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The WBC is quite interesting after all…
I have to admit that I am starting to get caught up with the World Baseball Classic. At first, I dismissed it as a ploy by the Commissioner and viewed it as something that would prevent certain players from getting quality spring training time with their respective teams. Granted, a Derek Jeter doesn't have to worry that someone's going to steal his job while he is away, but how about someone like Carlos Marmol? Carlos should be the Cubs' closer this year since Kerry Wood signed with Cleveland in the off-season. However, the Cubs did acquire the Florida Marlins closer Kevin Gregg in the off-season. I have not been following the Cubs that closely, so I don't know if Marmol has already been given the closer's role by Manager Lou Piniella or if he is in competition with Gregg. But regardless, time away from Cubs camp can't be beneficial.
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On the same token, Kevin Cash is fighting for a Yankees roster spot as the third catcher. Meanwhile, Francisco Cervelli has been with the WBC's Team Italy. Granted, Italy has been eliminated and Cervelli is on his way to Tampa to join up with the Yanks. But still, the time away most likely was more beneficial for Cash than it was Cervelli.
Sorry, I digressed…
I am very surprised to see the Netherlands' victory over the Dominican Republic. On the bright side, it means that Robinson Cano and Damaso Marte will be on their way back to camp. But I still have to believe that the DR was the better team. Well, I guess on "any given Tuesday", everyone has a chance. That's why the play the games, right?
Two things did stand out to me about the Netherlands-DR game.
First, Ubaldo Jimenez is a freak. Ten strikeouts in four innings. Two hits, no runs, no walks, and 43 of 65 pitches were for strikes. It's a tremendous line score, and is obviously a tournament record. I've known that Jimenez was good, I just didn't realize that he was this good. The Rockies are very fortunate to have him.
Secondly, Pedro Martinez pitched very well and certainly deserves another opportunity. The Mets are on record saying they have no interest in re-signing Pedro, but you'd think someone would take the chance. I mean, c'mon, if you have the chance to go with Carl "The American Idle" Pavano or Pedro Martinez (albeit the antique version), you tell me you're going to go with the guy most likely to hit the DL first? I'd think a team that is capable of contending, like the Indians, would take a chance on Pedro as their fifth starter. In the Netherlands-DR game, Pedro pitched very well (three innings, no hits, no runs, no walks, and two strikeouts).
The WBC games have been very entertaining, and I am looking forward to the second round. Plus, Jimmy Curran has my interest piqued about Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish…
Steroids, the topic that won't go away
Alex Rodriguez should be thankful for the torn labrum. The injury and the subsequent surgery have caused people to focus on things other than his admitted steroids use. So, the surgery definitely has had some positive impact despite the negative of keeping A-Rod out of action for 6-9 weeks.
Meanwhile, the negative reports for Roger Clemens keep coming in. Now, Brian McNamee is saying that he injected Clemens with drugs in the Jacuzzi at Yankee Stadium. At this point, I fully believe that McNamee is telling the truth. From my perspective, what Clemens has done is far worse than anything A-Rod did.
Okay, maybe that's not Clemens, but it could be! 😉
I used to feel that Clemens would be a shoo-in for first ballot Hall of Fame. Now, I don't believe he should ever get in (not even posthumously).
Aside from Barry Bonds, Yankees who have taken steroids seem to get triple the press magnification than players from other teams. I realize that New York City is THE major market, but I'd have to believe that steroids found their way into other locker rooms and no team was immune.
Examples should be made of the so-called liars like Clemens and Bonds. I will always have more respect for those who step forward and admit their indiscretions and crimes than I will for those who continue to deny their guilt.
Yankees Happenings
CC Sabathia didn't last long today as he gave up 5 runs on 6 hits, and didn't make it out of the second inning in the Yankees 7-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers. One of the hits was a home run by former Yankee Gary Sheffield. Ouch!
Meanwhile, Joba Chamberlain pitched much more effectively than he did his previous outing in Tuesday night's 7-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds. He allowed one run on three hits, striking out three and walking none, in two innings of work.
Sounds like GM Brian Cashman is content to start the season with Cody Ransom as the starting third baseman. "I'm not optimistic about doing anything," Cashman said. "I'm not going to be proactive in trying to do something. If something presents itself that makes sense, which is not realistic, then maybe it will be somebody different. I think our answer is here in camp." Of course, you never know if that is talk to downplay any sense of desperation on the Yankees' part or if Cashman is truly intending to stand pat. My guess is that there isn't anything that makes sense and it's not worth parting with a blue-chip prospect at this point. Now, if Ransom gets off to a very slow start…
Alex Rodriguez left a voice mail message for Manager Joe Girardi on Tuesday night that said, "I'm doing well." I am hopeful that it means the recovery will be closer to six weeks than nine weeks!
It's not Yankees news, but for everything negative about Manny Ramirez, there is no question that he is in a league of his own when it comes to hitting. I noticed these comments by Donnie Baseball, the Dodgers hitting coach. "By 8 [a.m.], he's in the cage. He'll only take 30 to 35 balls, but he's almost perfect with them. He does it slow. He doesn't rush. He's not firing ball after ball. He takes his time with each swing. It's like each swing is a whole at-bat. He thinks about what he wants to do and then he thinks about what he just did. Every swing he takes with a purpose. And he doesn't talk much when he's hitting. But if he doesn't like one, he'll ask what you think he did." I don't condone how Manny treated the Boston fans or the organization, or how he quit on his teammates, but I respect his ability to hit. That was the only reason that I wanted the Yankees to sign him.
The Sharks Win, The Sharks Win, TTTHHEEE SHHHAARRRKKKS WIN!
Okay, they blew a three-goal lead but the San Jose Sharks finally won last night, beating the Minnesota Wild, 5-4, in overtime. Wins have been hard to come by for the Sharks in recent weeks, so I'll take any victory that I can.
"We won finally and that's a real good thing," said Sharks coach Todd McLellan. "But I'm disappointed in the way we carry ourselves. I'd like to see some guys step up and swing the bat. I want to see guys take the challenge on a little bit more."
It was the Sharks first victory in five games.
I am hopeful that the victory will reignite some momentum for the Sharks as they continue the drive for the post-season.
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Scott,Most of these WBC games have been really exciting, it's like having playoff games already. I'm starting to come around on the WBC, too, though I still worry about key players getting injured and minor-leaguers losing out on jobs with the big club. I don't really think Marmol has to worry about Kevin Gregg stealing his job, though. The term 'closer' only applies loosely to Gregg (the Marlins didn't really have anyone else), as he led the league in blown saves last year. And I'm now giving up on the Wild. Last night's game against the Sharks was about the worst I've ever seen them play. They had to win in order to have any hope of even making the playoffs this year, and they blew it. I quit!!!
Scott – first, thank you for the congratulations; it is appreciated. C.C. had another bad outing – do you have any concerns? And Mr. Clemens…can't say how I feel in a "family friendly" site!
And don't worry about the Sharks! Like my Red Sox, the Boston Bruins are going all the way! ;-D
Have a great one – and again, thanks!
Oh and Scott – gee – I wouldn't worry that Jimmy lost out to Kaybee! I'm sure it means nothing in the grand scheme of things! Don't worry – "It's All Good"!
I wish I shared your enthusiasm for the WBC, Scott. I'm trying but it's just not happening for me. As for today's news about Clemens and McNamee, it's all so bizarre. Apparently, Clemens had McNamee come to his NYC apt to shoot him up (in addition to the Jacuzzi), and McNamee saved the syringes, etc. Gross. Just gross!
