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@Lamora-- My brother and I like to call it Chicken Filet (Chicken-Fil-A ) instead. Ha.
Hi. I'm an American student living in France. Studying French. Of course. This means that I am A) poor and B) hungry. I have an ever-growing cookbook collection and if anyone wants to let me work in their restaurant for six months I will. For free.
@Lamora-- My brother and I like to call it Chicken Filet (Chicken-Fil-A ) instead. Ha.
@lamora- Chick Filet is how you say it.
@Perkz- Ask for the Honey Roasted BBQ Sauce, too for the sandwich.
@Lorenzo- Hey, man. Kudos to you if you feel that strongly about it. There are things that I feel that strongly about that other people think I'm crazy for abstaining from... simple things like you not eating at Chick-Fil-A. I don't agree with you, but I don't need to in order to understand from where you're coming. I've never thought about it the way you put it, and I think it's... interesting... Ha. But, for real. Like my friend H says... Keep doing you, bruh!
@Lorenzo-- I guess I see where you're coming from... I mean, I know we're not Europe, but in the Franceland (where most people agree that there is no God, but still somehow remains to be very much catholic) EVERYTHING is closed on Sundays. Are they trying to send some message that these French "heathens" should be in church? Not sure. Don't care really. That's how they do. Just gotta roll with it, yo. We keep everything open on Sundays in America... and, now I'm wondering why we don't shut everything down one day a week, too. I think it would be a good idea. I mean, why not? Frenchies still have enough time to do all their stuff.
Ps. And, maybe this whole rant was just your conscious tellin you that you need to go to Church sometime! ;) jk.
Mmm... Chick Fil A. Loooove it. Don't find a problem with the Sunday's off thing. Whatever. I don't find any religious overtones, but maybe that's b/c one of my parents best friends' owns one or whatev. If I avoided everything with "undertones" I wouldn't go anywhere. Or, I would never send my kids (when I have them) to school... due to the crap they are taught there. That I was taught, even. But, I mean, if you feel strongly about not going to a place like that, then that's your choice and good for you for staying away from something about which you feel strongly! More chicken for meeee... More waffle fries, too!
Paula Deen pronounced bouillabaisse "boo-luh-bayz" once. Hahaha... KILLED me. Personally I pronounce "endive" the French way, but I'm a French speaker. I speak Spanish, too... it's just a habit to pronouce Spanish things with an accent. The same with the French words. At first I wondered if it came across as being pretentious, but now I'm not so worried about it. :)
@blave- I'll pass, thanks.
Every one that I've been to in the Franceland has been great.
Man, I used to BEG for brussels sprouts. HATE them now.
@Jerz- Yeah, it's my grandmother's thing. I've suggested using cream, but she didn't like that idea... and, needless to say, if she doesn't like it, it's never gonna happen. Haha. Just wait til I'm someone's grandmother! In like... 45 years. Ha.
@Jerz- I've seen Mario Batali put milk in his. I make it with milk, but that's how my family does it.
Brookie, you'll be getting some sooooon! :)
I have a cast iron pot from that line and my mom cooked some pinto beans in it and HATED it. So, who knows. It was a steal though... literally 5 bucks. I think it might need to be seasoned, but it supposedly was pre-seasoned, so who knows. Mine isn't enameled, so I really have no answer for you.
Just disregard this entire comment. Haha. :)
I will season that pot though when I get back Stateside.
Nothing like a good, comforting antibiotic. Yummy.
I like chocolate and fruit together. Fruit alone is great, chocolate alone... not so much.
I looooved Costa Rica. Especially bartering at the markets. That was my senior trip. I'm in France now and I prefer Costa Rica to the Franceland.
@onepercent- Eh, I wouldn't take it that far... :)
Fish sauce in your bolognese?!
Here's a video of Batali making his bolognese... @derosa and @hungrychristel-- he makes it differently from the Epicurious recipe. I haven't tried either one. But, I will when I get home!
Oh, man. She's amazing.
@bitchincamero- Ah, I LOVE your blog. I've been following for a while. I knew you'd jump on this thread! My best friend is Puerto Rican, but she's got this Cuban obsession. Some of her best family friends are Cuban and she's always over at their house cooking and eating. She eats Cuban food everyday practically. Needless to say, I'm always telling her to save me a plate and she does... but she "accidentally" forgets its for me...
I've got a Wushtof Santoku (German) that I love. Likewise, I also have a Global Vegetable (Japanese) that I love, too. I was also given a Furi knife (Australia) which I also really like.
Those are all 7" knives. I've got a set of Wushtof which I love.
I've got it bad for knives. I looove them. There's a Shun one that will be my next buy. I don't have a favourite of the 7" knives. I like them all equally, I think.
@onepercent- That's the smartest thing you've said all day. ;)
Juuust kiiidding.
You know why God created women don't you? Men couldn't handle it by themselves.
Off to Berlin on Friday.
Tell me, Food Guides...
Where should I eat?
What street food should I not miss?
What beer should I drink?
...and, so on and so forth...
Merci! (Or, Danke!)
So, I was at the Casino (giant absurd mega grocery store in the Franceland) and in their meat section they had horse. I also noticed it in the canned foods section. Yum. Horse in a jar!
Now, my only culinary experience with horse falls into the radish category... Wishing to know more, I ask these questions:
Has anyone had it? If so, what's it like-- flavor wise, texturally, etc. How was it prepared? If you've never had it, would you try it? If no, pourqoui pas?
So, tell me, dear SE reader.
What is the saddest, most depressing thing you ate during your darkest days of college? And, by that I mean... poorest.
You know... when you went to the store and you were like... Should I buy more plates or more beer? Then, you decide on the beer b/c you can always eat Top Ramen out of an upside down frisbee...
[*I've never had to choose between beer or plates... and, I don't own a frisbee b/c my dog is afraid of them. Go figure.]
There's this place in Knoxville, TN that's called The Cereal Bar, and I'm told by a friend of mine that it's Cereal Mecca for us cereal lovers. He says there's a gazillion different kinds of cereal and they also have different kids of milk-- whole, 2%, skim, soy, etc.
What is your favourite kind of cereal? When do you like to eat it? Any add ins? What kind of milk?
For me, it's Life. Followed by Raisin Bran with banana slices. Plain Cheerios follow with a sprinkling of sugar. My favourite time to eat cereal is at like 1 in the AM.
Oh, and 2% or skim, please, thankyouverymuch!
Alright, let's have it!
No matter how many times you make it, what will never be as good as your mom's?
You stumble into your place after one (three... seven) too many drinks.Throw your keys on the table. Take off your coat. You're STARVING. You figure you gotta get something on your stomach b/c if you don't, you're gonna be siiiiiick.
So, what do you eat/drink?... not as a preventive for a hangover really, but more b/c you've already (over) indulged and you figure... if you're gonna go for it, ya might as well really go for it, and when ya do it... ya gotta do it big!
How do you like your eggs?
Me, personally... anyway, but scrambled. Sunny side up. Hard boiled. Soft boiled. Over easy. Baked...
Oh, Mr. Egg. How I do love you! You're a great food for the... frugal minded (read: poor) college student like me.
There was a feather in my carton of eggs the other day. Gotta say, that was a new experience. Also, each individual egg had the use by date stamped on it. I love that idea. That way you can take all the eggs out of the carton and use it to make those little caterpillar toy thingies. You know the ones with the pipe cleaners for legs and the wiggly eyes...?
