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My sweet daughter is turning four TODAY!
Here's a little something to celebrate her birthday.
I love you sweetheart! Continue to grow and love God the way you do.
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One Thousand Gifts–Week 28
281. Going through the book Tabitha's Travels by Arnold YTreeide with the kids during Advent.
282. Doing our Jesse Tree at the same time
284. Being creative in finding items for a mermaid cake…
285. Receiving an A+ for the last course of my Social Media Certificate
286. Finishing the Social Media Certificate
287. helping a friend in need
288. blessings from above – especially the ones that are surprises
289. Numerous Canadian Geese flying above our house – it's the time of the year!
290. cookie social at church yesterday
One Thousand Gifts–Week 27
271. Having finished my courses in advance so I can work on my special project for the upcoming celebration of my husband turning 40 later this month.
272. The kids letting me work on the project in the afternoon.
273. The fever that my daughter had on Wednesday night – Friday morning that disappeared mysteriously and nothing happened afterward.
274. Family and friends who chipped in for the birthday celebration by bringing some food – potluck style.
275. Our family doctor who allowed me to bring our daughter in because of the weird fever/shivering she was experiencing. he ruled out the shore throat, the ear infection, the lungs infection…
276. New opportunities for my husband
277. The lack of snow (though I would prefer having some but I am trying to see the positive behind the current weather in Ontario!).
278. The friends and family members who came to celebrate my husband upcoming 40th birthday (he was born on the 21st of December).
279. 40 candles on a cake.
280. My son, Alexandre, who said the text, scripture and prayer on HOPE this past Sunday at church by heart. He has an amazing memory!
One Thousand Gifts–week 26
261. cleaning done by someone else because hubby got a deal via a group buy
262. new swimming session that is starting with a lower price
263. great food + wonderful people = Marvelous Christmas party at our church
264. finishing a book discussion with my husband's brother and wife
265. planning another book to read and discuss with them (their turn to pick the book)
266. a child who can babysit + errands to do = possibility of spending more one on one time with each other kids
267. baking a recipe that my mom used to do
268. adapting said recipe for our needs because the original way of doing it was too long…
269. my oldest wanting to make a batch of the recipe by himself
270. delicious Heavenly Mushrooms like my brother-in-law would say… (he did mentioned that it tasted like heaven! *grin*)
It is finished…
Today – Dec 1st – I have uploaded my last assignment to complete my Applied Social Media in Business course.
This was the last one to complete the Social Media certificate I was working on since the beginning of the year.
Now I have more time to teach the kids as my afternoons were spent mostly to work on assignments.
Having two courses on top of homeschool is quite challenging.
But I persevered and finished it today.
I'm a bit tired though and might take a couple of days of much deserved rest.
Now I wait for the grades and my certificate.
I learned quite a bit during these five courses. I hope to apply my knowledge to something productive in the months/years to come!
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Researchers at Microsoft have discovered striking similarities between the recently emerged wave of scareware packages targeting Mac fans and the longer established rogue anti-virus applications for Windows.
MacDefender falsely warns that Mac OS X machines are infected with malware in a bid to trick prospective marks into buying a supposed security package that actually does more harm than good. Like its Windows cousin, the scam starts after users are tricked – via search engine manipulation and other ruses – into visiting an imitation scanner interface.
But the similarities between MacDefender (dubbed FakeMacdef) and Winwebsec, a strain of scareware for Windows machines, go far deeper than that.
For one thing, the URL format that FakeMacdef calls home is almost identical to that which we see in Winwebsec. In additional, the purchase pages use the same payment gateway. Finally, as a blog post by Microsoft illustrates, the interfaces on both products are almost the same.
The one main difference between MacDefender and its Windows-targeting siblings is that the Mac-targeting malware is more aggressive. MacDefender frightens users further by loading adult-oriented or pharmaceutical websites at random intervals. These sites themselves aren't infected by malware, but are loaded in order to trick Mac users into thinking they really are infected – and that MacDefender offers the best way out of the supposed mess, Microsoft said.
FakeMacdef loads most of its resources from a directory named "ru.lproj", suggesting the developer may be a Russian language speaker.
At least three Mac-targeting scareware packages have been doing the rounds this month: Mac Defender, Mac Protector and Mac Security. All three are bogus but don't expect Apple to tell you that, much less talk customers through the process of getting rid of the nuisance.
Standing orders, leaked this week, mean that Apple consumer rights people are told to neither confirm nor deny Mac infections.
The internal document, entitled About 'Mac Defender' Malware, further instructs Apple support personnel "not [to] provide support for removal of the malware". ®

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Diane Ackerman
Author, poet, naturalist
Diane Ackerman (born October 7, 1948) is an American author, poet, and naturalist most famous for her work A Natural History of the Senses. She has taught at various universities, including Columbia and Cornell, and her essays regularly appear in distinguished popular and literary journals.
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- I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.
- On Extended Wings (1985)
- I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to live the width of it as well.
- As quoted in Meditations for Women Who Do Too (1991) by Anne Wilson Schaef
- Human beings are sloshing sacks of chemicals on the move.
- An Alchemy of Mind : The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain (2004) ISBN 0743246721
A Natural History of the Senses (1991)Edit
- It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
- Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
A Natural History of Love (1994)Edit
- When art separates this thick tangle of feelings, love bares its bones.
- We think of it as a sort of traffic accident of the heart. It is an emotion that scares us more than cruelty, more than violence, more than hatred. We allow ourselves to be foiled by the vagueness of the word. After all, love requires the utmost vulnerability. We equip someone with freshly sharpened knives; strip naked; then invite him to stand close. What could be scarier?
The Inevitable: Contemporary Writer Confront Death (2011) Edited by David Shields & Bradford MorrowEdit
- What would dawn have been like, had you awakened? It would have sung through your bones. All I can do this morning is let it sing through mine.
- Silence and Awakening
- There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.
