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Is David Brooks a Good Historian?Historians/History
On May 8, 2007, for example, Brooks wrote, "Adam Smith put his faith in the collective judgment of the market." This is a gross simplification of Smith's work; all the average Republican seems to know about it is the "invisible hand" metaphor. In Liberalism John Gray refers to Smith as "one of the great classical liberals," calling attention to Smith's support for "a constitutional order in which civil and political liberties are guaranteed." And John Kenneth Galbraith observed:
Adam Smith detected a dismaying tendency for sellers to combine in order to raise prices and thus destroy the regulatory power of the market. He was also very suspicious of joint stock companies, now called corporations, which, besides being strongly inclined to monopoly, he also thought not very efficient. He would have allowed them only a limited range of large tasks. Many people who now yearn to resurrect Smith will find him a scathing enemy if they succeed.1
In his October 5, 2007, column, Brooks declared that "neoconservatives and others [other conservatives] built a creed around the words of Lincoln and the founders."
There's nothing Lincolnesque about the contemporary Republican Party. Illinois, where Lincoln got his political start, is now a Democratic stronghold. Although he wanted to preserve the Union, Lincoln finally took a stand against slavery, whereas the current Republican Party infamously deploys the "Southern strategy" to dismantle Affirmative Action, effectively abolish Brown vs. the Board of Education, and retain the loyalty of too many white Southern voters.
In an October 12, 2007, column, Brooks wrote that Lincoln "championed roads, canals and banks so [that] enterprising farm boys like himself could ascend and prosper." If so, Republican priorities have shifted radically. The contemporary Republican Party lets our domestic infrastructure, like that bridge in Minneapolis, fall apart, while it spends a trillion dollars (300 million a day) on the war in Iraq.
More subjectively, there's that look of profound sadness in Lincoln's face, a personal awareness of tragedy, of compassion for the human cost of war —- a look that is utterly lacking from, and unimaginable on, the faces of Bush, Cheney, and their Republican supporters in the Senate.
David Brooks has also been claiming Alexander Hamilton for the Republicans, and this too is problematic. Hamilton was, in effect, the founder of capitalism in this country, but the chief economic rival at the time was plantation slavery—a prime reason, as Daniel Lazare has pointed out in the Nation, for Jefferson's hostility to Hamilton. Until Republican politicians were given some history lessons during the New York convention in 2004, they were eager to replace Hamilton's face with that of Reagan on the ten-dollar bill. Hamilton's Federalist Party had its stronghold in the Northeast —- now, like Illinois, a Democratic stronghold. In his Cooper Union speech, Lincoln listed Hamilton as one of "the [three] leading anti-slavery men of the day" [the Founding period].
Hamilton believed in a powerful federal government, and he wanted the taxes to pay for it. Contemporary Republicans decry the federal government; they woo voters with promises of lower taxes. Hamilton was the first "loose constructionist" of the Constitution; contemporary Republicans claim to be strict constructionists. If Hamilton ever had a Republican constituency, it was a breed of moderate, cosmopolitan, urban Northeastern Republicans, now virtually extinct. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, who lost his Senate seat in the 2004 election, was probably the last of that tribe.
In 1778, young Hamilton warned, "When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly a forerunner of its fall." To his friend John Laurens, he confided, "I hate money-making men." "An indifference to property enters into my character too much," he cautioned his future wife. And in 1795, when his friend Robert Troup offered him a chance to invest in property, he replied, "I don't want to be rich." Of taxation itself, he said in his 1792 address to the Congress:
Taxes are never welcome to a community. They seldom fail to excite uneasy sensations more or less extensive. Hence a too strong propensity, in the Governments of Nations, to anticipate and mortgage the resources of posterity, rather than encounter the inconveniences of a present increase in taxes. But this policy, when not dictated by very peculiar circumstances, is of the worst kind. Its obvious tendency is, by enhancing the permanent burdens of the people, to produce lasting distress, and its natural issue is in National Bankruptcy.
Since Reagan's presidency, however, Republicans have been running for office on a platform of small government and low taxes, even when the latter drives the country into massive debt.
In the past, Brooks claims, the Republican Party was a home for "the working-class dreamer who longs to make good." His third example of such a figure is, strangely enough, a Brit and a Tory, Margaret Thatcher. Brooks describes her as a "young striver" who "gave the British working class access to homes and property so that they would become more industrious and independent." Well, that's one way of putting it. You might also say that she doubled unemployment and made war on the labor unions. "Independent" is a clever selection among less attractive word choices.
The people Brooks does not lay claim to are also significant. He makes no reference to Teddy Roosevelt, an iconic Republican president. Teddy was a "trust buster" and an environmentalist. Contemporary Republicans are trust builders and environment busters. In 1903 TR declared, "The welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us"—a view radically at odds with that of the current Republican Party, whose pronounced libertarian streak and Social Darwinist attitudes manifest themselves in contempt for unsuccessful "strivers" and discouraged workers.
Since 9/11, many Republican politicians have regarded the presidency as sacrosanct and its critics as subversively unpatriotic. Contrast such attitudes to these sentiments from Teddy Roosevelt's editorial in the Kansas Star in 1918.
The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else [italics added].
It's a good thing that David Brooks is pondering how the Republican Party has strayed from its origins. It's a bad thing that Brooks is misrepresenting history to do so. Historical figures like Lincoln, Hamilton, and Adam Smith are not baseball cards to be collected as if they were members of one's favorite team. They are complicated, even self-contradictory, and their conventional reputations rarely match up with their biographical complexity.
1 John Kenneth Galbraith, Almost Everyone's Guide to Economics, 14-15.
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Carol Hamilton - 11/19/2007
It is hard to imagine anyone failing to recognize Franklin or Washington. Ignorance, rather than stupidity, would seem to be the diagnosis. That or poor eyesight.
Carol Hamilton - 11/19/2007
You will at least concede that she was neither an American nor a Republican, making her inclusion in Brooks's column very odd.
Carol Hamilton - 11/19/2007
I tried expressing some of these sentiments in letters to the editor at the NYT. Although the Times had printed six of my letters on other subjects, it would not print any of my specific objections to the content of Brooks's columns.
