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Thursday, July 08, 2010
"Another Pete Rock Remix"
Moments into reading this blog a few things become abundantly clear: 1)I have an insatiable appetite for unprovoked violence that would lead therapists the world over to openly wonder if I tortured puppies as a child. 2) I have more daddy issues than your local stripper turned escort 3) I can't go three paragraphs without referencing my penis in some sort of unseemly manner and 4)I have no problem whatsoever expressing my firm belief that DJ Premier is indeed a deity. As troubling to you as the first three examples may be, let me briefly address my penchant for proverbially building a shrine to the surviving member of Gangstarr. For the past couple of years I've come to the conclusion that the Texas born producer's music can cure any possible ill that one could ever imagine. The same way Chris Rock famously waxed poetic about his father's belief that Robitussin could magically reverse the affects of everything from asthma to broken tibias - "DJ Premier" is commonly my answer to every music question posed to me. Regardless of the genre, I believe that he could save any artist's career from sliding into the doldrums. I think he could score any motion picture, ranging from Victorian period pieces to German Shiza porn. Preemo could produce toe-tapping jingles that would make companies billions, create theme-songs to sitcoms that would leave an actor's pockets bulging with phat syndication dough. Catch me on the right day and I will tell you with a straight face that the man's music can save marriages and possibly broker peace deals. But what gets lost on this blog with all my incessant DJ Premier hero worship is another beat maker that I have tremendous respect for, Mr. Pete Rock.
The man's catalog speaks for itself, I've exhibited the same mangled snarl while simultaneously bobbing my head to his production ever since puberty first introduced itself to me. Hell, Pete Rock is the main reason why I know that I'd be a piss poor producer - because of his influential sound I'd be tempted to put horns in just about everything. But instead of citing his legendary catalog chapter and verse here, which would surely take up valuable space, I wanted to go into what I think is his particular field of expertise: The Remix. As much as DJ Premier is my favorite producer, a man who absolutely lays waste to any assignment where production re-imagining is needed - I've always admired the way Pete Rock seems to view the remix as an entirely separate entity. Its as if he purposely wipes his mental hardrive clean of any trace of the original production, completely overhauling the song to the point that it would be unrecognizable if it weren't for the lyrical content. Just the way a remix should be. Here are 4 of my favorite Pete Rock remixes.
Daf Efx: "Jussumen"(Pete Rock Remix)
Unlike the last example, the remix far outweighs the album version of this song by miles. Pete Rock turned a pretty milquetoast, shrug-worthy track into something that forces my body to do severely outdated Hip Hop dances wherever I hear it, regardless of the location. (Shoutout to my cousin Brendan. My nonstop playing of this song left him with a nervous twitch that never went away. Sorry cuz.)
Jeru tha Damaja: "You Cant Stop the Prophet"(Pete Rock Remix)
Ok, this is equivalent to Marty McFly challenging the space/time continuum. Something feels inherently wrong about anyone, Pete Rock or otherwise, remixing a DJ Premier produced song. That said, Pete Rock somehow managed to masterfully improve on a song that I already thought was pretty damn great already.
House of Pain: "Jump Around"(Pete Rock remix)
Not so much now, but when I was younger I had a habit of hating songs because I felt people solely flocked to them because of their novelty, not because the song was actually a good one. I wish I could say with confidence that my hate for this song was due to that rather faulty rationale, but it wasn't. I really hated this song, and at the time openly questioned people's intelligence and manhood if they even slightly suggested that they liked it. But Pete Rock's interpretation of "Jump Around" briefly gave religion to this cantankerous nonbeliever. Let me testify, the man works miracles.
Public Enemy: "Shut em down"(Pete Rock Remix)
By far my favorite Pete Rock remix of all time. I'm well aware that Public Enemy has a catalog filled with classics, but outside of Chuck D railing against John Wayne and Elvis Presley in "Fight the Power" - my second favorite PE moment is every time I hear the blaring horns on the "Shut em down" remix. The original track still stands up, perfectly highlighting the point they were trying to get across. But the Pete Rock remix not only makes me want to boycott companies who don't give back to the neighborhood, it makes me want to rally the troops and infiltrate their corporate headquarters while wearing Chewbacca's ammunition belt.
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According to Catholic tradition, the site where Jesus leaped from the hill after chased away from the synagogue.
Luke 4, 29-30: "...and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went his way"
Home > Sites > Nazareth > Mount Precipice (Mt Kedumim)
The site is located south of Nazareth, on the cliffs of Mt Kedumim (397M), overlooking the Yizrael Valley and Mount Tabor.
Mt Precipice is reached by car following the signs of "Mt Precipice" on the highway that bypasses Nazareth towards Jewish Natzeret Illit.
On the western slopes of the mountain, in a cave, a large prehistoric settlement was excavated. The archaeological dig unearthed 18 layers. The famous findings was 13 Neanderthal Skeletons from more than 50,000 year ago. The cave was also used reused in the 6th C by a group of solitary monks. The cave is not open to the public.
On the peak of the hill is a series of tombs, cisterns, and a 6Mx 10M mosaic was found. In another cave there was an ancient altar.
A visit to the top of the cliff is worth while due to the fantastic views of the Yizrael valley (vallée de Jezreel) below. It is spectacular sights of the valley, Afula, Mount Tabor, and more.
In the photo below - a view towards the east - you can see the round shaped Mount Tabor in the background and the depression of the Sea of Galiliee to the right of it. Closer - the Arab village of Iksal (the village maybe referred in Joshua 19: 12 as "Chisloth-tabor").
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A view to the south shows the city of Afula (in the background) and the Moshav of Tel-Adashim in the foreground.
The west side of the hill faces the old city of Nazareth. Just before arriving to the top of the hill is a parking area where you could stop and catch the panoramic views of Nazareth.
On May 2009 Pope Benedict XVI visited the Holy Land sites and came for one day to Nazareth - where "it all started".
The Pope held a large public mass on the western slopes of Mt Precipice. A new outdoor amphitheater was constructed for this event to support the 40,000 people who attended the celebration.
The photo below shows the event on the slopes of the mountain. The Pope's seat was located on the lower slopes, seen here on the right side, just below the bald peak of the hill where a large poster was placed.
This story tells about how angry Jewish worshippers drove Jesus away from the Synagogue, attempted to throw him of the cliffs, and he disappeared before their eyes "in the midst of them".
"And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went his way,..."
Another view from Mt Precipice - Mount Tabor and Yizreel (Jezreel) valley
The Catholic tradition about the site is questioned by many scholars. According to Luke's story the cliffs should be adjacent to Nazareth. However, they are located 2KM in downtown Nazareth. Therefore, it is more likely that the site should be on the northern slopes of the ancient Nazareth, where the Churches are located today.
According to Orthodox Christians the leap was elsewhere: from the Eastern peak of Nazareth hills to the peak of Mt Precipice.
Please also check the ruins of a church on the hill north to Mt precipice. This church (Mary's fear, Our Lady of the fright) is called after a tradition that Mary, Mother of Jesus, was standing at this spot when her son was led to the edge of the mountain, about to be thrown away, and was frightened.
18 prehistoric layers of early man dwellings.
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They've started popping up: DNC-themed spreads about Charlotte in the country's biggest newspapers.
"In Charlotte, N.C., the New South Rules" reads the headline this weekend in the Washington Post's travel section (and online: www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel
Author Zofia Smardz – sometimes snarky, sometimes complimentary – takes readers on a tour that starts at Cosmos Café "in downtown – oh, sorry, make that uptown" and ends with a plate of BBQ and a glass of white wine at Mac's Speed Shop
"Pretty, leafy Charlotte," she says upfront, "may lie 500 miles south of the Mason-Dixon line, but it's even farther from the South of my outdated imaginings . . . It's all buttoned-down business, a multicultural melting pot and a farm-to-table haven."
