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The Pulchritudinous Review, Issue Three /
The PR: Issue Three is an experimental literary magazine of poetry, art, collage, photography, and design.
This issue features: Alice Notley, Amiri Baraka, Elizabeth Robinson,
Jack Collom, Hillary Keel, Chris Weige,
Damian Rogers, Renee Zepeda, Brandi Strickland,
Lina Scheynius, and many new emerging writers...
Poem by Man Ray /
Man Ray: "–– –– –––––" In: Francis Picabia (ed.): 391, # 17 (June 1924), p. 3.
Poèm Objet by André Breton /
Poèm Objet by André Breton, 1935.
Collage of object and inscribed poem on card on wood.
From the National Galleries of Scotland:
Breton's personal contribution to surrealist art was his fusion of poetry and object in his 'Poème-Objet' constructions. Although not an artist himself, he was eager to explore any technique that required minimum artistic skill, such as the collages and assemblages. In 1924, Breton called for the creation of objects seen in dreams. He made about a dozen of his own assemblages in the 1930s and early 1940s, calling them 'Poème-Objets'. The text on the plaster egg in this work translates as 'I see / I imagine' and the poem beneath is deliberately cryptic.
The poem reads:
A l'intersection de lignes de force invisibles Trouver Le point de chant vers quoi les arbres se font la courte échelle L'épine de silence Qui veut que le seigneur des navires livre au vent son panache de chiens bleus (At the intersection of invisible lines of force To find The focal point towards which trees give each other a leg up The thorn of silence That wants the lord of the ships to give the winds its panache of blue dogs)
Curator's Note: The poem was produced through automatism. It's not "deliberately cryptic" per se; rather, it's a confluence of consciousness.
Lethologica /
36th Summer Writing Program Magazine
The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics
Michael D. Edwards
Annie Maier
Bradley Sands
Book Design: Bradley Sands and Michael D. Edwards
Cover Design: Michael D. Edwards
2010, Naropa Press
Boulder, Colorado
Poetry: Renee Zepeda, Chris Weige
Photos: Chiai Matsumoto
Arthur Rimbaud Documentary /
It's the life of the great French poet, Arthur Rimbaud, in a 10 minute slideshow. The video traces the arc of Rimbaud's short life (1854–1891), stitching together images from 19th century France, photos taken by Rimbaud himself, and manuscripts scribbled by the poet. In the background, Joan Baez reads lines from Rimbaud's famous collection,Illuminations, which appears in the Poetry section of our Free Audio Books collection. Project Gutenberg also makes his complete works available in French. Download the free e-text right here.
A Defence of Poetry by Percy Bysshe Shelley /
Poetry turns all things to loveliness; it exalts the beauty of that which is most beautiful, and it adds beauty to that which is most deformed; it marries exultation and horror, grief and pleasure, eternity and change; it subdues to union under its light yoke all irreconcilable things. It transmutes all that it touches, and every form moving within the radiance of its presence is changed by wondrous sympathy to an incarnation of the spirit which it breathes: its secret alchemy turns to potable gold the poisonous waters which flow from death through life; it strips the veil of familiarity from the world, and lays bare the naked and sleeping beauty, which is the spirit of its forms. All things exist as they are perceived: at least in relation to the percipient. "The mind is its own place, and of itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." But poetry defeats the curse which binds us to be subjected to the accident of surrounding impressions. And whether it spreads its own figured curtain, or withdraws life's dark veil from before the scene of things, it equally creates for us a being within our being. It makes us the inhabitants of a world to which the familiar world is a chaos. It reproduces the common universe of which we are portions and percipients, and it purges from our inward sight the film of familiarity which obscures from us the wonder of our being. It compels us to feel that which we perceive, and to imagine that which we know. It creates anew the universe, after it has been annihilated in our minds by the recurrence of impressions blunted by reiteration. It justifies the bold and true words of Tasso—"Non merita nome di creatore, se non Iddio ed il Poeta."
The most unfailing herald, companion, and follower of the awakening of a great people to work a beneficial change in opinion or institution, is poetry. At such periods there is an accumulation of the power of communicating and receiving intense and impassioned conceptions respecting man and nature. The person in whom this power resides, may often, as far as regards many portions of their nature, have little apparent correspondence with that spirit of good of which they are the ministers. But even whilst they deny and abjure, they are yet compelled to serve, that power which is seated on the throne of their own soul. It is impossible to read the compositions of the most celebrated writers of the present day without being startled with the electric life which burns within their words. They measure the circumference and sound the depths of human nature with a comprehensive and all-penetrating spirit, and they are themselves perhaps the most sincerely astonished at its manifestations; for it is less their spirit than the spirit of the age. Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present; the words which express what they understand not; the trumpets which sing to battle, and feel not what they inspire; the influence which is moved not, but moves. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
Read the essay: http://www.bartleby.com/27/23.html
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Eureka /
Eureka (1848) is a lengthy non-fiction work by American author Edgar Allan Poe which he subtitled "A Prose Poem", though it has also been subtitled as "An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe". Adapted from a lecture he had presented, Eureka describes Poe's intuitive conception of the nature of the universe with no scientific work done to reach his conclusions. He also discusses man's relationship with God, whom he compares to an author. It is dedicated to the German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Though it is generally considered a literary work, some of Poe's ideas anticipate discoveries of the 20th century. Indeed a critical analysis of the scientific content of Eureka reveals a non-causal correspondence with modern cosmology due to the assumption of an evolving Universe, but excludes the anachronistic anticipation of relativistic concepts such as black holes.
Eureka was received poorly in Poe's day and generally described as absurd, even by friends. Modern critics continue to debate the significance of Eureka and some doubt its seriousness, in part because of Poe's many incorrect assumptions and his comedic descriptions of well-known historical minds. Presented as a poem, many compare it with his fiction work, especially science fiction stories such as "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar". His attempts at discovering the truth also follow his own tradition of "ratiocination", a term used in hisdetective fiction tales. Poe's suggestion that the soul continues to thrive even after death also parallels with works in which characters reappear from beyond the grave such as "Ligeia". The essay is oddly transcendental, considering Poe's disdain for the movement. He considered it his greatest work and claimed it was more important than the discovery of gravity.
Eureka is Poe's last major work and his longest non-fiction work at nearly 40,000 words in length. The work has its origins in a lecture Poe presented on February 3, 1848, titled "On The Cosmography of the Universe" at the Society Library in New York. He had expected an audience of hundreds; only 60 attended and were confused by the topic. Poe had hoped the profits from the lecture would cover expenses for the production of his new journal The Stylus.
