever seen??? That is what we set out to do when we started these lists. Below are films or series of anime that are all extremely brilliantly bloody and if you haven't already. Please check out our previous lists:
We kick off the 3rd entry in our Violent Anime Top 10 with the number 10 pick:
Mnemosyne will probably be most known for its extremely explicit and disturbing gore and erotic imagery, and no doubt that will turn many viewers off to the series. Throughout the whole series there is intense female nudity and graphic bondage, and rape that isn't put in subtly, but it all ties into the plot so it's not just put in there for fun. That's the price, apparently, that she pays for being immortal and a tough female ass-kicker.
The particular scene we choose was Yujiro vs Jack Hanma. This was a more methodical scene of violence as Baki's half brother is a pitfighter from Canada and the son of Ujiro and a Canadian soldier woman who Yujiro met in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Like Baki, he has since childhood wished to surpass his father Ujiro in strength and martial ability. His obsession to defeat his father led to extreme overtraining and overworking which led to the deterioration of his body. What follows is a pretty brutal knockout resulting in loss of said teeth.
Uh…a huge WTF goes out to Midori. This is a very disturbing story about a young girl called Midori who ends up in a circus, practically as a slave. At first, with no protection, she is doing all the hard work for everyone else, and gets raped and molested by freaks. The scene in question? STEPPING ON CUTE DOGGIES! WHATTAHAIL!?
While viewers familiar with the content of the three volumes of Berserk that precede the story in the film will probably have a deeper understanding and connection to Guts and Griffith's actions, the story is by no means impenetrable to first-time viewers. Story aside, it is easy to get into an anime when the main character weilds a sword even Cloud from Final Fantasy would deem inappropriate. Sword flys; faces melt, bodys cut in half. Boom.
Deadman Wonderland is already earning the dubious achievement of being this year's most violent anime. It really does have a grotesque and brutal story. Miguel, our writer, stated that it is a showcase of absolute brutality and bloodshed consistently throughout the series, and that Deadman Wonderland is not for the faint of heart, which may turn off some viewers but elicit praise from others. It's most certainly one of the most violent and controversial series to come along in awhile, but acting as a spectacle of death, carnage and torture can only get you so far.
The anime completely butchered the incredible sound novels.However, Umineko is likely to be gut-wrenching less because of the violence level (which typically involves a great deal of torn, disfigured faces and other macabre murder methods straight out of a Grand Guignol production) and more because of the sheer antipathy each of the characters feel for one another at times. Physical and emotional child abuse, bullying, paranoid mistrust—these are only some of the topics touched upon in Umineko's explorations of the darker side of humanity. The scenes are gore at its best.
Baccano is a pretty violent anime. The scene that always stayed with me was Czeslaw. Czeslaw is emotionally still a child. His display of feelings and reflex actions that reacts to unexpected situation remains as frail and impulsive as a young boy. So naturally a scene where a sawed off shotgun blasting half is face off followed by the pitter patter of his brain matter hitting the floor ranks up pretty high on the list.
Higurashi is the only anime to appear twice on these lists as the finger nail ripping scene made an appearance on part I. After Shion loses her mind and lures her crush's younger sister, Satoko Houjou, to her house and chains her to something resembling a wooden cross. Shion proceeds to stab Satoko in her arms and hands with Mion screaming in the background to stop, and her stabs grow more furious as Satoko proclaims that she won't cry, for her older brother's sake. Shion finally tops it off by stabbing Satoko in the neck. Needless to say, this scene is one of the goriest in all of Higurashi.
I read Apocalypse Zero, was a show so heinous that anyone involved with this show really ought to be ashamed of themselves for putting their name on it. It is the most viscerally violent and gruesome anime I may have seen and it is arguably the most grotesque anime ever. We see an extreme obese woman attack a high-school couple by taking the girlfriend and literally squeezing her to death by forcing her innards out her mouth while delivering what must surely be the worst line in anime history: "It's what's on the inside that counts!"
Coming in at number one, some people claim Anime such as Mirai Nikki promote violent and deadly behaviour among children and should be censored. Mirai Nikki portrays children as young as 4-years-old committing violent actions in order to kill or harm others. These actions include stabbing, shooting, and setting traps. Considering the nature of Mirai Nikki's plot (a battle royale), death is a regular occurance. The scene in question is the eye gauging scene however the whole anime is sprinkled with good scenes. Claiming that Mirai Nikki promotes violent and deadly behavior is baseless and an attack on anime. With that said, enjoy the gore!
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Let's face it. Americans have not been particularly good at saving. We've gotten better over the years but, as my 11-year old son would put it, generally we are "a fail."
Last week's discussions on the fiscal cliff and resulting tax deal had me thinking about our own personal budgets and ability to save. Sadly, like our own government, we can sometimes fall into our own trap of spending beyond our means and not adequately preparing for our future.
So here are a few tips to help you avoid heading for a fiscal cliff of your own and creating a secure financial parachute to bring you safely to your destination:
1. Have Emergency Savings - It's financial planning 101. Every household should have enough savings to cover three to six months of expenses, period. And as painful as it might be to have these funds sit in an account that barely earns one percent due to exceptionally low interest rates, it's important to keep them liquid and readily accessible, such as in a traditional savings or money market account. That means that even a one-year CD is less than ideal because it locks you in and limits access without a penalty.
