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The PPV opened with a "slide show" style video package of old still photos from ECW, with voiceovers from various stars putting over their past. They spliced in some shots of the outside of the ECW Arena in South Philadelphia, as it looks today. The package ended with Tommy Dreamer saying this was their "Last Stand".
Ring announcer Stephen DeAngelis welcomed us to the show, as the fans chanted "ECW", and introduced the "Human Suplex Machine", Taz. Taz welcomed the fans to Hardcore Justice, and there was a "Taz" chant. Taz said he had looked into the eyes of the wrestlers in the back, and it was going to "get extreme" tonight. There was another "ECW" chant. Taz said that there have been "haters and doubters" about what they did "back in the day." Taz said they were about more than just "violence" and that they revolutionized the business. Taz said this was a shoot, and that anyone who wants to "piss" on what they did "never got it, is never going to get it, and can kiss his ass". Taz then did his classic closing line, "I'm Taz, the Human Suplex Machine, beat me if you can, survive if I let you!"
Tazz then joined Mike Tenay at the announce table, for the opening six man tag, refereed by John Finnegan.
The FBI (Little Guido, Tony Mamaluke, Tracy Smothers with Big Sal E. Graziano) vs. Kid Kash, Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger.
Kid Kash got a "welcome back" chant as he came out. Tenay said Diamond & Swinger were angry with the FBI because the FBI got a title match with Mikey Whipwreck & Tajiri at the Hammerstein Ballroom ten years ago. DeAngelis did full introductions for each wrestler. Tony Mamaluke was introduced as "Tony Luke", even though there was a "TM" on his tights. There was a huge chant for Guido as he was introduced. There ring was bathed in blue light after the bell for some reason, with the lights on the audience dimmed.
Kid Kash and Guido started, and there was a "Where's My Pizza?" chant as Kash and Guido exchanged early pinfall and rollup attempts. Tony Luke tagged in, and Mike Tenay explained that there were names they couldn't use for legal reasons, thus the "tribute" to South Philly's best sandwich shop. Swinger tagged in and hit Tony with a back suplex. Tony whipped Swinger into Diamond and tagged out to Smothers. Tracy and Diamond faced off, with Smothers hitting a series of shots and a side kick, then elbowed DIamond, sending him to the floor. There was an "FBI" chant. Simon took the mic and said "Simon has a problem." The fans chanted "Shut The F*** Up" as Taz wondered if they were in Philly. Diamond blamed Kash for them not being a "fine oiled machine" then said they can outdance the FBI. Diamond said they were going to have an "Extreme Dance Off". Diamond and Swinger danced, while Kash just watched. Tracy got on the mic and said Michael Jackson was rolling in his grave. Smothers said if they can't dance better than them, "everybody dies" and the FBI danced. Big Sal then got in the ring and danced, to an ovation. Kash, Swinger and Diamond cleared out the FBI, except Sal. Sal knocked Swinger and Diamond out of the ring, and we had a huge brawl on the floor. Kid Kash then launched himself off referee John Finnegan, into a springboard off the top rope and into a flip dive onto the pile on the floor.
The match then settled back down, with Kash hitting Tony with a backbreaker for a two count. Kash and Luke chopped each other, then Luke hit a clothesline. Luke charged Kash, who powerslammed him into the turnbuckles. Guido tagged in and knocked Diamond and Swinger off the apron before hitting Kash with a series of kicks, a bodypress and a legsweep. Guido dropkicked Kash, but Swinger broke up the cover. Luke went to the ropes, but Diamond stopped him. Swinger and Kash went to double superplex Luke, but Tracy and Guido got in and we had a Tower powerbomb/superplex spot. Everyone started hitting their finishers, including Diamond hitting the Simon Series on Guido, Kash giving Luke a Moneymaker and Guido giving Kash a Sicilian Slice and more. Guido hit the Tomikaze (UnPretteier) on Diamond for the pin at the ten minute mark.
Winners: The FBI (Little Guido, Tony Mamaluke, Tracy Smothers with Big Sal E. Graziano)
Mike Tenay talked about calling the show, and said if Joey Styles had been "contractually available" he would give up the announce seat to him. Tenay and Taz then explained that due to Jerry Lynn's back injury, tonight's main event would be Rob Van Dam vs. Sabu.
They had a "Where Are They Now?" segment, with taped comments from ECW founder Tod Gordon, Pitbull Gary Wolfe and The Blue Meanie. They thanked the fans for their support.
They then had an "I Remember" segment with AJ Styles talking about the famous Tommy Dreamer vs. The Sandman caning angle.
Al Snow did a backstage promo with Head, telling Head to "stop chanting those letters" because Head was going to get them in trouble. Stevie Richards tried to calm Snow, who began ranting about his old WWF gimmicks. Super Nova, in Hollywood Nova gear, showed up, and they joked about how his blue shirt had no logo on it, due to legal issues. Nova then brought in a Blue Meanie imposter, with Snow joking that "legally, we can't even get the real guy!" The Meanie imposter had "BV2.0" on his shirt. Nova said it was like replacing a character on a TV show. Richards then said that tonight was his night to prove something to the fans and his peers, and that he had a match to get ready for, leaving Nova and the fake Meanie.
C.W. Anderson vs. 2 Cold Scorpio.
Mike Kehner is the referee for this one. Scorpio got a nice ovation and chant, while Taz talked about how Scorpio and Dean Malenko broke his neck during a match where Taz teamed with Eddie Guerrero. Scorpio and Anderson exchanged arm locks and holds. Scorpio offered a handshake, but Anderson spat at him. Anderson threw some punches, then they traded shots until Anderson put Scorpio in a headlock. Scorpio tossed him in the ropes and leapfrogged him, then hit a dropkick. Scorpio sent Anderson to the floor, then hit a corkscrew plancha, getting an "ECW" chant. Scorpio hit a top rope bodypress for a two count. They traded forearm shots, then Anderson hit a superkick for a two count. Anderson stomped on Scorpio's arm, then threw him into a corner, shoulder first. Anderson kept working on the arm, but Scorpio hit a back kick, and unloaded with punches until Anderson blasted him with a left hand for a two count.
Anderson went to pick Scorpio up off the mat, but Scorpio hit a legsweep for two. They traded some pinfall reversals, then Anderson ducked a superkick and backdropped Scorpio to the apron. Scorpio got back in and hit a rolling capo kick in the corner, then hit a somersault senton on Anderson. Scorpio went for a moonsault, but Anderson got his knees up, then hit Scorpio with a spinebuster for a two count. There was a chant for Scorpio. Anderson hit some forearms, but then ran into a Scorpio superkick. Scorpio went to the top rope and dropped the Bomb (moonsault legdrop) for the pin at the seven minute mark.
Winner: 2 Cold Scorpio.
After the match, Scorpio pulled Anderson back into the ring and held out his hand. They shook hands and Scorpio held up his arm.
Another "I Remember" segment. Velvet Sky said there are similarities between ECW and TNA. Matt Morgan talked about being a bouncer at Bar Anticipation, where "the Philadelphia promotion" ran a show. Mr. Anderson also put over the "Philly based promotion".
Backstage, Rob Van Dam and Bill Alfonso talked about the classic Jerry Lynn-RVD feud, and Van Dam said Lynn was training so hard, he hurt himself. Van Dam said he had to think about his opponent for tonight, and that there are many loose ends from back in the day, like his TV title reign. Van Dam said, if this is going to be for one night only, he had to pick Sabu to be his opponent. Bill Alfonso said he would "call it right now the middle" and manage both men. Van Dam did the old "Sabu/RVD" post and Bill Alfonso blew his whistle.