- Sometimes attributed to Ackerman this actually originates with Nicolas Chamfort, as quoted in The Cynic's Breviary : Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort (1902) as translated by William G. Hutchison, p. 37
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Productivity Award: IPython Notebook
IPython notebook is the ultimate exploratory development environment. It describes itself as "a Web-based interactive computational environment where you can combine code execution, text, mathematics, plots, and rich media into a single document." Indeed, it is an open source Web application (running locally) that takes the power of IPython (built on top of Python with batteries included) and adds rich text, inline visualization and mathematical expressions. The combination enables creating live documents that you refine incrementally.
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The website of Primitive Baptist Churches in Illinois have prepared guides for genealogists who wish to learn about their religious ancestors, see, for example: [http://pblib.org/FamHist-Gallatin.html Church and Family History Research Assistance for Gallatin County, Illinois Primitive Baptists].
The website of Primitive Baptist Churches in Illinois have prepared guides for genealogists who wish to learn about their religious ancestors, see, for example: [http://pblib.org/FamHist-Gallatin.html Church and Family History Research Assistance for Gallatin County, Illinois Primitive Baptists].
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Revision as of 18:59, 30 June 2020
|Illinois Wiki Topics
|Beginning Research
|Record Types
|Illinois Background
|Cultural Groups
|Local Research Resources
- 1 Online Resources
- 1.1 Non-Denominational
- 1.2 Baptist
- 1.3 Disciples of Christ
- 1.4 Episcopal
- 1.5 Lutheran
- 1.6 Mennonite
- 1.7 Methodist
- 1.8 Presbyterian
- 1.9 Roman Catholic
- 1.10 Society of Friends - Quaker
- 2 Websites
- 3 References
Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- Illinois, Select United Methodist Church Records, 1824-2009, ($). Images/index.
- Illinois, Church Records, 1837-1995, Index and images, incomplete.
- Illinois, Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records, 1853-1975, ($) Index and images.
Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. Records may include names of other relatives who were witnesses or members of the congregation. The members of some churches were predominantly of one nationality or ethnic group.
In the decades following statehood, the largest religious groups in Illinois were the Methodist, Episcopal, Baptist, and Presbyterian churches. These groups came primarily from the southern states. At the same time, Congregationalists, Lutherans, and members of the Reformed faiths came from the eastern states. Roman Catholics became numerous in Illinois after 1860, especially in the northern industrial areas. Several counties in the northeastern part of the state became havens for Lutheran Scandinavians.[1]
Illinois State Archives has collected some early Illinois church records that were given to the Illinois State Library. There is an inventory of church archives (954.012) to be found at the State Library website.
The Family History Library has microfilm of the records and histories of several religious denominations including Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist, and Baptist churches. To learn what church records are available at the Family History Library go to the FamilySearch Catalog and, at the Place-Names Search, type in the name of the town or county where an ancestor lived. From the list of subjects, choose "Church records" which will indicate what records are available for that locale.
Most church records are scattered and remain in the custody of existing churches. Some, however, have been collected into central repositories, especially those from congregations that have merged or disbanded. To find the existance of records, you may wish to write to the addresses given below to learn where records of an area are located. For churches not listed on this page, see United States Church Records for further information on repositories and collections.
Non-Denominational[edit | edit source]
For more information on "The Restoration Movement" of the 1800's see the wikipedia article "Restoration Movement."
Baptist[edit | edit source]
American Baptist Historical Society
1106 South Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14620
Phone: (716) 473-1740
The American Baptist Historical Society in Rochester, New York, is national in scope, though records in the archive cover primarily the eastern United States. The records are mostly statistical in nature. They may have some information about ministers and missionaries, but they may have little more than lists of lay members. Any records of births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths were kept by the choice of the minister, not by mandate of the church. The departing minister may or may not have left his records with the church or a succeeding minister.
- The Ministerial Directory of the Baptist Churches in the United States of America. Oxford, Ohio: Ministerial Directory Co., 1899. Digital version at Google Books.
This 1899 directory of Baptist ministers lists biographical details about many ministers born or serving in the state:[3]
- Smith, Justin A. A History of the Baptists in the Western States East of the Mississippi, Philadelphia : American Baptist Publication Society, 1896. Ancestry.com ($) Digital version at Google Books.
The website of Primitive Baptist Churches in Illinois have prepared guides for genealogists who wish to learn about their religious ancestors, see, for example: Church and Family History Research Assistance for Gallatin County, Illinois Primitive Baptists.
Disciples of Christ[edit | edit source]
History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois, 1819-1914 (1915) is available online.
Episcopal[edit | edit source]
There was little Episcopal activity early in central and southern Illinois, but a church was organized in Chicago in 1824.[4] Some records are kept at the Historiographer's office, Episcopal Diocesan Center, 821 South Second St. in Springfield, Illinois 61704. See the Episcopal Church Wiki page for further information on a National level.
Lutheran[edit | edit source]
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA Archives)
8765 West Higgins Road
Chicago IL 60631-4198
Phone: (800) 638-3522 or (773) 380-2700
Fax: (773) 380-1465
The ELCA Archives (formerly known as the ALC Archives or Archives of the American Lutheran Church) is the central archive for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States. If a church unit is still active, the archives will help locate its records. If a church has been disbanded, its records will be located in the archives. The archives will accept genealogy requests by mail. It has microfilm copies of records for many congregations, which can be borrowed for a small fee. A partial list of church records in the archive collection is listed in:
- ALC Archives. ALC Congregations on Microfilm. Dubuque, Iowa: The Archives, 197–?. FHL fiche 6330690–6330693. The records are arranged by state and city of congregation. Fiche 6330690 includes Illinois.
A bibliography of Illinois Lutheran Church Records and Histories can be found at The Genealoger.com Lutheran Genealogy.
Mennonite[edit | edit source]
Illinois Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society
675 State Route 116
Metamora, IL 61548-7732
Phone: (309) 367-2551
The Library collection includes holdings in genealogy and Anabaptist history for research.
Methodist[edit | edit source]
Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference
United Methodist Church Historical Society
1211 North Park Street
Bloomington, Illinois 61701
Phone: (309) 828-5092, ext. 227
The Illinois Great Rivers Conference UMC Historical Society was recently created through the merger of the Southern and the Central conferences and its records cover central and southern Illinois as well as records of some disbanded congregations. Members of the staff will do some searching of those records for a small fee.
Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary
Attn: Archives
2121 Sheridan Road
Evanston, Illinois 60201
Phone: (847) 866-3909
The Archive of the Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary houses the records of the Northern Illinois Conference of the Evangelical Methodist Church. In addition to records of disbanded churches, it has records of many Scandinavian congregations. The archive has no direct phone line, so you will need to make inquiries by mail. Selected records of the archive have been microfilmed and are in the Family History Library collection.
Find-A-Church gives a listing of Methodist churches in Illinois arranged by town and city.
Presbyterian[edit | edit source]
Prior to 1815 there were not many Presbyterians who came to Illinois and established their first church at Sharon in 1816. They cooperated closely in mission work with the Congregationalists in Illinois..[4] To learn more about where to write for records, see the Presbyterian Church Wiki page.
Roman Catholic[edit | edit source]
Archdiocese of Chicago[edit | edit source]Archives of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Joseph Cardinal Bernadine Archive and Record Center
Attn: Assistant Research Archivist
711 West Monroe
Chicago, Illinois 60661
Phone: (312) 831-0711
The diocese includes the counties of Cook and Lake
The telephone number of the Archive and Record Center accesses a voice mail menu. Selecting the "reference" option allows a caller to place a request for genealogical research.
The Family History Library has microfilm copies of parish records from the Archdiocese of Chicago to 1915. These may be accessed by typing Chicago, Illinois at the Place-names Search of the library catalog. Once at the list of subjects for Chicago, choose "Church records."
Diocese of Belleville[edit | edit source]Diocese of Belleville
222 South Third Street
Belleville, IL 62220
Phone: (618) 277-8181
The diocese includes the counties of: Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Marion, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saline, St. Clair, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, and Williamson[5]
Many of the Catholic Church records in the Belleville Diocese are available online through FamilySearch in the collection Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956. These records are also available at the St. Louis County Library and the Belleville Public Library.
The book A Time of Favor: The Story of the Catholic Family of Southern Illinois by Betty Burnett contains a great deal of historical context that will help genealogists better understand their ancestors' lives.
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
Ilinios Belleville Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
Diocese of Joliet[edit | edit source]Diocese of Joliet
425 Summit St.
Joliet, IL 60435
Phone: (815) 722-6606
The diocese includes the counties of: DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, and Will.[5] The 1859 records of St. Anne's Church, which stood in what is now Richton Park, along with the two Mission churches of St. James in Strassburg and St. Boniface in Monee, are included in this Diocese's records.
Diocese of Peoria[edit | edit source]Catholic Diocese of Peoria
419 NE Madison Avenue
Peoria, IL 61603
Phone: (309) 671-1568
The diocese includes the following counties: Bureau, Champaign, DeWitt, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Knox, LaSalle, Livingston, Logan, Marshall, Mason, McDonough, McLean, Mercer, Peoria, Piatt, Putnam, Rock Island, Schuyler, Stark, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren and Woodford.[5]
Diocese of Rockford[edit | edit source]Diocese of Rockford
555 Colman Center Drive
P.O. Box 7044
Rockford, IL 61108
(815) 399-4300
The diocese includes the counties of:Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Kane, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago.[5]
Diocese of Springfield[edit | edit source]Diocese of Springfield
Catholic Pastoral Center
1615 West Washington St.
P.O. Box 3187
Springfield, Illinois 62708-3187
Phone: (217) 698-8500
The diocese includes the counties of: Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Greene, Jasper, Jersey, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Menard, Moultrie, Pike, Sangamon, Scott, and Shelby.[5]
The Drouin Collection[edit | edit source]
Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954 ($) (Ancestry).
This database contains the French Catholic parish records from the United States. It is the U.S. part of the U.S. and French-Canadian Drouin Collection. It includes the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and Pennsylvania. For more details on these records and the rest of the Drouin Collection see "The Drouin Collection: Six Databases"
The types of records include baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as confirmations, dispensations, censuses, statements of readmission to the church, and so on. They are written mainly in French, as well as English, Latin, and Italian.
When searching this database, be creative in the spellings when searching for an ancestor. The French language has many possible spellings for names and there are always indexing errors as well.
Missions[edit | edit source]
Many early missions were established by religious denominations to serve the Indians, including:
- Abnaki Mission
- Kaskaskia Mission (1674)
Society of Friends - Quaker[edit | edit source]
University of Illinois University Library
Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
322 Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Phone: (217) 333-1777
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Illinois Historical Survey at the University of Illinois holds the main body of records for meetings in Illinois with the earliest records beginning in 1828.
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Records, 1828-2011.Includes 85 volumes. [6]
Records may also be found at the Lilly Library in Richmond, Indiana
Lilly Library, Earlham College Archives
801 National Road West
Richmond, Indiana 47374-4095
Phone: (765) 983-1287
Friends Collection and College Archives
Online database for Illinois Quaker records is found at Ancestry.com ($)
See Outfitters.com for further information on Quakers in Illinois.
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Church Angel lists churches in Illinois by cities and towns.
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
Illinois Belleville Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch HIstorical Records)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Illinois Genealogy Resources, Church and Religious Records www.genealoger.com/illinois/il_church_records.htm
- ↑ Ruth E. Browning, Name Index to the Christian Messenger at http://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/resources/index/index.html
- ↑ Davis points out that not all ministers participated, see: Robert S. Davis, "Some Baptist Ministers of South Carolina at the Turn of the Century," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Winter 2004):13-22. FHL Book 975.7 B2sc v. 32
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 George K. Schweitzer, Ph.D. Sc.D, Illinois Genealogical Research (Knoxville, Tennessee), p. 82 FHL book 977.3 D27s
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Map of the Roman Catholic Dioceses in the United States of America, Office of Catholic Schools Diocese of Columbus, accessed 3 Nov 2010.