She visits the Museum of the New South, the Bechtler, the NASCAR and NoDa.
Best line comes from her husband, who also does the uptown walk: "Most cities have historic buildings. Charlotte has historic plaques."
Saturday, June 23, 2012
WashPost takes a Charlotte wine-and-BBQ tour
They've started popping up: DNC-themed spreads about Charlotte in the country's biggest newspapers.
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- Tom from Taylorsville said...
"Most cities have historic buildings. Charlotte has historic plaques."
I don't think I've seen it put more succinctly.
- June 23, 2012 at 6:01 PM
- Anonymous said...
Yep. The historic plaques.
Really something for Charlotte to be proud of, aren't they?
This is what comes from Charlotte disavowing and erasing its past.
- June 23, 2012 at 6:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
What past?
Many of those markers commemorate things and spots of long, long ago. How many other US cities still have those places? Museums like Charleston and Williamsburg? Early major cities like Boston and Philadelphia? Charlotte barely existed early in the nation's history and never had any museum-worthy things to save, except the US Mint building that Became the Mint Museum.
Anyone who carps about Charlotte's so-called lack of history completely misunderstands Charlotte. This is a bootstrap town of strivers and for the last 100 years or so we've been rushing headlong to the future.
I suspect the real lament is that bootstrap servers are not genteel and gentrified enough for the writer and her ignorant, if clever, husband.
Most of those places weren't worth saving
- June 23, 2012 at 7:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
The "farm-to-table" comment is very accurate. A whole lot of restaurants downtown are set up like that. Mimosa Grill, Harvest Moon, etc. All very good.
- June 23, 2012 at 7:37 PM
- WashuOtaku said...
No surprise that the author kind had some sort of dixieland idea that is out of whack with reality, it seems to be that way a lot with people up North. The ones that realize it's not that way move down here apparently.
As for all the old buildings, yea most weren't worth saving.
- June 23, 2012 at 7:43 PM
- Anonymous said...
At least we have newly paved streets down (up) town.
- June 23, 2012 at 8:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
Don't know if the biker in black ordering a wine at Macs is a true story or not but had me laughing!
- June 23, 2012 at 9:44 PM
- Carl from Cramerton said...
If Mac's Speed Shop is going to be the hipster place to represent "Charlotte BBQ" they need to step up their game. The Speed Shop is to barbecue as Wendy's is to hamburgers.
- June 23, 2012 at 11:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
One of my friends was moving here to work for BofA, and his uncle said, "Ah, the city with no soul."
The national media sees the QC for what it is,, the empress with no clothes.
- June 24, 2012 at 3:30 AM
- Gana said...
Well i'm an authority myself, and also I can mention that wine online you can obtain the paramount choice of choicest wine and champagne in all the world.
- July 18, 2012 at 11:32 AM
- scott davidson said...
"I saw this picture in the school library where someone's face was all made up of fruits and vegetables," my son said. "Would be cool to have one of those in my room."
He and I searched for art about "vegetables" in wahooart.com and immediately found this one, http://en.wahooart.com/A55A04/w.nsf/OPRA/BRUE-8BWLKG, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, which fits the bill to the nearest pear.
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Focus ST: Why Should Europe Have All the Fun?
FRANKLY, SANTA, I haven't actually been that good this year. For example, I wasted a ton of money on power tools. Would you like to hear my impression of my wife? It goes like this: "Four cordless drills?"
I've treated my body like a slag heap, he wrote, as he narfed down a second Bojangles chicken biscuit. And yet, despite my increasing doughiness, I have not always exercised restraint in anything except exercise. I'm rapidly turning into some Rabelaisian character, fat, randy and dissipated. Oh, my God, I'm Erasmus Darwin.
Nonetheless, Santa, I feel I have some standing to make the following wish. After all, I have waited patiently while Ford futzes with its global high-performance organization, a circus of headless chickens that for years has been mysteriously unable to bring the very best versions of its cars to America. The Euro-spec Focus ST being the prime example.
So here's what I want, Nick…may I call you Nick? I want the U.S.-spec Focus ST to be exactly like the one they sell in Europe: I want the five-door hatch with the turbocharged and intercooled 2.0-liter four, with the hotter chip (software), the breathier intake and exhaust systems, and the snappy six-speed manual (and a durable clutch!). I want 252 horsepower and 270 pound feet of torque, with lots of low-speed tractability in the engine, a minimum of turbo lag and, on the other end, I want a big, on-the-cam feel while I'm spinning up through the gears, a tarpon on light tackle.
I want the bigger brakes (12.6-inch front rotors), the grippier tires on the dead-sexy 18-inch alloy wheels, high-intensity headlights, and two utterly perfect Recaro bucket seats up front. And I would like it to be as maximally entertaining to drive as is feasible, considering the car starts life as a lowly front-wheel-drive family subaltern, not a performance car at all.
Oh, Ford is selling the Euro-spec Focus ST in the U.S. now? In that case, I'd like a chicken biscuit.
To set the table a bit: The Focus ST is what's known as a sport-compact, or a hot hatch, a category of performance-minded variants of what are generally pretty routine, practical hatchbacks. Some of the most entertaining cars of the last two decades—the Volkswagen GTI, the Mazdaspeed3, the Renault Clio Sport, Citroën DS3, the Mini Cooper JCW—have been these massively overachieving, surprisingly affordable, front-wheel-drive four- and five-seaters, with two or four doors. It also helps that World Rally Championship rules have enshrined such cars in the top levels of the sport.
Previously, Ford's product cadence has been uncoordinated, globally, with some regions of the world using one platform generation while other regions were limited to older and lesser platforms, with generational inferiorities baked in, as it were. American enthusiasts have been particularly ticked off about the Focus. Indeed, a sizable industry exists solely to help hobbyists tune up their stateside Foci to the levels of the European cars.
And that's fine if you have a garage, tons of time and a couple of like-minded friends to call 911 when the car falls on you. What enthusiasts really wanted is the turnkey tuner, a slammed Focus ST with a factory warranty and all the tinsel. And that's exactly what this car is.
" Ford's stateside hot hatch is a small stampede of a car, with an ornery sound, a low, wicked look and a long list of endearing character defects. "
Base price for the U.S. market Focus ST five-door is $23,700 and rated mileage is 23/32/26 miles per gallon, city/highway/combined, and those are all lovely numbers.
By the way, late next year Ford will likely roll out a yet higher-performance Focus (the 350-hp RS, unofficially) that will (again!) be available only in Europe. And to think Henry Ford didn't even like Europeans.
Our Focus ST? It's great. Actually, when you index driving fun against price—the cheap-date quotient—I'd say the Focus ST and the Subaru BRZ I drove a few months ago are best cars on the market. Like the BRZ, the Focus ST isn't particularly, by-the-clock fast (0-60 mph in about six seconds, at about 6,600 rpm at the top of second gear) but it feels birdlike, sporty, tossable, willing, lively. Both these cars have suspension setups that allow an unusual amount of free play in the rear of the car. The cars can be coaxed into a controllable four-wheel drift, pitching around as they corner.
2013 Ford Focus ST Five-Door Hatch
Base price: $24,495 (with delivery)
Price as tested: $29,000 (est.)
