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Monthly Archive for September, 2008
Got Huevos (Rancheros)?
(Courtesy San Anto Cultural Arts) Eva Ybarra and Rodolfo Lopez in their Huevo royal vestments. Conjunto Heritage Taller founder Rodolfo Lopez and accordionist Eva Ybarra will reign as King and Queen Huevo at the 2008 Huevos Rancheros Gala 9 a.m. Saturday at Plaza Avenida Guadalupe. The event is a fundraiser for San Anto Cultural Arts, […] [Read More]
Central Library commemorates Armistice Day with World War I posters
(Courtesy San Antonio Library) World War I poster. Forty framed World War I posters from the collection of Harry Hertzberg go on display Thursday (Oct. 2) at the San Antonio Central Library. Among the well-known images is "Uncle Sam Wants You" designed by James Montgomery Flagg. Renowed illustrator Charles Dana Gibson, known for his "Gibson […] [Read More]
First Friday: Beyond reality at Joan Grona
Courtesy Joan Grona Rich Rickaby's photorealistic headlight. Three artists who try to alter viewers' perceptions by going beyond reality are featured at the Joan Grona Gallery as part of First Friday in Southtown. Julie Shipp's paintings have swirling, gauzy planes of non-objective color that are intended as fleeting impressions of time. "Illumination swirls within ethereal […] [Read More]
Movie notes: 'Eagle Eye' paranoia
(DreamWorks Pictures) When he's not getting cell phone calls, Shia LaBeouf is mostly on the run in 'Eagle Eye.' I'm glad I didn't take my cell phone in with me to see "Eagle Eye" last weekend. After watching some sinister, seemingly omnipotent force able to access all the cell phones in the world, I might […] [Read More]
SAMA shows German-American folk art
(Courtesy SAMA) Painted tin coffee pot in "Volkskunst." Made by German settlers from the 18th to 20th centuries, carved wooden figures, ceramic banks, bird whistles, painted chests, quilts, "show towels," pewter vessels and elaborate cast iron stove plates are among the handmade objects in "Volkskunst: German-American Folk Art From Pennsylvania and Texas," which goes on […] [Read More]
Tonight's (and today's) music
• Border Palace, Main Plaza (11:30 a.m.): It's guitar-driven Latin jazz for lunch. • Say Revenge!, The Typicals, Sarah & Octopus, Through Her Vibe, Junes Not Faking, NNY, Rock Bottom Tattoo Bar: It's "Rock Bottom Live," which means it's time for the live Rock Bottom recording sessions. Tuesday it'll be Throw Rag, Lower Class Brats, […] [Read More]
Movie notes: Way too many flicks!
(Sony Pictures) Michael Cera and Kat Jennings help out an over-served Ari Graynor in 'Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist,' one of nine movies scheduled to open Friday in S.A. Everyone thinks summer (the first weekend in May through the last weekend before Labor Day) and the holiday season (November-December) are the boom times for movies. […] [Read More]
Tonight's music
• Justin Arecchi is known as the proprietor of Justin's Ice Cream, the storied shop that occupied a spot on the River Walk for 20 years before moving to North Main Avenue and opening as Justin's on Main (with a satellite location on Main Plaza). But Arecchi also has been involved in the live-music whirl […] [Read More]
Tonight's (andt today's) music
• Davis Raines, Walt Wilkins & the Mystiqueros, Billy's Ice House (New Braunfels): Singer, songwriter, bandleader and record producer Wilkins is the known quantity here. His Tex-Americana jumps. Alabama-bred singer/songwriter Raines, a frequent Wilkins collaborator, is a former prison guard who pens the kind of to-the-bone songs based on grit, sweat and personal observations that […] [Read More]
October Red Letter Days
(Associated Press) Pink shows off her rock moves at the VMAs. Her new CD, "Funhouse," is out Oct. 28. 3: The San Antonio Symphony opens its season with "Christopher's Guide to the Orchestra." (Also Oct. 4) • Nice guy Michael Cera ("Juno") is flirting with love again in buzzworthy flick "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist." […] [Read More]
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Tragic rapper Nate Dogg is reportedly set to appear at the Coachella festival in California this weekend – as a hologram. The hip-hop star, real name Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, passed away in March, 2011, after suffering complications from multiple strokes. However, the 41 year old is set to rise from the dead for the much-hyped […] [Read More]
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"Think locally," a mustachioed Ukrainian man yells from the bandstand. "Fuck globally!" A crowd doused in a frothy sweat cheers in return. As the last syllable trails off, two young women in flowery dresses, knee pads and face paint race to the front of the stage. One crashes cymbals and the other pounds a bass drum just over the heads of those in the first row. All of the audience falls into time, re-creating a traditional Romany jig: Feet stomp and hands clap, hips sway and all eyes turn to the puppeteers who've taken their bodies hostage. A wild-eyed violinist quickens the pace, and by the time a tin bucket is thrown over the microphone and its beating has commenced like rapid machine-gun fire, all the dancing, bouncing, swaying and singing has become one. No longer are there individuals in the crowd, but rather one maniacal beast simultaneously bowing to its master and delighting in its freedom. Like a blood pact, anyone who witnessed the force with which Gogol Bordello enveloped St. Louis is surely a convert for life. Such is the magnetism of the founders of gypsy punk.


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It's true what they say about everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day. And it's especially true here in Upper East Tennessee, where the Celtic heritage of the region's early Scots/Irish settlers is still treasured.
Many of the Scots/Irish immigrants to America eventually found their way to frontier settlements along the Watauga, Nolichucky and Holston rivers where the lay of the land reminded them of the Northern Ireland they left behind. David Crockett, Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson where among those with Scots/Irish ancestry who have called this region home.
The Scots/Irish culture has left a lasting imprint on the music and dance of the Appalachian Mountains. Bluegrass can be traced to the traditional music of Scotland and Ireland.
The fiddle replaced the bagpipe of the highlands once the music reached North America. And clogging, a traditional mountain dance, is rooted in Celtic folk dance.
The mountains of Upper East Tennessee and Western North Carolina also share a history for storytelling, passing down "jack tales" and other legends whose origins can be traced back to the Celtic lands. Even some of the dialects spoken in the Appalachians can be traced back to Gaelic and Elizabethan English.
The Scots-Irish were very self-reliant and independent-minded, and these were no doubt the traits that brought many Scots/Irish settlers to the Watauga settlement here in Upper East Tennessee.
