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I've had my Fuze (v1) for a few years, but I'm tired of the horrible gaps during playback, so I'd like to install Rockbox. My question, is there anything I should do before installing? I have some music on the player and some on the microSD card...should I move all music to the card? Should I do a factory reset? Also, I noticed some of the themes require certain fonts, how do I install the fonts?
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Make sure all the music was put on in MSC mode. It doesn't matter if it's on the card or the player. It should be found by both the Rockbox file browser and database wherever it's at on the player as long as it was loaded in MSC. If you loaded any of it in MTP or autodetect take it back off and reload it in MSC. If you have backups you could use the in built sansa formatting facility to wipe everything and just reload it after the installation.
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By Bonnie Ennis, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Agent, horticulture
What comes around goes around, and nothing applies to this theory more clearly than the water we use and drink.
Overwatering and mis-use of chemicals contaminate water supplies. Home gardeners can play a key role in protecting water quality by making wise decisions about fertilizer and pesticide use, as well as about watering practices.
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Nitrate nitrogen is a common component of landscape fertilizers which, in concentrations greater than l0 milligrams per liter of water, is toxic to pregnant women and small children. Treated household waste effluents in the South Platte River already create levels of 20-30 milligrams of nitrates per liter of water. Nitrate fertilizers flushed down home drains will only increase these high nitrate levels.
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This is the second article in a three-part series on the Struts framework. In the first article, Introduction to Jakarta Struts Framework I defined the Struts framework,
discussed what it can accomplish, and
provided an overview of the various components used throughout the framework.
In this article I describe building a simple sample
application from scratch using Struts 1.0. The third article will show you how to use the Struts tags to access the
ApplicationResource file from a JSP.
Taking a step-by-step approach should open some new doors and show the potential of using Struts in your application development. If you aren't familiar with Struts terminology, take a quick read through the introductory article.
This article assumes a working knowledge of JSP, Servlets, Custom Tag libraries, and XML. Additionally, I will be using a number of Jakarta projects throughout this article, including Tomcat 3.2.1, the servlet container used in the official reference implementation for the Java Servlet and JSP technologies (the latest version, 3.2.3, implements some security fixes to 3.2.1), and Ant, a Java-based build tool.
As a developer who has written hundreds of applications using leading- (and usually bleeding-) edge technology, I am a strong believer in understanding the logical flow of new technology development. While it's possible to just dive in and learn as you go (which all of us are guilty of), I'd like to take this opportunity to go through a typical development flow when using Struts. I'll apply this development flow to our simple sample, but you will be able to apply these steps to larger, more complicated development scenarios. I have followed these steps on large projects, and they work.
Anyone who has written a business or Web application knows the requirements list is always somewhat dynamic; having a development flow to follow will at least help you identify what additional tasks need to be added to the list. Let's list the flow, and then I will explain and apply it to our sample.
Throughout this article I will be using code snippets from the
StrutsSample application. The full code, including the
build.xml file to build
and deploy the application, is available for download here.
As you can tell by the release number, Struts is relatively new. There are a number of components that work together, but knowing when you have to complete each component can save much time, to say nothing of your sanity. I've written a number of applications that utilize Struts, and I've found that following an approach similar to this one is effective:
How did you do building your application? What problems did you have?
Also in JSP and Servlets:
Learning the New Jakarta Struts 1.1, Part 2
Learning the New Jakarta Struts 1.1, Part 1
The first step in any application development is to gather the application requirements. However logical this might sound, it is sometimes harder then it seems. Having a written set of requirements is important not just for development purposes, but also for identifying places that need further definition.
The application requirement for our project StrutsSample is as follows:
Provide a sample application allowing a user to log in, in order to demonstrate a complete logic flow using the Struts framework. Do not bog the sample down with concerns about security, database interaction, EJB development or any other ancillary technology that might be used in a more complicated application.
This application will have three screens:
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ActionMappings are basically the roadmap for the application. The
ActionMappings define what happens at any given point in an application.
ActionMappings are defined in the
struts-config.xml file. ActionsMappings work
with forwards to provide the flow of the application.
Usually you build up ActionMapping information, such as the form name or
input, as you continue your development. Primarily, this development step is
meant to start forming the strawman of the
struts-config.xml file. The forwards
for an action indicate what will happen when the action class returns one of the
defined MappingForwards. It is entirely possible to have many forwards available
to an action. Each action class can define specific forwards that are relevant
to that class. Also, keep in mind that it is possible to have global forwards.
Think of it as an include file for each action. If a returned forward is
not specific to the ActionMapping but is defined as a global forward, then
the global definition will be used. Local forwards can always be used to
override global forwards. In our sample below, if an "error" mapping is returned
from an action, then
Errorpage.jsp will be displayed, even though that
forward is not specific to any action.
You will see as you continue your development that this config file can get
rather detailed in larger projects. In the sample below, taken from the
struts-config.xml file, we can see global forward definitions and a
sample action mapping. This mapping defines an action called "login" that is an
instance of the class
On a successful login the "success"
forward will display
Welcome.jsp. If a "failure"
forward occurs,
Login.jsp will be redisplayed. If an "error" forward is
returned, then the global forward will be used and display

<forward name="login" path="/Login.jsp"/>
<forward name="error" path="/Errorpage.jsp"/>

For other available attributes see the JavaDocs for
path - The request URI path that is matched to select
this mapping.
type - Fully qualified Java class name of the
Action implementation class used by this mapping.
name - The name of the form bean defined in the
config file that this action will use.
unknown - Set to true if this action should be
configured as the default for this application to handle
all requests not handled by another action. Only one
action can be defined as a default within a single
scope - Identifier of the scope ("request" or "session"
within which the form bean, if any, associated with this
action will be created
input - Context-relative path of the input form to which
control should be returned if a validation error is
validate - Set to true if the validate() method of the
action associated with this mapping should be called.
forward elements - The set of ActionForwards locally
associated with this mapping.

<action path="/login"
<forward name="success" path="/Welcome.jsp"/>
<forward name="failure" path="/Login.jsp"/>
As we have already talked about in the first article,
struts-config.xml is the
controller in the MVC model. It is well worth spending development time on this
step to make sure your actions match your application requirements. Once all the pieces come into place, you will want to avoid a situation where you have to completely reorganize your actions due to poor definition at the beginning of the project.
Our StrutsSample application requires only one action -- the login. Depending on the size of your application, there can be many actions required and defined. Once the ActionMappings are defined, you can go through each one and start putting together the ActionMapping classes and form classes.
All form classes in Struts extend
org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm. The
form class is used to correspond to the data fields on a screen. The form class
can also be used for validation on form fields. The Setter/Getter accessor
methods are called automatically on an HTML form submit, thereby being available
to the action class for future use. Usually, an ActionForm class handles all of
the variables on a form, and has the necessary validation for a specific screen.
I tend to keep all of my form and action classes in separate packages; otherwise, it can get too confusing once you get more than a couple of screens in place. The
following is a sample ActionForm class. This is the form that is used for the
login page.
* LoginForm.java
package com.oreilly.forms;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionError;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
* Form bean for the Login main page. There are two
* fields on this form used for authentication
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*
username - the username to login
*
password - the password to authenticate
*

public final class LoginForm extends ActionForm {
private String userName = null;
private String password = null;
* Get the userName
*@return String
public String getUserName() {
return (userName);
* Set the userName.
