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On pitching around and walking Wright to get to Davis
"I think it was … I know it was the right decision, he just left a breaking ball over the plate and he hit it out. That was the name of the ball game. One pitch. But I thought overall Tommy was very good. He did a nice job for us, gave us seven innings. We just didn't score runs like we had been against Milwaukee.
"Go out tomorrow and start a new winning streak."
On Hanson's performance
"He pitched seven innings. I thought we might try to push him to eight, but his pitch count got a little too high there at the end. But he did a nice job. That's three outings in a row from our starters who've given us seven innings. Seven-plus from Minor. So we're going in the right direction that way."
Scouting report said curveballs to Davis?
"You look at the history that he's had against us. That's the right pitch, it's just out over the plate a little bit. Can't second-guess anybody. It's the right pitch, just out over the plate."
Surprised at Bay's catch to rob Jack Wilson of homer?
"I think it got too much air under it, gave a chance for Jason to get back there and get it. I thought we hit the ball hard all night. Hinske hit a rocket to the first baseman, Jack gets robbed on a ball over the fence. We hit some balls hard, right at people. We had some good at-bats against Gee but nothing to show for it."
On Heyward getting another two hits
"Was that a third hit on the catcher's interference? That's no at-bat for Jason? He's swinging the bat real well. So we go on to tomorrow, Delgado gives us another good outing and start a new winning streak."
On Davis' homer, fifth straight curveball to him
"That was the pitch I wanted to make, and he put the barrel on it. Plain and simple. Sometimes you've got to tip your hat, and you've got to do that with him right there."
"I felt really good, and I still felt good [that inning]. I kind of threw around Wright right there and then put him on, and then Ike caught that curveball. I felt good and felt like I threw the ball well, just the results weren't there."
Lot of curveballs tonight…
"That was the pitch I wanted to throw and he got it."
On hard-hit ball that hit him above left ankle
"He got me good. It started tightening up there, but it's fine. Just bruised up a little bit, but it's OK."
The curveball was where you wanted it to Ike?
"Yeah, that's what I want to do. I don't want to bounce it there, I want to throw it for a strike."
On pitching around Wright
"You've got to look at how Wright's swinging the bat right now. We've got open bases there, so … I really don't know what else to say. We put him on right there and we felt like that was the best move in that situation, to try to face Davis. I don't know what his numbers are against me, but feel like I do pretty well against him. I'm not going to beat myself up over it. He barreled a curveball and hit it out, plain and simple."
Plan was to let Wright chase a couple of pitches and then from there walk him?
"I mean, there's no set plan. I wasn't going to give him anything to hurt me with. That was it. Once I went 2-and-0, that was it. We put him on."
Did you think you had a homer?
"I didn't get all of it. When I hit it I thought it had a chance, but he made a good catch. Kind of shifted the game right there. That would have put us up. One of those things. It was a great play and it kind of knocked us down a little bit."
On Dillon Gee
"We got guys in scoring position. He made pitches to limit the damage in the first inning. When it counted he made the pitches. We didn't get too many to hit."
Say anything to former teammate Bay?
"I'll text him. It won't be pleasant. But you just have to tip your hat. I've seen it many times in left field when I'm playing shortstop looking back at him over the four or five years we played together. So it definitely wasn't a surprise. A little disappointing, but he's a really good outfielder."
On the 7-3 Mets
"I never once thought that they'd be like a pushover or anything like that, and they haven't been. They've been clicking on all cylinders so far, and we've really got to bear down and be competitive.
"A lot of the attention was with the Nationals and Miami with all the acquisitions they made. But if you played against this Mets team the last few years, they've been able to hit. They've got a healthy David Wright. They've got some pretty good hitters in there that have a good idea what they're trying to do. Murphy's solid. Thole's solid. They've got a lot of guys in there that'll give you a pro AB.
"And they've got a healthy Johan Santana, and they've got a healthy David Wright, and Niese and Dickey….
"A lot of keys that, if they stay healthy, I don't think this is just a hot little start for them. They've got a good, solid ballclub."
But you probably never imagined being 0-4 against them….
"No, even though I think they have a good ballclub, I never expected to be 0-4 against them. It's a funny game. We've got to obviously make an adjustment against them, because they've kind of put it to us these first four games."
April 16th, 2012
10:53 pm
Tommy's tippin his cap so fredi doesn't have to
April 16th, 2012
10:59 pm
Heyward is the only one producing, and Fredi STILL refuses to give a legit compliment.
Oh and… calling 42 straight curveballs, I'm sure one will eventually get hit out of the park.
April 16th, 2012
11:05 pm
FG's infected the whole club – they're all tipping caps now….didn't see one 'we played like crap tonight' or any other honest assessment.
April 16th, 2012
11:07 pm
Hmmm….. cap-tipping must be contagious, unfortunately!
April 16th, 2012
11:13 pm
This team aint nothing but a bunch of Cap Tipping Chokers. Fredi must go and a new firery manager is needed.
April 16th, 2012
11:18 pm
Yea the point of a Curve ball is to DECEIVE the hitter now when you throw 7 in a ROW it then becomes slow pitch softball to Big Leaguers. Also Ike Davis was our pick we gave the Mets when we signed Tom Glavine in 2008
April 16th, 2012
11:20 pm
I totally agree, Fredi doesn't ever compliment Heyward. He must have something against young players that produce. He brings them down. Just ask Hanley,Hermida,and now Heyward.
April 16th, 2012
11:20 pm
I fault McCann for bad pitch selection as well
April 16th, 2012
11:21 pm
Well Heyward only had his swing messed up when fredi came into the picture coincidence?
April 16th, 2012
11:25 pm
After a few days away from the blog this team is pretty much what I expected.500 is just about right.
April 16th, 2012
11:33 pm
I see Tommy got drilled on the curveball thing. Rightfully so I think … these guys are major leagues hitters, they adjusted .. Hanson didn't and it cost him the game
April 16th, 2012
11:34 pm
You guys are so lame. 5 game win streak, lose 1..WORLD IS ENDING OMG!!! RUNNNNNN!!!
April 16th, 2012
11:36 pm
@Art we are 0-4 against the METS???????????? that is unacceptable. But you keep thinking Fredi is a good manager and call George Constanza
April 16th, 2012
11:37 pm
April 16th, 2012
11:49 pm
I must agree … I have notice as well he doesn't give Jason compliments …. I thought I was the only one that noticed that … i wonder why??
April 16th, 2012
11:49 pm
can we just ban the phrase "tip your hat/cap etc" ?
Losing happens, these guys are all professionals sometimes the other team is better or beats you.
We could say… they were better tonight…. we could say we'll get them tomorrow night… or someone's going to pay for this.
The cap tipping thing though….is getting old. We need a sea change.
April 16th, 2012
11:52 pm
May should be free of all cap tipping. We could simply pat them on the back or congratulate them.
April 16th, 2012
11:54 pm
Wish someone had asked why Freeman wasn't used for Wilson or Hanson when there was a chance to get back in the ball game.
April 17th, 2012
12:00 am
Awesome! Both Wilson and Hanson called me by my name! Surprised Freddi didn't jump onboard as well tonight. Seems like everyone is always better than we are.
April 17th, 2012
12:02 am
Wilson has caught the cap tippin fever as well. Is there a clubhouse rule you have to use that phrase after a loss? Just say 'great grab' and move on. DOB- do everyone a favor and ignore or delete that phrase from the post game quotes. It will help avoid the discourse surrounding the transparency of that idiotic offering of support to the opposition.
April 17th, 2012
12:18 am
Washington usually has our number now New York does too. Everybody else we'll play .500
April 17th, 2012
1:08 am
Agree with PMC and others….can you tell them the cap tipping is way past old.
The Mets!….are you kidding?
April 17th, 2012
1:59 am
Where are my Kool-Aid drinkers that were saying we are going to the playoffs? They got too excited about that we sweep against a crappy Brewers team!
April 17th, 2012
6:14 am
Everything is back to normal. I don't know who that was on a 5 game winning streak. Are Houston and Milwaukee that bad?
April 17th, 2012
6:19 am
Yes, the Chopocalypse has returned!
