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Actionscript Cookbook
Editor's note: Last week's sample recipes from ActionScript Cookbook covered using a unique depth when creating a new movie clip, performing actions at set intervals, and more. This week we conclude this series with recipes on pausing and resuming a sound, saving a local shared object, and searching XML. Just a sampling of the hundreds of solutions to common ActionScript problems that you'll find in this book.
You want to pause and then resume a sound.
To pause a sound, store the sound's current
position and call the
stop( ) method. To resume the
sound, call the
start( ) method, passing it the value of
the sound's stopping position. Alternatively, you can create custom
pause( ) and
resume( ) methods to automate this process.
Sound class does not provide built-in methods to
pause and resume a sound. However, with a little bit of code, you can achieve
the same result. The key is to store the sound's
property before stopping (pausing) the sound and then use that value to tell
Flash at what point to resume playback.
Therefore, to pause a sound:
Get the value of the sound's
position property and
store it in a variable:
pauseTime = mySound_sound.position;
Call the
stop( ) method:
mySound_sound.stop( );
And when you want to resume the sound, simply do the following:
Convert the stored position, in milliseconds, into a starting offset, in seconds, by dividing by 1000.
Call the
start( ) method and pass it the
appropriate value for the offset:
You can automate the preceding process by creating two custom methods:
pause( ) and
resume( ). Add the following code to your Sound.as file for easy inclusion in other projects:
Sound.prototype.pause = function ( ) {
// Get the current position and then stop the sound.
this.pauseTime = this.position;
this.stop( );
Sound.prototype.resume = function ( ) {
// Start the sound at the point at which it was previously stopped.
Here is an example that uses the custom
pause( ) and
resume( ) methods:
// Attach a push button from the Library. You must first drag a push button from the
// Components panel to the Stage to create the Library symbol.
this.attachMovie("FPushButtonSymbol", "myPushButton", 1);
// Create a sound holder movie clip.
this.createEmptyMovieClip("soundHolder_mc", 2);
// Create the Sound object.
mySound_sound = new Sound(soundHolder_mc);
// Attach the sound from the Library. You must have a sound with the linkage
// identifier of MySoundSymbol for this to work.
// Define two callback functions. One resumes the sound, and the other pauses the
// sound. When each is called, it toggles the click handler for the push button to
// the other function.
function resumeSound ( ) {
mySound_sound.resume( );
myPushButton.setLabel("Pause Sound");
function pauseSound ( ) {
mySound_sound.pause( );
myPushButton.setLabel("Resume Sound");
// Define the initial click handler and label for the push button.
myPushButton.setLabel("Pause Sound");
// Tell the sound to start.
mySound_sound.start( );
You want to save local shared object data to the client computer.
Use the
SharedObject.flush( ) method in the Flash movie.
Flash automatically attempts to save local shared object data to disk when
the movie is unloaded from the Player (such as when the Player closes). However,
it is not a good practice to rely on the automatic save functionality, as there
are several reasons why the data might not save successfully. Instead, you
should explicitly instruct the local shared object to write the data to disk
using the
SharedObject.flush( ) method:
flushResult = my_l_so.flush( );
When the
flush( ) method is invoked, it attempts to
write the data to the client computer. The result of a
flush( ) invocation can be one of three possibilities:
If the user set the local storage for the domain to "Never", the data is
not saved and the method returns
If the amount of disk space required to save the local shared object's data
is less than the local storage setting for the domain, the data is written to
disk and the method returns
If the user has not allotted as much space as the shared object data requires, he is prompted to allow enough space or to deny access to save the data. When this happens, the method returns "pending". If the user chooses to grant access, the extra space is automatically allotted and the data is saved.
In the third case, in which the
flush( ) method
returns "pending", there is an additional step you can take to determine whether
the user grants or denies access to save the data. When the user makes a
selection from the automatic prompt, the
onStatus( )
method of the shared object is automatically invoked. It is up to you to define
the method to handle the results in the way that is appropriate for your
application. When the callback method is invoked, it is passed a parameter. The
parameter is an object with a
code property that is set
to "
SharedObject.Flush.Success" if the user granted access or
SharedObject.Flush.Failed" if the user denied access.
Here is an example that invokes
flush( ) to save the
data explicitly and then handles the possible responses:
my_l_so = SharedObject.getLocal("myFirstLSO");
my_l_so.data.val = "a value";
result = my_l_so.flush( );
// If the flush operation completes, check the result.
// If the operation is pending, the onStatus( ) method of the
// shared object is invoked before any result is returned.
if (result) {
// Saved successfully. Place any code here that you want to execute after the data
// was successfully saved.
else if (!result) {
// This means the user has the local storage settings to 'Never.' If it is
// important to save your data, you may want to alert the user here. Also, if you
// want to make it easy for the user to change his settings, you can open the local
// storage tab of the Player Settings dialog box with the following code:
// System.showSettings(1);.
// Define the onStatus( ) method for the shared object.
// It is invoked automatically after the user makes a selection
// from the prompt that occurs when flush( ) returns "pending."
my_l_so.onStatus = function (infoObj) {
if (infoObj.code == "SharedObject.Flush.Success") {
// If the infoObj.code property is "SharedObject.Flush.Success", it means the
// user granted access. Place any code here that you want to execute when the
// user grants access.
} else if (infoObj.code == "SharedObject.Flush.Failed") {
// If the infoObj.code property is "SharedObject.Flush.Failed", it means the user
// denied access. Place any code here that you want to execute when the user
// denies access.
If you know in advance that a shared object is likely to continue to increase
in size with each session, it is prudent to request a larger amount of local
storage space when the shared object is created. Otherwise, each time the
current allotted space is exceeded, the user is prompted again to accept or deny
the storage request. Setting aside extra space avoids repeatedly asking the user
for permission to store incrementally more data. You can request a specific
amount of space when you call the
flush( ) method by
passing it a number of bytes to set aside for the shared object:
// Request 500 KB of space for the shared object.
result = mySO.flush(1024 * 500);
You want to search an
XML object for nodes based on
keywords and other criteria such as node hierarchy.
Use the third-party
XPath class from XFactorStudio.com.
Thus far in this chapter you've read recipes on how to work with
XML objects using the DOM, or Document Object Model. This
means that if you want to locate a particular node in the XML tree, you need to
know the relationship of that node to the whole (i.e., first child, next
sibling, etc.). However, when you want a more flexible way of looking for nodes,
the DOM can become tedious.
XPath is a language that allows you a much more intuitive and flexible way to
find nodes within an
XML object. XPath is a W3C standard
(see http://www.w3c.org/TR/xpath) that
is supported on many platforms, but it is not natively supported in Flash.
However, Neeld Tanksley of XFactorStudio.com has created an ActionScript
XPath class that you can download from http://www.xfactorstudio.com/projects/XPath/index.php. You should download the .zip file and extract all the .as files into your Flash
Include directory (make sure they are extracted into the
Include directory, and not into subdirectories).
Once you have downloaded and installed the custom
XPath class, you can include it in your Flash movies and begin using
XPath to work with XML, as follows:
#include "XPath.as"
XPath uses path expressions to denote the node or nodes you want to find. For
example, if the root node in your XML object is named
books, then you can find that root node using:
books contains child nodes named
book, then you can return all the
book nodes using:
If you don't know or care about the full path from the root node to the node
or nodes for which you are searching, you can use a double slash to indicate
that you want to locate all matching nodes at any level in the XML tree. For
example, the following returns all
author nodes
regardless of their hierarchy:
An asterisk (*) is a wildcard. For example, the following matches all
author nodes that are children of any nodes that are, in turn, children of the
books node:
You can also use square brackets ([]) to indicate criteria that the nodes
must match. For example, you can match all
book nodes
that contain
author nodes with the following:
Notice that the preceding is different from
//book/author in that the former returns
book nodes and the latter returns
author nodes.
