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Offseason blockbusters: November (Part three: 1992-2007)
So far, we've examined the biggest trades of the month of October, and we've also gotten deeply into November. Now it's time to explore the most recent November blockbusters.
As a reminder, here are our ground rules:
– We're talking about trades here, and only trades. No draft picks (expansion, Rule V or otherwise), no free agent signings, and no straight-up cash sales. Fascinating as drafts and signings and sales often can be, none offers the talent-for-talent exchange aspect of a trade, and thus neither is quite as interesting in terms of the talent judgment on the part of both (and occasionally three or four) teams making the trade.
– We're talking about blockbusters here, not just any old trade. We define a blockbuster as a trade involving at least one player who was, if not a full-fledged star, at least a prominent, established regular, either at or reasonably near the peak of his career. To be included here, a trade has to have been perceived as a talent-for-talent whopper at the time it was made—these deals were all on the front page of the sports section for the teams involved, and many were front-page news across the country.
Nov. 3, 1992: The Cincinnati Reds traded outfielder Paul O'Neill and minor league first baseman Joe DeBerry to the New York Yankees for outfielder Roberto Kelly.
O'Neill had been a good right fielder for the Reds, but was about to turn 30 and had never developed into a star. So Cincinnati's 31-year-old rookie GM Jim Bowden, in his first transaction since being promoted into the job two weeks earlier, decided to exchange O'Neill for Kelly, who didn't have O'Neill's power or his arm, but had far more speed and range, and was two years younger.
Of course, O'Neill would immediately ratchet up to a new level of offensive production, while Kelly would go on being, well, Kelly. That the deal would turn out lopsided is something for which Bowden can't really be faulted, nor can Yankees GM Gene Michael be fully credited.
Nov. 19, 1993: The Los Angeles Dodgers traded pitcher Pedro Martinez to the Montreal Expos for second baseman Delino DeShields.
Pedro as a rookie at 21 struggled a bit with his control, but his stuff was fully spectacular. Deployed by the Dodgers in a workhorse long-reliever mode, he'd been approaching unhittable. That said, while Dodgers GM Fred Claire's decision to trade him certainly can be questioned, it's also true that young pitchers are the least dependable life forms in the known universe, and thus there are innumerable plausible scenarios in which Martinez would today be long forgotten.
Or perhaps today Martinez would be laughingly recalled as the bait used by Claire to pull off an all-time great trade, because DeShields was, after all, an extremely attractive talent. Not yet 25, he was a good defensive second baseman with great speed, terrific plate discipline, and some pop in his bat. DeShields appeared to have conquered a problem with strikeouts, and thus was poised to be a high-average hitter. The only concern was that he'd been a bit prone to injury.
Instead, the outcome would be just about the worst conceivable scenario for the Dodgers: Pedro would, of course, blossom spectacularly in Montreal while DeShields was regressing miserably in Los Angeles. Score a huge success for Expos GM Dan Duquette (in one of his final transactions before moving on to Boston) on this big-time roll of the dice.
Nov. 13, 1996: The Cleveland Indians traded infielders Jeff Kent and Jose Vizcaino, pitcher Julian Tavarez and a player to be named later to the San Francisco Giants for third baseman Matt Williams. (On Dec. 16, 1996, the Indians sent pitcher Joe Roa to the Giants, and the Giants sent outfielder Trenidad Hubbard to the Indians, completing the deal.)
In his first significant transaction upon being hired as GM of the Giants, Brian Sabean detonated this blockbuster. From the reaction of the local media, you'd have thought he'd dynamited the Golden Gate Bridge. Trading the robustly talented, hard-working, cheerful fan favorite Williams for a package including no big names was, to put it mildly, a high-risk opening move on Sabean's part.
My Bay Area fantasy league buddies were united in agreement that it was a giveaway, a disaster. But not me. I alone—well, me and Sabean, I guess—thought it was a smart play.
I can't speak for Sabean, but here was my reasoning in liking this trade for the Giants:
1) They'd finished last two years in a row. They were bad, and they needed to face it. Major reconstruction was necessary; subtle incremental touch-ups weren't going to get it done. This trade was the essence of major reconstruction.
2) Terrific though he was, Williams had missed significant time to nagging injuries in both 1995 and '96. He would be 31 in 1997, and under the circumstances it wasn't unrealistic to foresee an injury-related breakdown, or at least a decline, looming. As Branch Rickey liked to say, "It's better to trade a man a year too soon than a year too late." The market for Williams wasn't going to get any better, and it might quickly get a lot worse. This trade ensured that the Giants wouldn't have to deal with the worse.
3) Neither Kent nor Vizcaino was a star, but each was a reliable contributor. Both were a couple of years younger than Williams, and neither had his injury history. Tavarez was quite young, and had been inconsistent but impressive. This trade got the Giants' roster younger with good talent, which is Step One for a rebuilding team.
4) Kent, Vizcaino and Tavarez addressed serious needs, as second base, shortstop and the bullpen were all gaping holes. While Williams' departure would create an opening at third base, the Giants had 25-year-old Bill Mueller, who'd done well filling in for Williams in '96, ready to take over. This trade improved the Giants' depth, Step One-A for a rebuilding team.
The trade would work out far better than even I (or Sabean, I'm sure) anticipated, because Kent would suddenly morph into a great star. But even if he hadn't, the Giants were still better off. Though Williams would remain reasonably injury-free for a few more years, he would never again be the player he had been in San Francisco. Mr. Rickey's trading maxim was never better illustrated than in this bold and shrewd maneuver.
Nov. 11, 1997: The Florida Marlins traded outfielder Moises Alou to the Houston Astros for pitchers Manuel Barrios and Oscar Henriquez and a player to be named later. (On Dec. 16, 1997, the Astros sent pitcher Mark J. Johnson to the Marlins, completing the deal.)
Nov. 18, 1997: The Florida Marlins traded pitcher Robb Nen to the San Francisco Giants for minor league pitchers Joe Fontenot, Mike Villano and Mike Pageler.
These weren't truly trades at all, of course, but were instead just Marlins owner Wayne Huizenga taking a huge salary dump, flushing away his World Series championship team almost before the seventh-game capacity crowd had joyfully departed Dolphin Stadium. What we see here isn't the entire, um, movement, but instead just two of the largest, um, chunks in one of the stinkiest episodes in the long history of the sport.
Nov. 18, 1997: The Boston Red Sox traded pitcher Carl Pavano and a player to be named later to the Montreal Expos for pitcher Pedro Martinez. (On Dec. 18, 1997, the Red Sox sent pitcher Tony Armas to the Expos, completing the deal.
That was quite the week for fiscal-panic trades, indeed. Strictly speaking, Montreal GM Jim Beattie wasn't dumping Pedro's current salary, but he was getting what he could before watching Martinez walk away as a free agent. And despite being in a lousy bargaining position, Beattie got some real value here, in distinct contrast to the abject giveaways Florida GM Dave Dombrowski perpetrated above.
Nov. 10, 1998: The Atlanta Braves traded pitchers Denny Neagle and Rob Bell and outfielder Michael Tucker to the Cincinnati Reds for second baseman Bret Boone and pitcher Mike Remlinger.
