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Aly Raisman finally got redemption for losing out on her medal at the all-individual finals.
Jordyn Wieber had been deemed the favorite to collect most medals at Olympics, while teammate Gabby Douglas immediately established her status of America's sweetheart following gold-medal worth all-individuals finals performance. But American team's captain Aly Raisman had been left in the shadows as she did not flaunt her various skills with flamboyant routines like teammate Gabby Douglas and Jordyn Wieber who carried the weight of U.S.' five gymnasts at the team finals.
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None of the five gymnasts following Aly Raisman's floor routine could match her performance. Jordyn Wieber too fell short on her routine in at the floor exercise as she came in at 7th.
Aly Raisman initially game in fourth in at the beam balance despite a sound routine with one wobble and a step on dismount but the judges awarded her 14.946 just a fraction of a point short of Catalina Ponor's score to the great disappointment of the present crowd. Mihai Brestyan contested the decision and Aly Raisman landed a tie breaker with Catalina Ponor. But Aly Raisman's execution laid her path to the bronze model.
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Furnham, Adrian; Mistry, Disha; McClelland, Alastair. The influence of age of the face and the waist to hip ratio on judgements of female attractiveness and traits. Personality & Individual Differences. Vol 36(5) Mar 2004, 1171-1185.
(from the journal abstract) Various studies have established that the waist to hip ratio (WHR) influences perceptions of female attractiveness. The present study investigated the assumption that ageing of the face will exert a greater influence than WHR in ratings of female attractiveness, when WHR in females is manipulated within the normal range (0.67-0.85). In a within subjects design, 100 participants (mean age 23.4 years) rated 27 photographs on the following scales: youthfulness, attractiveness, fertility, healthiness, fecundity (likelihood of being pregnant), attractive to the opposite sex, a good mother and sexiness. The photographs had been digitally manipulated in terms of three levels of age of the face (young, middle, older: range around 20-40 years) and three levels of WHR (low, medium, high). Regressional analyses indicated that although WHR was found to have a significant influence on all the above attributes, the age of the face was found to have a greater effect. Results are interpreted in terms of age being a sexually selected trait providing potential mates with information concerning phenotypic and genetic quality.
Wade, T. Joel; Irvine, Kristin; Cooper, Marjorie. Racial characteristics and individual differences in women's evaluations of men's facial attractiveness and personality. Personality & Individual Differences. Vol 36(5) Mar 2004, 1083-1092.
(from the journal abstract) Prior research investigating the perception of men's faces has not considered the hybrid nature of black and white racial characteristics. Fifteen faces ranging from "pure" black or white to "hybrid" black and white were rated in the present research. Main effects for race of face were hypothesized. Predominantly black faces were expected to receive higher ratings for dominance and gender identity characteristics. Predominantly white faces were expected to receive the highest attractiveness rating and higher ratings for nurturant and expressive characteristics. The results supported the hypotheses and are discussed in terms of parental investment theory and existing research.
Sugiyama, Lawrence S. Is beauty in the context-sensitive adaptations of the beholder? Shiwiar use of waist-to-hip ratio in assessments of female mate value. Evolution & Human Behavior. Vol 25(1) Jan 2004, 51-62.
The proposition that universal standards of female beauty reflect adaptations for reproductive value assessment does not preclude cross-cultural variation that is contingent on local environmental variation. Cross-cultural tests of the hypothesis that men have adaptations generating preference for low female waist-to-hip ratios (WHR) have used stimuli that were not scaled to local conditions, and have confounded WHR with level of body fat. I present a reassessment of the WHR hypothesis, showing that when effects of WHR and body weight are less confounded, and local environmental context is taken into account, it appears that Shiwiar forager-horticulturist men of Ecuadorian Amazonia may use both WHR and body weight in assessments of female sexual attractiveness in a manner consistent with the prediction of a context-sensitive preference psychology.
Jones, B. C; Little, A. C; Feinberg, D. R; Penton-Voak, I. S; Tiddeman, B. P; Perrett, D. I. The relationship between shape symmetry and perceived skin condition in male facial attractiveness. Evolution & Human Behavior. Vol 25(1) Jan 2004, 24-30.
Studies have shown that male faces high in symmetry are judged more attractive than faces low in symmetry even in images where visual cues to facial symmetry are reduced. These findings suggest that there are correlates of facial symmetry that influence male facial attractiveness independently of symmetry itself. Apparent healthiness of facial skin is one factor that may influence male facial attractiveness and covary with facial symmetry. Here, using real and composite male faces, we found that males with symmetric faces were perceived as having healthier facial skin than males with relatively asymmetric faces (Study 1), and that facial colour and texture cues were sufficient to maintain an attractiveness-symmetry relationship when the influence of facial shape was minimised (Study 2). These findings suggest that colour and texture cues contribute to the relationship between attractiveness and symmetry in real faces.
Olby, Brian Christopher. Perceived attractiveness and personality attributes: A gender and racial analysis. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: the Sciences & Engineering. Vol 63(9-B), 2003, 4420
Subjects rated 12 female body shapes with respect to their physical attractiveness, and the extent to which they would be expected to possess various personality characteristics. The shapes were varied using 3 levels of overall weight and 4 levels of body shapeliness. The sample was modified to control for socioeconomic factors and results are based on 297 undergraduates from Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic racial backgrounds. Loglinear analyses revealed that men and women, regardless of racial background, rated shapely underweight females as most physically attractive, sexy, and ideal for a woman, followed by normal weight figures of similar proportion. African Americans, women in particular, judged the shapely normal weight figures more favorably than the other subjects. Multidimensional scaling and subsequent frequency analyses showed that those figures judged as most attractive, sexy, and ideal were also expected to be fairly emotionally stable, and most successful and interpersonally competitive, but least faithful, kind, and family-oriented. Overweight female shapes, while rated as least physically attractive, sexy, and emotionally stable, were expected to be most family-oriented, kind, and faithful. Shapely normal weight figures were judged to be attractive and sexy, and were assumed to possess a moderate amount of the personality traits in question. The results suggest that Caucasian and Hispanic subjects prefer shapely underweight women, while African Americans, particularly women, find shapely underweight and shapely normal weight women to be physically appealing. African American women also rate shapely normal weight women favorably with respect to personality traits. This perceptual difference may help inoculate them from developing eating disturbances and account for the low prevalence rate of eating disorders in African Americans compared to women of other racial backgrounds. It is suggested that future research identify those beliefs, values or behaviors that seem to inoculate African American women from developing eating disorders. Once identified, mental health professionals may facilitate their development in those women who are likely to have eating problems.
Johnston, Victor S. Female facial beauty: The fertility hypothesis. Pragmatics & Cognition. Vol 8(1) 2000, 107-122.
Notes that prior research on facial beauty has suggested that the average female face in a population is perceived to be the most attractive face. The author argues that this finding, however is based on an image processing methodology that appears to be flawed. An alternative method for generating attractive faces is described and the findings using this procedure are compared with the reports of other experimenters. The results suggest that (1) beautiful female faces are not average, but vary from the average in a systematic manner and (2) female beauty can best be explained by a sexual selection viewpoint, whereby selection favors cues that are reliable indicators of fertility.