The WBC is no only interesting. It has taken over my life. I'm excited for the off day tomorrow, but even more excited for Saturday's matchups. BTW – I can't look at muscle guy…he scares me. Nice post!
I hear what you mean about those guys trying to compete for a spot in Spring Training. The general managers are watching the games though, so maybe they're looking at their progress as well. Plus, it's kind of like the playoffs even though the guys from the Major Leagues are still in Spring Training mode.
I agree completely with your notion on Clemens. Completely! What's your take on Pete Rose? I'm excited for that one.
"I've known that Jimenez was good, I just didn't realize that he was this good. The Rockies are very fortunate to have him"
Uball (some of us Rox fans call'em that for short) is a great pitcher & as a young kid pitching last year he had some on days (when he pitches great) and a lot of off days (when his pitching stinks), hopefully he's gotten into a better groove after his appearance in the WBC.Missyhttp://rocktober-2007.mlblogs.com


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While the Valve faithful were probably expecting an update on what was happening with the third Episode of Half-Life 2 episodic content, or something about a Portal sequel, E3 2009 would prove not to be the place for that. A few days before E3 dropped, the world discovered what Valve was hiding. Coming off a successful Left 4 Dead release on the PC and Xbox 360, the Seattle based company decided to go back to the drawing board and blow out Left 4 Dead 2, a fully-fledged sequel that will drop later this year.
Known for consistently adding content for free, the publisher caused tantrums among its fans. Among the many questions: "Why a sequel so soon?" "Where the hell is Episode 3?" I swung by E3 for my annual interview with Valve's Gabe Newell and Doug "Don't Tell Billy" Lombardi to get the latest on everything Valve.
G4: So, I guess the big surprise or not so surprising - because it got leaked - is Left 4 Dead 2. Why did you guys decide to go back and fire off a sequel right away?
Gabe Newell: Well, there are a couple reasons for that. One was when we were shipping the game, a bunch of the people who were working on it had all the stuff that they wanted to do right away. It really grew out of the fact that we all played Left 4 Dead pretty religiously and so people said, "You know, we don't really want to stop. There's too much fun stuff to go and do here."
And then there was this other issue was from a project management perspective, we were looking at different ways of thinking about scheduling. So Robin's [ed: Robin Walker, Software Developer/Designer] been working on Team Fortress 2, and he's become really good at turning two month long projects, and having everybody have a lot of fun and being able to do really good work. So, like the Spy update that just came out was on schedule and everybody knew exactly what they were going to get done and felt very productive.
Tom Leonard [ed: Software Developer] has been really interested in how to manage longer scale projects that have similar characteristics to what we've been doing with the Team Fortress 2 updates. So, that combination of having a group of people who really wanted to do more Left 4 Dead work with Tom wanting to bring some new methodologies to bare on the questions of year-length projects were two of the things that really drove us to think that it was an interesting project to go do.
From a customer's perspective, we think that given the sort of insane popularity of Left 4 Dead, that people are going to be super excited about getting a sequel to that. We're going to continue to do Left 4 Dead updates and release more content for Left 4 Dead, and then also have Left 4 Dead 2 coming out as well. So, those two things were what made us say, "Okay let's go ahead and ship something relatively quickly." A bunch of people wanted to work on it, and Tom wanted to take a stab at proving on a larger scale one-year length project that it would have more manageable and predictable characteristics that we've gotten sort of used to out of Valve time and some of our larger-scale projects.
G4: You guys are known for episodic content and a lot DLC and things like that. Why not just put some of these things in DLC instead?
Newell: Well we're going to continue to do DLC for Left 4 Dead. That hasn't stopped at all. We're continuing to do updates for Left 4 Dead even after Left 4 Dead 2 ships. So, that hasn't changed. We're just doing Left 4 Dead 2 - different settings, different characters, and continuing to push the technology forward. If the AI director 2.0 and stuff like that makes more sense to do where you've got new geometries and can take advantage of that rather than trying to take advantage of that in pre-existing maps and build new monsters and take advantage of it as well. So, we're going to continue to do DLC for Left 4 Dead and continue to support that product. And then, also do Left 4 Dead 2.
G4: So do you think you might try to test some of the new weaponry in Left 4 Dead 1? Such as bring in chainsaws and some other things like that?
Newell: We're always going look at what makes sense to do and how to manage that transition. You have these complicated situations and on PC it's not so bad. On the Xbox it's a lot more complicated because you can't guarantee that people have all of the right content given their DLC model, where some people might have some content and others not, which makes it end of up with this weird, complicated thing where this person has this, and this person has this. Where as on the PC we can assume that people have everything. So, we're trying to get that fixed because they're sort of cramping our ability to push more free content into customer's hands when we aren't sure which free content they have right? And the stuff that you're allowed to require customer's to have on the Xbox, it's only 8MB. That's the maximum size you can ever change. So, we do that with the first minor update that we do. We're trying to figure out how to manage that.
So, those are the things we're sort of struggling with. These constraints on the Xbox. We can release new content on the PC and know that 100% of the customers have it so we don't have to worry about splitting up our user base into those people who have this weapon and those people who don't. On the Xbox you don't have that luxury, where some people could have half the weapons, but not the other weapons. And you don't know. Every person can be unique. So what we'd really like to do on the Xbox is work with Microsoft so that we can do exactly the same thing that we do with PC users and say hey, everything's free and everybody always has that. The one problem would be the people who don't have hard drives and what we would do with them is just orphan them to the first initial release and they can play against all those other people who don't have hard drives. Everybody who has a hard drive will be up-to-date all the time, the same way they are on the PC side, and that, I think, would help us enormously to have that consistent model across the PC and Xbox.
G4: So, last time we talked at Leipzig, I had asked you why there would be no Left 4 Dead on PS3 and you said because Valve, itself, wasn't big enough to yet support PS3 development in-house. Is that still the case why Left 4 Dead 2 is not announced for the PS3?
Newell: Yes. We haven't done a good job of taking care of our PS3 customers at all for the existing Orange Box customers, and that is very frustrating to me personally. Until we can do a better job than we have, I'm sort of hesitant to go back and screw them again. So, I want to make sure when we have customers on the PS3 they don't end up in the sort of second class citizen that I feel that they've been by what we did originally with the Orange Box.
G4: With the Spy update, we have heard complaints that with that update, it kind of broke the system because of the way random drops happen. Say for example you had been working toward a certain drop initially and then now you might get duplicate drops. How do you guys respond to the complaints of hardcore Team Fortress players are having, because it's a pretty major change that you guys made?
Newell: Right, and we're in the middle of a fairly major set of changes. So, I think it'll make more sense to people once they can start trading items, and the things that they're accumulating then have value. They're not duplicates, they're stuff that you can trade with someone else for stuff that you don't have, so we're in the process of iterating towards a more robust economy in the Team Fortress 2 universe.