The British Crown had forbidden American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. That edict did not stop the stubborn Scots/Irish from defying King George and putting down deep roots in the land of the Cherokee.
Yes, many parades will be held across the country today celebrating the Irish. Here in the Upstate, you can say we proudly celebrate our Scots/Irish heritage every day of the year.


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A lawyer said the parents of Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of murder in Italy, have been ordered to stand trial for alleging that Italian police abused their daughter.
The Italian news agency ANSA said Curt Knox and Edda Mellas were indicted Tuesday in Perugia for libel.
Lawyer Luciano Ghirga confirmed the indictment and said the trial was set for July 4. He said the couple did not attend the hearing.
The charge stems from an interview they gave Britain's Sunday Times years ago in which the father alleged that police had physically and verbally abused his daughter during questioning after Meredith Kercher's 2007 slaying but before Knox was arrested.
In the Sunday Times interview published June 15, 2008, Curt Knox said, "Amanda was abused physically and verbally. She told us she was hit in the back of the head by a police officer with an open hand, at least twice. The police told her, 'If you ask for a lawyer, things will get worse for you' and 'If you don't give us some explanation for what happened, you're going to go to jail for a very long time.'"
Edda Mellas told the paper that Amanda was told she would never see her family again, and gave a description of the officer who allegedly struck her.
The Sunday Times said that could not be published for legal reasons.
Police have denied harming Knox.
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DEARBORN, Mich. Ford may get a longer look from curious investors after rolling out a more muscular, souped-up dividend on Thursday.
The nations No. 2 automaker is doubling its quarterly payout to 10 cents, just nine months after paying its first dividend in more than five years.
The dividend increase marks another milestone in Fords comeback. It has strengthened its image with customers along with its balance sheet. Ford is expected to report its fourth consecutive annual profit when it releases earnings in a few weeks. In 2011, the company posted its largest profit since 1998.
Analysts who cover Ford Motor Co. quickly raised their expectations for the stock, saying the higher dividend could make it more attractive to investors. Ford shares rose 2.7 percent to $13.83 Thursday, their highest closing price since July 2011.
Fords dividend yield, a measure of how much a company pays out relative to its stock price, will rise to 2.9 percent, which is higher than the average 2.2 percent among companies in the Standard & Poors 500 Index. Michael Rawson, a financial analyst at Morningstar, said that could entice income fund managers, who look to generate dividend income for their clients. Individual investors, unhappy with the current low rates on Treasuries and certificates of deposit, might also take Ford for a spin. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was 1.9 percent Thursday.
Because of historically low interest rates and tepid economic growth, investors are shopping around for reliable dividend income. Investors have increasingly put their money into higher yielding but slower growing companies that offer a compelling dividend yield relative to bond rates, Rawson said.
Ford, based in Dearborn, Mich., halted dividend payments in September 2006. The company lost $12.6 billion that year.
Since then Ford shed brands such as Volvo and Mercury, closed factories, cut staff and struck a new contract with union workers that lowers labor costs. It has also earned praise and new customers for products like the Ford Explorer SUV. And after losing money during the recession and financial crisis, the company has steadily improved profit margins and rebuilt its stockpile of cash.
As a result, Ford won back an investment grade rating on its debt last spring. That did two key things: the ratings change lowered the companys borrowing costs and allowed it to reclaim its blue logo and other assets, which were used as collateral for a $25 billion, company-saving loan in 2006.
A few issues continue to hold back Ford and its stock price.
Ford has said it expects to lose $1.5 billion both this year and next in Europe, where plunging sales have forced it to close plants and lay off thousands of workers. The company announced a multi-year restructuring of its European operations earlier this fall.
Analyst Peter Nesvold of Jefferies said the decision to return more cash to shareholders indicates Ford executives believe theyve correctly gauged the amount of cash needed to fix things in Europe. Fords total annual dividend will rise to around $1.6 billion.
Nesvold raised his price target for Ford shares to $16.
But there are other problems. Ford lost market share in the U.S. last year. Some sales went to its Japanese competitors, who recovered from the 2011 earthquake. But sales of the new Ford Escape and Fusion, two of the companys most important products, also slumped after multiple recalls for safety problems. Ford has fixed those issues and expects market share to go up this year as new products go on sale.
The company is also facing a leadership transition soon. Chief Executive Alan Mulally is stepping back from day-to-day operations and handing the reins to longtime Ford executive Mark Fields, who became the companys chief operating officer in December. Although Mulally has said he will stay through 2014, some investors fear Ford will return to bad habits when Mulally is no longer overseeing things.
Finally, as an industrial company, Ford is more exposed to the economic cycle than, say, a utility company, which tends to have more consistent earnings and higher dividend yields.
Standard & Poors said there were 1,262 dividend increases in the fourth quarter of last year, nearly double the total from the last quarter of 2011.
Ford said its liquidity has increased by $2 billion through the first three quarters of 2012. The dividend will be paid on March 1 to shareholders of record as of Jan. 30. The company said the last time it paid a 10-cent dividend was in June 2006. Management didnt rule out additional increases.
Investors want to start seeing companies that are more confident in the sustainability of their earnings and taking action to respond to what has been a pretty clear message from the equity markets that shareholders want higher dividends, said David Bianco, Chief US Equity Strategist at Deutsche Bank, at a briefing with reporters Wednesday.
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Volunteers put in hundreds of hours this holiday season hoping to raise $9.8 million dollars for the Twin Cities Salvation Army. By New Years Eve, with just a few hours to go in their campaign, the charity was still several hundred thousand dollars short.
Donors can still make donations online and over the phone until midnight to help.
"Consequences of not reaching the goal include pulling back on outreach and help at a time when the charity is seeing increases in requests across the board," wrote Annette Bauer, spokesperson for The Salvation Army Northern Division.
"While numbers for need increase, budget dollars remain relatively the same causing The Salvation Army to reallocate spending rather than increasing spending for services. As an example rather than providing a family with four bags of groceries there would be three bags or offering $300 maximum for rent assistance rather than $450," Bauer wrote.
This year, the Salvation Army helped Bernard Slater of Brooklyn Park. The single father of three works as a security guard at Regency Hospital in Golden Valley. When his car broke down earlier this year, he walked seven miles to work each day until the Salvation Army replaced his engine.
"If I have to stand out there with the kettle with them, or do some type of work to help raise money, I'm all theirs. I'm going to be out there for them because they were in turn there for me," Slater said.
