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We're at it again, hyping the upcoming pilot and mechanic shortage. (How come we never talk about flight attendant shortages?) Maintenance shops are having a hard time finding mechanics, and the new 1,500-hour rule for airline pilots means that airlines that are now losing their 65-year-old pilots to retirement are sucking instructors out of flight schools.
Oh, woe is us! What are we going to do?
First of all, let's calm down. There is no shortage in the world that sufficient money won't fix. Pay people enough and they will come. Raise the price of oil enough and clever humans will figure out an alternative.
But, I can hear aviation people saying, "It's not that easy. Aviation is different. Special. People should feel lucky to have a flying or maintenance job. It's not about the money, is it?"
Oh, yes it is.
Maybe not for young people starting out, but add a spouse and kids, and mommy and/or daddy will soon be looking for a real job, one that pays enough to put money away for college and one with decent benefits.
So what should the aviation industry do, if we don't want to suffer a real people shortage?
Simple. Figure out how to remunerate better. If your company can't, then don't be whining when the résumé pile dries up and no one is knocking on your door.
Here are some simple ideas.
Flight School:
Stop charging $70 an hour and paying instructors $20 or $30 of that. Charge what you need to make money renting the airplanes and let the instructor keep all of the instruction fees. Your school will be overrun with high-quality candidates who want to stick around. They will be better teachers and thus keep students' costs to a minimum, too.
Maintenance Shop:
Many shops are charging more than $100 an hour for maintenance. How much of that goes to the mechanic? Shouldn't a maintenance job be a remunerative career instead of a training ground for the next job, which often is not even in aviation because aviation doesn't pay that well? Mechanics' work is just as important as that of the flight crew (pilots and flight attendants), air traffic controllers, line personnel and so on; all carry a huge responsibility, keeping the customer safe.
Please do us all a favor: stop racing to the bottom, and charge whatever is needed to keep our butts safe. If you can't make it fly safely for what you're charging, then get out of aviation and leave it to the professionals.
FAA (EASA, other regulators):
Stop over-regulating aviation! After a certain point, all of your well meaning efforts to fix every problem with more regulation do more harm than good. You could do far more for safety by walking around and visiting with us, rather than wasting everybody's time assessing a $687,000 fine against Delta Air Lines for a chip in a radome, for just one example. Or another $300,000 for a faulty copilot floodlight. Every time you impose more regulations or more penny-ante penalties, you ratchet up our costs yet again, which makes it even harder to pay people more. If what you are doing right this minute doesn't actually contribute to truly improving safety, then help us all out and stop it.
This isn't a problem that can't be fixed. All it takes is a little common sense. And we need to wean ourselves off the lame excuse that anyone who works in aviation should consider themselves lucky. Of course we all want to employ people who have a passion for aviation, but they aren't going to stick around unless their career is economically worthwhile.
Leardriver (not verified)
October 4, 2012 - 10:33pm
The aviation businesses did this to themselves. Not giving the aviation community a reason to persue a career in this field. It cost over 100k to get your ratings and a bachelor degree. Really!! And pay us pennies on the dollar.
matt (not verified)
October 5, 2012 - 12:29pm
Finally, someone in the aviation media hits it right on the nose. The author is correct in every point especially the airlines charging enough to actually make money. Where else in business can you operate continuously at a loss, then repeatedly declare bankruptcy, and then return to business (losing money) as usual, all along screwing over their hard working employees while top management get big bonuses for their "efforts". I have said this before and will say it again, there never has been, is not now, nor never will be a shortage of pilots in the US. The only possible "shortage" is of pilots who are willing to work for nothing.
M (not verified)
October 9, 2012 - 5:13pm
other regulators: Stop over-regulating aviation!
I agree with you on all of this. However, and I apologize to be a buzzkill, but this one point is what is going to kill more industries than just ours: over-regulation and burdensome taxes/fees/whatever. This type of organization: what incentive do they have? None. They have no incentive for performance, efficiency, profit, even professionalism. Until that is addressed as a culture and restrained instead of enhanced, we will all be fighting losing battles, in every industry. Ours just happens to be most visible to us.
Jay (not verified)
October 9, 2012 - 8:04pm
Yes sir. We've heard it all before. "There's a BIG pilot shortage coming and pay will have to go up to keep qualified help."
But you know what? That was 20 years ago and I still haven't seen any airplanes parked with a sign in the window that says, "Will fly if I can find a pilot."
Terry Herbert (not verified)
October 9, 2012 - 8:28pm
In US the military pilot pool is now non existant. Hence, problems with finding quality pilots from day one of hiring. That leads to accidents. Majors get around liability issues with contract feeders, mostly RJ's with latest automation. Once past relying on the button pushing there is no resource to rely upon and probs add up and happen fast. You may say, they are too young. Age not the prob....experience! At age 25 I was hunting the bad guys on the Ho Chi Min Trail flying 5-7 hr combat sorties, 125 hr/mo. Check that out while dodging AAA 37 and 57MM ground fire. In retrospect, you either love it or loose it. Those pilots are not in the "pool" today.
The Asian airlines are late bloomers but, they have a rapid learning curve. Hire ex-pats on contract until they can produce their own pilots! They pay for pilot training from day one for there choosen applicant nationals. They develop approach profiles for training that matches airline ops. Consequently all effort is focused upon the airline cockpit and nothing else. Their crew intergration is very slow and sure, seeking experience over the shoulder and understanding there is a real bonifide "Captain" of the ship.