I thought that we had been fairly clear that that's where we're going and that people should hang on to that stuff; it's going to be worth more over time. So one thing is that we pay incredibly close attention to it and hopefully as we get further down this road, people will go "Ooohh, okay, I get it now, That makes a lot more sense." But we want to get the stuff out there so that we can start associating unique items with an individual customer. That's a pretty big piece of infrastructure to add. So, once we have that ability, then we can start giving you the ability to trade those items and then maybe craft those items or whatever and take it in that direction. We're very much at the beginning of deploying these pieces. The nice thing is that clearly people are super excited about what's happening and the fact that 18 months out, the number of people playing have doubled the all-time high is an indication of how much people value that sort of on-going investment and commitment to those products. The same thing can happen with Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 and our other products. It's a much better way to grow and continue to develop an audience. And there'd also be drama along the way as things go in and people go, "Dragons?! What?!" or whatever and then I think over time, as these pieces get flushed out they go, "Okay, that makes a lot more sense" or "That's incredibly stupid and now I really am going to use a lot of four-letter words in my next email to Gabe." (laughs) So, we pay attention, but we also hope people have enough confidence and have been with us long enough to know that we're usually going in a place that they're going to be pretty happy with over time.
G4: Because the console infrastructure, especially on the Microsoft side, is so tight, are you going to be able bring those sort of things with weapons, trading and things like that?
Newell: That's why we really want to talk to Microsoft because to the degree to which we're sort of leading that, it's going to be the same issue for Electronic Arts, Guitar Hero, or any games that are going through this transition between entertainment as a product, and this thing that's defined by stuff you put in the box, and entertainment as a service. Where you're saying, "How can I create as much on going value for customers as possible and I have to worry about things like movies? They seem to like those. And they like that the product gets better and has more capabilities and new content over time."
The systems are going to have to evolve. The platforms are going to have to evolve to accommodate that. In fact, I think that's the defining characteristics of the next generation of platforms in an area where the PC has traditionally shown leadership on these are the ways that they need to evolve. To me in some ways, the Xbox seems a little bit sort of half-way pregnant on this transition. The good news is you can connect to those customers, the bad news is there's still a lot of friction on how developers are able to provide value to those customers. This isn't about not paying Microsoft the money that they deserve for establishing a platform, it's about them enhancing their platform in a way that allows us to create more value for customers over time. And that's the conversation we're having with them but I think it's exactly the same conversation that other developers are going to have as they realize what the opportunities are and the happier that they'll make customers as they do stuff. So, I don't think that we're an isolated instance of that. It's just pretty darn obvious right now that if you're a Team Fortress 2 customer on the PC, you're getting one kind of experience, and if you're on the Xbox, you're like okay…when's it coming? We really want to get it to you and we need to. We'd like to come up with a more permanent solution rather than an on-going series of band-aids that start to behave like tourniquets after a while, right? We want to make sure that Xbox customers are and try to figure out how PS3 customers can be, and Wii customers can be these first-class citizens of these new, as these properties become more and more daily entertainment services, rather than bi-annual or annual entertainment products.
G4: So, is it safe to say that you have like four different projects in development right now? So, you have Left 4 Dead 2, you have Team Fortress 2, I'm going to go out on a limb and say Portal 2 and then…Episode 3?
Newell: [laughs] Uh, I'm not going to talk about things that we…we're talking about Left 4 Dead 2 and Episode 3. As far as I know, that's all that we're talking about publicly.
Doug Lombardi: We're not talking about Episode 3 publicly. (smiles)
Newell: Oh well, I guess I'm not talking about Episode 3 publicly either. (laughs) So..what's your question? Yes, we have a lot of stuff that's going on. We have Steam. Steam's a lot of work. We have these movie things that we make, they take a lot of work.
G4: Please keep them coming because they're very entertaining.
Newell: Well, one of the things it grows out of – answering the question – it's like copy protection. When you think about copy protection as the thing that harms the service value that you're creating, then it's not that surprising that it's not a way to fight piracy because you have to fight piracy at the service level, right? Building a bunch of expensive and painful technology that makes customers worried about whether or not their entertainment products are going to work on their next PC or when they go over to a friend's house, that's exactly backwards from what you should do. You should be able to make a promise to a customer that's like, if you can connect to a PC, you can connect to this entertainment experience that you'd paid for and hey, if you can figure out how to integrate an iPhone into that experience, that's going to be that much better.
From a model perspective, we'd like to say, hey, if you can play it on the PC, you can play it on an Xbox. You don't care, right? That's the direction that we see as being super valuable and also being something that would be very hard for the pirates to duplicate because people sort of ignore the fact that the ways that pirates get traction are, like in Russia, the pirates in Russia were translating. They were localizing the product, like half a year ahead of the publishers and they were making it available day and date. That's not piracy, that's like really useful as far as the customer is concerned. And if you just catch up with the pirates in terms of the useful service that they're offering, all of a sudden you get lots and lots of sales and you should get ahead of the pirates, not be impaling yourself on things like copy protection, which freak customers out in total justifiable way.
And then once you have that sort of on-going relationship with customers, it turns out that doing these movies is a great piece of the equation. I mean, in the same way that customers were telling us, by their early, and really aggressive use of the internet, I mean it was this weird situation, where your average gamer had spent more time on the internet than your average marketing executive at a game publisher. They were like "Oh yea, I've downloaded something off of a BBS." and "Yea, I've purchased a product on the internet" and they were ahead in terms of realizing the changes that the internet represented to gaming. I think they're ahead of us again in terms of their notion of what an entertainment property should be. And one of those pieces, along with everything else, is that it's a cross-media entertainment experience. And, the nice thing is that we can measure that, right? So, we put out a movie, and we see what happens with the community, they all start playing again. They all start gifting copies of the product to their friends. They play longer when they play. So they're trying to tell us pretty clearly that when they're fans of Team Fortress or Left 4 Dead or whatever that these story-telling pieces are an important part of what we need to do. And I don't want us to go hire some third-party production studio who have no insight into the customers or into the world or into these characters, right?
It's not like something they want us to shop out, they don't want us to call up Steven Spielberg. They want the people who made Team Fortress exciting and cool, who can capture that, who are most likely to be able to capture that and translate it to do that. But this is really a case of us sort of, following where our customers are leading us, and they're like pretty clearly sending us this signal that we don't get to be just a games company anymore. That it's harder, a harder thing that we need to do which is be more of an entertainment company.
G4: I only have one last question. Maybe a follow up, if you'll allow it. The first time I interviewed you was about Episode 1. We've talked about Episode 2 and episodic content. It was very ambitious because you were saying you want to come out with the first episode in this amount of time, the second episode and blah blah blah, and granted it's always when it's done, and things always get pushed out. But now looking back when, even though you're not talking about Episode 3 today, are you still happy you did it episodically or would you have, because it's taken, kind of the same amount of time that Half-Life 2 took to get all three episodes out?
Newell: Oh, no no no, Half-life 2 took 5 years?
G4: Well we're working on 3½ years now...
Newell: Yes, but we've shipped twice, right? And we've been able to take steps forward in the technology. Left 4 Dead couldn't have shipped without Episode 1 and Episode 2, right? That put us in a position to be able to do Portal and Team Fortress 2, and all of these products were enabled by moving to these shorter development cycles. So, yea, I'm…
G4: So, you don't regret it??
Newell: I want to make sure that I don't sound like I'm dismissing user's issues, right? I get a ton of email everyday saying why aren't you talking about Episode 3? And there are very good reasons why we're not talking about Episode 3, which I can't talk about yet, but I will. So, I think there's frustration there and I'm not somehow going to say that that's not legitimate or length isn't a concern or regularity. The speed with which these updates are coming out, people say, "Hey, gee, these episodes are supposed to be shorter and you take 25 years to ship each one." So, I don't wanna somehow dismiss those, or sort of throw them under - but I think we're in much better shape than would have been, in terms of our ability to move stuff, technology, products, uh, forward faster by changing how, ya know, being different than, ya know, there was Half-Life 2 and then there was post-Half-Life 2 in terms of how we were approaching these things and yea, I think that we're overall pretty happy without somehow dismissing the legitimate complaints that people should have towards us. But, we're happy with that choice that we made.