Soler, C; Nunez, M; Gutierrez, R; Nunez, J; Medina, P; Sancho, M; Alvarez, J; Nunez, A. Facial attractiveness in men provides clues to semen quality. Evolution & Human Behavior. Vol 24(3) May 2003, 199-207.
Facial attractiveness has been related to health in both men and women. Certain psychological, physiological, and secondary sex characteristics have been used as accurate markers of hormonal and developmental health. The main objective of this study was to investigate the capacity of women to select males of high reproductive quality based on their facial attractiveness. A total of 66 males were included in the study. Each of them provides a semen sample, and frontal and lateral photographs were taken. Semen analysis was made according to standard WHO (1999) guidelines for morphology, motility, and concentration. Moreover, a Sperm Index (SI) was calculated as the principal component of these parameters. In Study 1, 66 women rated the attractiveness, as a possible permanent couple, of pictures of all 66 men. In Study 2, the pictures of a subset of 12 males were randomly selected from three semen quality subgroups (terciles named good, normal, and bad, according to the value of the SI). These 12 pictures were rated on attractiveness by two independent sets of women (N=88 and N=76). Facial attractiveness ratings were significantly (P<.05) and positively correlated with sperm morphology, motility, and SI, but not with concentration, for all the women sets.
Jun22-04, 06:22 PM
Van Duuren, Mike; Kendell-Scott, Linda; Stark, Natalie. Early aesthetic choices: Infant preferences for attractive premature infant faces. International Journal of Behavioral Development. Vol 27(3) May 2003, 212-219.
Previous studies have shown that when newborn and young infants are shown attractive and unattractive adult faces they will look longer at the attractive faces. Three studies with infants ranging from 5 months to 15 months were conducted to examine whether this attractiveness effect holds for infants looking at infant faces. A standard preferential looking technique was used in which infants were shown pairs of colour slides of upright (Experiments 1 and 2, n = 16) or inverted (Experiment 3, n = 16) infant faces previously rated by adults for attractiveness. Although Experiment 1 did not reveal an attractiveness effect, this effect did become manifest in Experiment 2 after increasing stimulus exposure time and replacing three of the original stimulus faces. The attractiveness effect was lost when faces were presented upside down. Findings are discussed in relation to the feature-based vs. configural processing debate in the face processing literature and in relation to the notion that attractiveness is based on presexual maturity rather than "cuteness".
Wade, T. Joel. Evolutionary theory and African American self-perception: Sex differences in body-esteem predictors of self-perceived physical and sexual attractiveness, and self-esteem. Journal of Black Psychology. Vol 29(2) May 2003, 123-141.
Evolutionary biological theory has been shown to be relevant to an understanding of how individuals assess others' physical and sexual attractiveness. This research used the Body-Esteem Scale and multiple regression to determine if this theory is also relevant to an understanding of self-perceived physical and sexual attractiveness and self-esteem for a sample of 9l African Americans (aged 18-39 yrs). The hypotheses that regression models of physical and sexual attractiveness would differ within and across sex groups and that models of self-esteem would differ across sex groups in accordance with evolutionary theory were supported. Attributes (if the body related to fecundity and successful mothering characteristics predicted for women and attributes of the body related to strength and dominance predicted for men. In addition, attributes of the body dealing with sexual maturity were stronger predictors of sexual attractiveness for women. This research indicates that evolutionary biological theory can provide relevant insight for an understanding of self-perceived attractiveness and self-esteem for African Americans.
Streeter, Sybil A; McBurney, Donald H. Waist-hip ratio and attractiveness: New evidence and a critique of a "critical test". Evolution & Human Behavior. Vol 24(2) Mar 2003, 88-98.
An evolutionary model of mate choice predicts that humans should prefer honest signals of health, youth, and fertility in potential mates. D. Singh and others have amassed substantial evidence that the waist-hip ratio (WHR) in women is an accurate indicator of these attributes, and proposed that men respond to WHR as an attractiveness cue. In response to a recent study by L. G. Tassinary and K. A. Hansen (1998) that purports to disconfirm D. Singh's hypothesis, we present evidence showing a clear relationship between WHR and evaluations of attractiveness. We evaluated responses of 95 undergraduate students to a range of waist, hip, and chest sizes, spanning the 1st through 99th percentiles of anthropometric data. Waist, hip, and chest sizes were altered independently to give WHRs of 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.9, and 1.2. We replaced line drawings with more realistic computer-manipulated photographs. The preferred WHR was 0.7, concordant with the majority of previous results. By asking participants to estimate weight in each stimulus figure, we were able to statistically control for the effects of weight on attractiveness judgments; the effect of WHR remained.
Ishi, Hanae; Gyoba, Jiro. Analyses of psychological aspects of attractiveness in feminized and juvenilized Japanese faces. Tohoku Psychologica Folia. Vol 60 2001, 29-34.
Averaged Japanese faces were quantitatively transformed into feminized or juvenilized faces by morphing. Fifty-six university students (28 males and 28 females) evaluated the facial attractiveness, and the attractiveness score was compared between the feminized and the juvenilized faces. As a result, for female faces we found that juvenilization was preferred to feminization, while the optimal transformation ratio producing high attractiveness was limited to a narrower range for feminization than for juvenilization. However, there was no large difference between the juvenilized and the feminized faces in male attractiveness. Thus, the present study indicates that feminization and juvenilization have different psychological effects on the attractiveness of female faces in spite of the similarity between the average young adult female face and child face. In contrast, juvenilization and feminization have the same effect on the attractiveness of male faces, while male faces are largely different from female and child faces in both physical and psychological aspects.
Dixson, Alan F; Halliwell, Gayle; East, Rebecca; Wignarajah, Praveen; Anderson, Matthew J. Masculine somatotype and hirsuteness as determinants of sexual attractiveness to women. Archives of Sexual Behavior. Vol 32(1) Feb 2003, 29-39.
Five questionnaire studies asked 685 women to rate the attractiveness of outline drawings of male figures that varied in somatotype, body proportions, symmetry, and in distribution of trunk hair. In Study 1, back-posed figures of mesomorphic (muscular) somatotypes were rated as most attractive, followed by average, ectomorphic (slim), and endomorphic (heavily built) figures. In Study 2, computer morphing of somatotypes to produce an intergraded series resulted in a graded response in terms of perceived attractiveness which mirrored the findings of Study 1. In Study 3, back-posed figures were manipulated in order to change waist-to-hip ratios and waist-to-shoulder ratios. In Study 4, symmetric figures of a mesomorphic somatotype were rated as less attractive than a normal version of the same man. Study 5 showed that presence of trunk hair had a marked, positive effect upon women's ratings of attractiveness for both mesomorphic and endomorphic male figures. Women also judged figures with trunk hair as being older and they consistently rated endomorphic figures as being older than mesomorphs. These results are consistent with effects of sexual selection upon visual signals that advertise health, physical prowess, age, and underlying endocrine condition in the human male.
