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I won't make a classic top 20 singles or albums of this year- I will just highlight and talk about some of the artists I have been listening to in 2012.
Ben Howard- I've been hearing about him a lot, especially during spring and festival season, so I decided to give him a try and boy, am I glad I did, because his songs are simple, sweet, and calming. His "Only Love" is still one of my favorites and I listen to it frequently.
Daughter- still new on the music scene, this family band is the quiet, mystical type, but their tunes are worth a listen. I usually go for "Candles" or "Love"
Florence and the Machine- miss Welch and her lovely band are a little bit special to me. Not only do I love them and their music very much, but they were also responsible for introducing me to The Maccabees, and I will always remember the connection between them (incidentally, the two bands are best friends in real life and have toured together). "Ceremonials", the late 2011 release, is a fantastic album, full of amazing lyrics and grandiose music, my favorites being "What the water gave", "Leave my body", "No light, no light", "Only if for a night" and "Shake it out".
Bombay Bicycle Club- another indie love, these young Brits have a wonderful, clear and eerie sound, folksy and sweet- they were my go to music during my dissertation writing sessions. Top BBC: "Lights out, words gone", "You already know", "The hill" and "Motel Blues"
Jeff Buckley- I forgot how I actually discovered him, but I am so happy I did, he is definitely one of my favorites this year and it's too bad his life was too short. There used to be a time when I would obsessively listen to "Lover, you should've come over" and "Everybody here wants you"
Frank Ocean- A critics darling and a chart topper, Frank Ocean got under my skin, too, especially with "Thinkin' about you"
Spector- I listened to a lot of Spector during my Spotify era (when it was free and I still lived in UK). My top songs were: "True Love (for now)", "Celestine", "Chevy Thunder"
Bastille- I first saw them on a BBC program during one Brit music festival and they immediately got my attention- indie electronic with a sentimental feel and lovely vocals. On my playlist: "Bad blood", "Overjoyed", "Flaws"
Jessie Ware- Because of the Maccabees, I found out about Jessie Ware, a childhood friend, whose soulful voice is now loved by many, all over the world. Her album can be seen on most Top Albums lists, and I am no exception. Current favorites: "Wildest moments (acoustic)", "Night light", "110%"
The Vaccines- for me, their music is quite punk, but I like it and it's pretty cool to dance to. The first album had some great songs on it ("If you wanna", "Post break-up sex"), but their new one is also cool. My picks: "Always knew", "Teenage Icon"
And now we get to the band taking the top honors, and if you follow my blog and/or Twitter, you know who it is:
The Maccabees- I discovered this amazing band in February/March, I think, after watching a video of Florence and the Machine dancing like crazy at their NME awards performance of "Pelican". I thought the song was catchy, they looked hot, so I checked them out and have been "slightly obsessed" with them ever since then. I simply love almost everything about them and I think they are a talented band, one that continues to grow and evolve its sound with every album. Most call them Indie, but with their latest effort, "Given to the wild", they have gone into deeper, more complex sounds and they are great. The album was nominated for a Mercury and it, too, appears on a lot of Top Albums of 2012 lists. Please give it a try and listen to "Pelican", "Go", "Child", "Went away", and from previous records, check out "First love", "Lego", "William Powers", "Love you better", "Wall of arms".
Now that 2012 is finished, it's time to look into the future, but also discover classics. In 2013, I want to listen more of:
- The Smiths
- Bob Dylan
- The Beatles
- The Clash
- Joni Mitchell
Any suggestions for me?
Also, what have you been listening to this year?
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Third Time's a Charm
By Mike Stevens
A Blue Lion Tale
This being caught crap was getting old, Richard Sellers thought to himself. He had just been released from prison for the second time. It had been ten more years of suffering. Both times he'd been to prison were for attempting to steal the same pornographic statue, The Blue Lion. He knew deep in his bones he was a master thief, and what he wanted to steal was The Blue Lion.
He'd thought about attempting to steal something easier and less well guarded, but he wanted the biggest challenge, and therefore the biggest recognition. His ego demanded he steal the hardest to steal, and The Blue Lion was it! He had been too careless before, and this time he vowed to be more careful.
Once again he stood outside the same bathroom window he had used before. This time he had made sure not only was the homeowner out of the house, but the damn neighbor, who was a cop and who had caught him the two previous times, was also gone. He might not be the smartest man in the world, but he wasn't going to be caught by doing the same stupid things again!
He silently crept up to the bathroom window, already having cut the power, cut a small hole in the glass using a glass-cutter, and was reaching in to unlock it and pull it up, when an alarm sounded. This alarm was new, and he was unprepared for it. He was startled, and cut the crap out of his hand when he tried to pull it free. Damn! The window, unlike last two robbery attempts, was now connected to the alarm system. He managed to locate the wires connecting the bathroom window to the emergency generator and cut them; then he stood perfectly still and made no noise, fully expecting to hear approaching footsteps, but heard nothing. He knew he should have given up the robbery attempt, but now he was angry. Damn it, he would have that statue! He wrapped his hand up as best he could by using a part of his long-sleeved shirt to bind it, and climbed through the window. That cut would require stitches. Oh well, he'd worry about that later. Right now, he needed all his concentration. He switched on his flashlight and went to disconnect the stereo and strobe light alarms from the emergency generator located near a small table in the hall. It was what he had failed to do before. Therefore, both alarms had worked, even though he'd cut the power. He hadn't thought of them being connected to the emergency back-up power. That being done, now it would no longer have any power, no matter what. He had disconnected everything that might be connected to the emergency generator. Then, he crept down the dark hallway and started to open the door to the living room, and was blinded by a flashing strobe light. What? He thought he had disconnected that, along with the stereo! What he needed to do to escape from the blinding rays was to get into the small sitting room where the cabinet containing The Blue Lion was located. He must have only thought he had disconnected the power for the strobe alarm. Just to be safe, he cut any wire leading away from the stereo. The strobe light alarm was trouble enough, but at least it was silent, whereas the stereo alarm would alert anyone happening by on the sidewalk that there was a robbery taking place. He started to open the sitting room door, and immediately loud, pulsating music erupted from the dark. He quickly ran over to the stereo and smashed it to the floor. Silence once again descended on the house. He was afraid to move, but after about a minute of waiting, he heard nothing. Man, he sure had been lucky. That was the most bazaar thing he'd ever seen. The damn thing didn't have power, but apparently it could run without it! First the strobe light, and now the stereo; what the hell was going on? He quickly, yet carefully, went to work removing The Blue Lion statue. He gingerly started working his hand into the security case, avoiding the laser beams protecting his target. The last time he'd attempted to steal The Blue Lion, he had failed to notice an upper protective beam which shone straight down. Here he had been so careful avoiding the ones he had been aware of, and the one he'd been unaware of set off the alarm, so this time he very carefully reached in, avoiding the beams, grasp The Blue Lion, and as gently as he could, withdrew it out of its protective laser beam shell. At last, he held the statue in his hands. Nothing could stop him from stealing it now. He crept out of the living room, went back down the hall to the bathroom, and climbed silently out into the yard.
He had done it. He had stolen The Blue Lion; now, it was off away home. He started across the yard, and-suddenly, an earsplitting pulsing wail was emitted from the statue itself. From across the way, a light was clicked on in a house. Damn, shut up, you little bastard! He threw it in a panic against the outside of the house, and it fell to the ground, still shrieking its warning. He started running to make his escape when he heard the same voice, of the same man who'd caught him twice before; the cop who had been gone, bark,
"Freeze, face down on the ground, now!" But, he had checked to make certain the guy was gone. How? Damn!
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I recently received my newest DT project and I was super excited because earlier in the day I caught a glimpse of what I thought was mine to play with which was the new G45 Nutcracker paper line and some new shadow box. Anyway, naturally the wheels started turning and I was already envisioning what I was going to do, how I was going to distress everything and so on. Well the time came to take my box home but Can you guess what happened when I looked inside? NO G45! Yup, No Nutcracker Paper, No shadow box...instead I held in my hand the new Prima 6x6 mix media album and the newest Authentique Thanksgiving paper line. Now don't get me wrong I loved what I was given it just took me by surprise because I couldn't begin to imagine how I would combine them. As a matter of fact earlier that week I was on the Authentique website thinking to myself how fun it would be to play with that exact paper line and just last month I actually almost purchased the new Prima album so its very interesting how this all worked out.
