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Conscious Growth Club
If you've been exploring personal growth on your own and feel ready to tackle those big challenges that have been keeping you stuck, joining CGC will give you 100 smart, conscious, aligned friends who will support, encourage, and hold you accountable for an entire year. The catch is that you'll have to do the same for them.
Conscious Growth Club (CGC) is a one-year online group coaching program and social support system for conscious, growth-oriented people. It includes online video courses on a variety of personal growth topics, live group video coaching calls, and a private discussion forum where members connect.
The purpose of CGC is to help you make faster progress on your path of personal growth. The core focus is to work together to transform members' lives for the better – and to do this across a wide spectrum of areas, including work, relationships, income generation, health, productivity, skill building, and more.
Since we'll have a whole year together, there isn't one singular transformation this program will target. Rather we'll focus on creating the conditions that stimulate and support many types of transformation – with structured content, direct coaching, and strong community interaction.
Imagine having a growth-oriented community helping you achieve your goals and implement your ideas, checking in to see how you're doing, offering help, and giving you compassionate and encouraging feedback at each step along the way.
Core Transformations
Here are the core transformations that we'll work on together throughout the year:
- Replacing distraction with focus
- Turning confusion into clarity
- Adopting the habits of your best self
- Shifting from scarcity to abundance
- Enjoying fulfilling work
- Building a strong character
- Leveraging a tribe of smart, conscious friends
- Moving from stressed/numb to centered
- Replacing doubt with trust
- Building and honing valuable skills
- Waking up your spirit
Who Is CGC for?
You're a good match for CGC if the following is true for you:
- You want to grow and improve holistically, not just in a single area of your life but in multiple areas, although it's totally fine if there's one big area you want to work on more than the others.
- You want to enjoy good health and energy and take good care of your body.
- You want to cultivate a sharper, stronger, smarter mind.
- You're willing to help support, nurture, and share feedback with the other members as they work on their goals, challenges, explorations, etc.
- You see the value in having strong social support from a group of like-minded friends that you can bond with.
- You want to enjoy positive and supportive relationships with people who genuinely care about you (not just in CGC but in the rest of your life too).
- You're willing to give and receive honest feedback, while you maintain the freedom and autonomy to decide how to use the feedback you receive.
- You're willing to share some of your successes and your mistakes during the year, so others can learn from you, celebrate with you, and help you learn and improve.
- You seek or have already found a sense of purpose in your life.
- You want to create positive ripples in the world.
- You want to be happy and enjoy your life.
- You'd appreciate a whole-brain program that values logic and intuition, planning and spontaneity, and left- and right-brain thinking.
- You feel ready – perhaps even eager – to invite new perspectives, skills, experiences, and results.
- You want to become stronger in your character and more capable as a human being.
- You want your social life to be filled with conscious, growth-oriented, abundance-minded friends – friends who will keep you from settling.
- You want to see this group succeed, and you believe that it has the potential to do a lot of good for its members and for those whose lives they touch.
- You want to interact with me more closely, including getting my personal feedback and advice from time to time.
If you can see yourself in most, if not all, of the items above, CGC is a match for you.
I'd say that most current CGC members fit at least one of these categories:
- People who have issues with procrastination, drifting, or lack of focus and want more action and accountability to get out of complacency and stretch themselves – They want the program to have a good backbone of structure and an emphasis on disciplined action.
- People who want more growth-oriented friends and a stronger social circle – They crave a more empowering social life with people they like and respect, often seeing that as the key ingredient that will uplift and inspire them.
- People who want to make a difference in the world and create positive ripples – These people are especially purpose-driven and want to be inspired by other purpose-driven people, so we can all change the world for the better.
- People who are already very growth-oriented and ambitious and want to achieve bigger goals – They want to feel stimulated by equally ambitious people and are eager to assimilate new ideas, overcome challenges, and make faster progress.
- People who want direct advice from me personally – Some have been reading my blog for years and feel a strong personal connection to me because of that relationship, so for them it's important to be able to talk to me directly on the coaching calls and/or interact with me in the discussion group.
If you've been reading my blog for a while, you're not a normal person. I mean that as a compliment. What you may not realize is that there are a lot of other people out there who think the way you do. The people who read my blog tend to have a lot in common with each other, much more than you'd expect. If you've never connected with a group of people who are a lot like you, you're in for a real treat in CGC.
Program Elements
Video Courses
We'll have training modules in a membership area on a variety of personal growth topics, developed and released throughout the year. Each module will include video, audio, and text transcripts with the same material, so you can digest the lessons in whichever format you prefer. You can stream the video and audio directly to your favorite device, or you can download and save the content for later.
What's special about CGC is that the course materials are specifically designed for the benefit of our members. So this gets pretty close to having courses that are designed just for you.
Here are some course ideas that Early Access members have suggested thus far:
- Passive income
- Creating value online
- Self-discipline
- Personal growth accelerators (Truth, Love, Power)
- Intelligent goal setting and prioritization
- Achieving multiple goals across different areas of life
- Achieving stretch goals
- Taking action consistently (especially in the face of adversity)
- Building and applying courage
- Overcoming limiting beliefs and negative mental scripts
- Being more playful with life and personal growth
- Health detox / mental health
- Going vegan
- Raw foods
- Overcoming perfectionism
- Creating and living your story
- Subjective reality
- Passionately applying your talents
- Lifestyle design
- Changing your attitude / perspective (gratitude, abundance, etc)
- Habit change
- Life balance (especially learning vs. applying knowledge and skills)
- Uncovering your blind spots
- Manifesting and abundance
- Attracting compatible relationship partners
- Creating and enjoying deep relationships
- Productivity, energy, and focus
- Aligning income streams with your purpose, character, and lifestyle desires
- Building mental toughness / strength
Live Coaching Calls
We have live 2-hour group coaching calls where you can ask questions, get feedback on ideas, and get help solving problems.
These calls are on most Thursdays at 10:00 AM Pacific time (about 40 calls during the year).
The calls are in streaming video format, just like a webinar. You can access the calls on whichever device you like. You'll see me via my webcam.
On these calls you can talk about solving problems, figuring out decisions, or dealing with challenges in your life. You can also ask for extra emotional support when you need it. Any area of life you want help with is fair game.
