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MINUTES FROM BOD MEETING ON JUNE 13, 2012July 9, 2012
Board of Director's Meeting
President Candy Weaver called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Executive Director Carolyn Wells, Candy Weaver, Mike Budai, Mark Simmons, Tana Shupe, Randy Bigler, Mike Lake, Paul Kirk, Arlie Bragg, Jeff Stith, Steve Farrin, George Mullins, and Dave Compton.
MEMBERS CALLING IN: Don Harwell, Dawn Endrijaitis
There were no requests from members to speak.
Members recited the following KCBS Mission and Board Pledge:
MISSION: Recognizing barbeque as America's Cuisine, the Mission of the Kansas City Barbeque Society is to celebrate, teach, preserve and promote barbeque as a culinary technique, sport and art form.
BOARD PLEDGE: I accept my duties as a KCBS director to further the KCBS Mission so that truth, justice, excellence in BBQ and the American way of life may be strengthened and preserved forever.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING ON MAY 9, 2012. - Tana Shupe
Tana asked the board to accept the Quick Notes as the official Minutes for the meeting on May 9, 2012. Seconded by Mike Lake, the Minutes were approved as presented.
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT - Mark Simmons
Mark asked the board to accept the financial report as submitted. Seconded by Mike Budai, the report was accepted as presented.
MARKETING COMMITTEE REPORT - Jeff Stith & Mike McCloud
- Total May Sales: $2909
- Advertising sold for April: $2005
- Uploaded June Bullsheet
- Uploaded MP3 of May's BOD meeting
- Added Smithfield Rib Super Series Event Gallery
- 2012 Member Survey (see below)
- Continual Partner Programs Updates:
- Kingsford $40K Challenge- 3 activations in May
- Tyson Best Wing on the Planet- 4 activations in May
- Cavanaugh Backyard BBQ Bash- 1 activation @ Regional in NM
- Reser's Americas Best Potato Salad Challenge – 2 activations in May
- Smithfield Rib Super Series- 1 activations in May
- 3 successful Tour Activations @ Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival in Bixby, OK, Memphis in May World Championship in Memphis, TN and Papa Joe's Banjo B Que in Evans, GA
- Continual Coordination and Logistics for 2012 GABT Tour
Sam's National BBQ Tour
- Continual Coordination and Logistics for 2012 Sam's Tour- 3 local events in May – CO, KS, TX, 1st regional competition held in Albuquerque, NM – (6,000 crowd attendance!)
- Sam's National- Continual PR/Social Media Updates
- Social Media, using MMA, KCBS, and GABT Facebook and Twitter pages to promote KCBS-related events/promotion
- GABT: 1953 Twitter Followers / 1,142 FB Likes
- KCBS: 1548 Twitter Followers / 9,926 FB Likes
- Updated News section of KCBS website as necessary
- Bullsheet Content – Sam's Review, Smithfield Review, Kingsford Review, GABT Review
- GABT - Local PR: Bixby, Memphis, Evans, Atlanta
Sponsorship Activities
- Sadler's 2012/ 2013 KCBS Seal of Approval renewed
- Member survey now complete. Experienced record number of participants: 3,606. Currently working on selecting (by random) and announcing the winners and compiling results for Board/partner review.
- Working on presentation for Europe trip
Jeff reported that the Marketing Committee met via conference call on Thursday, June 7.
Discussion included:
1. Patches to apply to shirts that CBJs, teams, etc. can purchase and apply to their own shirts. They could have judging levels and the areas in which they're involved (CBJ, Cook, Rep, Board Member, Organizer, etc.). These could be in lieu of new shirts if MMA's research proves to be too costly of an output of money
1. Million Meal Day - something that was mentioned by Mike McCloud during Strategic Planning Meeting. Involved teams being paid to cook outside every Home Depot / Lowe's on one day across the nation. Was originally proposed as a "National BBQ DAY" during May's National BBQ Month. It is a huge endeavor and February to May was probably not enough time to get it organized properly. It should be planned to be implemented by late spring in 2013.
3. Paperless Bullsheet - members could opt out of receiving a paper copy and read online instead. Proposal would be to have an interactive Web site to log in and read articles, view results, see ads, etc. rather than the PDF version. One committee member works for a company that does this every month. She reports that it takes approximately four days to put together with the log-in and templates she was set up with. Takes less time each month as she gets more proficient with the program.
4. Bullsheet improvements - in the interest of saving space for more content, proposing the following: Smaller font and lower case on results; Only list contest for upcoming three months rather than all year and don't use italics; List new members quarterly and use smaller font and no caps; these things open up more space for things like a column for organizers and making offers to other BBQ associations to have a monthly column like the Pacific Northwest does.
5. Social Media usage - a suggestion came in from a member that we use Google+ as well for their chat rooms and group streaming capabilities. No one on the committee has more than minimal experience with Google+ but I do know that content posted there is searchable by Google whereas Facebook content is not. Might have some benefit. We can investigate. Also, would be interested to have access to the statistics for engagement, etc. on Facebook, not just "likes". It was suggested by a committee person that we look into a newly launched site called "AirTime.com" that provides chat rooms that you can link to your Facebook account. Might be able to hold Q&A sessions or town halls there. We will investigate this further and report back to the Board.
SANCTIONING COMMITTEE REPORT - George Mullins
New Contests:
Sept. 21-22 Rails & Trails BBQ Festival Herington KS
Sept. 29-30 The Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia LA*
Oct. 5-6 PorktoberQue Dothan AL
Oct. 11-13 Big Butts BBQ Festival Abbeville SC
Oct. 19-20 Smoketoberfest BBQ Challenge Hagerstown MD
Oct. 19-20 (2013) Shriner's BBQing for Kids St. Louis MO
Existing Contests:
Sept. 1-2 Blues, Views and BBQ Westport CT
Sept. 14-15 Smoke on the Water
Arkansas Championship BBQ Pine Bluff AR
Sept. 29-30 The Best BBQ Chef Competition New London CT
Oct. 13 Future Legends of BBQ Tuxedo NC
Existing Contests (2013):
April 26-27 BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington NC
May 3-4 Truman Heritage Festival BBQ
Championship Grandview MO
March 15-16 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo MS
*George stated that a date change was requested for the contest in Vidalia, LA, from Sept. 28-29 to Sept. 29-30 and asked the board to accept the report as amended. Seconded by Tana Shupe, approval was unanimous.