Konecni, Vladimir J; Cline, Laney E. The 'golden woman': An exploratory study of women's proportions in paintings. Visual Arts Research. Vol 27(2,Issue54) 2001, 69-78.
Examined painters' use of the golden section, that is, the ratio 0.618-to-1, and other proportions when depicting females. 28 female figures painted during the period 1900-1967 were examined concerning the facial ratios of cheekbone width over face length and bi-section at eyebrows, and the body ratios of bisection at the navel and waist to hip. 81 university students (mean ages 21.1 yrs - 23.6 yrs) assessed the age and physical attractiveness of the portrayed females. Results show a strong attractiveness bias in favor of younger female figures. The most attractive figures differed significantly from others in that there was significantly less variability in 3 of the 4 examined ratios. Both the ratios of cheekbone width over face length and the bi-section at the navel were, in line with classical ideals, at the golden section for the most attractive figures, which also displayed significantly less waist-to-hip variability than the rest of the sample. Findings suggest that painting may act as intuitive transmitters of the accumulated cultural wisdom regarding females' proportions, attractiveness, health, and reproductive fitness.
Jun23-04, 05:33 AM
It may well be true that guys have been unconsiously selecting for Barbie for a long time (and presumably gals select for Ken), but all the abstracts in the world aint gonna prove it. All we end up with is a lot of circumstantial evidence, not a shred of causal evidence. That's what I mean by 'flimsy'.
Jul2-04, 03:20 PM
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Landfills are beautiful too.
Jul2-04, 08:01 PM
There are numerous attempts by sociologists. They're pretty straightforward. And they all show that beauty is a social construction, as everything else is. (At least if you agree with their basic assumption that something like class and social identity does in fact exist). But then you're only measuring "beauty as a social construction". So this is all quite tautological.
If you say that beauty is a purely subjective perception, then you say beauty is a purely subjective perception. Rather tautological too.
You can quantify beauty if you want to quantify it.
All pretty boring, if you ask me :-)
Jul3-04, 03:33 AM
Of course on a personal level, this is purely academic. If I think something is beautiful then I like it whether a sociologist agrees or not. But if we were to consider that beauty consists of some quality beyond the subjective... then we have to agree that it is possible that sometimes when we think a thing is beautiful, we are wrong.
Jul6-04, 03:25 PM
What if "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" just means that beauty has no meaning, aside from the effect it has on the beholder? I think Monique mentioned this possibility on the first page of this thread.
It's not that something is beautiful because it has this effect, since that still leaves it as an objective phenomenon (albeit, one with a purely subjective effect...the cause is still objective, and thus quantifiable). No, it is that the effect itself -- caused by whatever source, for whatever reason -- is beauty. Note: The effect itself is not beautiful, it is beauty. "Beautiful" would come to mean "having the ability to make one experience beauty", which is not very different from the typical definition of it anyway, is it?
In this case, everything is beautiful (assuming that everything has the ability to make at least one person experience "beauty"), and how beautiful something is is simply a measure of how potent the experience is for the beholder.
Jul6-04, 03:42 PM
so many words for what you cant put a finger on.
Mentat basically has it. You must remember that all things have been created from a source (not metaphyisically or anything, they simply are, and do change) and that these things exist objectively since they were created. And yet, produce a subjective effect. That is the paradox in rational terminology.
There is no value to this - when you try and generalize the characteristics of beauty to a is or is not divide, you will not be able to see or understand it until you loose your definition.
Jul6-04, 04:23 PM
Are 'beautiful' things of a different category than 'drab' things?
Are there degrees of beauty?
If strength of booze is in the gut of the drinker, can you drink a bottle of scotch and be sober?
And finally, if beauty be the booze of love, where's the bar?!
Jul6-04, 06:36 PM
that was my point. Beauty in relation to anything is specialized and you cannot formulate a generality to condition beauty.
In plot form, you would have drab as the opposite of beauty. Yet, that would mean that whatever was beautiful to some degree could be defined by its corresponding relation to drab. This is the whole good vs evil argument. If something is not entirely good, or as good as something else, then it is composed of some evil. It is a stupid argument. So, I would say there is no degree to beauty because beauty is not a moral vice, it transgresses it.
When you observe (not experience) something in an analytical manner and try and measure the "beauty" of something, you are automatically objectifying what you are observing and cannot experience the beauty is presents because beauty is a subjective reaction of the experienced.
Analytical anything cannot translate emotions. That is why you would automatically fail in your attempt to quantitize beauty.
There is no definite now, only what is plausible. You cannot know where an electron will be all the time, and you cannot know the character of beauty all the time.
Jul6-04, 07:00 PM
Here's a famous and interesting sociological exercise in measuring "beauty" as it exists as a social fact.
Pierre Bourdieu's "La Distinction" has been translated as "Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste".
It's probably the most thorough and most quoted work on beauty in the social sciences and in psychology. In 1998, the work was voted by members of the International Sociological Association to be the third most important sociological treatise of the 20th century. Whatever that means...
Just for your information. :-)
[I know this is not an argument, but sometimes info should suffice. I just think the matter is too complex to be discussed on a message board.]
Jul7-04, 05:33 AM
Even if we can't percieve it objectively in all its wonder - as we filter everything through our limited senses - perhaps it does exist out there, in the real world. But if you are suggesting that we cannot measure beauty, and that's all there is too it, then we have come to the end of an otherwise interesting thread.
And thanks for the reference, but I hope I don't have to buy a book to have a discussion on Physics Forums - I'd be broke within a week
Jul13-04, 01:46 PM
There are many differnt kinds of beauty. A friend once told me beauty exist for our survival. So i thought more on that and agreed. What we see as beautiful will most likly be preserved and treasured. Like gold, diamonds, roses, cats, dogs, nature, babies of all types of animals and humans. Mating is a part of survial also and we all have differnt personalitys so it makes sense that our sense of beauty may differ also. Humans don't need to fight over mates like animals altough some do. Humans are more likly to find thier mate by enojying thier personality and/or looks.
Jul13-04, 07:11 PM
Jul14-04, 01:59 AM
Catterpillar turns into a butterfly. If a catterpillar was not beautiful, how would butterfly trun out to be beautiful.
Jul14-04, 06:38 AM
One of the e-mails included a detailed chart showing the different sizes of different races. It was called "Size Matters. Don't make your girlfriend go black. She'll never come back!"
You truly have a point.
Jul14-04, 06:21 PM
Beauty has only one definition......
It is an ability to overcome, or raise oneself above, all causal and relational laws of nature!
Jul15-04, 03:09 AM
I've got to be honest, wtfc; if you honestly think - on an emotional level rather than an intellectual level - that a maggot is equal in beauty to a butterfly, I would be very hestitant to see how you decorate your living room.
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I was peacefully scrolling through the dash of my Agents of Shield account when I suddenly saw this post. I have slow wifi so the gifs didn't load at first, but as soon as I saw the caption, I knew I should stop scrolling.