In John Schuerholz' long tenure as Atlanta GM, he never was a particularly high-volume trader, but neither did he display hesitance to pull the trigger on a blockbuster when it made sense. This is a good example of a sound, reasonable Schuerholz deal: It wasn't a steal, as the talent exchange was about even, but the Braves were converting assets they had the capacity to replace into dependable solutions to manifest problems. It was the essence of clear-eyed, confident, decisive general managership.
Nov. 2, 1999: The Detroit Tigers traded outfielder Gabe Kapler, pitchers Justin Thompson, Francisco Cordero and Alan Webb, infielder Frank Catalanotto and catcher Bill Haselman to the Texas Rangers for outfielder Juan Gonzalez, pitcher Danny Patterson and catcher Gregg Zaun.
As the immensely talented, but also flawed Juan Gone was poised to enter a free agent season at the age of 30, Rangers GM Doug Melvin opted to take what he could for Gonzalez in trade. It would turn out to be an extremely wise decision, not only because Gonzalez' injury issues soon would get the best of him, but also because Melvin extracted an overly generous price from Tigers GM Randy Smith.
The key talent was expected to be Kapler, but the toolsy, highly touted onetime Minor League Player of the Year never would develop into a major league star. But never mind: In Catalanotto and Cordero, Texas yielded two additional fine players. For Detroit, the whole thing was enormously nonproductive.
Nov. 8, 1999: The Los Angeles Dodgers traded outfielder Raul Mondesi and pitcher Pedro Borbon to the Toronto Blue Jays for outfielder Shawn Green and minor league shortstop Jorge Nunez.
It's been eight years now, and I still can't figure out what in the world Blue Jays GM Gord Ash was thinking. Green was better, younger and less expensive than Mondesi. Aside from those silly little issues, the deal made perfect sense.
Nov. 16, 2002: The Florida Marlins traded outfielder Preston Wilson, catcher Charles Johnson, pitcher Vic Darensbourg and infielder Pablo Ozuna to the Colorado Rockies for pitcher Mike Hampton, outfielder Juan Pierre and cash.
Nov. 18, 2002: The Florida Marlins traded pitcher Mike Hampton and cash to the Atlanta Braves for pitchers Tim Spooneybarger and Ryan Baker.
This parlay had a lot more to do with accounting than with ballplaying, as so many modern trades do. The core issue here was the preposterously too-rich contract the Rockies had lavished upon Hampton a couple of years earlier. Colorado was able to rid itself of that albatross, in exchange for giving Florida a still-cheap Pierre, and for the Rockies' taking on the contracts of Wilson and Johnson that the Marlins were no longer happy with.
The Braves accepted Hampton (and the Rockies' sweetener cash to help pay him), and the magician Leo Mazzone would perform his sleight of hand and get a couple of decent years out of the left hander. But even with that, Hampton would peter out long before his massive contract expired.
Nov. 3, 2003: The Philadelphia Phillies traded pitchers Brandon Duckworth, Taylor Buchholz and Ezequiel Astacio to the Houston Astros for pitcher Billy Wagner.
With the emergence of both Brad Lidge (whom we'll encounter below) and Octavio Dotel, Houston GM Gerry Hunsicker figured he had the capacity to trade Wagner. That much was sensible. But the package Hunsicker accepted from the Phillies wasn't exactly irresistible, and none of the three uninspiring talents the Astros acquired has amounted to much of anything. (Buchholz might yet be useful, but he's now gone from Houston.) Score this one as a big win for Philadelphia GM Ed Wade.
Nov. 14, 2003: The San Francisco Giants traded pitchers Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano and Boof Bonser to the Minnesota Twins for catcher A.J. Pierzynski and cash.
The Brian Sabean of 1997, whom we saw above, was a clever and resourceful GM. But here … well …
Let's just count the ways in which Sabean blundered, shall we?
1) Pierzynski was a pretty good catcher, but not really the stature of player one trades three young pitchers to acquire.
2) These weren't just any three young pitchers San Francisco was expending; they stand in distinct contrast with, say, the three so-so prospects the Phillies exchanged for Wagner a couple of weeks earlier. Nathan was a filthy-stuff hard thrower the Giants had patiently nurtured through several years of injuries, and he'd just blossomed with a great year in their bullpen in 2003. Bonser was among the more highly regarded prospects in the organization, and Liriano was among the more highly regarded prospects in baseball.
3) The Giants didn't need Pierzynski anyway. They already had Yorvit Torrealba, who'd demonstrated nice chops in two seasons as the San Francisco backup catcher, and who at the age of 25 was ready to step in as the regular. He wouldn't likely be quite as good as Pierzynski, but he certainly wouldn't be bad, and he'd be vastly cheaper in salary than Pierzynski while requiring the team to expend zero resources in trade.
In short, Sabean vastly overpaid for a resource he didn't need.
And as bad as it was in concept, the deal would turn out even worse in practice. Pierzynski would have a sub-par year for the Giants, while generating antagonism with several teammates. Sabean would overreact, and simply release the 27-year-old catcher—who was, for all his faults, not the sort of talent one just throws away. But that's what Sabean did, meaning the Giants traded all the post-2003 value of Nathan, Liriano and Bonser for one disappointing season from Pierzynski.
It may not be the worst trade of all time, but it absolutely deserves serious consideration for that distinction.
Nov. 28, 2003: The Boston Red Sox traded pitchers Casey Fossum, Brandon Lyon and Jorge de la Rosa and minor league outfielder Michael Goss to the Arizona Diamondbacks for pitcher Curt Schilling.
This deal was of the classic structure: The contender sends prospects to the rebuilding team in exchange for a key veteran. The Diamondbacks wouldn't end up yielding much value here, as only Lyon has panned out, and he's nothing special. But their main objective was to get out from under Schilling's contract as they committed themselves to their youth movement, and to that end this was obviously a success.
As for the Red Sox, there would have been no Bloody Sock Game without this trade.
Nov. 27, 2004: The Oakland Athletics traded pitchers Mark Redman and Arthur Rhodes and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for catcher Jason Kendall and cash.
The logic for both sides here was sound enough: the Pirates were eager to unload Kendall's backloaded contract, and the A's were willing to take it on without giving up a heck of lot of talent in return. (I'm sure those with more accounting savvy than I can easily explain it, but I've always found the detail of each side sending the other cash here to be amusing … why not just net the difference, and have only one party transferring moolah?)
But as an A's follower, I was never comfortable with this deal. Kendall had been a wonderful player, but his workload had been extreme, and he seemed highly vulnerable to a breakdown. That breakdown never occurred, but his performance with Oakland was never especially good (and in 2007 it was wretched), nothing close to worthy of that enormous salary.
Nov. 24, 2005: The Florida Marlins traded pitchers Josh Beckett and Guillermo Mota and third baseman Mike Lowell to the Boston Red Sox for shortstop Hanley Ramirez and pitchers Anibal Sanchez, Harvey Garcia and Jesus Delgado.
Nov. 24, 2005: The Florida Marlins traded first baseman Carlos Delgado and cash to the New York Mets for first baseman Mike Jacobs, pitcher Yusmeiro Petit and minor league third baseman Grant Psomas.
Both of these were classics in the prospects-for-established-talent mode, as the Marlins engaged in one of their periodic salary purges.
