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Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane
Mass Market Paperback
53 used & new
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fiendish, Absolutely Fiendish
July 6 2004
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Shutter Island (Mass Market Paperback)
Shutter Island is a terrifying novel that chilled me to the bone. It played the hugest trick on me of any book that I have ever read. During the last couple of chapters I had this feeling of absolute disbelief - could this really be happening? Surely the book couldn't end this way. Please don't let it end this way! But it did. Bloody hell, I thought the ending to Hannibal by Thomas Harris was nasty. In this book, the ending is fiendish.
The characters were all described very well and with lots of imagination. Teddy Daniels is a US Marshal and the year is 1954. He is investigating Shutter Island with his new partner US Marshal Chuck Aule. You feel great sympathy for Teddy as his past is revealed - the death of his lovely wife Dolores and his violent clashes in the war. All this is written about in the most beautiful language. The scenes where Teddy goes back over his overpowering love for Dolores are particularly poignant.
Dennis Lehane draws you in to the plot by creating vivid characters, scenery, intrigue, mystery and clues at every turn. And then he calmly proceeds to turn everything inside out in the most shocking way possible. The plot was terrifyingly plausible and the last couple of chapters so hideous that they defy words.
Overall this is a great novel. Great in its ability to deceive and shock. Can I honestly say that I enjoyed reading it? Well, with tears falling down my cheeks as I got through the final chapters, I came to the conclusion that no, it had not been an enjoyable reading experience! Somehow I suspect Lehane never intended it to be. But he did a fantastic job of scaring the life out of me.
Something Might Happen
by Julie Myerson
15 used & new
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Thought-Provoking Novel
July 6 2004
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Something Might Happen (Hardcover)
Something Might Happen is a tense and absorbing novel. It looks at what happens to the family and friends of a woman called Lennie after she is brutally murdered in a close-knit village in England. The story is told through the eyes of Tess, Lennie's best friend. As the book progresses we uncover a lot about Lennie and her husband Alex, as well as Tess and her husband Mick. Other characters also have a large part to play, notably Tess's four children, the police officers investigating the murder, the family liaison officer and Lennie's father, Bob.
At first I was startled with the way that the novel is written in the present tense, which is different from anything that I've read before. It was very effective in making the action seem real and up close and I got used to it quickly. The characters were complex and interesting although they often did things that were not good for themselves - but I guess that's grief for you.
The dialogue was faultless and really captured the way that each person was responding to the murder. The descriptions were also great - the ones for Tess's baby Liv really made her come to life in my mind. The tension grew and grew, but I was still not prepared for the ending, which was a real shock.
Overall Something Might Happen is a thought-provoking book. It makes you think about the fact that something can easily happen at any moment to fracture our world. It's not a whodunit as such but I think most fans of crime novels would like it - it falls into the psychological category. I'm certain that I shall remember the characters and plot for a long time to come.
A Drink Before the War
by Dennis Lehane
Mass Market Paperback
48 used & new
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Witty and Gritty
July 4 2004
This review is from:
A Drink Before the War (Mass Market Paperback)
A Drink Before The War is an exciting and thrilling novel which fuses so many different elements; crime, violence, romance and humour. I read the book really quickly because it was so compelling and found myself laughing out loud at the one-liners.
The main character Patrick Kenzie tells the story in first person narrative. He gets more and more interesting and complex as the book progresses, and the insights into his childhood were fantastic. This book is the start of the Kenzie/Gennaro series, and it really is very promising. I've already read the last in the series - Prayers for Rain, and I can't wait to read the others to see what happens to them in between.
I thought Angie Gennaro, Patrick's PI partner and unrequited (?) love, was fantastic. Other reviews have commented that the sparks between them didn't fly, but I feel the exact opposite. I thought the romance between them was realistic and great. The part near the end where they kiss after the bomb scare was really touching. There was one point where Patrick says 'At that moment, I think I knew what love was', when Angie smiled at him. Perfect :-)
Overall this is a fantastic book which is witty and gritty. From a personal perspective, I was a little disturbed by just how violent it was sometimes. One particular scene where Patrick and Angie listen to someone being tortured on a cassette recording was particularly horrific. On reflection I think the book needed some of this violence to justify the lengths that Patrick and Angie go to later on, and to show the reader how bad the situation in the neighbourhood really was. In other words, the violence was not gratuitous, but I didn't like it either. I would recommend this to those who want to read down-to-earth crime and have a good laugh at the same time.
by Jilliane Hoffman
90 used & new
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unfortunately, I've read it all before
July 4 2004
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Retribution (Hardcover)
I have a confession to make; I really did not like this book. I couldn't finish reading past about a quarter of the way through - but because I ALWAYS read to the end I forced myself to skim read the rest. I can't understand such great accolades for stereotypical characters and a plot that, beyond the chilling rape scene at the beginning, failed to impress me.
I didn't like the style of writing from the beginning. Chloe Larson came across as irritating as hell in the first couple of chapters. I wanted to shout "Okay, I understand that she has perfect blond hair, a perfect size 4 body, a perfect life - enough already!' The plot was spoilt by over-the-top physical descriptions that sounded as though they came from notes on a Hollywood movie. Seriously though, the fact that the heroine had blond hair was mentioned far too many times in the first twenty pages, why didn't the editors notice this?
The book seemed to plod by, with paragraphs that went on forever and led nowhere. So much of it was predictable: Young blond woman is brutally attacked, she changes her looks and comes out the other side 'tough' but vulnerable, falls for brooding, dark-haired Italian Detective...and so on. I don't mean to sound patronising, it's just that I read a huge number of books and I've read this type of thing so many times before. What's more, I've seen the movie so many times before.
Overall I could not recommend this book because it was so hackneyed and stereotypical. The scariest and best-written scene was near the beginning and it all went downhill from there.
by P. J. Tracy
Mass Market Paperback
48 used & new
5.0 out of 5 stars
Want to Play?
July 1 2004
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Monkeewrench (Mass Market Paperback)
Monkeewrench (published under the name Want To Play? in the UK) is an original, fun and explosive crime novel from a promising new author. The plot was exciting and sprung more than a few surprises on me, the characters were refreshingly unique and very well described. The ending was high in tension and very satisfying.
The plot focus is split between three main character groups; firstly Sheriff Michael Halloran with his partners Bonar Carlson and Sharon Mueller, secondly Detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Roselph, and thirdly the Monkeewrench 'crew' - Grace, Annie, Roadrunner, Harley, Mitch and Diane - owners of a computer company who have mysterious pasts. The contrast between all these different characters and their situations made for a fast paced and varied novel.
What impressed me most was probably the writing style which was hilarious in many places, despite the serious subject matter, and touching in others. Characters such as Jackson, the small boy that Grace befriends, and the behind-the-scenes spouses of the police detectives were also very enjoyable to read about. The dialogue was fabulous because it was so realistic and inventive.