Now the Salvation Army needs help reaching their goals and they are not alone.
"The Nonprofit Finance Fund did a survey earlier this year and it indicates that 60 percent of human service organizations aren't able to meet the need that they are being asked for in their communities," said Kris Kewitsch, Executive Director of the Charities Review Council.
The Charities Review Council reviews charities according to accountability standards to ensure they are trustworthy for donors. The Council works closely with Minnesota's nonprofits.
"The challenge has been that with the change in the economy, that nonprofits, the pressures that they are receiving to meet those needs has increased significantly and there hasn't been a significant increase in funding for those organizations both from individuals and as well from government funding," Kewitsch said.
Nonprofits depend on end of year giving, when donors are generous and tax incentives are top of mind.
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The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Gary A. Vaillant, 41, of Trujillo, Puerto Rico, died Sept. 5 in Khalidiya, Iraq, when his tank ran over an improvised explosive device. Vaillant was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 72nd Armor, Camp Casey, Korea.
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A colleague calls my attention to this report concerning Rep. Nita Lowey's take on the Middle East. As chairman of the House appropriations subcommittee on foreign operations, she confirms that foreign aid for Israel "will not falter." But her comments on Obama's policies and the reactions of those in the Middle East are most noteworthy. First, on the Jerusalem housing issue:
While the White House might not have accepted Netanyahu's detailed presentation on the zoning process in the Interior Ministry, whose decision he apologized for even though he said it took him by surprise, Lowey expressed understanding for the prime minister's position.
"I think there's a general understanding that Jerusalem is in a different category than the West Bank. And the issues surrounding Jerusalem, most agree, will be in the final stages of negotiations," she said.
And, using Netanyahu's nickname, she stressed, "Bibi has the support of Congress. It is solid. It is secure."
But who holds to that general understanding? Certainly not Obama, who has reneged on prior understandings and is attempting to force unilateral concessions now.
Her most interesting comment however concerned the Arab states. Are they bent out of shape about Jerusalem housing? Concerned about the fate of the Palestinians? Not very much. Confirming what many who travel and speak to Arab governments report, Lowey says they are agitated about Iran:
Lowey also pointed to the different audiences that Arab leaders need to consider when they speak up, referring to a recent trip to the Gulf and the concern she heard about Iran.
In Saudi Arabia, she met with King Abdullah and came away with the understanding that "Saudi Arabia doesn't believe the sanctions will work. Let me just say he's supportive of pursuing other options."
So the notion that only a Palestinian peace deal can unlock support for strong action against Iran is, well, nonsense, as many critics of Obama's peace-process fixation have long argued. Indeed, the Arab governments, unlike Obama, are willing to go beyond sanctions, presumably including the use of military force. So Israel and its Arab neighbors are skeptical of sanctions and unwilling to buy into a containment strategy. But not Obama. This is the peculiar but entirely expected result of Obama's foot-dragging on Iran and peace-process obsession. Perhaps it's time for Israel and its neighbors to work out a plan and leave Obama out of it. He seems to be a hindrance and not a help in thwarting the greatest danger to the region.


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Morrisons in Exeter is preparing to host a wealth of aspiring talent as the country's most watched entertainment series, Britain's Got Talent, heads to the store on Sunday 27th January to hold a 'Talent Spot Day' in the search for Britain's next big superstar.
Between 10.00am and 4.00pm, anyone who thinks they have what it takes to become a global star can come to the store and have their performance filmed by the Britain's Got Talent crew, with a chance to go on to the next round of auditions and perform live in front of the Britain's Got Talent judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams.
Any budding superstars who can't make it to the store to perform in front of the Britain's Got Talent team on Sunday need not worry as Morrisons has installed 'Talent Boxes' in every single one of its 486 stores across the country. Talented shoppers can drop off DVDs and memory sticks of their performances at any of these boxes which will then be reviewed by the Britain's Got Talent team. Successful candidates will also be invited to the next stage of auditions.
Glen Allen, Store General Manager at Morrisons Exeter said: "We're looking forward to finding out which of our customers have secret talents and then hopefully cheering them on during the live auditions."


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Johannesburg - Former Springbok lock Ernst Dinkelmann, best known for being part of the 1951-52 Springbok tour of Britain, died of a stroke in the Nelspruit Medi-Clinic early on Friday.
Dinkelmann, 83, played six Tests and represented the Springboks 21 times between 1951 and 1953.
He also captained Northern Transvaal [now known as the Blue Bulls] on five occasions and wore the light blue jersey 49 times.
He had a rare talent of being able to play at flank, lock and eighthman.
Rugby remained close to his heart long after his playing years when he coached and served as a selector of the Pretoria squad.
This Blue Bulls rugby legend's many contributions to the then non-professional sport extended to medical treatment, where he put his skills as a medical practitioner to use.
It is in the area of skills development that, even in death, he will continue to improve rugby.
He wrote many of the guidelines coaches still use to teach ball handling skills, and his coaching techniques, which were considered ahead of their time, are also still being used today.
Former Springbok captain Wynand Claassen is just one of the many players who have Dinkelmann to thank for their achievements on the field.
Dinkelmann was also one of the founders of pre-primary school rugby [Bulletjies Rugby], which is aimed at encouraging young players to play running rugby.
"For us as a family, it is a big loss we suffered today even though it did not come as a huge shock when taking his recent health into account," said Dinkelmann's son Roland.
"My father loved rugby so much he was on the field practically every day and he was probably the best role model a young man could ask for," he said.
Dinkelmann and Saltie du Rand were the first prolific lock combination to come from Pretoria.
Although the Bulls were not happy with the idea at the time, Dinkelmann also assisted the neighbouring Golden Lions in the early 90s, helping former Springbok coach Harry Viljoen to achieve success with the team.
Dinkelmann leaves his wife Lucy, 81, five sons and a daughter.
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QU4RTETS Introductory Program
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QU4RTETS is a program of art, music and lectures inspired by T. S. Eliot's masterwork, "Four Quartets." It features artists Makoto Fujimura and Bruce Herman and composer Christopher Theofanidis, along with the Kandinsky Trio and members of the Roanoke College faculty.
QU4RTETS has appeared at Duke University, Yale University, Baylor University and Gordon College. After its Roanoke College program, it will travel to China, Japan, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit: http://fujimurainstitute.org/qu4rtets/.
