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How does a contemporary art center in Columbus land the prize of being the first institution in the world to display uber-famous photographer Annie Leibovitz's complete, iconic Master Set? As it turns out, you start by asking.
Then you hold on for the whirlwind.
For the last 15 months, the word "Annie" has bounced again and again off the walls at the Wexner Center for the Arts, literally (actually, it's fixed on the wall now) and figuratively.
The three-part exhibition that encompasses more than 300 photographs, some of them never before shown, started with casual conversations in December 2011. In those first conversations, Leibovitz and the Wexner Center found they shared unexpected connections. Now they'll always be linked, through this exhibition and through the 14th Wexner Prize, which will be given to Leibovitz in a November ceremony.
The show opens with a splashy party on Friday night for Wexner Center members and another for OSU students. There will be plenty to celebrate — and plenty of relief. For a year, nearly everyone who works at the Wex has been involved somehow in making this show become reality. We talked to a few of the key players to find out what it takes to pull off a show on this scale, with an artist so famous she's often called by just one name.
"It's one of those moments where we have a show where you can essentially say the name and people who are not necessarily art-world people say, 'I have to come see that.' There have only been a few of those in the history of the Wexner Center," said Jerry Dannemiller, the center's director of marketing and communications.
Walking through the Wexner Center a couple of weeks ago, visitors were greeted just outside the galleries with a closed, semi-transparent rolling door and a sign inviting them to come back soon for the opening of the Annie Leibovitz show. Behind that door, the tedious, tenuous final steps of making an art exhibition were beginning.
In one gallery, the installation team examined framed photographs (hey, that's Johnny Depp and Kate Moss!), painstakingly inspecting the prints and their frames and glass for any flaws. In another, a couple dozen Leibovitz prints from the Pilgrimage series rested on a quilt of furniture pads on the floor. Work lights were trained on the south wall, where painter's tape marked off spots. Visitors signed in with a security guard at the top of a back stairwell.
To hang a single photograph, measurements were taken, nitrile gloves were worn, and three people handled the frame itself (one on each side and a third acting as a middle spotter). Everything was done gingerly, quietly, deliberately.
It is hardly riveting to watch this process, but visitors won't be able to peel their eyes from the images when all the furniture pads are rolled up, the gallery is lit and that door rolls open.
The Leibovitz exhibition is divided in three parts: The Master Set, Pilgrimage and a casual studio-proof collage in the public space just outside the galleries. Pilgrimage is a traveling exhibition that has been at The Smithsonian. The Master Set has never before been presented in a unified show.
"She chose the images in the Master Set. She wanted her range to be on view. She didn't want her greatest hits," said Bill Horrigan, the show's curator. "She wanted her reportage. Pictures of her family, her children, her parents. I think people will find the range surprising."
These are the photographs you closely associate with Leibovitz, though many of them have not been seen for years. The Pilgrimage images are wildly different.
"People tend to have a preconceived notion of the kind of work that she does, and Pilgrimage blows that out of the water," said Jill Davis, director of exhibitions management at the Wexner Center and essentially the show's project manager. "We want the message of this exhibition to be: She's a broad range of work."
Horrigan and Davis were in the gallery that Monday, watching the installation of the Pilgrimage photos. So was Patrick Weber, exhibition designer and senior preparatory, who has been responsible for all the physical aspects of the show.
Collaboration among these three is typical for any show at the Wex. But this show hasn't been typical, right from the start.
Horrigan was with Wexner Center director Sherri Geldin and deputy director Jack Jackson in December 2011 at that first visit with Leibovitz.
"We were just kind of spitballing, a kind of agenda-free discussion, and at some point Annie started telling us about the Master Set," Horrigan said. "The idea came to her in conversation that it might be interesting to get these photos together in the same space and see what they'd look like as an exhibition."
Pilgrimage also came up as a possibility. And Horrigan looked through her archive book, a list of every assignment Leibovitz has shot since 1970, finding name after name of other artists the Wex has worked with. "Her idea was to identify those people and do a very unpretentious collage," Horrigan said.
That concept developed into what visitors see at the base of the Wexner Center stairs, just outside the galleries. The installation gives visitors an idea of how a Leibovitz show or book comes together in a studio — simple computer printouts tacked to inexpensive boards.
Leibovitz and her frequent collaborator, Sharon Delano, visited the Wexner Center in early February 2012.
"I had kind of quietly inquired in one of our early conversations — it was so quiet I'm not sure Annie heard it — about the Master Set," Geldin said. " 'Do you think Annie would ever think about exhibiting the Master Set?' 'Oh, no, she'd never do that.' I said, 'All right,' figuring I didn't want to jinx anything. When she arrived here, she said she had been giving some thought to what body or bodies of work would make sense, and when she mentioned the Master Set, I was completely flabbergasted and thrilled."
The scope of what goes into organizing an exhibition like this is difficult to comprehend. The physical needs of the show, from walls (color, height, placement, number of) and the art (frame material and color, glass, size of prints, preparation, framing) are just the beginning.
The prints have been struck in New York and shipped in tubes to Columbus, where they were rested flat. Reed Arts framed all of the prints — Davis calls the Grandview business a Santa's workshop for the quantity and quality of work it did for the show.
The prints beg visitors to linger and wait for them to leap to life. In the Pilgrimage series, the feathers of a preserved bird corpse appear poised to flutter in a breeze. Water all but laps the shores of the River Ouse, where Virginia Woolf drowned herself in 1941.
"They say people moving through museums stop for 15 seconds," Geldin said. "Maybe we'll set a slower pace."
The curation of the show — the choices about the story it will tell visitors as they walk through — is another enormous consideration.
"We have to make sure we're maintaining these relationships [between photos] that Annie has in her head," Davis said. "There's documentation of war in Sarajevo in the Master Set, and a picture of Bon Jovi in a tanning bed. You've gotta be really sensitive to the way the show is rolling out through the galleries."
The Wexner Center is setting a high bar for attendance and exposure, too. An exhibit like this is a golden opportunity to get first-time visitors in the door and excited about contemporary art.
"It's something that galvanizes the entire community, whether you're a culture-vulture or not," Dannemiller said. "Bill said this before, that it's basically a photo album of the last 40 years of America. It's truly a moment that you have to seize."
The show has been heavily advertised locally and in targeted national media (a glossy insert went into regional distribution of a recent Sunday New York Times). A 90-foot wallscape by Orange Barrel Media was being installed week — yes, that's Muhammad Ali languidly lounging on those stairs — on a side of Lincoln Hall readily visible to all that Saturday traffic heading north on Route 315 (the show is also being advertised inside Ohio Stadium). A travel package with a hotel room and admission to the exhibition has been organized.
And more than 50 reporters and photographers are expected at the Wexner Center on Friday morning for a tour guided by Leibovitz herself, who will also be at the members-only party that night.
"We also hope that, by virtue of coming to the center and finding something that speaks to people on a very fundamental level, we will demystify contemporary art a little bit and encourage people to come back even when they don't recognize the name on the marquee," Geldin said.