Eureka is Poe's attempt at explaining the universe, using his general proposition "Because Nothing was, therefore All Things are". In it, Poe discusses man's relationship to God and the universe or, as he offers at the beginning: "I design to speak of the Physical, Metaphysical and Mathematical – of the Material and Spiritual Universe: of its Essence, its Origin, its Creation, its Present Condition and its Destiny". In keeping with this design, Poe concludes "that space and duration are one" and that matter and spirit are made of the same essence. Poe suggests that people have a natural tendency to believe in themselves as infinite with nothing greater than their soul—such thoughts stem from man's residual feelings from when each shared an original identity with God. Ultimately individual consciousnesses will collapse back into a similar single mass, a "final ingathering" where the "myriads of individual Intelligences become blended". Likewise, Poe saw the universe itself as infinitely expanding and collapsing like a divine heartbeat which constantly rejuvenates itself, also implying a sort of deathlessness. In fact, because the soul is a part of this constant throbbing, after dying, all people, in essence, become God.
Eureka, A Prose Poem (Wikipedia entry)
Full text from the 1848 edition
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Rainbows /
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Ammiel Alcalay, Hector Alves, David Antin, Arman, Coleman Barks, Caroline Bergvall, Charles Bernstein, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, Harvey Bialy, Blue, Lee Ann Brown, Tisa Bryant, Elizabeth Clark, Michael Coffey, Alan Davies, Michel Deguy, Timotha Doane, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Fisher, Joanna Fuhrman, Eric Gansworth, Steven Goodman, Carla Harryman, Kevin Hart, David Henderson, Mitch Highfill, Bob Holman, Anselm Hollo, Mikhail Horowitz, Fanny Howe, Susan Howe, Romana Huk, Franz Kamin, Robert Kelly, Richard Kostelanetz, Louise Landes Levi, Judith Malina, Chris Mann, Michael Meade, Joyce Carol Oates, Sharon Olds, Cheryl Pallant, Nick Piombino, Kristen Prevallet, India Radfar, Carter Ratcliff, Hanon Reznikov, Jerome Rothenberg, Sapphire, Leslie Scalapino, Ron Silliman, Charles Stein, David Levi Strauss, Kate Suddes, Chris Tysh, Cecilia Vicuña, Tenzin Wangyal, Barrett Watten, Henry Weinfield, Elizabeth Willis, Krzysztof Ziarek
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The Twitstat Project (now in limited edition + electric) /
The Twitstat Project
A collaborative double book of new/experimental poetry by Chris Weige and Renee Zepeda (Spring 2010).
Published, designed, and edited by Renee Zepeda and The Pulchritudinous Press:
60 pages, hand-sewn binding, Strathmore-style paper, cherry vellum, personal stamp & bookmark.
Inspired in part by the Twitstat application, whereby users post 140 character messages via mobile phone to Twitter.
Printed in a special limited edition of 36 copies in Boulder, Colorado.
Cover art and photography by Chiai Matsumoto
Purchase a limited edition of The Twitstat Project
Purchase the electronic PDF version
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Walking On Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age /
"Walking on Eggshells" is a 24-minute documentary about appropriation, creative influence, re-use and intellectual property in the remix age. It is a conversation among various musicians, visual artists, writers and lawyers, all sharing their views on why and how we use and create culture, and how intellectual property law, originally designed to provide people with incentives to create, sometimes hinders creative production far more than it enhances it. This film is our final project for the seminar "Intellectual Property in the Digital Age" at Yale University. Directed and Produced by: Jacob Albert Ryan Beauchamp Brendan Schlagel Interviews with (in order of appearance): Eclectic Method DJ Earworm (Jordan Roseman) Joy Garnett Michael Cunningham Dudley Andrew DJ Ripley (Larisa Mann) Jonathan Lethem E. Michael Harrington Edgar Garcia
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If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it. Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space, without lessening their density in any point, and like the air in which we breathe, move, and have our physical being, incapable of confinement or exclusive appropriation. Inventions then cannot, in nature, be a subject of property.
~ Thomas Jefferson
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Gathering Paradise: Bill Murray Reads to Construction Workers at Poets House /
Members of the construction team which built Poets House's new home joined actor Bill Murray in May 2009 for the first poetry reading at 10 River Terrace. Produced for Poets House by Limey Films, Inc.
Poets House is a national poetry library and literary center that invites poets and the public to step into the living tradition of poetry. Our poetry resources and literary events document the wealth and diversity of modern poetry, and stimulate public dialogue on issues of poetry in culture.
The New York Times, the Weekend Arts section: Transparent New Home for Poetry
Associated Press National Poetry Library Reopens in Lower Manhattan
New York Post A Poets House by Any Other Name
Library Journal Poets House Debuts Its New Home
NY1 television Poets House Reopens in Battery Park City
Downtown Express The Sofas Are Old, But the Poets' Home Is New
Real Clear Arts You Don't Have To Be A Poet To Love Poets House
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John Lennon's Handwritten Lyrics for A Day In The Life /
A Day In The Life sparked instant controversy upon its release. It was banned by the BBC because of the line 'I'd love to turn you on' which supposedly encouraged drug use, making it the first song to be censored by a national radio network in the UK. A Day In The Life was also omitted from the album when it was released in several Asian countries. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band topped the US and UK charts, won four Grammy awards in 1968, topped Q Magazine's list of the 50 Greatest British Songs of All Time and ranked number 26 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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W5RAn Poetry /
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American: The Bill Hicks Story (Official Trailer) /
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Zimoun: Sound Sculptures & Installations /
Compilation Video V1.7 / Last update: March 2010 Zimoun's sound sculptures and installations are graceful, mechanized works of playful poetry, their structural simplicity opens like an industrial bloom to reveal a complex and intricate series of relationships, an ongoing interplay between the «artificial» and the «organic». He is interested in the artistic research of simple and elegant systems to generate and study complex behaviours in sound and motion. He creates sound pieces from basic components, often using multiples of the same prepared mechanical elements to examine the creation and degeneration of patterns. Website: zimoun.ch
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This means the dancing did the trick /
VOICEsVOICEs - Origins /
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child /
Trailer for the new documentary Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child. Directed by Tamra Davis, the documentary features never-before seen footage of the prolific artist painting, talking about his art, and existing in the two years prior to his death in 1988. The OST features music from Mike D and Ad Rock. Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child was released on Feb 21st.