The one with Boston was about as big as this kind of a deal can get. And while it's still too soon for the jury to have returned on all of the prospects, from the vantage point of November 2007 it's clear that both sides have emphatically gotten what they were looking for. We already can call it a win-win.
With regard to the deal with the Mets, both sides are probably mildly disappointed: In New York, Delgado has begun to decline, and in Florida, Jacobs doesn't look like he'll be all that special. But neither has it gone badly either way.
Nov. 25, 2005: The Chicago White Sox traded outfielder Aaron Rowand, minor league pitcher Daniel Haigwood and a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for first baseman Jim Thome and cash. (On Dec. 8, 2005, the White Sox sent minor league pitcher Gio Gonzalez to the Phillies, completing the deal.)
There were three of these blockbusters of the same essential form two Novembers ago, and this one has turned out quite nicely for both teams.
Nov. 7, 2007: The Philadelphia Phillies traded outfielder Michael Bourn, pitcher Geoff Geary and third baseman Michael Costanzo to the Houston Astros for pitcher Brad Lidge and infielder Eric Bruntlett.
The flamethrowing Lidge has racked up strikeouts at amazing rates, but, alas, he has his weaknesses too: His control is iffy, and his high heater is home run-prone. Consequently the Astros have fallen out of love with the idea of Lidge as their closer. But in accepting this ho-hum offering from Philadelphia, this trade (as Tuck observed) looks ominously similar to the Wagner giveaway of 2003—and what makes it particularly interesting is that Ed Wade is now the GM on the Houston side.
Nov. 19, 2007: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim traded shortstop Orlando Cabrera and cash to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Jon Garland.
This is a nice old-fashioned talent swap. Neither Cabrera nor Garland is a star, but both are solid, dependable producers—a quality of player essential to every winning team. Cabrera turned 33 this month, and so age-related decline is a concern, but overall this appears to be a fair exchange of very good players.
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THE retirement of Lloyds Banking Group legal chief Harry Baines will sever the last link between the bank's senior management team and Edinburgh-based Halifax Bank of Scotland, which Lloyds acquired in a rescue takeover in 2009.
Mr Baines has stepped down as company secretary and general counsel but will continue to work for the group part-time for the next few months "providing support on legacy issues".
Documents filed with Companies House show he has been replaced as company secretary of Lloyds Banking Group and a number of subsidiaries, including Bank of Scotland and Halifax Bank of Scotland, by Claire Davies, the head of the company secretariat at Lloyds.
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Ms Davies was company secretary at Legal & General before joining Lloyds in 2009.
Mr Baines was general counsel and company secretary of HBOS at the time of its rescue takeover by Lloyds TSB.
He joined Halifax in 1999 and led the legal team after Halifax's merger with Bank of Scotland in 2001.
He had been head of legal for vehicle parts market Turner & Newell.
After the Lloyds-HBOS merger completed in 2009 he retained the same role, securing one of only two top jobs in the combined bank that went to HBOS executives.
Jo Dawson, chief executive of HBOS's insurance and investment division and head of its branch network, initially became wealth and international director of the enlarged group, but left in early 2010.
She was drawn into the controversy over HBOS's lending practices because she replaced the bank's risk manager Paul Moore, who later made allegations about the climate of risk-taking in the run-up to the credit crunch.

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Max is a highly trained military dog whose handler Kyle Wincott was killed during a nasty firefight in Afghanistan. Max is so traumatized by the event that he won't let anyone near him--except Justin, Kyle's younger brother. The Wilcotts find out that if they don't take Max in, he will be put down. There are several scenes throughout the movie that will have you reaching for some tissues. An especially emotional event at the beginning of the movie happens when two Marines and Max come to pay their respects at Kyle's funeral. The last part of the movie is action packed. Some of the situations that the teens and Max get out of are unbelievable. The dog on dog combat scenes had me on the edge of my seat. Even though the movie was predictable at times, it was still enjoyable to watch.
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Hi Everyone :ws: We Have a Winner in the $75.00 Build contest, The Winner is Chellie :D She got lucky and Won ;-) Lots of Raw Talent out there too, it was not a easy win :tc: with 9 Votes, for the CL E Power Buster Plane.
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Well done everyone! :)
Congrats to the two winners and we appreciate everyone who took the time to enter and post threads! THANKS!!
Ok, now that the thinks is out of the way, what are you folks coming up for your next contest??
Congrads: Good job~Okay, what is next? And have you been flying that it can't get away plane again? Marty
Wattflyer - this is one of the best most friendly forums ever. I can only thank all for such a site.
My congrats to Chellie ... and heartfelt thanks to all who entered and as well those who spurred us all on to complete.
For me - it pushed me to build a model that I had looked at and chickened out of so often. I declared I would build Concorde ... and that was it - I HAD TO DO IT ...
Thanks to everyone ...
Looking forward to next comp.
Congrats Chellie! Tough choices to make in voting.....
Is there going to be a Contest winner Thingie-Dingie for the awards showcase?:rolleyes:
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Way to go Chellie.
Congrats to both Chellie and Nigel.
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Skip to comments.Allen West's visit to Israel schools Obama in leadership
Posted on 10/06/2012 5:17:19 AM PDT by T.O.K.
Leadership is a trait known to many, learned by some and perfected by few. It is not something that can be inherited or passed on or even learned in a textbook. Its about taking responsibility, and has to be earned on a daily basis.
John F. Kennedy perhaps described it best: Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
Ronald Reagan praised Kennedys words of wisdom, adding his own: Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didnt pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
In December 2009, at an Israel seminar I hosted on security challenges in a radically changing world, I was introduced to a leader bearing the same characteristics of both these great men. I was afforded the privilege of spending several days with Lt. Col. Allen West.
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West secretary of state?
Obama doesn't support Israel. Rev. Wright and Obama's Arab backers want them wiped off the map.
I like to see Allen West run for POTUS.
Allen West has shown that that is not true but don't expect BO to get up the gumption to learn that.
I would love to see Col. West tapped for some cabinet position. He could run circles around the entire current cabinet!
How can you school someone who won't show up for class ?
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***There will be spoilers for Oblivion's side quest Whodunnit?***
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This blog is about those missions or levels that you experience in games that you'll never forget and to be honest I've had quite a few! Whether the reason is for emotion, horror, or fun everyone has that one mission they'll always remember. The other day I was having a little day dream when I thought of mine, the game was Oblivion and the quest was "Whodunnit?" the reason I loved this quest was because it was just so damn fun! The objective was to go to this house and you would be trying to murder each of them without any other member catching you. The exciting part was that you could go around and talk to every other person in the house and build up your relationship with them which would help later in the quest. Once you killed a person in the group a string of events then occured, the housemates would know become quite paranoid as a person was murdered and no one knew who it was. The funny thing is that everyone in the house is searching for some "hidden treasure" that doesn't exist and the front door is locked so nobody can get out. So while they're searching for some imaginary treasure you're murdering them one by one it's a sensational quest. When more and more people die if you continue to build your relationship with certain characters they will start to have guesses on who is the killer, so its fun to see them make plans with you to kill who they think is the murderer. Its such a well crafted quest and is extremely fun to play!