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The JWs have their own version of the bible. Different from Paul's and every other christian's version. In your version, there have been changes made to make it seem as though Jesus was not the lord. There are many instances in the real bible that state Jesus as the lord. But I'm sure Paul would like to take this up with you.
Also, you claim your religion is the only true religion. Interesting enough, devout followers of other religions believe the same thing. And have just as much evidence to support their claims as well.
How much have you studied Hinduism? What about Islam? What is your knowledge of these religions to make such a claim that they are incorrect?
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Thank you for coming to celebrate a milestone in Miami-Dade. We are going to be turning biogas into energy. In Miami-Dade County, we've been a leader in the whole sustainability effort. I met with our sustainability director yesterday and we laid out a very ambitious plan that covers every spectrum.
And the biggest two areas are water and electricity. And what this grant allows us to do is to take gases and turn them into electricity. So it's huge.
Miami-Dade is a great example because it's a terrific example of a twofer, where you're taking a waste product and turning it into usable energy and it's supporting infrastructure that the city needs.
Presently, our electric bill is about $100,000 a month and 20,000 (dollars) of that is being cogenerated. In the future, our electric bill is going to be 200,000 (dollars) a month and $60,000 of that will be cogeneration. So it is to definite improvement.
And there's also the byproduct of that: The heat that we're going to be producing will be utilized not only to heat the digests but also to dry some of our sludge. We dry it out and we produce a composting material that we're selling to the farmers through Central Florida and even in Dade County. So there's a lot involved in it than just producing electricity.
We've done our estimates and we're assuming that it's going to create anywhere from 20 to 25 new jobs for this project. It's definitely going to help. It's going to be a huge impact.
There's going to be some labor work; there's going to be some technical work. The design work, actually, is already done; the permitting is happening right now and actual construction is going to start soon. So that's work for people in this community.
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- Evidence suggests that the component frequencies of the electroencephalogram (EEG) are dynamically adjusted to provide particular brain states at stimulus occurrence, and that these facilitate cortical processing of the stimulus. We examined relationships between stimulus intensity, the phase of narrow-band EEG activity at stimulus onset, and the resultant event-related potentials (ERPs) in a passive auditory oddball task, using a novel conceptualization of orthogonal phase effects (cortical negativity vs. positivity, negative driving vs. positive driving, waxing vs. waning). EEG responses to the standard stimuli (50 vs. 80 dB, varied between subjects) were analysed. Prestimulus narrow-band EEG activity (in 1-Hz bands from 1 to 13 Hz) at Cz was assessed for each trial by digital filtering. For each frequency, the cycle at stimulus onset was used to sort trials into four phases, for which ERPs were derived from both the filtered and unfiltered EEG activity at Fz, Cz and Pz. Preferred brain states at various frequencies were indicated by 16-34% differential occurrence within the orthogonal phase dimensions explored. The preferred states were associated with smaller N1, N2 and N3, larger P2 and P3, shorter N1, P2, N2 and P3 latencies, and some intensity effects. These effects reflected the operation of three separate phase-influenced mechanisms, involving anticipatory potentials and prestimulus/poststimulus amplitudes in various EEG frequencies. Results indicate that, even in paradigms with a slightly varying interstimulus interval, brain dynamics provide preferred brain states at the moment of stimulus presentation, which differentially affect the EEG correlates of stimulus processing.
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Sad to say, my thoughts are that as long as Melo is the leader of this team, the Knicks will suck nuts.
I would put it in the trade thread but NO anyway
Draft- 2nd Round Pick- Tyshawn Taylor
Sign Jeremy Lin- Qualifying Offer(better business decision for Jeremy as his next deal can be worth more)
Sign Steve Novak(Vets Minimum) and Deshawn Stevenson(Mini MLE)
Trade- Knicks/Pistons
Knicks receive- Ben Gordon and Jason Maxiell
Pistons receive- Amar'e Stoudemire and Josh Harellson
Trade- Knicks/Celtics
Knicks receive- Jeff Green(Sign and Trade)
Celtics receive- JR Smith(Sign and Trade)
Trade- Knicks/Mavericks
Knicks receive- Ian Mahinmi
Mavericks receive- Landry Fields and a conditional draft pick
Trade- Knicks/Kings
Knicks receive- Jason Thompson(QO)
Kings receive- Jerome Jordan
C- Tyson Chandler
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F- Jeff Green
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G- Jeremy Lin
G- Ben Gordon
G- Deshawn Stevenson
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F- Steve Novak
F- Jason Thompson
G- Tyshawn Taylor
This team has everything
Scoring- Anthony, Gordon, Lin, Novak, Shumpert, Taylor, Green
Post Defense- Chandler, Maxiell, Mahinmi
Perimeter Defense- Green, Shumpert, Stevenson, Taylor
Rebounding- Chandler, Anthony, Maxiell, Mahinmi, Thompson
Shooting- Novak, Gordon
Leadership- Chandler, Stevenson
Sad to say, my thoughts are that as long as Melo is the leader of this team, the Knicks will suck nuts.
Trading Amare to a conference rival = no no
They're in the conference tho. We'd have to play him 4 times a year
I dunno.. Thats a decent front court.. Prince, Amare and Greg Monroe.. Brandon Knight will have another year under his belt. And they getting another good draft pick this year in a deep draft.
I don't think Vets minimum is enough for Novak.
Yeah, he might have bad defense but he's still the #1 3-point shooter specialist.
I appreciate your creativity and logic, but wheres the passing at?
We need a PG.
Amar'e and his contract are impossible to get rid of. No NBA team is going to do that favor for the Knicks without demanding their next 5 first round draft picks from them. The only way I see the Knicks trading away Amar'e is if he gets back to averaging at least 20 ppg next season and the Knicks find a pursuer that's desperate to win a championship right away.
Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.
NBA teams cannot go for these deals,
simply too one sided
I think there are teams that will take a fly at him.
The reason he sucked all year is because of Melo. It doesn't need to go deeper than that.
I don't think he's lost that much, he's still very close to the player he was last year.
It's just that this isn't a good fit for him. Melo squeezes guys out, Melo is way too dominant for a guy like Amar'e to get his numbers.
Amar'e can still play at a very high level in the right offense, and the team that will feature something like this offense can take a shot at him.


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Don't forget, the big McHenry County College Job Fair is on Friday 11/2, 10am to 1pm in the Multipurpose Room / Gym. Over 45 companies are scheduled to appear.
The MCC website has a page dedicated to the Job Fair --- http://www.mchenry.edu/jobfair/
The page has great information including the basics on the fair, dressing for success and a list of all the employers and positions they are looking to fill.
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All day shopping frenzy on Thanksgiving?By ANNE DINNOCENZIO
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Shoppers stand in line outside a Best Buy department store before the stores opening at midnight, Nov. 22 of 2012. Thanksgiving is slowly becoming just another shopping day as at least a dozen major retailers are planing to open Thursday, Nov. 28.NEW YORK Last Thanksgiving Day, Kimberly Mudge Vias mother, sister and nieces left in the middle of their meals to head for the mall.
