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Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall (original 2003; edition 2011)
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Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder (2003)
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'Stasiland' creeps up on you - and then it grips and shakes you and changes your view of history, and of the world. I hear given the massive political upheavals across the globe; there is a renewed interest in the fictional '1984'. I would encourage people instead to pick up the factual 'Stasiland'. I like its contemporised account of the GDR, its non-fictionalised story-telling, and the author's emerging insights. A friend told me that it's on school reading lists in Germany, I think it might be a useful on school reading lists anywhere in the western world.
Lasting for 41 years the German Democratic Republic (commonly known as East Germany) was a communist country in post world war 2 divided Germany that lasted primarily due to the iron fist of the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit or Ministry for State Security (commonly known as the Stasi).
The Stasi developed the most advanced surveillance society the world had ever seen. No one was safe, and 1 in 50 people were either Stasi or an informant for them. As such, everyone was watched, everyone walked on egg shells. Privacy didn't exist, all mail was opened, most phone calls tapped. Many houses and public places bugged. If you attempted to leave you risked being shot in escape, or 2 years imprisonment if caught during escape. You had to apply to leave, and if deemed unsavoury, your application to leave would be used as evidence to charge you with the crime wanting to flee the GDR. Really.
This book, is a piece of that story - the story of the people who lived in such a place.
And it's good. Really good.
The author is an Australian journalist who lived in Berlin and Leipzig in the late 1990s and recorded the stories of East Germans, both the victims of abuses by the dreaded Stasi (Ministry of State Security) and the former perpetrators, most of whom seem quite unrepentant about what they did. The stories by the victims are often horrifying and pathetic (in the true sense of that word), stories of split families, carefully planned escapes foiled at the last minute, and the all-pervasive atmosphere of distrust, deceit and Orwellian mass surveillance and informing, including by people blackmailed into informing on their own loved ones. A depressing but important read now a generation after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Having no knowledge of the destination before reading this book, Funder's guide to 'Stasiland' provided a compelling insight into life within enforced boundaries, under constant surveillance. Cleverly written so as fact engages like fiction, this book enables you to walk with the East Berliners and consider how you would respond to and resolve the experience of 'Stasiland'. The true stories of individual desperate efforts to get over, under or through the wall in the physical sense and the efforts to contain them were engaging, but most powerful for me was the insight provided into humanity. I was exposed to the kinds of motives, weaknesses and courage we are all capable of and it was made clear that 'getting over the wall' will be a life long endeavour for the victims and perpetrators alike. This book highlighted to me the values of freedom and privacy as well as the importance of such literature for societies of all political persuasions.
I mostly enjoyed this look at East Germany in the decade after the wall came down. It was especially interesting to me because I remember watching all the events leading to the fall of the GDR unfold. I even have an authentic piece of the wall a college friend brought me from his trip to Germany in the summer of 1990. He swears he chipped it off himself, lol. I was interested to read more about ordinary people from the East and their experiences.
Funder shares stories of people who were persecuted by the Stasi, and stories of people who worked for the Stasi. The stories are really interesting, and it is clear that Funder has the ability to create trust with those she interviewed, as well as the ability to communicate the stories with all their emotion and pathos to the reader. A couple of things bothered me. One was that this is someone not only from the West, but not even from Germany doing the writing, and so, in a way, it's really a research project. I was also a little troubled by the judgmental tone that occasionally came across in the writing. The style is journalistic, but easy to read, and if you're interested in the subject, it's worth your time.
While the life-stories are touching and infuriating, she fails to offer insights that would have given her book a wider theme. Nevertheless, taken with a pinch of salt, Stasiland is worth reading. In the end, German history is too serious to be left solely to the Germans.
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Each week, like we've done since 1999, we ask folks to send us three nominations for Bernie's Insiders gameballs as well as thee nominations for the team goat. We add up all the nominations and post them each week, and also keep track of the votes throughout the year.
Week 17 Results
1. William Green
2. Defensive Team
3. Earl Holmes
4. Dwayne Rudd
5. J-E-T-S... Jets, Jets, Jets!!
6. Offensive Line
7. Browns Fans
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2. Kelly Holcomb
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Weekly results throughout the year are now posted on our schedule page.
Your Comments!
William Green - from bust to boom, the heart and soul of the offense - MykeVS
The fans - They put away the Brie and actually cheered for the whole game. -lPace
Referee: Thanks for the non-reversal on Falcons TD catch at end of 1st half. 'Bout time the Browns caught a big break! - RonY
W. Green - One of the most impressive performance I've seen by a Browns RB in quite some time. I don't know why, but I had a feeling he'd break the big one right before it happened.- BryanK
The D... unbelievable goal line stand. I think it is time to let the helmet throw die. Great sticks by both Rudd and Holmes. Great job in containing Vick all day. - OKC Browns Fan
The entire Cleveland Browns team and organization. What a performance. The entire team overcame the loss of Tim Couch as well as many untimely turnovers. The goal line stand at the end to clinch the win will go down in Browns history. AWESOME!! - Tim O
Rudd -That's right Rudd! On the goal line. Only wish he had taken his helmet off after the play...........juuuuuuuuust kidding guys! - RAC
Lewis Sanders - That's right! Did anyone else notice he was right there
on every special teams play? - BigMac_IN
Earl Holmes- Same reason as Rydd. Holmes was a big reason Vick wasn't going anywhere. - BigMac_IN
Butch Davis - In my humble opinion, the guy is a great coach. Granted he
makes mistakes, I think it's the learning process. However, he knows how to
win and get his players to do the same. I doubt any Browns fan thinks Chris
Palmer would have even gotten this team close to the playoffs! - Josh
William Green, he was a absolute beast today and show why he was our first round pick and he is now the franchise. - Gene G.