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A federal study (pdf) dove into multi-generational living in the United States, and found that since the start of the recession back in 2007, there has been a spike in the number of residences shared among grandparents, parents, their children and other family members.
The study was put together with data from the U.S. Census Bureau, and found that certain ethnic groups — primarily Asian and Hispanic families — are leading the pack when it comes to inter-generational living arrangements.
The research also focused on the Boomerang generation, the group of young adults in the United States choosing to move back home with parents indefinitely after completing their college education.
Have you ever considered moving back in with your parents, or grandparents? Do your extended family members live under your roof? What are the benefits? What are the drawbacks?
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This is a topic that is best discussed with a board certified plastic surgeon. There are many factors that determine a patient's risk for surgery. One would have to take a thorough medical history and physical to determine your risk for multiple procedures. Generally speaking, the risks of complications increase with more than 5 hours of surgery.
Good luck to you.
In healthy patients a tummy tuck can be part of multiple procedures.
It is impossible to comment on your particular situation but the combination of operations you lift is referred to as a mommy makeover. If you are in good health they can be performed concurrently.
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I prefer not to do a TT and arm lift at the same setting. Many (rather most or all) patients need to use their arms to get up from bed or chair after a TT, and this is way too much stress on healing arm incisions. The BBL could be done at the time of either procedure.
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Selected Bibliography for Maryland SPOOM Conference, Sept. 8-11, 2005
National Level and How-to-do-it:
Berman Steen, Flour Milling in America (Minneapolis, 1963).
Carol Bates, "The Gristmill's Gift," Gourmet, (October 1973): 37-44.
Carol Levine, "Milling at Phillipsburg," Early American Life, April 1973, pp. 14-19.
Edwin Tunis, Colonial Craftsmen and the Beginning of American Industry (Cleveland, 1965).
John Leander Bishop, A History of American Manufacturing from 1608-1860 (Philadelphia, 1861). Reprinted in 20th Century: 3 vols.
Oliver Evans, The Young Mill-Wright and Miller's Guide (Philadelphia, 1795). Available in modern reprints.
Henry Magee, The Miller in Eighteenth Century Virginia (Williamsburg, 1964). John W. Oliver, History of American Technology (New York, 1958).
D. W. Garber, Waterwheels and Millstones: A History of Ohio Gristmills and Milling (Ohio Historical Society: Columbus, 1970).
John Reynolds, Windmills and Watermills (Praeger Publishers: New York, 1970). Mainly devoted the U. K. and European mills.
Publius Vergilius Lawson, "The Invention of the Roller Flour Mill," Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (Madison, 1908). Reprinted in Old Mill News, 33 (Summer 2005): 20-21.
Marion Nicholl Rawson, Little Old Mills (Johnson Reprint: New York, 1970). Maryland Sources:
Archives of Maryland [a book series now on-line at Maryland State Archives web site:
(1) Writs of Ad Quod Damnum passage of first Act of Assembly, Vol. 51, pp. xxvii, 28, 71, 378 (first act passed 1692).
(2) Writs of Ad Quod Damnum—repeal by Assembly in 1766-Vol. 61, pp. xxxv, xcvii, 100, 230.
Description of former Election District Lines, Baltimore County, found in Baltimore ,American and Commercial Daily Advertiser, August 23, 1800.
Gladfelter-vs-Walker, Maryland Court of Appeals series: 40 Md. 1 (1874).
Paul M. Galbreath, Maryland Water Law (University of Md.: College Park, 1965).
Dorothy and Grenville Bathe, Oliver Evans, A Chronicle of Early American Engineering (Philadelphia, 1935).
Martha Ellicott Tyson, Settlement of Ellicotts Mills (Maryland Historical Society: Baltimore, 1871).
Robert H. Fowler, "AHI Visits—the Shriver Homestead at Union Mills, Maryland," American history Illustrated, Juts 1968).
Thomas L. Phillips, Orange Grove in 1900 (Washington, D. C.,1971).
Charles S. Phillips, "When Baltimore Was Our Flour Capital," National and American Miller, April 1934. Reprinted in Old Mill News, (Fall 1990): 26.
Allen C. Clark, "The Old Mills," Columbia Historical Magazine, 31-32 (1930): 81ff. A. H. Deute, "The Stones Grind Slowly," Gourmet, March 1943.
Louis Kuethe, "List of Maryland Mills, Taverns, Forges, and Furnaces of 1795," Maryland Historical Magazine, 31 (June 1936): 155ff.
William B. Marye, "Baltimore City Placenames, Stony Run, Its Plantations, Farms, Country Seats, and Mills," Maryland Historical Magazine, 58 (September 1963): 211-232.
Jared Sparks, "Summary Statement of Millstreams in the Vicinity of Baltimore," North American Review, Boston, January, 1825.
Betts M. Snyder, "Ancient Mills of the Monocacy," Baltimore Sun, April 20, 1926.
James S. Shepherd, "Water Mills and Windmills of Dorchester County," Maryland Conservationist, (Spring 1934): 7ff.
May A. Seitz, History of Hoffman Paper Mills in Baltimore County (Towson, Md., 1946).
George Gipe, "A Man and His Mills," Maryland Magazine, (Spring 1972).
John W. McGrain, Grist Mills of Baltimore County (Baltimore County Public Library: 1980).
John W. McGrain, Bibliography of Industry in Western Maryland (Towson, Maryland: July 5, 2005).
John W. McGrain, "Good Bye Old Burr: The Roller Mill Revolution in Maryland," Maryland Historical Magazine, 77 (Summer 1982): 154-176.
John W. McGrain, "Englehart Cruse and Baltimore's First Steam Mill," Maryland Historical Magazine, 71 (Spring 1976) 65-79.
John W. McGrain, "Harford County's Mill Heritage," Harford Historical Bulletin, 75 (Winter 1998): 3-40.
John W. McGrain, "Harford County's Mill Heritage II," Harford Historical Bulletin, 80 (Spring 1999): 2-52.
G. Terry Shaffer, "Flour Milling in the Growth of Baltimore, 1750-1830," Maryland Historical Magazine, 71 (Fall 1976): 322-333.
G. Terry Sharrer, "Oliver Evans and the Beginning of Automated Milling in Maryland and the Upper South," Papers from Seminar on Water Mills and Windmills (Erno River Association: Durham, North Carolina, 1979).
G. Terry Shaffer, "The Merchant Millers: Baltimore's Flour Milling Industry, 17833-1860," Agricultural History, 56 (January 1983): 138-150.
Joan Prall, Mills and Memories (Westminster, Md., 1985).
Henry K. Sharp, The Patapsco River Valley, Cradle of the Industrial Revolution (Maryland Historical Society: Baltimore, 2001).
"A Maryland Short System Mill [owned by E. A. Shriner, the Ceresville Mill, including woodcut illustration]," American Miller, 16 (July 1, 1888): 461.
"An Old Maryland Mill [McKinstry's Mill in Carroll County]," American Miller, (February 1, 1909).
"Baltimore Flour Mills," Baltimore American, November 12, 1892.
"The Patapsco Mills [history of C. A. Gambrill Mfg. Company and new roller mill at foot of Smith's Dock]," American Miller, 12 (October 1, 1884): 531.
Web Sites:
Theodore Hazen's web site on mill technology and history.