Now, Via says shell never host Thanksgiving dinner for her relatives again.
They barely finished, says the 28-year-old who lives in Boone, N.C. They thanked me and left their plates on the counter.
That scene could become more common in homes across the country. Black Friday shopping, the annual rite of passage on the day after Thanksgiving, continues to creep further into the holiday as more stores open their doors a day early.
Its a break with tradition. Black Friday, which typically is the years biggest shopping day, for a decade has been considered the official start to the busy holiday buying season. Stores open in the wee hours of the morning with special deals called doorbusters and stay open late into the evening. Meanwhile, Thanksgiving and Christmas remained the only two days a year that stores were closed.
Now Thanksgiving is slowly becoming just another shopping day. Over the past few years, major retailers, including Target and Toys R Us, slowly have pushed opening times into Thanksgiving night to one-up each other and compete for holiday dollars. Some initially resisted, saying that they wanted their employees to be able to spend time with their families.
But this year, Macys, Wal-Mart and Kohls are among at least a dozen major retailers that are opening on Thanksgiving. Several are opening for the first time, and others, including Gap, are opening earlier on the holiday than they did last year.
Roger Beahm, professor of marketing at the Wake Forest University School of Business in Winston-Salem, N.C., expects that its just a matter of time he estimates five years before most chains open all day on Thanksgiving. As for Christmas, he says that day is still sacred among shoppers.
The floodgates have opened, Beahm says. People will turn Thanksgiving Day shopping into a tradition as they historically have on the day after Thanksgiving ... And stores dont want to be left behind.
Indeed, retailers say theyre just doing what shoppers want. And they know that opening earlier gives them a chance to be the first to grab shoppers dollars. Thats an important opportunity for chains, which can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue during the last two months of the year.
But so far, its unclear whether opening on Thanksgiving boosts retailers top line or simply pushes forward sales from Friday. Last year, it was the latter: Sales on Thanksgiving were $810 million last year, an increase of 55 percent from the previous year as more stores opened on the holiday, according to Chicago research firm ShopperTrak.
But business dropped 1.8 percent to $11.2 billion on Black Friday, though it still was the biggest shopping day last year. That day accounted for about 4.3 percent of holiday sales last year.
Customers clearly showed that they wanted to be out shopping much earlier on Thanksgiving, Amy von Walter, a spokeswoman for Best Buy, which moved up its opening this year to 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving from midnight on Black Friday in 2012. Our plan this holiday is a direct result of that feedback.
Given the controversy, opening on Thanksgiving can be a difficult decision for retailers to make.
For instance, last year, Macys and J.C. Penney didnt open on Thanksgiving evening as competitors did. Both chains say they wanted to honor their workers time with their families. But this year, they changed their tune.
Tony Bartlett, executive vice president of Penneys stores, says the company decided to open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving this year because of customer feedback. He also says Penney store employees wanted to open on Thanksgiving so they could get the chance to better compete with rivals.
Obviously, we were one of the last to open, last year, says Bartlett, referring to the chains 6 a.m. opening in 2012. But he says this year, Were all in.MORE IN National / World BusinessNEW YORK Its not just the musical Hairspray that will air live on NBC tonight. Full StoryOXON HILL, Md. Far from the Las Vegas Strip, MGM Resorts International opens its $1. Full Story
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Tiny Kitchens With Big Results
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By Janet Hall, Remodelista
Take a tour of these 13 kitschy kitchens that maximize even the most miniscule of spaces.
Nook & Crannies2 of 14
A tiny kitchen by Mesh Architectures occupies a nook in a 300-square-foot art dealer studio. The sleek white cabinets and stainless small appliances give it a professional look despite its small size. The high-mounted oven includes a space-saving feature where the bottom drops down for you to insert the food, then retracts back up into the heat.
ON REMODELISTA: Remodelista's Favorite Space-Saving Appliances for Small Kitchens
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This compact galley kitchen is part of a 10-by-40-foot apartment in East Village owned by a fashion executive. Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture crafted a wood-paneled central space that services both the bathroom and kitchen, with a sleeping loft above.
Hide & Seek4 of 14
Brooklyn design firm Workstead integrated a tiny kitchen corner into living area of a graphic designer's small one-bedroom apartment. Named the "Sliding Kitchen" because of the grid system of sliding cabinet doors, the kitchen fits into a small 6-foot alcove. The cabinetry continues into the living area, tying the two spaces together.
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In a New York apartment by Manifold Architecture Studio, a combination of white surfaces with wood countertops and floors creates a sense of unity. The kitchen is tucked in a hall that connects the living room with dining and sleeping space. To keep the sense of space, the architects used a glass backsplash with a color-fused back that blends into the wall. Floor-to-ceiling cupboards contain clutter.
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A tiny kitchen is tucked into Vodaphone's La Casa Móvil, a rolling 20-by-8-foot solar home designed by Madrid-based Waskman Design Studio. We love the instant dining table cum work desk that can fold up to conceal the storage behind.
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A great space-saving idea in a renovated Victorian flat in San Francisco by Abueg Morris Architects is an appliance wall. The refrigerator, freezer, oven, microwave and washer/dryer are artfully arranged to fit in a compact 8-foot-wide space. Storage cupboards sit above using every inch of the wall.
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The team at Loadingdock5 Architecture is an expert at maximizing small urban spaces. The architects painted the interior a uniform shade of bright white, leaving pipes and electricals exposed, and tucked the small kitchen in the frequently wasted space under the stairs.
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A tried-and-true strategy for maximizing small kitchens is open shelving, as shown in this compact but airy-feeling kitchen lining one wall of a small Pacific Northwest pine forest cabin designed by Balance Associates Architects.
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A kitchen in a 1960s converted shed on Lopez Island, Washington by Greene Partners Architecture and Design uses open shelves to hold the microwave and dishwasher, as well and a wall-mounted hanging rack. Open rail storage systems are great space-savers and keep utensils and supplies within easy reach.
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Stools are a compact seating option for small eating spaces. This single-wall kitchen in a San Diego Loft Condominium by Incorporated Architecture and Design Studio includes a very minimal dining setup.
Line Chef12 of 14
Los Angeles-based interior designer Michaela Scherrer created this cozy kitchenette in a Pasadena cabana. Exposed shelving, a narrow trough sink with sliding bamboo cutting boards, and an oven-on-wheels help maximize the space.
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Structural support beams are cleverly used as a pot rack in this small studio kitchen by Shed Architecture & Design. The refrigerator and oven are hidden in a compact core behind the kitchen.
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The b2 Kitchen Workshop by German design house Bulthaup may be the ultimate minimal kitchen. The system is inspired by a workshop layout: The workbench contains the sink and the range; the tool cabinet houses all the utensils, dishware and food; and the appliance cabinet houses the oven, dishwasher and refrigerator. When not in use, the tool cabinet and the appliance cabinet can be closed. Not in the market for a new kitchen? Consider a small kitchen workshop addition like Instant Kitchen Drawer Organizers.