Hat tip: The Documentary Blog + Escape Into Life
The Radiant Child by Rene Ricard
Previous JMB posts:
- Untitled (Self Portrait) 1982-83
- The Blog of Innocence: JMB
- Equipoise: Max Roach by JMB
- Pure, 1984: Basquiat + Clemente
- Fuego Flores at Sotheby's
- Bird on Money 1981
- Jeannette Montgomery Barron
- Untitled
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Stop me if you've heard this one before: Northern Bedford is rolling along and seems on the verge of ending it long district football title drought when it runs into a lower-seeded North Star team in the playoffs and has its championship dreams derailed.
For Jeff Batzel, it's no joke. He's experienced it twice in the last five years: First as Dan Foor's assistant in 2007 and then again as the then-undefeated Black Panthers' head coach in 2010.
"They have a great program," Batzel said. "Success bears that out."
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Northern Bedford coach Jeff Batzel has faced North?Star twice before in his high school football career in the District 5 playoffs. He is 0-2 against the Cougars.
Batzel and the No. 1-seeded Panthers will try to make sure history doesn't repeat itself again tonight when they host the 9-2 Cougars in the District 5 Class A high school semifinals at Panther Community Stadium at 7 p.m.
Northern also is trying to unseat the two-time defending 5-A champion while punching its own ticket into next Friday's championship game against either Windber or Berlin Brothersvalley, and Batzel doesn't see this edition of the Cougars as presenting any less of a challenge than did those in the past.
"They've got a lot of great athletes, particularly [Tony] Strasiser, the wideout. They're just a good solid squad," Batzel said. "They're a lot like us. They hit hard. They're just hard-nosed, and they play a physical style of football."
Indeed, if you want to know just how closely matched the teams are, North Star has scored 16 points more and allowed four points less while playing one extra game - Northern Bedford had a bye into the semifinals, while North Star blanked Shade, 21-0, to reach this round.
The most obvious similarity between the squads deals with a quality that draws more attention on the basketball court: length. Over the last few season, Strasiser has given the Cougars an advantage because of his 6-foot-6 frame. This year, he has 42 catches for 741 yards and seven of North Star's 11 receiving touchdowns.
Northern Bedford, though, has the height to match Strasiser this time around, and then some. Kyler Diehl, the second-leading receiver in the Mirror coverage area, is 6-5. The Pressel twins, Tayler and Zach, both go around 6-4 and have vertical leaps of about 3 feet. All three start on both sides of the football.
Panther quarterback Blake Over is 6-4 and is closing in on a 2,000-yard passing campaign as a junior.
"We've had some great matchups with them over the years. The thing that stands out about them this year is their size," North Star coach Stacy Schmitt said. "It's a huge advantage in most cases because you have one-on-one coverage a lot of the time."
The ability of Over to just put the ball up high and have any of three receivers be able to go get it is a nice luxury. That will create an interesting duel against a Cougar defense that is coming off its fourth shutout of the year and held seven opponents to single-figures this season.
"Our defense has been playing aggressive and flying to the ball," Schmitt said. "We probably could have had a few more [shutouts] if we didn't get out to leads and put our JVs in early."
North Star were the preseason favorite of many in the WestPAC. The only things that denied it a perfect record were a 13-10 opening-game loss to Portage and a 28-19 setback against Berlin.
The Cougars are huge in the trenches. Eight of their starters are 220 pounds or heavier. Northern Bedford has four players that big on its entire roster.
"I think the vital areas are going to be the line play and who can establish a successful running game, because we both have strong defenses," Batzel said.
Northern bounced back from its only loss of the season against Bellwood-Antis to roll to a 35-point win over Williamsburg before completing the regular season with a comeback victory versus Class AAA playoff team Punxsutawney.
"I think we learned in the Bellwood game that we are a very good football team. That score [20-0] was a little deceiving. We felt we hit right with them, played right with them. They were a little bit better than us," Batzel said. "I think that game made us better."
Batzel would have rather not had a bye last week but is happy he's not the one having to play after it.
"It depends upon the kids and how they respond and react," Batzel said. "I have a good feeling about our group. I don't think that's going to affect them. We had a good week [of practice] last week, and things picked up. I think the kids are anxious to play. The kids may even be a little hungrier."


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More than 90 teens from Western New York traveled to Louisville, Ky., at the end of December for the Follow '12 Wesleyan Youth Convention. Follow '12 is part of an international series of convention themes with the long-term goal of gaining devoted followers of Jesus Christ. It is the fifth convention of the series, which began in 2005.
Of course, a youth convention would not be complete without concerts. This one was no exception. Seven groups performed, and, according to Ben Selden of Orchard Park High School, the concerts were the highlight of the experience. Some of the artists, including Fireflight, were Grammy-nominated. Even those that were not delivered inspiring performances that the attendees will not soon forget.
The students from Wesleyan churches nationwide spent time at breakout sessions learning more about their faith. These sessions featured guest speakers from around the world. Many of them have experienced a transformation in their life that brought them closer to their faith, which may not have been part of their lives when they were young. Although their stories were different, they had a common goal: to share the love of Christianity. They were inspired to speak to others because they had experienced firsthand how embracing their faith had changed them.
The offering on Sunday morning, which met the goal of $10 per person, raised $25,000. All of the money raised was donated to groups – CYC, Poetice and World Hope International – that aim to further develop youth ministry worldwide.
It is clear that thousands of lives were changed that weekend. Some of those in attendance decided to follow Jesus, while others simply grew closer to Him. Everyone in attendance seemed to agree that it was a worthwhile way to spend winter break.
As Derik Idol, one of the speakers, said, "the fear of standing out is replaced by the fear of missing out."
For more information, go to www.mywycon.com, Facebook or Twitter.
Kelsey Auman is a junior at Orchard Park High School.


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Last month, I attended the 5th Annual Leadership North Carolina Forum. The day was filled with amazing information and thought-provoking ideas for the future. However, one session I attended kept me thinking.
The session, The Digital Divide: Who's Building the Bridge included a panel of experts talking about access to broadband on a variety of levels. The panel was moderated by Mark Sorrells, Senior Vice President from the Golden Leaf Foundation and included the following experts:
- Joe Freddoso, President and CEO of MCNC
- Jack Stanley, Regional Vice Preseident of Government Relations, Time Warner Cable
- Carlos Sanchez, Director of Statewide Affairs, AT&T North Carolina
- Grant Goings, City Manager, City of Wilson, North Carolina
The big takeway for me was around the "rights" to broadband. During the session, I had on both my education and business hats.
I started thinking about how students could do their homework when it required Internet access. What if broadband was not at their home or a student did not have a device to connect with? What if it was available at their home, but not affordable? Would a 56-K modem even cut it now-a-days?
