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Macon – Kenneth Gaines helped Whitefield Academy win its third Class A boys championship and gave Georgia basketball fans a glimpse of what's in store for the future.
Gaines scored 24 points and helped the No. 2-ranked Wolfpack beat No. 7 Athens Christian 73-50 in the Class A championship game at the Macon Coliseum. The soon-to-be Bulldog had 19 in the first half, including a couple of acrobatic instances where he plucked a rebound near the rim and stuffed it home in a single motion. Gaines scored 135 points in Whitefield's five playoff games.
"I can't even explain how it feels," said Gaines while clutching the gold state championship trophy. "I'm going to go to the locker room and cry my eyes out with my boys. This is what we've been working hard to get here for."
Gaines is the third Georgia signee to win a state championship this weekend. Brandon Morris won the AAAA title at Miller Grove and Charles Mann was on the Milton team that won the AAAAA championship. Gaines was on the phone with his friend Morris on Friday night talking about the future.
"He's a tremendous talent. Georgia is getting an unbelievable player, but he's a better person," said coach Tyrone Johnson. "He's been like a player, a friend and an adopted son. He's really grown in three years."
Whitefield (29-3) jumped out to a 10-2 lead and Athens Christian (30-3) was never able to fully recover. Athens trimmed the lead to 20-15 on a 3-pointer by Will Jackson near the end of the first quarter, but Whitefield opened the second quarter with a 9-0 run and Athens Christian never got any closer than 12 points the rest of the game.
"I think we did impose our will upon them," Johnson said. "We played a very good first half and what we did was successful.""We were just tougher than they were," Gaines said. "We knew we had to come out and be mentally tough and we were able to keep up the intensity the whole game."
Athens Christian, which had its 26-game winning streak broken, was led by freshman Will Jackson with 20 points. Senior Zach Lillie, who has signed with South Carolina Upstate, scored 17 points with 12 rebounds.
Whitefield, which finished the game with a 22-game winning streak, also got 18 points from sophomore Eric Lockhart, and nine points each from Jordan Coar and Khalen Pinkett.
March 10th, 2012
4:23 pm
Congratulations to Whitefield on their win and congratulations to ACS for a great season. Gaines looks like a really special player. His athleticism is similar to what UGA had with Leslie.
March 10th, 2012
8:06 pm
@bucket Only difference is that Gaines can also shoot from anywhere on the floor, Leslie couldn't.
March 10th, 2012
9:10 pm
@ Catfish – to be honest the only game I have seen Gaines play in was today, so I will take your word on that. His game today was pretty much driving the ball and cleaning up on the boards. The announcers said he had a good shot and judging from his stroke at the foul line I would imagine he is technically sound shooting the ball from outside.
March 11th, 2012
3:44 pm
Congratulations to C oach Johnson on his third title win at Whitefield Academy. It's sad that next to no media coverage is given to this exceptional basketball team and coaching staff. None of the Marietta newspapers acknowedge this great team, why? I was taught to call a spade a spade. This team has a top player in the nation. Gaines has been an up and coming star for the last three years under Coach Johnson and the end result is what he as accomplished. To God be all the glory and kidos to and outstanding Coach and staff! Keep up the good work Coach Johnson and staff, blessings come from above not man.
March 11th, 2012
5:29 pm
I agree with Whitefield fan. Coach Johnson and his staff do a great job year after year. Great game and season. Good luck Kenny Gaines at UGA. He is a very good shooter but he is so good at attacking the rim and offensive rebounding it would be a waste to have him spending too much time outside the 3 point line. UGA is getting a great all around player.The point guard from AC seems like a special player as well.
March 11th, 2012
5:34 pm
I am sure AC spent a lot of time preparing for the Wlitefield full court press and I bet they were as shocked as I was when they never saw it.
March 11th, 2012
9:07 pm
AC looked scared the whole game! Link was outcoached in the biggest game of his life. Well Cummings and Link back to recruting trail overseas!
March 12th, 2012
12:55 pm
where r the Ac people? U get your respect! lol
March 12th, 2012
4:35 pm
Congrats to Whitfield. They are deserving champion. Also kudos to Coach Johnson for not running up the score on Saturday.
March 12th, 2012
4:38 pm
Whitfield was the better team…they were not "out-coached"…they have 8 or 9 "basketball" players that play the sport year round. Not to mention several of those players are D-1…and there is a whole lot to choose from in Cobb County…not the same in small town Athens. ACS has 2 "basketball" players and a bunch of guys that are 3 and 4 sport athletes. Its much harder to compete with so little to work with. And you wanna hear about recruiting!!!! I was at the game…and Whitfield's parents and players went up to Jackson of ACS after the game and told him he needs to transfer to Whitfield…but no one will care cuz Whitfield is in metro-atlanta…where everybody is doing it. I'm sure Whitfield fans think that its only the coach that gets them to all those final 4's…and he actually is a really good coach….but it helps when your players and parents are trying to pull kids from teams they play against.
March 12th, 2012
5:06 pm
yeah athensbball…I saw that too! Not to mention I saw 4 different metro atlanta coaches at yalls Turner game too talking to that Jackson kid….Its sad. Well lets see…is Miller Grove or Milton losing a point guard this year….wont be surprised to see him there
March 12th, 2012
5:40 pm
@Whitfield….and if by "calling off the dogs" you mean leaving your starters in till 58 seconds to go and still picking guys up past half court when your up by 30….then Id hate to see what he does when he wants to run the score up! haha
March 12th, 2012
5:42 pm
@ white….and that wasnt the "biggest game of Link's career"….he has been there before and so has ACS….thats more than you can say for Athens Academy and any other Region 8A team.
March 12th, 2012
5:53 pm
If i was ACS I would have turned in the players and parents recruiting that Jackson kid….it was so blantant too! They wasnt even trying to hide it!!! It will be tough for them to win without him next year if he leaves…that big kid is graduating too. ACS has some sort of paperwork screw up with that bahama kid and they get murdered by the media and rival schools….but these schools in ATL recruit right in your face and no one says a word!!!
March 12th, 2012
10:00 pm
Enough of the recruiting cries. Would you like some cheese to go with that whine. Whitfield has 3 seniors. If Coach Johnson decided to run the score up, he could but didn't, so what if Gaines remained in the game until 58 seconds left. Play defense! These private schools are not cheap and I have never known any athlete to ride a full scholarship at Whitefield. Stop staffing these teams with its not what you know, its who you know Coaches and perhaps they can have success stories. It really sounds as though its not about who or how recruitment took place, if it took place at all; but who actually was able to convince that player that their school is a better suit. Get over it already.
March 13th, 2012
9:31 am
@ athensbball – go to the rec league games around Athens and you will discover that what you allege the Whitfield parents were doing to Jackson is exactly what ACS does to the best players and their parents in and around Athens.
March 13th, 2012
10:44 am
Right, ACS cant turn nobody in because they do the same thing! So please look at your program before you talk about recruiting.
March 13th, 2012
10:54 am
1.71 Recruiting and Undue Influence is defined as the use of influence by any person connected directly or indirectly with a GHSA school to induce a student of any age to transfer from one school to another, or to enter the ninth grade at a member school for athletic or literary competition purposes, whether or not the school presently attended by the student is a member of the GHSA.