CBJ COMMITTEE REPORT - Mike Lake
# of classes Y-T-D........39
New Members..........1467
Status of the request for new judge mentoring is still under advisement. Rep Advisory to be issued by Simmons/Bigler.
The committee asks the board to consider giving a bronze badge for judging 100 contests, silver for 200, gold for 300, platinum for 400 and diamond for 500. Options being researched.
Addition of "finger licking" statement for judges CD. No action.
Asked to hold discussion regarding the contest in No. Platte, NE, in Executive Session.
EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT - Tana Shupe
Have prepared an short email to be sent to organizers of current events holding Kids Que contests to get their opinions on how … if even if … they want these events to become KCBS-directed competitions, and if so, what structure/s they might suggest. Target is to send the email week of June 10th
Am also working on an attachment to be sent to all organizers asking for their interest in holding Kids Ques and what kind of input/support they would expect from KCBS. Target for this communication is to begin sending it to organizers with contests in 2013.
Report was accepted as presented.
STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT - Mark Simmons
The strategic planning committee met by conference call on Tuesday, June 5th. We are in the developmental stage of the strategic plan. We believe that a strategic plan will help KCBS as we plan for the future. Though we have no additional details at this time, they will be coming within the next few months. Report was accepted as presented.
REP COMMITTEE REPORT - Mark Simmons
The KCBS Contest Rep Committee met on June 4th by conference call.
It is our pleasure to give the BOD a few of the highlights so far this 2012 BBQ season:
As of the end of May, 2012:
We have had 111 sanctioned contests
This resulted in 265 Rep Assignments
4589 teams have competed (averaging 41.3 / contest)
Prize money awarded to the cookers has totaled $1,015,960 ... averaging over $9,000 per contest
Just so we can really see how BBQ is helping the local communities, it helps to know that through our BBQ contests, some of the charities that have benefited are Lions Club, Fine Arts Institute of Edmond, Volunteer Fire Departments, Rotary Projects, Deaf Cultural Center, Pet Connection, Ronald MacDonald House, Chambers of Commerce, Child Abuse Prevention, Harvest Food Bank, Public Library Summer Reading programs, Horses for Healing, United Way, American Cancer Society, NWA Children's Shelter, Miracle League, VFW, Childrens Charities of the Ozarks, Wounded Warrior, Special Olympics, Discoveries Children, Operation BBQ Relief and the Boy Scouts. This is an incredible list of charities that is not exhaustive. KUDOS to all the Organizers, Volunteers, Cookers, Contest Reps, Judges, Table Captains, KCBS Office Staff and sponsors and donors. This truly helps us all to understand a snapshot of the good that is being done through BBQ. Thank you. Thank YOU! THANK YOU!!!
Adoption of the document known as the Rep Code of Conduct which was sent to each board member was not discussed and will be placed on the Agenda for the Board of Director's June meeting.
Randy Bigler made a motion to approve Doug & Sue Reid and Ellie King as contest reps. Seconded by Mike Budai, the motion passed unanimously.
KCBSCORE COMMITTEE REPORT - Mike Budai
Our contractors met last month and I expect will be meeting this week to finalize Score's API design and functionality. InDevX has started the work of adding the necessary fields in the GUIs and add API controls to Score. The next release of Score hopefully will include the API control interface. I ask the board accept this report. Mike made a motion that the report be accepted as presented. Seconded by Randy Bigler, the m otion was accepted unanimously.
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE REPORT - Mike Budai
The following have been completed since the last board meeting:
1) The MP3 recording of the May 9, 2012 board meeting has been posted on the KCBS website.
2) Switching the KCBS office's local and long distance phone service supplier has been completed. This should save KCBS between $50 and $150/month depending on our long distance usage. In addition to reduced costs, we also get the added benefit of a redundant internet supplier. In case our primary service goes down, the office now automatically switches over to the new supplier. While not as fast as our primary service, it does allow the office to continue to function. Since the KCBS office is cloud based, this redundancy is necessary for normal operations. Our internet service has failed in the past. Mike asked the board to accept this report. Seconded by Randy Bigler the report was unanimously accepted as presented.
RULES COMMITTEE REPORT - Dave Compton
At this time there isn't much to report for this month. I have been talking to numerous people at different contests about what rule changes they would like us to discuss. I've been talking to cooks, judges, Reps and organizers asking for input.
Next month's report will be quite lengthy. Dave made a motion that this report be accepted by the Board. Seconded by Tana Shupe the motion passed unanimously.
JUDGES ADVOCATE REPORT - Dave Compton
I have received a few complaints from some of our female CBJs about how some Reps split up the judges on a table by table basis. They want to know why women are split up amongst the tables - do the women have different taste buds than their male counterparts?
I gather that their feeling is that we wouldn't separate on the basis of race or religion so why are we doing this by sex? The feeling is that judges should be distributed by experience, not race or gender.
I move that the appropriate committee deal with this issue in a way to forestall future problems. The board determined that the rep committee will seek from the reps.
PHILANTHROPY COMMITTEE - Arlie Bragg: No report.
Arlie will re-send grant requests to all board members. He proposed to move deadline date to the last week in June in the future due to busy student schedules. This will be discussed further by the committee and a motion will be brought to the board.
REGIONAL REPRESENTATION REPORT - George Mullins: No Report.
MEMBERSHIP REPORT - Steve Farrin: No Report.
President Weaver's proposed Nondisclosure Agreement for board review that would be signed by all board members and office staff. Acceptance of documents was tabled until the July meeting.
The following two motions were tabled until July meeting:
MOTION: Candy Weaver - I move that the Accuconference recording of closed session meetings be discontinued and all past recordings of all KCBS meetings be discarded.
MOTION: Candy Weaver - Further, I moved that all future AccuConference recording of board meetings made be eliminated after the completion and posting of the MP3 recording of the meeting on kcbs.us Motions tabled until next month.
Mike Budai: In the interest of KCBS helping Organizers, I have received a request from an Organizer that KCBS should develop a contest judge program that for a fee, KCBS would supply to a contest all the services of a judge coordinator. This would greatly aid new and smaller contests that don't have the resources to have a dedicated judge coordinator. Jeff Stith reported that he has sent communication to 300 organizers; received 29-30 answers mentioning a paid CBJ coordinator and improved database to locate judges, most said they would not utilize a paid coordinator, that procurement of judges is not an issue. Several said they would rather see advanced CBJ training and would prefer help getting teams to their contests. No action was taken.