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Hi, my second DS is 10 days old today and I've been experiencing terrible nipple pain since day 3. Both my nipples are cracked at the tip so 2 days ago I decided to nurse from the less damaged breast only, and I pump the other at every feeding. After he nurses I give him the expressed breastmilk from the bottle (one from medela, that is supposed to prevent nipple confusion).
I had 2 LC tell me the latch is fine (probably improved a little). However my nipples are shaped like lipstick at the end of the feeding, instead of pensil erasers.
When I use the football hold they end up with the pencil eraser shape, BUT it s equally painful!
I m also using lanolin, breastshells, BM on the nipples, hydrogel pads and advil for the pain.
Tried nipple shield but its worse and milk doesn t transfer well.
What I would like to know is:
- If the latch is now correct, how long for it to stop hurting? Should I pump and let the nipples heal? (I m terrified he ll refuse the breast afterwards). should I keep nursing and wait until nipples toughen up?
I am really desperate, I was so looking forward to this experience and now I feel like crying at every feeding... I know its christmas and everybody is probably very busy, but I am desperate for a piece of advise. Thank tou so much!


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Tag clouds and the value of visuals
I've been looking into the various infographics sites trying to do something different (more on that in a future post) and I came across something interesting. I was trying out some tag cloud services and realized just how powerful a visual look at your data can be.
On my first shot, making a Wordle, I found that the most prominent word in my RSS feed wasn't anything near what I would have guessed:
"False"? Really? That's the most prominent word? Well, of course that's not the image that I want to convey when someone comes to my blog. For reference, here's the Wordle without it:
I'm not really sure why "false" was that prominent; I'm sure it'd in the code examples, but … really? Ironically, with it gone, the most prominent term is "value" — which I'm happy to have associated with my blog.
A second service, WordItOut, doesn't have the original "false" quite so prominent:
So I might have missed it if I'd started out there.
But there's yet another wrinkle to this. A third service, Tagxedo, lets you arrange your tag clouds into an image. I couldn't find the Stormtrooper they were showing on the home page, but here's the cloud based on Abe Lincoln:
Now, I'm pretty sure this is based on the actual text on my home page rather than my feed, which is why my name is disturbingly prominent rather than the code terms in the other two clouds. (NoTooMi also shows up nicely.) But my point here is that adding this extra layer of visual is neat but distracts from the idea of making sense of the data. (Of course, if all you're interested in is a cool looking visual, go for it. Tagxedo is a great service.)
The moral here? Visuals can be extremely useful, but be careful not to get TOO creative, or they'll lose their power to show you the data you've actually come for.
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my suggestion is to be firm with in-laws or anyone trying to offer unsolicited advice. Let them know you are doing what works best for your family, and quickly change the subject.
Do what works best for your family! It's hard to not let people (especially family) get to you. My in-laws are a nightmare, but they have learned to keep their comments and opinions to themselves. I have learned over time to be assertive with them. It's hard, but you are the parent now.
here is a quote by Eleanor Roosevelt that I love:
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do and damned if you don't."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
With regards to CIO, we have had tons of debates on here about this, but I still will not hold back my opinions. I will have to say that I believe is the most unnatural way to respond to a crying child. Crying is their only way to communicate a need that they have. Even if that need is just to be held. When they cry during the day you don't ignore them, so what makes nighttime any different? KWIM? I do not believe that infants manipulate. Sure, they know you will come when you call, but they are still crying for a reason. An infant does not understand why you are not coming. They do not have some devilish plan up their sleeve to torment you all night.
Did you know that the original person who coined the term "CIO" has changed his stance on this? Even he says you should not leave an infant alone to cry for long periods of time. Even his methods (Ferber) are very gentle, and involve comforting the child. However, this way of "training" seems to get passed down to generations, and people get desperate and use it. It's hard when so many pp say they use it, and say it is ok.
All I have to say is do what feel natural and right, and know that there is nothing wrong with responding to your child. They will adjust to sleep as they get older. They will not be a teenager crying every 2 hours at night. These days will fly by.
This is my personal opinion, but I feel that many of the sleeping issues we all face with in this generation (myself including) might be partially due to being forced to sleep independently too soon. Again, this is my personal opinion.
here are a couple interesting articles
I agree with the pp that night nursing is a great way for the two of you to connect after being apart during the day.
If you no longer want to night nurse, there are gentler ways to soothe baby, as pp mentioned. I reached an exhaustion threshold at around 8 months, and DH and I decided to take turns. He would rock him back to sleep, and next time I would nurse him. That worked great for us.
With that said, there are gentle ways to night wean, such as Dr. Jay Gordon Method. We used a similar method at around 16 months when ds could understand alot more. We could explain to him that milkies is sleeping, and everyone in the house is sleeping. We could reason with him, and he could understand more. Sure there were some tears, but he was comforted through them. He was never left alone in a room to cry for long periods of time.
Now when I am nursing him to sleep at night, he names everyone in the house and says night night (including kitty), and I reinforce by saying "thats right, kitty go night night too". He rarely wakes during the night, but on nights when he cries out for me, I am still there for him.
I remember reading something by Elizabeth Pantley that said, something along the lines of it seeming like the hardest thing to deal with at the time, but in the blink of an eye they are older, and you forget all about those sleepless nights. If anything, you miss those middle of the night snuggle sessions. Remember, it is okay for them to nurse for comfort. That is one of the wonderful things about nursing, the warmth, love, and comfort that flows out along with the milk :gvibes!


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Gov. Walker touts income tax cut, job creation in speech
Gov. Scott Walker said during his State of the State speech that he's doubling down on efforts to meet his 2010 campaign promise to create 250,000 jobs over four years.
Walker also touted a promised income tax cut for the middle class during the speech Tuesday night to a joint meeting of the Legislature.
The speech was short on details about what the governor's agenda will look like over the next year. The Republican says those will come in his budget address next month.
Walker says Wisconsin is moving forward "with bold vision and bright hope for the future."
Democratic Assembly Leader Peter Barca says Walker has shown no urgency or willingness to focus on job creation.
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Langley, Banack & Butler, a South Texas-based law firm, is holding an open house on Thursday, June 13, to celebrate the expansion of its Karnes City office. Langley, Banack & Butler's South Texas office in Karnes City, along with its affiliate office in Carrizo Springs, continues to see an increase in demand for legal services as a direct result of activity in the Eagle Ford Shale region.
A recent University of Texas at San Antonio study indicated the economic impact of Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas for 2012 was $61 billion, and this impact is expected to increase in the coming years.
Langley, Banack & Butler's practice areas include Oil & Gas, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Family Law, Tax Law, Businesses Services and Litigation. In addition, Langley, Banack & Butler is adding a new member to its legal team, Elizabeth Kopecki, a recent graduate of St. Mary's University School of Law, to assist with growing business. Ms. Kopecki was in the top 2 percent of her law school class, served on the St. Mary's Law Journal editorial board and was the recipient of the prestigious Buck J. Wynne Scholarship in the fall of 2012.