Okay, yes. I admit it. I'm actually 9 years old. Ha.
Maybe it's just me... but, when I eat, I CANNOT end on sweet. I have to end on savory.
I had a friend once who ate some ice cream and was so bothered by the sweetness left, she squirted a pack of mustard into her mouth just to be rid of it.
How about you?
Sweet? Savory? Or, Elisabeth, you're crazy?
(It's the last one. I know.)
SE, I've missed you. While I've been in Hungary for the past two weeks, you've moved on without me, and I will be forced to play catch up.
But, I'm back! And, I'm here to say THIS:
I would never eat in France again if I could eat in Hungary everyday at my great aunt's house.
She's been cooking on an old school wood burning stove for 55 years or so. Watching her bake in that thing is a something to marvel at. And, can I mention that she doesn't have ANY counter space? She has the stove, her sink, and a cabinet to store dishes and such. That's all. She has this little table next to her stove that she does everything it. It comes up mid thigh so she (in her 70s) is all the way down to need dough.
Who wants to go eat Hungarian food with me in April?
Okay, so let's say that you're stuck on an island and you can only choose ONE food to have in an endless supply. What would you choose?
Me, personally? The Potato. Oh, Potato. How I do adore thee. You can be roasted, grilled, baked, fried, boiled, broiled... eaten raw, if need be!
I kinda hope that if I ever wind up on an island where I'm surrounded by potatoes that I end up on Spice Island.
HAAA, get it? Spice Island? Like... the brand....? Ya know with the pict-- okay, nevermind.
Well, how are they?
I LOVE burgers, and the last one I had was a few months before I moved. At the Marché de Noel there is a guy selling them.
I mean, I'm gonna try it either way, I'd just like to get an idea of what I'm going to be tasting!
Maybe it's b/c I'm still practically a kid (and, a poor college student), but peanut butter and jelly sandwiches-- I LOVE them!
What is your favourite way to eat them?
Jelly? Jam? Marshmallow fluff? Honey? Banana? Bacon à la Elvis? Pressed in a panini press?
I once saw Paula Deen (I know, I know, she's trying to kill us) spread butter (go figure...) on the outsides of the bread, dip them in sugar, and cook it off. I've done this and let me say, it's fantastic. The sugar gets all burnt and you get that crunch.
Anyone got any ideas for 5 ingredient meals? That's not including olive oil and s/p as any of the five, btw!
Anyone? Anyone?
Merci beaucoup!
So, I'm living in France and the stores aren't keeping their eggs in the refrigerated sections in the stores. That trips me out! The same with milk... although, you gotta refrigerate the milk once you open it. My question is: how long can eggs be stored at room temperature? The same with mayo. I was always told it has to be stored in the fridge, but is that true? The eggs in commercial mayo are pasturized, and everything else-- oil, lemon, etc. -- those are all fine at room temp. Anyone know? I'm baffled by the mayo. Mayo in the jar at your house-- put it in the fridge. In packets at the burger stand-- room temp (or warmer!) is fine.
Anyone? Anyone?
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The classic Thai dish of ground chicken and basil, with chili, fish sauce, and a touch of sugar is quick and simple to prepare. More
This roast chicken recipe from Thomas Keller is easy to make and comes out perfect. Put it on a bed of bacon-y winter greens and drizzle with sweet-and-sour pomegranate jus for an elegant and inexpensive Valentine's Day supper. More
Bouillabaisse is a fish stew from the port city of Marseille (where my mother was born), flavored and stained with saffron. It is hearty but light, exotic but comforting, all at once. More
Acini di pepe (a pastina, or little pasta, named for its peppercorn shape) is cooked in a caramelized onion-rich soup with shredded Parmesan to make a creamy, mock risotto. More
Sprinkles? White chocolate? A mountain of whipped cream? Yes, please? Marisol, of Once Upon a Plate, makes a white hot chocolate worthy of a fairy tale. There's heavy cream and half-and-half in there, but I never think that's a bad thing. I'm sure you could substitute milk or more half-and-half though if you'd like something a little less rich. Besides, all the wow factor is in that gorgeous whipped cream mountain and the smattering of sprinkles on top. Sprinkles make everything better on a dreary day.... More
Sometimes a simple meal is best. This basic, no-nonsense dish is the kind that can be whipped up in 20 minutes and, I believe, is best eaten on the couch with a mindless television program. The sauce uses mostly pantry... More
Is a cupcake still a cupcake if it's made into a dessert sandwich? Sure! I love these cute cheeseburger cupcakes made by Fat Cat Cakes. They're composed of "yellow cake buns with sesame seeds, buttercream ketchup and mustard, chocolate... More
Truth be told, I'm not much of a football fan, but I'll take almost any hours-long, live televised event as an excuse to get my friends together and indulge in my favorite party foods. So even though I'd be hard... More
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Creative Commons In memory of the amazingly prolific writer and critic John Updike, here are some favorite lines from a piece he wrote for the New Yorker last year on one man's satisfaction glugging down a glass of water each night: The bliss goes back, I suppose, to moments of thirst satisfied in my childhood, five states to the south of this one, where there were public drinking fountains in all the municipal buildings and department stores, and luncheonettes would put glasses of ice water on the table without your having to ask, and drugstores served Alka-Seltzer up at the soda fountain to cure whatever ailed you, from hangover to hives.... More
This year, I wanted to outdo myself. And I think I did. I combined two of my favorite all-American junk food concoctions: nachos, and the loaded baked potato. Why should chips and cheese be relegated exclusively to flavors of the Southwest? More
Jim Lahey playing with his dough at Co. If the lines at Co. remain at WTF? status, go home and make your own no-knead pizza dough with Jim Lahey's recipe. There's nothing sneaky about his approach: just the expected yeast, salt, flour, and water. Back in December, we told you about a no-knead dough recipe from Chef John of the blog Food Wishes. His version is slightly busier than Lahey's, with additional ingredients like sugar, olive oil, wheat flour, and cornmeal.... More
Here's one for the garlic fiends: a soup that uses six whole heads of garlic. Adapted from Nancy Harmon Jenkins' New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook, Castilian garlic soup is a mellow, saffron-tinted broth with the mingled sweetness of garlic and sherry.... More
A while back, I got it in my head to run a dessert special featuring a chewy, cream-filled oatmeal cookie sandwich, the likes of which you might remember, individually wrapped in cellophane, nestled in your elementary school lunchbox. Considering the... More
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It can include milk/eggs, but no meat, chicken, or fish. In my house, we're trying to be more creative without using meat. Organic stuff is outrageously expensive in the neighborhood, and the cheaper chicken breasts the size of basketballs just... More
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Sometimes I'll stick with a more traditional filling of pork and napa cabbage or I'll do a meatless version with edamame, kale, and cilantro. Either way, I'm well within budget at just under $7. More
Mario Batali and Tony Bourdain are a couple of champion fat chewers who know and like and respect each other a great deal, so we thought why not bring them together for the next set of Chewing the Fat episodes. Food and Sex: Church and State? Batali and Bourdain discuss. What say you, serious eaters? [Possibly NSFW conversation after the jump]. The new season of Tony's show No Reservations airs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET on the Travel Channel. Mario's show, Spain...On the Road Again, co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Bittman, continues on PBS.... More
Not just any ol' fried chicken, Thai Fried Chicken! Deserving of the ULTIMATE compliment.... More
This sandwich will be sweet and moist from the onions, savory and chewable thanks to the thoroughly cooked cecina, and as spicy as you dare prepare. More
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This is a stripped-down take on that venerable Spanish dish, the cocido. In my version, thighs and drumsticks are braised in a salt pork and paprika broth that's swirling with spinach and redolent of Spain. More


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Bathroom Range / 2010
A new bathroom range that seeks to combine refined detail with splashes of colour and texture. Each product within the range has been designed with a delicate balance of thick and thin elements that accentuate the colour and textural treatments.