Michael Glen Wade - 11/17/2007
This is a no-brainer question. David Brooks is not a historian at all, not by training or performance in his columns or books. He is evidence of the decline in what passes for public intellectuals. But please, don't take my word for it, read his columns. Then encourage the powers that be at the New York Times to do the same.
Lawrence Brooks Hughes - 11/15/2007
Is on video at Media Research Center, which comes in via Yahoo under Clinton Gore Monticello Visit. The date was Jan. 17, 1993, and the statues he fails to identify are Franklin, Washington and Lafayette, rather than Hamilton. (Which makes his stupidity even worse).
Lawrence Brooks Hughes - 11/15/2007
The Gore story was on tape on the evening news all over America. I saw it with my own eyes. They were with many reporters when they went through Monticello. With a little searching you can probably find confirmation all over the web.
Siewert H. Ellens - 11/14/2007
That Margaret Thatcher made trouble with the labor unions is very unjust: it was the coal miners' Scargill who tried to get Thatchers downfall but he did not succeed. Britains economic survival since those days is Thatcher's result.
Lawrence Brooks Hughes - 11/12/2007
I see no comparison whatsoever between Hamilton and Lincoln Chafee. Hamilton was a womanizer, for one thing, which kept him out of the horse race for the presidency, and for another, he was a genius. Chafee was just his father's idiot son, in a land where they didn't repeal the laws of primogeniture until 2006.
Carol Hamilton - 11/12/2007
Jefferson liked to say about the two busts he set up in the entry way that the he and Hamilton were "opposed in death as in life." (There is no bust of Franklin in the entry way, and is that story about Al Gore very likely? Gore's father was a senator, and Al grew up in Washington, D.C., which is full of statues and busts.)
The "respect between the two" (AH & TJ) was grudging, at best,and Jefferson contributed to the negative mythology that still surrounds Hamilton--myths that Stephen Knott and Rin Chernow have worked to dispel.
Michael Green - 11/12/2007
Believe me, I could have gone on forever (my students think I do) about Lincoln and slavery. It's a complex subject, no question.
I also would like to say amen to the comment about the ineffectiveness of George McClellan.
I would note that Galbraith's views about economics certainly have done less damage to our society than the implementation of those of Milton Friedman.
Carol Hamilton - 11/12/2007
Quite right about Hamilton. The bust of Hamilton actually stands opposite the one of TJ himself in the doorway. I saw them as a child and again a few years ago (to my disappointment, the guide didn't bother to point them out).
Certainly Lincoln was not totally enlightened about race. In fact, Hamilton was more enlightened.
I'm surprised to find JKG so controversial. It's as if I had quoted Emma Goldman, um Gottes willen!
Lawrence Brooks Hughes - 11/12/2007
Galbraith was a drole, unusually witty man. He was also wrong in virtually all his economic prescriptions and his books managed to brainwash a full generation of Americans, at least.
While Lincoln hated slavery, he did not look at the institution exactly the same way as we do today. In the debates with Stephen A. Douglas, for instance, I think at Freeport, he stated he was opposed to making jurors or voters of negroes.
While Hamilton opposed Jefferson on our policy toward France and on slavery, and the Whiskey Rebellion, his big political difference with him, solved by the capital relocation, revolved around how to have the federal government assume the debts of all the states... After he died, Jefferson kept a bust of Hamilton at Monticello--it is still there--and there was a degree of mutual respect between the two. (I believe the bust was standing next to a bust of Franklin; it was immortalized by the internet inventor Al Gore, who said, "Who are those guys?", when passing through with Clinton on their bus tour).
Andrew Johnson was selected because Lincoln needed a "war Democrat" to win his tough battle for reelection in 1864. George B. McClellan, and many other ineffectual Democrats, were given important commands early in the war because Lincoln desperately needed support from a majority of Democrats to prosecute the war at all.
Carol Hamilton - 11/12/2007
Thanks to Michael Green for that defense, and I love his last sentence.
As for Lincoln, I was merely suggesting that on racial issues the Republican Party has changed its stripes. Slavery and its abolition was the great 19th-century issue; segregation/integration was the great 20th-century issue.
I never said in this piece that "Lincoln was an implacable enemy of white Southerners." Where did that come from? On the contrary, I mentioned his compassion (which I intended in reference to both sides).
I can speak from experience about the latter. I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, during the Civil Rights movement. My county, Jefferson, was the first in the state to go Republican after decades of devotion to the Democratic Party. I remember how my (white) classmates and their parents hated the Kennedys because they had integrated the schools. My parents had different views; my mother's great grand-father was a Union officer, and that set us apart.
So quoting a liberal, but extremely famous thinker like JKG constitutes "bias"? That's a very strange notion to me. JKG is not a true leftist; I've read the works of real leftists (Marx, Godwin, Kropotkin, Proudhon, Rosa Luxembourg, et al.). To object to JKG strikes me as evincing a belief in Soviet-style censorship.
Michael Green - 11/12/2007
I am looking in the Galbraith quotation for anything, other than the word "dismaying," that suggests an opinion on his part. I don't see it. Smith liked something or he didn't. That's what Galbraith says.
Lincoln's early policies regarding white southerners reflected a misunderstanding of the depth of their commitment to the southern cause. Once it became clearer to Lincoln and other moderate Republicans that this policy was not working, note that Lincoln turned to the Emancipation Proclamation. Also, throughout the war, he sought a general, like Ulysses Grant, who would take the fight to Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, not maneuver to try to win control of Richmond. The butchery that Grant was accused of reflected, to his and Lincoln's sadness, the policy they felt they had to pursue to defeat the South.
I think it also goes too far to suggest that Lincoln "chose" Johnson to build a white alliance of the kind the commenter suggests. Whether Lincoln actually chose him remains open to debate. And putting Johnson on the ticket was part of an effort to win over border staters and War Democrats--not southerners, since they were not voting in this election.
Lincoln made clear his hatred for slavery. That alone did not and could not govern his policies, for obvious reasons. I doubt that, if he had known he would be assassinated and Johnson would follow the racist policies he followed, he would have wanted Johnson on the ticket with him. We cannot know, but we do know that Johnson had a hatred for African Americans that Lincoln never had.