PJ Polaco (Justin Credible) vs. Stevie Richards.
Credible was wearing one of his ECW-era Justin Credible shirts. Richards was accompanied by Nova and "Blue Tillie", the Meanie impersonator. Credible was referred to as PJ Polaco, although the fans chanted "Justin Credible". Richards got a chant for his introduction as well. Credible hit Richards with a shoulderblock at the start, then Richards grabbed a headlock. Richards hit his own shoulderblock, backing off Credible. Credible hit some knees to the gut, then chopped Richards. Richard returned fire and whipped Credible into the corner. Credible was then slid into the ringpost, groin first. The battled went to the floor, where Credible hit a suplex. Credible got back in the ring and hit a slingshot splash onto Richards on the floor. Credible stomped Richards in a corner, then pulled him out into a powerbomb for a two count. Credible gave Richards a jawbreaker, then stomped him in a corner.
Richards reversed a whip and sent Credible into a corner. Credible tried to leapfrog him, but Richards tossed Credible to the floor. There was a "We Want Meanie" chant as Tillie did Meanie mannerisms on the floor. Richards hit Credible with an elbow and a side slam. Richards hit a powerbomb for a two count. Richards went to the middle rope, but jumped into a Credible superkick for a two count. Credible hit the That's Incredible spinning tombstone piledriver. Credible covered, but pulled Richards up at two, then argued with Nova. Credible stood over Richards and said "That's not just the coolest, that's not just the best, that's..." and Richards jumped up and superkicked him for the pin at the six minute mark.
Winner: Stevie Richards.
Post-match, Credible took a Singapore Cane and blasted Richards with it. The lights went out, and when they came back on, The Sandman was in the ring. Sandman smiled at Credible, who looked incredulous. Credible swung his cane, but Sandman ducked it and hit the White Russian Legsweep. Sandman then blasted Credible with a caneshot. Sandman broke Credible's cane in half then stood over Credible. There was a "Welcome back" chant starting up as they went to the next video package.
They had a "Where Are They Know?" segment, and showed Francine with her little daughter Molly. Francine thanked the fans, TNA, and gave best wishes to everyone she worked with in ECW. Francine noted she was retired, but had a great 15 year run in wrestling.
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Marathon everRun MX: 'major' multicore virty breakthrough
VMware, Citrix, or Microsoft should snap 'em up
Marathon Technologies, the clustering spinout founded by some ex-DECers back in 1993, continues to tweak its everRun line of high-availability and fault-tolerant clustering products for x64 physical and virtual servers. And with the new everRun MX release, the fault tolerance for XenServer-based virtual machines can now span machines with multiple cores and multiple processors rather than confining a virtual machine to a single processor core.
According to Jim Welch, the ex-IBMer tapped to be Marathon's president and CEO a year ago, this is a big deal. While the high-availability clustering software for systems sold under the everRun HA name could run on machines with multiple processors (symmetric multiprocessing) and with multicore processors, the everRun FT fault tolerant clustering of the XenServer hypervisor running on a pair of machines has been limited to providing fault tolerance on a single core at a time.
Welch didn't want to divulge to El Reg what the "major breakthrough" is for the new everRun MX clustering technology, but the lockstepping of two processors requires a lot of communication and checkpointing between the nodes, and as you move to multicore processors and/or SMP systems for hosting the hypervisor, the traffic supporting the fault tolerance grows exponentially and quickly swamps the system.
VMware's HA feature for its vSphere 4.0 and 4.1 stacks are also limited to failover for a single core for this reason, and according to Welch, VMware had hoped to have an SMP-capable HA feature for the ESX Server hypervisor to market.
Welch says that it has taken Marathon eight years to come up with a new technique, and that the company had its breakthrough two years ago, which it is now commercializing as everRun MX.
This seems like a good reason for VMware to buy privately held Marathon and get its hand on the secret sauce before Citrix Systems does. And that is all the more reason for Citrix Systems to buy Marathon before VMware makes its move.
With everRun MX, Marathon can provide fault-tolerant lockstepping of virtual machines that scales up to eight processor cores per virtual machine and supports multiple VMs per physical box. everRun MX supports only the XenServer hypervisor, which Marathon OEMs from Citrix Systems. Neither Hyper-V from Microsoft nor ESX Server from VMware have been supported with the earlier single-core everRun FT clustering at the VM level because Hyper-V and ESX Server are closed-source products. Marathon could have partnered with Microsoft and VMware to gain access to source code and provide FT clustering for multicore and SMP VMs, of course. But that kind of partnership is a pain in the neck, and Citrix is eager to partner with anyone to help in its war against VMware in the server and desktop virtualization rackets.
With the breakthrough that Marathon has made with everRun MX, Welch says that it no longer needs the source code to Hyper-V or ESX Server to provide FT lockstepping. "We had to get deep into the bowels of the hypervisor and the operating system with the older everRun architecture, but we don't have to do this any more," says Welch. So, in theory, Hyper-V and ESX Server support could be coming soon if enough customers demand it.
The everRun MX software has been in alpha testing since February and has been beta testing for a few months, according to Welch. EverRun MX requires a pair of x64-based servers, each with 4GB of main memory and Intel processors with the VT virtualization electronics baked into the chips inside each server. The servers can use local direct-attached storage or access their files from an iSCSI or Fibre Channel storage area network. The availability link between the two machines, which keeps the VMs running atop the XenServer hypervisor, is comprised of four Gigabit Ethernet ports, so you don't need to go crazy with InfiniBand or 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
At the moment, everRun MX is certified to support only Windows guests inside of the virtual machine partitions. Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 are all supported, in either 32-bit or 64-bit versions. The everRun MX software presents a single operating environment (with one IP address and one MAC address) to the outside world, which means end users don't have to change anything in terms of their network connections to applications in the event of a crash that wipes out a VM on one machine. They just get routed to the second machine, which is already lockstepping the workload, and nobody misses a beat.
The everRun MX FT clustering software for virtual machines comes in two flavors, and rather than pricing them based on features, Marathon is pricing them based on the size of the company. So the Standard Edition includes a license for two x64-based servers (each with up to eight processor sockets) at $10,000 for companies with 2,000 employees or fewer. If you have more than 2,000 employees, you have to buy the Enterprise Edition, which costs $15,000 for a pair of servers.
The thinking behind this pricing is that, in general, larger companies use more feature and use bigger systems and therefore should pay more. Marathon, however, doesn't want to have the Standard Edition be some sort of crippleware version of the Enterprise Edition. It wants all customers to have all features.
Customers probably won't react well to this pricing and will almost certainly demand the lower price, despite the logic. Marathon could just price the code based on the number of sockets in the box: $5,000 for a pair of machines with two sockets each, $10,000 for a pair with four sockets each, and $15,000 for a pair with eight sockets each. This seems more fair.
Marathon emerged from bankruptcy in 2003 and has raised $27.8m in funding since that time. Its second round of funding was announced earlier this year, bringing in $13.5m that came in two rounds (one in August 2009 and another bit in February 2010). Welch says that since February the company has added more than 500 customers — the base is now over 3,000 unique companies — and now has over 14,000 distinct implementations of its various everRun products in the field. ®
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Not all registered investment advisors are afforded a Manhattan zip code, enough vice presidents to annex France, or a travel budget the size of our national debt. Quite to the contrary, it's more the norm for the smaller RIA to have a Des Moines area code, a combined CEO/CFO/CCO/Office Manager and a travel budget big enough to drive to the local Sonic and back for lunch. More to the point: small business owners are not only tasked with running the business they created with sweat equity, they are expected by regulators to be their firm's Chief Compliance Officer as well, and are subject to all the liabilities that attach to that role. This raises the question: how does one wear the CCO hat without it blowing off and exposing a toupee of a compliance program? To answer that raised question, I present five (relatively) easy steps to get the job done right.