Candy Weaver: Discussion of scoring corrections at contest in North Platte, NE. resulting in the following report from Executive Director Carolyn Wells:
Here's where we are right now. I reentered the contest last Thursday. Team Satchell (the one with no sixth judge) moved from 12 to 6 in chicken.
The signed judges' scorecards were entered, and the Tally Sheets reflect six judges. I averaged the scores of the four judges and prepared a new score card based on those averages for judges 5 & 6 and modified those teams scores. There were four teams in chicken and 6 teams in ribs on the table of four judges. The print outs highlights 5/30/12 reflect those averaged scores.
Phat Jack's BBQ
Smoke N The Rockies
Team Satchell
Parrothead Smokers
Candy made a motion to accept the new scores as prepared by Carolyn. Seconded by Paul Kirk, the motion passed unanimously.
At 7:52 p.m. Paul Kirk moved to go into Executive Session. Seconded by Mike Budai, the vote was unanimous.
Discussion of scoring issues in No. Platte.
Discussion regarding replacement of a CBJ Instructor at an upcoming Judging class.
At 8:36 p.m. a motion was made by Paul Kirk to come out of Executive Session. Seconded by Tana Shupe, the motion passed unanimously.
In the interest of fairness to everyone involved, and in order to make a ruling on further action, the board will hold a special meeting at 7:00 p.m. central time, on Wednesday, June 20th, to hear from the contest reps at the contest in No. Platte, NE.
At 8:38 Paul Kirk made a motion to adjourn; seconded by Tana Shupe, the motion passed unanimously.


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A story from The Memphis NewsOn newsstands throughout the city
One of baseball's enduring maxims is that anytime you go to a game you've got a chance to see something you've never seen before.
Financial problems and declining attendance have plagued the Memphis Redbirds in recent years, but the team's ownership group, the Memphis Redbirds Foundation, is looking to 2012 as the year to turn around the fortunes of the franchise. (Photo: Brandon Dill)
Apparently, this now applies off the field too, because a few weeks ago a group that included Magic Johnson as the front man paid $2.15 billion to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers from financially troubled owner Frank McCourt.
"Two billion?" Memphis Redbirds Foundation president Ray Pohlman said with a laugh. "The Redbirds are a bargain."
The nonprofit Redbirds Foundation owns both the team and AutoZone Park. Under the right circumstances – the right price, ownership group and attitude about the franchise as a community asset – the team and stadium are very much for sale.
AutoZone Park opened Downtown at Third Street and Union Avenue in 2000 to glowing reviews and large crowds. The stadium was funded by $72 million in bonds – hot dogs and peanuts money when compared to the recent purchase price of the Dodgers – but a large investment in a minor-league venue. The Redbirds, fortunately, are not saddled with the problems McCourt faced – paying back a $150 million loan from Major League Baseball and making good on a reported $130 million divorce settlement with his ex-wife.
Still, the Redbirds do have substantial challenges. In 2009, the foundation defaulted on a bond payment. About a year later Fundamental Advisors, a New York-based private equity firm, bought the bonds for $24 million.
"It's important that we recapitalize the Redbirds in a right-sized manner," said foundation treasurer John Pontius. "The Redbirds were obligated on a tremendous amount of debt that was used to build the ballpark and it was just in excess of what a Triple-A baseball team could carry."
For several years, Pontius said, there have been discussions with the city about a purchase plan for the team with the understanding that any such plan would include built-in protections for the city.
"Ray and I are volunteers representing a not-for-profit foundation and our motives are to totally do the right thing by the city – both the governmental entity and the citizens of Memphis," Pontius said. "We're not going to propose any transaction we don't think is in their best interests."
Said Pohlman: "John and I both did a stint in city government and so we understand. One of the options they're talking about is a sale-leaseback. So the city will be paid back, whatever the sale price happens to be. And John and his team will ensure we'll be able to live up to that obligation."
Downtown Memphis Commission president Paul Morris said if the city took control of the stadium it could use a state sales tax rebate program to help pay off the bonds.
"But if a for-profit entity bought the stadium," he said, "it would be difficult if not impossible for that revenue stream to survive."
Morris, who stressed "I don't speak for the city, I'm a facilitator for the city," said he doesn't believe the Redbirds' financial situation is critical, but he sees "enough concern to continue the conversation we've been having the last few years."
Late in the 2009 baseball season, the Redbirds Foundation fired Blues City Baseball and hired Global Spectrum, a Philadelphia-based national management firm. That move, along with the purchase of the bonds by Fundamental Advisors, has the Redbirds on the right course, Pontius said.
"They allowed us to use cash flow that was dedicated to make bond payments," he said of the new bondholders. They've allowed us to use it more liberally to run the team and the ballpark correctly," he said. "As long as we're able to operate with the freedom we've had in the past, we're in no particular hurry (to sell). It's OK. There are five or six people I would consider a serious prospect. And for any ownership group to be a serious contender it will have to have significant baseball experience as part of the group."
Several years ago, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Redbirds' parent club, considered buying the team.
"It was before we had defaulted on our debt and it was before the broad market decline of 2008," Pontius said. "So those discussions ended with the realization it wasn't good timing. Since then, we've done a tremendous amount to make us a more salient franchise. We cleaned up our balance sheet, improved our operations, improved our accounting records and we've kept in touch with the handful of prospective buyers. We're not in pricing discussions with a potential buyer."
Those potential buyers, Pohlman says, also would have to understand this is a different game.
"The Memphis Redbirds and AutoZone Park always have been seen as something this community did right," he said. "And the fact we're engaging a thousand or so kids every summer in our R.B.I. (Reviving Baseball in the Inner Cities) program … this isn't about professional sports in Memphis. It's about the Redbirds, AutoZone Park, this gem at Third and Union."
No question, AutoZone Park was a big-league hit. Even today, it continues to be hailed as the best ballpark below the major-league level. But the Memphis market changed – the NBA and the Grizzlies arrived, FedExForum was built, Memphis Tigers basketball enjoyed resurgence under John Calipari – and the ballpark became this outrageously nice place where, well, they played minor-league baseball.