* @param userName
public void setUserName(String newUserName) {
userName = newUserName;
* Get the password
*@return String
public String getPassword() {
return (password);
* Set the password.
* @param password
public void setPassword(String newPassword) {
password = newPassword;
* Reset all properties to their default values.
* @param mapping The mapping used to select this instance
* @param request The servlet request we are processing
public void reset(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) {
userName = null;
password = null;
* Validate the properties that have been set from this
* HTTP request, and return an
* ActionErrors object that
* encapsulates any validation errors that have been
* found. If no errors are found, return
* null or an
* ActionErrors object with no
* recorded error messages.
* @param mapping The mapping used to select this instance
* @param request The servlet request we are processing
public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping,
HttpServletRequest request) {
ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
// For this form, only a username is required
if( userName == null || userName.length()==0 ){
errors.add("userName",new ActionError("error.userName.required"));
return (errors);
There are a couple of interesting points to be made here. The reset method is called if there is a reset button on a form. It sets all of the variables back to their defaults. The validate method is used for any form-specific validation. In this case, we are only interested if the user has provided their username. It might be possible to have no password, so we will let the application logic handle that. Without a username, the user can't be authenticated, so we are required to throw an error.
Errors in Struts can be handled using ActionErrors. Typically, anything ending in "s" is a collection of those objects. So ActionErrors is a collection of ActionError. You can process an entire form and send back multiple errors to display. This is convenient on entry forms that have many required fields, so that the user doesn't have to submit the form five times to get five different errors.
Also note that the errors shown in this sample use the
ApplicationResource.properties file. The
properties file is defined in the
web.xml file used by the entire application when Tomcat starts. Usually there is
web.xml file in the
WEB-INF directory of each application. For more
information on how application structures are set up for deployment, see the
user's guide available with the Tomcat download.
The ApplicationResource file allows for all strings displayed in an
application to be defined. A lookup is done with a key. In this sample, the
error.userName.required key will be replaced with the text for that error
message -- "A username is required." This is especially handy for providing
multilingual support for your application. Only the ApplicationResource needs to
be translated, and you can then have a Spanish, German, or French version of your
This can be used for anything that is text displayed on a screen. The ApplicationResource file associated with this project looks like this:
login.title=Login Struts Sample
error.userName.required=A username is required
error.login.authenticate=Invalid username/password
errors.header=
Page
Validation
Please correct the
following error(s) before contiuing:

applicationResources=Cannot load application resources bundle
The title of pages, buttons, and anything requiring text can be accessed from this file. We'll show how to use the Struts tags to access the file from a JSP when we get to that development step in the final article of this series.
Sue Spielman is an associate editor for ONJava.com, covering JSP and Servlets technologies. She is also President and Senior Consulting Engineer for Switchback Software LLC.
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Below is a call for papers for a new kind of Poe conference coming next summer to Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Sponsored by The Poe Museum of Richmond, Virginia
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Poe's reputation as a tortured, tragic figure, melancholic poet and the "master of the macabre" has fueled his popularity for over a century and a half, while debunking stereotypes and myths associated with that reputation has always been an essential part of Poe criticism. Going beyond the debunking of the popular caricature, we would like to discover the "positive" side of Poe's life and work. Just as his life had its ups and downs, his writing, too, reflects a wide range of experience, not exclusively the dark and dismal. We therefore invite papers on a broad diversity of subjects with a focus on the life-affirming and vital elements in Poe's work. Papers may cover (but are not limited by) such themes as:
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Science, philosophy, Eureka
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Success stories of Poe's poems and tales at home and abroad.
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The Knicks came out flat against the Cavs. They allowed Cleveland to knock down 53 percent of its shots in the first half, including six of 11 3-pointers. New York was down by as many as 17 in the first half. And Tyson Chandler wasn't happy about it. He had a message for the rest of the Knicks at halftime.
"I just let my teammates know that if we really want to be true contenders, on nights like this we've got to show it. Nothing's going to come easy," said Chandler, who won a title with the Mavs last season.
The Knicks responded, rebounding to win by 17 and climb back to .500.
After the game, Mike D'Antoni was effusive in his praise of Chandler, calling him "an All-Star on and off the court."
He also appreciated the half-time speech.
"He's a champion and he's won a ring and that's how you do it," he said. "He's shown the way."
Chandler finished with 13 points and 15 rebounds.
Crazy⑧s Knick On UAV
Carmelo Anthony
Move without the ball, keep your head in the game, defend, take a charge________prove that you're worth $20M, take the Knicks where they need to be, or suffer being called an overrated loser. There's even a Facebook page declaring that you suck and are not worth your salary!
Got Milk?
"We had a meeting today before practice with a doctor who talked about ways to help you sleep at night," Novak said. "It's like the energy, when we leave, it's like midnight, and you go home and we can't sleep. It's from the fans and the adrenaline. We're having trouble sleeping."
The Knicks' relaxation therapist, apparently, is relying on since-dismissed sleep-inducing options that even your parents have long since abandoned. According to team sharpshooter Steve Novak, who discussed as much on WFAN on Thursday, the players were advised to drink warm milk after a game to help them worm into a state of Rapid Eye Movement, an option that has been proven time and time again (whether you're a high schooler worried about the next day's test, Don Draper on Mad Men, or a 6-10 forward coming down from the high of nailing a bunch of threes on national TV) to not work.
knicksonline.com poster in the spotlight
He changes his sig like a whore changes underwear. A fine addition to the site and all around smut peddler............Almost_famous718!
Thou Shalt Chilleth!
Tyson Chandler has a habit of barking at refs and wrassling with his opponents, which has resulted in nine technical fouls in 36 games this season. In this lockout season, your thirteenth technical foul (and every two technical fouls thereafter) earns you a one-game suspension. Simply put: Tyson is well on pace to get suspended this year.
Key to Victory.
● The Mavs are incredibly methodical. Outside of a Nowitzki ISO, the Mavericks, as champions, know what to run when to run it. This cognitive approach has them out-assisting their opponents all this year and last. Something the Knicks should be doing, as I've whinged and whined about since last season's opener.
● Basically, as we saw in our last encounter, we did an excellent job of holding the Mavs to one shot. "Defense won us the day" was the be all and end all of that impressive win.
The Starting 五
Can use extra sensory perception to make gay men climax.
He once threw a fridge at an endangered species! COOL!
Laundry Folds
Humps so hard he has been the source of many faj fires.
Cunning Lingus
It's not nice to make Asian jokes.
The Man Handler
Don't be naughty, Tyson!
Nipples! Boobies would be pointless without them. FACT!
**** it, that'll do.
To be honest my Knick On UAV is JR Smith.
He defense surprisingly has been pretty good, however his offense has been decent at best.
His shots barely hit rim half the time and rarely goes in.
I love em but I need to see the crazy SOB from China.
I'll be sure to drink a cup of warm milk when I need to go to sleep from now on.
Love the bit of ownage on the NYK's failblog of a training staff administering sleep-tecniques,
**5'10, 150lb soaking wet poindexter trainer who gets hard looking at muscles, and has been trying to make STAT get as bulked as Ronnie Coleman so he can save the 29.99 a month on his gay porn subscriptions**
"Hey! Amare! Just take THIS (Hardgainer Cow Utter Growth Hormone) little potion to help those 'knees' get nice and strong, and tone your skin up to bring out that teardrop!"