We may also bring in occasional guest experts for extra coaching, interviews, and live Q&A.
All coaching calls are recorded and made available for streaming or download in video and audio formats. So it's okay if you miss some or all of the live calls because you'll be able to access the recordings whenever you want.
Members-only Discussion Forums
You'll have access to our private discussion forums where you can communicate freely with the other CGC members as much as you desire.
The forums are where CGC members connect, collaborate, share ideas, give feedback, help hold each other accountable, and encourage the heck out of each other. You'll find it to be an immensely positive and supportive environment with lots of people you can turn to for help navigating your personal growth challenges.
Our forums run Discourse, which is very modern forum software that's fast to learn, uncluttered, and easy to use. Our forums are ad-free as well.
The CGC forums opened in April 2017, and members actively participate there every day, so there's a vibrant community for you to connect with right away.
CGC includes a weekly email newsletter to share updates, highlights, and reminders. You'll also be notified when new course modules are added.
Deep Dives and Challenges
Throughout the year we'll do some deep dives together such as 30-day challenges to build new habits, gain skills, or complete creative projects.
Each deep dive is an invitation for members who want to work on a certain type of challenge together, supporting each other as we go along. You can do them with the group, you can do them on your own later by using the recordings, or you can decline them if they don't fit your schedule or interests.
Action and Accountability
In the CGC forums we have a Progress & Accountability category where members share progress logs for their goals and invite more accountability for taking action on their goals and projects. I maintain a progress log there as well, sharing updates on CGC's continued development.
You can also use this category to find accountability partners for your goals, so you don't have to go it alone.
Self Pacing
For all aspects of CGC, you go at your own pacing. Nothing is mandatory.
You can work through the training modules in whichever order you like, at any pace you desire. You can attend the coaching calls live, or you can listen to the recordings later. You can use the discussion group as much or as little as you like. All of the challenges are optional. You can do them with us, on your own later, or not at all.
CGC is your personal growth playground. It will fit your schedule because it's designed to be flexible. You can access it whenever you want, as much as you want. You can work according to your own cycles and rhythms. If you like going at a steady pace throughout the year, great. If you prefer bursting into activity like a maniac for a few weeks and then going at a slower pace while you recharge, also great. You can take breaks whenever you want. This is a key advantage of a one-year program. There is no forced pacing.
You're free to choose which specific transformations you want to focus on at any given time. Do you want to work towards leaving your job and starting an online business? Would you like to add new income streams? Do you want to improve your health? Would you like to enrich your social life? Are you facing a potential separation or divorce that needs to be resolved? We'll help you set priorities for what you want to improve during our year together.
If you want to be pushed, held accountable, and nudged out of your complacency, we'll help you get your ass in gear. If you need to be nurtured, accepted, and understood, we'll shower you with unconditional love. If you need to heal, we'll help you heal.
A major goal of CGC is to help you get good at holistic transformation, so you can continue creating the life you desire, regardless of the future challenges you may face.
Your investment for a full year of membership in Conscious Growth Club is $1997.
It's important for us to create a strong feeling of investment from the members, so everyone in the group has some real skin in the game. As with any type of coaching or club, active participation means results.
Your CGC membership will last for a whole year, so you'll have many opportunities and lots of time to extract good value for your investment.
I can tell you from experience that when you join this group, you're going to grow in many ways that you would not have predicted in advance. Some of your expected improvements will surely happen too, but be prepared for surprises. When we expose ourselves to such intense transformational energy, it changes us in ways we wouldn't even have thought to ask for. I get changed by this energy too.
Early Access – Now Open
We expect to do the official launch of CGC in Spring 2019. However, enthusiasm about CGC has been so high that many people have inquired about the possibility of joining sooner, even while the program is still in development, so I've added an Early Access option that has already proven very popular, with about 100 people joining so far.
Here's how CGC Early Access works:
- No extra cost - If you want Early Access to CGC, you still pay the same price when you join, but your one-year membership doesn't start counting down until we do the official launch. So the whole Early Access period is bonus time added to the front of your membership for no extra cost. Hence the sooner you join, the more free bonus time you get.
- Access to the forums - Our discussion forums launched in April 2017, so they're already up and running with dozens of active Early Access members, and you'll get access to the forums within 24 hours after joining.
- Immediate access to courses and deep dives - As we develop new courses and deep dives, you'll get access to them as part of your CGC membership automatically, so there's no extra cost for you to participate. You also get access to all previous courses and deep dives as part of your CGC membership, including Deep Abundance Integration and Submersion.
- Extra coaching calls - As an Early Access member, you'll be able to participate in extra coaching calls that we host during the Early Access period. We began doing the coaching calls in August 2017. As a member you'll gain access to the recordings for all previous calls too (video and audio versions).
The Role of Commitment
In CGC we invest in each other's growth, so as we go forward, we need to know that new members feel committed to their path of growth and to the success of the group. Consequently, CGC has a strict "no refunds" honor code policy. If you join, please do so because you're willing to make a true commitment to an amazing year of growth and change. Our members need to know that they can invest in you.
Join Conscious Growth Club – Early Access
If you wish to join Conscious Growth Club during the Early Access period and get started right away, you can sign up right here:
Join Conscious Growth Club
- Membership: One full year of CGC membership
- Courses: Members-only video training courses on a variety of personal growth topics (with audio and text formats available too)
- Coaching: Video coaching calls 3 times per month (with recordings posted after the calls)
- Forums: Private discussion group to connect with Steve and other CGC members for support, accountability, and friendship
- Deep Dives: Opportunities to participate in frequent deep dives such as 30-day trials to build new habits, gain skills, and complete creative projects
- Newsletter: Members-only newsletter to share updates, highlights, and reminders
Need Help?
If you have any questions about Conscious Growth Club or if you need help joining, please send a message through the contact form.

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The Palo Alto school board Tuesday indicated it will press ahead with a reformed academic calendar for 2012-13, despite emotional pleas from parents who packed the room and begged members to reconsider.
"I don't want to rehash every argument and discussion," board member Barbara Klausner said.
"It was a difficult decision, but the decision was made. There is no calendar that will satisfy all constituents."