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Democrats on the state Assembly's natural resources committee are questioning the need for a bill that would create a woodchuck hunting season.
Rep. Andre Jacque, a DePere Republican, has introduced a measure that would remove woodchucks from Wisconsin's protected species list and establish a season that would run nearly year-round.
The natural resources committee held a public hearing on the bill Wednesday. Rep. Tom Hebl, a Sun Prairie Democrat, said he's never heard of anyone eating woodchucks or selling their pelts. He asked Jacque if he thought hunting an animal just to kill it is immoral.
Jacque told the committee people should be allowed to defend their property from burrowing woodchucks. Rep. Chris Danou, a Trempealeau Democrat, pointed out landowners already can kill nuisance woodchucks without a license.


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Bill would protect same-sex, bi-national couplesFebruary 15,2013MONTPELIER More than a year after U.S. immigration authorities sought to split up a same-sex, bi-national couple living in Vermont, Sens. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Susan Collins of Maine are pushing legislation to protect such couples.
After a threatening letter from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 14 months ago, Frances Herbert and Takako Ueda of Dummerston got a follow-up letter in May saying the agency would hold off for two years before trying to deport Ueda to her native Japan for an expired visa.
Now legislation introduced by Leahy and Collins backed by President Barack Obama would halt such deportations by allowing Americans to sponsor their same-sex permanent partners who are immigrants for permanent residency.
There are an estimated 36,000 same-sex, bi-national couples in the country.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryMONTPELIER Gov. Full Story
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Hawaii will soon have another Catholic Saint as Pope Benedict XVI announced the date of Mother Marianne Cope's canonization.
Henrietta Miranda takes time each day to pray, asking for guidance from God and a number of saints. So she was emotional over Mother Marianne's elevation to sainthood.
"Everyday I always pray for them...oh here I go, for all the saints, so it is a big deal to us," said Honolulu resident Henrietta Miranda.
Mother Marianne will be canonized along with six others on Oct. 21st.
Cope came to Hawaii to help care for people with Hansen's disease. After Father Damien's death, she carried on his work on Kalaupapa.
"I love her compassion. She is like my role model and mentor, in a sense, working with people here in Hawaii," said Sister Alicia Damien Lau, with the Sisters of St. Francis.
Mother Marianne was a Sister of St. Francis. The order continues to work in the islands, including on Kalaupapa, where a few patients remain.
"Mother Marianne was a champion of human rights. She provided for all creeds, even the marginalized of society to uplift all races," said Sister Davilyn Ah Chick, with the Sisters of St. Francis.
Mother Marianne worked in Hawaii for 40 years, making a difference in countless lives. She also made a difference after her death. The Catholic Church attributed two healing miracles to Mother Marianne, which are part of the requirements for Sainthood.
Just like Father Damien's canonization three years ago, the event will be held at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. A few Hansen's disease patients from Kalaupapa, along with church leaders plan to attend the ceremony.
After the canonization of Mother Marianne, her relic will then be taken on a tour of all the islands and then to a special ceremony at Iolani Palace.
Some of the others who will be canonized during the ceremony in October include the first Native American saint along with a German woman who could not be a missionary because of debilitating accidents and disease, but she used her suffering to help others.


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BEIJING — A Beijing artist returned from a business trip in southern France with well-rested lungs and a small item of protest against his home city's choking pollution: a glass jar of clean Provencal air.
Liang Kegang put the jar up for auction before a group of about 100 Chinese artists and collectors late last month, and it fetched $860.
"Air should be the most valueless commodity, free to breathe for any vagrant or beggar," Liang said. "This is my way to question China's foul air and express my dissatisfaction."
Liang's work is part of a gust of recent artistic protest — and entrepreneurial gimmickry — reflecting widespread dissatisfaction over air quality in China, where cities often are immersed days on end in harmful pollutants at levels many times what is considered safe by the World Health Organization.
China's senior leaders have pledged to clean the air, partly in response to citizens' outcries about environmental issues.
In February, 20 artists wearing dust masks played dead in front of an altar for a performance-art protest at the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing.
In March, independent artists in the southern city of Changsha conducted a mock funeral for what they imagined would be the death of the last resident because of smog.
Liang's contribution is an ordinary glass jar with a rubber seal. It has three labels: one with the name and coordinates of the French village, Forcalquier, where he closed the jar; one reading " Air in Provence, France" in French; and one with his signature in Chinese and the date — March 29.


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Kouz has a Great Glove
- 5-2 Padres
Nick Hundley is on fire. So is Luis Rodriguez. Both of them had two hits and drove in two runs last night. Other rookies are pitching in, too. Will Venable hit his first major league homer on our way to a 5-2 win. Coming off the DL, Shawn Estes made the start and was incredible. He went 6 innings, giving up 1 run, 7 hits, 1 walk, and striking out 1. He was mowin'. The bullpen was great. Mike Adams struck out the side around a home run in the 7th. Heath was great. Thanks to some beautiful defense, Trevor closed the game to get his 552nd save. A huge part of this game was Kouz's defense. He had 9 assists, and was just stopping balls left and right. He was amazing. It was an incredible game for the Padres. The Brewers are really struggling right now, but CC Sabathia is going tonight against Josh Geer. GO PADRES!
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Go Padres. They are turning into my favorite team. I am hoping to also come to San Diego next season to see some games at Petco.
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Thanks, Chris. I am SO glad that you are becoming a Padres fan!! It would be great to have you out here next year. Hopefully we will be better then…. If you have any questions about the Padres, feel free to ask!!


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Denard Robinson: I could beat Bolt in 40
Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson says he could beat Olympic track star Usain Bolt in 40-yard dash.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. –
Denard Robinson is getting ready for Alabama on Sept. 1.
In the meantime, though, he has another target in mind.
Usain Bolt.
"I've watched him run, and I'm pretty sure I can beat him in a 40-yard dash," Robinson said at Michigan's media day on Sunday. "I'd get a better start, and I could take him.
"At 60 yards, I'd be in trouble, and at 100 meters, he'd be gone, but I could get him in a 40."
The idea for the race came from Devin Gardner, Robinson's backup and the Wolverines' newest weapon at wide receiver. Gardner was asked if the possibility existed of Robinson seeing some snaps at receiver with him at quarterback.
"Denard could do that in a heartbeat – he's the fastest man in the world," Gardner said. "I know what Usain Bolt did in the Olympics, and Denard probably couldn't beat him at 100 meters, but when it comes to football speed at 40 yards, I'd take Denard. He's that fast."
The "experiment" of playing Gardner at wide receiver took on a little more importance this week when the Wolverines' number-one receiver, Roy Roundtree, injured his knee in a freak accident.
"He had just run a route and was perfectly fine," receivers coach Jeff Hecklinski said. "He was walking back to the huddle and something happened."