It was kind of funny how my fist initial reaction at that moment was "What am I suppose to do with this?" I've never seen a mix media album that had a Thanksgiving theme. So I decided that somehow I was going to make this work and to tell you the truth I had a lot of fun. One of my biggest challenges is knowing as my friend Gwen puts it to "leave it alone and walk away!" Making this allowed me to practice this concept and I was amazed by how fast and easy it was for me to create so many pages in so little time and be done with my project. I am Thankful that these DT projects keep me on my toes creatively and before I go I want to challenge my readers to try this at home! Make something mix media/Thanksgiving and send me a link or post a photo of what you come up with because I would love to see it.
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It is tradition in Turkey to shoot into the air to celebrate weddings, circumcisions or sports victories.
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A Republican lawmaker who served in combat in Afghanistan is urging Defense Secretary Leon Panetta not to make an example of the four Marines videotaped who were videotaped urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters.
Despite the outrage that the video has caused among U.S. officials and allies, the Marines' case "should not be used to make a statement to our partners in the region," wrote Rep. Duncan D. Hunter of California, a member of the House Armed Services Committee.
Mr. Hunter acknowledged in his letter, sent Wednesday, that the "actions of the Marines [shown in the video] were wrong … [and] unnecessary."
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West Seattle Triangle rezoning: Final council vote MondayDecember 16, 2011 at 1:57 pm | In Development, Triangle, West Seattle news | 11 Comments
If you have anything to say to the City Council before their final vote on West Seattle Triangle (and vicinity) rezoning, Monday afternoon is your last chance – in the public-comment period at the start of their 2 pm meeting (here's the agenda). If you've missed the previous coverage, the rezoning is detailed in the ordinance the council will consider. You can read it here (that's where we got the map you see above). Two of the main points: Most of The Triangle itself is rezoned from "commercial" to "neighborhood commercial," which means different standards for future development, particularly stipulations about street-level features; several chunks of land, including some that are west/southwest of The Triangle itself, get 20 more feet of height, to an 85-foot maximum. That includes, for example, what are currently the sites of Les Schwab Tires, Cycle U (future Highline Medical), West Seattle Produce, WSP's former site across Fauntleroy, the two gas-station sites across from each other at Alaska/Fauntleroy, Howden-Kennedy, and more – see the map (sorry we don't have a larger version, but many browsers can zoom). The council also will vote on a resolution asking SDOT to do a parking study for The Triangle, since the topic came up so often in the process that preceded this. Side note: Right after taking up The Triangle, the council moves to a final vote on the plastic-bag ban.
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I could not be more disappointed in the city council and DPD concerning this proposal. Residents in this community have advocated strongly to limit the height increases where it borders a lower/residential zone – specifically L-2, L-3 and SF5000 zones (all 35ft zoned). A possible 50 foot difference in height for two structures that sit next to each other is horrendous. Shame on council and DPD!
Comment by ericak — 2:15 pm December 16, 2011 #
This is a fantastic proposal. We need the rezone to encourage redevelopment in the Triangle to stop the decay that characterizes the area now, particularly the former Huling properties. Kudos to the DPD and Committee on the Built Environment for all the hard work they've done to get this rezone before the full council this year.
Comment by Peter on Fauntleroy — 3:24 pm December 16, 2011 #
Uhm, poor resolution on that image, can hardly tell the difference between 65 & 85. Can you replace it with something that hasn't been so highly compressed, and isn't so pixilated?
Comment by brizone — 3:50 pm December 16, 2011 #
Sorry, Bri, it's not even compressed – it's straight across from the city website (I didn't even run it through our system as I do with most images), which is why I wrote, that's all we have.
Sally Clark and her "committee for the built environment" are pushing these increased height limits in all the neighborhoods, despite universal opposition by residents.
They repeatedly hold meetings where input from greedy developers holds equal weight with that of life-long residents.
Their "citizen" advisory committee is comprised completely of architects who have an obvious vested interested in development and are biased against neighborhood preservation.
Less than 1 parking place per unit is required for these buildings. They crowd neighborhoods and bring in overwhelming numbers of transient residents who have no permanent ties to our community.
Skyscrapers destroy neighborhoods, and many cities have learned that there are ways to increase density without tall buildings. Too bad our so-called leaders can't be bothered to do their homework.
Comment by JoAnne — 7:48 am December 17, 2011 #
Just one correction. The citizen advisory committee for The Triangle was not comprised of architects. It did not propose the increased heights, either. The advisory committee included neighborhood group leaders who have spoken openly against that part of the proposal. – TR
Gotta keep up with step sister Bellevue, darnit!
Comment by Rick — 8:19 am December 17, 2011 #
JoAnne — wow. With all the errors in your comments, I'm curious what agenda is behind your negative comments in thread after thread. First, there is not 'universal opposition' to these changes. Second, an 85′ tall building would be about 8 stories, which is not a 'skyscraper'. Please provide an example of how you increase density without taller buildings? Third, is there some rule that if you live in WS, you have to buy a home so you won't be a 'transient resident? I know people who have rented in the same neighborhood for 20+ years who are very dedicated to their community; I know people who own homes who could care less about their neighbors.
So much hyperbole doesn't really sell your comments very effectively.
Comment by metrognome — 8:33 am December 17, 2011 #
"They repeatedly hold meetings where input from greedy developers holds equal weight with that of life-long residents."
JoAnne, since when did holding the opinion of everyone on the same level become a bad thing? Please consider yourself lucky "they" do hold input from everyone equally because if not, your opinion would likely be worth quite a bit less given the fact developers are typically required to pay thousands in development and permit fees as well as providing give backs to the city and community in terms of required improvements and the like. Based on those terms alone, the "greedy developers" would likely hold much more sway than you ever could if such input was not heard on the same plane.
Additionally, given the fact you state numerous errors in your post you have an obvious lack of knowledge in the fields of architecture, real estate development, and urban planning and as such you should again consider yourself lucky your opinion is held on the same level as professionals at such meetings.
Comment by Delridge Res — 3:34 pm December 17, 2011 #
WSB–I was talking about the advisory committee for built environment, not for the triangle.
Our neighborhood group leaders have been wonderful advocates for us and have done an outstanding job. Of course they did not propose the height increase.
DelRes The whole point of citizen advisories is so that residents have a voice and the neighborhood doesn't completely lose its character as a result of "professionals" whose main goal is to profit by ruining people's neighborhoods.
But you did remind me that the city is just as greedy for a bigger tax base as the developers are for cash. I should have pointed that out.
Comment by JoAnne — 4:30 pm December 17, 2011 #
JoAnne, we've butted heads over this before. I just don't understand where you expect people to go. Seattle is growing. People need a place to live. Aside from burrowing underground, how do we increase density? Please enlighten us.
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The Rangers beat the Sabres 3-2 in a shootout last night at the HSBC Arena for their 10th win in 14 games since a 3-1 defeat at Buffalo Oct. 22. Jagr had a goal and an assist, then netted the decisive goal in the shootout before Kevin Weekes stopped Chris Drury on Buffalo's last attempt.
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"Judge (Thomas) Kelley set bail at $10 million," Holt said Monday. "We found a bondsman. Bail was posted. It's going to stick."
Accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill his estranged wife's boyfriend, Hess has been free on that bail amount since Friday.
He appeared in the York County Judicial Center on Monday to contest a request for a Protection From Abuse order brought by his wife, Laurie Keasey.
"If any problems arises with his bail, I have someone willing to step in and post it," Holt said.
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A man who answered the phone number for Fabie's bail business on Monday said Fabie was unavailable. He added, "We really aren't interested in any kind of conversation with the paper."