"I've known him since I was eleven. We're the best of friends."
and with that, I just knew what the gifset would be. I may have found a new otp, but this incident right here made me realize something… it was yet another confirmation of what I knew even before… that Plake/Derena will always be on top of the list, that nobody can ever replace my babies, and, that there is really no getting over with these two. (I'm a fool if I ever let myself think that's possible even for a sec)
I literally stared at that gifset for a good fifteen minutes then I cried. I miss them so much </3
I've known him since I was eleven. We're the best of friends.
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you could find all my AOS / SkyeWard posts at agentskyward.tumblr.com
it's touching to know someone cares, and I thank you for sending this msg. <3
I'm still deciding on it.
I won't be totally 'deactivating' this blog though, I can't and I won't just delete three years of my Derena life in this platform.
but idk.. maybe after three good years with all of you, the whole DS fandom, maybe it's time to say good bye…?
thinking about creating a new blog for all my Agents of SHIELD / SkyeWard stuff…
if I do this, I think I may have to finally say goodbye to my one other fandom blog which is dan-serena (which has been on-and-off in activity lately) cause I clearly don't have extra time for updating everything.
but as I see it, this AOS obsession of mine will most probably grow even bigger in time and might overpower this blog (my personal one) and I don't wanna spam you of pure AOS-related things….
so… uhm.. what do you guys think? having trouble deciding it on my own, maybe a little help…?
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Felipe Lopez...I'd do that
Ciao friends. I've just returned from two weeks gallivanting across Western and Southern Europe and looky looky what I've come back to find.
Kurt's latest post about sums it up: Trouble is a brewing and changes need a making. When I left the Cubs were 25-25, so a .500 record at 30-30 doesn't seem like a big change. From what I can tell however, the offense has taking a significant turn to Crap Town, USA.
Now I've been out of the loop for a while, so I haven't heard the latest trade rumors, but I'd like to put my own idea out there (forgive me of this has been mentioned already).
How about Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Felipe Lopez?
Currently Lopez is hitting .305/.359/.425 with 4 HR and 11 RBI. Although his run production doesn't seem particularly impressive, the guy has been getting on base. For comparison sake, annual wet dream Brian Roberts is hitting .299/.366/.462 this season. Pretty close if you as me.
In addition to having a solid stick, Lopez is also a switch hitter and (if my memory serves me correct from when he was with the Cardinals) he can play a little third base.
According to Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic, it appears that the Diamondbacks won't be participating in any trading, but I don't see why the Cubs can't pry Lopez away from them.
The Backs are 15 games out in the West and Lopez is due to be a free agent at the end of the season. I'm sure the Cubs could make a deal that wouldn't drain the talent pool or require them to give up any current big league talent.
Again, I apologize if this has been mentioned already in the past few weeks. It just seems like Lopez could be a cheap and quick upgrade for the offense, no?
That is a remarkably sound
That is a remarkably sound idea. How about Ryan Freel (to clear roster space) and some minor league grab-bag? Surely we have a couple of players not named Samardzija or Vitters that can be used... If we eat all the salaries, It'll go over even better.
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Perhaps he would fit in nicely with Aaron Miles, Andres Blanco, Bobby Scales, Ryan Freel, Ryan Theriot.....
no thanks
Lopez is carrying an unsustainably high .360 BABIP, with a 2.26 GB/FB ratio against a career average of 1.68. Since he has no career power, he's probably just getting lucky hitting doubles on the ground. He is a likely candidate for regression. No trade.
"No career power" is a bit of
"No career power" is a bit of a misstatement.
Regardless, whether Lopez maintains his numbers and finishes with a .305 AVG, .359 OBP, and .784 OPS or he reverts to his career line of .265, .332, and .729, answer me this question:
How many Cub starters are currently putting up better numbers than either of the lines I just presented?
Line A: No Cub with 100 at bats or more is batting .305. Only 2 have better OBPs - Lee and Fukudome. Only 2 have better OPS's - also Lee and Fukudome.
Line B: 4 Cubs have better AVGs than Lopez's career line, from Fukudome's .266 to Theriot's .283. 5 Cubs have better OBP's, from Soto's .332, to Johnson and Bradley's (.333 and .335) and up. 6 Cubs would have better OPS's than his career figure.
The point: Even if he completely reverted the rest of the way -- and he doesn't appear to be doing that, or else they wouldn't call them "career YEARS," Lopez would still be outhitting portions of the Cubs lineup. And no matter what he would be putting up much, MUCH better numbers than the guy he'd be immediately replacing in the lineup -- Aaron Miles.
So if the Cubs had to choose between using Aaron Miles at second base or trading for Lopez, are you telling me you wouldn't do it? Even if Lopez completely regressed? Really?
i just don't see it being that helpful
i suggest that lopez is likely to regress to his career averages over the season, so that means he'd be playing worse than his career average in order to get there. is there a chance that he'll play above that? sure. but you are suggesting that the cubs buy high on a commodity that i think is likely to fall in value. i don't think that's the wisest strategy.
lopez's career SLG is .397 to a league average SLG of .430.
other issue is that the dbacks wouldn't just give him away. dbacks tend to make pretty fair trades.
having aramis on the DL is what is killing this team the most. attempts to improve the offense through methods that will have significantly less impact that aramis back in the lineup are misguided.
But Lopez wouldn't be
But Lopez wouldn't be replacing the league at second base, he'd be replacing Aaron Miles (.200 AVG, .252 SLG)
I mean this with no disrespect to you, Matt, but the line of thinking you're using doesn't actually make a lot of sense. You want to compare a guy's career totals to the league's current totals ... pointless. The league isn't playing for the Cubs, a guy named Aaron Miles is. You want to compare said player's career totals despite the fact that he's playing above them. Again, pointless. We might as well look at the career ERA of Pedro Martinez when deliberating whether or not the Cubs should pursue him ... except his career ERA is totally irrelevant to how he'd play in 2009.
Not to mention the fact that the "league average SLG" is actually .405, and at second base it's .404.
All of which ignores the fact that Lopez's slugging is at .425 THIS year and he happens to be the age in which players tend to perform above their career numbers at a sustained clip.
Again, whether he's a .265 hitter with a .729 OPS or he's a .305 hitter with a .784 OPS, he's practically TWICE the hitter of who the Cubs are presently using at second base. How could that possibly NOT help?
you assume that lopez is
you assume that lopez is either a .265 hitter with a .729 OPS or he's a .305 hitter with a .784 OPS. what if he's a .276 hitter with a .611 OPS (that would be his june splits). is he the player that the washington nationals released (!!!!) last year after hitting .234/.305/.314 or the player the cards picked up and hit .385/.426/.538?
sure, aaron miles sucks. we all agree with that. i hated his acquisition from day 1. i'd rather see bobby scales get some more time than miles.
i think you see a player who is out-performing his career averages and say 'why not replace one of our steaming piles of crap with him?' fair enough.
i see a player who is playing above his head and say 'why is this guy's performance out of the ordinary, and what would happen if he fell back to his normal performance?' looking at the career numbers of a 29 year old player and seeing that he's been fairly consistent in his performance tells me that he might not present much of an upgrade at all. it seems that trading for him would be change for the sake of change, not necessarily for the sake of improvement.