The ETERNAL game ball goes to Mr. Al Lerner. Although he didn't live to see his team make the playoffs, he is what we are all about. Thank you to Mr. Lerner and his family for bringing our team back and sticking with the City of Cleveland. - TEO
The New York football Jets: Thank you so much for kicking Packer ass today! But if we meet you in the playoffs, I hope we kick your ass. - Mark
Willian Green - Outstanding. Going into the game, I still thought the running game wasn't receiving respect from the opposing defense because it didn't seem they had a threat to break the long run. Now they should get that respect. - Coopdawg
Earl Holmes. Proved why we signed him. Huge hit on the screen....goal line hero. B.Ryman
Finally, The Fans! I am finally proud of how we acted today at CBS! What a great atmosphere. If you think you didn't make a difference, ask the coach, the players, the Falcons. We willed the goal line stand! - JMatt
William Green: I've been on the edge of my seat for 5 weeks waiting for that 64-yard sprint, ever since you turned your season around. And please, PLEASE keep embarrassing opponents by straight-arming them to the ground. I LOVE that s***! - PhilS
The Defense - Kept Mike Vick pretty well in check and had another great goal line stand - Ryan
Butch Davis- I've criticized and blasted this guy for most of the year, but when it comes time to suck up and give props, I'm man enough to do so. He deserves credit for keeping this team focused on reaching the playoffs, even during the bleakest times this season. Throughout this roller coaster ride of a season, Davis kept his players upbeat, confident, and never let them dwell in doubt and despair. And now all that work has paid off with a playoff berth. Now if Davis can actually outcoach Bill Cowher next Sunday, he will be absolved of his four previous regular season failures. - FGMDawg
William Green. Was that roar the fans, or William breaking the speed of sound on the 64 yard run? - RockyMtnDawg
WVIT the local Fox Affiliate here. THANK YOU for broadcasting this game in CT!! - JS in CT
William Green. Somewhere, the real William Green is locked in a trunk, and this impersonator is cashing his checks. Let's keep this quiet ... - Doc Gonzo
First off, an honorary gameball to Jim Donovan for his call on William Green's 64 yard TD run. Made my heart jump right out of my chest. Jim, Deke and Casey really make listening in on audiocast at 2 am local, 12,000 miles away worth it. God bless. - Dave
The Fans - That stadium was rocking, the 12th man was there Sunday. - Josh A
Tim Couch - We finally get into the playoffs and he doesn't get to play. No matter what your opinion of this guy, you HAVE to feel bad for him. - Dave K
Tim Couch - Timmy gets a gameball for being a warrior and trying to play through what has to be horrifying pain. Hell, he even gets an extra one for his play throughout the season, Tim is the guy that has gotten us here, hopefully his team will step it up and win it for him. - Eric S.
J-E-T-S, Jets Jets Jets! What is better than knowing that Art, Billy B., and Marty AND those loser Dolphins (horns to them for blowing that lead) are all at home next weekend watching the Browns beat down the Steelers? - KSKerl
William Green - This was the 1st time since Leroy Hoard did I get the feeling he could "go all the way" everytime he touched the ball. He could fall in line with many of the other great RBs this city has seen - Pruitt, Mack, Kelly - WOW! Now people are trying to jump on his bandwagon! - DaytonDawg
Couch- for getting us this far. This is still your team! - mb
Earl Holmes. Great stop, enough said. - JamesR
Tim Couch - Get well soon. If he steps up behind the scenes the way he did on the field, the Browns will not miss a beat. - laturner
WILLIAM GREEN - That's why Davis drafted him in the first round. Now hopefully all the doubters will shut up!!! Keep running William!!!!! - VaDawgLB
Dwayne Rudd -- Let's all remember him for his performance today, not the helmet thing. - MattW
Dwayne Rudd - He was just huge on the goal line, he came up big and made up for the helmet toss. - Rusty
The Legendary Cleveland Browns fans - That place was truly 'Pandemonium Pallace' I am sure Nev Chandler was hugging Al Lerner up in Heaven. - Upperdawg
Quincy Morgan: Bone headed false starts and that fumble didn't help our cause today. But all is forgiven. Just don't screw up against Pittspuke! - Mark
Bruce Arians - Jamel White 1 carry and 1 catch ?? Now I know William Green is all that but to completely eliminate this guy from the game plan is not only an injustice to a guy who provided so many great plays this year but also plain stupid. - MykeVS
The Dolphins - For blowing their game and making us wait until the Jets waxed the Packers - Ryan
Quincy Morgan -- But remember, we wouldn't be in the playoffs if it weren't for No. 81 - Matt W.
Morgan - He nearly false started his way to Erie. One more penalty by him and I was going to reach through the TV and shake him like a pair of dice. - Dave K
The TV announcers - Were they even watching the game? Couch gets hurt and they're blabbing about something else. Then, they repeatedly show the play AFTER the play where Couch gets hurt, and are trying to figure out how he broke his leg on a non-contact play. If they had actually been watching the game, they would have seen that Couch was limping before that play. Then they got fixated on the Browns punting instead of trying a 46 yard field goal into a bad wind. And they made quite the fuss about Atlanta requesting a review of the play right before the half; they seemed to be clueless that the referees are the only ones that can can request a review with less than 2 minutes left. These guys were TERRIBLE. - lPace
Shaun O' Hara - Ole' El Matador - RockyMtnDawg
Kelly Holcomb: Hey, we need that guy who played early this season back for our playoff run! Not the guy that played this game! - Ron Y
Pittsburgh - Knock, knock (steelers open the door) - Rabid DAWGS rush in....to be continued January 5th 1 pm.....GO BROWNS!!!! - Eric S.