Here when the airline hires, they have no idea what they will get. Once pasted all the minimum sims and check, then it is time for the Captains to suffer until the new hire is up to "speed". All newbies have a hack at it at all levels without proper screening. The good do well anywhere and the others..... Maybe the military and asian carriers have a better overall plan? Yes, they produce quality pilots that can handle what they are given.
If the true "golden parachutists" had no parachute, then maybe they could train there own pilots from scratch.
Retired from major carrier.
Blue Sky
scott elder (not verified)
October 10, 2012 - 1:44pm
You want a shortage......that's how you get paid more.....all that being said....I'..I've seen enough of the sleazy side of this industry to want out......6500hr ATP
Geo (not verified)
October 10, 2012 - 4:41pm
Why is the military flying pool drying up? It may be less than it was but somebody is flying all the F-16s, F-15s, F-18s, C-17s, ect. A lot of the pilots get out around ten years and a lot stay in to retire at twenty. Still a lot of pilots separating or retiring every year. A 42 year old ex-military pilot is too old to fly for some sleaze bankrupt major carrier? Fine, park the damn thing in the weeds until some 23 year-old with 6,000 hours and two moon landings shows up. Good luck on making the lease payments.
Henchman (not verified)
October 23, 2012 - 9:28am
It takes several years to train a pilot to airline level, minimum. The training pipeline is largely empty and infrastructure dismantled, both civilian and military. Most of what training happening in the US is of foreign pilots desperately needed overseas. We need to replace half our US airline pilots over the next ten years just to keep our industry at this historically low size, which certainly won't be adequate. Only a breathtakingly huge investment right now will produce enough pilots to avoid shrinking our airline industry five years from now. Most likely we will first lower standards and raise pay just enough to draw the remaining entry-level instructor pilots into the airlines, shutting down what little training was available. And forget the military, their potential contribution is too small to matter.
A modest increase in pilot pay will attract bodies and money to the training pipeline and it will grow organically. The time for that is getting late.
George (not verified)
October 23, 2012 - 11:29am
I have never heard of such unadulterated BS in my life. In addition to the separated and retired military pilots each year there are thousands of corporate pilots who might prefer the regular schedule of an airline pilot to a corporate schedule if the pay and benefits were on equal footing with their corporate job. The rub is that it would be a giant step down in professionalism for many of them. Same goes for the military pilots in the squadrons asking themselves whether to stay for retirement or get out at the end of their current commitment. They trade outstanding leadership for the dreck that is running the major airlines, never mind the near criminal "management" of the commuters. The above comment about a pilot shortage reminds me of the VLJ prediction a few years ago. Farcical doesn't even begin to describe it.
Henchman (not verified)
October 23, 2012 - 12:43pm
George, I agree the airlines are now undesireable and will have to pay handsomely to begin to attract pilots. My fear is it will be too late. As far as thousands of pilots, we are talking thousands of pilots needed for each airline, tens of thousands of pilots needed. In the late '90s individual airlines hired many thousands of pilots each and were running out of pilot candidates. That was just a growth spurt, not a retirement bubble with a growth from deep recession with a much smaller military and a world-wide shortage. The regionals expect to pull scheduled service out of over 500 markets due to pilots leaving for major airlines and no replacements. Regional and corporate pilots are also closing on retirement, they will be short and will raise the stakes to keep pilots and keep operating. Flying will become a very expensive luxury or necessity again, and airlines will make a lot of money flying only their most lucrative routes at very high ticket prices.
Geo (not verified)
October 23, 2012 - 3:08pm
If there was a pilot shortage looming, and there isn't one, the airlines could start their own academies with their own money. Any pay the students to go to school. No, what this is is a scam similar to the Law school scam where about twice as many lawyers are graduated each year than positions available. The students have borrowed up to $200,000 for tuition that is a non-dischargeable debt underwritten by the federal government. The kids waste three years and wind up with no job and a crushing debt. Or a crappy job for less than $20,000 a year, with no benefits. Sound familiar? The only people who make out are the law schools. Substitute "flight schools" for law schools and you have the exact same situation. There is no crisis, no shortage, no anything except an industry that is destroying itself.
Henchman (not verified)
October 23, 2012 - 4:55pm
A chart of pilot supply vs demand over the past 50 years looks like the Andes mountains, with deep oceanic troughs interspersed. It has always been panic and layoffs for the airlines and the military, always too many or too few, and each cycle more desperate for the pilots or the operators. The last hiring cycle was frantic, but ended dramatically with half the almost ten-thousand new pilots laid off within a year of being hired.
This current cycle of oversupply has been the longest and deepest ever, with those thousands of middle-aged, moderately experienced, and unemployed pilots ready to fly cheap for the past 13 years. Unlike law and med school grads, they don't have a lot of employment options, and usually take unskilled work and wait. The options for new flight school grads have been bleak: pay at historic lows, time away from home at historic highs, and little chance of advancement if they do find a job. That hasn't been lost on young people considering and dismissing a career in aviation.
The picture at the military has been similar, although conditions much better. A decrease in pilot jobs, an increase to ten-years commitment, and few desireable options outside, has retained their pilots. They have closed over half their pilot training bases in the past 13 years and are looking at a shortage if they don't continue shrinking their manned fleet. They won't likely release pilots from their commitments when the airlines start calling.
So the industry is set up for its biggest shortage ever. Now add a few factors:
- The birth of an entire new world of airlines in the Far and Middle-East, with no training infrastructure.
- An improving economy and demand for air travel.
- A resumption of the bubble of airline pilot retirements.
- Increased reliance on small planes, requiring more pilots per passenger.
- Increases in rest requirements, requiring more pilots.
- An increase in the minimum hours to start as an airline pilot (think years of flying cheap for a new pilot).