April 17th, 2012
7:01 am
Cap tipping should definitely be banned for a while. I like the suggestion that May be "No Cap Tipping Month." There is no way the NY Mets should own this team like they have so far this year. Maybe tonight, the Braves' slogan should be "Must End This Streak!"
April 17th, 2012
7:24 am
The Mets are playing good right now and for some reason they seem to have the Braves number. Because of ownership problems I think a lot of people really thought the Mets were going to suck this year and fall into the Padres/Astros category but when healthy this is a really good team and for the most part they are young and could be a problem for a few years. On the positive side, the Braves don't see them again until after the All Star break so by then hopefully the Braves will have figured some things out.
April 17th, 2012
7:37 am
On the plus side Livan Hernandez had his best outing of the season last night. 2 innings, 2 hits, 1 run, 1 home run which LOWERS his ERA to 4.76. Let's give big old Tip Of The Hat to Livan.
April 17th, 2012
7:44 am
Great response DOB! Keep up the good work!
April 17th, 2012
7:46 am
I would much rather have an even-keeled manager like Bobby or Freddie for a 162 game season than a firey nut job like Valentine or Guillen. Ask Miami or Boston how its going.
April 17th, 2012
7:46 am
Geez with the "tip your hat" statements from this team. (Besides, they wear caps, not hats!)
April 17th, 2012
7:47 am
Bad managing leaving Hanson in too long. Fredi says he shoulda went 8 innings. Idiot.
April 17th, 2012
8:01 am
So much love amongst the millionaires……
April 17th, 2012
8:07 am
April 17th, 2012
1:59 am
Where are my Kool-Aid drinkers that were saying we are going to the playoffs? They got too excited about that we sweep against a crappy Brewers team
I'm right here and still say we make the playoffs. No, this one loss after winning 5 straight hasn't altered my prediction.
April 17th, 2012
8:11 am
If you pull Hanson starting the 6th when its 1-1 maybe you win the game. He was obviously tired and has a history of pitching about 5 innings dominantly then giving up a bunch of runs in the 6th. I know this but the manager doesn't ?
April 17th, 2012
8:16 am
I just don't like how Fredi manages the pitchers period. He annoints the 7th to O'Flaherty,Venters the 8th,and Kimbrel the 9th. That's fine if O'Flaherty comes out and gets the first out with ease. But many times he walks a hitter then gives up a hit. And Fredi has nobody ready to replace him in the bullpen. Nobody warming up.
Fredi wants 6 to 8 innings from his staters. That's great playing in Wonderland. But in the real world you remove the pitchers when they lose velocity on their pitches and lose location. Last night Hanson was getting every pitch up in the 6th because he was tired. Why have a bullpen if you don't use it ? And stop using Livan & Durbin. They just come in and allow more runs.
April 17th, 2012
8:17 am
I tip my hat to all the "tip my hat" quotes and comments.
April 17th, 2012
8:19 am
Nobody in their right mind (other teams) would choose Durbin & Livan over Teheran & Gilmartin. Only the Braves. While Teheran & Gilmartin throw meaningless pitches at Gwinnett, Livan & Durbin are allowing runs by the half dozens in Braves losses.
April 17th, 2012
8:21 am
What is Roger McDowell doing any way ? I see that Hanson is done after the 5th but the pitching coach doesn't ? He was probably heckling a long-haired hippy fan instead of watching his pitcher…
April 17th, 2012
8:24 am
"I tip my 10 gallon hat to Gee,Ike,Wright,the Mets,and New York City !"
April 17th, 2012
8:33 am
DOB, you are half right. The reactions to the "tip your hat" quotes are definitely entertaining, but in no way are they as predictable as the team is at dispensing them.
April 17th, 2012
8:44 am
Sure are a lot of experts here.Awesome ! Espech that wanker J-MAN . Dude.Really… ? Get a job.
April 17th, 2012
8:56 am
No question, we probably will make the Playoffs – IF the Comish keeps increasing the number of teams to the point where all you have to do is play .500 ball to get in.
April 17th, 2012
8:58 am
So, 2 out of 3 from the Astros: "we should have swept them, they are terrible". Swept the brewers (much better club) "Brewers are terrible we should have swept them". It's kind of sad how some of you are toward this team. In case you haven't figured it out yet, the Mets are a little better than advertised. They did take 2 of three from the Phillies… And don't say they beat them without Utley or Howard because their Rotation is still intact and hard to beat. The absolutely shelled Cliff Lee. They are hot right now, hopefully the Braves can compete tonight and give themselves a chance to win, things will even out, it's a loooong season. Please keep it civil…
April 17th, 2012
9:01 am
If Tommy doesn't stop tipping off his pitches to the hitters, he will have to go on the DL for tipping elbow because he will be doing a lot of hat tipping.
April 17th, 2012
9:05 am
I tip my hat to Selig's Dictatorship, he said everything I was thinking. I am going out and buying me some hats, this is going to be a long season.
April 17th, 2012
9:13 am
DOB – Well said at 7:06. Unfortunately, baseball players (and managers) tend to talk in cliches .. tipping the cap, it's game of inches and the personal favorite of every guy on XM Radio's baseball channel – "no question about it."
But there are those gems like Wilson's reaction to the Bay catch, "I'll text him, it won't be pleasant."
April 17th, 2012
9:13 am
"It's a long season."
But the games count don't they?
I seems we could have used 1 – that's right, 1 more win last season . . .
April 17th, 2012
9:14 am
Errors&Excuses Guess you don't have to go to NY to get a Whuppin.
April 17th, 2012
9:29 am
I know the Bobble Head Dolls were very popular for a few years. I know, Freddi Freeman is nodding at me every time I am working on my car.
I am starting to wonder if the Braves Marketing Department have created a Cap Tipping Doll and Freddi G and the rest of the boys are just laying the foundation for a huge Cap Tipping Night Event ??
If not, someone in the Braves Organization has to know how much that phrases pisses off the fan base and tell them to buy a new phrase.
0-5 to the Mets! To the lowly Mets!!!! If the Braves are at a .500 winning percentage at the end of the April the John Shuerholz needs to clear out Frank and Freddi. With the exception of the Dodgers and the Diamondbacks, There is no reason the Braves should not be able to handily beat the Mets, Brewers, Astros and Pirates. The Braves face the Mets 17 times in 2012 and they have already lost 5. Wow!!
April 17th, 2012
9:33 am
Plain and simple, Tommy Hanson got beat like a red headed step child (pun intended).. When a MLB pitcher can't throw a ball to 1st base, throws multiple wild pitches (1 that scored a run), and gives up a back breaking 3 run HR, who is the loss on? So tip your hat all you want Tommy boy, this loss is on you.
Did I mention that you are the most overrated pitcher to come up in a long time? You were supposedly this big time prospect and all you have done in failed. What big games have you won? What big series have you won? How many Cy Young awards do you have? How often are you injured? How easy is it for a batter to figure you out? Ask Ike Davis that question.
Pitch #1 Curveball
Pitch #2 Curveball
Pitch #3 Curveball
Pitch #4 Curveball
will he throw a fastball to fool you Davis? No, his fastball is weak and he knows he can't throw it by me. He is like a book, so I am going with Curveball seeing as though that is the only thing he has thrown me and now has given me 4 prior looks at it and let me get my timing down.
Pitch #5 Curveball, back, back, back, GONE!!!! A 3 run HR for Davis and the Mets are up 4-1 and you could hear the collective breaths taken out of the fans and players here with that jack.
"Tommy Hanson" That was a great pitch, you just have to tip your cap to Davis who had several other looks at that same pitch and was able to get his timing down perfectly to knock the ball out of the park.
April 17th, 2012
9:37 am
The Mets are not as bad as many (including me) thought. Their pitching is under-the-radar very good. The NL East is a tough division in 2012, perhaps the toughest in baseball. GO BRAVES!
April 17th, 2012
9:39 am
Hanson is only a 5 inning pitcher and he usually beats himself (wild pickoff throw)etc. He seems to have lost his fastball.
