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Once upon a time, as fairy tales usually begin, the Braves were a baseball team that was home-bred, carefully incubated in the farm system, and nurtured all the way up to the major league level. There they won championships and pennants and played in the World Series, one of which they won. And they left their names scrolled on the walls of the ball park where they played, and in team and league record books. Then something began to change after the season of 2005, and the once-flourishing franchise has been groping ever since.
Now, the Braves' "farm" system reaches from Venezuela to Japan. Deals are made, faces change, and only this season have they reached deep into their jeans to play a hand in the free agent rat-race. A payroll that once was held around the $80-million level, by order of the McScrooge ownership, has now zoomed to about $97 million. They even splurged $60 million on Derek Lowe, a 35-year-old they niftily lifted from the Dodgers. They traded for Javier Vazquez, an $11-million-a-year pitcher, and then they really hit the high road. They invaded Japan.
Kenshin Kawakami is a good-natured 33-year-old pitcher, and I say that without understanding a word he says. When you hire one Japanese player, you get two Japanese. You must have an interpreter, in this case Daichi Takasue, also most accommodating. Any interview is sort of an Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy act. You ask a question, Daiche asks Kenshin, Kenshin replies, Daiche repeats what he said. Kenshin hits well, as pitchers go, and I asked Daiche if he was a good hitter in Japan. Kenshin smiled shyly and in translation, "He wouldn't want to say. It would look like he's bragging."
When I asked him his view on American umpires, he said (so Daiche said), "the plate seems to be narrower over here," and illustrated with his hands. It does give us a variety we haven't had in a Braves clubhouse before.
We saw an illustration while the Cardinals were in town of how a bad deal can draw blood over the years. The Braves didn't simply trade Adam Wainwright to get J.D. Drew for a year, but they also threw in Jason Marquis, now a $9.8-million starter in Colorado. That deal will be haunting this team for years, as will the deal that sent five golden talents to Texas for a season of Mark Teixeira — who, as a Yankee, is currently hitting more than l00 points below Casey Kotchman. Three are on the Rangers roster and a fourth, pitcher Neftali Feliz, may be the best of them all, Bobby Cox said. Right now he's tuning up on the Oklahoma City farm.
Gone are the rich old farm days that gave us John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Steve Avery, Mercker, Stanton, Wohlers, Lemke, Blauser, Chipper … a bumper crop of farm products. Just pick up the phone and call Richmond. Now, it's just a matter of calling a cab in Lawrenceville — if there's any help there to be called for.
May 2nd, 2009
8:45 pm
I don't agree with Furman's column. But while I might have made a post about my views on that, the more important factor is the sheer venal rudeness of so many posters here. Many of you simply have no shame.
If Furman Bisher were to retire, it would be solely due to his lamentation of the erosion of human virtue in society. I cannot believe so many people would be so personally obnoxious to an iconic sports columnist.
May 2nd, 2009
8:45 pm
Invest 4 more years in the oft-injured, arrogant and self-centered Chipper Jones? His butt
should be offered to a contender in the American League for a parcel of prospects !
May 2nd, 2009
8:56 pm
if the farm is so strong why are they still on the farm.
i believe the braves senior management continue to emphasis this fact,but they are still a 500 club with no hope of being a contender.
May 2nd, 2009
9:10 pm
if the farm is so strong why are they still on the farm. hop
How much do you know about baseball? Prospects not named Albert Pujols tend to need 3-4 years of seasoning in the minors before they're anywhere near ready to face major league pitchers and hitters.
And for everyone defending Furman Bisher – just because he's been here forever doesn't mean you have to agree with him on everything. My goodness…you guys defend him and kiss his butt so much you'd think he just cured lupus.
May 2nd, 2009
9:14 pm
we have one of the best farm systems in baseball, the envy of mlb. Wren wanted to keep a competetive team on the field now, and w/ some youth coming soon, we're not gonna fade away any time soon. article is way off base in my humble opinion. all do respect to Furman, just don't get it. We signed free agents and our pitching staff is one of the best, Garrett anderson has let us down thus far and we need b-mac bad. settle down Braves fans(so called), It's gonna be a great year just wait.
May 2nd, 2009
9:25 pm
I read this and sort of thought the writer was, perhaps, behind the times a bit. I am not sure I agree with much of it, if any. I just simply don't have the time to hammer away at an opinion that seems convenient, but doesn't actually jive with reality.
May 2nd, 2009
9:41 pm
The Braves have one of the best farm systems in baseball. Chipper, Escobar, Kelly Johnson, Jordan Shafer, Brandon Jones, Jeff Francouer, and Brian McCann. That's pretty much the every day lineup until Anderson comes back and they are all home grown. Jurrjens was a minor leaguer when he was acquired and Jo Jo Reyes was in our system as was Tom Glavine. We have Tommy Hanson, Jason Heyward, and Freddie Freeman coming along that are going to be good major leaguers by all accounts. The farm is stocked in the lower ends as well.
May 2nd, 2009
9:43 pm
They are what three games out of first right now you idiot. And the reason they are still on the farm? Have you ever heard of Mark Prior? Google him jackass. You rush pitchers they are out of baseball in two years. Same with position players. You better give them enough at bats in the minors or they are going to be in for a rude awakening.
Seriously some people just need to stick to football because they have no idea how baseball works.
May 2nd, 2009
9:44 pm
Google Mark Prior and see what happens when you rush pitchers to the big leagues idiot. Same with hitters you don't give them enough at bats in the minors they will get destroyed in the big leagues.
Stick with football because baseball is just too complicated for your simple mind.
May 2nd, 2009
9:46 pm
Sparky Anderson,
Yeah that's a good idea we should get rid of our best player and one of the best switch hitters in the history of the sport. He's also the best hitter in franchise history. Has a higher OPS than Hank Aaron, of course you probably have no idea what the hell OPS is.
May 2nd, 2009
10:20 pm
Mr.Bisher, I respect your opinion but this article isn't even close to being accurate.
The farm system has been productive. It's just that players and pitchers such as Adam Wainwright, Kyle Davies, Jason Marquis, Kevin Millwood, Jason Schmidt, Mark DeRosa, Jermaine Dye and many others are spread all over the major leagues.
In fact, there are more than 35 active players in the big leagues and minors who were drafted by our Braves. It's just that they are playing elsewhere.
For whatever reason, these athletes have been traded for players who were able to help keep the division streak alive. Up until 2005, it was worth the trade off.
John Schuerholz has made some great trades and some stinkers. John Smoltz (Cox was the GM) and Fred McGriff come to mind as two of the great trades and Greg Maddux is in my opinion, the greatest free agent acquisition of all time. The bad deals: Teixeira, Wainwright / Marquis top the list.