G4: Do you think we'll find out new details about Episode 3 by the end of the year?
Newell: Just so you know, the thing to me, that feels right, is the rhythm that Robin and his team are operating with. It's like watching the reaction of that community, watching their ability to respond, looking at the quality of the work they're getting with the length of those development cycles. They're having a great time. And I think it shows on the other side, right? I mean, they were just giggling so hard when they were changing the buttons in the movies to say "leak video." Do you remember the big screen with all the buttons? And they were like we have to put "leaks video" into that thing before we release it. They were just like cackling away. What should have been like, pretty demoralizing and stressful was for them, "Oh, this is no big deal." So, yeah, people get the idea.

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Hello llladies!
I need some help. DS is 12 months old. We've been doing BLS since about 5.5 months. Until recently, he absolutely loved veggies and fruit, with very few exceptions.
The problem: Someone, who shall remain nameless (I'll simply say that it was not me) decided to give DS a taste of potato chips, and then candy. Since then, DS has decided that fruits and veggies are not his thing, and refuses even his favorites. Whenever he sees a potato chip bag, he demands that he gets some. He also, rather quickly, figured out where the candy is stored, and has started gesturing at it whenever we walk past.
At this point, despite my best efforts, he will only eat chips, candy, and bread.
What I've done:
- removed the candy from its usual storage location and hidden it
- no longer allow DS to see potato chips (whenever possible)
- offer good solids at every meal
What else do ya'll suggest I do? Fortunately he's still nursing quite a bit, but I really want to get him back to his old eating habits.


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Written by Troy Killjoy on 28.03.2012 at 00:34
I think this is actually one of Enslaved's more simple albums. You pretty much know what you get after the first listen - it doesn't require a lot of effort because it's more or less straightforward in its somewhat progressive approach to black metal.
Written by 3rdWorld on 28.03.2012 at 14:12
Its a simple album indeed. But the thing about this is the fact that it keeps getting better with each successive listen, and what daniell stated in the first paragraph of the review was clearly what i felt when i listened to it. And that might be the reason some people state that it requires more time and stuff like that. Imo It just might be that there are many subtle melodic fragments in between the riffs that sound better after one's ears are aquainted well with the riffs and choruses upon the first few listens.
I've been listening to this for months now and i find it to be the biggest strength of this entire album. And the incredible opening and closing tracks make it an outstanding album if not an instant classic.
Written by Unhealer on 28.03.2012 at 17:35
I also found it an outstanding album and I didn't realize it after a few listens.
But some songs became really tiring after a while, I had to stop listening to it.
Written by 3rdWorld on 28.03.2012 at 18:36
Indeed. Whenever i feel like getting back at this, tracks 1,3,7 and 9 are the ones i pick.
Written by Unhealer on 28.03.2012 at 18:47
Well, in my case I almost hate Lightening by now And that was the track that got me into this album (and Enslaved).
Ironically, at first I didn't really get into The Beacon and now it is probably my favorite. Such a groovy song.
Written by tea[m]ster on 28.03.2012 at 21:31
I love track 4, my fav on the album!!
Written by Guest on 05.09.2012 at 14:52
Yeah, "The Beacon" is one of my favorites on this album too. It's very memorable and slightly hypnotic.
Written by Ace Frawley on 05.09.2012 at 09:22
Just started listening to this album this week and after half a dozen listens, I'm very impressed. As a fan of prog rock, there is so much to love here. Very glad I decided to get this album. It's still growing on me so I'm hoping it has staying power.
Written by tea[m]ster on 07.09.2012 at 03:21
I have been saying this forever: I am not a black metal fan AT ALL. I do like some bands that have sub-genres of BM in them like atmospheric black or blackened sludge. This is why I like Enslaved. Their music is filled with enough other ingrediants that keep me hooked.
Written by mz on 05.07.2013 at 14:59
Next mission: getting into enslaved
I listened to this album back in 2010 and remember enjoying it. Giving it another try today and I am completely blown away
Written by Ace Frawley on 06.07.2013 at 01:03
Written by mz on 05.07.2013 at 14:59
Next mission: getting into enslaved
I listened to this album back in 2010 and remember enjoying it. Giving it another try today and I am completely blown away
Yep, getting into Enslaved is great fun. Incredible band. And this album is simply great - no doubt about it.
Written by mz on 06.07.2013 at 01:58
Isa is the next.
Now that opeth have moved out of extreme metal realm, enslaved can be my next favorite extreme prog band
Written by Ace Frawley on 06.07.2013 at 11:33
Written by mz on 06.07.2013 at 01:58
Isa is the next.
Now that opeth have moved out of extreme metal realm, enslaved can be my next favorite extreme prog band
You won't be disappointed. For me, Enslaved are at the forefront of prog rock today.
Written by mz on 06.07.2013 at 16:15
They are sure great band (I have gave some songs of Isa some listens and they are amazing) but calling them prog rock isn't a little inappropriate?
Written by Dentura on 22.11.2014 at 09:27
Finally gotten around to buying this album after seeing a used copy at FYE. I can't believe I've been putting them off for so long (nothing bad about their music, just didn't feel that immediate attachment at first). It's a grower, but I think it's excellent, and it's convinced me to get more of their work in the future. Definitely needs some repeated listens, but I love what I hear, there are really no bad moments on here as far as I'm concerned. "Waruun" and "Night Sight" are a couple of my favorites.


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Quick thoughts on 2012, starting with the starting pitchers. Look for relievers and position players coming soon. Phillies Nation will also have a more thorough breakdown of each player coming later this month.
-The rotation was never really a problem, it just never lived up to the unreal 2011 season. That was almost impossible. Cliff Lee had one of the best seasons for a guy who finished under-.500. All the talk of him being dealt midseason was garbage and the Phillies are better off with him than without him. It's a shame he couldn't get any help from the offense and you could tell it bothered him. His contract is a bit too large, but that's the price you pay.
–Cole Hamels is a true ace. Think about this: how upset would the fan base be if the Phillies had not locked him up on a long-term contract at the trade deadline? The Phillies came to their senses and made the right move, knowing full well that Roy Halladay is on the downside of an illustrious career and Cliff Lee isn't getting any younger, either.
-Halladay had a bad year, you all know that. But if you're asking me my opinion on whether or not he'll ever fully revert back to the Doc of old, the answer is no. Gone are the days of 2.50 ERA's and dominating game in and game out. That's what happens when you hit 36 years old and are worn down like tires on an 18-wheeler. Halladay can certainly still be a very good option, but it would be silly to think he can completely return to form following a shoulder ailment that sapped his abilities this past season. In 2013, if Halladay gives you 14 wins and a 3.30-3.40 ERA, I think everyone would be happy.
–Vance Worley has guts. It takes a lot to pitch through "loose bodies" in the elbow and he did his best, although at times, it probably hurt the team. I fully expect Worley to come back strong next year, as his conditioning was less than ideal in 2012. The Vanimal will have to be a beast in the gym this offseason. Worley also has to work on is his control, as he can't get deep into games. It can be done.