The result was arthroscopic surgery for Roundtree on Friday, and an expected two-week recovery period. That puts Roundtree's availabilty for the Alabama game in jeopardy, but Gardner isn't worried about filling that role.
"Roy's going to be fine," he said. "I've seen him, and he's going to be OK. No one worry about Roy."
There's also a question mark hanging over another of Michigan's offensive stars. While running back Fitzgerald Touissant will return to practice on Monday, coach Brady Hoke isn't willing to say that he'll be allowed to play against the Crimson Tide. Touissant and defensive end Frank Clark were both suspended for the first week of fall practice due to offseason arrests.
"They will be allowed to practice on Monday," Hoke said. "The next set of decisions will be made when I decide to make them."
If Touissant doesn't play against Alabama, much of the running duties will fall on Thomas Rawls, who is more of a power runner than Touissant..
"This is Michigan, and when one person goes down, another one steps up," Rawlssaid. "I'm a Michigan running back, just like Fitz. That means I'm tough, I'm good and I'm ready to do the job. I might be more of a downhill runner than some of our other guys, but this is still Michigan. We step up."
Of course, when it comes to the Wolverines, the most dangerous runner is the man taking the snaps from center. Robinson enters the season with a chance to finish as the NCAA's career rushing leader at quarterback, but hasn't exactly been keeping track of his place on the list.
"Is that true? I had no idea until you just asked me that," he said in a media huddle Sunday. "I've never paid any attention to that. I just run the ball when I need to run it and throw it when we need to do that. I'm just trying to make plays to help us win games, I'm not worried about the numbers."
He does know one number, though – 9.63.
That was Bolt's gold-medal time in the 100-meters in London.
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1. No wonder you have to ask out Russian women online...gee you're too busy making a point about centers.
2. What is your Knick solution?
3. You make some great points...why would GS pick Foyle over Damp?
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Spring Training: Phillies have lost two in a row as they fall to the Reds, 8-4.
The Phillies have lost their second straight game in Grapefruit League play as they lose this afternoon to the Cincinnati Reds at Bright House Field, 8-4.
Cole Hamels was the Phils starter and he had not as solid an outing as he did when he pitched against Team Canada last week. Hamels pitched two and two-thirds innings, giving up two runs, on a two-run home run to Ryan Hanigan in the third, on only two hits as he struck out three. Andrew Carpenter pitched next, going two and a third innings, giving up only a run, on a solo home run to Yonder Alonso in the fourth, on just two hits while striking out two. Antonio Bastardo followed him with an inning of work, giving up a run, on a solo home run to Daryle Ward, on only one hit as he struck out two. Justin Lehr would take the mound next, and give up four runs on four hits, including a grand slam home run to Chris Valaika, and a walk as he struck out just one batter. Robert Mosebach and Sergio Escalona would each pitch an inning, each throwing a scoreless frame, with neither pitcher giving up a hit while striking out 3 (Mosebach 2, Escalona 1). Lehr is the losing pitcher, with his Grapefruit League record being 0-1 with a 27.00 ERA.
The Phillies had nine hits in today's game, with Jason Donald leading the team as he went 3 for 4, all singles. Ryan Howard followed with two hits, including a solo home run in the fourth inning. Jayson Werth, Geoff Jenkins, Miguel Cairo and Lou Marson would each contribute a hit, with Jenkins' hit being a solo home run in the second. Raul Ibanez got the Phils other RBI.
The Phillies' record is now 4-6 in Grapefruit League play.
The Phillies are off tomorrow. Their next game will be played on Wednesday as they face the Atlanta Braves at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida at 1:05 pm.
Today's trivia question is: Name the Phillies' player who is the team leader in career batting average? You know where to look for the answer. I will post the correct answer on Wednesday.
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Opps – sent my wishes before I read this! I'll come back to look at the trivia.
If we are talking games against the Marlins, then it would have to be Chase Ultey or Pat Burrell.🙂
Glad to see spring training under way, there's nothing like the baseball season!
Don't worry abour spring standings. Just see how each player is doing. It's nice to see what the young guys are doing.
~King of Cali
To Julia: Well, the post was done hours late then my first one.
To Fishfins: I mean the Phil player with the highest career batting average during the team's entire 126 years. The guy with that has an over .350 batting average. Right now, Chase is tied for 17th and Pat is tied for 79th.
And yes, it is nice for Spring Training to be underway.
To King of Cali: Not really worry, since today game's was lost because the Reds got all of their runs via the long ball, and there is not much you can do about gopher balls other than not throw them. As for the young guys, Happ is impressing on the mound, while Mayberry is doing it at the plate. The question is can they continue as the regular season gets closer. I guess we'll all know the answer later this month.
Billy Hamilton, with a career .361 average as a Phillie (I think).
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Ethics Professor Reggie Williams led us in worship this week entitled, "Jesus Began to Weep." The choir offered many powerful hymns, and Scripture was read by guest artist, Peterson Toscano. Peterson went through the story of Lazarus' resurrection and Jesus' weeping from the Gospel of John by asking us all to assume the positions of those involved. We attempted to be downcast like Lazarus' family at his death and hopeful like Mary as she saw Jesus on his way. It was a unique and intimate way to "read" through the familiar Scripture to prepare us for Reggie's words for the day.
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Ethan Martin, the 23-year-old righty hurler that was acquired along with Josh Lindblom and a player to be named later just prior to the non-waiver trading deadline from the Los Angeles Dodgers, is adapting quickly to his new home, Reading, PA. In three starts since joining the Phillies organization, Martin has posted a 3-0 record with a 2.08 ERA while striking out 13 and walking five in 17 1/3 innings.
Originally selected by Los Angeles in the 1st round (15th overall) in the 2008 amateur draft out of Stephens County High School in Georgia, Martin had not posted great numbers as a pro prior to this season. In his first three years in the minors, Martin sported a 24-29 record with a 5.42 ERA. However, this year, with Double-A Chattanooga, Martin tallied an 8-6 record with a 3.56 ERA en route to becoming a Southern League All-Star.
Prior to the 2012 season, Martin, who stands 6-feet-2-inches tall and weighs around 195 pounds, was rated as the Dodgers' number 17 prospect by Baseball America.
Recently, I spoke with Ethan about being involved in a trade for MLB All-Star Shane Victorino, his own pitch repertoire, Phillies fans and plenty more. For the full Q&A, read ahead or check out the media player below to hear that interview.
Jay Floyd: You joined the Phillies here recently, in the deadline deal for Shane Victorino. I wanted to get your thoughts on that move and what your excitement level was like to be joining the Phillies organization.
Ethan Martin: It was pretty- kind of crazy, you know. I got the phone call early in the morning and from there it was just a hectic day on that day, the Monday or Tuesday or whatever it was. But having a team that wants me like they did and being in that trade it makes me feel good, deep down. So, just coming over here to an organization like the Phillies are and with all the pitching they have, and with all the different things they've done in the past by winning and everything, you know, it's pretty exciting. Good to be a part of that.