But with corporate ownership who's bottom line is either red or black and a limited payroll, our front office has struggled to adjust to the new structure. I can understand the criticism when looking at our current rotation but you must understand, Frank Wren had money to spend and he stuck to his guns in acquiring starting pitching. Some of it will turn out great. Others, not so much.
But my criticism toward you Mr.Bisher is this. How could the Teixeira trade have actually been possible in the first place if our farm system was not productive enough to HAVE THE TALENT to trade in the first place?
May 2nd, 2009
11:03 pm
I agree somewhat with his comments,the biggest problem is the coaching staff, they just seem to be too easy going,no take charge or leadership to get over the hump, Bobby's time has come and gone, time for some new blood to bring energy to the field, we use to be able to just reach down and pull up a player and never miss a beat, but those day's are over, there are a few that will one day grace the major's, but most of the names you keep listing are all prospects, that's the key word, i have seen most of the players on the list over the past several years and other than Hanson,Medlin and Morton, no others are as close to being ready in the next 2-3 years,check their progress for yourself, i think it will be lean a few more years unless they open the payroll to supplement the home grown talent.
May 2nd, 2009
11:22 pm
A baseless and pathetic article. Six of the eight Braves' regulars are homegrown (C Brian McCann, 3B Chipper Jones, SS Yunel Escobar, 2B Kelly Johnson, CF Jordan Schafer, and RF Jeff Francoeur), they're the only organization with two of the top 10 prospects in all of baseball in Jason Heyward and Tommy Hanson, and they have been universally ranked as one of the top five farm systems in baseball. If you don't want to research your articles anymore at least be upfront about it.
May 3rd, 2009
12:06 am
Kelly Johnson is garbage! Infante should be the starting second baseman. Better glove and bat by far.
May 3rd, 2009
12:29 am
Boy, I really hope the farm system is in as great a shape as most of you think…I'm not as convinced. Sure we have some prospects, but that is exactly what they are…not stars. Some may pan out, others won't. AND, the point of the article was that unless something changes, they will pan out on some other team.
At the time of the Tex trade, most of you were beside yourself with joy. A GT man, a hometown hero, blah, blah, blah. That had to be the stupidest trade in the history of the franchise.
I disagree with Furman frequently also. However, I think his point about trades rather than holding onto prospects is valid and hopefully will change. I also agree with BillH and Ken S that the attacks on the author are shameful. State your opinion and disagreement, but stop the personal attacks.
Comments that are negative about Chipper really show your ignorance. He is a superstar who wanted to play out his career on a team where he is given NO protection in the order. When has he seen a decent pitch?
May 3rd, 2009
12:36 am
Furman is out of touch and needs to retire.
May 3rd, 2009
1:06 am
Didn't he write an article like this already. Well the second time around is still totally wrong. How long until the third one? What a waste of an article.
May 3rd, 2009
1:21 am
I really hope this doesn't go in the Sunday paper.
I love how you make Jason Marquis out to be a great pitcher who's a huge loss for the Braves. He's a middle to back of the rotation starter at best.
And you make it sound like a sin that Frank Wren went outside the organization for help. Don't you think that Pendleton, Smoltz (contrary to what you said, he wasn't developed by the Braves), Maddux, Sheffield, and Hudson made significant contributions to division titles?
A good portion of our roster now has some above average home-grown talent in Chipper, McCann, Francoeur, and Escobar. And what about the loaded farm teams? Heyward, Hanson, Freeman, Rohrbough, Locke, etc etc etc.
May 3rd, 2009
1:56 am
Wow….Have to agree with nearly everyone else who posted – whatever you're smoking Furman, I'd lay off. Talk about a garbage article….
May 3rd, 2009
2:02 am
Furman's ignorant of the farm system and the talent homegrown on the team today. Retire and join that fool terrance.
May 3rd, 2009
2:14 am
It looks like most of the people who responded here just read the headline, but weren't able to actually read the article. I'd also bet a large percentage of the people trashing Mr. Bisher are too young to really remember the Braves of the 90's when winning was the only measuring stick. The Braves used to produce players who came to the majors and helped win division championships every year. That's not the case anymore. Many of the best prospects were traded away for short term players who didn't really make much of a difference. The rest are still just prospects. Maybe the current group of prospects are highly rated, but until they produce in the major leagues (hopefully for the Braves), they're still just prospects.
I really like the current home grown Braves – McCann, Escobar, Johnson, Schafer, Francoeur, etc., and I hope they all have long successful careers with the Braves. However, they aren't winning enough to compete for the division championship. The fact that a team has a bunch of home grown players on their roster doesn't mean the team is doing a good job managing their farm system. Most of the worst teams in baseball have plenty of home grown players filling spots on the major roster because they can't find, or can't afford, anyone better.
Hopefully, the current home grown Braves will continue to improve and live up to their potential, and the last few unsuccessful years will be quickly forgotten; but the fact is, right now Mr. Bisher is 100% correct. The Braves aren't getting as much out of the farm system as they did during their run of division championships.
May 3rd, 2009
2:15 am
You people are sick. If you don't want to read Mr. Bisher's articles, then don't. If you do and don't like them, then it's YOUR fault, not his.
And I love the people that want to throw out people like Chipper, McCann, Francoeur, and Escobar. That's the point! These people are already on the team, and they aren't playing well enough to win games. Maybe if all of these anonymous posters were to stop bashing the writer, they would understand that, no matter what Baseball Prospectus or any other publication says, those players aren't helping the Braves NOW. Maybe some of the players that were traded COULD be helping us now.
But no, you would rather hurl insults at someone who knows more about sports than you could ever hope to.
May 3rd, 2009
2:49 am
To Billy: The point is he simply doesn't. Any objective baseball fan, analyst, scout, or stat-head can look at the Braves farm system and see the tremendous value that it has. Anyone calling the Braves farm system "dried up" simply doesn't know what they are talking about. Not when the Braves are having the kinds of drafts they're having. The Braves didn't even have a first round pick last year, and they put together a fantastic draft class, anyone who sees the talent being inserted from the bottom will recognize how vibrant this system is. Take a peak at Rome's pitching staff. The value is in the numbers. Not all of Spruill, Sullivan, Hoover, DeVall, Stovall, Delgado, Teheran, Clemens, Francis, and Thompson will make an impact at the major league level, but the fact that we have 10 young starting arms with as much potential as that group has just entering full season ball speaks volumes about our ability to find and sign young talent. Also consider that after Wieters, and Price graduate to the majors it's very likely that Jason Heyward will be the consensus number one prospect in the game. We're loaded.