"About 70 percent of the people who come to AutoZone Park don't care who's playing, don't know any of the players' names, don't even know the score," Pohlman said. "So it behooves us to re-create the experience for them" to make it fresh, like in the good old days.
This being 2012, technology will play a leading role in enhancing the fan experience. New to AutoZone Park this season is a $2 million, 3,600-square-foot high-definition video board beyond the right-field fence. The board was scheduled to be completed by April 13 for the Redbirds' first home game.
"It will make the ballpark glow," said Redbirds general manager Ben Weiss.
The hope is that just as fans flocked to see the park for the first time – the peak for tickets sold (887,976) was in 2001 – they'll return to see the best video board in minor-league baseball. Last year's attendance (493,528) represented a 7.5 percent increase from the previous year and led the Pacific Coast League.
But the video board is also literally huge for what it can mean to advertising.
"It's a game-changer because of the ability to create a non-static advertising opportunity," Weiss said. "Coke wants to promote Coke Zero. Bud wants to promote Bud Light, Bud Platinum. And we'll be able to have a naming rights partner for our starting lineup. Which is something we didn't have the ability to do in the past. It could change every third inning."
Notable sponsors who have renewed with the Redbirds for 2012 include AutoZone Inc., FedEx Corp., Tennessee Lottery, Delta Dental, ePaymentAmerica, ServiceMaster by Stratos, Campbell Clinic and First Tennessee Bank. New sponsors include: Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp., Mission Foods, Cricket Wireless, Memphis Orthopedic Group, Prestone Antifreeze, Folk's Folly and GO Orthodontics.
The sponsorship relationships are vital because most of the stadium's 46 suites were pre-leased for 15 years, or through the 2014 season. And going forward, the foundation is limited in what could be done with the suites because "it's sort of tied up with any potential transaction," Pontius said.
"Maintenance of the ballpark and how you deal with the suites – all those details have been discussed," Morris said, referring to the conversations between the foundation and the city.
Beyond increasing sponsorships and ticket sales, holding other events at the stadium could also boost revenue.
"Our problem is logistics," said Pontius. "We play 72 baseball games."
That said, the University of Memphis is joining the Big East and Weiss said they've already begun discussing making a bid for the conference baseball tournament.
"We pursued the SEC," Pontius said, "so we've already put the whole package together with the (Memphis CVB)."
From a marketing standpoint, the Redbirds' theme this season is "connect." The idea being that it's time for fans to re-connect with the team and the ballpark that once was at the core of summer plans.
"We can't just market a player because we don't know if they're going to be sent down to Double A or brought up to the Cardinals," said Adam Goldberg, the club's director of marketing. "That's the nature of the beast. Rockey (the Redbirds' team mascot) is obviously the face of the franchise because he never leaves."
On April 3, the team held an open practice and gave away free hot dogs, nachos and soda. Sitting behind home plate under a sunshine and blue sky was former TV weatherman Leon Griffin, 60, who was happy for the return of baseball but also with what he saw in the stands.
"Interesting cross-section of people," Griffin said. "Young, old, black, white. And the kids sitting here, waiting to make their memories, that's what this is about."
Memories to be made on the field and possibilities for what could happen off the field, that's what this next season is about.
"It's spring," Pohlman said with a smile. "Hope springs eternal, right?"
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Coastal erosion and flood protection are two pressing, persistent challenges that shape the quality of life in Eastern North Carolina.
An even more pressing problem, though, has slowly come into this region�s consciousness, and it is a problem that could pose a bigger threat to our continued ability to call this area home.
The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act, which was signed into law last year, contains a number of changes to the federal flood insurance program that could � if imposed as planned � strip many of our homes and businesses of their value.
The changes are extreme and affect the prices and conditions of our flood insurance, which many of us must carry and all of us should carry to protect our investments.
If you live in a flood zone, you are required to carry flood insurance as part of your mortgage agreement. So any dramatic increase in insurance cost will affect you. It will also affect your property values since any potential buyer will be affected by the higher rates.
The new law does away with grandfathering insurance policies at their current costs, which would mean that increased prices would kick in for current policyholders � even if they have paid their bills for years or decades.
It also requires updated flood elevation maps � a point that has caused much disagreement. Many flood control measures and structures have been discounted because they don�t satisfy new federal guidelines.
The federal changes are meant to control the cost of the flood insurance program, an understandable goal.
But if they go into effect and force the people who need the program the most out of it, they will defeat the purpose of the program.
It is great to see a bipartisan attempt to delay the changes and lessen their impact on coastal residents.
Let us hope they succeed in convincing their colleagues that the human impact of these changes would be catastrophic.
At least one state, Louisiana, is planning to file suit to delay or block the changes, claiming that they would amount to an illegal taking of residents� property values.
The goal of making the flood insurance program self-sustaining is noble, particularly in these times of continuing economic difficulties in Washington. But it cannot do so at the expense of the people who need flood insurance � the very reason the program exists in the first place.
With any luck, there will be a congressional solution. At this point, that seems far more likely than finding success in the federal court system.
A version of this editorial first appeared in the Thibodaux Daily Comet, a Halifax Media Group newspaper in Louisiana.


text: This morning, the fog was getting thicker and your commute time was getting laaaaarger, with the MTA announcing service disruptions for the entire system. And no wonder: As you can see in the photo above, which was taken from the New York by Gehry tower in Manhattan by software engineer Adam Goldberg and posted to Instagram, the cloud of fog utterly engulfed the city. Please alert 3-1-1 if you come across any leprous, vengeful ghosts.


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Week 51, Get On
To listen on an iPhone, visit my Bandcamp site, or download the SoundCloud iPhone app.
Well it's week fifty-one! I can't believe it. I'm still running short on time and I have a lot of ground to cover with this post so I might skip on some of the regular stuff about the recording. A couple of notes about that – the female vocalist in the harmonies is my very own sister Brooke Layman. She deserves a much bigger part than buried in the mix, but that's what was called for on this song. I was very happy that it worked out for her to be visiting while this was going on. We've had very few opportunities to collaborate in our adult years.