None of which should detract from the key point. David Brooks is as much a historian as I am a candidate to win the Miss America Pageant.
Jason Blake Keuter - 11/12/2007
HNN posted one on Paul Krugman that made token jabs at much of what Krugman writes but wasn't damning - was, in fact, flattering.
This one is damning.
Pretty biased.
As forthe post itself: there's little in Lincoln's Reconstrucion plans that suggested he was an implaccable enemy of White Southerners. In fact, his program was deemed too lenient by Radical Republicans who were anxious to take back Congressional Power they felt Lincoln had usurped during the war. In fact, most of Lincoln's Presidency was dedicated to getting moderate white Southerners to overthrow the friebrand secessionists whom he felt were a minority in the South. That explains his choice of McClellan and the overall, early, indecisive conservatism of his early war strategy.
To connect Lincoln's with affirmative action is utterly absurd. Lincoln was a free-soiler, a representative of what would later be called "white ehtnics" and thus a staunch enemy of slavery largely because slave labor competed with free white labor. To suggest he would somehow favor a policy that was racially unfavorable to working class and small farming whites is absurd. His selection of Johnson - a representative of non-slaveholding, Southern yeoman farmers - indicates that he was building a North-South alliance between free-soilers and yeoman Southern whites.
Quoting John Kenneth Galbraith on Adam Smith is a little like quoting Gary Becker on Marx - a clear sign of ideological bias.
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My week at 100Mhz is quickly drawing to a close, and as one of the final tasks I ran the entire system this evening from the console, which is to say without X at all. No Awesome, no rvxt-unicode, no graphical dependencies.
And as you can see (or can't really, I guess), the net result is the same. I get the same things done on the same hardware, with the only change being that screen is now a major player, allowing me to switch between tasks a little more smoothly than just allocating one tty to each application.
Of course, eliminating the need for a graphical interface, even one as slim and light as the Awesome setup I have available to me, means things run even lighter, if you can believe that. Ordinarily, under X, it takes a minute or so for Charm to start up, and another minute for it to jump to emacs, and there's a soft lag as emacs does its usual backups and disk access.
I can live with those things — I consider them a necessary evil if I want to have three terminal emulators open and the desktop at 800×600 and so forth and so on. But if I sacrifice those things, I get an immense return on system resources.
Right now I have screen, elinks, htop, Charm (and Python), emacs and calcurse running simultaneously, and the net system draw is no more than 7Mb of 12Mb available, plus 6Mb of swap. And processor stress is spiking at 50 to 60 percent when disk access is occuring. Otherwise, it's dropping to 10 and 12 percent, and floating there. It's frightening how little the system needs to stay alive.
But even more frightening is the tradeoff on speed. No swapping whatsoever, except if I add another application to the mix. My typing speed under emacs, which is usually a little groggy, is a feather touch. Overall system responsiveness is a huge improvement over the X-bound system. Even software that spawns other software — like Charm to Python to emacs and back again — is lightning-fast. (For 100Mhz, of course. 🙄 )
And I have all the same software at my fingertips, nothing lost in the transition from X to tty, and everything still working just as it should.
With one or two small exceptions, which I am obligated to report. Of course I no longer can access feh, and since I stripped all framebuffer support from the kernel and left it to stand with only standard VGA drivers, I don't really have a way to display images. If I was really serious about running this under the console for any length of time, I could probably solve that issue in a matter of an hour or so.
And I didn't install gpm since mouse support at the console level wasn't really on my list of necessities for the week. And certain weaknesses — like sluggish Internet access speeds from certain sites in elinks — weren't the fault of my machine really, so this didn't affect them much.
But it's funny to think that in the catastrophic failure of the graphic system, this machine is still 99 and 44/100 percent useful. Nothing is changed. Everything still works just like it did. Ordinarily if X mysteriously quits, I have an hour or two of troubleshooting to perform before I can go back to whatever nonsense I was pursuing before calamity struck.
More and more I think this might be the path I take in the future, regardless of the machine I use. I'm already committed to remaking the Thinkpad with Awesome. And considering my long-standing fear of the Silicon Motion drivers and my lackluster enthusiasm for Xorg 7.4, the idea of being able to use the greater portion of my computer even if X-Incorporated fail to deliver … well, that's turning the table completely.
This is all a little embarrassing really. I've been pushing terminal apps for years, and I feel like I'm starting all over with them again. Perhaps that's been the biggest epiphany from my experience at 100Mhz — not that a machine running at 100Mhz is completely and perfectly usable over the long run, but that the software I would pick to use on that machine is probably the software I should be using on a day-to-day basis.
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In its Communication, the European Commission evaluates EU policy for safeguarding water resources, identifies deficiencies and proposes possibilities for improvement. In particular, it calls for the metering of water consumption and water pricing based on the polluter pays principle. It also proposes that national authorities be obliged to use the best available techniques for industrial emissions permits as well as EU-wide uniform standards of consumption for water-related products.
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In point of fact, there are so many new labels and bands, not to mention a few returning champions here and there, that this may actually be the largest review cycle to date. And being the glutton for punishment that I am, I say, keep 'em coming, folks.
Postscript: a few weeks later and about 80% of the reviews complete, all I can say is there must be something in the air. Not only have there been a veritable landslide of releases to cover this month, but – and no, we haven't gone soft all of a sudden – a surprising number of them are actually good. And I mean across all genres.
Say what the f***?!?
Must be something going down, and it ain't with us…
And when we find ourselves giving the nod to bands previously and deservedly slagged mercilessly…all we can do is shake our heads in pleased disbelief.
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Back in the days before the infamous Grand Theft Auto "Hot Coffee" scandal, it was common practice in game development to simply leave unfinished content on the disk. Sometimes this data was cut due to time issues, other times it was old data from early in the game's development that no longer fit the vision of the final game. Early PlayStation one games often have a wealth of this "dummied content." In the past here at Kotaku East, we've taken a look at some of the dummied content from Final Fantasy VII—namely the greatly expanded scenes at the Honey Bee Inn. Today, we're going to look at another early PS1 Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy Tactics to see what remains from parts of the game that for some reason never came to be.