- An increase in cost of training, close to $200k now and rising.
- An unusual lack of empty seats to absorb any increase in demand.
- Huge orders for new airliners, more than at any time in history.
matt (not verified)
October 23, 2012 - 6:59pm
"- The birth of an entire new world of airlines in the Far and Middle-East, with no training infrastructure." Very true. The US flight schools are loaded with foreign students. I see this at various fair weather airports and hear it on ATC communications. After these students have qualified in their native country to fly those aircraft the expatriot(US) pilots will once again be on the street with no job.
"- An improving economy and demand for air travel." Not sure about either. As far as demand is concerned, obviously not enough for the US airlines as the latest attempt to raise fares failed. US airlines are still limiting or reducing available seats to get higher fares.
"- A resumption of the bubble of airline pilot retirements." Remains to be seen. Delta has already stated that some retired pilots will not be replaced instead they will just park airplanes in their effort to keep available seats at a level to keep fares higher.
"- Increased reliance on small planes, requiring more pilots per passenger." Not according to most US airlines. Due to unprofitablity of 50 seaters Delta has already announced getting rid of the 50 seat RJ in favor of 76 seat RJ and the 100 seat B717.
"- Increases in rest requirements, requiring more pilots." "- An increase in the minimum hours to start as an airline pilot (think years of flying cheap for a new pilot)." Possible on both, but if the US airlines can find a way around this they will.
"- An increase in cost of training, close to $200k now and rising." Until lending companies stop issuing loans for flight training this may not change anything either. May make it impossible for someone other than military graduates and those with a rich mom and dad.
"- An unusual lack of empty seats to absorb any increase in demand". And this is exactly what the US airlines want to keep fares up.
"- Huge orders for new airliners, more than at any time in history". Mostly for out of the country(US) airlines. Those ordered for US airlines are to replace less efficient aircraft, not to increase available seats. Even one airline (Delta) is looking for cheap used aircraft rather than expensive new planes.
I wished all the persons who say that there is a real pilot shortage were correct. Then I could see a real increase in pilot wages. Problem is there are to many pilots out there who are willing to fly for nothing. There are enough pilots out there now that are out of work to last the next 30 years or more. I have heard the pilot shortage nonsense now for over 25 years that I have been involved in aviation and nothing has changed as far as wages are concerned. If anything wages have gotten worse. Simple supply and demand.
Henchman (not verified)
October 23, 2012 - 9:38pm
The numbers of out-of-work pilots are dwindling. The airlines still point to large numbers of laid-off pilots on their books, but they are finding fewer and fewer accept an offer to return as they get into pilots out ten years or more. The pilots have moved on, most now have more years in at another airline and better pay than they can hope for at their previous airline. The airlines are still telling creditors and pilots that there are large numbers of pilots trained and ready to step back into their cockpits, because it sounds better than the reality they know is coming. Airline executives have gotten very good at managing perceptions and expectations, forgotten about managing airlines.
George (not verified)
October 23, 2012 - 9:55pm
I do not see why you are beating this horse to death when people with decades of experience are telling you there isn't a pilot shortage. Where do you think people on this blog have been for the last two, three, four decades? The worst thing that could happen is a faster than normal progression from the left seat of a commuter RJ to the right seat of a mainline 737. If some commuter is short-staffed and temporarily can't fly the Peoria-Chicago route, so what? People will drive. It is not the end of the world. In any event, the commuters should be forced to drastically upgrade their salaries and working conditions or go out of business altogether.
Henchman (not verified)
October 24, 2012 - 9:49am
Because like a lot of us here, I have an irrational love for aviation, and intolerance for injustice and misleading information. After almost 50 years involved in aviation, I'd like to see it continue to thrive. The lack of a generation of pilots would be harmful to this industry and probably dangerous, and I believe we are headed there. That isn't just speculation, I look at this daily, and it agrees with many top experts in the industry. Look at the FAA, AOPA, Regional Aviation Association, Boeing, Airbus, the National Association of Flight Instructors, and numerous financial analysts. Their recent conclusions are that a pilot shortage is coming and it will be severe, but it is not possible to predict when. I'd be happy to post links to their various articles and studies, if that would be acceptable to AIN. The fact that these recurring shortages are still unpredictable does not mean we can afford to ignore them until problems arrive. Just like the timber and fishing industries, we need to put resources into maintaining our resources. That would be much cheaper than dealing with severe shortages.
No, people won't just drive. When a medium-size city with a lot of industry and/or tourism loses scheduled air service, it is like having the highway suddenly diverted 50 miles away. Cities fight hard and spend hard to keep scheduled air service, because it is essential to so many industries. Like the coming pilot shortage, there is a lot of information on this topic if you care to look.
The article above concludes that something needs to be done to avoid a real problem. Most of the suggestions offered involve devoting corporate income to preventing the problem, a return to the way it used to be. That sounds counter to current management practices of fighting for the quick buck, and ignoring long-term problems. Like the timber and fishing industries, the government may be forced to step in to save the industries from themselves. History has shown that only tragedy and pubic outcry will move legislators to defy an industry that supports them financially. I'm trying to stir the pot before the next series of tragedies. Futile or not, it needs to be done.
Terry (not verified)
October 24, 2012 - 2:36pm
Why do u think the A320 evolved in France? It was focused on use by 3rd world countries. Cheap a/c not requiring an experienced pilot. Nothing within its skin relates to all previous a/c or knowledge and experience to fly.
Cases in point: two(one male, one female) seperate occurances while Captain,
F/O "cleared visual" as released from approach control.