In just a few days I'll be taking the stage for the first time with the new band version of Developer. I'm really excited about it. The show features some great local artists, and it's at a great venue. The night will culminate with a live recording of the final song with audience participation and something like fifteen guest musicians by the end of the song. If you're anywhere near Pittsburgh, please drop by. It's easily worth the five dollar admission. But for all of you who've been following the blog for the last year and who aren't in Pittsburgh, the whole show will be broadcast here as live streaming video thanks to the incredible folks over at Incredibly Thin! Just bookmark it and tune back in after 8 pm EST. The rough band start times are as follows: River is to Train – 8:30, Karl Hendricks – 9:10, Pairdown – 9:50, Endless Mike & the Beagle Club – 10:30, Developer – 11:10. I'll hopefully be posting a remixed and recut version of the final song on Monday, September 6, which is the one year anniversary of the project, and yeah it's my birthday too.
The grand finale show doubles as a CD release for Another Song for the Weekend, a newly remastered nineteen-song collection of some of the best tracks of Project 52. I'll get the CD posted on the Developer Bandcamp site in the days following the show for sale as both the physical CD package or as a digital download.
Now on to the song itself. This track was heavily influenced by the band Polvo. I couldn't help it. I was so thrilled to have been able to see them live here in Pittsburgh on August 12 after having never had the opportunity before, and they killed it so hard that night, that it was inevitable that the Polvo sound would creep back into one of my songs. I say "back" because oddly enough, nearly a year ago I had just acquired the brand new Polvo album and had been playing pretty much nonstop. It's subtle, but that definitely influenced the song for week two, "Left to Chance". So, it turns out that both the second song of the project and second-t0-last song of the project were pretty heavily influenced by one of my favorite bands. It's bears mentioning too that I credit that second song with setting the bar for the project and forcing me to take every week seriously.
Thanks again everyone. I'm thrilled to be sharing this all with you.
Week 50, Coming Out with the ScrewsTo listen on an iPhone, visit my Bandcamp site, or download the SoundCloud iPhone app.
This week's song was one that I'd written and began recording a few weeks ago, but it hadn't really fit in until now. It's a very simple setup with just one guitar track, one baritone track, and two drum tracks. The guitar and baritone were both performed on the Orange Crush 30r, and miked with my CAD E200. All sounds were recorded with the iPhone using the Alesis ProTrack and the MultiTrack DAW app.
The drum setup is one that I've been fooling with for the last couple of songs, and I think is the best that I've been able to get out of the drums with two mics into the iPhone. It's pretty much a mono-style setup, but recorded as a stereo track to get two distinct channels. The left channel was a relatively close overhead mic and the right channel was the CAD E200 (which has a nice bass response) placed with the diaphragm just above the kick drum by four inches or so and out from the set by four inches and aimed down under the cymbals and toward the snare. Once I brought the stereo track into Reaper, I used the nifty option to "explode multichannel audio or MIDI items to new mono items," which does just like it says and leaves me with two independent mono drum tracks which I can EQ and mix separately. I ended up panning them slightly just to expand the drum sound a bit, but it's ultimately a mono drum recording.
I can't believe I'm at week 50. I'm starting to think that I'd be feeling sentimental and regretting the end if I wasn't so busy trying to hold everything together in preparation for the grand finale. I have some big news on that front as well: For better or worse, the live performance of the final song and possibly the whole Developer set will be available as live streaming video so that everyone who's not here in Pittsburgh can catch the show as well. As a recap, the show is set for Sunday, September 5, and features great Pittsburgh-area acts Endless Mike and the Beagle Club, Pairdown, Karl Hendricks (solo), River is to Train, and of course the band version of Developer (that's me). I hope that everyone that can make it out does, as the final song will have an opportunity for some audience participation and should be something to behold (one way or another).
The final show is also going to be a CD release show. I have just one more pass to make on the masters and the artwork for the album, which is titled Another Song for the Weekend, and features 19 of my favorite songs from the project remastered to sound way better than they ever have before. Stop on back in the coming weeks for more information about the show and the CD. I promise to have approximate band start times by next week.
One last thing: Please grab this limited time free EP that I put together of great songs that I couldn't fit onto the CD. It's a nice little six song collection that's worth your hard drive space.
Week 49, Cold AgainTo listen on an iPhone, visit my Bandcamp site, or download the SoundCloud iPhone app.
This song is a simple little rock/pop ditty. I hope you enjoy it. It marks the return of the Blue Mikey, which I used to mic all of the instruments and one of the vocal tracks, and the introduction of a new distortion pedal, the Maxon OD808 reissue, which I was prompted to pick up to get the live guitar setup up to snuff in preparation for the grand finale show. This pedal has the same design as the original "Tube Screamer TS-808″ as Maxon was the original equipment manufacturer for Ibanez. I absolutely love the sound of this pedal, and it's even better when paired with my Fender Blackface Twin.
I wanted to share a free EP with everyone as a thanks for sticking around for so long. Head on over to my bandcamp site and pick up The Bitter Pill EP as a completely free high quality digital download.
Also, a quick update on the grand finale show: it looks like I may be able to have the whole thing broadcast as a live streaming feed so that friends and followers from all over the world can catch the show. I'll have more info coming very soon.
Week 48, To Sleep
To listen on an iPhone, visit my Bandcamp site, or download the SoundCloud iPhone app.
This week's song is a little different. It's pretty thick-sounding, but at its core is a simple little finger-picked guitar part. I recorded just about everything using the Alesis ProTrack. The acoustic finger-picking was with the built-in mics, though there's way more hiss and noise than I would've liked. If I had more time I would've gone back and re-recorded the guitars, but I had a lot of humming to track. Many of the other tracks, including the drums, were recorded using the mic preamps on the Alesis. That continues to be a godsend. I'm sure the preamps aren't of the highest quality, but to get a nice large-diaphragm condenser mic directly into my phone, I'm not complaining.
The details continue to come together for the grand finale show. It will be Sunday, September 5, at the Brillobox in Pittsburgh. The show feature local acts Endless Mike and the Beagle Club, Pairdown, Karl Hendricks (solo), River is to Train, and the band version of Developer. We'll be performing the 52nd song of Project 52 and recording it live to post here the following day.
I hope to see a bunch of you there. Have a great week everyone.
Week 47, Devil's SnareTo listen on an iPhone, visit my Bandcamp site, or download the SoundCloud iPhone app.
All you need is love.
Week 46, The WeekendTo listen on an iPhone, visit my Bandcamp site, or download the SoundCloud iPhone app.