At Roanoke College, QU4RTETS is sponsored by the Donald L. Jordan Endowment for the Humanities, the Copenhaver Artist-in-Residence Endowment, the Robert D. Benne Center for Religion and Society and the Roanoke College Fine Arts and English departments. All QU4RTETS events are free and open to the public.
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You know how there are some taste combinations that go well together? And there are some collaborations that produce synergistic works far better than either author has ever produced alone? Well, this isn't one of those times, I'm afraid. I have, over the years, enjoyed many books by Pratchett, and a good number by Baxter, and so I looked forward to seeing their work together, and was disappointed by what I found.
The premise is that there are literally millions of parallel Earths in existence, and that occasionally odd individuals have either had the natural ability or the ability under great duress to slip from one world to another - in a Fortean manner. When an inventor assembles a simple gadget that can be made from parts to be found at Radio Shack, with a potato for a battery, and distributes the instructions on its construction widely, the world is suddenly graced with thousands, or millions of universe-walking people, or Steppers.
And thus begins the interminable, or shall I say "Long," tale of people's travels in the universes of the Long Earth. I managed to stick it out about halfway through before sheer disinterest in the fates of any of the characters caused me to give up at last.
"It was an act of purest optimism to have posed the question in the first place." Monty Python - Cheese Shoppe Sketch
Monday, December 17, 2012
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Steven Baxter
2 comments:
- Bob Milne said...
You didn't miss much. I found the whole thing somewhat lazy and haphazard, with flashes of brilliance, but an overall dullness that left me skimming chapters. Not even a surprising act of anti-stepper terrorism in the final chapters could rescue it.
It's a shame - I expected much more from 2 authors I quite like on their own.
- December 17, 2012 at 7:00 AM
- Jon said...
Oh thank God, Bob! I saw some rave reviews out on the internet, and wondered if I was the only reader who felt this way.
- December 17, 2012 at 7:51 AM
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Toms River is the county seat and largest town in Ocean County, New Jersey (also includes Dover, both are part of Toms River Township). The 2010 population was about 90,000. Residents of nearby towns like Brick, Manahawkin, and Lakewood tend to come here for shopping or doctor's appointments. It has a busy downtown thanks to many government buildings, yet it also has a waterfront with easy access to boating and beaches. Long Beach Island is the very large barrier island just across the bay. Photo of Toms River courtesy of Wikipedia and Jimmypitt1234.
Many retirees from New York City and suburban New Jersey are moving here to have their dollars go further and live in a slightly milder climate near the shore. Many active adult and 55+ communities have been built to accommodate them (see link at top right). Median home values have been holding steady at $225,000 in mid 2013 according to City-Data.
New Jersey is not one of the tax friendliest states.
Construction, health care, and government are important to the local economy.
Toms River is in Ocean County in southern New Jersey, about 46 miles north of Atlantic City. It is located where the Toms River runs into Barnegat Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The average Jan temp is in the low 30s and the average July temp in the mid 70s.
Ocean County College and some small historical attractions contribute to Toms River culture. The Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library is quite large and well funded, in fact it doubled in size in 2006. Downtown Toms River hosts many community events, including festivals and the second largest Halloween parade in the world.
Crime hovers around the national average.
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Celebrating "Photo Op Fails" With My Kid
Sunday, August 4th, 2013
2 years, 8 months.
Dear Jack,
By no means am I a professional photographer. In fact, my style of taking pictures could pretty much be summed up as "take a dozen shots, then hope up one or two turns out okay."
For every savory and polished picture I post with these letters I write to you, there is at least eleven that don't deserve a second look. I always present the best of the pictures I take of you.
But not today.
Today, I want to show you a glimpse of the kind of photos that don't make the cut- because the only way I would use these in a story… is to write a story about pictures that don't make the cut.
In particular, these are what I call "photo op fails." They are failed photograph opportunities.
Clearly, in both of these shots that Mommy took for us at the Williamson County Fair today, you were not so eager to have your picture taken, whereas I was.
Granted, you had just woken up from a nap, then you were all of the sudden surrounded by half the surrounding area of Nashville as we checked out the local farm animals on display.
I love how in the top picture, you are reaching for Mommy; though looking in a different direction at a bull that you are probably a little bit freaked out by.
Then in the next shot… it's just simply an awkward (!) photo.
In one arm I'm holding a fishing pole connected to a magnetic fish I just "caught" in the pool, while holding you with the other. It looks unnatural because I couldn't turn around to face Mommy, since I was holding the fishing pole; though you weren't facing Mommy anyway.
To be fair, though, I shouldn't finish this letter to you today without showing a "photo op fail" with you and Mommy.
Yesterday, we met your best friend Sophie and her parents at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway to watch the races.
I wanted to catch a good shot of you and Mommy. Here's what I got instead…
You had a toy Volkswagen beetle you clenched onto for the entire race. I happened to accidentally catch the moment when the bumper of that toy car got stuck in Mommy's hair.
I immediately had to untangle it for her!
Maybe one day I'll become a professional photographer. Actually, I'd even settle for the title of "amateur."
Until then, there are sure to be plenty more photo op fails!
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This book should change, and greatly improve, our understanding of Galois's work. That might seem an impossible claim, given the paradigm status of Galois as an abstract thinker, the bicentenary of whose birth was marked by a week-long Colloquium at the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris in October 2011, and the many versions of Galois theory that have become central to different aspects of mathematics. But in fact the great success of Galois Theory has come to obscure the work of Galois himself, and his romantic fate has cast another layer of imagery over the historical record. This book offers the chance for us to return to the original writings.
It opens with a modest historical apparatus, where Peter Neumann discusses the possible influences on Galois, the state of the texts, previous attempts to convey some or all of what Galois wrote (from Liouville's to the edition of Bourgne and Azra) and some of the elusive words Galois used whose meanings may have changed over the years. Then we get Galois's papers, all in parallel form (French on the left and an English translation on the facing page), lightly but helpfully edited where necessary. First we get the five published papers, then the letter to Auguste Chevalier, the two famous memoirs that are the seed texts for Galois Theory, and finally a selection of nineteen minor mathematical manuscripts. There are also a number of illuminating reproductions of manuscript pages.
