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Recapping My 2014 MiLB Baseball Season
Last year I did a post at the end of the 16 games I spent out at a baseball park, recapping my 2013 MiLB and MLB season. Unfortunately, this time around, I wasn't able to make it to any MLB games, however, with the 2014 MiLB season now over, I wanted to post an overview of the games and of the autographs I received this year, nonetheless. In all, I managed to make it to 20 baseball games this season. It was a great year, full of fun, and I thought I'd take the time to recap it all:
April 5th – Durham Bulls Vs. Gwinnett Braves
This was my first professional baseball game of 2014 (I attended a college baseball game, with Carlos Rodon on the mound, earlier in the year), and the first since the DBAP underwent a multimillion dollar offseason overhaul. For this particular game, I was looking to get autographs from as many of the visiting Gwinnett Braves as I could, with my hopes being highest that I could get one from their top prospect at the time, Christian Bethancourt.
Not only did I succeed in getting an auto from Bethancourt, but I also got one from Jose Constanza, Tommy La Stella and Joey Terdoslavich as well:
April 9th — Durham Bulls Vs. Charlotte Knights
This particular game was absolutely terrible in terms of autographs. While there were several players I was hoping to get, I was only successful in getting one auto, coming from the White Sox' top prospect, Matt Davidson, as the remainder of the players were all "in a hurry" and didn't sign:
(If I could only get one, Davidson is the one I wanted the most.)
April 19th — Myrtle Beach Pelicans Vs. Wilmington Blue Rocks
While the visiting Blue Rocks had several top prospects, the Pelicans had even more at the time I visited Myrtle Beach, and thus, I tried to get autos from their side. I was able to get two autographs from Joey Gallo (he hit 40 home runs last season, and followed that up with an encore of 42 homers this year) and Nick Williams, as well as one auto from Chris Bostick, Hanser Alberto and Cody Buckel:
I also received a game used bat from Nick Williams, which he shattered in half (the break is on the back) during the game:
April 27th — Durham Bulls Vs. Scranton Wilkes-Barre Red Barons
I attended this game with the sole purpose of getting autographs from the Durham Bulls, since Scranton wasn't that great of a team at the time, except for a few players. I wound up getting seven total autographs, coming from Kevin Kiermaier (the blank auto card), Mikie Mahtook, Jerry Sands, Wilson Betemit, Hak-Ju Lee, Enny Romero and C.J. Riefenhauser:
May 4th — Durham Bulls Vs. Columbus Clippers
It was Star Wars night, but despite the awesome looking jerseys the Bulls were wearing, I couldn't have cared less (I'm, obviously, not a fan of Star Wars). Unfortunately, autographing wasn't too successful, as I only managed to get a single autograph, coming from Jerry Sands:
(An interesting side note: Trevor Bauer — an Indians' top pitching prospect — was in the stands charting the game, but although I spotted him and was prepared, he didn't sign for anyone.)
May 23rd — Carolina Mudcats Vs. Myrtle Beach Pelicans
Though I'd already seen Myrtle Beach once this season, I attended this game to get another autograph from Joey Gallo, who had 18 home runs on the season heading into the game. I succeeded in getting Gallo three times, as well as a couple of autos from Jorge Alfaro, Nick Williams, Chris Bostick, Cody Buckel, and one from Zach Cone:
In addition, I got a 4×6 photo signed by the Rangers' 2013 number one draft pick, Alex Gonzalez:
May 28th — Carolina Mudcats Vs. Wilmington Blue Rocks
The Royals' prospects on this given team weren't the best, but they were good enough to warrant a trip out to the ballpark. I ended up getting two autographs from Hunter Dozier, Raul Mondesi, Bubba Starling and Zane Evans (the blank auto cards), as well as an autographed 4×6 of Sean Manaea and Christian Binford:
June 2nd — Durham Bulls Vs. Leigh High Valley Ironpigs
I ultimately went to this game because it happened to be a day game, and I love day games, but I also attended it because one of the top prospects in baseball, Maikel Franco, was playing for the visiting Ironpigs. When all was said and done, I succeeded in getting Franco's autograph, as well as an autographed 4×6 from Durham Bulls' pitcher Mike Montgomery:
June 4th — Carolina Mudcats Vs. Winston Salem Dash
This was the second game in three days that I had gone to, but with the talented Dash team visiting, it was worth it. I got two autographs from White Sox' top prospect Courtney Hawkins, as well as a single auto from Keenyn Walker, Tyler Danish, Jacob May, Tim Anderson and Francellis Montas (on a 4×6):
June 6th — Durham Bulls Vs. Pawtucket Red Sox
The third game in a five day time frame — I headed out to this game simply because of the great team the Red Sox had, with six of their top ten prospects as part of the roster, four of which were part of the top 100. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Not too many players signed, and I only got one autograph from Garin Cecchini and Mookie Betts, as well as two from Travis Shaw:
June 22nd — Tennessee Smokies Vs. Chattanooga Lookouts
The original plan was to visit the Smokies for a game as part of a family vacation, regardless of whether or not Cubs' uber prospect Kris Bryant was a part of the team or not. However, when I heard the news mere days before that Bryant had been called up to Triple-A, it was still disappointing. Even so, I had a great time, and got an autograph from both Dustin Geiger (on my ticket) and Corey Black:
July 14th — Triple-A Home Run Derby
For just the second time in my life, and the first time since the MLB home run derby back in 2012, I found myself out at a home run derby. This time the derby saw some of Triple-A baseball's top sluggers, instead of major leaguers, but it was still an impressive event. I didn't do too great in terms of autographs, but I hadn't expected to, really — getting just two autos from Nick Franklin and Andrew Susac, along with three from Elih Villanueva:
July 15th — Triple-A PCL & IL Autograph Session
There was no game played, being that it was merely an autograph session, so I'm not including it in the number of games played statistic in the numbers section down below; but what an enjoyable time it was. I was able to get an auto from pretty much everyone I wanted on both teams, going home with 31 total autographs.