Amare: "Bring some more of that swag juice over here......Daddy accidentally tracked and jumped for a couple balls tonight"
I will be in Dallas and going to this game... knicks mustbounce back from loss to Celtics cause schedule only gets worse this week.
Nice GT... But why no stress reliever?
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desde la cuna del chango
this GT is impossible to read without LOL a few times. the Hurricane Lin video is absolute brilliance from beginning to VERY END!! f*cking classic 8's! ahahahahahah.....sigh. i need time to digest this GT, i'm still in depression hell from today's Knick loss to the 'dicks. f*cking pierceclit...
Epic thread and I appreciate you making it today. I'm still not over the loss this afternoon, but looking forward to this game is helping me move on.
Let's go Knicks squad! I hope to see Lin dominate this game; the kid needs some confidence after today
Who would you guys rather see in the first round..Miami or Chitown..
Lin will get his share of turnovers but he has to shoot more
Stop passing to useless amare i cant stand him blowing shots and getting blocked
Put Novak in over him once he starts bricking open shots
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
awesome thread as usual
Tyson gets his ring too so I know he'll be fired up


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The next Middle East conflict, Syria, into which the United States is about to inject itself, is fraught with peril. It is difficult to justify joining this fight.
At issue is President Obama's decision to arm the rebels fighting the regime of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad.
While the decision purportedly would involve small arms and, quite possibly, back-channel advice on military tactics, the president's decision has raised concerns across the American political spectrum.
Republicans suggest putting rifles and other arms into the hands of the rebels isn't enough. They are clamoring for the imposition of a no-fly zone over Syria, similar to what we did two years ago in Libya.
Democrats allied with the president are raising even more dire concerns about getting involved in another sectarian civil war muddied up by support from al-Qaida terror groups and Iran.
The only common-sense involvement we can find is not what is proposed, but it should be for the United States to concentrate on shoring up its allies bordering Syria. Jordan, one of this nation's most reliable Arab allies in the Middle East, comes to mind first.
Jordanians are feeling the pressure of this conflict, as thousands of Syrians have fled the battlefield in their own country to relatively safe havens in Jordan and Turkey.
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, a New Mexico Democrat and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, raised many compelling concerns Tuesday in a powerful Senate floor speech.
Udall acknowledged that the "Assad regime is cruel and corrupt. But many of the groups fighting him do not share our values and could be worse. They may pose long-term risk to us and to our allies. Assad's enemies may very well be America's enemies. The fact is, we do not know."
Therein rests the chief concern about providing weapons for this internecine warfare. Who will get these arms? What will they do with them? What guarantees can we obtain that they won't turn those weapons — should they win control of the country — on people allied with the United States such as Jordan or Turkey or Israel?
History tells us of the danger of arming insurgents in that region. We did that in Afghanistan in the 1980s when fighters rose up against occupiers from the Soviet Union. What happened when the Soviets withdrew and a political and military vacuum surfaced? A fundamentalist Islamic movement produced the Taliban, who in turn provided safe haven in Afghanistan to al-Qaida, led by a monstrous terrorist named Osama bin Laden.
America has been at war in the Middle East for more than a decade. Do we have the stomach for yet another war in that region of the world?
The answer is in recent political polls.
Oh, sure, politicians, President Obama included, profess to care little about polls. Yet we know that answer is duplicitous. They do care more when the numbers favor their stances. In this case, a Gallup Poll taken June 15-16 revealed that 54 percent of Americans oppose Obama's decision to send direct military aid to the Syrian rebels.
Yes, we have an interest in creating and keeping the peace in the Middle East. Getting involved in another fight that is more an internal battle between factions is the wrong path toward being a peacekeeper.
Tough to justify conflict with Syria
The next Middle East conflict, Syria, into which the United States is about to inject itself, is fraught with peril. It is difficult to justify joining this fight.


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Here's a look at what you need to know about the Nobel Prize, an international award given yearly for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economics and peace.
Nobel Prize recipients, such as former President Jimmy Carter shown here, are called laureates.
The award consists of a medal, a personal diploma and a cash prize (8-million Swedish kroner (SEK) -- almost $1.2 million U.S. dollars as of September 2013).
The main inscription on one side of the Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Literature Nobel Prize medals is the same: "Inventas vitam juvat excoluisse per artes," loosely translated, "And they who bettered life on earth by new found mastery." Word for word translation, "inventions enhance life which is beautified through art."
Nobel prizes are announced in advance but awarded on Dec. 10, the anniversary of Swedish chemist, engineer and industrialist Alfred Nobel's death.
Nobel died at age 63 in Italy in 1896. His will endowed the awards in five categories: Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peace.
On June 29, 1900, the Nobel Foundation is established. It is the central body of the Nobel organization responsible for awarding the Nobel Prizes. This is the foundation's committee room.
The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901 with Frédéric Passy, co-founder of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and Henry Dunant, the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Other winners are X-ray discoverer Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (physics), Jacobus van't Hoff (chemistry), poet Sully Prudhomme (literature) and German physiologist and microbiologist Emil von Behring (medicine or physiology).
Polish-born French physicist Marie Curie is one of just four people who have received the Nobel Prize twice.
No Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded between 1939 and 1943. Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Peace Prize in 1937–39, in 1947 and a few days before he was assassinated in January 1948, but never received one.
A person must be alive to be nominated. If they die during the consideration period, their name will be removed. Only if a person is announced as a winner and dies prior to the ceremony, will a posthumous award be given.
A sixth award, Economics, was added in 1968 by the Bank of Sweden (Sveriges Riksbank) in the memory of Alfred Nobel.
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Looking for some Free weekend activities to do with your kids? I know we are (at least when the kids aren't sick like they are now)
Coupons Are Great has compiled a big list of free activities nationwide this weekend. There is a Insect Event at Pottery Barn kids and a cabin craft at Lakeshore Learning.
Babies R Us: Saturday February 18th from 12:00 pm until 3:00 pm
Baby safety day – from car seat & home safety to other great baby tips.
Kidtoons Films: Various times throughout the weekend
Watch Barbie in Mermaid Tale 2 – a family friendly movie with a family friendly price!
Lakeshore Learning: Saturday February 18th from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm
Children will design and create a free mini log cabin to celebrate President's Day
Michaels: Saturday February 18th from 10:00 am until 12:00 pm
Createyour own handcrafted tote bag with purchase of bandana. While Supplies Last. Ages 3+
Pottery Barn Kids: Saturday February 18th
National Geographic Little Explorers –Birds theme. There will be hand on activities, songs, and more at this free activity


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Festivals and battles and tours—oh my!
Vendors' tents lined both sides of the street, and local artists, authors and crafts people displayed their wares as music filled the air. Excitement mounted (as it always does) in anticipation of the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance's (www.artsalliancesite.org) annual RiverFest poster auction. Dozens of entries covered a wide range of artistic expression, and the bidding hands flew up throughout the auction, raising much-needed funds for the DVAA. For more photos of RiverFest, see page 20, and for further details, see Narrowsburg News on page 9.