For the first time in several weeks I'm getting a song up without franticly writing something at the last minute, and that's a welcome change. We'll see how long I can keep it up. With only six weeks left, I should be able to find the motivation.
I don't have a whole lot to say about this song. It came together pretty well – even with the slightly ridiculous dual guitar solo at the end. This is another track where the recordings were all made on the iPhone using the Alesis ProTrack's mic preamps to mic the guitar amp and the drums. The guitar on this one was my Dean Evo FT. It's a great guitar that you should still be able to get as a steal if you can find one – it has a coil-tap switch! The guitar sound is just the Evo through my Orange Crush 30r using the amp's distortion and miked with a CAD E200.
The drums were recorded with just two mics, both small diaphragm condensers in an xy pattern about four feet out in front of the kit. The vocals were recorded as usual with just the iPhone's built-in microphone, and I added a tinge of distortion and delay on the back end. The melodica was also recorded with the iPhone mic. Everything was recorded into the MultiTrack DAW app and then mixed and tweaked in Reaper.
Things are coming together pretty well for the Project 52 grand finale. I should be able to announce a show lineup pretty soon. The venue is set. It's going to be at the Brillobox here in Pittsburgh on September 5th. I'll be playing with a band version of Developer that features Chris James on bass (currently in Assembly & formerly of Life in Bed), and Geof Comings on drums (currently in Becoming Projections & formerly of Songs: Ohia). We'll be playing a full set of Project 52 songs and then cap the show off with a live recording of the final song, which will be posted here the next day.
Week 45, Your Mind
To listen on an iPhone, visit my Bandcamp site, or download the SoundCloud iPhone app.
This was another rough week. I've had plenty of weeks where everything just fell into place, so I suppose that it's fair to have one where it doesn't. I may be overstating it. I don't think that this is a bad song, but it's a little sloppy, and I would love to have more time to work on it. The issues with this week were a result of having two Karl Hendricks Trio shows in four days, starting to spend more time and energy to get ready for the grand finale show, plus a kid who's going through some rough sleeping spells.
With only a handful of minutes left in the week, I'm going to keep to the basics. All tracks were recorded with my Alesis ProTrack on the iPhone using the MultiTrack DAW app, except for the vocals, which were recorded with the iPhone's built-in mic. The drums and the acoustic guitar tracks were recorded with the ProTrack's built-in mics.
Thanks as always for stopping by. I'll probably be sane again soon.
Week 44, Simple Alarm
To listen on an iPhone, visit my Bandcamp site, or download the SoundCloud iPhone app.
This was one of those weeks and songs that seemed to conspire against my meeting the deadline. With only eight songs left, there was no way that was I going to say "screw it", but consequently some elements of the song, and all elements of my voice, suffered.
I was lucky enough to get one of those really awesome summer head-colds last week, right around the time that a heat wave blasted the Eastern US. On top of that foundation I added a hard-fought game of softball, the usual regimen of sleep deprivation, and a Karl Hendricks Trio show on Saturday night. I'm pretty sure that it was the really long show at a really smoky bar that did me in, because the next day, the day that the song was due, the song for which I hadn't written lyrics and recorded vocals yet, on that day my voice was seriously shot. I soldiered on and tried to go through the process of restoring my voice as best as I could recall the techniques from my days singing in the high school touring choir over a long time ago. But to no avail. I couldn't get anything other than a scratchy mess out of it and I was getting pretty frustrated. I put off the recording until the evening, and then finally just went through with my best effort to disguise my vocal incompetence by recording multiple takes in both octaves.
When I finally sat down to start mixing the song, and after a more liberal application of effects to the vocal mix, I found them to be surprisingly palatable, and with scratchier voice and sloppier guitar and drum performances than I would've liked, I made the deadline.
The recording is similar to the last few. The scratchy vocals were recorded with the iPhone mic as usual, and all of the instruments were recorded with the Alesis ProTrack, with the slight variation that the guitar amp was my Fender Twin instead of the Orange Crush for guitars. I broke out my trusty old Twin to begin the process of relearning some of the older songs for the first live performance of the Project 52 songs, which will be at the grand finale show, which I'll be writing more about as soon as a few more of the details come together.
Week 43, FireflyTo listen on an iPhone, visit my Bandcamp site, or download the SoundCloud iPhone app.
This week I broke full-on into the computer. I've been avoiding doing too much with computer-generated sounds for some reason or another. I think mostly because it hadn't really been called for by the songs I've been writing, but also I've liked the idea that most of the songs have been live performances. In the case of this week's song though, it just called for a simple beat and a little bit of horns. I can play a number of instruments, few of them really well, and I've made the most of the melodica over the year, but I don't have any horns, and I can't play them… at least not since I played the sax in 6th grade band.
Thanks to the great software Reason, I was able to drop in a nice tuba, a trombone, and a mellotron flute sound along with a touch of live melodica for good measure on top of a very simple beat, and I'm pretty happy with how it came out.
The acoustic guitar was recorded with the Alesis ProTrack using the built-in condenser mics, and the electric was recorded the same way as the last couple of weeks with the CAD E200 into the iPhone using the MultiTrack DAW app. The vocals were recorded with just the iPhone's internal mic.
I only have nine songs left after this. I'm pretty excited about that, but I'm even more excited about the grand finale for the project. I'll have more information about that in the coming weeks, but if you're going to be in Pittsburgh over Labor Day weekend, leave your Sunday evening free and come out to help me celebrate.
Week 42, The GameTo listen on an iPhone, visit my Bandcamp site, or download the SoundCloud iPhone app.
There have been a few times throughout this project that the song that I recorded doesn't end up being the song that I thought it would be once it starts coming together. Usually I'll run with it and make the most of it because I kind of have to due of the time constraint, and it usually works out all right. This week's song was just too long, and it had a really awkward change in the end part. With a little creative splicing and editing in Reaper, I was able to drop a verse and completely make over the end of the song. I love how easy it is to seamlessly rearrange and augment a recording of live instruments. I'd love to be able to get every song just right every week, but it's nice to have a back-up plan because I really don't have the time to start over.
This is also one of those songs where I would really love to go back and re-record everything in higher fidelity. Not to knock the great sounds that I've been able to get out of my iPhone, but some songs lend themselves better to phone-fi than others.