Now put your business hat on. Do businesses require a broadband connection to survive in today's business climate? Is it required to do business in real-time with global and local competition?
What do you think...is broadband a necessity or a nice to have?
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Necessary, and in this world accessibility and affordability are human rights.
I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with Mr. Cerf and agree with a general statement made by the UN.
Free and open Internet is a human right in the same way that a right not to be controlled by authoritarian regimes is a human right.
To expand that a little- How can there be "right to freedom of opinion and expression" for people who are completely left out of the conversation?
Of course, we have a long way to go:
Can someone explain to me how freedom of opinion and expression are curtailed by the lack of high-speed Internet access? We don't even give unborn humans the most basic of human rights but yet FREE high-speed access to the Internet is to be a human right? Following that logic, perhaps access to publishing articles in local print newspapers should be free too, along with free access to radio and TV stations' air time, billboards, and any other communication medium.
Since this discussion appears to have left the realm of the logical and entered that of the argumentum ad absurdum and the red herring, I will leave it to others to respond, or not, as the case may be.
So, if I understand correctly, you simply are calling me stupid, bordering on nuts, and thereby simply dismissing my question as not worthy of an answer. So much for welcoming free expression in the marketplace of ideas...
"The 'marketplace of ideas' belief holds that the truth or the best policy arises out of the competition of widely various ideas in free, transparent public discourse, an important part of liberal democracy." ~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketplace_of_ideas
The most common argument I hear to counter students not with broadband at home for doing homework is to use a library or public location.
I seriously think that for any school to "require" the internet for homework, make it mandatory by THE SCHOOL THEMSELVES to provide an accessible means that is dignified and safe, for their students to use.
Simply, if you require it then you have to provide it. Otherwise you are discriminating based on economic factors.
Companies usually supply the technology and software to do your job. It makes sense because if you don't have it, you won't be productive and that will cost the company money with no chance of return.
I don't think it is a "human right", though, because a lot is determined by your location and the infrastructure available. Are governments going to be tried for "crimes against humanity" because a town does not have internet? What if that same town doesn't have electricity?
Your comments have merit. However, they depend on schools having budgets and companies allowing employees to surf the net independently using company equipment.
Even this ideal situation wouldn't help someone from the growing ranks of the unemployed who needs to maintain knowledge and understanding in order to raise him/herself out of poverty, or persons living in underdeveloped parts of the world where simply learning that there are methods out there for water purification could mean the difference between life and death for family members.
In this age of instant information it can be critical for people to be 'plugged in', which in my mind makes it a human right.
Either way, I don't think it should be tied to how much money people have. Egalitarian access to the opportunity to join this world-wide collaboration may be as important to the quality of the collaboration as it is to individuals who wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity to develop themselves.


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on September 13, 2012 - 12:01 AM
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The death of John Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, demands an aggressive response to the Libyan government and also to the Americans linked to a pointless film that was bound to inflame passions in a part of the world most Americans barely comprehend.
First and foremost, American officials must demand of the Libyan government what Americans expected when Timothy McVeigh murdered 168 people in Oklahoma City: an aggressive and thorough investigation to track down and punish those responsible.
That would be true regardless of who was killed, but when the victims include a U.S. ambassador, sent to represent this country in a dangerous land, the response has to be swift and focused. Stevens was the first U.S. ambassador killed by terrorists since 1979. If the still-developing "new Libya" wants to be recognized by the world, then the world has to know that its representatives there are safe and that attacks will be met with an unwavering commitment to justice.
The attack in Benghazi was apparently prompted by anger at a film made in the United States that mocked the prophet Muhammad.
This is an especially painful death for Americans to absorb. Without U.S. support of Libyan rebels, the murderous thug Moammar Gadhafi might well still be in power rather than in his grave. Stevens, himself, assumed his final posting after serving as an envoy to the Libyan rebels. Now, Libyans have killed him.
It makes no sense from the perspective of Western experience, except that Westerners should already know that Islamic reaction to insults of Muhammad can turn violent. Protests swept across Europe in 2005 when a Danish newspaper published cartoons that ridiculed the prophet.
Americans, well accustomed to the double edges of free speech, shrug at that kind of insult; Muslims in the Middle East - at least some - take violent offense.
And that is the problem for Americans in restraining this kind of speech. The fact is that Sam Bacile, identified by the Wall Street Journal as an Israeli-American real estate developer in California, was well within his rights to make the film and to upload it to YouTube.
Similarly, pastor Terry Jones of Florida - the crackpot pastor who wanted to burn the Quran two years ago - was within his constitutional rights to promote the film and even to declare, offensive though it was, Sept. 11 as "International Judge Muhammad Day."
Do Bacile and Jones have Stevens' blood on their hands? No, that dishonor belongs to those who planned and executed the attack in Benghazi. But neither are they innocents.
A constitutional right presupposes some level of responsibility in exercising it. The First Amendment, famously, does not allow anyone to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater, the guarantee of free speech notwithstanding. Nor does it allow the printing of child pornography, even though freedom of the press is guaranteed.
Bacile and Jones did something irresponsible and dangerous. They used their right of free speech in a way they knew could instigate violence, however unjustified and incomprehensible to Western sensibilities it might be. They are contemptible, a fact of which Americans should make these men well aware. The First Amendment allows that, too.
No doubt, some in this country will call for Americans to be pulled out of Libya and maybe other dangerous parts of the Middle East, as well. The instinct is understandable, but the United States needs a formal and influential presence in the region more than ever, as political change sweeps through.
It is our duty as well as in our interest to maintain a strong presence in this troubled region. Sadly, meeting that duty today means demanding justice for Stevens and those who died with him.


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on February 16, 2013 - 10:44 PM
There is no such actual hashtag – not yet, anyway. But it would be a cause worth rallying around.
Sign me up for the defense of the unnamed West Seneca East High School teacher who cracked down on a rowdy student. Count me in with school officials who backed her, after the angry kid f-bombed her on Twitter. Print me a Back the Teacher t-shirt, after the student's parents complained to WIVB-TV that his weeklong suspension was too much for too little.
Sometimes you have to draw a line in the cyber-sand. Just because it's social media doesn't mean it doesn't matter.
The senior was kicked out of a school hockey game for getting rowdy. He blasted the teacher who booted him with a "(expletive)Mrs. (Name Withheld)" tweet. After other kids told the teacher, the Obscene Tweeter was suspended. His parents acknowledged that he messed up but said officials came down too hard. The student has become an anti-hero, with kids rallying to his cause on Twitter and wearing T-shirts in his defense.
I am not sitting for a fitting.