2. Protect Yourself – No matter your income or level of savings, financial disaster could be right around the corner if your assets are not protected adequately. This means purchasing the correct amount of personal insurance, including life, disability, property and casualty, umbrella, and in some cases, long-term care. Remember that these policies need regular review; insurance that you bought at age 30 may not be adequate at age 50.
3. Eliminate bad debt - If you have significant bad debt, such as unmanageable credit card payments, make 2013 the year you start getting it under control. Take steps to pay off as much as you can or obtain lower interests rates by consolidating loans. Another option could be to use a lower interest home equity loan to pay of credit card debts at higher rates but remember that this is merely shifting debt to make it more affordable, not eliminating it. Also keep in mind that student loans or mortgage payments are not traditionally considered "bad debt." But like credit card payments, if they too are out of control, paying them off may need to take precedence over other spending.
4. Fund Retirement – To this day, I am still amazed at how many people who have the means still do not save enough for retirement. This is not only important when you actually do retire; contributions to a 401(k), individual IRA or other retirement plans are an above-the-line deduction and thus help to reduce your tax liability – an important benefit particularly for those in the highest tax bracket, whose marginal rates just shot up to 39.6%. Investments within retirement accounts are also not subject to capital gains taxes, which jumped to 20% for long-term capital gains and qualified dividends as a result of last week's deal. So, if you own tax inefficient investments that throw off a lot of income, such as high-dividend paying stocks or municipal bonds, it may make sense to place them here, rather than your taxable accounts. Last week's deal also included other retirement savings incentives (for example, the ability to convert 401(k) plans into Roth IRAs), so it's a good idea to talk to your advisor or accountant to see there are any new strategies you should be considering.
5. Know Your Priorities – If you have enough the cover the first four buckets, consider yourself very, very, very fortunate. After that, it really just comes down to your personal preferences. If college and education is your next priority, then you should start saving there and have your advisor talk to you about plans to grow your money in funds specifically for that. If it's charitable endeavors, re-decorating your house or a dream vacation, go for it. Only you and your family can determine what these are. When it really comes down to it, this is really icing on the cake (yes, even saving for college is a privilege in the scheme of things).
Of course, there are complex strategies and hard decisions we all need to make. But whether you are Congress trying to solve America's debt, or an individual trying to get by, in the end being financially responsible should not feel like a sacrifice but a choice.
And to me and my 11-year old son, that's not "a fail."
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My Party
- 15 guests
- Kristie's Home / Fort Wayne / Indiana / United States
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- "guest book" plate from dollar store. i put the stroller... [read more]
Party Recap...
Kristie's first baby!! I found a great print/theme for plates, cups, decorations at the... DOLLAR STORE!!! I used this theme and ran with it!! Turned out really cute and great for the budget!!! (Sorry the pictures are blurry and not the best. I forgot my camera! And just took a few quick shots with my phone!)
Party Highlights
What People Ate
Chicken wraps, chips, fruit, veggies
What People Drank
blue punch
Funniest Moment
When the guest were having a hard time guessing one of the baby foods!! They were very funny!! It was sweet corn!!!
Party Favors
hand sanitizers from bath and body works
Activities / Games
guess the baby food- take labels off different baby food jars and without opening (just by looking) have guest guess what the food is. what's in the bag- bought a diaper bag and filled with the "top 40" things a new mom needs in her diaper bag, guest to get the most right wins, mom to be gets diaper bag full of items as gift!! My Water Broke- freeze mini babies (found at hobby lobby) in ice trays, put one in each guests drink, first one to have ice melt and baby floating shouts out "my water broke" (I told them no "cheating" by licking, sucking on, or biting the ice cube).


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Karate (simply defined as "empty hand") has been around for over 1500 years. With it's roots coming from the Far East, the Monks of China have been credited with refining this art as their form of self-defense.
Here in the United States, the popularity of all forms of Asian hand to hand combat soared in the 1950's, thanks to our WWII troops returning home from overseas.
Here in town, the Dedham Recreation Department and Sensei Brian Denton (27 years experience teaching) continue to offer their BD Kenpo/T-Jitsu Karate Program to the boys and girls, men and women of the area.
The year-round program, held each Monday evening at the Dolan Recreation Center, is entering it's sixth year.
Sensei Denton (7th degree black belt) is teamed up with Sensei Drew Mulvey (3rd degree black belt) and together they oversee almost 70 students each week.
The boys and girls are divided in to age appropriate groups – tots 4-6, youth 7-13, adult 13 and older – and are allowed to develop and progress at their own pace.
Classes consist of a combination of exercise, forms, defense and sparring. As their knowledge and ability grow, students move through the ranks, from a beginner white belt on towards everyone's dream of a black belt.
Thanks to the folks at NEKICK (Northeast Karate Instructors of Combat Kenpo) tournaments are offered, where our local martial artists can compete with their peers from surrounding communities.