You can also use expressions with equality operators such as the following,
which returns all
book nodes containing a child
title node with a text value of "ActionScript Cookbook":
//book[title='ActionScript Cookbook']
The @ sign can be used to signify an attribute. The following example matches
author nodes containing a
name attribute:
There are also many other built-in functions, operators, and keywords in XPath that you can read about in the documentation.
XPath class has one method that we are interested
in for this recipe. The
XPath.selectNodes( ) method is a
static method, which means you invoke it from the class itself, not from an
instance of
XPath. The method takes two parameters - the
XMLNode object to search and the XPath expression to
use - and returns an array of matching nodes:
matches = XPath.selectNodes(my_xml, "/books/book");
Now let's take a look at an example of XPath in use. For this example you
should make sure that you have installed all the .as
files for the
XPath class.
Create an XML document using a simple text editor such as WordPad. Add the following XML code to the document, and then save it as books.xml:
<title>ActionScript Cookbook</title>
<author name="Joey Lott" />
<title>Flash Cookbook</title>
<author name="Joey Lott" />
<author name="Jeffrey Bardzell" />
<title>Flash Remoting: The Definitive Guide</title>
<author name="Tom Muck" />
<title>ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide</title>
<author name="Colin Moock" />
Open a new Flash document. Copy the PushButton component symbol into the Library by dragging an instance from the Components panel onto the Stage and then deleting the instance. The symbol remains in the Library. Then add the following code to the first frame of the main timeline:
#include "XPath.as"
function doSearch ( ) {
// Use the selectNodes( ) method to find all matches to the XPath expression the
// user has entered into xpath_txt. Display the results in output_txt. Use a
// newline character between each match.
var results = XPath.selectNodes(my_xml, xpath_txt.text);
output_txt.text = results.join("\n");
// Create the input text field for the user to enter the XPath expression.
this.createTextField("xpath_txt", 1, 20, 20, 300, 20);
xpath_txt.border = true;
xpath_txt.type = "input";
// Create the text field for the output of the results.
this.createTextField("output_txt", 2, 20, 70, 300, 300);
output_txt.border = true;
output_txt.multiline = true;
output_txt.wordWrap = true;
// Add the push button instance so the user can perform the search.
this.attachMovie("FPushButtonSymbol", "search_pb", 3, {_x: 20, _y: 45});
search_pb.setLabel("Find Matches");
// Set the ignoreWhite property to true for all XML objects.
XML.prototype.ignoreWhite = true;
// Create an XML object and load books.xml into it.
my_xml = new XML( );
Save the Flash document to the same directory as the books.xml file. Test the movie. Try entering the following XPath expressions, and you should get the results as shown:
<title>ActionScript Cookbook</title>
<title>Flash Cookbook</title>
<title>Flash Remoting: The Definitive Guide</title>
<title>ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide</title>
//book[contains(title, `ActionScript')]/title
<title>ActionScript Cookbook</title>
<title>ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide</title>
//book[authors[author[@name='Joey Lott']]]/title
<title>ActionScript Cookbook</title>
<title>Flash Cookbook</title>
XPath is too large a subject to cover in detail in this book. For more information, refer to the online tutorial at http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/default.asp or check out the book XPath and XPointer by John E. Simpson (O'Reilly).
Joey Lott is a founding partner of The Morphic Group. He has written many books on Flex and Flash-related technologies, including Programming Flex 3, ActionScript 3 Cookbook, Adobe AIR in Action, and Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns.
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Lovely Athens View, the Iraklion Apartment, Free Transfer
Maximální počet hostů5
Počet místností1
Velikost55 m²
Floor No.8(with elevator)
- Vhodné pro rodiny s dětmi
- Internet/WiFi
- Kuchyně
- Klimatizace
- Pračka / sušička
- Televize
- Výtah v budově
- Balkón/terasa
Accommodation summary
|Prasinou Lofou, 14122 Athens, Řecko
|Typ nemovitosti
|Ident. objektu
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|A few months ago
The apartment is located in a beautiful residential spot, very close to the center of Athens, in the Neo Irakleion area / Prasinou Lofou street, and right beside the Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA). It is within driving distance to all Athens' main sights. Via Bus and Metro you can access the Syntagma square, the National Garden, the Acropolis and Plaka. Around this apartment there are some small local restaurants, a bakery and a supermarket, ideal for your daily needs.
Public transportation (bus/metro/taxis) is really convenient in this area towards all destinations.
How to get here:
1. Take advantage of our FREE transfer from the Airport (or Port) to the apartment. In an effort to simplify you reaching the apartment you've rented we are offering this free service. Our driver will be expecting you at the airport's / port's gate with a sign with your name to take you directly to the apartment, so you don't have to worry to call us or manage a way to get there. This service is upon request at least 2 days before the arrival (for max 4 guests).
2. Easily reach from Metro station "Neon Irakleion / Irakleion" and buses 640/642, the bus station is in front of the apartment building.
3. Almost anything can be reached within 30-35 minutes via Bus and Metro or taxi cab, embassies, museums, shopping, touristic attractions e.t. By bus and Metro to the station "Irakleion"- and from there to the very center of Athens.
Domovní řád
|Weekly rate for up to 3 guests
|211 €
|Monthly rate for up to 3 guests
|574 €
|Cena za více než 3 ubytované(ých)
|5 € Cena za osobu/noc navíc
|Příjezd po
|Check-in before
|Odjezd před
|Stornovací podmínky
El apartamento muy lejos del centro de la ciudad, cosa que no se especifica en el Anuncio de la Web. Del anuncio de la Web se infiere que está cerca de la estación del metro, y no es cierto.
Por otra parte, reservamos con dos camas y al llegar solo estaba preparada uno. Se nos indico que no preguntamos por esa opción pese a estar anunciado así en la web. El baño, un desastre. No se lo recomendamos a nadie.
Nos fue a recibir un taxista que nos acercó al apartamento y que nos dio todo tipo de explicaciones sobre el apartamento. Estaba incluido en el precio. Se ofreció a llevarnos del apartamento al aeropuerto de Atenas una vez finalizada la estancia, por 50 euros. Nos pareció un precio caro, muy caro, teniendo en cuenta que hay una línea de metro que por 10 euros te lleva o que tienes Autobuses 24 h X 94,X95, X96,X97 que te acercan al aeropuerto por 6 euros. Salen de la Plaza Syntagma. Recomiendo este sistema de transporte.
Ohodnoďte tomuto hostiteli i další ubytování
We had great time in Athens! The apartment is very well located - a bit off the tourist area and well connected to public transport - and super spacious.The pickup from the airport went really smooth. Thanks for that!
the only good of the property was the address and the prize
The apartment was half way under ground, which was not entirely unplesant in the hot wetter. It was in center and it was in a very safe location to live in. The transfer from airport was nice as we arrived at night. It was no luxury but everything we needed was there with absolutly no problems involved.
The flat is ok for two people but no for more because the sofá is not confortable at all. The apartment is well situated but is really really cool, I will recommend it for a couple who want to spend a weekend in Athens (no for more that few days) and they just want to sleep in the apartment.
The tax driver who picked up us in the airport war really nice and helpful.
We had wonderful time in Athens! The apartment is super nice, cozy and clean.
It is located very central, in a beautiful neighborhood with great restaurants.
Special thanks goes to lovely Nikos, the driver who picked us up from the airport.
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The flat is nice and spacious. It is well-located to visit the main attractions of the city. It could benefit from upgrading the electrical supply system, unfortunately the system gets easily overloaded, especially in winter time (or whenever it is cold as electric heaters need to be on)
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
We stayed at the apartment near Hilton, Evangelismos. The transportation was good and you can go around without a car. The apartment was old and small and it was not the best apartment I've ever stayed, I have to say truthfully. The bed makes some noise when sleeping if you move. If you are a sensitive and light sleeper, you would be waken up by the sound you make by moving on the bed. (My husband slept well though) However I still would consider staying book apartments by Mr Babis. He was a very kind and helpful host. In spite of the inconvenience in the stay at the small ground floor apartment, we really enjoyed our stay in Athens thanks to the hospitality and kindness of Mr. Babis. We'd like to thank him again here. And, for the price for a whole apartment you can't really complain too much to be honest.