–Kyle Kendrick is an interesting character in the story of the Phillies. I, for one, completely wrote him off after he struggled mid-year. He was flip-flopped between relief pitcher and starter, but found himself in the second half, posting a 2.87 ERA. I still don't think he can come close to that over a full season, but if he's a shade under four in the ERA column and doesn't hurt your bullpen as a fifth starter, you could do far worse. I've never used the words "excited" and "Kendrick" in the same sentence, but here goes: I'm actually excited to see if Kendrick can continue this trend.
–Tyler Cloyd can still be a bottom-of-the-rotation pitcher. He'll never be great, but at the end of the year, he had to be winded. Cloyd threw exactly 200 innings between Double-A, Triple-A, and the majors. That's a big jump from 2011 when he maxed out at 146 innings at two minor league levels. Cloyd will show some flashes because his control is normally so good. I don't think he can make this rotation, but you could do much worse as a sixth man. Unfortunately for him, he's proven he can pitch in the majors, but there's no room in Philly right now.
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I think your Halladay standard of 3.3 and 14 are reasonable, but have a slim chance of coming to pass. I don't consider 36 quite the time to think that age is that cumbersome a problem. It's close, mind you, but not there. I think he still has CY tier 2 plus potentiak, which superceded your standard, or his shoulder is as problematic as worry allows, he'll fallpretty short of that.
What's tire 2? I dunno. Maybe 2.8 versus a guy or ntow showing 2.5, as an example. His knowledge and dedication just don't jive with dropping off that significantly if he's healthy. It's still a drop from CY tier 1, but if he's healthy, he's not dropping off too signifcantly from fairly close rememberances of some of his best work.
Time will tell.
This is probably a good time to trade Kendrick. I don't think his value will ever be higher.
I mostly agree with this analysis by Mr. Gallen. However, I do have a couple of additional thoughts. ROY HALLADAY will not be as good as his Cy Young years, but he will be solid and will make it to near 250 wins over the next four years, while having an ERA under 3.70.
KYLE KENDRICK turned the corner the second half of 2012 and will be a 15 win starter and his new-found change-up will improve. CLIFF LEE will be the pitcher he was in 2011 and the Phils will get him more runs and more support from the bullpen. COLE HAMELS will improve to a 29-game winner. VANCE WORLEY will come back strong and regain his Vanimal image, throwing harder wijth a higher percentage of strikes. TYLER CLOYD will be traded this offseason for a solid , proven bullpen arm.
I meant a 20 game winner for COLE HAMELS…..
You're doing it wrong. Pitcher wins are a terrible metric by which to judge anything.
Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels had nearly identical seasons this year. One of them had 17 wins, the other 6.
Meanwhile Ivan Nova went 12-8 with a 5.02 ERA/4.60 FIP
Cliff Lee had a 3.16 ERA/3.13 FIP
Cole Had a 3.05 ERA/3.30 FIP
I resp;ect that that wins and losses are not the end all be all stat for a pitcher, but one thing that the sabremetric people leave out is that despite what you want to think a pitcher with a five run lead pitches differently than in a 0-0 game, so even though you want to totally dismiss wins, they matter. Weather you want to believe it or not a pitcher who has faith in his bull pen pitches differently than one that feels he has to go 8 or 9 innings to get a win. These are things the new stat heads do not take into consideration. Plus if you have 4 starting pitchers with over 16 wins you probably win 95-100 games no matter if you are winning games 10-9 or 3-1. That is why wins matter more then some of you want to believe
Yeah, you're just asserting your opinion as if it's fact.
I'm more than happy to believe that pitchers pitch differently in different situations (and I think it's probably true), but you need to do more than just say that wins matter because pitchers pitch differently in different situations. You need to PROVE it, or at least cite someone who's done a study on it or whatever.
And if you're going to make that assertion, you also have to account for run differentials. For example, Cliff Lee got the 7th worst run support in the league (3.6 R/G vs Hamels' 4.77 R/G (6th in the NL)). So if you're going to say that it's somehow his fault he didn't win more games, you also have to take those kinds of pieces of information into account.
In any discipline, you can't just make a statement and claim it as fact without being asked to prove it. That's exactly what people who favor statistical analysis over opinion and conjecture are trying to do – introduce some objective empiricism into the discussion. It's not that anyone really disagrees your notion, it's that we don't have any data to back it up (as far as I know) and until we do, we can't treat it as a valid explanation for anything, because we just don't know if, and to what effect, those things matter.
Now, some of this data is available for Cliff Lee's 2012 season. For example, when Lee pitched in late and close situations (in the 7th or later with the opposing team was tied, was ahead by one, or the tying run was on deck) he held the opposition to a .202/.226/.270 line with a 5.7 SO/BB ratio, which was 55% better than the average pitcher did in those situations. So, late in close games he performed far above what the average pitcher did. When Cliff Lee was pitching from behind he held the opposition to a .236/.257/.386 line with a 8.75 SO/BB ratio, which was about 30% better than the average pitcher.
When the Phillies were ahead in the game:
Cliff held the opposition to: .257/.284/.389, with a 7.3 SO/BB ratio. That was 9% better than the average pitcher.
Cole held the opposition to: .251/.283/.413, with a 5.09 SO/BB ratio, which was about 4% better than the average pitcher.
So, going by those sorts numbers it looks like Cliff was excellent both when pitching from behind, when pitching late in close games and when pitching with a lead. In fact, he actually had better numbers than did Hamels when pitching with the lead. So, while your narrative might be right for some pitchers, it doesn't seem to align with the facts as they actually happened in the case of Cliff Lee's 2012 season.
Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels only had "nearly identical" seasons in certain aspects. Their stats were indeed very similar, but Hamels pitched more consistently. There were a lot of games where Lee pitched pretty badly; not so many with Hamels.
I'll generally go for the guy who never shuts anyone out but also rarely gives up more than three runs than I will the guy who pitches a two shutouts and follows it up with a four inning, four run dud.
Please remember that any stats, even those calculated by sabermetric guys are essentially still averages.
First, let me point out that you've completely changed your argument midstream. First it was that the stats aren't right because Cliff [implied, anyway] doesn't pitch as well with the lead, or in close games or whatever. I showed that to be not the case, so now you've moved on to consistency.
Second, individual consistency, as I've argued here before, doesn't matter – end results do. Using my old example, a team that scores 5 runs a game is no better or worse offensively than a team that scores 2 runs on odd days and 8 runs on even days. In the end, they're exactly the same team, and will have identical records. Same for a batter that goes 1 for 4 every day versus a batter who goes 0-4 on even days and 2-4 on odd days.
Third, I disagree with the premise that Lee was more inconsistent than Hamels. If you go by individual game scores (it's a formula Bill James created which measures the performance of a pitcher – the higher the better, the lower the worse the performance, 50 is neutral) it breaks down like this:
Games of a GS >= 70 (Excellent starts)
Lee: 9
Hamels 8
Games of GS between 50-69, inclusive (Good to decent starts)
Lee: 14
Hamels: 16
Games of GS below 50 (sub-par starts):
Lee: 7
Hamels: 7
Again, they were very, very similar seasons. Hamels was better, yes, but only ever so slightly.
Edit: George, I realize you didn't make the first argument, that was Beta, so my mistake there. But still, you're making a totally different argument than he did, and it is, in my opinion, just as incorrect.
It's only opinion, but to me, many times Bill James=BS. (Note, I'm not saying "all of the time.")