Sensei Denton tells us his "motivation is to help young people who are studying Karate and to create an interest in those who are not." His Kenpo style of Karate is used "to teach discipline, confidence, and a competitive spirit."
Sensei Drew Mulvey is "proud of the quality instruction offered at the Recreation Center" and has seen hundreds of children pass before him – including his own son and daughter.
For further info on this and other programs offered by the Dedham Recreation Department, please call them at 781-751-9250 or check them out online.


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Like Father Like Son Goofs/Mistakes
- Movie Goof (factual errors): (Possibly deliberate.) The Hammonds' cat has a male name, "Seymour", but its patches of orange, black and white fur are hallmarks of a calico cat. Virtually all calico cats are female.
- Movie Goof (revealing mistake): When Chris (Dr. Hammond) is delivering the baby, he picks it up immediately after the birth to reveal that the umbilical cord has already healed, and the baby is perfectly clean and dry.


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The Lowndes Vikings are playing their best football of the season which has them in the midst of a three-game win streak over three tough region opponents with the Tift County Blue Devils 4-4, (1-3) coming into town.
What a difference three weeks make in a season.
Not too long ago the Vikings were coming off a sound defeat at the hands of the Colquitt Packers that left them at 3-2 and 0-1 in the region, but since Lowndes has found the strength through each other to make another strong push at the end of the season.
Tift County, on the other hand, have lost three straight region games after toppling Coffee County on Sept. 27 and have now lost 13 of their past 14 region games.
The Blue Devils have played tough in each of their losses, dropping four games by an average of 8.25 points.
The quest for Tift County's second region victory is not going to be any easier this week.
Lowndes will be back at Martin Stadium after going on the road last week and soundly defeating the same Coffee County Trojans.
The entire Vikings team is coming together after a bit of mid-season turbulence and their play reflects that.
Each week it seems that a different side of the ball will step up and earn Lowndes a win.
Three weeks ago the Vikings offense matched Brunswick score for score in a wild 38-30 victory on the road.
Two weeks ago, in the Winnersville Classic — you may have heard of it — Lowndes' defense came up huge and they were able to pull out a 3-0 win in a defensive battle.
Then a week ago, Lowndes again went to the road and put together possibly their most complete games of the season.
After a slow first half in which the Vikings trailed 10-7, Lowndes' offensive line was dominant in second half as they rolled up 203 yards, all on the ground. Eric Hart also picked off two passes, returning one for a touchdown as Lowndes picked up their third region win 35-10.
Dyshon Sims and Lowndes' offensive line should be able to control the line of scrimmage once again which will lead to a lot of yards on the ground for Jerome Daniels, Alex Brown, and the rest of the backs.
Zack Copeland and company on the defensive line will face a bit of a challenge against the Blue Devils offensive unit.
Tift County features Vanderbilt recruit Ike Powell along with J.C. Clark, and Sam Dunn up front; combined with the senior leadership of quarterback Ryan Wedgeworth and backs LaDarius Stewart and Gunnar Schemmel, the Blue Devils will test the Vikings.
Unfortunately, Lowndes head coach Randy McPherson could not be reached for comment.
Kick-off is at 8 p.m. at Martin Stadium. The game can also be heard on 99.5 fm.
Vikings building momentum, host Blue Devils
The Lowndes Vikings are playing their best football of the season which has them in the midst of a three-game win streak over three tough region opponents with the Tift County Blue Devils 4-4, (1-3) coming into town.
- Sports
Wildcats prepare for region tournament
Ending their regular season with an exciting 65-51 win against second-ranked Tift County, the Valdosta High boys basketball team will go into the Region 1-AAAAAA tournament confident in their ability to beat the top teams.
Regginald Lewis Jr.: Hard Work Leads to Success
Regginald Lewis Jr. is an ex-VSU Blazer receiver with something to prove.
Wildcats move to 5-1 in basketball, defeat Brooks Co. 62-54
On Saturday, the Valdosta High Wildcat boys basketball team took on the Trojans of Brooks County at home.
Falcons cause 7 turnovers, beat Redskins
Kirk Cousins' first start of the season produced 381 yards passing — more than Robert Griffin III has had in a game.
Braves added Floyd, settle with Beachy
The Braves added a needed veteran for their rotation Monday when they agreed to a $4 million, one-year contract with right-hander Gavin Floyd.
More famous Jameis: Winston wins Heisman Trophy
Jameis Winston left voters no choice but to give him the Heisman Trophy.
Blazers win first conference game
On Saturday night, the Valdosta State Blazers (7-0, 1-0 in conference play) pulled out an 80-70 victory in their first conference matchup against GSC rival West Florida at the P.E. Complex.
Planned Braves stadium move highlights race, class
For the Braves, abandoning downtown Atlanta for the suburbs means moving closer to the team's fan base and developing money-making restaurants and amenities. Team officials say it's simply good business.
Weekend basketball takes over the city
It was a weekend of basketball in Valdosta, with Valdosta High and Georgia Christian both playing in games on Friday and Saturday.
UGA faces Nebraska in Gator Bowl
UGA will play in the Gator bowl on January 1.