Even though airfield had been insight already, the pattern was so far from normal, that the tower enquired if landing was possible? These were US pilots from the RJs and evidently no other education. ie: no hands and brain dead because of automation/no real pilot experience/aero training.
Companies need to have advanced pilot training inhouse or consortorium. ie: Air France A330 Atlantic Ocean crash, only the Captain from the bunk understood the situation and commanded recovery actions from the third seat. Pilots at the controls did not follow through. Junior pilots failed in all respects. Did not avoid the wx that took them down and had no experience/training to apply and recover.
The captain was too lax on that trip. You would think that two other pilots on deck could avoid wx and keep it right side up!
Air France like all carriers should pay for more training and give pilots more hands on experience. ie: upset training not just sim maneuvers, but real aircraft of varing sizes.
If pilot prospects/students saw a real out come in experience and pay for their efforts, no shortage would exist! There would be safer aircrews and less liability for companies.
Just think companies, how loyal a pilot would be if he was paid a liveable amount from day one? The buck should not stop at the head shed!


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I went to one summer camp as a kid: Sam Vincent's Basketball Camp. I don't currently play in the NBA, so apparently it didn't take. It probably didn't help that I was the shortest person in attendance either. The thought of going to a class to learn anytime from June to the end of August is absolutely absurd to a lot of kids. "Learn" turns into something of a naughty word for a lot of kids during this three month period.
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Now THAT is a summer camp class mini-me would have been in to. In fact, current-me was into it! When I caught up with the class, they were getting ready to observe enrichment items they had made for our red pandas. I'm talking proper observation here! They were taking notes, rating the animal reaction to the items, and discussing the outcome.
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PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies announced Wednesday that catcher Carlos Ruiz will begin a rehab assignment Thursday with Class A Advanced Clearwater.
Ruiz has been on the disabled list since June 27 with a concussion.
He could rejoin the Phillies' lineup next week.
Ruiz is hitting .257 with two home runs, 14 RBIs and a .719 OPS in 273 plate appearances this season.
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Updated 7:40 pm, Friday, November 16, 2012
Brandon Freeman hates watching practice and games from the sidelines. But that was his spot for more than a month with a broken collarbone.
After a diving catch Sept. 22, Freeman missed four games. Since his return, one of UTSA's top receivers in 2011 has worked hard to find his groove. He has three catches in two games.
One grab last week was highlight-reel quality. As QB Eric Soza was flushed out of the pocket, Freeman made a smart play and found open space near the sideline. Freeman made a nice catch, tip-toeing the sideline, for 23 yards.
"Coach (Kevin Brown) harps on keeping plays alive, on keeping the scramble rules going," Freeman said. "I just had to look down real fast to make sure my feet were still in bounds."
UTSA scored on the drive during a 31-24 victory over McNeese State. Now coming off the bench, Freeman said he hopes to make the most of the rest of the season.
"I kind of got moved down the depth chart (after the injury), which is normal," he said. "I'm still working on getting back out there, to make some plays, to let the coaches know I can still contribute."


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In February, Averitt McKenzie ambushed Carlton Johnson as he walked to his Moncrief Road apartment. Johnson was returning home from talking to police about a crime he suspected McKenzie committed.
McKenzie shot Johnson in the leg and stomach area in retaliation for talking with police.
McKenzie is a habitual felony offender with a 2006 conviction for grand theft auto. He is also a prison release re-offender. He was released from prison on a 2008 burglary conviction within three years of committing this crime.
McKenzie faces 30 years in prison. He will be sentenced the week of Feb. 25.
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A little more familiarity with Del Monte Golf Course, and more rest, meant a lot for PGA Tour member Scott Stallings.
A year after playing Del Monte for the first time ever, and carding a 76, Stallings returned to the course Thursday and took the lead in this week's 41st Callaway Pebble Beach Invitational, posting a bogey-free 8-under 64.
In his Invitational debut last year, Stallings was unable to even play a practice round on Del Monte due to an overseas flight and late arrival.
"Last year I didn't know where to hit the ball. I didn't know the course," said Stallings, who finished 67th on this year's PGA Tour money list. "I felt more refreshed this time around."
For Stallings, a career two-time winner on the PGA Tour who captured this year's True South Classic, all eight of his birdies came on putts from within 10 feet. "I was grinding it out all day, but I didn't have to do anything too severe," said Stallings, who called an 8-foot par putt on the 18th his toughest stroke of the day.
At 66, two strokes back, are PGA Tour member William McGirt and Champions Tour member Kirk Triplett.
McGirt, who finished No. 74 on this year's money list, used the 2011 Invitational as a tune-up for PGA Tour Q-School finals, where he'd finish tied for 11th.
"It's always relaxing here, even for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Knowing I don't have to play another tournament for a month and a half is very relaxing," McGirt said.
McGirt, who had three Top 10 finishes this past season, including a tie for second at the RBC Canadian Open, made his move with four birdies and an eagle on the par-5 1st. After just reaching the green on No.1, he sank his 40-foot putt.
"I hit it pretty good. It was a solid day. Anytime you have no bogeys, it's a good day," McGirt said.
Triplett, who won this year's Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach to become only the sixth player to win on each of the three major tours, had the low round at an often windy Pebble Beach. Known for years as the guy in the bucket hat, Triplett shot 31 on his front-nine thanks to a string of birdies on holes No.2 through No.6. He later added a birdie on the par-5 14th.
At three back is 2010 Invitational champ John Mallinger, following a 67 at Del Monte. Champions Tour member Tom Purtzer and four other players, including Russell Henley, who finished No. 3 on the Web.com Tour money list, had 68's at Del Monte.