Things that I didn't like? Well, there are always a few! There were a fair number of coincidences in the book and some situations seemed too convenient. Sometimes I thought the novel became a little bit silly with certain exchanges between characters and some of the characters seemed more like caricatures because there were so over the top, particularly Annie, Harley and Gloria. Finally, the religion aspect got a little tiresome, it seemed all believers were viewed as 'fanatics', the type of people who condemn others to the fires of hell whilst being shockingly self-righteous. I suppose the kind thing that the priest did at the end of the novel for Magozzi seemed to address this imbalance to some extent.
Overall I recommend Monkeewrench (or Want to Play? as I know it) to all thriller and crime readers. It's a refreshing and interesting book with a range of likeable and deep characters. And it's funny - what more can you ask for?
All the Queen's Men
by Linda Howard
Mass Market Paperback
51 used & new
4.0 out of 5 stars
Emotional and Thrilling Novel
June 30 2004
This review is from:
All the Queen's Men (Mass Market Paperback)
All The Queen's Men is an emotional novel which packs the same punch as another Linda Howard book I read recently, Cry No More. What these novels both have in common is HEARTACHE - the characters have tragic pasts, baggage from previous relationships and at the same time are dealing with serious and dangerous situations. All in all, this leads to a read which can seem bittersweet at times and is definitely not as carefree as other Howard romances such as Dream Man or Heart of Fire.
Niema and John are likeable, well-rounded characters. Niema is still grieving for her loving, tough late husband when John comes back into her life. She is a charming mix of toughness and vulnerability, and I really liked her. John is the typical 'hard man' who is smarting from how his first marriage ended and, to some extent, is unable to express his true feelings because of his dangerous job. The relationship between the two definitely seems meant to be and most of their interactions are a mix of passion, tenderness and love.
As other reviewers have mentioned the ending is quite abrupt, but it made me cry anyway because I was so happy for them both. Overall I was unable to leave this novel for a moment while I was reading it, but I don't reread it often simply because it makes me feel sad - despite the happy ending. I can't help but think that their lives will be hard because John will always have to look over his shoulder and be ready for an old enemy to attack him and Niema again.
And Then You Die
by Iris Johansen
Mass Market Paperback
62 used & new
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not a great romance, not a great thriller...
June 30 2004
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And Then You Die (Mass Market Paperback)
And Then You Die is marketed as a novel of suspense, involving romance and action. On both these counts I feel the book fails to deliver. The characters, whilst interesting, are never fleshed out enough to make them truly likeable. The plot has several twists but it seemed almost mechanical to me.
The lead characters Bess and Kaldak are in many places scarcely likeable. Bess is grieving after the death of her sister but she is frequently illogical and abrasive. She basically decided that she didn't like how the CIA were protecting her and that she 'knew best'. Doubtlessly we were supposed to think that she was feisty and determined, but she came across as difficult and tiresome. The result of her interferance was that she constantly put Kaldak and other agents in danger for her own motives. Bess became insufferably bossy, telling everyone else how to do their jobs although she had no military / law enforcement background. Her constant protestations of 'I'm not hungry' and 'I don't want to eat/sleep etc' had me wanting to toss the book aside to grab the biscuit tin.
Kaldak was violent towards Bess at their first couple of meetings, hitting her in the face and knocking her unconscious on several occasions, which I found disturbing. Throughout the whole novel there was barely a proper physical description of Kaldak beyond the word 'intimidating'. Kaldak, in fact, describes himself as ugly - I would have preferred it if he was described in more detail so I could have seen him clearly in my mind.
A plus point was the dialogue which was fast and furious and very realistic, but the lack of description around the dialogue meant that we never find out much depth or background to the story and characters - it all seemed very one-dimensional, like a Hollywood blockbuster that has a time limit of an hour and a half.
Overall I don't think that And Then You Die is a great action novel, and the romance certainly falls short of what I was looking for. At one point Kaldak tells Bess that "If I'd needed to do it, I would have killed you, your sister, and your guide." To me, these were not the words of the protective, alpha male type that I like to read about, they had crossed the borderline into something less noble and vaguely alarming. Kaldak had certainly been damaged by his tragic past, more damaged than I felt comfortable with. Unfortunately the best part in the whole book was probably the last couple of pages, which seemed heartfelt and were a nice conclusion to it all.
Dying to Please: A Novel
by Linda Howard
Mass Market Paperback
63 used & new
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun, but not a classic
June 25 2004
This review is from:
Dying to Please: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
I picked up this book a few days after finishing Cry No More, a Linda Howard novel that is very emotionally draining. I wanted to reread Dying to Please because I remembered that it was equally passionate but much more light-hearted. Although the issues it deals with are serious it is definitely not as harrowing as the aforementioned Cry No More. For me, this is a good thing, I like romance best when it is relatively angst-free and the characters aren't tortured beings searching for salvation. However Dying to Please is not Linda Howard's best.
The characters in this book, Sarah Stevens and Thompson Cahill, are likeable and fun but not classics. Cahill is sexy, ripped and outrageous, but for me he lacks the x-factor that made Dane Hollister (Dream Man) and Ben Lewis (Heart of Fire) stand out. His messy divorce and cheating ex-wife have damaged him and made him question his trust in women (a little too much sometimes, if you ask me) and this makes him wary of a relationship with Sarah at first. Suddenly though he changes his mind and the relationship rushes into full swing - it all happens very fast after a fairly small amount of interaction in the first quarter of the book. Sarah is clever and driven and keeps Cahill on his toes and finds herself slightly bemused by how fast their relationship moves, rather as I was.
Overall this was a good book, the chemistry between the couple was white hot. I thought that for a first love scene that the wrestling / handcuffs / drainpipe thing (not as weird as it sounds when you read the book!) was probably a bit too kinky, but it was also passionate and sexy. Linda Howard even managed to pull off a 'betrayal' without making me want to poke things in my eyes (I've read far too many romances where the betrayals committed by the hero against the heroine are unforgivable and incredibly cruel. At least this one is explainable due to Cahill's flighty ex-wife, and he pays emotionally for what he does).
If you're reading this from a crime-reader perspective then you'll probably be disappointed as the murders and sleuthing are secondary to the romance by a long way and the reason behind the murders is fairly outlandish. I would recommend this to Linda Howard fans, but to those new to her I would recommend starting elsewhere as this one isn't her best, try Dream Man / Heart of Fire first.
The Memory Game
by Nicci French
2 used & new
3.0 out of 5 stars
Compelling, but characters are tiresome
June 25 2004
This review is from:
The Memory Game (Paperback)
The Memory Game is a startling and well written novel. The characters are described with great clarity and the plot is clever with several deft twists. The quality of writing is impeccable, and everything is explained in a lyrical style. Why, then, only Three Stars?