Perhaps the biggest cut in Final Fantasy Tactics comes in the form of six battle stages hidden in the games code. Three of these are complete and fully playable (via gameshark): Hospital in Slums, Warjilis Trade City, and Gate of Limberry Castle—though each room in the hospital can only be seen from a specific angle. The other three battlefields—Inside Castle Gate at Lesalia, Outside Castle Gate at Lesalia, and Main Street of Lesalia—are somewhat playable but there are glitches which make the wrong movement and attack range information appear. Also hidden in the code are four maps which appear to be prototype maps to test the game's battle system.
There are 20 normal job classes in Final Fantasy Tactics (as well as an additional nine special classes), however the game's code hides an additional nine jobs on top of those that are never seen in the game proper. These classes are: Cardinal, Duke (Goltanna), Duke (Larg), Grand Duke, Elder, False Saint, High Confessor, Viscount, and Witch of the Coven. Basically, every character in the game has a job, regardless of whether they ever enter battle or not. So, these classes don't have any skills in them, but oddly, they do each have a description for each of the classes.
There is also one giant piece of content cut from only the Western versions (both PS1 and PSP) of the game: The Sound Novels. These are a set of four choose-your-own-adventure-style side quests. They are not part of the main story, but they do flesh out the world of Ivalice. (They can be found fan translated into English here).
In addition to the maps, jobs, and sound novels mentioned above, there are also dummied skill sets, abilities, and several unused enemy/item/character sprites—including one character spite complete with portrait.
Frankly there's a lot of content hidden on the Final Fantasy Tactics disk. And getting to see it all these years later is an interesting look into the design process of it and other similar games. To see the full list of dummied content in Final Fantasy Tactics check out the full entry at the Final Fantasy Wiki.
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Hampton Union, January 28, 2014
[The following article is courtesy of the Hampton Union and Seacoast Online.]
HAMPTON — Exeter Hospital's new Sports and Physical Therapy Center is now open inside the Seacoast United Sports Club in Hampton. An open house will be held at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8. The new outpatient clinic is a state-of-the-art facility that offers rehabilitation with an expertise and focus on the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries, post operative conditions, spine care and sports injuries. Exeter Hospital Sports and Physical Therapy is conveniently located inside the Seacoast United Sports Club at 311 Winnacunnet Road in Hampton.
Physical therapists Kim Carpenter (MPT, ATC, CSCS), Sharon Scott (DPT, ATC), and Matt Signorello (PTA) will provide customized therapy plans for adults.
"We're very excited to have the opportunity to provide rehabilitation and sports medicine services on the campus of Seacoast United," said Jeffrey Meisner, senior director of rehabilitation services at Exeter Hospital. "We've been working with Seacoast United for two years and the partnership has been very gratifying for the hospital and the rehabilitation staff. Working with athletes and returning them to competition is what we do and we're very happy to be able to offer these services in Hampton."
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I've grown up. I've faced reality. I now know that getting a DeLorean time machine like in Back to the Future isn't going to happen any time soon. I think I'm okay with it. I'd definitely be okay with it if I could replace the DeLorean-sized hole in my heart with this awesome DeLorean Hovercraft. It was spotted tearing up the beaches of San Francisco and great Scott it looks so freaking fun.
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While most organizations today would argue that Diversity and Inclusion are core components of their human resources or human capital strategy, how many have actually engaged in what it takes to drive a truly sustainable D&I focused environment? How many have truly approached the from an organizational change perspective? If organizations are to deliver on the promise of enhanced innovation and having a superior employment brand it is critical that they approach D&I from a culture change perspective; and that means applying and/or fully integrating the D&I agenda into core organization development tools and processes.
The purpose of this webcast is to explore the basic premise behind the concept of "inclusive organization development" and to demonstrate though applied examples (from PepsiCo and other companies) ways in which D&I related content can be embedded in the DNA of an organization's people agenda. The data for this presentation will be based in part on a recent benchmark study conducted with a number of Fortune 100 companies (including member companies from the Council of Talent Management I and II) as well as the presenter's experience with others. Following the presentation of results and some case applications there will be a Q&A session.
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• Definition of Inclusive OD and the link between OD and D&I Core
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This passage comes from Lecture 16 of Smith's Lectures on Rhetoric which he gave at the University of Glasgow in 1762:
.. it is with the misfortunes of others that we most commonly as well as most deeply sympathise.—A Historian who related a battle and the effects attending, if he was no way interested would naturally dwell more on the misery and lamentations of the vanquished than on the triumph and exultations of the Victors.
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This passage builds upon the ideas contained in The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) where Smith shows that his interest goes far beyond just matters of justice or economic efficiency but extends equally to the issue of having sympathy towards the suffering of others.


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Snap o' the day: Looking a LOT like Christmas
The appearance of the holiday tree on the Downtown Mall more than a week before Thanksgiving means the season is upon us, and the official grand illumination is Friday, November 20. Christmas lights– snowflakes, courtesy of the Downtown Business Association– started going up November 2, an apparent record for early downtown holiday decor.
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Maybe it's just me, but all this rush to Christmas depresses me and makes me want to stay away from the Mall and stores decked with lights and glowing balls. It's the anticipation I love, for something special, that only comes once a year, and now comes to soon, taking away the excitement, and turning it into an aggressive, in your face, you will shop message, instead of a time for family, friends, fellowship, and tradition.