I agree with Bisher about some of the trades. But I think it speaks volumes when about how good a team's scouting and development is when they can make a trade like the Teixiera trade and come out the following season with one of the best systems in the game. Trades like that can be franchise-crippling, but our system is so loaded we traded what wound up being 3 blue chip prospects and still wound up having a great system. It just seems to me, if that's what he wanted to whine about, he should have headlined it more accordingly. The fact that we didn't sell the farm or even a portion of it for Jake Peavy seems to show that the FO learned their lesson, and stuck to their guns instead of caving to grab a star. Long story short this franchise has better days ahead.
May 3rd, 2009
3:16 am
It's comical to think that this man even has a job writing about something he obviously has no understanding of. I've been watching the Braves farm teams with intense interest for the last 13 years and I've can honestly say I've never felt better about our farm system. This man should do everyone a favor and put away his typewriter.
May 3rd, 2009
4:10 am
tom youre a f***ing idiot
May 3rd, 2009
4:48 am
"Tom youre a f***ing idiot" is all you have to say in response? I think that one says more about you than anyone else. If you were a little smarter, you could try to write something about the Braves, but no, "Tom youre a f***ing idiot" was all you could come up with. Why not go back to your crayons and maybe one day you can use the computer like a big boy.
By the way, it may be "Tom youre a f***ing idiot" in the Clayton County School System, but everywhere else it's, "DGdDawg, you're an f***ing idiot."
May 3rd, 2009
7:58 am
Tom – Players like TP, Sid Bream, Liebrandt, Nixon, Deion, Mullhollanf,Ortiz, Charlie O'Brien, Berryhill,Gallarag, Maddux are those players the farm produced every year? Read the Book Scout's Honor, a book about Braves way of building a team and get back to us.
You develop talent for TWO REASONS to play for you or to TRADE for players you need.
I am suprised Furman woke from a nap long enough to write this.
May 3rd, 2009
8:11 am
Furman didn't you write this same article 6 months ago? John Smoltz is NOT a product of the Braves farm system. He was acquired in a trade as a minor leaguer. Why would you use Jason Marquis as a measuring stick for former Braves players? He has been average with and with out the Braves. He makes 9.8 million dollars? Who cares? Money doesn't make you a great player. The major leagues are filled with million dollar players who are average at best. Adam Wainwright? That's one ex-Brave that's had some success. There's a long list of supposed blue chip ex braves that never did a thing once they arrived in the major leagues. The "5 golden talents" that were traded to Texas for Texiera? Who are they? Any MVPs, Cy youngs or allstars in that group? Maybe Wainwright has been successful because he has better talent around in St. Louis then he had when he was a Brave. Who knows. The 90s are over and the Braves run is over. It looks like the young talent that was around in the spring could be good. Who knows. Furman you wrote that the Drew and Wainwright/Marquis trade will haunt the Braves for years to come, have you looked at all the talent that the New York Yankees have traded away, etc. And the Yankees have won more championships then the Braves. Every team has traded away "talent", so stop crying about it. Just because you draft or sign a player into your farm system, doesn't make them better if and when they reach the major leagues. It's a crap shoot.
May 3rd, 2009
8:16 am
Tom says, " I'd also bet a large percentage of the people trashing Mr. Bisher are too young to really remember the Braves of the 90's when winning was the only measuring stick. The Braves used to produce players who came to the majors and helped win division championships every year. That's not the case anymore. Many of the best prospects were traded away for short term players who didn't really make much of a difference. "
The Braves ufarm system used to produce players in the 90's who won champioships? You mean guys like Smoltz, McGriff, Pendleton, Lonnie Smith, Maddux, Alejandro Pena, Leibrandt, Galleraga, Grissom, Bream, Sheffield, Neagle, Belliard, Jason Schmidt…
May 3rd, 2009
8:34 am
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May 3rd, 2009
8:38 am
For those that think Furman is old and doesn't know what he is talking about just go to a G-Braves game. There is nothing there except Hanson. 5 or 6 prospects in the entire farm system does not make a great system. Furman is exactly right, we gave too much for 1 year wonders, Drew, Tex and I believe we gave away our top catching prospect this year (Flowers). Check out Baseball America's top 100 prospects. Atl has about 4or 5 and only 1 of those is above A ball.
May 3rd, 2009
8:40 am
uhh Glove51, Schmidt did come through the system
May 3rd, 2009
8:56 am
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May 3rd, 2009
9:05 am
Teams can develop players down on the farm and groom them through the arbitration period. The deep pockets of some owners changed the game
concerning keeping players from the farm. With a limited payroll, trading becomes the option to acquire talent. Trading seems similar to going to the used car lot,you can get some real clunkers. Spending 7 million for an unproven oriental pitcher with no fast ball will prove to be a mistake. Also, I see a trend of not putting the best team on the field, but playing based on what a player is being paid producing or not. No power, no stealing, no moving runners is diappointing, seems the Braves just stand around for 9 innnings to see what will happen wiht no thought of making something happen.
May 3rd, 2009
9:30 am
Classiness, a thing of the past? Furman Bisher has it and the majority if the a$$70!es on here think it is a place to go to sleep before they dropped out of school…
May 3rd, 2009
9:48 am
Haha. "Outhoused", you make a comment about class and then make a total "classless" comment.
Well, we finally got rid of Terrence Moore. Now, if that senile old fart Furman Bisher would just retire and go away….
May 3rd, 2009
9:59 am
Blank – if you're going to cite Baseball America, then you have to consider that they ranked Atlanta's farm team 6th out of 30. As for the players at A ball, Freman, Heyward, Rohrbough, and Locke will be in AA Mississippi very soon, with a shot at being on the team in 2019.
May 3rd, 2009
10:04 am
Some of you guys will defend Furman Bisher to the death. It's okay to disagree, people…you don't always have to have your nose up his butt.
Mr. Bisher could write an article petitioning MLB to make players moonwalk to first base when they get a BB, and you'd be like "Great article, Mr. Bisher! It shows that you're trying to keep baseball contemporary. Ignore everyone saying that it's a stupid idea. They don't know what they're talking about."
May 3rd, 2009
10:19 am
I'm with Furman. The Wainwright deal was narrow-sighted. Giving up a very promising pitcher for "Just the Dough" Drew does still irk and hurt. Plain dumb.
Dumber still was the swap that brought Super Tex to the Bravos. As mentioned, the Braves surrender five bona fide talents for the laughable idea that a 1B was going to help them cinch a post season berth. Laughable because it was the pitching that needed bucking up in '07.