To state the obvious, this book puts what Galois wrote back in print, and much of it into English for the first time. The letter and the two memoirs are famously difficult, and Neumann supplies notes that open up some of the issues, especially the reception of the memoirs. Poisson, as he observes, has been criticised by finding the first memoir obscure and in need of a complete re-write, and Liouville was also if not defeated by it then unable to provide it with the commentary he had hoped to write. Neumann gently speculates that many of us would have done the same, and asked the brilliant but maddening author to try again. But by not responding to the memoirs by providing a modernised, rigorous account (that would surely be even longer than the originals) Neumann directs us back to the texts themselves.
The first memoir is Galois's account of the conditions for which an irreducible polynomial equation is solvable by radicals. In it Galois took up themes from Lagrange and Gauss and pursued the idea of the 'group of permutations' associated to an equation. He indicated how to analyse the behaviour of this 'group' as the roots of auxiliary equations are adjoined, and among the cases he dealt with explicitly are the quartic equation, long known to be solvable by radicals, and irreducible equations of prime degree that are solvable by radicals, in particular such equations of degree 5. His conclusion in this case is that an irreducible quintic is solvable by radicals if and only if its group is either a certain group of order 20 that he described explicitly or a subgroup of that group.
The second memoir is on primitive equations that are solvable by radicals. For this the reader is here referred to Neumann's earlier exploration, Neumann (2006). To my eyes the influence of Abel seems likely, but Galois did not mention his name. The letter to Chevalier is also full of remarkable insights, such as those to do with the reduction of the modular equation and the three groups we now call PSL(2, p) for p = 5, 7, 11; it is also the source of the most explicit reference Galois made to the importance of normal subgroups.
The book closes with Neumann's reflections under the headings of myths, mysteries, and last words. Among the myths, that Galois proved that the general quintic equation is not solvable by radicals because the group A5 is simple, among the mysteries the circumstances surrounding the writing of the memoirs and why Galois did not write his memoirs down in a better form at some stage in the last two years of his life.
The last words are that much more is to be done, and here the reader may turn to the almost simultaneous appearance of a special issue of the French journal the Revue d'histoire des mathématiques. Volume 17.2 has three long essays of immediate relevance: Caroline Erhardt and Frédéric Brechenmacher write in different ways about the long passage from 1832 to a modern consensus by 1914 about what constitutes Galois Theory. There are many significant changes to the key concepts and to the place of the theory vis-à-vis other theories, and distinctively French and German versions, all of which are far from being a simple process of the accretion of results. The third essay, by Catherine Goldstein, illustrates this general message with a specific account of how Hermite responded to Galois's ideas in his own work.
It remains to say that this edition of the mathematical writings of Évariste Galois is handsomely produced, and should become the standard reference for anyone interested in what Galois wrote.
Jeremy Gray is a Professor of the History of Mathematics at the Open University, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Warwick, where he lectures on the history of mathematics. In 2009 he was awarded the Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize by the American Mathematical Society for his work in the history of mathematics. His most recent book is Plato's Ghost: The Modernist Transformation of Mathematics, Princeton University Press, Princeton 2008, and he is presently finishing a scientific biography of Henri Poincaré.


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Apple v. Samsung: Smartphone Patent Retrial To Decide Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Damages
Professor of Law Mark Lemley is mentioned by the San Jose Mercury News on the legal consequences of the Apple v. Samnsung smartphone patent retrial.
In what has become a ritual, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh last week finished off a pretrial hearing in the patent showdown between Apple and Samsung by removing her reading glasses, looking down at the armada of lawyers and asking plaintively, "You sure you want to do this?"
Yes, judge, they do.
On Tuesday, the most powerful players in the smartphone and tablet world will square off again in Koh's San Jose courtroom, this time in a retrial to decide how much Samsung must pay Apple for 13 products deemed to have violated Apple's patent rights.
"I don't know that I would call it symbolic, but I do think the main effect of the trial will be to set up the whole case for appeal," said Mark Lemley, a Stanford University law professor.


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Good morning Humanoids! This is Lonestar Frank N. Furter and these are today's top stories.
Last night's Raw set us up for Summerslam and as usual, that's the big news on this Tuesday morning. Well, that and Blaziken has a new sort-of evolution, but you guys don't care about Pokemon, do you?
A few new little matches were set up after last night's show, including RVD vs Dean Ambrose in a nail-biting pre-show match for the US title and Natalya vs Brie Bella in a "best possible combination of the women on Total Divas" match. The addition that got everybody's turkey in a twist was Triple H being added to the John Cena vs Daniel Bryan title match as the special referee. I don't have an easy way to access the entire internet's opinion but let's just say my twitter wall was…..unenthusiastic about the whole situation. To use an analogy, I suspect the people upset about Triple being involved in the match feel like somebody pooped on their sundae, and they were really looking forward to eating ice cream too.
Of course this does give the WWE more storyline options heading out of Summerslam, what with Triple H being around the match as well as Randy Orton doing his best impression of a vulture. Which begs the question……on a scale of highly improbable to nigh impossible, how likely is it that we'll see Batista return and the whole lot of them reform Evolution this Sunday?
Nah, you're right. That's crazy. I'll expect Kevin Nash instead.
-New Japan Pro Wrestling recently completed its G1-climax round-robin tournament, where two blocks of ten wrestlers each fight each other once over the course of ten days. The wrestler with the most victory points in each block wrestles the other victor to determine the tournament champion. If you think that sounds like a brutal test of endurance, it was: two wrestlers had to drop out due to injury. In the final match, Tetsuya Naito (from the tag team No Limit) beat Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW's roughly translated John Cena) to win the tournament and will get a shot at the Heavyweight title at the Tokyo Dome on Jan 4th, 2014, in what I could call their WrestleMania. It's worth noting that both of the men in the final match and the current Heavyweight champion were all in TNA for a bit and all pretty much had their time, talent and potential wasted.
-Speaking of which, TNA announced that they are moving their main event of this week's TV show to next week's show, which will be filmed this week anyway because of their taping schedule. I don't think I really need a joke here. At this point I can just say "TNA" and we all point and laugh and high five ourselves.
-I guess this is news? The WWE bought a new corporate jet, to the cool tune of 31 million dollars. If you think your car payment is bad, digest this. The WWE took out a loan and will pay quarterly payments of about 400,000 dollars for seven years, which *whips out calculator*…..doesn't actually add up to 31 million dollars. Huh. I guess this isn't something I understand correctly……
S**t. I'd better go back over my taxes.
And that's the news, minus all the possibly spoilery stuff. Be nice to each other, enjoy wrestling!