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Rivalry Between Teacher Organizations Grows, Has Partisan Tones
The rivalry between two organizations representing Tennessee teachers in lobbying the Legislature appears to have intensified and taken on partisan overtones even as both take the same position on some issues, such as opposing school voucher legislation.
In recent commentary distributed to media, J.C. Bowman, executive director of the Professional Educators of Tennessee, criticizes the Tennessee Education Association's new chief lobbyist, Jim Wrye, as a Democratic "partisan from Alabama with no obvious connection to the state."
This, Bowman wrote, is "surprising for a union with rapidly declining membership and in a state with a supermajority of Republican legislators" and "certainly bodes well for continued partisanship from the union."
Wrye said he was "really amazed" at the "strangely personal" attack, which wildly exaggerates his past Democratic ties and ignores his other experiences - including eight months working under a Republican governor in Alabama and duties as
a teacher and online school administrator. He is basically apolitical, Wrye said.
"They're pretty angry folks. I think they're angry because we're successful and, frankly, they are not," said Wrye, hired this year to replace longtime TEA lobbyist Jerry Winers, who retired.
Bowman said in an interview that the attack on Wrye was in substantial part a retaliation for TEA attacks on PET. Bowman said TEA officials have described him to teachers and legislators as a partisan Republican, citing his past work for Republican Jeb Bush when Bush was governor of Florida.
And he cited a flier distributed by the Metro Nashville Education Association, a TEA affiliate, at an orientation session for new teachers. It has the headline question, "Do you really want to entrust your profession to a bargain basement Johnny-come-lately?"
The flier contrasts TEA and the Nashville affiliate with PET, contending that the latter does little for teachers. There are pictures of MNEA's headquarters building, TEA's headquarters building and a phone booth, depicted as PET's headquarters.
The teacher representation war has also spilled over into the Legislature. PET is pushing two Republican-sponsored bills that target what Bowman calls "special privileges" for TEA and its affiliates.
One (SB866) would repeal a current state law that requires local school systems to grant unpaid leave to a teacher serving as statewide president of a "professional employees association" with more than 25,000 members, which effectively means TEA. Gera Summerford, TEA's current president, is on leave from her job as a Sevier County math teacher.
The other (SB867) says a local school system cannot pay a teacher for "duties as a representative of a professional employees' organization."
Bowman says this would prohibit taxpayer dollars from going to a union with political interests, as is now the case at MNEA. Wrye says that half of the MNEA's president's salary is paid by the school system, but the arrangement is by mutual agreement. He said the bill could also block unpaid leave for TEA affiliate presidents such as Knox County Education Association's Sherry Morgan.
The bills, Wrye said, are "silly and petty."
Both organizations proclaim themselves as non-partisan, though TEA's political action committee has historically provided far more funding to Democratic legislative candidates than Republicans. PET has no PAC and prefers to stay out of politics, said Bowman, who describes himself personally as "a free market conservative - but I don't identify with any party."
As for lobbying and PACs, however, even TEA is being surpassed this year by groups such as StudentsFirst and American Federation for Children, which have put hundreds of thousands of dollars into political contributions and lobbying efforts. The groups support vouchers, for example, which both PET and TEA oppose.
TEA's membership has fallen in recent years. Mitchell Johnson, TEA's interim executive director, says it now stands at about 46,000 - including retired teachers and college student members - from a high of about 55,000. The decline, he says, ties into the a law banning collective bargaining enacted after Republicans took solid control of the General Assembly in 2011.
The decline in dues-paying members has meant cuts to staff, mostly by not filling vacated positions, Johnson said. He said TEA now has 53 staffers, down from a high of about 70.
PET, which has roots as an alternative to TEA dating back to 1971, has about 6,000 members currently, Bowman said, which has roughly doubled from a few years back. PET has a staff of seven, including Bowman.
Bowman and PET's website stress that the organization is not a union. TEA is registered with the Internal Revenue Service under a section designated for unions, Bowman noted, while PET is under a separate section for professional organizations.
TEA is an affiliate of the National Education Association, which Bowman depicted as "liberal political activist."
Bowman said there are more than 65,000 active teachers in Tennessee and since TEA's membership figures include retirees and students - there are only a handful of retirees in PET, he said - that means many are not part of any organization.
"I think that's dangerous," he said, contending teachers should be members of one or the other, if for no other reason than the liability insurance both organizations offer.
PET's website says dues are $165 per year. TEA's website says dues for a full-time teacher are $258 per year for TEA, plus $180 for NEA and $57 for the local affiliate, if any.


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NEWS & LETTERS, December 2001
From the Writings of Raya Dunayevskaya: Marxist-Humanist
'On political divides and philosophic new beginnings'
Editor's Note
Written as one of her monthly "Theory/Practice" columns, the essay
further develops her new perceptions on Lenin's philosophic ambivalence in terms
of its impact on the dialectics of organization. It also returns to discuss, on
new ground, many of the philosophic themes she addressed in the early 1980s,
following the publication of ROSA LUXEMBURG, WOMEN'S LIBERATION, AND MARX'S
PHILOSOPHY OF REVOLUTION. It was first published in the In Memoriam special
issue of NEWS & LETTERS, on July 25, 1987. Footnotes have been added by the
The abysmal lower depths that the Reagan retrogression has sunk the world
into throughout the seven years of this decade have polluted the ideological
air, not only of the ruling class, but have penetrated the Left itself. Such a
deep retrogression urgently demands that, along with the economic and political
tasks facing us, we look for philosophic new beginnings.