Step One: Build on an Ethical Foundation
This step should go without saying, but the starting point of any RIA is a strong ethical foundation under which the client's interests are always put ahead of the interests of the advisor (i.e., the very essence of being a fiduciary).
This ethical foundation should not only meet the technical requirements of Rule 204A-1 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940m it should also be the driving force behind an RIA's decision-making. Ethical considerations can arise in the seemingly innocuous daily operation of any RIA (investment allocation decisions, acceptance of benefits or compensation from service providers, personal trading activities, etc.), but it is important for the CCO to step into a client's and a regulator's shoes when faced with such decision points.
Take some time to review your Code of Ethics and compare it to the Rule 204A-1 requirements, which can be somewhat technical and nuanced. Your comparison should essentially be a gap analysis designed to fill-in any missing components and confirm that appropriate records are being maintained.
For a telling example of how the SEC views the investing public, read SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter's speech at the 2013 NASAA Public Policy Conference, in which her prototypical investing client is "Aunt Millie". When stepping into a client's shoes to analyze an ethical decision point, step into Aunt Millie's New Balances, not Biff Powersuit's Berlutis.
Step Two: Assess Your Risk and Your Potential Conflicts of Interest
As the SEC has made explicitly clear, an RIA is expected to assess its risk and potential conflicts of interest, and build its compliance program accordingly. (See, for example, the SEC's 2013 Examination Priorities: For a plain English translation, check out this document. Shameless plug? Guilty as charged.)
This expectation from the SEC is as equally incumbent upon the Wall Street mastodon firms as it is for solo practitioners, though the risks and conflicts themselves will naturally differ between the two. A risk assessment should identify the risk, assess how severe it is and how likely it is to occur, and what steps the RIA is taking to mitigate the risk, using an Excel spreadsheet as a starting point, for instance. A risk assessment is not static, and should be revisited at least annually or more frequently as new risks arise and others are eliminated.
The same can be said for how a firm evaluates its potential conflicts of interest; potential conflicts should be identified, mitigated, and most importantly, disclosed to clients in the advisory contract and/or Form ADV Part 2. Indeed, the general instructions to the ADV Part 2 read as follows:
As a fiduciary, you also must seek to avoid conflicts of interest with your clients, and, at a minimum, make full disclosure of all material conflicts of interest between you and your clients that could affect the advisory relationship. This obligation requires that you provide the client with sufficiently specific facts so that the client is able to understand the conflicts of interest you have and the business practices in which you engage, and can give informed consent to such conflicts or practices or reject them.
A conflict can arguably even be seen as a risk. The most important aspect of a risk assessment is what the RIA does with it, especially during the construction or reevaluation of the RIA's compliance program. As one might expect, more severe risks that have the highest likelihood of occurrence should receive the most mitigation attention, and should be the subject of the most supervision and review by the CCO. The risk assessment should also directly influence how the RIA's policies and procedures are drafted, which is discussed in the next section.
Step Three: Build Realistic Policies and Procedures
Rule 206(4)-7 of the Act is all of 137 words, but it is perhaps the most important rule in the entire Act insofar as the CCO is concerned. In a nutshell, it says that an RIA must (1) adopt and implement written policies and procedures, (2) review the adequacy of the policies and procedures no less frequently than annually, and (3) designate a CCO responsible for administering the policies and procedures. Importantly, one particular section of the adopting release should be highlighted:
The Commission is sensitive to the burdens the rule may impose upon smaller advisory firms. The rule requires only that the policies and procedures be reasonably designed to prevent violation of the Advisers Act, and thus need only encompass compliance considerations relevant to the operations of the advisor. We would expect smaller advisory firms without conflicting business interests to require much simpler policies and procedures than larger firms that, for example, have multiple potential conflicts as a result of their other lines of business or their affiliations with other financial service firms.
The attorney in me could pontificate endlessly about the use and interpretation of the word "reasonably" in legal lore, but I'll save the reader from the inevitable urge to gouge out your eyes. The takeaway for CCOs is this: tailor your policies and procedures to your RIA.
If the RIA's business model and operations are simple and bereft of conflicts of interest, the length and complexity of the policies and procedures manual should reflect this. Unlike most pork-filled House and Senate bills, a policies and procedures manual is not judged by its length or weight, but rather by its content. Important caveat: the SEC specifically enumerated certain minimum expectations in its adopting and interpretive releases, so don't skip over the basics. (The adopting release provides a fair amount of guidance and explanation, and is worth consultation by both well-established RIAs and those that are just getting off the ground.)
Here's a tip for drafting your policies and procedures manual: keep it simple. Ask who, what, when, where, why, and how. Said another way:
- Identify and explain the policy and procedure,
- Name who will be responsible for getting it done,
- Set a schedule of how often a task will be performed,
- Describe exactly what the responsible person will be doing,
- Cross-reference where the record or evidence of the task's completion resides in your books and records, and
- Explain why the policy and procedure exists (to prevent fraud, safeguard assets, detect insider trading, etc.)
An RIA's policies and procedures manual is low-hanging fruit during an examination, and is ripe for the picking for RIAs that do not take it seriously. Update it when laws or regulations change, or when the RIA's business becomes more complex. If the CCO decides to purchase a policies and procedures manual "off the shelf" from a vendor, spend the time to customize it to the RIA's business. One size does not fit all.
Step Four: Actually Follow Said Policies and Procedures
Duh. But seriously… actually follow your policies and procedures. It may seem intuitive, but there are countless examples of RIAs with all sorts of lavish tales in their policies and procedures manuals, none of which were actually occurring in real life (or at least the RIA had no way to prove it). If the policies and procedures manual says that you will review account statements quarterly, actually review account statements quarterly. Important: document your review, and have an easy way to show the SEC during an exam that you were indeed doing what you said you would.
Step Five: Supervise and Review
The CCO hat is not simply adorned when an issue arises or when a regulatory examination is announced, but instead should be worn at all times. To step out of the metaphorical realm, this means that the small RIA owner should set up a system by which employees, intermediaries, clients and his own activities are supervised and reviewed pursuant to a continuous schedule as described in the policies and procedures manual. The goal, as described in the adopting release of Rule 206(4)-7, is to "prevent violations [of the federal securities laws] from occurring, detect violations that have occurred, and correct promptly any violations that have occurred."[1]
A common practice is to establish a "Compliance Calendar" that establishes when pre-defined tasks, filings, disclosures, internal audits, and other compliance-related obligations are to occur over the course of a calendar or fiscal year. The Compliance Calendar should not be so burdensome that it hamstrings the RIA's growth opportunities or introduces operational inefficiencies, but it should be reasonably designed to effect compliance with applicable rules and regulations. It should help keep busy small business owners on course as they navigate an increasingly-complex regulatory environment.
Embrace Your Inner CCO
Whenever an opportunity is quashed due to regulatory restrictions, the sales folks generally blame compliance, compliance blames the regulators, the regulators blame Congress and Congressional members blame each other (and/or global warming). It's a vicious cycle. But just because a small RIA owner is also tasked with being her firm's CCO, this does not mean that the entrepreneurial spirit has to go out the door. No two compliance programs are identical, nor should they be. Adopt a program tailored to your firm, follow it and wear the CCO hat like a ten-gallon Stetson.