Perez is a legit talent with a lot of up side. Salty, despite what the team said could have been converted to 1B. Elvis is a solid defensive SS; Escobar could have been positioned to take over 3B from the oft-injured Chipper. Advantage, Rangers.
I think the front office in the waning days of JS as GM thought it had a magic touch after a 14 season run as division champs. In other words, they could do no wrong.
But management got away from two rules that made that run possible: 1) build from the farm up; 2) build with pitching.
Dumb, just plain dumb.
May 3rd, 2009
10:51 am
Why get excited over a farm system with "promise" when Frank Wren will deal those prospects away for some washed up slugger or player in his free agent year? If we had not traded for Texeira we would be reaping the rewards of our farm and positioned for another long run. This team is mediocre at best !
May 3rd, 2009
11:06 am
Bank Wlaker: re Schmidt – you're correct my mistake. So, Ok that's 1 out of 14 I listed, and I could have listed 10-12 more easily.
As to the lack of talent at Gwinnett: [A] you're wrong — they probably have the best starting pitching in AAA, especially if Reyes goes back. Ever heard of Kris Medlen or Charlie Morton? [b} the top prospects usually spend little tiem in AAA these days. Many jump straight from AA, especially non-pitchers.
May 3rd, 2009
11:12 am
The problem is not the farm system, it is the people in the front office who are giving the farm system away for rental players. When we traded for Tex, we were not going to win it all and everyone knew Tex was a one year rental because he was NOT going to give a hometown discount. But Tex was just one of a line of really bad trades for rental players that everyone knew we would not keep.
The Sheffield trade was for a rental.
The JD Drew trade was for a rental.
The Kyle Davies trade was for a rental.
The Renteria trade was for a rental (that being Renteria from Boston for Andy Marte).
The Vaazquez trade is just a rental and will show to be a tremendous loss for the Braves.
Bottom line is we have tremendous talent in the minors and not such great talent in the front office.
May 3rd, 2009
11:27 am
Mr. Bisher, do you even follow the Braves. The Braves have two of the top 10 prospects in baseball. They say Tommy Hanson could be the next Jake Peavy, and they say Jayson Heyward is Darril Strawberry without the baggage. That's talent. Look at Jordan Schafer. He has shown great speed,a great arm, occasional power, a good eye. Not only that, they have Kris Medlen, Jeffrey Locke(who by the way has two no hit bids in a row). Cody Johnson, the next Ryan Howard and Adam Dunn, already has 9 homers in 23 games. Not to mention Freddy Freeman the top offensive performer in the Braves' Minor League system.
So please Bisher stop it, do you're homework. The only reason they signed Derek Lowe and Kawakami and traded for Javier Vazquez, is because Tommy Hanson doesn't have any big league experience, and the Braves need to take it slow make sure they don't rush they're players.
May 3rd, 2009
11:30 am
ANDERSON out, SCHAFER in. I don't think either ready or capable of sustaining the lead-off spot at this point. In time, I believe both capable of doing so. Tweedle-dum, tweedle-dee as far as I am concerned. Although, I think ANDERSON is one years' experience closer than SCHAFER to achieving that goal. But I believe SCHAFER will be the bigger talent.
I fear that what you see is what you get where KELLY JOHNSON is concerned. I have come to the opposite conclusion of the venerable MR. BISHER in his regard. Although I wish to see him in the line-up. I would prefer him in the 7th or 8th slots. He has now had extensive experience at the top of the batting order, and does not appear comfortable there. He does appear more at ease lower down in the order however. I certainly would be interested in seeing some historical figures on his batting results in the 1-2 slots vs. the 7-8 slots. Aloha from the road.
May 3rd, 2009
11:40 am
And I didn't mention Jair Jurrjens, who is a very talented pitcher at the age of 23.
Yes the Adam Wainwright trade was stupid, but trading Andy Marte for Edgar Renteria was great(Andy Marte is currently without a team), and then trading Renteria for Jurrjens and Gorkys was brilliant.
May 3rd, 2009
12:15 pm
Furman, You should have taken the buyout with everyone else.
May 3rd, 2009
12:37 pm
The Braves gave away talent to the Rangers, but Andrus was not going to play in Atlanta with Escobar as SS. Salty was not going to beat out McCann. Harrison was not pitching well when he was traded. The pitcher, Neifi Perez, should not have been thrown into that deal. That was the only mistake in that trade. Wainright for Drew was a good deal at the time. The Braves had good pitching then and Wainright was a couple of years away from being a ML starter. The Braves did not even see him as a starter in the ML at the time. The Braves ML system is loaded right now with talent, Mr. Bisher, and the Braves refused to trade much of it this past winter, especially Hanson, Medlen, Heyward, and Freeman. So the future is bright with what is down on the farm and I pray the Braves do not panic and trade any of it. Build for the future…don't trade for the present, please.
May 3rd, 2009
12:38 pm
Another awful article by FB. Seriously why does this guy still have a job.
If the Braves system has dried up then at least 80% of the rest the league (of whom we are consistantly ranked higher than in terms of farm strengthy) have gone completely and utterly barren.
The whole premise of this pile of word-vomit is insulting to my intelligence, not to mention the racist undertones.
May 3rd, 2009
12:45 pm
What a crap blog! You guys must be total idiots! When Mr. Bisher says that the Farm system has dried up and all of you argue that the Braves lineup is full of Braves Farm system players, take a look people, the Braves are a .500 team at best and have been for the last several seasons! The guys playing now might all be from the system but look how they are playing! If you eat dirt from your front yard, its still dirt!
May 3rd, 2009
12:48 pm
You are right, Mr. Bisher has FORGOTTEN. He has a valid point about the Texeira fiasco, but otherwise he has no clue. According to almost the rest of the baseball world, the Braves have some of the best prospects in the game and one of the best farm systems. To rationalize his point by arguing that the Braves should have kept Josh Anderson (26) rather than Jordan Schafer (22) is assinine. Anyone who thinks Anderson has a better long term future than Schafer needs a reality check. By the way Furman, a lot of people think Schafer can probably steal 20 plus bases–if Cox ever lets him.


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Rumors have been floating recently that the new cooperation between Alpine and Caterham will give birth to a new sports car. While that has surely driven intrigue into this still-to-be-named model, it's still part of the not-so-distant future.
What is recent, though, is Alpine's apparent return to 24-hour racing and it's got quite a racecar in its fold ready to take on all comers. Called the A450, the race car is expected to bring the extra excitement to endurance racing at the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours and this year's European Le Mans Series (ELMS). The car will be raced by the 24-year-old Nelson Panciatici and 29-year-old Pierre Ragues. This marks Alpine's return to the world of motorsport after an absence of 35 years.