- ↑ Ellen T. Berry, David A. Berry ''Our Quaker Ancestors'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1987)


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4 squares of unsweetened bakers chocolate
2/3 cup peanut butter
16-18oz silken tofu
1 cup vegan sugar
4-6 tablespoon soy milk
pie crust (see below for pastry crust recipe) or a vegan graham cracker crust is nice as well
Pastry crust:
1 cup flour
1/3 cup shortening
3 tablespoon water
Mix 1 cup flour with a pinch or two of salt. Cut in 1/3 cup vegetable shortening using a fork or other fancy device. Add, one by one, up to 3 tablespoon water, dispersing the water as evenly as possible. Err on the side of less water~you will get a flakier crust. Roll out the dough onto waxed paper or plastic wrap. Place into a pie dish and form those fluted edges if you want. Poke holes in the dough with a fork and bake until slightly golden, about 5-10 min at 425 deg F.
Melt the chocolate and blend with the tofu, peanut butter, and vegan sugar adding soy milk to the desired texture (I've found some silken tofus to be more silken than others). Vary the vegan sugar to taste. Pour into the baked pie crust and refridgerate.


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Akemi Bourgeois of San Jose was floored a couple of weeks ago when members of a young mothers group recently labeled her an "idiot and dimwit" on their online comment board in response to a humorous blog post Bourgeois wrote about reconfiguring her car seats for her twins.
Avid video gamer Christopher Victa of American Canyon has seen an increasing barrage of nasty comments from fellow online gamers, attacking others for the way they play, or even just for their screen names, he said. "It's pretty sad," he added. "It's just a game."
PR executive Debra Bethard-Caplick recently defriended several people on Facebook because of "rabid and virulent" personal attacks from friends of friends of friends who barge into conversations and try to start electronic shouting matches.
"You're always going to have someone who doesn't like what you do or say," she said. "But I can't believe if they were standing here looking at me they would say something so vile as they do. Somehow if it's on the Internet, it's OK."
Since the dawn of electronic communications, mean people have trolled the world of the Web, taking personal jabs at total strangers about everything from politics and movies to recipes and knitting circles, making outrageous, hurtful and sometimes bullying remarks — especially under cover of anonymity.
But why do we get so mean just because we can't be seen?
"We behave in a different way when online. It's as if you're wearing a cloak or a mask and, well, you can get away with it," says Daniel Martin, associate professor of management at Cal State East Bay and a visiting associate professor at Stanford University's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. He recently attended a "science of compassion" conference that brought together researchers from across the country to look at ways to improve human communications.
"Psychologists call it deindividuation," Martin said. "When in a mask or uniform or group, you cease to recognize even yourself as an individual and therefore don't see others that way either, don't see how you're hurting someone."
Dacher Keltner, UC Berkeley social psychology professor and director of the Greater Good Science Center in Berkeley, agrees it's nothing new that humans are judgmental. "But we've become this hyper commenting society," he said. "In one sense, it's very old, the act of expressing opinions. In another sense, these new sites and online experiences have brought new dimensions with them. They take out the face-to-face aspect, even the voice-to-voice of a phone conversation.
"That's not to say there aren't a lot of good things going on out there in social media," he said. "But there are certainly trolls, too."
While e-meanies are admittedly in the minority in the vast openness and freedom of the online realm, Martin says, they seem to be lurking everywhere — likely because more venues for such behavior are constantly popping up, more social networking sites, more comment boards, more places to vent, rant and roar.
Some psychologists and social media experts do say one way to reduce online conflicts and foster civil public discourse is to remind people that "they are who they are," Martin said, by encouraging them to use their real identities and combating the "deindividuation."
"Basically, if I'm writing something, and I know my mom and my colleagues and my daughters are going to read it, I'm going to be on my best behavior," Keltner said.
Some sites are moving in that direction. YouTube recently announced on its blog an effort to get people who post comments on the video-sharing site to use their real names. Movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes is examining its anonymous commenting policy after venomous, threatening comments about the Batman movie reviews in July forced the company to temporarily suspend its comment board.
And it's been a debate in the news industry for years, whether to allow anonymous comments or ask people to provide — one hopes — real names, a process long required for hard-copy letters to the editor. Some agencies allow anonymous posts. Others don't. Bay Area News Group sites use Facebook commenting because "we've found that when readers log in with their Facebook ID, the conversation tends to be more civil than with our old anonymous system," said Randy Keith, BANG's managing editor for digital content. "However, no system is perfect and we still see some bad behavior. We're looking at other alternatives that will improve the tone of conversations about our stories."
Even Facebook has been exploring new ways to reduce online conflicts and cyberbullying with kinder, gentler language on various aspects of the site. Recently it has been working with a team of researchers from Yale University and UC Berkeley, including Keltner and other scientists from the Greater Good Science Center, to come up with ways to promote compassionate communications. During the past five months, they've developed "emotionally intelligent" messages to replace user reporting options when someone is offended by a photo or comment — so instead of "I don't like this photo," they've changed the reporting option to, "I don't like this photo because …," then offering a series of choices such as "It's embarrassing," or "It makes me sad."
"We start from the assumption that Facebook is a lot like life, and life has conflicts, people with different goals, opinions," Keltner said. "And we work from there, trying to build in the wisdom of the social sciences.
"Technology is taking us in so many new places," he said. "But the need for the human dimension of compassion and kindness is greater than ever."


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Finally! The Elements of Cooking, my guide to the language of the kitchen, has been published in the form it was meant to be in—paperback, an edition affordable for students (just $10 from Amazon), light and bendable for stuffing into backpacks or knife kits. Eric Ripert, chef-owner of the 4-star restaurant, Le Bernardin, calls it "simply the best reference book and educational tool available for anyone interested in the basics of the culinary arts."
I've always felt this was a required resource for all young cooks or new cooks, except for its hardcover price tag. Wonderful Scribner and the visionary editor Beth Wareham, have now changed that.
Sam Sifton, NYTimes restaurant critic, said this about the book in the The NYTimes Book Review:
A deeply opinionated rundown of the essential knowledge all cooks and food people need, the book also contains three of the most important sentences anyone reading about cookbooks may see this or any year. They are found under the entry for "recipes." "Recipes are not assembly manuals," Ruhlman writes. "Recipes are guides and suggestions for a process that is infinitely nuanced. Recipes are sheet music." [I posted the entire entry for "recipes" here.]
Sifton was, at the time, cultural editor at The Times. After reading The Elements of Cooking, he became the paper's restaurant critic. Coincidence?