The design intent it to offer the inner and outer components of each product individually in various colours and textures. This gives the customer a unique opportunity to tailor their bathroom suite to suit.
Concept only, but I would welcome the opportunity to speak with any interested manufacturing partners.
Reece Bathroom Innovation Award

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Visit an exhibit at the Tucson Museum of Art created by global refugee artists of all ages from The Owl and Panther Project.
Visit an exhibit at the Tucson Museum of Art created by global refugee artists of all ages from The Owl and Panther Project.
Father's Day edition with guest producer and host Fernanda Echavarri.
From drop out to graduate thanks to support and compassion; sharing stories with strangers about real life; positive body image vs. media representation; how and why cicadas make such a racket.
Rodders Days brings car lovers together
Tucson Audubon Society director discusses goals; meet fifteen-year-old Mike and his Big Brother; three "art moms" discuss sharing creativity with their kids; Nancy McCallion sings "He's Gone".
Truckers compete in state driving championship; visit a class that teaches laughter yoga; Bob Boze Bell talks about Billy the Kid and tall tales from Arizona history; plus the music of Nive Neilsen.
Documentary film explores Latina identity through the story of five actresses who provide Spanish voices for the American TV show "Desperate Housewives".
In their late 80s, former classmates lunch together - perhaps for the last time
Director Kirby Dick discusses making "The Hunting Ground" about sexual assault on college campuses; Tucson High alumni celebrate their 70th class reunion; ecologist, author and MacArthur Fellow Gary Paul Nabhan shares his love of growing things.
Scientist, food activist and writer raises awareness and enthusiam about plants, food, and a healthy environment.
Attend a meeting for Nigerian immigrants living in Arizona; find out how Prom-o-Rama is helping make girls' prom dreams come true; meet linguist, poet, and MacArthur Fellow Ofelia Zepeda; and Interpol's drummer talks about keeping the music fresh.
A tour of masterpieces from the Kasser Mochary Art Foundation that are on display at the Tucson Museum of Art.
Film writer Chris Dashiell looks back at two classic films made in Arizona that were influenced by the flavor of the Southwest in different ways.
Readers of all ages tell about the books that have touched, thrilled, or inspired them the most.
Meet a local man who overcame his illiteracy while in his 50s; all-around entertainer Ben Vereen reflects on a stellar career; author Elizabeth Evans explores friendship & betrayal in her novel "As Good as Dead"; National Pi Day gets a closer look.
An act of betrayal looms large in the latest novel from Tucson author & creative writing professor Elizabeth Evans.
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Zac Brown Band's fourth consecutive RodeoHouston appearance wasn't very different from past performances. There were sweet harmonies. There was "Chicken Fried." And there was the skull cap. [Read More]
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Our resident military expert Paul Nixon, pictured below, offers advice on how to solve your military family history mysteries. From Martyn Newell: 'James William Jeffs was born in 1884/86 in Hackney. He enlisted in the army in 1904 and served for seven years. In the 1911 census his occupation was 'gas stoker' and he lived at an address in East… Read more ›


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Chamber Chat (1/20/13)
In 1985, the Sanford Chamber initiated a study with the broad goal of examining the feasibility of consolidating local governments in Broadway, Sanford and Lee County. The committee was chaired by Taylor Uzzell. Committee members included Al Ankrom, Orton Cameron, Bob Clarke, Ray Hunter, Marvin Joyner, Dick Palmer, Bob Stevens and Hal Siler. Committee leaders quickly came to the conclusion that job one was gauging the sentiment of the entire community.
During the next nine months or so, this committee surveyed business owners and managers, held discussions with political and civic leadership, assembled facts and figures. Over 650 responses were gathered from all sections of Lee County. An open forum was held to seek input from the public. The central issues were efficiency, economics and impact (impact from a political standpoint as well as the effect on service to citizens and businesses).
Prior to this committee's effort, even back as far as late 1960s, our local governments cooperated to deliver services. Recreation efforts were merged. Solid waste disposal was shared. City and county schools were merged in the early 1970s. Water supply and lines were shared. With the Chamber initiative in 1986, the public had the opportunity to comment on these previous efforts and suggest future combinations of service.
No clear majority opinion emerged; however, what became clear was that most respondents (87%) liked the quality and convenience of combined services and favored further consolidation. The committee report recommended a next step: further study of specific services and areas of cooperation. Eighteen months later, in 1989, the Chamber issued the report of the Phase II Metro Government Study Committee.
This Phase II report recommended against political consolidation and in favor of functional consolidation of services like tax assessment, administration and collection; planning, zoning, permitting and inspections; emergency management including some fire and rescue functions and, of course, water and wastewater. The public appreciated the efficiencies in combining these services. Over the years since 1989, our local governments found more ways to cooperate, including some law enforcement functions.
Fast forward to 2013. Cooperation between our local governments seems to have reached an impasse over sales tax distribution, endangering these 30+ year-old interlocal agreements. The Board of Commissioners has proposed terminating nearly all their agreements with the City and the Town.
This could mean reversing 30 years of progress. For example, paying property taxes may mean traveling to two or three different locations. Other services, now combined, might be separated. The result could be a less competitive environment for future growth and business development. Reversing the "one-stop shopping" model we've worked toward would add extra hurdles for citizens.
The Chamber calls on all our elected officials to hammer out new agreements, making adjustments where necessary to provide the best possible service to citizens. Keep us competitive with our peers. We have one of the best reputations in the state as a business friendly community. Support this great reputation. Don't reverse course.
Bob Joyce is president of the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce.


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MADISON — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today that Elijah Daniels, 57, was committed in Burnett County Circuit Court under Wisconsin's civil commitment law (Chapter 980, Wis. Stats.) following a three-day jury trial in Siren. Circuit Court Judge Kelly Thimm presided over the case.
Chapter 980 of the Wisconsin Statutes relates to the control, care and treatment of sexually violent persons. Under Wisconsin law, a person may be subject to a civil commitment when the person has been convicted of a sexually violent offense, has a mental disorder, and is dangerous to others because the mental disorder makes it likely he or she will commit further acts of sexual violence. A civil commitment is defined in Wisconsin law as commitment to the custody and care of the Department of Health Services for control, care, and treatment until the person is no longer considered sexually violent.
According to the DOJ petition, in 1993 Daniels was convicted in Burnett County of Second Degree Sexual Assault, False Imprisonment and Battery, and was sentenced to a total of twelve years in prison. Daniels was to be discharged from the Department of Corrections on August 17, 2010, but was detained at a Department of Health Services facility pending resolution of the court proceedings.
