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Here are the AtHomePlate.com fantasy baseball rankings at starting and relief pitchers. Here are our catcher and outfield rankings and infield rankings.
Starting pitcher
2. Roy Halladay (PHI) - As reliable as they come but could lose a couple wins with the Phillies offense likely in for a down year. A case can be made for picking him over Kershaw in a H2H league.
3. Felix Hernandez (SEA) - Crazy to think he'll turn 26 in early April. Last year's underlying stats were on par with his prior years so a return to his 2009-2010 stats is likely. Help from Safeco earns him the nod over Hamels and Verlander
4. Cole Hamels (PHI) - Learning from two of the games' best and the addition of a cutter worked wonders for the Phillies hurler. Batters struggle to square up Hamels' offerings -- 15% line drive rate last year.
5. Justin Verlander (DET) - Was a man among boys last year but arguably pitched equally well in 2009 when he posted a 3.45 ERA and 1.18 WHIP. Better K-rate, similar walk rate, the difference was a .83 point drop in BABIP and a strand rate above 80%. Expect regression.
6. Cliff Lee (PHI) - Pinpoint command and playing in the National League gives him a very safe floor. His K/9 ratio of 9.21 might not be duplicated in 2012.
7. Tim Lincecum (SF) - Can't help but love the guy but his K-rate has dropped in four straight seasons while his walk-rate has increased in the last three. Still expect him to be great but another manager will likely select him before I'm ready to.
8. CC Sabathia (NYY) - As good a bet as any to lead the league in wins and posted low 3 ERA's in three consecutive seasons. If he was in the National league he'd put up the same numbers Roy Halladay does.
9. Madison Bumgarner (SF) - Higher than most here. Bumgarner actually pitched better than his 3.21 ERA would suggest compiling a 2.67 FIP on the back of a low strand rate. Excluding April of last season his ERA was in the high two's. Already showing elite control with his BB/9 ratio just above two in each of the first two seasons. Upped his K/9 to 8.40 last season.
10. David Price (TB) - Everything heading in the right direction. Much improved control last year and increased his K-rate for the third straight season. The lefty averages nearly 95 on the gun with his fastball. Will significantly outperform his ADP in one of the next few years.
11. Zack Greinke (MIL) - Post-break he amassed a 2.59 ERA with 102 strikeouts in 97 innings. When he's at his best there are few who are better.
12. Stephen Strasburg (WAS) - Feel free to upgrade him in an innings capped league but be wary in a h2h format as he may miss the stretch run with the Nationals capping his workload this season. Didn't miss a beat after his surgery bringing a 12 K/BB ratio and a fastball averaging above 95 MPH in his return last season.
13. Dan Haren (LAA) - Began throwing his cutter nearly 50% of the time last year and it brought great results. His strand rate and BABIP weren't outliers and his K/BB reached a career high 5.82. Wish I had more shares.
14. Matt Cain (SF) - The proud owner of a new $127 million contract is a consistency king when it comes to a very good ERA and WHIP. Unfortunately he's equally consistent with his ho-hum K-rate and underachieving in the wins category.
15. Jon Lester (BOS) - Always considered him to be a better pitcher than his ERA and WHIP would suggest. No lack of K's or wins and at 28 he is a candidate for a breakout season.
16. Adam Wainwright (STL) - Was an elite starting pitcher the two years prior to his Tommy John surgery. Countless tales of successful recoveries and a strong spring make me bullish at his current draft position.
17. Mat Latos (CIN) - The streaky righty showed why the Reds wanted him to anchor their rotation with his second half performance. Post All-Star break he posted a 2.87 ERA and 1.00 WHIP. Solid K/BB ratio and a line drive percentage hovering around 15% each of the last two seasons brings plenty of upside.
18. C.J. Wilson (LAA) - Initially had him lower in the ranks but his underlying stats persuaded me to bump him a bit higher. Heading to Los Angeles helps some but as a lefty Arlington isn't too treacherous so don't expect a huge value bump due to that.
19. Jered Weaver (LAA) - Last year saw an 82% strand-rate, a career low .250 BABIP and a K-rate that dropped by nearly two strikeouts per inning. Throw 2011 out the window it has fluke written all over it.
20. Matt Moore (TB) - When many believe you'll surpass David Price and become your team's ace before your first full major league season you know you have promise. He's refined, nasty, and on a team that knows how to develop pitchers. Worth the risk if no one reaches in your draft.
21. Yu Darvish (TEX) - Don't let tales of Daisuke Matsuzaka scare you off. Daisuke was an above-average MLB pitcher in his prime. Yu has the potential to strike out more than a batter an inning especially during his first trip around the league as batters try to identify what he offers. At 25 he's ready to produce.
22. Yavoni Gallardo (MIL) - There's something about him that just doesn't let him put it together. He was on my do-not-draft list for the last couple of years but his dwindling walk rate might coerce me to take a stab if the price is right.
23. Jordan Zimmermann (WAS) - Pre-injury he held a K/9 above nine and in his first season back he posted a BB/9 at 1.73. With another year of health and spacious National's park behind him he could be a draft day steal.
24. Josh Johnson (FLA) - Likely goes without saying that luck contributed to his 1.64 ERA some. When he's healthy he's as good as they get but has a long history of that not being the case. Improved offense could lead to more wins.
25. Matt Garza (CHI) - Took him a while to get situated in the National League but posted a 2.45 ERA post-break last year. Chicago limits his win upside but could realistically post a K per inning with a very good ERA and solid WHIP. Sub 70% strand rate suggests some unluckiness last year.
26. Ian Kennedy (ARI) - Take his stats from the past two seasons and split the difference and that's a solid projection for Kennedy. 15 wins 3.4 ERA 1.15 WHIP and a respectable K-rate.
27. Jaime Garcia (STL) - The Cardinals are a team that can develop starting pitchers and despite cutting his BB/9 rate from 3.53 to 2.31, his strand rate of just under 67% kept the results hidden. Nothing but profit to be had at his current ADP.
28. Corey Luebke (SD) - Many figured his promotion from the bullpen to the rotation would trim his K-rate but that wasn't the case.. His strand rate and BABIP suggest last year were normal and Petco never hurts. The only thing to worry about was his 22.4% line drive rate.