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HPD chief appears in front of grand jury
HOUSTON Police Chief Charles McClelland appeared before the panel, and tried to be as discreet about it as possible. We caught Chief McClelland leaving the building using a private exit, and he was equally private about why he was at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center. "Judge Lykos is a friend of mine, so I come over here from time to time," Chief McClelland said. Neither the Houston Police Department nor the Harris County District Attorney's Office would say why the chief was here, however sources tell Eyewitness News the chief was summoned by a Harris County grand jury to testify about the accused beating of Chad Holley by Houston police officers. Police say Holley, 15 at the time, was a burglary suspect and was chased by police back on March 23. A surveillance camera at a nearby storage center caught the alleged beating on tape. Eight Houston police officers from HPD's Westside Command are accused of beating Holley. Photos of the teen's injuries, allegedly at the hands of police, were made public. Houston police officers Phil Bryan and G. Saucedo were accompanied by their union attorneys to testify before a grand jury earlier this month. A third cop, Officer Raad Hassan, was also seen walking in. "Grand jury proceedings by their very nature are secret. And they're done that way for a reason. We don't want to compromise the integrity of the investigation or reveal witnesses or even charge certain people before a grand jury has ruled that there is probable cause to go forward," said Donna Hawkins with the Harris County District Attorney's Office. Eyewitness News has also learned that indictments, in the case, may be handed down to one or more police officers as early as Thursday, if the grand jury feels it's time to move forward. This particular grand jury is impaneled until July 31. "The evidence, they have requested and additional evidence has been presented to them, and when the investigation is complete and they have all the evidence before them, then theoretically, they will make a decision on the case," Hawkins said. Holley, now 16, has been charged with burglary. The FBI, Harris County DA's Office, and HPD's internal affairs division are all looking into the case. The eight officers involved remain on paid administrative leave from HPD as the investigation continues. While the grand jury is expected to release its decision on Thursday, it's not clear how many officers could be indicted. We will continue to bring you details on the officers' grand jury investigation on Eyewitness News and abc13.com.
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It's been said, mostly by me, that vibrating things are a girls best friend. And there are lots of things that vibrate these days, from an Apple iPhone app to mascara. I'll leave the thoughts on various vibrating items to others, and just focus on what I know best: mascara.
I consider myself a mascara expert. I've played with just about every mascara out there, and have very strong opinions about them all. I believe that a woman should have gallons on before she leaves the house, that volumizing mascaras are the best, and waterproof mascara is truly a gift from the gods. I've written before on choosing the best mascara for you, and that's why I'm bringing you Seven Days of Mascara this week. I've been trying out some new brands and want to share my finds, good and bad.
Back to vibrations. Maybelline New York is the first mass brand to introduce a vibrating wand. Unlike others on the prestige market, Maybelline has you push a button when applying the product. I'm assuming this is to make sure the life of the battery lasts as long as the product. If there is any other reason, I'm unaware of it.
So what do I think of it? I think it's Lash Stiletto with a vibrating wand. I really don't know if the vibration brings anything to the table. I mean, it's a great idea, but I personally didn't see any difference at all in the eye with Pulse Perfection and the eye with Lash Stiletto. It's a great basic mascara, the cheapest one on the market if you're into the vibrating thing, and great for length. If you're like me, though, and want some major volume, you'll probably be disappointed.
One saving grace: I discovered that if I used Pulse Perfection (or Lash Stiletto) as a base for my volumizing mascara, it looked fantastic. Just FYI - there is a use for everything!
Special props to my girl @eccentricpuzzle on Twitter who suggested that I put my own twist on the vibrating mascara phenomenon. I see she's from Missouri, too. Us Missouri girls are crazy, let me tell you!
Now, do share in the comments your favorite vibrating thing! If it's not mascara, what is it? Nosy girlfriends are just dying to know!
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Seven Days of Mascara: Maybelline New York Pulse Perfection
It's been said, mostly by me, that vibrating things are a girls best friend. And there are lots of things that vibrate these days, from an Apple iPhone app to mascara. I'll leave the thoughts on various vibrating items to others, and just focus on what I know best: mascara.
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Ten Minutes in Heaven: Caress Evenly Gorgeous Exfoliating Body Wash
I can remember singing the Caress jingle as a kid. "Before you dress, Caress." What can I say? I was a child of the 80's, when it was hip and cool to watch tv and be able to sing all, or at least most all, commercial jingles. I recently had the fantastic privilege of trying the Caress Evenly Gorgeous Exfoliating Body Wash and Beauty Bar with burnt brown sugar and karite butter. I have to admit. I was a skeptic at first. I am a bar-of-soap kinda girl. I have always loved a bar of Oil of Olay or Dove, eventhough they might be old-school and boring products that were revolutionary in their time of creation but sadly are commonly replaced by these new body washes and shower gels. Poor old bar of soap.
I must describe my first experience with this wash to you because it was that amazing. It had been a long day. I had just put my girls to bed and managed to distract my husband long enough to take a hot shower with no interruptions. Yes, I did. I enjoy my showers to be almost scalding, simply because it seems to melt away the stress from the day (Or sometimes leave angry red marks all over because I might've been a tad over-zealous with the rising temp.) Regardless, private hot showers are my zen. They are my favorite, and sometimes only, way to recieve a moment with no noise but water and no smells but my soap. Insert C.E.G.E.B.W. and the rush of emotion begins!
At first, I'm hungry. Ha! Serious, though. It smells like brown sugar and butter GOODNESS. So good, in fact, I made a quick run to 7-11 to cure my sweet tooth. Since this wash never makes any promises of hunger cravings, I attribute my "Snickers Moment" to low blood sugar. It happens. SO...we left our beautiful seductress (Because I am) in the steaming, hot shower, tonguing the shower wall in hopes of catching some of the brown sugar bubbles sliding down. Okay, not really. But I was enjoying my discovery of body wash bliss. The brown sugar granules are small enough that they don't sandpaper 3 layers of skin off but large enough that you feel a smooth difference when you step out of the shower. Like I said before, I've never been a fan of body wash or shower gel. I am a softie for a good ol' bar of soap. But this wash, I could and will use again. My biggest turn off is how slimy and thick most washes I've used have felt. This one, not so much. Thick enough you feel like you're lathering it up, but no sticky or filmy leftovers. I got out of the shower hungry, smooth and smelling of baked goods!
