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Avenged Sevenfold -- Nightmare
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
Let me begin by saying that this might have been my most anticipated release of 2010. The only thing that might have been able to top it for most desired release of the year was if Seether were to get their album finished this year.
This album has been slowly leaked over the past week until someone leaked the whole thing yesterday. Naturally I had already preordered a cd version, but Didn't turn down the leaked copy, to get to hear the whole thing.
The whole record is very good, well executed and produced well. At least so it seems. I am hoping a few of the sound issues I'm hearing are just bad versions for example Buried alive.
Nightmare is in many ways very experimental, even more so than their self titled. This band seems to be able to constantly reinvent themselves on each release, yet have that sound that makes them unmistakable. The guitar tone and Shadows voice as well as sinister gates signature style of guitar solos, stand out as defining their sound. These factors are present on all the records since waking the fallen. However each record has had its own unique sound. I like each of their records for different reasons. I like the rawness of waking the fallen to the experimentation of their self-titled. This one in many ways picks up where the self titled record left off, yet having moments that look back to city of evil, as well as exploring many new directions.
The album opens with Nightmare. The song begins with a bells and a strings intro which sounds sweet, yet dark. It goes into a guitar intro that in some ways reminds me of the way Critical acclaim be opens up the self titled. I have to tip my hat to Mike portnoy's drumming in this song and throughout the album. He is incredibly talented, makes me want to listen to his work with dream theater. He stayed very true to the Rev's style of playing and if I didn't know it wasn't the Rev I wouldn't have been able to tell. The song continues to remind me of critical acclaim or other anthems that would be awesome live. However the chorus is more melodic than critical acclaim. The song has piano in the background, which adds to the overall feel. After the second chorus, the song goes back to the opening riff section, before going into a guitar solo, which is one of the mid tempo varieties, mixing speed and melody. The song then goes into a chugging bridge like section, which showcases shadows chanting and the rhythmic guitar part. I believe that's a d they hit, Which avenged is fond of playing rhythms on that one note. Its not really a breakdown, but its that part that might have been a breakdown if avenged still played metalcore. The song then goes into another section, that is more singing, which then leads back into a final run-through of the chorus. Its one of my favorite tracks on the record. It manages to sound like a bunch of avenged songs, yet unique, almost darker than other songs of the past. It sets the darker tone of the over all record, telling the story of some sort of criminal that ends up in hell punished for his crimes.
Welcome to the family's opening riff reminds me in some ways of the riff in the verse of afterlife, with its unique rhythm. Overall a mid tempo avenged song, that could have found a home on the self titled record. It manages to get into your head. The chorus has a counter melody on guitar, which is common in many Avenged chorus's. The song then goes into something I would almost call a breakdown, before going into a guitar solo which has Gates shredding just a little. It then goes into a melodic bridge section which reminds me of sections of songs on city of evil, like blinded in chains, before segwaying back into the chorus, before going back into that breakdown ish section once again.
Danger line begins with a very staccato guitar rhythm, reminiscent of the intros of burn it down or blinded in chains, yet the rhythm backed by a snare drum remind me of a military march, which fits with the theme of the song. The song then goes into a almost punk feeling drumming, again continuing with the feel of burn it down or blinded in chains. It's a very cool intro. It continues, sounding very much like it could have been on city of evil, which I don't think is a bad thing. The chorus reminds me of the punk feel of Lost off the self titled record. It seems to be about the military, or dying for your country. The song goes then into a more melodic piano break, where shadows voice sounds as it did on some of the clean sections of waking the fallen, or the intro to M.I.A. off city of Evil. This section then continues with again the military sounding drums with a trumpet in the background, where shadows has some very pretty harmonizing vocals with himself. It then goes into a very melodic guitar solo. One that reminds me of that in seize the day, or other such solos. Solos that remind me that Gates is heavily influenced by Slash. The song fades out with piano and drum and someone whistling the melody.
Buried alive opens with a clean guitar riff, perhaps a little like M.I.A. or All things will end, backed by strings. Very pretty and almost haunting. Which becomes very haunting as it goes into the twin harmonizing guitars playing the melody. Here is where I hope that its just a bad version for the sound sounds fuzzy on the copy I have. Shadows vocals remind me of I won't see you tonight part I. To some extent, or maybe Clairvoyant disease. Tit then goes into a distorted guitar driven chorus, almost like I won't see you part I. Would do, even if the songs don't really sound a like its just the best comparison I can find. Shadows vocals on the verses are very good, I like when he sings like that because he's not forcing his voice. Which makes a good contrast with his scratchy yelled chorus. Very emotional. The tempo picks up after the second chorus, with a guitar riff with twin guitar soloing over it. Then it goes into a signature shredding solo by Gates, which reminds me a little of the style of afterlife or other solos of that speed. It then goes into that rhythmic section reminiscent of nightmare's bridge where shadows chant/sings over the guitar rhythm. It goes into a second solo, which combines speed and melody, before more chanted vocals.
Natural born killers starts with a riff that sounds nothing like anything A7X has ever done before. My first thought upon hearing it was it sounded like something a band like mastodon might play, but no one take offense to that I'm not comparing the bands that was just my first thought. That riff leads into this very fast shredding speed metal like part, before going into a riff that reminds me of the self titled album or diamonds in the ruff, I can't for the life of me think what song it reminds me of though. It then goes into a clean channel guitar driven prechorus which reminds me of the post chorus of bat country in sound, or the clean channel driven bridge section in demons. The chorus is good, nothing particularly noteworthy about it though. There isn't as much to say about this track, its solid just nothing incredibly innovative or new about it other than the beginning.
So far away is an acoustic driven ballad type song. It has a very sad tone and lyrics. However, Shadows vocals stand out as some of the best on the record, sounding in his low register such as the intro to gunslinger or the verses to dear god. The band says that all the songs were written prior to the Rev's death, however lyrics of certain songs especially this one make me wonder if all the Lyrics were written before his death because many of them could have been written in their grief and coping with his loss. Its jut overall a very pretty song, complete with two very haunting melodic guitar solos which really make me wish I could play better to learn them.. Its one of my favorite tracks, just because of its sad sweetness. Almost breathtaking in the emotion the playing evokes.
God hates us opens again with a clean channel driven guitar riff like that of buried alive or other similar songs. It goes into a riff which again is unlike avenged's usual style, almost a thrash riff in my opinion. This song introduces shadows growl in brief periods for the first time since waking the fallen, and I believe they are well placed in this song. It is the first avenged song to not have a melodic chorus since, well probably waking the fallen. This track reminds me of waking the fallen, because of the growls and breakdown, but the guitar riffing doesn't sound like anything else Avenged has done previously for the most part. The breakdown is something that would be common on their early material, and show that Pantera are still a influence on them. I'm fairly sure this isn't a cover of anyone, although it sounds different enough from their style in places that it almost could be. The song ends with the soft clean guitars that it started with.
Victim starts out with a single guitar and a chime. Very haunting and dark, with what sounds like operatic vocals in the background. That leads into a section that sounds like a male falsetto vocal line, before leading into the acoustic and clean channel guitar driven sung verse. A very pretty and haunting song. It is one of the longest on the album at almost 8 minutes. It goes into a guitar solo and bridge after the second chorus. This second is followed by a longer guitar solo, again fitting the slower tempo of the song, followed by the chorus again. The song fades out with the falsetto section once again with the lone guitar and drum.
Tonight the world dies is acoustic driven like so far away but the tone is even darker, very minor and sound even more haunting. This continues with shadows very haunting minor key vocals. This song is again a new direction for Avenged. They previously have used acoustics, but before this album they never had so many songs driven by them. The chorus has shadows almost sounding pained as he sings, continuing the theme of bare emotions.