(a) The use of undue influence to secure OR retain a student for competitive purposes is prohibited, and shall lead to penalties being assessed against either school. NOTE: This violation may cause the student to forfeit eligibility for one year from the date of enrollment.
(b) Evidence of undue influence includes, but is not limited to:
(1) personal contact initiated by coaches, boosters, or other school personnel in an attempt to persuade transfer
(2) gifts of money, jobs, supplies or clothing
(3) free transportation
(4) free admission to contests
(5) an invitation to attend practices and/or games
(6) a social event (other than an official schoolwide Open House program) specifically geared for prospective athletes
(7) free tuition beyond the allowable standards found in by-law 1.82
(8) a coach asking a prospective student for contact information
(c) Complaints or reports of violations of this rule will be investigated and handled on a case-by-case basis. If coaches are found to be in violation of the recruiting rule, a copy of the investigation will be forwarded to the Professional Standards Commission of the Department of Education.
March 13th, 2012
10:55 am
1.81 Any student who receives financial aid or non-GHSA approved gifts from any source and in any form (scholarships, tuition remission, cash, gifts, etc.) arising out of or received in connection with their participation in any sport or literary event shall be ruled ineligible. This prohibition shall not apply to awards under By-Law #1.90 or to other items approved by the GHSA.
(a) If tuition is charged, it must be paid by a parent, legal guardian, or other family member with the exception of payments coming from need-based financial aid.
(b) It is not legal for donated funds to be designated for a specific student that are given by non-family members, businesses, churches or other organizations, except for programs specified by state law.
(c) Schools may not employ students to work off their tution costs.
March 13th, 2012
11:18 am
were very unprofessional.
March 13th, 2012
1:10 pm
@what goes around and @coach: i dont deny that kids at rec centers probably do recruit each other to come play with them….but aint it interesting how its accepted in atlanta (like the whitfield fan saying that they are just getting kids to come to the best program) but in athens… coaches and schools get cruicified when PLAYERS recruit each other. Its funny how in atlanta…people say that players just go to the best program but in athens…the coach MUST be recruiting! Whats the difference?
March 13th, 2012
1:41 pm
@ GHSA: So all that legal mumbo jumbo basically says is that coaches and schools cannot recruit players but it says NOTHING about parents and players recruiting each other from school to school…. they mind as well just let it happen everywhere if the GHSA dont care that it happens in Atlanta! Dynastys evidently can be built in a day!
March 13th, 2012
3:53 pm
@ athensbball – try again. It's not just the ACS players doing it. The players don't have the power to offer scholarships, the adults are to blame for that situation!
March 13th, 2012
4:29 pm
@athensbball you are right. its everywhere. And school act like they dont know are fooling themseleves. Wrong is wrong, but who is going to stop it. People have got to be crazy if they dont think some coaches in Ga or programs in Ga recruit. It cant be a lie if you hear it over and over. There is some truth to every lie!
March 13th, 2012
4:46 pm
@whatgoesaround and @coach: I guess what I'm saying is that at ACS we just get tired of hearing about the same stuff over and over…when every private school in the world gets students from other schools…its just the nature of a PRIVATE SCHOOL! Athens Academy had a point guard transfer to their school this year and he is one of the top young guards in the state…but did anyone say a word??? Of course not…because they didnt even make the state tournament. No one is accusing them of recruiting!! And look at it this way, on this years team, Zach LIllie (6′8) and Turtle Jackson (Point Guard) are the only 2 players that would have even been worth recruiting for basketball. Zach is a senior and Turtle is a freshman….Dont you think that if ACS is recruiting SO MUCH like everyone says that they would have tried to get more players instead of just one good one every 4 years??????
March 13th, 2012
8:48 pm
@ athensbball – uh, ACS and Whitefield are not just supposed to be private schools. I thought the C stood for something that might imply a greater desire to follow the rules.
March 13th, 2012
8:50 pm
oops! hit submit too soon. There is nothing illegal about a student or family deciding to transfer to another school as long as they have not been inticed by the school they are transferring to and as long as they are paying their own way to attend.
March 14th, 2012
9:52 am
I used to recruit in the metro atlanta area for my college and I am not from Georgia. But I will tell you what I noticed…Having Whitfield parents and fans brag about winning the CLASS-A state championship would be the equivalent of UGA football bragging about winning in Division 1-AA and beating GA Southern for the Championship. With the resources that Whiitfield has at their exposure there is no reason….NONE…why they shouldnt win the whole thing every year. Whitfield is in the middle of one of the nations hot bed of recruiting zones (metro atlanta) so they get the best players in the area (legally or not… but who cares they all do it in atlanta)….their school has a ton of money so they have the best facilities….best weight training programs….and money to pay the best coaches. Its an absolute joke that the GHSA lets these mini colleges play with the smallest schools in the state…They shouldnt only divide the schools by number of students they should also divide them by the amount of money in the athletic program. This would require some of the state's richest private schools to have to play up a classification. So Whitfield#1….congrats….your team has won 3 titles in the history of your school playing against inferior competition and teams with inferior resources.
March 14th, 2012
11:10 am
@whatgoesaround: there is not one single player on the ACS roster that is on scholarship and it is irresponsible and disrespecful to the parents who work hard to pay tuition to say otherwise…do you have any proof? Of course not…just like to spread rumours like the rest of jealous people in athens….Again, all I am saying is that the only reason why Athens Academy does not get the same grief is because they dont win. Their point guard was a transfer in 8th grade and so was ours….Athens Academy costs 4x as much as it does to go to ACS…but yet everyone thinks that we are the ones "giving away scholarships"…nobody thinks that prince avenue recruits because they are so bad that its laughable…their coach is also the headmaster and their best player is the coach's son….sounds more like a rec league church team than a school…and they play like a rec league church team too
March 14th, 2012
3:26 pm
@ athensbball – wow, you must really be in the dark. Your words drip of Christian compassion as well.
March 14th, 2012
3:48 pm
you are correct. i have zero sympathy for schools or teams that start jealous rumours and end up hurting the kids by things that they say and do. If the other teams in region 8a were at least competitive…other than Lakeview…then they might have a leg to stand on with their hurtful comments…otherwise they just sound like the little boy at the playground kicking the dirt because he cant get any of the big boys to play on his team. its about the kids…not the parents
March 15th, 2012
2:13 pm
@ athensbball – denial is not just a river in Egypt! You couldn't be more wrong about who I represent or what I know! There are alot more kids and parents at ACS that feel the same way I do.


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According to Techcrunch Stumbleupon is for sale for $50 million
Two sources have confirmed that the rapidly growing StumbleUpon recently approached at least one large Internet company to be acquired. The asking price was $50 million.
The deal doesn't appear to have been widely shopped – one potential acquiror said that they met with the company recently, but only to explore possible business development deals, and that an acquisition was not discussed. I spoke briefly with StumbleUpon CEO Garret Camp this afternoon but he refused to comment, saying "we do not comment on rumors.†Fair enough.
The real story may be a disconnect between the company's executives and investors. StumbleUpon has only raised a single seed round of financing – $1.5 million – and angel investors often informally shop a company, with or without the company's permission, in the hope of an early cash out.