Choosing it as a book of the month for Amazon.com when it was first published in 2007, Brad Thomas Parsons, wrote this:
Inspired by the Strunk and White classic, Michael Ruhlman's The Elements of Cooking will quickly prove to be an essential culinary reference for both seasoned cooks and novices who might not know gravlax from gremolata. After a thorough "Notes on Cooking," Ruhlman, a prolific cookbook author and popular blogger, settles in for an opinionated and informative A-Z roundup (from Acid to Zester) of cooking terms, lessons, and techniques reduced to their essential essence. Even with only one recipe (for veal stock), it's a must-have for every kitchen library–a book that will help you re-think your approach to food.
As part of my mission to get this information, if not this actual book, into the hands and heads of everyone who cooks, I'm giving away signed copies to five randomly chosen people who leave their favorite culinary term below (please leave a working email—it won't be published—to ensure I can contact you). Winners will be chosen via Twitter on Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. or so, Cleveland time.
Please spread the word! I truly am excited that this book is available for such a low price.
Update 4/20: More than 600 people have commented as I write this, more than I expected. I will give away TEN signed copies, if I get more than 1000 unique comments!
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If you've ever holed yourself up in your room in despair thinking "How can someone who makes me so happy make me so miserable?" then you will totally relate to electro-pop singer Kelly Sweet's new song, "Ashes Of My Paradise." The music video was just released this morning and shows the confusing emotions someone who is going through a breakup goes through. It's a tug of war between wanting all the good times back, but being deeply hurt.
Kelly Sweet just released her first album this year and is already generating tons of buzz due to her etheral, soft-yet-strong voice. If you are an Ellie Goulding fan, you should definitely check out Kelly. Watch the music video to her song "Ashes Of My Paradise" below and let us know your thoughts!


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Vegetable curry for a crowd
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal263
- fat17g
- saturates8g
- carbs25g
- sugars14g
- fibre4g
- protein5g
- salt1.28g
- 1 large potato, diced
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- 1 aubergine, diced
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- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 onions, sliced
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Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Toss the potato, squash and aubergine with 2 tbsp curry paste and 2 tbsp oil in a large roasting tin. Season, then roast for 30 mins.
Meanwhile, make the sauce. Fry the onions in the remaining oil in a large pan until softened and golden – add a splash of water if they start to dry out. Stir in the remaining curry paste, cook for 3 mins, then add the passata, coconut milk and 100ml water. Simmer for a few mins.
When the vegetables are roasted, tip them into the sauce with the peppers and courgettes. Simmer for 10-15 mins until tender. Scatter with coriander and serve.
Recipe Tip
Make it differentMake it Thai: use Thai green curry paste, swap the passata for an extra can coconut milk and stir in the juice of a few limes before serving. Or spice it up by adding 2 chopped red chillies to the onions and use a Madras or vindaloo curry paste.


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This film promises classic slasher rich gore and based on this clip it will deliver as well!
"Don't Go In the Woods is sound advice, especially when there's a killer on the loose. First-time director Vincent D'Onofrio explores love, greed and ruthlessness in this twisted musical/horror hybrid, telling the story of a young band who heads to the woods to get away from their everyday lives in order to focus on writing new songs. Hoping to walk away from the trip with new tunes that will score them their big break, they instead find themselves in the middle of a nightmare beyond comprehension."


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(Phoenix, Ariz. – Feb. 13, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced a settlement resolving an employment discrimination lawsuit against Tucson Residence Foundation, Inc. (TRF). The lawsuit alleged that TRF discriminated against Lisa Parra, 38, of Tucson, who is deaf, by withdrawing a promotion the company had offered her because of preferences expressed by two customers.
The lawsuit alleged that TRF hired Parra in 2005 as a mentor for developmentally-disabled residents. In this position, she provided direct care and supervision. After satisfactorily performing the mentor job for two months, Parra applied for a supervisor position that would oversee the operations and staff of two residences serving four residents.
According to court documents, two guardians of residents objected to a deaf person supervising the residential program, and TRF subsequently withdrew the promotion offer. Parra requested the promotion be reinstated. After her request was denied by TRF Executive Director Russ Schlichting, Parra filed a complaint with the Attorney General's Civil Rights Division.
It is a violation of the law for an employer to deny an employment opportunity because of discriminatory customer preferences, regardless of whether those preferences are based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, or age discrimination.
After an investigation completed by the Civil Rights Compliance Section, the Attorney General's Office filed a lawsuit in February 2007 against TRF. Parra entered into a separate confidential settlement agreement to resolve her claim for monetary damages against TRF.
The settlement does not constitute an admission of wrongdoing. It requires TRF to:
- Create a policy that recognizes that while consumer input about staffing will be considered, employment opportunities will not be denied based on discriminatory preferences.
- Create a written procedure for lawfully and fairly evaluating whether applicants or employees with disabilities can perform job duties affected by their disability, using objective information such as prior work experience, work record and opinions of health care or disability professionals.
- Train TRF's management about the new procedures and policies.
- Meet with all TRF employees to explain the new policies.
- Provide a sign language interpreter at the employee meetings for TRF's deaf employees.
- Strengthen its existing EEO policies.
- Pay the State $1,000 to monitor compliance with the Consent Decree and enforce civil rights laws.
The settlement was approved Monday by Pima County Superior Court Judge Deborah Bernini. Assistant Attorney General Rose Daly-Rooney handled this case.
The Attorney General's Office enforces the Arizona Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age or the results of genetic testing. If you believe you are a victim of employment discrimination or harassment, contact the Civil Rights Division of the Attorney General's Office to file a charge of discrimination at 602-542-5263 in Phoenix or 520-628-6500 in Tucson. You may also visit one of more than 36 satellite offices or file a complaint online. To more information about filing a complaint online or satellite offices, please visit www.azag.gov.


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Harlemites and the very fortunate will get a treat when renowned jazz composer Craig Harris unveils his latest work in progress: "God's Trombones� on Thursday, April 6th and Friday, April 7th at 8:00 p.m., when Community Works presents "Harlem Is…Music� in association with the Apollo Salon Series is at the world famous Apollo Theatre located at 253 West 125th Street in Manhattan.