Fiction is piano driven and again dark in tone. It has vocals other than shadows in it, which I assume are the Rev's since it is the song he last wrote before he died. That fact alone gives this song some gravity to add to its already dark sound. The rev and Shadows sing together in octaves, sounding very moving. The piano playing is very prominent, I am not sure who played it I would like to think it was shadows, although he doesn't always do the playing on record. If that is the rev's voice he sings in ways we've never heard him sing before. Its almost creepy to hear his vocals if those are his, knowing he's dead now. At parts he almost seems to be trying to sing like shadows. Which if he was writing the song for shadows voice and making a demo of how it would sound he very well could be trying to sound like him.
Save me clocks in around 10 minutes, the longest track on the record. It opens with a prominent base guitar, which might be the only song of avenged to start that way. It goes into a haunting harmonizing guitar part over a chime and organ section. This one too has a darker gothic almost feel to it like much of the album. There are some whispered vocals before the first verse that add to the sinister feel to the song. This one too sounds unmistakeably like Avenged but doesn't sound like anything else they've ever really done. The tempo picks up for the guitar solo, going from mid tempo to a ore fast speed. It has a longer solo much like the long solo in M.I.A. This is a good song but its length is a bit daunting.
Overall this album is very good. In some ways I feel there are too many slower songs which don't exactly make the record drag, but its definitely a different feel than previous releases due to this. I would give it an 8/10 but I could see this rating going up with repeated listens.
Thanks for reading I hope this was of use to someone, I hope others enjoy the record as much as I did.
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Last edited by The_jman; 07-23-2010 at 06:04 PM.
Please make some paragarphs and spaces in your review. This is really hard to read.
I'm not trying to be rude, but it all started to read together after a while. Spaces would help a lot. From the looks of it, it will be a great album on Tuesday!
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Edit: did that help?
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Last edited by The_jman; 07-23-2010 at 06:05 PM.
Thanks! I did enjoy the album a great deal. Sorry about the spacing issues though I totally didn'trealize it would become a wall of text.
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Why is an Avenged Sevenfold review on a metal site?
I'm not trashing your review or anything, but this is honestly the first time I've bothered to listen to "A7X" and I'm thoroughly unimpressed. That's some pretty generic and poppy sounding shit. Good musicians, but it sounds like bad 80's Ozzy mixed with the worst of the modern Pantera catalogue.... and then seasoned with some emo sensibilities.
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they're not for everyone. I do enjoy them, especially since they got me into many other metal bands.
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I also have a hard time why Avenged Sevenfold constantly keep getting knocked. Sure they are not as heavy as they used to be and to me I think that's for the best. I take songwriting over Heaviness any day.
So they are bit more Mainstream now...So What? What band doesn't try to get more accessible to try to get new fans? Only a handful of bands never change their sound, and very few pull it off (Slayer). I appreciate bands that are will to expieriment musically, it makes it a hell of a lot more interesting to listen to, unless they experiment with shit. A7X has yet to suck IMO.
Also the Rev is one of the reasons I got into Metal, so they will always be a great band to me. Having my biggest influence on drums, Mike Portnoy playing doesn't hurt either.
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The project had an aesthetic sensibility we referred to as "effortless elegance," this notion applies as much to our own methodology as Gulfstream's gorgeous aircraft.
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Users are encouraged to perform a host of complex functions, yet all within a UX that remains easy-to-use, completely intuitive, and uncannily organic.
Creating an augmented reality experience that tops the original isn't easy.
Four gigabytes of raw data fed dynamically into more than 30 images projected per second.
And you thought building an actual private luxury jet was tough!
The Zemoga UI team sweat all the details, and somehow managed to push both native and Web-based tech to the absolute limit.
By increasing runtime performance as much as 600% we were able to transform an iPad into a virtual showroom, assembled in real time right in front of the user's eyes.
And we've only just gotten started...
The application debuted at the NBAA (literally the trade show for the jetset) in October 2012 to overwhelming praise and delight
Hailed by Tray Crow, Gulfstream's director of interior design as a powerful sales tool due to it's ability "...to show clients their vision, real time, right in front of them".
Kmart Kreatures were kreated and shared by the tens of thousands across the country >
How to create an app that translates the creative fun of Halloween into costume conversions at the point of sale? >
Bringing it all together to create an intuitive, compelling, fun user experience >
Translating the strategy into an experience that encourages sharing, repeat plays, and store visits >
A spooky yet stylized game that seamlessly integrates retail inventory to drive sales >
The KMART KREATURE KREATOR boo-sted sales by encouraging customers to create customized Halloween costumes and share with their friends.Get Scary
The "Kostume Kreator" deepens engagement by inviting customers into a playful activity that mixes elements of product selection, social gamification, valuable customer rewards.
Zemoga has partnered with Kmart, one of the nation's largest retailers, for over five years. We've designed and developed compelling digital eCommerce experiences grounded in smart strategy, consistently exceeding expectations.
The eminently successful relationship led to Zemoga's most recent project, the Kreature Kreator, a Halloween gaming app that encouraged customers to customize and share their own Kmart costumes for the holiday.
Insight: The opportunity to build customer engagement by creating online experiences that tap this shared parent-child enthusiasm for the Halloween season is enticing.
Let's roll out a campaign of fun things that everyone can do together online, and one that's fully integrated with retail products, driving sales.
We created an engaging game that not only enabled users to customize their Halloween characters, but do so with actual Kmart inventory.
The result organically blended family holiday fun with a dynamic, sharable shopping experience that compelled repeat plays and the purchase of chosen and recommended products.
We wanted the game to appeal to the widest possible audience, so created a gallery of characters all our customers could identify with and costume up.
By creating an online destination that mom wants to visit with her kids, Kmart promotes family bonding (while also reinforcing the quality, style and value she's come to expect from Kmart).
It also lets her share her experiences with other Moms, taking pride in the engagement she's created for her kids and swapping ideas on how to keep the party going all year long -- with the help of Kmart products.
We started with a selection of 90 retail Kmart costumes, and created an entirely new illustrated and digitally rendered style for them.
Each simulation had to match perfectly with all the characters and accessories, and help drive sales of the actual costumes they represented.
The game dynamics were complicated enough to design and develop, let alone deploy across multiple gadget types, screen sizes, and operating systems.
Our expertise in optimization and responsive design seamlessly translated our unique Zemoga user experience to a segmented, demanding, but enthralled audience.
Kmart Outdoor and Seasonal team's first digital foray into a dedicated social engagement program was a huge success.
Thousands of bloggers embedded the widget version of the Kreator in their site, driving thousands of new "Halloween minded" visitors into the Kmart website's seasonal section.
Visitors created an amazing variety of personalized Kreatures shared with friends across Facebook and Sear's Shop Your Way Rewards program. Fans voted for their favorite Kreatures and the top Kreators were awarded with prizes.
Kmart has enjoyed record seasonal sales, with multichannel engagement strategies including the Kreature Kreator integral to their integrated campaign tactics.
Results and metrics that outran expectations >
How to create an immersive and engaging showroom-like experience? >
Bringing the visionary experience to life on multiple platforms >
Creating a user experience as gorgeous and easy to operate as the vehicle itself >
An interface embodying the Toyota's personality and transformation >
Avalon, Toyota's flagship sedan, was redesigned for the first time in 9 years -- so needed a "hand-raiser" marketing campaign equally innovative, resonant, and exciting. Zemoga drove that process to stellar results three months before the cars even hit the showroom floor, and six months before any advertising.Click here for a test drive
"The Avalon Experience" raises hands across America for Toyota's latest redesign with multichannel digital resonance -- hop aboard!
Avalon's redesign was nine years in the making, so our market conditioning campaign had to be equally special. Set to deliver 50,000 hand raisers in six month, we hit that goal in six weeks -- talk about marketing overdrive!