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Timed to launch before the Fourth of July, this brand new "P.I." Guide will vindicate our Founding Fathers and hold them up for what they truly are: the pillars of American society.
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©2009 Brion T. McClanahan; (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
"Highly Recommended"
It was refreshing to hear about the Founding Fathers through a lens that is traditional as opposed to the 'pc' versions of modern academia.
Straightforward and to-the-point with highlights that illuminate the main attributes of each of the men.
I had planned on a review of the main characters. It was a bonus to have the forgotten/unknown characters also reviewed.
I have listened two books by Joseph Ellis. They left me with little appreciation for the gifts that Americans should enjoy as a result of the sacrifices of that generation. Quite the opposite with the treatment that McClanahan provides.
Highly recommended.
"Politically Incorrect/founding fathers."
Yes I would listen to it again. If for no other reason just to "rehash" all the information contained.
I liked the mix of professional/personal lives in it and I also enjoyed the vast number of historical facts I didn't learn in school.
I enjoyed his voice and inflections, very easy to listen to.
"Insightful and entertaining."
I drive a lot every work day and the audio version allows me to utilize my time well.
I was able to learn about the personalities that shaped our country.
His presentation never tires the listener.
The minds who shaped the greatest nation the earth has ever known.
"Refreshing perspective"
Well done and well presented. I could have done without some of the backhanded sarcasm that closes several of the sections but, notwithstanding such editorial commentary, this is a fine selection for those interested in some of US history's lesser known names of greater influence than one might have imagined. It is always important to view their actions and writings in the context of what was "normal" in their day and time. This work does a fine job of bring that contextual focus to the narration. Enjoyable and recommended.
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Merry Christmas!
On this day we hope you feel the presence of our Savior as we celebrate His grand love and His perfect will to move us closer to Himself.
"Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which translated means, "God with us."
Matthew 1:23, NASB
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This is an artist's concept of the fastest rotating star found to date. The massive, bright young star, called VFTS 102, rotates at a million miles per hour, or 100 times faster than our Sun does. Centrifugal forces from this dizzying spin rate have flattened the star into an oblate shape and spun off a disk of hot plasma, seen edge on in this view from a hypothetical planet. The star may have "spun up" by accreting material from a binary companion star. The rapidly evolving companion later exploded as a supernova. The whirling star lies 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
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Friday's twinbill against the Lamar State SeaHawks began with a 4-0 loss to the visitors. The Cougars outhit the SeaHawks, but could not string anything together to produce a run.
It was a classic pitchers' duel as Cougar hurler Chelsea Guzman allowed just one run in the third to the visitors through the first six frames. It was still a 1-0 ball game entering the seventh and final inning. The SeaHawks finally got to Guzman as three runners crossed home plate to give the visitors the 4-0 victory.
Cougars Brianna Sandoval and Amy Macias had two hits apiece in the loss.
Game two was definitely not a pitchers' duel. The teams combined for 19 runs in the 10-9 win for the SeaHawks. The Cougars pounded the ball for 15 hits.
It was a big seven-run second inning for Lamar State that put the Cougars in a hole. After two complete innings, the score was 7-2. CBC got four runs back in the third to pull within one run at 7-6.
The teams matched run production the rest of the way. Each team scored a single run in the fourth and then two in the seventh. The Cougar rally fell just short in their final at-bats in the 10-9 loss.
Alyssa Smith led the CBC offense with four hits in the game. Sandoval came through with three base knocks and three RBIs, and Kelsi Salziger added two hits for the Cougars. Christina Vasquez took the loss for CBC in the circle.
On Saturday, the Angelina Roadrunners provided the competition. The first contest was another close affair as the Roadrunners exploded for four runs in the top of the seventh to come from behind to snag a 6-5 win over the Cougars.
The visitors got on the scoreboard first with a single run in the top of the fourth. CBC got two runs in the bottom of the frame to gain the lead. Three more Cougar runs in the next inning gave the CBC squad the lead at 5-1.
Angelina scored another single run in the sixth to edge closer at 5-2 and then the four-run explosion in the seventh to regain the lead at 6-5. The Cougars failed to score in the bottom of the seventh.
Sandoval continued hot with the bat with two more hits in the game. Smith and Michelle Southerland also had two hits in the loss. Smith knocked in three runs for the Cougars and Samantha Cantu was credited with two RBIs.
The final game of the weekend was a 6-0 shutout victory by the Roadrunners. The Angelina pitching held the Cougars to four hits over the seven innings. Danielle Doria hit safely twice in the loss.
"All year long we have had trouble finishing games, and this is what happened to us this weekend. We just don't make the plays or get the hits when we need them, and they always come back to haunt us," said CBC head coach Frank Morón.
"It's a shame because we are playing and competing hard."
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The colonization has had lasting effects to present day in Texas in terms of farming, ranching, oil and gas exploration and much more.
The Mexican government in 1924 – like the Spanish before it – offered land grants to colonize Texas. The Mexicans specified that no more than 200 colonists come with each Empresario and that they had to be Catholic. This rule wasn't strictly enforced.
The Irish who headed to Refugio—beginning with about 350 colonists—were not the ones suffering from the potato famine exodus, beginning in 1845 and lasting through 1852.
No, the Irish who came to Texas in the Power-Hewetson Colony in 1834 came because of the promise of inexpensive, huge amounts of land.
These Irish were hard working farmers who were not allowed to own the land in Ireland under British rule because they were Catholics. But in Texas, they could own their lands (freedom), and that was the primary reason they sold everything they had, booked passage and bought land in Texas for very little.
Each family could get a league of land, or 4,428 acres, at 4 cents an acre.
Among these colonists were members of the O'Connor and Fagan families. Today, some of the descendants of those families, including the Myers family, reside in North Refugio County.
The Texas Tropical Trails Region conducted a tour of those families' ranches on Tuesday, March 18.
First stop on the tour was the O'Connor River Ranch, where the St. Dennis Chapel sits just off state Highway 239, west of U.S. Highway 77.
Tom O'Connor had arrived in Texas in 1834 with his uncle: James Power.
By 1876, the young O'Connor had amassed 500,000 acres. He died in 1887, passing his land to his sons: Dennis Martin O'Connor and Thomas Marion O'Connor.
The O'Connor family now is in its seventh generation.
At St. Dennis, the tour group gathered inside the church.
Lawaine Stubblefield, of Victoria, who was on the tour, gave an overview of how the St. Dennis Chapel was constructed.
She said two churches have been on the ranch, the first being St. Anthony of the Woods, which started construction in 1899 by Felipe Quintero. The Rev. Emilio Ylla was the priest.
The first church was dedicated in June 1900 and was cared for by the Rodriguez family.
"Legend has it that Dennis O'Connor, the then patriarch of the family, had lost a wallet containing a large sum of money. It is said that he promised St. Anthony to provide a place of worship for his workers if the money was returned," Stubblefield said.
"Obviously, his wish was granted because construction of St. Anthony's chapel was begin shortly thereafter," she added.
Unfortunately, the church was destroyed by the hurricane of 1942.
The hurricane struck on the day after Dennis O'Connor II left for military duty. That left 27-year-old Tom O'Connor IV to care for the ranches and deal with the storm's destruction.
Because of World War II, lack of materials and the death of Tom O'Connor Sr. in 1946, the repair or rebuilding of a church was delayed.
"It was not until 1950 that planning was resumed. It was decided to build the new church near the family cemetery at a spot chosen by Tom O'Connor Sr. before his death," Stubblefield said.