Whatever is going on, StumbleUpon certainly isn't stumbling in its growth. It is now a significant source of traffic for many startups (an entrepreneur recently told me that 15% of his traffic last week came from StumbleUpon). Garret told me today that the company has 1.5 million registered users and an average of 3.5 million page views per day. They expect to be cash flow positive within the next few months.
First of all I'd like to say that Firefox 2.0 is a great improvement as far as I can see.
But there's a little annoyance that's still bothering me after using 2.0 for 2 days. The developers changed the way you close the tabs. I was used to the nice and shiny X on the far right side of Firefox 1.5. But they thought it would be better to move the close button to the active tab.
I found an easy way to change it back to the way it was.
1. Type about:config in your address bar and hit the enter button
2. Look up browser.tabs.closeButtons , as you can see the value right now is 1
3. You've got to double click on the 1 and change the value to 3
That's it!
When the folks from Mozilla prepared to launch their open-source Firefox 1.0 browser two years ago, their hope was to gain enough market share to compel Web sites to adopt open standards–rather than standardizing on Microsoft's proprietary Internet Explorer browser technology. Job done. Firefox has anywhere from a 10% to 18% worldwide market share among browser users, depending who is counting, and almost every Web site that matters makes it possible for Firefox users to fully access their pages. The turning point came earlier this year when banks and financial services outfits including American Express and Fidelity switched over. Now, with the impending arrival of the Firefox 2.0 browser, you can expect Firefox to gain even more share and make it even more difficult for Microsoft to call the shots, technology-wise, on the Web.
One of the keys to Firefox's initial success was its community marketing initiative. People signed up to help market and distribute the software via their Web sites or blogs, and contributed to help pay for advertisements in mainstream media outlets. The organization now has 180,000 registered community marketing volunteers. One contest last year resulted in 300 video commercials being produced–some of which have appeared on YouTube and other popular video sharing sites. Beard's now trying to figure out how to get some of the commercials aired on cable TV and other video outlets.
Firefox is one of the best proof points I have seen that viral marketing works.

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Bonfils Blood Center and the Denver Broncos work together on an annual Drive for Life event which is the largest single day blood drive in Colorado.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Sports Authority Field at Mile High
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Learn more from Broncos Executive Vice President of Football Operations/General Manager John Elway and 9News' Cheryl Preheim about 2014 Drive for Life.
Sports Authority Field at Mile High tailgating has it all. Come via plane, Light Rail, BroncosRide (bus), car or foot and we've got you covered with one of our pregame activities.
The Mile High Mountain Village presented by Bud Light is free and open to all fans with a game ticket. The main entrance is located at gate 4 and the area features flat-screen TVs, food and Bud Light specials, appearances by Cheerleaders, Alumni and Miles the Mascot, a DJ, facepainters, caricatures and much more. The Mile High Mountain Village will be open to all fans with a game ticket for the remainder of the season opening at 10:30 for all day games and 2:30 for all night games.
First-Come, First-Serve Tailgating
Bring your own tailgate party to Sports Authority Field at Mile High and show us why this truly is Broncos Country. Although tailgating is encouraged in all other stadium parking lots, a limited number of first-come, first-serve stalls in Lot C and Lot M are available for $30 per space or with an existing stadium parking pass, but you have to come early. One permit will be good for one parking stall depending on the size of your vehicle, additional spaces may need to be purchased.
The line to purchase tailgating spaces will form at the east entrance to Lot C. A single lane will be coned off south of Lot C at Brooklyn's restaurant. Vehicles arriving from Federal Blvd should circle the stadium clockwise by turning east on 20th Avenue to Bryant Street, then south on Bryant Street to Lower Colfax, then west on Lower Colfax toward Brooklyn's restaurant to the tailgating line. Vehicles arriving from I-25 North should exit at 17th Avenue and I-25 South at 23rd Avenue, then proceed south on Bryant Street to Lower Colfax, then west on Lower Colfax toward Brooklyn's restaurant to the tailgating line.
Tailgating parking spaces will cost $30 for standard-size vehicles (must fit in 8.5' x 17' space) and will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. RVs and oversized vehicles will be charged $30 per space occupied.
Sports Authority Field at Mile High season parking permit holders may choose to tailgate in the First-Come, First-Serve area of Lot C instead of in your designated parking lot. To participate, permit holders from any Sports Authority Field at Mile High parking lot may also line up for tailgate parking and may redeem a current-game parking permit from any lot in lieu of the tailgating parking fee. RVs, oversized vehicles and vehicles with trailers will be subject to additional charges. Once first-come, first-serve parking has sold out, parking permits will be valid only in their designated lots.
Once the tailgating area is full, all other vehicles will be routed to stadium cash parking lots (Lots M, N and P).
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Whether you bring your own party or join ours, please join us! We need your help to show us why this is BRONCOS COUNTRY during the season.
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And she also has a news update headlined "Experts open second week of driver's trial."
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The Associated Press reports that "Full court will consider Virginia ban on 'partial-birth abortion.'"
And at "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post titled "A new test of a 'partial-birth' abortion ban."
My earlier coverage of the Fourth Circuit's most recent three-judge panel ruling in the case appears here, here, and here.
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Update: At "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post titled "New Second Amendment case in D.C."
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And The Associated Press reports that "5th Circuit upholds prison terms for border agents."
My earlier coverage of today's Fifth Circuit ruling appears in the post immediately below.
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Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton's first two years in the NFL have been historically great, as he's thrown for 7,000 yards and 47 touchdowns while leading the Bengals to consecutive postseason appearances for the first time in 3 decades. But after going 0-2 in his first two playoff appearances, Dalton knows it's time to take the next step and win in the postseason:
The expectation is to get to the playoffs; that's how it's been since I got here. Once you get to the playoffs is when you have to be at your best. These past two years we haven't been at our best when we've played in those games. We've got to take that next step. We've got to go in with an attitude that we're going to do whatever it takes to win the game. Hopefully we get that chance this year.
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Mo was really coming on. The one thing with Mo is he's really reliable. He's got a great feel for the game, he understands what we're trying to do running routes and different things like that. It was unfortunate for us and it was such a freak thing that happened to him. I know he's back to 100 percent. Just to know that you're going to have the guys around that know where they're going to be … he's a big part of that. He's a great guy on the sideline. He's a vocal guy, gets the guys going. I think we did miss that a little bit once he got hurt, so it's definitely nice to have him back.


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The Waldo-Hancock Bridge is in the process of being dismantled after over 70 years of service. The Maine State Archives has a number of records related to the history of this famous bridge that are presented in this exhibition.
Horace W. Shaylor: Portland Penman
Horace W. Shaylor, a native of Ohio, settled in Portland and turned his focus to handwriting, developing several unique books of handwriting instruction. He also was a talented artist.
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John A. Poor's determination in 1845 to bring rail service to Maine and to make Portland the winter port for Montreal, along with the steel foundry he started to build locomotives and many other products, helped boost the economy of Portland the state.
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Highlights of Biddeford history presented by McArthur Public Library, Biddeford Historical Society, and Biddeford High School's Project ASPIRE class. The site explores shipbuilding, the Civil War homefront, women's clubs, influential residents, and some of the city's famous artists and inventors.