Avalon drivers aren't interested in sharing their feelings about a brand, in so much as experiencing an internal projection of their self-worth. So our digital engagement had to be worthy of their time, compelling them to revisit a brand they'd come to love for nine unchanged years.
After experimenting with various forms of navigation and user engagement, we realized that "serendipitous discovery" best captured the essence of how our audiences saw themselves and the car of their dreams.
Sensitive to the legacy nature of a brand with a loyal following, we designed the site with depth and detail.
At every turn users are invited and encouraged to learn more, raise their hands, and express their opinions about where their favorite vehicle is headed.
Loyal customers adore Avalon, so our job was to capture that brand magic and bring it to life. We focused on the evolution of the design transformation, creating a digital experience with the unique textures and scintillating ambience exemplified by the revitalized Avalon.
Avalon is a luxury automobile built to last. Our digital experiences embody that same sense of quality and refinement, regardless of channel -- so whether you take a test spin on a tablet, smartphone, or desktop computer, your Avalon experience makes your want to come back for more.
Toyota set a goal of 50,000 pre-sale hand raises for Avalon in six months -- we delivered that in six weeks, already well over 110,000 and counting. So when it comes to performance nothing can top the new Avalon -- or its digital campaign from Zemoga!
"We live to make the connection between technology and simplifying people's lives"
DJ has been in the digital space for over 25 years. Voted a 2011 "Power 50 Influencers" by Near Shore America's DJ is a Board Member of The Society of Digital Agencies & The NEA. He has spoken at SXSW, NY's AdWeek, Moscow's Digital Conf., ePharma, & Mashable's NextUp. He has judged Clio's, been stalked by Timberlake, run with the bulls & sung at Carnegie Hall. His mother thinks he's a blow hard.
"Empowering our clients to make the best decisions allows us to build the strongest partnerships – and the most successful ones."
Kristen has several years of experience managing client partnerships and award-winning projects at both large and small marketing agencies. Her work and experience spans several verticals including Pharmaceutical, Telecomm, CPG & Education. In 2012, she was awarded the Bronze Stevie Award for Female Executive of the Year in recognition for her work.
"We are here to get things done… period. That makes us the right kind of enablers "
Being a facilitator by nature and engineer by profession enables Carlos to provide the right mix of management and hands-on support to bring Zemoga's digital solutions to life. His background in management comes from previous digital delivery experience in the logistics and medical fields. Carlos is the go-to guy that everyone likes to go to.
"It's not just mixing art and science. It's about creating the best balance between them with a clear objective"
Andres combines his skills in both visual and technical areas to provide best user experiences for traditional web, mobile and other devices. With over 13 years of experience in the digital field, Andres is a passionate about front end development, rich media experiences and multi-screen solutions.
"Big ideas are important, but attention to details is what really differentiates a great experience from the rest"
Digital creative with more than 15 years of experience in UX and interactive design. His work has been lauded by the industry and has worked in the creation and direction of killer experiences for companies in different industries in LATAM and the US market. This is an idea guy with a keen eye.
"The key idea to get right in software is interface. Any great software is a representation of an existing useful system"
Mobile application specialist with 6 years experience. He has proven his mettle working as a CTO and technology lead of different and agencies and startups. He loves everything mobile and has a strong passion for cutting edge technology.


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Hey dear Forest People,
to better learn English (I speak not so good) I want to drive for about two weeks to Edinburgh. I have written to the forest-team team and Kata answered me and said I would definitely find a space to work in the forest-café. Now I have just booked a flight and come on 9 January to Edinburgh. I do not have much money and therefore would be very glad if I could sleep at any place of you. It does not matter if it's just a few days or a night I think i will find something else.
To make a little picture of me: I am 26 years old, from Switzerland and woodcarver.
In addition to our workshop http://www.schnitzophren.com we do a little shop in Which We have different events. At the moment a bit sparse but that will come back. Small concerts, lectures, public kitchen, cinema. We are so much ..... in our neighborhood and organize small festivals, second-hand markets
All the mail - I have written has kata posted at: http://www.theforest.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=8352&view=unread#unread
I look forward to Scotland and hope that I will understand you.


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She's nearly blind now but has no problem navigating her mall.
SALEM, Ore. — Caroline Knutson's daughters call her "the original mall walker" for good reason.
The 88-year-old is nearly blind. She stopped driving years ago and relies on a walker. But if she's feeling well and it's not icy outside, she refuses to miss her morning exercise at Lancaster Mall here.
Her two daughters will go to just about any lengths to honor Knutson's wish to walk. They notice their mother is in better spirits when she keeps her routine.
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"As long as she wants to do it, I'll do my best to be there for her," daughter Margaret Donato says.
Her other daughter, Ellen Goad, nods in agreement.
With their assistance, Knutson appears in her black tennis shoes at the side entrance of the mall early most weekday mornings, just as she has since 1982.
She makes one loop through the long corridors — about a half mile — and then she's ready for breakfast.
In 1982, Knutson was 57 years old. She wore thick black-rimmed glasses and a lipsticked smile.
Her husband, Lester, still was alive. She drove a red Ford Bronco, and people knew it was her when she pulled into the parking lot. Lancaster Mall, which opened in 1971, just started exploring a nationwide trend of opening early so people could exercise and walk the long halls in the morning.
Knutson and her husband had moved from South Dakota here in 1960 with their eight children. It didn't take long for Knutson to join an exercise group, and she and her friends latched onto the new reason to visit the mall. They sped through six to eight laps and enjoyed chatting as they made the rounds.
Sometimes they would shop afterward. Other times they would go out to breakfast.
Their foundation as mall walkers was established.
Knutson doesn't recognize any faces from when she first started walking in 1982, but it remains her routine.
Most mornings, Donato drives her mother to the mall, where Goad meets them and helps unload their walkers. It's dark when the trio arrives and the sky is only slightly lighter when they leave.
Once in the mall Tuesday, Knutson doesn't waste time.
"Here we go!" she says, pulling ahead of her daughters and taking the long corridors alone. She stays to the right as she rounds the first bend.
A stuffed Tasmanian devil tied to the front of her walker faces outward to the world ahead. It was a gift from her daughter, Beverly, who died in 2006.
Knutson cruises past shuttered stores as her daughters trail behind. Goad recalls the time she caught up with her mom and heard her singing along to Christmas carols playing over the mall speakers.
The mall is nearly empty with the exception of an early morning Starbucks crew, a security officer and a couple of other walkers, who wave and nod at Knutson as she passes by even though she can't make out the features on their faces.
Later, when asked how she navigates the mall with such poor vision, she chuckles through her response: "I've walked there since 1982. I know that mall."
Not only has the mall saved her a gym membership, but she has come to love the idea that strangers know her name and care about her.
Walkers can navigate their favorite mall any time it's open without having to worry about safety or poor weather. Experts say people should aim for 30 minutes of physical activity each day, more if they want to lose weight.
Since there's no membership, no one really knows the number of mall walkers across the country though individual malls often have an idea of how many come before the stores open.
Lancaster Mall's marketing director, Katie Brogan, said the community aspect is a major draw.
"Some of it's health and fitness, but I think a lot of it is the sense of community," Brogan said.
Sure enough, as Knutson finishes her lap and prepares to leave, Sharon and Steve Hutchens, who have walked at the mall since the mid-1990s, intercept her with arms open.
"She's my honey," Steve Hutchens said, wrapping his arm around Knutson's shoulder. "I call her 'Speedy.'"
A morning routine
The second half of Knutson's morning routine is breakfast at Dairy Queen. She and her daughters settle in and place their orders, though it's really not necessary.
"I know what she wants before she knows what she wants," cook Lorna Johnson said.
She whips up the "Caroline Special," a breakfast burrito sans the tortilla and slices of oranges arranged in a fan on the plate. As they eat, Knutson and her daughters chat about the past, the ever-changing world and their places in it. When asked what she was like in 1982, soft-spoken Knutson doesn't mince words.