For extensive bibliographies of Maryland industry and also a tour of mill towns along Jones Falls, go to GOOGLE and enter <Baltimore County Maps and Research Links.> Then in the left-hand column of the Baltimore County Office of Planning page, select <Historic Preservation>, and then select <Maps and Research Links> again. Scroll past the African American history entries to the Bibliographies and the Light Rail History and Scenery, which are on PDF's.
For an extensive (and continuously changing) collection of postcard images of mills, go to www.ebay.com, and search for Mill in the Postcard section. (Or click here.)
Greenfields Mill Banknote or Denominated Check, 1836, Frederick County, Maryland.
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Petrified Forest National Park is not the long-distance hiker's nirvana, as there are only a handful of short trails in the front-country and no marked trails winding through the backcountry.
No doubt, the lack of shade, water, and other amenities—forests, for instance, that provide both atmosphere and firewood—is responsible for the dearth of extensive backcountry trails. You are welcome to venture off into either of the park's two wilderness areas, but you'll have to carry your own water—no easy task at eight pounds a gallon, with a gallon recommended for each person per day!
What trails exist in the front-country, however, are highly educational and intriguing for the archeological resources and petrified wood that they showcase at select spots along the 28-mile park road that runs between the Painted Desert Visitor Center and the Rainbow Forest Visitor Center.
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Blue Mesa Trail
There are, relative to other parks, only a handful of hikes for you to consider when you visit Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, but you still should come up with a pecking order, if only to plan your day.
And if you like to hike first thing in the morning, then the Blue Mesa Trail should rise to the very top of your list.
Crystal Forest Trail
Though it's called the "Crystal Forest," it could just as easily have been dubbed "the wood lot" for all the slabs and trunks of petrified wood you'll find along this easy hike in Petrified Forest National Park.
Located not quite 5 miles north of the Rainbow Forest Visitor Center at the park's south entrance, the Crystal Forest Trail meanders three-quarters of a mile past some of the most colorful stone logs you'll ever see.
This is a particularly great trail for kids: It's not too long to tucker out youngsters, and the close proximity of stone logs, slabs, and trunks along the trail allows kids to not only closely inspect these stones but also rap their knuckles on them to prove that they really are stone.
Long Logs and Agate House Trails
It's the heart of summer, the hottest time to visit Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, but that doesn't mean you still can't enjoy the Long Logs and Agate House trails near the park's south entrance. You just have to be strategic in planning when to do these companion hikes.
Together the two trails wind fewer than 4 miles through the petrified wood-littered landscape that's surrounded by gray-white badlands. There are reddish and cinnamon-hued long logs -- hence the name of the one trail -- and slabs that might have been sliced with a laser so clean are the cuts. And there's a pueblo recreated from petrified wood slabs similar to what ancestral puebloans might have used to build their homes seven-10 centuries ago.
Other Hikes At Petrified Forest
Painted Desert Rim Trail
Length: 1 mile round trip
Trailheads: Tawa Point and Kachina Point
This unpaved trail winds through the rim woodland, a place for chance encounters with many species of plants and animals and spectacular views of the Painted Desert. Please do not harm animals or plants in the park. Even though this trail does not have stairs, the waterbars and dirt-gravel surface may make this trail unsuitable for strollers or mobility vehicles.
Puerco Pueblo
Length: 0.3 mile loop
Trailhead: Puerco Pueblo parking area
At Puerco Pueblo, walk amidst the remains of a hundred room pueblo, occupied by the ancestral Puebloan people over 600 years ago. Petroglyphs can be viewed along the south end of the trail. Do not climb on the boulders or walls. Please do not touch the petroglyphs. This trail is paved and does not have stairs, making it suitable for strollers and various mobility equipment (power and manual).
Giant Logs Trail
Length: 0.4 mile loop
Location: Behind Rainbow Forest Museum
* Trail guide available inside Rainbow Forest Museum.
Giant Logs features some of the largest and most colorful logs in the park. "Old Faithful," at the top of the trail, is almost ten feet wide at the base! This paved trail has several sets of stairs and may not be suitable for strollers or mobility equipment.
The first half-mile of this trail is paved and suitable for mobility equipment and strollers. Strollers may be negotiated on the loop, but it is not recommended for most wheelchairs and other mobility equipment due to its narrow width and very rough surface. Stairs up to the shade shelter can be avoided by using the Agate House trail to access the hilltop.


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AFL-CIO President John Sweeney: Working Issues
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In a Newsmaker interview with Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney discusses efforts to stop the decline in union membership and what issues are facing working Americans.
JEFFREY KAYE: Labor leaders ended their annual winter meeting today vowing to boost the declining ranks of America's unions. It was unusual for the AFL-CIO's 45-member executive council to meet in Los Angeles.
For 72 years the four-day meeting took place in a Florida resort. But this time the labor officials chose an area that has become a hotbed of union organizing, symbolic, they say, of labor's resurgence. John Sweeney, the man behind the crusade for union members, is in his 16th month as president of the labor federation. He came to power promising aggressive organizing campaigns, but union membership continued its downward trend last year. Only 14 ½ percent of American workers belong to labor unions, compared to 35 percent in the 1950's.
Under Sweeney a streamlined federation pumped up its organizing budget and it spent some $35 million in the last election supporting pro-labor candidates. This week Vice President Al Gore thanked labor leaders for their support, and he announced a new federal policy that would deny federal contracts to companies that violate labor laws.
VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE: If you want to do business with the federal government, you had better maintain a safe workplace and respect civil, human, and yes, union rights. That will be taken into account in decisions on federal contracting.
JEFFREY KAYE: Also at the meeting the AFL-CIO vowed to step up advertising campaigns, to recruit more women, and to support organizing drives among low-paid immigrant workers in the fields, in construction, and in service industries.
MARIA ELENA DURAZO, Hotel Workers Union: We're here to say that workers have to be respected; Latinos and immigrant workers, and people of all color have to be respected by corporations, no matter how big they are.
JEFFREY KAYE: Labor organizers have been frustrated by companies which have moved production and cheap labor abroad. This week union leaders pledged to strengthen international alliances with workers. They also announced plans to unionize welfare recipients who under the new welfare law will have to work for their benefits.
JOHN SWEENEY, President, AFL-CIO: The implications of welfare reform potentially extend to every workplace in America, and our organizing initiative is just one of our plans to ensure that the 2 million welfare recipients who will be required to participate in work activities have the same rights as other American workers.
JEFFREY KAYE: The pressure to make all this succeed falls on Sweeney, who has had long experience representing low wage employees, first with government workers, later as president of the Service Employees International Union.
JEFFREY KAYE: Joining us now for an interview is John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO.
Mr. Sweeney, welcome.
JOHN SWEENEY, President, AFL-CIO: Thank you.
JEFFREY KAYE: Why is union membership still declining?
JOHN SWEENEY: I think it reflects a number of different things in terms of the changes that have taken place in our economy, the growth of the new work force, the growth of the service sector of the economy, decline in basic industry jobs which were highly organized and high paid skill jobs, and all of those changes that have taken place have not so much been reflected in a decline in the numbers as a decline in the percentage of the work force as the work force has grown.
JEFFREY KAYE: What do you think that–how do you think you'll be able to reverse this trend?