According to a York County ordinance, approved bondsmen can post no more than three times his or her assets, must file monthly reports with the Clerk of Courts Office and be subject to random checks by the district attorney's office to ensure compliance with county and state laws.
Kyle King, office administrator for District Attorney Tom Kearney, said on Sunday, "I can confirm that our office is looking into whether or not Mr. Fabie should have been able to bail out Mr. Hess.
Quoting the bail ordinance, King said, "'A professional bondman shall be permitted to write bail bonds not to exceed three times his or her personal net assets.' We question whether or not he has the assets to cover Mr. Hess' bail."
O'Shell said he does not believe a bondsman should be able to exceed his or her assets with one client.
"If you have one defendant representing one case, you better have the $10 million," he said.
Holt said Monday he is confident that Hess will appear for all court hearings.
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Educators can leave their tax homework to Liberty Tax Service this week.
The Walla Walla office, 688 W. Rose St. is offering teachers free tax preparation through Sunday as part of Educator Appreciation Days. All school employees, teachers and bus drivers can have their taxes prepared free if they are new customers of the office.
The offer is one of several planned over the next several weeks. Bob Dodgin, general manager of the local office, said the effort is a way to "show our respect for the teaching profession and those employed by the schools."
Liberty Tax has specific tips for educators. For example, those who use their own money on classroom supplies should be eligible for a tax break when filing a 2009 return. For more details, call 526-5081.
Downtown eatery Graze is giving up a portion of its afternoon sales to the Daily Market Cooperative.
Through March 13, Graze will donate 10 percent of all its sales between 3 and 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday to the Walla Walla grocery co-op, 508 E. Main St.
John and Becca Lastoskie, owners of Graze, 5 S. Colville St., have operated a panini stand at the Walla Walla Valley Farmers Market over the last several years and are showing their support for local farms and food through the fundraiser.
It's no tasting room, but the Walla Walla Valley Farmers Market could be the next new place to sample local wine.
According to a report from Oregon Public Broadcasting, a new bill in Olympia would allow wineries to offer tastes of their wines at Washington farmers markets. The proposed pilot program is similar to one approved last year for wine tasting in grocery stores.
L'Ecole No 41 owner and winemaker Marty Clubb told OPB that farmers markets are a venue to showcase "what is in essence a farm product."
The bill reportedly faces opposition from one group dedicated to preventing substance abuse. It has already passed the House and is pending in the state Senate.
Becky French of the Blue Mountain Humane Society will be the guest bartender Wednesday at the Stone Hut Bar & Grill in an effort to raise funds for the animal shelter.
French will pour drinks 6-9 p.m. at the Plaza Way bar. All proceeds from a special drink featured during the evening will benefit the shelter.
Strictly Business is a local business column. Vicki Hillhouse can be reached at email@example.com or 526-8321.


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© Copyright 2015 Newton Citizen
Buck Farmer had to wait a long time, but the former Rockdale stand out got to hear his name called on draft day. Farmer, who just completed his junior season at Georgia Tech, was selected in the 15th run (485th pick overall) by the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday during the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
Farmer, who was a first-team all-ACC member in 2012 and who MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo had ranked as the No. 96 prospect in the country prior the draft, has until July 13 to sign with Milwaukee.
Farmer had an excellent junior season as Tech's Friday starter, going 8-4 with a 3.54 ERA in 16 starts, while compiling 115 strike outs in 106 2/3 innings pitched. He was named an all-ACC first-team performer before he allowed seven earned runs in 13 innings pitched (4.84 ERA) in two postseason starts-a win over Florida State in the ACC Tournament opener and a loss to Florida in last weekend's Gainesville Regional.
After starring at Rockdale, Farmer was drafted in the 46th round (1,378th overall) of the 2009 draft by the Atlanta Braves, but enrolled at Tech.
As a freshman, Farmer went 5-1 with a 3.63 ERA in 19 appearances (three starts), and had 49 strikeouts in 52 innings pitched.
His sophomore season was his best as a collegiate, as Farmer went 11-3 with a 2.82 ERA and was named to the all-ACC second team. Farmer pitched well in the 2011 Cape Cod wood bat league, the most prestigious college summer league in the country, which earned him pre-season All-America status.
Another former area hurler was drafted Wednesday as Heritage graduate Anthony Bazzani was taken in the 31st round (942nd overall) by the Baltimore Orioles. Bazzani, who this past spring had a 3.40 ERA and eight saves in 27 appearances for Eastern Kentucky, is a rising senior at the Richmond, Kentucky school.
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Monadnock Run
Average Rating - This road has been rated by 4 visitors
State: New Hampshire
Date Submitted: August 1, 2006
Submitted by: Jason from Mass
Motorcycle Road Length: 75 Miles
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Start your route in the town of Bedford, MA. There is a gas station in the center of town which serves as a good meeting point. Begin Heading west on route 225 and follow road signs for 225 west through MA towns of Carlisle, Westford and finally Groton. Once you reach Groton, a detour will re-route you to other points of 225 or route 40. Both are OK as long as you connect with 119 in Groton. Continue on 119 heading north west Head west through the towns of Paper Mill Village and Townsend. After you pass through Townsend look for Mason road on the right. Take a right on Mason Rd which will in about a mile turn into Greenville Rd and take you over the NH border. Once in NH, the road changes names to NH Route 124. Now stay on Route 124 for a while as it goes to Jaffrey, NH. When you get into Jaffrey, you will pass through the US 202 intersection and in 2.25 miles you'll come to a road called Dublin on the right. Take Dublin Rd north (take a right) all the way up to the town of Dublin. This road is awesome!! (Note: you'll pass the entrance to Monadnock State Park (you may want to pull in there and check things out)). Dublin road will connect to Main Street in Dublin, NH. When you intersect Route 101, go right (east) and follow this road towards Manchester and eventually another Right onto 45 S. 45 will take you south through Temple and Greenville, MA at which point you can take either Route 31 or Route 123 south to Route 124 where you started when you entered into NH. From here you can either head back to Bedford or head wherever you want.
Great Ride. Start in eastern suburban MA, and work your way through scenic southern NH.
Road Quality
Awesome roads, full mix of NEWLY paved roads, long stretching straight-aways and a full serving of twisties.
Roadside Amenities
Very few. A small number of beds and breakfasts, some gas stations, but not too much to do other than enjoy the scenery.
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|Comment: Great ride through forests. Not too many grand vistas, but nice scenery. The roads after 225 are great. Dublin/upper Jaffrey and 123S are highlights. I strongly recommend riding 123S all the way to 124E to end the loop section. 123S is not to be missed! NOTE: Off of 119W in W.Townsend, you're looking for CANAL ST on the right, not Mason Rd.
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|motorcycle_year: 2006
|motorcycle_make: Harley-Davidson
|motorcycle_type: Cruiser
|Comment: Great Ride...really nice in the fall!
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|motorcycle_year: 2006
|motorcycle_make: Buell
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|Comment: Followed this route almost exactly and it was great! Thanks Jason!
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|motorcycle_make: Ducati
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|Comment: I've done variations of this loop two dozen times. When you need relief from those high humidity summer days, the 1000 ft elevation of the Jafferey area is great. Rt 137 is a favorite twisty road. Great memories riding rt 124 then turn right onto 101 east bound: climbing uphill, big sweeping turns, the U shaped road bending around Dublin pond!
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The first full Futuresonic festival in September 1996 was a defining event for the field, and its format has influenced events internationally. It featured adventures in sound and vision, experimental sounds & eclectic beats in a networked environment, mutant music machines, and digital demos and jamming sessions. Artists included Cristian Vogel, Andrew Weatherall, Autechre, The Wire Sound System, Kaffe Matthews, Matt Black, Sprawl, Alexi Blinov, Soundbeam, SSEYO koan, Header, Locust, Osymyso, Nine Bar ft Cujo, Sureshot, Resonator & Flavanaughts, Simon Mu, Talvin Singh, Matt Ducasse (Skylab), si/(cut).db, bitTonic, Pete Lawrence, Paul Thomas and Drew Hemment.