April 17th, 2012
9:41 am
The Braves certainly looked more "relaxed" last night, some of the intensity from the weekend had disappeared. Not sure if it was the "monday lulls" or the small crowd or what, but I saw a fire and determination in some of our key guys against the Brewers that was lacking against the Muts.
On a side note, this inexcusable "cap tipping company line" has got to go…if Fredo and the crew knew how cliche and none believable it sounded they wouldn't use it. Just say you got BEAT, no need for "stinking hat tipping" darn it!
April 17th, 2012
9:46 am
How much is Dan Uggla getting paid to tip his hat to Daniel Murphy??? These big contracts are stupid – far too often the players just aren't worth it and the salary load hamstrings management.
Need to go through the NL East once before we get a true read on the Braves (and the Mets, for that matter), but right now they're about where I expected. When you look at the Mets – sad to say, but they're far better than the Braves all the way around the infield, they're holding their own in the outfield, and you'd have to say the pitching is just as good at this point, if not better.
April 17th, 2012
9:48 am
Maybe you could seed the answers though after a loss DOB. You could suggest a back pat.
May could be back patting month!
April 17th, 2012
9:50 am
Seems to me DOB that you should have asked Tom Glavine about throwing four straight curve balls to Davis. He was all over it at the time…saying that if they wanted to use the curve as the 'out' pitch on Davis, which was obvious to everybody, especially to Ike, then they should have set him up, and 'change his eye level' with a fastball up and out…I mean if the announcers can see it then why can't the pitching coach, McCann and Hanson himself?
April 17th, 2012
9:50 am
"So tip your hat all you want Tommy boy, this loss is on you."
Hanson made one bad pitch. The Braves scored ONE run. Can Hanson be better? Sure, but this loss was on the hitting (or lack thereof).
April 17th, 2012
9:51 am
The Braves' new bobble head doll should come with an automatic cap tipping spring. Bobble forward, tip cap, bobble backward place cap back on head.
April 17th, 2012
10:00 am
Fair enough DOB. Never expereinced hysteria regarding that phrase (it's a pretty good album though) but the overuse is beyond hysterical. Can you keep a straight face when you hear that phrase?
April 17th, 2012
10:07 am
You're a damn genius 1 eye! A must have in every locker.
April 17th, 2012
10:12 am
has anybody told fredi that you can still win a game when you are behind? bobby did the same thing. if we're ahead in the 5th-this set of relievers pitch, if we're behind the other set of guys pitch.
wrong mindset. like the great billy sample once said "most teams try to win the 1st game of a doublheader………" we could still try to win the game down 4-1 in the 6th or 7th, instead b/c we're behind we bring in the durbins, hernandez's, linebrink's, proctor's of the world. it's like throwing up the white flag.
other teams know it and they know who they'll get if they're ahead in the 5th or 6th. ridiculous.
April 17th, 2012
10:31 am
Does Fredi not like J Hey or something? Just looking at his comments and he seems to never give him props.
April 17th, 2012
10:46 am
The Bullpen has had a lot of work this week coach, he probably threw the other guys to give his horses some rest. Doesn't mean he's not trying to win.
April 17th, 2012
10:48 am
I don't think it's Heyward per se – Fredi generally seems to prefer veterans and so-called "scrappy" players, regardless of current ability over "these kids today" – in other words players that superficially remind him of himself.
April 17th, 2012
10:59 am
Lucky best quote from yesterday regarding Durbin via Rogers…
""We need to get him in there a little more and get him that life on that fastball, that two-seamer," Fredi Gonzalez said."
Relax everybody – more Chad usage is on the way!
April 17th, 2012
11:01 am
When the Braves lose a game (a typical kind of game for all teams in the majors throiughout the course of a long season, the kind a team would rather forget and improve on next time out) the LOSERS come off their perches so that thy can squawk to high heaven and revel in their doomsday existence,.. never realized what a large portion of some people's lives must be spent crying, especially over a game that is so peaked and vallied as baseball is… If it isn't enough to cry at the drop of a tipped cap, these LOSERS find the need to project their innate childishness by assuming that they know so well how to play and manage by watching from their perch on the couch and deriving judgements on every single at bat as if they, in their infinite baseball wisdom, could pitch, hit, or coach to hit successfully in every single circumstance that arises during a game… you LOSERS need to start yourselves a 20-20 Armchair Baseball League, where your teams all finish with 162-0 records, your batters all hit 1.000, and your pitchers all have era's of 0.00… In the 20-20ABL, you'll never have to tip your cap in acknowledgement to another team that just had it going on in a particular game, winning them all by the mercy rule made necessary by your managing/playing prowess…
Wow, you LOSERS have surpassed your ignorance of baseball from last season, which is saying a lot… When Johnny comes home from school whining about how he's being teased for having such an ignorant crybaby for a daddy, just go sit back down and curse your team to another loss,..
April 17th, 2012
11:12 am
Stop complimenting the other team & take some responsibility for your failures. No that's fine just keep tipping the hat to the Mets, Yes the Mets, Really Atlanta?!? You just swept the Brewers but you can't even challenge the weakest team in the division. Sorry, we are the weakest team in the division.
April 17th, 2012
11:31 am
Let's Go Mets! Off to the best start in recent memory and giving the Braves a good old fashioned beat down! The Braves have lost their swagger it seems….what a shame…
April 17th, 2012
11:37 am
If I had a dollar for every time "tip you cap" was used by this regime,I would have enough money to buy them from Liberty Media and save this franchise.
April 17th, 2012
11:38 am
Too bad the Braves can't face the Brewers every game….they'd be a shoo in fir the division title! As for you clowns out there calling the Mets the weakest team in the division….man up! The Mets squad will not be the pushovers of recent years. This team will compete and beat you anyway possible. Beware!
April 17th, 2012
12:06 pm
Im sick of seeing juan franscico, durbin, and livan on this freaking team….. they dont belong they suck
April 17th, 2012
12:09 pm
SubwayguyNyc………. go post on the muts website!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 17th, 2012
12:19 pm
During the 4 game losing streak I could see the angst but its one loss to a team that is playing good baseball.
I don't have crazy high hopes for the Braves but we won't know what we have until the end of April at the earliest.
They may not have been as bad as the open 4 games and probably not as good as the Brewers series.
The Brewers starting pitching sans Greinke is suspect. Their pen is not very good either. Unless they hit a ton of bombs they are are easy mark.
AZ, LA, WAS, STL and the entire AL interleague schedule will be the real test for this club.
So far the schedule has been pretty soft.
The real question will be how long can Chipper's knees hold out? If he needs them to be drained every 5-6 games he will be done by mid May.
If that happens then they will lose a ton of ballgames. Prado or Juan at 3B and a human book mark in LF won't get it done.
April 17th, 2012
12:27 pm
April 17th, 2012
9:50 am
"So tip your hat all you want Tommy boy, this loss is on you."
Hanson made one bad pitch. The Braves scored ONE run. Can Hanson be better? Sure, but this loss was on the hitting (or lack thereof).
How about that little league toss to 1st base in a lazy attempt at a pickoff that eventually set the Mets up to score a run? Or how about that what, 5th wild pitch that he threw to let the Mets score another run late? That first bad pitch cost the Braves 3 runs, and the wild pitch cost them another. That is 4 runs at least given up by the overrated, mediocre Tommy Hanson. The offense is not going to be great every game, and we have this "so called" great pitching staff. Hanson pitches mediocre most of the time. He has a stupid pitching delivery, he throws a boatload of wild pitches, and he gives us hits left and right.
April 17th, 2012
12:28 pm
Constanza called to majors to left field, trade diaz
Trade hanson and heyward for a SS and outfielder before both are not worth as much tomorrow
need a third baseman, current player at gwinnett not very good
April 17th, 2012
12:30 pm
I also think its the right move to start requiring the starters to pitch well into the 7th inning. They may face plant but they may learn a thing or two as well.
Protecting them too long only kills the pen early and doesn't give Wren or Fredi a true sense of what they have or don't.
It is also why (knowing what u don't have) Fredi should play all the dudes Wren lifted from the dumpster wire. Broom them early if they suck and try something else.