I received a couple of cards signed by Jonathan Galvez, Ben Paulsen and Josh Phegley, along with a single card signed by Kyle Hendricks, Joc Pederson, Stephen Piscotty, Chris Taylor, Wilson Betemit, Matt Hague, Tommy Layne and Steven Souza Jr:
I also got a home run derby program signed by Francisco Pena, Allan Dykstra and Mike Jacobs . . . . :
. . . . in addition to individually autographed 4×6's from Max Stassi and Jesus Aguilar (top two below); along with three All-Star logos collectively signed by Spencer Patton, Paulo Orlando, A.J. Atcher, Phil Gosselin, Andy Oliver, Aaron Laffey, Bobby Korecky, Ivan De Jesus, Ezequiel Carrera, Jose Pirela, Felix Perez and Jhonatan Solano:
July 16th — Triple-A All-Star Game
Due to the numerous autographs I had gotten at the previous day's autograph session, there weren't a lot of players I cared to get an autograph from at the All-Star game itself. So, I didn't really try all that hard to get any. The only player I attempted to get an auto from was Joc Pederson, but apparently he remembered me from the autograph session the day before, because he signed for everyone but me, skipping over me twice.
It was still a fun time, which you can read about HERE.
July 26th — Durham Bulls Vs. Toledo Mud Hens
After Mike Hessman broke the all-time International League home run record back in late June, hitting his 259th IL homer, and 404th career minor league home run, I really wanted to get his auto. Thankfully, I was successful in getting Hessman's autograph on a 4×6, in addition to getting a single auto from Danny Worth and Leon Durham, along with three autographs from former big league slugger Larry Parrish:
August 10th — Durham Bulls Vs. Buffalo Bisons
With Wil Myers rehabbing in Durham, I was looking to get an autograph from him, and ended up getting him on a card and a 4×6 photo:
Then, after game one of the double header — which was being played due to rain the night before — I got Daniel Norris on a card (Norris pitched a 10 strikeout game in his Triple-A debut that day), as well as Kevin Pillar (on two cards), Brett Wallace and A.J. Jimenez:
August 12th — Winston-Salem Dash Vs. Lynchburg Hillcats
I went to this game with one purpose in mind — getting Carlos Rodon's autograph. After being unsuccessful twice earlier in the year while he was still a member of N.C. State, I wanted to get the 2014 draft's third overall pick to sign a card for me. Despite a threat of rain, I was able to get Rodon like I had hoped, in addition to a couple of autographs from former big leaguers Luis Salazar and Gary Ward; along with a 4×6 photo signed by Keon Barnum:
August 13th — Greensboro Grasshoppers Vs. Lakewood Blue Claws
There wasn't nearly as much talent at this game as there was the night before, but with it being a day game, I headed out to a ballgame (this time in Greensboro) for the second time in around 17 hours. Though I wasn't really targeting anyone in particular, I was able to get three decent players to sign for me, being Domingo German, J.T. Riddle and Sean Townsley:
August 17th — Durham Bulls Vs. Charlotte Knights
This was the second time this season that I had seen the Knights play, but after doing so poorly with them back in April (only getting one autograph) I was looking to redeem myself. Although I didn't get White Sox' top prospect Micah Johnson like I wanted, I managed to get seven total autographs, including two from Michael Taylor and one from Andre Rienzo, Richard Dotson, Chris Beck, Carlos Sanchez and Marcus Semien:
August 20th — Carolina Mudcats Vs. Frederick Keys
Around a week before this game, I was looking forward to seeing highly ranked pitching prospect Dylan Bundy. However, Bundy unfortunately injured himself shortly before the Frederick Keys came to town, and therefore didn't make the trip. To make matters worse, most of the few players I wanted an autograph from were not there either, for whatever reason. Thankfully, though, one of the biggest reasons I attended the game was to pick up a previously promised bat from Orioles' prospect Adrian Marin, which I was able to get after the game had concluded:
(It's hard to see, since there happens to be a baseball mark in the location, but Marin signed the bat in silver sharpie.)
September 5th — Durham Bulls Vs. Columbus Clippers
This was the second time I had seen the Clippers play this season, but after doing so poorly the last time, I wanted to try for a few players again. In addition to trying to get some players that I had missed before, both Francisco Lindor and James Ramsey were newcomers to the team since the last time I saw them, so I was looking to get an autograph from them as well. Unfortunately, Lindor only signed autographs for a few people, myself not included. Even so, I got an autographed card from James Ramsey and Nick Maronde, as well as an autographed 4×6 photo of Giovanny Urshela:
September 11th — Durham Bulls Vs. Pawtucket Red Sox
In what was going to be my final game of the season, I was really looking to make this game a memorable one. With six of the Red Sox' top ten prospects on the team, and with Cuban phenom Rusney Castillo also a part of the roster, it was sure to be a great chance to grab some great players' autographs. Mere minutes after entering the stadium I was able to get Castillo to sign a photo for me, and before the game began I got Blake Swihart, Garin Cecchini and Deven Marrero to autograph a card for me as well.