Quincy Morgan - How many people saw that fumble coming before it happened? Also motion penalties on receivers ... what!!! - Coopdawg
The Miami Dolphins. They had a win and threw it away. Fortunately the Jets came thru for us. I'm glad the Dolphins are out of the playoffs. To blow a late 11 point lead is pathetic. - BryanK
Tucker.. got straight worked over all game.. what a waste of cash. - OKC Browns Fan
MIAMI - For putting us Browns fans through that pathetic ending to your game and making us have to watch the Jets game! - VaDawgLb
Goats - To darn excited to give one. - PREvans
Earl Holmes Looking better every week. Bet he has a career day against Pittspuke - Tunc69
Kelly Holcomb. Two big interceptions almost cost game, good thing for William Green (see gameballs) - JamesR
These "fans" have been on Tim Couch all year, screaming for Kelly Holcomb. Yesterday showed why Kelly has been a backup for his whole career and why the beer-drinking idiots are sitting on their hands in the stands and not coaching. These so-called "fans" have been a discrace since the Browns returned. Throwing bottles, booing you QB when he's hurt, only chearing at the very beginning and end of games. Do us all a favor and stay home and let someone else give it a try. - Tod
Bill Belichick. Nice try, scumbag! But your scheme to spoil our season was foiled! - Doc Gonzo
No goats who cares about goats WE ARE IN, HOLY S$@# - Jason L
Quincy Morgan for his bonehead mistakes - D.O.
Fox Network - We can't see the end of an overtime game, WITH playoff
implications? (NewEngland-Miami) You have to be kidding. - BigMac_IN
Kelly Holcomb- I think it is obvious who our starter should be. Holcomb killed any controversy the Browns have with a pretty horrid performance. Holcomb needs to play better than he did today to be successful in the playoffs. - EccentrikDJ
Quincy Morgan, head was not in the game.- Gene G.
Kelly Holcomb - Way to come in firing on all cylinders Kelly...isn't that what backup QB's are supposed to do? - Dave
Quincy Morgan. You want the damn ball....hold on to it!!!!! And learn the snap count! - B.Ryman
Dave Wanstadt--You caused me to worry for 3 more hours. You almost cost us the playoffs. You deserve to be out of the playoffs. - JMatt
Fans calling for Josh Booty: I'm not kidding. There were people in the Dawg Pound actually chanting "Boo-ty, Boo-ty" after Holcomb's second interception. Don't they check for crackpipes at the gate? You people must have a short memory, because I don't remember Josh Booty as a very effective quarterback - could be why he's the third string. - Phil S.
Can i give Michael Vick a gameball for throwing the ball so hard his #81 couldn't hang on? repeatedly in the 2nd half. it helped. a lot. :) - justThinking
Kelly Holcomb- Granted, Holcomb was probably rusty and didn't have the luxury of a full week of practice and preparation, but some of his throws were horrible. Thank goodness William Green and Kevin Johnson bailed him out. But he will have to play much better against the Steelers next week, and I believe he will. - FGMDawg
Cutch - Seems to be a step behind since his injury and is not tackling well - Rusty
Jimmy Johnson for being a Putz, on Fox pregame, not on Fox, basically everywhere he goes. - JS in CT
Would love to give Quincy a goat, but I'm just too insanely happy to pull the trigger. GO BROWNS! - Flynnberg
Daylon McCutcheon - Very bad game for Daylon, missed tackles, got burnt, very uncharacteristic. - Josh A
Couch's fibula. How about some calcium supplements for the team's quarterbacks? Got milk? - KSKerl
Since it is hard to really point out bad things during a really great day, I will give my last Goat to Modell who will be watching the Playoffs from home! - mb


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I wasn't against giving a pacifier to my daughter. She just never really liked it. When she was a newborn she would take a paci on occassion if she was very tired, but just never really wanted one and now doesn't use one at all. Just know that if you do use the pacifier they usually do get attached and you will have to go through getting them off of it eventually.
Both my girls took one for about 3-4 months and they just stopped taking it one day.
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I like your approach.. much like ours will be. If he/she wants/uses/needs one.. it's fine, not the end of the world.. if not, it's fine too. A nurse told me that if they like to SUCK to self soothe, you should give them the paci option.. if not, they will find something ELSE to suck.. ie.. fingers, thumbs. Each baby is so different so I dislike when some Moms urge you NOT to let them use one..
I didn't use them. Just me but that's what suckling at the breast is for. My first two sucked their thumbs, my third imitated her sisters but never really sucked her thumb - it was cute though and the rest never needed a pacifier or finger etc. because they had enough time at the breast nursing.
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I just finished reading the third installment in Maureen Johnson's Shades of London series, "The Shadow Cabinet". It certainly cleaned up many questions that I was left with from the second book, "The Madness Underneath". I have to say though that I would not read this book as my first foray into the Shades of London series. I think you'd ruin your experience of a really good, strong series if you started with this book.
I read the first two books specifically so I could give an accurate and fair review of Johnson's newest, "The Shadow Cabinet" and I'm so glad I did. If I hadn't taken the time to read the first two, I think I would have been lost for much of this book. I will try to explain where we are in the series without giving away spoilers to those who've never read any of the books yet. Here we go...
Rory Deveaux is an American transplant in London who decided to do her last year of high school in a posh boarding school instead of staying in Louisiana with relatives. Rory found she had much to learn, including that she could see ghosts. This discovery made Rory nervous at first, was she going crazy? When she found that she wasn't the only one who had "the sight", Rory set out to learn all she could about her new abilities. Our heroine has been through some major ordeals in the first two books and in this third installment is no different. There are many malevolent people who want to use Rory's skills for their own reasons and she has to learn how to choose her friends carefully.