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(Version for Violin, Percussion and
String Orchestra)
Viola Sonata op. 147
(Version for Viola and String Orchestra)
Yuri Bashmet
Kremerata Baltica
Violin Sonata op. 134
(Version for Violin, Percussion and
String Orchestra)
Viola Sonata op. 147
(Version for Viola and String Orchestra)
Gidon Kremer
Yuri Bashmet
Kremerata Baltica
Int. Release 15 Sep. 2006
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Kremer and Bashmet perform little-known Shostakovich Sonatas in a masterful tribute
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
Sonata For Violin And Piano, Op.134
Orchestrated by Michail Zinman; percussion arranged by Andrei Pushkarev
Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica
Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op.147
Orchestrated by Vladimir Mendelssohn
Yuri Bashmet, Kremerata Baltica
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You'd have to be a die-hard purist not to appreciate the virtues of these two fascinating transcriptions . . . In this new context the Scherzo and the extraordinary climax of the Finale pack an extra degree of ferocity, whilst at the other end of the dynamic spectrum, the closing passages to the first and third movements sound even more eerie than in the original. Recorded live at concerts given in Russia, Gidon Kremer and his marvellous Kremerata Baltica respond to the music with searing commitment, the audience remaining totally gripped throughout the performance . . . All of the performances are recommended.
All 68 minutes of this disc are devoted to the virtuosic depiction of what might be called żgray on grayż, a kind of dark November sound world that becomes, finally, as commanding as the composer's much-admired Mahler or Beethoven. Kremer ist not just one of the great living violin virtuosos but also a thinking manżs virtuoso virtually incapable of conventionality . . . This is Shostakovichżs end-of-life music, and its austere, utterly pure and, as performed, almost all of a piece. Not only does there seem nothing inappropriate about the adaptions for violin and string orchestra, they seem almost ideal -- inventive and powerful in an way that the composer might have thought of himself if he hadnżt run out of time.
. . . the quality of the playing is such that almost all of my objections have been silenced . . . The live recordings in St. Petersburg and Moscow in 2005 are superb: I urge all genuine admirers of this composer to hear these performances.
Gidon Kremer's playing . . . has lost none of its acute incisiveness or, in the final bars, its expressive intensity . . . Yuri Bashmet plays with uncommon commitment and is given unstinting support by Kremerata Baltica. Sound is well balanced . . . and there are informative notes from David Fanning. Arrangements recommendable as alternatives to . . . the originals.
In dem Geiger Gidon Kremer hat Schostakowitsch seinen ebenbürtigen Interpreten gefunden . . . alles tönt bis zum i-Tüpfelchen nach dem großen verzweifelten Russen . . . Das Klangbild ist lupenrein, die Bässe fordern das ganze Können der Wiedergabekette.
Die Kremerata Baltica verleiht der erstmalig auf Tonträger erscheinenden Orchestrierung der Klavierparts mit wütenden Attacken besondere Schärfe . . . Gidon Kremer und Yuri Bashmet interpretieren zeichnerisch klar und strukturbewusst.
. . . sowohl Gidon Kremer als auch Yuri Bashmet liefern durch jahrzehntelange Erfahrung mit den Werken geprägte beeindruckende Interpretationen ab.
Une belle découverte . . . transcendée par l'archet de Gidon Kremer.
arranged for soloist and chamber orchestra
Symphonist and quartet composer par excellence, Shostakovich was, perhaps surprisingly, not particularly drawn to the sonata. There are just two for the Piano (his own instrument) and one each for Cello (1934), Violin (1968, plus an unfinished one from 1945) and Viola (1975). Performers seeking to add music of such compelling eloquence to their repertoire have made arrangements of the Cello Sonata for viola, and of the Viola Sonata for cello. Others have orchestrated certain of his string quartets, turning them in effect into chamber symphonies. And the versions of the two sonatas recorded here draw out their potential as latent concertos. The arrangement of the 1968 Violin Sonata for violin and strings was made by violinist Michail Zinman for his own use in 2005. The idea for the addition of percussion came from Gidon Kremer and Andrei Pushkarev, the part being written and performed by the latter. Pushkarev also plays the short episodes for celesta and vibraphone in the Viola Sonata, whose arrangement by Rumanian-born violist-composer Vladimir Mendelssohn was completed, according to the score, on 12 July 1991.


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Supporting Military Families
A military family is one that has a member serving on active duty or in the reserves or National Guard. The duties and responsibilities of military members vary greatly depending on their specialty or chosen career fields. Although they will normally have set duty hours, they are subject to recall 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They are also likely to experience periods of family separation ranging from a few days to many months, especially during periods of international tension or war.
The purpose of this pamphlet is to help Church members who are serving in the military understand some of the challenges they and their families will face and identify resources available to help them.
The pamphlet addresses such issues as:
- Military deployments and the subsequent challenges associated with family separation.
- Ways to remain connected and involved with family members while physically separated.
- The importance of being true to covenants and avoiding temptations during periods of loneliness.
- Problems that can surface after returning home, including signs of post-traumatic stress disorders.
- The long-term family needs if the military member is killed, wounded, or missing in action.
- The resources available through the military and Veterans' Affairs.
Although the pamphlet addresses challenges specific to Church members who are serving in the United States Armed Forces, the basic principles—when followed with the guidance of the Spirit—have worldwide application.
Preparing for Deployment or Other Periods of Separation
The military provides extensive briefings to help prepare service members and their families for the pending family separation, covering issues such as health care, life insurance, powers of attorney, communications with loved ones back home, and organization of personal affairs.
Serving as a Service Member Group Leader
As soon as possible, service members should notify their bishop or branch president that they will be leaving for an extended training exercise or will be deploying in response to international tension or wartime operations. The stake or mission president should call a worthy Melchizedek Priesthood holder to preside over the service member group and hold Church services at the deployment site. Guidelines for calling group leaders and their responsibilities are outlined in the Handbook 1: Stake Presidents and Bishops, section 10. Occasionally, a service member may be the only Church member at the deployed location. If this is the case and if the service member holds the priesthood, he should ask his bishop or branch president for authorization to bless and partake of the emblems of the sacrament on his own.
Renewing Temple Recommends
If the temple recommend of an endowed military member is likely to expire while he or she is deployed, the member should renew it before departing. It is very challenging to arrange for temple recommend renewal in isolated areas.
Receiving and Giving Priesthood Blessings
Service members are encouraged to request a priesthood blessing from their home teachers or priesthood leaders before deploying. This can be a source of comfort and strength for the family as well as the service member. If the service member holds the Melchizedek Priesthood, he is encouraged to give his spouse and children priesthood blessings before departing. Home teachers or priesthood leaders should be asked to provide priesthood blessings to the family members if the service member does not hold the priesthood. It is also appropriate to provide a blessing on the home where the family will reside during the period of separation.
Ordering Additional Garments
Endowed service members can purchase desert sand-colored military garments through Church distribution centers. If military units require a different colored T-shirt to be worn with the uniform, the member may purchase the T-shirts from their military clothing stores and send them to the distribution center for marking. Order forms are available.
Receiving Church Magazines
The Ensign and other wholesome reading materials and videos can be a great source of strength to the military member. Families are encouraged to send such materials to deployed members to help them avoid peer pressure to view inappropriate materials. See store.ChurchofJesusChrist.org to order magazines or other Church materials.
Obtaining Contact Information for Priesthood and Auxiliary Leaders
It is important that service members obtain the phone numbers and e-mail addresses of their home and visiting teachers and priesthood and auxiliary leaders before deploying. With improved communication between deployed members and their families, it is likely that the service members will know of family needs before the priesthood leaders. Whenever possible, service members should contact their home teachers and priesthood leaders to make them aware of family needs and ask for assistance.