29. Brandon Beachy (ATL) - One simply does not stumble upon a 10.74 K/9 rate. Underlying stats suggest he may have pitched better than his 3.68 ERA suggests and at 25 in a position to repeat his success.
30. Gio Gonzalez (WAS) - This Nationals rotation is legitimate. Still has a BB/9 above four so his WHIP will never be good unless he fixes that but he should produce well in wins, ERA and strikeouts.
31. Francisco Liriano (MIN) - He's on nearly every one of my teams this season. There isn't another pitcher with Cy Young candidate upside that can be targeted as late as he's going. When he commands his fastball and his healthy he can be un-hittable.
32. Daniel Hudson (ARI) - Another one of those guys you start to like more and more when you look at the underlying stats. Nothing special in the strikeout department but his ability to eat up innings with a good ERA/WHIP plays very well in a h2h format.
33. Josh Beckett (BOS) - In Boston his ERA was in the fives and threes twice and the fours and twos once. The Geovany Soto of pitchers. Strand rate from 2011 increased in by 15% and BABIP increased by nearly .100 points. To be fair, he was as unlucky in 2010 as he was lucky in 2011.
34. Ricky Romero (TOR) - 2.23 K/BB ratio and 4.20 FIP make the Jays workhorse seem pretty ordinary. Low BABIP partly a product of his low line drive rate but it'd be a surprise to see him put up another sub-three ERA in the AL East.
35. Anibal Sanchez (FLA) - His 27-year-old season saw an uptick of two strikeouts per nine innings and was the third straight season of BB/9 improvement. If his slider returns to 2010 form and his change-up matches his success from 2011 he'll outperform this ranking.
36. Neftali Feliz (TEX) - Former stud prospect finally gets the rotation spot he's been yearning for. Unlike most relievers he mixed in four pitches last year. How reliable those off-speed pitches are will determine if he's a huge success or merely good.
37. Ubaldo Jimenez (CLE) - When a draft gets around pick 150 I have a hard time not drafting the man. He's the kinda player that scares you if another manager has him. Gets a partial mulligan last season due to lingering injury issues but there's no denying that when he's struggling with command it can get ugly.
38. Johnny Cueto (CIN) - Will he repeat his 2.31 ERA and 1.09 WHIP? Probably not. But he keeps the ball on the ground and no daunting red-flags with his underlying stats. A shame he probably won't strike out more than six or seven per nine innings.
39. Jeremy Hellickson (TB) - 1.63 K/BB, an 82% strand rate and an alarming .223 BABIP are all easily identifiable red-flags. However writing off potential improvement from the former top prospect would be ill-advised. Good chance he improves his strikeout and walk rate.
40. Tommy Hanson (ATL) - He struck out more than a batter per inning at every minor league stop in his career, earning him top prospect status. This wasn't the case early in his MLB career but he regained some of that strikeout juice last year. Injuries have become a concern and he just seems like one of those guys who may never pan out as once expected.
Relief Pitcher
1. Craig Kimbrel (ATL) - Striking out 127 batters in 77 innings speaks for itself.
2. Mariano Rivera (NYY) - The sandman is as consistent as they come. Since 1997 Rivera recorded at least 30 saves each season. Sub-2 ERA in seven of the past eight years.
3. Jonathan Papelbon (PHI) - Pitched better in 2011 than he did in the previous two seasons but not as great as he once was. Move to the National League bumps him back to the elite level.
4. John Axford (MIL) - Never looked back after securing the closing gig in 2010. Velocity increasing in each of his first three seasons is a great sign that he'll sustain his success.
5. Joel Hanrahan (PIT) - Strikeout rate decreased last year as a result of him throwing his fastball 83% of the time putting an emphasis on control and ground balls. Nearly doubled his GB/FB rate from 2010. Another closer whose velocity increased in each of the past three seasons. Up to 97 MPH on average last season.
6. J.J. Putz (ARI) - Regained the command that made him of the league's best for the Mariners. Lost a few ticks on his fastball since then but still a very effective closer with little competition in Arizona.
7. Jordan Walden (LAA) - The 24-year-old averaged 97.5 on the gun on his way to 32 saves in his first season as the Angels closer. If he can cut his walk rate the sky is the limit for the young flamethrower.
8. Sergio Santos (TOR) - Struck out 13 batters per nine innings and the Blue Jays named him their closer upon trading for him. The patient AL East may not mesh well with his wild tendencies but blessed with the stuff to make up for it.
9. Heath Bell (MIA) - After easily striking out more than a batter an inning in 2009 and 2010 Bell's strikeout rate dropped nearly three batters per nine innings last year. He leaves the friendly confides of Petco and while it's unlikely that he'll lose his job I don't expect great supporting stats.
10. Jason Motte (STL) - Retirement of Tony LaRussa is a plus for anyone entrenched in the closer role for the Cards. Displayed better control last year and comes right after you throwing his fastball or cutter 96% of the time.
11. Drew Storen (WAS) - Expected to miss the first month of the season but neither Henry Rodriguez or Brad Lidge projects to be an obstacle to his returning to the ninth inning. If healthy would slot him above Sergio Santos.
12. Grant Balfour (OAK) - Not sure why he isn't getting more love. Sub 2.5 ERA and more than a strikeout per inning in three of his past four seasons. Pitches half his games in Oakland and when the A's win it will more often than not be a close, low-scoring game.
13. Brian Wilson (SF) - Dwindling K-rate, drop in velocity and an elbow Wilson said bothered him all of 2011 scares me off. If he can keep the inflammation out of his elbow and regain his past stuff he could easily finish in the top five but there are too many question marks for me to draft him early.
14. Sean Marshall (CIN) - There is no disputing his effectiveness as a reliever the past two years and there are no red flags on his underlying stats. However, I can't get the image of the up-and-coming Sean Marshall out of my head when projected to be a No. 5 starter for the Cubs. Not a stereotypical closer as he only throws his fastball 25% of the time and relies on off-speed offerings.