Again, on a Cubs team in
Again, on a Cubs team in which only 2 players are outhitting him right now, even if he reverts -- or meets in the middle -- he's an upgrade on Miles.
The Cubs aren't going to get a super bat to replace Ramirez. Hell, when Ramirez comes back he might not even be the same this year. Realistically any upgrade will be one that's made to cover the time between now and the return of Aramis, and after that point the upgraded player will probably fall into the super sub role that Miles seems desperate to vacate. Whether the player they get is a Lopez or a Huff, I'm sure you realize that it won't be a Wright and whoever they get won't be a regular starter by August.
But, again, we can't compare a player with the league when deciding if he's a worthy upgrade... we have to compare him with who he'd be replacing. He'd be replacing a turd and for that reason alone is worth pursuing.
and we can't assume that
and we can't assume that felipe lopez's production is going to be sustainable if there are signs that it is not. we don't get credit for the stats that he has already produced this year. you are projecting a much more optimistic performance for lopez than i am. all the stat-y gobbledegook i am spouting is to say that i expect lopez to be a turd for the rest of the year (sorry lopez, and if you do come to the cubs, prove me wrong!)
[sarcasm] and how to you suggest we go about replacing miles's use as an emergency reliever? he's got a spiffy career WHIP of 1.000.[/sarcasm]
But who cares if his
But who cares if his production is sustainable? It's still dramatically better than the guy he'd be replacing! Or who would be your alternative target?
I don't get how anybody could argue against upgrading at second base when Aaron Miles is your starting second baseman.
Here's My Thing...
Regardless of his production, which I imagine would probably fall somewhere between his current season totals and his lifetime averages (yeah...how completely arbitrary was that statement?), we'd probably only see that that production for a little over three weeks.
Ramirez is due to come back probably after the all-star break, at which point he'll take his spot at third. At which point, Lil Mikey Fontenot and his career line of .275, .356, .440 should take over for Lopez and his .265, .332, .397 line. That makes a pretty crowded bench of light-hitting middle infielders, although if you add Freel in the deal, cut Miles, and send either Blanco/Scales to the minor, that problem could be solved.
So, yeah, it will be a good pick-up for those few weeks, and yes, probably even after as Lopez could be the best backup middle infielder we've had on the bench all season once Font takes over at second.
Having trouble seeing my point? Yeah, me too...
I guess to start with I was against the signing. Then I was kind of luke warm. Now, I don't think it will have THAT big of an impact and I'm kind of indifferent towards the whole thing. I guess if it doesn't cost too much and it gives the front office something to do, why not?
You know what? Just ignore all of that.
Here I am, a fan of a team who can't score any damn runs, and I'm arguing against signing a guy hitting above .300.
Why the heck not? Go for it!


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2010 Best Theme Park Attraction: Katonga vs. Waterworld
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From Brandon Mendoza on March 18, 2010 at 12:34 PM
Waterworld is a billion times better than its source material. Action packed, and has some great live stunts! A great insight to how intense stunts are in person. An explosion on screen doesn't have the same intensity as it does in person. And water stunts are a different creature on its own! And I can still hear the intro music to Miami Vice...
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From Manny Barron on March 18, 2010 at 12:45 PM
How is Water World a 10 seed? Anyway WW is just a fantastic show that never gets old. The stunts, the action, and the characters all are fun and thats what makes it my 3rd favorite live show. Unfortunately it gets the 2 seed(and my favorite show) in the second round if it advances.
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From Brandon Mendoza on March 18, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Can I just say that I hope this doesn't become an East Coast/ West Coast thing, or Theme Park Loyalty voting? I'd hate to see a great attraction go down against a (relatively)mediocre one only because it was going up against a park with fan loyalty. Didn't something like that happen last year?
From Joshua Counsil on March 18, 2010 at 2:03 PM
Waterworld, without a doubt. Katonga is good, but feels thrown together, like they took all the good elements of Festival of the Lion King but didn't know what to do with them.
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The tension between free speech and social stability has been a central concern throughout American history. In the 1960s that concern reached a fever pitch with the anti-Vietnam War movement. When anti-war sentiment "invaded" American schools, official resolve to retain order in the classroom vied with the rights of students to speak freely. A key event in that face-off was the Supreme Court decision in Tinker v. Des Moines. In 1965, five public school students in Des Moines-including John Tinker, a Methodist minister's son-protested the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands in defiance of school policy. Suspended on disciplinary grounds that were upheld in federal court, the students took their case to the Supreme Court, arguing that they had been denied their right of freedom of expression under the First Amendment. Ruling in their favor, the Court determined that armbands did not constitute a sufficient reason to abridge free speech-a decision which helped provide a legal foundation for subsequent anti-war protests. John Johnson now offers a detailed account of Tinker that captures the personal struggle of the litigants and places this seminal constitutional controversy in the legal and historical context of the 1960s. In this highly readable book, he shows that the case is important for its divergent perspectives on the limits of free speech and explains how the majority and dissenting Court opinions mirrored contemporary attitudes toward the permissible limits of public protest. As the most important student rights case ever to reach the Supreme Court, Tinker raises important issues regarding First Amendment freedoms and is a strong precedent for both the rights of public school students and legitimate civil disobedience. The Struggle for Student Rights contains previously unpublished information and insights on this well-known case and provides a fascinating legal window on a turbulent era. With federal and state courts now considering the limits of speech and symbolic expressions in our schools, it makes a significant contribution to understanding the principles that are at stake.
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Hey, CR followers. We're breaking our summer skeleton-crew silence with a reminder, an update, and a treat.
First, don't forget our summer contest. There's some lovely moolah attached to the Schiff Prizes—and even if the eds don't pick your piece to win, they may still want to publish it at our usual per-page rate ($30 for poetry, $25 for prose). In the event that we don't opt to publish your stuff this time around, you still get a full year's subscription to the mag, which includes bonus music features AND the 64-page, full-color graphic play MOTH, which we plan to mail out with our November issue. Illustrator Gable Ostley is hard at work and sending us new "rough inks" almost daily, and playwright Declan Greene is supplying captions and dialogue for Gabe's sketches. The finished product is going to be amazing.
Now for the update: We just approved the final proof for our summer issue and expect the shipment in the next week or so. Our TEN-tacular issue includes last year's Schiff Prize winners, three reviews that meditate on the staying power of the classic Moby-Dick, the usual complement of terrific stories and poems, another great translation feature, and—bonus—it will be accompanied by our latest music feature, composer Sarah Hutchings's score for Jeff Gundy's poem "March Ode."
Today's treat comprises a last delightful look at our winter number in the form of our (relatively) new blog feature Pas de Deux, in which contributors to a given issue interview each other about what intrigued, puzzled, or impressed them in the another writer's story, poem, or essay. This installment features an exchange between Daniel A. Hoyt and Douglas Silver on the latter's story "Found Peoples." Check back in a couple of days for the switcheroo: Doug's questions and Dan's responses!