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag
The history of a 350+-year-old city south of Portland, the Scarborough site was constructed by representatives from Scarborough Historical Society, Scarborough Middle School, and Scarborough Public Library. Exhibits include the marsh, transportation and roads, shipyards and shipwrecks, clamming and lobstering, famous residents, and education.


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Recognising the importance of investing in employees' continued learning and providing training and development opportunities are a key way to engage and retain staff. The majority of employers (77%) allocated funding for employee training and development in the second quarter of 2012.
According to the Michael Page Employment Index Quarter 2 – 2012, for 45% of these companies, their training and development budget was the same as the corresponding quarter last year, while 29% of respondents allocated a slight increase in funding. A significant group of companies surveyed (41%) put training budgets towards specifically developing the technical skills of employees.
"More and more companies understand the importance of employee training and development. Employee retention is important and (they) have put aside budgets for employee training and development," says Prema Latha, Faculty Head, Informatics Academy.
"The Michael Page report also shows that a quarter of the surveyed companies spread their budget across a combination of internal and external training, as well as development in technical and soft skills."
Charlene Ang, Vice President of Local Corporate Sales, TÜV SÜD PSB Learning believes that service productivity will continue to be an important area that companies will focus on. "As increasing costs of doing business like raising rental rates has put a strain on business costs, productivity gains are seen as a way to combat this," she says.
Therefore, training programmes related to service productivity such as 'service six sigma' will continue to attract interest. "In addition, in light of the slowdown in economic growth, we foresee that professional certifications will be increasingly popular as these are seen as a way to enhance employability," Ang adds.
Looking at the issue of training from an employee's point of view, with more foreign talents entering Singapore's job market and the fact that degree graduates are everywhere, more Singaporeans are finding it necessary to upgrade themselves and be equipped with a higher certification, says Latha.
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Training is now delivered through a variety of platforms, with online learning fast-becoming the preferred mode.
"Flexible modes of studies that have incorporated the latest technological developments have become increasingly popular with young adults looking to upgrade their academic studies whilst juggling work, family and social life, says Latha.
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Training budgets are set to go up next year as more companies look to enhance their employees' skills. Fully-trained employees will be a critical factor to an organisation's profitability, they say.
Due to an expected slowdown in economic growth next year, some companies have indicated that they will keep training budgets steady next year. "We have also noticed that some of our clients take this as an opportunity to train their staff to prepare them to take advantage when the economy turns around," says Ang.
Coaching and mentoring seem to be gaining traction as well, with more companies adopting them in as ways to develop internal staff as well as to build team relationships. "Coaching and mentoring are also means of knowledge management as senior staff can impart their wisdom and experience to newer colleagues," says Ang.
"Our own organisation also practices coaching and mentoring as they are an effective way to leverage on the experience of our current staff and bond members of the company," she adds.
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In April 2012, Informatics launched its Informatics Virtual Campus. A first in Singapore, the Informatics Virtual Campus is an online platform which supports 28 languages and allows students to interact with not just their peers but lecturers as well.
With Adobe Connect, lessons are recorded and can be played back anytime. "The rationale for this 'live streaming' concept was to provide a unique solution especially to part-time students who are busy professionals making their way to classes," says Prema Latha, Faculty Head, Informatics Academy.
Informatics also understands that some students find it difficult to arrive in class on time because they are stuck in the office. To ensure that none of these students are disadvantaged, Informatics 'brings the classroom to them', reinforcing the core value of Informatics Academy – Student Centricity, in which the school focuses on the understanding of students first and foremost.
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In preparation for the launch of this service focus, a service blueprint initiative was organised to study service-related processes and identify gaps in delivering service excellence and ways to close them.
This was followed by a series of structured in-house training programmes customised for all staff under the Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) framework. Through this phased implementation, staff have come to share a common understanding and expectation of what it means to deliver excellent service, the organisation says. "This initiative has contributed to a steady improvement in customer satisfaction rating amid our rapid expansion."
Through the new focus, NTUC First Campus Co-operative aims to build a trusting and positive relationship together with children, students, parents, colleagues and the community. It says this is integral to its broader efforts to raise the quality of early childhood care and education, and to support and foster the holistic development of each child.
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Upper Sioux Agency State Park
Upper Sioux Agency State Park contains the site of the Upper Sioux or Yellow Medicine Agency. The park was established in 1963 to preserve and interpret the remains of the old Agency site. The park covers 1,280 acres and offers diversity: open prairie knolls, bluffs, and cool, wooded slopes. From the vistas, visitors enjoy the trails which are ideal for horseback riding, hiking, skiing, and snowmobiling. The park also offers a huge sliding hill for winter fun.
Tell me more about this park's wildlife, history, geology and landscape.
Visitor Alert!
Guaranteed camping is now available at the park
All sites at Upper Sioux Agency State Park are now reservable. We encourage you to make your camping reservations in advance. Drop-in reservations are welcome for any unoccupied sites for one night only. If additional nights are desired, please check with park staff for availability. Available sites lists are posted at each of the parks information kiosks and are updated periodically throughout the day.
(Updated August 12, 2014)
Park Notes
Be fascinated. Check out the naturalist programs and other activities scheduled at the park.
Award winning:
Tepee camping at Upper Sioux Agency State Park was named "Best Camping with a Twist" in the Star Tribune's 2014 Best of Minnesota review!
U.S.-Dakota War of 1862:
2012 marked 150 years since the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. Upper Sioux Agency State Park was an important location during this time. Find out how to learn more.
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Camping is available at Upper Sioux Agency State Park year-round.
Stay the night in a Tipi!
Upper Sioux Agency State Park has three 18-foot diameter canvas tipis available to rent.
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Take a virtual tour. It's a great tool to help you plan your next trip to the park!
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Purchase a Minnesota State Parks gift card.
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Burning non-local firewood can spread invasive species, and it's against Minnesota state law. Learn more. Always buy your firewood at the park, or from an approved local vendor. Find firewood vendors for Upper Sioux Agency State Park.
Bird Checklist at Upper Sioux Agency State Park.
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Best time to contact the park:
Memorial Day through Labor Day: Friday and Saturday: 8:00 am to 8:00 pm; Sunday to Thursday: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Labor Day through Memorial Day: Saturday and Sunday: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
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From the town of Granite Falls at the intersection of State Hwy 212 and 23, go south on St. Hwy 23, about one block to State Hwy 67. Turn left on 67 and go eight miles to park entrances. The first of the park's three entrances will take you to the horse rider campground. The second entrance takes you to the main park entrance. The last entrance takes you to the campground.


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Henry Hamilton Bennett (January 15, 1843 - January 1, 1908) was a photographer famous for his pictures of the Dells of the Wisconsin River and surrounding region taken between 1865 and 1908. The popularity of his photographs helped turn the city of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin into a major tourist destination.
H. H. Bennett was born in Farnham, Lower Canada, but was raised in Brattleboro, Vermont. In 1857, Bennett moved with his father and uncle to Wisconsin. The group settled in Kilbourn City, today known as Wisconsin Dells, and Henry worked as a carpenter in the town. After the outbreak of the American Civil War, Bennett joined the army and fought in the Battle of Vicksburg before being severely wounded by the accidental discharge of his own gun. After the war, the wound prevented Bennett from returning to carpentry, so in 1865 he bought a Kilbourn City photography studio and began a career as a photographer. Shortly afterward, in 1866, he married Francis Douty, and the couple eventually had three children.