15. Rafael Betancourt (COL) - Elite K/BB ratio the past two seasons the only concern is his fly-ball tendencies in Colorado. A bargain in many drafts I've been in.
16. Jose Valverde (DET) - He's the kinda guy who is so consensually overrated that he's underrated. Still throws hard, avoids solid contact -- 13, 13 and 16 percent line drive rate the past three years -- and consistently posts a high strand rate.
17. Carlos Marmol (CHC) - No matter how well he is pitching it will always be a carnival ride with Marmol. Averages 11.74 K/9 and 5.88 BB/9 over his career but the bothersome number is his fastball's velocity which was down two ticks to under 92 MPH last year. Perhaps he'll regain his stuff but formerly filthy closers like Marmol aren't immune to flaming out.
18. Huston Street (SD) - If you draft Street do yourself a favor and handcuff him with Cashner as DL trips are not uncommon for the brittle righty. Killed by the home runs last year in Colorado but playing his home games in Petco should help with that.
19. Jonathan Broxton (KC) - Yost says Broxton will be the "primary" closer for Kansas City and it wasn't too long ago that he was one of the best in the game. If you're in a shallow league then investing in the high-upside Broxton would be savvy.
20. Javy Guerra (LAD) - Kanley Jansen looms but Guerra was very effective in the closer role in 2011. Unless he plays himself out of the role he'll continue to pick up the saves in Los Angeles.
21. Brandon League (SEA) - Not going to post a great K-rate but with Safeco and one of the best defenses in the league behind him should post effective ratios. His strand rate was under 70% the past three seasons which is abnormally low for a reliever, though its consistency suggests it may not improve.
22. Chris Perez (CLE) - Can't dismiss the possibility that he'll rebound from last season but a 1.5 K/BB rate with only 5.88 K/9 is an eyesore. Still penciled as the closer for 2012 but Vinnie Pestano out-pitched him mightily last season. Imploded in his first game of 2012.
23. Kanley Jansen (LAD) - In September he posted 32 strikeouts in 13.2 innings making him a great option in an innings capped league. Career ERA of 2.12 and FIP of 1.77.
24. Joe Nathan (TEX) - Didn't lose too much on his fastball post-surgery and his strand rate which was 14% below his career norm contributed to his 4.84 ERA last year. At 37 with no shortage of closing options in Texas don't rely too heavily on Nathan.
25. Frank Francisco (NYM) - Not a guy who's going to get you style points but has a knack for holding down closer roles. Very little competition in New York and the transition from the AL East to the NL East can only help the cause.
26. Matt Thornton (CHW) - The White Sox just don't seem to want to commit to the lefty as their closer. Last year he was beat out by Sergio Santos and this year Hector Santiago appeared out of nowhere to compete with him. 2008-2010 were much kinder to Thornton than 2011 was.
27. Matt Capps (MIN) - Never been a big strikeout guy but his 4.66 K/9 was certainly an outlier. Still 28 and throwing 93 MPH with only Glen Perkins behind him. Generally the last solidified closer off the board could net you profit.
28. Addison Reed (CWS) - Dismissed from the closer discussion early in spring training presumably because of his inexperience but don't write off the stellar youngster. Even if he doesn't get saves he should be worth drafting with his strikeout and ratio upside.
29. Kyle Farnsworth (TB) - His elbow injury doesn't appear to be worst case scenario but a long history of inconsistency makes me question how he'll bounce back in 2012. Will the Rays give him the job back if his replacement pitches lights out?
30. Alfredo Aceves (BOS) - Not convinced a converted long reliever has the stuff it takes to be a closer in the AL East. One thing that can be said for him is his poise and Bobby Valentine puts stock into that. Detroit knocked him around in his first appearance but Mark Melancon didn't look much better.
31. Jim Johnson (BAL) - Has a history of producing solid ratios despite a low K-rate but doesn't have an out pitch and recorded just 5.74 K/9 last year. Rough spring training but little-to-no competition in Baltimore.
32. Hector Santiago (CWS) - Excellent spring from the screwballer and the White Sox don't seem to want Thornton in the closer role. Addison Reed is still my pony in the race to finish the year as the White Sox closer but Santiago might start with it.
33. Joel Peralta (TB) - Peralta put together two very successful campaigns for the Rays and with Farnsworth out he's the odds on favorite to get save in Tampa.
34. Andrew Cashner (SD) - The newly acquired righty lit up the radar guns in spring training and the Padres are invested after trading Anthony Rizzo in the deal to acquire him. Once a top closer at TCU he could take over if Huston Street makes one of his routine DL visits.
35. Vinnie Pestano (CLE) - Great strikeout upside and his control is middle of the road. With a questionable closer ahead of him it wouldn't be surprising to see Pestano finish the year as the closer
36. Mike Adams (TEX) - After leaving Petco his ERA "climbed" to 2.10 and Joe Nathan isn't the most reliable option ahead of him. Beware that Alexi Ogando might be a dark-horse if Nathan is sidelined.
37. Tyler Clippard (WAS) - No upside for saves here as Drew Storen is out but Henry Rodriguez and Brad Lidge are the ones in the saves discussion. He's a great source for strikeouts and ratio stats and is one of the most heavily used relievers in the game.
38. Johnny Venters (ATL) - His high walk-rate means his WHIP will never be extraordinary but 72% of the batted balls against him were on the ground and he'll produce in strikeouts. Atlanta uses him in the ninth inning when a string of lefties are coming to the plate so 5-10 saves would be a realistic projection.
39. Sergio Romo (SF) - He posted a K/BB ratio of 14 last year, arguably the best non-closer when it comes to ratio stats and K/IP. Downfalls are he's only pitched 50 innings once in his career and Santiago Casilla got saves when Brian Wilson went down last year.
40. Mark Melancon (BOS) - Keeps the ball on the ground and posted a solid strikeout rate in Houston but the AL East presents a different degree of difficulty. With Alfredo Aceves an unreliable option Melancon might be thrust into closer duties.
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The success of Grand Canyon Airlines Inc. in Scottsdale does not signal an increase of commercial flights into the city, airport officials said Tuesday.