The Corpus Christi Diocese bishop at the time was the Most Rev. M.S. Garriga. The church was designed by Harvey Smith of San Antonio and built by Mitchell Construction of San Antonio.
The church's architecture resembles that of Spanish missions with walls inside and out of fossilized limestone.
The barrel roof is six inches thick and made from concrete and steel.
And the bell from St. Anthony of the Woods was hung in the belfry. From the air, the church can be seen as a holy cross.
The church's name and patronage comes from a promise made to St. Dennis by Kate S. O'Connor for the safe return of her oldest son from World War II.
The first pastor of the church was the Rev. Victor R. Stoner, the brother of Kate S. O'Connor. He was pastor 1951-57. Since his death, the chapel has been designated as a mission in the Corpus Christi Diocese.
The mission is used primarily by ranch employees, O'Connor family members and neighboring ranches and townspeople.
"Christmas midnight Mass at this lovely chapel is an experience not soon to be forgotten," Stubblefield said.
Directly behind the church is the O'Connor family cemetery.
From St. Dennis, the tour group traveled east on state Highway 239 to the Peter Henry Fagan House.
Fagan family descendant Jim Fagan greeted the tour group at the Peter Henry Fagan House, built in 1868.
Jim and his wife Ginger Fagan restored the house in 2012. The house has a Texas Historical Commission marker.
The house is in the Greek Revival architectural style and is made of cypress, oak and Florida pine. M. O'Keefe, a carpenter, built the house.
About half way from Refugio to Indianola or Victoria, the house became a rest stop for travelers. And visiting priests would say Mass on the second floor where Fagan had arranged a chapel.
According to an account titled "Nicholas Fagan: A Texas Patriot," by Mrs. Tom O'Connor Sr., Nicholas Fagan and his son John, narrowly escaped the massacre at Goliad when Fannin and his troops were executed by the Mexican army.
Nicholas Fagan had received messages to go to an orchard three times before he obeyed the order to take a quarter of beef to Miller's orchard and stay there until otherwise ordered.
"Without understanding the strange command, Fagan did as he was told, and had barely reached his designated place when he heard the heart rending cries of his comrades, 'Don't shoot! For God's sake don't shoot us.," O'Connor's account stated.
As well, John Fagan had been sent on a foraging mission and was saved, too. The Fagans' friend during colonization, Don Carlos de la Garza, had successfully avoided the Fagans' execution by Santa Ana's troops.
Jim Fagan said after the massacre, his ancestor Nicholas stole back to where the execution had taken place. He found one of Fannin's soldiers hanging on to life. It was Col. Hunter.
Nicholas picked the man up, braced him on his shoulder and carried him to the Coleto, "quite a distance," Jim Fagan said. The wounded soldier was cared for by Margaret Wright and lived to be an old man.
In another account written by Mrs. Tom O'Connor, Nicholas Fagan was credited with saving Refugio.
Jim Fagan said Nicholas has been called the "Angel of Refugio" for his deeds.
O'Connor's account: "Sept. 20, 1841, Refugio was raided by a band of Mexicans under the notorious Ortegon, bent upon revenging themselves upon the Texans. In a surprise attack upon the town every man able to be out of bed was captured and marched to Mexico. It was upon this march that the gruesome murder of Henry Ryals was perpetrated and Col. Power was captured and made prisoner.
"The town was sacked and looted, even the feather beds cut open and emptied and all food and clothing and supplies of every kind destroyed or taken off by the bandits. The women and children were left in a pitiful state of destitution and unprotected."
When Nicholas Fagan heard of the women and children's plight, he organized a rescue.
O'Connor wrote, "Upon hearing of this disaster, Fagan and his neighbors loaded up their ox-carts with food, clothes and blankets and went to the rescue of the families. They conveyed the women and children back to the San Antonio River Ranches. Many stayed with the Fagans until the captive husbands and fathers were released some years later. For this deed of charity Fagan was called the 'Savior of Refugio,' and it was in gratitude to him that the citizens of Refugio bestowed upon Fagan the old mission bell of Nuestra Senora la Limpia Conception."
In addition to the Fagan House, the Fagan mausoleum stands nearby on top a hill.
The mausoleum is made of white Colorado marble and was built for the Fagan family in 1923.
The inscription on the door of the mausoleum: "After all when a man comes to die all that he will have left is what he has given away."
From the Fagan House, the tour group traveled on state Highway 239 farther east to the Fagan Ranch.
After arriving at the guest house, the group of about 60 people were treated to lunch by Cindie and Wayne Myers. Cindie is a Fagan descendant.
The final stop on the tour was the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in far eastern Refugio County.
The refuge is about 116,000 acres and spreads over three counties, including Refugio County, which accounts for 8,000 acres of the preserve.
The refuge also serves as the endangered whooping cranes' winter home.
In past years, government sequestration, that is cutting of certain program budgets, has reduced the U.S.. Fish & Wildlife Service staffing at the refuge from about 50 to five.
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Dear Father/Parish Bulletin Editor:
Because of letters to me and comments in the papers, I put together a short article on our theology of Church. Understandably, the media approach the Church on a purely sociological level, as one more group with particular interests. The enclosed article is intended to put the news reports in theological perspective.
While it might be a little long for some bulletins, I would encourage you to print it sometime in the next several weeks. Polish and Spanish translations are being prepared and will be distributed by e-mail when ready.
Permit me to add a personal note. These are embarrassing days for priests of the Archdiocese and for faithful Catholics. Many reports of priestly misconduct print only part of the facts, but it remains true that our sins are broadcast widely. Even as we continue to pray for all victims of sexual abuse, let us also ask the Lord to heal His Church. Often in the past, a time of trial has been followed by a great outpouring of God's grace and a new flourishing for the Church and her mission. That's my prayer for the Church each day, even as I pray for each of our priests, especially for those undergoing particular trials. Thank you for your generosity of spirit and for your dedication to Christ's people and ours.
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Can we have an adult conversation?Posted on Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 at 8:49 am
At dinner with friends last week, one mentioned that if Mitch Daniels runs for president, at least we would have an "adult conversation" about the many issues and crises facing this country. I can't disagree. In Mitch's appearance on Meet the Press on Sunday, he did his best to stick to his principled stand on the fiscal issues he cares about. He's a budget guy; he doesn't give a damn about the social issues that frame the debate in the far right wing of his party. He readily says, "I don't know" and refuses to be drawn into the "gotcha." George Will and David Brooks <3 him.
But the forces of righteousness tilting ever rightward are sucking the entire Republican party into their vortex, a swirling mass of indignation and misinformation against all things progressive… civil rights, environmental protection, safe food, sensible financial regulation, sensible gun laws, investments in infrastructure, health care… and on and on and on.
All the Hope we Dems had when the country turned blue for a split second has been dashed by a strange adherence to the same-old same-old. The wars, Gitmo and reauthorization of the so-called "Patriot Act." Bank bailouts that have fueled the greed on Wall Street and ignored the needs on Main Street. The usurpation by corporations of most major media, elections, federal regulations and government decisions. Unmitigated commercial campaign advertising made inevitable by the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling last January.
Can we have an adult conversation? Having worked on campaigns, I think it's difficult for candidates to remain true to their ideals and stay plain spoken when talking points and sound bites rule the day. Candidates have inhumanly punishing schedules, and unfortunately, they need the professional campaign people who parachute in to run their campaigns. But these same professional campaign folks do the happy dance at every perceived "screw-up-gone-viral" on the opposing side. Scruples be damned so long as votes are secured. One has to look no further than John McCain to see what a political campaign can do to someone who was once viewed as reasonable, sensible and moderate.