Five off the pace at 69 are 2001 Invitational and 2011 U.S. Senior Open winner Olin Browne and two-time Web.com Tour winner Luke Guthrie.
Guthrie shared the low round of the day at Spyglass Hill along with fellow Web.com players Justin Hicks and Robert Streb and PGA Tour member Bobby Gates.
Ten-time major winner Annika Sorenstam, making a rare competitive appearance, is the low LPGA Tour player following a 70 at Del Monte.
Record three-time Invitational champion Mark Brooks, who won the 1996 PGA Championship, shot 73 at Pebble Beach. Santa Cruz native Juli Inkster, who won the event in 1990 and remains the lone female winner, opened with a 76 at Pebble Beach.
Today's second round will tee off at 8 a.m. at each of the event's three venues weather permitting. The Pebble Beach Invitational is the only event in golf where players from each of the four main tours compete side-by-side for the same purse.


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ARLINGTON -- So many times this season, the injury-riddled Rangers have needed a break -- a big win in the midst of a losing stretch, an outing in which both the pitching and the hitting came together on the same page.
On Friday night the Rangers got both of those. They got their break -- and with a 4-1 win against the A's, they got it against the league's most dominant team.
"Tonight we were able to do what we needed to do when we created some opportunities for ourselves," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "We just have to continue to do that. Take advantage of what we create."
And though the offensive opportunities were plentiful -- leading to a run in the second, third and two in the sixth -- it was the pitching that kept the Rangers in command of what became their first home victory in nine tries.
It started with right-hander Jerome Williams, who set the tone early in his Rangers debut when he retired 11 straight batters following a one-out double in the second.
Williams' contract was purchased Friday from Triple-A Round Rock. The Astros released him July 8, and he started in place of Nick Tepesch Friday, who got an extra day of rest.
Washington had told Williams before the game's begin to not treat this start as a temporary fix. Instead, this was an opportunity.
Williams seized it, throwing six innings of one-run ball with five hits and four strikeouts. He commanded all four of his pitches, and didn't walk anyone.
"He gave us an outstanding job, he really did," Washington said. "I'll take six innings every night with one run. He did it. He was changing speeds, was moving the ball around … He really did a good job."
Williams, who donned a hot pink glove to honor his mother, who passed away in 2001 of breast cancer, said that getting through the sixth inning was crucial.
He's still getting used to the heat and the fatigue that comes with it, now that he's no longer inside the climate-control ballpark that the Astros play in -- Minute Maid Park.
"I wanted to finish [the sixth inning] no matter what," Williams said. "I felt strong, I felt fine out there … so I came out and finished it."
After Williams, Rangers relievers Roman Mendez, Ryan Feierabend, Neal Cotts and Neftali Feliz all combined to give up just two hits.
Feliz took over the closing duties for the first time since 2011 when the Rangers played St. Louis in the World Series. Since then, he's had Tommy John surgery in 2012 and has worked tirelessly to be the pitcher he once was.
Feliz didn't record a single strikeout in the ninth inning. Instead he got the job done with two flyouts and a groundout on which he sprinted to first base to complete.
Feliz earned his first save since Game 5 of the World Series on October 24, 2011, and it had sent the 35,582 fans in attendance into a frenzy.
"The emotions the fans gave me, I like to feel them," Feliz said. "Feeling the fans roaring for me to finish the game, I enjoy it."
The team with the lowest winning percentage in the league had defeated the team with the highest.
The music in the locker room bounced in the background, as highlights from the victory lit up the television above Elvis Andrus' locker.
"It's pretty big, especially starting the homestand," Andrus said. "We haven't played good baseball at home and for us to step up and … have a solid game today, it's going to help us a lot."
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The bar menu is simple: seafood from the raw bar, charcuterie, cheese, and a few small plates. Start the evening with a glass of prosecco and some platters from the raw bar, such as the Snow Crab Legs ($14 for four), and take advantage of the fact that you're outdoors to get downright messy with the dish.
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Reflections on the Public Anthropology Conference
For the past decade, the Department of Anthropology at American University has organized and hosted the Public Anthropology Conference (PAC). Each year, academics, activists, and professionals converge on the AU campus to discuss social justice issues of the day. On October 5 and 6, 2013, over 200 participants came to AU to engage with a variety of issues under the banner of PAC @ 10: Celebrating a Decade of Resistance.
Contributors from 40 institutions, both local and international, presented research and techniques that address global issues including citizenship, new and renewed activist pedagogies, environmental issues and the transformation of space, race, class, sexuality, ethics, and most importantly, resistance. Scholars and activists offered a variety of techniques for addressing these social concerns. While PAC hosted theoretical discussions, it was also a forum for applied anthropology in keeping with the department's focus on public anthropology. Three panels suggested ways that documentary filmmaking could expose injustice and highlight current successful strategies for resistance to oppression. A number of workshops engaged packed audiences with concrete ways to change how we think about and live in a complicated world.
This year's conference featured two keynote presentations. On Saturday, PAC welcomed Chap Kusimba, the incoming chair of the Department of Anthropology at American University, and his colleagues, Shomarka Keita of the Smithsonian Institution, and Daniel Sayers of American University. Their lunchtime panel provided an engaging discussion centered on the archaeology of slavery. Each speaker urged the audience to consider multiple ways of understanding slavery and demonstrated how studying remnants from the distant and not-so-distant past sheds light on alternate histories and modern-day versions of enslavement.
Faye Harrison from the University of Florida gave an inspiring keynote presentation on Sunday, after attending both days of the conference as an active audience member. Harrison's talk focused on the theme of sankofa, an Akan symbol that encourages us to look to the past to know where we are in the present and where we will go in the future. Anthropology needs to embrace sankofa, Harrison argued, in order to mold the discipline to better fit the needs of the contemporary world.