There is a basic tenet of school discipline: You can't f-bomb the teacher.
Granted, this did not happen on school grounds, and no threat was made. But he is a student, she is a teacher and social media is public space – however much teenagers may think that Twitter, Facebook and the rest are no-adults-allowed Private Idahos.
The student said his free-speech rights are being smothered. But school officials told kids at the start of the year that they were accountable for what they posted on social media. They clearly extended their authority beyond the school walls.
No, it is not like he blasted the teacher over the school's P.A. system. But given the ubiquity of social media, and the dense high school grapevine, f-bombing a teacher on Twitter is like a public announcement. Indeed, it likely got more buzz inside the school than if he had confronted her in a hallway.
Let this slide with a day's detention or similar wrist-slap, and it sends a message to every kid (and teacher) at the school: Discipline doesn't matter. Authority has no teeth. Administrators won't back one of their own.
Send that message, and school officials might as well hand over the keys.
I think there is another lesson here, especially for teenagers: Social media is a public bulletin board. Absent lockdown privacy settings, what you post is – one way or another – potentially available to teachers, principals, prospective employers, parents, neighbors, college admission officials, a universe of Twitter "followers," hundreds of Facebook "friends" you barely know (and all of their "friends"), creeps, scam artists and predators. Posting on social media is not like chatting with your buds in the cafeteria. The stuff is out there.
Indeed, I followed the West Seneca East Twitter trail and found out more about some teenage tweeters than I wanted to know. Although there was some sunlit caring and sharing, much of it was cyber-quicksand where f-bombs drop like rain, kids go after each other and sexual references get casually dropped.
No, it did not make me nostalgic for high school.
Neither does a kid f-bombing a teacher. A week's suspension may be tough to swallow, but – given the bigger issues – I think it's the right medicine.
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In 2009 my family adopted a child from Russia. All of our friends wanted to know how a single income family was able to save for a debt-free adoption. We are now adopting twin girls from Uganda. This blog is how God has grown our family.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Back Together Again: Soon
But my hope has returned and it has a date. On next Wednesday, in one week, I will tuck four kids into bed, I will kiss four foreheads, I will wash the African red dirt off of eight little feet, we will be a family again. On Monday Feb. 27 Chad, Sadie, and Nolen will be once again crossing the Atlantic on their way to Uganda. And for this I am one excited Momma. They will arrive here in the early hours of Wednesday morning and I will up waiting.
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- AnonymousFebruary 22, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Holly I am so excited for you and I pray that when they arrive it will only be a short visit and you can all come home together to Tennessee. You are a lot stronger in your Faith for all you have missed and been through. I know how much you love Chad, Sadie and Nolen and how difficult this has been especially trying to love your new girls without being able to share that process with all the family joining in. I pray safety in their travel and JOY in your reunion with the all. Love you and thank you for sharing your heart in all of this. I think it has made us all stronger in our Faith as we watch God's protection and provision for you during this time.ReplyDelete
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Okay...that just made me bawl like a baby!! So happy that your family is going to be together again very soon! We are praying for you and your family and hope to have you back in TN very soon!! Love, The Lawson FamilyReplyDelete
I am SO HAPPY for all of you! I pray that you will be able to be back in TN soon.ReplyDelete
I found myself crying at the thought of this reunion. I will continue to pray for your return to Tennessee! Enjoy their visit.ReplyDelete


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All-Star Game Open Thread
Ted Lilly should be available for an inning tonight....chat is open for those interested. Evan Longoria will sit out with an infected fingertip and Michael Young takes his spot in the lineup...Chone Figgins his roster spot.
|* Ichiro Suzuki RF
|Hanley Ramirez SS
|Derek Jeter SS
|*Chase Utley 2B
|* Joe Mauer C
|Albert Pujols 1B
|# Mark Teixeira 1B
|Ryan Braun LF
|Jason Bay LF
|* Raul Ibanez RF
|*Josh Hamilton CF
|David Wright 3B
|Michael Young 3B
|# Shane Victorino CF
|Aaron Hill 2B
|Yadier Molina C
|Roy Halladay P
|* Tim Lincecum P
If you're passing on the All-Star game, Dave Pinto at Baseball Musings is doing a brief rundown of all 30 teams at the break, here's the Cubs entry. Over at The Bleacher Report, the top 20 Cubs transactions since 1990...I think #17 is silly for a list that seems to be intended to be serious, I mean, if you want to talk about transactions that involved just getting rid of a player, moving Michael Barrett in 2007 probably had a bigger perceived impact than moving LaTroy Hawkins.
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Lilly got booed, and took it like a champ.
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All I care about is Hamilton, Hanley and Braun coming out of it healthy. Not going to watch, though.
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gametime in 2 and 1/2 hours...can't wait.
these 3 hour pre-games are murder.
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Love the parody, Rob. I'm not sure why I think it's funny, but I do. It captures the Zen of Supreme Court confirmation hearings so nicely.
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Is Steroid Week finally over?
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yeah, but we still have 1 day without baseball that counts and 2 without cubs baseball.
the best part for me...it's @WAS and the 1st 2 games are on CSN...which means it's in my blackout area so i don't get to see any cubs til their saturday game on WGN. oh boy!
not only do i live 4 hours from DC...my cable co. doesn't offer any of the channels WAS games are shown on. i'm also in BAL's blackout zone and only see the handful of games on Fox Sports East.
this is one of my "i pay $160 a year for what now?" times of the season.
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For me this weekend's games in Washington are just another reason not to watch. That is easily the worst park in professional sports for watching a game on TV. Whomever designed it, or whomever told the designers what they wanted, decided to put the main camera that's behind home plate up on the roof or damn near the roof. Whenever a ball is hit in play the TV angle is atrocious. And it's impossible to judge fly balls at that angle. My solution is I just don't watch any game at the Nats. Bad timing with the All Star week means I won't be watching any Cubs games until next week.
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You may all watch. And my boycott is not to change the world, it's just so I don't have to watch that crap. Lol.
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From Baseball Musings: "When I was at STATS, Inc, we found the direction of the wind at Wrigley affected offensive output greatly." Most of us figured that out before our tenth birthday!
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A couple years ago I saw the Cubs play the Giants and had really great seats in LF so I could taunt Bonds. One of the things I remember about that game is 3 or 4 balls were hit very well and everyone was just sure it was going to be a home run, only to peter out for warning track fly-outs. Wrigley is a fickle lady.
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were you working for stats, inc at that time?
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Yeah, I've got a lot of respect for Pinto, STATS, and statheads in general, but comments like that are just ridiculous. It's probably not how Pinto intended, but the way it reads is just chock full of arrogance and implied discovery.