Tuesday's discussion came as Superintendent Kevin Skelly unveiled a series of proposed "mitigations" to address concerns about the calendar change, which was approved by a 3-2 board vote in May. Those concerns include uncomfortably hot classrooms when students begin the school year earlier in August, and added stress for some student musicians, dancers and high school seniors who now will face first-semester final exams in December on top of pre-holiday performances and college applications.
The parents, organized under the name Time to Thrive Palo Alto, called Skelly's proposed mitigations wholly inadequate to meet their concerns. Three of the 20 who spoke even suggested the new calendar could lead students to "do the unthinkable," a reference to a string of Palo Alto teen suicides in 2009 and 2010.
"There are lives on the line here," parent Phil Mahoney said.
Board members also said they found Skelly's proposed mitigations wanting, but rather than moving to "freeze the (current) calendar," as the parents had hoped, a majority asked Skelly to refine and improve his proposals to give the new calendar a try.
Under the reformed calendar, the 2012-13 academic year will run from Aug. 16 to May 30, with first-semester finals ending Dec. 21 and a similar structure the following year. The current academic year, by contrast, began Aug. 23 and runs to June 7, with first-semester finals Jan. 17-19.
Skelly said he will return to the board in March with more specific proposals to address calendar concerns, including guidance from students themselves.
Board Vice President Camille Townsend, who opposed the calendar change in May, said the board needs to develop "guiding principles" for the reform.
"Is it to reduce stress? To have more family time? Having principles has served us well in the budget discussion and would serve well in the calendar change discussions."
Klausner characterized the reform as "part of a structure than can be built out in a number of ways," and should dovetail with other district efforts to analyze homework policies and create more supportive school environments.
She noted that 57 out of the 66 public high schools in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties already have moved to pre-break finals.
Board President Melissa Baten Caswell asked Skelly to return with mitigations that "acknowledge the issues and have some responses that will actually help."
Citing a long history of calendar debates in her six years on the school board, member Barb Mitchell said the community split on the issue is reflected in the 3-2 split on the board.
"It's clear at this point that this community is split," said Mitchell, who consistently has supported the calendar reform.
"Some believe this calendar is going to help, and some believe it's going to make things worse."
Mitchell said she has spoken with over 60 school board members, parents and teachers from school districts who already have shifted their calendars to pre-break finals.
"I think we have more to learn from those folks," she said.


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When the doctor came to talk to us, he said, "I don't know what he has, but I know he's very, very sick." His temperature was 105 and his heartbeat, which he said should be about 80, was 200. His gums were not their normal pink color, but a sickly gray. They started him on IV fluids and began blood work. We returned 2 hours later and learned that the blood work, surprisingly, looked normal. They took radiographs and there were no obvious masses. Cancer is rampant in the ranks of berners, so we thought for sure that's what they'd find. He's not even quite 7 years old, hardly geriatric, but with the bane of cancer, Bernese Mountain dogs have an average life expectancy of only 8 years.
With the IV fluids, Olaf's gums have pinked back up and his heart rate is down, but the doctor still suggested we transfer him to an emergency center to spend the night. We elected instead to bring him home. As long as he's reasonably comfortable, he's happier here and the kids wanted so badly to see him on our porch once again. We need to check in with the vet tomorrow and we have an appointment scheduled for Monday. The best case scenario is that he has some raging infection and that the meds he's on now will knock it out. That's what we're hoping for and we owe it to him to try that route. But if that's not what it is, we also owe it to him to stop his suffering. With all that he's given to us over the years, that's the least we can give him in return. Please, oh please let it be an infection.


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Javascript Bonsai TreeMay 04, 2004
I had an interesting question put to me the other week: what about making use of the null
<script> element in the Zen Garden's markup (so placed to avoid the flash of unstyled content IE bug) and open that up for submission as well?
The idea goes like this: separating presentation from structure is a good thing, and makes for better accessiblity (and all the other benefits of standards-based code, of course). Taking this separation a step further, and filtering out the behaviour as well should surely be a step in the right direction.
Peter-Paul Koch advocated just this in a recent Digital Web article that details the process, a practice I find myself compelled to. If it's important to separate the style layer from the structure layer, it stands to reason that the same separation applies to the behaviour layer.
So I think there's merit in the idea itself, and after I pressed, Rares Portan (the asker of the original question) put together this demo of how it works and what it can do. Since the behaviour is truly separated, you can see that it still works with strange results by applying it to some of the other existing designs.
Adding this extra feature to the Garden is dead simple. Administering it is a bit trickier — there are no automated tools to validate Javascript, and my knowledge of the standard DOM isn't nearly solid enough for me to start making judgement calls. Should adding a design with script enhancement put the design on the same level as existing (and future) designs sans-script, or should they be featured separately?
But the main problem isn't really administration. It's focus: this changes the scope of a pretty well-established project. The Zen Garden has a nice and succinct mission statement: to highlight the beauty of CSS design. It worked out well in large part because people didn't know what CSS could do; by now, most are aware of what Javascript is capable of. Are we proving something new with this?
Along the same lines, what new worlds would this open up? The test example adds animation, which is nice, but is that all a bit of scripting will buy us? I know there are applications I can't even think of, but the behaviour layer is usually there to add functionality which is more hidden than visual.
So I'm opening this up for discussion. I'd like to get some reactions, but please note that today's comment thread will be high-level: I'll liberally delete off-topic and useless comments. Thanks, looking forward to the feedback.
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I agree that the general sentiment that the CSS zen garden should remain just that: CSS oriented. Javascript has been around for years, and while it's use seems to have diminished to form validation and image rollovers, it's not a technology that needs an increase in visibility like CSS does.
A good point that has been raised however, is the CSS styling of forms. I think that either adding a form into the current base xhtml document or creating a new sub-section to the zen garden specifically for styling forms would be exciting to see. Even *I* put together my own form for fun: http://www.snook.ca/message.html (although, it could use some javascript functionality to make it really punch! :) ).
It sounds like what you're really looking for is XBL, which allows one to attach pieces of script to an element in the same way that CSS allows one to attach pieces of style. It's probably the most interesting technology currently in the works at the W3C (well SVG is pretty exciting but I get the impression that the working group's gone cukoo ( http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/bz/archives/005373.html ) - and distressingly they seem to be taking both XBL and CSS down wiith them).