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The Hillside Family of Agencies will be hosting a community pasta dinner to raise money for the West Webster Fire Department.
The dinner will be held from 5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. on Friday, January 18 at Halpern Education Center in Webster. The youth day treatment facility was used as the command center during the Christmas Eve tragedy.
The pasta dinner will be provided for a minimum donation of $10 per person. All money raised will be donated directly to the West Webster Fire Department.
Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 585-256-7515.


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Associated Press
December 11, 2013
Cuomo to announce millions in job grants statewide
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will play host to his latest event that will award about $750 million in job grants to 10 regions statewide.
The Economic Development Corp. event will dispense state tax breaks for new and expanding companies, borrowing authority and cash to the economic development proposals judged to have the most promise in each region. Most involve a partnership with existing companies and local colleges.
Wednesday's event is exciting for local officials from around the state who learn whether they've won and how big a piece of the state economic development pie they will get.
Cuomo has taken the state's annual economic development fund and set up 10 regional councils of local leaders to try to develop proposals that would work best for each area.
Tank cars carrying crude oil derail in NY; No leak
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say there were no leaks or injuries when several tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed in western New York.
Local media report that three cars tipped on their side and two remained upright in the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga Tuesday morning.
A CSX spokesman says the train was traveling from Chicago to Philadelphia.
The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
Report: Hospital-acquired infections decline in NY
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A report from the state Health Department says the number of infections acquired by patients while in New York hospitals continues to decline.
The sixth-annual report on hospital-acquired infections found that since 2007 the rate of central-line associated blood stream infections has fallen 53 percent and rates of surgical site infections fell by 16 percent.
The report released Tuesday presents 2012 hospital-acquired infection rates identified by hospitals for surgical site infections related to colon, cardiac bypass, hip replacement and hysterectomies.
The report says the decline in blood stream infections has saved an estimated $18 million to $72 million in health care costs. It says the decline in surgical site infections has saved between $12 million and $35 million.
Pa. joins NE, Atlantic states in pollution action
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania is joining a petition with eight other northeast and mid-Atlantic states to ask the federal government to require nine upwind states to reduce air pollution emissions.
Gov. Tom Corbett said Tuesday he hopes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ensures that other states abide by the same standards that Pennsylvania has.
The petition is aimed at Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. It seeks what it says are long-overdue commitments from the upwind states to reduce emissions carried by prevailing winds that contribute to the formation of ozone in the downwind states.
Other states signing the petition include Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. The EPA is required to approve or disapprove of the petition within 18 months.
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From Dumbo and Babar to playing key roles in both Indiana Jones and Bond's tropical escapes, elephants always add charm to every situation into which they are invited, and none more so than our latest Loves vote winner – a minimalist elephant slide on a beach in Girona, Spain, laden with avid children, chosen by Present & Correct.
Everyone loves elephants – they are surely one of nature's most irresistible creations, as well as one of its most mysterious. Prehistoric in build, with their cement grey folds of skin, the serpentine trunk and legs like pillars; they have an air of having been around since the dawn of time, that they've seen it all. They are a remnant of a past age, a craggy constant perambulating slowly on the fringes of a world in the throes of eternal change. And yet for all this mystery, this week's most loved post is a playful homage to this mighty beast, a sculptural slide on the Spanish coast, where children clamber aboard and career down the trunk.
"They are a remnant of a past age, a craggy constant perambulating slowly on the fringes of a world in the throes of eternal change."
Here we speak to Neal of stationary aficionados Present & Correct, who describes his dream sliding attire and recalls fond memories of a misbehaved Blue Peter guest.
Why did you choose to love this elephant slide?
I really like old playground equipment, there's something a little bit melancholy about it. Mainly though this is a slide in the shape of an elephant, on a beach. That's quite hard to beat.
Where would you keep it if you owned it?
I would leave it on the beach so everyone can go on it. It's in Girona so it would be nice and sunny.
In your opinion, what's the best sliding attire?
Having been on a slide wearing one I think definitely a lederhosen. You go really fast.
What's your steed of choice: horse, elephant, camel or donkey?
I think a donkey would be the best company.
What's your favourite elephant appearance in art/film/literature?
Lulu, the elephant that soiled the Blue Peter studio several times over.
What is the last thing you bought?
A tub of ice cream to go with the apple tart I made to take to a friends house tonight.
What are you looking forward to about May?
Going to Antwerp and making some new things.


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Boating AccidentsBoating can be a relaxing or thrilling activity shared by families and friends all over Florida. But with over one million boats in the state, there is serious potential for accident and injury on the water. After you get medical treatment for your boating injury, call our offices. The Coye Law Firm's aggressive personal injury lawyers can pursue benefits wherever they exist in your claim, whether from another boater, a property owner, or a watercraft manufacturer.
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Posted at: 10/09/2012 11:21 AM
By: WNYT Staff
ALBANY - Police are investigating a robbery on the University at Albany campus.
Two students say three men forced their way into their suite on Dutch Quad and took laptops and cell phones Monday afternoon.
Police say the suspects did not display any weapons and no one was injured.


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Manson's Class O (LNER D42) express
locomotives of 1888 were proving successful, so it was natural that when the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR)
required further express locomotives in August 1889, that the same basic design would be used.
The new locomotives were fitted with a new, larger eight wheel tender. Six locomotives were ordered and all were
delivered in 1890. Three were fitted with larger 6ft 6.5in driving wheels and became
GNSR Class Q (LNER D38), but three retained the
D42's small 6ft 0.5in driving wheels and became GNSR Class P (LNER D43).
As such, the D43s were identical to the earlier D42s except for the larger tenders.
The new eight wheel tenders fitted to the D43s were fitted with a leading bogie and two rigid rear axles.
At the time, these were the largest tenders in use on the GNSR and were designed specifically for
through workings between Aberdeen and Elgin. Their 4 ton coal capacity was exceeded by some later GNSR tenders,
but their 3000 gallon water capacity was never exceeded.
All three D43s received Manson-designed six wheel tenders at or
before Grouping (1923).
No. 14 received a Johnson-designed six wheel tender in 1923.
No. 13 was re-boilered with a replacement saturated boiler in November 1916.
A year later, Nos. 12 & 14 were rebuilt with superheated boilers. These superheated boilers used
Robinson superheaters, and could be identified by their longer
smokeboxes. Boiler swaps during LNER ownership led to both engines being fitted with saturated boilers identifiable
by short smokeboxes. No. 12 (LNER No. 6812) ran with a saturated boiler from June 1932 until withdrawal.