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Not sure if this is new or 3-44, but Pedro to Philly.
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Not 3/44, but disappointing, just the same.
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Placed on the DL with what, or is this just standard operating procedure?
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Clearly this is a made up injury (see the quote below), but who could contest this: another team, the union, MLB or does no one care.
"They said he was throwing much better than he was last year and that he was in tremendous shape," Manuel said after the game. "Then I also hear today that he took a physical. That's about the extent of what I've heard."
Sorry I am bored.
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Doubtful Patton complains. He gets 400k weather he pitches or not. Better than 60 k in Colorado Springs.
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Puy on DL for being old and bad.
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the above post is proof positive why you deserve a kick in the nuts
Bored Speculation
Good morning! I take it everyone here is eagerly anticipating the second half! Me too.
For one day, we get to wish what it would be like to have all those wins under our belts say, if we were Angles fans, or Rangers fans.
Trouble is, they are still 2-3 games between each other in the standings. Ain't baseball great? I still have a bit of trouble with the divisions and 30+ teams, but I guess the economy will take care of the ones who are faltering.
Who do ya'll thing will be the first team to fold? If the Rangers weren't near first I think they would go under. DFW fans are baseball fair weather and a lot of times the Rangers' AA team in Frisco outdraws them. This is Dallas (read Arlington) Cowboys country. Here's my list of the top 3 that might struggle for existence:
1. Kansas City Royals
2. Toronto Blue Jays
3. Washington Nats
Not in any order, of course and probably not this year. Bailouts are not the sole property of banks and GM, so it's possible fan Obama will bail baseball out also. It will be interesting however, if Bud Selig DOES take from the Yankees and give to the poor. Clark Howard on his TV show said fans can gets $1.00 nosebleed tickets at Braves games and bring your own food for a savings of 75 bucks per seat, but that doesn't help the team survive. Anyone?
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SD Padres.
BTW... Their DL is ridiculous:
D. Eckstein 2B/SS 15-day Strained right hamstring
H. Blanco C 15-day Strained right hamstring
C. Floyd RF 60-day Torn labrum in right shoulder
C. Young SP 15-day Right shoulder inflammation
B. Giles RF 15-day Right knee contusion
N. Hundley C 15-day Left wrist contusion
J. Peavy SP 15-day Strained tendon in right ankle
S. Hill SP 60-day Right elbow inflammation
M. Worrell RP 60-day Right elbow surgery - out for season
C. Baek SP/RP 60-day Strained right forearm
Their DL alone is a pretty good team.
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Other than Peavy, who is good on that team?
My thought, before I saw that last comment, was that even a health team, with everyone of those players on the active roster, that is still a bad team.
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Okay, Dave, that was hyperbole. I said it because they have so many of their best players on the DL.
I'll run all my future comments by you first.
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Although it says a lot about the state of the Padres' DL when I make a comment like that and someone takes it literally...
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Ryno... not trying to be an ass. I just thought it was interesting that I had a completely different response when I saw that list of players.
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Yeah, I don't think even a healthy Padres is a team built to contend.
More on the original point, though: I think the Padres would be one of the first teams to fold. They already tried moving Peavy to lower payroll and couldn't. No one will take him now.
I guess they could always move Adrian Gonzalez for cash, couldn't they?
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You forgot Mark Prior. 365-DL
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Selig's not going to let MLB leave a TV market as big as DFW, even if another owner must be arranged.
I'd think Oakland and KC are most at risk; Florida or Tampa Bay could be in the talks if they don't get stadiums/perform; but I think the most likely is that we have 30 teams for at least ten more years.
One more point: It's easy to say a small-market owner is being greedy by crying poor and pocketing a few million a year, but if you consider how much they could earn on $200-500 million by simply investing in secure assets, you can see the risk of running these businesses a little bit better.
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I think part of the problem with taking money from the Yankees to give to the other teams is forcing them to spend it. I see no reason why the Yankees/Red Sox/etc. should have to pay millions in luxury taxes only to see a KC/Pittsburgh/Cincinnati owner pocket the dollars while crying poor.
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The Marlins are probably the worst offenders. But yeah, they need a salary floor if they're going to continue with this luxury tax. Make the floor optional, i.e. if you don't hit it ,then you don't get luxury tax money, so you don't force teams to pay for players they don't want.
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The trouble with a salary floor beyond the current MLB minimum is that you may end up paying undeserving players more money than their worth. Then those salaries are brought into some arbitration hearing or free agent negotiation as comparables and another unworthy player is seeking the same amount of dough. Neither salary caps nor floors make sense in MLB. Teams need to have the freedom to spend or not spend as makes sense for their strategy (rebuilding, competing, or just hoping).
Doesn't solve the crime of small market teams stealing from the big markets. Until recently, Philly was actually a huge culprit, as they were measuring revenue with no regard to market size.
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It's almost like you didn't read what I wrote about making the floor optional.
"Neither salary caps nor floors make sense in MLB. Teams need to have the freedom to spend or not spend as makes sense for their strategy (rebuilding, competing, or just hoping)."
Do you think they make sense for the NFL and the NBA?
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The trouble with a salary floor beyond the current MLB minimum is that you may end up paying undeserving players more money than their worth.
I get your point, but they are already paid more money than they are worth. It's a game for christsake, and they cheat at it to boot. Fuck 'em. They are there for our entertainment.
Ideally all sports should pay their players only for team wins, nothing else, no base salaries, etc.
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wesley snipes=dusty baker
woody harrelson=Larussa
Make it a buddy movie
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You know who would make a good Dusty Baker... Bernie Mac...
And now I'm sad. :(
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what was the result in the series? i never read the book.
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Cubs dropped 2 out of 3.
Wait for the sequel "Four Days in September"
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i'd still see it knowing full well that we vanquish them in the end. and that i will leave before the inevitable text at the end of the movie telling what happened to each team.
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I hope M. Night Shimano writes the screenplay and directs.
Kiefer Sutherland would be great as Tony Larussa, since both suck cock.
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Other than Peavy, who is good on that team?
certainly not friggin' Heath Bell
"One pitcher who could turn it around in the second half is Rich Harden. His first-pitch strike pct (50.6%) was the worst among major league starters with 300 batters faced. Harden, who had a disappointing 5-6 record and a 5.47 ERA at the break, had a 44.4 first-pitch strike percentage in losses. He was at 56.2 percent last season, so he can probably turn it around."
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I would have selected a more, ah, colorful description of the performance of a pitcher who is "as good as they come when he's healthy".