In the midst of the work I am doing on my new book, "Dialectics of
Organization and Philosophy," I have been digging into research on two
opposed forms of organization that is, our opposition to the vanguard
party-to-lead, and our support of forms of organization born out of the
spontaneous activity of the masses. Suddenly I realized that the relationship
between these two opposed forms was exactly what I had posed back in 1982, on
the eve of the publication of my third book, ROSA LUXEMBURG, WOMEN'S LIBERATION,
AND MARX'S PHILOSOPHY OF REVOLUTION. I then (September 1982) added a paragraph
to chapter 12 of that just-completed work. It was this articulation, which I
reached only after the book was completed, that made me feel that the process of
working out such questions demanded a book unto itself.
This became even clearer when I realized that though [ROSA LUXEMBURG, WOMEN'S
LIBERATION, AND MARX'S PHILOSOPHY OF REVOLUTION] was already at the printer, and
had dealt with forms of organization both in Marx's day and in the early 20th
century with Lenin, Luxemburg, and the council communists I nevertheless felt
compelled to write a Philosophic-Political Letter to my colleagues on this
subject. I called it: "On the Battle of Ideas: Philosophic-Theoretic Points
of Departure as Political Tendencies Respond to the Objective Situation"
(October 1982).(1) Here I would like to take up two points from the Letter,
which begins:
I am taking advantage of the fact that we do not yet have the new book in
hand, which will plunge us into so many activities that we will have a tendency
to forget "abstract" philosophic points of departure . . .
I returned to the final chapter 12 of ROSA LUXEMBURG, WOMEN'S LIBERATION, AND
MARX'S PHILOSOPHY OF REVOLUTION. Its penultimate paragraph read:
"It isn't because we are any 'smarter' that we can see so much more than other post-Marx Marxists. Rather, it is because of the maturity of our age. It is true that other post-Marx Marxists have rested on a truncated Marxism; it is equally true that no other generation could have seen the problematic of our age, much less solve our problems. Only live human beings can recreate the revolutionary dialectic forever anew. And these live human beings must do so in theory as well as in practice. It is not a question only of meeting the challenge from practice, but of being able to meet the challenge from the self-development of the Idea, and of deepening theory to the point where it reaches Marx's concept of the philosophy of 'revolution in permanence.'"
It was at that point that I asked that the following paragraph be added [to
that book]:
"There is a further challenge to the form of organization which we have
worked out as the committee-form rather than the 'party-to-lead.' But, though
committee-form and 'party-to-lead' are opposites, they are not absolute
opposites. At the point when the theoretic-form reaches philosophy, the
challenge demands that we synthesize not only the new relations of theory to
practice, and all the forces of revolution, but philosophy's 'suffering,
patience and labor of the negative,' i.e. experiencing absolute negativity. THEN
AND ONLY THEN will we succeed in a revolution that will achieve a class-less,
non-racist, non-sexist, truly human, truly new society. That which Hegel judged
to be the synthesis of the 'Self-Thinking Idea' and the 'Self-Bringing-Forth of
Liberty,' Marxist-Humanism holds, is what Marx had called the new society. The
many paths to get there are not easy to work out.(2)"
I also suggested an addition to the Introduction of the book, to be
added directly after I pointed out that "just as the young Marx, in first
turning to what he called "Economics," had discovered the proletariat
as the Subject who would be the "gravedigger of capitalism" and the
leader of the proletarian revolution, so, at the end of his life, Marx made
still newer discoveries as he turned to new, empirical anthropological studies
like Morgan's ANCIENT SOCIETY as well as to the imperial incursions into the
Orient and the carving up of Africa.
Here is what I proposed to add at that point:
"That seems to have been the first point so misunderstood by post-Marx
Marxists, beginning with Frederick Engels, who, without having known of the
massive ETHNOLOGICAL NOTEBOOKS Marx had left behind, undertook to write
his own version of Morgan's work his ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY as a 'bequest' of
Marx. When Ryazanov discovered these notebooks, he rushed, before he ever had a
chance to decipher them, to characterize them as 'inexcusable pedantry.' (3) If
an Engels, who was a close collaborator of Marx and without whom we could not
have had Volumes II and III of CAPITAL, could nevertheless suddenly have gotten
so over-confident about his own prowess of interpreting Marx as to assume he was
speaking for Marx; if an archivist-scholar like Ryazanov could, at a time when
he was actually publishing those magnificent early essays of Marx (the 1844
ECONOMIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL MANUSCRIPTS), spend a good deal of his first report
of the Archives of Marx in asking for 20 to 30 people to help him sort these
manuscripts out, and yet pass judgment before he dug into them it says a great
deal about literary heirs but nothing whatsoever about so great an historic
phenomenon as MARX'S Marxism. Isn't it time to challenge all of the post-Marx
Marxists when even those who have achieved great revolutions and none was
greater than the 1917 Russian Revolution did not, in thought, measure up to
Marx? Isn't it time to dig into what Marx, who had discovered a whole new
continent of thought, had to say for himself?"