The City Council approved a long-term lease Monday night for Grand Canyon Airlines Inc. to operate a ticket counter and office in the main terminal of the Scottsdale Airport.
"They are not an airline, that is just in their name," aviation director Scott Gray said Tuesday. "People see the name and they think of 737s."
There are 11 similar commercial operations at the airport providing on-demand charter services like Grand Canyon, Gray said.
Additional passenger flights could come to Scottsdale, Gray said, as long as aircraft are under the airport's weight limits: 45,000 pounds for single-wheeled planes and 75,000 pounds for dualwheeled aircraft.
The aircraft used by Grand Canyon Airlines seats 19 passengers and weighs 12,500 pounds.
Arrival of Grand Canyon Airlines last year prompted concern among residents critical of aircraft noise.
Coreen Young, president of the Coalition Concerned About Aircraft Noise, predicted then that the city would see incremental development at the airport and cautioned that at some point noise would be a problem.
Phil Vickers, an Airport Advisory Commission member critical of airport noise and operations, said he has "seen no indication that the city is going to take any action to allow larger passenger jets" to land in Scottsdale.
The city has, however, been trying for the past 15 years to attract a charter company to offer passenger service to such cities as Yuma and Los Angeles.
During the 1980s and early '90s, two charter companies offered flights to Laughlin, Nev.
Scottsdale has been a success, Grand Canyon Airline officials said, because of the large number of winter visitors and tourists staying at local resorts and hotels that want to see one of the world's seven natural wonders.
"People want to see the Grand Canyon when they come to Arizona and we make it easy for them instead of having to drive six or seven hours," said John Dillon, general manager of Grand Canyon Airlines, Inc.
Most daily flights are full, Dillon said, and additional flights could be added if demand picks up.
"We are working very closely with resort properties and travel planners to grow our business," he said.
The airline currently offers one flight each day that departs for Grand Canyon Airport at 8:45 a.m. and returns to Scottsdale at 5:10 p.m. Flight and tour rates are $299 per person.
"We were very excited when they came on board with Scottsdale," said Laura McMurchie, Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau spokeswoman. "A lot of times convention groups are limited with their free time and this is an easy way for them to spend the day at the Grand Canyon without all that time on the road."
Residents critical of aircraft noise need not worry, Dillon said, because the twinengine plane they use is quieter than most charter aircraft at the Scottsdale Airport.
The plane is modified to be quieter in order to operate in Grand Canyon National Park under federal guidelines.
The aircraft, a modified deHavilland Twin Otter, seats 19 and features a propeller designed to decrease noise with the addition of a fourth blade that reduces exterior noise by 66 percent, said Verna Conley, airline spokeswoman.
The airline, which celebrated its 75th anniversary last year, has a colorful history. Initially called Scenic Airways, it flew the first tourists over the Grand Canyon on Oct. 3, 1927.
Its founder, J. Parker Van Sandt, began the airline with a fleet of Ford Tri-Motor airplanes. Van Sandt also founded Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.


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Interweaving the forms of personal filmmaking, abstract animation, and the rock opera, this animated musical documentary examines the rise and fall of a nearly-defunct poster and postcard wholesale business; the changing role of physical objects and virtual data in commerce; and the division (or lack of) between abstraction in fine art and psychedelic kitsch. Using alternate lyrics as voice over narration, the piece adopts the form of a popular rock album reinterpreted as a cine-performance.
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I have recently been given a Chinese elm as a present and I have discovered that the leaves are starting to curl up and brittle, with the newer looking stems looking very limp. Being new bonsai, any help with general care for bonsai would much much appreciated as I don't really know where to begin. Thanks |
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Are you keeping this tree indoors or out? How often do you water? |
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Also, what's the soil type? |
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I am keeping it indoors near a window where the sun reaches it, and I don't know the soil as it was a gift, and I water it once every day and when ever it is dry. Thanks for responding so soon |
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"I don't know the soil" Take the plant out of the pot and look at the soil, or scrape away some of the debris on the surface of the soil and look at what's underneath. You're going to have to take it out of the pot sooner or later anyway, so you might as well do it early and see if the roots are okay while you're at it. "I water it once every day and when ever it is dry." When you say 'whenever it is dry', what's the 'it' that you're referring to? The soil at the bottom of the pot? The soil at the top? The plant itself? A day indoors isn't going to dry much of the soil at all. |
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Okay thanks how am I supposed to identify the soil or should I completely repot it with new soil, are there any tips or useful sites t that you could guide me to for beginners and here is the link to the site that it was brought from. http://www.bonsaiuk.co.uk/chinese-elm-bonsai-tree-gift-or-starter-set-with-free-postage-p-898.html. I normally water it once every day and on Saturdays give it diluted bonsia plant feed. Thanks again |
Here is a link that might be useful: Where I got the tree from
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- Posted by RobertJames313 9 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 2, 13 at 12:29
I removed the plant from the pot and realised that the whole of the bottom soil was very dry so I am gonna heavily soak the soil and replace the majority of it. I also found that the soil was very compact so I freed the roots a little. :) |
- Posted by sutremaine UK S.Wales 9 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 2, 13 at 21:59
The soil looks like it has a lot of peat in it, and peat does become hydrophobic when dry. Not a good soil for anything (it's alright initially, so long as it's kept evenly moist, but breaks down quickly into dust), and definitely not a good soil for a pot as shallow as a bonsai tray. Once you soak a pot full of peat, the bottom of it will stay soggy for a long time and not have enough air to keep the roots alive. And in a bonsai tray, that soggy bottom is all there's space for. If you've soaked the soil by the time you read this, let the soil drain into an old towel for a while (you might need to poke the towel up through the drain holes to get it to make contact with the soil -- the contact is essential). You'll still have some moisture in the soil, but more importantly you'll have some air in there as well. Are you new to just bonsai, or to trees and plants in general? Trying to keep something alive in a shallow pot at the same time as trying to keep it alive in general is an unecessary added difficulty -- give it a larger pot and let it grow normally while you learn how to treat a bonsai. It'll get rather scruffy on top as that part begins to grow like a full-size tree would, but you can just chop that off next spring. Some links: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/contain/msg1221344425812.html General information on soil for plants in containers. http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/contain/msg0401204212994.html General informatian on growing trees in containers. The subjects covered in the links above may not seem like beginner-level material, but they are where you need to begin -- you can't have a nice bonsai without there being a strong, healthy plant beneath all the cosmetic work. |
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Car seat manufacturers announced changing their installation instructions because the reading level was too difficult for over half of their customers in the United States. How high was that reading level? A fifth grade level.