Futuresonic was founded in 1995 as an open forum exploring music and digital art, featuring live events, discussion, technical experimentation and sonic exchange. It brings together leading figures from a variety of artforms and disciplines to explore the convergence of media, the collision of sound art and the tradition of popular electronic dance music that began with Jamaican dub, and the interface between music, visual art and media arts.
adventures in sound and vision
pas & multi-media performances ft.
locust - icons of the 2oth century: visual breakbeats and aural montage
nine bar drum&bass showcase - with cujo, sureshot, resonator, flavanaughts
experimental sounds & eclectic beats in a networked environment
simon mu
paul thomas
talvin singh
sprawl club
matt ducasse (skylab)
the wire sound system
mat consume
magic violin - live sampling performance by kaffe matthews
in association with sprawl and cyberia
mutant music machines - demos and jamming sessions
laboratories of art technology/alexi blinov - opto-electronic instruments
soundbeam - ultra-sonic interactive installation
SSEYO koan - generative music
cristian vogel - sonic feedback instrument
dave bernard - electro-acoustic recycled digital instruments
sound recording workshop - by spirit studio/paul carnac
photographic exhibition (mell ericsson)
header CDrom
and various other technical presentations
haywire club night
andrew weatherall
cristian vogel
daz quayle
video mixing by atmospheric spectra
plus atmospheric spectra sound and vision installation
with live internet broadcast
technologies of sound - presentations
j bedworth & j auer: new metaphors for computer assisted composition - exploring horizons beyond the linear interface of existing musical authoring software. kaffe matthews: the instrument in the age of digital reproducibility - new forms of instrumentality and the live sampling of ambient sonic matter. rob chapman: sonic trespass and audio mayhem: beyond ambience - sonic pretensions chewed up and spat out in the direction of an avant garde populism
cultures of music and dance
panel discussion (mod. drew hemment). pete lawrence (big chill & global headz), dave beer (backtobasics), martin watson (time recordings, a&r at arista), simon mu (sense internet)
future directions in music
panel discussion (mod. moose). talvin singh, matt black (via internet), paul thomas (kiss fm), rob young (the wire) , cristian vogel, rob gawthrop (hull time based arts),
"The music at the end of the night was some of the most exciting live music I've seen all year. The climate that emerged at the evening's end seemed to lead to some genuinely adventurous methods and impromptu partnerships - particularly the Sprawl's MIDI jam session and Cristian Vogel's intense, galvanising Techno in the basement. It left me with renewed excitement about the unpredictable shapes which electronic music seems so capable of throwing at the moment."
Rob Young, editor of The Wire magazine
"Successful and stimulating meeting of minds from various hybrids of today's cutting edge music scene, constantly surprising and inspiring at the same time."
Douglas Benford, The Sprawl
"futuresonic is an initiative well past its time but all the more vital for that. It is an essential act of (post) modernisation trying to make amends for the almost obscene time lapse between the emergence of the new electronic musics and adequate theoretical or critical responses. Is not the continued neglect of the discussion and theorisation of sound in favour of more abstract, less dangerously sensual aspects of cyberculture a typically perverse example of British puritanism? On the continent the indispensibility of such discussion has long been acknowledged and acted upon. Here, as ever, we are just catching up; events such as this represent an urgent attempt to grasp the nettle and match the innovativeness and quality of "our" sonic productions with adequate conceptual responses. The time is now."
Alexi Monroe, theorist and musician
"The idea of theory and 'practice' going on under one roof was good. You could move through diverse environments, listen to music, feed your head, play an instrument. There were interesting nuggets (eg. Cristian Vogel: 'trance is like Rachmaninov') and I don't think the idea should be abandoned."
Jon Bedworth, Centre for Advanced Inquiry into the Interactive Arts
technologies of sound
With the rise of electronic music and digital editing techniques, technology has attained unprecedented influence and visibility. The evolving relationship between artist and technology, and between art and technique is to be examined, and the significance and potential of contemporary technologies assessed. Particular interests are the human-machine interface, the supersession of instrumental parameters, the decomposition of the sound object, and the convergence of media.
cultures of music and dance
Music impacts upon culture and upon the body in numerous ways. Throughout history it has played roles as diverse as the simulacrum of order, the soundtrack to everyday life, a medium of avant-garde expression, and a cultural weapon in the service of marginality. The functionality of music will be explored in terms of its shifting cultural impact and theoretical significance. The dynamics of acoustic space, modes of sonic engagement, and environments of musical reception are topics to be considered.
horizons in sound
Musical perception has evolved with changes in both culture and technology. And just as our understanding of music has changed, so have the demands we place upon it. In an age when notions of progression and development have been problematised by non-Western sensibilities, and when the experimentation of the avant-garde is often supplanted by the pragmatics of the dancefloor, the question arises, what are music's frontiers today?


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Figure it's more off-topic than Ravens-related... show off your gear if you got it!! Or if you see any in your travels, show that too!!
My tree. I have a ton more ornaments on my list this year, so I think my 4.5 foot tree will be the Ravens tree next year. Topped off with this...
I also have a Ravens stocking hanging from my fireplace (why houses in central North Carolina where it doesn't even get cold enough to snow have fireplaces is beyond me) and a Ravens Santa figurine sitting on the hearth.
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Marion County First Responders trained for ice rescues over the weekend. After a morning of classroom sessions where they learned about the types of ice and how that affects rescues, they headed to a pond in Pella for real life training. The responders donned special suits that kept them dry and warm, and took turns practicing a variety of rescue techniques, from rope throws to ice picks. Responders from other agencies around the county will be out again next weekend to take part in the training. Some departments around the county need funding to purchase ice rescue suits, contact Jeff Anderson, Marion County Emergency Management Coordinator, if you would like to donate.
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A storm of state-mandated changes in curriculum and testing, combined with the financial aftermath of superstorm Sandy, will force the elimination of 40 Stafford Township School District jobs, school officials confirmed Tuesday in a sober budget presentation.
The positions of seven teachers, two child study team members, 18 teachers' aides, 10 school greeters and three secretaries will be eliminated to save the district $963,685, according to Superintendent George Chidiac and Business Administrator Margaret Hom. Twelve of the 40 positions are full-time, they said.
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Posted on: February 25, 2012 10:39 am
Photo: Lance Berkman's new look
By C. Trent Rosecrans
Repeating as the World Series champions is a serious business -- and Cardinals first baseman Lance Berkman is obviously feeling the pressure.
In the team's first full workout on Friday, Berkman wore a fake mustache for "about two thirds" of the workout, according to the Associated Press cutline.
It's a good look.
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Halladay, CC lead over-30 Hall hopefuls
By Matt Snyder
In our series of Hall of Fame-related posts, leading to Monday's announcement about who will join Ron Santo in the 2012 Baseball Hall of Fame class, we continue right here with a grouping of 30-plus year old players who haven't yet rounded out their resumes. None of these guys could retire right now and be a sure bet for the Hall (though the top option would very much have a chance), but all have at least the slimmest of chances.
Saturday, we'll check out the under-30 crowd to see who is building a Hall-like foundation to their careers (Hint: You may see a "Felix" on there ... ).
For now, we're looking at players over 30-years-old who are still in their prime or just barely past it.
Looking Good ...
Roy Halladay - Could Doc retire right now and make the Hall? Maybe. Maybe not. I would say it's not a sure thing yet but he's headed to the Hall of Fame, because he's not retiring any time soon. If we do this again next year, he might very well have already moved to the surefire list. He's that close. The eight-time All-Star has two Cy Youngs, seven top-five Cy Young finishes and two runner-up finishes in the voting. He's already amassed over 2,500 career innings pitched with 66 complete games and 20 shutouts. His 188-92 record, 3.23 ERA and 1.17 WHIP all look nice. He'll surpass 2,000 strikeouts this season and he's already 40th all-time in career Wins Above Replacement among pitchers. He'll likely climb into the top 30 this season while going past 200 victories. Oh, and he threw a no-no in the playoffs. At 34, he probably has three years left in his prime. So, yeah, this case is nearly complete, barring him turning into Mike Morgan for the next five years. There are guys already in the Hall with worse numbers.