Can we have an adult conversation? Not when half the country takes as gospel the rantings of entertainer-pundits Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity and many others. While The New York Times, NPR, the BBC, CNN and a handful of other print and broadcast media outlets have reporters ON THE GROUND covering events unfolding in Japan, Libya, Bahrain, Ivory Coast and everywhere else, these calculating, self-serving, unpatriotic blowhards are whipping up the fear from their cushy New York studios by spreading misinformation. They lie, and people believe them. Says Rush: "These people [the media] are looking for disaster. They want disaster upon disaster. They want the nuclear meltdown. They want the Japanese syndrome, if you will. They want this stuff." Dirty. Rotten. Liar.
You can't have an adult conversation without adults. Here's more of the aforementioned Rush Limbaugh misinformation campaign:
"The media is liberal, you understand what that means, so in case of somebody like me I'm suspicious of everything they say, 'cause they're liberals. …all I needed to know is Obama's a liberal. It really is that simple. The media is liberal. What do we know about the US media? We know that they are in an unalterable alliance with the American left and the worldwide left. What do we know about the American left and the worldwide left? What do we know that they oppose and what they hate?
It's very simple: Once you understand who the people are, what their politics are, then you can understand the rubric and the umbrella in which they do their jobs. So you therefore conclude that pretty much every story coming out of Japan from the American media is gonna be anti-nuclear industry, and it's gonna have not just reporting about what's going on in Japan. There will be accompanying stories why we never, ever should build another nuclear plant ever anywhere in the world much less the United States, pure and simple — which, of course, has nothing to do with the story in Japan. It has nothing to do with the facts on the ground in Japan.
The media is tweeting things left and right. The AP just tweeted: 'Japanese Utility Says Fuel Rods at Troubled Quake-Hit Nuclear Reactor Dully Exposed Again.' Oh, no! The fuel rods are exposed! Ho! Oh! What are we supposed to conclude from this? You have to. There's a cumulative record from people like this. I'm just trying to help you discern and understand how I observe these things, how I watch it, how I digest it, and how little of it I believe. I believe more of what I see, footage-wise, than what I hear or read being reported. You can't deny what you're seeing. It's when I start reading the stuff that they write accompanying it or so forth that I instinctively begin scratching my head."
Hold your nose and read the full text here.
This morning The New York Times, with reporters at the scene, described the dangers of the fuel rods pooh-poohed by Limbaugh, above. Says the NYT, "If any of the spent fuel rods in the pools do indeed catch fire, nuclear experts say, the high heat would loft the radiation in clouds that would spread the radioactivity. 'It's worse than a meltdown,' said David A. Lochbaum, a nuclear engineer at the Union of Concerned Scientists who worked as an instructor on the kinds of General Electric reactors used in Japan. 'The reactor is inside thick walls, and the spent fuel of Reactors 1 and 3 is out in the open.' …"Depending on the freshness of the spent fuel, Mr. Lochbaum said, the water in an uncooled pool would start to boil in anywhere from days to a week. The water would boil off to a dangerous level in another week or two. Once most of the fuel is exposed, he said, it can catch fire. If the spent fuel is a few months old, most of the iodine 131 — one of the most dangerous radioactive byproducts in spent fuel — will have decayed into harmless forms. But the cesium 137 in the spent fuel has a half-life of 30 years, meaning it would take about two centuries to diminish its levels of radioactivity down to 1 percent. It is cesium 137 that still contaminates much land in Ukraine around the Chernobyl reactor, which suffered a meltdown in 1986." Read the full story here and learn the science of a nuclear reactor meltdown here.
I'm not optimistic that we can have an adult conversation as long as there are greedy people whose aim is to undermine the truth to achieve their self-serving ends. So in that sense, I don't believe it matters one whit who runs for president. It's calming to think that a Mitch v. Barack contest would be all about the issues that matter to Americans, and that everyone would be honest, intelligent and true to his values. As tempting as it is to hope for a clownish, unelectable candidate on the Republican side — Palin, Bachman, Huckabee – or a bloodless cold fish you want to stick a fork in, like Mitt Romney, even I'm not that cynical.
I think we should attempt the adult conversation, even when the swirling forces of unreason are upon us. It may be the only way to prevent Rome from burning.


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Stir It Up: Summertime is s'more time
A hand-lettered sign on a card table at a gas station on the New York State Thruway said it all: "Want s'more?" On the table were just three items: graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate bars. Because when it comes to a summer dessert, what (s')more do you need?
Every s'more recipe should begin with the words, "First, build a campfire." But I know many people who use gas ranges, microwaves or ovens. Whatever your method, you know the "recipe" by heart: two graham cracker halves, with a piece of milk chocolate and a roasty-toasty marshmallow in between. It's a sweet, gooey treat that virtually demands a quick swim afterward to clean up.
Most sources credit the first printed recipe for s'mores (then known as "some-mores") to the 1927 edition of "Tramping and Trailing With the Girl Scouts." But etymologist Barry Popik -- known for heroic work tracking down the origins of the phrases "Big Apple" and "hot dog," among others -- found reference in a 1925 edition of The Hour, a Norwalk, Conn., newspaper, in an article that detailed the making and serving of two new dishes -- "kabobs" and "some-mores" -- to Girl Scout leaders. "These two 'dishes' were enjoyed thoroughly by the patrol leaders," the article concluded.
Popik uncovered further (but later) references to the classic dessert under the name "Heavenly Crisps," nomenclature that seems to have been favored by the Camp Fire Girls, as well as "Perfection Crisps." Food historians Michael and Jane Stern wrote in "Square Meals" (Borzoi Books, 1984) that s'mores were also known as "Princess Pats" and "Slapsticks."
One of the best things about a classic is that it invites variations. I think the regulation s'more is tops, but dessert lovers have gone wild. Last summer, The Huffington Post posted a slide show of 22 recipes riffing on the s'more, including s'more cakes, s'more pops and s'more pudding.
I've fallen for the S'more Sandwich from "Ice Cream Sandwiches" by British cupcake maven Donna Egan. The best thing about this version is that you can make it well in advance, something you can't do with the campfire version. But you still might need a swim.
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Make the cookies: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter a 15-by-10-by-1-inch jelly roll pan.
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Doc put me on Loestrin 21... I need it for my cycle, I have been bleeding about two months. He claims it will not reduce my milk. Any experiences??? Thanks!!
Doc put me on Loestrin 21... I need it for my cycle, I have been bleeding about two months. He claims it will not reduce my milk. Any experiences??? Thanks!!
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with the PP. Has your doc explored all the various options for explaining the bleeding? Fibroids and endometriosis spring immediately to mind...
If your dr thinks you need an estrogen based bc, then this is possibly one of the best options because of the low dose of estrogen. Another low dose bc is NuvaRing (which I LOVED be DD), but I don't know how soon you can use it after delivery. Ask your doctor if a progesteron bc is possible. If it is, then Yaz may be a better option.
Right, listen to your baby and your body and then your doctor's knowledge afterward. I started the bfing-friendly bcp last year and by the second day my DD was cueing for feeds more often and had less nappy output. I knew my lactaction was reduced due to hormones, and double-checked on this forum to confirm. I stopped the pill the third day and by the fourth DD was back to her usual rhythm.
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Early last week, Ruben Amaro signed Delmon Young to a one-year contract, seemingly putting a cap on his offseason moves.
In the time that has passed since, the public has chastised Amaro for his re-structuring of the team. On social media and talk radio, people have spouted off about how he has failed to address the Phillies needs and turn them back into a contender this offseason.
To be perfectly honest, the frustration is understandable. While the Braves got the Upton brothers, the Phillies got the Youngs, who I believe are of no relation. The Nationals reeled in Dan Haren, while Amaro signed John Lannan.
The acquisition of talent hasn't really stacked up. On paper, it seems the Phillies will once again be unable to contend with the two teams they finished behind in the standings last season. While the Braves and Nationals got better, it's hard to argue that the Phils did the same.
So, in grading Amaro on how he has set the team up for the 2013 season, it's fair to suggest he deserves no better than a C, and maybe an even worse grade.