"I was just fat," she says.
She started walking at the mall with TOPS, a nonprofit wellness support group with meetings around the country, so she could lose weight.
"That's 'Take Off Pounds Sensibly,' " she says, spelling out the acronym with one manicured finger.
She's always kept the same walking routine at the mall even as it changed around her.
She kept walking through her own life transitions: the death of her husband in 1997 and heart surgery in 2003. A doctor suggested she use a treadmill, but Knutson wouldn't have it.
"I'm a mall walker!" Donato remembers her mother proclaiming to the doctor.
Knutson turns 89 in February, and she isn't planning on relinquishing her title as the "original mall walker" any time soon.
She'll keep going, she says, "as long as I can put one foot in front of the other."
A man in Denver walks the mall everyday at 104-years-old. Originally from Ethiopia, Mekey Yetashawork offers his tips on how to stay young and healthy. VPC
VIDEO: Denver 104-year-old walks mall every day for 12 years


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Like 99% of people that start one, this blog has gotten stagnant. It's hard to come up with topics that I have something interesting to say about, and even harder to find time to post them. Hence, I haven't posted one in 13 months. But I was so irritated by the experience I had this afternoon with one of my favorite places to visit that I had to dust it off and post this. Enjoy.
No, this isn't a post about my car. It's about Road America – yes, the "RDAMCA" license plate I have on my Mustang is in reference to the fantastic Wisconsin racetrack that has helped develop my passion for racing and cars. I try and make it back at least once a year, even though I now live in Kansas City. I've got a track map framed in our house, next to a framed illustration of a group of race car drivers throughout history hanging out in Elkhart Lake, WI (where Road America is located). I love that place. Love it.
I went back in July of this year for their epic vintage racing weekend. As part of most race weekends there, a lunchtime event called "track touring" takes place; that's a time for ordinary people to take their street cars onto the racetrack and experience what it's like to drive the track, with controlled speeds, of course. This was my second time doing the track touring and I had some concerns about how the event was run, so when I got back to KC, I wrote a letter expressing my concerns and offering some solutions. If you'd like to read the letter, download it here.
I didn't expect them to call, thank me profusely and tell me all my ideas were being implemented immediately. But I did expect to at least receive a form letter or email, thanking me for writing. It's now October 18 (almost three months later) and I've received nothing. So, I went to Twitter today and tweeted at @roadamerica, which you can see below:
Ok, this response was kind of vague and mildly sarcastic but no big deal. So I replied.
More unnecessary, insulting sarcasm. Don't get me wrong, I love sarcasm – just ask my wife. But not in this way. So I replied once more.
And this person still doesn't realize I'm getting more and more irritated, or they just don't care – either excuse is bad. Would it have been that hard to respond with "Sorry to hear that – not sure what happened. I'll DM you the correct person that it should go to in a sec." Or even better, "Email it to me – I'll make sure it gets to the right person." Not to mention this person not understanding the purpose of retweeting – it's to share answers/info that your other followers might find useful. Pretty sure most of their followers don't care about my simple question.
It's not like I was trying to write a letter to Tim Cook or Alan Mulally; we're talking about a privately-owned business that has 10 people listed in their staff directory. Two of those ten people are the Marketing & Promotions manager and the Communications manager. Two people that should care enough about the brand they represent to make sure whomever manages their social media accounts does it right. And this sure as heck isn't it.
Instead of taking the 30 seconds to help me, they took the sarcastic way out. So I'm going to use the power that I have by posting about it, and probably using this in future case studies, presentations, etc. about the wrong way to use social media. I did email my letter to the Track Operations manager, so we'll see if he responds or not.
That response won't change the point of this post though: if you're going to have a social media presence, do it right. Don't use it to anger your loyal fans.
EDIT: Finally received responses from Road America today (10/19), the morning after I posted this.
That's all I was looking for…in August. It's just disappointing that it took a bunch of tweets and me calling them out in a blog post to get the canned, basic response that meets average customer service standards. I shouldn't be baffled by great brands that can't even get basics right, but this is just one of many examples out there. It's a great reminder that, as marketers, we can't ignore the basics even as we chase the next big thing.


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Deepali's space.I just used half the quantity and it was a leaner bread:-).Not only is it healthy , itis easy since no yeast and not fatty...no butter:-)
Whole Wheat Flour 3 cups
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Baking Soda 1 tsp
Oats 1 cup
Salt 1/2 tsp
Honey 1 tbsp
Butter 1 1/2 tbsp
Milk2 cups
Preheat oven to 200 C. Grease loaf tin.
Combine all dry ingredients.
Mix in butter using your fingers.
Now add milk & honey, until it is well combined.
Pour batter in prepared pan, sprinkle some oats on top & bake for 45-50 mins.
Serve warm.
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Max Carey...
Babe Adams, SP (1906-1907, 1909-1916, 1918-1926) - 4th Year
Chief Bender, SP (1903-1917, 1925) - 13th Year
George H. Burns, 1B (1914-1927) - 1st Year
George J. Burns, LF (1911-1925) - 5th Year
Joe Bush, SP (1912-1928) - 2nd Year
Max Carey, CF (1910-1929) - 1st Year
Wilbur Cooper, SP (1912-1926) - 4th Year
Stan Coveleski, SP (1912, 1916-1928) - 2nd Year
Gavvy Cravath, RF (1908-1909, 1912-1920) - 10th Year
Bill Doak, SP (1912-1924, 1927-1929) - 1st Year
Johnny Evers, 2B (1902-1917, 1922, 1929) - 9th Year
Jack Fournier, 1B (1912-1918, 1920-1927) - 3rd Year
Larry Gardner, 3B (1908-1924) - 6th Year
Wally Gerber, SS (1914-1915, 1917-1929) - 1st Year
Hank Gowdy, C (1910-1917, 1919-1925, 1929-1930) - 1st Year
Heinie Groh, 3B (1912-1927) - 3rd Year
George Harper, RF (1916-1918, 1922-1929) - 1st Year
Harry Hooper, RF (1909-1925) - 5th Year
Baby Doll Jacobson, CF (1915, 1917, 1919-1927) - 3rd Year
Ed Konetchy, 1B (1907-1921) - 9th Year
Tommy Leach, 3B/CF (1898-1915, 1918) - 13th Year
Rube Marquard, SP (1908-1925) - 5th Year
Carl Mays, SP (1915-1929) - 1st Year
Lee Meadows, SP (1915-1929) - 1st Year
Johnny Mostil, CF (1918, 1921-1929) - 1st Year
Art Nehf, SP (1915-1929) - 1st Year
Del Pratt, 2B (1912-1924) - 6th Year
Ed Reulbach, SP (1905-1917) - 13th Year
Ray Schalk, C (1912-1929) - 1st Year
Bob Shawkey, SP (1913-1926) - 3rd Year
Urban Shocker, SP (1916-1928) - 2nd Year
Jack Smith, CF/OF (1915-1929) - 1st Year
Billy Southworth, RF (1913, 1915, 1918-1927, 1929) - 1st Year
Joe Tinker, SS (1902-1916) - 14th Year
Hippo Vaughn, SP (1908, 1910-1921) - 9th Year
Bobby Veach, LF (1912-1925) - 5th Year
Ken Williams, LF (1915-1929) - 1st Year
Ivey Wingo, C (1911-1926, 1929) - 1st Year
Joe Wood, SP (1908-1915, 1917, 1919-1920) - 8th Year
Ross Youngs, RF (1917-1926) - 4th Year
None of the Above (Blank Ballot)
Max Carey...