Powertrain: Turbocharged and intercooled 2.0-liter, direct-injection, 16-valve in-line four-cylinder with variable valve timing; six-speed manual transmission; front-wheel drive with torque-vectoring limited-slip differential
Horsepower/torque:252 hp at 6,000 rpm/270 pound-feet at 3,000-4,500 rpm
Length/weight: 171.7 inches/3,200 pounds
Wheelbase: 104.3 inches
0-60 mph: 6 seconds (est.)
EPA fuel economy: 23/32/26 mpg, city/highway/combined
Cargo capacity: 23.8 cubic feet; 44.8 cubic feet with second-row seats folded
In the Focus ST, the danciness can be dialed up by turning the stability control to "Sport" or "Off."
The difference, of course, is that the Focus ST is a front-wheel-drive car, which means putting the power down through the front, steered wheels. To mitigate the effects of engine torque on the car's steering—that wandering feel in the steering as the car accelerates—Ford has programmed its electric power steering with something called torque-steer compensation. This bit of programming attempts to neutralize torque steer by varying steering assist in order to seamlessly integrate steering effort and directional linearity. In other words, to make the car go where you are pointing.
This system can in no way be said to overcompensate. There is still a fairly busy torque steer in the Focus ST, as you might expect with a maximum sustained torque of 270 foot-pounds, and if you really kick it while cornering, the car feels like it's been hit with a Texas crosswind. Meanwhile, the brake-based torque vectoring system on the front axle helps to route torque to the outside wheel by lightly braking the inside wheel, thus pulling the car around a corner. And yet, make no mistake: You can light up the inside tire if you want to.
Torque vectoring, torque compensation, a variable-rate steering rack (a rapid 1.8 turns lock-to-lock) and the weirdly huge turning circle of almost 40 feet? The Focus ST's steering appears to have been toiled over. It feels it. For all its digital interventions, the Ford's helm isn't nearly as connected, as predictable, as solid as the linkages of the Mazdaspeed3.
But again, there's a lot of horsepower chatting through Focus ST's front tires. I could reduce these Goodyears to figgy pudding in about a week.
American enthusiasts, you asked for a Ford Focus turned up to 11, and now that it's here you can stop whining and feeling sorry for your elf, I mean, self. This is a small stampede of a car, with an ornery, angry sound (thanks to the acoustic piping between the engine bay and the cabin), a low, wicked look; front bucket seats that ought to be in the Louvre; and a long list of endearing character defects.
All it needs is a cordless drill.
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It's almost a given: If you have a famous parent, you've got the material for at least one memoir about the hurts inflicted by self-absorbed, brilliant people who neglect their offspring in pursuit of their art.
Auberon Waugh's memoir "Will This Do?" might mark the pinnacle of astounding parental selfishness – specifically, the banana scene. During the food shortages after World War II, all British children were given one banana. The young Waughs had never tasted the exotic treat. Evelyn Waugh proceeded to pour sugar and cream on all three of his children's bananas and eat every bite in front of them while his adoring wife looked on.
Still, at least Waugh fed and housed his kids. When acclaimed short story writer Andre Dubus II left his wife and children for one of his college students, his son Andre Dubus III writes in his amazing new memoir, Townie, the four Dubus kids went from a rural life with a mom who took pride in her home-cooked meals to a shaky existence in a series of squalid homes in Massachusetts mill towns.
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Their dad, Dubus writes, did not make a lot as a professor. He did pay child support and take the kids out to dinner on Sundays. But he remained oblivious to the poverty and violence his children were steeping in. (The kids put on a front, not wanting to betray their exhausted social worker mom, but you'd think anyone even half-observant would have noticed the decrepit homes, dirt yard, and the fact that the children always showed up in the same clothes.)
This isn't folksy lower-middle-class life, à la the town vs. gown rivalry in "Breaking Away." Dubus and his three brothers and sisters were constantly hungry. Once a neighborhood friend "opened the fridge and saw its bright empty shelves and said, 'What happened to the food?' " Dubus writes. "It's something we'd all gotten used to, that hollowness in the veins, the nagging feel there always was just a bit too much air behind your ribs."
They had one pair of shoes each. When Dubus's dad invites him to go running with him in the opening scene of "Townie," he nearly pulps his feet by cramming them into his sister's tennis shoes since he didn't have any of his own. (This same sister, at one point, buys food for the family by selling drugs.) While their mother was at work in Boston, her kids experimented with drugs, alcohol, and sex while random teenagers used her living room as a drug den. Her children sometimes made it to school and sometimes didn't. Dubus was beaten up on a daily basis.
If "Townie" were just about escaping poverty in 1970s and '80s Massachusetts, it would still be memorable. But what places it at the top of the heap with memoirs like Mary Karr's "Liar's Club" is its unflinching openness and the metamorphoses Dubus effects in his own life.
His first transformation is physical. When he is unable to protect his younger brother and mother from a 20-year-old Marine, the teenager starts lifting weights for hours each day, turning himself into a tank who can send a man to the hospital with one punch. He becomes a ferocious brawler, seeking out bullies on whom to slake his fury. Dubus writes about violence with rare candor and insight – both its sources and what it can do to a psyche.
His dad is proud of Dubus's toughness and the fact he once fought 11 guys. (Dubus explains that he technically only fought three: the rest ran away.) But Dubus Sr. never understands how much of his son's rage is directed at him, and the harshness of his children's life is completely alien to the well-groomed world of college. (His dad played catch with him once when Dubus was a teen. He had no idea what to do with the ball.) They don't really connect in the way the son craves until the senior Dubus loses the use of his legs after being hit by a car in 1986.
Muscle, Dubus comes to realize, will only get him so far. Even though he becomes a good enough boxer to seriously train for the Golden Gloves, Dubus still can't protect his family. His younger brother tries to commit suicide. His oldest sister is gang-raped at knifepoint. Their dad becomes obsessed with guns after that, thus spectacularly missing the point.
Unable to talk honestly to his dad about his childhood and becoming increasingly horrified by the realization that he craves the emotional relief fighting gives, Dubus ultimately finds an escape from Haverhill, Mass., through college and a new outlet through writing, which he discovers while working construction and living in a two-room apartment with no furniture, TV, radio, or telephone. (His bed was a yoga mat; his pillow, work boots stuffed inside a pillowcase.) His novels include "House of Sand and Fog," which was a National Book Award finalist and was made into an Oscar-nominated movie, and "The Garden of Last Days."
"I had never thought about writing as a field or career. These were not words that came to me. Ever since that night in my apartment in Lynn when – instead of running to the gym to box – I'd sat down with tea and a pen and a notebook, writing had given me me, and this was the only reason I'd kept doing it."
In "Townie," Dubus writes with an honesty only equaled by his ability to keep on loving his family. It might be a cliché that great writers make lousy parents but there is nothing clichéd about this book.
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The Parish of Sandal Magna
St. Helen's and St. Paul's Church
Serving Sandal, Walton and Portobello in Wakefield UK.
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The church of St. Paul's, The Balk, Walton- A brief history
A church for Walton?
From ancient times, the people of Walton has been unable to practice their religion within the actual village. Although they had obviously been a religious community, there are no records of an actual 'place' of worship being provided until the nineteenth century.
St. Helen's, the Parish Church of Sandal Magna dates back to its first known patron Edward the Confessor. In the middle of the 12th century the second church was built on the site of the now existing Church and in the Manorial Rolls of 1314 there is a mention of a 'John of Walton, Chaplain'. Therefore at that time we must deduce that there must have been a Chapel of Ease at Walton. Although no history of it appears to exist, there must also be at some time have been a priory at Walton, from which the present Square derives its name.