The characters may be original and three-dimensional but most are unlikeable. The very British word 'pompous' describes them all perfectly. I almost stopped reading halfway through because the characters were all so self-absorbed and stereotypically 'upper class' in an irritatingly bohemian way. The past and present actions of all the characters were made up of a mass of illicit affairs, broken marriages, secrets, lies and arguments. The one act that really underlined to me why I disliked them all so much was when Jane's brother decided to make a documentary about them all and despite initial protests they all took part in it - it was such a cold blooded thing to do and seemed so pretentious. The complex web of infidelities also wore thin, it got to a stage where there were so many affairs between different members of the same family that it was difficult to recall them all.
To some extent, I came to sympathize with the narrator, Jane, although I thought she was insufferable a lot of the time. The book was written in a first person narrative but I could not relate to nearly all of her life experiences. Even her love interest, Casper, managed to irritate me. Why the hell would any sane person want to name their daughter Fanny, which refers to a woman's genitals in Britain?
Overall The Memory Game is a competent thriller with a shocking, albeit thoroughly depressing, ending. The one thing that really shone out at me was Nicci French's writing style which was faultless. Often a new paragraph would start with a surprising opening line that would draw me in and keep me hooked.
Cry No More
by Linda Howard
43 used & new
4.0 out of 5 stars
Emotionally Draining Novel with Great Characters
June 11 2004
This review is from:
Cry No More (Hardcover)
Cry No More is an emotionally draining book with a dark side. However, it is also an exciting romance that is heart meltingly tender and passionate. The overall style of the book reminded me a lot of All the Queen's Men, an earlier Linda Howard novel, in which the characters (and indeed the reader!) were equally tormented. In Cry No More we have Milla Edge, a woman whose baby was brutally snatched from her 10 years before, and James Diaz, an assassin who prefers an isolated - but often lonely - existence.
Milla and Diaz were fantastic characters, multi-layered and believable in every way. Their interactions clearly showed how the love and companionship developed between them. By the end of the book it was clear that they were perfect for each other - no one else would have been quite right for either of them. The plot was good and the dialogue was realistic and fresh. I thought the 'betrayal' Diaz carried out against Milla was quite out of character for him as he was so conscious of letting her be independent and respectful of her as a person. However, in the end it seemed to strengthen their relationship and Diaz realised just how brave and kind Milla was, which I think he needed to know to completely fall in love with her.
I do have a few problems with the book that make it a four star rather than a five star review. Firstly, although Diaz was a tough, bad man (always good fodder for a romance novel) he was sometimes too brutal. Never with Milla, but in his dealings with 'bad guys' and murderers. I understand that Linda Howard had to show how committed he was to his cause, and arguably a lot of the violence was justified, but I hated a scene where he works on a villain with a knife. I just found everything about it squeamish and horrible. I want to read about a 'bad' man, but not to that extent. Secondly, sometimes the book detoured away from the romance a little too much. I must admit that I read romantic suspense novels purely for the romance, as I prefer to find thrills and chills and who dunnit's within the covers of a crime novel, so I would have liked Milla and Diaz to be together a little bit more.
Overall Cry No More was a satisfying romance novel and I cried buckets of tears during the final couple of chapters. The ending packs a solid emotional punch that leaves you reeling. The only drawback of such an emotional novel (like with All the Queen's Men) is that they are sometimes painful to read. When I think about rereading them I get a tense feeling in my stomach that normally means I end up reading Dream Man or Heart of Fire instead because as well as being great novels with fabulous characters they are more light-hearted and don't leave you in floods of tears.
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Brainstorm Session: Site Improvements
UPDATE 2: Bah, issues...will have to wait a couple of days on the archives.
UPDATE: I'm going to try and start importing our archives from the all-baseball.com and MVN days tonight. It may crash everything.
I'm not gonna be able to muster anything coherent about the Cubs this week. The organizational meetings start October 19th and I'm sure we'll start hearing some rumors around then about what the Cubs offseason plan might be. I think we can all pretty much guess it now anyway, left-handed bats, Dempster or another starting pitcher and filling out the bullpen.
That all being said, I'll probably be spending a good portion of the offseason working on improving the site and while I'm never at a loss for ideas, I would love to hear what things you guys would like to see. Just throw as much spaghetti as you can at the walls and we'll see what sticks. There's no such thing as a bad idea...except the really stupid ones. Now this sort of thing has a tendency to just lead to a bitchfest about everything that we don't currently offer or what sucks, but try to keep it positive and offer ideas on additions and improvements if you can.
And to help your brain get going, some topics to think about:
- Content - what more would you like to see of? What less would you like to see of? Ideas for regular features? Anything you'd like to come back that seems to have disappeared.
- Site Layout - Fuck that logo is big, make it smaller! Needs more advertising, etc.
- Site Functionality - Pop-up comments, Searches, etc...
- Community - Rate comments, posts, more chat oppurtunities, ban one commenter per week?
- Merchandising - Is there an 8x10 photo of Arizona Phil you want for your desk? Let us know..
And whatever else you'd like out of your Cubs site of choice....
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"And whatever else you'd like out of your Cubs site of choice...."
Why do you care what we propose to BCB?
I've said it before and i'll say it again:
Like SB Nation has.
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Avatars or piture logos (same thing?)
Comment boxes moving to the right on replies-no likey.
Less Chad, more Trans. :-)
Everything else is great.
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Comment boxes moving to the right? You mean threaded comments?
If so, you can turn that off.
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Okay, I'm sorry asked.
If you ask for opinions don't bite people's heads off when they offer.
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He was looking for upgrades, not requests for moving the site back a decade. How about you just surf the web with Lynx and you'll get exactly what you want from every site.
I keed.
Vin Scully-Vindicative SOB
On serious note, can anyone find Scully's call of Dodgers winning game 3.
I heard it on WSCR today and all he does is rips Cubs after final out.
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I agree on Scully. That was really weird. I'm paraphrasing, but he says, "The Cubs are dead," right after strike three to Soriano and then he says that "everybody in the state of Illinois" thought the Cubs were going to go all the way.
I'm sure some South Siders and some Cardinals fans around Belleville or so might disagree.
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I'm assuming that over the winter we'll get a little more AZ Phil, which is always good. Reports on things most of us can't watch are always nice, which is a big part of why I like AZ Phil's Reports and Mike Wellman's occasional AAA contributions. Good stuff.
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The only thing I miss from MVN is the pop-up comments.
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more animated flaming skull gif's.
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Boobs watermarked in the background.
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A different layout - more like a multi-section news site, less like a blog.
Different sections for all the regularly updated content - game threads and recaps, analysis, AZ Phil, Weliman, etc.
AZ Phil threads at the least deserve to be separated from the rest of the content - a different column or something. It throws off the pace at which the rest of the site moves, and the information is of a more timeless nature - better for reference.