As a young mother, I had a knot in my stomach when reading this kind of article, along with a cold fear that my children might be among those people who can't read basic instructions.
Today my children have graduated from college and more. I have taught hundreds of children how to read, and confidence replaced my fears. I know parents make a tremendous difference in their child's success.
How can you assure that your child will be a successful reader?
First, be aware of human development and how children learn. Enrich your child's spoken language opportunities and target specific language skills that lead to reading success.
From birth through six years, children are in a critical period of language development, when the spoken word develops naturally. Ninety percent of our adult spoken language is in place by the age of six. If a child does not speak by age six, it is almost impossible for the child to acquire spoken, written or sign language beyond a two-year-old's comprehension level.
We don't have to teach children how to walk or talk. Children only need an environment that encourages walking and talking during this critical stage of development. In normal development, a child will say his first word around twelve months and by thirty months will be talking in sentences. When you are aware of your child's built-in developmental abilities, you can be of invaluable assistance by making sure your child's surroundings meet his developmental needs.
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Create a quiet environment with clear and meaningful communication for the child from birth. A television blaring from every room is a huge obstacle to a child's language development. Clearly spoken language with lots of repetition is important. Make sure your baby can see your face and mouth when you are speaking. Speak "to" your child, not "at" your child. Make the everyday language environment rich by reading stories aloud, singing, and including home activities such as age appropriate chores, crafts, and games.
By two-and-a-half years of age, language is fully developed in the child. By age three, a child should be able to clearly speak in full sentences, with correct basic syntax (meaning words are spoken in meaningful order), and each sound in a word should be clear and intelligible.
Unfortunately, for many children this is not the case. Ear infections, a long illness, separation from parents, physical and environmental challenges can cause language delays. Luckily, the critical period for language acquisition continues for another three years. At age three analyze your child's spoken language for areas that are weak and not fully developed. Once you recognize areas for language development, you can begin to enrich your child's learning in purposeful ways.
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If your child cannot make certain sounds, sing songs two or three times a day using a word that contains that sound. For example, if your child cannot say the "F" sound, sing the tune to "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" using only the word "fish" over and over again. Sing the word "fish" to work on the initial sound, the word "gift" for internal sound practice, and the word "off" for ending sound practice. Make it fun and silly and in a few days you will begin to see an improvement in your child's "f" sounds. If your child needs work with multiple sounds, concentrate on one at a time, adding one new sound per week while reviewing the previous ones.
To enrich the language environment, be sure that siblings, grandparents, and grandoparents, everyone, speaks to your child using normal clear speech and not "baby talk". Some of the mispronounced words children use are cute and funny, but don't incorporate them into your own speech.
A four-year-old student of mine had difficulty with the "D" and "S" sounds and would say "pie-na-thor" for dinosaur. His siblings and parents mimicked his speech, so that he came to believe that "pie-na-thor" was the correct pronunciation. Remember to use the correct word and no "baby-talk". If it's not cute on a thirty-year-old, don't let it be cute on a three-year-old.
Another four-year-old student of mine would use the word "me" instead of "I" and omit prepositions. "Me go slide." and "Me go eat" are examples of things she would say. I knew her family didn't use "baby talk" and when I did some investigation I found her caregiver spoke to her that way. Fortunately, after some consultation with her family, she was using pronouns and prepositions correctly in a matter of a few months.
If your child is having difficulty with sentence structure, restate your child's sentence in a clear and kind way. For "Me eat" restate, "Yes, you are eating. I am eating too." There is no need to force a child to repeat words or sentences after you. If your child sees and hears it the right way, he or she will soon be speaking it correctly.
In summary, to assure your child's reading success, be aware of how children naturally develop speech. Analyze your child's speaking skills at age three. Keep language rich in your home and target specific skills. Then relax a little and let your child's natural ability to create language do its job.
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Saturday, October 4, 2014
Listening To Ourselves With Compassion
When we do something that we wished we hadn't, we rarely give ourselves the level of forgiveness and understanding that we give to others. If we evaluate ourselves and subsequently change our behaviors due to negative emotions-- shame, embarrassment, or fear to name only a few—we are feeding self-hatred.
We are our own worst critic. In effective communication we talk about the importance of giving and receiving information without criticizing, judging or blaming. The last eight columns have dealt with our communication with others. Today, let's focus on how we talk and listen to ourselves, or our intrapersonal communication.
Our self-evaluations full of judging, criticizing and blame are expressions of unmet needs. Remember, negative feelings are a wake-up call for us to recognize an unmeet need.
When we find ourselves in a position where we've done something we wished we hadn't, we need to stop and listen to ourselves. We need to try and understand our own observation, feelings, needs and requests, as seriously as if we were trying to understand someone we cared about deeply.
We need to take the time to understand and connect our feelings with unmet needs, so that we can step of out the cycle of self-blame.
Once we understand the connections between our feelings and needs, the next step for our inner communication is to ask, "What need of mine was I trying to meet when I behaved in the way I regret?"
From this question we will have information vital in knowing how we can grow in a direction that will enrich our lives and the lives of others.
With the answer to this question we can act from a place of self-compassion and love that will contribute more to life than feelings of fear and guilt, shame, duty or obligation. Remember, we always a have a choice about how we will act, how we will feel, and what we need.
When the words I have to pop into your thinking, take the time to consider how the actions you feel you have to do connect to what you want or need.
Acknowledge the fact that you have the power to choose what you feel you have to do, by writing:
I choose to ________ because I want ________.
For example, instead of I have to cook dinner, write I choose to cook dinner because I want my family to be healthy.