He's been healthy, and terrible. Somebody needs to tell Rich he's in a contract year.
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Unfortunately, Jim Hendry and Hot Seat go together like oil and water...thus the apropos nickname 'Teflon Jim'.
But it is good to see that a sports writer finally thinks he is on the hot seat after over 5 years since winning a playoff game.
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Who was going to fire him on the Trib, his enabler Kenney? I don't think Zell knows that Soriano misses fly balls.
I think there's a decent chance that Hendry gets fired within a week of the team (finally) changing hands.
I'll be sorry to see him go in some ways--if he goes--but he really should fall on his sword after the long-term mess he's made of the Cubs' outfield.
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The extension will likely keep the Ricketts from firing Hendry and maybe rightfully so as he will have 3 years left. But it would send a strong message that they want to win and will not accept crappy results.
Of course this is all assuming the Cubs don't make the playoffs and don't advance.
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A team that gets hot/lucky in October should not in theory be forgiven any more or less for previous incompetence than one which doesn't, not that I need to convince you.
Even if the Cubs go all the way, Hendry is still as much of a liability as an asset. With the sunk cost of his contract, I'm sure nothing short of a 95-loss season would get him fired at this point.
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Crappy results? WTF are you talking about?
Hendry has been, BY FAR, the most successful Cubs GM since... 1908?
How many teams have been in the playoffs 3 times in the last six years?
Take your blinders off, Manny.
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"Hendry has been, BY FAR, the most successful Cubs GM since... 1908?"
Great, Hendry is the tallest midget...WooHoo!!
The Cubs have not won a playoff game since October of 2003 (that is 69 months and counting). For a team that has had their very high payroll that is crappy results. No blinders needed.
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The Cubs have not won a playoff game since October of 2003 (that is 69 months and counting). For a team that has had their very high payroll that is crappy results. No blinders needed.
The playoffs are a crap shoot. Hendry has gotten them there three times in the past six years. That is pretty damn good.
Your hate of Hendry is hilarious. And irrational.
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"The playoffs are a crap shoot."
What page does that come from out of the 'I Love My GM' playbook? And even in craps you win once in awhile, right? And oh yeah, how do you think that excuse would fly if I used that to support Dusty in 2003?
"Your hate of Hendry is hilarious. And irrational."
That's funny, because I think your unconditional love of Hendry is hilarious. But I am glad to see people starting to see what I have seen from him for years.
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What page does that come from out of the 'I Love My GM' playbook? And even in craps you win once in awhile, right?
Sure... and pretty sure that the Cubs did win in the playoffs a few years ago. Of course, you probably think it is Hendry's fault that Dusty left his starting pitching in too long. Or that Alex Gonzalez forgot that he was one of the better fielding SS's in baseball. Or that Ryan Dempster would all of a sudden forget that he knew how to throw strikes. Or that practically the entire Cubs offense would forget how to hit last year.
And oh yeah, how do you think that excuse would fly if I used that to support Dusty in 2003?
Actually... yea. You see, unlike you, most people around here are capable of thinking unemotionally. I would argue that Dusty made some bad decisions in the playoffs, but that yea, the playoffs are a crap shoot and the Cubs lost at craps in the NLCS.
That's funny, because I think your unconditional love of Hendry is hilarious. But I am glad to see people starting to see what I have seen from him for years.
I don't have an unconditional love for Hendry. I know it is difficult for you to understand when people don't hate who you hate, and love who you love, but again, many around here are capable of looking at things logically and rationally.
In Hendry I see a GM that has made a lot of really good moves, and a decent amount of bad moves, and a few "yet to be determined" moves. I also see a GM that has been one of the more successful GMs in recent years.
Is the best GM in baseball? No. Is he the worst? No. But I would argue (with facts, which seem to be things you don't like too well) that he has been one of the better GMs in recent years.
Re: Hendry #9 on Heyman's list
In my opinion, and seemingly more and more in Cubdom, Hendry is not a good enough GM to build a championship team. I have had that stance for years now, and he has done nothing to change that.
Oh yeah, BTW, thanks for showing all the double standards, now that is truly humorous.
Peace out...
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What double standards?
You have a blind hate of Jim Hendry. I don't see that kind of blind adoration (or hate) of anyone by many around here other than from you.
Re: Hendry #9 on Heyman's list
True. I guess there are a couple of others besides Manny.
And they are all irrational.
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Chad:Theriot/Piniella/Rob G.
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Chad: Women. People without mullets.
Re: Hendry #9 on Heyman's list
You forgot Caucasoid wide receivers.
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TCR: Baker
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Hendry is very mediocre. Give Dave Littlefield a $120 mil payroll and he'll give you a .500 team at the all-star break.
The problem is not spending the money, it's getting good value for the money you do spend, and that's something Hendry doesn't consistently do.
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The problem is not spending the money, it's getting good value for the money you do spend, and that's something Hendry doesn't consistently do.
Again... 3 playoff teams. 6 years. Very, very few GMs have that kind of success.
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Bah, fine Dave, in the interest of making peace with you, I'll just agree with you today.
Re: All-Star Game Open Thread
The Algonquin Round Table over at Mlbtraderumors has all the midseason trades figured out.
My favorite:
"Yankees trade Jesus Montero Austin Jackson Zach McCallister Mark Melancon for Roy Halladay and Vernon Wells
Yankees trade George Kontos and a player to be named later for Ian Snell
Rotation: Doc, CC, AJ, Pettitte, Snell
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Are you saying those trades are unlikely? They seem alright to me, though I haven't heard of George Kontos. If the Yankees are offering to take Wells off of Toronto's hands, they may be offering too much prospects in that deal.
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More so that predictions tend to not be predictions but 'this is what I hope will happen so that my team will get better'.
But yes, this is not the 'prediction' that I would make if pressed on Halladay's destination. I'm sure the Jays would love to see both Halladay and Wells in their own division, though.
My prediction: Pujols is traded to the Cubs for DLee, Milton Bradley, and Vitters.
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Isn't Riccardi a Beane disciple? Bean doesn't worry about trading in his own division. If Montero and Jackson and unloading Wells' contract are on the table, I think the Jays would strongly consider it.
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Dunno. But you're right. It's a great trade prediction and will probably happen.
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So really your point is that no one should bother making trade predictions.
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Actually yes, now that you mention it. Either one picks something that's possible, but still just a guess or picks something outlandish so they can say "see, I called it!" when it happens...disregarding all the other predictions that didn't come true. It's a waste of time.
But: http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/ny-sprieber.... So, whatever.