The new Alpine A450 will be powered by a Nissan -sourced V-8 engine that delivers a total of 500 horsepower and is mated to a six-speed sequential X-Trac gearbox. With a total weight of just 1984 pounds, the new race car will hit a pretty impressive top speed of 205 mph.
Speaking of impressive, have a look at the A450; it's all that and then a little more. The brand's striking blue and orange color combination harkens back to the days of the Alpine-Renault A442B that raced the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1978. If for nothing else, it's a fitting tribute to the company's racing history while also serving a reminder to the rest of the field that Alpine is back and ready to take some names.
Updated 04/10/2013: Alpine officially confirmed today that its first racing car in 35 years will be called A450. The model pays tribute to the A441, A442 and A443 which scored amazing results at the Le Mans in the 1970s. The figure "50" "symbolizes the fiftieth anniversary of Alpine's first official entry for the Le Mans 24 Hours." The new A450 will be available for purchase in 2016.

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Following the successful Reel Peace project in Sri Lanka in 2002-2004, a new phase of the project in Sierra Leone that was launched in 2004 draws to an end. The project in Sierra Leone, as the one in Sri Lanka, aimed at contributing to cultural and social reconciliation after the end of the civil war, whilst simultaneously developing much needed media skills.
Following a competitive scriptwriting contest, six of the most promising scripts were selected as a basis for a directing and technical training course. At the end of the course, production grants were given to the producer/director teams to make their short films. Through October and November 2005 additional production training was given to the selected participants.
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�Toy Gun' Directed by Munda Pangu. 09'30*** (featured above)
�The Outcasts'. Directed by Brian James. 17'24.
�King of The Stalls'. Directed by Jonathan Bundu. 21'07.
�The Victims'. Directed by Mohammed Sheriff. 12'28.
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�Scars', Directed by John Solo Fofanah. 16'26.
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When the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency first implemented a working version of the Internet in the 1960s it seemed like a fringe experiment not dissimilar to Bitcoin today. It wasn't until a protocol called TCP/IP emerged in the 1970s and was commercialized that the Internet was positioned to take off. In short, this protocol allowed every website and service built on it to have its own "address" and a way to communicate information. This averted chaos, allowing users to find what they were looking for, allowing websites to work together and enabling networks to do the hard lifting of directing traffic in an orderly and predictable way. Without TCP/IP, the Internet as we know it would not exist.
Bitcoin today is in roughly the same development phase that TCP/IP was back then. Instead of IP addresses and websites, Bitcoin has unique strings that represent money and a mechanism to send these strings securely and safely wherever you want. It is a protocol that is allowing money to flow around the world much like TCP/IP allows information to flow -- in an orderly, predictable way.
This is not a theory; it happens every day. The Bitcoin economy, while still in its infancy, is about $2 billion (meaning, the value of all Bitcoins) and rising. New services appear daily -- exchanges, digital wallets, payment processors, along with companies that accept Bitcoin alongside dollars, euros and yen for traditional services. In addition, a small and growing group of technologists are getting behind the currency, allocating time and capital to building a robust ecosystem.
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- Triple the number of Tesla Supercharger stations by the end of next month, including additional stations in California, coverage of the northwest region from Vancouver to Seattle to Portland, Austin to Dallas in Texas, Illinois and Colorado. There will also be four additional eastern seaboard stations, expanding the density of the network to provide for more convenient stopping points.
- Within six months the Tesla Supercharger network will connect most of the major metro areas in the US and Canada, including expansion into Arizona, additional stations in Texas, Florida, and the Midwest, stations connecting Ottawa to Montreal, and across North and South Carolina into Georgia. It will also be possible to travel diagonally across the country from Los Angeles to New York using only the Tesla Supercharger network.
- A year from now, the Tesla Supercharger network will stretch across the continent, covering almost the entire population of the US and Canada. The expansion of the network will mean that Model S drivers can take the ultimate road trip -- whether that's LA to New York, Vancouver to San Diego, or Montreal to Miami – without spending a cent on fuel.
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What, wasn't their faith in god strong enough? It works wonders for children without vaccinations...
In some cases, even religious people will trust science
Of course, supposedly no hard evidence or witnesses.
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All lying bastards
Unless some A**hole posts private pictures after a break-up (or even during a relationship - most likely causing a break-up) - how is anybody going to prove somebody still has any pictures, or from the other side, prove that they deleted compromising pictures?
How long will it be until legislators, courts, etc. arrive in the 21st century? Or the late 20th, for that matter
... Put Death Sentence Under New Scrutiny
There, I fixed it.
It is appalling that a supposedly progressive, modern society needs a revenge-based law.
... if Adobe had started following the suite of App-Developers in the mobile arena
Ultimately, customers are at fault - they shouldn't have renewed any services with Adobe that require the online connection
After the alteration of the writing rules several years ago (adapting spelling and punctuation rules to the stupidity of the people), I reckon this is just the inevitable next step
Why is it so hard to either teach children correctly, or fail them if they don't learn? Of course, with the trends like "no kid left behind" or contra-productive financing decisions (reducing financing for schools that have too few kid finish successfully) seem to favor this
Of course, kid failing in school have multiple reasons
... look like it's time to put a Prime Directive into effect
When providing scientific proof of God, the show should be over quickly
Sure, you can prove that certain events have happened in one way or another (e.g. great flood, Sodom & Gomorrah,
Also, seeing what havoc religion creates on the grand scale (not talking about the personal level - rather what is caused by the conflicts between people of different faith), earth might be better off without it
As for the personal level - speaking of the relation between the individual and the church and/or state - at least some religions seem to be focused in keeping people at bay
Don't get me wrong - there's a lot of good things being done by religious people. But that's just that: the PEOPLE are the ones doing the good things!
... maybe he should have called his company "Edison"
(check out the history of Edison and Tesla
Some time ago, there were suggestions by German Telekom of building a German infrastructure to ensure mails sent between German users would not be routed via the USA. Apart from ensuring German authorities would have it easier looking into traffic, I will hazard a guess that Telekom is lobbying to push this through, possibly forcing German providers to connect themselves to some newly designed infrastructure, which would most likely benefit German Telekom (either if they were operating those IXes, or by the lines put in to connect the providers). I do not have numbers as to the percentage, but most large to medium (and many smaller) German providers already are interconnected through DECIX, allowing for a short, cost-effective path between them. Oh, most, except for one - German Telekom (actually, they are connected, but do not have an open peering policy). Coincidence?
Why is it that so many governments seem so clueless with technology?