CC Sabathia - Carsten Charles isn't nearly as close as Halladay, he's just on the right track. CC is a five-time All-Star with one Cy Young and five top five finishes in Cy voting. He has a World Series ring and a 176-96 career record, to go with a 3.51 ERA (125 ERA-plus) and 1.23 WHIP. The problem for Sabathia is, though he's played 11 seasons, he didn't become dominant until 2007 -- yes, he was 17-5 as a rookie, but with a 4.39 ERA and zero complete games. From 2007-11, CC has been a Hall of Fame caliber pitcher, but that's only five years. He does already have over 2,000 strikeouts, though. Another three seasons like the past three he's had for the Yankees and he's a pretty good bet to make it, I'd guess. Five more and he's a lock. Since he's still only 31, I like his chances.
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Carlos Beltran - A Rookie of Year, six All-Star games, three Gold Gloves, 302 homers, 293 steals. Good? Definitely. Elite? Not yet. And he's a slightly-broken-down 34. It doesn't look promising.
Adrian Beltre - Those five seasons of having Safeco Field stifle his offensive numbers could prove very costly. He's still only 32, though.
Lance Berkman - Does the 35-year-old have about three more seasons coming like the one he just had in St. Louis? If so, he may just have a shot. If not, he's just had a really great career.
Mark Buehrle - He's only 32 and sports a 161-119 record along with two no-hitters (one perfecto). Four All-Star appearances and three Gold Gloves, too. If Buehrle pitches six more years or so with the same durability he may sneak into discussion.
Chris Carpenter - Injuries probably did him in. If you look at 2004-06 and then 2009-11 for Carpenter, and say he could have done that over a 12-year period in a 16-year career, he's a Hall of Famer. Instead, he really has only those six seasons to bank on, as his six-year stint in Toronto was mediocre. He's 36 now and probably doesn't have enough has left in his tank to put up four more big seasons, especially considering he wasn't awesome in 2011 and worked over 270 innings (playoffs included).
Johnny Damon - Do you believe 3,000 hits is an automatic ticket to the Hall? Everyone with at least 3,000 hits is in the Hall except: Pete Rose (banned from baseball), Derek Jeter (still active), Craig Biggio (not Hall-eligible until next year) and Rafael Palmeiro (tested positive for a banned substance). With 2,723 hits, Damon is two seasons away. But he's 38. But pretty much just as productive as he's been for a long time, according to OPS-plus. We'll see ...
Matt Holliday - In eight seasons, Holliday is a five-time All-Star and has received MVP votes in five different seasons. His rate stats -- .315/.388/.541 with a 137 OPS-plus -- look awesome, but Holliday didn't come up until he was 24. So he's a 31-year-old power hitter with just 202 homers and 770 RBI. Can he keep hitting like this for another eight years? Until then, he's not getting in.
Tim Hudson - His numbers are a bit similar to Sabathia, minus the strikeouts and World Series ring, but he's 36. Hudson will be on a Hall of Fame ballot, but just one, before falling off. Really good career, though.
Paul Konerko - It feels like he doesn't have enough time left. He's a 35-year-old power hitter with 396 homers and 1,261 RBI. Basically, you could say the same thing I said above about Berkman (subbing in "Chicago" for "St. Louis," of course).
Phillies' offensive trio - Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley formed the offensive nucleus for a team that won the NL East five straight years (and counting), the NL two straight years and the 2008 World Series. But considering various circumstances (age, injury history, etc.), it appears the Phillies offense had zero Hall of Famers through this stretch.
Roy Oswalt - Young Roy appeared on the way, finishing in the top five of Cy Young voting five of his first six seasons. The numbers for the 34-year-old show he's got a chance with three more really great seasons, but his balky back poses a huge problem.
Mark Teixeira - He'll turn 32 in April, so it would appear he has an uphill battle with 314 homers and 1,017 RBI thus far in his career. The .904 OPS (132 OPS-plus) looks really good, but Teixiera's only hit .252 the past two seasons combined.
Michael Young - He's a seven-time All-Star with a .304 career batting average and many writers seem to love him (he got a first-place AL MVP vote this year, for example). Young also has 2,061 hits and is 35. Does he have 939 hits left in him? He has 957 in the past five seasons. He could probably play five more seasons as a DH.
So what do you think, readers? Any of these guys have a shot? Who has the best shot?
Coming Saturday: Under-30 players who have laid a foundation
Sunday: "Asterisk" guys with Hall-type resumes
Monday: 2012 Hall of Fame inductee(s) announced
Monday: Looking ahead at the 2013 first-year eligibles
Monday: Looking at the '14, '15 and '16 first-year eligibles
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Category: MLB
Tags: Adrian Beltre, AL Central, AL East, AL West, Astros, Braves, Cardinals, Carlos Beltran, CC Sabathia, Chase Utley, Chris Carpenter, Dodgers, Giants, Hall of Fame, Indians, Jimmy Rollins, Johnny Damon, Lance Berkman, Mariners, Mark Buehrle, Mark Teixeira, Marlins, Matt Holliday, Matt Snyder, Mets, Michael Young, NL Central, NL East, NL West, Paul Konerko, Phillies, Rangers, Rays, Red Sox, Rockies, Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, Royals, Ryan Howard, Tim Hudson, White Sox, Yankees
Posted on: December 15, 2011 11:14 am
Edited on: December 15, 2011 12:27 pm
Homegrown Team: Houston Astros
By Matt Snyder
What if players were only permitted to stay with the team that originally made them a professional? No trades, no Rule-5 Draft, no minor or major league free agency ... once you are a professional baseball player, you stay in that organization. This series shows how all 30 teams would look. We give you: Homegrown teams. To view the schedule/past entries of this feature, click here.
The most interesting thing about our latest installment in this series is that I believe this would have been one of the better teams in the majors had we done the exercise three or four years ago. How good would a Johan Santana, Roy Oswalt, Freddy Garcia top three in the rotation have been a handful of years ago -- along with Lance Berkman, Hunter Pence and Bobby Abreu leading the offense? Alas, we're doing it now and some of that sounds far less enticing. Still, let's check it out.
1. Hunter Pence, CF
2. Jose Altuve, 2B
3. Ben Zobrist, RF
4. Lance Berkman, LF
5. Bobby Abreu, 1B
6. Chris Johnson, 3B
7. John Buck, C
8. Aaron Miles, SS
Starting Rotation
1. Johan Santana
2. Roy Oswalt
3. Wandy Rodriguez
4. Bud Norris
5. Jordan Lyles
Closer - Brad Lidge
Set up - Chad Qualls, Matt Albers, Troy Patton, Fernando Abad,
Long - Felipe Paulino, Freddy Garcia
Notable Bench Players
Ramon Castro, Carlos Guillen, Drew Sutton, Brooks Conrad, Brian Bogusevic
What's Good?
The trio of Pence, Zobrist and Berkman makes the front part of the offense look really attractive and Abreu offers decent protection for the Puma. Fitting in that two-hole would also do wonders for the development of the young Altuve. Can we assume health in this exercise, considering it's for fun? Sure, I will. So the starting rotation looks pretty good -- albeit not dominant anymore -- with Johan as the ace and Oswalt a good number two (remember, back issues hampered him last year). If Lyles isn't ready yet, we can plug in Garcia or Paulino as the five.
What's Not?
Lidge and Qualls aren't bad, but there is nothing in front of them worth much except two starting pitchers -- and, again, we may need one of the two in the rotation. The bottom part of the batting order isn't very good either and the bench is thin. But let's focus on what is really bad: The defense. I fought back and forth with whether to put Abreu or Berkman in LF, but either one is a bad choice. I just feel like Berkman can move better at this point. I also had to shift Pence to center, even though he's better suited in right. Miles is much better used at second base and he's not even really good there.