We may not like all this but its needs to be done in April not June or July when its too late to prep for a trade. It is also a reality for a cash strapped team with a farm system focused on arms and not much else (at the higher levels). In other words there is no Evan Longoria, Josh Hamilton or Troy Tulow waiting in AAA for a call.
But I digress. It is more likely that Wren makes an aggressive trade come late June or at the deadline if his team makes it clear (loudly) to him what they need.
That said I am not a big Wren fan (or Fredi G) so I am not sure what the guy will do or can do based on budget.
April 17th, 2012
12:30 pm
If the Mets faced the Braves 162 games a year, they could very well be a 140 game winning team. All joking aside, if the Braves can't hang with the Mets, they may as well throw in the white towel right now.
April 17th, 2012
12:40 pm
I have no idea who created this chart of how Fredi chooses pitchers from the bullpen but it is truly hilarious (and somebody needs to take credit for it! http://i.imgur.com/eQN3m.jpg
April 17th, 2012
12:45 pm
Braves dont need Durbin,Livan,or Juan. Fredi can hire them to do his yardwork. They cant play baseball.
April 17th, 2012
12:49 pm
Braves pick up players out of the dumpsters. You play players with very little success and you get bad results.
April 17th, 2012
12:53 pm
I had to laugh at Selig's Dictatorship in his previous blogs.
Hanson should be taken out after 5 innings — generalized to all pitchers who might start to tire.
Durbin and Hernandez should never be used.
EOF should be relieved if he gives up a hit in the 7th.
Who is going to pitch the 6th inning? Medlen?
Who will he bring in to relieve EOF at first sign of trouble? Venters for 2 innings? There is only Durbin, Hernandez, and Martinez out there if EOF is to be relieved. None of them had a sub 1 ERA for a full season.
Who will pitch the 10th if the game stayed tied?
Teheran and Gilmartin are wasting their time in the minors? It's called development! Gilmartin has not pitched above low A this year and Teheran is being groomed to be a starter. If JJ continues to suck and Hanson can't get his fastball above 90 mph anymore, maybe we'll see Teheran later in the season. It is reasonable to expect to get at least 7 innings out of your opening day starter.
April 17th, 2012
12:57 pm
DOB – Thanks for doing the work to provide us the quotes. It is appreciated.
April 17th, 2012
12:57 pm
Hey guys. Didnt see gane. Where did the bats go?
April 17th, 2012
12:58 pm
Dan Uggly – If the Muts had a healthy Dan Uggla we would kick their butts.
April 17th, 2012
1:03 pm
Hi Ralph. What happened to ouir bats?
April 17th, 2012
1:12 pm
In the 8th inning last night the team is down 4 runs. Bourn on 3rd, and Mac at the plate. Wright is playing about 3 steps away from the 2nd base bag. A hard bunt or a dribbler down the line is a sure run and another man on base for Uggla and Heyward coming up next. Why not TRY to take advantage of getting a run when they are almost giving it to you? A few attempts to beat the shift might also get you a less extreme shift and more room on the right side in future ABs. The same situation was given to Uggla in the Brewers series when add on runs were needed. The whole right side of the infield was open, and he did not even try to take advantage. Remember Pena beating the extreme shift the Braves were using last year twice (leading directly to at least 1 run). After that the shift was less extreme.
April 17th, 2012
1:14 pm
Got to go Bye
April 17th, 2012
1:43 pm
The purpose of a Curveball is to DECEIVE the hitter when you throw 7 consective curves it will become like slow pitch softball to any major league hitter. Plain and simple, I fault McCann for not having a better pitch selection that is his fault on that front also Fredi should have taken Hanson out especially because he was tired.
April 17th, 2012
1:43 pm
Still early to judge this team, but they seem to have little to no clutch hitting and no one except Hinske (and Ross if they'd use him) off the bench who can hit. Not very optimistic this year if we fall behind 4 or more runs in the 5th or later if we don't have a bench who can come up with some clutch hits.
April 17th, 2012
1:52 pm
To all the Heyward haters…….you are IDIOTS. He has a .375 avg hitting the ball to opposite field, stealing bases and collecting walks…………..But there are about 10 of you here that thinks he is a terrible hitter and wants him gone because he isnt Jeff Francoeur. I'm a white man and im admitting that there are some racist that might not think of themselves as that but they are angry that their hero got traded. The real person you should use all that energy for is Fredi Gongalez
April 17th, 2012
1:53 pm
Samantha is a sweatpants wearin' truckdriver. He ain't no stripper. Your game is old Sam. Give it tup.
April 17th, 2012
1:54 pm
@ Buddy Landel………How do you feel about Nature Boy Ric Flair lol
April 17th, 2012
2:04 pm
I've never seen a pitcher lose the game in so many facets. It was truly a hilarious spectacle to see. First he throws a horrid ball to first base that sets up the first run. Then he throws a bunch of the same pitches that lead to the three run homer. Then he throws a wild pitch. That's pretty bad. lol
April 17th, 2012
2:04 pm
What do you want? I just asked a simple question about last nite. Nobody answered so I left. Now you start picking at me again then I will fire back. If you want me gone then shut up about me.
April 17th, 2012
2:05 pm
Since the Japanese are so good at making human-like robots these days, why can't we get them to make one to replace FG in the dugout. That's all he basically is anyway. That, or a statue. I honestly believe he and the President could swap positions for a week and no one would notice the difference in how the country is run and how the team plays. They are both that irrelevant.
April 17th, 2012
2:12 pm
j man: my wanting Heyward traded is not because he is that bad: baseball is a game of who has the most assets: We dont have 9 mlb players on the roster currently and heyward could get us two good players, it would help Heyward to go to another city also just as it helped Francouer although Francouer will never amount to much of a hitter and his slow foot speed cost alot of outs every series.
Heyward is much better all roung player than Francouer
April 17th, 2012
2:18 pm
Hey Samantha — we just couldn't get a clutch hit. Jack Wilson had a homer stolen away by the left fielder. That Mets starter always seems to give the Braves trouble….. Hope you're doing well…..
April 17th, 2012
2:24 pm
Thanks Homer. I just wondered what happened?hanx for info. Long time not talking How you been?


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Hats off to Melody McDonald for her article entitled, "Applied behavior analysis is autism treatment of choice, experts say" (November 27, 2010). Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is used successfully with many groups of people (not just persons with autism). However, particular ABA-based treatments, including early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) as discussed in Ms. McDonald's report, also offer real hope for the development of critical skills and independence for children with autism.
In recent years, several well-controlled studies strongly suggest that high-quality EIBI begun in the early preschool years and with sufficient intensity (usually at least 20 hours per week for one or two years) can dramatically improve cognitive functioning, daily living skills, and school placement for some children on the autism spectrum. Recent "state of the science" reviews of autism treatment bear this fact out (e.g., http://www.nationalautismcenter.org/affiliates/reports.php).
Of course, such improvements can translate into substantial savings in the cost of educational, vocational and residential services across children's school years and adulthood. Perhaps more importantly, effective, science-based interventions, such as those grounded in ABA, give children with autism increased opportunities to enjoy participation in their communities and make meaningful contributions that enrich us all. Individuals with autism and their families deserve nothing less.
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This Halloween, country stars are a little preoccupied getting ready for Thursday night's CMA Awards in Nashville. Even so, that doesn't mean they won't take time out to celebrate the holiday with the little ghouls and goblins in their lives. Others reflect on memorable Halloweens past in these stories we've rounded up:
-- Taylor Swift fans everywhere will be dressing up like her this Halloween, and there's one look of hers they copy the most. Taylor tells ABC News Radio, "Easily it's the 'You Belong with Me' character -- the girl with the t-shirt. I have seen so many people with that -- the t-shirt that's been drawn all over."
Since she has her name on everything from greeting cards to pizza boxes these days, it's no surprise Taylor immediately thinks of a way to market that t-shirt idea. She says with a laugh, "We really should have made that into a merch item so people could buy that. We should have just recreated it."
-- Jerrod Niemann is one of country music's more imaginative stars, so it's no surprise he got creative with his Halloween costume a few years back. He went to the costume store at the last minute and picked up what they had left -- a prisoners' outfit and a Santa beard -- to create the costume "Santa in Prison."