Anyway. Javascript is A Good Thing, if used correctly. It can solve a bunch of issues that CSS struggles with (e.g. you can't do proper on-click menus with CSS, just on-hoover menus. Hover menus are much harder to use than click menus, and probably moreso if you have less than ideal motor control). So, if people were going to be using Javascript to enchance the behavior of elements on the page then I'm all for setting up a specal subsection of the garden to demonstrate the possibilities.
If they're just going to use javascript to provide cheap animation tricks, it's not worth the effort.
If you do decide to go with a Javascript-allowed sectiion, I would suggest getting someone more familiar with web scripting to assess the incoming entries.
The things I love the most about CSS Zen Garden are its focus and limitations, which clearly show the power of CSS based designs. With this new idea you could loose a big part of the focus and limitations, which obviously will change the identity of the current Garden.
Still I think there is room for extending it, as long as you keep focussed on the presentation layer. Zen Garden is about separating structure and content from presentation, and that is where a possible expansion should be.
DOM based scripting could add value to the presentation of a web page on places where CSS currently lacks support. Like many others in this discussion I believe that there is something called 'presentational JavaScript'. Why should JavaScript by default be behavior? A script that positions a container on load or on resize like I described in my Exploring Footers article (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/footers/) belongs more to the presentation than the behavior layer.
Fixing IEs shortcomings is another good example, so are scripted mountain top corners (http://annevankesteren.nl/archives/2004/05/mountaintop-corners-div-version) and even Flash Image Replacement should belong to this category. Actually you already extended the Garden in this direction by using the htc hack in design 100.
Being a bit of a javascript-head, I have to say that I find the notion of adding a behavior layer to zengarden designs very intriguing. Lots of interesting ideas come to mind…
I don't see it as an intrusion on the CSS promotion effort of the Zengarden - javascript must rely on CSS rule manipulation to effect the DOM as well. All of the experiments on my site rely heavily on CSS as well as javascript.
At first this sounded like a good idea, and I was initially excited. However, simplicity in the garden has been the focus. I think the ideas of either an alternate domain, or alternate set of sites linkable by some other manner present the most consistent and productive form of allowing this. It also would allow you to make some changes to the HTML that you have mentioned [somewhere, but I don't recall where - I could be completely attributing to you something you've not said].
You may also consider setting a boudary on what can be done with the JavaScript. Functionally speaking a javascript could create a whole secondary set of HTML, thus rendering the page a totally different way because the HTML is NOT the same.
Thanks for asking for opinions!
as has already been noted, i think this would go against the original idea of the *CSS*zengarden. i'd say this could be a good time to start a new sister project, which includes both css and javascript submissions. otherwise, i can't send people to the garden anymore to just show them how powerful css is, without having to mention "oh, no, don't look at that…that's javascript driven"
oh, and yes, the concept of separating all behaviour out of the xhtml is a sound one. i've been using it in quite a few little experiments and projects. it's a very powerful thing being able to: a) work on a cleanly structured and accessible xhtml document; b) style it beautifully; c) add interaction (and also use javascript to rewrite/move/etc parts of the page for increased usability without damaging accessibility)
This will be little more than an extra echo, but one of the compelling things about the Garden is indeed its limitations. The prescribed bounds of what can and can't be done actually help foster creativity. It's also easier to sum up the Garden when presenting or describing it: "All that's different is the style sheet." So I feel that allowing the addition of arbitrary JavaScript would dilute the message and intent.
Cultivating a separate garden that did allow arbitrary JS as well as CSS might be interesting, but it should be just that: separate.
I say this with the full acknowledgment that "15 Petals" (http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/100/100.css&page=0) uses an HTC file—which is a lot like JavaScript—to get PNG alpha-channel support in IE/Win. At one point, I was going to have the ZG entry use a GIF and explore the PNG approach in the book (http://more.ericmeyeroncss.com/), and if you want to take it back to that in order to re-purify the submission, and thus the Garden, I've no opposition. On the other hand, if IE7 (http://dean.edwards.name/ie7/) reaches a stable release point, perhaps linking that in would be a worthwhile step. Thus the HTML and JS/behavior file would be untouchable, but the CSS would still be open for designers to go crazy.
As Eric noted, probably the one element that is the essence of the Zen Garden is limitation. You cannot touch the structure of the document in any way, only the CSS, and this provides a powerful example of what CSS is capable of.
Allowing JavaScript, on the other hand, would not be a demonstration of what is capable within limitations, but what is capable with unlimited power.
I could validly code JavaScript which says:
document.geteElementsByTagName("body")[0].innerHTML = "Everything is gone";
An extreme example, but such content replacement places no limits on what can be done to the Web page, not even short of replacing the entire page. This would truly destroy the point of what I believe the Zen Garden is trying to achieve.
"Same goes for CSS, though."
This is true, and I should have pointed it out. Both CSS and JS can be applied in a manner that is document-independent. For JS, it's something like extracting the "title" attributes of images and adding it to a paragraph in the DOM. For CSS, it's limiting yourself to selecting non-ID'd elements (and, to a certain extent, non-classed elements) and styling them.
"Maybe in this case animation isn't a 'behaviour' but that's getting semantic; the point is more adding extra effect through script that CSS alone won't afford you."
I agree. This is the reason why I don't think JavaScript can really be called an independent "behavior" leg so much as a way to add behavior *as well as* presentation and even content (although I don't think adding content via JS is a good idea in almost any case). JS can be applied to everything, and it just so happens to be *the* way to add behavior.
Strange results indeed. It makes one wonder how much behavior can really be separated from the structure, because to achieve the desired effect, certain structure *has* to be present. The exception are scripts which, say, make the title attribute of images visible on the page. Things like that.
It seems that the effect being achieved by the example script, while stunning, is still part of the presentation layer. To me, "behavior" comes into play when user interaction is concerned. Perhaps behavior and presentation have close ties. But it seems this particular "behavior" could be achieved equivalently by image-replacing a (large) animated GIF.
JavaScript used to create menus, form interaction, etc, could be classified as behavioral. However, this use of JavaScript is still presentational in my mind.