No. 14 (LNER No. 6814) was fitted with a saturated boiler from January 1928 to February 1931.
In common with their D38 brethren, the D43s were built with Ramsbottom safety valves with
exposed columns and springs. The GNSR later fitted tall casings around the valves, and the LNER replaced them with
Group Standard Ross pop safety valves. The Ross valves were mounted within the GNSR valve casings.
The GNSR allocated the D43s to Kittybrewster shed, and they were usually used on passenger trains between Aberdeen
and Elgin. No. 13 was re-allocated to Elgin shortly before Grouping (1923). The LNER moved No. 13 (now No. 6813)
back to Kittybrewster, and it was noted operating the Deeside line.
No. 6812 was moved to Elgin, but No. 6814 stayed at Kittybrewster. All three were used on branch line duties
before they were withdrawn between 1935 and 1938.
The last D43 was withdrawn in 1938, and none have survived into preservation.
I am not aware of any models of the D43 in any scale.


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Why is a bus driver asked to pick up the school mail anyway ??? And who gave her the order to pick up it up in the first place, seems to me that's the person at fault !!!
" Redflex Traffic Systems, then backdated the "certification of correct functioning" records, signing all eight months worth of records on March 12."
Sounds like this may be a little illegal to me and needs to be investigated????
Little three and five year old boys, that's my grand kids age , I got sick to my stomach when I read the piece.
Every summer you read about these pool tragedies especially the in ground ones. A four foot fence doesn't anyway make it and I'll bet it was a chain link one to on top of it. The dam pool should be filled in so no other neighborhood kids can lose their lives, how could you swim and play in that thing now anyway without thinking about them two babies when your in there..
OK where did 140 pounds go??? I doubt very much it was a miscalculation.
If she were white she would more than likely never committed the crime in the first place.
She 's getting her moment of fame, if she plays her cards right she could come home with a little cash in her pocket with interviews and tanning salon endorsements and maybe a little lawsuit if she wins her court battle.
The reason is more unreported incidents by the public and police. A friend of mine was just assaulted on the job in Newark and the cop let the thief go and said he had no time for this minor crap saying there were are more important issues that needed attention . And then there's no room in the jails.
Why do you torture people with that file picture it's inhumane I tell you inhumane!!! We had to look at it just about everyday when there was that political nonsense not to long ago, now again ????
Please have some compassion for once.
I'm with you !!!! Can't they make her wear a bag a burka or skip the scary photo all together .Please !!!
No ,No ,No please not again !!! The only problem I have with whole thing this is seeing that picture of her everyday, please,please,please don't show that picture of her anymore it's inhumane!!!
I guess the cop got bent out of shape because the shop owner was taking away his job. It seems the police look down at people who don't really need them because they can take care of themselves.
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After 20 years of marriage, every now and then, a product comes along that makes us both raise an eyebrow; something that would enhance our sex life without causing damage to our psyches.
Case in point: KY Yours+Mine
We have always been adventurous in this area of our relationship. We developed a list before we even were married of what was bad kinky and what was good kinky. The list for the bad has shortened considerably over the years however certain topics will never cross over to the good list. Those would be:
1. Animals
2. Children
3. Bodily fluids
4.Other people
These four things will never be removed from the bad kinky list without some severe brain injury.
Now of course we have met people who have indulged with multiple partners and have heard of swingers clubs and the like. These people usually turn out to be the most fucked up couples we know. We say, "Don't ever do anything that you would be ashamed of." So you will never find either of us in a three some with a chicken and toddler with a full diaper. Won't happen!
Which brings us back to the KY Yours+Mine. First we must say we love the commercials! One of them has a couple who mentions they have kids and a short time to have sex and then a second later shows them basking in post coital bliss, still in their clothes albeit a bit disheveled. Never ones to back down from something that could enhance our sex lives, we purchased this before taking it on a cruise. (We'll have a separate entry for cruises.)
The bottles are two test tubes, one colored maroon the other blue, and they are held together with some white plastic. One tube is marked "his" and the other "hers". Now, since we had tried the KY that heats and were fans of this, we were looking forward to spending some time with this new stuff.
Lee's reaction: My first reaction to this was, "What the fuck?" It goes on cold and seconds later you realize you are tingling. The lubricant's active ingredient is mint and I don't know about you but the last thing my hoo hoo needs is an Altoid. I felt like one of those Peppermint Patty commercials, "I feel like I'm bobsledding without pants down the tundra!" I couldn't concentrate on Paul because of my minty muff.
Paul's reaction: If you are a considerate lover, which I like to think that I am, you have a sense of how much game you have, how much you can do, to bring your partner to maximum pleasure before you cannot give any more without giving everything – if you get my meaning. That being said, the men's part of the KY had a desensitizing effect. Yes, it made my dick numb. Not a Novocain, dead chunk of meat numbness, but just enough to throw my mojo off. I found myself pumping away like a horny old man with no internal sense of whether or not I had past the point of no return. On vacation, it wasn't so bad. I was more than happy to spend some quality experimentation while recalibrating my inner studliness. But when we are at home and only have minutes to reach heaven, the time between the baby's nap and the five-year old's lunch, Lee and I are a precision team. We cannot afford to have some lube throw off our rhythm lest one of us reach heaven while the other is still in limbo.
In conclusion: After a few more tries with the lubricants, we decided to forget about the 'his' and just use the 'hers'. We both became use to the minty fresh feel and didn't giggle as much anymore when we used it. For those men out there who need an extra layer of stamina, this may help. Women, you have been warned.
We were doing research on different lubricants and toys to use for our club. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thanks for the great review of KY Yours + Mine. It's especially helpful to hear both perspectives, from the man and the woman.
Didn't mean this to be a "product review? LOL! But so be it.