This tradition grows in popularity every year, and it was swell to see the community out in full force, celebrating together in a convivial manner that causes me to rejoice once more, loving the spirit of the country life that has come to mean so much, to so many. The daily battles that sometimes arise, even here in the mountains, fade away as I reflect on how rich our lives are and how much remains to be learned. I know that many of our friends and neighbors join me in thanks, as I attempt to express my gratitude for the many that serve our community with these lessons, historical, musical and otherwise.
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The very last role up for grabs for the Phillies entering this spring is that of the fifth starting pitcher, a job whose candidates include Jamie Moyer, Kyle Kendrick and Jose Contreras, among others. With speculation abounding and personal choices varying, it seems there is no clear-cut favorite for the job as camp opens this week in Clearwater.
Just how valuable and vital is the fifth starter, though? Does the fate of the 2010 season rest solely on the decision between Moyer and Kendrick, between Contreras and Andrew Carpenter? Let's take a look at some history, and value the contributions of the fifth starter on the decade's last three championship teams.
2009 New York Yankees
Fifth Starters: Chad Gaudin, Sergio Mitre, Chien-Ming Wang
Combined Totals: 35 G, 24 GS; 6-9, 6.63 ERA, 0.4 WAR
Team Record in Starts: 21-22
A big key to the Yankees' success last year, beyond having an outstanding roster, was the health of their staff. Their top four starters – CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Andy Pettitte and Joba Chamberlain – all made at least 31 starts. Having consistent quality toe the rubber goes a long way toward a championship, lineup notwithstanding.
Wang, despite his unseemly 9.64 ERA, actually managed to contribute 0.1 WAR to the total. Combining injury with a homer-friendly ballpark and a whole lot of hits allowed, Wang had the perfect storm of pitching imperfection come together over his head. The Yankees went 4-8 in games he appeared in, including 3-6 in his nine starts. Just goes to show how far a good lineup can take you: it can save even the most disastrous outings. It can't save a team all the time, though, as evidenced by the team's overall record in fifth starter starts.
2008 Philadelphia Phillies
Fifth Starter: Adam Eaton
Totals: 21 G, 19 GS; 4-8, 5.80 ERA, 0.4 WAR
Team Record in Starts: 8-11
Adam Eaton was the only true fifth starter on the champion Phils team two seasons ago, as Kyle Kendrick amassed 30 starts and J.A. Happ had just four. Eaton contributed very few positive things during his time in Philadelphia, sadly, and 2008 didn't exactly serve as some sort of foil for that. Heck, he didn't even make the playoff roster as the Phils won the Series, and was promptly booed upon receiving his ring in April 2009. I'm sure he loved his time here.
I remember going to a game in the summer of 2008, with Eaton pitching against Randy Johnson and the Diamondbacks. Oh, this wasn't just any game. It was Eaton's final start and arguably his worst as a member of the Phillies. It was capped off with a Johnson double, smoked into the left field corner during an eight-run fourth inning. It was horrifying, but I couldn't stop laughing. At least I got to see R.J. Swindle come in relief and lob a few 55 MPH eephuses (eephi?). Little victories.
Anyway, the moral of the story is that Eaton was pretty terrible. I guess that's all I needed to say.
2007 Boston Red Sox
Fifth starters: Jon Lester, Julian Tavarez
Combined Totals: 46 G, 34 GS; 11-11, 4.96 ERA, 2.2 WAR
Team Record in Starts: 19-15
Lester is by far the better half of this duo. The Sox went 9-2 in his starts in 2007, and though he struggled with his control for a fair portion of his starts, the team averaged more than six runs per 27 outs in his outings. Again, a good lineup goes a long way. Bats aside, this wasn't a bad 11-start stretch for a rookie, and he served as a nice left-handed complement to Tavarez.
I could go on with the rest of the decade's teams, but I think you get the point. The next two teams, the Cardinals in '06 and the White Sox in '05, had five fifth starters combine to provide just 2.1 WAR, and their teams went 45-51 in their starts as they posted a cumulative ERA near five.
So, really, what does most of this mean? Well, in simple terms, you can see that teams can win in spite of their fifth starters. The bottom of the rotation is not meant to provide ace-quality numbers, nor should even mid-rotation production be expected. Whether Moyer or Kendrick eventually emerges as the winner of this glamorous competition is almost irrelevant, as a replacement-level pitcher is really all that's needed, if history is any indication.
The Phillies have talent at their other four rotation spots and an improved, though hardly dominant, bullpen, not to mention an offense that's considered by many to be the class of the National League. The onus, arguably, falls lightest on the designated fifth starter. Anything above replacement level that comes from that spot is a bonus.
To that end, it would seem more beneficial for the Phillies to put Kendrick in the rotation. True, Moyer is owed a fair bit of money, and $8 million or so is a lot of money to pay an aging long reliever, but money should not dictate a club's moves. Kendrick showed signs of improvement at the end of last season, and at 25, he still has room for progression.
What do you think? Am I selling the spot short? Would you prefer Moyer, Kendrick or another candidate take the final rotation slot?
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The Phillies need to address a huge opportunity: Livan Hernandez is still available. The dude has won double digit games every year since 2000 (until last year, but he won 9 with the Nats…imagine how many W's he would have had with our lineup!)
Hernandez is a proven winner and can easily add 10+ more wins for the Phils for a cheap price. Yeah his "peripheral stats" are ugly, but Bill Smith put it best by saying: "I'll take the (10) wins. Who do you want, a guy who's 10-15 with a 2.80 ERA or a guy who's 16-8 with a 7.00 ERA? I'll take the 16-8."
Go get him Rube.
What I would do is this:
put Moyer in the Bullpen, and let the "improved" Kendrick get a chance as the 5th starter
Jose Contreras is a bullpen guy all the way, and I DO NOT want to see him starting even as the 5th starter.
Maybe I'm a bit of a sentimentalist, but if he shows good form in spring training I think Moyer deserves some time as the 5th starter. If he doesn't work out then yes, we have good backup options, and Kendrick does have moments when he looks pretty good, but I just feel better with Moyer out there. Publius's point about wins applies just as well to Moyer – say whatever you want about the man, but he had more wins than Cole Hamels did last year. Certainly any time Cole pitched I was almost afraid to watch, just waiting for him to fall apart, and Moyer never made me feel quite that afraid.
I'm not saying Moyer should replace Cole – that's ridiculous. I'm just saying that it seems like fans have extremely selective memories, and are only remembering the bad games Moyer had last year, and ignoring the good games and also ignoring the better 2008 season. I don't know if it's because his slow pitches don't inspire as much instinctive confidence or what, but he doesn't seem to get any credit when he does good work. The main weakness I see in Moyer is that he's not likely to give as many innings as a younger guy, which places more weight on our rickety bullpen.
However, I think his rather impressive work after losing his spot in the rotation last year shows what he can do when he feels he has something to prove. And right now he does have something to prove. I think he can pleasantly surprise people, and I hope he gets the chance to do so.
The problem that occurs with fifth starters is that sometimes one of the other rotation members hits the DL and number five is suddenly number four. That's why teams make deadline trades, or acquire unsigned vets like Martinez.
I'm not sure who would be best for the Phils. Kendrick will be good if his secondary pitches have improved. Moyer will be okay if he's healthy. Both pitchers have had good seasons in the recent past, but I'd still rather not have to rely on both.
Hernandez hasn't been signed for a reason. He's gone downhill steadily. He's old. The Nats, who actually have a decent offense, and play in a pitcher's park, no longer wanted him, in spite of his wins.