Both Saturday and Sunday hosted standing room-only sessions. The conference drew an enthusiastic audience of students, professors, activists, and scholars from the D.C. area and around the country. Multiple participants noted that one of the highlights of the weekend was the conference's intimate atmosphere, which aided in discussion and knowledge sharing. Others commented on the engaging and collaborative workshops, which elicited conversations that will continue well beyond the closing keynote.
The Saturday session concluded with an evening of performances from Ted Samuel, a PhD candidate in anthropology at AU, who performed Tamil folk dances, and Joe Uehlein, an activist who inspired the audience with songs from the labor and environmental movements, of which he has been a part for decades.
The 10th annual Public Anthropology Conference was a weekend to remember. The success of the conference reinforced the continued need for spaces in which public anthropologists and activists can meet, connect, and share knowledge. It is only fitting that in its 10th year, PAC has gained international recognition, something for which the Department of Anthropology and the larger American University community can be proud. PAC is an important legacy that we hope will continue to thrive for many years to come.


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Drolma wrote:Do you think the karmic fruit can appear in the form of being in a position to accrue further bad karma?
I'm watching a program on Hitler Youth, thinking about how their young, vulnerable minds were put into a terrible position. And I'm speculating that their actions probably caused them to contribute to their cycle of suffering.
retrofuturist wrote:Cause is effect is cause is effect - one moment conditions the next.
AdvaitaJ wrote:Drolma,
The last thing I want to do is defend Hitler youth, but even for them, wouldn't "intention" play a major role? If their intent was to save their families, their homes, their younger siblings, wouldn't that have put them in a position to generate more positive karma than many of us could ever achieve?
Regards: AdvaitaJ
Peter wrote:Not quite. Cause is not the same as condition. Karma can never be vipaka.
Peter wrote:I still think you are conflating 'cause' and 'condition'.
Peter wrote:I still think you are conflating 'cause' and 'condition'.
Drolma wrote:I was just thinking that being born into a position to basically be forced to create negative karma and cause harm really sucks. It's a human birth, which is good, but it seems like some negative karmic fruit coming to pass too. I was thinking about the cyclic nature of all of this.
SeerObserver wrote:Being born into such a position is definitely a negative karmic fruit. It is derived from having forced others to do akusala kamma. It is a natural retribution for this in two ways.
The first way is that you are being forced to do something which will surely generate negative fruit as a result of you putting someone in that situation. The second is that you "wasted another's time", so to speak. By putting them into that situation, you have deprived them of time they could have spent on the path. As a result, even though you are a human (which is one of the most conducive states for practice), you will be deprived of the opportunity to take full advantage of that conduciveness and "waste" some of that away as well.
retrofuturist wrote:Greetings SeerObserver,
Is there any evidence in the suttas that supports your exposition of kamma?
Particularly this bit "Being born into such a position is definitely a negative karmic fruit."
How can this be explained without recourse to an invisible omniscient hand (i.e. directing people to certain locations by ) foreseeing (i.e. knowing in advance what Germany was going to become in 10-20 years time) and directing the affairs of the universe (i.e. so that fruit poetically bears for those who have been naughty in previous lives)?
Bhikkhu Bodhi wrote:They show us that our present living conditions, our dispositions and aptitudes, our virtues and faults, result from our actions in previous lives. When we realize that our present conditions reflect our kammic past, we will also realize that our present actions are the legacy that we will transmit to our kammic descendants, that is, to ourselves in future lives.
Bhikkhu Bodhi wrote:The teaching of rebirth, taken in conjunction with the doctrine of kamma, implies that we live in a morally ordered universe, one in which our morally determinate actions bring forth fruits that in some way correspond to their own ethical quality.
Bhikkhu Bodhi wrote:The sentient universe is regulated by different orders of causation layered in such a way that higher orders of causation can exercise dominion over lower ones. Thus the order of kamma, which governs the process of rebirth, dominates the lower orders of physical and biological causation, bending their energies toward the fulfillment of its own potential. The Buddha does not posit a divine judge who rules over the workings of kamma, rewarding and punishing us for our deeds. The kammic process functions autonomously, without a supervisor or director, entirely through the intrinsic power of volitional action.
Bhikkhu Bodhi wrote:It is mental activity, in the form of volition, that constitutes kamma, and it is our stock of kamma that steers the stream of consciousness from the past life into a new body. Thus the Buddha says: "This body, O monks, is old kamma, to be seen as generated and fashioned by volition, as something to be felt" (SN XI.37). It is not only the body, as a composite whole, that is the product of past kamma, but the sense faculties too (see SN XXV.146). The eye, ear, nose, tongue, body-sense, and mind-base are also fashioned by our past kamma, and thus kamma to some degree shapes and influences all our sensory experience. Since kamma is ultimately explained as volition (cetana), this means that the particular body with which we are endowed, with all its distinguishing features and faculties of sense, is rooted in our volitional activities in earlier lives.
Bhikkhu Bodhi wrote:The ultimate implication of the Buddha's teaching on kamma and rebirth is that human beings are the final masters of their own destiny. Through our unwholesome deeds, rooted in greed, hatred, and delusion, we create unwholesome kamma, the generative cause of bad rebirths, of future misery and bondage. Through our wholesome deeds, rooted in generosity, kindness, and wisdom, we beautify our minds and thereby create kamma productive of a happy rebirth.
1. Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
2. Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.