"The Shadow Cabinet" is a good follow through from "The Name Of The Star" and "The Madness Underneath". I found this book to be even more a head long rush into danger. As one reads along there is a huge amount of information to be learned about London, mythology, history and occultism. I found myself unsure what was a product of the author's incredible imagination and what was actual historical fact. I think this shows Johnson to be a terrific writer, to be able to enmesh fantasy and reality so beautifully.
I highly recommend this series and book three is no exception. Although the series is technically a Young Adult selection, it is also a very good and enjoyable read for any adult. I found Johnson's writing to be well plotted and not at all dumbed down. This is certainly a four of five star book and my only complaint was that I wanted the middle to move a little faster because I was so anxious to find out what was going to happen! I think that's actually a mark of a good writer, the reader so wants to get to the answer that they stay up late, forgo sleep and read on until the early dawn just to finish the last page of writing. "The Shadow Cabinet" was a satisfying read but I warn you, I don't think it's done yet, we are left with a "what will happen next feeling" so I look forward to book four, I hope Johnson writes this one quickly.
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Book Review: "The Name of the Star" & "The Madness Underneath" By Maureen Johnson
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Maureen Johnson is a New York Times best selling author of young adult fiction. Her excellent writing style is eminently readable by both teens and adults. I found myself surprised that the books were geared toward young adult, only because the writing was in no way dumbed down. Never did I find myself thinking that the author sacrificed plot to make the story simpler for younger readers. Johnson's books are considered YA, in my opinion, because there are no offensive sex scenes and her writing style is so smooth and easy to digest (but not unsophisticated).
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The main character, Rory Deveaux, starts out as a "fish out of water" character. She is a seventeen year old American who has moved to London from Louisiana to go to a posh boarding school. Rory has so much to learn, from the new lexicon to what to wear in colder and rainier London along with getting used to new classes and friends. The day she arrives is also the day that a serial murderer begins his work. The media dub him the New Jack The Ripper because his first murder closely mimics the original Ripper's murder in 1888. The city of London is gripped by Rippermania, people are not only frightened but also fascinated by the horrific murders.
There are no leads and the Police are stumped. Who is recreating these terrible crimes? Although there are many CCTV cameras throughout London, nothing is caught on film, there are no witnesses until Rory sees someone outside her boarding school. The problem is The Ripper also saw Rory and now she's his next target.
I highly recommend these books, they deserve a true five out of five. The second book, "The Madness Underneath" flows directly from the first, as though the story never ended. Anyone who loves a good mystery with some paranormal leanings will love this series. The reviews on the first two books are excellent and fans have been waiting almost three years for the newest book, "The Shadow Cabinet", to arrive. Today (February 10, 2015) is the publication date for Maureen Johnson's highly anticipated third installment of The Shades of London Series. I don't think you could do better than to go out and buy these books. They will keep you warm and happy through these winter nights. All you need is some popcorn and a good cup of coffee and you'll have the perfect trifecta. Happy Reading!
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Book Review: "Hit & Run" by Maxine O'Callaghan
Our main character is a female P.I. who is probably too curious for her own good. To me, the character that the author creates in Hit & Run, Delilah West, is a combination of Sue Grafton's character Kinsey Millhone and Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum.
Delilah has the tenacity of the Millhone character, she just won't let an injustice go but she is poor as a church mouse at the moment, much like the Plum character. Delilah is living in her office and sleeping in a sleeping bag on her office floor. She hunts down small jobs from insurance companies and lawyer's offices but this still isn't enough to put food on the table so she moonlights as a waitress at a mom and pop restaurant to make ends meet.
"Hit & Run" begins with Delilah being struck by a car on a rainy night. She is unhurt but there is a body in the road and she is the only witness to this brutal slaying. It seems that a reckless driver in his Trans Am has mowed down an elderly man who was out for a walk. But is this actually the case? Is Delilah sure that's what she saw? The young man who is quickly charged with the murder claims he didn't do it and his mother tries to hire Delilah to look into the incident.
The interesting conflict of interest that our main character finds herself in really adds to the mystery. The reader can't help ask whether Delilah should even be involved in this investigation. By poking her nose in where it ostensibly doesn't belong, she is essentially invalidating her testimony at any trial that is held for this murder. Delilah can't let it go though, she thinks there just might be a miscarriage of justice. Finding whether there is another killer puts her own life on the line.
Maxine O'Callaghan's book is well written and I think this character can grow into a strong lead. My only complaint is that there was so much focus on her monetary circumstances that it did detract from the book. I look forward to reading more of this character, she's a strong female lead that competes well with other female P.I.'s in this genre. As I said, O'Callaghan's character holds it's own against the likes of Grafton, Evanovich, Paretsky, Jance and Robb. If you like these authors, I think you'll like this series. It's worth a try, adding another author to your favorites is always a treat.
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I NEVER USED TO THINK OF MY LIFE AS DANGEROUS. Halli was used to it--she'd been raised for it. BUT ME? As Audie continues her struggle to return to the right universe and the right body, meanwhile Halli Markham, her adventurous parallel self, must take over the simple, quiet life Audie left behind. Halli has survived the Arctic, the Amazon, and dangers all over the world-- But can she handle high school?
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TOWN OF NIAGARA – The town wants to unload an estimated 500 tons of millings, left over from the current blitz of road repaving projects, that are now stockpiled at the LaSalle Sportsmen's Club on Tuscarora Road. .