I would definitely pick Moyer as a starter over Contreras any day of the week!
Not even much of a Contreras fan as a Bullpen guy either, but at least he has some usefulness there.
Send them to Spring training and let the best man win!
The Dipsy
5th starters for the most part are mediocre pitchers. The trick is to have one that is better than the rest. I don't mind Moyer or Kendrick in that spot. Over the past few years they were both being trotted out in the wrong spot in rotation. Moyer often the number 3 and Kendrick as high as number 2.
The fifth starter is of no importance in the playoffs, but, since he'll get 25-30 starts, he can be important in the regular season. Team wins anywhere in the rotation are of equal value until the team clinches its playoff position.
If you look at all 30 teams, you are in very good shape if your No. 5 has an ERA under 5. If you can get decent performances from your No. 5, it also helps alleviate some of the pressure on the bullpen.
I think the No. 5 starter ranks in importance behind the 8 every-day regulars, the four starters ahead of him, the closer and the 7th and 8th inning guys in the bullpen. I would rank him ahead of the guys on the bench and the other four guys in the bullpen. In a perfect world, I would allocate the team's payroll accordingly.
I should add that the No. 5 spot is also a good spot for young pitchers from within the system who show promise and are inexpensive.
If the 5th starter is a combo or duet – fine. If the Phils can get over 10 victories from the combo, even better..
Who are the candidates that we know of, so far?
here goes:
Didn't Dubee already say that the 5th starters spot is Moyers? And I'd like to see Kendrick back in there again if Moyer struggles or gets injured. He's deserved it, give him a shot.
I would say there's a better chance the Phils talk Carlton out of retirement to be the fifth starter than stretching out Mathieson again. Matheison is a short reliever for (hopefully) the long run. Not a chance they let than time bomb of an elbow throw to many pitches.
And speaking of Lefty, if the Phils did talk him out of retirement, I'd bet he'd outperform Livan Hernandez.
the 5th spot IS important because every team has one and a winning team gets production from that slot. honestly, they face another #5 half of the time and either a 4th or 1st the rest of the time because of rainouts and regularly scheduled days off. if your 5th can get 13 wins, you're well on your way to going 100-62. when the 5th goes 10-14, you wind up fighting to reach 90 wins that last week.
moyer (and i love him and was sympathetic when he got dissed last year) may have to be moved to the long reliever, once a week guy because of the contract he signed last off-season. that 6.5M hangs around RAJ's neck like the albatross that cost us dj carrasco and kiko calero in this year's bullpen.
The only reference I have to Scott Mathieson's progress is a 1/29 report that he is looking for a chance and feeling good about 2010.
The fifth starter is rarely one guy (all the examples above, except for the WFC08 had at least 2 guys filling that role). The primary role is to keep the bullpen out of the game as long as possible, while keeping the game somewhat close. Going 6, giving up 4 or 5 is perfectly acceptable, should get you 10 wins out of the role with the Phils. Give Moyer the title out of respect, but split it between Moyer and Kendrick, pending the line up (Mets are now right handed heavy, start Kendrick, whereas the Marlins can't consistently hit Moyer). Both guys can start and relieve, so you aren't wasting a bullpen spot.
Fifth starters are usually a committee because one of them sucks so badly, he gets replaced. There is a problem with alternating the same two or three pitchers, and that is because with irregular starts, the layoff between can cause a pitcher to lose his sharpness and location. An extra day's rest is fine, but an extra five days' rest can be a disaster. There's not a team around who prefers to split the fifth starter role. They all pick one guy and continue with that one guy until he proves to be a liability. Too many times that pitcher doess; thus the appearance of multiple starters.
I think the fifth starter is important. No one is expecting Moyer or Kendrick to be Halladay or Hamels. What matters is what's the difference between Moyer and Kendrick. If Kendrick can win two, three or four more games during the season than Moyer (or vice versa), then that's huge. It's the difference between 90 – 72 and 94 – 68. Two, three or four games could be the difference in home field advantage, winning the division, or even making the playoffs.
The season is long enough. If they both do a decent job in Spring Training, I wanna see Moyer pitch first… then when/if he starts to suck, you let Kendrick pitch (like they did with Happ and Chan Ho… Frankly, that worked out really well in 09, despite that most of us really wanted Happ to win the 5th starter job from the beginning… Just imagine Happ's innings count by the end of the year had they let him start from Day 1… they would've either had to shut him down by late August or risk having him go through a "dead arm" year in 2010).
Hell, if Contreras is good in Spring Training, let him get a few starts too.
yea, just like last year . . . I want WHOEVER wins
which is why I couldn't understand last year why people were bitching that they signed Park.. and people were pissed about Happ, Carrasco, Kendrick, etc. .
Send them into camp battling for a job. . get the competitive nature going early so that whoever wins the job is more than ready to start the season
The Braves are gonna be good this year…I've already said that you can expect at least 85 wins from them….BUT…let's say they catch fire and win 90 (not unreasonable)….
Then the 90-72 record you mention for the Phils…or even the 94-68….then things get interesting..
So the 5th starter IS very important…and I'd love it if that spot could secure at least 10 wins.
Ruben has said that the spot is Moyer's to lose…that's fair….but Kendrick and the rest will get their shot at it. And that's fair.
Like Dipsy says, "Send them to Spring Training and let the best man win."
After talking sh!t on him the past three years . . . . I think Kendrick (now working with Halladay) will be very much improved this year.
Moyer in the long-relief/ spot-starter role will work well for everyone . .
He doesn't have it in him to give you 7 innings ever, which wears down your bullpen whenever he starts . .
but the guys running this show know what they're doing, they'll make the right decision
No doubt, Kendrick is motivated…I actually hope he gets the role…and Moyer in long relief, like you said, will be just fine.
Some of you are saying 10-12 wins from the fifth starter is good enough, and I agree, hasn't Moyer won at least 12 games the last three years? So if he wins the 5th spot and wins 10-12 games and loses a little gas going into August or September, you rest him up and let the merry go round begin, just like last year. You had 12 wins from Moyer, at least 1 win from Carpenter and Bastardo, Lopez had 2 wins I think, so there is 16 wins from the #5 spot. That will be just fine for me
If this is our biggest concern heading into Spring Training, we should feel pretty good about our chances, eh?
We need all 5 rotation spots to be as good and productive as they can be, and I wouldn't get too cocky about us making the Post-Season just yet. What I DO like however is how pretty much every single player on the team seems highly motivated to win, and many of them (Hamels, and even Kendrick to name just a few) are training harder than ever to be in top form this year, and hopefully have their most productive seasons to date.
And part of me would almost rather have Hamels win a Cy Young this year over Halladay(who would be the runner up!), if only to hopefully silence his critics for good.
Braves… 85 wins.. that's a stretch.
Their lineup has many holes… namely, Prado, Glaus, Diaz, Heyward and Chipper (who spends more time on the DL than he does on the field).
Their pitching is going to take a hit with the loss of Vazquez. Jurrjens is good but this is the first season that he is thrown into that "ace" role and who knows how he'll respond. Behind him, you've got Derek Lowe who is wayyyyyy overrated, Tommy Hanson who is unproven… he looked really good in 2009 but I'm not ready to annoint him anything… Tim "Might as well call me Kate" Hudson hasn't pitched a full season EVER and Ken Kawakami.