Raised in Hempstead, Long Island, Craig Harris, has been playing the trombone since he was 10 years old. He studied music at SUNY Westbury and has been a musician for nearly 30 years, working exclusively as a composer and musician his entire career. Though Harris has traveled the world, he has spent 10-15 years concentrating on recording his 12 CDs. Recently, within the last 6 or 7 years, he has focused on what he terms total art integration on the grand stage where he is integrating text, music, movement, and imagery. "Most of the work that I do is improvised driven music. For lack of a better term, you can call it funk, jazz, blues, holy-roller. Anything that deals with improvised driven music is what I am all about.� says Harris. "I am setting the text of James Weldon Johnson "God's Trombone� to music for the project that I am doing at the Apollo� explained Craig.
James Weldon Johnson was inspired by the rhythm and cadence he heard within the preaching of African American ministers. He saw that this tradition was becoming extinct so he sought to document these inspirational sermons in order to preserve this unique African American cultural tradition. His 1927 collection of 7 classic poems blended the sound, words, and movement of the call and response tradition of African American preachers. Johnson entitled his work "God's Trombones.�
"Langston Hughes did these poems in a theatre setting but as a trombone player I was inspired by the great trombone tradition in African American churches as well as with the works of James Weldon Johnson,� remarked Harris. "Therefore, I combined them both and came up with my concert which is a work in progress. This production is a partnership between the Apollo Theater, Community Works, and Voza River's New Heritage Theatre.
70% of the text will be sung and the other 30% will be spoken. James Weldon Johnson's text will be distributed between 4 different vocalists, 70% they will sing and another 30% they will speak. This will be integrated with a brass choir of 1 tuba, 1 Baritone Euphonium, 4 trombones, keyboard, and drums. We will also do sermons in that setting. Some say that the trombone is the voice of God, though I know some clarinet players and other instrumentalists that might think he also speaks through their instruments. One thing for sure is that through our music we are the vessel of the great creator,� said the talented trombonist.
Actor Avery Brooks whom some of you may remember from his role as Captain Benjamin Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and even further back in the series Spencer for Hire, will also be lending his considerable talents as a musician to the "God's Trombone� project. "Many people do not know that Avery is an incredible musician and vocalist. I have known Avery for 20 odd years and since I worked with him before, I called him and he was delighted to do this project. I think people who attend the performance will be both surprised and pleased to find out how talented Avery Brook's is. Avery is a prolific person and studied artist,� Harris says.
harlem is...Music celebrates Harlem's unrivaled musical tradition from gospel to classical, from jazz to hip-hop, honoring its musical institutions and legacy keepers past and present. This is the newest component of the harlem is…� public art and programming series. Created by Community Works, (the nonprofit arts education organization founded by Barbara Horowitz) through the lens of New York public school students, the exhibition's nine components have toured over 25 institutions citywide and has served over 300,000 community members through public programming that annually produces over 100 performances, symposiums and public events.
To purchase tickets for "God's Trombone,� call the Apollo Theater box office at (212) 531-5305 or purchase through Ticket Masters. For further information about "harlem is…� events and programs, or Community Works call Community Works at (212) 459-1854 or visit on line at www.communityworks.org.
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Have you read Katherine Stewart's The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children? You should. It's about how Christian evangelicals have taken advantage of a court ruling requiring that schools open their doors to after-school clubs with no viewpoint discrimination…and how they're exploiting that opportunity to proselytize and indoctrinate children. It's chilling stuff.
They're in Minneapolis. One school tried to restrict their activities. Here's what happened.
The Minneapolis school district will abide by a federal appeals court ruling that the district cannot exclude a Bible-oriented club from its after-school activities program.
The decision not to appeal the ruling clears the way for similar clubs in other schools. A settlement approved by the school board Tuesday will cost the district $100,000 in legal fees to the organization sponsoring the club.
Ouch. Not only do they have to allow this creepy club to recruit children, they're going to have to cough up a big chunk of money. And what will they do with all that cash?
Dave Tunell, the Child Evangelism Fellowship's state director, said he hopes three or four more after-school clubs could emerge from summer events conducted by churches in city parks.
Clearly, we need a better strategy for coping with these cultish freaks. They're not stupid, and they've come up with a smart way to exploit the system.


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I recently read an article about a study from UC Davis, showing an increase in some cancers and joint problems in Golden Retrievers that are spayed or neutered as opposed to intact. As a shelter worker, this is so concerning. There are endless studies showing many health and behavioral benefits to spaying and neutering. It's critical to look at the overall benefits to neutering before deciding to keep a dog intact based only on a limited study of one breed. As a shelter worker I have seen Intact dogs who are relentless in their pursuit of a mate. Digging out, jumping fences, chewing through walls, I've seen it all. Unaltered dogs roam more, get hit by cars more, fight more, bite more, and cause more human injuries and even fatalities. Intact females are prone to mammary tumors and pyometra and intact males can get testicular and perianal tumors. According to one veterinary study, 80% of unaltered males will develop prostate disease. Urine marking is a common problem in unaltered dogs.
My champion Borzoi was un-spayed because she was a show dog. She developed a pyometra at 6 years of age, had to have emergency surgery at great expense and was ill with a nasty pseudomonas bacterial infection for a long time afterwards. She didn't fully recover her former health for nearly a year. She also got along wonderfully with our spayed female dog except when she was in season. Twice yearly, they had to be separated as they were prone to fight. After she was spayed, they never had another issue. Another un-spayed show bitch that I owned was so snappy and difficult for several months at a time around her seasons that I actually considered euthanasia. Thankfully I decided to spay her to see if it would help. It ended her show career but she was a delightful happy girl after that and lived to a ripe old age as a beloved pet.
The article mentioned that neutered dogs are more likely to be overweight causing stress on the joints. While it is true that intact dogs may burn more calories fretting and looking for a mate, this is a feeding issue, not a neutering issue. All dogs should be kept trim and fed properly for their needs regardless of altering status. Excess weight is also a cancer risk. Ethical breeders are going to neuter dogs with joint problems and keep those with good joints for breeding which may result in a skewed study.