Edit: I also thought merchandising was a good idea. I need my TCR boxers - or at the least a TCR knife scabbard.
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I'd love it if TCR could become a one-stop shop for all things Cubs.
- Game recaps/box scores (maybe not as in-depth as Trans' writeups, but enough so I don't have to go to ESPN or chicagosports.com to find out what happened in the game).
- Various Sections (e.g. Cubs news, reports from the farm, opinion pieces, trade rumors, stats, links to relevant articles on other blogs/sites, etc)
- How about Hot Cubs Fan of the Week. Once a week, someone scours Facebook to find the hottest chick in Cubs gear (shouldn't be hard), and posts her on here. Hey, chicks drive clicks.
Basically I don't want to have to visit any other site to read about the Cubs. Maybe this is too time-consuming, or just too much scope for a site focused on one team, but that's what brainstorming is for.
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"Basically I don't want to have to visit any other site to read about the Cubs."
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I read the site, scroll down to the bottom and read what I missed. If I hit reload, it doesn't show me new comments it just leaves me at the bottom. So I have to scroll to the top, click the TCR button, then click 'new comments' each time I want to refresh. It makes my life very difficult. I'd like a 'new comments' button at the bottom of the page...just above the "post a new comment' place.
Plus, I'd like breasts watermarked in the background.
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Bobos number 2. But it was a close race.
More appropriate:
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the girl linked to 'bobos'!
holy mother of God!
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Or at the very least the button at the bottom of the comments links to the (refreshed) home page of TCR where we can see if there are new comments or not.
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That's good too. How about a two links at the bottom..."Main" and "New Comments"? That would be neato.
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Definitely agree about a separate section for AZ Phil's posts, he is teh bomb.
Some general site rules would also be cool. Namely, I've seen at least one Cubs fan site I used to frequent lose it's hipness over politics, we don't want that here. Let's agree that it's all baseball/Cubs, all the time, and keep the other stuff to more appropriate blogs.
There has to be a better visual way of doing the comments, isn't there? It seems hard to follow various trains of thought in the longer threads, maybe that's because of a lack of quoting function in the comment box?
Just say no to avatars, that serves no useful purpose.
Perhaps a section on fantasy baseball tips, especially in the spring as roster selection time nears?
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"Some general site rules would also be cool. Namely, I've seen at least one Cubs fan site I used to frequent lose it's hipness over politics, we don't want that here. Let's agree that it's all baseball/Cubs, all the time, and keep the other stuff to more appropriate blogs."
I like it without the hard and fast rules. It seems there is already an implied "don't be a dick" rule in place that Rob enforces when things (rarely) start to get out of hand. It allows a little bit of off-topic goofiness from time-to-time and still gets rid of people like the infamous Towel guy who constantly abused the loose standards of Web congeniality.
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TCR seems to self-regulate pretty well and judging by parachat, there's definitely people represented from the extreme right and the extreme left that frequent this board.
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are you viewing the comments FLAT? If you switch to the THREADED option, you don't need to quote since your reply would be stuck to the original comment.
Unless of course, you're AZPHIL and you still prefer to quote the original comment instead of using the REPLY button. That works fine too.
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I liked popup comments too, but it's not a huge thing.
If we could make the poster's name stand out a little more it would be helpful when skimming. Maybe set it off at the very top of the post by itself.
How about setting up a way to "rate" a poster or a post? So that especially enlightening or interesting posts could have 17 stars or thumbs ups or something? If that were in place I would probably skim a 150 post thread that I missed rather than skipping it altogether.
Also, how about more recaps of playoff victories? You guys haven't done one of those in years.
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Any way that we could rate the comments in the threads?
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That would be awesome. The content management platform does provide a module for comment rating. Rob, would it be really hard to implement this? The only downside is that some of the users would never be heard from again (Navigator).
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personally, im not a fan of rating systems stuff.
it's turned boards like slashdot into amateur comedian night and newspaper comment boards into "mob thought rule" with how comments are ranked independent of fairness to the issue.
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if we rated posters i would have a + billion rating
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Just as a general comment, I think posts about your reaction to a game are far more interesting than the game previews that comprise a good portion of the content on this blog. The previews are good and everything, but I can get essentially the same thing from Yahoo sports. Obviously, the same cannot be said of your postgame thoughts. Those are unique and entertaining and pretty much the reason why I stop by this site.
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We need an occasional funny photoshop post especially after bad games and terrible losing streaks. I promise to come out of retirement and contribute if you add this. We definitely lost a lot of original Cubs humor after Trans decided to dedicate more of his time to that academic bullshit.
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Why do you think school girls are so popular?
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Poster profiles!
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I bet if you secured some kind of corporate sponsorship, you could make lots of really cool site improvements. I hear Motorola is interested.
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Rob, sorry if this was mentioned already but what about a mobile site? I have an iphone so it would be nice for the site to recognize I was on a mobile phone and load a "stripped down" version of the site. BTW I don't post much, but this site has been amazing and added to the awesome season (for the most part) we all had as Cubs fans! Keep up the good work!
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SHIT I just found the link..... So yeah I'm a dumbass :)
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I wonder if Parachat can work on Java enabled smart phones. We can get live chatting with folks at the game then. Since both AT&T and T-Mobile have/are getting heavy into 3G in Chicagoland, this makes it seem plausible.
I'm not sure how people around you at the game will react to the sounds of Parachat. That might make for some odd reactions.
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Cuban, Zell and the "ball of confusion"
in other words, market conditions delaying any sale of the Cubs
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I love this site, it's great. Not alot of suggestions for improvement.
I do need a Cubs Farm System--Top 30 prospects update. After the playoffs, I need to think about the future.
One last laugh at our selves and Cubs
Bill Murray on Snl Update last night, presidential debate go to 3:28 left on video
Re: One last laugh at our selves and Cubs
I happened to catch this since it was on right after The Office. At least I was able to chuckle instead of hurl the remote through the screen. I guess I've become immune to the Cubbery. The dude playing Brokow was awesome. The two doing the Obama/McCain impressions not so much.
Re: Brainstorm Session: Site Improvements
I would suggest that the "Latest on TCR" sidebar on the top left be removed. Not that I don't like it, but its dead giveaway when surfing at work :)
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I'm all for banning one commenter a week, as long as it's Chad every single week.
Also, I think what I really want is a TCR team photo for my desk that I can put next to my new picture of Katy Perry's bobos.
Re: Brainstorm Session: Site Improvements
I stumbled over TCR following the 2003 catastrophe and have really enjoyed the steady improvements.
Than being said, I'd say resist the urge to "fix" TCR too much. Its pretty good as is.
As mentioned above a 'refresh comments' button at the bottom of the page would be nice.
I'd vote against post rating stuff, and please, no avitars. -(pretty good conception of RobG, Carlos, Chad already, though Johann's mom remains tantalizingly mysterious).