Does that scare you, really?
Any results on Jurjens MRI?
I like rotating the young pitchers through the fifth spot. Phils have been lucky with the new kids in their first year (doesn't usually translate into a second year). Remember Bruce Chen's first half year? Kendrick? Probably even Happ (I don't expect a sub 3.00 ERA this year). I would like to see Bastardo, Carpenter, Mathieson all get a few starts. Seems when they are new to the league they are most effective.
I have a fastball that tops out around 72-74mph. with a nasty change up in the 50's. I would like to compete for the 5th starter spot..
Braves scare the SH!T out of me this year
Is their lineup as good as ours, no..
But top-to-bottom, I think their rotation is better . .
I think we'll win the NL EAST, but I think the Braves are the NL Wild Card this year
Braves are scarier than any team in the majors going forward. Say what you will about the young guys with the Rangers, Rays, Giants etc but the Braves are stacked with elite young guys and if they get a manager who can bring on those young guys like Cox did all those years ago… Boy would that be scary.
85 wins is the MINIMUM for the Braves this year. The rotation has some question marks…but so does every rotation out there. But it's well rounded and has TONS of potential.
While the lineup has holes…I don't think it will be awful either. They will score some runs and ,who knows, if Chipper stays healthy (doubt it, though) that could be a factor. McCann is a stud and a real threat.
I'm not scared to the point of quivering…but…..
On a side note. The Pils just agreed to a deal with BRAD WILKERSON! It also said that it was believed that he was Retired last april.. I have no idea why they would want him, but so much for J- DYE idea.
This is my suggestion if Kendrick can't cut it. He isn't bullpen worthy if he cannot win it. So, let's say he does not and Moyer wins out. Since Moyer is about 87 years old and Pedro is 65. Sign Pedro and rotate Moyer and Pedro in there this way: One start, Pedro gets the ball and goes 4-5 innings. Then Moyer relieves him and goes the distance. Then switch it to where Moyer gets the start, goes long enough to get the win and Pedro finishes it out. This will also allow the Phils to rest the bullpen too.
It is unorthodox but I think it is realistic.
5th Starter is important due to the injury factor. Ideally you would have 5 solid starters and a young ace waiting to get the call in the minors. Then you'd like to have whatever minor league vets or avg guys you can for spot starts when needed.
If the Top2 go down for a month your rotation is Blanton, Happ, Moyer, Kendrick, and Carpenter. That is downright scary since all buy Blanton are inconsistent and nowhere near ace quality. (This scenario is where Drabek or Carrasco would be useful in the minors because they project to #2's, IF (BIG IF) everything goes right.)
Braves have young pitchers with higher projections than Happ so for everyone who thinks Happ can be a solid #3, you'd have to think Jurrjens and Hanson can be #2's with an upside of Hamels. Lowe is like Blanton. Kawakami has to be as good as Moyer/Kendrick. Hudson is an unknown while Halladay is awesome. If Hudson pitches like an ace their staff will be better than the Phillies.
The Braves lineup has lots of potential and question marks but some young studs that could change the landscape quickly. I'd target them for 85 to 90 wins and on the heels of the Phillies.
Braves won 86 games last year . . . . with almost NO OFFENSE, and a long stretch without their best player, Catcher- Brian McCann. .
Add a full year with MClouth.. Melky Cabrera.. Matt Diaz . . . . with a chance that baseball's #1 Prospect takes over for one of them whenever he's ready
the health of Hudson is a concern. . .
Lowe is better than he pitched last year, and might only be their #3 this year, meaning that he should have some better run support, not always being matched up against the Santana's, Josh Johnson's, and Roy Halladay's …..
far from a great team, the Braves are one of the best . . .Ranked #10 in USA TODAY's Power Poll . . . seems about right to me as a starting place for them
There are two problems with alternating Moyer and Martinez. The first is that Martinez is not on the team, and would cost too much to sign. The second is that by filling the fifth spot with two pitchers means a six-man rotation. That immediately removes another arm from the bullpen, making it weaker.
A lesser issue might be that if Moyer stumbles in the first or second, Martinez, used to pitching only 4-5 innings, won't be able to complete the game and the now smaller bullpen would still need to be used.
The Braves won 86 games last year, but one of their best pitchers is now with the Yanks. The lineup is full of injury risks. If they are healthy, they will be very good. That's a BIG if, though.
McCann last year in 138 games (488 ABs)…. .281 avg/ 21 hr/ 94 rbi…
Matt Diaz….125 Games (371 ABs)…. .313/ 13/ 58
Nate McClouth….129 games (507ABs)…. .256/20/70
Melky Cabrera….154 games (485 ABs)…. .274/13/68
Not the '27 Yankees…but these numbers aren't bad at all. Look for McCann, if healthy all year, to explode….McLouth will have a full year as an advantage….Diaz can only get better with more at-bats….and Melky is Melky…not the scariest guy around, but more than able to hold his own.
my buddy is a huge Braves fan and is predicting a 90 win season
How many wins difference is Vazquez last year vs. Hudson this year??
Combine that with a more experience Hanson . . .
I think Lowe will have a better year this year, .. Jurrjens could be legit #2
every team has questions and injury concerncs
If I had to rank the NL Teams . . . Braves are a top one
I think we all agree the GOOD teams are Phillies, Braves, Cardinals, Cubs, Dodgers, Giants, Rockies . . . with the Marlins, Mets, Astros, Reds . . . a chance to play spoiler
I think the Braves lost their last 7 games last season . . .and still finished with 86 wins ?
before that they won a ton in a row, but this is a team that with more experience, should be a little less streaky, and a lot more dangerous
Do not want Contreras starting. I honestly think he's better served pitching in one and two inning spurts (i.e., out of the bullpen). HIs numbers last year were superior in the first 25 pitches of outings (and his "pop" was greater once a reliever in Colorado).
Moyer did well on long rest before he got hurt. I say put him in as long as he's healthy. He isn't an ace, but frankly Kendrick hasn't proven to be overly impressive yet either. Moyer I know there will be some hits, but I also know the man can place the ball and shake the best batters up. Kendrick, who knows what he will do.
Give the kid some starts and see and give him some experience, but let Moyer have #5.
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Kowalchuk has created and performed in over 16 NACL productions and has toured to Canada, England, Italy and Balkan Europe, but the story of "struck" began right here in her own backyard.
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Home from the hospital, she began doing research, reading books on the subject and consulting with an old friend, neuroscientist Allison Waters, who suggested some brain exercises Kowalchuk could do. Waters also created a video that her friend could refer to repeatedly.
At some point, Kowalchuk realized that she wanted to explore the issue in the only way she knows—through artistic expression. "I didn't write 'struck,'" she said. "Like everything we create at NACL, it's a collaborative process." Along with Waters, whose videos eventually became integral to the performance, Kowalchuk worked with writer/actor Brett Keyser, writer Kristen Kosmas, digital artist Brian Caiazza, filmmaker Tina Spangler, costumer Karen Flood, electronic artist Jim Ruxton, lighting designer Stephen Arnold, technical director Zoot and A/V technicians Rae Cornelison and Joe Murray.
"We have all combined our efforts to recreate the experience in a visceral, empathetic way that will resonate with the audience," Kowalchuk said.