Comparison to real 2011
Well, the 2011 Astros were the worst team in the majors and in franchise history. This team isn't particularly good, but it's better than that. With that rotation, a decent back-end of the bullpen and some offense, these Astros should be able to work close to the 75-win range. One thing is for sure, they wouldn't be the worst team in the NL Central. I also feel like the best news for Astros fans is there would actually be some name players here to root for, after having seen the likes of Oswalt, Berkman, Pence and Michael Bourn traded over the past two real seasons. Still, you can't help but think that there are enough pieces here that the Astros could have properly built a real-life team that was still in contention in 2011 -- had they made the right moves.
Next: Los Angeles Dodgers
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Category: MLB
Tags: Aaron Miles, Astros, Ben Zobrist, Bobby Abreu, Brad Lidge, Brian Bogusevic, Brooks Conrad, Bud Norris, Carlos Guillen, Chad Qualls, Chris Johnson, Drew Sutton, Felipe Paulino, Fernando Abad, Freddy Garcia, Homegrown, Hunter Pence, Johan Santana, John Buck, Jordan Lyles, Jose Altuve, Lance Berkman, Matt Albers, Matt Snyder, NL Central, Ramon Castro, Roy Oswalt, Troy Patton, Wandy Rodriguez
Posted on: December 8, 2011 10:52 am
Edited on: December 8, 2011 11:06 am
What's next for the Cardinals?
By Matt Snyder
DALLAS -- A Cardinals legend is leaving St. Louis and headed to Los Angeles, as Albert Pujols has signed with the Angels. For many, the main question here is, where do the Cardinals go from here?
There are several moving parts. Let's sort through them.
• As far as first base, the Cardinals already had a backup plan. Lance Berkman can shift right back to first, where he's best suited defensively anyway. This eliminates an awful defensive hole in the outfield, though it is obviously a defensive downgrade at first base, as Pujols is one of the best in the game. It was very unlikely the Cardinals would pursue Prince Fielder or even a lesser free agent first baseman like Carlos Pena before we knew about the Allen Craig injury. With the injury, do the Cardinals get hasty and go large after Fielder? It doesn't seem like a good bet, but we do know the Cardinals had a truckload of money they were about to spend and now haven't been able to do so. So feel free to speculate away.
• In the outfield, the Cardinals now have a predicament. They were set to go with Berkman, Jon Jay and Matt Holliday. If Pujols left, Berkman would slide to first base and Craig would become the everyday right fielder. The problem is, Craig is likely out until May. And you never know how players will bounce back from knee surgeries. What if there are setbacks? So this poses a big problem. It looks like it's Skip Schumaker in right, for now, and there isn't really much better the Cardinals can do -- assuming their free agent focus turns to Rollins, which I fully expect.
• One last thing, we have to remember the Cardinals are getting back a healthy Adam Wainwright. They won the World Series last season without their ace. And now he's back. So the starting pitching will be improved.
And it better be, because the Cardinals just lost the best player of the last decade.
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Category: MLB
Tags: 2012 free agency, 2012 MLB Free Agency, 2012 MLB Free Agents, 2012 MLB Hot Stove, AL West, Albert Pujols, Allen Craig, Angels, Cardinals, Carlos Pena, free agency, free agent tracker, Jimmy Rollins, Lance Berkman, Matt Snyder, MLB Free Agency, MLB Free Agents, MLB Hot Stove, MLB Rumors, NL Central, Prince Fielder
Posted on: November 8, 2011 3:56 pm
Berkman: Astros' move to AL 'a travesty'
By C. Trent Rosecrans
Lance Berkman won a World Series with the Cardinals, but he'll still be identified mostly with the Astros, where he spent the first 11-plus years of his career in Houston and in the National League. Berkman, a Houston native, isn't happy with the idea that the Astros could move to the American League.
"I think it's a travesty," Berkman said during a news conference on Tuesday (via the Houston Chronicle). "It's a National League franchise. I think if they were going to do something like that, Milwaukee's the choice to go back to the American League; they're historically an American League franchise.
"It's a shame, I think, that Bud Selig is probably going to make that be sort of a condition of the sale. I don't like it. Even when I retire and live here in Houston, I don't want to go watch American League baseball. I'd like to have a National League team."
There could be an ulterior motive -- Berkman hit .425/.477/.900 with five home runs in 11 games against the Astros in 2011 and .196/.274/.304 with one homer in 15 games against the Brewers.For more baseball news, rumors and analysis, follow @eyeonbaseball on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feed.
Category: MLB
Tags: AL West, Astros, Brewers, C. Trent Rosecrans, Cardinals, Lance Berkman, NL Central
Posted on: November 3, 2011 10:23 pm
Verlander tops at Players Choice awards
By Matt Snyder
Major League Baseball Players Association held its annual awards show Thursday night on MLB Network to reveal winners in 10 different categories. Tigers ace Justin Verlander was the big winner, taking home both the AL Pitcher of the Year and the MLB Player of the Year awards. This on the same night he announced he will grace the cover of a video game in the spring, so it was quite a night for Verlander.
Here's a complete list of the winners:
MLB Player of the Year: Verlander
Marvin Miller Man of the Year: Michael Young, Rangers
NL Outstanding Player: Matt Kemp, Dodgers
NL Outstanding Pitcher: Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers
NL Outstanding Rookie: Craig Kimbrel, Braves
NL Comeback Player: Lance Berkman, Cardinals
AL Outstanding Player: Curtis Granderson, Yankees
AL Outstanding Pitcher: Verlander
AL Outstanding Rookie: Mark Trumbo, Angels
AL Comeback Player: Jacoby Ellsbury, Red Sox
It's worth noting that this was the second time in three years Young has taken Man of the Year honors, which is given to a "player who inspires others to higher levels of achievement by his on-field performances and contributions to his community." The other nominees for that award were Paul Konerko of the White Sox and Adam Wainwright of the Cardinals.
Click here to view a complete list of the nominees on MLBPlayers.com.
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Category: MLB
Tags: 2011 awards, AL Central, AL East, AL West, Angels, Braves, Cardinals, Clayton Kershaw, Craig Kimbrel, Curtis Granderson, Dodgers, Jacoby Ellsbury, Justin Verlander, Lance Berkman, Mark Trumbo, Matt Kemp, Matt Snyder, Michael Young, NL Central, NL East, NL West, Rangers, Red Sox, Tigers, Yankees
Posted on: November 1, 2011 5:40 pm
Edited on: November 1, 2011 10:20 pm
Team-by-team NL free agency outlooks
By C. Trent Rosecrans
With open free agency set to hit us at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, it's worth taking a quick look at what every single team is going to be looking for. We've already done detailed breakdowns in the R.I.P. series, so here are some quick hitters for the National League:
Miami Marlins | R.I.P.
New York Mets | R.I.P.
Philadelphia Phillies | R.I.P.
Washington Nationals | R.I.P.
Cincinnati Reds | R.I.P.
Houston Astros | R.I.P.
Needs: first baseman, shortstop, third baseman, relief pitching
Money to spend? Some -- for the right people. The team will try to make a pitch to retain Fielder and possibly Jerry Hairston Jr., but are likely celebrating to be free of Yuniesky Betancourt. The team probably won't be in the race for Reyes or even Jimmy Rollins, but could be in the market for a second-tier shortstop like Clint Barmes. They'll also need to add some arms in the bullpen, but could try to re-sign the likes of Takashi Saito and LaTroy Hawkins.
Pittsburgh Pirates | R.I.P.
St. Louis Cardinals | R.I.P.
Colorado Rockies | R.I.P.
Los Angeles Dodgers | R.I.P.
San Diego Padres | R.I.P.
San Francisco Giants | R.I.P.