After the game, I did something I'd never done before, and — after it took a tremendous amount of time — will likely never do again: I stuck around outside the ballpark to try for a few more autographs as the players left. Despite the frustration from the extremely long wait, I ended up getting Brian Johnson to sign a couple cards, as well as Bryce Brentz to sign one, before leaving the ballpark for the last time until next season:
By the Numbers
Though you could take the time for yourself to add it all up, I figured I'd make things a bit easier. Here's a numbers recap of my 2014 MiLB season:
Games attended: 20
Win-loss record for the home team: 14-6
Total runs scored (Home Team-Visitor): 99-77
Top 100 prospects seen in person: 20
Autographs from top 100 prospects: 16
Total autographs: 136
Game used gear: Nick Williams broken bat & Adrian Marin unbroken bat
Total miles traveled to & from games: 3,170
2014 Triple-A Home Run Derby
After over a year of anticipation, the day finally arrived. Taking place last night in Durham, North Carolina, and showcasing some of the minor league's premier power hitters, the 2014 Triple-A Home Run Derby is something that I'd been looking forward to witnessing for a long time. As always, I made the decision to show up to the ballpark early to try for a few autographs. Thus, despite a gate opening time of 5:30 for the 6:35 derby, I made my way to the All-Star themed Durham Bulls Athletic Park at around 4:50:
Even though I still had a good amount of time until I could go inside, I went ahead and jumped in line. The extremely hot sun was beating down on myself and the fans around me, but I was glad I made the choice to get my place in the line, as it wasn't long afterwards that it became fairly long. Thankfully, the time in the heat passed fairly quickly, and upon the opening of the gates, I took off for the Pacific Coast League's dugout.
With the Pacific Coast League being such a loaded team of top prospects and former big leaguers, there were already a lot of people down by the dugout when I got there, making it difficult for me to get down to autographing level. But when Nick Franklin (the first player to emerge from the dugout) popped out . . . . :
. . . . I was able to (with a little help from fellow auto seekers) get him to sign a couple of cards for me.
Soon afterwards, tons of players began to flood out of the dugout, and items to get autographed were passing by me right and left. The next player I got to sign a few cards for me was Wednesday night's All-Star game starting pitcher, Elih Villanueva. But autos from Franklin and Villanueva was all I was able to acquire before the game, as the ushers made us all go back to our assigned seats to clear out the aisle.
Before the derby got underway, the well known softball slugging long haul bombers, who have been known to hit softballs up to 500 feet, took to the field to show off their amazing hitting skills:
There were three total sluggers, each of which were impressive. Though I had seen the long haul bombers last season up in Seattle, they were just as good this time, slamming two total home runs onto the roof of a four story building, some 450+ feet away. But while they were great, the event that everyone came to see was the Triple-A home run derby, which began shortly after.
Despite losing Mike Hessman (the all-time International League home run leader) and Dan Johnson from the derby roster due to an injury to Hessman and a big league callup for Johnson, the lineup was still decent. Consisting of Francisco Pena, Matt Hague, Allan Dykstra, Jesus Aguilar, Mike Jacobs and Mikie Mahtook, there were sure to be a good amount of homers hit, and after the participants posed for a group photo down around home plate . . . . :
. . . . the derby got underway.
The famous bull sign ("hit bull, win steak") down the left field line at the DBAP was originally predicted to play a big role in the derby, with the incentive to hit it being that if it was hit 15 times one lucky fan would take home $15,000. But unfortunately, the Bull was hit only once (everyone in attendance received a free steak taco as a result), with the low number of bull-hitting home runs coming thanks in part to a pair of zeros posted in the first round of the derby by Mike Jacobs and Mikie Mahtook — each of which were eliminated.
The second round of the derby saw a cut to four players, as well as a change in my location. For this round, I made my way out to the outfield, with the slight hope of catching a home run ball, but mainly with the reasoning to see a few batters take their turns from a different perspective:
A few balls were lofted in my general direction, but nothing came too terribly close. While I was in the outfield, Matt Hague and Jesus Aguilar posted rounds that didn't hold up in the end (though Aguilar did nearly drill me with a foul ball, had it not have been for fans who knocked it down). Meaning, the final round of the derby was going to be between Francisco Pena and Allan Dykstra.
Clay Counsil — the BP pitcher who threw to Josh Hamilton in his historic 28 home run first round of the 2008 derby up at Yankee Stadium — was on hand to throw the final round of the derby to both of the remaining players, and the crowd seemed excited to see him:
In Francisco Pena's set of swings to kick off the championship round, he failed to hit a single home run, leaving Allan Dykstra with just one homer needed to take home the title of 2014 Triple-A Home Run Derby champion. And he did just that. Slugging a home run to right field, Allan Dykstra wound up winning the derby in front of the sold out crowd:
After the derby had concluded, there was still a multitude of players hanging around on the field, so I once again took off for the dugout with the hopes of getting some more autographs. I was able to get one more player to sign for me before I left the ballpark, being Andrew Susac, bringing my total number of player autographs to three for the game.
Although not everything went my way on Monday night, it was still a very enjoyable time. It's likely going to be decades before the Bull City hosts these events again, and it's one of those things you may only witness once or twice in your lifetime.