"Even though the play is based on a real-life event, it has become much larger than that," she explained. "It is by far our biggest and most expensive production to date, and employs a profound multimedia experience. This show would be impossible without the expertise of the technicians and the creative input of everyone involved. "
The play takes place "in those moments between life and death and explores how our brains can save us from actually dying." Keyser's character "represents a part of my brain," she explained, "and serves to answer the questions that are at the heart of the experience: what happened to my brain, what is my new brain like, and who am I now?"
Kowalchuk describes Keyser's character as an "otherworldly representation of energy" manifested during the show and suggests that without the loving energy of those around her—"metaphysical, psychic, prayer-based and physical"—her recovery would not have been possible. "I could feel that it was a spiritual awakening," she said.
Kowalchuk points out that last year alone, 800,000 Americans suffered strokes, many of which were fatal, and that everyone can relate to "struck" in one form or another. "We all have, or love someone, who has issues" she said.
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Ultimately, "struck" is a unique, intimate look inside a personal experience that might ask more universal questions than it answers. Kowalchuk and company are excited to share this story with their audience and invite dialogue from those who attend. The "struck" premiere opens at the NACL on May 24 and runs through June 2.
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Rich At Black Label Society
Hell yeah. SDMF
Charles Barkley At The TD Garden
Sir Charles in the AT&T SportsDeck.
Stuff At The Topsfield Fair
I believe that's Walt Whitman.
Coach Belichick Smiling!
Belichick act like lil kids in a hunted house.
Stuff At The Topsfield Fair
A majestic elephant...in Topsfield. That's an animal that's made some bad life choices.
Stuff At The Topsfield Fair
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The Old Apartment Complex
The crappy apartment complex that Fred and I used to live in.
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Rich's undercover spy name.
Please Keep Off The Grass
Well isn't that nice…
Guy Playing Guitar In A Tree
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What A Mess
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SkyMall Shopping Magazine
SkyMall will save you money.
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SkyMall will make your wife beautiful.
Camping Out For The iPhone 4
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Adolfo's Brother?
Adolfo's brother is apparently one of those Vegas pamphlet guys.
Bret Michaels & Paul Stanley
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Brian Scalabrine Warms Up
Scalabrine farts in Doris Burke's general direction.
Giant Nachos
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Glen Ordway?
I ran into Glen Ordway at the mall today.
Steve Nash
I think Steve Nash just winked at me.
Adolfo In Front Of The Bobby Orr Statue
Ionic, indeed.
Stan Van Gundy
VAN GUNDY…you got knocked the eff out!
Brian Scalabrine Jumps Into The Broadcast
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Is that Marilyn Manson?
Is that Marilyn Manson in the crowd at Jimmy Kimmel?
Eddie Rush Get Hit In The Face
That's for those techs on Perk.
Rich Shertenlieb's Moblie Uploads
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Why was the sign at the top of this picture next to no other item at the grocery store tonight?
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Sweet Ride
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Bathroom Sign
What the hell happened in this public bathroom I'm in to justify this sign?
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Welcome to the world of awesome Celtics game video production.
NCAA Basketball
West Virginia is for lovers.
New Orleans Trip
The Lower 9th Ward.
Drew Brees Sketch
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The Granite City Electric Guy
The Granite City Electric guy. Sweet dreams.
Inspirational Quote
Words to live by.
Work At Taco Bell
Work at Taco Bell…where magnifying glasses and soccer balls are all part of the job.
Out At Game On
From the head chef at Game On. Hey chef…hey!
Adolfo Gonzarelli
Adolfo just agreed to wait outside for 3 hours waiting to return our archery equipment. Gonzarelli, you're alright by me.
Cop Out Poster
With a tagline like that, I predict a laugh riot.
Myrtle Beach Commercial Guy
Here's the picture of that dude from the Myrtle Beach commercials. Sleep tight.
Street Fight In Boston
Good morning on Boylston.
Cops Break Up A Fight In Boston
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Country Music Hall Of Fame
At Country Music Hall of Fame. Absolutely stunned that there is a Hank III section in the Hank Williams "Family Tradition" exhibit. Gotta admit, they've got my respect.
Christmas Sweater By Glenn Beck
Hilltop Steakhouse In Saugus, MA
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Watertown Mall Puppet Show
Don't mind if I do!
Truck Stop Hat
Cleaning out my apartment. When my band used to travel, I collected hats I found at truck stops.
Adolfo At Fenway Park
Captain Fun at Fenway.
Rich At Fenway Park
Go my favorite sports team.
Bumper Sticker Poster
For when you want both a "God Is Great" AND a "No Fat Chicks" bumper sticker.
The Marshfield Fair
Picked the perfect day to go to the Marshfield Fair…bring on the chicks.
Swimming In The Charles River
Yeah, that's people swimming in the Charles. I don't know what's worse…the lake AIDS they're gonna get or the chance they're gonna choke on a syringe.
Rich In Vegas
Vegas just got a whole lot sexier!
Old-School Las Vegas
Ah, the glamour of old-school Vegas.
Rich Gets A Flat In Texas
Well, at least I'm not in the middle of nowhere Texas in the 100 heat with a toddler. Oh wait…
Bon Jovi License Plate
This is an actual license plate of someone staying at my hotel. Stay classy, Long Island.
Adolfo & The Mechanical Bull
Funny Graffiti
Graffiti that actually made me laugh today.
The Hangover Press Junket
The room for the Hangover press junket is in the actual Rain Man suite. That must make me the ambiguously gay Tom Cruise, and Adolfo…well…
Violence On The Streets Of Boston
I just saw a guy end a fight by getting kicked in the face off Boylston. That's him knocked out. Cops got the guy. Holy violence.
Phish Play Fenway Park
Yup, that's a guy talking to a wall.
Phish Play Fenway Park
Uh oh…
Phish Play Fenway Park
Grown ass men playing with nitrous balloons at the Phish concert.
Creepy Fudge Pop Box
Just saw this creepy son of a bitch at the frozen food aisle of Shaws. Who wants some fudge?
Adolfo & The Ladies
Adolfo likes chicks. Maybe.
Adolfo Looking Like Bono?
Adolfo with Fred and I at Uno at Kenmore Square looking like Bono from the Zoo TV tour.
Rich At Celics Media Day 2010
The greatest thing about this picture isn't Paul Pierce, it's Tommy Heinsohn holding court Statler & Waldorf style in the balcony.
Rich At Celtics Media Day 2010
Boy, John Dennis got fat.
Drunk Guy At Fenway Park
Fenway Fun.
Red Sox Shirt
You see I like the Red Sox, but I also like looking like a douche. Wow! My perfect shirt!
Dave Mustaine From Megadeth Book Signing
Oh hell yes.
"Big Baby" Glen Davis
Ran into Big Baby Glen Davis at the Apple store. And yes, those are 3D glasses without the lenses being held together with tape in the middle.
Copley Square Fountain
That's a grown man in his underwear taking a bath in the Copley Square fountain.
Randy Moss Randy Moss wears his headphones to the postgame press conference after the loss to the New York Jets.
Rich Shertenlieb's Moblie Uploads
Before I quickly stopped him, my 2 year old son just attempted to try and ride this down an 8-foot slide. I don't know if I'm a bad father, or he is just a bad ass with balls the size of Jupiter.