... and not as the negative it is most often used nowadays
That's why every red-blooded American was granted the right to bear arms by the founding fathers
I wonder how many thousands of deaths it will take before America finally wakes up and reduces that 2nd amendment right to the arms that were current at the time of that amendment
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The Boston Marathon: Step by step, the race lives on
For over a century, the Boston Marathon has been an event centered around sportsmanship, endurance and athleticism, but there's no denying the face of the renowned race has been changed forever.
Today, millions will watch as thousands of runners, some elite, some first-timers, push themselves along the famous 26.2-mile route. Runners have not only picked themselves up, and dusted themselves off following the tragic events of last year — they have rallied in spirit.
"Certainly after the bombings last year, we all felt vulnerable, not only as citizens, but as runners," said Brian Metzler, editor-in-chief of Competitor Magazine. "The act of running road races has been an expression of freedom. That's still the case, but last year opened a lot of eyes."
The results aren't all bad, according to Metzler, who points to the massive outpouring of participation this year. More than 35,660 official participants are expected to tackle today's race.
"There was much more interest in qualifying for Boston over the past year," said Metzler. "Even the half-marathon numbers were up; running has continued to soar. It would be much worse if the numbers went down."
The immense starting field size, which is the largest since the 1996 centennial marathon, begs questions of whether runners today will be hindered by cramped roads and crowds.
"Because the BAA has been through this before with the centennial, they know what it takes to pull off a big race. Certainly it is going to be a bigger organizational endeavor, but as far as runners go, I don't think they'll feel too much of an impact," Metzler said.
In the opinion of Sports Museum Curator Richard Johnson, last year's bombing has changed the race "not a bit."
"I think it's the world that has changed, not the race. The Boston Marathon is the event of the year here. What happened last year makes the Marathon all the more important as a refuge, a symbol of all that's good about sports and community," said Johnson.
"I don't think the world is ever going to go back to normal – not only after the events of a year ago, but of 9/11. It is part of the larger world – the larger world intruded upon the sanctity of the Boston Marathon. I think it will now be even more precious to us, as will any communal event," he said.
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Emphasizing a servant's heart and a missions mind, we are a different kind of Christian school.
We have an emphasis on strong academics, the active use of learning styles, and a student driven mentor program with all of our teachers.
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|Grades 6 - 12
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|^Middle school tuition is $6495. 6th grade tuition is $5995.. There is a $500 registration fee each year. There is a second child discount. Tuition is payable over a 11 month period.
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|Nancy Romberg
|Total Sports Offered
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Cheering, Dance,
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- February 10, 2014 - I am a senior at Jim Elliot Christian School. These things I know to be true: Jim Elliot is a place that I will miss and a place that has prepared me for my future as a follower of Christ, as a continuing student, and as a member of today''s society. Most schools have the ability to prepare you for one of these, sacrificing one or more of the others. The JE body has been able to find a balance in nurturing it''s students to become rich in character as well as in knowledge. I think it must be rare to find a community in which students leave confidant enough to embrace every aspect of their - after high school life. I have been to several different schools throughout my career as a student and never have I seen a community that is so strong it transends past the building. It is easy to invest in classmates and fellow students while in the building itself but to find a place in which teachers care for students and students encourage each other outside of the building - that is a rare community indeed. I have been blessed enough to grow, and to witness the growth of others, in my time at JE. Dont miss out! You too can be apart of Jim Elliot! - Posted by Student/Alumni
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LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Some future Louisville Metro police officers are getting a lesson in serving the community. LMPD recruits were at the Westport Place Senior Home Friday as part of one community service project going on in the city.
The 20 recruits also split their time at Kosair Children's Hospital, spending time talking with the children and seniors, playing games, and presenting them with gifts. It's part of the LMPD curriculum.
Daniel Weedman of the LMPD recruiting class explained, "Just the service, you know, it's what we signed up for, it's what we want to do with our jobs. We want to service our community as well as protect them, so it's great to get out and see who the community is comprised of and get to meet new members of our community.
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YAKIMA, Wash. - The Prosser City Clerk is facing theft charges out of Yakima County.
Yakima County Prosecutors say Rachel Shaw took cash from her Grandmother, while overseeing her account.
The city says the charges are completely outside Shaw's duties for the City of Prosser, and people should note that city clerks do not have authorization or access to any city financial resources. Because of that, the Mayor of Prosser, Paul Warden, intends to keep Mrs. Shaw as a City Clerk.
Mayor Warden said, "My intention is to let the legal process take its course and reevaluate if new or different information should become available. Rachel is highly regarded by myself, her coworkers and all the outside agencies the city has dealings with. She does a superb job discharging her duties as City Clerk for our city. If she is found to be culpable of the allegations by our legal system she will be held personally accountable by the authorities of Yakima County."


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Many years ago the entrepreneur in me woke up and I gave it a good go of creating a successful online selling small business through eBay.I purchased books and read a lot of guides on how to become a successful online seller. Each guide, book and article indicated that having an online business was not only profitable, but easy to achieve your own little online store front. Reality spelled something different for me and three months into my journey I gave up, and totally back away from the idea of selling on eBay. Unfortunately it's wasn't as easy as any of these books and guides made it out to be. What eBay used to be once – the king of all online market places, is anything but that today. This is partially due to stronger competition from other alternative online marketplaces and partially due to frustrated online sellers who feel that eBay limits their ability to maximize their earning.
Even though eBay has become synonymous with the online marketplace, hundreds of millions of registered users, and over $9 billion in revenue annually – many buyers and sellers are still not happy with the site. This is why I wanted to put together a different list, an alternative to eBay to sell your vintage stuff, old and unused stuff and for the creative artsy ones a way to sell your hand crafted items.
Here are some of the biggest reasons for such large unhappiness, and why eBay may not be the right selling platform for you.
Payment Policy – Sellers can no longer accept checks/money orders, and all transactions have to be done via PayPal. Therefore creating greater revenue for eBay, and in return it bites into the profit of the seller due to PayPal per transaction fee.
Lack of Profitability – Fees cut into profits and many sellers are having a hard time justifying paying the fees to use eBay as their selling platform.
Feedback Policy – Since eBay's inception, buyers have always been able to leave comments, while the sellers don't have the same right. This creates an unfair situation, where sellers can leave negative comments at will, which eventually hamper the reputation of the seller over time.
Lack of Support – eBay has a tough time communicating with their sellers, and takes a long time to respond to issues or does not respond at all.
If the above three reasons were not enough to deter you from eBay, hopefully one of the ten alternatives below will be inviting enough for you to give them a fair shot, and more importantly get rid of your stuff and earn a few bucks.