To critique Amaro simply on how he set the team up for 2013 is unfair, however. When the offseason is viewed through a wider lens, Amaro has done a good job with his moves this winter. Unlike in years past, he avoided the long-term, expensive commitments to players not worth their salt, opting instead to bring in players to fill voids on short-term deals. In fact, the most expensive contract Amaro handed out was to Mike Adams, a deal that is worth just $12M, assuming his third year vesting option isn't met.
The result is a team that will have a ton of financial flexibility following the 2013 season. Let's take a look at the Phillies expiring contracts after this season. It should be noted that, for values, I included Lannan and D. Young's incentives, since the team had to make room for those amounts in laying out their budget. I also assumed that Roy Halladay would not reach the total innings needed to make his 2014 option vest (not a far-fetched assumption), and that Kyle Kendrick and John Mayberry Jr. would not be offered arbitration following the season. Here's the contracts that expire and their average annual values:
- Roy Halladay – $20M AAV
- Chase Utley – $12.2M AAV
- Carlos Ruiz – $3.34M AAV
- Michael Young – $6M AAV
- Kyle Kendrick – $3.75 AAV
- John Lannan – $5M AAV
- Delmon Young – $3.5M AAV
- Laynce Nix – $1.25M AAV
- John Mayberry, Jr. – $500K AAV
In expiring contracts alone, the Phils gain about $55.54M in spending money for 2014. That number doesn't include arbitration eligible guys Antonio Bastardo and Kevin Frandsen, though. So let's call it $53M. Consider the fact that the Phillies payroll projects to be about $165M in 2013–assuming incentives are met and including buyouts. There could always be a trade or two during the season, and that could push it to $170M. That gives them another $8M to spend before they hit the $178M luxury tax threshold. However, in 2014, the threshold raises to $189M, so the Phils find another $11M to spend. That brings the grand total to somewhere in the range of $70M additional dollars to spend on the 2014 season, if the Phils opt to go right up to the luxury tax threshold. While that may seem unlikely, they did push the threshold last season ($173.5M), and are in line for a nice cash influx with a looming TV deal that may allow them to loosen the purse strings.
That's $70M to spend on a free agent class that includes the likes of Robinson Cano, Brian McCann, Ben Zobrist, Josh Johnson, James Shields and Tim Lincecum, among many others (For a complete list, click here). I don't think there's any question that next year's free agent market is much stronger than this year's. Because of Amaro's reluctance to hand out big contracts this time around, the Phillies will be in position to sign at least two of the big names on the market, plus some second-tier players (He could sign Cano and Shields for $45M a season, and still have $25M left to spend). This is all hypothetical, but it gives an idea about the Phillies potential spending power in the not-so-distant future.
Now, I know what you're thinking: That's all well and good, but what about the 2013 season? What about winning now?
The fact is, if the Phillies are going to win in 2013–which is still a possibility, mind you. I don't intend to write this team off–they'll need the guys they're already paying handsomely to perform up to their standards. Guys like Utley, Halladay and Ryan Howard need to step up. There wasn't a player on the market worth signing who could change that.
Amaro recognized that fact, and he shrewdly opted to maintain the team's flexibility going forward. I haven't been in love with everything Amaro has done this offseason, but he deserves credit for doing that much.
If 2013 should end the same way 2012 did, the Phils will be in a position to completely revamp their roster. Amaro's prudence this offseason makes that possible.
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At this stage though why should we trust Ruben to use that money well? Also, $80+mil sounds like a lot, but when you have as many holes to fill as the Phillies will next year, and have to rely on an expensive FA in almost all those positions, that money is going to go away very, very quickly.
Well this should be a fun thread….
I may be crazy, but I like what Amaro's done. I have been looking at it through this type of lens from the beginning. Sometimes you have to rebuild; this is like a financial rebuilding period. I think Amaro is savvy and smart. The stupid-seeming moves that he has done, I believe, he has done consciously and intentionally. He doesn't have bottomless pockets. What do people really expect? You can't go all in on every hand.
If you think willingly trading for Michael Young and signing Delmon Young are "smart and savvy" moves then I agree, you are crazy,
I don't think all his moves are smart and savvy. I think HE is. There's a difference. Also, it's like what, 750K for Delmon Young? And if Michael Young can recapture a fraction of what he did only two years ago, well then… Also, no one has any suggestion what Ruben could have done without breaking the bank. NO ONE.
Flip Worley to Rockies for Chris Nelson or Jordan Pacheco, sign Nick Swisher to 4/$64m contract (or essentially what Delmon, MYoung, Lannan and Adams are making). Better, younger team for same cost and you hold on to May.
i think the aquisition of young and the signing of D young are only a one year temp fix.they have so many health questions with the three big guys haliday, utley and howard and pending Fa.s for next year they are definately in a transition while striving to be very competitive this year. i'm not expecting anything great this year but they do, if things work out have a chance to get a wild card or posibly a div title. if not you'll see wholesale changes either after the season , or if they're floundering by midseason? i could see a fire sale and a full blown retool.
just an opinion, but i can see this happening. i can understand them not spending big bucks on certain players of this years FA crop. i think rube has a plan. plan A and plan B depending on the health of lots of our players.
publius i don't know if i read this wrong on your comment but . they already dealt worley. and swisher is already signed by another team.
Re: Better, younger team for same cost and you hold on to May.
Swisher on a 4 year deal at 32 and Nelson 28 in September vs D Young 28 in September, Revere 25 in May and M Young at 36 on a one year deal and the 16th pick in the draft makes them younger?
rc – it's just Publius picking apart every go&&amn thing this front office does as if he somehow could do a better job given ALL the variables that go into it.
Or Publius recognizing the fact that Amaro has not demonstrated any great ability to evaluate talent. It doesn't matter that Delmon Young only cost $750k/year. He's a horrible baseball player. Same as Betancourt who's even worse of a baseball player. Yeah, that's only a minor league deal, but what good can come from it?
So far all I've heard from Amaro supporters his wishful thinking. Maybe Young will be good in RF even though he hasn't played the position in 6 years and his former team DH'ed him as much as possible. Maybe Michael Young will rebound at the age of 36. Maybe Revere will learn how to hit anything besides a single. Maybe Ryan Howard will learn to hit lefties for a change (I would hope for $25m/year). What has Amaro done besides inherit a championship team? I'm completely baffled by an support he receives.
Everyone has an opinion…
Jordan Pacheco and Chris Nelson… two utility players heading into their age 27 seasons… Pacheco posted a 91 OPS+ last year. He's a career .308 hitter in the minors with no power to speak of. Nelson posted a 102 OPS+ last year (prior to call ups, he's been in the 60's). Nelson has a little more power but he's a career .282 hitter in the minors and appears to be a butcher in the field (look at his fielding percentages across all levels). Pacheco seems to have a better glove and plays a lot of positions (1B, 3B, C) but I'm not sure either player has a true spot.
Ben Revere > either of those guys… he's younger, plays a premiere defensive position (very well) and is going to get better. He's a guy you can sort of build around – you don't have to worry about center field for the next 5 years. I think May was just progressing too slowly – at the pace he was moving, it's fair to say that Biddle and Pettibone had caught up and the Phillies wanted to commit to those two. You don't need three guys vying for one spot… especially if you feel like you know what you've got. I think Biddle is a stud.
DYoung is so low risk… it's not even worth talking about. If he does what he did two years ago, it's tremendous. You're taking a one year flyer on a guy that will re-enter free agency looking for a multi-year deal – you're giving him a chance to make a lot of money somewhere else.
MYoung is a guy that's playing with a chip on his shoulder… and I think that will be the theme of the 2013 season – playing with a chip on our shoulder.