He has some legit things to say, but to me "individual game scores" are a load of hooey. You can't truly compare pitching performances without making some pretty arbitrary decisions.
I'm not saying that sabermetrics aren't useful. But sometimes they do break the game down until it resembles a bunch of subatomic particles that can only be interpreted by experts in quantum baseball physics.
To me, it's a freaking game to be actually watched, and hated or enjoyed. And to me, watching Cole Hamels give up three runs total in seven innings is better than watching Cliff Lee go five shutout innings with 8Ks only to sputter in the sixth giving up three and leaving a two-men on-one-out mess for an inexperienced reliever.
George, the game score is a handy one-number metric tht summarizes runs, hits, walks, ks, and innings, and if you rank Hamels and Lee's scores high to low, you might expect (at least I did) that Lee would have more high scores, but also more low scores:
85, 77, 77, 73, 73, 72, 72, 71, 70, 69, 68, 67, 66, 64, 59, 58, 56, 55, 54, 53, 51, 51, 51, 48, 47, 47, 44, 35, 34, 21
83, 79, 77, 75, 75, 72, 72, 70, 66, 66, 65, 64, 61, 61, 60, 59, 59, 57, 56, 56, 53, 53, 52, 51, 49, 47, 46, 46, 44, 42, 34
Well, that's true to a point. The first set is Lee, and he has 3 under 40, while Hamels only has 1. Other than that, the two sets of scores look pretty similar to me. In fact it shows that Lee didn't really have any more dominating games than Hamels did.
George, Game Scores are actually pretty simple and a non-arbitrary way to compare two different players (of course, they don't take into consideration quality of opponent, range of your defense, ball park factors, etc), but they're a good starting point. And they're not complex.
They're calculated like this:
Every pitcher starts a game with 50 points.
1. One point is added for each recorded out
2. Two points are added for each inning completed after the 4th
3. One point added for each strikeout
4. Two points subtracted for every hit allowed
5. Four points subtracted for each earned run allowed
6. Two points subtracted for each unearned run allowed
7. One point subtracted for each walk.
Matt Cain's Game Score for his 14-K perfect game against Houston this season was 101.
Felix's perfect game (12 Ks) was 99.
You're free to enjoy the game however you like, but there's nothing that says you can't enjoy watching the game AND take an objective look at what actually happened too. We all have biases and emotions which color our opinions and the memories of what we see. We're not objective observers. What using the actual numbers and statistical analysis does is it allows us to get to the actual facts of what really happened without mistakenly superimposing our own thoughts and feelings and biases onto the data. It's more accurate than any of our own memories or eyes will ever be.
There is no evidence that "pitching to the score" happens often enough to make a significant difference in the numbers.
A few links on the topic:
(meant as a reply to betasigma…)
I respectivly disagree about Doc, first I think he was hurt, and he is too much of a competitor to not do everything in his power to become the pitcher he was prior to this year. I think he will be a solid 1/2 guy on any team including the Phillies. I really think Cole is the new Ace of this staff for 2013, I think he will get opening day start.
I also Cliff did have a bad season some had to do with the offense, his numbers prove that. But mid season he went a many starts where the offense did score runs for, maybe not 7-8 but enough for him to win the games, and some was the pen. I truly think he will redeadicte himself to be a better pitcher this off season.
As for KK, I want to believe that some switch was pull in his brain, and he will be more of what he was in the second half then the first. Unless you have a proven 4/5 starter coming in you do not trade him, he is priced right for a 4 and think he can be around 3.4-3.7 ERA type of guy. I know I am overly optimsitic. Woorley is a question mark because I really do not know what to expect. I know he pitched a lot of innings and had a very small sample size but I do not think Tyler is going to be an every day starter for a contending team, I think you may see him as some trade bait for a non contending team, maybe someplace like San Diego, pitchers park and a fly ball pitcher I think he could do well out there. I am looking forward to some of the other young arms in ST. I truly think that if you start 2013 with a staff of Cole, Doc, Cliff, KK and Worley, that is a playoff contending rotation. I also feel the pen will be a work in progess, they have a closer that is solid, and a bunch of arms that should be be able to get you to the him. But the pen is always a year to year, because outside a select few there are not many relievers that year in year out are consistant. I still have faith in Bastardo, and think he will work hard this off season to be more 2011 then 2012. Horst seems like a solid guy along with Diekman and Aumont. Stutes is a question mark coming back from injury. I know this is about pitching but a lot depends on what they do at Third base and if Ruff can be a 280 avg 25 HR 80 RBI guy.
For the most part I think our starting pitchers are very good.
The Oakland A's started 100 games this season with minimally paid rookies. 100 games! That blows my mind. The Orioles shipped starters up and down to the minors all year, three of their original starters were situational relievers by the end of the season.
My point?
I don't believe multiple high paid starting pitchers make that much of a difference in today's game. We had Cole in 08, along with guys like Moyer and Myers and Blanton (prior to his extension) and even Kendrick and (gag) Eaton. We won in 08 with great balance, hitting, defense, baserunning, and pitching.
Historically, how many teams have spent as high a percentage of their total team payroll on pitching as the Phils, and won championships? The Braves maybe?, they won once. The Giants pitchers weren't high salary guys yet except Zito who they hardly used. I'm just wondering if this is the right direction for the club to go. The A's had rookies start100 games! I don't know, I once thought this was the right strategy, I'm just not sure anymore.
You might be overreacting a little, and falling into the trap of pay meaning more than it does with players. There's a real separation between a guy's performance on the field, and the coincidence, or disparity of that talent measured against what happens at the negotiating table, in conjunction with the supply and demand market.
Witness the legend of the '69 Mets, who shocked the world based on advanced expectations. But as we look back on it, doesn't it seem right that they won, based on how that pitching staff filled out over the years. They were talented. And then some.
All I can tell you about the Oakland no name success is that in spring training, their pitching coach, Curt Young offered the opinion (paraphrasing) that the club had some terrific young arms, and he just didn't know how ready they were. The point is, Young's statement proved valid. Just as the Mets had the same thing the Phillies have tried to build around. They've just been forced to take a different route (as are many clubs many times) because pitchers are hard to develop. And there is no doubt in my mind that the Phils are trying to build young pitching so they don't have to carry 3 high priced guys. But they still value pitching at a premium level. As any right thinking observor would.
Yeah, I think you're absolutely insane if you think the A's are the rule rather than the exception. The A's had an absolutely magical season that will literally never be replicated.
Devin, Let me attempt to clarify, because I can see that I may have mislead folks in my original comment. I meant that the A's got me thinking about our strategy, not that they were the right way. My bad.
You see, when I said-
"I don't know, I once thought this was the right strategy, I'm just not sure anymore."
And questioned-
"Historically, how many teams have spent as high a percentage of their total team payroll on pitching as the Phils, and won championships? "
I really am wondering the answer to that question, I don't know it. I really am wondering if this is the right strategy.
I wasn't thinking the A's model was the rule, I was wondering whether the Phillies model is the right strategy. I often think about the road not taken, I don't dwell on it, or as Ken put it, "over react". I'm just thinking about it, that's all, soliciting the opinion of others.
Jeff D you are probably right. There's a decent shot that KK will return to the KK we've known. However we still need a starting pitcher. Perhaps even 2 with Worley know a question mark after his injury. Cloyd is probably not the answer. From what i hear the so called "baby aces" have been light up. Knowing Rube he will then turn to washed up major leaguers with higher salaries. I think i prefer taking a chance with KK even though i gulped when i say that.