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Catcher (5)
King Kelly - 138 OPS+ (6455 PA) - Also Listed at RF
Deacon White - 127 OPS+ (6972 PA) - Also Listed at 3B
Deacon McGuire - 101 OPS+ (6932 PA)
Duke Farrell - 99 OPS+ (6254 PA)
Ray Schalk - 83 OPS+ (6217 PA)
Of this list, only McGuire, Farrell, and Schalk can definitively be called catchers. I knew catchers had poor longevity, but I didn't realize just how rare 6000 PA has been for a catcher. Notice that the other two primary catchers we've elected, Bresnahan and Bennett aren't even on the list. I'm going to seriously reconsider McGuire and Farrell at the next VC election and give Schalk some extra thought as well.
First Base (25)
Dan Brouthers - 170 OPS+ (7658 PA)
Roger Connor - 153 OPS+ (8837 PA)
Harry Stovey - 143 OPS+ (6832 PA) - Also listed at LF
Jack Fournier - 142 OPS+ (6033 PA)
Cap Anson - 141 OPS+ (11319 PA)
Jake Beckley - 125 OPS+ (10470 PA)
George Sisler - 124 OPS+ (9013 PA)
Ed Konetchy - 122 OPS+ (8664 PA)
Harry Davis - 119 OPS+ (7379 PA)
Jake Daubert - 117 OPS+ (8742 PA)
Dan McGann - 117 OPS+ (6047 PA)
Joe Judge - 114 OPS+ (9171 PA)
John Anderson - 114 OPS+ (6768) - Also Listed at LF
George H. Burns - 113 OPS+ (7233 PA)
Hal Chase - 112 OPS+ (7939 PA)
Fred Tenney - 109 OPS+ (8807 PA)
Lu Blue - 109 OPS+ (7207 PA)
George Kelly - 109 OPS+ (6565 PA)
Fred Merkle - 109 OPS+ (6426 PA)
Stuffy McInnis - 105 OPS+ (8623 PA)
Jack Doyle - 105 OPS+ (6566 PA)
Wally Pipp - 104 OPS+ (7820 PA)
Tommy Tucker - 102 OPS+ (7266 PA)
Dots Miller - 95 OPS+ (6476 PA) - Also Listed at 2B
Charlie Comiskey - 82 OPS+ (6035 PA)
This actually makes me feel a lot better about Jake Beckley's election. After the big three (Anson, Brouthers, and Connor) and Stovey who was really more of an OFer, Beckley seems to stand out both in level of production and longevity. I think this also demonstrates that other than the 1880s when the big three were at it, 1B has not been the offensive-heavy position that it started to become in the 1920s and 1930s.
Second Base (25)
Napoleon Lajoie - 150 OPS+ (10460 PA)
Eddie Collins - 141 OPS+ (12037 PA)
Hardy Richardson - 130 OPS+ (6029 PA) - Also Listed at LF
Larry Doyle - 126 OPS+ (7382 PA)
Cupid Childs - 119 OPS+ (6758 PA)
Jimmy Williams - 115 OPS+ (6112 PA)
Del Pratt - 112 OPS+ (7609 PA)
Miller Huggins - 107 OPS+ (6800 PA)
Tom Daly - 107 OPS+ (6483 PA)
Bid McPhee - 106 OPS+ (9409 PA)
Johnny Evers - 106 OPS+ (7210 PA)
Marty McManus - 102 OPS+ (7563 PA) - Also listed at 3B
Claude Ritchey - 101 OPS+ (6822 PA)
Dots Miller - 95 OPS+ (6476 PA) - Also Listed at 1B
Buck Herzog - 96 OPS+ (6047 PA) - Also Listed at 3B and SS
John Ward - 92 OPS+ (8084 PA) - Also Listed at SS
Fred Pfeffer - 92 OPS+ (7108 PA)
George Cutshaw - 87 OPS+ (6213 PA)
Bobby Lowe - 86 OPS+ (7741 PA)
Bill Hallman - 84 OPS+ (6596 PA)
Sparky Adams - 83 OPS+ (6174 PA) - Also Listed at 3B
Lou Bierbauer - 83 OPS+ (6007 PA)
Kid Gleason - 78 OPS+ (8198 PA)
Bill Wambsganss - 78 OPS+ (6097 PA)
Joe Quinn - 76 OPS+ (6879 PA)
So 2B is on par with 1B in terms of frequency of longevity. In respect to Del Pratt, who is currently on the ballot, I think this shows that he's about where I thought he was, around the border.
Third Base (21)
Frank Baker - 135 OPS+ (6660 PA)
Deacon White - 127 OPS+ (6972 PA) - Also Listed at 3B
Heinie Groh - 118 OPS+ (7035 PA)
Jimmy Collins - 113 OPS+ (7452 PA)
Tommy Leach - 109 OPS+ (9051 PA)
Joe Sewell - 109 OPS+ (8329 PA) - Also Listed at SS
Larry Gardner - 109 OPS+ (7685 PA)
Bill Bradley - 108 OPS+ (6046 PA)
Billy Nash - 104 OPS+ (6719 PA)
Marty McManus - 102 OPS+ (7563 PA) - Also Listed at 2B
Harry Steinfeldt - 102 OPS+ (6694 PA)
Lave Cross - 100 OPS+ (9710 PA)
Milt Stock - 98 OPS+ (6951 PA)
Buck Herzog - 96 OPS+ (6047 PA) - Also Listed at 2B and SS
Arlie Latham - 92 OPS+ (7502 PA)
Jimmy Austin - 90 OPS+ (6302 PA)
Terry Turner - 89 OPS+ (6658 PA)
Eddie Foster - 89 OPS+ (6317 PA)
Billy Shindle - 88 OPS+ (6326 PA)
Sparky Adams - 83 OPS+ (6174 OPS+) - Also Listed at 2B
Howie Shanks - 82 OPS+ (6414 OPS+) - Also Listed at LF
I think this shows that a combination of longevity and above-average offensive production has been pretty rare at 3B and that perhaps we do need to reassess our expectations here. I think this also helps the cases for Groh, Leach, and Gardner. Not counting White, who played a lot at catcher, Groh looks to be the second best hitting 3Bmen we've seen (given decent longevity), and as others have commented earlier, he was no slouch defensively. Leach and Gardner, at just 109 OPS+, are tied for the fourth highest OPS+ (not counting White and tied with Sewell who really is a SS). Leach also has 1500-3000 more PA than anyone on the list except Lave Cross, though Leach could also be termed a CF (and I believe his defensive mastery of two important defensive positions is to his credit). I think when a 109 OPS+ is tied for the 4th (or 5th if counting White) highest over a 60+ year period among players with decent longevity, it demonstrates that perhaps 3B should be considered more of a defensive position during the time we're looking at. Even 2B has more players with a higher OPS+ and the requisite longevity, with 7 players above 109.
Shortstop (23)
Honus Wagner - 150 OPS+ (11739 PA)
George Davis - 121 OPS+ (10151 PA)
Ed McKean - 114 OPS+ (7610 PA)
Jack Glasscock - 112 OPS+ (7535 PA)
Bill Dahlen - 109 OPS+ (10390 PA)
Joe Sewell - 109 OPS+ (8329 PA) - Also Listed at 3B
Bobby Wallace - 105 OPS+ (9612 PA)
Art Fletcher - 105 OPS+ (6039 PA)
Dave Bancroft - 98 OPS+ (8244 PA)
Buck Herzog - 96 OPS+ (6047 PA)
Joe Tinker - 95 OPS+ (7145 PA)
Herman Long - 94 OPS+ (8493 PA)
John Ward - 92 OPS+ (8084 PA) - Also Listed at 2B
Donie Bush - 91 OPS+ (8374 PA)
Terry Turner - 89 OPS+ (6658 PA)
Roger Peckinpaugh - 87 OPS+ (8383 PA)
Monte Cross - 80 OPS+ (6711 PA)
Germany Smith - 75 OPS+ (6995 PA)
Tommy Corcoran - 74 OPS+ (9368 PA)
Ivy Olson - 74 OPS+ (6630 PA)
Mickey Doolan - 72 OPS+ (6598 PA)
Everett Scott - 65 OPS+ (6373 PA)
George McBride - 65 OPS+ (6235 PA)
I don't think there are many surprises here, though frequency of longevity is almost on par with 1B (and 2B). I also think this supports the argument I made earlier that Dave Bancroft, while perhaps not so impressive in a greater historical context, may have stood out more in his time than some better shortstops from earlier generations. I also think we were too quick to dismiss Ed McKean, though his defense is certainly a concern.
