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This module explores the writings and poetic legacies of Geoffrey Chaucer, long recognised as the 'Father of English Poetry'. The first part of the module covers a representative selection of Chaucer's texts ranging across early dream visions such as The Book of the Duchess, the tragic tale of doomed lovers set against the background of the Fall of Troy in Troilus and Criseyde, and the extraordinarily diverse collection of stories in the Canterbury Tales. Students will consider Chaucer's engagement with classical and contemporary writers, his handling of issues that anticipate such modern critical concerns as the construction of authorial identity and gender representation, and his abiding interest in the notion of literary authority and the interpretative demands placed upon the reader. The second part of the module assesses the ways in which later medieval writers reflect upon and respond to Chaucer's achievements, by turns praising, contesting, and even rewriting his works. Authors/texts to be studied may include some of the following: John Gower, John Lydgate, Thomas Hoccleve, fifteenth-century 'continuations' of the Canterbury Tales, fifteenth-century dream visions, William Dunbar, and his fellow Scot Robert Henryson, whose Testament of Cresseid radically reworks Chaucer's Trojan love story.
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This module will be centred on a number of significant texts in the epic and mock-epic genres produced between the end of the sixteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth. Texts such as Spenser's Faerie Queene, Milton's Paradise Lost and Pope's Rape of the Lock have been selected in order to illuminate the concept of intertextuality and to encourage students to explore ways in which new works of literature result from the imitation, transformation and subversion of genre conventions and existing literary models. The nominated texts will be studied as representative of the continuities and changes in literary culture that were taking place between c. 1590 and c. 1800, and will be used to illustrate generic, contextual and theoretical issues raised in lectures. The nominated texts will also be used to provide points of reference for work in seminars/workshops, but discussion in these sessions will also draw upon a range of related texts. The requirement for wider reading in primary and secondary materials will be reflected in formative written work and in the examination rubric.
This module offers the opportunity to explore the work of some of England's most celebrated poets, focussing upon their distinctive formal qualities as well as their precise literary, cultural and political contexts. Opening with Chaucer and the great tradition of medieval lyric poetry bequeathed to the early modern writers, the module moves through early Tudor court poetry, work by archetypal Renaissance poets such as Edmund Spenser and Philip Sidney, female innovators like Isabella Whitney and Mary Sidney, significant later Elizabethan writers such as Walter Raleigh, and ends with a selection of works by William Shakespeare and John Donne. Particular emphasis will be placed upon developments in poetic form and genre, the translation and adaptation of classical and later European writers, the transmission and reception of literary works, especially in the intersections of manuscript and print culture, and upon the treatment of gender, history, politics and religious belief. Authors to be studied will span the period 1380-1620 and may include some of the following: Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, William Baldwin, Isabella Whitney, Philip Sidney, Mary Sidney, Edmund Spenser, Walter Raleigh, Michael Drayton, William Shakespeare, Robert Southwell, and John Donne.
This module traces the major developments and transformations in the genre of prose fiction in the eighteenth century. By engaging with significant texts such as Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders (1721), Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews (1742) and Frances Burney's Evelina (1778), and encouraging students to observe the continuities and differences between such early-, mid- and late-century works, the module introduces students to influential critical accounts of the 'rise of the novel' in the eighteenth century. At the same time, by combining these diverse focal texts in seminars/workshops with extracts and examples from contemporaneous and contextual works, and by drawing on a range of novelistic voices, both male and female, the module encourages students to challenge the simplicity of the 'rise' story of the novel, and to develop a more complex understanding of the multiple shaping influences on prose fiction in this century; as well as the ability to analyse closely issues of form, style, gender and genre. Beginning with examples of earlier, seventeenth-century prose fiction, the module ends by gesturing towards Gothic fiction and the work of Jane Austen, showing how eighteenth-century fiction has powerfully shaped – and continues to shape – modern conceptions of the novel. Any additional primary materials will be supplied and the requirement for wider reading in primary and secondary materials will be reflected in formative written work and in the examination rubric.
Critics tend to divide the literature of the nineteenth century into two major phases, the Romantic and the Victorian. This module introduces students to the range of writing produced in and between these two periods, investigating what makes each period distinct while also exploring the connections and continuities between them. The module considers the works of many of the major figures in English Literature such as those by Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Eliot, Tennyson and Dickens. We will read a wide range of writing from the nineteenth century, including fiction (novels and short stories), poetry (both shorter poems and longer works) and various types of non-fiction. Texts may include Lyrical Ballads, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a JustifiedSinner, Great Expectations, Middlemarch, and In Memoriam.
This module introduces students to some of the important trends of post-war British literature through close attention to a range of writing produced since the mid-1990s. We read a range of poetry and fiction written in the last sixty years to reflect on the social, cultural and shifts in postwar British life and concomitant developments in literary form. We will also explore the importance to understanding this literature of theoretical interventions in our understanding of such ideas as race and ethnicity, national and regional identity, sex and sexuality, and class and social relations. Texts might include Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim; Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners; Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey; Nell Dunn, Up the Junction; poetry by Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes; J. G. Ballard, High Rise; Ian McEwan, The Cement Garden; Doris Lessing, Memoirs of a Survivor; Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children; Martin Amis, Money; Tom Stoppard, Rock 'n' Roll.