Millings are the crushed by-product of road resurfacing work. The material's usefulness is limited.
"It's not like stone," Highway Superintendent Robert Herman explained when asked if the millings could be sold to a developer for a project like the Fashion Outlets of Niagara expansion. Millings are normally used for shoulders of roads, but are not considered durable enough to be a major component of a parking lot or an entire street. Town crews use up as much as they can, he noted.
The surplus material is normally piled at the highway garage, but because of limited space, the town has had to use the club's property for approximately 20 truckloads.
"They've been gracious," Herman said about the club, which has not charged the town so far for the storage.
"We continue to try to find a way to get rid of them," he said about the millings.
Part of that process involved the Town Board last week as it discussed the issue at a work session.
The board, which is expected to make a decision at its regular meeting tonight, mulled over what should be done and made an informal agreement to sell the millings, but with certain restrictions.
The councilmen and Deputy Supervisor Sylvia Virtuoso agreed that the millings would be sold in 100-ton lots. Residents would be permitted to make a purchase but commercial vendors would not be able to use them for resale.
As the discussion continued, the price was set at $8 a ton if picked up and $15 if delivered by the town. Councilman Charles Teixeira said he was not comfortable using town workers to make deliveries in case they were injured on the job.
Virtuoso encouraged the board members to come to a decision, as she understood the club "would like it off their property."
Herman said the millings are probably not worth much and are at their "cheapest value" in their current state. "The value would be greater if they were screened and reground," he said.
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A journey to the ends of the Earth. This is one man's journey to Barrow, Alaska and how his appreciation for life thrived, through the deprivation of things.
San Diego, California is a fantastic place to turn 30. If Portland, Oregon is where "young people go to retire," in San Diego, those of relative means emerge from unsteady twentysomethinghood onto a palm-studded terrain bursting with occasion for sensorial gratification. Temperate and affluent, it's a petri dish of pleasurable ways to pass the time.
I spent three years there, migrating from Oregon in time to clock in my third decade with a grilled cheese party (my inner five-year-old was thrilled) in Mission Beach, a notably revelrous node of a town distinguished in revelry. Posted up in its gentrifying inner core, my strolling radius traversed no less than five renowned breweries. (Mike Hess, your Vienna cream ale still haunts my dreams.) I sailed. I joined a flying club. I went to Mexico and tasted their beer, too, and it was very good.
It was prime easy-going living. But eventually it grew dull, and betrayed my instinct that life is best lived as a crusade of progress. My inclination to better the world—and myself—plateaued, and by the end of 2013, I was restless. Two things affected me around then. One was reading Stephen Ambrose's Undaunted Courage, an outstanding chronicle of the 1804-06 Corps of Discovery commissioned by Thomas Jefferson, and, particularly, of its young leader, Meriwether Lewis. Contemplating his 31st birthday in mid-expedition, Lewis wrote:
"I viewed with regret the many hours I have spent in indolence, and now sorely feel the want of that information which those hours would have given me had they been judiciously expended. But since they are past and cannot be recalled, I dash from me the gloomy thought and resolved in future . . . to live for mankind, as I have heretofore lived for myself."
— Meriwether Lewis
Spelling aside, Lewis's sensibility is recognizable to anyone who's crossed the same threshold: the ripening of the young adult mind. As I eased in my own thirties, I felt like I was reading a diary entry I could have written two centuries ago. The second, and far greater, impact was the chance to stake out a new life in the Arctic, where my girlfriend had landed a teaching job. What exactly I would do there was not yet clear to me, but what I knew I would not do is settle for a lifelong pageant of what-ifs.
And so—not without some regret for the fish tacos and artisan meatballs going unconsumed on my account—like Odysseus shoving off from the isle of the Lotus-Eaters, I traded my board shorts for Bean boots and a parka and struck out for the far north.
At the other end of every conceivable continuum from Southern California is Alaska's North Slope. The city of Barrow, stylized the "Top of the World" by its 4,500 residents, lies 320 miles above the Arctic Circle on a frigid wedge of tundra joining the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas of the Arctic Ocean. Its unpaved roads connect to nothing but themselves—a blessing in disguise with its $6.50-per-gallon gasoline. It is at once America's northernmost city, and perhaps its most alien. In terms of geography, climate, and culture, it has more in common with the Moon than the mainland. Sixty percent of the population is Iñupiaq Eskimo. Their harvest of bowhead whales, seals, caribou, fish, and polar bears carries on a subsistence tradition that predates Christ, the Great Pyramids, and the first written laws. Subsistence remains vital to the social fabric of a generous people who have long considered themselves blessed with abundance, a notion tested by the relatively recent introduction of western concepts like private property and wages. Crossing the 71st parallel doesn't come with a passport stamp, but make no mistake: living here is living abroad. This is their country.
Arriving on the frontier with a partner has several obvious advantages. (I don't know what the Tinder scene is like here, but am grateful I can leave that subject unexplored.) Still, when the mercury dips below minus forty and the two-month stretch of polar night descends upon the town, our one-bedroom apartment can feel cramped. As odd as it sounds, this is by design: spending this much time indoors with another person, undistracted, really lets you know them. Every facet, good and bad, soon shows itself. Since we both have longer-term ambitions to live overseas, it's hard to think of a better litmus test for our compatibility than the crucible of Barrow.
Most people we've met here assume we're married, probably because most couples here are. After correcting bus drivers, dentists, and coworkers' conjectures from "wife" to "girlfriend" several times, I let it slide. I think the assumption says more about the meaning others assign to marriage and partnership than it does our situation. It's reasonable to expect commitment in an adventure of this proportion, but in observing the way some people elevate, say, a wedding ring, to a talisman against heartbreak, we've acknowledged what and who we are not, and grown closer in the process.