Corner OF (33)
Ed Delahanty - 152 OPS+ (8389 PA)
Elmer Flick - 149 OPS+ (6414 PA)
Sam Thompson - 146 OPS+ (6502 PA)
Sam Crawford - 144 OPS+ (6502 PA)
Harry Stovey - 143 OPS+ (6832 PA) - Also Listed at 1B
Billy Hamilton - 141 OPS+ (6268 PA) - Also Listed at CF
Jesse Burkett - 140 OPS+ (9605 PA)
King Kelly - 138 OPS+ (6455 PA) - Also Listed at C
Mike Tiernan - 137 OPS+ (6716 PA)
Sherry Magee - 136 OPS+ (8546 PA)
Jim O'Rourke - 133 OPS+ (9051 PA)
Joe Kelley - 133 OPS+ (8120 PA)
Fred Clarke - 132 OPS+ (9819 PA)
Hardy Richardson - 130 OPS+ (6029 PA) - Also Listed at 2B
Zack Wheat - 129 OPS+ (9996 PA)
Bobby Veach - 127 OPS+ (7557 PA)
Willie Keller - 126 OPS+ (9594 PA)
Jimmy Ryan - 123 OPS+ (9106 PA) - Also Listed at CF
Hugh Duffy - 122 OPS+ (7827 PA) - Also Listed at CF
Kip Selbach - 121 OPS+ (7089 PA)
Jimmy Sheckard - 120 OPS+ (9118 PA)
Bob Meusel - 118 OPS+ (6028 PA)
Harry Hooper - 114 OPS+ (10244 PA)
George J. Burns - 114 OPS+ (8251 PA)
Frank Schulte - 114 OPS+ (7413 PA)
John Anderson - 114 OPS+ (6768 PA)
Sam Rice - 112 OPS+ (10246 PA)
Jack Tobin - 109 OPS+ (6782 PA)
Duffy Lewis - 108 OPS+ (6007 PA)
Charlie Jamieson - 101 OPS+ (7488 PA)
Patsy Donovan - 97 OPS+ (8133 PA)
Shano Collins - 90 OPS+ (7036 PA)
Howie Shanks - 82 OPS+ (6414 PA) - Also Listed at 3B
Since a lot of these guys spent time bouncing around the OF, I thought I'd just group them together as corner OFers. Looking at this, it's not that surprising to me that we've elected a number of players here. There are a lot of players grouped very closely together that makes it difficult to distinguish and create a clear cutoff. Bobby Veach looks to be the line here, but I don't think he's that far removed, if at all from our standards, though he would definitely be near the bottom. Mike Tiernan stands out though. He's the only player among the first 15 players that we haven't elected, and with Bobby Veach, one of only two among the first 19. So Tiernan would appear to be well within our standards, especially when you factor in his baserunning. He might be in line for some extra consideration from the VC.
Center Field (23)
Ty Cobb - 167 OPS+ (13072 PA)
Tris Speaker - 158 OPS+ (11988 PA)
Billy Hamilton - 141 OPS+ (6268 PA) - Also Listed at LF
George Gore - 135 OPS+ (6104 PA)
Paul Hines - 131 OPS+ (7470 PA)
Edd Roush - 126 OPS+ (8156 PA)
Cy Williams - 125 OPS+ (7720 PA)
Jimmy Ryan - 123 OPS+ (9106 PA) - Also Listed at RF
Mike Griffin - 123 OPS+ (6832 PA)
Roy Thomas - 123 OPS+ (6575 PA)
Ginger Beaumont - 123 OPS+ (6281 PA)
Hugh Duffy - 122 OPS+ (7827 PA) - Also Listed at corner OF
George Van Haltren - 121 OPS+ (8979 PA)
Cy Seymour - 119 OPS+ (6204 PA)
Fielder Jones - 111 OPS+ (7894 PA)
Baby Doll Jacobson - 111 OPS+ (6072 PA)
Dummy Hoy - 110 OPS+ (8369 PA)
Tommy Leach - 109 OPS+ (9051 PA)
Clyde Milan - 109 OPS+ (8312 PA)
Dode Paskert - 108 OPS+ (6997 PA)
Max Carey - 107 OPS+ (10770 PA)
Steve Brodie - 102 OPS+ (6314 PA)
Tom Brown - 100 OPS+ (8182 PA)
Looking at this, I can see why it could be argued that Ryan, Duffy, and Van Haltren have noticeably lowered our standards. It isn't like the corner OF positions where there are lots of players grouped together at a higher level. Here, Ryan, Duffy, and Van Haltren all appear to be a noticeable tick below the other inductees. However, I still strongly believe that once Duffy and Van Haltren were elected, we could not leave Ryan out. In respect to Tommy Leach, his offense doesn't stand out as much here as it does at 3B. But he played roughly 1000 games at each position and I do think it's very much to his credit that he played excellent defense at both (giving him extra value in terms of the team's flexibility), that he had good longevity, and that he was a very good hitter by 3B standards, and a pretty decent hitter by CF standards.
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It could very well just mean that just coincidentally, there only happened to be 4 or 5 thirdbasemen who were of hall of fame quality playing between the 1870s and the 1920s. I don't see why that's such a problem. It's not like we have 17 hall of famers at each of the other positions. Right now we only have 5 catchers and 5 RFers. Groh will likely get in eventually. That will make four 3Bmen. If Deacon White were moved to 3B you could end up with five 3Bmen and only four catchers. Sewell will likely go in, but mainly as a SS. One of the positions has to coincidentally end up with the fewest hall of famers, and it just happens to be 3B right now, but the position does not have so many fewer inductess that we should be wondering about it.
I think we are building a good case for Groh and will get him in soon. There's also the arbitrary figure of 6,000 plate appearances. Given how short the seasons were in the 19th century, you don't see as many players from then who have the kind of totals of plate appearances as recent electees like Speaker and Cobb. If you drop the total to 4000 plate appearances you get the following great offensive 3Bmen:
Joyce - 144 OPS+
Lyons - 138 OPS+
McGraw - 135 OPS+
I don't think there's any cause for alarm here, and if groh gets in soon maybe we can drop the worry over 3Bmen.
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Max Carey
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Heinie Groh
Tommy Leach
Joe Tinker
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Hey, this is my public apology for suddenly disappearing and missing out on any projects I may have neglected.
I can see reassessing our expectations of offensive production at 3B for the early guys, as the position did seem to emphasize defense more before the lively ball. I don't see why 3B would be so dramatically affected in terms of longevity, though. Catcher, I certainly understand--even in 2009, they don't last as long as other position players, and back then, they had less sophisticated medicine and gear that provided a good deal less protection. If someone can provide some real explanation as to why that should happen, I'll certainly listen, but until I'm convinced there's a reason inherent in the demands of the position, I'm not apt to compromise much on that score. Now, I don't look at 7000 PA as a cutoff in the strictest sense, as a guy with offense like Frank Baker's can certainly overcome his fairly small shortfall in PA--but it is something that requires making up some ground. The bigger question to me is what level of offense should set the same kind of standard for early 3B?
Seen on a bumper sticker: If only closed minds came with closed mouths.
Some minds are like concrete--thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
A Lincoln: I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
I hope you aren't going to revive this old canard.