Baker outlasts Pinella
Re: Baker outlasts Pinella
But oddly enough, he benched his own son in order to add 'veteran presence'. Jose Macias has been dominating the league.
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10 year old-Who is that big kid playing center?
Dusty- He's a friend of my daughter.
10 year old- He sure strikes out alot for a big kid.
Dusty- Quit being racist.
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Re: And btw
am I the only one who wants the team that beat us to do well?
I always view it as showing the Cubs are better if they lose to a winner. If they go on to lose, then it makes the Cubs look even worse.
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Honestly, I Couldn't care less who wins.
I suppose I'm rooting for Tampa just so some new blood takes down the old guard (Red Sox). I also like the idea of ratings being crappy for the WS.
If I had a gun to my head, here is the order of who I want to win it all:
1. Rays
2. Dodgers
3. Phils
4. Red Sox
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The Cubs already look bad no matter how you slice it. Revenge is all we have left.
Re: And btw
Me too. I think the worst part of last year was watching the team that scalped us, get scalped by Colorado. It was liked getting kneeded in the head after someone kicks you in the balls.
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You mean like last year, when the Cubs got swept by a team who got swept by a team who got swept?
Re: Brainstorm Session: Site Improvements
More idiot proof HTML, or remove it entirely and get something like the more sophisticated boards have (like parachat where you select the font you want), and a spell checker with Maddox and Clemmons in it so Chad doesn't have a stroke.
Some monkey was making fun of my html tags because firefox showed them differently than explorer, or something. You know you've got a good argument going when you're complaining about the use of italics.
edit: God my spelling...
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Back on topic since my first post was completely off topic.
- Make headlines bigger so each topic is clearly seperated.
- Make hyperlinks a different color, there is too much black bold so it's hard to differentiate what is bold for effect, and what is bold for a hpyerlink.
- I love AZ Phil's posts, but it seems odd right before a playoff game to have the top story be about the AZ instructional team winning a game in Mesa. Maybe a seperate section for minor league topics?
Otherwise, I've gotten used to the other quirks so I think it's really good now.
I am strongly opposed to Avatars, emoticons, and other misc, junk that would be attached to everyone's post. It might be interesting the first time to see what a user uses for an avatar, but it gets old and cluttered very fast. I like simple.
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"- I love AZ Phil's posts, but it seems odd right before a playoff game to have the top story be about the AZ instructional team winning a game in Mesa. Maybe a seperate section for minor league topics?
I thought the exact same thing. Well, actually, I thought 'who gives a shit?'. Ok, I know there are plenty who are interested...me included, sometimes...but it seemed pretty irrelevant at the time. Maybe separate, 'AZ Phil's Dissertations' section would make sense.
And, I think Phil's payroll summary that you've got on the right side is a great idea. It needn't be a post that is read and forgotten, but sometimes the posts are more useful reference-wise, that we'd be able to glean a few numbers from periodically. Payroll, depth charts, etc... Personally, I think an occasionally updated depth chart on the side of the screen (maybe with simple numbers added) would be pretty cool.
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That's a hell of a first impression by Montgomery. Brian Cashman having a good laugh on that debut.
...and it's a 3 run homer.
hey, vogelbomb had a HR on his 1st game with SEA AAA, too!
montgomery comes on with men on 1st/2nd, 2 out, in the 8th.
from rotoworld...
"Tommy Stokke of FanRag Sports reports Chris Sale was sent home from U.S. Cellular Field on Saturday after cutting up throwback jerseys that he did not want to wear.
I thought the same. It'd be great luck to face these non-contenders after the trade deadline.
...why isn't j.lucroy playing for TEX yet?
2r HR on a 12-pitch AB.
nathan to join the cubs tomorrow.
Wow in deed.
FOX Sports @MLBONFOX
Chris Sale was scratched from tonight's scheduled start due to a clubhouse incident before the game
he was sent home by the team, too. the wsox released a press statement and everything. they stated it was non-physical in nature.
He was scratched from his start today. No reason given.
At the start of the season the book was that he was trying to pitch to more contact so he could stay in the game longer and it seems to be working so far. Contact against is 77.5% this year and it was 70.2% the year before. He averaged 6.7 IP/game last year and so far it's 7 IP/game. His actual pitches per game are only down to 106.1/game from 107.2/game last year but if he's able to go a bit farther into games without throwing more pitches and without giving up more runs that is a good thing.
sale's skills and insane value makes it almost too hard to have a market for the guy...he's got 3/38m owed to him over 3 seasons (2 team options). he could easily pull in 30m/yr if he was on the market as a FA.
he's throwing a bit differently this season, especially with more sliders and less changeups like earlier in his career, but all his stuff still looks great even if the HRs are a little elevated and the Ks are down.
Torres, Happ, McKinney, Jimenez, and Candelario for Sale. Deal or no deal?
"The White Sox are reportedly asking for "five top prospects" for Chris Sale, FanRag Sports' Jon Heyman reports."
Unless he develops 30+ HR power and keeps his walk rate close to his K rate at the MLB level, he's not going to turn into Prince Fielder. And even if he does turn into Prince Fielder, he's gonna have a short prime. His very limited athleticism is likely to also detract some value from his ability to reach base--I don't buy making an out as being preferable to base clogging, but you'd certainly prefer just about any base runner other than Vogelbach, David Ortiz, etc.
seeing as arod has played a total of 27.1 innings of D at 1st/3rd and somehow managed a -0.5 dWAR with his 1 error at 1st and an overall positive total zone rating...he might end up even more in the shitter via the characteristics/flaws/whatever of how some sites determine various WAR values. dWAR doesn't directly lead to a WAR value, but the 2 main entities pushing the most popular variations of WAR sometimes lead to some interesting discrepancies in value.
I have a lot of faith in Baez that he's going to turn into a more consistent, solid player. It looks like it took him about a half season or so of futility at the plate to figure out he was not talented enough to get away with the crazy approach he had. I think his running game will eventually have a more measured aggression.

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Calling all data geeks and journalists! Testing is now open on DocHive, an open source Ruby on Rails project for capturing data from image-based PDFs.
Karma is a free, open source tool that makes it easy to convert data from a variety of formats into linked data.
University of Southern California postdoctoral fellow and NASA/JPL researcher Annie Bryant Burgess explains how her PhD is related to her involvement in open source, and tells us what Apache Tika has to do with studying polar data.
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$ wc -l $FILENAME
119559 my_filename.txt
$ LINES=$(wc -l $FILENAME | awk '{print $1}')
$ tail -n $(($LINES - 2)) $FILENAME > $OUTPUT_FILE
The output is fine, but what happened to LINES??
$ wc -l $OUTPUT_FILE
119557 my_output_file.txt
$ echo $LINES
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MF balers, Fendt tractors: AGCO combination Working Well for Australian Contractor
Victoria farmer/contractor Brad Mayfield has a new high-density Massey Ferguson 2270XD large square baler that will allow him to produce the top-quality bales his customers expect.