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I'd take Halladay. Certainly I'd prefer him over Peavy. I am worried about the rotation as much as I am worried about the offense. Maybe a Hill trade is being bandied about, based on the report you linked below.
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If you trade for Halladay, you probably trade away Lilly.
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It obviously would take some work, but so did the Nomar trade. The payroll considerations are the main issue.
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Fuck Vitters, Jackson, and the 3 or 4 other good prospects. An A+ prospect in the Cub's organization is a C- prospect anywhere else.
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... with all due respect. :)
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vitters + marshall/wells + anything else needed for Halladay
worth it?
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Fuck NO. I swear my brain will explode if that fucking douche bag is ever a Cub.
Edit for out of sequence reply: I was talking about poop-hole.
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What makes him a douche bag?
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duh, he's a cardinal. just like jim edmonds whom everyone hated until he hit a bunch of homers for us.
i only hate a-holes that bag on the cubs or wrigley. like fat elvis.
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Um. I don't care if he is a douchebag. Personally, I don't particularly think he's one.
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I predict Soriano will like going back to DC and will hit
three home runs in the four game series.
The cubs will win three of four losing game Zambrano pitches.
Sam fuld will start at least one game in center.
And unfortunatly there will be a Jeff Baker sighting at second base.
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I'm bored. I wish tomorrow's game was in the afternoon. They should do the All Star game AFTER the season. At least the NFL understands that nobody gives a shit.
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I find the ASG vastly more interesting than bye weeks.
Re: Is Aaron Miles dead?
He who shall not be named is rehabbing.
Re: Crawford's catch...
it was a pretty good game, but the crowd was DEAD.
the fox broadcast on whole was pure crap. aside from missing the president's throw and having the wrong camera on it (who cares)...they showed replays of checked swings from the CF/pitcher-view camera rather than a side angle at least twice and missed many 1st pitches coming back from promos or breaks.
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Well the AAA ASG on ESPN2 was a bit more exciting with Eric Young calling the game with his son Jr. on the field. Of course as soon as they told about his batting skills he struck out but he did hit a monster double. The pitching was not impressive on the whole, but German Esteban really slammed the ball in Portland along with Eric Patterson. They mentioned Corey but only in passing. Also most of the speedsters took second at will. There were 19 K in attendance. The International league beat the PCL 6-5. I tuned in late so didn't see any Iowa Cubs.
These are the guys who are destined to be the PLBNL and they all played with energy.
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i-cub chris robinson was the starting catcher for the pcl team, played 5 innnings, went 1-2, lining out to right in his first ab with a nice single and a run scored. highlight of the game, however, was the 50 mph eephus pitch some guy threw for a strike which had the whole place laughing, including the guy he threw it too, who froze in disbelief.
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I watched a bit. Matt Murton was the starting DH for the PCL. He took a called 3rd strike in his first at bat. Pitch looked about 6 inches off the corner.
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Nice little bit on Randy Wells over at Fangraphs:
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Wells appears like he's throwing almost more of a slider/cutter hybrid compared to Dempster and Greinke, with more sweep and less sink. Someone who knows a lot more about PitchFx than I, Harry Pavlidis, notes the same thing, and gave the pitch a delightful name – the slutter.
The Slutter... love it. I thought it already had a name though: frisbee slider.
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Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.
Game is officially called...also officially a tie.
Stats count, no make-up date of course.
Yeah -- seeing the weather -- I hope KB and Rizz are inside, wrapped in blankets and drinking hot chocolate.


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Here's a bicycle that Cycle Chic has been riding around on for a few weeks. It's fun to test drive new bicycles in the ongoing search for cool urban transport. It's an ocean out there, filled with schools of groovy rides.
Taking a bike for a test drive is great, but I don't think you really get a sense of the bicycle by staring at it intently and riding it around the block or on a parking lot or at a bike fair. The best way to test drive a bicycle is to use it for a longer period.
A short test drive places all your focus on the bicycle and is a bit nerdy. Because it's not about the bicycle. It's about you on the bicycle. So here at Cycle Chic we figured we'd test drive bicycles for a longer period. In order to become comfortable with the machine and, in a way, to forget the bicycle.
Once you ride a bicycle around for more than a couple of days, you don't notice it. You're looking around your city, going from A to B. Then it's possible to return to thinking about the ride.
The bicycle featured here is the Velorbis Leikier. It's a co-branding effort between two Danish companies. Lars Leikier is a respected bikesmith, located here in Copenhagen. Together with his business partner he produces that proud workhorse of the Danish cargo bike fleet - the Sorte Jernhest, or Black Iron Horse.
Here's a Sorte Jernhest in action in Copenhagen.
Lars Leikier is inspired by the American choppers from the 50's and 60's and the Leikier is an offshoot of this fascination. On their website it's described as a Stately City Floater [statslig byflyder]. He crafts 15-20 of these bicycles each year in his bikesmithy. Totally con amore.
Now Leikier and classic Danish brand Velorbis have entered into a co-branding of the bicycle. Taking it to the next level. The result can be seen here.
So what's it like to ride? First of all, the bicycle is a real headturner. You can't pedal anonymously through the city on this puppy. Men, women and teenagers notice it and admire it as you roll past.
I've found that the description "Stately City Floater" is a perfect way to decribe riding the Velorbis Leikier. You sit grandly upon the saddle. The design makes your mother proud in the way that you're sitting up straight. I've discovered that it's virtually impossible to ride with two hands. One hand is magically drawn away from the handlebars to hang casually at my side or to glide into a pocket.
You feel like a king on this bicycle. You rise up above your city and survey it from a two-wheeled perch. All desire to go fast is removed from the design - although with 8 gears you can get up to speed if you need to. It is the poster child for the Slow Bicycle Movement. And it looks bloody fantastic, too. Oh, and super easy to find in bike racks filled with hundreds of bikes. It's the tallest bike around.
I like it when you ride a bicycle and just kind of forget about but somewhere, somehow you just feel good on it. If you notice your bicycle too much, it's not necessarily a good thing. It's like holding hands with someone you fancy. It should be natural. You should know exactly how you both like to hold hands and when your fingers intertwine it should feel nice for a moment and then just become natural.
During the Velo-City Conference 2010 I loaned the Velorbis Leikier to my friend Joel, from Ottawa. A good choice. He dressed for the bicycle.
- The Velorbis Leikier is available from Velorbis - www.velorbis.com.
- It retails for 10,000 kroner - $2995 in the States. There are only 15-20 of them hand-made each year at the moment.
- They come in two colours; black and silver.
The verdict? Cycle Chic approves.