Exactly what happened in Walton between the time when the old Chapelry disappeared, presumably at the time of the Reflormation, and the date when our present Church was built, does not come within the scope of this short history of St. Paul's, Walton.
After the Reformation of the 16th century, Religion branched out in many directions. Protestantism, Presbyterianism, Methodism and other denominations. A few people still chose to worship the old faith, Roman Catholicism, the Waterton family being among this minority. In 1743 the new Archbishop of York wrote a letter to the Vicar of Sandal, Charles Zouch, referring to the Waterton Household at Walton having a private chapel where a Romanish Priest is said to practice.
A church is conceived
On hundred years ago there lived in The Balk a lady, Miss Mary Pilkington, a name venerated to this day in Walton, who provided an orphanage. It was from this humble beginning that the present day church had its roots. Miss Pilkington, a sprightly figure in her fringed shawl, crinoline and bonnet, was to be seen in and about the village every day of the week, and not least on Sundays. We will allow other renowned volumes to tell of the life and times of this most industrious lady except to say that we wonder how she managed to find enough hours in the day to carry out her many activities which included running the orphanage and a laundry, Manager of the National School, and a Cookery School. But the National School, more generally and not without reason, known as Miss Pilkington's school, and also as will no doubt also appear appropriate as Walton Church School, was more than the village school.
Before 1857 the parishioners of Walton who wished to attend a Church of England service had to walk to St. Helen's Parish Church in Sandal. The village, being part of the Parish of Sandal Magna which had its own ancient church, had no separate church. In 1857 a corner of the National School was equipped as a place of worship for the Anglican Community. Here, Sunday by Sunday, services were held in the afternoon at which either the Vicar of Sandal Magna, his assistant curate, or a Lay Reader officiated.
A church building is needed
At the top of School Lane, opposite the present War memorial, was the Old Mission School, sometimes called the Council Room, where the Sunday School was held. In Miss Pilkington's day, promptly at 9am every Sunday morning, the children assembled in the Old Mission Room for morning session of Sunday School after which, as often as not, they walked down to Sandal for Matins or to make their Communion. In the afternoon at 2pm, they met for another session of Sunday School and then, two by two, marched down School Lane to the National School for the 3pm service. Easter Sunday, and Christmas, the whole of the Walton congregation would go in procession through Lower Walton and along Walton Lane to the services at St. Helen's in Barnsley Road, Sandal.
So, when did the Walton Church of St. Paul's as we know it today really originate? We have actually to go to the year 1886 when a Mrs Coldwell of Beechwood House bequeathed money for a permanent Church building in Walton.
It was to mark the Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee that Mr Edward Simpson, J.P., the new squire at Walton Hall who had long felt the need for a more commodious building than the one his father had helped to provide, a building where additional services might be held and Holy Communion administered, erected the first Church building on the present site on The Balk.
Early Pre-fabrication
The site on The Balk, part of the Waterton Estate then owned by Mr. Simpson, was chosen by Bishop Walsham How who drove out to Walton for this purpose the last day but one before he left the diocese. An eminent ecclesiastical architect at that time designed the building which was constructed in sections in London and transported by rail to Walton. The plumbing, the woodwork, pews, screen, and other fittings were all made by local craftsmen. The Font was carved by Mr. William Ogden, a local monumental mason who also carved the pinnacles on the tower at St. Helen's Church.
The inside of the church was painted dark grey with pale green walls, the screen and pulpit being dark brown. It had and still has a vestry, an organ, a bell and was lighted by gas. The roof of the church was originally red and is still remembered and regretted by many parishioners as a colourful landmark which unfortunately in course of time became black.
As to its furnishings and ornaments, all the frontals (which are now stored in the vestry) were given by Mrs. Edward Simpson, the wonderful embroidery on some of the frontals was the work of Mrs. Rowlands whose husband was at one time Curate of Sandal and later Vicar of St. Catherine's. Various members of the Simpson family gave the cross, the chalice and the paten, the altar vases, the solid brass candlesticks.
An entry in The Sandal Magazine for January 1898 reads:
"An iron church has been erected and furnished in commemoration of the Queen's Jubilee, and for many years we believe it will admirably meet every requirement. This church will be opened and dedicated by the Lord Bishop of Wakefield on Monday evening, January 10th, at 7 o'clock. To enable the people of Walton who wish to be present to obtain seats, tickets will be given to those desiring, which will admit them between 6.30 and 6.45pm. After 6.45pm the doors will be open to everybody, as far as accommodation will allow'.
The church was dedicated on Monday evening, 10th January 1898, by the Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt.Rev.Dr. Eden. Long before the service was due to commence the church was crowded, many people having to stand. The Vicar of Sandal Magna, (Rev.R.N.Hurt) and his two curates, (the Revs.L.Bush and H. Brownrigg) also took part.
In 1911 the vicar and Churchwardens of Sandal acquired on behalf of the parishioners of Walton, the site on which the Church was built. In the July issue of the Parish Magazine of that year the following paragraph appears under the heading Walton.
'The parishioners will be glad to hear that the site upon which the present church (the old iron building) stands has been purchased by the Vicar and Churchwardens out of funds provided from the Special Legacy Fund and Permanent Church Fund. The Church and its contents have been presented to the parish by Mr.Edward Simpson. Although a formal expression of gratitude will be made to Mr. Simpson by the Vicar and Churchwardens yet we take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Simpson and his family for this very generous and handsome gift. The church and its ornaments are far above the average of temporary buildings of a similar nature. We must show by our attendance and care of the building that we appreciate the gift at a very high value'.
The Special Legacy Fund referred to was a legacy made by the afore-mentioned Mrs Coldwell of Beechwood House in 1886.
The Permanent Church Fund was in existence throughout the twentieth century and was from time to time added to, and in 1963 was made part of the Fund towards the building of a permanent church.
There have been many times during the last eighty years when no curate of Sandal Magna has been available for duty in Walton. But on such occasions Lay Readers, and also laymen and women (at the time of writing Walton is greatly indebted to lay people) have always come forward to help so that, in spite of difficulties, at least one Service every Sunday has been held in the Church since 1898.
On the occasion of St.Paul's Golden Jubilee in 1948, the then Bishop of Wakefield, The Rt.Rev.Henry Macgowen, who preached at Walton during the week-long celebrations, said that in view of the important part taken by the church both in the medieval life of the village and in its modern development, it was surprising that Walton did not possess a more permanent building. The parishioners there and then decided that matters had to be put in hand to take care of this state of affairs.
A permanent building
The corrugated iron structure was erected in 1898 in the hope that it might serve the people of Walton for 25 years. After constant use of sixty five years the time had come to act. In the intervening years the Permanent Building Fund had been added to although somewhat spasmodically; it was as though the very idea that the familiar church, so loved and cared for, should one day be pulled down and replaced by another, was repugnant to its faithful congregation. Sufficient unto the day......They left well alone.
In 1963 the first phase of St.Paul's history was drawing to a close. The cost of repairs were becoming a constant drain on the finances of the parish. Although St.Paul's was classed as only a Mission Church, it had always been self-supporting except in the matter of the stipend of its curate and even to that a contribution was made.
The Permanent Building Fund formed the basis for the congregation to increase it: part of the Annual Bazaar money went into it, members of the Mother's Union contracted to pay a monthly contribution, and 'Brick' money was collected by two members of the village community. Larger sums were given and other promises were made so that with a sum in the bank of nearly £2000, the Churchwardens and Church Committee, with the approval of Sandal Magna P.C.C. and with the architect's plan ready to hand, decided that the moment for building at any rate part of the New Church, had arrived.