The Cliff Lee myth of blowing lots of leads this year is only that. It must stem from anger from game two of the NLDS series when he lost the 4 run lead. There are two games when Cliff Lee lost a real lead. He lost a 3 run lead to Baltimore and a 2 run lead to Toronto. That's it. He also had only one start when he didn't go 5 innings (even with his oblique injury) and that was against Miami when he went 4.2 innings in his worst game of the year. Other than that, Cliff Lee pitched with very, very, very little run support. While he was on the mound in 30 starts, the Phillies scored 75 runs for him. (He gave up 74 earned runs in those 30 starts.) When we all (including me) were bemoaning Hamels' lack of support in 2010, the Phillies scored 123 runs for him in fewer pitched innings than Lee pitched this year.
Because I also really like Hamels and Halladay, I'm not going to put down here how many leads they gave up this year. You all might be surprised who gave up the fewest.
Starting pitching WAS a major problem in the first half of the year. We had one solid starter in the first half and that was Hamels. Everyone else was at least a run or more worse than 2012. Halladay never turned around and had a 4+ ERA. Since when is this good. Yes he was hurt but how does that be "not a problem."
Lee was not particularly good in the first half and I am talking ERA not Wins. He gave up too many HRs and his ERA. Same for most of anyone starting.
Look at the facts before you write something.
ERAs for before the all star break (from Phillies web site, just hit stats)
Hamels – 3.2
Worley – 3.54
Halladay – 3.98
Lee- 3.98
Blanton – 4.98
That is not a great bunch of starters, not even very good.
You just can't throw out Blanton's numbers because you can't remember and 3.98 while acceptable for a pitcher is NOT acceptable for $20+ million pitchers. This team was built around these guys and they need to deliver 3.0 or less to justify that money. Because they were paid that much we did not have the money for offense.
So, starting ptiching not only contributed to the horrible first half, it was the major cause followed by the BP but while exactly was the bullpen taxed?
And by the way the offense OPS was almost exactly the same as 2011, first half to first half. You may have forgotten the horrible offense of the first half of 2011.
Please look at some real comparable data before you write something!
Can we trade Doc instead? Doc similar to Utley seems to be untouchable when trade rumors starts. Bob you are correct this team was built on pitching. Unfortunately when your team becomes 1 dimensional and this plan fails we have a ..500 season. Rube is also basing too much of the past on the present. That is Utley, Rollins and Howard. Two of three of them where hurt and Rollins been up and down. Mainly down until after the ASB. The other complimentary pieces Shane and Pence never really took off. What we have here is future planning based on past success with no new heroes to speak off. (except Chooch).
You don't want to trade Doc now. He's probably the least valuable he's ever been in his career right now. You wouldn't get nearly enough in return for a trade to make sense, and you'd probably have to eat a significant chunk of salary to boot.
Think of baseball players like a stock: Buy low, sell high!
Right now Doc is low. The best option right now is to cross your fingers, hope he comes back strong and in the meantime rely on Lee and Hamels.
Future planning is always based on the past. Even when acquiring new players, those players have accumulated some numbers, and you'd be stupid not to look at them. Even minor leaguers have numbers to look at, and players picked in the draft are generally picked for the results of their high school and college careers.
EricL your are right. I was just pointing out that at no time before Doc's downfall started or was apparent was it mentioned. It was always Lee or Hamels Doc was immune to such talk.
Quick look at stats don't tell everything, especially if you are only using ERA (a couple of bad games cam really inflate an ERA). But since ERA is being used, let's look at Lee in the first half before the All-Star Break.. After 2 months and one start in June – he had a 2.92 ERA (but no wins). The rest of June was his bad period with four mediocre or below mediocre starts. The one in July he pitched before the All-Star Break was a beauty. So therefore he had one bad month in the first half (and indeed for the season). and he had to battle through an oblique injury. I wouldn't say his entire first half was bad because of four less than stellar starts that also inflated his ERA by a run. I will say, it still is never what one expects from a Cliff Lee to even have that one bad stretch for 3 weeks.
Lee was one of the best pitchers in the NL this year.
Four starts in half a season amounts to about 25% of those first half starts. That's quite a large chunk.
Lee was generally quite good, but that stretch certainly didn't help him, the Phils, or fans' opinions of him.
One can criticise and compare, and I know I have been guilty of that myself. However, overall I think we're arguing, in the cases of Lee and Hamels, over levels of excellence, and some of the debate is a little silly.
I really like the last sentence here George-
"However, overall I think we're arguing, in the cases of Lee and Hamels, over levels of excellence, and some of the debate is a little silly."
I think it's a lot silly, and am really glad I'm not a Cleveland Indians fan having the same argument over Ubaldo Jimenez and Derek Lowe.
Amen to that.
Seems to me if you want to make the playoffs that you need a high level of excellence. Also $20+ million demands a high level of excellence. Pitching won 2011 and lost 2012. These are not bad people but for that money you need to be consistently excellent as they were in 2011. You cannot ignore the money when you talk about how you view someones performance. I think Andrew could remind us of another bad contract.
Cliff Lee bounced back, and that is all that is needed to explain how good he was in the turn-around. Hamels was there as the workhorse all year, and we know he loved it. Who cares about statistics? You must look at how good Cliff was compared to his past years, and how good Hamels has been before his age 28 season. Even though Cole topped career highs, he has had better seasons- but none have shown more guts and leadership as this one- minus our WS run in 08. Cliff Lee had a better season in '11 than when he won the Cy Young in Cleveland, and this year he put together a season that was definitely superior to his year when he split time between the Indians and the Phillies. They both gave up a few too many home runs, but Hamels was able to strand baserunners while Cliff gave up the extra hits that also resulted in both double play balls and earned runs. If anyone has witnessed a stranger season than Cliff Lee's 2012, I doubt the players would have even been on a .500 team, and it probably wasn't from a legit superstar. That's where the stat guys come in. It's not hard to imagine Cole and Cliff having similar numbers next year. Also, anybody who gives up on Doc has no faith in the savvy veteran. Mussina. Guidry. Moyer. Seaver. Carpenter. He still has great deception, and it's hard to judge a season whirled in injury. Maybe he won't reach 200 strikeouts again, but if everybody remembers when he hit that number for the second time in his career, many people were surprised. I think many Blue Jays fans thought he might barely tip 2000 Ks, but then he hit his stride. All strides are hard to predict, especially when numbers change. He should be able to get his control back. With a solid 3rd baseman, he should do better with an advanced defense. We still have three aces. I liked the comment about Halladay winning 250 games. That sounds about right. good comments, good work again.


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Actually the more I read about him the more I like him. his heart was certainly in the right place.
Free education from daycare to university
5th in the world per capita university students
5th happiest population in the world
reduced poverty by 44%
reduced food imports by 60%
Reduced child mortality by 50%
That all may well be true and its great news.
In South American child mortality, Venezuela is now only bettered by Ecuador, Columbia, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. Chile has an infant mortality rate of just 1/3 that of Venezuela.
In the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela homicides up from 4,550 in 1999 to 20,000 in 2011 in a country with a population of 29 million, compared with a fall from 1,100 to 550 in England and Wales ( pop 58 million) over the same period. Truly the people's friend!