As you think about the life-alienating chores you feel you have to do, and realize that you choose those behaviors to fulfill a need or desire, be wary of the following wants that you might uncover: the motivation or desire—for money, for approval, to escape punishment, to avoid shame or guilt, and to fulfill a sense of duty. These wants can rob us of our joy in life, until we can connect desires to life-affirming needs.
The importance of effective intrapersonal communication I think is highlighted by this tale, of which I've heard several versions.
A Cherokee grandfather tells his grandson that every person has two wolves trying to live inside of him. One wolf is full of anger, rage, envy, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, resentment, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other wolf is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, empathy, truth, compassion, and faith.
"The wolves battle inside of you to take control of your life," the grandfather said.
"But which one will win?" the grandson said.
"The wolf you feed."
Listen to yourself compassionately. Ask yourself questions that will help you connect your feelings with your needs. Answer honestly. Choose to feed the wolf that will bring joy into your life and the life of others. Your children will win. We all will win.
This is the last in our series on effective communication.
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Receiving Information With Understanding And Compassion
Let's talk now about listening.
In previous columns, we've focused on the expression part of communicating.
As a quick review, there are two fundamental parts of effective communication:
1) Expressing one's observations, feelings, needs and requests honestly without judging, blaming or criticizing other, and
2) Listening for understanding to other's observations, feelings, needs and requests without judging, blaming or criticizing.
Listening is a difficult activity to do well. We have distractions that never seem to end—telephones, television, radios, personal music devices, computers, deadlines, schedules, personal agendas and the list goes on and on.
The next layer of distraction is formed by our own experiences and beliefs.
When we truly listen we have to push these distractions aside so that we can focus on the other person's observations, feelings and needs without jumping to judge, blame or criticize.
When we get past all these distractions we find ourselves in the present moment and can focus body, heart and spirit on our communication.
To prepare myself to listen, I shift gears by imagining myself as a giant baseball mitt, ready and able to catch any message that comes my way.
Fastballs, hard balls, fly balls, pop-ups.
All kinds of messages, even those out of left field.
Across the palm of the mitt I envision, stamped in gold lettering,
Ask Questions
The mitt has four words written by Sandy Koufax in black marker: observations, feelings, needs, requests.
This picture helps me remember the four keys to effective listening.
It also helps me maintain a sense of humor when communication starts to pop.
The next step to effective listening, once the ball has been thrown, is to catch the message and wait.
Our initial response many times is to offer advice or reassure the speaker.
Marshal Rosenberg in
Nonviolent Communication
puts it this way from a Buddhist saying: Don't just do something, stand there.
We need to give others the time and space to fully express themselves.
But we need to stand there, open as a giant baseball mitt, even though we may be itching to offer advice, tell a story of how something even worse happened to us, lecture, make excuses for the speaker, dismiss the seriousness of the issue, give unwanted sympathy, start correcting, or questioning facts we don't consider right.
See? Lots of distractions to effective listening.
As the messages are sent our way, they may come fast and hard, curved or wild.
No matter what others say we need to stay open and listen for what the speaker is truly 1) observing, 2) feeling, 3) needing) and 4) requesting.
Keep in mind what's stamped and autographed on your mitt.
During effective listening the only communications you can send are questions to try to clarify your understanding of the speaker's observations, feelings, needs and requests.
For example:
Jimmy comes in and yells, "I'm so stupid!"
Time to mentally say
and become the open baseball mitt.
Ask questions to get more information.
"Jimmy, why would you say that?"
"Because, Dad, I left my bike outside last night and now it is gone."
At this point our tendency as parents is to jump in and fix the problem (or the ten other things I mentioned earlier) instead of asking questions based on Jimmy's observations, feelings, needs and requests.
"So, Jimmy, you're feeling (you're guessing here-
guilty, overwhelmed,
that your bike is not where you left it?"
"Yeah, I just feel so stupid that I left it out and somebody stole it."
Here, we need to keep asking questions until Jimmy makes a request, or we can ask, "How can I help?"
"So you think you couldn't have left it someplace else, Jimmy?"
"Maybe I left it over at Tom's.
I'll call and see.
Thanks, Dad."
By asking a few questions, and not saying things like, 'Jimmy you're not stupid", or flying off the handle when we think the bike is stolen, Jimmy feels listened to and tries to solve his own problem.
Instead of trying to be Mr. or Ms. Fixit in your relationships, try being a catcher who can only ask questions regarding observations, feelings, needs and requests.
Listening with understanding and compassion is at the heart of our relationships.
Just don't do something—stand there.
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Saturday, September 20, 2014
Learning To Request What You Need
At the heart of our relationships is the need for effective communication. Our objective is to build a relationship based on honesty and empathy. The two basic components of effective communication consists of two skills:
1) Expressing observations, feelings and needs honestly while withholding blame and criticism.
2) Receiving information from others without hearing blame or criticism, while asking questions to understand the other person's observations, feelings and needs.
Our next step in effective communication is to request what we need in order to enrich our lives.
We can use the following sentence to help us separate feeling from opinion and then connect feelings to a need:
I feel (emotion) because I need or want (spiritual or physical need).
With this clarity of feelings and need, we are ready to request what we need.
How we make the request is vital.
Requests to others are more likely to be accurately received when sent in clear positive language.
We wouldn't dream of going into a restaurant and telling the waitress,
I don't want a hamburger
, and expect to get the spinach salad we want.
Much less expect the waitress to bring us a spinach salad without us uttering a word.
Unfortunately, we expect many of our requests to be understood without directly making a request, or our requests to others are framed in
Don't forget.
Don't be late.
Don't touch.
Don't statements tell others what we don't want instead of what we do want.
Why do we use don't statements?
Because we lack inner clarity about what we really want.
Perhaps making clear requests seems selfish to us.
Many of us were raised to be happy with what we were given and not to ask for any thing else.
Or perhaps we've never taken the time to truly consider what situation, items or cooperation we need in order to fill our needs and desires.
Vague requests probably can't be accommodated by others and also contribute to self-confusion.
If we want to eat and only say,
I'm hungry
, we may or may not end up with something to eat and could be surprised with what we do end up with.
If we can express ourselves clearly using our feelings and needs with the request, we are more likely to obtain what we want.
For example, saying, "
I'm hungry.
I need to eat soon.
