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Ahhh, now I can jump in on the subject: Health. I dated a guy years ago who was, I think, A+ blood type and eating meat physically made him sick. Upon research, it seems that this blood type does not benefit from eating meat (don't quote me, it was his research). I tend to feel 'weak' if I do not eat some red meat every now and then and feel 'revived' when I do eat it. I am not sure if these blood type diets are tried and tested but I think most can make the decision to either eat meat or not depending on how your body feels. I have tried vegetarian foods and find that they do not suit my requirements. Does this make me immoral or unethical? I think of it as survival. Perhaps it is all mind over matter or even just what we are used to, but I do not think that Atheists HAVE to be vegetarians just to confirm that we are moral.
These days it seems that Atheists are 'pushed' into being humanists because we do not want to fall into the category that theists put us into: immoral heathens. I have been an atheist all my life, but I feel that I have become more humane due to age and learning rather than my atheism, though atheism does seem to push it a little further.
We debate morals and ethics here a lot, and I ask 'is morals and ethics just a man made emotion guided by law/religion/survival?'. Did cavemen have morals or just a list of rules mutually decided upon by the clan to make living in a community easier/fairer?
At the end of the day, most humans eat meat for whatever reason and I cannot seem to go without it, I for one, don't have any qualms about eating animals that are bred for eating - and like others, this does not make me inhumane as I do a lot for animal rescue etc. Is it a balance? perhaps not but I do know that I feel just not quite right when I don't eat meat. I have bigger concerns about man made chemicals in our foods.
For what its worth, hardly anyone i know actually thinks of morals/ethics as a literal list of rules, say like what you see in many religions. The idea that ethics could (or should) be boiled down to a checklist of behaviors divorced from their specific context is one of the more subtle, unhealthy contributions of the abrahamic religions to our society.
But most folks i know think of ethics more like very broad goals: try to reduce harmful impacts, try to respect people's boundaries and give them opportunities to consent to personal experiences, if we encounter opportunities to improve others lives try and take them, etc. Hence the comment below on how ethics in a practical sense (and really law as well) is a messy, non-binary, imperfect-but-still-important thing.
Not sure if this helps, but maybe i should clarify a more general idea:
I don't actually believe that behaviors can be easily summarized as ethical or unethical, rather i believe that our behaviors have ramifications on other creatures we share space with. Most impacts have harmful and beneficial effects on many creatures. But that's just kinda life: the messy process of weighing a complex bucket of ethical factors to pick what would be the best course of action overall.
So taking this situation, i consider it partially unethical to let oneself waste away from malnutrition, especially if one is a member of a larger community (which most humans are!). But i also consider it partially unethical to gnaw on someone else. And the devil is in the details as they say, and in determining how i feel about a particular creature eating another particular creature in any given moment i'd weigh in things like, the degree of nutritional benefit versus alternatives, the sentience of either creature, the pre-death suffering that might be experience by the creature, the environmental impact of the creature's life/death, etc.
I'm a meat eater but am conflicted over the way we treat animals. I was all fired up and wrote a letter to the editor when 100 people were protesting some cats and dogs being put down by animal control a couple of years ago. Never new it got published until yesterday when I accidentally discovered it on two different sites.This got me all fired up again and I was going to drop it into the pet debate about cats and dogs - then decided to start a discussion about god giving dominion over other animals. I see John has already done that. So here is my raging letter. Activists Stand Hypocritical . If that link doesn't load this link loads faster and has more context Animals in Canada.
My friend (named John as well) who inspired me to write the letter two years ago from talks we have had at work wrote me this yesterday after I sent him the links and it bears repeating.
"Believers" have this notion that "man", made in the image of god, stands separate from nature and that animals are here only for his use (food, clothing, amusement, companionship, medical/cosmetic research, etc.). This idea insulates believers from the inhumane way we treat cows, chickens, pigs and other "mass-produced" farm animals. They no longer have any empathy for animals, and this is another reason why I became an atheist.
@Russell I read your letter and agree entirely. I am unused to forums and have been surprised with the responses of many atheists to the issue. I am beginning to think that maybe one main incentive people turn away from religion is to avoid the moral (albeit daft) implications of being a believer. I thought that rejecting religious morals meant people would work out their own set of ethics/morals. I have and it is simply based on not causing unnecessary pain and suffering. Being an atheist I realise I am not created in the image of God with dominion over the other animals and that I am related to the other animals. I see no reason at all not to give consideration to the interests of any creature that is capable of feeling pain and suffering.