Because there was little demand for portraits in the area, Bennett set his sights on landscape photography. He built himself a portable darkroom, and then towed it, his camera, and other necessary equipment with him across the local countryside taking pictures. He didn't have to go far to find impressive scenery, for the Wisconsin River Dells, a gorge with numerous sandstone formations, was just outside Kilbourn City. Bennett loaded a boat with his photographic equipment and took many pictures of the Dells. Realizing that the three dimensional aspect of the rock formations would be lost in two dimensional photographs, he began creating stereoscopic images that allowed viewers to see the Dells in three dimensions. Bennett made his first stereoscopic photo in 1868, and they soon became very popular, being sold in cities across the United States.
As people across the country saw more and more of Bennett's photographs of the Wisconsin Dells, they began to flock to Kilbourn City to see the rock formations in person. The area quickly became a destination for sightseers eager to leave behind the bustle of the city. Bennett capitalized on this, building the H. H. Bennett Studio in 1875 and using it to sell postcards and souvenir portraits to travelers. In the meantime, he continued to innovate in the field of photography by inventing a stop action shutter which allowed him to take photographs of instantaneous events. Previously, it took several minutes for a camera to take a picture, and any movement of the subject being photographed over this time caused the picture to become blurry. After Bennett created the new shutter, he was able to take clear pictures of moving subjects. The best known photograph taken by Bennett with this device was an 1886 image of his son Ashley jumping between two rock formations in the Dells.
Bennett also innovated in the way he printed pictures, building a revolving solar printing house that is now housed at the Smithsonian Institution. In addition, because early cameras were unable to accurately capture details of the sky or reflections in water after being adjusted for the light of a typical land photograph, Bennett wove together negatives from multiple photographs of land, sky, and water before creating a final print. Bennett received much attention for his advanced techniques, and was commissioned by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad to photograph the landscape along the company's track in Wisconsin. Bennett also took pictures outside the state, photographing an ice palace in St. Paul, Minnesota and the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
As portable film cameras became widespread in the 1890s, Bennett's career declined somewhat because tourists coming to see the Dells were able to take their own souvenir photos and no longer needed Bennett's postcards or portraits. Nevertheless, Bennett pressed on in his profession, selling gift shop type items from his studio to attract more customers and continuing as a professional landscape photographer until his death in 1908. Following his death, Bennett's family took over the photography studio and his descendants continued to operate it until 1999, when the building was restored to its 1908 appearance and became a historic site operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Chaos Chronicles - CorePlay's Response
A couple of days ago we've posted bitComposer's statement on the Chaos Chronicles situation. We still owe you Coreplay's answer, which was posted a few hours later in the RPGCodex forum:
More information.
Something doesn't add up about all this. Coreplay stated that Bitcomposer stopped making payments, at some stage, but presumably they must have made *some* payments. So it can't be in BC's interests to delay the game (especially considering that according to Coreplay they were trying to release in March). Maybe the issue is that BC think they deserve the share of the pie that was agreed before Coreplay got additional outside funding. That's the only interpretation I can put on this that makes any sense. Of course, it looks like noone is going to get any pie as things stand right now.
Actually a publisher deciding to cancel an almost finished game has happened many times before so you can't tell what a publisher is going to do and why they are doing it. Sometimes it seems like these publishers are trying to destroy the game industry on purpose.
At the end of the day, a business is always about money. I just don't understand how bitComposer, or any publisher, decides that no money is better than some money. Is being "right" and/or preserving the balance of power really that important? You already paid them to make the product, why not have something to show for it?
I can only assume that going forward with the game would involve further investments by bitcomposer: additional development time, advertising, support? And they don't feel that investment would pay off under the current conditions (e.g. A reduced share due to the investments of the mentioned third party). Or its about avoiding some legal precedent they feel is unacceptable to them.
This type of behavior makes both parties look bad, thereby impacting their future business dealings. Playing it up in the press may help them get it resolved.
why not go kickstart? if the game is already almost baked?
they can release it on desura or some other platform.
So who is to blame? Well BC can stop funding whatever game they like, I don't see how that's an issue to blame them for. But at the same time they (like publishers in general) always want to fund crap games and to make the dev cycle 18 months or less. That being the case all you will ever get is crap results.
I know why this is happening. its the same as with gothic 3. the publishers wanted to have producers authority over the games content. that way, they somehow "guarantee" some of their investment getting back.
which is plain stupid because the hype was because of the original developers.
so now it goes to some other mercenary team who does what its told. and the game will be ruined-or at most, not like they planned it at all.
also most of the hype will be gone until they find the new devs.
cowardly act, but apparently common.
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I am a 36 year old avid cross fit athlete and train 4-5 days a week. A year ago I had bursitis in the right shoulder and went through Airrosti treatments; did not help. I decided I needed to get diagnostic testing to rule out tear, we did a steroid injection and the pain and tenderness subsided. I can do all overhead movements without pain and sleep and function without pain! I just had my left shoulder treated for bursitis and hope for same results. I have concluded that trying to sleep on my back decreases pain the morning. I know the bursitis is related to cross fit and if I stopped that would probably eliminate the injections but for now steroids were the way to go.
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I have bursitis in both hips and one shoulder. My doctor basically tells me most old people have it, too bad so sad, deal with it. It is worse at night so I am taking up to 20 aspirin at a time in order to get 3 hours sleep. It seems to me that people shouldn"t have to live with pain like this, but old people don"t matter.
Comment from: halo, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: November 25
I went back to college at 60 and a throw of students blocked my passage on a set of stairs and a book bag knocked me over a row of seats and I hit my right hip. The impact impacted my bursa. I have had six shots so far in the hip. The one thing I can say, (hip wise), though painful, you must keep mobile. One has to move, walk, exercise bike, swim, whatever, or it will get far worse. I don't want a lifetime of shots. You will find that the pain will be eased eventually.
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I am a 15 year old female and I have bursitis in my left ankle. I am pretty sure I have it in a few other places too, my shoulders and hips. I have been on an antiinflammatory for a while now. Mine was caused from years of cheerleading and tumbling injuries. Since I am the base of the stunt, catching the flyer puts a lot of stress on my body. It's pretty sad that I have ended up with this at such a young age. It is very painful and it burns really bad. I went on with it extremely swollen for 2 weeks before I went to the doctor. There was a chance that if I wanted to continue to cheer in college I might have not been able to cheer the rest of high school. I was crushed because on top of having bursitis I have severe trauma and several stress fractures in my ankle and shin plus shin splints. My hips burn horribly and I can barley walk up stairs anymore. At school it's really difficult getting around because we have a lot of steps and I cringe going up them. My cheerleading skills are going down because of the pain. I just can't do the things I used to be able to. There is no way I can continue to cheer anymore the pain is just to much to handle and I am a really tough person when it comes to getting hurt.