Mustaine of Megadeth
"Whadya mean I'm signing books in a Starbucks?"
Fireman Ed
Maybe the Jets should have won our "Most Annoying Fans" bracket after all.
Brett Favre Arrives In Minnesota
Thank goodness for the ESPN helicopter branch, otherwise I wouldn't have known that OJ Simpson had just driven to Vikings practice in his Bronco.
Premiere of "The Town" at Fenway Park
The Red Carpet for "The Town" premiere at Fenway. Ten bucks says Lenny Clarke makes an appearance.
Premiere of "The Town" at Fenway Park
Gotta admit, the set up is pretty awesome. Not as awesome as rolling the bones tonight at TD Garden, but cool nonetheless.
Jon Gruden
It doesn't get any more Gruden than this.
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Our choices, good and bad, and how we make them
A babysitter moves through a house trying to find the source of the troubling noise she's heard—and every person in the movie theater's audience wants to scream at the screen, "No! Don't open that door!"
Our sitter can't hear the nervy music pitching up, and, unlike us, she isn't familiar with the requirements of her genre. The screenwriter has made her choices for her, choices meant to create an effect for the audience, not to prolong her wellbeing. Hapless, she is fated to follow a path of decisions already rendered bad by the film's inexorable plot. Choice by choice, the screenwriter feeds her into her fate.
We in the audience know where this must end. But even when we have the information we need, we may not use it well. Having chosen door #1, should I stick with it when offered the chance to change my mind, or should I switch to door #2 or #3? Should I keep my loved one on life support when there is little or no likelihood of recovery or eat that ice cream even though my cholesterol tests just came back with unhappy news?
And what about collective decision making? Birds do it, bees do it. Given that a group of people can guess the number of jellybeans in a jar more accurately than any individual, should I crowd-source my questions about that strange-looking mole on my arm? And if only, like those bees, we could make dancing part of our daily decision-making process.
The sixth Utah Symposium in Science and Literature, to be held March 5-7 of 2014, will examine how people in different disciplines look at how humans make decisions and use what they know to illuminate the human condition. The event will feature behavioral economist Dan Ariely, novelist Chang-Rae Lee, bee biologist Thomas Seeley, and choreographer and dancer Jodi Lomask. These speakers and others ranging from probability theorists to ethicists to child psychologists will gather to talk about the choices we make, why we make them, and how we could make them better.
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Kidd has been one of my favorite players since Phoenix times, but he's not the same Kidd anymore. Signing him to a 5 year midlevel deal would be disastrous to us. He doesnt have a good shot to last that long. And he isnt an all-NBA defender anymore, although i think he could be if he focused on that as his primary goal.
He's still a starter for most of the teams in the league, but not for very long, if he continues to slow down.
U dont want to start building your contender from complementary, veteran pieces. First u want to get your main guys, and then surround them with good parts.
So we need to wait for 2010, get our foundation players, and then look at all options to build up from there. If Kidd is available then at some point, he could be a great addition to a contender. But right now, we dont need to screw up with our cap.
That said, if Kidd is somehow available during the season, maybe for a Lee+Curry deal or similar, we could use his expiring contract and skills. But we need to stay put in 2009 FA, unless something really too good to pass shows up.


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It was made of plastics, had four wings shaped like a clover, synthetic furniture, a microwave (wow!), other fixtures and a large TV on the wall (back then, it didn't work).
When the exhibit became outdated, the House of the Future was put under the wrecking ball in 1967 – it had a 10-year life. But that ball bounced off the structure. Workers had to go in with hacksaws and dismantled the thing piece by piece.
A couple of years after the House of the Future was built in Yesterland, another house of the future was built in Woodsboro on Locke Street. That was in 1959-60.
Layton and Louise Brown built the house. They lived in a small structure on top of the garage while the main house with its three-car garage was being built.
Once the house was built, the Browns tore the garage down that the little house was on top of. They left the little house (now on the ground) for servants' quarters.
"He was an oil tycoon and money was no object," said Kenneth Wiginton, who bought the house in August from the sole remaining relative of the Browns – Judith Staples.
After the Browns passed away, the house was inherited by great nieces and nephews.
"(Layton) built it to be a party house for entertaining," Wiginton said.
Wiginton said he's heard that the house was featured in an architectural magazine in the 1960s, but in his research, he has not been able to find the write-up.
"Oil men, lawyers and ranchers came over for parties on Saturday night," he said.
Wiginton said the house is "U" shaped and has 13 outside walls.
"The house was designed that way to catch the wind," he said.
And anywhere you stand in the house, a soft breeze cools the rooms as long as the windows are open.
"It has floor to ceiling windows. You really don't need air conditioning," Wiginton said.
The house has an intercom system throughout and outside and 44 recessed fluorescent lights.
In its kitchen, an appliance control center can accommodate a coffee maker (even has a timer on the center console), a wok, slow cooker or other kitchen tools.
There are 13 Lazy Susans in the cabinets and closets.
"They put in three-phase currents for extra electricity. And they installed a commercial central air unit when home units were in their infancy," Wiginton said.
"It's still out there, but it is not efficient. In its time, it was amazing," he said.
Telephone jacks are in every room, including those next to the commodes in all the bathrooms.
The house has telephone nooks for those dial-type phones.
Wiginton said Brown also installed coaxial cable connections in all the rooms.
"They had cable TV in those days, but it is not the same kind as today's," he noted.
"They thought about electricity outside and almost everywhere, but not in the bathrooms," he added.
Two Montgomery Ward ceiling fans still work and the house also has a built-in entertainment center, built-in china hutches, built-in barbecue pit that uses wood or gas and a built-in gun cabinet.
And the courtyard had gas lights.
"The cupola on the roof is supposed to be 100 years old. I'm researching and trying to verify that," Wigniton said.
On top of the cupola is a weather vane with a cowboy riding a bucking horse.
The house has an enclosed patio and once had a wooden privacy fence.
"That fence used to aggravate people of Woodsboro because they couldn't see what was going on," Wiginton said.
The fence has since been taken down.
The house has 3,700 square feet of living area and another 1,000 square feet of play area.
"Just to cover the roof was 50 squares (5,000 square feet)," he said.
"I still have to do the roof over the three-car garage."
Wiginton said the old roof was a "forever" roof. But he had to replace it to meet wind storm and insurance requirements.
"The old roof was like cement. The guys are crying taking it off."
When Wiginton first took over the house, he said it was overgrown with vines. The vines had come through the windows and had grown across the ceilings.
"The most challenging thing about this is finding workers in Refugio County – plumbers and carpenters. I've done all the electrical work myself and it is built to code," he said.
But Wiginton was determined to restore the house. He was not going to let it fall into further disrepair and suffer the same consequences as Disney's House of the Future.
He said the numerous closets in the house had an automatic light come on when they were opened.
"I disconnected those because they were considered a fire hazard," he said.
Wigninton's friend, Judy Vincent, has helped him restore the house. She also is working on a restoration of a 1861 house in Ohio.
She said 40 gallons of paint was used on the outside of the house while another 40 gallons was used on the inside.
Even though the Woodsboro house is no longer the house of the future, its features from 1959-60 were ahead of the times when it was built.
Now the house fits right in the 21st century.
"It's a beautiful home. And it's never had a family in it," Wiginton lamented. "And it's right across from the school."