I think I'd like to make a peanut butter sandwich,"
will probably get you what you want more than just saying, "
I'm hungry"
. In addition, you'll have a clear idea and avoid self-confusion.
Oftentimes we are unaware of what we are requesting, like those times when we stand in front of the refrigerator with the door open.
We're hungry or bored, but we don't know what we want.
Request or demand?
A request can sound more like a demand when we don't express our feelings and needs along with the request.
"I want a peanut butter sandwich," may come across as a tantrum waiting to happen.
When another person hears a demand from us, the usual response is to either give in, or to rebel.
How can we tell if a communication has been framed as a request or a demand?
When the speaker's request is not complied with we need to observe the speaker's behavior
With a demand the speaker may try to criticize, judge, blame, or lay a guilt trip on us.
For example watch for statements from the speaker such as these:
You never listen to me. You are a terrible mother.
I'll get sick if I don't eat.
You don't love me.
Sound familiar?
With a request a speaker will show understanding with the receiver's needs.
Using our peanut butter sandwich example, if the response was "Dinner is in 15 minutes. Can you wait to eat?" what responses might we expect, from a demanding person and a requesting person?
With a demand, we might expect a criticizing, blaming or judging response, in an effort to manipulate us into compliance.
With a request, we might hear two basic responses:
Yes, I can wait, or, no, I need to eat something as soon as possible.
Help your children learn the difference between a demand and a request so they can make requests to improve their lives, and yours.
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Saturday, September 13, 2014
When Needs Are Not Fulfilled
Effective communication is at the heart of strong relationships. Our parenting and teaching work with children is dependent on vital relationships and communications.
Effective communication is based on two essential skills:
1) The ability to express honestly how we are, and
2) The ability to understand from others how we are, all without giving or hearing blame or criticism.
Honest expression about who we are occurs when we connect our feelings with our needs and choices for our behavior. Understanding from others how they perceive us requires that we seek to discover what they are observing, feeling, needing and requesting from us.
What happens when needs are not met? Communication can come into conflict when needs are unfulfilled. Unmet needs can lead to feelings that we consider negative--anger, confusion, disappointment, frustration, hopelessness, irritation, sadness, loneliness, embarrassment, to name only a few.
We should use negative feelings as a wake-up call to understand that our needs are not being met. Using the following phrase can help us connect feelings to needs, allowing us to move forward in a way that embraces life instead of being bogged down in life-alienating emotions:
I feel (negative emotion) because I need or want (spiritual or physical need).
Use these lists of feelings and emotions to answer your wake up call.
Negative Feelings
For a list of feelings, positive and negative, see Marshall Rosenberg's book,
Nonviolent Communication
, pages 44-45.
Spiritual and Physical Needs
Emotional safety
To choose dreams, goals and values
Create self worth
Create meaning
Create an authentic person
Create personal integrity
Physical Needs
Protection from danger
Sexual expression
Fully understanding what we need makes the next step in our communication easier-asking for what we need to enrich life. Requesting what we need not only enriches our own life, but also adds value to all life on this planet. In the big picture, requesting what we need is not a selfish act; our requests to improve our lives improve the world.
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Saturday, September 6, 2014
Connecting Needs To Feelings
A critical aspect of effective communication is learning how to express our needs.
In our efforts to communicate effectively with others, we need to learn how to observe behavior, without evaluating, to figure out an individual's needs.
For effective communication, we need to differentiate between feelings and thoughts.
We need to be aware of how using I feel statements may be expressing an opinion and not true feelings.
The next step in effective communication is to connect feelings to personal needs.
Two kinds of needs.
Humans have two types of fundamental needs-physical and spiritual. The basic survival needs of food, clothing, shelter and protection are evident to most of us. Other physical needs include air, water, exercise, movement, disease control, sleep and rest, sexual expression, and touch of other living beings.
Spiritual needs are more extensive and, unlike physical needs, are difficult at times to determine if they are being met. Being able to connect feelings to spiritual needs, though, becomes vital to both communication and opportunities for personal growth and freedom.
Humans have basic spiritual needs for beauty, harmony, inspiration, order and peace. Some spiritual needs combine with physical needs. These needs include activity, exploration, orientation, order, becoming, belonging, repetition, precision, exactness, communication and imagination.
Needs create feelings and behaviors.
The combination of these needs create tendencies for behavior and include as well as define other specific needs, such as acceptance and appreciation.
All of us share requirements to be involved in activities that meet our physical or spiritual needs. For example, our spiritual need to belong to our place and time, our families, and our communities appears in our choices of dreams, goals and values. The need to belong affects our decisions about food, clothing, housing, marriage partners and on and on. The need to belong also encompasses our needs for acceptance, appreciation, celebration, consideration, emotional safety, honesty, love, respect, trust, understanding, friendship and more.
We could look at each of these needs,
activity, exploration, orientation, order, becoming, belonging, repetition, precision, exactness, communication and imagination
, and consider how each need drives our behavior. Taking the time to examine our personal connections between needs and behavior can help clarify the relationship between feelings and needs.
Feelings are need driven as well. As we learn to communicate and accept our emotions, while understanding that our feelings are linked to our needs, we become emotionally responsible.
Once we connect our needs with our feelings, behaviors and actions, we start to take responsibility for our intentions and actions. We will also realize that we are not responsible for others' feelings. We may even experience anger as we no longer want to base our choices on avoiding someone's disappointment.
The end stage of emotional responsibility is emotional liberation, where we accept full responsibility for our personal emotions but not the feelings of others. We understand that we cannot meet our own needs at the expense of others.
Practice connecting needs with feelings and behavior by using this sentence:
I am (emotion) because I need or want (spiritual or physical need); therefore I choose to do (behavior).
Two examples:
I am happy because I need harmony; therefore I choose to take a walk everyday.
I feel frustrated because I want to have more time to exercise; therefore, I choose to wake up an hour early every day.
To create powerful communication, connect feelings with needs and choices for behavior.