People try to come up with justifications based on intelligence, etc but these are just arbitrary.
Self-interest is a powerful reason for turning a blind eye to unethical practices - just look at the slave trade that was condoned by the masses not all that long ago.
I think we must take on the implications of evolution for our moral behaviour too. In doing that we can show that atheists can live moral/ethical lives, aspire to do better and are not a bunch of self-serving lunatics theists would portray us to be
John Major, I knew you would feel dismayed by the majority opinion on this site. Do keep in mind the many of us here who DO share your point of view. My opinion is that humans vary greatly in their ability to experience empathy. This will be quickly denied by atheists who have a dominionist view of the natural world.
Happy Earth Day!
I guess I'll have to.
@Hey Dogly. I know that self-interest has a powerful infulence and can bring about the kind of blinkered unfeeling, unthinking approach John D has been good enough to demonstrate above. LOL
Thanks, annet!
Animals eat other animals. I live near the mountains and a cougar killed and ate my precious cat, Freddy D. Butthole. Now I have taken it upon myself to exact my revenge on all animals, even herbivores (or as I call them, "enablers"). That cow would shoot your mother in the face if it had the chance.
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Discovering the Joy
Sara Jo Poff
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From NEW BEGINNINGS, Vol. 24 No. 2, March -- April 2007, pp. 60-61
In the past year, I've discovered that no matter how many children I've already had, a pregnancy is another chance to discover the wonder and joy of breastfeeding.
Currently, I belong to the 10 percent of mothers across the US who breastfeed their babies until 12 months. Even making it to five months put my baby in the 22 percent of exclusively breastfed infants. I wish I could say that it was this way with all of my children, but it wasn't. Four months was the longest I breastfed my three older children. At that point I'd say I couldn't do it anymore and would find a reason to quit.
With my fourth child, I did something different. I committed to breastfeeding and set a tangible goal of six months. In the past, my goal was to breastfeed for "as long as I can." I've discovered that concrete, objective goals are much more likely to be achieved than something subjective like "as long as I can." And I've discovered the joy of breastfeeding for my baby's first year.
When I became pregnant with my fourth child in June 2005, I wanted to make a much more dedicated attempt at breastfeeding, no matter what the circumstances were. The fact that I was homeschooling my three children, ages two to nine, posed a potential obstacle. Toward the end of my pregnancy, the fact that we were trying to sell our home posed another potential obstacle. As if all of this wasn't enough, my fourth child was born five weeks premature. As is common with premies, my son, Gabriel Titus, had difficulty latching on. When I was ready to throw in the towel, my local La Leche League Leader brought me a breast pump and encouraged me to keep trying. What a blessing she was!
Another source of support was one of the nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit. She made sure all of the other nurses knew that my son was to have momma's milk and that a bottle of it would be ready at feeding time. Amidst the bilirubin lights, heart and lung monitoring, and endless tests, the nurse was also very gracious about my many attempts to breastfeed before giving Gabe a bottle. At one point, the need for a feeding tube came up. My emotional state was very weak and I was greatly saddened. I let the nurses know that I was going to persevere with breastfeeding. Because of my persistence, the feeding tube never became a reality. Gabe didn't master breastfeeding during our five -- day hospital stay, but he became a pro by the time he was about three weeks old.
In the first six months, there were times when I thought that maybe formula would have been more convenient. When I had those thoughts, I had the support of my husband and reminded myself of the wonderful antibodies, nutrients, and other benefits that only my milk could provide for my son.
After the first six months of breastfeeding, it was time to decide how long I should continue. Since my goal setting method had worked so well, I figured I would try it again. My next goal would be to breastfeed Gabe until he was 12 months old. The second six months was much easier than the first, but sometimes temptation to formula-feed still crept up, especially when I wanted to do things like get my hair done or go out with my husband. The wonder of my body providing my baby with nourishment and infection protection, however, was too much to ignore. We always planned ahead, made sure bottles of my milk were ready, and I pumped while I was gone. And now that I've recently achieved the second goal of breastfeeding for 12 months, I'm ready to set the next one!