1. Ealtbay
It's an alternative to eBay as indicated by it's name. Ealtbay is an online auction website that has free listings, very low final value fees, lets you sell anything that is legal, and you can take payment in any form, including PayPal.
2. Ruby Lane
Ruby Lane mostly caters to buyers and sellers of high-end antiques, collectibles, and vintage items. Though many of the site's users consider it to be a worthwhile and profitable venue, some users, however, may find their fee structure to be a bit expensive (and even prohibitive in some cases). It really depends on what is being sold and how much the sellers build up their storefronts.
3. Bonanza
CNN has called Bonanza "a very shopper friendly place." It mainly caters towards fashion and accessories for the buyers. Sellers love Bonanza due to it's very low fee structure, resulting in higher profits for them.
4. eBid Online Auctions
Ebid offers several merchant programs including, auctions, fixed price transactions, and storefronts. EBid is also notably a Google Shopping Marketplace Partner, and offers payments via PayPal and PPPay.com. One key feature to the site is the "Ninja listing tool" that allows for bulk uploading, and the fees are noticeably cheaper versus eBay.
5. ArtFire
ArtFire mostly focuses on arts and crafts. You can also find a very good collection of collectibles, vintage goods and art supplies. Unlike eBay, sellers pay no fees unless they choose to open a Pro account. And even then the sellers only pay a monthly subscription fee. There are several helpful features to the site including: SEO tools, a coupon feature, and Google Analytics integration. Artfire also receives high marks for customer service and the overall administration of the site.
6. Amazon
Amazon happens to be the second biggest merchant behind eBay in terms of online sales. Amazon has a successful non-auction merchant program and, the seller fees are surprisingly much lower than those of eBay. Sellers can create either an individual or business account, each with different features. Both accounts have the option to use the "Fulfillment by Amazon" program, allowing sellers to store and ship their products from Amazon fulfillment centers. Sellers who create a professional account can add their own products to Amazon.com, but individual accounts are ONLY limited to existing products.
For us Canadians, be sure to compare prices between Amazon.ca and Amazon.com. Sometimes .com offers better deals or the other way around.
7. Etsy
For those who are creative and can put together handmade items or crafts, Etsy.com is a compelling alternative to eBay. Etsy has a unique culture and an exceptionally loyal following of buyers. The site does have some restrictions, however: items must either be hand-made by the seller, over 20 years old, or be commercial or handmade crafting supplies. Though setting up a storefront is free, fees are charged for listing items with an initial listing period of four months.
8. Kijiji / Craigslist
Kijiji is a centralized network of online urban communities for posting local online ads. I'm not sure if you knew or not, but Kijiji is a subsidiary of eBay who launched Kijiji in March 2005. Craigslist is very much similar to eBay, and is seen as a competitor to Kijiji. Oddly enough eBay is also a small shareholder in Craigslist. Either way, both sites are awesome to find whatever you may be looking for and for those looking to sell, the best part about both Kijiji and Craigslist is that they're both FREE. So…get cracking!
TIAS is one of the first online marketplaces to offer fixed price transactions in antiques, collectibles, arts and crafts, and jewelry. The site also provides sellers with various store formats to choose from as well as several levels of customer support. TIAS does have a minimum fee requirement, but if a seller's TIAS commissions are higher than the minimum fee, then only the commission is paid. TIAS also works with to over 2000 classified ad networks by sending different listings to them.
10. iOffer
Much like eBay, iOffer supports an auction format, and sellers can also sell items at a fixed price. What makes iOffer unique is its swaps and trades platform. Sellers can automatically receive a storefront when they upgrade to a seller account. The store and all listings are free, and they will only pay a fee when items are sold.
Have you ever sold any of your stuff online? How's your experience been?


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N64oid is a brand new emulator on the Android market that allows you to play those classic Nintendo 64 games. In this video I play The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Super Smash Bros, and StarFox 64 on the Motorola Xoom and myTouch 4G. Thanks for watching! Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com
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It looks like the police, at the behest of Sony, have raided the house of graf_chokolo, one of the preeminent members of the PS3 hacking scene. How about that for a chilling turn of events?
Graf_chokolo described what happened on his blog:
Guys, SONY was today at my home with police and got all my stuff and accounts. So be careful from now on…. Guys, i don't joke, it's serious.
And to prove it, i kept my word and uploaded all my HV reversing stuff.
Upload it everywhere so SONY couldn't remove it easily. Grab it guys, it contains lots of knowledge about HV and HV procs.
He then posted links to several files, collectively known as the HV Bible. Download them while you still can, I guess.
More interesting the the average end-user, perhaps, is the development of an N64 emulator for the system.
The first videos were just uploaded to YouTube. I'm not sure why the camera shakes worse than in The Bourne Supremacy, but what are you gonna do?
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So we've just installed Google's first public-access preview of its tablet-focused Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system, an early build of the platform's SDK that features "non-final" code and APIs; it's intended primarily for developers who want to get a head start on making their tablet app dreams come true, but naturally, we needed to install it and take it for a test drive ourselves. Here are our quick observations:
- Like Android SDK emulators before it, Honeycomb's is extremely slow — nearly to the point of uselessness in this case. We'll give them a mulligan since this is a preview build, but seriously, we wouldn't recommend installing this unless you enjoy pulling your hair out.
- There appears to be some sort of orientation bug that prevents us from going landscape, which is what we really wanted. Sorry about that! We've shot the video sideways and rotated all of our images; if we're able to figure it out or a newer build is released with orientation properly working, we'll update.
- The browser looks great — specifically the UI, which is going to make desktop browser users feel right at home perhaps more than any other tablet browsing experience to date. As with the rest of the emulator, it was too slow to really use — and it kept crashing on us — but we're digging the look.
- The system for adding and managing widgets is a joy to use — it makes your entire desktop accessible from a single screen, and we like the amount of detail you can preview for each widget before deciding whether to use it and where to place it.
- In general, the window animations and screen transitions seem cool, but none were smooth or fast enough in the emulator to know for sure. Jury's still out until this gets faster or we're using Honeycomb on actual tablets.
- We're not in love with the dim, squashed segmented display that Google is using for the time in the lower right; we're hoping there are plenty of alternative fonts available.
Since the emulator doesn't provide a "Google experience" build with access to the Android Market, Gmail, or other "branded" Google apps, we weren't able to deep-dive on how real-world applications are going to look on the platform — but with any luck, Motorola's Xoom should be shipping within a few weeks. In the meantime, check out a video after the break!
Update: We've figured out the orientation trick — you need to uncheck automatic orientation in Settings, then flip the emulator from landscape to portrait (counterintuitive, we know). We'll be updating the media as soon as we can!