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March 23, 2011
Q&A with Mathew Cullen, co-founder of new studio Mirada
Posted by: Marian Berelowitz - New York in North America
We reached out to commercial and music video director Mathew Cullen while researching "Transmedia Rising," our March trend report that looks at an increasingly popular approach to content: creating borderless story worlds that provide fans with multiple entry points. Cullen is one of four founders of Mirada, a new transmedia-focused studio based in L.A. that's tackling both entertainment and advertising projects. The idea is to build "a different model that looks beyond what the market is doing right now to where it will be in ten years," says co-founder Guillermo del Toro, the director of films such as Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy, on the Mirada site.
Cullen got an early start in the business, founding production house Motion Theory at age 23. With Motion Theory, Cullen has directed and produced more than 100 commercials—for clients including IBM, Nike, HP, Honda and Tanqueray—and music videos, winning Grammys for Weezer's "Pork and Beans" and Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow." He talked to us about the impetus behind Mirada, the age-old importance of storytelling and some of his thoughts on transmedia (and his favorite transmedia marketing).
How would you describe Mirada?
We wanted to create a different type of studio and company that was relevant to how our industry has evolved. The thinking behind it was, there was a real opportunity to take all the things we had individually explored across the media landscape in creating cross-platform storytelling experiences. And there was a real synergy in being able to bring those [entertainment and advertising] worlds together and, with our experiences, covering the whole gamut of what kind of media possibilities were out there.
There's valuable experiences to learn from both sides of the business. From the advertising industry, what I love is this ability to be at the edge of popular culture. And to be putting out media into the marketplace that has a real sense of immediacy, where we're constantly able to experiment and innovate, and respond to the cultural vernacular. The entertainment business is a much slower-moving entity but [expert at creating] the narrative, the core aspects of why we like to get lost in entertainment experiences.
There was an idea of creating a company that was able to bridge those two languages. And that's how we see Mirada—as a malleable entity. We see it as an evolving company that's part concept design company, part animation studio, part visual effects studio, part production company, part development company, part interactive and technology company.
The buzz word is "transmedia," but the idea of looking at how you take a storytelling experience and extend it across as many distribution models as possible is one that's thousands of years old. And because of the bridging between technology and narrative, and the possibilities of what we can do now, [transmedia has] become a bit more part of our everyday language. But for us, in building Mirada, we look at it as an ever-changing model that's about centralizing the creative and production process so that all the different aspects of the business talk to each other in a much clearer manner so we can develop the opportunities that present themselves.
What would be an example of a kind of project you would take on?
Basically, we define the company as a studio designed for storytellers. No matter what our discipline, whether you're a concept artist, a writer, a designer, we're all at the service of story. Each and every project has different possibilities for opening up the distribution platforms for whatever the area of content may be.
You know, sometimes a book doesn't need to be developed into a feature film, and it's better just living in that singular format because it doesn't get better than that. But there are other projects that really open themselves up to extend a storytelling experience in everything from interactive—like apps—gaming, books, television, a movie or whatever it may be, and essentially we're creating the space to be able to do just that here.
From the advertising perspective, what has been valuable for us in partnering with agencies, and directly with clients, is that we're able to help benefit our clients to look beyond what the initial brief and assignment may be. And we're working with multiple agencies in that regard. We even have somebody that's a specialist here at exactly that. He's developing more transmedia-like opportunities with the jobs we have. There are so many avenues to be able to take the creative process. It's really looking at the core concept and presenting other possibilities to extend the life of whatever that experience may be.
At the same time, from the entertainment perspective, it's both being a partner to studios and doing development ourselves to take these same principles into the entertainment space.
Do you think, down the road, that this kind of model will become more of the norm?
Story is at the heart and the central idea of what we do at the studio. That will never change. However, it's absolutely necessary, especially with the creative challenges that are continually being presented in the business, that we create a model that is an evolving one, that's able to embrace the best of developing technology—and that includes developing technology ourselves—and potential ways to extend what a narrative experience can be.
Google is a perfect example. Who would have ever thought a search engine would be everything else that it's become? It's because they built creative and technical innovation off a core business model. The same with Facebook. I think in creating a company in evolving businesses, you have to create a model that is a malleable one. You have to create a model that [allows you] to plug in the right people to figure out how a project's going to work—the essential thing is creating a space and a culture where we're able to attract and bring in those types of people.
Why do you think transmedia is coming into the spotlight right now?
If we look at it historically, Disney was a great innovator of transmedia. He took characters that people loved and stories that people loved, and extended it across television, amusement parks and merchandising—look at how many different creative and financial possibilities he was able to build. But the core thing that everything hinged on was strong characters and stories that people love. Everybody can't be a Disney, obviously. But now what we're finding, and what's exciting, is a complete renaissance in the business of creativity and the business of technology, and where those two meet.
The distribution model has completely shifted, where somebody with great ideas has the possibility to extend those ideas and reach millions of people around the world with a click of a button. There's an equalization of power in the marketplace, and it opens up more possibilities for people. And also, there's more ways to connect with people.
I don't think transmedia is a complex concept. All it is, it's taking a narrative experience and extending it in multiple platforms. But it's all about the central idea. If you create a memorable character, you can create an app that allows you to dig into the character a little bit more, or a television show based on the character's life, or a poster that reminds you what you love about that character, et cetera. A story that emotionally engages us has the opportunity to have a life that extends into more media possibilities.
Do you think audiences and consumers today expect different things from their entertainment or advertising, or the way they want to engage in it?
Yes and no. There are different levels of entertainment. There's entertainment you want to watch very quickly. Maybe when you're at work, you want to see something that makes you laugh or smile or think about something. There are narrative experiences where you sit down and get lost in what's in front of you. Then there's entertainment where you want to have much more of an active participation in how it evolves.
New opportunities are expanding, are evolving, to provide an audience or a consumer with a way to engage a little bit deeper into the content. In a perfect example, we start to see television shows where there's a core show, but you can go online and see back stories and scenes you didn't see on a show. Maybe there are peripheral characters you dig into, where also the production companies and the studios can test which characters people like more and inadvertently have a dialogue [that helps determine] the direction a show goes in. It's so simple.
What do you think are some of the more interesting examples of transmedia we've seen so far?
There's that great Dexter campaign [an alternate reality game that kicked off at last year's Comic-Con] where they create an experience where the audience got to be part of the show in this interesting way. Those types of things are really fascinating to me.
From what I see on the entertainment industry side, the studios are embracing this idea of promoting a film a year or two years before it comes out and creating a buzz about it, a mystery, a fan base. And that is an extension of the storytelling experience, because it lays the groundwork for it to stand out in a cluttered marketplace. So it's almost a "necessary" now to be extending the narrative experiences past what the traditional models were.
Are there any marketing campaigns you've especially liked besides the "Dexter" work?
The Arcade Fire video ["The Wilderness Downtown"] that got a lot of publicity was a remarkable one, because it created an experience that made it much more personal to its audience. That was so interesting, because it both was a linear story and a non-linear story. And it embraced narrative tradition and technological innovation to create something that was quite new.
These types of things are where I think we've just started to see the growth. You have to have a technological aspect now, because today's youth culture exists as a technological pop culture. To not be developing IP that helps reach an audience in a new way is ignoring one of the most important innovations in the business of creativity.
Do you think a lot of content creators have been slow to see the potential here?