I would be interested in knowing more about the way the study was conducted. As shelter workers, we often see dogs surrendered to the shelter to be euthanized when they become sick or infirm with issues including cancer and hip dysplasia. Often these dogs are unaltered. The level of responsibility that goes along with extensive veterinary care often includes neutering, so of course neutered dogs will see the vet more for other issues as well. Unaltered dogs are commonly surrendered to shelters for behavior problems such as roaming, barking, urine marking etc. Many of these issues can be improved on by neutering. The article mentioned the fact that service dogs were affected. Unaltered dogs are not suitable for service work as they become distracted by potential mates. Could the work they do assisting people be a factor in causing stress on the joints?
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The number one cause of preventable, premature death in companion animals in this country is euthanasia due to overpopulation. If people decline to alter their pets, this number will certainly climb. I have the greatest respect for those highly dedicated and ethical breeders out there, but for the rest of us there are endless, well-documented veterinary studies showing many health and behavioral reasons to neuter our pets.
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Expand 3 click carries the DS2408, an 8-channel programmable I/O expander with a 1-Wire interface. (Other Expand clicks are available for SPI and I2C interfaces.)
The distinguishing feature of this particular port expander is that you can take a bunch of them and connect them into a sort of daisy chain. Each DS2408 IC has a factory-lasered 64-bit registration number, and because of how the standard Dallas Semiconductor 1-Wire protocol works, you can connect multiple Expand 3 clicks to the same data line, with each one having a unique ID. There are three additional pins on right side of the board for that purpose (VCC, OW, GND).
The communication with your target board's MCU is done either through OW0 or OW1 pins (which are in place of the default mikroBUS AN and PWM pins). To specify the exact one, solder the on-board jumper in the appropriate position (in OW0 position by default). An additional reset line also is connected.
This board can use 3.3V or 5V power supply, determined by setting another solder jumper (in 3.3V position by default).
Note: The picture shows the board with through-hole headers. The board now comes populated with male pin headers already soldered for your convenience (mikroBUS connection pins only; the IDC10 pin header is included loose). The board's user manual has yet to be updated to remove the soldering instructions.
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A running discussion on the Cincinnati Reds and everything else in the baseball universe.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
2010 Top Prospect List: #14 Chris Valaika, ss/2b
Height 6-0, Weight 215, B/T: R/R, DOB: 8/14/1985
2009 Redlegs Baseball Prospect Ranking: #5
In 2008, Chris Valaika was awarded the Chief Bender Award as the Reds Minor League Player of the Year. He followed it up in 2009 with arguably the most disappointing season of any prospect in the entire system.
Obviously, one bad season could be nothing more than an outlier driven by bad luck and nagging injuries. It's entirely possible that that is the case for Valaika, but the down year certainly did him no favors. Much like Danny Dorn, Valaika's inability to perform at a high level during the 2009 season likely cost him both a late season promotion and a shot at a full-time gig in 2010.
He'll look to rebound in 2010 and reestablish his prospect credentials. If he can do so, then he may play his way back into the organization's immediate plans for the future.
To say that Valaika had a forgettable 2009 season would be an understatement. Seriously.
In fact, 2009 was largely a wasted development year for Valaika. At best, it forced him to face adversity, which some organizations like to see, as it forces a prospect to learn to deal with and overcome challenges. So, hopefully, Valaika emerges from 2009 with more mental toughness, which every player needs at the MLB level.
Valaika spent the entire year with triple-A Louisville, where he struggled not only with his performance, but his temper as well. An ill-advised haymaker to a water cooler resulted in a fractured hand, which put him on the shelf for a chunk of the season. Still, given that Danny Dorn also struggled mightily with the promotion to triple-A, maybe there is something in the water in Louisville (another explanation for the water cooler incident?). Or, on a more serious note, maybe the jump to triple-A is a bit more difficult than previously thought.
When Valaika was on the field, he hit a paltry .235/.271/.344/.615 in 366 ABs with 6 homeruns and a rather pedestrian 76/16 K/BB ratio. He had some stunningly bad months to start the season, posting a slash line of .176/.219/.353/.572 in 68 ABs in April and .120/.185/.120/.305 in 25 ABs in May. As bad as it seems, he was also somewhat unlucky, posting a line drive rate of 21% in April, but a BABIP of .188, and a line drive rate of 25% in May, but a BABIP of only .136. With that kind of bad luck, it's almost hard to blame him for taking out his frustrations on the cooler.
On the season, his line drive remained a stellar 21%, while his BABIP was a somewhat low .282. Unfortunately, his strikeout rate jumped from 17.9% in 2008 to 19.4% in 2009, while his walk rate fell from 6.8% in 2008 to 4.1% in 2009. So, his plate approach seemed to suffer, which could either be a result of his struggles or one of the causes. It's just as easy to imagine him getting less disciplined at the plate as his struggles mounted as it is to imagine his struggles being caused by being overly aggressive and chasing bad pitches. Whatever the explanation, his approach took a noticeable step backward in 2009. Even early-count hitters need to focus on offering at pitches that they can handle, as consistently forcing consequences to At Bats on pitcher's pitches is a quick way to put yourself at a significant disadvantage in the all important pitcher v. hitter confrontation.
On the defensive side, he continues to get extensive work at shortstop (77 games), but also spent some time on the right side of second base (18 games). His range at short still leaves something to be desired, as evidenced by his Total Zone Runs/150 rating of -4. At second, his range graded out a bit better, earning an average mark of 0 Runs/150. It was refreshing to finally see the Reds give him a look at second, as the versatility will only help his case. Even so, 2009 marked the first time Valaika had manned 2b at any professional level. Circumstances are working against Valaika, as his game profiles better at second, but the make-up of the 25 man roster would make it easier for Valaika to break in at shortstop.
Valaika is a strong, sturdy ballplayer with a thick, muscular type frame. He's 6-0 tall, but tips the scales at a stout 215, which is a bit bigger than your typical middle infielder. Physically, he strikes me as being somewhat similar to Cleveland's Jhonny Peralta. In fact, his overall game reminds me of Peralta, who is more of an early-count hitter with good pop, limited on base skills, and fringe defensive skills at shortstop that forced him to switch when he outgrew the position. It's questionable whether Valaika will develop as much power as Peralta or has enough defensive skill to hold down shortstop for even a few years. Still, given the similarities of their respective games and body types, a Peralta type career strikes me as a likely ceiling for Chris Valaika. Of course, a lot would have to break right for Valaika to max out on his projection, but he still certainly has nice upside.