His girlfriend at the time was dressed as a provocative Cinderella. Jerrod tells ABC News Radio, "That's the great thing about Halloween is girls can dress really provocative as some of our favorite characters throughout time."
That Halloween was memorable for more than Jerrod's costume. As he and his girlfriend were walking along that night, a few guys yelled a disrespectful comment at Jerrod's girlfriend, and he had to take matters into his own hands. "You know, you gotta stand up for your girl, and if something bad happens, you did the right thing," he says.
After Jerrod yelled something back at the rude carload of guys, they got out and started fighting with Jerrod. He hung in there punch for punch, but says, "Every time I was struck, I thought, 'You're beatin' up Santa! And he's already in prison! I mean, gah!'"
It all turned out OK in the end, though, although Jerrod and the suggestive Cinderella eventually broke up. As he puts it, "Santa survived, and our relationship didn't."
-- Dierks Bentley 's Halloween costume is picked out for him by his oldest daughter, Evie . Last year he dressed up as Swiper the Fox from Dora the Explorer at her request. Dierks actually made the costume himself: he says, "I used spray paint to make it, so I was inhaling spray paint like the whole time." This year Evie is going as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz , so Dierks may be dressed as the Tin Man or the Scarecrow.
The Bentleys usually celebrate Halloween with a friend of theirs who lives on a street that shuts down for the holiday. Dierks says with a laugh, "There's kegs in the front yard for the adults. The kids run around and eat all the candy they can. It's kind of chaotic, but it's a good time."
-- Lee Brice 's fiancée Sarah is crazy for Halloween, so their house is fully decked-out with carved pumpkins and cobwebs. Their son Takoda is going as Spider-Man this year, and Lee is making a point to be there to take him trick or treating even though he has a show late Wednesday night. "That's really, really important, 'cause those are the times, you know, that I remember [as a kid] that were really special," Lee says. "I have to miss a lot of times. I don't want to miss those especially."
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#076: Creating and Distributing Art in a Post-Industrial World Part 1 [Podcast]
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"Anything can be creative – you bring that quality to the activity. Activity itself is neither creative nor uncreative. You can paint in an uncreative way. You can sing in an uncreative way. You can clean the floor in a creative way. You can cook in a creative way." - Osho
This is the first of a series of three podcasts looking at the way we create, distribute, and interact with a post-industrial world.
Things have changed a LOT over the past couple of decades and in this series of shows I summarise a presentation that I recently put together encouraging young people to think differently about their future. This first part is about creativity and the common acceptance of art as commodity.
Everyone is waking up to the necessity of creativity, which is not easy in a world of automation and industrial mindset.
By andrewmort
New Containers for Content
On 25, Sep 2009 | 4 Comments | In Uncategorized | By andrewmort
There has been a lot said recently about the 'state of the music industry' and the battle against music piracy and questionable file sharing. I don't want to just repeat what has already been said but I figured that it would be good to set out a few of the points that I have found helpful when addressing the issue and explain why I think that it is a waste of time to worry ourselves, as independent artists on this topic. In all honesty, I think the situation we are in is brilliant, and despite what people like Lily Allen and James Blunt would tell you, music piracy is not a problem for new British music (a very narrow-minded and one dimensional argument), in fact it is the stimulation that we have needed for a long time. Yes record labels don't have the resources they used to, and yes they won't want to take big risks, but we need to remove ourselves from thinking within this paradigm. Just because a record label is not interested in new British music it doesn't mean that the public isn't. In fact there is enough evidence to suggest the playing field is being levelled at long last and the monopolising power of the big record labels is finally being relieved. There are a number of factors other than piracy at work. As Steve Lawson often the issue is confused as being the problem of the record industry at large, when actually it is the CD selling industry that is suffering. Because record labels have been resting on their laurels and relying on album sales for their disproportionate revenues it is hitting them hard now as the once abundant profits that they could rely on are rapidly disappearing. The issue of file sharing has become a scapegoat for other factors beyond their control and if we are not careful they will pull the power back by restricting our rights and abilities as independent artists to grab the bull by the horns and acquire a level of control that has long been unattainable. Don't believe the lie, if you are an 'emerging' young artist, you're not being screwed over by your audience, in fact we have never been in a better position than we are right now as we stand at this epoch defining cross road. It is our opportunity to carve a more organic, community based, and genuine free-market system within our art, and here are some of the ways how.
CD Selling Industry not Record Industry
I don't really need to elaborate on anything that Steve Lawson says, because he says it so well. The upshot of this takes the shape of a need for new ways to package our music accordingly in ways that people are happy to part with their cash for. As far as I'm concerned if we want to focus on the issue of file sharing we need to come up with a positive solution which involves offering our audience an alternative means of 'consumption' that gives them the content they evidently want in more interesting, exciting and innovative ways rather than alienating them and coming down hard on something that actually avoids addressing the real problem. The whole area of content, especially in the context of the Internet is very complicated and problematic. I would like to approach it simply though and take on board what Nina Paley says when she suggests we consider the difference between content and containers and that content should be allowed to flow freely on the internet so that culture can flourish. We should worry instead about the containers in which we place our content, for if we execute these well then that is where we will discover ways of carving a living. What she says is pretty left-field and a little hard to swallow if you're a record label trying to make money from every avenue possible (especially the exploitation of other people's music), but when you take a step back and think about it there is a lot to be said in this.
Free Content
Read what Paley says on this matter – we should think of content as culture, and consider it as like the water of society – where water flows, life flourishes. Content is an unlimited resource. Containers on the other hand are limited resources and people expect to pay money for them. They increase utility and add value to the content. Just because you can get water from the river the value of the containers (jugs, or vessels) is not reduced, in fact the more the river flows the more the need for effective and stronger vessels to hold the water. She goes on with her metaphor to argue that copyright and the way that big media companies can use it is similar to a dam in the river, which give them control over the flow of content and as a result the water becomes stagnant and eventually dries up.
Free flowing content does not mean that the artist does not get paid; in fact it will open up doors for just the opposite. Audiences want their favourite artists to flourish and will be more than happy to give them what they need to do so, they just need to know that there is a suitable system of reward. Take away the monopolising middlemen and we will see this happen. This could be why the freemium and pay-what-you-like models work so well – because they defy what we consider to be conventional economic logic and put control into the hands of the consumer and the interaction more directly between artist and audience. The audience knows that they can reward the artist in a way that they see fit, and that this reward will definitely have an impact.
It is in our interest to make our content free for one simple reason, so that it can spread. It is then up to the audience to decide if they think its good enough to share, quote, promote, review etc. This is organic advertising that does not cost a penny. As independent artists we don't have much money and we don't need any to set our content free and allow it to advertise itself (if it is deemed worthy). We are then in a more genuine free-market situation whereby the quality of art is what matters and whether people want to experience it, promote it etc is up to them and we have to pull our standards up to audience expectations. We can't demand money for our music when it is in this free flowing environment, it is not in our interest to either because at the end of the day that audience member can and will just look for another artist instead. Remember, the only person your art is important to at the moment is yourself and no one else cares about you or what you do. From this point we can create containers for our content that our audience is thus willing to part with cash for. A CD is a container; it is no longer particularly valuable. A signed CD is worth more. A numbered, signed and unique copy of a single/EP/album is worth more again. It is about creating quality products that are un-replicable on the internet that people will therefore want to spend money on to get a limited resource version of your content, especially if they know it means they can expect you to carry on producing art that connects with them in a special way. A gig is a container, a great container that has everything going for it that we need; a unique experience and a chance to really break down all barriers between artist and audience and an opportunity to sell the smaller containers in which individual bits of content can be sold (albums/singles etc). Through such a container the audience can reward the artist in a number of ways and know that they're having a direct impact. We need to be imaginative and come up with new, exciting and interesting containers for our music to be held.
Why Alienate Our Audience?
There are so many bands writing and recording music, and there is more music being made today than ever. With such a hugely competitive industry in terms of the number of artists wanting and deserving to be heard how can we expect our audience to choose to spend £10 on one album and as a result neglect to give any money for another? Why don't we let the audience set more realistic rewards for what we do?