I don't think people know how; it's intimidating. But if we look at the business, especially content creators, it's a business that's based on a lot of old thinking. It's hard to move a big ship. What is most exciting for me is looking at the people on the periphery of defining the entertainment business—the young, hungry minds, the ones that understand how to merge entertainment and technology, that are versed in pop technology culture—and trying to bring them to the center.
How do you see the world of advertising and marketing adapting to this new model?
I feel that what we find is that creatives—copywriters and art directors—have really amazing things to say. A lot of them are directors in their own right. A lot are writing screenplays and developing different types of entertainment projects. It's just that they maybe didn't have an avenue to explore it. As brands are realizing that there's much more potential beyond a 30-second commercial, in terms of engaging their audiences, what it does is create a lot more opportunities for creatives to be able to spread their wings a little bit.
I'm seeing more exceptional writers, both film and television, starting to move into the advertising space, into the video game space, so that there's much more of a dialogue between the businesses. At the end of the day, there's so much commonality between them; there are so many linkages between the entertainment business, the music business, the advertising business and the technology business, we can't ignore them. And there's so much overlap—there's no black-and-white approach anymore. Every approach is grey, or as I like to think about it, full color.
It seems that you see transmedia as the modern incarnation of a very old-fashioned concept?
I think that's the most beautiful thing about this. It's tradition. It's merging classical lyricism with technological innovation. We have more platforms than we ever had because distribution models have become much more equalized. We have more ways to reach an audience and more ways to expand upon what the very meaning of story can be. But the essence, traditional storytelling, it's an essential foundation of human relationships—being able to share our experiences with each other.
So whether I share that experience by drawing somebody a picture or shooting them a short film or writing them an e-mail or a handwritten letter about something that happened to me, isn't that what "transmedia" is? It's so basic, and it's nothing new. A picture communicates on a different emotional level than a piece of writing does. You couldn't argue that one is greater than the other; they tap into different parts of you.
Do you think transmedia will become the status quo?
The most important thing is just to figure out ways we can give our audiences richer experiences. If it's just in one media form, and that's effective, then great. If it's in more, and you're able to expand on it because it makes sense—not because you're forcing it—it's what you'll see. There are so many untapped opportunities to be able to bring the tradition and the innovation together to do different things.
What's on your personal Things to Watch list—what do you have your eye on?
One really exciting company we [at Motion Theory] have a relationship with is Synn Labs—in terms of looking at business differently, there is truly no one like them. It's a group of artists, engineers, rocket scientists—a like-minded community of people who are doing projects that are completely outside the box. We're working with them and developing projects for advertising clients that are a cross-pollination of installation and artistic innovation and engineering.
They're technologists. The marketplace is now finding them, and they created themselves before there was a market for them. They were known for creating the Rube Goldberg machine in the OK Go music video ["This Too Shall Pass"]. The remarkable thing about them is that's the simplest thing for them. But everybody talks about it because it was like a little piece of magical realism. It really happened, but people couldn't believe it happened. It worked on so many levels, because people talked about it, blogged about it.
Before, a commercial would live and die within the span of its air date. Now there's an opportunity to create real fan bases, to provide experiences for our audiences and consumers that have a much more long-lasting effect and the potential to inspire people or get people to talk about things. In that regard, Synn Labs is on the pulse.
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The Nepal Tourism Board successfully organized "Nepal Evening" promotional programs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Johannesburg, South Africa on March 18 and 20, 2013 respectively. The programs were organized to celebrate the successful ascend of Mt. Kilimanjaro by the 7 Summit Women's Team and to promote Nepal as a unique holiday destination in the potential outbound African cities of Dar es salaam and Johannesburg. Representatives of Tourism Ministry, Tourism Boards, Ambassadors, travel trade operators, media and Non Resident Nepali Association members attended the programs in significant numbers in both the cities.Speaking at the program in Johannesburg, HE Mr. Arun Dhital, Ambassador of Nepal to South Africa, expressed great satisfaction to be part of the program celebrating the successful climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro by Nepalese women but also to promote Nepal to the South African travel trade and media. He expressed the commitment of Nepal Embassy to assist all to facilitate their travel to Nepal. Sir Francis Moloi, Jt. secretary at Ministry of Foreign affairs remarked that a new chapter had begun between the bilateral relations of the two countries by the successful climb by the women from Nepal and South Africa. Ms. Hlubi Mboya, famous South African actress who was the part of the team spoke on their climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro.Making an elaborate presentation on Nepalese Tourism in both the cities, Mr. Subash Nirola, Officiating CEO of NTB briefed the gathering on what Nepal has to offer to the potential visitors. He also briefed the guests on how NTB can collaborate to jointly promote Nepal in Tanzania and South Africa. He requested all to be in touch with NTB should they need any information on Nepal.Similarly, Ms Saliee Basnet, coordinator of the 7 summit womens team made the presentation of the team's climb to the top of world's highest peak, Mt. Everest. She also shed light on the climb of the 4 of the tallest peaks in the 4 continent. Mr. Richard Regan, country director of World Food Program, Tanzania made a presentation about heli-sking in Nepal. The 7 Summit Womens team successfully climbed Mt. Kilimanzaro on March 5th 2013 in their quest to climb all 7 highest peaks in the 7 continents. They have now climbed the 4 of the seven peaks in Asia, Europe, Australia and now Africa. 3 Tanzanian and 1 South African women summited Mt. Kilimanjaro along with the 7 Nepalese women. NTB along with World Food Program Tanzania, Nepal Mountaineering Association, Trekking Association of Nepal, North Face, Folk Nepal and NRNA supported the Womens Team in their climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Officiating CEO of NTB Subash Nirola and Senior Manager Diwakar B. Rana represented NTB at the programs in Dar se Salaam and Johannesburg.
With objectives of throwing light on potential and emerging tourism products of mid western region, promoting domestic tourism, raising awareness on tourism as a tool for improving livelihood of rural populace and to facilitate expansion of networking among the tourism stakeholders, Nepal Tourism Board(NTB) had organized the first ever Mid Western Regional Tourism Fair 2069 in Nepalgunj. The three day consumer fair was organized from 25th to 27th Falgun( March 8 to 10, 2013). Inaugurating the fair, Chief guest of the program, Chief District Officer of Banke district, Mr. Dhundi Raj Pokharel highlighted on the importance of such program in promoting new destinations. "NTB has been instrumental in bringing the focus on this region in terms of prospect of improving the existing tourism scene of the region," Mr. Pokharel addresses the gathering. Mr. Bhaskar Kafle, Vice president of the hotel organization Banke was optimistic about the future. "With due promotion and publicity, if the Government increases the investment in infrastructure, places like Sworgadwari, Khaptad and upper dolpo would see a surge in pilgrimage tourism," said Mr. Kafle.Trekking Agents Association of Nepal(TAAN) President Mr. Mahendra Singh Thapa expressed his concern over the strict regulation controlled by the government in the upper dolpa. "Last year only 600 tourists visited Upper Dolpa. This is a matter of concern. Dolpa trekking has the potential to come in par with Everest and Annapurna region. It can also lure the majority of domestic tourists," said Thapa.Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Krishna Prasad Shrestha, President of Nepalgunj Chamber of Commerce emphasized on the public private partnership in development of Nepalese tourism. "We need to reaffirm our vision of fostering public private partnership for the overall development of tourism of Mid Western region. Nepalgunj has the poterntial to become the gateway and transit hub for the overwhelming number of Indian pilgrimage tourists visiting Mansarobar," Shrestha echoed his views.The coordinator of the fair, manager at NTB, Mr. Lila Bahadur Baniya expressed his excitement at organizing the fair in Nepalgunj. "NTB is organizing regional fairs to decentralize the promotional activities and also to spread the importance of tourism across the country. Mid Western region has it all to aggressively come to national reckoning as there is huge potential of breathtaking views, homestay and cultural mosaic of the region," adds Baniya. "Local involvement and private sector's investment is a pre-requisite to the tourism development," he says.In all, fifteen districts of the region, community homestay, private companies, tourism associations and others participated in the fair. General public and concerned stakeholders were acquainted with the required information by more than 37 stalls at the fair. The three day fanfare saw a host of cultural performances by the both national and local artistes.