This course aims to orientate students within an understanding of the aesthetic debates and cultural scene of Anglo-American literary modernism. It examines the ways in which writers sought to define themselves against bourgeois Victorian culture and its paradigmatic ways of seeing and representing the world; both through a focus on 'modern' life, and the shift in accepted ideas about gender, nation, religion and psyche by which it is characterised, and through experimentation with narrative style (such as interior monologue and stream of consciousness writing) and poetic form (in terms of rhythm, symbolism and vers libre). We will study some of the most representative and remarkable writings from the period both pre- and post-WW1, and explore the ways in which the modernist impulse to 'make it new', redefined the form and focus of poetry and the novel in the early twentieth century. Likely texts will include Henry James, WhatMaisie Knew; Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent; Imagist poetry (T. E. Hulme, Ezra Pound, H.D); Wyndham Lewis, Blast and Tarr; Ford Madox Ford, The Good Soldier; James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land (and various other poems); Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse; Aldous Huxley, Antic Hay; Djuna Barnes, Nightwood and Jean Rhys, Good Morning Midnight.
The literature of the later part of the nineteenth century was often characterised by the term 'Decadent': a rebellion against the moral purpose earlier seen to legitimate and underpin literature and literary study. This fascinating period sees a privileging of aesthetic, or artistic, value over moral value, and the results include macabre modern fairy tales, philosophical writings on the role and purpose of art and literature, the importance of short, intricately-formed, impressionistic poems seeking a heightened engagement with the world through extreme experiences and the breaking of taboos, and the mediation of these concerns into the popular press and the twentieth century. Texts on the course might include Bram Stoker,Dracula; E.M. Forster, Howards End; Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray; and the writings of Arthur Symons and Walter Pater.
The module provides an outline of the principal features of language development and language variation. It expands on the first-year module Language for Literature of factors such as language acquisition, variation according to region, class, gender and power, and the relationship between language and society. It also explores the effects of contact between languages.
This module is about looking at discourse in more detail; both spoken (predominantly conversations) and written language. We will look at a variety of different kinds of texts, including literary discourse (and how language is used for example to specify features of characters, or represent their speech and thought) and political texts (how a view of reality is constructed through language, e.g. by making use of evaluation and rhetorical features). Most of the seminars are based on practical analysis of texts selected from a variety of domains, accompanied by a set of relevant readings. Assessment is through a portfolio with peer-reviewed weekly assignments (semester 1) and an essay on analysing a suitable text using the frameworks covered in the module (semester 2). Each assessment contributes 50% to the overall grade.
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This module offers the opportunity to begin the study of literature written in Old English, the variety of English used by Anglo-Saxons in the British Isles until shortly after 1066. Students read a selection of texts in the original language and investigate their literary, cultural, historical or artistic contexts, from illuminated manuscripts to gold and garnet items from the Staffordshire Hoard. Texts include 'Cynewulf and Cyneheard', the Old English translation of Bede's 'Account of the Poet Cædmon', 'The Dream of the Rood' and the 'Rune poem'. Reading skills are taught in the seminars and are supported by a variety of resources.
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This module offers the opportunity to improve a reading knowledge of Old English and to explore the nature, meanings and uses of Old English poetic language in Old English elegiac poetry and related texts. In the first semester students investigate themes of exile, ruin, time, nature and loss, studying 'The Wanderer', 'The Seafarer' and 'The Ruin' in detail and alongside related texts (eg other elegies; wisdom poetry; homilies). In the second semester students consider poems in the woman's voice, 'Wulf and Eadwacer' and 'The Wife's Lament', considering them in relation to the elegy and in relation to representations of women as speakers of prophecy, elegy and wisdom in other Old English texts including Beowulf. Students may revisit texts studied at level 1 but must not repeat material previously submitted for assessment.
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The module will provide an overview of significant theories of literature and art from the classical period to the modern day. It will consider the range, type and purpose of conceptual approaches to the arts, and examine how those theories have been applied to specific works. The course will also reflect on the social and cultural background of the selected theories, and will examine the relationship between writings on aesthetics from different eras (such as in the reconfiguration of romantic ideology in some theories of the postmodern). Texts to be studied may include: Plato, The Republic, Aristotle,Poetics, Sidney, 'The Defence of Poesy', Pope, An Essay on Criticism, Burke, On the Origin of our Ideas of theSublime and Beautiful, Kant, Critique of Judgment, Wordsworth, Preface to LyricalBallads, Shelley, A Defence of Poetry, Matthew Arnold, Culture and Anarchy, Nietzsche, Birth of Tragedy, Leavis, The Great Tradition, Cixous, 'Laugh of the Medusa', Johnson, Critical Difference, Jameson, Postmodernism, and Gilroy, The Black Atlantic.
In Shakespeare's Sisters we will study women's writing across an extended historical period, from the medieval/early modern period to the late twentieth or twenty first centuries. We will read some of the major works of female-authored literature in the English language, and will also consider some of the key theoretical and methodological issues specific to the category of women's writing. Is there a canon of women's writing, and if so how can it be defined? Is there a tradition of women's writing in English, and if so when did it begin? Is it either feasible or desirable to study women's writing – in any period – in isolation from male-authored texts? Texts to be studied in this module will differ from year to year but may include Julian of Norwich's Revelations; the poetry of Mary Wroth, Anne Bradstreet or Anne Finch; the plays, fiction or poetry of Aphra Behn; Charlotte Lennox, The Female Quixote; Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rightsof Woman; Jane Austen, Emma; Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre; Virginia Woolf, Orlando and A Room of One's Own; Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry.