I asked my husband if he had seen that I was using a new body wash and he said, "Yeah. I used it. Smells really good." So C.E.G.E.B.W. has also gotten a strong thumbs-up from a dude, which in my book, counts twice. I decided to use the beauty bar just for hands at my sink. My hands have been silky and moisturized for the past week. The bar leaves a light scent of sweet on your hands, one that lingers throughout the day. I was extremely impressed and excited about these two new products. The body wash (18 oz) retails for $4.49 which is incredibly reasonable. The beauty bar comes in a pack of two, $2.99; pack of four, $4.49; pack of six, 6.49; and a pack of eight, $7.99. Check 'em out at CaressYourStyle.com. These products have my seal of approval and have made a future user out of me. Will I give up my old school bar for a wash? Probably not. But I'll be using the wash more frequently now, whenever I get those 10 minutes of freedom, or maybe when I'm craving something sweet.
Today Only! Free 10 Day Sample of Estee Lauder's New Advanced Night Repair
Listen carefully, I have a bit of inside information. Ready?
For 4 synchronized hours – from 5:00pm – 9:00pm (all local times) TONIGHT, July 23, 2009 – Estée Lauder Beauty Advisors will be distributing 250,000 10-day samples of NEW Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex at ALL Estée Lauder department and specialty store counters nationwide – one per customer while supplies last. They are calling it "America's Night to Repair."
So get yourself off to an Estee Lauder counter and grab yours while they last. I was able to try a preview sample, and believe me, you'll want to give it a shot.
Go visit the Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair website for more information.
Haulin': Shopping the Nordstrom Semi Annual Sale
Oh, YEAH. I hit it hard. And it was so much fun!
Let me start with Smashbox, because they don't get much love around these parts, and they really should. My SA from the Smashbox counter sent me a note two weeks ago letting me know about the "After Hours" collection that was exclusive to the sale. I am so glad I got the heads up, because I would have missed this gem. Included in the brown travel bag is the most gorgeous lip gloss I have ever seen. Seriously, it's called Velvet Rope, and it's a full size shimmery wine color. Love it. The next best thing is the eyeliner palette. It has 10 different beautiful cream eyeliners that are just begging to be used. Also included is the blush/powder combo called Candlelit. The packaging is superb - on the top is the blush, easily accessible. Unscrew the top and underneath you find a little powder puff on top of some nicely pigmented-but-not-too-much loose powder. You also get a full sized Lash DNA mascara, which has a super crazy wand that I can't wait to play with. Not to be outdone, a dual brush perfect for eye makeup is in there as well. All of this goodness for $59.
Across the way, Lancome was offering a gift with purchase, which solidified my desire to pick up the Declaring Indigo brush set. Not that I would have avoided it either way, but you know. More stuff! In the cute (indigo, natch) bag was Bi-Facil, the most wonderful eye makeup remover ever; Creme Radiance for cleansing; Renergie Microlift R.A.R.E, a lifting serum; Definicils mascara in black; Color Fever Lipstick in Pink to the Club, and an eye quad with the following colors: Positive, Gaze, Garnet Sensation, and Guest List. All this for $52.
So, you all can pretty much guess what I'll be talking about soon, can't you? However, I highly recommend you hit up your local Nordstrom and see what they have - I didn't even get through the entire cosmetics department. I had to run off and try to find some shoes (unfortunately, they were sold out throughout the Nordstrom system - I guess everyone wanted the same pair I did!). Oh, and if you're lemming for the Graphic Garden quad from MAC, better get yourself there sooner rather than later. They were all sold out, and apparently are running low online as well. Good luck with that one - it looks lovely.
Underarm Therapy 101: Dove Ultimate Visibly Smooth
I have never been kind to my underarms. It can even be said that I've been TORTUROUS to my underarms. (Hello, Bic-with-no-moisturizing-strip, DRY-SHAVING and then covering the hairless patch of raw skin with a painful and not-so-effective-but-least-of-all-moisturizing deodorant.) Don't get me wrong. I was never out to punish them, but I've never had any feeling of a loving nature towards them either. Let's face it. I'm Italian so I have dark and thick hair that I can feel growing in the minute after I've shaved, screaming the whole way, "Muahahahahaha! You can't beat us! We will always make your underarms seem as if they have a five o'clock shadow! Surrender to a bitter life of constant worrying, "Can people see that? Shit. Am I showing already?? Why did I even shave??"
I had never been a heavy sweater before. Insert pregnancies and the beautiful gift of body hair and sweat forming in EVERY crevice was delivered along with my babies. I have had a huge problem finding a deodorant that can last all day with me. I feel and smell fabulous and like "roses" in the morning and if I'm lucky, through lunch. But by afternoon, I am not so fresh and clean anymore, smelling like I've gone out and run in the Sahara for days with no stopping or cleansing. Yeah, it's great. Let's just say I'm so much more lovey with hugs in the morning than I am by mid-afternoon. A mid-torso wave will do just fine. Do not raise them higher than your breasts or everyone will know that...ssshhh....YOU HAVE A BODY ODOR PROBLEM. Phew. That felt good.
I am a long-time fan of Secret powder scent and Dove fresh scent, both clear solids. I normally use one for about 3 months and then switch to the other for 3 and so on, and so forth. I am not totally happy with this process, however. So, I was very excited to try Dove Ultimate Visibly Smooth Deodorant in the Wild Rose scent. I was surprised by the scent, one of the first "soft" roses I've smelled in a long time. As I opened the top and breathed in, I was hearing all of it's promises: 24-hour odor and wetness protection (that part reminded me of kitty litter for some reason...Ha!), no white marks, available in two fragrances, available in clinical strength and my FAVORITE..."Conditions and cares for underarm skin with Dove 1/4 translucent moisturizers which makes stubble easier to deal with, keeps underarms smoother for longer and within WEEKS of regular use, hair feels softer, finer and easier to remove for a cleaner, closer shave." At that last one, I about wet my pants. Serious, ladies. I have never heard of a deodorant contributing to the defeat of my long struggle with underarm hair and the getting rid of it. But because I was desperate to find peace, I tried it. I am a consistently EUPHORIC customer with this product. Oh my gosh! I, the hairy italian, do not have to shave my underarms every single day anymore!! I'm not lying. I shave every 2-3 days, which might be normal for some of you, but just think! Use this product and you might be able to get away with a week!! And aren't we all trying to do that every day?? Find ways to get out of hair maintenance? I know I am. I've found the first step. Check it out the Dove Ultimate Visibly Smooth website, learn how to do a PitiCure, and fall in love. So although my struggle was long and perilous, I have since found some calm with my hair removal process and am loving my scent all day long!