The lack of distractions extends beyond our own walls. Barrow is an ascetic nirvana. The city is "damp," meaning that alcohol can be possessed with a license, but cannot be purchased or sold here. (The other seven villages on the North Slope are dry.) Grocery costs are double to triple those in urban areas. There are a handful of restaurants, none too compelling for the cost of a plate. We get a box of organic produce flown in once a week, and prepare 98% of our meals at home. Our diet has improved, and includes less meat—largely because it's so damn expensive. It helps that there isn't a movie theater, a bowling alley, or so much as a Taco Bell for 500 miles. You'd better believe this town gets into high school football, though:
I don't mean to suggest we've cut ourselves off from the good stuff. We have a stockpile of cheese that would warrant an intervention in decent places; our favourite decadence is seizing DiGiornio thin-crust pizzas when they're on sale and blanketing them with extra mozzarella. Glass breaks easily in transit, so I've cultivated a deep gratitude for boxed wine drunk from former pesto jars. We relished a care package of Trader Joe's goodies from my aunt. It's hard not to cherish finite, fleeting mementos from civilization in these far-flung environs. As the kids say, it's the little things.
Burning off indulgent calories can be daunting in Barrow's snot-freezing climate, and it was a qualm I had about moving here. I needn't have worried; my fitness routine has become as orderly as an inmate's. Getting around without a car, I accrue 24% more steps per week than in San Diego. After work, I walk to the high school, which opens its weight room to the public. The city's Piuraagvik ("a place to play") has a basketball court, a climbing wall, and a racquetball court. There's a covered hockey rink with two barged-in Zambonis (you know, just in case one goes down). The public health department offers yoga, Zumba, and Insanity classes. I stick to the treadmill, but I know a few hardcore runners with studded shoes for sprinting across ice. Even shivering has merit as exercise.
Alaska, people will tell you, tends to attract individuals from one (or more) of the above philosophical categories. It's tough to argue. Barrow is exploited for its inflated salaries—the 1970s oil boom vastly enriched the North Slope—but also by those who relish worthy challenges in which they can play a greater role. With 7,500 residents, the entire North Slope contains slightly fewer people than the average U.S. zip code. A single voice travels further here.
My cause is sustainable housing and clean energy, which on most days puts me squarely in the missionary column. Much of rural Alaska is a patchwork of isolated, costly diesel power grids and neglected, overcrowded homes. There's a lot of good to be done for communities that intend to outlast the shrivelling oil economy and withstand a climate that is increasingly turning against them. While that's brought focus to the foreground of my work life, the scale of the task might ultimately qualify me for the third category: crazy people.
No written volume better animates the cranks and oddballs peppering Alaska than John McPhee's 1975 frontier travelogue Coming into the Country. He meets characters like "Evil" Alice Powell, a steely roadhouse keeper in Talkeetna who prefers employing religious nuts to hippies because "they won't rip off the cigarettes and the booze." Another time, on a 737 into Kotzebue:
"One Captain Clayton came on the horn and said he would be pleased to play the harmonica for us as soon as he had finished a Fig Newton. Awhile later, he announced that his mouth was now solvent—and, above clouds, he began to play. He played beautifully."
A friend once quipped of San Diego's pronounced New Age vibe that he couldn't pass a month there without a comment on his aura. By contrast, the Arctic offers much to the soul at odds with the languor of utopian existence, a potent deposit of the storied individuals you roam the wide world hoping to encounter. It sends a siren call to those enamoured with the extreme; in a former career, one of our friends physically located and relocated the South Pole. Couchsurfing.com has delivered us six fascinating itinerants since August, including a world-class Swiss kick boxer and a pair of North American Scrabble champions. Obviously, no one who comes to Barrow is just "passing through." Whether it's snapping photos of snowy owls or checking something off a bucket list, all the people who come this way have something in common: they made it happen.
Nobody gets what they want out of life by accident. Now, I wouldn't recommend anyone sort out their life out by retracing my steps. For one, it's really cold and expensive, and there are hungry polar bears. But I can guarantee that whatever you might be looking for—focus, fulfilment, love, travel, health, career success—won't be found where you're most comfortable.
The good news is that no sweeping romantic gesture or career overhaul is in order. Little outward change is required at all. Intention is rarely a loud voice proclaiming itself from rooftops. Rather, it's the shield that turns aside life's unimportant distractions. It is the first, and most important, in a series of deliberate choices that focus time and effort toward a desire, whether that's finishing a degree, learning an instrument, or simply introducing a deeper shade of adventure to your life. The aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry spoke of flying as a mental release "from the tyranny of petty things." That's the idea: the more focused your intention, the more it liberates you from trifles.
Intention should not be confused with unyielding idealistic rigor. Similarly, to be flexible and to be vague are not quite the same. Both are extremes that spawn disappointment. However, there is a fertile angle where intention meets flexibility that compounds the momentum of success. I was heartened by Captain Lewis' revelation that he, too, felt discontent with his misapplied youth. To him, as history testifies, intention made all the difference between charting a new world and just walking around a lot.
To me, it's made the difference between discovering a more capable version of myself and simply running out the clock in a cold, weird place. I'm healthier, more productive, and more appreciative of the people and the world around me. I have a good nine-to-five working on energy grants. With renewed vigour, I commit spare hours to my passions for building science and writing, communing with a miscellany of enlightened colleagues across the country who I enjoy and admire.