That television money that you listed as part of your best case scenario incoming funs links to an article from 11 months ago. In the ensuing 11 months, the Phils had a terrific drop in local ratings, and on the whole, have fallen victim contributed to a less leading brand name than when the fans were fired up by 5 relatively excellent years in a row. Add the mystery of Chip Kelly to the sports dollar competition, and a local economy that at best figures to stay afloat, and the freedom from exsisting contracts might be the most positive aspect of monies to get it cranking again. Obviously, all this could develop a rosier plot than this caitionary list, but my point is I'm a little hesitant to take this new television deal as the godsend that's as guaranteed as a birthright. It's probably a good, helpful deal, but I wouldn't take it for granted.
Perhaps the team is willing to live with an empty stadium night after night as long as their cable deal is comparable to the one the Dodgers received. Of course, when cable subscribers are asked to pay through the teeth to defray the cost of the Phillies deal they may find it difficult to recoup their investment.
I'm not sure the Phillies can bank on maintaining large crowds like the smug Eagles and Flyers management has managed to do with their losing teams. T
that hasn't been the case in most baseball cities outside of Boston and New York (Yankees).
At the end of the next cable contract, the team might find itself with no fan base and a fire sale renewal fee for the TV rights.
That's how teams get sold and sometimes have to leave town.
What was that thing that Chicken Little said???
As a flyers fan, I take offense to the Flyers being called a "losing team". After all, they've made the playoffs every year since 1994 except ONCE. Maybe you should do a little before posting your paper thin theories.
I think you're confusing "the sky's falling" with "these guys can't seem to hit a sacrifice fly."
Gosh Dave, the last thing I wanted to do was offend a Flyers fan.
A person could get physically hurt doing that.
Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot, the Broad Street Bullies and that same fan mentality are gone – along with a single championship for the last 39 years. But keep making those payoffs, and hopefully, you'll live long enough to see another Cup.
Like the Eagles and their winningest ex-coach, the Flyers are pure winners.
Again, my sincere apologies for my "paper thin" opinions concerning the team's obviously tremendous successes.
Well, 39 years ago was 1974, and they won the cup in 1974 and 1975. Looks like two to me, but I'm no math major.
…So they have as many championships as the phillies, and have been to the biggest stage more recently than the phils as well. (2009 world series vs. 2010 stanley cup finals). They even won a playoff series last season!
Since we used 39 years to begin this comparison, we might as well stick with it, since that's I suppose some sort of culturally significant number of years.
Since then, the flyers have been to the Stanley Cup Finals 8 times. The Phillies have been to the world series 5 times. 16 losing seasons for the Phillies vs. 6 for the Flyers. (Granted, there was 1 more Phillies season in the mix there).
Certainly, the flyers and their "losing ways" have plagued Philly for a long time.
Publius, how do you know that a Worley to COL deal WASN'T talked about? I am sure they thought of many scenarios and some of them just weren't good fits for either of the trading teams. Swisher…yeah…that would have been a nice signing and i wouldn't have complained about it. Not sure where they were with that one ..
He doesn't know, he doesn't know anything about the inside talks the FO has had with other teams. He doesn't know who they've tried to acquire and who turned them down or asked too much.
It is crystal clear that this FO makes mistakes, every deal you make is a gamble. But I seriously doubt they lack in hustle, that they leave any stone unturned.
I think this is inaccurate.
They've gone on record, multiple times, as saying they don't care about advanced statistics, or sabermetrics. That means, by definition, they are leaving a big stone unturned by intentionally ignoring a facet of the game that can help you better evaluate your players and those you're looking to sign or trade for.
Even if you don't fully subscribe to them as the be all and end all of baseball analysis, to dismiss out of hand is to make a big mistake.
Long time reader, first ever comment:
While the Braves and the Nationals added big name players, the Phillies essentially added Utley, Howard, and Halladay, and shored up others holes such as the bullpen, 3B, and CF; and as the article suggests, they have left plenty of flexibility for the future. I think fans are underestimating what Amaro has accomplished this off-season.
Personally, I am very excited about the upcoming season. Plus, they just resigned Chad Durbin. Another solid under-the-radar move.
Woo, another optimist here. Go Phillies!
(no sarcasm implied)
….wait, how exactly did the Phillies "add" 3 players that were already on the team? And how on earth are you arguing that Howard's bloated contract is a "good" thing?!
Howard's contract is a topic for another thread. This article is about whether or not Amaro did enough this off-season to keep pace with the Nationals and Braves, both of whom added significant pieces to their already good teams, and still leave enough flexibility to retool in 2014 and beyond. I am of the belief that he did.
My point about "adding" Halladay, Utley, and Howard is that this team will be far better than they were last year simply because these three will be healthy for the entire season. Add to these three a much stronger bullpen, improved defense in CF/more speed on the base paths, bounce back seasons from the Youngs, and further development from Ruf and Brown, and this team has the tools to win the East, imho.
I realize this is a rose-colored view of things but why not? It's all about half full or half empty. Sure it could all go wrong but it just as easily could all go right.
Yeah, it's like getting a player back from the DL at the trade deadline. Wait…didn't that happen last year??…..
But this time they are returning before spring training not the trade deadline, and we won't just have them for 70 or 80 games after already digging a huge hole in the standings, but instead will have them for 150+ games. And they won't need time to fully heal after returning prematurely from injury but instead will already be fully recovered and hit the ground running on day one. Seems pretty different.
wow publlius. what he means by saying they have added those three is the fact that for a major chunk of last year those guys weren't on the team because of injury, or not being 100 % healthy. so if they are in fact healthy, it makes the phils much much better. even without halliday at 100% or the other two, the phils were on a 95 win pace in the second half! have faith pal.
Bringing back Durbin is a good thing? At $1.1mm/year? Way to try out the younger, cheaper bullpen arms they already have in the system! How the hell does anyone expect Amaro to rebuild a championship team when he can't even take the chance on bullpen arms that the organization develps?
The Phillies won't be winning any more championships until they demontrate they can once again develop major league talent. Has it been so long since their last World Series that fans forget how much homegrown talent was on that team? It is without a doubt more expensive and error-prone to build through free agency. Look what's happened in Boston. Unfortunately, the only ability Amaro has shown is that he can spend ownership's money. Sometimes intelligently (Hamels, Lee – though I don't think paying market prices is anything exceptional), sometimes carelessly (Howard).
Unfortunately when you have a "core group" of players that are of roughly the same age and are successful, you are often tempted to add one more piece to continue the winning all while you have these core players in their relative prime. This leads to a cycle in which a team forfeits first round picks to sign FA pieces, trades away more valuable farmhands to acquire needed players at the trade deadline while simultaneously receiving lower draft picks on account of winning.
"The Phillies won't be winning any more championships until they demontrate they can once again develop major league talent."
That was the case with the 2008 and 2009 pennant-winners and arguably the case with the 1993 team as well. Daulton and Hollins (originally drafted by the Padres I believe, but made it to the bigs via the Phils Org) led that team in RBIs with 105 and 93 respectively and Morandini was a major spark. Kevin Stocker was also a product of the org. Five out of the 8 position starters on the Whiz Kids came up through the org as well as 4 of the 5 top starters (including aces Roberts and Simmons).
welcome christian to the commenting. i'm with you, i feel the same way. my feelings are all over the place with the team this year! there are so many variables as to what could or couldn't happen it makes my hair fall out! oh wait that already happened! oh well, i welcome your optimisim.
We're definitely in the stage now of damned if you do, damned if you don't.
But Ryan if your assessment of what happened is truly part of a solid long term plan as you laid out, then I'm all for it.
But until your scenario is revealed by RA Jr. himself, (Don't hold your breath waiting for that) none of us will ever really know.
Boy, can I agree with that! Nobody knows for sure what's going on, and, in my opinion, none of Amaro's moves are worth getting bent out of shape over one way or the other.
It was a bad free agent market. No sense spending foolishly, no matter what might be planned or unplanned for the future.