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This module allows students to engage with the distinctive, lively, and longstanding literary heritage and traditions associated with the University of Birmingham, the locality, and the West Midlands region. We will study a range of texts of different periods and genres which imagine the region or are shaped by it. Texts may vary from year to year, but might include: The Lives of Two Offas; Langland's Piers Plowman; the Coventry mystery plays; Shakespeare's Henry IV part 2 and eighteenth-century texts on Shakespeare's connection to Stratford; James Bisset, Poetic Survey Round Birmingham; Charles Reade, It's Never Too Late to Mend; poems by Louis MacNeice and W. H. Auden; Henry Green, Living; Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Behsharam (Shameless); the poetry of Benjamin Zephaniah; the Rummidge novels of David Lodge; Catherine O'Flynn, What was Lost and/or The News Where You Are. Students will be invited to explore and analyse the selected texts in relation to issues of identity, representation, changing relations between the region and the wider world, and ideas about cultural heritage. They will be also invited to reflect on the ways in which adopting regional perspectives may be at odds with or complicate other approaches to 'English' literature. Students will be encouraged to enrich their reading and research by making visits to relevant sites and locations in the region.
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The Eagle-Snatching-Baby Video Is Insane, But It's Also Fake
That video of a supposed golden eagle snatching a toddler in a Montreal park? Yeah, that's fake. Update: Confirmed.
From Motherboard: I knew we were all in for an epic display of virality (sorry) last night when I saw about a dozen unrelated people share the same video last night, a video that features a toddler in Montreal, one turned into a tasty, immobile package of calories by its winter clothing, get snatched up by a golden eagle and dropped on its head. Whether or not you've seen it already, watch it again. Don't worry, I'll wait.
Thing is, the video was on the front page of Reddit and had just about everyone's mom sharing it, but I was still impressed to wake up this morning and see it'd grabbed 1.2 million views in 24 hours. That's impressive, and was for awhile the second-most viewed YouTube video in the last 24 hours. But it's also hogwash.
First off, the bird's white plumage doesn't look like a golden eagle. Adult golden eagles have white tails and smatterings of white in their wings, not a brown tail with white wing tips. That right there is enough for me to call it. But everything else is off too.
Already floating around are a couple videos claiming the original is a fake. Here's one I thought was the most helpful:
As you can see, the baby seems to float upward after being released by the eagle. That could be explained by the kid's inertia of being pulled upward by the eagle, or maybe the eagle's talon was hooked on a string or something that doesn't show up in the pixelated video, but the physics of the thing seem off. Right now, I'd figure any of the three scenarios are equally likely. (There's also the classic CGI "found footage" trick of the shooter aiming the camera at the ground while the camera changes scenes; it's really hard to keep the CGI trick up while a camera is moving quickly.)
There's also this image, linked in the description of the video above. It comes in early in the original video, and apparently shows the eagle being a two-piece eagle:
Again, that could be some sort of artifact of the video itself, but it's so large that I don't think it can be just a resolution error.
Still, all we're working with here is the usual tools of YouTube conspiracy theories: zoomed in, pixelated images, and image artifacts. But what about the actual biology? Could a golden eagle even snatch up a kid?
Well, golden eagles have wingspans between six and nearly eight feet (the video gets that right), and have a grip strength somewhere between 20 and 35 times that of the average human. They're immensely, unfathomably powerful birds, which is why they can take down deer:
Basically, I'd argue that if a real golden eagle was trying to snatch that kid, the kid would be hosed, especially considering he or she was wearing an easily-gripped puffy jacket.
Also, the behavior of the attack is off to me. Years ago I apprenticed for a falconer's license (yep) and I've hunted with a number of large birds, including red-tailed hawks and gyrfalcons. (No eagles yet, unfortunately, although I have chilled with a golden eagle, and yes, they really are huge.) The way the eagle homes in on the kid feels a bit off, with a wide turn and long approach that's more reminiscent of a fighter plane landing than a raptor, which generally circle at height for awhile before attacking, rather than taking a sudden u-turn to snatch a baby. Perhaps the CGI artist watched more Top Gun than Planet Earth.
That's not conclusive, but what's also odd is the eagle trying to fly away with the kid. Even with their size, golden eagles weigh no more than a couple dozen pounds, and that kid weighs at least that again. (I have no idea how much kids weight, so I'm erring on the light side.) Raptors that hunt fish snatch them out of the water and fly away, but I'm not sure an eagle could even lift the kid. Remember, the last time a golden eagle famously snatched something, it dropped the goat off a cliff, when it likely would have preferred to fly away with the thing if it could carry it. Also, as seen in the deer video above and with just about every raptor I've seen hunting, it's common for the bird to initially eat prey where it lands, rather than trying to carry it away.
Again, as I'm not supremely familiar with golden eagle behavior, please chime in if you are. But the whole thing seems off to me, from the video side to the bird's flight, and the plumage situation is a huge red flag. I think it's a well done fake. In either case, it doesn't change the fact that the video is nuts. Just don't start worrying about golden eagles snatching your kids, please.
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Update: Yep, just got confirmation that the video was created using CGI by four students at Centre NAD as part of a school project. Apparently both the eagle and the child are CGI, added to the video afterward. Here's the statement.
If it is a real bird, I'm not sure its a Golden Eagle The name is probably just from an ill-informed youtuber, and shouldn't hold too much relevance.
Also the main thing I noticed is that the bird didn't tackle, but maybe I'm thinking more of hawks an falcons.
Its really too bad they didn't try to show any claw marks on the jacket.
I have a hard time believing that an eagle would come that close to an adult human, for openers, in order to go after something which would look mostly like a bundle of textiles to the bird.
The main problem though is the behavior of the bird's wings - it is making little braking strokes still, when it is supposedly taking off with a huge load. Watch a bird lift off in slow motion - they make complete wing excursions. The wings meet over their back, and continue on well beneath the body line, with a very significant supination of the wing toward vertical on the upstroke, and rapid, powerful beats. This bird has her wings stretched forward and makes small flight-control/braking motions when she is supposedly exerting full force to accelerate and gain altitude. It's not the correct wing motion at all.