For the second half of the events, I'm planning to head out to the All-Star game on Wednesday, where I hope to do better in terms of autographs, but no matter what, I'm going to have a great time, no doubt about it.


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They're taking this contact sport thing way too far!
damn..why couldnt this be a basketball game..or american football..:**(
And I'm sure they are all saying there is nothing gay about it.
Reminds me of the wrestlers in high school who swore up and down there was nothing gay about the sport and put on so much extra tough guy bravado to compensate. I'm sorry but you don't get to be 100 percent straight and play a sport where fingering your opponent's asshole is a common thing. I'm also looking at you water polo!
Too bad they dont have professional rugby player bodies, but a lot of them had really nice asses.
@stranded: lol right?
they aren't really nude if they wear those flags.
Male nudity is not gay. The only people who see it as gay are people with no lives.
One saving grace of this display is that nobody suffered diarrhea.
What I wouldn't give to be the fluffer for that team
I don't think they are gay. They are just very comfortable with male nudity.
I wish redcarpet wouldn't jump to the conclusion that these guys have to be gay. So many gay guys are always trying to add to our ranks by insisting that everything they see that they themselves would find erotic, HAS to be that way for the participants being observed. That means that eventually we will see LESS of it, because straight guys will back off of a normal and playful activity because the "redcarpets" of the world loudly insist they HAVE to be gay to do something like that. I have taken notice that in recent years gym locker rooms have become almost nude-free zones. Showers are now individual and closed off, rather than one big open room for several guys. Urinals have privacy partitions between them. There are signs up in the locker rooms saying you must wear a bathing suit in the saunas and jacuzzi. Everybody wraps a towel around them to remove their pants, or to put them back on. I can't remember the last time I saw a penis in the locker room. So redcarpet ……….. , doing that is ruining it for everybody. Please don't.
@justyouandi: Queen, please. I was mostly joking, and it was poking fun at straight machismo, not trying to "recruit". And you can go to a damn bath house if you want to see random dick that bad.
Long story short, Sorry/not sorry.
Wow, redcarpet, do you ever fit a stereotype!
Seems odd they are all shitting orange turds. Something in their diet???
New Zealand TV news rocks! Try getting a clip like that in this country.
I think naked football or naked wrestling would do a lot to loosen the stick up the ass of all the uptight, homophobic straight men in the U.S. of uptight A-holes. It'll never happen, though, in this country where any physical contact between men beyond a handshake is considered a gay come-on.
@hotshot70: The English players were wearing the flags; the Kiwis were naked. It's kind of a naked "shirts and skins" thing.
Of course they're not gay. Well there might be a fag or two among them, but it's not a gay team. Kiwis have a much more casual attitude about nudity then we do. I went to a Naked Week event at a small gay retreat called Autumn Farm on the South Island. We went to a local nude beach and went hiking naked in a local national park. We got some looks, but nobody covered their kids eyes in horror or ran screaming to call the cops. I left before the annual naked bike ride, which I hear is lots of fun. The Kiwis can take all this nakedness with humor because they know the difference between nudity and sex and apparently don't have the same Puritanical hang-ups that Americans have. They could teach us a lot.


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- Sustainable development may be defined as a non-declining value of capital stocks (social, natural, built and human) over time. The ability for substitution between and within each stock over time has been widely debated, resulting in the identification, and then preservation of 'critical capital stocks'. We propose that 'critical' can be defined from two ethical perspectives; teleological or consequentialist (goal or ends based) and deontological (moral duty and rule based). The consequential ethic ensures critical capitals are 'utilitarian' in value and they generate goods and services for the maintenance of human wellbeing. Whilst deontologically critical capital depends on culturally and psychologically 'protected' values, which may vary locally or at least (as for, e.g., biodiversity) be open to conflicting opinions. This separation in the basis for defining critical capital stocks leads to awareness that some tradeoffs between critical capital stocks may be irreconcilable or likely to lead to outrage. A framework is developed to guide practitioners as to how to identify critical capital stocks using both protected and utilitarian values. Examples show that 'protected' values are likely to be specific to community (ethnic, religious, cultural, etc.) and require different methods for resolving substitutability of capital stocks to achieve sustainable development.
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I love the Great Gatsby! It's my favorite book of all time! I almost died when I saw it on your blog. I loved the chapter about Meyer Wolfsheim; I thought it was hilarious. Unfortunately when we did our projects on The Great Gatsby someone else took sports (didn't even mention baseball might I add) and I did cars or fashion I think. My teacher said that minus the cheating and lying part I reminded her of Jordan Baker.
Anyway you are right about the Red Sox pitching. I think y'all of have one the best pitching staffs (?) all around in the American league if not baseball.
Melissa: So far, I love the Great Gatsby!! Fitzgerald truly has a way with words like no other. I'm absolutely in love with the book. Besides the cheating and lying, Jordan Baker is a great character!!
Love love love love LOVE The Great Gatsby. The movie turned out to be really good, which surprised me since book-to-movie doesn't always turn out well. And I will forever lobby for Shoeless Joe to be taken off the banned list. 🙂 Someone will listen to me eventually. I hope Baldelli does well this season because I loved him last season.
Jen: I'm with you on the Shoeless Joe thing, I think he should be in the HOF! The Great Gatsby is so beautiful. Are you talking about the movie from the 70's? I hope Baldelli is able to stay healthy.