Breastfeeding through the first year of my baby's life has been a joyous adventure. I'm thankful to know that Gabe has received the best I can give to him. I still wish I could have done this for my other children, but at least I seized my opportunity to discover breastfeeding at its fullest the fourth time around!

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DALLAS – Wilshire Baptist Church has voted to grant gays and lesbians full membership to the church, which would allow them to be considered for leadership positions, and grant same sex marriages.
The resolution passed by a 61 percent majority in a final vote which was released on Monday afternoon.
"We want to normalize life as quickly as possible for LGBT folk. And this is not a one-issue church. It's a church and we're simply saying the Gospel is open to all and closed to none," said Senior Pastor George Mason said of the congregational vote.
Of the 948 ballots cast, 577 voted in favor, 367 were against it, and four people abstained.
This issue first arose a couple years ago, said Mason.
"We had a gay man in our church who kept being nominated to be ordained as a Deacon - year in and year out," he explained.
But church bylaws prevented it.
In addition, Pastor Mason said, the congregation has young people who have recently come out as gay and lesbian, not to mention the struggle the church has had with how to handle the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing same sex marriage.
The congregation's vote concluded 14 months of study in which members interpreted scripture, re-read bylaws, and considered consequences.
Wilshire Baptist, located on Abrams Rd. near Mockingbird Ln. in northeast Dallas, has already lost some membership because of it, said Associate Pastor Mark Wingfield.
"We've lost more than a few over the 14 months of the study," he explained. "Merely studying it, people have walked away."
Texas Baptists, formerly known as the Baptist General Convention of Texas, has threatened to cut ties with the Dallas congregation, as well. It explained in a statement to News 8:
"This is a painful time for Texas Baptists. We have deep respect and appreciation for Wilshire Baptist Church. While Texas Baptists are loving, respectful and welcoming to all people, we have a longstanding and often reaffirmed biblical position on human sexuality. As in the past, when a church chooses a position outside of the BGCT position, that church effectively withdraws from harmonious cooperation. The BGCT values the autonomy of the local church and the harmony which is vital to the Convention's purpose of fostering cooperative missions and ministries."
But each Baptist church is autonomous. Separating from the state convention affects mission work, not ministry. And Wilshire will not lose the Baptist name.
"Because of the position we have now taken, they don't want to receive our money for the hunger offering. I think it is astonishing to think the Baptist General Convention of Texas would turn away our direct contribution of hunger offering money because they disagree with us on the inclusion of persons who identify in the LGBT community," said Wingfield.
In response to Texas Baptists, Pastor Mason said: "They're good people and we value them and their friendship across time but we disagree. We don't believe a state convention actually has a theological position it can enforce upon its churches. They really need to bring this conversation to their executive board. There is no automatic dismissal that takes place. We believe there is a due process that should be followed."
Mason and Wingfield said there are other Baptist churches in Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin which have already made efforts to include LGBT members.
"Our church knows that there are consequences of our decision," Mason said. "We think there will be many positive consequences for being able to say to the LGBT community that they are welcome here fully, in Christ."
The resolution on the church's website reads:
"...would permit all members to participate in congregational life on the same basis as any other church member regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. This affirms the ability of the church's committees and lay and staff governance structures to consider all members for leadership, ordination, baby dedication and marriage based upon individual merit and the discernment of those duly elected to governance positions."
"This is not an easy decision. I mean, this is cutting to the core of very strong beliefs that people have on both sides," said Casey Boland, a 10-year member of this congregation.
"The reasons that have been used for why people should vote 'no' are the same reasons that were used for - why divorced people should not be allowed to be in the church, why blacks and whites should not be allowed to be married, why women should not be pastors. It just, in my view, rings hollow." said Boland.
But some members who opposed the vote and asked not to have their names used, said their opposition is based on what they have been taught.
Pastor Mason said, "Everyone who disagrees with us does not hate gay people. They just have a different way of understanding what are the boundaries that a church ought to exercise in its love and acceptance of all people."
The church has about 1,600 active members.
Since its first service 65-years ago, Wilshire Baptist has always considered itself progressive. In 1991, it ordained women.