My letter to my colleagues then concluded:
"The fact that in my latest work, ROSA LUXEMBURG, WOMEN'S
LIBERATION, AND MARX'S PHILOSOPHY OF REVOLUTION, I focus on Marx's 'translation'
of absolute negativity as the revolution in permanence, calling that the
absolute challenge to our age, will draw greater criticism from academia and
outright attacks from post-Marx Marxists. This makes it necessary to be
prepared, not only for that encounter, but for further concretizing that
challenge. With this in mind, I decided to add that paragraph quoted earlier
directly to the Introduction. For while it is true that the actual events of the
1970sÑWomen's Liberation on the one hand, and the publication of Marx's
Ethnological Notebooks on the other are what first led to a renewed interest in
Rosa Luxemburg; and while it is true also that the Women's Liberation movement
helped disclose the feminist dimension in Luxemburg never before recognized; it
is not true that that is the goal of the new book."
The need to see all post-Marx Marxists in strict relationship to MARX'S
Marxism is what revealed that even so great and independent a revolutionary as
Rosa Luxemburg did not fully comprehend Marx's dialectic of liberation and
thereby committed her biggest error disregard of the revolutionary nature of
Polish desire for national self-determination. Put simply, the determinant of
the new book is Marx's philosophy of revolution. This is not for any academic
reason, or any sort of orthodoxy, but the fact that his works disclosed a trail
to the 1980s and revealed the problematic of this age. The totally new question
that Luxemburg posed socialist democracy AFTER gaining power pointed to a new
aspect of Marxism itself.
The new moments in Marx that the book discloses and that center around what
we now call a Third World are not limited to the manner in which Marx revealed
an "Asiatic mode of production" in the GRUNDRISSE. Rather, this is
extended to the 1880s as Marx was commenting on Morgan's ANCIENT SOCIETY and
other then-new anthropological works on India, on the Australian aborigines, as
well as his letters both on his visit to Algeria and his correspondence with
revolutionaries in Russia on the ancient commune there and its possible
transformation into an altogether new type of revolution. In a word, it is to
revolution in permanence that the book keeps returning, whether the subject is
Luxemburg, or Lenin, or Women's Liberation, or the Hegelian dialectic. At the
same time, we must keep in mind that, whereas it is Marx who transformed Hegel
into a contemporary, and transformed the Hegelian dialectic into the Marxian
dialectic of liberation, the revolution is also present IN HEGEL. Hard as Hegel
tried to confine this to a revolution in thought alone, he made his presence
felt in history, even as he spoke of the PHILOSOPHY OF MIND and HISTORY OF
PHILOSOPHY. As Hegel put it:
"All revolutions, in the sciences no less than in general history,
originate only in this, that the spirit of man, for the understanding and
comprehension of himself, for the possessing of himself, has now altered his
categories, uniting himself in a truer, deeper, more intrinsic relation with
Now return to our own situation, and think of the attacks that we will be
facing in 1987, when we state openly that even the one post-Marx Marxist
revolutionary who did reach deeply into philosophy Lenin nevertheless did not do
so on the question of organization. In truth, he never renounced his position on
the vanguard party set out in 1902 in WHAT IS TO BE DONE?, though he often
critiqued it himself. He profoundly extended his new breakthrough in philosophy
to a concretization of the dialectics of revolution, and yet never changed his
position on the need for the "thin layer of Bolsheviks" [LCW 33, p.
257] as a vanguard party organization. In 1982 in ROSA LUXEMBURG, WOMEN'S
LIBERATION, AND MARX'S PHILOSOPHY OF REVOLUTION, we critiqued Lenin politically.
To fully work out the dialectics of philosophy and organization for our age, it
is now clear that that critique must dig deep philosophically.
The whole truth is that even Marx's CRITIQUE OF THE GOTHA PROGRAM, which
remains the ground for organization today, was written 112 years ago. What is
demanded is not mere "updating," after all the aborted revolutions of
the post-World War II world, "Ground" will not suffice alone; we have
to finish the building the roof and its contents. This is what I am working on
now in the "Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy" I would
appreciate hearing from our readers on their thoughts on this.
1. See THE POWER OF NEGATIVITY: SELECTED WRITINGS ON THE DIALECTIC IN HEGEL
AND MARX by Raya Dunayevskaya, pp. 237Ð257.
2. These and a number of other paragraphs which Dunayevskaya wanted to add to
ROSA LUXEMBURG, WOMEN'S LIBERATION, AND MARX'S PHILOSOPHY OF REVOLUTION were
published in the 1991 University of Illinois edition of that work, pp.
3. David Ryazanov, who edited Marx in Soviet Russia in the 1920s, beginning
work on the Complete Writings of Marx and Engels (MEGA), made these remarks in a
1923 report to the Communist Academy.