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Crystal Ball Gazer of the Week goes to REO Chronicle, which published "The California Real Estate Market in Perspective: 2008-2012." Amongst prediction are: Lenders will become more conservative. Well, that's pretty much a given, since everyone is watching, the government is implementing regulations, and mortgage lenders are failing left and right. Coastal home prices will drop. The article makes a good point that many coastal homes (read: oceanview) are up to 7 times available local income, but remember that many of these homeowners are not typical residents. Malibu, La Jolla, Monterey/Carmel, are all affluent areas, and many of the coastal homes are megamoney mansions or second homes that really are not in danger of being sold and bringing down values. More remote areas, such as upper Highway 101 around Eurkea, may indeed experience a downturn, but I think it an oversimplification that coastal properties in all areas will tank, like the inland/valley areas they compare it to. In total, they list 15 points dramatizing why prices will continue to fall.
I think it was back in middle school when a teacher told us that the results of studies, and statistics in general, can be manipulated to read in favor of whoever is writing. In the PR world, this is called "spin." And in perusing various articles this week, I see that the media cannot agree on how things are going right now. We have "Slump Persists: House Sales Tumble Across the US" by Yahoo News, then there is "U.S. Housing Market Freezes in June" on Forbes.com, and then "Existing Home Sales Fall 2.6%" on Marketwatch.com. Who to believe?
CNNMoney reports this week that amidst the government's hurry to enact legislation to regulate the mortgage industry, that elected officials neglected to include anything in the bill that forbids or regulates loan kickbacks to mortgage brokers. "New Fed rules miss one key lending abuse" by Les Christie points out the flaws in the bill and why this should have been an included component.
And then there is the gossip about the Extreme Makeover family who has squandered their good fortune and are losing their home. Three years ago, an Atlanta family was the recipient of one of the largest homes ever built on the popular TV show. Once completed, the family owned the home free and clear, had an account to pay taxes for a decade or more, and their children had a scholarship fund. Subsequently, the homeowners took out a whopping $450,000 loan and that money has vanished. Considering dad works and there was no mortgage payment, where did all that money go? An average of $150,000 a year? What do you think? Shame on them?


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Type of Ride: Street
Where: Silverton CO USA
Road/Route: US550/CO62/CO145/US160
Originally posted 9/30/2003 by Jamie Elvidge
This 236-mile loop is paradise for adventure-seeking motorcyclists.
"The San Juan Skyway is a 236-mile loop that incorporates the famous Million-Dollar Highway, the most famous portion of which travels from Ouray to Silverton (US 550) over Coal Bank Summit and the Molas Divide. The route includes five passes, countless ghost towns and a smattering of some of the finest mining remnant towns in the West, including the famous adventure destination of Telluride."
From Motorcycle Cruiser magazine.
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Sure looks like grabgrass to me. Here's a fairly organic fix. Spray the leaves with water mixed with a non-ionic surfactant (a few drops of non-antibacterial dish soap will work). Once thoroughly wet, fill an old sock with baking soda and beat it on or above the plane so that the dust gets on the leaves. They'll be black within a few days. Some of the leaves may not die so hit them again in a week or so. This will also kill the beneficials in your soil (thus the above reference to a fairly organic solution). Onve you're done treating throw some compost or compost tea on the areas to get the count back up. BTW, how's the orgainc going on the Bermuda. I'd love to try it, but I don't have a good local source for feeds. |
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I have got Real Player 10 as well as MPlayer both in the linux version, but am unable to play DAT files in any of them. Does Linux support DAT ...
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Playing DAT files in Linux
If anyone can help me out, that will be great for me.
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I've found mplayer will play pretty much anything you can throw at it, did you download the codec pack for it? you can get that here;
Select "all codecs for Linux x86 (Win32 .dll and Linux .so)" and put them in the proper directory, that's usually /usr/local/lib/codecs, although I prefer to use /usr/local/lib/mplayer/codecs and then specify the directory when compiling with 'configure --with-codecsdir=/usr/local/lib/mplayer/codecs'.
That's also another thing, compile mplayer from source, it's good practice to do so, and make sure you have the codecs before you compile it.Great GNU/Linux references and resources:
The Linux Documentation Project
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Collector's Edition & Companion Publication to New Museum Exhibit!
"A Few of Our Favorite Things: 100 Creations of the 20th Century"
How do you choose only 100 things to represent an entire century? Curator Jack Lufkin explains how he did it and introduces the Society's newest blockbuster exhibit.
--by Jack Lufkin
A century-in objects and images.
Bubble gum and basketball. Tractors and televisions. Computers and crossword puzzles. One hundred things for one hundred years! Colorful photos and compelling stories.
--by Jack Lufkin
"'Life Without': Automobiles & Rural Electrification in 20th-Century Iowa"
Everyday life changed in some surprising ways when electricity and automobiles came to Iowa. A thought-provoking essay on how the things that surround us affect our routines, expectations, and dreams.
--by Tom Morain
Front Porch: How do you even begin to think about an entire century as a three-dimensional display. Exhibit designer Jennie Morgan tells us how.
One in a Million: Actually three items are showcased in this issue! Aluminum cookware, brassieres, and the Slinky are just three of the 20th-century things that are not in the new museum exhibit. What else did we leave out? You tell us!


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Chrysler's Clint Eastwood ad named top Super Bowl car commercial [w/video]
It's been seen by millions of viewers on television and the internet, it's been run through the political wringer on both sides of the aisle and it's been parodied by the comedians at Saturday Night Live. And, according to YouTube, Chrysler's "It's Halftime in America" ad staring Clint Eastwood has been named the top Super Bowl car commercial of 2012.
For those keeping track of such things, Chrysler's commercial has over 10.5 million views on YouTube, though we do feel the need to remind everyone that the video was unavailable for a few hours the morning after the Big Game, which we'd imagine is one of the highest traffic times for such advertisements.
The only other commercial from an automotive company that made YouTube's top five Super Bowl commercials was "2012" from General Motors – itself controversial due to Ford's attempted cease-and-desist request before it aired on the worldwide stage.
The number one ad, you ask? That would be M&M's "Just My Shell" commercial. Guess there really is no accounting for taste... we prefer our M&Ms to be green, just like everyone else. Feel free to watch Chrysler's winning ad one more time after the break.
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