St. Paul's Church in Today's society
Since 1963, Walton has changed. On the site of Thornhill House and garden an estate of houss and bungalows now stands. A new estate at the top of Brooklands Hill (the Grove Estate), and at the bottom of the hill new houses in and around Brooklands and on both sides of Shay Lane. The Balk has many residences, as has the land to the rear of Walton Hall.
New houses mean residents and St.Paul's congregation have rejoiced that many newcomers have joined their fellowship. The time had come to implement the scheme that was in the minds of those who built St.Paul's Mission Church in 1898, namely, to replace it with a more permanent building. To find the money to do this was a heavy responsibility but the Church people of Walton shouldered it gladly, convinced that it was their duty to continue the work begun centuries ago in the village and they dedicated themselves to that end.
The main structure was completely surrounded by properly built walls, the old corrugated iron building was removed and a new tiled roof finished this the 'permanent dream' of over sixty years. The roof had to the West end a small tower built into it to house the original bell which rang out the call to worship every Sunday.
The main structure of the Church was completed at a cost of '£12,000. The whole interior was modernised providing the pleasant bright and most attractive place of worship that we have today.
In the early nineties the wooden bell cote was found to be leaking so badly that it was removed and the roof tiles continued to the West end without break. Between 1988 and 1996, new blue chairs were purchased together with new light oak kneelers to the front row. In 1996 a new altar table was constructed and a new carpet laid to the whole floor.
In the early nineties The Walton Church Development Fund was set up to continue the development of St.Paul's to continue work and vision for the church which our predecessors have already begun.
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Catcher Pete Paris (Scranton, Pa.) swatted a pair of home runs on a 4-for-8 day, driving in five and scoring five times as well. Third baseman Brooks Robinson (Evans, Ga.) exploded for two home runs as well, finishing 5-for-9 with five RBI and two runs.
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Bobcat starter Dylan Lightell (Rosamond, Calif.) gave up four earned runs over four innings in the loss (4-4).
Leftfielder Kyle Allen (Conyers, Ga.) was 2-for-5 with a home run, scoring twice and driving in two. Third baseman Steve Muoio (Rochester, N.Y.) and second baseman Robinson each went 2-for-4.
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Harrell finished game two 3-for-4 with four RBI and three runs. Paris had a perfect 3-for-3 in game two, plating four and scoring three times. Robinson was 3-for-5 with a big five RBI, scoring twice. Six Bobcats had multiple hits in game two.
The Bobcats are locked in as the third seed in the upcoming Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Tournament, held May 9-10 in Aiken, S.C.
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The vigorous cast flies all over the place during the show at the North Shore Music Theatre.
Peter Pan is a boy, and will always be a boy, having run away years ago to avoid growing up. He visits the Darling family children to retrieve his lost shadow from them, and the adventure begins. They will fly away to Neverland with the mischievous spirit. That's right, fly -- this cast flies all over the place during the show at the North Shore Music Theatre.
There are big, acrobatic ensemble dance numbers, and some wonderful smaller ones, including a nice bit with Peter Pan and his shadow. Diane Laurenson's choreography is lively and original, and wonderfully performed by this talented cast.
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She heads a vigorous cast, including the cleverly humorous Captain Hook, intelligently played by Beverly native James Beaman (also Mr. Darling), who fully realizes the satiric potential of his role. His body language is slyly original as he aces this plum role. A small boy in the audience after the show, asked what his favorite part of the show was, said, "Captain Hook!"
Hook's right-hand man, Smee, is brought to vivid and hilarious life by Paul Castree in a terrific performance. Castree's fully realized characterization includes intriguing facial expressions and body language.
One of the top performances of the evening is turned in by the unseen Ian Shain, just perfect inside enormous animal costumes as the alert guard dog, Nana, and the huge, slithery crocodile that has developed a taste for Captain Hook. Shain's convincing crocodile costume and rapid slide down the aisle on his first entrance so startles an audience member she almost leaps out of her seat.
Pretty Victoria Byrd turns in amazing dancing as Indian princess Tiger Lily.
Kate Fitzgerald is lovely and graceful as Wendy, with a sweet soft singing voice. Jake Ryan Flynn and A.J. Scott turn in professional performances as her younger brothers.
Kathy St. George as Mrs. Darling is warm and convincing in the opening number, "Tender Shepherd."
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Goldstein's Classical Mechanics says that a cyclic coordinate is one that doesn't appear in the Lagrangian of the system, even though its generalized velocity may appear in it (emphasis mine). For example, in the the equation $$L=\frac{1}{2}m\bigl[\dot r^2+r\dot \theta^2+r^2\dot \phi^2\sin^2\theta\bigr]\tag1$$ $\phi$ is the cyclic coordinate.
My question is: If the last term in equation (1) were missing, would $\phi$ still be a cyclic coordinate, and how would we know? What I'm asking is, how would we identify that a coordinate is cyclic if its generalized velocity was not present to give us a hint?


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JERICHO, West Bank (Reuters) - An Israeli cabinet minister said on Thursday that U.S.-sponsored peace negotiations with the Palestinians could begin next week.
The assessment was not immediately confirmed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who disagree on the terms for reviving direct diplomacy which stalled almost three years ago.
After months of intensive and discreet mediation, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Friday that the groundwork had been laid for new talks and Israeli and Palestinian negotiators were due in Washington soon.
Israel was ready to go, Energy Minister Silvan Shalom said at a regional cooperation conference in the occupied West Bank.
"As I understand, today, I think that the Palestinians will decide to come next week," Shalom told reporters in English.
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Israel says new peacemaking would be without preconditions about the borders of a future Palestinian state in territories it occupied in the 1967 Middle East war. But the Palestinians say they want assurances about those borders first.
Netanyahu's office had no comment on Shalom's remarks. An Israeli source briefed on Kerry's brokering mission said Netanyahu awaited an official invitation from the United States to send his delegation.
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Abbas also had yet to receive a U.S. invitation, his spokesman Nabil Abu Rdaineh said.
"The Palestinian delegation is ready," he told Reuters. "We are committed to the meeting that was agreed to be held in Washington to discuss the issues."
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Hanan Ashrawi of Abbas' umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization said in a statement that Israel must stop its settlement of the West Bank and adjacent East Jerusalem.
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In remarks the seemed close to Israel's position, a Western official briefed on Kerry's mission said on Sunday: "There are no terms of reference or any other agreements that the '67 lines will be the basis for negotiations."
Meeting Israeli military conscripts near Tel Aviv on Thursday, Netanyahu placed the peace onus on the Palestinians.
"You need two to tango. In the Middle East, it seems, you need three to tango," he said. "Let's hope that they (Palestinians) have the desire and demonstrate the aspiration, the goal-oriented drive, which is crucial in order to achieve an objective like a secure peace."
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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
Ákos Maróy
Aero Glassüber das Thema:
Head Orientation Tracking in an Aircraft Cockpit EnvironmentZeit: Wed 18.3.2015, 10:30, 60 Minuten
Ort: S2 Z74
ZusammenfassungA Head-Mounted Display-based Augmented Reality solution such as Aero Glass needs to track the orientation of the users head to be able to display AR in a usable fashion. While off-the-shelf Head-Mounted Displays such as the Epson Moverio BT- 200 or Osterhout ODG R6 / X6 contain IMUs, tracking via an IMU is imprecise mainly because of gyro drift. In an aviation context, neither the accelerometer nor the magnetometer cannot be used to offset gyro drift with sufficient results. Thus optical tracking approaches are investigated that allow for determining the users head orientation in relation to the cockpit, which, combined with a knowledge of the aircraft orientation, allows to offset gyro drift. Several optical tracking approaches are investigated: 'inside out', where a camera on the head-mounted display is used, using markerless SLAM-based tracking, tracking markers in front of and above the users head. An 'outside-in' approach is also investigated where an external camera is tracking the users head by tracking IR LEDs.