Daniel A. Hoyt: I have lots of questions about bodies and lots of questions that seem to beget more questions. "Found Peoples" starts with such gripping, visceral language as Feng, the story's protagonist, examines a dead body he's fished from the river. I was immediately convinced by the body; I was there with Feng as he "pinched the green eye, and the contact lens peeled off." How did you create these artful and disturbing states of decay? What kind of research did you do? Is this a feat of imagination, of medical textbooks, of Google?
Douglas Silver: Google is generally my first stop—be it for a spicier Massaman curry recipe or the particulars of each stage of human decomposition. Numerous websites and academic journals provided an indispensable foundation in the science of decay. I read a lot and emailed a few experts and saw many images I would like to unsee. From there, it was a matter of backtracking—from ashes to animation—and deciding upon those details that provide a glimpse into the lives of the deceased.
DH: How about your depiction of China? How did you go about imagining and creating the physical setting and the rich sociological dynamics underpinning the story?
DS: China's abysmal record on human rights and personal expression is infamous the world over. It is a dreadful place to be writer and a fascinating place to write about. Much of the societal and physical depictions were the product of research, but the narrative atmosphere was strongly influenced by my visit to China after graduating high school. When I arrived at the airport in Beijing, I noticed a sign that read Warning: Drug Trafficking is Punishable by Death in the R.O.C. Being 18 and an idiot, I thought this a superb photo-op. Before I could put away my camera, two officers approached me. One took my luggage and emptied it in front of everyone while the other demanded my passport. When they didn't find drugs, they repacked me (admittedly neater than I had packed myself) and welcomed me to the country. When I told someone I met about this interaction, an American who had lived in China for years, she explained how lucky I was, how much worse it would have been if I were Chinese. I sought out that airport photograph when I began the story and kept asking myself what becomes of the unlucky.
DH: Because these questions are for a Pas de Deux feature, this question seems almost mandatory: Will you discuss the way you use foils in "Found Peoples"?
DS: One of the challenges of the piece was providing the reader a palpable sense of Feng's former life. It seemed the most organic method to achieve this was through Feng's encounters with those who were devoted to his family, and leveraging this juxtaposition for the benefit of both characterization and narrative tension. At some point, it occurred to me that it is Feng's contact with the living through which the reader derives the clearest prospective into Feng's past, i.e., the life he lost. Conversely, it is his dealings with the dead that most clearly render his present life—a paradigm that is upended by his time with the young woman's body.
DH: There's a strangely mundane yet magical moment in "Found Peoples" when Feng thinks of and explains the story of the prodigal son. To many members of a western audience and to many western characters, that explanation is unnecessary, but Feng has to think about it in a different way. How did you discover Feng's point of view? How do you go about shaping point of view in your stories?
DS: I'm of the belief that the surest way to figure out a character is to determine what he or she most desires. If my character doesn't have an urgent need, then I don't have a character. At least not one I have any right to expect readers to invest in. I start by asking myself the basics: What does CHARACTER want? Why does CHARACTER want it? What is preventing CHARACTER from getting it? In Feng's case, while he spends his days working vigilantly and dishonorably to afford basic human necessities, he desires at his core the safe return of his family and the communal acceptance that carries. But he is powerless to achieve that desire; his sole option is faith—something he has never possessed, what divided him from his family prior to their incarceration and what he can't acquire without them. Once I realized the paradox of Feng as a man who doesn't believe and therefore isn't believed in (and therefore can't believe), I felt like I might have character worth following.
DH: This one may seem like an assignment rather than a question, but I wish more people would read Our Mutual Friend (you too, Gentle Reader of The Cincinnati Review blog!), so here goes: As I first read "Found Peoples," I immediately thought of Gaffer Hexam, the "night bird" in Our Mutual Friend, who, like Feng, fishes corpses from a river and strips them of valuables. Here's a link to the opening chapter, when we first meet Gaffer and his daughter, Lizzie. Doug, I know you were initially inspired by a news article about men who retrieve dead bodies from rivers in China, but had you read Our Mutual Friend? What kind of dialogue do you see between your story and the opening of Dickens's novel?
DS: I'm embarrassed and grateful that I had not heard of Our Mutual Friend. Having now read the first chapter, I am not sure I would have had the confidence to write the piece had I known that none other than Charles Dickens had employed a similar conceit, especially given that both stories start out in medias res. While it appears Gaffer and Feng are not driven by similar desires, both have no qualms about plundering the dead. Gaffer's rhetorical statement "Has a dead man any use for money? Is it possible for a dead man to have money? What world does a dead man belong to? 'Tother world. What world does money belong to? This world. . . ." places a premium on corporeality similar to that of Feng, whose ken is viewed through the lens of materialism. Again, I have read one chapter, so my analysis might prove to be total bunk. (But I'm enjoying it thus far, as might you, Gentle Reader of The Cincinnati Review blog!)


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Chapter XI
WHEN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WAS ESTABLISHED in 1916 it became responsible for the fourteen national parks and twenty-one national monuments then in existence. In 2006, it oversees 390 parks: historic sites, parks, trails, areas; war memorials; national monuments; preserves; battlefields; lake and sea shores; recreation areas; islands; and wild rivers. The areas it manages are as varied as the America it serves.
That diversity is the backbone of the NPS, but it also makes system-wide mandates difficult to supervise. What might work to control issues at a coastal park may not work for a mountainous area, and probably would not address issues inherent to a landlocked park.
In November of 2001, the final General Management Plan (GMP) for Devils Tower National Monument was issued. Its purpose was to help managers of the national monument make decisions about development, visitation, and natural and cultural resources over the next 15 to 20 years. A few of the major issues facing the Tower staff are: vehicle congestion, crowded facilities, limited orientation and interpretation, and protecting the rural character of land outside national monument boundaries.
The GMP describes and analyzes five alternatives, beginning with Alternative 1, called the no-action alternative, with the other four offering various changes, including pedestrian plazas, relocation of buildings, a new prairie dog viewing area, staging areas, and a shuttle system to move visitors throughout the national monument. The potential environmental consequence of each alternative is discussed, and other adverse effects of each management plan are detailed. The GMP also tried to address the degradation of natural systems, changing regional land uses, and the conflicts among various user groups.
THE TOWER STORYBOX gives visitors to the national monument a chance to answer the question, "What does the Tower mean to you?" People are encouraged to share their written thoughts, poems, stories, and essays about the Tower. To kick off the Storybox project, the Bearlodge Writers were invited to take a ranger-guided tour around the Tower Trail, spend the afternoon writing at the picnic shelter, and submit their edited works to the Storybox. Copies of selected works were displayed at the Visitor Center, and other pieces were compiled in notebooks to be read by visitors. The Tower Storybox is an ongoing, interactive project.
Prairie Dog Town continues to be a popular attraction at DTNM, giving visitors an up-close exposure to a wild animal. Members of the black-tailed prairie dog colony are enchanting as they eat, play, groom themselves, and warn each other of perceived danger. Distinctive vocal patterns of the prairie dog "bark", a high-pitched squeak, are associated with specific threats to the colony. Named "little dogs" by early French travelers, these highly-social animals are a rodent, closely related to ground squirrels, chipmunks, woodchucks, and marmots.