Maintaining Communication
Communication between service members and their families is extremely important to ensure that family members stay connected and involved in each other's lives. Deployed members generally will be able to communicate through e-mail messages, telephone calls, letters, and in some cases, Internet video communications; however, it may not be possible to communicate each day. Regular communication helps alleviate family anxiety and concern over the welfare of the deployed member. Although written or e-mailed letters may take longer to prepare, they carry a special meaning to family members and are read and reread, while telephone calls and other forms of communication tend to fade from memory more quickly. Also, letters from home can be a great source in helping the service member remain faithful and resist temptation. Many in the military have commented that receiving inspiring e-mails and letters from family and other Church members helped them resist temptations and remain active in the Church.
Although not physically present, the deployed member can help in preparing family home evening lessons, holding family councils, studying the scriptures, and participating in family prayers through e-mail, telephone, and other forms of communication. Sharing journal entries is another good way to stay close while physically separated. When a deployed service member has maintained regular communication while away, families experience fewer problems upon his or her return.
Helping Children Cope
During periods of family separation, children may have feelings of abandonment, loss of love, and resentment. Deployed members must communicate frequently with each child, not just with their spouse. Showing pictures of the deployed member while sharing messages from him or her can help young children stay connected. Also, doing activities with other ward members can be very helpful, especially if the families have children of similar ages. The more love that can be shared with the children, the better they will handle the separation.
It is important for the parent at home to maintain the family's structure and routines. Lax discipline or supervision can lead to undesirable behavior patterns and habits. In spite of a parent's best efforts, sometimes children and youth exhibit unusual behavior while a parent is away from home for extended periods of time. These behavior problems can be manifested in such ways as being disruptive, withdrawing, developing nervous tics, crying, being continually depressed, or seeming to reject love and kindness. Seeking assistance from youth leaders and teachers can be a great resource to the family during this critical time to help prevent youth from seeking unhealthy associations outside the home.
Managing Financial Challenges
Military families can have unique financial challenges during the deployment. Generally the day-to-day management of the budget is the responsibility of the spouse at home, who may not be accustomed or prepared to handle the family finances. Family budgets may need to be adjusted, especially in the case of reserve and National Guard members, whose military pay may be significantly less than what they received in their civilian jobs. If the need arises, members should seek help from the bishop or branch president.
Sometimes both the spouse at home and the deployed member can exhibit financial irresponsibility. Some may go on spending sprees that can cause serious financial hardships. Others may feel that they need to be rewarded or compensated for enduring the increased responsibilities associated with family separation. There is also a tendency for the spouse at home to indulge the children while the service member is away, rationalizing that such indulgences are compensation for the loss of daily interaction with the deployed spouse. These indulgences can cause serious financial and emotional problems and can be a source of discord when the service member returns. Members should be aware of these tendencies and strive to avoid them.
The pamphlet One for the Money: Guide to Family Finance (item no. 33293), available through Church distribution centers, is an excellent resource to help families get out of debt and establish good financial discipline. Also, to help ensure financial well-being, service members are encouraged to take advantage of the military's briefings and resources regarding power of attorney and Servicemen's Group Life Insurance.
Avoiding Temptation and Sin
The greatest safeguard against temptation and sin is for members to hold fast to the covenants they have made with the Lord. Temptations come in various forms, such as peer pressure, family disharmony, boredom, loneliness, suggestive movies, pornography, Internet chat rooms, and other enticing attractions. In addition, involvement with alcohol and other addictive substances can lead to more serious transgressions.
Wherever possible, service members should attend Church meetings and be involved in wholesome activities. Military Relations at email@example.com or (801) 240-2286 can assist deployed members in identifying where Church services are held and who the group leader is at their deployed location. Members will find strength to do what is right as they associate with other Church members, and having opportunities to serve and be involved in Church activities will help dispel the feelings of loneliness and despair that can often lead to inappropriate behavior or relationships.
Sometimes when newly married couples are separated due to military duty, there can be a tendency for the spouse at home to reestablish association with single adults who were friends prior to the marriage. Marital status does not change because the military member is away for a time. Activities should continue around those who are married—not with single adults. Married spouses should refrain from individual activities with those of the opposite sex, whether married or single.
Female Church members serving in the military may experience unwanted advances by male service members who don't share their moral standards. Church members should avoid compromising situations and should not allow themselves to be intimidated by the person's position of authority. Members should not be afraid to say no to such advances and report cases of sexual harassment to appropriate authorities.
Avoiding Pornography
Service members and their families must be vigilant to avoid pornography and other materials that abase the sacred nature of intimacy between husband and wife. Viewing pornography robs individuals of the companionship of the Holy Ghost, adversely affects intimate relations with their spouse, and frequently leads to the development of sexual addictions. When Internet pornography is inadvertently seen, members should take immediate action to exit such sites or turn the computer off so they do not become entangled in the web of addiction. Although there is some protection from Internet pornography in the military computer network system, many service members still get access to such material through DVDs, magazines, private Internet subscriptions, and other sources. Often these materials are viewed in shared living quarters during off-duty hours, making it difficult to avoid inadvertent exposure. For service members who are required to live under such conditions, it is important for them to remember that the Lord will bless and strengthen them in their righteous desires. Through their example, they may be the means of helping others avoid pornography and choose more wholesome activities to occupy their free time.
The service member is not the only one who is likely to be exposed to pornography. Caution must be exercised at home by the spouse and children. See the ChurchofJesusChrist.org Gospel Topic entries "Internet," "Media," and "Pornography" for helpful information and resources on safeguarding what is viewed in the home and on helping those who struggle with the effects of pornography. Bishops and branch presidents can recommend additional resources available from the Church.
Resolving Transgressions
If already burdened with previous sins, Church members are encouraged to meet with their bishop or branch president and make every effort to begin the repentance process before they deploy. The group leader or LDS chaplain at their deployed location can assist them in the repentance process but does not hold the keys as a judge in Israel, so members will need to discuss the matter with their home ward bishop or branch president where their membership records reside. Sometimes members delay talking to their bishop until after they deploy. This can complicate matters, but the steps to follow are still the same. Members will need to begin by confessing to their bishop and follow the steps of repentance as outlined by him. Certainly the Atonement of Christ is available to all who seek forgiveness through sincere repentance.
Redeployment and Family Reintegration
Reintegration Challenges and Resources
The military provides many resources to help deployed service members understand and cope with readjustment issues following extended periods of family separation. Many states and military units have specialized programs for returning service members to help with family reintegration. One such program available to military families is the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program, designed to help couples improve communication skills and work through readjustment challenges before they become insurmountable. Military One Source at www.militaryonesource.com and Veterans' Affairs (VA) at www.va.gov are excellent resources as well.
In addition to family reintegration issues, reserve and National Guard service members face the challenge of transitioning back to civilian employment. US federal law requires that employers must reemploy returning veterans. This provides some level of job security for those who had civilian employment before being activated, but some returning members may have to seek new employment during this turbulent time.
For most service members, reintegration with families occurs without major problems. However, some have serious reactions to their war experiences that can continue after they return home. Statistically, 30 percent of returning war veterans will have ongoing reactions to their traumatic war experiences. Untreated, these difficulties can progress into a condition known as post-traumatic stress disorder.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is also often referred to as combat stress. It is a cluster of psychiatric symptoms that can occur following a traumatic event in which there was threat of injury or death to the service member or to someone else close to him or her. PTSD may occur soon after a major trauma, or it can have a delayed onset from months to years after the event. When it occurs, the symptoms often subside on their own in months, but some people experience a longer-lasting form of the condition that can require professional treatment. A good social support system can help to protect service members from developing more chronic and severe cases of PTSD.