Elizabeth – great blog! (And yes – great book!) I worry about Dice-K in the WBC. If the Red Sox can't find a way to get his inning count up we could be in trouble. I am so excited – the equipment truck leaves Friday! Spring is almost here! I don't care what that silly groundhog said yesterday!
Now I want to read that book. One thing for me is finding a replacement for Varitex.
Great analysis! It will be very interesting to see if Bardo can bounce back and have success catching Wake or any of the guys. You have a ton of great pitchers, and it might be difficult sorting them out. But hopefully you will be able to have a solid bullpen and plenty of guys for the band, too!
Julia: Can fans go watch the bus leaving? That would be so exciting!!
Bob: You're right, Varitek's successor is crucial to our future.
Kaybee: I have faith that Bardo will bounce back, and we always need guys for our band!!
Elizabeth, you really covered all the bases with that post (pun intended). You nailed all the Red Sox question marks going into the season – at least the ones this Yankee fan would ask from afar. And I do love how you find a way to bring baseball into every setting. I'm guilty of the same thing!
Jane: LOL, but it's better than thinking about all the other annoying things in life right? Like chemistry, and well, life outside of baseball?
Congrats on your #17 ranking in the latest Leader list! The Red Sox are well represented on the list!
Does Lugo really even deserve the opportunity to "battle"? Talk about bad investments… whoo wee!
Jeff: It was a bad investment, but so is basically putting a couple of million dollars on the bench.


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Fun. performed at Bonnaroo festival this past weekend and were given the Bonnaroo quiz from MTV News! Watch the band spell the name of the festival with ease, and then discuss their experience seeing Phish perform at New York's Madison Square Garden a few years ago. Click HERE to read the full story.
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For this week's Sunday Night Music Club, we're sharing a song off of Panic! At The Disco's latest album Vices & Virtues. It goes out to our fellow employee Amy W. who will be leaving us for the summer to do some pit reporting on the Vans Warped Tour! Good luck, Amy!
'Ready To Go (Get Me Out Of My Mind)'...
You got these little things you wanted something for 'em
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To celebrate The Impossibles' two reunion shows this weekend in Austin, we're very excited to post the band's sold out (Never) Say Goodbye DVD from 2002 in its entirety on YouTube. It includes sixteen songs from their final show at Emo's in Austin on June 1st, 2002 along with a 24-minute interview with the band at the end. Enjoy!
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This week we are giving away a Cobra Starship prize package complete with a Cobra Starship t-shirt, Kiss My Sass vinyl and a copy of Paper Magazine with Gabe Saporta on the cover.
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Ive heard a couple of comments recently about how things would be better without government. My mind boggles at this, and I am rendered almost speechless. Isnt it obvious that there is no such thing as no government? Perhaps if one lived alone on a desert island, it would be possible. But with a population of two, some sort of governing would happen.
Rather than an impossible choice of government vs. no government, shouldnt we instead ask what kind of government? We could have a monarchy, an oligarchy, a plutocracy or communism. Or we could have democracy.
Most people (excepting the monarchs, the oligarchs, the plutocrats, and those in power under communism) will choose democracy. Does democracy ensure that the government is perfect? Of course not. What should we do when we see flaws in our democratic government? How about working to fix them, while understanding that fixes take time?
There is no natural law that says a democracy will persist. Rather, it seems that it takes the time and attention of many, many people to keep a democracy functioning. I picture a ball, being kept aloft by a crowd, with many hands taking turns to keep the ball up. Our democracy needs everyones attention right now to keep it aloft.
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The moment a glowing triangle appeared in the corner of the screen in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, prompting me to engage in a co-op move, a mild seizure overtook my synapses. I started having flashbacks to Resident Evil 5, the only video game in recent memory I can honestly say I was forced to set down the controller in frustration and said "no, I don't want to continue, because I've had enough." Uncharted 2 does not make the same mistakes as Resident Evil 5.
Naughty Dog's approach was the right one, a proper balance act. It wouldn't be surprising to hear Naughty Dog reveal there were plans to introduce co-op into Uncharted 2's story mode, only to remove the option once they realized how much it complicates and potentially compromises the single-player experience if it's not specifically cared for every step of the way.
There's an example of this approach from a series gamers have demanded co-op from for years: Call of Duty. Infinity Ward will not include co-op in the campaign mode in Modern Warfare 2, despite acknowledging it's a popular fan request. The studio recently revealed that it attempted to implement the idea, only to discover unintended consequences for the single-player experience. Infinity Ward noted the issues but did not ditch the promise of co-op, instead developing a separate mode for it.
"We did it early on; that's what Spec Ops [Modern Warfare 2's co-op mode] started out as -- as co-op through story," said Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling in a recent interview. "But it really broke the cinematic experience, took the immersion out of it, out of the story and the pacing and everything we'd spent so long crafting. It just ruined the experience we were aiming for, so we took it out, kept the single-player for that one player intact and polished it."
A-ha, there it is. Separate. There are absolutely instances where dropping in multiple characters into the game world and calling that co-op works effectively (see: Halo), but what we're seeing more and more are developers whose bread and butter are rollercoaster single-player blockbuster experiences finding it difficult to just shove co-op through. Resident Evil 5 had a great many issues that would have made its co-op a more manageable experience, but by and large, it seems Capcom didn't see (or notice) the same roadblocks Infinity Ward (and perhaps Naughty Dog) encountered.