'karma-result', is any karmically (morally) neutral mental phenomenon (e.g. bodily agreeable or painful feeling, sense-consciousness, etc. ), which is the result of wholesome or unwholesome volitional action (karma, q.v.) through body, speech or mind, done either in this or some previous life.
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Man, is Daryl "Kay-Z" Katz a sho' 'nuff pimp-trick gangster! There was word this week that hilarious fallen douche Peter Pocklington has sold his five Stanley Cup rings on some net auction for a total of almost $300,000. The buyer is anonymous thus far, but the list of people that would lay out $300K for five Oilers rings is a pretty short list that consists of:
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Word is that Pocklington is selling the rings "to finance his grandchildren's educations." Riiight. We suppose saying he was selling the rings "to finance arms deals in Iran, or to bankroll elementary school drug deals or anything else shady to make a buck" wouldn't be good form. Well, we said it, Puck, you sheister.
Anyhoo, there are five things you can count on:
- Katz bought the five rings for $300,000. Guaranteed.
- He ain't telling anyone its him, especially lame TSN media types.
- They're going in a special $500,000 display case he had built made of solid gold, diamonds and the shredded remains of Oilers contracts of yore.
- The case has space for more rings that he intends to fill shortly.
- Katz is going to take the rings when they arrive, put one on each finger, and call a meeting of KLowe and MacT. He'll walk into the meeting and yell, "I don't want to hear one word about how many rings either of you have! I have all five rings too! You know how I got em? Money! Now go get me a sixth ring or I will use more of my money to have you both buried in the parking lot, and bring in a new regime!"
He will then punch each of them in the face with the five-ringed fist and leave the room.
Man, what a gangster.
I heard different.
From my understanding he bought the rings because the gum ball machine he keeps in his rumpus room had run out of those diamond rings made out of candy.
This was simply a way of restocking it.
The big question I have is how many quarters Bob Stauffer is going to plug into the machine before he gets one.
Way to go Kay Z
Someone should tell Katz its the new NHL. You cant just buy rings anymore ;)
wipe the egg off..it wasnt him
June 13 2008, 09:39AM
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Yes, how embarrassing for us to speculate that Daryl Katz is a pimp attempting to buy the world, starting with the Oilers rings. The site will be shut down because of this gaffe.
Actually, the reason we posted this is because I've been asking Wanye to give me an excuse to photoshop another crown on Katz's dome.
OK, seriously: you're right, we were wrong. Read about it here.
I actually bought them, can you believe that old Puck took a cheque!!!!!! I'm pretty sure it might not maybe kinda bounce!!!!!!!
It wasn`t Katz that bought the rings, it was Lyle Best on behalf of the Edmonton Sports HOF.
R.B. - I don't know how well you know Katz but how do you see him moving forward once the team is his? Will he think for himself and really try and develop the Oilers both as a managment team and the on-ice product? Is he the kind of owner who will hold the GM & coaching staff responsible for their results or the lack thereof?


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Yamato USA certainly likes Luis Royo's work. Following "Medusa's Gaze," my favorite Fantasy Figure Gallery to date, comes the recent release "The Touch of Ice". In November, fans will be treated to "Black Tinkerbell" and Comic-Con revealed future plans for Luis Royo's "Dead Moon" and "Dancer of Pain". That's a lot of Royo... a lot of gorgeous Fantasy Figure Gallery statues.
In stores now, The Touch of Ice is Yamato USA's second Luis Royo Fantasy Figure Gallery release. The statue (and art) depicts a female warrior kneeling in some unknown land, her eyes staring off into the distance. In her right hand she firmly clutches an ornate longsword while her left hand gingerly lifts the corner of her cowl, as if to disrobe. Is this mysterious woman lost in her own personal fantasy, or is this the beginning of an erotic interlude with someone (or something) sight unseen?
The Touch of Ice is a tastefully done, sultry sculpture. It's not Medusa's Gaze steamy, but the subject is equally sexy. Yamato did a fine job with all the minute detailing, including paint work on her exquisite tribal tattoos, dangling jewlery and body piercings. Expertly applied airbrushing gives her skin (which there is plenty of) a soft, realistic hue. The somewhat pale flesh tones contrast nicely with the dark, earthy colors of her outfit - an interesting combination of tough leather and delicate lingerie. The array of swords further define this piece. The steel color of the weapons plays off her steel jewelry quite well, while the sword in her hand acts an excellent focal point. It's also a very cool looking blade.
Composition on The Touch of Ice is excellent, the statue looking good from a variety of angles. You can display her looking straight ahead with her sword planted firmly in front of her. Or you can rotate her looking off to the side, her tattoed body front and center. A circular base is provided to enhance your display, though whether you use it or not is purely optional. There are no pegs or unsightly peg holes, The Touch of Ice stands well all on its own, but the base does feature a nice nameplate that adds a museum-like sophistication to the piece. On the plate is the statue's name and edition number. The First Edition run is limited to only 2500 pieces produced.
Good looks aside, The Touch of Ice does have one thing going against it: Size. Unfortunatley, the Fantasy Figure Gallery has had a bit of a problem with scale lately. Recent releases like "Golden Lover" and "The Touch of Ice" are drastically smaller than previous statues such as "Akira" and "Medusa's Gaze" - a good 6 inches or so. As statues on their own, size is no issue. However, for those collecting this series in its entirety, the radical flux in scale is alarming and makes for an awkward display. To be fair, the price on these smaller scale statues is lower. Touch of Ice retails for an SRP of $89.95 while a larger piece like Medusa's Gaze cost around $119.99. Regardless, I'd much rather pay the additonal $30 difference to have my statues all be the same scale.