Comment from: rosebud, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: September 12
I've been suffering from what I suppose is bursitis in my right hip for years now. I had sciatica but was able to get it under control with steroid shots to my spine some years ago. I love to go on long walks. By the time I get home I'm limping and in agony. Someone described the feeling as "on fire" which is right on. I've tried ice packs, Tylenol for arthritis, physical therapy and those don't work. Previously, I took OxyContin and Percocet, which I weaned myself off of a couple years ago. Being addicted to prescription drugs is worse than the pain. I'm thinking of trying cortisone shots again. There doesn't seem to be any new breakthroughs in treatment. I sympathize with all of you who have this ailment. No one can understand the constant pain, struggle to walk, or the inability to get comfortable in bed. My heart goes out to you.
Comment from: Autumn, 19-24 Female (Patient) Published: February 28
I developed bursitis in my hip (and strained my lower back) from working 9 to 10 hour days 6 days a week for the past 6 months. I am currently undergoing Astym physical therapy treatment and I personally feel like it's been helping a lot. I wish you all the best of luck.
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Low-Cal Alternatives to Your Fave Summer Drinks
Written on July 20, 2012 at 11:49 am , by FITNESS Intern
Written by Laura Cofsky, editorial intern
One of our favorite things about summer is the ability to relax outside. After being cooped up all winter long, there's nothing quite like feeling the sun warm your skin (wearing SPF, of course!) while sitting by the pool, taking a dip in the ocean or chatting with friends at a backyard barbeque.
It's also the season to enjoy refreshing tropical beverages of the adult variety. Want to indulge without all the guilt? Mix things up with these low-cal alternatives to your standby favorites.
If you like: Gin Fizz
Try: Grapefruit Fizz
- 2 parts Beefeater 24 gin
- 2 parts freshly-squeezed pink grapefruit juice
- 1 part club soda
- Pink grapefruit to garnish
Pour all ingredients into a Collins glass over ice. Stir & garnish with a slice of pink grapefruit.
Nutritional info: 154 calories; Calories saved: 80
If you like: Gin and Tonic
Try: 24 Triple Citrus & Tonic
- 2 parts Beefeater 24 gin
- 3 parts tonic water
- Lemon, grapefruit and orange wheels to garnish
Pour all ingredients into a Collins glass over ice.
Nutritional info: 154 calories; Calories saved: 16
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Light Summer Drinks to Enjoy On-the-Go
Written on July 13, 2012 at 12:45 pm , by FITNESS Intern
Written by Laura Cofsky, editorial intern
If the recent heat wave is any indication, summer is rapidly reaching its peak. And during these dog days of summer, it's easy to feel like we're constantly busy as we try to balance work with vacation plans and other fun in the sun activities. But even when we're on the go, it's important to take a moment to relax. Sometimes, it only takes a few invigorating sips to do the trick.
Lucky for us, some of our favorite shops have us covered. Keep reading to see where you can get a fast pick me up while still blowing that to-do list out of the water!
Introducing their new line of Starbucks Refreshers, these new drinks total 100 calories per handcrafted serving and contain green coffee extract – perfect for those who want the effects of coffee, but can't stand the taste. It sounded too good to be true, so we tested it ourselves. The verdict? Yum! Available in summer-ready flavors like Very Berry Hibiscus and Cool Lime, this drink keeps you going while serving a generous helping of antioxidants.
Bonus: If you stop into Starbucks before 3p.m. on Friday, July 13, you can nab a Refresher for free!
Jamba Juice
This smoothie shop's Fruit Refreshers not only come in a variety of beach-inspiring flavors like Strawberry Lemonade and Watermelon Splash, but they're nutritional powerhouses too. The 16 oz. variety clocks in around 230 calories and can account for up to 90 percent of your daily vitamin C needs. If you choose the Tropical Mango flavor, you'll also suck down more than half of your recommended dose for vitamin A. Made with refreshing coconut water, this light sip is bound to re-hydrate a busy girl during an errand-packed day.
Soft Serve Fruit Co.
If you're looking for something that will hold you over for a while, try a smoothie from this company. Made from their signature soft serve fruit and your choice of liquid (water, skim, soy or almond milk), each pack anywhere from 289 to 338 calories and no added sugar. Our fave? The Berry Blast!
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Has it really been three months since my last blog post?! Jeez talk about falling behind. Goodness I've missed hanging around here. I so need to catch up in SAL, and few other KAL. Not to mention my slow moving CLiC. LOL! OK so this is what I'll do. I"ll show you quick ( this is a spontaneous post ) what I've been up to this week and then slowly fill you in on what's been on or off my needles the last three months. My lip ( life in progress), spinning ect.... Lets try this shorter more often blog post thing and see how it goes. OK?
This week is all about the Le Tour De Fleece. I have taken this fiber fun tour to reconnect with my spinning. So what's on my spindle? ( still no wheel)
Well this lovely 50% Cormo Wool / 50% Alpaca Fiber I bought on Mother's Day from the Shepard's Harvest. There is 4ozs.
Here is what I spun up so far. The bobbins are 1 oz each and I got started on the third.
My lip this week has been working on the gardens. I love how these flowers bloomed this year. Though isn't weird how my spinning took on more of a gray look in the photo. The ones above are more color accurate.
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The Braves are still two years away from beginning their big push to Cooperstown, but two of those likely bound for that 2014 Hall-of-Fame Class – former Braves manager Bobby Cox and pitcher Tom Glavine – gave rave reviews for the newest member of Baseball's Hall of Fame: Barry Larkin.
The former Reds shortstop appeared on 86 percent of the ballots, well above the 75 percent required by the Baseball Writers Association, earning entrance in his third year eligible. The announcement was made Monday.
Larkin will be inducted July 22 along with the late Cubs third baseman Ron Santo, who was voted in by the "Golden Age" Committee, Frick Award winner broadcaster Tim McCarver and Spink award winner Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun.
"To me, Barry Larkin was a dream player,'" Cox said in a collection of statements released by the Reds Monday afternoon. "He was an outstanding leader who had great physical skills. When you look at his all-around talent and ability in the field, at the plate and on the bases, he might very well have been one of the top two or three shortstops of all-time. He really has all the credentials you think of when you talk about Hall of Fame players.
"If there had been a draft each year for clubs to build their team from scratch, Barry would have been the first or second pick each year over the course of his career," Cox continued. "He was just so well-rounded and had all the skills."
John Smoltz, who played against Larkin from 1988-2004 as a Brave, called him one of the most complete players he ever competed against. Glavine said Larkin was a pioneer at the position.
"He really changed the shortstop position in our generation because he was an all-around player," Glavine said. "He was really a true five-tool player, with everything he could do to beat you."
Glavine, Cox, Greg Maddux and Braves executive John Schuerholz are all eligible for the Hall of Fame for the first time in 2014. Both Glavine and Maddux, as 300-game winners, could be first-ballot entrants. Smoltz will be eligible for the first time in 2015.
Larkin, a 12-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glover, won the NL MVP in 1995. He hit .295 with 198 homers, 960 RBIs and 379 stolen bases while playing his entire career with his hometown Reds.
Larkin's appearance on 495 of a possible 573 ballots represented a 24.3 percent jump from 2011, the largest increase in one year since 1948. That might give some confidence to former Brave Fred McGriff, who like Dale Murphy, garnered enough votes to stay on the ballot but not nearly enough for induction. McGriff appeared on 23.9 percent of the ballots, up from 17.9 a year ago, while Murphy appeared on only 14.5 percent.