Nepal Tourism Board along with seven travel companies from Nepal successfully participated in Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) Fair 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from March 15 to 17, 2013.Visited by 90,000 general public and 100 media persons, the fair provided a good platform for Nepals travel agents to sell their packages and for Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) an opportunity to promote destination as well as new tourism products.Among 23 national tourism organizations who participated in the fair, NTBs stall stood out for a unique decoration with a picture of Nyatapola temple on the top and Buddhist prayer flags across the stall. It was found that Malaysians are keen to travel in Nepal for leisure and soft adventure activities besides a chunk of Buddhist and Hindu population being interested in pilgrimage. General public seemed more concerned about the availability of halal food in Nepal. Good air connectivity between Kuala Lumpur and Kathmandu has given a confidence to the visitors.The companies from Nepal who participated in the fair are : Asian Adventure Treks and Expedition P. Ltd, Divine International Explore and Treks P. Ltd, Icefall Adventures P. Ltd, MuktinathYatra P. Ltd, My Nepal Adventure Tours and Travels, Nepal Social Tours and Travels and Shuang Qi Tours P. Ltd. Nepal Tourism Board was represented in the fair by Mr.Laxman Gautam, Manager and Mr. Sameer Bajracharya, Sr. Officer.
The Nepal Tourism Board organized the first ever Nepal Sales Mission in the Scandinavian countries of Norway, Sweden and Denmark on March 12, 13 & 14, 2013. Eight leading tour operators and hotels from Nepal participated in this very successful Sales Mission. The target audience, the leading tour operators and media in the cities of Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm were invited to the Nepal Evening. The emphasis was on tour operators and travel agents selling Asia but not yet Nepal.The Ambassador of Nepal to Denmark, H.E Mukti Nath Bhatta addressed the gathering in Copenhagen highlighting the numerous attractions in Nepal and the priority given by the Government of Nepal to tourism. In each city, a comprehensive destination presentation was made by Nandini Lahe-Thapa, Sr. Director, NTB followed by a highly interactive B2B workshop between the Nepali and Scandinavian travel trade members. The message was of course, that Nepal is much more than only just adventure tourism and offers something for everybody.In seeking new potential markets, the NTB had focused in this small but economically very stable and high spending segment where Nepal is still relatively unexplored. The private sector participants have expressed great satisfaction and hope from this Sales Mission. The NTB has also discussed the possibility of joint media and tour operator FAM trips from Scandinavia with the airlines representative present during the program.
Internationally acclaimed and famed weekly magazine Time (March 25, 2013 issue) has rated Nepals Garden of Dreams as one of the favorite places to visit in Soul section of its Travel Special. Its reporter Karen Leigh writes, If you find yourself in the frenetic Thamel tourist district of Kathmandu and overcome with a need for tranquility, leave the Nepalese capitals snarling traffic and persistent hawkers behind you and make for this lush greensward across the street from the former Royal Palace. Coverage of Garden of Dreams in Time magazine has put Nepal once again in the international tourism map, and image of Nepal as a happening destination has been redeemed, says Mr. Aditya Baral, Director and Spokesperson at Nepal Tourism Board. Karen Leigh further writes, Designed in the 1920s as a private garden, its wide lawns, surrounded by bamboo, fountains and exotic tree, are the perfect place to revive after a grueling climbing(or shopping) adventure. Walk its immaculately kept perimeter paths before find a spot to lie on the grass and read a book, the sounds of the city drifting overhead. Built by late Field Marshal Kaiser Sumsher Rana as his private garden representing six seasons, Garden of Dreams, a neo classical historical garden was renovated and restored from 2000 to 2007, and opened for public in 2008. Since history is attached with it, Garden of Dreams exemplifies the perfect amalgamation of pristine nature, age-old culture and perfect heritage management, therefore, all tourists visiting Kathmandu should not miss out to pay a once visit to this serene popular preserved Garden" says Mr. Aditya Baral, Director and Spokesperson at Nepal Tourism Board. http://style.time.com/2013/03/14/a-little-place-i-know-24-of-the-worlds-best-kept-secrets/
Namaste Nepal Festival 2013 was organized in Seoul, South Korea on March 17, 2013. The aim of the event was to showcase the culture and tradition of Nepal, to promote unique tourism products of Nepal, to strengthen the Nepal-Korea relation and to create identity in the multicultural society of Korea. Music concert, food festivals, handicraft display and cultural dances made the event more interesting eventful. Ambassador of Nepal to South Korea also took part in this event. Nepal's icons like Buddha's birthplace, Mt. Everest were also promoted in the event.
Nepal Tourism Board, along with two potential Nepali private travel trade companies participated in the 10th International Tourism Fair Dhaka Travel Mart (DTM) 2013, in Hotel Pan Pacific, Sonargaon, Dhaka from 15-17 March, 2013. DTM 2013 is organized by The Bangladesh Monitor and supported by United Airways, Biman Bangladesh and Eastern Bank Ltd. His Excellency the Ambassador of Nepal to Bangladesh Mr. Hari Kumar Shrestha was present on the Formal Inauguration of the Fair. His Excellency Mr. Hari Kumar Shrestha visited the Nepal stall and encouraged the representatives from Nepal. He even appreciated the efforts of Nepal Tourism Board to promoted Nepal in the foreign land. DTM 2013 remained a potential platform for showcasing the tourism products and unique destinations as well as a forum for open B2B interaction amidst the exhibitors, buyers, sellers and the visiting public in Bangladesh. Apart from the host country Bangladesh, NTOs, tour operators, airlines, hotels, resorts and other tourism service providers from the public and private sector from Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Turkey participated in the fair. The show exhibited more than 50 exhibitors from around the globe. The show also offered access to expert advice, domestic and international tour operators, value-prices, vacation packages and special offers. The fair was observed by more than 8000 visitors despite the political instability in the country with ongoing strikes.Nepal's stall designed and decorated beautifully with natural, cultural and adventure attractions attracted a huge number of public and trade visitors during the Fair. Nepal's stall at the fair became an ideal platform to generate more business for Nepalese tourism entrepreneurs. Nepal got an overwhelming response from the visitors and leading media from Bangladesh during the fair. Most of the visitors were quite updated about Nepal and they queried mostly about Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chitwan, Nagarkot, Casino Packages and culture tours besides travel season and connectivity. Similarly they queried about the honeymoon packages made available by the Nepali companies. Interestingly, a large number of visitors visiting Nepal stall were frequent travelers to Nepal and expressed their interest to visit again and again.Bangladesh is the emerging market for Nepals tourism with abundant opportunities to explore more market potentials. Hotel Annapurna & Abhiwadhan Holidays Pvt. Ltd. participated in the fair as the co-exhibitors. Mr. Kundan Sharma led the Nepalese delegation at the fair. Nepal is connected with Dhaka by two airlines: Biman Bangladesh & United Airlines. Reagent Airlines a private airline of Bangladesh are planning to fly to Kathmandu in the near future. Apart from this, a growing tendency has been found among the travelers to travel by land, Bangladeshi tourists come to Nepal via land route through India from Kakarvitta entry point from Eastern Nepal.