4. Hegel, PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE, trans. by A.V. Miller (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1970), p. 11.
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PUBLIC BID ADVERTISEMENT Sealed bids will be received by the Purchasing Department, 103 Park Avenue Warehouse, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 for the following Project: Bid # 5921 Project Name: FY13 Roof Replacements Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio 43403 in accordance with the Contract Documents prepared by: Technicon Design Group, Inc. 1800 N. Perry Street - Suite 102 Ottawa, OH 45875 Phone No.: 419-523-5323 Fax No.: 419-523-9441 Contact Name: Gary Ungerer Email: info@technicon designgroup.com Internet Address: www.technicondesign group.com Bidders may submit requests for consideration of a proposed Substitution for a specified product, equipment, or service to the Architect/Engineer ("A/E") no later than 10days prior to the bid opening. Additional products, equipment, and services may be accepted as approved Substitutions only by written Addendum. 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NOTICE OF HEARING ON CHANGE OF NAME In the Matter of the CHANGE OF NAME OF: Joanne Marie Carire To Joanne Marie Karow Case No. 20137032. Applicant hereby gives notice to all interested persons that the Applicant has filed an Application for Change of Name in the Probate Court of Wood County, Ohio, requesting the change of name of Joanne Marie Carire to Joanne Marie Karow. The hearing on the Application will be held on the 17th day of June, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in the Probate Court of Wood County, located at One Courthouse Square, 2nd Floor, Bowling Green, Ohio. Joanne Marie Carire May 14, '13
ORDINANCE NO. 8243 Passed May 6, 2013 ORDINANCE ENACTING AND ADOPTING THE 2013 S-5 SUPPLEMENT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF BOWLING GREEN, OHIO, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, American Legal Publishing Corporation of Cincinnati, Ohio has completed the fourth supplement to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Bowling Green, which supplement contains all ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted since the recodification of the City's Code of Ordinances; and WHEREAS, American Legal Publishing Corporation has recommended the revision or addition of certain sections of the Code of Ordinances which are based on or make reference to sections of the Ohio Revised Code; and WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Council of the Cit of Bowling Green, Ohio to accept these update sections in accordance with the changes of the law of the State of Ohio; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the municipality and for the immediate preservation of the public peace. Health, safety and general welfare of the municipality that this ordinance take effect at an early date. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOWLING GREEN, WOOD COUNTY, OHIO: SECTION 1: That the fifth supplement to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Bowling Green, Ohio, as submitted by American Legal Publishing Corporation of Cincinnati, Ohio, is hereby adopted by reference as if set out in its entirety. SECTION 2: Such supplement shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Council of the City of Bowling Green, Ohio, and the Clerk of Council is hereby authorized and ordered to insert such supplement into the copy of the Code of Ordinances kept on file in the Office of the Clerk. SECTION 3: This ordinance is declared to be an emergency, measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall take effect at the earliest time permitted by law. Passed: May 6, 2013 John Zanfardino, President of Council Attest: Kay D. Scherreik, Clerk of Council Approved: May 7, 2013 Richard A. Edwards, Mayor Michael J. Marsh, City Attorney May 14, '13
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wow, there's some great pics, and great cars there mate!!!
I think I need to get myself to this sometime! My car would be a mockery though, I'd park it up a few miles away and walk over.
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Thanks for the pic of mine! Excellent skills man, superb photos
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From 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
At the time, I was living in the Bay Area, and my mother had come to visit for a few days. On the last day of her stay, I was preparing to go out for a run. Working in a very negative environment, I found morning runs very beneficial. As I was going out the door, my mother said, "I don't think running is so hot – that famous runner died."
I started to recount what I had read about Jim Fixx, and how running had probably been the contributing factor to his living far longer than most of the other members of his family, but I knew there was absolutely no point.
As I started running on my favorite trail, I found I couldn't shake her statement. I was so discouraged I could barely run. I began thinking, "Why do I bother to run at all? Serious runners probably think I look ridiculous! I might have a heart attack on the trail – my dad had a fatal heart attack at 50 years old, and he was seemingly in better shape than I am."
My mother's statement hovered over me like a giant blanket. My jog slowed to a walk and I felt extremely defeated. Here I was in my late 40s, still hoping for an encouraging word from my mother, and equally mad at myself for still seeking an approval that would never come.
Just as I was going to turn around at the two-mile mark and head for home – feeling more discouraged than I could recall in years – I saw an elderly Chinese gentleman walking toward me on the opposite side of the trail. I had seen him walking on other mornings; I had always said "Good morning," and he had always smiled and nodded his head. This particular morning, he came over to my side of the trail and stood in my path, forcing me to stop. I was a little miffed. I had let my mother's comment (coupled with a lifetime of similar comments) ruin my day, and now, this man was blocking my way.
I was wearing a T-shirt a friend had sent me from Hawaii for Chinese New Year's – it had three Chinese characters on the front, and a scene of Honolulu's Chinatown on the back. Seeing my shirt in the distance had prompted him to stop me. With limited English he point to the letters and excitedly said, "you speak?"