Ranting aside, I agree that this would sort of blur the focus of the Zen Garden. Perhaps it would be good to keep scripted entries on a separate, but still prominently visible list. Of course, the nightmare comes when you have to add this list to existing designs…
While I've got to say I find the theory very interesting as well as the examples you provided – I'm not sure how much value there is in it as far as the Garden is concerned.
As you say, we already know what Javascript can do. And this is about CSS.
But then again, it might be an interesting adjunct to the Zen Garden…It might be nice to see what people came up with.
Maybe the JavaScript Zen Garden?
"It makes one wonder how much behavior can really be separated from the structure, because to achieve the desired effect, certain structure *has* to be present."
Same goes for CSS, though.
"To me, "behavior" comes into play when user interaction is concerned. Perhaps behavior and presentation have close ties. But it seems this particular "behavior" could be achieved equivalently by image-replacing a (large) animated GIF."
Sure, but so can most Flash effects, given multiple megs and a lot of bandwidth. It's about using the right tool for the job. Maybe in this case animation isn't a 'behaviour' but that's getting semantic; the point is more adding extra effect through script that CSS alone won't afford you.
"I'm not sure how much value there is in it as far as the Garden is concerned. (…) But then again, it might be an interesting adjunct to the Zen Garden… It might be nice to see what people came up with."
More or less what I think right now. I'm hoping to see a few good arguments either way.
"If they're just going to use javascript to provide cheap animation tricks, it's not worth the effort."
This hurts, you may be right, but this is not the point, my theme was just a proof of concept, nothing more. I'm sure that out there are people that can create remarkable CZG themes with both CSS and javascript.
If people don't know or don't care about javascript it's allright, if they never dreamed about translucent PNGs in IE/Win, please, just ignore it.
But way discriminate others, who dare for more?
For one thing Dave, using a separate behavior would allow "This is Cereal" (http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/057/057.css) to work in ALL modern browsers. The drop-downs, the transparency–all of it.
It _does_ dilute the Garden's message but…when do we get to play?
As far as I see, there aren't any FORM elements on the zen example - however, I've read some interesting articles on CSS styling of FORM elements. The Zen Garden is all about the beauty of CSS based designs - isn't a FORM (or couldn't mind be a better word) be considered as part of a design?
Well, using a FORM element in the Zen Garden might prove to be useful, as there are some pretty horribly designed FORMs out there. Perhaps utilizing some javascript to process the form, whatever it's function, and creating ways via CSS to show some well designed ERROR and SUCCESS messages. Or, being able to visually show the user what FORM elements they've missed, or filled in incorrectly.
Being that I work on eCommerce websites most often, I'd really be interested in seeing some new FORM ideas that would make a FORM a) user friendly b) nicely designed (pleasing to the eye) c) and actually looks inviting so that the user would want to correct their mistakes.
I feel that adding scripting to the csszengarden as it currently is will dilute its effectiveness and purpose. It would be a better project for someone who knew valid and appropriate JavaScript and could, at the bat of an eye, say "Yay" or "Nay" to a particular implentation. Furthermore that site should be javascriptcsszengarden, to seperate the purpose of each site, and increase the effectiveness of each.
I don't like the idea. The good on CSSZengarden ist that I can show people what ist posible without scripting and with to some extent good markup.
What about http://jszengarden.com/ ? This domain is still free!
Having the freakish combination of an artist's hand and a scientist's mind, I believe the experiment that is CSS Zen Garden should have controlled and constant parameters. The Garden showcases CSS superbly. It's one xhtml file with varying stylesheets. Simple yet flexible.
So should it showcase CSS AND all it's cousins? This javascript addition looks intriguing, but, as stated above, an animated gif or even Flash movie should be less cumbersome. The above examples show a sliding element, what else can be done?
Doc Ozone Doc Ozone has always impressed me with his js acrobatics, are these the caliber of features that could be integrated into CSS/JS Zen Garden?
The demo is really beautiful, but I agree it's more presentation than behavior. Such effects should be used on cssZenGarden to show how it can be used for presentation.
I think that behavior only uses of javascript should not be published on the garden, but I'm sure there is room for a new behaviorZenGarden somewhere … ;)
Personally, I'd like to see the Zen Garden remain how it's always been. Over the last year it's been wildly successful, and it seems like a shame to add a new ingredients to the mix now. I say if you do decide to add the ability to use scripting, at the very least there is a separate section for it. I like being able to look at the designs, and know it was all made possible with CSS alone.
must agree with Shaun. js should only be allowed within csszg when it empowers IE's css… as in whatever:hover, svend tofte's maxwidth, etc… maybe when dean's-IE7 is available it could be a default for the garden…
I find it'd would lose focus if you turn it into a 'layers-you-can-put-over-xhtml zen garden'
on the other hand, it would bring a whole new world of possibilities (and people) to the garden… dunno…
Why not doing some "zengarden enhanced" where the goal is to show what designers can achieve with all those modern ways of standard compliant webdesign? JS, CSS, XHTML and maybe even Flash.
With different, yet simple (just like the garden's) rules: Everything is OK, as long as the site validates, uses a list of important elements (a form for example), is accessible and seperates style and content.
What about XSLT? That can-of-worms combines the power of JavaScript with the philosophy of CSS. Should it be allowed?
P.S. I wonder when the first Flash-replacement designs will start show up (as opposed to FIR).
Mike had it right on in his above comment, but I'm going to elaborate.
You should not allow JavaScripting in the CSS Zen Garden for one simple reason: you do not know enough about JavaScript to properly administrate it.
On a contrary note, few people know JavaScript's capabilities and its relationship to the W3C DOM; that much is obvious by the comments on this site alone. Even fewer people understand that it is possible to use JavaScript to enhance usability and design without sacrificing accessability nor having to touch the markup of a page any more than CSS (Shaun Inman can tell you a little about this). Even fewer people beyond that know about both the brilliance and shortcomings of JavaScript's design as a language. With all this in mind, educating web designers on JavaScript the way you've educated them on CSS would be a boon to the web.
Regardless, however, without someone like Peter Paul Koch to help you tend to the Garden, letting artists add JavaScript to their designs would be not only a hazard to the Zen Garden, but a hazard to web development as a whole.
Besides, you've kind of trapped yourself with the Garden's domain name in the same way that the UPS have trapped themselves with their name.