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It's an important time in any young OS's life: NES emulation. Windows Phone 7 has just passed this important puberic milestone, thanks to the hard work of Matt Bettcher. Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn't seem to recognize the significance, and is keeping the emulator out of the Marketplace (as per its no-funny-business terms of service). Matt's trying to drum up some community support to change Microsoft's mind on the matter, and in the meantime he's planning to open source his project. There's video after the break of the emulator running inside the WP7 emulator. It does the heart good!
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Sofa is not sleek looking as in picture, but "poufy" and overstuffed looking. Not a look I wanted, and I would not have ordered it had the picture been accurate. Color is much darker with a large amount of variegation in the fabric. Seat cushions are not reversible. Feet are not wood as listed, but PLASTIC. Delivery was good, fast, and items well packed. I would not recommend this unless you want an overstuffed look. Will use until I can replace it. The price was good.
Looking for furniture for my bachleor pad and I thought this would look great. I see myself as a classy guy, so I thought why not. A grown man can indulge himself with a nice comfy, great looking sofa set. Price wasn't too shabby either. Color went great with my fake bear rug!
These sofas are amazing and they are comfortable. It didn't take that long to arrive. They arrived in two big pallets and they were fully protected. So you don't have to worry about ordering online. The upholstery and quality are great. They look amazing in my living room and they go well with anything.
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Happy Tuesday morning to you.
Today's weather features a warm front lifting back northward across the area. The funny thing about these fronts, is that they can change from being a cold-front to a warm-front (usually not the other way around) if the air mass it is ahead of changes. Once a cold front pushes far enough south, it will stall and lay rather stationary... Then a new system comes in from the west and the southerly winds out ahead of it will force that boundary back northward, but now as a warm front. We'll see that on the weather maps this time around:
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I would reject the idea that there will not be any showers associated with the progression of this warm front, so be advised that you may need your umbrella at times in the afternoon. There will be a threat for thunder too, as temperatures are expected to spike in this warm airmass before cold front arrives to change things up:
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Temperatures are actually expected to dip below normal for a change. Add to that the fact that we've been a little spoiled around here, that could lead to some chillier feels out there (though I wouldn't get too crazy, 60° still ain't bad).
It will be a rather unsettled mid-week time-frame, with rain gauges measuring at least a little rainfall each of the next few days. All told, and when spread out, it's not a whole lot of rain:
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Anyway, since there will be some thunder out there, we'll get up the full suite of tracker tools, and post updates if conditions warrant and time permits. Also, for those of you in the hollers...there may be a touch of frost lurking around (most advisories are in the northern regions of West Virginia, but it's possible this week to see some of that sneak into your area). The current temperature map is a good place to start.
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Herzog Railroad Services of Canada is currently taking applications for Ballast Train Technicians. This exceptional career opportunity is ideally suited for a motivated individual who will be part of an industry leading technology based team that provides a unique and specialized service to our customers. This position is paid a very competitive annual salary, a very generous per diem while traveling and a company health benefits package is also included. Each technician is supplied with a company vehicle and mobile phone. Our technicians travel throughout Canada during our busy work season from Spring time to early/mid Fall and have minimal if any travel during the Winter season. Our technicians must have the ability to travel to the US to our Corporate head office for training purposes.
At Herzog we go the extra mile to meet our customers' needs and we are looking for individuals who are interested in being part of an industry leading team that is constantly working at improving our ability to provide top notch service for our clients. If you are interested in a career with Herzog see below for more information and to apply.
Herzog Railroad Services of Canada encompasses a wide range of railroad service needs with a focus on ensuring safe and reliable railways for the public and for the movement of goods and services. Our breadth of experience and exposure has given us the skills and knowledge to give customers and owners what they want. This experience, coupled with a highly qualified team of leading industry professionals, has provided us the capacity to solve complex projects in challenging operating environments.
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Dir. Alexander Dovzhenko (1929). Dovzhenko's last silent film takes on the Russian civil war; the movies powerful use of repetition, cartoonish images, mad angles, fondness for close-ups, and frenzied crosscutting suggests a talented Eisenstein follower's attempt to blast his mentor off the screen.
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Are you a true California Pizza Kitchen fan? Would you dine at CPK once a week? Starting today, at the bottom of every guest check, CPK will give guests a 20 percent discount (not including alcohol) valid for the next dine-in visit within 7 days. If you're bored of pizza, you can always try their Korean barbecue steak tacos, spicy chicken tinga quesadilla or miso shrimp salad, in addition to many, many other non-pizza menu items. Locations available in Alpharetta, Atlanta, Marietta and Norcross.
If you're in the mood for Italian food and looking for a deal, Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse is the place to go next week. The menu ranges from spagettini with shrimp, smoked bacon, asparagus, and garlic olive oil to homemade duck sausage with cannellini beans and oven roasted tomatoes. And don't forget the steaks, of course! On Sunday, Davio's is offering a $20 three-course menu served family-style from 5 to 9 p.m. You can also indulge in all house wines including Leap Chardonnay, Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon Decoy and Van Duzer Pinot Noir by the glass for half-price Sunday night. On Monday, get a 24 oz. draft beer free with purchase of prime steak. 5 -11 p.m., Mon.-Thurs.; 5 p.m. – 12 a.m. Fri. and Sat.; 5 -10 p.m. Sun. Phipps Plaza, 3500 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta. 404.844.4810.
Papa John's is offering a free large, up-to-three-topping pizza if Super Bowl XLV goes into the first overtime ever. It's the company's way to offer fans a stake in the game — no matter who your team is. To win, fans must sign up for the Papa Points online loyalty program by 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 5. Then if the game goes into overtime, 25 Papa Points – the amount of points needed to redeem the pizza — will be awarded to all Papa Points members Feb. 7. Consumers can redeem their points for the free pizza through June 30.
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The CPK deal is a good one however I'm not a regular. I do think the rest of their menu looks intriguing. I hope it is effective for them.
The Davio's special sounds good.
Good offerings, as usual, Lauren. Thanks for sharing!
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Is the Davio's deal just this Sunday or every Sunday?


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BiographyFor all the harsh, manic beats of Drum 'n' Bass, programmers like Rob Haigh, under the name Omni Trio, create music that doesn't compete with your desire for serenity. He renders floral patterns of beats that are as much Ambient as they are danceable. His warm basslines glow like the summer sun, cooled by gentle breezes of synth lines and samples that carry the pollen of jazz breaks. But his sound is not all organic; his use of angular rhythms and sparkling keyboards is an excursion through a futurist utopia -- a maze of synthetic Sensurround pleasures.
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