Read the bit about you guys in the MH today and was intrigued. First of all I love it that you call it what it is - I mean what I am most interested in - getting a really good fuck - and not living with just memories. I think they must fuck a little more in California than Miami because they are too sensitive in Miami about the words in my circle of friends - OK as a pejorative term sure - but never about hot and heavy really free-wheeling sex.. The next thing I noted in the MH article was that most of your readers are between 25 and 38. Jeez. Who has trouble with sex at THAT age? Gimme a break dears. I am WAY past menoP and believe me stuff changes.. What do you do when your spouse has a stroke that makes him take very little interest in ANYTHING let alone sex and you are heating your PJs? He is too weak and awkward to do much. Sure he can get it up and he can have fun but he does not have anything for you. Forget Viagra after a stroke.. Hey, it is a long story but after a while all those lovely well meant things you said when you got married do not amount to much when the body of the person you married is stil there but you are lonely and there is NO one you can talk to. To a psychiatrist it is meds, to a psychologist you are a clinical syndrome. They both tell you you are stuck between a rock and a hard place (not all that hard most of the time). What you are looking for is comfort and someone you can talk to in the most intimate detail and get a response. Not your girlfriends that's for sure. There is always someone in groups that will tell you to "just trust Jesus" - does he screw on weekends? I would not DARE tell them what I am really up to! I long for a fuck from a very very vigorous and viril young man . Dildos just don't come with that human contact I need. Hey, everything is standing still except time. All I can think about is how awful I will feel if he dies and I can only remember that my love died a long time ago but still In sickness and health I am going to watch over him. Well, there is lots more but I sure as hell am not going to write it here..


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It is a light sensitizing drug that is used in photodynamic therapy (PDT)
What should I watch for while using this medicine?This medicine will cause your skin to be very sensitive light in the areas where it is applied. You must avoid exposing treated areas to sunlight and bright indoor lights (unshaded light bulbs at close range) during the treatment period. Use a wide- brimmed hat or other protective clothing. Sunscreen will NOT work to protect your skin. If you begin to experience stinging and/ or burning, decrease your exposure to light.
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I'm sick over the fact the Mets have an AAA team in Las Vegas. The only question in my mind is, "How big a disaster is this going to be?"
I see this situation as analogous to the early years for the Colorado Rockies. You get a lot of misinformation in the data — where ordinary hitters suddenly look like studs — and worse, much worse, it might be a place that destroys pitchers.
Right now, the top hitters are Josh Satin, Andrew Brown, Juan Lagares, and Jamie Hoffman. They are all putting up big-time numbers. Lagares slugging .551; Satin slugging .630! As if they were actual hitters. That crappy unit scored 12 runs on Thursday night — and lost. It's a circus.
The team ERA is 5.51!
This is where we are going to send all our up-and-coming pitchers? And don't forget, some of these guys will be our best trading chips. That is, until they get to Vegas and their numbers turn to mush.
I don't want to get carried away or anything. It is beyond stupid for a team to put its Triple A team in Las Vegas. Soft enough?
I keep hearing Ricciardi's comment about how, when he was GM with Toronto, they tried to keep their top pitchers down at AA rather than send them to Vegas. Just the other day, DePodesta was quoted about possibly jumping Montero from AA directly to Flushing, skipping Vegas altogether — a tacit admission that Vegas may not be the best place for developing a prized pitcher. I know I've said this before.
Then the Mets drop Josh Edgin and send him all the way down to AA — because, as Terry Collins admitted, they were worried about his pitching in the disaster that is Las Vegas baseball. It might be bad for his confidence. Read this quote from Collins, it's amazing:
"The worst place you can send a pitcher who is struggling mentally is to Las Vegas, or to Colorado Springs, or to Albuquerque — one of those places where you make a good pitch and the guy hits a two-run double. So I just said, 'Go to Binghamton. You know what? You're close. You're going to get your confidence back."
Meanwhile, we send our top pitching prospect there and then made negative remarks about his progress. Terrific. I read articles daily that talk about Wheeler's "poor start" and recite stats as if they had any meaning whatsoever.
It's important to notice how the guys stuck on the baseball side of the team are starting to comment. They can't be happy. After three years of trying to build a strong farm system, the team decides to hinder development for a few more minor league dollars? I know Buffalo tossed them aside, but its a big country. This move smacks of taking the biggest dollars available no matter what the consequences. You mentioned the circus. Doing this would be like a New York City team renting out its parking lot to a circus during the season. Who would do that, right? Vegas has the stench of the Madoff triplets — Katz, Wilpon, and Wilpon.
If only this team had real ownership instead of that clown (sticking with the circus theme). People need to start doing the mental calculations we learned to do with the Rockies, especially during the early years. We'd hear a guy is hitting .340 with 40 HRs and 120 RBIs and we'd automatically normalize the numbers in our heads. But even more than that, we'd say, "Yeah, but it's Colorado." In some respects, you had to throw it all out the window. Especially for pitchers — no one could succeed there. No one, at least not for long. The Rockies are still desperately trying to figure it out.
Of course. But worse is how does any player develop? Isn't that, you know, the idea of the minor league teams? Let's focus on the hitting side of the equation. A guy like Wilmer Flores has a nice season in AA, but not so fantastic that Citi Field should be the next step. Normal situation, he goes to Triple A for a little more seasoning. Things get slightly tougher as he sees some major league castoffs and plays with more veterans. Sounds good.
Only in Vegas every fly ball he hits goes out, and the opposing pitcher can't get a curveball to break. Triple A could end up being less of a challenge than Double A, leaving us with no place to send players like this to further develop their skills.
Collins was critical of Wheeler the other day — and I'm guessing the kid is not happy about any of this, btw — noting how the park has probably gotten into his head, he's trying to avoid contact, overthrowing, and so on. Hello? Hello? Forget the criticism of the kid, notice instead the recognition that the park is a big issue — that the location itself is the biggest challenge Wheeler has to face. Refining his secondary pitches? It's not going to happen out there, it's like throwing cue balls in that dry air. What about confidence? Command? Managing a ballgame? How do any of those things improve in Vegas? Okay, yes, I realize that Collin McHugh has had a nice start so far. There will always be exceptions. But there's no way in the world I see this as a good experience for Zack Wheeler. Wait till the heat sets in. These guys will be wilting under those conditions. Everything this management group has preached for three years has been about draft and development, waiting for the prospects, and now we throw Vegas into the system? Thank goodness Matt Harvey got out when he did.
One more thing to remember is this. It's very far from New York. Real major market teams like the Yankees, Red Sox, and Phillies keep their Triple A affiliates close by so when a call-up is needed the player can quickly get to the majors. It is only a matter of time until the Mets play a game shorthanded waiting for someone to get to New York from Las Vegas or another PCL outpost.
The Mets are locked in for a two-year contract. After that, it must end before we see lasting damage to the organization. Get out, get out as soon as possible, and get Wheeler out of there even faster before the arm blows up.


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