I could go along with the idea of a sister site to CZG. (Maybe JS Coy Pond) But if that were to happen, I should think that it wouldn't be the same xhtml structure, but another markup with content detailing the fusion of JS and CSS.
Could be promising…
While the idea is interesting, I believe that the Zen Garden should remain as it is. It's really great that you can separate behavior from everything else, but the purpose of the ZG is to showcase the power and beauty of CSS. Keep things simple and avoid delving into unnecessary features. Which is more popular – the Mozilla suite or Firefox? :)
You can't change the rules halfway through the game!
Dave - You might remember that about 6 months ago I wrote directly to you with some examples of adding Js to the garden. My idea was to dynamically switch stylesheets based on the browsers window size, so that the designer had the ability to make better use of white space where it was available, and perhaps even address the fixed vs fluid debate which was raging at the time.
I agree with others that perhaps the garden should remain CSS only, but I do think that there is a place for JS enhanced designs. It does introduce the risk that designers are not programmers, but did the rules ever say that CSSZG submission could not be team efforts?
Reading the other comments here it seems that many of the 'designers' think that JS is naff - they can do all they want with CSS. But then I'd argue that is all the reason you need to create another showcase for JS enhanced sites. One of the big challenges would be to ensure that JS enhanced sites are still accessible - now thats what I call a challenge!
Keep it with CSS, sure that javascript thing is nice but its the _CSS_ zengarden.
You should offically not ask for java, but if/when people do submit them, slap them in another section like "Java enabled" :\
As many others I am for leaving zengarden intact.
I am not sure if separate procjec would suceed, though…
But I think behaviours should be promoted as a much cleaner way to add extra funcionality to webpage without cluttering it with "onwhatever" things.
>>"If they're just going to use javascript to provide cheap animation tricks, it's not worth the effort.��
>This hurts, you may be right, but this is not the point, my theme was just a proof of concept, nothing more.
Sorry, I didn't intend to disparage you personally.
My point was simply that, used correctly and selectivley, javascript can be an accessibility boon for sites. Typically, 'correct' usage in this sense will mean adding behavior to elements rather than adding content or style. I would be interested in seeing a zen garden where javascript was used to enhance the interaction between user and page whereas I wouldn't be so interested n a zen garden where javascript was used to provide addiitional style.
Thanks, Dave. I'm very, very glad that one of the paragons of CSS design takes JavaScript sufficiently serious to take this step.
I agree with most commenters that the example script is only a matter of a minor presentational tweak. I feel that we should come to a definition of what JavaScript can do for CSS layouts.
Therefore I coined the principle of "Minimal CSS Enhancement", meaning that we should write tiny scripts that tweak only one single style value to solve a CSS problem, and leave the rest up to regular style sheets.
As an example I wrote a Three Column Stretching script, http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/3column.html . Note that this script is not yet ready for prime time because of browser problems. Instead, it's meant as an illustration of the principle.
In any case, I'm very, very curious what will happen next.
thought i'd add my threepennyworth…
keeping the garden metaphor, we can use behavioral extensions (javascript) to fix the garden fence but NOT to make the flowers prettier…
perhaps publishing a list of allowed fixes (whatever:hover, png-behavior, IE7 etc) is an acceptable compromise?
I couldn't agree with Cameron Adams more. I'm a jazz musician (and a future software engineer). When learning how to improvise, beginners are taught to keep it simple. As they progress, they can "spread their wings" and increase their musical vocabulary, using more tools as they pick them up. However, there comes a time in the maturation process where an accomplished soloist must use only a few techniques during a solo. It fosters the creative juices, and forces them to improve their technique while using those specific tools. Miles Davis did this in "Kind of Blue" and created a whole new genre of music (Cool Jazz) in the process.
It's like using a limited palette. I'm sure you can appreciate that, Dave. There's something to be said about creative works made with a subset of available tools.


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Cameroon's next chance came from a set-piece as Assou-Ekotto had a free-kick deflected narrowly wide.
Mexico deservedly made their breakthrough just after the hour. Dos Santos raced through but was denied again, this time by Itanjde, but Peralta seized on the rebound to stroke the ball home.
"I want to score as many goals as possible," Peralta said, "to take advantage of every opportunity that I get because I want to be a world champion again.''
Peralta made way for Hernandez soon after as Mexico looked to his fresh legs to make the win secure.
Cameroon also made a forward change as they searched for an equaliser, sending on striker Pierre Webo for former Arsenal midfielder Song.
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The loss leaves Cameroon needing a victory over group rival Croatia before closing first-round play against Brazil.
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Lady Antebellum fans who caught their Los Angeles, Calif. performance at the Staple Center on Tuesday night (March 27) got an added bonus when OneRepublic singer Ryan Tedder joined the country trio on stage, much to the crowd's surprise.
The pop star casually walked onto the stage at the famed arena as the packed house went bonkers with delight -- whether or not they actually knew who they were about to see perform is anyone's guess. Camera flashes and phone recorders were able to capture the unexpected duet between the two music icons, which is now available web-wide thanks to the YouTube video below. Tedder and Lady A's Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott swapped lines back and forth on the hit song 'Good Life,' as the arena echoed with thrilled fans singing the lyrics right back to them.
Following the final notes of the song, piercing screams filled the air as the trio beamed and hugged Tedder, thanking him for making a show to remember on their Own the Night World Tour.
This weekend, the tour -- which also features Darius Rucker and Thompson Square -- will take a brief break so the country stars can head to Vegas for the 2012 ACM Awards. Their road run will resume on April 5 in Moline, Ill., followed by stops in Missouri, Oklahoma and New York. Click here for a complete list of dates where the tour will be rolling through.
Watch Lady Antebellum and Ryan Tedder Perform 'Good Life'


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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Prince William and Kate Middleton will visit Canada from June 30 to July 8 on their first official foreign trip as a married couple, British and Canadian officials said Wednesday.
The tour will include the provinces of Alberta, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, the Canadian capital Ottawa as well as the Northwest Territories.
"Their decision to come to Canada first is a testament to our country's very close relationship with the Royal Family," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement.
Queen Elizabeth, who is Canada's head of state, visited in 2010. Middleton will marry the second-in-line to the British throne on April 29 at Westminster Abbey in London.