JF: I talk to a lot of guys and, whether it's trade rumors or actual trades, they'll describe the disappointment with leaving an organization they may have been drafted by or came up with, that disappointment goes away when they realize there's a team that wants them so badly that a team would trade away an established guy, like an All-Star. So, that's a fully legitimate feeling and fully verified by you?
EM: Oh, yeah. I mean, of course I didn't want to leave- the Dodgers drafted me and that's all I really knew, but that wasn't the big part, you know. The Dodgers…would I love to play for them? Yeah, but I whoever I can make it up to play for, you know. The hardest part of it was leaving some of the guys I spent the last four years with. But, now, coming over here and just meeting these guys, same thing. You meet new friends and get acquainted with new guys and I'm starting to love it now.
JF: And you mentioned time spent in the Dodgers organization and you had a couple rough years and then this year you come back in the Southern League, establishing yourself as an All-Star…was it a big relief to really start to establish yourself as a really good performer there?
EM: Oh, yeah, absolutely. Years prior to this year have kind of been up and down, a little rough for me. And being able to go out, day in and day out, that was a big relief for me.
JF: Through your career, you've always posted big strike out numbers, with a 9.3 K/9 mark. What's your pitch repertoire like and what do you consider your out pitch?
EM: I just consider slider or curve ball as my out pitch. I'll throw a fast ball and try to get ahead with that, there's pretty good life on it, so, you know, using that and then the slider and curve ball.
JF: Where's the velocity for you and what's the drop-off when you throw the off-speed stuff?
EM: Fastball can range from 92 to 97 and I've hit 99 before, but I usually sit between 92 and 94. Then the slider's like 84 to 86. And the curve ball's like 78, so…
JF: So we get the full evaluation of the pitch menu there. Other than that, though, what are some things you might cite if you were asked to scout yourself?
EM: My command. I've got to get that better. The walks are still there. They're coming down a lot, but they're still there, so I've gotta get control of that. I think once I get that, I should be a lot better off.
JF: Fresh after joining the Phillies organization you get to go home there to Reading for a home stand and, obviously, it's the local environment. You get a lot of Phillies fans there. You come out to Trenton and it's a short trip away and there are still a lot of Phillies fans. Just talk about that and maybe being greeted in a different fashion than other teams you've played for or other leagues you've played in where there aren't local big league fans like there are near Philadelphia.
EM: Yeah, especially with Chattanooga. Double-A was in Chattanooga, TN, there's no Dodgers fans there. You might have one here or there, but coming here and just the way the town is in Reading, just they way everybody is- just all about it…it's pretty fun and makes it better to play in too.
JF: Overall, joining the new team, in the thick of the hunt for a playoff spot, how crucial is it, what's the energy like and is this really important to the team right now?
EM: Yeah, absolutely. We all want to go out there and win a championship, so just coming here and joining them, when they're in the hunt, it's been exciting.
JF: You earned a win in your Phillies organization debut and doing a solid job since joining the team. Just your thoughts on your efforts thus far wearing Phillies red…?
EM: I just try to go out there and do the same thing as I would do with any uniform on, just making my pitches and just give the team a chance to win.
(For the previous few questions, R-Phils third baseman Cody Asche had been playfully mocking me and offering his bat as a microphone for Ethan to speak toward as he answered questions)
JF: And we've got Cody Asche here, riding copilot for the interview, fake microphoning it, with a bat. What are your thoughts on Cody Asche thus far?
EM: (Laughter) Everybody's been great. Everybody's been able to accept me and I just really appreciate that.
JF: Sounds good. Before becoming a professional, who were some players you looked up to, growing up?
EM: Being from Georgia, you know, I looked up to Smoltz and Maddux and all them. But my favorite player ever was David Justice. Just watching him play every year, especially when they were pretty fun to watch back in the 90's.
JF: Absolutely. And you clearly grew up as an Atlanta fan. Joining a division rival organization, is the family torn?
EM: No, I mean, my family's been supportive playing with whoever. But, I've had some friends say it's gonna be hard to pull for the Phillies, being in the same division as the Braves, but they're all just giving me a hard time. Everybody back home's real supportive. It's part of it. They understand and they're right there with me.
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Ethan Martin seems like a nice kid looking for an opportunity. Let's hope his command improves with his three pitches and gets that opportunity. He may want to develop a change-up while in Reading. Good stuff, Jay.
Forgive me if I can't work up a molecule of enthusiasm for this deal while Utely, Brown ,Rollins, and Howard continue to work diligently at lowering the ERA of every pitcher the Phils face. The organization's in complete shambles,
What do you mean shambles? Some prospect in Clearwater is throwing a no-hitter. Look at the big picture!
No game day post – I believe this site is probably headed towards the sunset
In the meantime is this guy Gallardo is a strike out pitcher. I was not sure how he managed to mow down 4 Phils in 2 innings.
That should have been a very good inning.
Its about time for a Vance melt –
Dom Brown just left a crap stain in the outfield.
Seriously, is D Brown a slow adult? If I am correct, he had a football scholarship to play WR at FSU…could you imagine this guy trying to run a fly pattern. Probably would have tripped over his own 2 feet!
They would have assigned him to be the guy who downs punts.
Not one single untouchable player on this team.
In fact really who would want any of these guys except in some kind of back up role. I've tried to keep a balanced approach to this season but Amaro has left this team in an irreparable state. They are YEARS away from being competitive again. This team reminds me of the Mo Vaughan Bobby Bonilla Mets teams-overpaid and overrated.
you couldnt play baseball this bad on purpose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Phillies should get ready for 2013??? are philadelphia fans retarded, or is life just that bad that we believe in the hopeless??? Its overrrrr!!! get it through your thick head!!! this team will be sold away piece by piece next year. Theres no way to repair this team, that moron Amaro reglected this offense for 4 years and bought every pitcher he could. Did he think hitting was no longer required in baseball???
Yes arc, this offense really does stink and the pitching smells pretty bad to top it all. Another 1 2 3 to the mighty Brewers. Hey, they are giving us revenge on the sweep in Philly.. right
Its FROD and we have owned this clown in the past.
But who has confidence in this offense?
Switched to Livan who has more junk than Jamie ever had
Yeah Ryan, keep to that right side, get the Brewers off guard buddy
Gee, I was just expecting more from Dom Brown
Phitin Phils are living up to their name eh? 4 hits
You guys are so bandwagon when the team wins, and totally negitive on nights they lose.
Just fans Cs, for years just fans who are frustrated as hell with this season. How long have you been on the bus?
Rollins needs to just shut up, seriously this dude needs a PR advisor or something. So I'm reading that after meeting with Manuel, he was quoted as saying this on why he does not run hard on every play-
"You'll end up breaking down, just the wear and tear on your body," Rollins said. "Why do people do a lot of things? It's just the way it is. It's like, if you're a pitcher, why don't you throw every ball at 95 mph? Sometimes it's not going to happen."
Is he kidding? He's really going to compare running down a baseline four freakin' times a game to throwing 100 pitches? A simple 90 foot sprint four times? He's obviously never pitched.
you've obviously never sprinted!!!!