Living in a restricted area between the Tower and the Belle Fourche River, the number of prairie dogs the Tower colony can support is based on several environmental factors, including predators, weather changes, availability of edible plants, and disease. The entrance road into DTNM running through the prairie dog town is also a hazard to this particular colony.
Prairie dogs are native to the Great Plains area, once ranging from northern Mexico to southern Canada. Their burrows are dangerous for horses and livestock, and for a time many people believed that the prairie dogs were competing with cattle for food. (Superintendent Hartzell recalled his agreement with local ranchers: "You raise your cattle outside the monument, we'll raise the prairie dog inside.") [1]
Elimination of prairie dog predators in recent history, mainly the black-footed ferret but also coyote and fox, contributed to the overpopulation of prairie dogs, which in turn led to an extensive poisoning program throughout the West. Today, prairie dogs are found mainly in protected areas within state and national parks and monuments. Management of the prairie dogs at the Tower has changed over the yearsthe staff no longer kills rattlesnakes and other predators, recognizing their value to the national monument ecosystem.
The changing economics and development patterns in the West threaten the traditional ranching lifestyle in the area, and increase the potential for development on lands adjacent to the national monument. Much of the allure of the Tower is its rural, rustic setting in the forested hills.
Chas Cartwright accepted a position at Dinosaur National Park, leaving the Tower in January of 2002. Lisa Eckert moved from Knife River Indian Villages National Historical Site in June, 2002, to serve as Tower superintendent.
The new Hulett Municipal Airport, located nine miles from the national monument, may affect the natural quiet and viewshed at the Tower. Airport planners predicted nearly 10,000 takeoffs and landings per year, most concentrated in the summer months. A computer analysis of the viewshed indicates that night lighting at the airport could be visible from inside the national monument grounds.
Several years of interagency and public cooperation were spent in planning the airport, which opened in October of 2003. During the site selection studies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a "No Effect Determination" [2] regarding the airport's activities and any effect those activities might have for DTNM. The final assessment found that the Tower was outside the airport's area of potential effect, and that airport operations would not affect the characteristics of DTNM which make it eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
Designed to increase community and agency acceptance of the airport and to alleviate NPS concerns, the Hulett Airport Advisory Board (HAAB) agreed to some cooperative actions. One is the voluntary minimum two-mile no-fly advisory zone around the Tower, with a three-mile zone to be considered for the month of June, when most American Indian traditional ceremonies are held. The zone would be based on the center coordinates for DTNM. The HAAB also agreed to direct approach and takeoff traffic away from the Tower. Beacon shielding, noise monitoring, and exhibits on cultural awareness to be displayed at the airport's main building were among other cooperative actions.
THE DTNM HAS been collecting data for many years, compiling, documenting, and collating material for use in NPS objectives. In 2001, the national monument entered into a more comprehensive study to accumulate baseline inventory data of vertebrates and vascular plants on park land. Thirteen parks in the Northern Great Plains Network would take part in a study plan to fulfill the directives of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998. The Act required parks to have a program of inventory and monitoring of resources that would help provide information on long-term trends in the condition of those resources, and encourage the use of science to make management decisions.
Mountain and plains species meet at the Tower, in the ecological mix distinctive to the Black Hills. Of great concern to the national monument, for the purposes of this study, were the invasion of non-native plants and the loss of natural regeneration of cottonwoods and willows along the Belle Fourche River.
Jim Cheatham, Chief of Resource Management at DTNM, is working to identify data gaps, cataloguing known resources at the Tower, and determining what to monitor to create an early warning system for environmental health. The riparian areas at the Tower are of concernCheatham has tried to get funding to rehabilitate the sections of river within his jurisdiction.
In March of 2005 the "Northern Great Plains Exotic Plant Management Plan and Environmental Assessment" became the current management tool for the exotic plants (designated as noxious weeds by the State of Wyoming) on national monument groundsleafy spurge, Canada thistle, houndstongue, common mullein, Russian thistle, biennial thistles (Scotch, musk, and bull), cheatgrass, smooth brome, Kentucky bluegrass, and tumbling mustard.
Four rustic historic structures at the DTNM were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 7, 2000. They are the Old Administration Building (Visitor Center), the Custodian's Residence (Ranger Office), Fire Hose House/Shed, and the Entrance Station. In 2004, a "Historic Structure Report and Historic Structure Assessment" of the four buildings was prepared by Cheatham, along with others working within the NPS system. This report documented the architecturally significant features of the structures, identified changes to the structures, evaluated and assessed the current condition of the buildings, and made recommendations for preservation treatment.
A new Fire Management Plan went into effect in 2004, replacing one in use since 1991. Prescribed fires continue to be used as an appropriate tool to meet resource objectives. As NPS management planning becomes more science-based and proactive, fire management assumes a role of greater importance. It serves as a detailed program of action, providing specific guidance and procedures for accomplishing national monument objectives.
The first fee at the Tower, instituted in 1939, was $.50 a vehicle. The latest increase in the basic entrance fees at DTNM came into effect in January 1, 2004the fee for private vehicles rose to $10, with a $5 fee for pedestrians, bicycles, and motorcycles. As a participant in the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program since its inception in 1997, DTNM is allowed to keep eighty percent of the revenue generated at their entrance station. These monies have been used to resurface the three-mile park road, patch and seal the Tower Trail, design and construct new Visitor Center displays, and rehabilitate the interior of the 1930s-era Visitor Center and the exteriors of all the historic log buildings at the Tower.
The issue of feesthe question of whether or not visitors to national parks and monuments should pay "per use" fees or if the expense of the national parks and monuments should be paid by the general taxpayerhas been an ongoing debate since the first visitor fees were levied at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state in 1908. Other parks followed with their own car fee collections, monies that were considered justified to help with the cost of building roads in national park areas.
TECHNICAL CLIMBING AT the Tower continues to draw people from all over the world. Considered one of the finest traditional crack climbing areas in North America, routes on the Tower range from 5.7 to 5.13 in technical difficulty, although many climbers consider some of the older routes harder than the original ratings imply.
In late March 2006, the review and update of the 1995 Climbing Management Plan (CMP) was completed. Primary elements of the CMP Update are an improved climber education program, revision of safety standards, and completion of maintenance on the climbing access routes.
The dedicated climbing registration office, new in 2005, will continue to be staffed with climbing rangers to provide information and service to climbers. A climber education video planned for release in 2007 is designed to increase climber awareness of safety, resource effects, and the Tower's cultural significance, as is the redesigned climber registration permit.
Commercial climbing guides, who offer climbing services from businesses based outside the national monument, are permitted by the NPS to conduct guided climbs on the Tower. They will now be required to show certification by an organization that trains and tests guides for competency, such as the American Mountain Guides Association, and several revisions have been made to the commercial guide permits.