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You know how we like to get all outraged when Vogue runs a photo shoot featuring lithe models in depressed impoverished regions of the world? Well, things work differently in China. You can have your entire magazine shut down and your staff sent away to "rectification" camp for offensive shit like that. And by "like that," I mean, "Oh, my god, so much worse, what kind of tainted drugs were they on?":
A newspaper in Chongqing Municipality has been suspended from publishing due to its "unique" coverage of the Sichuan earthquake in which it used bikini-clad women to pose amongst the rubble on the front page, Chongqing Daily reported.
Now, I know that sounds relatively tame but…
The young women were wearing mini-shorts, bikinis and tight T-shirts in the photographs taken among earthquake debris. There was fake blood on their clothes and the photo spread was headlined "Reborn from the Ruins," the report said.
Okay, so to recap: a death toll more than a dozen times that of 9/11, due to a calamity that happened last week…So was this magazine just trying to one-up Alisa Schvartz? Or do some folks just have wayyyy sicker senses of humor than us? I'm going to go with the latter, but only because Greater China is the only place I ever ate at a concentration camp theme restaurant.
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Its path forward is ill-defined now, but the newly-formed Montezuma Valley Farm Hub has a clear mission: to help small-scale agriculture producers get started and overcome barriers to market entry.
The fledgling group is only two months old. It relies on the efforts of a core group of eight volunteers.
Their most visible endeavor so far is High Desert Homesteading, an eight-week course with seminars on soil science, raising poultry and backyard livestock, keeping orchards and bee houses, and raising crops - everything from grains to tomatoes. Experienced growers from the area teach each seminar. They know the tricks of the trade, how to do more with less, what works and what doesn't in this climate.
About 100 people showed up for the introductory class and social on March 6, triple the number organizers expected. Roughly 60 of those have stuck around for the ensuing seminars, which continue until May 1.
Not everyone cares about the distance their carrots or ground beef have traveled. They might balk at the cost of local food or think the health benefits are overblown. But to Melissa Betrone, one of the eight volunteers, the number of people who do care is significant. She believes a groundswell of consumers are craving "connection" with their food.
"When you, as a producer, are growing apples or raising beef or digging up onions, then box them up, load them in a truck and never see them again, you've lost connection to the ones who eat those things," she said. "As a consumer, too, you pick a potato off the shelf. You don't know who watered it, cared for it, harvested it."
The mass shipping of food products across state and international borders, now the norm, is only enabled by a continuous supply of cheap fossil fuels, Betrone said. Petroleum fires up the machinery needed to harvest crops, powers the factories that process and package them, and runs the planes and trucks that deliver them. In the old days, conversely, people ate what could be grown in a garden or by neighbors. The burgeoning local food movement shows many consumers' interest in coming back full circle, and Betrone thinks Montezuma County is primed for it.
"There is a huge knowledge base of producers, and their ancestors, who've been on this landscape for 100 years or more," she said. "Other folks who moved in more recently bring knowledge about marketing and how to make agriculture a business. Working together can potentially create something powerful here - a local food supply."
However, the young people (or not so young) who want to try their hand at agriculture face many obstacles, said Bob Bragg, another volunteer. Fertile land is expensive for those who don't inherit it. So is machinery. Then there's acquiring water rights, imperative in a semi-arid climate.
"If a farm isn't a legacy left to you by your family, you're probably looking at big up-front expenses. And there is lag time between your initial investment and when you can start paying it off," Betrone said.
When Southwest Colorado Community College nixed its agriculture program, Bragg added, it opened an education void. The local Colorado State University Extension office does what it can to disperse information, but the Farm Hub hopes to augment and expand upon that.
"Oftentimes the Extension programs are a one-day shot. We are aiming for something more comprehensive," Bragg said.
The Farm Hub is now pondering a few more ambitious long-term goals. Bragg and Betrone, who both work at KSJD Dry Land Community Radio but have backgrounds in farming, support more infrastructure to help producers get their bounty to local restaurants and grocery stores efficiently. They mentioned a cold storage facility and regional distribution hub as two examples. Since farm machinery is expensive to buy, and often designed for big operations, Bragg floated the idea of a rental service with miniature tractors, plows, harrows and rotary tillers. The Farm Hub could also connect aspiring young farmers with those nearing retirement, who might want to lease out or pass along their land, he said.