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The Braves will retire Chipper Jones' number on June 28
Feb 19, 2013, 9:10 AM EDT
The Atlanta Braves have announced that they will retire Chipper Jones' number 10 and induct him into the Braves Hall of Fame on June 28. That's a Friday night game against the Dbacks.
Number 10 will be the 10th number retired by the Braves, following Hank Aaron (44), Eddie Mathews (41), Dale Murphy (3), Phil Niekro (35), Warren Spahn (21), Greg Maddux (31), Tom Glavine (47), Bobby Cox (6) and John Smoltz (29). That's eleven if you count Jackie Robinson. Twelve for the inevitable Jeff Francoeur ceremony.
Chipper is probably the Braves second best position player of all time, so that he's getting this honor is no surprise. Indeed, the only surprising thing about this is that they didn't schedule it for a game against the Mets, without whom this honor would still be possible, but nowhere near as fun. But if they did it for a Mets game I guess Chipper's man Marteeeeen couldn't be there to see it in person.
- kirkvanhouten - Feb 19, 2013 at 9:15 AM
"Chipper is probably the Braves second best position player of all time"
Was he?
(Granted, arguing whether Eddie Mathews or Chipper Jones was better is really pointless because the gap between them is so minute that it really doesn't matter.
Side note: it took Eddie Mathews until the *5th ballot* to make the hall. That is the silliest damn thing I've ever read).
- paperlions - Feb 19, 2013 at 9:40 AM
Not as bad as Lou Whitaker dropping off the ballot his first year (at least the voters eventually got it right), but yeah…pretty odd considering how awesome he was.
- uwsptke - Feb 19, 2013 at 12:20 PM
My mom once had an old Milwaukee Braves game program with an Eddie Matthews autograph that my grandpa had gotten in the mid 50's before he passed in '56 (he worked at the Blatz brewery). She had it until her sister found out and bullied her into giving it to her. Weak sauce, aunt Barb.
- newpairofsox - Feb 19, 2013 at 12:34 PM
Sounds like Barb was in the BSOHL
- blacksables - Feb 19, 2013 at 9:44 AM
My father served with Eddie Matthews in the Navy in the early 50's.
According to my father, all Matthews did was play baseball in the Navy, and never worked a real assignment. He was then released early from active duty for breaking the simple rule of driving his car through the officers housing area. They Navy felt he wouldn't be a good sailor and preform well in Korea, so he was discharged.
The next year he was in Boston.
- historiophiliac - Feb 19, 2013 at 12:53 PM
Them that can, Mickey Mantle. Them that can't, serve.
- zzalapski - Feb 19, 2013 at 9:48 AM
Maybe they'll give him a properly-assembled basketball hoop at the ceremony. He clearly needs one.
Has there been any sort of groundswell to retire Leo Mazzone's number?
- pmcenroe - Feb 19, 2013 at 10:01 AM
I may have said this on here before, but I don't really get why teams retire numbers for players who are apart of the franchise but never played for a certain incarnation of it, ex. here is Spahn and Mathews. Do Braves fan feel like they were apart of their team's history? As a Twins fan I don't feel like Walter Johnson was. Then on the other side if Spahn(20 years) and Mathews(13 years) spent that much time playing in Milwaukee why haven't the Brewers retired their numbers but they did for Aaron? I just find it odd, shouldn't the connection be to the city and fanbase who saw them play rather than the team nickname/mascot?
- Detroit Michael - Feb 19, 2013 at 10:18 AM
I had the opposite take below. I like it when teams remember their heritage.
Eddie Mathews did play for the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta, but certainly didn't play long for Atlanta.
- pmcenroe - Feb 19, 2013 at 10:44 AM
I dunno I can see that, but really I don't think of them as the same team. To me once a team moves they take on a new identity and the history starts fresh reagrdless if they share the same nickname. I mean what do the Nationals and Expos have in common really? I think the memory of those seasons and players belong to the people of Montreal. And if you're a Nats fan wouldn't you rather the team honor the players your parent's and grandparents watched like Johnson(I know he has a statue at Nats Park), Goslin, Rice, etc. They didn't play for this current franchise but I think its more important to honor past Washington teams history than it is guys like Rusty Staub(no offense to Mr. Staub)
- voteforno6 - Feb 19, 2013 at 12:01 PM
The Nats do a little of both. In their ring of honor in the stadium, they have hall of famers from the Senators, Homestead Grays, as well as the Expos. They also have statues of Walter Johnson, Josh Gibson, and Frank Howard in the center field plaza. I actually like that they do at least something for the Expos – that allowed me to get a baseball autographed by Andre Dawson a couple of years ago.
- uwsptke - Feb 19, 2013 at 12:28 PM
The Brewers could get away with it because Aaron did "come home" to Milwaukee at the end of his career to play with the Brewers. He didn't have his best years in a Brewers uniform, but the city has a special place for Braves players.
The Miller Park "Walk of Fame" includes 4 former Milwaukee Braves players in Aaron, Spahn, Matthews and Lew Burdette, as well as GM John Quinn.
- Detroit Michael - Feb 19, 2013 at 10:13 AM
Are the Braves ignoring their Boston history in terms of retiring numbers? Possibly, but it's not a strong argument.
Best players by b-refWAR for the Boston Braves were Fred Tenney, Wally Berger, Tommy Holmes and Herman Long, but all of them were below the standards of the Braves with numbers retired and only 2 out of the 4 of them played late enough to wear uniform numbers.
Probably the best Boston Brave candidate to have his number retired is Hall of Famer Rabbit Maranville. WAR doesn't think much of him, but he's in the Hall of Fame, spent a lot of years with the Braves, collected MVP votes in six different seasons as a Brave, and did wear the number 1 when he returned to the Braves for the last portion of his career. However, even a history nut like me can't see the point of retiring Maranville's number now. It's been worn by 20+ other Brave players, including Tommy Holmes who has more WAR than Maranville (although one would have to discount his WWII era performances against substandard competition.
Contrary to my initial impression, it doesn't seem as though the Braves are shirking their Boston past when it comes to retiring uniform numbers
- florida76 - Feb 19, 2013 at 11:19 AM
The issue isn't whether or not relocated franchises should remember their heritage, it's doing so in the proper degree. For example, it's silly the Atlanta Braves have a statue outside Turner Field honoring Warren Spahn, when he never pitched a day for the Atlanta Braves. There are other options inside the stadium which would have been more appropriate. Spahn means almost nothing to 99% of the Atlanta fanbase, since only those with Milwaukee ties have any strong memories passed down.