Many times throughout Uncharted 2's story, there were set pieces that made me think "man, wouldn't this be great with another person by my side?" Lo and behold, the co-op scenarios included in the game's separate co-op multiplayer are plucked straight from the game. Rather than struggling to please everybody with the single-player experience, Naughty Dog rightfully took the moments where co-op would have made sense, left that to the A.I. and dropped those experiences elsewhere.
There's no reason someone can't come up with a way to seamlessly integrate both together, maintaining the excitement possible when the focus of the game's design is solely on one person's attention, but there's ongoing evidence that's not the best solution.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 06/08/11 -- The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has released new video footage from Canada's 2011 commercial seal hunt showing clear examples of deliberate cruelty, inhumane killing practices and violations of the Marine Mammal Regulations, despite the relatively small size of the hunt this year.
Fewer than 50 boats participated in the 2011 seal hunt, and only 38,000 seals have been reported killed with a landed value of under $750,000. In spite of a smaller-scale hunt, the video evidence confirms that the Canadian government and the sealing industry continue to ignore concerns about inhumane killing raised by the European Union, and that the few existing regulations are impossible for authorities to enforce.
"Many sealers appear quite comfortable ignoring the regulations and conducting cruel and inhumane killing, even when they are aware of being observed" said Sheryl Fink, Director of IFAW's Seal Program and witness to the 2011 commercial seal hunt off the coast of Newfoundland.
"Our video shows sealers engaging in practices such as intentionally killing a protected blueback seal and spearing a live, conscious seal pup in the face with a steel hook as it tries to defend itself. In one instance, a seal pup was sliced open while alive and left to suffer in the bottom of a boat for several minutes" said Fink.
"These inexcusable activities, and the fact that they occur year after year, offer further proof that commercial sealing is inhumane regardless of how many seals are killed or how few sealers participate" continued Fink.
The video evidence reinforces IFAW's position that trade bans on seal products are not only justified, but absolutely necessary. Such examples of cruelty are the primary reason for the European Union ban on the sale of seal products from commercial hunts and why consumers around the world are increasingly rejecting seal products.
IFAW will be providing the video evidence to political leaders in Canada, the EU, and around the world as evidence that commercial sealing remains an inhumane, unnecessary and outdated practice that should be stopped.
"Although this year's hunt is the smallest since 1993, the government-funded seal slaughter continues to be a cruel and colossal waste of Canadians' tax dollars. All the subsidies in the world will not make this hunt humane. The commercial seal hunt will continue to tarnish Canada's reputation for as long as it continues" concluded Fink.
The video captured by IFAW during the 2011 commercial seal hunt can be viewed at http://www.ifaw.org/seals and on YouTube.
About IFAW
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) was established in 1969 and its founding campaign was in opposition to Canada's commercial seal hunt. IFAW has more than 40 years of experience raising awareness, documenting and opposing the cruel commercial hunts for seals in Canada and around the world.
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My little one is 8.5 weeks old, and I have a concern regarding feeding patterns/weight gain. Through the night, she is textbook-feeding every2-2.5 hours and settling back nicely to sleep. Morning feeds are also great-calm at the breast and settling nicely for naps. Unfortunately, since birth, she's had this "fussy period" that started out in the evening hours, and has now extended into the early afternoon, and begins generally around 1pm. She will latch on, feed well for 5 minutes or so, pull off, fuss, want back on the breast and repeat this behavior over and over. I've tried breast compressions, switching sides, different positions, swaddling, etc. Normally, I would assume that perhaps she's just an efficient eater. The issue though, is when she comes off the breast, she's eating her fists, smacking and is generally unsettled (obviously wanting more). When I offer the breast again, the behavior continues. She'll only nap for 20-30 minutes during daytime here and there which is also indicating to me that she is not satisfied. Her wet/dirty diapers are great, but she's not gaining at a great rate (birth weight was 8lbs 5.5 ozs, down to 7lbs 8ozs at one week of age, and now is up to 10 lbs even). I have been following with my breastfeeding clinic at hospital, but am feeling really discouraged b/c I can't figure out how to satisfy her. I have been pumping at least 1-2 times a day (wondering if maybe it was a supply issue), and giving her one pumped bottle at bedtime (to reduce the pain of the constant pulling on/off of the nipples-I've had no nipple trauma so far though). Today the nurse suggested fenugreek, as (through process of elimination), the thinking is that maybe the milk isn't coming fast enough for her in this "fussy" time. Any help would be much appreciated.
PS-Breastfed my first daughter with no problems-this is stressing me out (which isn't helping either!!!)


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Today was fireworks and Polish night, so I wasn't sure how crowded it would be. Luckily, only 22,891 came out, so batting practice was fairly sparse for a Saturday.
I got into line at 3:30 (an hour before the gates were to open), and was the 8th person in the stadium. I was the third one into the bleachers. There were 2 easter eggs, but another ballhawk got them first.
About 10 minutes or so passed with no action. I noticed a ball roll directly to the fence where the stands jut out towards the foul line in left field. I decided to vacate my spot and go grab the ball. I ran up the escalator to the main concourse, and then down the stairs and reached over the fence and grabbed ball #1. Then, I immediately went back to the bleachers. I snapped this picture when I returned to the bleacher area to illustrate where the ball was. (The small yellow X)
Game: 6 balls (3 hit, 2 thrown, 1 device)
Season: 64 balls (26 hit, 31 thrown, 7 device)
Games: 13 games (11 with BP, 2 without)
Average: 4.92 balls per game
Career: 230 balls
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I was at this game, it's pretty cool that David Weather's brought his kid and let him throw in the bullpen. I wish I would have seen that. I can't believe you left in the first, it was a great game.