Marc Jacobs to Release New Fragrance in September: LOLA
Which, clearly, he named after my beautiful cat.
But really, isn't the bottle to die for? Just gorgeous. But let's get into the notes of this lovely fragrance. The fragrance opens with top notes of delectable bright pink peppercorn, seductive pear d'anjou and succulent ruby red grapefruit. The heart of the fragrance is listed as lavish dischia peony with soft touches of rose and geranium. Base notes linger with smooth vanilla, tonka bean and creamy musk.
The collection includes Eau de Parfum ($65 for 1.7 oz/$85 for 4 oz), Sensual Body Lotion ($45 for 5.1 oz), Silky Shower Gel ($40 for 1 oz), and Luxurious Body Cream ($50 for 4.9 oz).
Available in August exclusively at Bloomingdales, September for select specialty retailers nationwide.
Ashley Greene at Cosmo's Fun Fearless Female Party in LA
If you're looking for some Lancome Declairing Indigo looks, I have one here!
Lancome makeup artist Darais played Ashley's eyes, cheeks and lips. He used Lancôme's Color Design Liberty Palette in Nude Elegance (NEW from our fall color collection Declaring Indigo) and then applied Lancôme Le Crayon Khôl in Black Coffee to the upper lash line to make Ashley's eyes pop. Darais added some color to the cheeks with Lancôme Blush Subtil in Miel Glacé. To create her soft coral colored pout, Darais used Lancôme Color Fever Gloss in Solaire. Long, beautiful lashes are all the rage right now so Darais mixed a few Shu Uemura faux-lashes with Ashley's natural lashes and then applied Lancôme Ôscillation Powerbooster to condition and strengthen the lashes. To finish the look, he coated Ashley's lashes with several coats of Lancôme's NEW mascara Hypnôse Drama.
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Addressing the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Ban Ki-Moon condemned the violent attacks recently carried out by Palestinians and called for an end to incitement, stating that Palestinian frustration was growing "under the weight of a half-century of occupation".
He stated that "as oppressed peoples have demonstrated throughout the ages, it is human nature to react to occupation, which often serves as a potent incubator of hate and extremism".
The secretary-general urged both sides to act to "prevent the two-state solution from slipping away forever", stressing the importance of freezing settlement building, which he called "an affront to the Palestinian people and to the international community"
Ban Ki-Moon also rejected the idea that Israeli security measures in the West Bank will bring an end to the current wave of violence, which has killed at least 150 Palestinians and about 25 Israelis since the beginning of October.
"Security measures alone will not stop the violence", the UN secretary-general said. "They cannot address the profound sense of alienation and despair driving some Palestinians – especially young people", he added. Most of the recent attacks against Israeli soldiers and settlers were carried out by young people.
The Israeli government claimed the violence was a result of Palestinian incitement. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu accused Ban Ki-Moon of providing a "tailwind to terror" after criticism of continuing building of settlements in occupied Palestinian territory.
"There is no justification for terror", Netanyahu said. "Those Palestinians who murder do not want to build a state, they want to destroy a state". The Israeli Prime Minister accused the UN of having "lost its neutrality and moral power".
Ban Ki-Moon's statements were also criticised by other Israeli political figures, but his comments follow weeks of mounting international criticism of Israeli policies. Diplomats and Israeli analysts warn that Israel is becoming increasingly isolated.
US ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said the advancing Israeli settlement programme is "fundamentally incompatible with the two-state solution," adding that it raises "legitimate questions about Israel's long-term intentions".
The European Union also reiterated its "strong opposition to Israel's settlement policy" and actions such as "building the separation barrier beyond the 1967 line, demolitions and confiscation – including of EU funded projects – evictions, forced transfers including of Bedouins, illegal outposts and restrictions of movement and access."
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Judge Janet J. Kenton-Walker
Steven Randall, 36, of 16 Cottage St., Worcester, was sentenced to 3 to 5 years in Walpole State Prison after pleading guilty to armed robbery.
Judge James R. Lemire
Carlos Echevarria, 30, of 3 Hitchcock Road, Worcester, was sentenced to two concurrent terms of 5 to 9 years in Walpole state prison after pleading guilty to trafficking in heroin and possession of heroin with intent to distribute (subsequent offense). He was ordered to pay $150 drug fee, $90 victim witness fee.
Eric Clemente, also known as Eric Romero, 24, of 141 Beacon St., Worcester, was sentenced two concurrent terms of 2-1/2 years to 2-1/2 years and a day in Walpole state prison after pleading guilty to two counts of possession of a large capacity firearm. He was sentenced to a concurrent term of 1 day in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute. He was sentenced to 2 years in the House of Correction, to begin upon his release from the previous sentences, after pleading guilty to drug violation near a school or park. He was placed on two concurrent terms of 3 years probation after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and improperly storing a large capacity firearm near a minor. As conditions of probation, he was ordered to remain drug free, to undergo a substance abuse evaluation with treatment and counseling as recommended by the Probation Department, to submit to random drug tests, not to possess guns or weapons and to pay $150 drug fee, $90 victim witness fee, $65 probation fee. Charges of receiving stolen property over $250, drug violation near a school or park and two counts of firearm violation with one prior violent or drug crime were dismissed.
Criminal and Traffic Sessions
Judge Emily A. Karstetter
Ray Corrow, 36, of 151 Hartford Terrace, Shrewsbury, charged with driving with a suspended license, continued without a finding for 6 months, $50 victim witness fee; marked lanes violation, found not responsible; failing to wear a seat belt, found responsible, filed.
Santos Barahona-Maravilla, 30, of 94 Upton St., Grafton, charged with driving without a license, found responsible, fined $500.
Adalberto Rivera, 37, of 701 Main St., Worcester, charged with possession of heroin with intent to distribute, continued to Dec. 19 on $2,000 cash bail.
John Vidal, 38, of 315 Charlton Road, Sturbridge, charged with driving negligently, driving under the influence of alcohol or .08 percent, driving an unregistered vehicle and marked lanes violation, continued to Dec. 11.