Rollins has a PR guy. His name is Tom McCarthy. Last night's broadcast was a disgrace. It started off with Rollins hugging a little kid in the crowd. And then his second at-bat just happened to be a story about Rollins helping the Ugandan Little League World Series team. I guess they knew to get those stories in early because most fans would turn the game off by the 5th inning.
It was like Rollins was running for office. Well, at least that would mean he is running.
I stand corrected, he definitely already has one!
His answer in the following game was almost a slap in the face. He stole 2 bases once he got on as if "this is what I can do Cholly" and then pretty much nothing after. What does that mean? He gives Cholly, us, Philadelphia the effort when he is motivated? What more motivation does someone need?
If Jimmy would play, play hard and just shut up
brooks they have to try to trade him in the offseason! i don't care what his frangraph adversaries say! the so so stats he puts up to achieve his 3.1 war or whatever doesn't take into count the fact that he is a bad example to the rest of the team. mainly the younger guys that will be filtering up the next few years. what was it that gillick said about abreu? addition by subtraction. if this team wants to get better they have to shed the negative influence of guys like j-bag. and they have to replace the manager! it's the only way to change. i've read that charlie doesn't hit, pitch, blah blah. no he doesn't ! but if he's lost the clubhouse which i think he has because of the way they play. then he has to go! his game skills were never good to begin with, and without the clubhouse it makes him weaker, and without a power laden lineup his weaknesses aren't covered up. this team doesn't need a retooling it needs to be rebuilt! i'm a man i've been a fan a long time. i can take a rebuild. shed the high priced salaries for whatever young players you can get. lower the salaries and you don't have to say retool to keep the fan base coming in. you know as well as i brooks we will always support them win or lose. if they're willing to spend (as they are) a rebuild won't take long. years past it took forever cause they were cheap. we can hang with them, just do it! they'll get more respect from us fans if they had the cahones to be upfront and not sugarcoat anything.
i don't know if anybody saw it, but greg murphy did a bit on the tweets from rollins response to the guy who told rollins that young kids are watching. he played it down, and so did sam donnelon on phila .com. in an article. donnelon defended rollins cause he said the guy was a "heckler". give me a break! rollins is just a spoiled overpaid wise ass. that's how it should be reported.
So much for Phillies Nation. No game day site, Thats unacceptable. PN guys – YOU MUST ALWAYS BE THERE.
RE: Dom Brown. He has shown a lot of progress at the plate. I like his attitude. But that play in the outfield last nite was one a child could have made. I could have caught that ball and I'm not kidding. It was disgusting. It looked like he was a little squirrelly about the wall. If he is gonna field that poorly, he better hit.
RE: JRoll. Just please shut the f#ck up.
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Ryne, I don't disagree that Jimmy needs to go. But my memory is not that short either. He has done and given plenty for this city to cheer about but his attitude and talent have started to go south. Much like Vic where he seemed to be almost defiant and beligerant when questioned about his fading skill sets, its time to move on.
That being said, I am pretty sure rebuilding or retooling as you stated will not be a quick process. They have now straddled themselves with possibly one of the weakest offense minded outfields of all the contenders. If (like some people are advocating) Juan Pierre is traded, they will definitely have no offensive production from any outfield position and an outfield with a cummulative BA of under .240.
Not to mention that the Phils have hung themselves with these long term contract with aging pitching and position players. I'm sure somethings can be worked out but it will take a while.
yea brooks i agree. i won't take anything away from him for what he's done. but as dipsey said he should shut the —– up. and we agree he should go. as far as the rebuild goes. hey i'm all in man! that's the fun part of baseball. i do woodworking making furniture and stuff. and part of the fun of doing it is building it from scratch and watching the progress till it's complete and a finish is put on. sometimes it takes a while depending on the size and scope. but when it's done there's no better feeling of accomplishment! sorta like building a winning team! and we've been through it as fans before. it'll be fun to start the process all over till we get another WS. BTW i'm almost done a 6ft wide bookcase 8 ft tall to match a friends kitchen cabinets. it's about 80% done! i just need some pitching to get me over the hump! good day buddy
Tonight's lineup @ MIL: Rollins SS, Frandsen 3B, Utley 2B, Howard 1B, Brown LF, Nix RF, Mayberry CF, Kratz C, and warming up in the bullpen, enroute to breaking Orel Hershiser's coveted shutdown inning string, number 35, Cole Dot Hamels.
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Hagel's welcomeMarch 12,2013
Chuck Hagel must be wondering why he ever agreed to accept President Obama's controversial nomination to be America's defense secretary. Not only did he have to endure an agonizingly difficult — and bitterly partisan — confirmation process on Capitol Hill, he is now dealing with Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai.
On Sunday, soon after Hagel arrived in his country, the Afghan leader accused the American military of fueling violence in collusion with the Taliban. Why in the world would the Americans do such an outrageous thing? Karzai told his television audience it is because they are seeking to justify a prolonged presence in his country.
That, of course, flies directly in the face of Obama's oft-repeated pledge to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by next year, even though Obama's timetable raises serious questions about Afghanistan's ability to defend its own interests without direct military assistance from Washington.
Karzai also said, incidentally, that foreign troops were harassing Afghan university students.
To be fair, there may be some truth in what the Afghan leader said Sunday. Most Americans, who may be predisposed to dislike Karzai, are nevertheless in no position to judge the accuracy of his accusations. But it is clear that Karzai's criticisms came at an extremely awkward time, given that they coincided with Hagel's first overseas trip in his new capacity.
The Afghan political leader has long been a thorn in the side of the Obama administration, even as the United States and NATO forces have been fighting to preserve the very freedoms that keep Karzai in office, so his behavior this past weekend wasn't particularly surprising.
But Hagel deserved a far more cordial welcome from a leader who has benefited so much from the involvement of the United States in his country's defense. It is well known there is a culture of corruption in Afghanistan's government and little evidence that Karzai has been able, or even willing, to put an end to it, so he's not exactly a sympathetic figure.
Instead of being diplomatic, Karzai was loudly critical of policies that Americans insist are among the most important to their mission in Afghanistan, including widespread deployment of Special Operations forces and retaining a role in vetting and releasing suspected enemy troops.
Karzai went further, excluding American commandos from one Afghan province and criticizing an agreement on how Bagram Prison will be managed after Americans leave. Because of those criticisms, on Saturday the Americans abruptly refused to hand over full control of the prison.
Admittedly, Karzai has to walk the line between being too opposed to his key allies, and too close to the Americans, who are, after all, invaders. It is not surprising that as the Obama-set withdrawal deadline nears, he is increasingly setting himself up as in opposition to the NATO coalition. This appears mostly to be a PR offensive for his countrymen. By contrast, the U.S.-led NATO coalition is stuck with Karzai, and Hagel must pick up the pieces created by Karzai and try to put a good face on a difficult relationship with an ungrateful ally.
Hagel and Karzai later dined together, and the former Republican senator described their discussion in positive terms.
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