JOHN SWEENEY: Well, I believe that we can recommit ourselves to more aggressive organizing. I think that workers are hurting, and they're anxious to be organized, but they want to be organized around the issues that they considered their priorities. And we have to make sure that we interconnect with grassroots activists and reach out to workers; that we make better use of focus groups, and polling to find out what their real issues are. I think that the decline in wages in relation to the standard of living over the past 20 years reflects the fact that we need a stronger labor movement, and that's what this is all about.
JEFFREY KAYE: But what you're talking about, in large part, reflects an economy that is beyond the ability of labor unions to change, one might think. How do you change or fix an economy?
JOHN SWEENEY: Oh, I think that we have to capitalize on the fact that we have a very successful economy. Profits are up; productivity is up. Stock market prices are soaring.
CEO compensation is at its highest levels. Workers are the only ones that aren't getting their fair share of this very successful economy. It wasn't always this way. We had an economy in the past, and we've had periods of time when there was a greater respect for workers and for the jobs that they do, and a greater value in terms of the importance of our work force. We have the most skilled work force in the world. We have the best economy in the world.
It's high time that we pay more attention to the people who contribute to the success of our economy and that we give them a little bit better share of the profits; that they can keep up with the standard of living, and that they can raise their families in dignity, and that they don't have to be working two and three jobs to keep up with things.
JEFFREY KAYE: But if the economy is in good shape, and what you're saying is workers just need to share in it, what then–what steps do you take as organized labor to turn that around?
JOHN SWEENEY: We build a stronger labor movement. A stronger labor movement makes us stronger at the bargaining table, builds a stronger political voice to elect people to office who want to address the issues of working families and not cut back on programs that workers consider necessary. We put more money into education and training. Those are the kinds of programs that we should be doing in terms of respecting the workers and the jobs that they perform.
JEFFREY KAYE: But let's look at one of the areas that I know you're concerned about, and that's the loss of jobs to international, cheaper labor. What is the labor union in this country–labor movement in this country doing about that?
JOHN SWEENEY: The labor movement in this country recognizes the fact that it is good for our country to have good trading partners. It is good for our country to have good globalization policies, but to have some consideration for workers not only in our own country but in other countries. And all of our trade agreements should provide stronger work standards and human rights protections, as well as environmental protections. The human being has to play a bigger role in terms of these agreements.
JEFFREY KAYE: So how would you prevent company A, let's say, from going to Mexico, where they can find workers for $7 a day?
JOHN SWEENEY: I'm not saying that we have to prevent the company from going to Mexico. We have to have a better sense of values in terms of how we treat workers in our own country, and we have to have a greater concern for workers in other countries.
And I think that we can do both and still have a good economy, good productivity, good profits. There's a corporate greed out there that loses sight of the human resource that goes into the success of our economy, and it's about time that corporations realized workers, the value of workers not only in our own country but in other countries.
JEFFREY KAYE: What about the role of the government? President Clinton recently blocked the American Airlines pilots' strike. Were you disappointed? Was that a big blow for labor?
JOHN SWEENEY: I was hopeful that the collective bargaining process would have continued and that the right of these pilots to negotiate a contract would have been protected. I'm still hopeful that the management of American Airlines will come to the bargaining table and negotiate a fair contract. These pilots made concessions when American Airlines was in trouble, and now that American Airlines is much more successful with their profits, they had better take a look at the role that their pilots play.
JEFFREY KAYE: Organized labor put a lot of money into supporting Democrats and to President Clinton. Were you disappointed by what he did?
JOHN SWEENEY: Oh, we have supported the President, as we've said, after his first term. We didn't always agree with the President on every single issue. But the President is basically concerned about America's working families and their issues. I think that the programs that he advanced during his election campaign are programs that we're very supportive of, and I believe that the President will be a good pro-American working family President.
JEFFREY KAYE: Does that mean that you're going to be urging him, as you indicated earlier in this discussion, to change American trade policy to the benefit of American workers?
JOHN SWEENEY: Oh, our position is very similar to what we stated during our opposition to the NAFTA agreement. We're concerned about workers' standards and human rights and environmental protection. And we think that the NAFTA agreement should have been stronger on these issues. We believe that it was wrong to include with the NAFTA that we did. We will be raising this again in the extension debate of NAFTA and then any other trade agreement.
JEFFREY KAYE: Finally, I gather what you're saying is you would like to see some sort of wholesale change in attitude in the way American business conducts itself. Do you think that's going to come about by threats, by force, and ways that labor has traditionally implemented strikes, boycotts, or in other ways?
JOHN SWEENEY: Oh, no. I think that the program that's going to be necessary is to build a stronger labor movement. It's not about threatening. It's about building an organization of workers in this country, convincing workers that the only way they can solve the problems that affect their lives and their families is by joining together and bargaining together.
And I believe that the work that you see the unions and the AFL-CIO doing now and organizing is an indication that we're going to turn the numbers around and the–you will see a steady building of a stronger labor movement.
JEFFREY KAYE: All right, Mr. Sweeney. Thank you very much.
JOHN SWEENEY: Thank you. Nice to be with you.


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Chicken Thighs and Orzo
With pancetta, goat cheese and kalamata olives, this chicken dinner is loaded with flavor.
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Chicken Thighs and Orzo
- In a 5- to 6-quart Dutch oven cook pancetta until browned. Remove pancetta, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings in pan (add olive oil if necessary to equal 2 tablespoons). Drain pancetta on paper towels; set aside. Cook chicken in drippings about 10 minutes or until light brown, turning to brown evenly; drain off fat. Add undrained tomatoes, orzo, garlic, and 1 cup water. Bring to boiling; reduce heat.
- Simmer, covered, 25 to 30 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink (180 degree F) and orzo is tender. If necessary, cook, uncovered, 2 to 3 minutes or until sauce is desired consistency. Stir in pancetta, olives, and basil; heat through. Divide spinach among 6 plates. Top each with a thigh, some of the orzo mixture, and some of the cheese. Makes 6 servings.
Nutrition Facts (Chicken Thighs and Orzo)
- Per serving:
- 395 kcal cal.,
- 18 g fat
- (5 g sat. fat,
- 1 g polyunsaturated fat,
- 5 g monounsatured fat),
- 77 mg chol.,
- 1229 mg sodium,
- 32 g carb.,
- 2 g fiber,
- 7 g sugar,
- 26 g pro.
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet


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Christie Gets Defensive After Leaving NJ to Campaign: 'You Want Me to Go Down There With a Mop?'
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie hit the campaign trail on Monday just hours after the blizzard slammed his home state over the weekend.
When a woman at a New Hampshire town hall quizzed him about the decision, he got testy.
"Why are you here in New Hampshire campaigning instead of there, helping survey the damages caused by the flooding in the storm?" asked the woman, who said she had attended school in New Jersey.
"Well, because it's already done," Christie shot back. "It's already done. Tell me why you think it isn't."
She responded that she'd seen photos showing flooding "all over the state."
"All over the state?" he responded. "Really? There's been one county that's flooded in the state. That was Cape May County. So I don't know where from all over the state, since we have 21 counties, where that's happened.
"Second, I don't know what you expect me to do. You want me to go down there with a mop?"