Brad and his wife Carla run Oakleigh Hay Contracting & Sales and each year they grow 300 hectares of crops on their farm in Victoria's Western District to make hay for their clients in the dairy and beef industry.
"I have run a Massey Ferguson 2170 RotoCut baler for two seasons," Brad says. "I've been very happy with it. It's very reliable."
"I sell the hay that I produce and am chasing the extra 20 percent weight gain in my bales, plus the extra speed when baling. Because the window for baling in the Western District is very short, speed is a definite advantage. That's a big reason I have purchased the new MF 2270XD baler, which is also RotoCut."
Brad says the RotoCut version of the new baler suits him very well for two reasons.
Performance and support build solid commitment to MF tractors
Australian contractor Wayne Marshall loves his Massey Ferguson tractors for their engines, their economy and the uniformity of their cabs.
Wayne has a fleet of nine Massey Fergusons, including three 15-year-old tractors that he just can't bear to part with.
Wayne and his wife Judy operate Bundy Ag from their home in Maffra, Victoria, Australia. They offer a range of services including bulk silage, hay cutting and baling, full cultivation and transport.
Silage is the primary focus of the business, which was formed 15 years ago when Wayne left the family business to start out on his own.
His most recent Massey Ferguson purchases include an MF 6614, an MF 7622 and an MF 8680.
"We've had Masseys for 15 years and what I like about them is their accessibility of service, their economy, and I'm happy with the AGCOPower engine," says Wayne.
The Marshalls bought their MF 6614 last September for hay and silage production and for operating their round baler.
"It pulls the baler beautifully and it also does drilling. It's fitted with a loader and does a variety of loader work and earthworks," Wayne says.
"It's the first time I've gone back to a four-cylinder engine for a long time. The economy was a big part of that decision and it's very cheap to run. It's also very manoeuvrable and has a good turning circle. It's just a good basic tractor that's cheap to run."
Wayne bought the 215hp MF 7622 about 18 months ago and uses it to pull his loader wagon during the silage season. He particularly likes it for the Dyna-VT variable transmission.
"It's very good and it's also economical. We use it for a lot of cultivation work, mainly discing and ripping. With both those tractors we are using AdBlue because it's going to be law soon with our diesel rebates. That was a big consideration," he says.
"The other thing is the whole range of Massey Ferguson tractors have the same cabin layouts. It's very easy with staff as they're familiar with the controls and can go from one tractor to another."
The third new tractor in the Marshalls' fleet is the six-cylinder 320hp MF 8680, which was purchased six months ago. It is mainly used for loader wagon silage and earthmoving.
"It also runs on a laser bucket for irrigation layouts and it is very good. I am very happy with it. It has high horsepower and very quick road speed. We are running it with a Topcon GPS guidance system."
Their full fleet of tractors includes two MF 7495s, which are also used on the loader wagons, an MF 6475, which is used on a round baler and for loader work, two old MF 4270s, which are Wayne's original tractors and have 12,000 hours on the clock each, and an MF 6255, which is also 15 years old and is used for ripping and discing.
"I can't get rid of them," Wayne says about the older machines. "They have sentimental value. I've also got a Valtra 202 with a butterfly mower conditioner, which is four years old. It's running the AGCOPower engine as well and is from the same stable as Massey Ferguson, but I chose that tractor for its long wheel base."
Wayne is impressed with the advances in technology Massey Ferguson has made in recent years.
"The tractors have come a long way. I've seen big changes in the last six or seven years with what we can do with them and the time and fuel savings," he says.
"They're a pleasure to drive and the operators can hop out of them at the end of the day and still feel ok.
Wayne and Judy buy their Massey Fergusons through Donalda Motor Service in Maffra. He says a big consideration for sticking with Massey Ferguson is the fantastic support they get from them and from AGCO.
"They're very good with their backup. They go beyond the call of duty. They've been very good to me since I started off in business.
"AGCO is based in Melbourne and we're very happy with their technical support. If we have any problems they never put a foot wrong. That's the reason I've stuck with them."
MF 9560 gives New Zealand Farmer Twice the Capacity, Less Stress
Southland, NZ farmer Mark Dillon's new Massey Ferguson 9560 combine harvester has sped up his harvesting operation considerably and cut down on the amount of labour he needs.
Mark and his wife Sonia took possession of the MF 9560 in February to use on their Riversdale cropping farm and their contracting business, MJ and SE Dillon.
The Dillons looked at several other brands of harvester before settling on the Massey Ferguson and they have not looked back since.
"We started harvesting on 10th of February and have done close to 600 hectares of barley, wheat and oats with it," Mark says.
"It's been really good. We had extra grain this year and we needed extra capacity. We wouldn't have got the harvest finished without it."
Mark had previously been harvesting with his MF 865, which was used together with his brother James' MF 750.
The MF 9560 features a 12,333 litre (9.75 tonne) grain tank, which Mark says can be fully unloaded in less than one-and-a-half minutes. His old MF 865 could only unload 4.5 tonnes in three to four minutes.
"The new 9560 has really sped up the harvesting. One day we did 30 hectares, which was 350 tonnes in an afternoon. We could've done that before but we would've used both headers and had more staff and tractors and trailers and it would've been a big day."
Mark says the 9560 has done a great job on his wheat, barley and oat crops.
"They have been big wheat crops that we are putting through that have gone flat but it's handling the straw well," he says.
"Some of the wheat was 23 percent moisture plus, and it went through the harvester alright. Some people were sceptical about how a rotary would go down in Southland because of the wet but it is handling the conditions no problems. We've headed in the rain for 10-15 minutes and it still handled it."
The MF 9560 is also doing a good job on flat barley crops. Mark says autumn barley crops have been 9-10 tonnes per hectare, which is no trouble for the harvester.
"We're down to 480 revs with the barley and it's still threshing the grain out and leaving the crop in reasonable condition for baling," he says.
"For oats I went through the factory settings and modified it to suit and the sample is good."
Mark is a particular fan of the MF 9560's Flex front, which follows the contours of the ground well.
"Some of our country is quite undulating. The harvester follows the ground contours pretty well. That was my concern going from a 16-foot front to 30-foot, but it's following the rolling ground pretty well," he says.
"The front lifts up four foot high for moving paddocks so you don't have to take it off, which also saves time."
The MF 9560 is built strong. It has minimal moving parts so it is simple to operate, and it is easily adaptable to multiple crops. It features auto lube and V-Cool, which keeps the engine and radiator clean, making it easy to service.
Mark says his new combine is reliable, has plenty of power for big jobs and has good fuel efficiency, with a simple efficient rotor drive.
"It does everything you need from a modern combine but it's not too complicated. It only has nine belts and three chains on the whole machine and it's built with plenty of steel," he says.