There are other faults as well I guess, but the wing motion is just wrong. I think it's a video of a raptor landing, and they've just repositioned it basically, to make it arbitrarily gain altitude and move forward. It could be something like an eagle following a rabbit over the ground, slowing down and positioning for a grab but maintaining slow flight.
When the eagle latches onto the baby and attempted lift, it would have to suddenly force down a lot of air pressure with its wings. In reality it looks like the wings push down hardly at all.
The first video is impressive observing from a far, but at close up, not so much.
Although I am skeptical, I wouldn't discount the video immediately.
The eagle isn't necessarily trying to fly off with the child. It is only trying to get the child high enough off the ground so that when it drops the child, the child will fall to its death.
This is a tactic that the golden eagle uses when it is hunting mountain goats. It drags a goat off of a cliff and then releases the goat.
The goat falls to its death and the eagle can then swoop in to feed.
A fall of 30 feet is usually lethal. I don't know if a golden eagle is strong enough to lift a 30 lb toddler to a height of 30 feet. But they can drag mountain goats that are nearly 100 lbs off of a cliff, so clearly they are pretty strong birds.
The motion of the eagle and the child DOES seem to be a little bit off. I am not sure if the image stabilizer of the video camera is lagging a few seconds behind the live action or whether the child and the eagle have been digitally inserted into the video.
I am leaning a little towards the former possibility...the image stabilizer is lagging.
Although CGI effects are much easier to accomplish than they used to be they are still very time-consuming and somewhat expensive.
The CGI available to the average consumer is not typically going to give them much capability beyond inserting a lightsaber into a fight scene.
With this particular video, EACH frame of the video would have to be painstakingly edited to match the surroundings as well as the previous frames. Lighting is also the hardest thing to get right in CGI and I don't see many mistakes in this video.
If it IS a fake, it is a darn good one.
Match up the shadows connecting points and you can quickly see it was fake. The amazing image forensics team at FourAndSix got it right quite quickly.
The post here described the science behind the process:
Just wanted to point out the the wing beat is right for a golden eagle of that size, (which would be female) and also no golden eagle has ever weighed a coule dozen pounds, they average 9 pound. The eagle would be able to soar across that way because of thermal's and when it becomes lower the wind direction causes it to land before trying to take the child. it is extremely unlikly this would ever happen with a wild golden eagle as they have a natural fear of people. Also for an eagle to attack something it usually has to have a familiarity with something else it would usually hunt


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Tender Lemon Rolls Recipe
Light and tender, these golden rolls are filled with a lemon curd sauce and lightly glazed. A sprinkle of walnuts, and you have a sweet roll that's difficult to resist.
- 2-1/2 to 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup butter, cubed
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup lemon curd
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, optional
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon water
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- In a large bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups flour, sugar, yeast, lemon peel and salt. In a small saucepan, heat the sour cream, butter and water to 120°-130°; add to dry ingredients. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add eggs and 1/2 cup flour; beat 2 minutes longer. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky).
- Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Punch dough down; turn onto a floured surface. Roll into an 18-in. x 12-in. rectangle. Spread lemon curd to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seams to seal. Cut into 12 slices.
- Place rolls, cut side down, in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with walnuts if desired.
- Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. In a small bowl, combine the icing ingredients; drizzle over warm rolls. Yield: 1 dozen.
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May 2009, p51
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I have made these several times and they are delicious. The quality of the lemon curd is the main detail to note. The lighter the curd, the better!
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- 11-09-2012, 09:47 PM Thread Author #1
Please help!
Okay. I just got my gs3 rooted using debugfs based root for gs3. I'm on it now.
I downloaded Rom tool box. Superuser. Ezunlock bootloader. And ota rootkeeper. And busy box.
Verizon is pushing through an ota update. It went into bootloader mood and came up with an signature verification error. Update failed. Phone rebooted but with an unlocked lock symbol at start up. It works fine. But I can't update. Nor does debugfs work. Phone says modified but ota rootkeeper says not rooted. But I can use rooted apps? Plus I downloaded Odin 307 and the needed files to flash back to stock. I'm ether not doing something wrong or my phone is screwed with this Damn root not root mode.
Help I wanna update my poor phone! ; ( - 11-09-2012, 11:15 PM Thread Author #2
- 11-09-2012, 11:15 PM Thread Author #3
Re: Please help!
Take a step back and breathe. When you did the OTA where you a custom ROM or stock rooted? Did you unlock your bootloader using the EZ Bootloader app from play store because if you did that causes problems as the newest versions do not work. Did you ensure that you where rooted before hand by updating the SU binary afterwards?
If you phone will not boot, follow my guide in the stickies on how to return to stock. Assuming you can boot up and get into download mode which I don't see why you wouldn't be able to you should be able to get your working phone back.
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Re: Please help!
It was rooted with stock and not updated. But I did put a few things on the phone via Rom manager pro. Plus droid over clock. I had a back up recovery via the ezine recovery for gs3. I had busy box. And superuser. And a few others.
I rooted with debugfs.
But now the updates say what it says in the picture above. Plus my device says modified but apps say device not rooted but I can use rooted apps lol button savior.
Plus debugfs does not work now. Says file not found or can't open
It boots in to Rom manager bootloader. And I can select options plus restart phone. Phone works great still fyi
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Android Central Forums - 11-10-2012, 10:03 AM Thread Author #6
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Hopefully tomorrow both mine say shipped on apple.
Yep AT&T's, website and even the phone, order status update is down.