We can "definitively" call Deacon White a catcher.
We should call him a "primary catcher". He was 34.4 years old when he became a regular 3B spring 1882, with ten games at thirdbase on his resume. White isn't a difficult case like Jim O'Rourke, lacking any regular position when he was in his prime (before he settled finally in leftfield at age 37.7). White was his team's regular catcher in ten of his first eleven professional seasons, 1869-76 and 78-79, spanning ages 21 to 31 except 29.
It's the Same Old Song, over and over, counts of major league "games" or "at bats" or "plate appearances" naively presented as descriptive measures of careers. (not only by Mike)
That, and just the coinicidence that three great hiting 3Bmen of the 19th century had very short careers, and other great players who played some 3B ended up playing more at other spots.
I can't wait to get Groh in now so we can get past the 3B discussions.
--White had a pretty full career as a superstar catcher. that was followed by a second career as an okay thirdbaseman. Had he played third instead of catcher in the 1870s he would have been the best 3B of the 18th century - and possibly of all time. He didn't though and is claim to greatness is almost entirely based on his play as a catcher.
Bumping up.
Here's who I have eligible for next year:
Pete Alexander
Dave Bancroft
Hal Carlson - May not be on ballot
Eddie Collins
Hank DeBerry - Likely won't be on ballot
Howard Ehmke
Ira Flagstead
Patsy Gharrity - Likely won't be on ballot
Sammy Hale - Likely won't be on ballot
Bubbles Hargrave
Carmen Hill - Likely won't be on ballot
Bob Meusel
Johnny Morrison - May not be on ballot
George Sisler
Earl Smith - May not be on ballot
Homer Summa - Likely won't be on ballot
Curt Walker
Cy Williams
The rest of the maybes or probably not's I'd cut, giving us this for the very interesting looking class of 1935 candidates:
Pete Alexander
Dave Bancroft
Hal Carlson
Eddie Collins
Howard Ehmke
Ira Flagstead
Sammy Hale
Bubbles Hargrave
Carmen Hill
Bob Meusel
Johnny Morrison
George Sisler
Curt Walker
Cy Williams
Pete Alexander and Eddie Collins are 1st ballot shoe ins. Dave Bancroft, Bob Meusel, George Sisler and Cy Williams also will probably have their share of supporters and might benefit from some discussion about their cases. Now that Babe Ruth has turned baseball upside down with his home runs, will Cy Williams get any extra attention? What do the folks here think of this new emphasis on power and home runs? It's looking like the Babe will no longer be a Yankee when the '35 season rolls in. He's getting old and looks overweight and clumsy. Does he have anything left in the tank?
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I'd be pretty surprised if Sisler didn't make it. He was held in very high regard at this point in time, and really for decades after.
Beckley - 10,470 PA's, .635 OWP, 125 OPS+, Black Ink (1), Grey Ink (165)
Sisler - 9013 PA's, .672 OWP, 124 OPS+, Black Ink (29), Grey Ink (198)
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Chau, how do you think it would go if you compared the two starting from the same time when the yeast-salt were mixed with either the hydrated flour or dry flour?Bill
But I will also say that though both doughs looked nearly identical throughout most of the later stages of fermentation, it was the difference in how they tolerated balling that was really noticeable. Both handled very similarly during balling, until right at the end when I was sealing up the edges. I noted that the EF dough was splitting, cracking, breaking etc at the seams and this never happened with the EH dough. This was seen twice when the doughs were balled/folded at different intervals during the process.
Chau,Since the protease enzymes are active during the autolyse to attack the gluten structure, do you think that that might have been a major contributing cause of the increased extensibility? See, for, example, the discussion on protease performance at http://books.google.com/books?id=XqKF7PqV02cC&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148&dq=protease+enzymes+dough&source=bl&ots=hpsOfgO7wQ&sig=Zb3uKWL0Vjn4AFV5ppbTuMrGucM&hl=en&ei=jA8ZTtOADIuLsAKIypjCBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=protease%20enzymes%20dough&f=false. I might add that bakers sometimes add protease enzymes to a dough in order to speed up the gluten breakdown to shorten production time.Peter
Chau,Since the protease enzymes are active during the autolyse to attack the gluten structure, do you think that that might have been a major contributing cause of the increased extensibility? Peter
I think there's something to this effective hydration... my dough was probably the best i've made tonight. 10 hour preferment with 10 hour autolise. 7 hour bulk and 3 hour balled up. i kneaded the dough a little after bulk before balling and it seemed to cure my too soft dough problem. i got great spring in the WFO and nice texture and flavor. pics are: filetti, guanciale and peppadews, and margarita. thanks Omid. bill
Very nice leoparding Bill. So are you noticing any textural differences from your normal pies? Chau


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January 22, 2008 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: 2008 Enhancement Project Email Contact Changed
SUBJECT 2: No HANDS Help Desk Coverage
SUBJECT 3: Redesign of Green "Computer" WIC Check Stock
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In short: Well organised and challenging race, really enjoyed it.In full: Great atmosphere with it being part of the carnival weekend. Nice time in the weekend to race and the organisation and course for the 10km is brill. Kids race was also excellent, only gripe was £5 per child for a 3 and a 4 year old seemed steep (but I would pay it again as they loved it), and could there be a one lap option for those that can't manage two laps?Date of review: June 30, 2013
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In short: Great well way marked route and superb organisationIn full: This year was really a race of two halves. The first half was unbelievably hot and I very nearly gave up at Goring. After some good food and lots to drink I felt ready again so carried on for the second half. This was during the night and, although navigation was easy, the terrain was very awkward especially on sore and blistered feet. Welll done everyone who completed the event, and especially to Anthony, the TRA and all the marshals/CP people who made this event a success.Date of review: August 29, 2007
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Distressed property prices are rising on the back of strong investor demand and limited inventory, RealtyTrac said in a report released Thursday.
Properties in foreclosure or owned by lenders sold for an average price of $171,704 during the fourth quarter, increasing 2% from the third quarter and a4% from the fourth quarter of 2011.
Short sales -- where the borrower and bank agree to sell the property for less than the amount owed -- also saw improving prices, helping to reduce lenders' losses. Short sales in 2012 were short of the loan amount by an average of $81,621, down 7% from an average $87,809 in 2011.
Other firms have also reported a narrowing "foreclosure discount."
Mortgage technology firm FNC measures the foreclosure discount by comparing the foreclosure sale price to the underlying market value of the property, which is the market price the seller would receive if the property were sold under normal circumstances.
FNC last week reported that the foreclosure discount had dropped to 12.2% in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to the 25% discount seen at the peak of the credit crisis in 2008 and 2009.
According to that report, higher-priced foreclosed homes were selling for close to market value, while lower-priced homes still suffered an 18.4% discount in the fourth quarter of 2012.
According to RealtyTrac, the average price of a foreclosure sale is at a 30% discount to the average non-foreclosure sale price.
Distressed property sales still account for 43% overall existing home sales, which has the effect of depressing overall prices.
However, the number of new foreclosures have been declining, while the existing inventory of foreclosed homes has been rapidly seized by yield-hungry buyers.
Rental Gravy
Large institutional investors -- most notably Blackstone(BX) -- have pumped millions into foreclosed homes with the intention of converting them into rentals, as demand for rental housing continues to climb.
Analysts estimate that $6-8 billion has been raised for conversions of repossessed homes to rental units.
As a result, prices of distressed properties are now rising, with some states, such as Arizona and California, reporting bidding wars for a shrinking inventory of foreclosed homes.
The average price of foreclosure sales in Arizona was $142,266 in 2012, up 13% from the year earlier.
Foreclosure-related sales accounted for 21% of all U.S. residential sales during 2012, down from 23% of all sales in 2011 and down from 28 percent of all sales in 2010.