A spokesman for William said the prince was keen to visit Canada himself and to show his new wife a country close to his family's heart.
Reporting by David Ljunggren; editing by Janet Guttsman and Paul Casciato


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[A version of this article appears in the March 24 edition of Aviation Week & Space Technology.]
The hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has thrown a harsh light on the fragile nature of internal and cross-border relationships in Southeast Asia, as a lack of coordination hampered both detection of the flightpath and response to its disappearance.
The miscommunication among various agencies and countries during the MH370 search has been almost farcical at times and is likely to prompt changes in how various organizations collaborate during emergencies. It took tragic incidents to spur reform in other places, too, such as the U.S. after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Cross-border cooperation is a tough nut to crack, but improved civil-military coordination is something for which many states are striving—with different degrees of success.
Although the countries involved in the initial MH370 search are nominally part of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean), the lines of direct contact at most levels between them are strained by strong national interests. The glacial progress of movement to an Asian open-skies commercial agreement illustrates this well.
While Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammudin Hussein says the level of cooperation between nations has been "unprecedented," the fact that Thailand's military tracked MH370 yet did not communicate the data—"because it wasn't asked," it said—indicates serious problems. Thai military radar noted a "blip" that could have been MH370, but this was not even mentioned to any Thai authorities outside the military for 10 days.
More than 40 hr. after the disappearance, the Malaysian chief of police told media that "not every country whose nationals were onboard has responded to requests for information."
Foot-dragging by Indonesia when asked for permission for search-and-rescue aircraft to overfly its territory also highlights what are deep and enduring suspicions of neighboring countries' intentions when conducting any kind of operations across borders.
The fact that the boundary areas of early search efforts crossed maritime sectors that are under dispute by some of the key players—China, Vietnam and the Philippines—made full and immediate disclosure of the radar data, surveillance levels and intelligence capability less than likely.
Another major issue in Southeast Asia is the degree of autonomy enjoyed by the various services of specific countries. The army, air force, navy, internal security agencies and air navigation service providers (ANSP) do cooperate, but often not as closely as elsewhere in the world.
Although Malaysian military radar tracked a then-unidentified aircraft across its airspace early on March 8, this was not linked into the investigation by the civilian aviation authorities for almost two days. The Thai military's delay in disclosing radar data to Thai civil authorities also highlights internal issues.
Problems unveiled by the MH370 response are not necessarily new, nor are they unique to Southeast Asia. For example, ANSPs around the world have been attempting to address the issue of civil-military cooperation for many years. Because civil and defense agencies have different objectives for surveillance, they often operate separately from each other. National security concerns keep defense surveillance data from being used by civil agencies, and vast amounts of airspace are closed to civil air traffic due to defense requirements. In India, for example, this can be as much as 35% of total airspace.
However, efforts are underway globally to improve the civil-military disconnect, and in some countries major improvements have been made. The flexible use of airspace (FUA) concept is being applied to military airspace zones, allowing commercial traffic to fly through these areas when they are not being used by the military. While surveillance data-sharing by defense agencies is still not common, many ANSPs have established multi-agency teams to ensure cooperation during crises, and defense representatives are often stationed at civil air traffic management (ATM) centers.
In a recent speech, Jeff Poole, director general of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization, drew attention to constraints caused by military airspace restrictions in the Middle East, where only about half the airspace is available for civil traffic.
Poole notes that in Europe, the U.S. and certain parts of Asia, the progressive opening of military airspace to civilian operations "has been managed responsibly to the benefit of both sides." This has led to FUA, shorter routes, cost savings and fewer delays. "The case is clear, and we are working hard with states to accelerate progress," says Poole.
The main platform for efforts to improve civil-military cooperation globally is the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which crafted a set of policy principles and guidelines on the issue in 2011 that is still regarded as the standard. ICAO has been holding meetings in various parts of the world to promote these concepts. States "will benefit from a strong commitment to civil-military collaboration," which has the potential to increase safety, airspace capacity, national security and operational efficiency, the policy document says.
ICAO advocates the exchange of surveillance and flight identification data between military and civil ATM units, direct communication lines, and even joint airspace design and technology procurement. Better coordination procedures as well as improved communications technology will play a key role, it asserts.
The U.S. has one of the most sophisticated interagency coordination networks, although it was found to have had flaws during the response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The commission established to assess the response identified several areas where communication between agencies was poor. This has now changed, with multiple joint entities working more effectively at operational and strategic levels.
One of the most important of these is the Domestic Events Network, a multi-agency teleconferencing system that allows instant communications in the event of airspace violations, failure of aircraft to communicate with controllers and any suspicious aircraft identified as "tracks of interest." FAA and military representatives are posted at each other's facilities, and the FAA shares radar data with the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
Canada also has some of the best interagency cooperation. ANSP Nav Canada has an agreement with the Department of National Defense allowing it to use surveillance data from the North Warning System radar chain. Nav Canada has used this to extend its own coverage area off the country's northeast coast. The two agencies exchange domestic radar feeds, and Nav Canada also exchanges surveillance data with the FAA.
Enhanced civil-military ATM coordination is a major element of Europe's Single European Sky plan, and there is a strong military presence at Eurocontrol headquarters. Among European nations, Germany has an almost completely integrated civil and military ATM system, at least at the en-route level.
Meanwhile, Australia is pursuing joint airspace design and technology procurement, and its proposed new ATM system, known as OneSky, will be used by both civil and military operators. Thailand is taking a smaller step in this direction. As part of its ATM upgrade project, ANSP Aerothai plans to supply to the Royal Thai Air Force a work station compatible with its new system to improve coordination.
The Australian example is significant, given its prominent role in the search for MH370. Australia has not said how closely its military surveillance branches have been involved in the MH370 operation, although Prime Minister Tony Abbott said, "all of our agencies that could possibly help in this area are scouring their data."
The Royal Australian Air Force and other armed services as well as possibly the national signals-intelligence service seemingly became all the more effective in the search due to information from other countries telling them roughly where to look. When tasked with looking in the southern Indian Ocean, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) says it "defined a possible search area with information available to us from a range of sources both nationally and internationally."