Life at the top of the world is good. Life almost anywhere can be, I'd argue, with nimble expectations guided by a conscious outlook. Depending where you're starting from—and we all start in different places—this can take considerable effort to establish. It's tempting to take it easy and not look back. But take it from someone who's done both: taking it easy is never the easy way in the end.
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When you think of great National League power hitters, you might think of the great home run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa in 1998, or of Barry Bonds hitting 73 homers in 2001. But each franchise has a name at the top of its all-time home run leader board that you may or may not instantly recognize. Here is a list of National League teams and the top slugger in history for each:
Arizona Diamondbacks-Luis Gonzalez
Outfielder Luis Gonzalez is a journeyman player who joined the D-backs in 1999, helping the team reach the postseason in only its second year of existence. Gonzalez also had his best years in Arizona, clubbing 224 home runs while with the team, including an astonishing 57 in 2001 to go along with 142 RBI and a .325 batting average. That was also the year the D-backs won it all in a classic series against the Yankees, when Gonzalez had the game winning hit in Game 7. Today Gonzalez plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Atlanta Braves-Hank Aaron
Henry "Hank" Aaron is currently the all-time home run leader in baseball history with 755, at least until Barry Bonds catches up to him. Aaron belted 733 of his career long balls while with the Braves franchise in both Milwaukee and Atlanta, but what is somewhat remarkable is the fact that he never hit more than 47 in a single season. Aaron accomplished that feat in 1971 to go along with 118 RBI and a .327 batting average. He also hit 44 homers in a season four separate times. Aaron might be best remembered for breaking Babe Ruth's long-standing career home run mark of 714 in 1974.
Chicago Cubs-Sammy Sosa
Outfielder Sammy Sosa is probably best remembered for the great home run race with Mark McGwire in 1998, in which he finished with 66 long balls to McGwire's 70. But Sosa won the National League MVP Award that year, and in all belted 545 career homers with the Cubs. Sosa played for the Cubs from 1992 to 2004, and to go along with that magical year of 1998, his best overall season may have been 2001 when he hit 64 homers with 160 RBI and a .328 average. Today Sosa plays for the Texas Rangers.
Cincinnati Reds-Johnny Bench
Catcher Johnny Bench was a huge part of the Reds' "Big Red Machine" years in the 70s. He remains one of the greatest hitting catchers of all-time as well, hitting 389 homers for the Reds, the only team he ever played for. In 1970, Bench hit 45 home runs with 145 runs batted in to go along with a .293 batting average, in helping his team to the National League pennant. He also won the National League MVP Award in both 1970 and 1972.
Colorado Rockies-Todd Helton
The Rockies entered the league as an expansion team in 1993, so it's no surprise that their all-time home run king, first baseman Todd Helton, only has 292 long balls while with the team. Though not necessarily known as a power hitter, Helton has a career lifetime batting average of .333 for the only team he's ever played for (1997-present), but his power numbers can never be ignored either. Helton had an incredible year in 2001 when he hit 49 homers with 146 RBI and .336 batting average.
Florida Marlins-Mike Lowell
The Marlins were an expansion team in 1993, and won World Series titles in both 1997 and 2003. But after each championship, the teams were dismantled. And so, the all-time home run leader for the franchise is third baseman Mike Lowell with 143. Lowell played for the Marlins from 1999 to 2005, and his best season was the championship year of 2003 when he belted 32 home runs with 105 RBI. Lowell currently plays for the Boston Red Sox.
Houston Astros-Jeff Bagwell
For any player who began his big league career in the nineties like first baseman Jeff Bagwell did with the Astros in 1991, it's unusual that they play their entire career for one team. But Bagwell did, and hit a lot of bombs up until retiring in 2005, collecting a total of 449 for his career. Bagwell hit 47 homers with 132 RBI and a .310 batting average in 2000, but his best year overall may have been the strike-shortened season of 1994. In that season, Bagwell belted 39 home runs with 116 RBI in just 110 games, and he hit a staggering .368 on his way to winning the National League MVP Award. Today Bagwell is still with Houston as an assistant to the General Manager.
Los Angeles Dodgers-Duke Snider
Outfielder Duke Snider played the bulk of his career in a Dodgers' uniform, first in Brooklyn and then later when the team moved to Los Angeles in 1958. Snider had his best home run total in 1956 when he hit 43, but his best overall season was 1954 when he clubbed 40 long balls to go with 130 RBI and a .341 batting average. Snider helped a Brooklyn Dodgers' dynasty win seven National League pennants and two World Series titles.
Milwaukee Brewers-Robin Yount
Shortstop Robin Yount was one of the best hitting shortstops of all-time, and he played in Milwaukee for his entire career, from 1974 to 1993. Yount played for the Brewers before they moved to the National League in 1998, and during his tenure hit a franchise-leading 251 home runs. In 1982, Yount hit 29 home runs with 114 RBI and .331 batting average, leading the Brew Crew to the National League title and the first World Series appearance in their history.
New York Mets-Darryl Strawberry
The Mets have existed as a franchise since 1962, but their all-time home run king, outfielder Darryl Strawberry, only played for them for eight seasons (1983-1990). Strawberry hit 252 homers as a Met, winning the National League Rookie of the Year in 1983, and leading his team to a World Series title in 1986. Strawberry's best year as a pro was 1987 when he hit 39 homers with 104 RBI while batting .284. After leaving as a free agent in 1990, he went on to play for the Dodgers, Giants and Yankees, battling many off-the-field problems. But Strawberry may have had one of the sweetest power strokes of any player in history.