There have been suggestions that file sharing means that new British music will suffer because record labels don't want to take risks and instead plump for generic X-Factor-esq acts. While I think this may be true for some majors, it is not true for independent and smaller labels, which are in a great position. There are more bands than ever, is this because of record labels? No…
So why then?
You can record an album at home for next to nothing.
You can then distribute it on the Internet for next to nothing. There are ways of doing everything yourself and because we can be proactive and make things happen for ourselves we are going to take advantage of these methods.
You have access to a potential abundance of fans at the click of a mouse, with nothing to pay. Social networking sites mean that we can reach a lot of people in no time at all and we can strike up meaningful relationships with our audience and one another.
Our potential audience is into a much broader spectrum of musical genres now; there is a much bigger pie and much smaller slices to be taken by many more of us.
The idea that record labels are our future is one dimensional, aspirational nonsense. The reason they are struggling is because their slice of the pie is diminishing, and the flip side is that our potential slice is increasing. It has nothing to do with file sharing. Remember, the record labels measure the amount of money they are 'losing' through piracy by equating one download to one lost sale. This is utterly ridiculous – we need to flip it around to see one download as one more person who wants to listen to my music, one more potential gig-goer, one more person who might make a genuine connection with my art and then we need to connect with that and offer them something more…a container that they might or might not be interested in experiencing. If we have the right sort of containers in place then we will be alright, if we don't then we are wasting water by letting it flow away down stream where there are many thirsty people and other artists filling up bottles and selling them to the grateful crowd. Some people spend their time on their knees trying to drink from their hands and they will stubbornly continue, but if we offer an easier and more fulfilling alternative to drink from they might come around eventually. If we allow a great big dam to be put in the river the water will dry up and people will be forced to go underground or steal in their quest for water. Either way the free flow of culture is stemmed and life inhibited.
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By andrewmort
1. Organise Your Own Shows
On 03, Sep 2009 | No Comments | In Inspiration and Productivity | By andrewmort
1. Organise Your Own Gigs:
It obviously goes without saying that playing shows is one of the most important things we need to do as musicians. They give us opportunities to showcase what we do in front of fans, friends and possibly most importantly, strangers (potential new fans). We're all chasing after amazing support slots and opportunities to play high-profile gigs in front of hundreds of people who will of course love us and buy all of our records, T-shirts and everything. We work for promoters and against one another to get the slot and bring the most people – we see the support slots that others get, maybe congratulate them through gritted teeth and feel jealous. Or, if we're lucky enough to get a good break, we can become the envied ones for a few minutes.
With the release of the first single from my latest album in October I was looking to play some shows around the UK to promote it. I was going to contact promoters throughout the UK and get them to put me on with local bands. But then I stepped back and questioned the potential benefits of going down the promoter avenue, especially using promoters that would actually be willing to put on an artist they didn't know from out of town. They would probably put me on a bill with badly matched bands, actual show 'promotion' would be limited to a facebook listing and the expectation of the other bands to sell tickets to their friends and families (again) and I wouldn't receive a bean in payment. This is sadly too often the case, where promoters don't do any work, take all the money, and leave the bands out of pocket having travelled miles to play a gig they would have been better off without. I don't know if this rings true with your experience but its happened to me a lot…maybe I'm just unlucky. Instead, I have decided to book and promote all of the eight shows myself with the help of local bands. I'm definitely not anti-promoters, I think they are an absolutely integral part of the live music industry – and there are a few that I really enjoy working with – but I don't think we have to limit ourselves to their use. There are many who don't do their jobs properly and consider themselves much more important, and worthy of reward, than the artists they put on. The promoter is the difference between putting on a show for the fans and putting on a show for your own advancement.
So here is what I have done:
I found eight venues throughout the UK, three bands in each location up for the DIY ethic and booked the shows a few days apart. Many venues will provide a PA system and soundman for a small fee (£50 or so), and then I take responsibility for ticket sales, and thus the money. It has been a great way of meeting other artists, helping them out with gig opportunities and ultimately building friendships with other like-minded musicians (and taking care of all expenses plus a little extra compensation for the hard work – and yes it is hard work!) The other bands are able to help out with information about where to promote, whom to promote to, and ultimately, because they are more involved with the show than they would normally be they are enthusiastic about promoting it and selling tickets themselves. You can work out a system whereby they will be paid – whether it is splitting profits equally, sorting out fixed-fees before, or giving them a proportion of revenues. There are no rules, but it is vital that you do compensate artists. Remember to put yourself in their shoes.
The founding principle is to put on a great show, break down the walls between artist and artist, and then between artist and audience so that we can create a real community atmosphere, which will inevitably transpire when friends play a show together. Artistic chemistry will be immediately evident. When it becomes discernible between bands it will diffuse through to the fans also. This set of shows will build the foundation in each town and then, if they go well, I will be able to put similar shows on in the future and each artist involved will hopefully have at least doubled their local fan-base, and started meaningful professional relationships with one another in the process. The key is giving the audience a memorable experience by having the artists really grasp a united vision – a vision as simple as a DIY gig, putting the audience, music and one another first, and leaving our egos at the door.
I will let you know how it goes.
In Inspiration and Productivity
By andrewmort
Has Music's Thinking Lost It's Feeling, Encouraging Us Only To Think About How We Feel Ourselves?
On 02, Sep 2009 | No Comments | In Inspiration and Productivity | By andrewmort
Is it a reflection of society more generally, or do the arts play a role in defining the social and political attitudes of the public? Traditionally one aspect of art is to play the role of antithesis to institutional establishment and stand opposed to aspects of society that hem us in and control certain aspects of our lives. Since finishing university and finding myself faced with the 'real world' I have been asking a lot of questions about what I want to do with my life and where me as a musician, songwriter and artist fits with this. I've spent much time thinking about why I write music, where I want to go with it and what motivations lie behind my efforts.
When looking both outwardly at the music industry and inwardly at what I am doing myself, it becomes painfully clear that, for me at least, music has lost something in my life and is about getting noticed by the right people, becoming or discovering the next big thing (getting famous and pertaining to artists' success – until they achieve too much) and getting as many essentially meaningless friends, fans and followers on social networking sites as possible. It seems that everybody and their mums are having a go, releasing singles and coming up with unique and absurd ways of self-promotion. With the speed at which the technology has become available to record and release albums, videos and even gigs from your own bedroom, it seems that both producer and consumer have become self-obsessed and isolated from one another, at the same time embracing the illusion that barriers of social interaction between artist and audience are actually being desecrated. We haven't really had chance to take a step back and assess what we are doing. Instead we have put business first and allowed it to dictate what we should be producing rather than questioning its relevance in our art.
The purpose of this blog is not to try to give answers and opinions on complex social issues, but to ask questions and hopefully find outward, societal relevance for independent music and song writing in a post-modern, individualistic and very inward focussed culture. There have been murmurings of musical revolutions in this time of transition within the music industry (the digital age). We have a window of opportunity, as independent musicians to really take the bull by the horns and rattle the music industry while it sleeps off the self-imposed hangover, the cocktail of piracy (a scapegoat they have to adapt to and not fight against), the demise of physical formats and the rise of the potential power for independent musicians.
The 'product' of music is in a state of flux and while the big labels carry on fighting their lost cause against piracy we can really implement the new models of music business that are actually going to succeed and get people caring about and desiring what we do again. It is no longer just about songs, you can get them for free, it is about something bigger, something unique, and something experiential. It is time for us to feel the relevance of music and art in society and not just see it as another commodity in a world already saturated with meaningless, pointless and wasteful products that all of us could quite happily live without. We need music and we need to find fresh ways of creating and performing that excite our audiences again. I want to explore the role that independent music can have in educating and mobilising social and political action in a culture that really needs it. There are many others thinking down these lines and I will be collecting thoughts and ideas from different places in order to work through some of the issues that I have with music today.
I am writing for independent artists who think beyond themselves as the creative motivation, who want to engage with social and political ideas in a meaningful way through where their art takes them and who want to make a genuine difference in other people's worlds. To change the world is both a big and small thing, it is to impact the life of one person. I can't remember who said 'one mind less means one world less' but it is something I have never forgotten. Every mind is a different world because the world is in perception; to change a world is to change a mind and in order to allow this change to happen we need to open our minds to change.