The MF 9560 has also been designed with comfort in mind. The quiet, airconditioned cab is well laid out and easy to navigate, with operator foot rests for long days in the cab.
Access to all functions are carried out through a touch screen, with frequent adjustments having an additional dedicated out-of-screen adjustment source. Guidance runs on the same screen.
Klaus and Massey Ferguson – a Perfect Match
MF7615 Series surpasses New Zealand Dairy farmer and contractor's expectations for hedge mulching business.
Contractor and dairy farmer Robert Klaus has great partnerships.
The first is with his wife Sharon who loves her cows and runs the dairy farm. The second is with Massey Ferguson, and their MF7615 tractor, the backbone of Robert's hedge-cutting business.
Robert and Sharon bought their first dairy farm near Matamata. They'd been share milking for seven years, working up to managing a 500-cow herd. Now they have their own property where they milk 150 cows on 52 effective hectares.
It's a small farm and dairy payouts are looking questionable for this coming season, so it is good Robert has his contracting sideline. Besides he loves machinery.
"I'd been working for a mate who owns a contracting business for the last eight years and I wanted to do something myself. Sharon enjoys milking, and I could see a gap in the market mulching barberry hedges."
Robert looked at second-hand cutters but couldn't find anything good enough so he had the local engineers design and build one for him. It's like a giant mower tilted on its side with two big blades, and a shroud around it. It mulches the hedges and leaves everything tidy.
Robert got the Massey Ferguson 7615 in December from Matamata tractors.
"I needed a six-cylinder machine with a long wheel base because the hedge-cutter is mid-mounted. I got the Dyna-VT variable transmission as it goes down to 0.3 kph. I use it in foot mode. I just take my foot off and it stops. I hardly ever use the brake or clutch. It's like driving a big forklift."
The hedge cutter runs off the tractor's hydraulics and all the operations for the rams on the cutter are controlled from the factory joystick in the cab.
"I saved a lot of money, as I didn't have to fit an after-market joystick," Robert says.
The joystick also has a forward/reverse button so he doesn't have to move his hand during operations. He can constantly look at where he's going and what the mulcher is doing.
The cutter is mounted on the left side of the tractor, and Robert says it is "a piece of cake getting in and out the right door. In some other brands it was just about impossible to get out."
There are dual wheels on the cutter side to help balance the weight of the machine.
"I've got a bigger footprint on the left side, which makes it more stable. Otherwise, if I hit a hole the cutter would drop when I'm trying to keep the hedge straight."
He doesn't fit duals on the right side, as it would make the tractor too wide to get through gateways.
The MF 7615 produces 150hp from a Tier 4a AGCO Power SCR engine, which uses AdBlue to minimise toxic emissions.
"It's no problem. I fill AdBlue every third tank of diesel. It's got a gauge telling me when its low, and I always keep a bit on hand."
He says anyone can jump in and drive the tractor. "It's what I like about them. "They've got all the technology but it's user-friendly. Everything is simply laid out."
The cab also meets with his approval.
"It's awesome – comfortable and really quiet. That stood out when I first drove it. People ring me and ask what I'm doing because they can't even hear the hedge-cutter working."
Robert says the serviceability is also good. "You don't have to pop the bonnet to check the oil. And if you need to blow out the radiator, it's right there and easy to get at."
The MF 7615 is available in three different specifications: Essential, Efficient and Exclusive. Robert got the Efficient.
He's had great service from Matamata Tractors.
"When we were building the hedge-cutter they helped the engineer to shift the diesel, hydraulic and AdBlue tanks, and nothing was ever a problem."
This isn't Robert and Sharon's first dealing with Massey Ferguson tractors. They also run a MF5460.
They've had the MF 5460 for four years. It's 120hp with a Dyna-4 transmission.
"I always liked Fergies and Matamata Tractors did a good deal I couldn't pass up. I just like the tractor. It's got everything we need but is still basic to operate," Robert says.
"It's really reliable and nothing has gone wrong with it. On the big farm it pulled the silage wagon. Now it has an auger bucket for feeding out on a pad. It also does the mowing and all the farm work.
He says both the Fergies are very quiet tractors, with everything well laid out, at your fingertips.
AGCO Australia hosts the Next Generation of Agriculture Leaders
As innovation in precision farming becomes increasingly important to Australian and New Zealand farming practices, the latest innovations in guidance technology are vital in any young graduate's university curriculum.
With Fuse Technologies at the forefront of this innovation, AGCO Australia recently played host to a group of Bachelor of Business (Agribusiness) students from Geelong's Marcus Oldham College.
Students were taken through a detailed information session by Advanced Technologies Product Manager Jeremy Duniam, followed by a question and answer session and a chance to take a closer look at some of the other exciting AGCO products.
Accompanying the students, Senior Lecturer Des Umbers said that it was vital graduates are exposed to advancements in on and off farm technologies to prepare them for best practice farming methods.
"Agribusiness courses can't afford to have students graduate without an understanding of the latest technologies and innovations. It will help them in the future if they intend to work at large corporate farms or their own operations as well as help the older generation of farmers adapt," says Des Umbers
Attending the visit was Marcus Oldham student Alex Baum already has a strong interest in precision farming. His family operates an 18,000 acre property in Western Australia and applies no-till "tram lining" to help reduce input costs and make fertiliser application more efficient.
"I am passionate about precision farming, it is really important on the farm as we try to save on inputs where we can. We need to add significant amounts of fertilizer – reducing those costs with efficient application is really important," says Alex Baum.
AGCO Broad Acre manager Fergal Meehan was impressed by the quality of the student group and their positive attitude, seeing a bright future for the next generation of farm managers, contractors and consultants.
"It is great to see such an enthusiastic group embarking on a career in agriculture keen to learn about exciting advancements in precision farming. It was also a great opportunity for AGCO to showcase our industry leading technology to the next generation of agriculture leaders," says Fergal Meehan.


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I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld) (original 2010; edition 2011)
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I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (2010)
Now nearly 16 year old, Tiffany has returned to her family's farm and has taken up responsibilities as the community's only witch.
My favourite part about this book, aside from the title which I LOVE, is Tiffany herself. I didn't find the story as funny as the earlier books, perhaps because Tiffany is tired and somewhat overworked and more aware of unpleasantness in the community, but I suspect that also made me care about Tiffany more.
The last of the Tiffany Aching books, I'm very sorry to say. This one is, in the words of Pratchett himself, "more adult" and in some ways it was less fun to read than the others. For one thing, there wasn't enough interaction with the Nac Mac Feegles. But the story was excellent (anyone who loves Pratchett will not be at all surprised by this) and my only real complaint is it's the last one. I could do with more Tiffany Aching!
Fourth in the Discworld sub-series about Tiffany Aching, the teenage witch of the 'Chalk'. Intended for rather older teenagers than the other books about Tiffany, this book starts in rather a disturbing way with an episode about extreme domestic violence.