Scratch my last ... Just checked my email and my phone has been shipped by apple with FedX Tracking #
i honestly dont know what to think anymore about this whole situation. i tried pre-ordering my iphone 4 for about 12 hours on june 15th, getting very close only one time, but it timed out at the last second. today i decided to call at&t to see if maybe i got lucky, and my order went through. it took them a while to find it, but they did. they said it was pending, and gave me the order number, and some other information about the order. Every time i try and check my order on the AT&T website, it says my order cant be found. so basically, at&t can find my order, but i can't. i just want to know if im getting the phone regardless if its on the 24th or a few days later. if im not getting it, i have no problem camping out but im not sure how to go about this situation. any ideas?
Just checked my email and got one from apple stating this
"We are pleased to inform you that your iPhone has shipped. Please check below for your confirmed delivery date. If you ordered more than one item, they may ship separately."
I'm happy but Im waiting for my other iPhone preorder email to come.
My iPhone 4 just shipped tonight. Sweet! P.S. - I got my order in at 2:15am (Arizona time) on the 15th after an hour of trying.
Any AT&T people get theirs shipped yet?
Haha AT&T sucks.
Ok I'm not sure what to think. My status WAS prepared for shipment, then went back to not yet shipped. Any ideas? It still says it delivers on 24th...
Never heard about going from preparing shipment to not yet shipped. That might be something to be worried about.
Said "prepared for shipment" minutes after this thread was first created.......just logged in to check again and now Apple's having "technical difficulties" again
Ditto...hoping when those "difficulties" are resolved my status will show "shipped."
at least you both should receive your phones the the 24th.
I ordered my phone on the 15th, 1:00pm EST, and one site says I have it ordered on the 15th and its status is processing, the other AT&T site says I placed my order on the 16th and its in back order.
Just received both of my shipment confirmation emails from Apple, with FedEx tracking numbers.
Four more days!
Im starting to feel left out
Apple UK Store Says:
Order Date: Jun 15, 2010 at 05:25 PM GMT
Not yet shipped
Estimated Shipping: Delivers on June 24th
I just recieved my email from the apple store confirming my shipment.
DetailsJun 19, 2010 1:13 AM
Shipment information sent to FedEx
Jun 20, 2010 9:39 PM
In transit LANTAU ISLAND HK.
Sorry to hear everyones bad luck. Btw my order was placed on June 15th at 5:45 est. On Apple's website b/c I didn't trust AT&T's website to work.
I ordered through Premier and mine says Backordered. And fwiw, Premier order tracking says I ordered 6/15, AT&T standard order tracking says 6/16 - I ordered 6/15 11:30am EDT.Ok, here is what I have gathered...
If your order went through the premier site (because your account has a discount applied (aka. a FAN #) at the top of your Account page, then your phone is showing Backordered. Backordered means nothing at this point, it is just the premier site showing it that way. Multiple AT&T reps have confirmed that everything is fine and the iPhone will be in your hands on the 24th or 25th.
DO NOT try and figure out the AT&T ordering system and why 2 different parts of their site show 2 different status's......YOUR HEAD WILL EXPLODE.
So lets take a quick survey, Did your order go through the premiere site? If so, is it showing backordered?
Also people are confused about credit card holds...When you place your order a hold is placed on your card for 2-3 days, then this hold gets cleared and the funds are once again available in your account, your card will be charged again when your order ships.
Mine shipped also and I wasn't able to get my order in till about 10:30pm EST. I'm feeling pretty lucky considering the timeframe.


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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
I haven't written an overly thought-out posting for awhile, so I
thought that I really was due for one. You keep coming to the site, so every
once in awhile I should give you something worth reading!
Today I am going to discuss overrated baseball players. A few
things have caused me to feel the need to voice mail thoughts on the topic.
First, the constant glowing comments about Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek made me call him the most overrated player in
baseball. Today, I will determine if I really think he is the most overrated,
or if I was able to find someone even more overrated. Then while driving into
work one morning, I heard Mark Patrick and Buck Martinez singing the praises of
a current free agent that I definitely believe to be vastly overrated. It's not
the one you're probably thinking, but that was another reason I wanted to write
this topic.
So there was the basis for writing this article. But as I was
writing it, I couldn't help but jot down some of the reasons that players can
be overrated. I came up with a list of reasons players are overrated that was
almost as long as the list of overrated players themselves. Now, to be fair,
ESPN's Jayson Stark wrote a book
last winter called "The Stark Truth: The
Most Overrated and Underrated Players in Baseball History." In an ESPN.com
article, he shared
top ten most overrated active players. Some of mine are the same. Some are completely
different. I thought that he defined the term 'overrated' very well:
Overratedness -- like underratedness -- is all
relative, remember. It's about perception. It's about illusion. It's about
myths. It's about assumptions we tend to make about all kinds of players --
assumptions that sometimes turn out not to match up real well with a condition
best described as "reality."
Says it pretty well, doesn't it. It's about perception. The masses
seem to think one thing, for some reason, and the reality of that thing just
doesn't match the hype, in the opinion of someone. So, in the case of my list,
it is my thoughts on which players who "people" seem to think are so wonderful
just aren't quite that wonderful. It's not to say that they aren't very good,
or even wonderful, baseball people. I just don't think they're as good as most
people want to think.
Let's start out with discussing some of the ways that a player can
become overrated. Please feel free to add to this list and share your own such
Wrong Numbers – Many think that Joe Borowski had a good year this season because
of the high number of Saves. Reality says that he was hit really hard. Pete
Rose is the all-time hit king, but he didn't get on base that much, had no
speed and no power. He wasn't very good defensively at any of the positions he
– Juan Pierre is really
good at stealing bases. That's about it. Adam Dunn is really good at hitting
home runs. John MacDonald is a really good shortstop defensively.