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Named Apprentice in 2005. Joined in 2006.
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Born in Dana Point, California, Jennifer Stahl trained at Maria Lazar's Classical Ballet Academy and San Francisco Ballet School prior to joining the Company in 2006.
Stahl created roles in Morris' Joyride and Possokhov's The Rite of Spring (principal). She has performed featured roles in many works, including Tomasson's Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy, Queen of the Snow, Arabian, French), The Sleeping Beauty (Fairy of Courage), and Swan Lake (Swan Maiden); Balanchine's Coppélia (principal in War and Discord), The Four Temperaments, "Rubies" (principal), and Symphony in Three Movements (third pas de deux); Neumeier's The Little Mermaid (Mermaid Sister); Nureyev's Raymonda—Act III (first solo); Page's Guide to Strange Places; Ratmansky's Le Carnaval des Animaux (Swan and Jellyfish), From Foreign Lands (German principal), and Russian Seasons (Purple Woman); Robbins' In the Night (second pas de deux); Welch's Naked (principal); and Zanella's Underskin (principal).
Also in her repertory are Bintley's The Dance House; Cranko's Onegin; Elo's Double Evil; Fokine's Petrouchka; Forsythe's in the middle, somewhat elevated and The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude; Liang's Symphonic Dances; Lifar's Suite en Blanc; Morris' Sylvia; Possokhov's Firebird and Reflections; Robbins' Glass Pieces, Opus 19/The Dreamer, and West Side Story Suite; Wheeldon's Carousel (A Dance), Cinderella (Spirit of Winter/Fluidity and Russian Princess), and Within the Golden Hour, among others.
As a guest artist, Stahl performed the pas de deux from Possokhov's Diving into the Lilacs with Anthony Spaulding at the Ballett des Badischen Staatstheaters Gala in Karlsruhe, Germany, in June 2010.
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Police should confiscate cellphones from motorists caught using them while driving.
Dog and Lemon Guide motoring commentator Clive Matthew-Wilson says police have the power to make motorists' lives "pure hell" if they are caught using the banned technology.
In the year to November 2011, 10,070 drivers were caught using cellphones. Last year, this figure rose to 12,973.
In the year to March 2012, 149 crashes were thought to have been at least partly caused by mobile use. Since 2007, 28 people have died on New Zealand roads in accidents said to have been caused by drivers using cellphones.
"Ticketing and fines are not changing driver behaviour. Immediate cellphone confiscation by police would hit cellphone users where it hurts," Mr Matthew-Wilson says.
"For many people, including business owners and employees, cellphones are now their primary means of communication. The loss of their cellphone, with all its contacts, would be devastating to most cellphone users, and a powerful motivation to change behaviour."
He told NBR ONLINE he has noticed a huge uptake in hands-free car kit technology, especially from businesses keen to stay connected while on the road.
"Large businesses especially have hands-free kits installed in their fleet. But there has been a tremendous resurgence recently in the use of phones while driving."
Wireless communication company Digital Logistics Group distributes Parrot Bluetooth technology. Spokesman Gary Davis says the kits are constantly in demand.
The company could hardly keep up with demand from installers in 2009, when cellphone use while driving was outlawed, but things are almost as busy now.
Mr Davis says one thing which keeps installers busy is the constant refit to new company lease vehicles.
Under Mr Matthew-Wilson's proposal to confiscate the phones, every police car would carry a pre-printed receipt book and a few pre-paid padded courier envelopes.
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Have you tried to push the limits of your mind?
What do you think while you are eating something? Only the taste, or to finish it to turn back to what else you are doing… Have you ever thought that it might take more 30 years just to digest one meal, if there were no enzymes in your stomach :)
What do you think when you look at the mirror? Only to make your hair, brush your teeth, look nice? You see trillions of cells working in harmony "in the mirror". These cells decide, act, defend, communicate and live for you. You don't need to command them what to do, they already know it before you do…
Wide and deep thinking is a miraculous instrument for intelligence. And life can be better when you think about it.
That was such a video that breaks the routine in the mind…
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Dec 7 2012: Wow Dolunay is it more pushing the limits of the mind or being fully conscious and present? Not playing with semantics simply thinking of how many things that make my body function that I have no ability to start or stop. It is indeed incredible. We are truly skillfully and wonderfully made!
I'd LOVE to continue the conversation with you. You've definitely made me pause, think and be even more grateful!:~)
Dec 10 2012: Dolunay, I've been thinking more about being fully present and allowing us to be fully present (whatever that means to them). Years ago an employee of an organization I belonged to shared his observation of me. In essence, my lows are many people's highs. This thought prompted me to think that indeed we are only as limited as we believe we are. In that vein there are varying degrees than. Would you agree with that? Dolunay that you would pose such a thought provoking question in such a liberating way that (responses bearing witness) many people interpret it in such an empowering way is confirmation of being unlimited. All of these minds have come together and taken the energy to confirm the validity of your question. To quote a well embraced colloquialism, "the tribe has spoken".
Dec 10 2012: Dear Jacqui, yes I agree with you.
And I think most important limitations for people are ignorance and carelessness. And these opiates of mind (I call them like this because they prevent thinking and productivity) can catch all of us time to time, and one can free himself/herself from these by pushing the limits of the mind...
And I think you are a brilliant person, who needs to share her ideas wide and more… :)
Let me tell you something else to think about; have you ever thought that many fruits have been packaged on the trees, totally suitable for our mouth and hand :) Like mandarin or orange. Their cover is stronger than any packing system that we can produce. Such a cover that breaths, and protects the fruit fresh for a very long time. And when you peel it off, you see the delicious perfectly packed juicy, vitamin plus, sugar bags each have original taste and scent. But also it is so amazing that all trees use the same scentless and tasteless water and soil to produce these different jewels of stomach...
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Alicia Keys is kicking off the third season of Oprah's Master Class , and in a promo video for this Sunday's episode, the Grammy Award-winner dishes on the pitfalls of fame.
"You're meeting people who are lying to you to get whatever they want out of you," says Alicia, who broke onto the music scene with her 2001 album debut, Songs in A Minor . The set topped the Billboard charts, and earned five Grammy Awards for Alicia, who was quickly becoming an international star.
The singer, who grew up in New York City, says things seemingly happened overnight. "I was running from pimps and prostitutes, to 'BOOM!' I was on The Oprah [Winfrey] Show ," she says.
Also in the upcoming episode, Alicia talks about her husband Swizz Beatz . "I 've never met a person like him, ever," says Alicia, who tied the knot with Swizz during a private ceremony on the French island of Corsica in July 2010.
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China's government 2,000 years ago confronted the same kinds of problems as their modern counterparts — making decisions that are limited by incomplete information in times of factionalism.
This insight comes from UC Merced history Professor Ruth Mostern's book "Dividing the Realm In Order to Govern [1]: The Spatial Organization of the Song State," published earlier this year by the Harvard University Press. The book shows how UC Merced's faculty members are addressing modern day problems through novel research.
"Governments never know everything they should for good decision making. They are often incredibly ambitious and have few resources," Mostern said. "Decisions come not only from power but from chaos and confusion."
The book draws information from a comprehensive database envisioned by Mostern and designed by student Elijah Meeks, who now works at Stanford as a digital humanities specialist. The database chronicles the changes made by the Song Dynasty to the towns, counties and prefectures during medieval China. Mostern studied the database to determine periods of major changes and of stability in the 300-year dynasty.
"This is really a whole methodology that's barely been used before," Mostern explained. "I am optimistic the book will be able to help develop a new direction of thinking about geography and state power."
Most often, historians read documents and write about what they find. In medieval China, there were few documents in existence, but troves of bureaucratic data created by the government.
Mostern was surprised to see stability in the urbanized areas, as she thought the commercial hubs would be ever-changing. The government made major changes to the empire's periphery, which was being colonized.
The digital assets division of the UC Merced Library is hosting the database [2] online. The Digital Gazetteer of the Song Dynasty is open, allowing other scholars to run queries and answer other questions about the dynasty.