VortragenderÁkos Maróy is the founder of Aero Glass, an Augmented Reality solution for aircraft pilots. Ákos has a background in software engineering, has founded several IT companies & startups in the past, being still involved in the outsourced software development shop EU Edge. Ákos has a media- and bio-art background, having exhibited at various venues, including the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Prix Ars Electronica Festival, the NTT InterCommunication Center in Tokyo and the Yamaguchi Center for Art & Media in Japan, as a member of the Tokyo-based art collective doubleNegatives Architecture. Ákos is the co-founder of atlatszo.hu, an investigative journalism NGO based in his native Hungary.
Einladender: Prof. Dr Oliver Bimber, Institute of Computer Graphics
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Tagged: Nomar Garciaparra
If I were a General Manager…
about his lifestyle. Poor Manny, $20 million a year and adored by fans– tough life. Yet we still are involved in trade talks.
My Perspective, A Broadcaster's Perspective, and a Project's Perspective
They say that all good things must come to an end. Unfortunately, that tends to happen a bit too often to me over the summer. My stay in Boston has come to an end, but the one bright spot is that I finally get to share some of my baseball adventures with you.
and Blue Jays. I wasn't able to write down everything that he said, but I do have a fairly good memory.
ender, he is so knowledgeable and intelligent. All of us in Red Sox Nation should breathe a sigh of relief that Jason Varitek was re-signed not only because of his abilities, but because of what could have been lost. Had he not signed, Theo Epstein would have been in the market for a catcher. Who would we have traded? Probably our biggest prospects: Bowden and Buchholz. That could have been a big mistake.
Beginning of the Season Blues
As fans, I think that we tend to expect the best from our teams, especially at the beginning of the season–it's only natural. There have been so many predictions that I think they eventually go to our heads, and we get ahead of ourselves because we focus on the end result rather than each and every game.
#5: Nomar Garciaparra
Continuing in the tradition started by Jimmy Curran over at Baseball, the Yankees, and Life; I am dedicating my latest ranking, number five, to a former Red Sox player that has a very special place in my heart.
ady for Opening Day, he needs to take it a bit slower than everyone else simply because he is coming off surgery. I definitely would like to see him in a couple of exhibition games though because it would be tough just to come back without any practice. That's kind of what happened to Josh Beckett. If Lowell is not ready for Opening Day, he should not play. The last thing I want is for him to push anything too far. If he is not ready for Opening Day, I have some ideas:
An Ode to the Unsigned
It's already January 24, and there are still so many un-signed free agents out there. The market has been so terrible this year, that these players are going to have to settle for less than they're worth. I'd be willing to bet that all of Scott Boras' clients regret signing with him. The fact that a lot of them aren't signed yet is his fault. As an agent, he should be able to see that accepting arbitration is their best bet!
Best Red Sox Players in History-Your Opinion?
So for the other site that I write for on a weekly basis, MLB Center, as the Red Sox Correspondent, I finally finished the "rough draft" of the article: The Top 10 Red Sox Players of All Time. Not only is it the Top 10 of all Time, but there are some honorable mentions, and some "future stars" as well. I'm sure a lot of you already know some stories about most of these players, but if you have any personal stories (or opinions) that you'd like to share, I think that'd really add to the story. You will of course be quoted in the final story.
Top 10
Boston Red Sox Players
Elizabeth Dreeson-Red Sox Corespondent
10. Joe Cronin
played for the Red Sox from 1935-1945 with a career .301 batting average, and
2,285 career hits, and the Red Sox retired his number 6. He was an All-Star
seven times, he batted .300 or higher and drove in 100 or more runs eight
times. He was also a manager and general manager for the Red Sox in the '40's.
In a memorable fight in 1938, he intercepted Jake Powell when he tried to
charge the mound after being hit in the stomach by Red Sox pitcher Archie
9. Tris Speaker
Speaker played for the Red Sox from 1907-1914 with a career average of .345.
Speaker got the starting center fielder job in 1909 and was part of the
"Million Dollar Outfield" in 1910 along with Duffy Lewis (LF) and Harry Hooper
(RF). Speaker's best season was 1912, when Fenway Park opened and when the Sox
won the World Series for the second time. He had 222 hits that season and
scored 136 runs. He set a major league record when he had three batting streaks
of twenty or more games (30, 23, and 22).
8. Johnny Pesky
Fenway Park, the foul ball pole in right field is called "Pesky's Pole".
According to Pesky, pitcher Mel Parnell coined the nickname because of Pesky's
legendary, controversial home run in 1948 over the fence near the pole; in
fact, it may have even hit the pole. That home run was one of only six home
runs Pesky ever hit at Fenway Park. He was the first American League player to
score six runs in a nine-inning game. He led the American League in base hits
three times. His career average was .307 and he has been a valuable member of
the Red Sox organization serving as a first base coach in the 70's (including
the amazing 1975 World Series) and a batting coach to Jim Rice
7. Jimmie
Foxx played for the Red Sox from 1936-1942 with an astounding .325 career
batting average, 534 home runs, and 2,646 hits. He was nicknamed Double X and
The Beast, and he is the second youngest player of all time to reach 500 home
runs at only age 32, and he was the second player to reach that mark. He had a
spectacular 1938 season with the Sox hitting 50 home runs, driving in 175 runs,
batting .349, and winning his third MVP award. He served as the Red Sox team
captain as well.
6. Wade Boggs
played with the Red Sox from 1982-1992 with a career .328 batting average, and
3,010 hits. He played third base, and appeared in 12 consecutive All-Star
games. His best season was 1987 with a .363 batting average and 89 RBIs. He won
five batting titles throughout his career and batted .349 as a rookie. From
1982-1988 he hit below .349 only once, in 1984 when he batted .325. From
1983-1989 Boggs had 200 hits consecutively each year. He also had six seasons
200 or more hits, 100 or more home runs, and 40 or more doubles.
5. Bobby Doerr
Doerr spent his entire career with Boston; from 1937-1941. He batted .288 with
2,042 career hits. The Red Sox retired his number 1. He led American League
second basemen in double plays five times, he led in put outs and fielding
percentage four times each, and in assists three times. He has an amazing
career fielding percentage of .980. He set Red Sox records for career games
(1,865), at bats (7,093), hits (2,042), doubles (381), total bases (3,270), and
runs batted in. However, these were all later broken by arguably the best
hitter of all time, Ted Williams. Doerr hit for the cycle twice in his career,
and he set a second base record in 1948 by handling 414 chances over 73 games
without an error.
4. Cy Young
Young pitched with the Red Sox from 1901-1908 and is revered as one of the best
pitchers, if not the best pitcher, in the history of the game. He holds the all
time records for wins with 511, 7,355 innings pitched, 2,803 strikeouts, and
749 complete games. His career ERA is 2.38, and his lowest ERA of his career
was 1.26. He has 76 career shutouts, which is fourth all time, and he won at
least 30 games in a season five times, with ten other seasons with 20 or more
wins. He pitched three no hitters, and the first perfect game of baseball's
"modern era". He earned the AL Triple Crown for pitchers in his first year in
the American League. Baseball honored Cy Young by naming the award given
annually to the best pitcher of each league.