David Weathers is a PUNK. He was such a jerk to us during BP the last couple of years. I can't believe he's still in the majors. Nice entry and I hope your wife feels better.


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Life has a funny way of connecting the dots.
I bought my first pair of TOMS shoes in 2010 and then set off to study abroad in Bath, England. On my second day in Bath—in between orientation sessions—fellow Denisonian Chelsea Glassmann '12 introduced herself to me, commenting on my TOMS. She had a pair, too.
We were inspired by the simplicity of the One for One movement and the company culture of TOMS, so a year later, Chelsea and I founded the Denison TOMS Campus Club.
While co-leading the club, I learned to plan and promote events that championed our club's mission: to further the One for One movement (in which companies and organizations donate a product or service with every purchase), both on campus and beyond through service, fundraising, and advocacy.
My time leading the club complemented my studies. It gave me hands-on experience in marketing, event planning, and lobbying for a cause. It also gave me a glimpse inside the workings of TOMS, a company that has made conscious consumerism popular, spurring a trend of companies with "One for One" and "Buy One, Give One" models.
Recently, TOMS launched TOMS Marketplace to help extend the reach of social businesses that have a commitment to improving lives around the world. The day before the launch, I stepped into my new shoes as marketing assistant at One World Futbol Project, one of the companies featured in TOMS Marketplace.
Like I said, life has a funny—and fabulous—way of connecting the dots.
At One World Futbol Project, my college life and my career have collided in the best way. I am collaborating with and growing alongside an incredible, dynamic team in a place where my writing and creativity are allowed to soar. Even more, I am contributing to a cause and model for which I have a passion.
In 2010, the same year I bought my first pair of TOMS Shoes, Tim Jahnigen and Lisa Tarver founded One World Futbol Project in Berkeley, Calif. After watching news footage of children in Darfur playing a game of soccer with a ball of trash tied up with twine, Tim set out to design a ball that played like a real soccer ball but would never wear out, never need a pump, and never go flat.
Tim's idea remained in concept stage until a chance conversation with world-renowned entertainer Sting, who immediately provided the support needed to research and develop a nearly indestructible ball. In recognition of Sting's crucial, early involvement, the name of the company and the One World Futbol are based on the song "One World (Not Three)," written by Sting.
One World Futbol Project has a "Buy One, Give One" model. For every One World Futbol purchased, a second ball is donated to an organization working with children and youth in disadvantaged communities worldwide. The company also has a "Give Balls" option, where customers can simply donate nearly indestructible One World Futbols without purchasing their own.
To date, the company has distributed more than 700,000 balls, reached more than 160 countries, and impacted more than 21 million youth.
In all, it's an exciting time to be joining the team. I have had the opportunity to work on assignments that involve both One World Futbol Project and TOMS. Plus, with my Denison TOMS Campus Club experience in tow, I have started to consider what the future looks like for fans and supporters of One World Futbol Project.
Beyond the collaboration with TOMS, One World Futbol Project has a number of campaigns on the horizon—all of which revolve around the universal need to play, and all of which have me buzzing.
From my experiences with TOMS and One World Futbol Project, I feel the "Buy One, Give One" model evokes a sense of community and connection. On the "Buy One" side, immediate communities are formed among fans and supporters. On the "Give One" side, TOMS Shoes and One World Futbol promote a sense of global community, one in which we all live and play on a daily basis.
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If Ohio executes Harry Mitts Jr. on Wednesday as scheduled, the condemned man will leave behind a tattered, worn Bible he received in 1994 from an unlikely source.
Mitts said his eyes filled with tears and he nearly collapsed when he learned that the Bible, inscribed with his name, was a gift from the mother and sister of Sgt. Dennis Glivar, the 44-year-old Garfield Heights police officer he had killed about three months earlier.
Though Mitts had not thought about religion for most of his life, the gift helped point him toward Christianity, said Jeff Kelleher, his attorney. "It affected him deeply."
Mitts received the Bible through a jail chaplain on the day his death sentence was handed down in Cuyahoga County in 1994. He also received a letter from Glivar's sister, Cheryl Janoviak, telling him that she and her mother had forgiven him.
"What my mom and I did was only a portion of what God desired to draw Mr. Mitts to the cross and the saving, redeeming, wonderful, cleansing grace that is available to all," Janoviak, of Newbury in Geauga County, said last week.
"God works through people, but ultimately it is the Holy Spirit and his love that satisfies. Unfortunately, in this case, it took a tragedy to get (Mitts') attention and hear God calling him."
Mitts wrote The Dispatch last year from Death Row at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. He told of his reaction to receiving the Glivar family's gift and said "their loving forgiveness is a living testimony." He said faith has made him ready for his execution.
"I look forward to that date, should it happen," he wrote. "I know it probably sounds strange, as most folks like to hang on to this life as long as possible, but my reason for desiring to be executed is simple. I'll be in the presence of Jesus, and I will never sin against God again!"
Mitts, now 61, shot Sgt. Glivar at least seven times on Aug. 14, 1994, when the officer and others responded to a report of a shooting at an apartment complex. John Bryant — the man who was shot — was an acquaintance of Mitts', the boyfriend of a fellow tenant. Bryant was black, and witnesses said that Mitts, who is white, threatened another man before using a racial slur and firing a fatal gunshot into Bryant's chest.