Mostern will continue her work about China this summer as she begins a project about the Yellow River. The American Council of Learned Societies recently awarded Mostern a Digital Innovation Fellowship [3] meant to further her innovative approach to history. The fellowship, both competitive and prestigious, will pay for a year's salary and project costs, allowing Mostern to focus on the project.
"The State of the River" will be a comprehensive history of the river, which has had a profound effect on Chinese history and society. The Yellow River, the most silt-laden river in the world, was responsible for more than 1,000 floods during the imperial era. It also changed course more than 30 times.
Mostern's hypothesis is that increases in silt deposits — which raised the river bed — was caused by the degradation of grasslands upstream as that area was colonized. The project will include research from other disciplines, such as hydrology, geosciences and geomorphology.
The longterm findings of how China has managed its water system for 2,000 years will lend insight into California's water woes, which in comparison are less than 200 years old.
"There are big picture things we can't see because we're living through it. There are things that just aren't visible to us," Mostern said. "Anyone interested in sustainability should want to pay attention to this project."
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Director of the Center for Investors and Entrepreneurs John Berlau talks about Gingrich's history with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
"In last night's Fox News debate, Gingrich made an egregious factual error that needs to be corrected. This would be his outrageous assertion that the nation's thousands of credit unions are 'government-sponsored enterprises' akin to the disgraced Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 'Credit unions, co-ops, a lot of government-sponsored enterprises do a lot of good,' Gingrich said in response to a question from Chris Wallace about Gingrich's $1.6 million in consulting fees from Freddie Mac in 2002 and his public praise around that time of the 'GSE model.' But these entities Gingrich cited do not bear any resemblance to the 'GSE model.' In fact, credit unions are some of the least subsidized financial institutions."
Despite his promise to make government more transparent, President Obama has allowed his administration to fight Freedom of Information Act requests pertaining to climate change.
Research Associate David Bier comments.
"On top of this war on whistleblowers, the president has fought Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. 'Two years into its pledge to improve government transparency,' the Associated Press reports, 'the Obama administration handled fewer requests for federal records from citizens, journalists, companies and others last year even as significantly more people asked for information.' In November, Obama's Justice Department proposed a rule that would allow them to lie about the existence of documents that were of national security concern. Last month, CEI's Chris Horner called the administration the 'most secretive ever,' and listed many ways in which under Obama, FOIA requests have been thwarted in the most underhanded ways."


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A Verona man was among nine New Jersey residents charged in connection with an alleged mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded financial institutions of $10 million over several years, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced Thursday.
FBI agents arrested the defendants Thursday morning and charged them with one count each of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Each defendant faces up to 30 years in prison and a fine of $1 million if convicted, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office news release.
The defendants allegedly "engaged in multiple mortgage fraud conspiracies" involving more than 15 properties in and around Newark and Elizabeth from March 2008 to July 2012, authorities said.
They are accused of taking control of properties through fraudulent short sale transactions and identity theft, and submitting false mortgage loan documents to obtain loan proceeds for their own financial gain. The defendants also obtained money through sales to straw buyers, authorities allege.
In some instances, the defendants allegedly misrepresented where funds to purchase properties were coming from, submitted inflated appraisal reports to get bigger loans, and formed limited liability companies with names similar to those of licensed title companies in order to perpetrate the alleged frauds, investigators said.
The defendants were identified as
- Jose Luis Salguero Bedoya, also known as Jose Salguero, 36, of Verona and Elizabeth
- Paul Chemidlin, Jr., 41, of Morganville
- Delio Coutinho, 50, of Colonia
- Joseph DiValli, 44, of Jackson
- Christopher Ju, 26, of East Brunswick
- Carmine Fusco, 44, of East Hanover
- Jose Martins, 31, of Newark
- Yazmin Soto-Cruz, also known as Yazmin Soto, 32, of Elizabeth
- Kenneth Sweetman, 32, of Lyndhurst and Nutley
The news release outlines the various roles the defendants allegedly played in the scheme:
Salguero was a real estate investor who, along with his girlfriend, Soto, provided much of the funds used by the defendants to perpetuate their fraudulent schemes. Coutinho was a loan officer at a Northern New Jersey mortgage brokerage company; he submitted false documents in support of the schemes. Chemidlin provided fraudulent real estate appraisals for the defendants although he was not a licensed real estate appraiser. DiValli was a loan officer at a Northern New Jersey mortgage brokerage company who also submitted false documents in support of the schemes. Ju negotiated the fraudulent short sale real estate transactions. Fusco and Sweetman conducted fraudulent real estate closings for the defendants although they were not licensed attorneys or title agents. Martins was a bank employee who facilitated certain financial transactions for the defendants.
They were scheduled for initial appearances and bail hearings Thursday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph A. Dickson in Newark.
Fishman credited law enforcement agents of the FBI Newark Mortgage Fraud Task Force for the investigation leading to the charges, and thanked several agencies for their work on the investigation. He said the case was brought in coordination with President Barack Obama's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force.


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Running the quests now for more money makes no sense. The exp to gold conversion applies equally from WotLK to the rest of the game. We know that WotLK quests will be giving us a lot more gold and a lot of exp, but the conversion rate will remain the same.
If you're stocking up on gold in anticipation of the inevitable expansion inflation you're better off doing daily quests. The only reasons to do the "normal" quests is for fun and to work toward achievements. These are great reasons in and of themselves, but if you're doing it only for the cash return then you haven't really chosen an optimal strategy. This comes back to every WoW gamer's friend: opportunity cost.
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being an economics grad student, I am constently surprised by how many people don't understand opportunity costs! Ideas like farming original mats (when they are cheap on the AH) or buying all the cloth off the AH to turn into bandages at 50s profit a pop(which can take a long time to do) can really be bad choices based on your opportunity costs.


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Well, at the end of discussion we can conclude that there's no one 'ideal' in specific. Discussion can be squared down to the fact that whlle there's no one perfectly ideal, there are a few personality traits which can be considered ideal, as they're pleasant to everyone. Personally, I believe- make peace with yourself and that's what i feel is 'ideal'. Everything else, will take care of itself. It completely depends on thoughts and beliefs that a person has, when a person defines 'ideal personality.' The best hypothetic answer would be the one given by Yoka Feng. Rest all answers were based on individual perceptions, which wouldn't be that helpful to everyone.
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BERKELEY, CALIF. June 25, 2012 – Laity and clergy from across The Episcopal Church converge on Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP) in Berkeley, Calif., next month to study history, theology and Anglican tradition.
The numbers of CDSP students enrolled in summer programs as alternatives to traditional residential programs is growing. The seminary reports 29 students have signed up for classes at the Berkeley campus in July. Meanwhile, in Chicago, 25 CDSP doctoral students completed one week of concentrated theological education last week.
"Growth in our 'low-residence' programs demonstrates the attractiveness of these options for theological education among laity and clergy alike," said CDSP President and Dean W. Mark Richardson.
"They are able to combine the richness of education in community life on campus with online and independent study at home," he said.
At the CDSP campus in Berkeley, the addition of eight new students seeking a graduate Certificate of Anglican Studies increases to 14 the number of students enrolled in this low-residence option inaugurated last summer. In this program, students earn a graduate certificate by combining two two-week summer-school sessions at CDSP with a year or more of online classes.
"Judging by the positive response, we anticipate the program has a promising future," said Richardson.
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CDSP also is offering a special four-day course in Berkeley, July 23-26, "Art and the Theological Imagination," taught by four distinguished visiting professors: former Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, the Rt. Rev. Frank Griswold; Mark D. Jordan, Ph.D., Professor of Humanities at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis; Kathryn Tanner, Ph.D., Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School, and Jacqueline B. Winter, executive director and managing editor of the Anglican Theological Review. Registration for this one-week course is open until July 15, with no prerequisites.
The Chicago classes this month were part of a joint Doctor of Ministry in Congregational Development program of CDSP and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. The 25 students in the three-year program, all clergy, spend one week each year in Chicago in June and one week in Berkeley each January. The rest of the year comprises individual study at home, and interacting on line with a faculty mentor.
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