Symptoms of PTSD fall into three general categories:
Repeated "reliving" or "reexperiencing" of the traumatic event. These symptoms can disturb day-to-day activities and include recurring distressing memories or intrusive thoughts of the event, recurring dreams of the event, flashback episodes in which the event seems to be happening in the present moment, and bodily reactions to situations that remind the person of the traumatic event.
Avoidance responses. These include symptoms such as difficulty remembering important aspects of the trauma, lack of interest in normal activities, feelings of detachment, the sense of having no future, emotional "numbing" or seeming not to care about anything, reduced expression of moods, and avoidance of places, people, or objects that remind the person of the event.
Heightened sense of alertness. Typical symptoms include irritability or outbursts of anger, sleeping difficulties, difficulty concentrating, exaggerated response to things that startle the person, and hypervigilance.
All of the military services have plans and resources for assisting those with PTSD through the local military treatment facility or hospitals. Those discharged from the service or in the National Guard or reserves who have returned from deployment to war zones should contact the nearest VA facility to determine eligibility. The VA has seasoned clinicians with a wealth of experience in dealing with problems related to wartime service.
Spiritual Healing
In addition to the mental and emotional challenges of war, the demands of war can challenge the member's spirituality in ways he or she may not have anticipated. Counseling with a bishop or branch president about these spiritual concerns can be essential to a member's overall recovery. Recognizing the impact such experiences can have in the lives of service members and their families, the Church produced a DVD titled Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled (item no. 54616), which is available through the Church's Distribution Services. It is highly recommended that all returning service members and their families view this DVD.


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- Circuit type Road
- Circuit Length 7.004kms
- Circuit Turns 19
- Circuit Direction Clockwise
- Capacity 90,000
- Established 1920
- Designer Jules de Their
|First race
|Belgian Grand Prix
|June 18, 1950
|Juan Manuel Fangio (ARG)
|full results
|Last race
|Belgian Grand Prix
|September 1, 2019
|Charles Leclerc (MON)
|full results
|Total races
Belgium's Spa Francorchamps circuit is one of the oldest on the current F1 calendar, hosting its first race in 1922 and its first grand prix in 1925.
The original circuit made up of narrow roads was 9.3miles long (14.9km) and was notoriously dangerous. It was a fast course and until 2000 it was possible to travel over the track as it was a public road.
Its speed meant Spa had a poor safety record. At the 1960 grand prix Chris Bristow and Alan Stacey were killed within minutes of each other, and in 1966 Jackie Stewart crashed and found himself upside down in the cellar of a farmhouse with petrol pouring over him. The old track hosted its final race in 1970, when it was deemed too dangerous for F1; a year earlier drivers had boycotted the race
Spa was missing from the F1 calendar until 1983 when it returned with a drastically reduced circuit of almost 4.5miles. Despite the cuts in length the circuit still managed to retain its magic. The mix of long straights and fast corners, combined with a picturesque setting and notoriously changeable weather keeps it at the top of both drivers and spectators favourite circuits.
Part of the magic of Spa is that it is known and respected as one of the most challenging in the world, and to prove that fact only six drivers have managed to win the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa more than twice: Juan Manual Fangio and Damon Hill both have three wins to their name, Jim Clark and Kimi Raikkonen managed one better with four wins and Ayrton Senna won the race five times. The undisputed Spa master though, is Michael Schumacher who has won a record six times.
Cooper driver Chris Bristow was killed in 1960 after his car hit the bank on the Burnenville corner. It was a gruesome accident and Bristow was decapitated after being flung from the car into a barbed wired fence.
In the same race, just a few hundred yards away, Alan Stacey died after he was hit in the face by a bird and crashed his Lotus at 120mph.
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House of the Hammer of Wrath
- "And they won the greatest glory of all those fair houses in that struggle against doom."
- ― The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, The Fall of Gondolin
The House of the Hammer of Wrath was one of the kindred of Gondolin whose lord was Rog. They were great smiths and craftsmen, and revered Aulë. In battle they carried great maces like hammers, and heavy shields, for they had strong arms. The device of this people was the Stricken Anvil, and a hammer that smites sparks about it; this was set upon their shields, for red gold and black iron was their delight. They had a great hatred for Morgoth and the Balrogs, and during the Fall of Gondolin they slew a number of the fell beasts, being the first of Elves and Men alike to slay a balrog. All of them perished in that battle, when a large force of Balrogs, Orcs and Fire-drakes was unleashed upon them.[1]
See also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "The Fall of Gondolin"
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|King · Fountain · Swallow · Wing · Golden Flower · Heavenly Arch · Harp · Tower of Snow · Mole · Pillar · Tree · Hammer of Wrath


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Monday, July 11, 2011
Advice for legal historians on the entry-level law market: Part II
I've noticed some blawg chatter about the FAR form, which candidates submit to the AALS in the late summer and early fall (the first "drop" date is August 2). Here's my advice: don't try to game the system. I'm thinking specifically of the teaching interests section, where some people attempt to improve their chances of getting interviews by listing particular subjects and omitting others. Claiming an interest in a subject that you loathe is a clear "don't," but there are less obvious ways in which over-strategizing can go wrong. Here are two examples:
1. On my first draft of the form (DO circulate a draft to your advisors before you send it in), I omitted Legal History from the first line ("Subjects most like to teach"). Knowing that it would be a tight market, I was concerned about appearing too narrow and perhaps overly "academic." An advisor reminded me that Legal History is my core interest; I would only confuse committees by giving it lower priority. My takeaway: think about how you can contribute to the standard law school curriculum -- both because you should contribute and because you'll encounter this question in interviews -- but don't think that you need to fill every slot on that first line with 1L classes to demonstrate your potential value, especially if doing so leads you to bury a real area of expertise.
2. I omitted Con Law from my FAR form, having heard that "everyone wants to teach that" and "only Supreme Court clerks get those jobs." I later found myself interviewing with a committee that was looking for Con Law coverage. I felt foolish trying to explain that my research does actually relate and that I would be excited to teach the subject. The lesson I took from this is: don't take yourself out of the game before it begins (asking the coach to bring you off the bench is pretty awkward).
Readers - do you have any other tips for legal historians filling out the FAR form?
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- David Bernstein said...
Leave the last part, where allows for additional comments, blank. And if you can't resist writing something, DON'T write something like "I have several years of experience teaching undergrads and look forward to nurturing the minds of future lawyers."
- July 11, 2011 at 4:27:00 PM EDT
From someone who'll be on the job market this fall:
1) I sure wish the AHA and/or OAH did something like the FAR; it seems like that would make the process of getting an academic job a lot less time-consuming.
2) Is there any situation in which a legal historian with a Ph.D. but not a J.D. is likely to be a competitive applicant for law-school positions? (I see that the FAR includes questions on bar admittance, which suggests that the answer is no.)
- July 11, 2011 at 9:46:00 PM EDT
- Serena Mayeri said...
I think Karen is exactly right about the FAR form; I had a very similar experience.
Re: the additional comments section, I wonder if Professor Bernstein and others think that the "additional comments" section is a good place to clarify your interests if the FAR form doesn't capture them. For example, if I recall, there used to be a listing for "Employment Discrimination" and one for "Civil Rights" but not a catch-all for Employment Law or Anti-Discrimination law. Or is it better to just use your CV to elaborate primary and secondary teaching interests?
Something else I would add, based on experience: if you are going to list a 1L teaching subject that doesn't seem obvious from your research interests, be prepared to offer a robust explanation/defense. I spent a fair amount of time explaining that I really did want to teach Contracts, despite the fact that my CV had Con Law written all over it.
Thanks, Karen, for this valuable series!
- July 12, 2011 at 8:30:00 AM EDT
- David Bernstein said...