Tiffany, who mostly does midwifery and other medical work, finds herself becoming unpopular and mistrusted... and learns that, almost in an echo of the first Harry Potter book (and similar to 'Hat full of Sky', second in the series) an evil body-less character wants to possess her.
The nac mac feegle play a part in this book, as always, although they seem rather more violent and less amusing than usual. Tiffany visits Ankh Morpork and meets a character from an earlier Discworld book... and naturally there's a dramatic climax when she has to fight the evil.
Good stuff on the whole, and a satisfying ending to the four Tiffany Aching books, with several ends tied up. However with the early unpleasant part of the book, and several innuendoes throughout, I would not recommend this to anyone under the age of about fourteen.
This book got messy. Traveling to Ankh-Morpork seemed gratuitous when it tried to tie-in too many of those characters. I consider The Wintersmith to be the best of the Tiffany Aching stories. The villain in this one didn't work for me and I think Pratchett works best when he's using pre-existing material. He can twist that so well to make a point. The fear and calumny that make up this villain are scary enough of their own. I was almost unable to finish the story because of them. There is no way to defeat that. Once something is said, it cannot be unsaid. Once you have created the fear and hatred of someone or some group, it cannot be easily undone.
It was almost too much for me.
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Nick Swanstrom This photo of Kevin appeared in the 1979 edition of the Fort Hays State University (FHSU) Reveille yearbook (p. 355). At that time, Kevin's photo was shown with other students who were living "Off-Campus"; he was in his sophomore year of study at FHSU, and hailed from Tipton, KS. I had to good fortune to have known Kevin, having first met in 1977 when we both played on the FHSU Football team (Bill Giles, Head Coach).
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On the first Wednesday of every month the PFA meets at "Kant's Cave" for a lecture, debate and social evening, normally in the upstairs bar of the Exmouth Arms at 1 Starcross Street, London NW1 2HR. The Exmouth Arms is in a quiet residential street about five minutes walk from Warren Street, Euston and Euston Square stations.
Our speaker this month is Anja Steinbauer, and her topic is: Is ignorance bliss?
(Tom Rubens had been due to speak on Schopenhauer and character-determinism. Unfortunately, he is no longer able to give his talk in December, but he will give it some time next year.)
The idea of using the function room of a pub for our philosophy meetings is that we would like to combine serious philosophical activity with an informal exchange of ideas and views. We therefore invite everybody to stay on after the lectures for more talk and debate. All lectures start at 7.30 pm; the bar is open from 7.00. There is a £2 door charge for non-PFA members.
I enjoyed the talk, and found it helped me to think about the topic. Thank you, Anja.
You mentioned in passing two topics that I would give a more central role to in happiness: connections and usefulness.
We are groupish creatures, and I myself can only be happy if I am working and living with people with whom I am comfortable. They don't have to agree with me, but I have to feel productive with them and stimulated / ing around them. No man is an island.
My second - and related - topic is usefulness. I need to feel that I am being useful in some way: that there is some point in my being on this planet. This is linked in my mind to self-forgetfulness; I am happier if I can forget about myself and concentrate on what I am doing. This may sound self-sacrificing. It isn't; for me, it's self-fulfilling.
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This review is from: Xigmatek Utgard Mesh CPC-T90DB-U03 Black Steel / Aluminum and Mesh Bezel Computer Case
Pros: Price
Tool-less Design
Bottom Mounted PSU
Black Interior
Cable Management Holes & Supplies
Great Airflow & Fan Options
Excellent Front Panel
Fan Filters
Fairly Light Weight
Rubber Grommits/Padding/Insulation to prevent vibrations on PSU, CD Drive, Hard Drive etc.
Cons: On mine, the Rear Panel would not slide all the way on, and the rear panel thumb screws had been tightened all the way down causing it panel to bend a little where the screw hole is.
No rubber grommits around cable management holes
Not enough ziptie spots on back
Could use a little more cable management holes
Does not come with a Side fan which I feel it needs to get optimal airflow
Sliding a SSD into the Hard Drive cage was a little difficult as it kept wanting to tear up the rubber rings instead of slide over them. But i eventually got it, more by shifting it down over them instead of back over them.
Other Thoughts: For the price of $60 i paid for it this case blows away all other cases ive seen in its price range. It looks and feels closer to a $120 case. Very well designed, easy to work with case that resembles HIGH end cases like the corsair 600 & 800 series but with a few cuts in design/materials to bring it down to an awesome price point.
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This review is from: SteelSeries Siberia 51007SS 3.5mm Connector Canal In-Ear Headset (white)
Pros: Comfortable, sensitive microphone so you dont need to worry about where you clip it too much, great for Skype & Voice chat, easy on the ears to lay on, inexpensive.
Extension cord comes in very handy and can be used with other headsets as well. It comes in 3 separate pieces, the earphones, the microphone, and the extension cord. All 3 are independent of one another. Though there are smaller clips along the micrphones cord to allow your to clip it to the headphones cord for better cord management.
Cons: The bass is a little weak, but perfectly acceptable for what these cost and their size.
Since the microphone is a separate deal, it can get annoying to have to take off earphones AND microphone so you can get up and move around.
Since they are noise canceling earpieces you hear a bit of your own voice echo in your head but not real bad.
The mute button on the microphone broadcasts a loud pop when you turn it on and off to whoever is listening, like in ventrilo or skype.
Other Thoughts: For the price this is an excellent setupREAD FULL REVIEW
This review is from: RAZER Lycosa Keyboard
Pros: ANY key on the keyboard can be reprogrammed
Automatic profile switching for different games/general OS use
Keys have a very nice gripping texture
Backlight is bright, and evenly distributed
Antighosting keys helps when playing fast action games
Looks nice
Key feedback is springy and responsive and has a nice slight clack.
Cons: No dedicated macro keys.
Caps/scroll/num lock led is a little too bright.
Multimedia controls are touch sensative but give not visual, tactile, or audible feedback so you cant tell if its doing anything when you touch the multimedia keys. For example if you want to turn down your volume cause the last IM you received was loud, you cant tell how much you are turning it down or how long to leave your finger on there or if its turning it down at all.
Other Thoughts: Its a good keyboard, but make it a tiny bit wider and use that extra space to put some small macro keys on the left hand side.
Price needs to be lower, and multimedia controls need to be real buttons or have an OCD which displays volume/play/next etc like a TV does.


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As We Winter in Valley Forge, Take Heed
The summer of 2011 is our winter at Valley Forge. As the educator-activist division of the Grand Army of the Middle Class emerges from our summer encampment, we must be ready for the Battle of the Bill. We must be ready to discredit all of the pro-SB5 propaganda that will be shoved down Ohioans' throats. Make no mistake—we will be involved in many skirmishes and battles before our long war is over. Continue reading →