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One is under no obligation to reciprocate.
However, in this business I am frequently reminded of the song by Allen Toussaint, performed by one of my favorites– the late great Lowell George of Little Feat-
Here's a portion of the song, On Your Way Down, from Lyrics Database:
Since the beginning it hasn't changed yet
People fly high begin to lose sight
You can't see very clearly when you're in flight
It's high time that you found
The same people you misuse on your way up
You might meet up
On your way down
Vintage wines from the year '62
It's your thing, it's your thing
It pleases you
You got to frown when you cross town
You think it's an honor just to have you around
It's high time that you found
The same dudes you misuse on your way up
You might meet up
On your way down
FYI – It's not because I'm stuck up. Or because I don't want to talk to you– I mean the reason I closed my FB account and the reason I don't hang out much on Twitter.
I closed my FB account because FB was annoying the hell out of me. I don't hang out much on Twitter because it's too distracting and I don't have much extra time.
Yeah, I know I'm out of the loop. I know I miss most of the drama and goings on in Twittersville, but if you ever want to talk to me give me a holler. I'll respond. Or you can always email me.
I guess you could say I speak when spoken to.
But that's not really the point of this blog. My point is simple. There's this person – no, none of you – who needed my help on his way up. I provided him with help. I was generous with my time. When he made it big, I became a nonentity in his world.
To be honest, it hurt like the dickens. When something like this happens, in either our personal or professional lives, it stings. I think it's really important to remember the people you meet on the way up.
So, although I ain't up there, here's some overdue thanks to the following authors, women who've stuck by me since day one of my return to the world of writing:
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Maya Beiser
Innova CD
"From the 9th to the 15th centuries, the area which is now modern Spain was home to the greatest peaceful agglomeration of cultures ever known in the post-literate world…Even more remarkable than the flowering of art itself was the confluence of cultures that produced it: under the rule of Islam, Muslims, Jews and Christians lived and worked together in relative harmony."
-Maya Beiser, Provenance liner notes essay
Cellist Maya Beiser's latest CD for the Innova imprint seeks to craft music that celebrates the rich multiculturalism of the Iberian peninsula. Using medieval Spain as a jumping off point, Beiser has commissioned a collection of works that celebrate Christian, Jewish, and Muslim musical traditions. The participants frequently interweave stylistic and ethnic boundaries. The results are frequently engaging musical hybrids.
Iranian kamancheh composer and master Kalyan Kalhor's "I Was There" features Beiser alongside oud performer Bassam Saba and percussionists Jamey Haddad and Shane Shanahan. This rhapsodic piece allows cello and oud each to negotiate long-breathed melismatic cadenzas. Eventually, Beiser and Saba come together, duetting in supple, then increasingly rhythmically incisive phrases.
Armenian dudukahar Djivan Gasparian's "Memories" is a haunting and evocative piece. While Gasparian is not necessarily a household name, his performances on duduk (a double reed instrument) have populated a number of Hollywood films, including Blood Diamond and Gladiator. "Memories" captures the essential flavor of Armenian folk music, all the while bearing in mind the cello's proclivities for generous-toned lyricism. Above an omnipresent drone, Beiser unleashes keening, ardent modal melodies.
Israeli composer Tamar Muskal took Ladino folksong as the basis for "Mar de Leche," her collaboration with Beiser. Sung by Sephardic Jews in Spain, Ladino is a linguistic hybrid of Spanish and Hebrew. Muskal's piece, a work for chamber ensemble that features the same musicians as the Kalhor work, abetted by the dynamic vocalist Etty Ben-Zaken. Beiser and Saba once again exhibit considerable musical chemistry. Beiser also incorporates some of the undulating vibrato and pitch-bends of Ben-Zaken's vocal style, creating an organic set of timbral ensemble interactions.
In the summer of 2009, Beiser travelled with composer Douglas J. Cuomo to Cordoba and Granada: a field trip to do research that would abet the composition of his contribution to Provenance: "Only Breath."
Inspired by the work of Sufi poet Jellaludin Rumi (one of my favorites!), the piece finds Beiser in collaboration with sound designer Shahrokh Yadegari. Seeking to evoke the sound of wind passing through the prevalent minarets in Andalusia, Cuomo has crafted a work that plays with mobile filigrees and reverberant echoes. It makes good use of looping technology too; rather than using it to fashion a pad of repeated utterances, the loops instead allow for slow-building counterpoint of phantom cello Doppelgängers. The final result is a series of dovetailing, angst-filled melodic lines amid ghostly, floating verticals. I've heard many vocal settings of Rumi that have had much less to say than this more abstracted, yet tremendously thoughtful, instrumental meditation on his work.
Evan Ziporyn's arrangement of the Led Zeppelin song "Kashmir," for Beiser and prog-rock luminary drummer Jerry Marotta, closes out the disc. While its clear that this is the piece with the most accessible crossover appeal on the CD, that awareness takes nothing away from its inclusion. It points up another kind of hybridized music-making – the influence of Eastern signatures on Led Zep's rock-oriented sound. What's more, Beiser and Marotta just plain tear it up!
Sometimes, a concept album contains a creative inspiration that is far better than the reality it imagines. In my view, Provenance extolls a wonderful collaborative atmosphere: a model for many future cross-cultural projects. Alas, this type of music-making is a relatively recent innovation and, in many venues, is still far from prevalent. One wishes Maya Beiser were able to make multicultural music without extolling the virtues of dhimmi under Muslim rule. During the Middle Ages, dhimmi – "people of the book" (Christians and Jews) – were sporadically allowed limited religious freedom in Iberia. But there were significant legal and cultural restrictions placed upon non-Muslim citizens; these were terms of surrender, not of collaboration or accommodation. Thus, my reading of history doesn't allow me to share Beiser's utopian view of medieval multiculturalism. I'd rather listen to Provenance as a hopeful and tantalizing glimpse at what music-making and, indeed, cultural coexistence, may increasingly look like in the future than to revise or rewrite our spotty attempts at getting along in the past.


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Carbohydrate-Depleting Long Runs
Only water and electrolytes are permitted until the run is complete. These workouts train the body to use fuel stores more sparingly and perform more efficiently on low blood sugar. These runs are very taxing and should be limited to training runs of three hours or less.
Fast-Finish Long Runs
These workouts are the most challenging component of your endurance-based training. The goal is to finish fast or with a high level of perceived effort. These runs make you a stronger runner, build your confidence and become race-day-habit forming. Begin the workout at steady long-run pace (conversational) and increase the effort and/or pace to near marathon race inten sity (roughly 80 to 85 percent of maxi mum heart rate) toward the end. The fast-finish portion can range from 2 to 3 miles for early sea-son sessions to 8 to 10 miles later in the season or for more experienced runners. Keep in mind that if you are training on hilly or technical trail, aim for marathon "effort" as marathon race pace will be too difficult to sustain.
Back-to-Back Long Runs
Piggybacking long runs two days in a row has proven effective for races beyond the marathon, because they mimic ultra race-day fatigue but allow for a night's recovery between sessions. Begin with relatively short back-to-backs during the pre-season months and build on those as race day approaches.
Cross Training
Cross training gives the musculoskeletal system a break from the pounding from running, but still benefits the cardiorespiratory system. Other forms of exercise can replicate the four training zones by matching the corresponding zone's perceived effort or heart rate. To get the best bang for your buck if you are in the midst of a race-specific training cycle and want to substitute a cross training session for a running workout, do an activity that is closest to the running motion as possible.
The best examples of this are using the elliptical machine, cycling, cross-country skiing, hiking and aqua jogging. Swimming, rowing, yoga and Pilates work best as off-season or recovery activities. If you prefer tough ancillary activities like Boot Camp, P90X or Cross Fit, make certain that these classes don't leave you too exhausted or sore for your running workouts.