Mitts was convicted of both slayings and received two death sentences.
"As Jesus forgave and still forgives, my mother and I also forgive you," Janoviak wrote to Mitts in 1994. "Had you died on August 14, 1994, your eternal home would have been in hell. In God's mercy, your life was spared, and He spared your life to allow you this time to choose where you want to spend eternity."
Mitts read the letter last month to the Ohio Parole Board in advance of a clemency hearing. Calling Mitts' case "clearly among the worst-of-the-worst capital cases," the board unanimously recommended that Gov. John Kasich deny mercy.
Janoviak said she and her mother plan to attend the execution. When asked whether they support clemency for Mitts, she referred to a Bible verse from the book of Romans: "Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God."
A report on the clemency hearing indicates that Mitts told parole-board members that he has tried to spread God's word to others while behind bars and that he is prepared to go home to Jesus.
According to the report, Kelleher also spoke to the board, saying that Mitts honored the wishes of his victims by following Glivar's family's admonition to embrace God.
In that way, Kelleher told the board, Mitts and his victims are forever connected.


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Water Balz, Growing Skulls, H2O Orbs "Despicable Me" and Fabulous Flowers toys
When the marble-sized toy is ingested, it expands inside the body and causes a blockage in the small intestine, resulting in severe discomfort, vomiting, dehydration and could be life threatening. The toys do not show up on an x-ray and require surgery to be removed from the body.
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This recall involves marble-sized toys that absorb water and grow up to 400 times their original size. They were sold as Water Balz (round-shape), Growing Skulls (skull-shape), H2O Orbs "Despicable Me" (round-shape) and Fabulous Flowers (flower-shape). They were sold in packages of six in green, yellow, red, blue and black colors. "Dunecraft," the name of the toy and the model number are printed on the toy's packaging.
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The firm received one report of an 8-month-old girl from Humble, Texas who ingested a Water Balz and suffered an intestinal obstruction in August 2011. The Water Balz had to be surgically removed.
Consumers should immediately take this recalled toy away from children and contact Dunecraft for a free replacement toy.
Water Balz and Growing Skulls were sold at Bed Bath & Beyond, Five Below, Hobby Lobby, Lakeshore Learning Materials, Microcenter, Urban Outfitters Direct, Wegmans and other stores nationwide, and online at amazon.com, incrediblescience.com, keyporthobbies.com, americantoystores.com and other websites from September 2010 through November 2012 for about $3 per package. The H2O Orbs "Despicable Me" were sold exclusively at Universal Studios stores during June 2012 for about $3 per package. Fabulous Flowers were sold exclusively at Milaeger's in Racine, Wis. from June 2012 through November 2012 for about $3 per package.
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Donna Mercado Kim was picked Friday by her colleagues to become Senate president.
Senator Kim is no stranger to politics. She's been in the same halls for the last three decades. Now the seasoned lawmaker says she's ready to take on the challenge of being Senate president.
"I will have to make personal adjustments, but I'm me. I'm not going to change my stripes. I mean I will continue to be the champion for accountability and transparency and efficiency in government. I've always done that," said Senator Kim.
Her no-nonsense demeanor made headlines during the state Senate's "wonder blunder" hearings, as she grilled University of Hawaii leaders.
Senator Kim said she has a passion for politics, and said she's thorough.
"I'm a very hands-on kind of person. I'm very detail oriented. I like to make sure that the I's are dotted and the T's are crossed," said Senator Kim.
One of her primary duties as Senate president is making sure things get done, and getting fellow lawmakers to compromise.
"I'm also a consensus builder. I'd like to make sure that you can't please everybody, but will try to get as many people together. But I'm a realist and common sense has to prevail," said Kim.
She still has the 14th District to represent, she plans to fight for them while balancing the interests of the Senate as a whole.
Officially, senators must vote for her to fill the position once the legislature convenes in mid-January.


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It can be a classic occurrence, especially at weddings. A member of the wedding party starts to wobble and sway, then before you know it they've fainted and fallen to the floor.
A number of factors can contribute to this, the main one being that when you stand rigidlystill, blood 'pools' in your legs away from your heart and brain ... so you faint.
The same sort of thing happens when accident victims or wounded soldiers lose blood from internal injuries. They're fine for a moment then they crash. Researchers at Mayo Clinic are teaming up with the U.S. Department of Defense to study the issue in hopes of developing monitoring devices that can eventually save lives.
Dr. Michael Joyner and his research team at Mayo Clinic are studying how the body responds to blood loss.
"The purpose of this experiment is to help the army develop better monitors to determine who needs a transfusion and who doesn't need a transfusion in battlefield trauma situations."
Triaging the wounded can be difficult, because when someone loses blood, vital signs such as blood pressure and heart rate don't change much until the victim suddenly collapses.
"What we're trying to do is predict when the vital signs become unstable," Joyner said.
The study, funded by the Department of Defense, includes two phases. First the research team slowly and in a very controlled manner, removes blood from a test subject.
Then they put the blood back in and start phase two of the experiment. This involves putting the test subject into a negative pressure box. The negative pressure makes it difficult for blood to flow back to the heart so it pools in the legs.
The amount of blood that reaches the brain and heart decreases, mimicking blood loss. The researchers say if the body responds to the negative pressure the same way it responds to actual blood loss, they can do more experiments without having to take blood from patients' bodies. The information they gather will be used to develop monitoring devices that will hopefully help determine who needs immediate medical attention on and off of the battlefield