Sophie O. Tabi, 49, of 38 Lyford Road, Spencer, charged with driving with a suspended license and vehicle lights violation, continued to Dec. 17.
Shawn A. Hartley, 33, of 14 Sycamore St., Worcester, charged with assault and battery, continued to Dec. 19.
Douglas DeSouza, 19, of 15 Winslow St., Worcester, charged with driving without a license, found responsible, fined $200; red light violation, found responsible, fined $50.
Rawad Weshah, 17, of 19 New Vista Lane, Worcester, charged with driving without a license, dismissed, $100 costs; registration not in possession and red/blue light violation, found not responsible.
Willie Wilson, 54, of 72 Dorchester St., Worcester, charged with driving with a suspended registration, dismissed, $100 costs; driving an uninsured vehicle, dismissed.
Judge Paul F. Loconto
Donald A. Courtmanche, 56, of Dayville, Conn., charged with driving negligently and possession of an open container of alcohol in a vehicle, continued to Dec. 18.
Judge Vito Virzi
Kyle A. Piso, 21, of 198 Ayer Road, Apt. B, Shirley, charged with forging of check, utter false check, attempt to commit crime and receive stolen property, continued to Dec. 7, must stay away from Avida Bank branch in Westboro.
Sean Atwood, 24, of 110 Howard St., Apt. 3, Northboro, charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol or .08 percent (second offense), marked lanes violation, fail to stop/yield, driving in violation of license restrictions, and failure to notify RMV of name/address change, continued to Dec. 5.
Isaac M. Mutesasira, 21, of 297 Turnpike Road, Apt. 315, Westboro, charged with marked lanes violation, continued to Dec. 19.


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Anglers Fishing Raft
- Anglers Fishing Raft
- Item Level 90
- Toy
- Binds when picked up
- Use: You can raft across water. Requires Revered with The Anglers and a Fishing skill of 525.
- Requires The Anglers - Revered
- "Great for fishing, but takes on water... so don't stay out too long!"
Vendor: Nat Pagle
Zone: Krasarang Wilds
Faction: The Anglers - Revered
Cost: 1,000


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guest post: Likainen Parketti
When Jennifer contacted me and asked if I would like make a guest post for her blog, I was very honored and excited. Afterwards I realized I had a problem with what to write about. There are many changes going on in my life at the moment and one of them is that next year we probably won't be living in our current apartment anymore. That's why I decided to write a short love letter for our apartment.
I remember the first time when we walked into our apartment. The walls were covered with shades of orange and green and the floor was green plastic. The walls were full of holes and the windows were really dirty. We almost ran out of there with my husband. I was very disappointed since my expectations were very high. Lovely light, high space and rough industrial-vibe.
At home we started to think if it would be possible to do something to make the apartment better. We managed to talk our landlord to change the floors and paint the walls white. When the moving day came, we walked in to a dream home. We have lived here now for a little bit over two years.
There have been lots of laughter and even some tears inside these walls. We have spent nights with friends or sat alone on the couch just listening to the rain drops fall. It has been a good place to be. This place has given me the certainty about what is truly me in interior decoration. I've loved the huge windows and the light coming in from them, though I've also hated washing them (that's why it's my husbands job to do it).
My blog is mostly about this home and what's in it. And because something so important is soon gone, I don't know what will happen to my blog. It has been good to live here and I would love to stay but you just have to move on someday. Even though it's hard to let the apartment go, otherwise change is good. So mostly I'm feeling good.
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8 comments:
thought exactly the same ;) those high windows and walls...a dream!Delete
Lovely little nest you have here! Your flair for interiors is superb. Dramatic and chic - I love it. Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful space - it reminds me of my dream work/live in Toronto that I had to eventually leave due to "rezoning" (ie. a landlord who wanted to sell the building). Give me concrete floors and high ceilings and I'm quite content!ReplyDelete
Absolutely fantastic!!! Glad I had a look at this blog today, my first time, otherwise I'm following via Instagram.ReplyDelete
Your apartment is exquisite! Those huge windows bring such light into the space. I'm sorry about the move but, here's to new beginnings : )ReplyDelete
- ChristinaSeptember 30, 2012
Your apartment is lovely! Where did yu get the black/white rag rug? I'm looking for one :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! Just pinned two of these images. I absolutely love the placement of the hat hooks and lights in the bedroom, and the workspace is inspired as well. Plus, who doesn't need a little reminder every now and then to Do Epic Shit.ReplyDelete
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Brown leads Rochester comeback
Matthew Brown's fifth-inning home run completed a Red Wings' comeback as Rochester defeated the Herd, 3-2 on Wednesday afternoon. The victory was the Wings' first in their last six games against the Herd at Frontier Field.
The loss snapped a modest two-game win streak for the Bisons. Buffalo is now 9-12 on the season.
The Bisons led 2-0 after three and a half innings before Rochester first dented starter Josh Stinson in the fourth. Back-to-back walks by the Herd righty set the stage for RBI-singles from Ben Revere and former Bisons catcher Rene Rivera to tie the game.
Brown then clubbed his first home run of the season off Stinson with two outs in the fifth inning. Stinson is now 1-2 on the season after needing 95 pitches to get through five innings of work.
The Bisons best chance to tie the game came in the seventh inning. After Lucas Duda greeted Rochester reliever Anthony Slama with a single, Valentino Pascucci lined a double to right field. The Red Wings executed a perfect relay, and Brian Dinkleman's toss to Rivera was in time to tag Duda out at the plate.
Buffalo had built a 2-0 lead with single runs in the third and fourth innings. Jesus Feliciano opened the scoring with an RBI-double. Duda added his first home run of the season with an opposite field shot off Wings starter Scott Diamond.
BISONS NOTES: Kirk Nieuwenhuis went 0-4 with a strikeout. That ends the outfielder's 16-game hit streak as well as his 20-game on-base streak to start the season…After the top of the seventh inning, Tim Teufel was ejected by umpire Derek Crabill for arguing Duda's play at the plate…Casey Fossum worked in relief for the first time this season. The southpaw tossed a pair of shutout innings.