At the plate, Valaika uses a wide-spread stance and a high pre-pitch hand position. He keeps his hands in front of his right shoulder and uses a significant bat waggle to stay loose while waiting for the pitch. While waiting for the pitch, he constantly grips and regrips the bat to ensure loose grip pressure and prevent tension in his swing. As the pitch is delivered he pulls his hands back into hitting position. He uses a high back elbow which he has to drop before firing the swing. His wide spread stance gives him a sturdy foundation for his swing. To transfer his weight, he lifts the foot up slightly and puts it right back down. His minimal stride is effective in transferring his weight, but doesn't result in significant cocking of the hips. Cocking the hips is one of the primary ways a hitter can generate power, but it's not the only way. Valaika is strong enough to generate power with both his upper and lower body to offset the less than ideal hip action.
Here is a look at him in action:
And, if you want another look at him, check out this quality Arizona Fall League clip of Valaika at the plate.
As for his approach at the plate, Valaika is an aggressive, early count hitter. He's not the type of hitter who is going to see a lot of pitches or grind out At Bats to draw walks. He's a grip-it-and-rip-it type, who is going to pick a pitch and not get cheated on it. He has strong hands and wrists, which when coupled with his good hand-eye coordination enables him to make hard, consistent contact. He also can drive the ball with power to all fields. His swing, which is simple and uncomplicated, generally has a slight uppercut path to it, but at times he seems to get a bit top hand heavy in his swing.
Valaika isn't overly fleet of foot. He doesn't get out of the box or down the first base line very quickly, so he's not likely to rack up many infield hits or swipe many bases. In his professional career, he has stolen 13 bases and been caught stealing 13 times. Obviously, he does more harm than good when he attempts larceny, as you have to swipe bases at a greater than ~70% clip to benefit your team. If you fall short of that mark, then you are actually costing your team runs.
The question on Valaika, was, is, and continues to be whether he can handle shortstop, as the Reds are certainly in need of one. The consensus of the scouting community is that his range will be stretched at short and the defensive metrics seem to support that notion.
Under the TotalZone metric, Valaika has only posted a positive Runs/150 number at rookie level Billings in his first taste of pro-ball. All his other range stats at shortstop are significantly in the negative, including a -9 in 2007 for Dayton, a -5 in 2008 for Chattanooga, and a -4 in 2009 for Louisville.
On the plus side, Valaika has a strong, accurate arm, which plays well all across the infield, but he lacks quickness and his range is barely adequate. He profiles better at secondbase, but the Reds already have Brandon Phillips entrenched at the position and have shown little inclination to shift "The Franchise" across the bag to shortstop. So, for now, Valaika's best chance at a starting job with the Reds is at shortstop and he may ultimately be next in line after Orlando Cabrera's one year contract expires.
Personally, I find it to be increasingly difficult to get behind the idea of a "fringe" defensive player at shortstop. The new statistical metrics are revealing defense at shortstop to be just too important to sacrifice for anything less than an elite, impact bat. Unfortunately, Valaika simply doesn't have that kind of bat, so whatever above average offensive production he provides will be dragged down by the runs he gives away on defense.
Ultimately, I suspect that Valaika's terrible 2009 season has done little to diminish the organization's view of him. He will always be an offense-first type player, but he could have just enough defensive skill to carve out a few years of shortstop play at the MLB level. He profiles better at second, where he would likely acquit himself well defensively and his defense wouldn't drag down the value of his bat.
At the plate, Valaika certainly has the potential to be a productive MLB hitter. I like his underlying hitting skills much better than his approach at the plate, but he has certainly made it work for him thus far.
The Reds have made serious strides in improving the farm system over the past few years, but the organization still lacks much quality prospect depth in the middle infield. Chris Valaika is one of the organization's few bright lights in the middle of the infield, which for now lands him at #14 on the list.
6 comments:
i love his swing, im confident that he will bounce back. one of my fav players in our systemReplyDelete
I'll admit, I'm higher on him now than I was before this write up. I liked him in the past, but his 2009 season brought him down a peg in my book. However, a deeper look at his performance last season paints a slightly rosier picture than I expect to find. So, you may well be right about the bounce back season.
I'll be interested to see how he fits into the organization's plans. Thanks for the comment!
- AnonymousFebruary 8, 2010 at 2:19 PM
Good write up, spot on Lark. I was interested to see the videos of him as he has bulked up somewhat and his wheels are just underwhelming now, perhaps he could do with dropping a few lb's. But he has always been one of my favs as well due to his bat, I just think he has natural hitter written all over him. Just needs to do a better job with his approach at the plate. I used to think of him like a RHH Todd Walker (eventually) but now he's looking more like a poor mans DeRosa. 2B, 3B and SS in a pinch. The difference being approach and versatility. I think he's an excellent candidate for the bench in '11. His best position down the road is likely as an adequate, but not ideal 3B/UT IF. MIF seems like a bit much for him now.
I definitely see him as a 2nd baseman, he should stick there no problem. He will never win a gold glove, but should put up brandon phillips like numbers on offenseReplyDelete
I'm hopefully he can stick at 2b. Rumor has it he added some weight when he missed time due to injury. So, 2009 was just a bad all around year for him.
Still, I'm leaning more towards the notion that he can be a starter at 2b. Actually, after looking into his 2009 season, I thought about moving him up the list a bit. I think the peripherals for him in 2009 are stronger than his overall performance.
If he can't stick at 2b or short, then I'm not wild about his bat at 3b. Still, I do think he's got a nice "hit tool", even if I'm not a fan of his approach at the plate. If things break right, then he could be a solid offensive minded second baseman.
Hopefully, 2010 will see a re-energized Valaika and a bounce back season.
Time will tell.
Thanks for the thoughts.
- AnonymousFebruary 15, 2010 at 9:24 AM
damn lark, Did you die or something? day 9.ReplyDelete


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