Other portions of the 1995 CMP remain in effect: the June voluntary climbing closure, bolt replacement and hammers allowed, but no new bolting or power drills. Temporary route closures are made as needed, most notably for the prairie falcon nesting sites on the west face of the Tower.
Currently, there is no registration fee, but all visitors scaling the Tower or climbing above the boulder field are required to register before and after climbing each day. The information gathered is added to the historical database of climbing records at DTNM, which has been maintained since Wiessner's climb in 1937.
From a peak of over 6,000 climbers in the 1990s, the average number of climbers in recent years has been around 5,000 annually, with approximately 2,000 of that number reaching the summit of the Tower. Since 1937, the Tower has had a climber reach the top over 50,000 times. There is risk in climbing the Tower, but that risk is minimized by the proper use of climbing and safety equipment and some knowledge of technical climbing.
On May 17, 2003, Jacqueline Weimer sustained fatal injuries after falling while rappelling adjacent to the El Cracko Diablo climbing route on the Tower. She and her climbing partner had just completed the Soler Route and rejoined three friends on the Meadows, the grassy ledge on the south face of the Tower. They decided to all rappel together, and Weimer was the last to descend. Several factors were determined to have contributed to the accident, including the extreme length of the rappel, the absence of blocking knots tied at free rope ends, and uneven rope lengths on the double rope rappel. Weimer lost control of one rope and it slipped through her rappel device. Hers is the fifth recorded climbing fatality at DTNM.
In 2005, Superintendent Eckert revived an idea for dual-names for DTNM first proposed by Superintendent Liggett in 1996, calling the Tower "Bear Lodge National Historic Landmark", but keeping the existing Devils Tower National Monument name, as well. U. S. Congresswoman Barbara Cubin introduced a bill to prevent any name change, responding to opposition to the additional name. Similar disagreements are being seen throughout the country at monuments, lakes, and mountains, as government agencies strive to recognize the cultural and historical attributes of sites by renaming, or dual-naming, national landmarks.
Two major leadership roles within DTNM changed hands during the centennial year of 2006. After Superintendent Eckert moved to a NPS position in New York in November 2005, Dorothy Fire Cloud, a member of the Rosebud Sioux, arrived in June 2006 to become DTNM's first American Indian caretaker. Linda Tokarczyk began work with the History Association in July, and took over as Business Manager when Lynn Conzelman retired in October.
Several special events were held at DTNM throughout the 2006 summer season in celebration of the national monument centennial, culminating in a commemoration ceremony on September 24, 2006. The Devils Tower Centennial Committee and History Association, in partnership with the NPS, planned, organized, and executed programs for five key celebratory events.
Almost 900 people enjoyed a reenactment of the Old Settlers' Picnic on June 18, with the Buttons and Bows Homemakers Club in charge of details. The Club welcomed visitors to the picnic in their period costumes, while attendees enjoyed an antique car show, quilt display, historical photographs, Tower memorabilia, and informative speeches.
On July 4 climbers paid homage to the 1893 climb, raising an American flag on the Tower summit. Present that day were Jan and Herb Conn, Todd Skinner, Jim McCarthy, Dennis Horning, and other climbers with a special connection to the Tower. Visitors could watch climbing demonstrations and participate in a climbing workshop.
The Cowboy Festival July 22 and 23, held on private land just outside the DTNM entrance, boasted an outdoor craft festival, food booths, petting zoo, and a western art show. A rotating schedule of entertainment over the two days culminated in a performance by Baxter Black, who charmed the audience with his cowboy poetry and his unique brand of western wisdom. The weekend was hot and dry, although attendance may have been negatively affected by a local wildfire which closed area roads for a time the week prior to the festival.
Rainy and cold weather prevailed for the American Indian Heritage Weekend August 25-27. Drum groups, traditional dance performers, and musicians shared their talents throughout the event, and teepees stood tall in the picnic area where native artists demonstrated traditional crafts.
The anniversary weekend of September 22-24 opened on Friday evening with Mark Klemetsrud, a Theodore Roosevelt enactor, giving a program on Roosevelt's boyhood. On Saturday, exhibits and presentations on the park's resources were available at the picnic area, with a free shuttle transporting visitors to the Visitor Center at the base of the Tower. Early evening found Klemetsrud presenting Theodore Roosevelt, A Conservation President in the amphitheatre followed by the Little Sun/High Eagle Drum and Dance Group from Ethete, Wyoming.
The commemoration ceremony on Sunday afternoon was well attended, with dignitaries on the dais and visitors filling all available seating. Northern Cheyenne Tribal President Eugene Little Coyote represented his tribe at the activities, as did President of the Rosebud Sioux Rodney Bordeaux. Other special guests included U.S. Senator Craig Thomas, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi's State Director Robin Bailey, U.S. Representative Barbara Cubin, NPS Intermountain Regional Director Mike Snyder, and Governor Dave Freudenthal.
In keeping with Tower tradition, blessings were given, speeches were made, and bands played, with the Tower as a glorious backdrop. Theodore Roosevelt IV, great-grandson of President Roosevelt, rode a horse to the stage and gave the keynote address. Refreshments were served at the picnic shelter, where visitors could watch a video address by Vice President Dick Cheney.
STUDIES AT THE national monument are evaluated, updated, and the data compiled in ways useful to determining policy change and successful programs. DTNM staff count prairie dogs, birds, animals, flowers, accidents, overflights of the Tower by aircraft, livestock trespass, and visitors to the Tower. They watch the sky, the land, the water, and wonder which way the wind will blow, both literally and figuratively.
The NPS effort to incorporate all of history, and to educate visitors about all facets of a national park or monument's worth, has resulted in broad mandates and directives. At Devils Tower National Monument, these have resulted in active Interpretation and Resource Management departments working to collect, disseminate, preserve, and publicize the varied and important aspects of the Tower environmentthe physical, cultural, and historical elements that are the foundation of a Tower experience.
DTNM continues to strive for the proper balance between the economic, ecological, and aesthetic concerns of public use. The historical and cultural memory of placethat intangible, elusive worthis evident to those who work at the Tower. Horace Albright, who played a leading role in the National Park Service from 1917 to 1933 in various official capacities, had this to say about America's special places: "To preserve our precious history and heritage we must be devoted to the past, vigilant in the present and optimistic about the future." [3]
As the Tower stands witness to the beginning of another century of national monument status, we have only today, the bridge between the past and the futurea time of reflection to appreciate the past and envision the future, a time of action to affect the future and reconcile the past. The Tower stands, witness to the history of this western landscape, witness to the stories told and lived at Devils Tower National Monument.
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The Price of Justice in Europe
Nov 4, 2009
Ever wondered about the price of justice? Justice and Environment, a European Network of Environmental Law Organizations have produced a comparative analysis of nine legal regimes within Europe (including EU-15, EU-10, EU-2 countries and an accession country) in order to show what and how large costs seeking justice may entail. The assessment is based on national studies and contains hard data as well as expert opinions. If you are interested further in the national studies (covering Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain) please visit www.justiceandenvironment.org or contact Csaba Kiss, Core Team member of TAI for Europe.