Category: MLB
Tags: 2012 free agency, 2012 MLB Free Agency, 2012 MLB Free Agents, 2012 MLB Hot Stove, Aaron Hill, Adam Wainwright, AL Central, AL East, AL West, Albert Pujols, Andrew McCutchen, Astros, Braves, Brewers, C. Trent Rosecrans, C.J. Wilson, Cardinals, Carlos Beltran, Charlie Morton, Chris Carpenter, Clint Barmes, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Francisco Cordero, Frank McCourt, free agency, free agent tracker, Giants, Heath Bell, Jake Westbrook, James McDonald, Jeff Karstens, Jerry Hairston Jr., Jim Crane, Jimmy Rollins, John Mayberry Jr., Jose Reyes, Kelly Johnson, Kevin Correia, Kyle Lohse, Lance Berkman, LaTroy Hawkins, Marlins, Mets, MLB Free Agency, MLB Free Agents, MLB Hot Stove, Nationals, Neil Walker, NL Central, NL East, NL West, Padres, Phillies, Pirates, Prince Fielder, Reds, Rockies, Roy Oswalt, Ryan Madson, Sandy Alderson, Takashi Saito, Theo Epstein, Tyler Pastronicky, Walk Jocketty
Posted on: October 29, 2011 12:55 am
2011 World Champs: St. Louis Cardinals
By Matt Snyder
Another season gone, another disappointment for 29 teams as one is immortalized forever -- this time around it's the St. Louis Cardinals. Let's take a look back at 2011 and forward in Eye on Baseball's R.I.P. series...
Team name: St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 90-72, 2nd place in NL Central, NL wild card winner. Won NLDS 3-2 over Phillies, won NLCS 4-2 over Brewers, won World Series over Rangers 4-3.
Manager: Tony La Russa
Best hitter: Albert Pujols -- .299/.366/.541, 37 HR, 99 RBI, 105 R, 9 SB
Best pitcher: Chris Carpenter -- 11-9, 3.45 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 191 K, 237.1 IP
The Cardinals entered the spring as the favorite in the wide-open NL Central, but nearly immediately lost ace Adam Wainwright to a torn ulnar-collateral ligament. So he underwent Tommy John surgery and the Cardinals were largely written off as a serious threat to the Brewers and the defending division champion Reds. A 2-6 start didn't help matters, especially with Matt Holliday having to undergo an appendectomy. Oh, and Pujols was struggling out of the gate. But a change at the back-end of the bullpen and Lance Berkman's re-emergence as a big-time slugger helped straighten things out. By the end of April, the Cardinals were 16-11 and in first place. A bad June and mediocre July weren't enough to bury the Cardinals, but the Brewers huge surge in August seemed to end the postseason hopes for St. Louis. There was no catching Milwaukee. The Cardinals finished 23-9 and ran down the Braves in the wild card, advancing into the playoffs when the Braves lost in extra innings on the final day of the regular season. The fun times extended all the way until the World Series, as the Cardinals took down by the Phillies and Brewers en route to their 18th NL championship. An insane comeback in Game 6 of the World Series paved the way for the Cardinals 11th World Championship.
Yadier Molina, C (club option)
Gerald Laird, C
Albert Pujols, 1B
Rafael Furcal, SS (club option)
Nick Punto, IF utility
Corey Patterson, OF
Edwin Jackson, SP
Arthur Rhodes (club option)
Octavio Dotel (club option)
Everything boils down to what happens with Pujols. If the Cardinals can re-sign him, they'll have essentially the same team in 2012 as they had in 2011, but with a healthy Adam Wainwright taking Edwin Jackson's vacated spot in the rotation -- there's no way they'll have enough money to keep Jackson after extending Berkman and Carpenter while keeping Pujols, Wainwright and Molina. Obviously, if the Cardinals do come back with a similar team and Wainwright is healthy you can expect them to once again be a big-time playoff contender.
The biggest focus will be to retain Pujols and I firmly believe they will. What they have to do in order to get him to stay dictates flexibility elsewhere, but most of the biggest questions have already been answered. Carpenter, Berkman and Wainwright are locked up. Holliday already was. It actually seems like a sound strategy. Instead of taking maybe a few months to get Pujols' deal done and then trying to pick up the spare parts, the Cardinals know their budget and what their roster will look like around Pujols. It's one of the many reasons I believe they'll get him. There's obviously a plan in place.


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CPB Announces Creation of "Ready to Lead in Literacy" Grants
- June 16, 2005
Grants will help stations sustain and increase community-based childhood literacy work
Boston, June 16, 2005 - W. Kenneth Ferree, acting president and chief executive officer of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, today announced establishment of the Ready To Lead in Literacy grant program, which will help stations maintain and expand their community-based early literacy efforts.
Speaking to the annual meeting of the National Center for Outreach, Ferree noted that that current Ready To Learn activities are scheduled to wind up in September, and stated that, consistent with its mission, CPB would work with stations to help those activities continue. "Public broadcasting's commitment to young children and their families will never waver. It is at the very heart of what we do, and this will not change," he said.
Ready to Lead in Literacy will offer stations grants that they can use to maintain their Ready To Learn partnerships and activities, take a leadership role in their communities to advance literacy for young children, and develop fundraising and other capacities to sustain and increase this work in the years ahead. Ferree said that CPB expects to make grants to between 80 and 100 stations in amounts of up to $35,000, for a total of as much as $3 million in FY2006.
Ferree also noted that CPB and PBS had submitted a proposal to the Department of Education for a Ready To Learn initiative sharply focused on measurable gains in reading performance among low-income children. He said that the focus on results was consistent with the approach CPB was taking with its other programs, including its American History and Civics Initiative and the Partnership for a Nation of Learners, in which public broadcasters will collaborate with museums and libraries.
Ferree's remarks centered on the role of outreach in today's rapidly changing media environment. "The 21st century consumer expects more customization, more relevance, more impact. That is, they expect more than a single linear stream of broadcast programming -- no matter how good -- can, or ever will, provide," he said. "That is why outreach is so important ... It allows programming, and more importantly in the future, associated content, to have a real impact on people, their lives, and their communities."
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Lucic: 'A little bit of a monkey off my back'
Bruins left winger Milan Lucic was the Game 2 hero tonight for the Bruins, scoring the winning goal after turning and firing on a bouncing puck with under three minutes to go in regulation time at the Garden.
"It feels great," Lucic said in the locker room after the game. "It was a real big situation here and it was an opportunity for us to go up 2-0 in the series and get the game winner for that is a great feeling, happy about it, but not satisfied, and just gotta push and want more."
"As a team, we apply the pressure, I think that's when we are at our best, so no matter who you are playing, when you win puck battles and puck races, you're giving yourself a chance to score and create opportunities," Lucic said. "So on that goal, we did whatever we could to keep the puck in and win puck battles and that's why it found a way in...
"We did a great job keeping our feet moving and having that relentless work ethic in the offensive zone to win puck battles and puck races," Lucic said of his linemates that kept the pressure on the Flyers in the closing minutes of the game. "We were able to do that and kind of a lucky bounce, dropped right there in front of me, I just turned around and shot it and it found a hole."
More from Lucic:
On the winning goal:
"If I could have got it past the defenseman, it had a chance to go in... It's great to be able to contribute like that, and score a big goal like that. A little bit of a monkey off my back, and I just have to try to build off it... My whole thought process was to just get it on net, turn and shoot and get it on net. Luckily it found a hole... To score a game winner in the playoffs is obviously a great feeling. Hopefully we can take advantage of that.
On playing at home:
"It's your home rink. You gotta take advantage when you have home ice here in the playoffs especially. We knew how important this game was for us and we wanted to do everything we can to go up 2-0 in the series. Maybe we dodged a bullet a little bit here in the areas we need to get better, we know that, but we just have to sharpen up our game a little bit."
On playing with Krejci and Satan:
"He's a guy when he gets a puck on his stick he makes things happen, but he also likes to keep it simple and I think that's where I fit on that line... they get me moving and they like to use me real well... these last few games that I've been with them have been my best three games of the playoffs so far. It's just something that just clicked right off the start and I guess I got to keep it up."
On Miroslav Satan:
"He's finding ways to score goals and that's the reason why he was brought on this team to provide and produce and score goals, so he's done a great job with that. He's on the top of his game right now, playing with a lot of confidence and that's why he's been successful."