The blizzard dropped more than two feet of snow on parts of the state, and several deaths were reported. Streets and homes were flooded in Jersey Shore neighborhoods and thousands of residences lost power.
At the town hall meeting, Christie added that all roads in the state had been cleared and NJ Transit had returned to normal. He asked the woman for names and contact details of her family members so that he could call them directly to answer any questions they may have.


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Blackwell Voted Britney Spears Worst Dressed
Was there any doubt in your mind?
Britney Spears topped Mr. Blackwell's 46th annual "Worst Dressed" list for wearing clothes that he said made her look like an "over-the-hill Lolita." "When it comes to Couture Chaos, this Tacky Terror should take a bow — looks like an over-the-hill Lolita," Mr. Blackwell said in a statement released Tuesday.
Bohemian teen tycoon Mary-Kate Olsen was the next target of the acid-tongued fashion critic. He called her clothes "bag lady rags" and "depressingly decayed."
Jessica Simpson followed Olsen. Though her Daisy Dukes shorts landed her on the pages of numerous magazines, Mr. Blackwell said she "resembles a cut-rate Rapunzel — slingin' hash in a Vegas diner."
The other offenders on Blackwell's list of fashion flops were Eva Longoria, Mariah Carey, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Shakira, Anna Nicole Smith and Renee Zellweger.


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At the beginning of Three Ways Home, currently being produced by the Shadow Theatre Company, Sharon, a white career woman, has volunteered at a social-services agency. She's assigned to visit Dawn, an African-American welfare recipient suspected of abusing her four children. Sharon's opening monologues are wittily incisive as she introduces us to her privileged world and wonders just what she's gotten herself into. Then we witness Dawn's first angry monologue, and we wonder the same thing. Unsure how to close her introductory note, wanting to seem neither cold nor presumptuous, Sharon had signed off with "luv." Is this woman completely ignorant, Dawn wonders, shaking the offending piece of paper, or is she English or something? The tension builds as the women's first meeting approaches.
Meanwhile, Dawn's sixteen-year-old son, Frankie, is clearly in trouble, retreating more and more into a lost, angry world in which he fantasizes about the X-Men and hustles his body for money.
Playwright Casey Kurtti gets some things right, but she also gets crucial elements wrong. The friendship that eventually evolves between Sharon and Dawn is touching at moments, but not entirely believable. And it rests to some extent on stereotypes. Dawn is the more streetwise of the two women. To win her trust, Sharon has to show she's equally tough, which she does by dropping the occasional expletive. Some scenes are simply not credible, like those that involve Sharon reaching out to Dawn through the film and novel The Color Purple, which Dawn -- inexplicably, given that the play is set in 1989 -- seems to know almost nothing about.
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As a character, Frankie is so oddly written that you wonder if Kurtti has ever known a real sixteen-year-old boy. To begin with, most of them are way past the X-Men. This one leaps about the stage in a ninja outfit, giggles and carries on like a thirteen-year-old, leaving you wondering if he's intended to be mentally deficient. But if he is, why doesn't Dawn -- who's much given to listing her woes -- ever mention it? Why doesn't Sharon notice?
Plot threads begin and then tail off. The original premise -- that Sharon is about to visit a child abuser -- is a daring one that opens up all kinds of dramatic possibilities. Think of the skill it would take for the playwright to keep us interested in, even empathetic toward, a character who hurts her children, and to show Sharon overcoming her natural revulsion to become close to this woman. But it turns out that Dawn has been wrongly accused, and the issue of child abuse promptly drops out of sight. I'm not sure what we're supposed to make of her ignorance about Frankie.
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And what about those three siblings, anyway? Dawn never seems to think about child care, school, earaches, getting food on the table. On occasion, she seems to be carrying her youngest child, but then the focus of the action shifts, her arms drop to her sides and -- poof! -- no baby.
Finally, the climax is melodramatic and entirely unconvincing.
Hilary Blair conveys Sharon's brisk, shrewd businesswoman persona well. She's less convincing in her passionate fights with Dawn, in part because she doesn't have full control of her voice, and when she gets indignant, it threatens to fly right out of her throat. Adrienne Martin-Fullwood has a terrific energy as Dawn. Her rages are genuinely scary and her gentleness, when she permits it to emerge, is disarming. Quatis Tarkington is very talented. He's graceful and energetic, and he's the kind of actor with whom you feel strong empathy. At one point, Frankie's mother describes him sitting at the kitchen table, reading to his siblings by flashlight. You glance at the actor as she speaks, and he's riveting, his face grave and still. But Frankie is more an agglomeration of imagined teenage characteristics than a character, and when Tarkington is leaping about the stage, making odd noises and laughing maniacally, he loses us.
The chasm between black and white people in America is a wound that threatens the integrity of the entire culture. A few years ago, Patricia Raybon, a local writer and educator, attacked the issue head-on in her memoir, My First White Friend, an attempt to exorcise the hatred she had long felt for white people. I admire the fact that Kurtti, a white playwright, has chosen to mine the same territory, and many people who have maintained friendships across the divide will recognize Dawn and Sharon's disagreements about words, food, the significance of certain events and even entertaining ways to spend an evening. I also admire director Jeffrey Nickelson's instincts in choosing to stage this would-be healing work. But sometimes good intentions aren't quite enough.


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|ThatTankGuy [Anon]
|Mar 12, 2015 - 19:50:46 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
Dian, I am guessing he meant other games. But also, tanking is tanking. There are a lot of skills that you take from MMO to MMO, just the abilities change.
|Dain [Anon]
|Jul 17, 2014 - 08:16:25 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
Over 10 years? 1.0 was released August 2010... ffxi, on the other hand, was released 12 years ago, maybe you meant WoW? that one was released 10 years ago, and, since ffxi did not have any kind of rotation... it only had limit breaks and skill chains (no rotation, you didn´t even need a mouse to play the game), but still, even if you meant WoW, its a whole other game, so it doesn´t count... I think Pinoccio´s nose is actually getting bigger by the minute.
|Fenrir Ilax [Anon]
|Dec 12, 2013 - 15:30:49 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
"over 10 years of tanking as main including 1.0"
|Krissy [Anon]
|Nov 14, 2013 - 23:41:29 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
With circle of scorn, you probably don't need two flashes at the start of a battle, however, you don't get it until level 50. I know I used two flashes until 50. (which was recently.)
You mentioned how provoke works, however, after reading comments it might be good to point out that using it to pull is utterly useless. as the skill puts your threat at the same level as the highest person with threat, and no one has any at the start of the battle, it literally does nothing except get the monster's attention.
|Firetail [Anon]
|Nov 07, 2013 - 05:27:32 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
Hey man good guide but the rotation is a bit wrong
over 10 years of tanking as main including 1.0
This is the rotation i use and has never failed me yet.