Probably better just to use your c.v. It sounds terrible, but you don't want to overemphasize teaching on your F.A.R. form. But I don't think that doing what you suggest would really hurt.
- July 12, 2011 at 9:21:00 PM EDT
- Gautham Rao said...
I think Karen has done a wonderful job with this series. I hope LHB considers publishing similarly-themed posts for the many graduate students who read the blog and will be on the history market.
- July 14, 2011 at 2:44:00 PM EDT
- Mary L. Dudziak said...
To Gautham Rao -- Claire Potter (aka Tenured Radical) is so good at history job market issues that I don't think anyone could top her posts!
Her blog has just moved to the Chronicle of Higher Ed's site. At its new home, under the category "the job market" I found many posts. Check it out here: http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/tenuredradical/category/the-job-market/
When she posts on these issues, there's often very helpful follow-up in the comments. So I'd read both. And you can find her most recent post on the sidebar at LHB. (I need to update the link.)
- July 14, 2011 at 7:06:00 PM EDT
I had planned to give a short description of my current research in the additional comments section. My published work is on fairly obscure 19th century con law issues, but my current research deals more directly with procedure, which I am listing as my core teaching interest. I had heard that most schools never get past the FAR form, but would I be better off leaving this exclusively on my cv? Thanks
- July 22, 2011 at 1:26:00 PM EDT
- Mary L. Dudziak said...
To Anonymous July 22, with apologies for the delay: I would be sure to find a place for your current research, especially if you have an article in progress. If there's no other place for it, I'd put it in the additional comments section. Best of luck!
- July 27, 2011 at 4:00:00 PM EDT


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Moose (and their photographers) popular at Brainard Lake in the morning
Dawn at Brainard Lake, a good hour from most Front Range civilization, means an awfully early morning. For me, in Boulder, it meant 4:30 a.m. On a Sunday. That's the downside. The upsides? The temperature up there at 10,000 feet was 35 – the morning excursion marked the only part of my day that involved cool. The dawn light was magnificent, painting the east-facing granite slabs of Mount Audubon a sublime pink-lilac.
But the moose were the highlights. And they weren't alone – photographers from along the Front Range were there snapping away, as they are most weekend mornings. One group involved a cow, two calves, and at least two bulls, the whole mess of them just standing in chest-high (in human terms, overhead) vegetation and eating leaves. Mostly willow. Another patch of meadow held a single bull, working his way through the feast.
Before it gets too cold (winter is coming – we hope), get the coffee, the warm clothes, and the cameras ready and head up to Brainard. The moose won't mind.


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Marriage Moments: marriage help advice and counseling
Welcome to Marriage Moments. This program is designed to help you strengthen your relationship as you go through the significant changes of becoming new parents. Read this introduction to find out what Marriage Moments is, why it was developed, who developed it, and how to use it.
What is Marriage Moments?
The on-line Marriage Moments program consists of the following (section links are also found at the top of this page):
Introduction & Instructions (HOME)
As you will notice, the different lesson and additional information titles begin with "More than…." This is our way of emphasizing that the ideas we present take ordinary ways of thinking about marriage to a deeper level. The content of the program is based on the book, Beyond the Myth of Marital Happiness (Jossey-Bass, 2000), written by marriage researcher and counselor Blaine J. Fowers, and the published research on the transition to parenthood.
Couples who participate in Marriage Moments will learn about building a lasting marriage on four essential marital virtues. The most important parts of Marriage Moments are the recommended personal and partner activities. As couples engage in these activities, they will strengthen the virtues on which a strong marriage is based.
Why Marriage Moments?
Bringing a new life into the world is a tremendous responsibility. This new life usually reflects the love and commitment that the parents have for each other. But the changes that come with parenthood can also put a strain on that relationship. Research has shown that most married couples weather these changes and make the needed adjustments. Unfortunately, some do not. In fact, we know that about 20% of married couples breakup during the first ten years of marriage, often after children have come into the home. An even higher proportion of unmarried couples who become parents breakup within five years. And even those who weather the storms sometimes notice some "cracks" in their relationship leftover from the stress and strain of turbulent times.
We don't mean to be pessimistic or to scare you. This is also a wonderful time of growth for most parents. But the natural changes to relationships that go with becoming parents are challenging. Why not be better prepared for those changes? Research suggests that couples who understand the changes that will happen to their relationships as they become parents and work to strengthen their relationships before the baby comes maintain stronger marriages than couples who don't prepare as well. You are preparing right now for the birth of your baby so that he or she will be born healthy and you will have the best birth experience possible. While you are preparing to give birth, it is an ideal time to strengthen your relationship so that your child will have the strongest foundation possible: two loving parents dedicated to each other and their child. The research is clear on this point: a stable, loving, two-parent home gives children the greatest birthright possible. It gives them advantages that too many children these days do not enjoy. Of course, that is your hope and dream too—to raise good children and grow old together in love.
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One reason for the Ravens to give their all this Sunday is that it's another chance for the offense to get in sync with coordinator Jim Caldwell, who replaced the fired Cam Cameron two weeks ago. The Baltimore attack sputtered against Denver in its first foray under Caldwell, then racked up 533 yards against New York.
``That's the way we can play,'' said wide receiver Torrey Smith, who returned from a concussion.
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But the Ravens hope to have back safety Bernard Pollard, who's missed two straight weeks with a chest injury, and receiver Anquan Boldin, who left with a bruised shoulder in the second half against New York.
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
2009 Top Prospect List: #7 Devin Mesoraco, c
Height 6-1, Weight 200, B/T: R/R, DOB: 6/19/1988
2008 Redlegs Baseball Prospect Ranking: #8
Devin Mesoraco was part of the new Reds draft philosophy, which placed renewed emphasis on players at premier positions. Mesoraco was drafted with the 15th overall pick in the 2007 draft to fill the gaping hole behind the dish that has plagued the Reds over the past decade or so. Mesoraco was drafted on the basis of his impressive athleticism and raw tools, but he needs to continue to refine those tools into baseball skills.
After spending the 2007 season in the rookie Gulf Coast League, the Reds kept Mesoraco in extended spring training to begin the 2008 season. Early speculation was that he would be sent to the rookie Pioneer League, but Mesoraco showed enough in extended spring training to convince the Reds to send him to low-A Dayton.
Mesoraco immediately justified the organization's confidence in him by hitting .286/.357/.444 in 70 plate appearances in May. He performed well at the plate in the first three months of the season, but he tailed off badly in August, in which he posted a lackluster .216/.266/.307. Obviously, the physical strain of his first full professional season caught up to him in the dog days of summer, but it was a fairly successful year for Mesoraco. Overall, he posted a line of .261/.311/.399/.710 with 13 doubles, 1 triple, 9 homers, and a 64/20 K/BB ratio in 331 PAs. His components weren't bad either, as he hit line drives 14% of the time and had a BABIP of .304. Ideally, he'll increase his line drive rate and decrease his 51% GB% as he continues to gain more experience and physical strength at the professional level.
While some have been disappointed in Mesoraco's 2008 season, it's important to put it in the proper context. To start, the development curve for a high school catcher is long and arduous. Catchers have to learn the nuances of calling a game, familiarize themselves with the pitching staff, and in their free time squeeze in time to learn how to hit professional pitching. It's a challenging development curve and, not surprisingly, catchers frequently move much more slowly up the ladder than other position prospects.
So, even in the best of circumstances, a high school catcher is looking at a long development process, but there are two other factors working to lengthen his development curve even further. First, Mesoraco played high school baseball in Pennsylvania, which is a cold weather climate. Simply put, players who attend schools in cold weather climates simply don't get the opportunity to play as much baseball as those who attend warm weather schools. Second, Mesoraco was forced to undergo Tommy John surgery as a sophomore in high school, so he missed considerable development time during the injury and subsequent rehabilitation. Not only was Mesoraco already facing a lengthy development curve due to the position he played, but it's likely to be even longer due to the game experience he lost because of injury and cold weather.