This is an excellent article, and one that points out the need for rebuilding the team with free-agent dollars. Halladay, Utley and a number of other players will be financially motivated to perform this year for future contracts. We will see if this overall play works. I hope it does and I hope we can praise Amaro come October.
There is no evidence out there that players play harder in contract years. http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/13/yankees-phillies-astros-business-sports-bloomberg-baseball.html
I believe you missed the point of what appears to be a nearly 3 year old article. It's not about playing harder, it's about playing better. And as the article fairly mentions, there are counter examples. It doesn't even date back to 3 guys in the Phillies environment (if that means anything at all) that responded to free agent to be status pretty well, Werth, Hamels, and a year away Cliff Lee, who responded very well elsewhere in his actual free agent year. I'll take Halladay and Utley with something to prove 9 days a week. I just hope the medical gods do.
Perhaps you oughta look up Wayne Garland in his free agent year and see how he did.
The point I take from it is that if it's just as easy to find examples on either side, then whether it's a contract year or not is essentially no better than flipping a coin in predicting whether a it will be any better or worse than another year.
Sure, exceptions always exist, but simply assuming that player Y will play harder because he's in a contract year doesn't make sense. Sure, he might be a rare exception, but that's it. Plus, it's not like Chase is internally thinking "oh man, I'm not gonna dive after this ball…OH WAIT I NEED MY SWEET CONTRACT MONIES!" *dives* *injures shoulder*
Having a healthy Utley and Halladay will be enough. To think that they'll play harder simply to earn a bigger paycheck is an insult to them and basic human reasoning.
Once again, a very sensible comment from Schmenkman. He may disturb some people with stats, but he always looks at things logically.
…and Schmenk also does it without the condescension and sarcasm of many other commenters.
Make a post and Publius will try and refute it.
Will not!
Will so! Your turn…
Lol, Robinson Cano is not going anywhere. The Yankees will re-sign him and they actually have more financial flexibility in 2014 than will the Phillies. Johnson, Lincecum, and McCann are broken shells of their former selves leaving Shields and Zobrist as the only real good options from that list. Zobrist gets a lot of his value from his positional flexibility and high OBP which Ruben clearly doesn't value highly and so you're left with James Shields as a potential target for the Phils.
Honestly this years free agent crop looks much better to me than next years group, and the Phils completely punted this offseason.
I agree and in fact have stated in some other inane post that the 2014 FA crop is even worse than this year's. I really hope that some portion of those savings is spent on player scouting and development. The thought of signing Lincecum to a long term contact concerns me and we haven't even started the 2013 season.
IMO, the only single-signing free agent this year who could have created a great enough differential of games won to put the Phils in contention was Josh Hamilton. It would have taken at least two of the next top-rated players to equal Hamilton's (potential) value to the team and that would have likely cost even more. money. Having said that, in any given year, Hamilton is not much less of a risk than Howard
Imagine not one, but two hobbled superstars saddling the team with enormous, long-term salaries.
No easy answers but I sure would have loved to have seen a physically (and mentally) healthy Hamilton in this lineup – especially while they team still enjoys a quality pitching rotation.
For Andrew from Waldorf.
Thanks for the shout out KB.
the guy really is amazing.
He inherits a WS roster and the best farm system in baseball.
And has turned it into this in less than 5 years.
He has GMed on a level of a poster on a site.
Hoarding all the players.
A few simple moves 3 or 4 years ago and you avert this.
The simple ones like last year just not resigning Rollins.
Its like one of the kool aid drinkers from here is calling the shots.
When he gets fired. And its happening this year.
He will NEVER be a GM in the majors again.
So why keep him around now?
Its like a guy in a poker tornament who gets dealt aces in every hand and loses.
But somehow he loses. Amaro has accomplished that.
Glad you saw the article. Neyer sounded more like you than you. I wouldn't describe his job as in jeapordy necessarily, but he's owed 4 mil or so less now than he was a year ago, and I don't get much feel for where Dave Montgomery's head is, or have much feel for the blueprint of what they're trying to do. Let's just say it'll be an interesting season.
While I'm not a huge fan, Ruben would likely get another GM gig in a New York minute.
Like players, there are worse GMs and managers getting regurgitated every few years.
Sometimes they come back to haunt you if only because of what you get in their place.
Wait a minute, Andrew. Was Amaro responsible for the five year aging process that "WS roster" has suffered?
The team won in 2008 did so largely by getting hot, and had exactly ONE really good starting pitcher. Do you honestly beleive the "roster" could have repeated even once without some new players, guys that could only be gained through free agent signings or trades of prospects?
Small moves don't win pennants pennants five years in a row.
Personally, I'm pretty sick of your constant "broken record" drivel, and your claims of expertise.
It's hypocritical to call out others for being condescending, then characterize someone else's posting as drivel.
KC has the option to keep Shields at a reasonable price in 2014 and Tampa has the option to keep Zobrist for cheap salaries in both 2014 and 2015. There are probably others on the list with team options and still others who will be extended before they reach free agency. Therefore, I think it's too early to claim that next offseason's free agents will be better than this offseason's.
I still wish Gillick hadn't traded away Gio Gonzalez for Freddy Garcia. RAJ didn't have to make the move of acquiring Lee for all that money. That money could have been better spent since Lee didn't deliver in game 2 of the 2011 NLDS anyways.
Poor analysis.
The Braves got the Uptons, the Phillies got Young? Yeah did the Phillies have the pieces to trade for Justin Upton. BJ is whatever, nothing solid, I mean I wouldn't have minded him but he strikes out a ton and doesn't hit well at all. How is he going to steal bases and score runs if he's not getting on base.
Comparing the Phillies getting Lannan to the Nats getting Haren is foolish as well. Phillies needed a solid 5th starter and that's exactly what they got. Do you think they should have made a play on Haren? Are you kidding. They don't need the top of rotation pitcher (obviously). What kind of money would be paying this Haren contract.
I think Amaro deserves a B/B+ for this offseason. I'm shaky on the Young deal but our bullpen sure is solid which was TERRIBLE last year (and not too hot the year before that) What he did was make a series of low-mid risk moves with decent to high upsides. You never know what Revere might be able to do as he gets a bit older. He will certainly get on base, score runs and steal bases. I like that move quite a bit considering the other options. What should we have thrown a bunch of long-term money at Bourn who is 30 and who we'd potentially be shaking our heads over in a few years.
C'mon have some optimism and use your mind when analyzing the offseason moves. Comparing apples and oranges in this article. Phils WILL compete for the NL East but likely settle for a WC which I am okay with
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- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup dark corn syrup
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup milk chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup dark raisins
Preparation Directions
- BEAT shortening, milk and vinegar in medium bowl with electric mixer at medium speed. Add hot water; mix well. Stir together flour, cornstarch and salt in a small bowl. Gradually add flour mixture to shortening mixture, mixing until dough forms. Shape into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill at least 1 hour.
- HEAT oven to 400°F. Whisk eggs, corn syrup, sugar, butter, vanilla and cinnamon in large bowl until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
- ROLL dough from center outward with steady pressure on a lightly floured work surface (or between two sheets of wax or parchment paper) into a 11-inch circle. Transfer dough to 9-inch pie plate by loosely rolling around rolling pin. Center the rolling pin over the pie plate, and then unroll, easing dough into pie plate. Trim edges of dough leaving a 3/4-inch overhang. Fold edge under. Flute dough as desired.
- SPRINKLE raisins evenly in bottom of pie crust. Pour filling over raisins. Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Bake an additional 30 minutes or until center is just set. Cool completely on wire rack.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 slice, 1/12 of cake), Calories 380 (Calories from Fat 100), Total Fat 11g (Saturated Fat 4.5g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 370mg, Total Carbohydrate 70g (Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 53g), Protein 4g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 15%, Iron 15%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
* Ensure all recipe ingredients are gluten free by referencing the ingredient labels, as products may vary. If uncertain, contact the ingredient manufacturer.