With all of that said, this version of the song was recorded completely on the iPhone using the Alesis ProTrack with the MultiTrack DAW app. The drums were recorded with just the built in condenser mics on the ProTrack, and the guitar was recorded with the CAD E200. The vocals, which I'm dying to re-record, were done with the iPhone's built-in mic. I spent a good bit of time applying EQ, mixing, and editing in Reaper.
Recording challenges aside, the song itself is solidly in the vein of bands like The New Year and Seam. I hope it doesn't go as far as being derivative, but rather serves as a bit of homage, since these are a couple of my favorite bands. Seam hasn't been around for years, but The New Year (formerly known as Bedhead with a different line-up) is still cranking out great records. Do yourself a favor and check them out.
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I'm going to let you in on a little secret. I may or may not have a tiny white latte bowl filled to the brim with Valentine-y M&M's sitting next to me. And I may or may not be snacking away. I think that's how I cope with the dreary gray skies of winter. Curious about the other things I do to fight the winter blues (besides eating treats far too early in the morning?)
1. Wear striped socks every day. Those with a pop of neon are best.
2. Bake heart shaped sugar cookies like my life depends on it.
3. Obsessively create every Valentine idea that pops into my head. (another one coming later today! what?)
4. Create an entire pin board dedicated to the color yellow.
How do you stay sun-shiney until the light comes back to play?
1.Most Bespeckled from Dear Friend via my original pin | 2.Long Wavy Locks from Jeff Allen Photography via Old Time Friend | 3.Heart Place Cards by Chelsea Fuss via my original pin | 4.Chocolate Raspberry Molten Cake from What Katie Ate via Mindy | 5.Piano Love from Nadja Seale via Ez.
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Oh my goodness I love that hat. That is going on the to-knit list for sure. And a pinboard just for the color yellow? I may have to copy that idea as well. :)ReplyDelete
love the heart garland.....love your site.ReplyDelete
Ha ha ~ I have a yellow Pinterest board too ~ and it works every time!ReplyDelete
What an amazing blog!!! Found you through pinterest! LOVE it!ReplyDelete
We (my kids) had an indoor car wash today complete with scooters, tricycles, a dollar store table cloth cut into strips, and a door way. We try to stay active indoors and try new things.ReplyDelete
Love your blog!
That piano is so beautiful I could cry!ReplyDelete
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text: Sophomore QB Kevin Johnson Jr. of Atlanta had Gamecock fans buzzing when he posted on Instagram a picture of himself at Williams-Brice Stadium and wrote that he might commit as soon as next week to USC. His dad played at USC in the late nineties. But a source said Wednesday that right now Johnson is not a player USC would take at quarterback. And Johnson tweeted Wednesday night that he's slowing things down since he's only a sophomore: "Just realized I'm only an Sophomore. I don't to rush this recruiting thing. That's why it's called a recruiting process. Learning everyday!!" Last season Johnson passed for 1563 yards and 18 touchdowns and rushed for 400 yards. He counts USC as his only offer with interest from Georgia and Alabama.


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Edward Burns and his wife Christy Turlington Burns are a picture perfect pair while walking the red carpet at the 2014 Met Gala held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 5) in New York City.
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Derek Hagan and Denarius Moore managed to crack the Raiders 53-man roster last season based on strong showings in training camp and exhibition games. Moore is a lock for the 2012 team. Hagan ultimately was released, and signed with the Buffalo Bills.
For now, the Raiders have Darrius Heyward-Bey, Jacoby Ford, Moore and Louis Murphy under contract. That leaves one or two spots to be filled, assuming the Raiders don't re-sign free-agents-to-be Chaz Schilens and/or T.J. Houshmandzadeh.
In a perfect world, the Raiders would go after a big-name receiver such as Vincent Jackson, who escaped the franchise tag and is headed for unrestricted free agency.
In Jackson, the Raiders would get a legitimate No. 1 target for quarterback Carson Palmer and someone who would take off pressure from the other receivers.
The Raiders also wouldn't have to worry about covering Jackson twice a year any longer as they have the past seven seasons when he starred for the San Diego Chargers.
Some feel as if the Raiders are set at receiver. Problem is, that's based on Heyward-Bey's breakout season in 2011 and the potential of Ford and Moore. None has accomplished in a season what Jackson has several times during his NFL career.
Three times, Jackson amassed at least 1,098 yards in a season, and he has averaged a gaudy 17.5 yards per reception for his career. Make no mistake, the Raiders aren't set at receiver and there's room for a receiver with Jackson's skill set.
It's possible that Heyward-Bey, Moore or Ford one day will reach such a level. That's the predicament facing general manager Reggie McKenzie, projecting what he has vs. what he needs from his receivers.
Signing a big-time receiver such as Jackson won't come cheaply. The Raiders aren't flush with salary-cap room and aren't in a position to compete with some teams loaded with cap room. However, it can be done, as long as Jackson is willing to take more money in latter years, beginning in 2013.
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Also known as "Pissed off prawns", this dish is a quick, fuss-free food for any seafood lover. The shrimp is easy to eat and perfect with a beer or a great glass of wine. This is a 3 minute fix! -Fabio
Shrimp Incazzati
Serves 2
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 tsp. red pepper flakes
- 1/2 of a shallot
- 2 tbs. extra virgin olive oil
- 20 cherry tomatoes, halved
- Basil
- 1 lb. prawns or large shrimp (peeled and de-veined)
1. In a coffee or spice grinder, grind the garlic, chili flakes, and shallot.
2. In a medium (and deep) saute pan, add 2 tbsp of olive oil over medium heat. Once warmed, add in the mixture from the grinder and carmelize for about 10 minutes. Add in the cherry tomatoes and the fresh leaves of basil.
3. Bring the fire to high and once the tomatoes start to cook, add in the Prawns or big shrimps. Once cooked (they will change in a pink color; about 3 minutes each side), let the dish rest for about 5 minutes.
4. Now grab them by the tail and eat them away! Make sure you have some cute napkins with some water and lemon juice squeezed onto them- this will remove any shrimp smell from your fingers. Enjoy!


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Targeting teachers via standardized testing
Re: "10 Things the SAT Won't Tell You," May 4 business news story (Wall Street Journal Sunday section).