– Overrated and Overpaid are not directly correlated, but some
seem to feel that they should be. Alex
Rodriguez is the highest paid player, he must be overrated. Gil Meche got five years and $55 million. Definitely overpaid,
but no one thought real highly of him, so it would have been hard for him to be
Not Nice – Barry Bonds is not a
nice guy, he must be overrated, right? Jeff Kent was the bad guy when he and Barry Bonds were on the same team! AJ Pierzynski
was the bad guy, well, wherever he goes.
the Little Things Well – he can't really hit, field, throw, run, hit
for power, etc., but he does the little things right. He must be good and
valuable, right? Uggh!
Hype – see the "does the little things well" comment, this is where it
is perpetuated. However, small sample size success in front
of the right media members make him a media darling. Also, if a guy is
nice and tells the media everything that they want to know, he will be
glorified. (see Hunter, Torii)
success – the playoffs are such a small sample that it causes both over
and under rated-ness. Some people think A-Rod is
overrated because his numbers in the playoffs the past two years were pretty
bad. Derek Jeter won four World Series, so he can do no wrong. And, have you
ever heard the phrase, "he is a proven winner with a World Series ring"? Woo hoo!!! He had four or five good games!
Glove – Equals "Can't Hit"
Coast Bias – you can blame everything on this, but hey, the
truth is that ESPN like to highlight the Yankees and Red Sox, don't they?
Prospect – Baseball America and other prospect list makers start telling us
about how great players are when they are 18, 19, 20 years old. Many don't make
the big leagues until they are 23, 24, 25, if they even make it at all. We want
to believe that we were right about the prospects, so sometimes we give them
the benefit of the doubt… for too long, probably because of his "tools."
to Level of Competition – Another minor league thing. Luis Rivas was always very highly
thought of because he was playing at a level higher than his age would say he
should have been. He never actually hit well but because he was young for his
level, he was given the benefit of the doubt. Andy Marte is another example. He was
very young for his level of competition throughout the minor leagues. He never
put up great, dominant numbers and yet his tools told us that he would be
great. Another guy whose minor league numbers were never good but he kept
advancing because he didn't completely get swallowed up was Hanley Ramirez. So sometimes it is
Success – Then there is the opposite side of the pendulum that also
creates over-ratedness. He had a really good year a couple of years
ago, so he is still good. When is the last time that Mike Sweeney had a good
season? When was the last time that Shawn
Green was an All-Star? Both used to be really good, but they haven't been
for awhile. So, are they still good, or do people still think that they are
good? Are they actually just done?
– You can't negate a guy's talent because of injury. If a great player gets
hurt, he is still great, and the assumption is that when he comes back from
injury, he is still a great player. Even if he struggles for an extended period
of time, he is often given the benefit of the doubt. "He's still not 100%" Then
three years later, he hasn't been on the Disabled List since and still hasn't
hit well, yet people think that he is still good.
Baseball – I play fantasy baseball. And I admit that sometimes a guy who is
great for a fantasy baseball team just isn't as great when it comes to the game
on the field. So much of this is dependent upon the scoring system in different
I am sure there are more reasons that a player can be overrated. But even your reasons for overrated are about your personal
perceptions. So, again, take a look at my Most Overrated List, and then tell
me what you think. I also want to hear who you think are baseball's most
overrated players or people. So with that I present…
#1 –
Barry Zito – Left-Handed Pitcher – San Francisco
Barry Zito is a lot
of things. He was durable, pitching over 210 innings six straight years. He is
a former Cy Young Award winner, in 2002 when he went 23-5 with a 2.75 ERA for
the A's. Since then, he has found a way to get a little worse each year since.
He is a pretty good pitcher, but he certainly is not one of the top ten, or
maybe even twenty, pitchers in baseball, and yet, he is the highest paid. Scott
Boras is good and got the lefty a seven year, $126 million contract. He
proceeded to have his worst season yet. He went 11-13 with a 4.53 ERA. His ERA
jumped despite moving to the National League. He didn't reach 200 innings. He
once had baseball's best curveball. Not quite the same anymore. Zito is also a possible posterchild
for the A's Big Three from earlier this decade. Zito,
Mark Mulder and Tim Hudson all haven't had the
careers we all thought they might.
#2 –
Juan Pierre – Centerfielder – Los Angeles Dodgers
Quite possibly the worst
hitter in baseball over the last five years, and yet somehow last winter, he
got a 5 years, $52.5 million contract from the Dodgers to be their CF and leadoff
hitter. First, he's far from great defensively. Secondly, he isn't much of a
leadoff hitter. His on-base percentage the past three seasons have been .326,
.330 and .331. That is horrible! He is the perfect example of a one-dimensional
player. When he does get on base, he can steal some bases. The last three
years, he has stolen 57, 57 and 64 bases. Many of his hits are speed hits, and
as he reached thirty years old, his speed certainly will not increase.
#3 –
Jason Varitek – Catcher – Boston Red Sox
So many people get
annoyed with the media's over- glorification of Derek Jeter, but the constant
broadcasting hyperbole regarding the Red Sox captain is enough to make me puke!
I'm sure that Varitek is a good guy and a nice guy to
have on your team, but is he really the reason that the team wins. I mean
really, he hits seventh or eighth in their lineup. He's a league average
catcher. He has not had an .800 OPS in two seasons.
His career high OPS is just .872. This one is not only perpetuated by the
media. When Varitek was hurt a year ago and missed a
couple of weeks, every Red Sox loss was because of the absence of Varitek. Plus, he hit .219 with runners in scoring position
this year, and .162 with runners in scoring position and two outs. I guess he's
not quite the most overrated player in baseball.