3. Carlton Fisk
Fisk played for the Red Sox from 1969-1980 as a catcher. He had a career
batting average of .269, and recorded 2,356 hits over his career. In 1972, his
first full year with the Red Sox, he won the AL Gold Glove at catcher, and the
AL Rookie of the Year award. He caught 2,226 career games, more than any other
catcher in history, and was an 11 time All-Star. The most memorable moment of
his career came in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series in the 12th
inning against the Cincinnati Reds. He hit a home run that appeared to be going
foul down the left field line so he started jumping and waving his hands,
willing the ball to be fair. The ball struck the foul ball pole, and the walk
off home run carried the Sox to Game 7. Another memorable Fisk moment was his
fight with Thurman Munson of the New York Yankees. On August 1, 1973 at Fenway
Park, the game was tied 2-2 in the top of the ninth. Thurman attempted to score
by barreling into Fisk, which triggered a ten-minute, bench clearing brawl, and
heightening the tension between the classic rivalry. The left field pole is
called the Fisk Foul Pole, in honor of the 1975 game. Ken Burns, who created a
beautiful series on the decades of baseball, considers that game to have
re-triggered interest in baseball.
2. Carl Yastrzemski
played for the Red Sox his entire career, 1961-1983, and was part of the
"Impossible Dream Team" of 1967. He played outfield primarily, and was known
for his ability to track down flies, but he also played first base and
designated hitter. He batted .285, with 3,419 hits, and 1,844 RBI's. He also served as a Red Sox captain, and is
the last player in baseball to win the Triple Crown (1967). He was an 18 time
All-Star, a seven time Gold Glover, and was the first American League member of
the 3,000 hit club to hit 400 home runs. He shares the record with Brooks
Robinson of the Orioles for longest career with one team, 23 seasons.
Ted Williams
Williams also known as the "Splendid Splinter" or "Teddy Ballgame" is arguably
the greatest hitter of all time. He also played his entire career in Boston,
from 1939-1960 in which he batted .344, batted in 1,839, collected 2,654 hits,
and hit 524 home runs. He played left field for the Red Sox, won the AL MVP
twice, lead the league in batting six times, and won the Triple Crown twice
(1942 and 1947). He is the last player in Major League Baseball to bat over
.400 in one season (.406 in 1941). In fact, his career year was 1941 where he
batted .406, hit 37 home runs, batted in 120 runs and scored 135 runs. He holds
the highest career batting average of anyone with more than 500 home runs. In
the 1946 All-Star game he went 4-4 with two home runs and five RBI's. In his
last at-bat on September 23, 1960, he hit a home run. The Red Sox retired his
number 9. One of Teddy's final and most memorable public appearances was at the
1999 All-Star game, when he was brought out to the mound in a golf cart.
"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out
of ten and be considered a good performer".
Babe Ruth: Every
baseball fan knows the story about Babe Ruth. How in 1918 he was traded to the
New York Yankees for cash to fund the corrupt Red Sox owner's Broadway show,
and after that year the Sox entered into an 86 year drought in which they came
agonizingly close to a World Series win several time, but never won it. This
became known as the Curse of the Bambino. Babe Ruth was both a pitcher and a
first baseman. He batted a career .342, held the record of 714 home runs for some
time (before it was broken by Hank Aaron) and had 2,873 career hits. As a
pitcher, he had a career 2.28 ERA, with 107 complete games out of only 163
games pitched. Even though he spent the majority of his career with the
Yankees, he is regarded as the greatest player of all time.
Jim Rice:
Jim Rice played for the Red Sox for his entire career, from 1974-1989, with a
career .298 batting average, 2,452 career hits, and 382 home runs. He was a
captain for the Red Sox, he topped 20 homers 11 times, 100 RBIs eight times,
was an All-Star eight times, hit .300 in seven seasons and he finished in the
top five in the AL MVP voting six times. Also, Rice hit 39-plus homers four
times. During this time most of his stats were leading in the AL. He's been on
the top ten list in various categories numerous times. This past year he came
sixteen votes away from eternal enshrinement in the Hall of Fame, and he's on
the ballot for his fifteenth and final at-bat this year.
Tony Conigliaro: Nicknamed Tony C. he played from 1964-1975 with a career batting average
of .264. In his 1964 Rookie season batted .290 with 24 home runs, and in his
1965 he led the league in home runs with 32. On August 18, 1967, in a game
against the California Angels, he was hit by a pitch on his left cheekbone, and
knocked unconscious. He missed the rest of that season; however, in the next
season, he was named Comeback Player of the Year. He was forced to retire
earlier than expected because his eyesight had been permanently damanged.
Jim Lonborg: Jim Lonborg pitched with the Red Sox from 1965-1971. He had a career ERA
of 3.86 with 368 complete games of 425. In 1967, as a part of the Impossible
Dream Team, he led American League pitchers in wins, games started, and
Freddy Lynn: Fred Lynn played for the Red Sox from 1974-1979 as a centerfielder. He
batted .283 with 1,960 hits and 306 home runs. He had an amazing 1975 season in
which he won the Rookie of the Year award as well as the AL MVP award. He was
the first player ever to win both in one season. Lynn and Rice were dubbed as
the "Gold Dust Twins". In 1975 Lynn also led the league in doubles, runs
scored, and slugging percentage, and finished second in batting average at
.331. On top of that he won a Gold Glove Award. When he was with the Red Sox,
he was elected to the All-Star team every year.
Mike Greenwell: Mike Greenwell played his entire career with the Red Sox, from
1985-1996. He batted .303 with 1,400 hits, and played left field. He was
nicknamed "The Gator" because he wrestled with alligators during the offseason.
In 1988, Greenwell hit .325 with 22 HR, and 119 RBIs, and finished second in
MVP voting.
Dwight Evans: Dwight Evans spent his entire career with the Red Sox, from 1972-1991.
He played right field with a batting average of .272. However, Evans was mostly
known for his amazing fielding. He won eight gold gloves and his throwing arm
was among the best in baseball of his time. From 1980-1989, Evans hit more home
runs (256) than any other player in the American League.
Mo Vaughn: Mo
Vaughn also played his entire career with Boston, from 1991-2003. He batted
.293 with 328 home runs and 1,620 hits. He was nicknamed the "Hit Dog" and
played first base for the Red Sox, selected as an All-Star three times, and won
the AL MVP in 1995. In 1995 he established himself the reputation of one of the
most feared hitters in the AL when he hit 39 home runs with 126 RBIs and a .300
batting average. However, his best season with the Red Sox was 1996 when he
batted .326 with 44 home runs and 143 RBIs. From 1996-1998 Vaughn batted .315
or higher, and averaged 40 home runs and 118 RBIs.
Recent Honorable Mentions
Pedro Martinez: In 1999 Pedro finished with a 23-4 record with a 2.07 ERA and 313
strikeouts, which earned him the Pitchers Triple Crown, and the Cy Young Award.
Between August 1999 and April 2000, Martinez had ten consecutive starts with
ten strikeouts. In the 1999 All-Star Game, he became the first pitcher to
strike out the side at an All-Star game. In 2000, he posted a 1.74 ERA, and won
his third Cy Young Award. He finished his career with the Red Sox with a 117-37
record,the highest winning percentage a pitcher has ever had with one team.
Nomar Garciaparra: In 1997 "No-mah" was named Rookie of the Year when he hit 30 home runs
and rove in 98 (which set a new record for RBIs by a leadoff hitter). In 1999
Nomar batted .357, and in 2000 he batted .372. He is one of the few
right-handed batters to win consecutive batting titles. Everyone knows the
tragic ending to this story. We're sorry Nomar.
Curt Schilling: Schilling was an integral part of the Red Sox 2004 World Series victory.
The most memorable game being Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS where Curt pitched
through seven laborious innings, and blood was visibly seeping into his sock.