Of course, there is no evidence of a causal link in any of these figures but with Venezuela being a deeply religious country, maybe it was God not Chavez wot did it. see http://en.wikipedia....on_in_Venezuela
In Venezuela, a growing population Santeria followers has been growing since 2008. The rituals can cost 40,000 bolivars and include the slaughtering of a rooster, a chicken, or a goat.
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My "baby" is almost three and a half years old, but here I am crying over the end of our breastfeeding relationship! I have never posted in the forums, but have read them many times since his birth.
I had read so many stories of how weaning happened because over the years, it seemed like he would NEVER wean. Only my husband knew how he breastfed every few hours in the night and then several times during the day! If people asked, I would say "Oh, just a few times now..."
Around the time he turned three a few months ago, the dentist found a small cavity in his back teeth. I did not tell the dentist he was still night feeding! (Are you giving him milk before he goes to bed? Oh, no Mr Dentist, I never) I night weaned him and drastically cut down the day nursing and it was very hard for the two of us. Ironically, I didn't really feel more rested during the day.
A week ago, I broke him off early (as I usually had to do) and told him to "save it for later". He seemed intrigued. That night, he barely nursed and told me he was "saving it for tomorrow". The next few days, he did the same thing. I couldn't get him to nurse! I reminded him that if he saved it for tomorrow too much the milk was going to go away. He said "No, I like to save it for later". A few times he did nurse, but mostly he didn't.
And, so -- that is how it ended for us! I never expected to breastfeed this long. In fact, I was so ignorant I thought infants only needed milk for the first few months. We had such a rocky start, I felt lucky to breastfeed him for a month, never mind for over three years. The saddest part for me, is that it ended so quickly, I can't even remember really the "last" time. Also, strangely I feel just so sad about it ending considering how much I've complained to my husband about how much I've hated nursing!


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Name of Product: Arctic Cat Prowler XT Off-Highway Utility Vehicle
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Manufacturer: Arctic Cat Inc., of Thief River Falls, Minn.
Hazard: The rear brake caliper used on these units could leak brake fluid, resulting in reduced braking ability at the rear wheels. The front wheel brakes are unaffected by this condition.
Incidents/Injuries: There have been no reported incidents of loss of braking. No injuries have been reported.
Description: The Prowler XT was produced in three colors: Green, Cat Green and Red. The vehicles have the words "Arctic Cat" printed on each side of the cargo box and the name "Prowler XT" centered on the front of the hood. The affected units are all 2006 Prowler XT vehicles with VIN range of 4UF06MPVO6T300001 through 4UF06MPV16T302369. The VIN is located on the rear upper-frame tube of the vehicle near the rear of the cargo box, and on the registration materials the consumer received at the time of purchase. Consumers need only refer to the last six digits of the VIN to determine if the vehicle is included in this recall. The following model numbers are included in this recall. The model number is contained in the registration materials received with the vehicle at the time of purchase.
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Terms of the contract were not disclosed, although total mission costs are to be capped at $90 million, according to a press statement. Boulder-based Ball Aerospace will be part of the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution, or TEMPO, mission team led by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, according to the press statement.
Ball is a division of Broomfield-based Ball Corp. (NYSE: BLL).
The team will build a geostationary ultraviolet-visible spectrometer that can measure ozone, aerosols and other trace gases over North America. The instrument will be able to deliver regional hourly readouts of atmospheric data during daylight hours, which can be used to show how air pollution affects climate change and air quality across the continent, according to the press statement.
While Ball Aerospace has worked on instrument development for low Earth orbit before, the TEMPO spectrometer will be the company's first geostationary instrument for NASA, Cary Ludtke, vice president and general manager for Ball's Civil and Operational Space business unit, said in the press statement.
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ARLINGTON, Va. — In the days after she became sick with the cancer that eventually took her life, Jacquelyn McGouldrick gave her friend Liz Flick two bottles of champagne and an order: Keep these for when her husband came home. Air Force Col. Francis Jay McGouldrick Jr. had gone missing on Dec. 13, 1968, after a midair collision with another U.S. aircraft over Laos.
Jacquelyn McGouldrick and her four daughters were left in a limbo as days, then decades, passed. Yesterday, they finally opened the bottles.McGouldrick was home.
The toast of champagne — a little less fresh than in 1979, when Flick received the bottles — was the cap on a day of goodbyes that most of the McGouldrick daughters never dreamed they'd have.
They had waited 45 years — most of their lives — for word of their father's fate. They had waited for so long that doing anything but waiting had become unimaginable.
"I thought this would go on forever," said Marri Petrucci of Hilliard, who was 4 when her father disappeared.
For Melisa Hill, who lives 20 miles south of Portland, Ore., the agonizing wait eventually eclipsed many of the memories of the father who vanished when she was 13.
"I used to think, right after it happened, 'We're going to find him. He's missing; we'll find him,' " she said. "And then time just went on and on."
Only Michele "Mitch" Guess, the second-to-youngest daughter, had imagined a world without waiting. But to her, it felt like a dream and not necessarily a probability.
"I'd just always hoped for answers," the Dublin resident said, "but never really knew if we would ever get them."
A phone call ended the waiting. Thousands of miles away, a joint team of U.S. and Laotian excavators had recovered human remains and aircraft wreckage of a downed B-57 bomber near the village of Keng Keuk, Laos, buried under layers of silt left by monsoons and time.
Some sleuthing and a DNA test confirmed it: The remains were McGouldrick's.
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Later, at Arlington National Cemetery, a horse-drawn caisson waited to carry McGouldrick's casket to its final resting place. McGouldrick's family and their friends — 56 people from as far away as California, Oregon and Utah — followed the casket down the sloping paths, past thousands of other graves, to McGouldrick's gravesite.
With carefully choreographed precision, McGouldrick's fellow airmen brought him to his final resting place. On the hill above his grave, the seven-member Air Force firing party fired three volleys; shots so loud they hurt. Then, one by one, a member of the Air Force Honor Guard delivered carefully folded flags, first to Mitch, then Megan, then Melisa and Marri. A bagpiper played Amazing Grace.
For Hill, it was a chance to release a breath that had been held since the day their father disappeared. For Genheimer, it was a chance to honor "such a warm, sweet, caring dad," one who always doted on his girls.
And for Guess, it was the chance to grieve at last for a father to whom they'd never been able to properly say goodbye.
"I've always thought of him as a hero, but today showed what a hero he was," she said.
After 45 years in a jungle in Southeast Asia, McGouldrick lies now in a grave he shares with the wife who died waiting for him. From his gravesite, there's a sweeping view of Arlington National Cemetery, and beyond it, the capital of the nation McGouldrick died serving.


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Conquest (1937)March 18th, Monday @ 7:30 p.m.
Countess Marie Walewska (Greta Garbo) formally meets Napoleon Bonaparte (Charles Boyer) at a ball in Warsaw. She ignores his frequent letters and flowers until a few grim Polish leaders, led by Senator Malachowski (George Zucco), urge her to give in to his desires as a personal sacrifice in order to save Poland. She goes to him despite the humiliation of her husband. They are extremely happy for a while; Napoleon divorces childless Empress Josephine and Marie eventually becomes pregnant. She is about to tell Napoleon about her baby when he tells her he decided to marry Arch-duchess Marie Louise of Austria. He explains it will be a political marriage. Marie leaves to have her baby alone without telling Napoleon she is expecting his child.Doors open at 7:00. This series is sponsored by The Friends of the Mill Valley Library. For more Programs and Events at the Library, see the Library Events Calendar.
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