Clearly, Mesoraco has a long road to travel to the majors, but placing too much emphasis on his early struggles may ultimately prove to be shortsighted.
Last year's report discussed his hitting mechanics and his active lower body action. As an amateur player, Mesoraco utilized very little forward stride, choosing instead to lift his front foot up and placing it right back down. In order to get his weight moving forward to meet the pitch, Mesoraco would transfer his weight to the front foot when the pitcher began his delivery and then transfer the weight to the back foot as the pitcher got closer to releasing the ball. This mechanism allowed him to load up for the swing and get his weight moving forward without much of a forward stride.
At the professional level, it seems that the Reds have worked to eliminate some of this back-and-forth weight transfer technique. Mesoraco has quieted his lower body and increased the length of his stride, which may help lessen his tendency to get too far out on the front foot. Mesoraco has good natural strength, but it hasn't translated to homerun power at the plate. Mesoraco has good tools, but he's still raw at the plate and will need to continue working on his swing and approach.
You can compare the MLB draft video for Mesoraco with the above youtube clip.
This offseason, I've actually been taking a more in-depth look at catching prospects, which was inspired in part by a recent write up by John Sickels in which he reviewed his past rankings of catching prospects to see how their respective careers turned out.
One of the phenomenon he identified was what he called "Young Catcher Stagnation Syndrome." As he states, it's more of a description than an explanation, but the theory is that young catchers frequently fail to develop offensively because of the physical stress of playing the position.
While it's definitely too soon to see it happening with Mesoraco, it's something to keep an eye on. Especially in light of Mesoraco's thumb injuries, which is the type of problem that could crop up again and hinder his development at the plate.
On the plus side, Sickels found that the best young catchers in the Majors today, Joe Mauer and Brian McCann, were drafted out of high school. Of the ten best catchers in baseball, only Chris Iannetta and Kurt Suzuki were college draft picks. So, it's possible that there are advantages for catching prospects who get into the professional ranks as early as possible, because the development curve for catchers is quite long. However, it may be nothing more than a small sample size, as Matt Wieters and Buster Posey are on the horizon and both were selected out of the college ranks.
Another interesting issue that I've noticed that can hinder catcher development is bad body weight. Perhaps due to the unique physical demands of the catcher position, it seems that young catchers have a greater tendency to add weight to their lower half. Obviously, to withstand the rigors of catching and the toll it can take on the knees, it's important to have strong leg muscles. However, more than any other position, it seems that the weight that catchers add ends up in the lower body. It's bad body weight because it can rob them of agility and quickness. The legs get thicker and heavier, which reduces lateral movement behind the plate, slows footwork on throws, and, quite simply, seems to rob them of some explosiveness.
Below, you can see Mesoraco in high school in the photo on the left and with the Dayton Dragons in 2008 in the photo on the right. Now, quite obviously, everyone is going to fill out after high school, so it's hardly unexpected. However, some scouts think he added some bad body weight in 2008 and these pictures do reveal a somewhat stockier Mesoraco. Projecting players is difficult enough as it is, but factoring in physical development adds yet another layer of unpredictability to catcher projection. It's too soon to definitively state that this will be a problem for Mesoraco, but it's something that bears watching, especially since he was highly touted for his athleticism and anything that would diminish it is detrimental.
Mesoraco is an interesting prospect, but one with both potentially significant positives and negatives. The question is what will win out? His raw athleticism and myriad of tools? Or, his inexperience, injury problems, and lower body weight? It's far too soon to tell, as the development curve for high school catchers is longer and more volatile than that of any other type of baseball prospect.
When he was drafted, I thought Mesoraco's ceiling was that of Russ Martin, but he already seems to have lost a bit of explosiveness. His upside is still considerable, but he'll need to make some adjustments in 2009 in order to continue to climb the ladder. That said, his work ethic is solid and his makeup is good, so he has the intangibles needed to refine his game and reach his ceiling. Mesoraco's upside is considerable and he has all the tools to be an All Star, so for now he checks in at #7 on the list.
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- AnonymousMarch 1, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Mesoraco is going to be a great catcher, i just get that feeling whenever his name comes upReplyDelete
I certainly hope you're right. I must admit, I do have some doubts. But, oddly enough, they don't have much to do with his production to this point, but rather his changing body type. I actually think his slightly underwhelming production is to be expected, given his background. He could easily begin ramping up his performance at the plate as he gets more comfortable with the professional game.
Still, it'll be a couple years before we can draw any definitive conclusions on Mesoraco. I'll definitely be rooting for him, as the Reds haven't had a quality catcher in quite some time. And, obviously, Ramon Hernandez really isn't the answer for the Reds.
Over the past several years there have been catchers that I would have preferred to Mesoraco, including Taylor Teagarden, Jason Castro, and Mitch Canham, but hopefully Mesoraco continues his development and proves me wrong. I'm still hoping he is the Cincinnati version of Dodger catcher Russell Martin.
Anyway, thanks for the comment!!
- AnonymousMarch 2, 2009 at 7:59 AM
I heard an interview with him about a month ago, and apparently he did well enough in some kind of league (i think extended spring training but i cant for the life of me think what it was) and that's what got him this early spring training invite. He hit some ridiculous avg. and apparently made huge strides defensively after working with one of the coaches.ReplyDelete
I'm sorry my memory is so poor, If i find the interview again ill give you a link so you can have a listen
Yeah, if you have it handy, I'd love to get the link. I didn't come across the interview during my research, so I'd like to hear what he has to say. I would imagine that it was extended spring training, because I know he impressed the Reds during his time there.
I'd love for Mesoraco to reach his ceiling, because we could definitely use an impact catcher.
- AnonymousMarch 6, 2009 at 5:35 AM
Hey lark i found that interview, here is the link if your still interestedReplyDelete
Its a very good interview, hope you enjoy
- AnonymousMarch 6, 2009 at 6:44 PM
redsminorleagues.com is a fantastic site. i visit it every day and the articals are great.ReplyDelete
Yeah, Doug does a nice job and I have the link for redsminorleagues.com in my "Interesting Things to Read" section.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2009 at 8:48 AM
His dad's nickname is meatball, so bad lower body weight could be an issue.ReplyDelete
Hey Anon,ReplyDelete
Thanks for the comment and providing the nickname!
I must say, as much as I like the nickname, it may not bode very well for Mesoraco's development behind the dish.
But, the fact that he may be genetically predisposed to a stockier/heavier lower body is an interesting bit of information to add to the analysis. So, thanks for that.
- AnonymousApril 25, 2009 at 7:22 AM
His dad had that nickname since he was a kid. I played football with his dad in high school, and that was his nickname as far back as 8th grade. I wouldn't get too hung up on it. Also, his dad was a decent catcher, but playing behind John Mizerock, a 1st round (3rd choice) pick by the Astros in 1979 (now with the KC system) was a hinderance....The kid's going to be alright...ReplyDelete
Hey Anon,ReplyDelete
Thanks for the info. I'm not putting too much weight on the nickname, but it's an interesting bit of info to pile on the heap.
As for Devin, I'm not down on him at all, especially given the long development curve for high school catchers. That said, it would be nice to see him break out this year on the offensive side. It's still early, but he's not off to a great start at high-A Sarasota, posting a slash line of .111/.220/.139/.358 with an 8/5 K/BB ratio.
Anyway, thanks for the comment!!!