On if he could have made that game-winning play on his bad ankle earlier this year:
"I don't know. Obviously a turn like that puts a lot of torque on the ankle and it hasn't been fun playing with that when I first came back but it's gotten a lot stronger now and I'm not thinking about it anymore."
On his big hit on Ryan Parent before the game winner:
"I gotta keep doing that, keep my feet moving. I think that was a big reason why I was able to establish that forecheck and win puck battles, is because I was able to keep my feet moving. For myself, I just have to try be that presence and bring that every shift, every night, and good things will have happen."
On his continued improvement:
"I feel like I've been skating a lot better and I think that's why my game's gotten better. It's funny how everyone always says I'm not the best skater but I feel like when my feet are moving and I am skating, I'm most effective so I just have to keep that up and everything else will fall into place."
- Amalie Benjamin, Globe Bruins reporter
- Fluto Shinzawa, Globe NHL reporter


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most English words beginning in -x- are of Greek origin or modern commercial coinages. East Anglian in 14c. showed a tendency to use -x- for initial sh-, sch- (cf. xal for shall), which didn't catch on but seems an improvement over the current system. As a symbol of a kiss on a letter, etc., it is recorded from 1765. In malt liquor, XX denoted "double quality" and XXX "strongest quality" (1827).
Algebraic meaning "unknown quantity" (1660 in English), sometimes said to be from medieval use, originally a crossed -r-, probably from Latin radix (see root (n.)). Other theories trace it to Arabic, but a more prosaic explanation says Descartes (1637) took x, y, z, the last three letters of the alphabet, for unknowns to correspond to a, b, c, used for known quantities.
Used allusively for "unknown person" from 1797, "something unknown" since 1859. As a type of chromosome, attested from 1902 (first so called in German; Henking, 1891). First used 1950 in Britain to designate "films deemed suitable for adults only;" adopted in U.S. Nov. 1, 1968.
A person who is ostentatiously and smugly knowing; smart aleck, smart-ass: the way an old-time carny handles a tough wisenheimer with the aid of a hammer
[1904+; fr wise plus the German or Yiddish element -enheimer found in surnames based on German place names ending in -heim; the coinage may be motivated by the humorous attempt to add weight to the term and is perhaps tinged with anti-Semitism]
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Tense; anxious; on edge: She was a tall, angular woman, tightly wound, with a Nefertiti profile and hands made for scratching (1788+)


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The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You're playing the game, you're fighting the bosses, you know the how, but do you know the why? Each week Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.
We're up to water now in our survey of the elemental forces of the Warcraft setting. Having covered fire and earth previously, we now take a look at the forces of water led by Neptulon the Tidehunter. Unlike his rivals, Neptulon is devious enough to manipulate the other elemental lords into combat, crafty enough to gain a foothold on Outland with followers among the Naga and Twilight's Hammer (Neptulon's influence reaches far enough that he managed to have a powerful minion, Frost Lord Ahune, summoned to the Coilfang Slave Pens in an attempt to outflank Ragnaros), and of all elementals, those of water are even willing to work with mortals in an attempt to sabotage their enemies.
What is known about Neptulon is that he fought alongside the other elemental lords in the war with the titans, that even as powerful as they were, the lords of the elements eventually fell and were banished. However, despite the defeat of the Old Gods and the imprisoning of the elementals on artificial planes created to house them, Neptulon found ways to affect the mortal world. The ancient troll empire of the Gurubashi eventually felt the wrath of the Tidehunter and his krakken servitors.
The Third Troll Legend
But the Krakken are old, very old. They remembered when the land was first born from the sea.
They remembered when the Old Ones ruled and when the Travelers came and cast them down. They remembered when magic was new.
They are old and they hold many secrets. And though Min'loth's spell was strong, it, like the troll, was mortal.
And so it failed.
They remembered when the Old Ones ruled and when the Travelers came and cast them down. They remembered when magic was new.
They are old and they hold many secrets. And though Min'loth's spell was strong, it, like the troll, was mortal.
And so it failed.
While the Gurubashi had already been weakened by the Atal'ai priests of Hakkar the Blood God, it was Neptulon and his Krakken who dealt the death blow to that once-proud nation, striking down Var'gazul, the last emperor of the Gurubashi, and his chief mystic, Min'loth. Neptulon's ire seems to have been aimed at an ancient artifact named the Stone of the Tides, which Min'loth used to summon and bind vast armies of water elementals to his service in a bid to restore the Gurubashi trolls to a position of eminence that they had lost following the war with the Atal'ai and Hakkar.
Neptulon and the water elementals, as is the tendency of water, aim to erode the earth, saturate the air and extinguish the fire of their rivals. It seems that despite the titans' victory in the war, Neptulon has found ways to interfere in the day to day affairs of Azeroth ever since, from striking down the Gurubashi to setting up a faction in the wilds of Azshara to interfere with Ragnaros and his minions. (Even something as small as Tsunaman's activities in the Stonetalon Mountains must be considered in this light.) While we know the elementals of fire are in large part present due to Ragnaros' summoning by Thaurissan during the Three Hammer's War, and the elementals of earth seem to benefit from Therazane's brood and their presence to some degree, Neptulon appears to make use of the oceans to help him continue his influence.
It's also worth noting that while shaman generally interact with all the elements, for some reason those of water are willing and able to be summoned and bound by the students of the magical traditions of the Kirin Tor, which are themselves based on high elven magics brought to the Eastern Kingdoms by descendants of the Highborne of the Kaldorei. This of course leads one to consider why only Neptulon, out of all of the elemental lords, seems to allow this kind of thing and what connection (if any) it has to the ancient troll water elemental summoning that led to the end of the Gurubashi. Did Neptulon use avaricious trolls to weaken the barrier between the Abyssal Maw and Azeroth enough to at least slip some of his most powerful servants through, if not come through himself?
It's been established that mortal magics can only bind and control the weaker servitors of the water lord. Neptulon's krakken servants (like the Lurker Below) are more difficult to summon and control. Some of them seem to be regarded as gods themselves (Oacha'noa in the waters around Northrend), and it's unknown if all krakken serve Neptulon or not, but based on the use of multiple krakken against the Gurubashi, it would seem likely that he has a substantial force of these awesome beasts as his servants. We also know that the naga seem divided between those that worship Neptulon and those that have either never worshiped him or have turned against him. Not only does a naga sea witch lead you to slay a krakken named Leviroth worshiped by the Kvaldir, you can encounter Skar'this the Heretic (heretical in that he worships Neptulon) in the Slave Pens. With the coming of Cataclysm giving us a chance to see the naga and kvaldir in further conflict, the nature of Neptulon's relationship with either will hopefully be more defined, but it seems possible that he uses his krakken to control the kvaldir and has worshippers among the naga as well. Further evidence of the strained relations between at least some naga and the water elementals includes the imprisonment of Hydross in Serpentshrine Cavern, where he is punished for disobedience by being poisoned.
Given Neptulon's tendency to enjoy pitting enemies against each other or manipulating others, it's not hard to imagine him using the kvaldir to punish the naga for turning away from him, although it's hard to say exactly how far worship of the water lord has ever gone in naga society. We also don't know if the repeated elemental incursions have a direct connection to the elemental lords, or if Princess Tempestria is related to Neptulon in the same manner that Thunderaan was to Al'akir. For that matter, is Frost Lord Ahune considered a separate elemental lord, when he is clearly depicted as being subservient to Neptulon yet powerful enough to challenge Ragnaros to direct combat? Is Ahune the "Thunderaan" of the water elementals? Neptulon is subtle and his machinations vast ... He even has a hand in the Scepter of the Shifting Sands quest through the presence of Maws, an enormous shark sometimes called "The Wrath of Neptulon." (It's possibly just a metaphor, although it's hard to believe Neptulon wouldn't have some degree of control over it.)
In Cataclysm, we'll finally get the chance to beard the water lord in his Abyssal Maw, perhaps laying bare the secrets of the Tidehunter once and for all. Until then, all we know of the water elementals is that, like their element, they are subtle and erosive.