"You feel bad for those guys," Chipper Jones said Monday. "They were icons of your organization, teammates. It's really shocking to me that Murphy hasn't gotten in yet because there for quite a while in the '80s, he was the premier player….It was tooth and nail between him and (Mike) Schmidt for a long time for MVP and home run races."
Murphy has only one year remaining on the writers' ballot, then his fate will be up to the Veterans Committee, which is now subdivided into the Pre-Integration, Golden and Expansion Era Committees.
Four former Braves eligible for the first time did not receive enough votes to remain on the ballot – Javy Lopez, Brian Jordan, Vinny Castilla and Terry Mulholland.
Larkin made a point to credit Georgia Tech coach Danny Hall, who coached Larkin as an assistant at the University of Michigan, when he was asked to name some of the biggest influences on his career during Monday's teleconference.
"I remember drawing an imaginary line down the middle of your body and catching the ball in the left side, the glove side of the imaginary line from Danny Hall," said Larkin, who credited his Michigan coaches with helping him with the fundamentals as well as the mental side of the game.
January 9th, 2012
6:53 pm
Great praise for Larkin. Can't wait for the braves to start representing in '14.
January 9th, 2012
7:08 pm
Yes he was a great player and person and deserves to be in the HOF.
Now how about the Braves stop praising a retired player and actually make some moves to improve their own team? Its pretty sad when everything either not related to the Braves (Larkin) or tragedy (Kathy Porter) make the most headlines for a team that failed so miserably at the end of the season. Whoever pays money to watch this team next season is a fool. They don't care what we fans think, all they care about is getting our money.
January 9th, 2012
7:16 pm
"Both Glavine and Maddux, as 300-game winners, could be first-ballot entrants"
Anyone that does not vote for Maddux should lose their voting rights.
January 9th, 2012
8:08 pm
Larkin was a great guy and deserved this, just do not understand why Alan Trammell does not get more votes. His stats and Larkins are not that far apart.
January 9th, 2012
8:14 pm
Dale Murphy should be put in the FAME, just because in these days of player not signing autographs Murphy always had time for kids and fans . Once in chattanooga he signed my daughters autograph and then gave her a ball . this was in the minor leagues let him in and KEEP BARRY BONDS and ALL THE STERIODS USERS OUT .
January 9th, 2012
8:18 pm
January 9th, 2012
9:19 pm
The Braves organization needs to do a better job of campaigning for McGriff. It's a crime, dog.
January 9th, 2012
9:25 pm
Larkin is a good choice. The voters showed respect for the history of the game by not making wholesale inductions. Morris, Bagwell,Raines McGriff, and others are lower borderline at very best. You don't water down greatness with borderline performers. Maddux and Glavine are obvious first ballot choices in 2014. Three hundred game winners are automatics. The drug users should be kept out forever..
January 9th, 2012
11:34 pm
Good for Larkin, however, I'm also interested in the braves doing "something" about making the team better. The NL East gets better and the team that fell apart last year doesn't make ANY moves. I know money is tight but if you have to move a front line (pitcher) prospect,. do it. You can't drive in runs with a bunch of pitchers.
January 10th, 2012
1:50 am
Congrats to Larkin, but really is a shame Murphy gets no more credit than he does. For example, both players had roughly 7950 official AB's in their career and Murphy had 300 more RBI's and 200 more HR's. Additionally, Murphy won 5 gold gloves to Larkin's 3, and Murphy had 2 MVPs to Larkin's 1, with Murphy finishing in the top 10 in MVP voting 4 times while Larkin did it twice. Finally, Murphy had 3733 total bases to Larkin's 3527. I agree Larkin is a Hall of Famer, but how can a guy with Murphy's resume only get 18% of the votes?
January 10th, 2012
9:05 am
Congrats to Larkin, but the HOF is goofy. A guy like Bobby Doerr gets in due to the Northeastern press pushing for his entry several years ago and yet a guy like Murph doesn't come close (yet).
The HOF has become "watered down" in my opinion. I have all the respect for any players in the big's, but the HOF, IMHO, should be reserved for guys w/ 300 wins, 3,000 hits, 500 dingers, etc. They should have a special wing/room for phenomanal accomplishments (i.e. Maris hitting 60 HR's) to take the pressure off having to induct players who do remarkable things, but don't have long and productive careers.
I predict MLB addresses the performance enhancement issue. They should as it will markedly influence the voting the next several years.
Just my 2 cents worth. your mileage will vary.
January 10th, 2012
9:33 am
TennBrave – that's a good point, because they both played very demanding defensive positions. Look how the Braves have struggled to find a good CF the last few years.
I never thought of Murphy as a HOFer until I looked at his numbers as a center fielder. If Murphy had been a left fielder, first baseman, or DH, his numbers wouldn't be as impressive, but how many center fielders hit 398 home runs and won 2 MVPs while playing exceptional defense?
January 10th, 2012
11:08 am
fred mcgriff really deserve it go into the HOF
January 10th, 2012
2:37 pm
Tim McCarver is a fu**ing hall of famer?!?! Seriously? That guy is the worst thing about baseball and makes the playoffs/WS unwatchable.
January 10th, 2012
3:39 pm
January 10th, 2012
5:01 pm
Once again, the voters show how ridiculously stingy they are with their ballots! With all the deserving candidates on the ballot, for just one to earn election is pathetic! No one can argue with Larkin's selection (OK, may that one fellow here who thinks Catfish Hunter and Reggie Jackson are undeserving, or marginal inductees!).
Fred McGriff deserves to be in, and should be a lot higher in his vote tally. And another thing, it is time to end this nonsense that so many voters have that they won't vote for a player one year, but turn around and vote for him the next. That's the foolishness that left one of the best second basemen in baseball history, Roberto Alomar, out of the hall his first year! Aside from Joe Morgan, Alomar is considered the best second baseman in the history of the sport!
January 10th, 2012
5:38 pm
Agreed Ken Stallings, re-read my post. They are goofy and just plain weird. Almost like the beauty queen who refused to attend the prom.
I don't know, but the Crime Dawg should be a shoo in.
January 10th, 2012
8:13 pm
McGriff and Murph deserve it too but kudos to Barry L…class act, and a great player..he handled his retirement well too and well deserved.. but CRIME DAWG deserves to be there too! As well as Murph
January 11th, 2012
8:50 am
DOB: Any professional explanation for why the Crime Dog received almost double the votes of Murphy? Congratulations to Larkin and Santo's family – too bad the Hall couldn't see fit to induct Ron Santo before his too-soon passing.
January 11th, 2012
9:13 am
It was an absolute privilege to watch Barry Larkins career. Best of luck to whatever Barry does, now and in the future.
January 11th, 2012
9:36 am
Larkin probably deserved election. None of the others had resumes warranting election. We don't need social promotion in thye H of F.
January 11th, 2012
11:20 am
With respect, your views of the Baseball Hall of Fame are extreme. Jeff Bagwell, Jack Morris, Fred McGriff, Larry Walker, and Lee Smith were all on the ballot! Perhaps you are a voter — it certainly seems your absurdly high standards for induction echo the views of the current voters.
In my view, the new baseball commissioner should do something truly radical — he should fire the media from their privilege of voting for the Hall of Fame! In my view, the writers have abused it.