#4 –
Scott Podsednik – Outfielder – Chicago White Sox
In 2003, Podsednik was a 23 year old rookie who hit .314/.379/.443
with 29 doubles, eight triples, nine homers, 58 RBI and he stole 43 bases. An .822 OPS is pretty impressive for a rookie. The next
year, he hit .244 and his OPS dropped to .677. The Brewers realize he wasn't
good and sent him to the White Sox. In year one with the Sox, his OPS was just
.700 in 129 games. Sure, he stole 59 bases, but he was caught 23 times as well.
He didn't homer all year, but he hit a couple of big homers in the playoffs, so
people made a big deal of his "clutchness". The last
two years with the Sox, he has remained hurt a lot, and his numbers when he has
played have been horrible, and yet some still consider him the key to the White
#5 –
Bobby Crosby – Shortstop – Oakland A's
In 2005, Crosby was
named the American League Rookie of the Year. He played in 151 games and hit
just .239/.319/.476 with 34 doubles and 22 homers. In the three years since, he
has missed at least 66 games each season. He has hit under .230 the last two years. His
OBP have been .298 and .278 the last two years. He has not even hit for much
power. His defense is vastly overrated. And yet, every year, we hear people
talking about him as if he is an important part of that A's team. Some have
even predicted him as a preseason MVP candidate. I just don't get it. Even his
managers have overrated him and batted him in the middle of the lineup when he
actually is healthy.
#6 –
Jason Kendall – Catcher – Chicago Cubs
Kendall was one of the best catchers in
baseball in the late '90s with the Pittsburgh Pirates. And then he got a huge
contract and hasn't been good since. Since 2000, he has had one season where he
had an OPS over .790. The Pirates traded Kendall to
Oakland before the 2004 season, and Kendall has been horrible since then. His
OPS the first two years there were .666 and .709. In 2007, Kendall hit .226/.261/.281
in 80 games with the A's before being traded to the Cubs. It was surprising
that another team would even want him. His offense has been bad, but his
defense has never been real strong. Kendall's name may show up later in today's
#7 –
Ryan Freel – Utility Player – Cincinnati Reds
A slightly lesser known
name, but I so frequently hear about how great Ryan Freel
is. I've had people ask me if I thought that the Twins should try to acquire
him from the Reds. SportsCenter likes to show his
all-out style of play on web gems. A lot of people seem to think that he is
really, really good. Again, he's not horrible and he has now spent the past
five seasons with the Cincinnati Reds after getting into a couple handful of games with the Blue Jays in 2001. I know batting
average doesn't say anything, but Freel has never hit
over .277 in a full season. He does seem to have a good idea, but he has little
pop in his bat. He is a great utility
player, but he's just a good player, if that makes sense. Don't forget too that
Ken Griffey Jr's concern about moving to right field
was primarily from worrying about the recklessness of Freel.
#8 –
David Eckstein – Shortstop – Free Agent
This is the free agent
that I heard the MLB This Morning Crew gloating about. Media talks about how he
does all the little things, and he's a good bunter, he's a good team guy. He is
listed at 5' 7" and generously 177 pounds. It makes for a great story. He's
easy to root for. He looks like a normal person. When I was looking at his numbers,
they were actually far better than I had thought that they would be. However,
his career OPS is .713. His career best OPS is .758. He is a nice player, a
solid player. He obviously has worked hard and continues to work really hard
and you can visibly see the effort. But he isn't a difference-maker. He is a
player that will not hurt a team. He isn't a difference-maker that makes a team
a winner.
#9 –
Ty Wigginton – Infielder – Houston Astros
At the trade deadline, Wigginton was the player that several teams and fans of
several teams, including the Twins, were allegedly interested in acquiring. In
the end, he was traded for a middle reliever. Maybe that is the biggest
indicator of just how overrated he really was. Now, he has had a couple of
solid seasons with the Devil Rays the past two years. He combined to hit 46
homers over those two years, but clearly home runs in Tropicana are not overly
difficult to hit. However, he did also hit a lot of doubles. But he really
doesn't have a position. Sure, he can play 3B and 2B, but his best defensive
position is probably first base. However, you could also argue that his best
position is DH.
– Derek Jeter – Shortstop – New York Yankees
It is ridiculous to
think that a future first-ballot Hall of Famer is at all overrated. This
ranking is through no fault of his own. You can
expressly thank Tim McCarver, Joe Buck and every
media member in the country for this ranking. Jeter can do no wrong. He has
four World Series rings (solely because of him, right?). He does all the little
things. He's the captain of the Yankees. He dates a lot of very attractive
women. He is what every baseball fan would kill to be. He is a media darling.
Has he earned it? Sure he has. He has played to the level of a Hall of Famer in
the regular season and in the post season. He gets a lot of hits and hits for a
high average. He will do those little things. And he is good with the media. It's
just that the media treatment that he receives is so over-the-top that no
player could ever attain such a level.
#11 – Johnny Damon – OF/DH - New York Yankees
#12 – JD Drew – OF – Boston Red Sox
#13 – Bartolo Colon – SP – Los Angeles Angels of
#14 – Miguel Tejada – SS – Baltimore Orioles
#15 – Jack Wilson – SS – Pittsburgh Pirates
#16 – Jim Edmonds - OF – St. Louis Cardinals
#17 – Nomar Garciaparra
– IF – Los Angeles Dodgers
#18 – Eric Chavez – 3B - Oakland A's
#19 – Rocco Baldelli – OF/DH – Tampa Bay
Devil Rays
#20 – Shawn Green – OF – New York Mets
HONORABLE MENTION (Non-Players)
#1 –
Billy Beane – GM – Oakland A's
Because of Moneyball, Beane has received
accolades as being baseball's best GM. He found a way to make the A's compete
despite a low payroll. On-Base Percentage. Drafting college players. Finding ways to
get players for below market value. Taking away risk.