I told him I didn't speak Chinese, but that the shirt was a gift from a friend in Hawaii. I sensed he didn't understand all of what I was saying, and then, very enthusiastically he said, "Every time see you. . . you very good. . . you very fast."
Well, I am neither very good nor very fast, but that day, I left with an unexplained bounce in my step. I didn't turn from the trail where my previous dark mood had intended, but continued for six more miles, and you know, for that morning I was very good. I was very fast in my spirit and in my heart.
Because of that little boost I continued to run, and I recently finished my fourth Honolulu Marathon. The New York Marathon is my goal for this year. I know I am never going to win a race, but now, when I get any negative feedback, I think of a kind gentleman who really believed, "You very good. . . you very fast."
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REV3 Anderson: Fun & Food Tips: Part 2
Hopefully, you read Rev3 Anderson, Part 1, so you have tons of fun things lined up to do while you're in town. Now, we're here to give you a few options for dining so you won't go hungry. We've listed restaurants both in Anderson and the surrounding area, in case you decide to venture out.


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UPDATE: Thursday morning blaze destroys county home
- Last Updated on 03:38 PM 12/20/12
- Danielle Vaughn
The American Red Cross is assisting a Scottsburg family who lost its home to a tragic house fire just five days before Christmas.
Halifax woman charged in Friday wreck
- Last Updated on 07:42 AM 12/19/12
- The Gazette-Virginian
A 34-year-old Halifax woman was charged with reckless driving/failure to maintain proper control following a wreck that occurred Monday night on State Route 681, one-tenth of a mile north of State Route 678.
Service authority will hear comments on rate changes
- Last Updated on 07:38 AM 12/19/12
- The Gazette-Virginian
Rate hikes are in the future for some water and sewer customers, while others will see decreases.
Retirement program addressed at webinar for area school leaders
- Last Updated on 07:52 AM 12/17/12
- Tiffany Hudson
An Early Retirement Incentive Program (ERIP) could be used "to give people a little nudge to retire…to consider that instead of laying people off," Loudon County Public Schools Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance Leigh Burden told Halifax County School board members and administrators attending a webinar Friday afternoon in Halifax.
Manufacturing Skills Institute unveiled at SVHEC
- Last Updated on 07:49 AM 12/17/12
- Special to the Gazette
The Virginia Manufacturers Association and ECPI University unveiled the new Manufacturing Skills Institute Friday afternoon at the SVHEC-Innovation Center, located at 820 Bruce St. in South Boston.
New group forms to support lifting mining moratorium
- Last Updated on 07:45 AM 12/17/12
- The Gazette-Virginian
For several months, local supporters of developing the uranium resource at Coles Hill have been collecting names and signatures of their fellow community leaders who share their view that uranium mining will be a positive addition to the local economy.
At 100, she's seen a century of changes
- Last Updated on 06:54 AM 12/14/12
- Danielle Vaughn
Lee O' Shell Vanison has made a lifetime of memories spanning a century, and she is very thankful she has been able to watch the world develop and change over the years.
SUV hits, injures elderly woman exiting Supply Line
- Last Updated on 10:42 AM 12/13/12
- The Gazette-Virginian
An 81-year-old Virgilina woman was seriously injured and airlifted to Duke Medical Center after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday afternoon in the Supply Line parking lot located at the intersection of Highways 360 and 58 in South Boston.
Tobacco commission committee set to consider Green View funding request
- Last Updated on 07:43 AM 12/12/12
- The Gazette-Virginian
The Southside Economic Development Committee, an arm of the Virginia Tobacco Commission, is slated to meet Thursday morning in Roanoke to consider 10 grant applications.
Bird? Plane? Nope. It's Superman on a tractor
- Last Updated on 07:39 AM 12/10/12
- The Gazette-Virginian
The 31st Alton Christmas Parade was deemed a success with about 500 people attending, Parade Coordinator Stacey Long said.
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- Law enforcement tracking device helps save lives
- State senator starts process to lift uranium mining ban
- Christmas on parade in downtown South Boston
- Bathroom exhaust fan blamed in fire on Seymour Drive
- Plant demolition scheduled this week
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- VUI project manager comments on Uranium Working Group Report
- Holiday spirit abounds in Halifax, South Boston
- Powerball madness hits Halifax County
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- Two Halifax County families remember sons lost to AIDS
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This ultra easy recipe for natural applesauce is rich in Vitamin C and dietary fiber. It just requires a vertical wand blender: no need to peel the apples as long as they're organic! The skins add vitamins and color and puree nicely into the mix. This is a great topping for granola and yogurt; oatmeal or other hot cereal; and makes a lovely dessert sauce. We make big batches in the fall and have it for breakfast, snacks, and dessert. Applesauce also freezes very well.
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Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
- 3 pounds apples, cored and chopped into 1" chunks (some good picks are Braeburn, Cameo, McIntosh, Pippin, Mutsu, Fuji or Rome apples)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1/4 cup agave nectar (optional)
- 2 cups water
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Found at Craftser, A Very Merry Supernatural Christmas Swap. General info below:
Signups: October 1-14
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