January 11th, 2012
1:46 pm
I know they played different positions, but who was better gary carter or fred mcgriff?…c'mon fred was a real bating menance for more than a decade…only because he felt short of the overrated 500 hrs. don't deserve it…and by the way the mvp in 1995 should have been dante bichette from colorado and not mr.larkin…I have my issues with murph's case but I saw the crime dog hiting into the gaps so so so many times man, really…
January 11th, 2012
7:45 pm
Tim McCarver is in due to all the sportscasters' alliances, which translates into the "I'll vote for you now, you vote for me later" agreements.
Except for you, DOB. When you used to vote, I'm sure it was all merit-based. No tit-for-tat votes for our Blogmeister.
January 11th, 2012
7:47 pm
Did you ever wonder about the phrase "tit-for-tat"? Did some feminine writer coin that phrase one day when her bosom got tangled up in her lace-making?
Phrases that make you go "hmmmmmm"
January 11th, 2012
10:58 pm
How does Murphy not get in the first time around? He was probably the best player in the eighties, was extremely versatile, won two MVPs, played an outstanding center field, and was a great role model. His career average wasn't great, but most of the lack of voting has to do with the team's record during his career. I'd like to remind these people, if they ever learned it, that one player alone cannot give a team a great record.
How did Dominique and Isiah not make the Hall of Fame their first outings? How many Russian judges are out there?
January 11th, 2012
11:19 pm
"mike dawg"— You sound like that lady who wrote that article ignorantly complaining about players not signing for her son on his birthday.
If you were in a debate class and used that statement as your main supporting argument— which you just did— people would look at you as if you're crazy, unless the room were filled with people like the aforementioned lady.
Fans just don't get it. Autographs are not tied directly to the game; they're peripheral at most. One lady wanted Eddie Perez's autograph, saw he was busy, and selfishly barked, "MISTER PE-REZZZZZZZ—–ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ" over and over. He finally came and signed, probably just to shut her up.
One Cardinals fan talked about being in Oakland and not getting an autograph by Griffey. He ignorantly said he and others booed "The Kid" each time he came up to bat, as if the legendary outfielder were an antagonist and as if the booing really were effective in such an instance. The fan also had an extreme punk of a son but somehow thought players should drop everything for him. Honestly, 99.9% of fans don't deserve autographs.
This type of commentary is like that of a certain former Shakespeare professor, a self-appointed baseball genius, who actually argues Murphy's 398, not 400, homers against him. Said professor also said steroids were perfectly fine for players to use as long as they were willing to accept the consequences. WHAT????? I do believe he overlooks the fact that steroids subtract from an even playing field.
Said professor also had quite the prejudice against Christianity and tried to tell me I was wrong for promoting the former and not the humanistic nonsense of a Mother Teresa. This argument surfaced when I called him to task on his prejudiced venom against Tim Tebow. Anyway, I love refuting liars and propaganda-spewers.
Unfortunately, many other "educators" and, for that matter, HOF voters, are just like him.
January 12th, 2012
1:30 pm
I've never understood the argument that because a player plays a certain position, then we only compare him to other players that play that position. That would make sense if we were putting a team together to go play a game, but we're not. Barry Larkin is not one of the greatest players of all time. Neither is Jim Bunning, Bruce Sutter, Goose Gossage, Gary Carter, Kirby Puckett, et al.
Think about Little League. Where does everyone put their worst player? Right Field? So, following the current logic for Hall of Fame voting, then you'd be taking the worst player on everyone's team (everyone's Right Fielder) and then saying, "Hmm, who is the best worst player in the league?" Ok, let's put that guy in the Hall of Fame. "But, he's not that good" Yeah, but he was a Right Fielder. One of the best Right Fielders of all time. Blah.
At no point would I rather have Barry Larkin or any of these other guys above on my team than Murphy.
Not once during any of their careers did I imagine they would be in the Hall and Murphy would be excluded.
January 12th, 2012
1:30 pm
Ken, if you fire the media, who votes? Iunderstand your position. However, I believe that you will agree that the Hall has a material number of less than outstanding members and that guys like Dawson, Rice, Carter, etc. (Morris, Raines, McGriff, etc.) only dilute its greatness
Therefore, as a compromise, how about dividing the inductees into the Gold Group (Ruth, Wagner, Cobb, Johnson, Mathewson, Alexander, Gehrig, Hornsby, Foxx, Mantle, Mays, Spahn, Aaron, Speaker, Williams, Musial, Terry, F. Robinson, Grove, Bench, DiMaggio, etc.), the Silver Group (Brock, Carew, Traynor, Brown, Schalk, Dickey, Hubbell, Medwick, etc.,) and the Bronze Group (Kell, Averill, Lombardi, Fingers, Hunter, Tinker, Evers, Chance, Doerr, Lindstrom, Herman, Hafey, Perez, Cepeda, Rizzuto, Gordon, etc.).
By the way, Maddux would have to go in with the Gold Group, Glavine and Smoltz with the Silver Group).
January 12th, 2012
2:48 pm
"captain"– Excellent 1:30 post. Truth is absolute, not relative–to a position or anything else.
Larkin's being a commentator helps his chances of attaining votes; the name is fresh in the minds of voters.
Gary Carter was excellent, though. He's a pompous jerk but was pretty blamed good.
January 12th, 2012
8:48 pm
Gold — the real precious metal — is not as exclusive as the Baseball Hall of Fame! So, no, I don't agree with your tiered argument either.
The truth that we fundamentally disagree on, and yet I think objective facts stand firmly in support of my view of it, is that the Baseball Hall of Fame is by far the most stingy and elite hall of fame in major professional sports.
The problem is that this has skewed the view of what kind of career earns induction.
Of all the worthy candidates on this year's ballot, for only one to be selected is simply inexcusable.
January 13th, 2012
12:14 pm
I'd like to see the BBWAA raise the "minimum" voting percentage each year. 5% is ridiculous. There is no reason for someone to "hang on" to the ballot for 15 years if they are never getting in. I love Murphy and can argue all day long that he should get in, but the fact is that he is not going to make it. So drop him (and anyone else under 20%) off the ballot and send him to the Veterans Committee for a final decision and then be done with it.
It's not right to string someone along for the rest of their life and dangle the Hall in front of them each January as a possibility when it's just not going to happen. Has anyone ever eventually been elected by the BBWAA at 75% after initially gaining less than 20% of the vote?
January 13th, 2012
12:40 pm
After some quick research, it didn't take long to discover that Mr. Blyleven was below 20% through 2000 election results, then started gaining some traction.
I guess, if anything, that just goes to show how completely subjective Hall of Fame voters are. Just think, 12-13 years ago, there were more people who thought Murphy was a Hall of Famer than there were who voted for Blyleven. Then, Blyleven completely shot up in the fickle minds of voters.
That defies all logic.
January 15th, 2012
4:24 pm
I believe the Hall should be exclusive rather than inclusive. Too many of the standards that have made our country, and the game of baseball, great are being watered down. Both the country and baseball have suffered and lost status and respect because of it. Standards need to be maintained rather than lowered. Electing mediocrity to the Hall lessens the institution. Nearly all of those on the ballot this past year were, in regard to greatness, mediocre at best.


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