There are several very good qualities to many of his theories. But he isn't
perfect. He has not made all the right decisions. Hey, if no one else would
have drafted Jeremy Brown until the 10th round, there is no excuse
for taking him in the 1st round. Andre Ethier for Milton Bradley? Trading for the
overpriced Jason Kendall? Trading Jeremy Bonderman?
Yes, I realize that acquiring Jack Cust was nice. He
got Frank Thomas for a year at bargain basement price. But SABR types seem to
think this guy is perfect and the reality is that he is just as error-prone as
other GMs.
#2 – Tommy Lasorda - ?? –
Los Angeles Dodgers
I just don't understand
what the big deal is about Tommy Lasorda. He is a baseball ambassador, but
really, I don't want to or need to hear his opinion on everything. He was the
Dodgers manager for 21 seasons. He went to two World Series. A
nice accomplishment. Terry Francona has won
two World Series in the last four years. Lasorda gets to coach 3B in an
All-Star game. He was chosen the Team USA head coach in the 2000 Olympics and
he will take as much credit as possible for winning the Gold Medal, as if Ben
Sheets and Doug Mientkiewicz had nothing to do with
it. Lasorda is a mouthpiece, but I just wonder why. I don't understand why he
is so glorified.
So there you have it. My
list of the most overrated players in baseball and many reasons why a player
could be overrated. I hope you've enjoyed this and yet I really hope that it
has made you think. I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic, so please
leave some Comments below. Feel free to disagree and explain why. Share you Top
5 or Top 10 lists and let's get the discussion going! That's the purpose of the
list, the discussion.
NFL "Expert" Picks
Congratulations to Roger Dehring
for being this week's winner with a 12-2 record. Vic Quick came in right behind him at 11-3. Josh Taylor is still in the overall lead, but Stick & Ball Guy did make up a game to cut the lead to one.
Final Standings |
Total |
Week |
9 |
Over |
All |
Name |
Site |
Win% |
Win % |
Josh Taylor |
9 |
5 |
64.3% |
90 |
40 |
69.2% |
Stick & Ball
Guy |
10 |
4 |
71.4% |
89 |
41 |
68.5% |
JD Arney |
8 |
6 |
57.1% |
87 |
43 |
66.9% |
Tim Kolehmainen |
9 |
5 |
64.3% |
86 |
44 |
66.2% |
LaVelle E. Neal III |
9 |
5 |
64.3% |
86 |
44 |
66.2% |
Roger Dehring |
Several Blogs |
12 |
2 |
69.2% |
85 |
45 |
65.4% |
10 |
4 |
71.4% |
84 |
46 |
64.6% |
Wes Holtsclaw |
10 |
4 |
71.4% |
83 |
47 |
63.8% |
Nick Nelson |
8 |
6 |
57.1% |
82 |
48 |
63.1% |
John Bonnes |
10 |
4 |
71.4% |
82 |
48 |
63.1% |
SethSpeaks Panel |
12 |
2 |
85.7% |
82 |
48 |
63.1% |
Will Young |
10 |
4 |
71.4% |
81 |
49 |
62.3% |
Howard Sinker |
8 |
6 |
57.1% |
80 |
50 |
61.5% |
Melissa Lien |
SethSpeaks.net |
9 |
5 |
64.3% |
80 |
50 |
61.5% |
8 |
6 |
57.1 |
80 |
50 |
61.5% |
Al Bethke |
9 |
5 |
64.3% |
79 |
51 |
60.8% |
Cory Hepola |
9 |
5 |
64.3% |
79 |
51 |
60.8% |
Seth Stohs |
SethSpeaks.net |
9 |
5 |
64.3% |
79 |
51 |
60.8% |
Mike Brasel |
8 |
6 |
57.1% |
78 |
52 |
60.0% |
8 |
6 |
57.1% |
77 |
53 |
59.2% |
Bill Ferris |
10 |
4 |
71.4% |
76 |
56 |
58.5% |
Vic Quick |
11 |
3 |
78.6% |
76 |
54 |
58.5% |
Josh Johnson |
10 |
4 |
71.4% |
75 |
55 |
57.7% |
Twins Pitcher |
8 |
6 |
57.1% |
70 |
60 |
53.8% |
A couple of final notes:
Down in Arizona, Trevor Plouffe went 2-3 with a walk
yesterday. After a slow start, he is now hitting .286. Drew Butera went 1-3 with a walk. He is
hitting .273. Eddie Morlan
struck out one in his scoreless inning.
The Twins announced the winners of their Diamond
Awards yesterday. They will be passed out at a banquet before Twins Fest. Here
are the winners:
Calvin R. Griffith Award – Twins MVP – Torii Hunter (Pretty easy choice on
this one)
Joseph W. Hayes Award – Twins Best Pitcher – Johan Santana (for the fifth straight
Charles O. Johnson Award – Most Improved – Carlos Silva (I bet normally goes to a
player with less MLB experience, but this is a good choice.)
Bill Boni Award – Most
Outstanding Rookie – Matt Garza
(Garza wasn't even a rookie in 2007!!!!)
Dick Siebert Award – Best Performance by someone
from the Upper Midwest – Pat Neshek (great choice!)
Bob Allison Award – exemplifies determination,
hustle, tenacity, competitive spirit and leadership on and off the field – Mike Redmond (can't argue with the choice).
Now, that is it for
today. I hope you've enjoyed what you've read and will come back again. Please
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