The smart move would have been to reserve space for the legends Atlanta really cares about, such as Chipper Jones. Even the great Eddie Matthews was a shell of his former self as a Atlanta Brave, so his impact on the city is below minimal. You just can't manufacture tradition, and try to pass it off as your own. The birth of the Atlanta Braves was 1966, they've won a single world title, and had some very good, and very bad clubs. Keeping the retired numbers is fine, that's the proper perspective.
- professormaddog31 - Feb 19, 2013 at 12:10 PM
There is a plaque outside of Miller Park for Mr. Spahn and I can guarantee you probably 75% of the people who walk over it on a daily basis wouldn't know Warren Spahn if he personally came back from the dead and bit them on the ass. Current fans aren't going to associate anyone who wore a Braves uni with Milwaukee. Sad but true. To me, it makes sense that Atlanta has retired his number because it was with the organization, which despite moving to three different cities is the same organization. Plus there's the association with Sain, who tutored Mazzone, etc. (Funny how my mind works.)
- dcfan4life - Feb 19, 2013 at 10:27 AM
Man did this article switch from retiring numbers to whether or not Chippers a first ballot HOF in a hurry didnt it?
- nothanksimdriving123 - Feb 19, 2013 at 4:29 PM
Craig, I'm totally with you on Jeff Francoeur!!! Fans may forget that he led the NL in games played two years in a row, and was caught stealing only 35 times in his whole career. That is fewer than half the total by supposedly great Hank Aaron.
- foreverchipper10 - Feb 21, 2013 at 2:38 PM
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Our team of writers here at Habsaddict.com will revisit the above signings and transaction later tonight. Right now, the last piece of the puzzle for the Habs might very well be sniper Radim Vrbata, who is the most coveted free agent forward still unsigned. Depiste RFAs Lars Eller and P.K. Subban looking for new deals, the Canadiens have the cap space to sign Vrbata to a reasonable contract. The organization currently has a little more than $15 million available under the salary cap with only two players to sign.
It is expected that Eller will probably earn a little over than $2 million on his next deal and that Subban will certainly command around $8 million per year for the next several years. That would leave the Canadiens with about $4 million of cap space to sign the right winger Vrbata, unless the team moves a player like Travis Moen, who is owned $1.85 million/year over the next two years.
The 33-year-old forward native of Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic, would join his friend and national team companion Tomas Plekanec, should he decide to sign with the Canadiens. Last season, Vrbata potted 20 goals and 31 assists for 51 points in 80 games for the offensively-challenged Phoenix Coyotes. The 6'1'', 190-lb forward has six seasons with at least 18 goals during his 11-season NHL career. Drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the 7th round of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, Vrbata played his junior hockey with the Hull Olympiques and Shawinigan Cataractes, recording 107 goals and 147 assists for 254 points in only 167 games.
At the moment, several teams remain interested in Vrbata's services, including the New Jersey Devils, the Arizona Coyotes and the Vancouver Canucks. As of now, his agent Rich Evans has not commented yet on the situation surrounding his client.
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Help for Chronic (and acute) Procrastinators
Some great things can occur through procrastination: your room will miraculously turn spotless, you finally will write that thank-you note to your Grandma...
Why do we procrastinate? We see what we have to do as hard, inconvenient, boring, or frightening. Identifying what is negative about the task or why it is unpleasant may help to get on to doing it. We may also procrastinate because of perfectionism, feelings of inadequacy or discomfort, or worrying.
Common signals that you are procrastinating, and what to do about them
"I work better under pressure anyway!" If this is truly the case, establish early deadlines for yourself. Agree with your professor that you will give a rough draft of your paper to them a week before it is due. Tell your roommate that you are going to study for your Thursday test as if it was going to be Tuesday. The keys to this technique are:
- Establish specific goals (for example, a test, a paper, a project).
- Identify when they actually need to be met.
- Make an early deadline for yourself.
- Tell someone (your roommate, mom, professor, coach, ...) about that deadline, and agree with them to meet it.
"I just don't know how to do it!" Don't let this stop you from getting your work done! The point of college is to LEARN HOW TO do it! Talk with your professor, e-mail them, or go talk to others in your class. Tricks to deal with procrastination:
- Take advantage of impulsiveness. When you get the urge to start working on that project, start right then. Don't put it off.
- Figure out what you need to do first. Then do it. What needs to come next will probably fall into place as you're doing the first step.
- Use your imagination. If something seems terribly hard to do, go over it in your mind, imagine doing it, or talk about it out loud with a friend.
- Be your own best friend: be positive, not critical, of yourself.
- Work in a study group
- Ask for help
- Use your friends. Talk about it with someone, let all your frustrations out in an e-mail to a friend (not your professor!), etc. This may help get a block out of the way. (Don't spend too much time and let this turn into another procrastination technique, though!)
- Remember that nobody's perfect. Don't expect your work to be either.
- Rewards: give yourself rewards when you complete a task--and really earn it, don't just let yourself have it if you haven't accomplished your goal
- Tell people what you're going to do. Be affirmative, direct, and clear. Say "I will ..." (not "I'm going to try to ..." or " I think maybe I'll ..." or ...)
- Get off the phone. Yes, you.
- Delegate when possible. If you're the president of the ScubaSurfing club, you don't have to do ALL the minor tasks involved in running the organization. Ask others to help you.
- Avoid busy-work rationalizations: Your room can in fact be messy.
- Relax before you start. This will help deal with fears and perfectionism, which you can handle better when you're relaxed.
- "The Secret to conquering procrastination": Start now. Just begin. Don't agonize, do. It will be much easier to work on it once you've begun.
- Ask yourself if this is a piano. A what? A piano. Is what you're working on a piano or a barn frame (picture?)? Everything you do doesn't have to be perfect. You can spend less time on the little things and when a piano (or a term paper) comes around, you can spend extra time on the minor details.
- Study on the phone with a friend. Arrange a time to call, say "hi", but don't get started on a conversation. Put the phone down on a table and start to work. Check in at a pre-set time. Note: Don't try this if you share a phone line or if your friend lives a long-distance call away!
Think you've got these tips down?
Top 10 reasons not to procrastinate
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- too much attention given to low priorities
- poor performance
- low self-esteem
- increased stress
- being swamped at the end of the semester
- angry parents
- lack of sleep
- having to do a paper while your friends are having fun
Play the Procrastination Game
Give yourself point rewards.
- 1 pt = 5 minutes of reading
- 1 pt = an easy part of a project
- 3 pts = a medium part of a project
- 5 pts = the most difficult parts of a project
- Take a break when you reach 10 points.
- Give yourself a big reward when you reach 100 points.
- Play this game with your roommate or significant other. See who can reach 10, or 100, points, first. Encourage each other to reach the goals together, and then reward yourselves together by going to the park, etc.
Reward ideas:
- Take a walk
- Get a sitter for the kids
- Fly a kite
- Read the comics
- Drink a Coke or a cup of coffee
- Play Racquetball
- Rollerblade
- Watch a soap opera
- Have coffee/snack with a friend
- Spend $5 too much on a luxury
- Go dancing
- Play with one of your gadgets
- Plan your Spring Break
- Buy a CD
- Take a (bubble) bath
- Call an old friend
- Rent a movie
- Play Basketball
- Go on a picnic
- Forget about your diet for a meal
- Go to a concert
- Dye your hair
- Play music or sing
- Play with your kid's toys (or someone else's) when they're not looking
- Can be as simple as just doing something--anything--else, simply allowing yourself to procrastinate