Philadelphia Phillies-Mike Schmidt
Third baseman Mike Schmidt played for the Phillies for his entire career and remains one of the city's greatest sports legends, as well as one of baseball's greatest all-time sluggers. Schmidt belted 548 homers during his 18-year career (1972-1989), and his best season was 1980, with 48 home runs, 121 RBI and a .286 batting average en route to the Phillies winning a World Series title against Kansas City. Schmidt also won the National League MVP three times-1980, 1981, and 1986.
Pittsburgh Pirates-Willie Stargell
First baseman Willie Stargell, affectionately nicknamed "Pops" late in his career, played his entire career for the Pirates, hitting 475 homers during that time (1962-1982). Stargell helped his team win championships in both 1971 and 1979, and his best season overall was 1971 when he hit 48 homers with 125 runs batted in with a .295 batting average. He also was the World Series MVP in 1979. Stargell tragically passed away from a stroke in 2001 at the age of 61.
San Francisco Giants-Willie Mays
Outfielder Willie Mays, known as the "Say Hey Kid," is one of the all-time great sluggers in baseball history. Playing nearly his entire career in a Giants uniform (including time in both New York and San Francisco), Mays hit 646 home runs with the franchise. Mays hit 52 bombs in 1965, but his best season as a whole was with the New York Giants in 1955 when he hit 51 to go along with 127 RBI and a .319 batting average. His only World Series ring was won in 1954 when the Giants beat the Cleveland Indians and Mays won the National League MVP in both 1954 and 1965. Mays still serves as a special assistant to the President of the Giants.
San Diego Padres-Nate Colbert
The Padres began play in 1969, but have never won a title to go along with just two National League pennants. In between, there have been a lot of difficult years for this franchise, so it shouldn't be a surprise that the team's all-time home run king, first baseman Nate Colbert, hit just 163 with the team. Colbert played for the Padres from 1969 to 1974, and his best season for them was 1972 when he hit 38 homers with 111 RBI. Colbert went on to play for Detroit, Montreal and Oakland before retiring in 1976.
St. Louis Cardinals-Stan Musial
First baseman Stan "The Man" Musial played his entire career in a Cardinals uniform, and is one of the most beloved St. Louis athletes of all-time. Musial played for the team from 1941 to 1963, belting 475 career homers. Musial led the Cards to three World Series titles, and his best season overall was 1948, when he hit an astounding .376 with 39 homers and 131 runs batted in. Musial also won the National League MVP Award three times.
Washington Nationals-Vladimir Guerrero
Though he never played in Washington, outfielder Vladimir Guerrero is the franchise home run leader with 234, all hit when he played for the Montreal Expos from 1996 to 2003. Guerrero's best season was 2000 when he hit 44 homers with 123 RBI and batted .345. He left the team as a free agent to sign with the Anaheim Angels, and Guerrero still plays for the Angels today.
Stan Musial
Nate Colbert was a good first baseman and a good hitter and hit homeruns for a few years for the Padres but he didnt last nearly long enough to be added to the all time greatest NL sluggers team.
Duke Snider wasn't a catcher, he was a Center Fielder.
Great hub! Do you think Sosa should make it to the Hall now? http://hubpages.com/hub/Sammy-Sosa
And Barry Bonds is where? He should be a top of this list! Way better than all those guys, especially sosa.
Very good list. I might have added Larry Walker instead of Helton, but very fun hub. I enjoyed reading it.


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REVISITING THE SEMYON DEAL: The Colorado Avalanche's Semyon Varlamov will get to play his old Washington Capitals team this weekend, making it the perfect time to revisit a deal that has taken at least two U-turns since it was consummated back on July 1, on the opening day of the 2011 free agent market. Colorado paid a steep price to shore up its goaltending, surrendering a 2012 first rounder, plus a conditional pick (either second to third rounder) to the Caps to land Varlamov, a 23-year-old that they thought would solve their goaltending issues long-term. Given how poorly Colorado played last season, the idea of giving up a potential lottery draft choice for a player with Varlamov's injury history seemed ludicrous at the time (Varlamov had never played more than 27 games in his first three NHL seasons). But when Colorado got off to a fast start - they were 6-0 on the road at one point this season - it looked as if the Avalanche would get the last laugh, and prove to people that they were more like the 95-point team that they had in 2010 as opposed to the 68-point team they had in 2011.
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AND FINALLY: Everybody talks about the concussion epidemic; nobody talks about the leg injury epidemic. Dozens of NHLers are on the sidelines, many because they tried to block shots, and the latest to leave the lineup is Minnesota Wild captain Mikko Koivu, who was hurt the other night, and joins Devin Setoguchi, Pierre-Marc Bouchard and others on the sidelines for the league's most surprising team ... Anybody remember when the Edmonton Oilers were 8-2-2 to start the season? Thursday's loss to Phoenix dropped them into an 11th-place tie with Calgary, with a 14-14-3 record. At some point, you wonder if the Oilers will move Ales Hemsky, a skilled and injury-prone forward that doesn't seem to be a good fit with the new-look Oil. And if Hemsky doesn't go, does that make Sam Gagner a potential trade target? ... A good December for rookie goalies: Matt Hackett in Minnesota and Richard Bachman in Dallas both came to the rescue of their teams, following injuries to starters. Tonight, Leland Irving, who is on the Calgary roster replacing the injured Henrik Karlsson, will make his debut. Irving is a former No. 1 draft choice (26th overall, 2006, from back in the Darryl Sutter era). Speaking of Sutter, he is working to resolve some family and logistical concerns, which is delaying the announcement that he will be the Los Angeles Kings' next head coach. It'll likely become official next Tuesday, once the team returns home from its four-game road trip, meaning John Stevens will likely still be behind the bench Monday, when the Kings play the Maple Leafs in Toronto.Report Typo/Error
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