It has long been known that success in college correlates more closely to high school grades than to scores on college entrance exams, like the SAT.
Why, then, are American high school students and their parents continuously pressured to partake in these expensive, nerve-wracking and unproductive rituals of the educational establishment?
As a retired teacher, I appreciate the value of testing, but the only way standardized testing would make any sense is if all teaching, child-rearing, and home situations could be standardized.
It's obvious to most educators and sociologists that household income is a much more important determinant of educational performance than is teacher qualification, but teachers are a much easier target for society than is income inequality.
R. Kiefer, Arvada
This letter was published in the May 12 edition.
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Coach Heather needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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Defiant CrossFit is a new fitness community in Central Texas. CrossFit is a fitness method that is hard core, but scale-able for anyone and any age. Navy Seals, Olympic Athletes, and Soccer Moms all CrossFit and become phenomenally fit. It is constantly varied, functional movement, performed at HIGH INTENSITY. At a CrossFit gym you will not see exercise machines but rather, free weights, pull up bars, kettlebells, medicine balls, ropes, rings, bar bells and bumper plates. CrossFit makes elite athletes out of the ordinary person, it can be painful and brutal, but extremely addictive and fun! We get results at CrossFit and our athletes are our best advertising.
Our target audience is the average suburban Joe/Jane who may have been physically fit in the past but life has happened and they are now out of shape but motivated to do something about it. A lot of our clients are moms who have put their kids first and let their own health suffer. Its amazing to see them get into the CrossFit gym and start lifting heavy weights, doing pull ups, doing what they thought was impossible, and feeling empowered for the first time in their lives! One of my mottos when coaching women is "Strong is Beautiful." Our guys are rock stars and are achieving extreme fitness through hard work and dedication.
We need to make a bold statement in the community with a strong branding presence since the gym has only been around 6 months and is launching into a new facility in early Summer. Our website is http://www.defiantcrossfit.com my blog is http://www.heatherhodges.com and the CrossFit headquarters website is http://www.crossfit.com. This will give you better understanding of what CrossFit is and who our clients are and the kind of athletes we produce.
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Megumi Kanda has been the Principal Trombone of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra since 2002. A native of Tokyo, Japan, Megumi began to play the trombone at age ten and continued her study at the prestigious Toho High School of Music, where she studied with Sumio Miwa, trombonist in the NHK Symphony. At age fifteen, she became the youngest player ever to be named as one of the top ten trombonists at the Japanese Wind and Percussion Competition. Two years later she won the Grand Prize in the National Competition for Solo Trombone and won best soloist prize upon graduation from the Toho High School of Music.
Megumi came to the United States in 1994, and received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music where she studied with James DeSano, who was then Principal Trombone of the Cleveland Orchestra. Prior to joining the Milwaukee Symphony, she previously served as a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, faculty member of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and the Eastman School of Music Community Education Division, and Principal Trombonist of the Albany Symphony Orchestra. In April 2006, Megumi was recognized by the Arion Foundation in Tokyo, Japan as one of the most influential Japanese classical artists.
Megumi has performed in recital and as a soloist across the United States, Europe and Asia, including with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the US Army Field Band, and the Prague Chamber Orchestra. As a JVC/Victor Entertainment artist, Megumi has recorded three solo albums: Amazing Grace, Gloria, and Mona Lisa. She also can be heard on Magnifique Live, a live recording of Megumi and other JVC artists in the August 2005 performance at Takemitsu Hall in Tokyo's Opera City. Worldwide, her solo CD sales number more than 10,000.
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Classic Fight: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen @ UFC 117 [FULL VIDEO]
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If you work in an office, you probably spend the first half-hour of your day drinking coffee, reading blogs, and lamenting the bad decisions you've made in your life that led you to this point. So make this morning a special one by watching the entire five-round battle between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen at UFC 117, which went down back in August 2010 in Oakland.
Sonnen may have a tendency to "talkee too muchee," as the Brazilians might say, but you have to give him credit — he came to fight that night. Sonnen showed no signs that he was psyched out by the aura of the Spider, and aggressively pursued the champ for all five rounds. When it was all over, Sonnen had out-struck Silva by a stunning 320-64. Unfortunately, the judges were not well-versed in the Stockton scoring system, and awarded the fight to the guy who didn't get choked out at the end. Still, it was a hell of a fight — can the sequel possibly live up to the original?
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Like Eastpak, it is part of Vlisco's DNA to seek inspiration from a variety of sources. And so for this special limited-edition collection, both teamed up with renowned Antwerp based designer and Eastpak Artist Studio artist, Harvey Bouterse to produce a limited edition collection of backpacks made from Vlisco's famous "wax Hollandais" fabric. Harvey's designs incorporate a classic Vlisco print in two color versions limited to 300 numbered pieces each. As an added extra, each backpack also comes with a matching picnic blanket.


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The addition of Hunter Pence means a new team and position for top prospect Domonic Brown.
Brown is a Lehigh Valley IronPig, having been optioned by the Phillies to make space for Pence. He's also now a left fielder, the place where his immediate future in this organization lies.
Ruben Amaro Jr. said he views Pence as a right fielder, meaning Brown must switch sides of the field in preparation for 2012. Raul Ibanez is a free agent. The Phillies outfield will be Brown, Shane Victorino and Pence -- barring injury, of course.
It will be among the top outfields in the National League, if everything goes according to plan. That plan involves Brown improving his defensive abilities.
Offensively, Brown's .782 OPS is superior to Ibanez's numbers. But it's clear Charlie Manuel has little confidence currently in his 23-year-old outfielder.
It's not that Brown cannot be a good defender because numerous talent evaluators think he has enough athleticism and desire to improve. Learning on the job during a pennant race for a team with championship aspirations was not perferable. More than a few Phillies people were most disappointed at Brown's tentativeness in the field. The only thing to cure that is success, and the hope is that happens in the minors.
The International League season ends Sept. 5 and the IronPigs have a shot at postseason play. Brown will be back once rosters expand in September, with the hopes that a month of regular at-bats in the minors has restored confidence.
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Nice article Ethan! The scaling of font sizes works great.Tabs are still popular and often used in websites, because they look the same as in the real world. So people automatically know how to use them.
One thing I'm missing, though. And that's the current active tab? In your example they ALL look like the currently active one…So how does your visitor know, which tab he/she is looking at?


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