He has 3,116 career strikeouts and a career 3.46 ERA.
Jason Varitek: Jason Varitek has played with the Red Sox since 1997, and has been their
starting catcher since 1999. Most importantly he's been their captain since
2005. He's one of the best defensive catchers in the game, and he has always
been an important part of the team, and in helping pitchers.
Manny Ramirez: Manny Ramirez had an amazing career with the Red Sox. He's always had
the reputation of just "being Manny". His career batting average is .314 and he
hit number 500 at the end of May 2008. He was an important part of both 2004
and 2007 Red Sox victories (he was the MVP in 2004).
David Ortiz: David Ortiz has been Boston's "Big Papi" since he's been with them. He
has a career batting average of .287. He also played a major role in leading
the Red Sox to their first World Series in 86 years. From 2003-2005, 20 of his
home runs were clutch–either tying or giving Boston the lead. He hit .400 in
the 2004 playoffs, and hit a memorable walk-off home run in Game 4 of the
ALCS–the definition of clutch. In 2006 he set a new Red Sox record by belting
54 home runs, three of which were walk off.
Dustin Pedroia: This small second baseman of the Boston Red Sox is in the process of
making a huge name for him. He has won the Rookie of the Year Award, a Gold
Glove, a Silver Slugger Award, the AL MVP, and has had a six year contract
extension all within two years.


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Ugh: really torn about which presidential ticket to vote for based on body fat percentage.
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) August 21, 2012
Ah! That takes me back! My first ever political post, on the second day of this blog, January 15, 2004:
Our local free tabloid, The Isthmus, has a nice set of columns comparing the Democratic candidates for President.The link didn't go to the article in the Isthmus. I wasn't reading the article on line, but on newsprint. The link went to the entry in the Philosophical Dictionary to the "mind-body problem." Chris's question wasn't political, but philosophical (and linguistic). The Philosophical Dictionary link has died though, so I'm replacing it with the Wikipedia entry on the mind-body problem.
Hmmm.... "Little known fact: at 59, Wesley Clark has only 5% body fat."
Christopher asks, "Should it be Wesley Clark is 5% body fat?"
Now, I'm clicking back sequentially through those oldest posts: the first post about art, the first post about suicide, the first post about law, the first and second post about hair, the first post about language usage, and the first post (about blogging).


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A bunch of current and former JPMorgan Chase executives will head to Capital Hill this morning for a senate hearing on the "London Whale" trade that caused the bank to lose billions last year.
The witnesses at today's hearing include Ina Drew, the former Chief Investment Officer; Ashley Bacon, the current Chief Risk Officer; Peter Weiland, the former head of market risk in the CIO; Michael Cavanagh, co-CEO of the investment bank and Douglass Braunstein, the former CFO.
The bank's CEO Jamie Dimon will not be testifying. He appeared on Capitol Hill twice last summer.
What will be interesting to watch is Ina Drew. This will be Drew's first public appearance since she retired following the trading blunder. She was a 30 year veteran at JPMorgan and the head of risk management.
Ahead of the hearing, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a 300-page report yesterday afternoon slamming JPMorgan claiming the bank mislead investors and regulators over the "London Whale" trade. ( You can download the .PDF here)
Basically, the senate report claims that JPMorgan misled investors and regulators by hiding losses and mismarking credit derivatives values in the Synthetic Credit Portfolio. The report also says that the bank executives ignored risks.
The "London Whale" first surfaced back in April 2012 when both Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal reported that a trader, Bruno Iksil, had a position so big it was rattling the market. Iksil was nicknamed the "London Whale" because of his position size.
Dimon initially dismissed the media reports as a "tempest in a teapot."
Then on May 10th, JPMorgan revealed a $2 billion dollar trading loss in its Chief Investment Office in London related to those derivatives trades from the so-called "London Whale."
In June, Dimon was grilled before the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee.
On July 13th, the bank released its Q2 earnings results and it was revealed that the trading loss was actually $5.8 billion, which was much more than previously thought.


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A review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted January 3, 2013
The Glenfiddich Distillery was founded in 1886 by William Grant in Dufftown, Scotland. The Gaelic word "Glenfiddich" translates to "Valley of the Deer" in English and as a result the Distillery has adopted the emblem of a large male stag to symbolize the distillery and their whisky. According to the Glenfiddich website, their Malt Master personally selects each Oloroso Sherry and Bourbon Cask that goes into the Glenfiddich 30 Years Old Whisky by nosing and tasting each of them to ensure that they contribute the right character and flavour into the final Malt which is produced from only a handful of vattings each year.
The subject of this review is a version of the 30 Year Old expression labelled as Glenfiddich 30 Years Old – XXX which was purchased for me about one year ago here in Edmonton, Alberta.
In the Bottle 4/5
My bottle of Glenfiddich 30 arrived in the blue cardboard canister shown to the left. Frankly, there is not much special about the blue canister, nor the bottle which has a dusky greenish brown colour. It is the same basic style of bottle and container shared by the rest of the Glenfiddich range. This is not an inexpensive whisky retailing for about $375.00 here in Alberta. I guess I would prefer more sizzle and pop at that price. (Incidentally, when I check the Glenfiddich website, I see that the bottle and container have much more of that sizzle that I am talking about, although I also notice that the price listed on that website is substantially higher than the Alberta price.)
My 750 ml whisky was bottled at 40 % alcohol by volume.
In the Glass 8.5/10
Poured into my glass the Glenfiddich whisky has a light coppery colour which when tilted and swirled reveals numerous skinny legs which trickle back into the whisky. The initial nose brings forward a rich menagerie of wood and honey spices. I sense some willow thicket in the air above the glass as well as a grassy meadow complete with clumps of heather and faint wiffs of woodsmoke as if there were a campfire nearby. As the glass breathes the woody notes grow bringing forward stronger impressions of willow, balsam wood, and oak.
As nice as this sounds I must make the comment that the overall aroma within the breezes seems somewhat muted. I was expecting a richer, fuller experience while nosing the glass. It is as if the whisky is being held in check by some unseen force which seeks to dampen the scents and smells in the glass.
In the Mouth 50/60
The first mouthfull of whisky is kind of like the nose, with the full flavour of the whisky seemingly unwilling to reveal itself. Mild wood spices and lightly ashy woodsmoke are my first impressions, although there are also ever so light flavours of butterscotch and honey. Joining in are floral accents which remind me of heather and balsam. A dry sap-like flavour runs through the whisky making the dram lightly bitter, and for my palate there is not quite enough malty sweetness or honey-like caramel to offset this lightly bitter sensation. I find myself wishing that something would stand out and make the whisky interesting for me. Instead I find the whisky unremarkable and if I am honest, somewhat boring.
In the Throat 12.5/15
I have to give credit here for consistency. The finish has that same unremarkable quality which was apparent on the nose and upon the palate. The whisky is smooth almost to fault, and the lack of full flavour in the finish has me almost annoyed. I am yearning for some quality of the whisky to stand up and shout, "Here I am!". Unfortunately, the silence is deafening.
The Afterburn 8/10
I think the theme of this review is disappointment. This particular version of the Glefiddich 30 Year Old Whisky which (as nearly as I can reckon from the online websites which sell the whisky) was bottled in about 2010 for the North American Market) is downright boring. Although it is smooth (almost to a fault), it lacks any sort of flavour punch to hold my interest as a premium sipping whisky.
You may read some of my other Whisky Reviews (click the link) if you wish to have some comparative reviews.
As always you may interpret the scores I provide as follows.
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be more familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)


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