Despite its smaller size, The Touch of Ice IS a beautiful statue. Having some of today's top fantasy art - especially the wonderful work of Luis Royo - represented as a collectible statue is nothing short of amazing. Anime and manga babes have had more than their fair share of the spotlight. It's refreshing to see a new form of sexy art steal the stage.
Want to add this gorgeous statue to your collection? Enter our Yamato USA 2010 SDCC Giveaway today for a chance to win The Touch of Ice for free! Hurry, contest ends August 8th!
Review and Photos by Jeff Saylor
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SAN FRANCISCO -- It's safe to say that Jeremy Affeldt has made an accelerated comeback from the disabled list.
Entering Sunday's Interleague series finale against the Cleveland Indians, Affeldt was unscored upon in five outings, having allowed just two hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Manager Bruce Bochy's use of Affeldt against right-handed batters reflects the hurler's effectiveness. Defying the percentages, Affeldt has limited righties to a .077 batting average (1-for-13).
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The Tigers traded for Price hours before Thursday's non-waiver Trade Deadline to build one of the most formidable rotations in the Majors, one that includes the past three American League Cy Young Award winners. Tuesday was the first time Price has made a start for a team other than the Rays, for whom he pitched for seven seasons.
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The Yankees tagged Price for two solo home runs Tuesday, one in the second by Brian McCann and one in the fifth inning by Martin Prado, along with an RBI double by Jacoby Ellsbury in the third. New York had eight hits in total off Price but managed just three runs, while Price punched out 10 in 8 2/3 innings.
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Talking Smack: Kane & Bryan, Bigshow, More!
by, 10-20-2012 at 01:20 AM (3643 Views)
Another week of the WWE's "B-Show" is in the books, which means it is time to start Talking Smack!
The Standout
Believe it or not, but the thing that stood out the most to me was the opening segment of Miz TV. First off, the Miz was killing it on the mic. His comment to Daniel Bryan of "I bet your friends at the betting zoo think you're hilarious" was awwwwesome! Not only was the Miz hilarious, but he also punked out Booker T by calling him predictable and naming the second match that I thought Booker was going to announce. Instead, Booker announced the first match I figured he would. So Miz was correct, Booker is predictable.
Kane and Daniel Bryan going back and forth, Big Show threatening Bryan, Kane threatening Big Show, Dolph Ziggler throwing in his two cents, and Miz punking Booker were all extremely entertaining. It was nice to finally start off a Smackdown with some excitement.
The Breakdown
The matches that Booker T set up didn't make sense to me, not with what was going on in the ring anyway. He should have made a handicap match of Team Hell No vs. The Big Show. Why? Because even though Big Show's main feud is with Sheamus, his more interesting lesser feud is with the tag team champions. The second match should have been Dolph Ziggler vs. The Miz. Why? Because if they are going to have the Miz lose, the Dolph could have used the win.
Instead we get Randy Orton vs. The Miz, which results in Miz's third loss THIS WEEK! Wow! Who did he make mad? The most frustrating part of this match was that it kept panning to the balcony where Alberto del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez are watching. They even had Matt Stryker interview him during the match. For a brief second when Rodriguez grabbed the microphone and answered Matt Stryker in English, I got super excited. The WWE was actually listening to me! Then ADR took the microphone again, and all my dreams were smashed.
Team Rhode Scholars vs. Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd had Kidd flying all over the ring. It was nice to see him working that aggressively and smoothly. Cody Rhodes' finishing move was sick, and I think I felt it connect from my couch.
Eve is starting to grow on me as a heel and character. The way she is lurking in the shadows and plotting her next move shows that she is in this power struggle with Teddy Long. Plus, her acting is starting to improve slightly. Also, why does Booker T always have to go to a meeting whenever Eve and Teddy are undermining each other right in front of him? What type of boss wouldn't want to get to the bottom of this, especially when it's been going on for weeks? And who is he always meeting during the middle of a show that he's supposed to be running?
Team Hell No vs. The Big Show and Dolph Ziggler ended like almost every other match with Ziggler in it: he lost. It's also hard for me to believe that this is the same Daniel Bryan that was going toe to toe with CM Punk in some epic matches just a few months ago. He was getting thrown around by both Big Show and Ziggler. It's almost as if he's been de-powered. You're de-powering the wrong superstar. Come on WWE, it's basic thuganomics. However, I did like that another tag team inserted themselves in the tag champs business. We're a week away from Hell in the Cell and they finally started this feud.
I was surprised to see Ted DiBiase vs. Antonio Cesaro mainly because I though DiBiase was dead, or at the very least MIA.
They couldn't have put the Brodus Clay vs. Heath Slater match on Superstars?
Let me get this straight; Layla starts crying in her match against Natalya and then somehow overcomes and beats her? I love Layla, but that is ridiculous.
Backstage, Teddy Long gives Kaitlyn Eve's iPad that supposedly has some incriminating evidence on it concerning who attacked Kaitlyn. I'm calling it, Teddy is setting Eve up. He was handling the iPad. He could have easily put something on it. Plus, Eve said she found a blond wig in Teddy's stuff.
I feel like I've already seen the Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett match…..I can't put my finger on it….Oh wait, this is different because it's a lumberjack match. One where the lumberjacks do absolutely nothing, except erupt in to an all lumberjack brawl. Didn't see that coming.
However, the ending did make me alert. I was on the edge of my seat when Dolph Ziggler was about to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase, but then Big Show happened. Why wouldn't Big Show let him do it? He's still the number one contender. Wouldn't it be easier for him to beat Ziggler than Sheamus? Think, Big Show, think.
Key Players
The Miz
Cody Rhodes
Tyson Kidd
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