AMSA did not disclose the providers of the information, but a conceivable military source would be signals-intelligence systems, which can locate and track aircraft from their radio emissions. High frequencies and long ranges challenge the process, however, especially for terrestrial receivers.
Satellites, with huge fields of view, are also used for the purpose. Australia has no signals-intelligence satellites but probably gets much information from those operated by the U.S.
Civil-military cooperation is far less of an issue within China, where the military is likely to take the lead in any major search operation. The Air Traffic Management Bureau of the Civil Aviation Administration of China operates secondary radars and some primary radars, but it would have every reason to supply its information to the air force. Moreover, the Chinese military has a strong commitment to civilian rescue operations.
International cooperation is another matter, as the Chinese military seems to regard the outside world with varying degrees of hostility and suspicion and is probably more secretive than any other major Asian military except North Korea's. For example, if it had intelligence from a sensitive source, it would be at least very careful in sharing the information.


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As one commenter noted, my previous list didn't address pitchers who only played one year with the Mets. So, in the spirit of completeness, we'll tackle that today. This list also has a caveat: I left R.A. Dickey (3.4 rWAR; would have tied for second on this list) off because, barring a surprise trade or some very unfortunate circumstances, he'll be pitching for the Mets this year. With that being said, here we go:
9. & 10. Jack DiLauro and Juan Padilla (1.1 rWAR, 1969 and 2005): DiLauro was on the postseason roster in 1969 but didn't appear in the NLCS or World Series. He was removed from the 40-man roster that offseason and selected by the Houston Astros. Even though DiLauro's major league career lasted only two seasons, he had an interesting journey, bouncing around AAA before retiring at the age of 29.
Padilla represents a mild case of "what might have been". Signed as a free agent after unsuccessful stints with the Reds and Yankees, Padilla had a decent season in 2005. His 1.49 ERA is a bit deceptive (he only struck out 17 in 36 1/3 innings of work and his 2.05 BABIP and 4.90 xFIP indicate he was more than a little lucky), but he should have been a part of the 2006 bullpen. Instead, Tommy John surgery wiped out his 2006 season. The Mets signed him to a minor league contract before the 2008 season but released him after only 14 innings and he's been kicking around the independent leagues ever since.
6. 7. & 8. Hisanori Takahashi, Mark Bomback, and Kenny Rogers (1.3 rWAR, 2010, 1980, 1999): Takahashi's stay with the club is still fresh in everyone's mind, so I'll just say this: I stand by this post. Omar Minaya should have traded Takahashi when he had the chance. He was a luxury item at the time and should have been converted into a younger, cheaper asset with more potential.
According to poster JFK at the Ultimate Mets Database, Bomback was given his nickname "Boom-Boom" from "the sound one heard when he was pitching–the sound of the ball off the bat and the sound of the ball hitting the wall afterwards." He did lead the 1980 Mets in hits allowed, so there was probably more than a little truth behind it.
I've got nothing nice to say about Kenny Rogers, so I won't say anything at all.
4. & 5. Mickey Lolich and Mark Guthrie (1.4 rWAR, 1976 and 2002): Lolich was acquired from the Detroit Tigers after the 1975 season, a season which saw him lose 18 games despite being worth 4.1 rWAR. This deal was unpopular with Mets fans at the time because the price to acquire Lolich was fan-favorite Rusty Staub, who was coming off a 105-RBI season (which was worth 3.1 rWAR). Although Staub never really came close to being the player he was in 75 again, Lolich "retired" from the Mets before the 1977. Staub went on to be worth 6.3 rWar to the Tigers, while Lolich was literally worth nothing.
Guthrie was acquired from the A's (along with Tyler Yates) for David Justice, who had been acquired from the Yankees for Robin Ventura. So, in a way, you could say that the Mets acquired Guthrie for Ventura, I guess. I had been under the impression that Guthrie was a lefty specialist for the Mets, but his splits don't really show it: he faced 103 righties vs. only 87 lefties. He held lefties to a .187 average, but righties only hit .221 against him and he actually had a slightly higher OPS+ against righties than lefties (60 to 57). That being said he was a decent reliever in a bullpen that, despite being maligned, wasn't all that bad.
3. Orel Hershiser (1.9 rWAR, 1999): The Bulldog was a nemesis for Mets fans during the late 80's, having a ridiculous Cy Young award winning season that culminated in shutting out the Mets in Game 7 of the NLCS. I know they won the World Series that year, but I really only remember one unbelievable at-bat from it: I wasn't paying close attention after the Mets were eliminated. He signed with the Mets 11 years later He appeared in three games that post-season, the final one being the fateful Game 6 against the Atlanta Braves. Again, since I can't say anything nice about Kenny Rogers, I won't say anything at all. But I find it fascinating that Orel Hershiser appeared in two of the most painful post-season losses for the Mets.
2. Kevin Appier: (3.1 rWAR, 2001): Appier signed a 4-year, $42 million contract before the season, largely to replace the next pitcher on this list, and was traded away for Mo Vaughn after it. It seemed like an overpay to me at the time (after all, he only won 11 games that season), but now I'm not so sure. I've read several articles about the monetary value of a wins above replacement (I linked to a good one in this post). Though I don't understand exactly how the values are calculated, I've seen them range between $4 and $5 million. In the interest of being extra-conservative (and not having access to the actual data as I write this), let's say the value of 1 WAR in 2001 was $3 million. Using that scale, Appier was worth about $9 million that season: not much less than what the Mets actually paid him. Not bad, and not at all worth throwing away for Mo Vaughn.
On a related note, this post from Rany Jazayerli makes a great case for Appier to be elected to the Hall of Fame. It's too late now, but the post is interesting nonetheless.
1. Mike Hampton (4.6 rWAR, 2000): "The Colorado school system". Those four words will forever be associated with Mike Hampton in the minds of Mets fans. Sure, he spurned our favorite team and gave us a lame reason to justify it. But, through the lens of time, I'd argue that he did us a great favor: he was never the same pitcher after 2000. He struggled with the altitude in Colorado, struggled with injuries in Atlanta, and accumulated just 3.3 rWAR in the years after he left the Mets (or, just about what Appier gave them in 2001). In the end, it all worked out: Hampton put his kids in the school system of his choice, and Mets fans didn't have to watch him clog their payroll. A reall win-win situation.


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