Shield lob (to pull0
spirit within
circle of scorn
Fast Blade
Savage Blade
Rage of Halone (cycle through mobs once after rotation complete once)
Fast blade
Riot blade
Fight of flight
Shield lob (to pull0
spirit within
circle of scorn
Fast Blade
Savage Blade
Rage of Halone
Attributes should only go into Vit nothing else also you should take Mercy Stroke and that is your fifth.
|Oct 20, 2013 - 22:25:04 | Location: Durham, United Kingdom
I should add a shield row. But the best shield is of course the relic one, which you get with the Curtana.
|Oct 20, 2013 - 17:21:03 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
Firstly, I commend that your guide is pretty good, and covered most major parts. However, concerning gear, what are recommendations for Shield / Off Hand?
|Oct 13, 2013 - 15:21:29 | Location: Durham, United Kingdom
I have improved the guide. I am not a tank main so it is harder for me to write guides for these jobs but I feel a guide is better than no guide so I try my best and ask people when I'm not sure. You guys are great help too with your comments and all criticism is good because it helps improve the guide.
|Oct 06, 2013 - 21:52:18 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
Circle of scorn should come before flash since its off the gcd i actually press both around the same time but always circle of scorn slightly before you also forgot to mention to use spirits within on bosses/etc when they arent casting anything since it does alot of damage
and i really advise against using skull sunder its pretty crap fracture is way superior
also accuracy is really important when you get to BC the cap is 472 supposedly
I have seen you write a few guides now maybe you should actually play the classes abit more before you write a guide lol its abit off so was your bard one
|Anon [Anon]
|Oct 03, 2013 - 02:08:06 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
I find this guide to be very off, and wish it was a little better, and more accurate.
|Phoenix310 [Anon]
|Sep 28, 2013 - 01:30:50 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
There are a couple things you might consider adding to the guide.
You didn't mention anything about using Shield Swipe in the rotation. I try to use it every time it procs, because 210 potency with no TP cost helps conserve TP very well, especially in longer fights. Using Shield Swipe does not cancel your Fast/Savage/Rage combo, so it can be thrown in every time it procs with really no downside.
I'm not sure why no one uses, or even mentions Fracture. I feel like it's a good DoT to keep on enemies, provided I have the TP to cast it.
|Sep 25, 2013 - 07:42:32 | Location: Durham, United Kingdom
Yeah I am planning to update the gear for all the guides at some point this week, using ilevel.
|Altria [Anon]
|Sep 25, 2013 - 02:30:20 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
equip guide needs to be updated for armor. the only darklight that pala can equip is heavy darklight.
best should be valor set/heavy allagan armor
second best should be darklight
third best should be hoplite/darksteel
cross class abilities are okay for paladin, but really aren't relied on (at least for me). mercy stroke is good as part of a macro, and foresight is definitely. skull sunder is useless, rage of halone does that job already. bloodbath isn't too terribly useful, but it has use.
for conjurer cure is the only really needed skill for dungeons (takes some of the load off medic), stoneskin and protect is more for solo and raise is just there for others.
@bravo: the blind ailment is just a tack on to flash, the important part is it boosts enmity. you should be relying on your other cooldowns for damage mitigation, rather than just flash.
|Giest [Anon]
|Sep 13, 2013 - 20:32:50 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
The skills I use on PLD/GLD:
MRD: Foresight, Bloodbath
CNJ: Cure (and protect when solo)
LNC: Keen Furry
PUG: Featherfoot
ARC: Raging Strikes
|Kayaba [Anon]
|Sep 07, 2013 - 22:00:01 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
The helm you have listed is not for gladiators, also the quest reward items are better than some of the gear you have listed in second best at the very least... stat wise.
|Bravo [Anon]
|Aug 30, 2013 - 17:40:47 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
I avoid casting flash multiple times in a row:
- flash blinds the target(s)
- blind duration decreases each time you cast flash
- quickly, target(s) become immune to the blind effect (the enmity generation is still useful)
Casting flash 2 times won't increase the blindness duration, but will still build-up blind resistance. That's why at the beginning of a fight, I wait for blind to wear off before casting it again. When the target becomes immune, I usually cast it a bit more as MP permits.
Keeping the target blinded a bit longer obviously allow for extra damage mitigation.
In conjunction with that, I use Provoke more than you recommend, and usually pull with that.
|Aug 20, 2013 - 23:04:06 | Location: Durham, United Kingdom
I added the rotation you mentioned because it makes the most sense to me. Though like you I'm unsure whether two Flashes are necessary. I figure anyone who plays PLD regularly will work this one out pretty quickly though.
|Aug 17, 2013 - 00:42:45 | Location: Unknown, United States
That string I posted is pure theory crafting; I've never even taken the GLA beyond level 15! While it sounds good to me, I'd see about getting more experienced views before recommending it. For instance, I don't know if double Flash is necessary; in fact Cure spam might provide more hate.
|Aug 16, 2013 - 08:51:21 | Location: Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Yes. I agree. I was trying to see what could be beneficial & got side tracked. Like you say, it is hard to find a perfect 5 cross class abilities & I didn't look as to whether the ability were able to cross over. Anyway, I agree with what you have so far with the updates from Kazumi & I will head in that direction unless I or someone discovers something else.
Good stuff though & thanks for all the info on it.
|Aug 15, 2013 - 22:36:25 | Location: Durham, United Kingdom
That's a very good post Kazumi. I agree with all the points you're making. Guessing you don't mind if I change the rotation to the one you suggested?
Yeah you can't use Brutal Swing on PLD MrSte. Cross class skills for PLD are quite poor after Cure, Foresight and Bloodbath. Most likely whatever you pick for the other two you'll almost never use. Protect and Stoneskin I can't imagine anyone but the WHM casting. They're nice for solo but I'm doubtful you'd choose to solo on PLD over GLA.
|Aug 14, 2013 - 15:09:45 | Location: Unknown, United States
Good guide, again. My recommendations:
Take out Shield Oath from your rotation list. It's a mode you keep on permanently until you want to take it off, and as such you won't be pressing it with any frequency. I know you say that but it should still probably be taken off.
Emphasize Flash's usefulness. It's virtually necessary to use a few times at the start of the fight and further occasionally to keep aggro off the healers.
Shield Lob isn't mentioned, you might want to make note of it as it's a great pull and most fights will be started with Shield Lob.
This is strictly phase 4 stuff, but Circle of Scorn is getting pretty buffed, up to 100 initial potency. As such I imagine against virtually every mob, the initial rotation will probably look like this:
Shield Lob > Flash > Flash > Circle of Scorn > Fast Blade > Savage Blade > Rage of Halone
Into stuff as needed, since tanking is very situational after the battle starts.
|Aug 14, 2013 - 10:31:39 | Location: Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Of course, you get a Stun from Shield Bash, so covered there anyway. Cross class skills has taken me off track of what abilities you already have.....
|Aug 14, 2013 - 09:42:51 | Location: Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Yep. Ok. So forget all that.. Just gone through it all again. I think it is about as best as guide says. Protect & Stoneskin from mage, Mercy Strike is a waste as the chance the PLD gets killing blow is very low & other choices are limited atm. :/
|Aug 14, 2013 - 09:36:59 | Location: Lowestoft, United Kingdom
aww maybe I am mistaken. cant use Brutal Swing as PLD?
|Aug 14, 2013 - 09:35:01 | Location: Lowestoft, United Kingdom
This is all pretty good. Not entirely set on cross class abilities yet. I will have to see what is more effective. A stun ability from Brutal Swing may be useful & drop Raise ability. Then there are other + enmity skills but may be a waste if keeping hate is relatively easy. Bit of practice & learning will sort it out.
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