At a presentation last Wednesday, a few residents offered suggestions.
Rocky Moss liked the idea of turning grass lawns into gardens, based off a movement that started in Eugene, Ore., although she questioned where the labor to tend the gardens would come from.
"Come on over to my house," she said, laughing. "I just need 20 volunteers."
Doug Sparks, who has a backyard orchard, noted how the cultural expectation of "perfection" limits what foods people are willing to try. They associate organic with worm-ridden apples and misshapen bell peppers.
Still another idea was expanding the use of hoop houses and grow domes to allow for fresh fruits and vegetables year-round, as Gail and Vic Vanik of Four Seasons Greenhouse and Nursery have done.
"We're in a regrouping stage. As an organization of volunteers, we don't have much structure yet. We're going to spend some time kicking around ideas," Betrone said. "The (Homesteading) class was an achievable, measurable goal. Because of it we know there's interest. I have confidence, if we're reasonable with our expectations and don't set ourselves up for failure by biting off more than we can chew, we'll succeed."
Bragg said the blank slate will let the Farm Hub respond to specific topics most in demand. The homesteading course was broad in scope and only scratched the surface.
"If people want to get into the nuts and bolts of goats, pasture management, greenhouses or fencing, we can bring in instructors to cover that," he said, adding that he hopes the Farm Hub becomes a forum where producers can share ideas.
Aside from the health and sentimental benefits of local food, Bragg believes it can be an economic boost. After all, everyone eats. If every consumer in Montezuma and Dolores counties diverted 5 to 10 percent of their weekly food budget to local producers, he said, more money would stay circulating here instead of accruing to large grocery chains and processors based far away.


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Everyone seems to have a story about this day. I'm not sure if it is because of the tragedy itself or our need to understand this moment in time.
We talk about those monumental occasions — Pearl Harbor for one generation and 9/11 for another — and all of us have a story to share about what was happening around us at that moment.
For some, it was more up front and personal. Maj. Gen. Jim Jones, a Tampa resident who is retired from the U.S. Air Force, tells his story:
"Fifty years ago I was an Air Force captain in the B-58 program at Carswell AFB in Fort Worth, Texas. The president and his wife arrived at Carswell on Air Force One on the 21st of November, and after staying the night in Fort Worth, they departed the next day for the fateful parade in Dallas.
"For their departure, ropes were set up behind which base personnel and their families could see President Kennedy and Jackie board Air Force One.
"And nicely, when they arrived, they did not go directly from their limo to the airplane but rather walked down the rope line and shook hands and spoke with a number of those attending. I had our 1-year-old son on my shoulders, and my wife, Sandy, and I had a good day seeing the Kennedys close-up and telling our son, 'He is the president of the United States.'
"We then watched the president and his wife in her memorable pink dress climb the stairs up to the entry door of Air Force One, and they turned and waved before entering the aircraft.
Within minutes the aircraft was moving and we waited and watched them take off for Dallas. The flight was less than 10 minutes and they probably did not even raise the landing gear.
"We made a quick stop on our drive home to get a quart of milk and we were home within 30 minutes of seeing the president.
"I immediately turned on our black-and-white TV to see the parade in Dallas, but rather, saw confusion and heard, 'The president has been shot.' A great shock for all Americans and a vivid memory for those of us who had seen the Kennedys only minutes before."
A final memory is a phone call my mother received the next day. Someone wanted a portrait of the president to put in a store window and asked her if she could quickly do one.
Mom had shown her art mostly in shows around the South but admitted portraits were not her specialty.
"I went through magazines and anything I could find with pictures of the president," said my now 91-year-old mother.
"I decided to do it in pastels and must have reworked that thing two dozen times."
The next day it was hanging in O'Falks department store downtown draped in black.
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January 24, 2010
Jermaine Jenas – why is he judged using a different scale?
There are a few things that constantly come up in Jenas threads on Spurs message boards (and indeed in mumblings around WHL) that I have never really been able to understand.
- Some of our fans "hate" him.
- He is seen as not caring/a bottle job/weak.
- He is seen as inconsistent.
1. Why would you hate a Spurs player? He seems like a nice enough lad off the pitch – he came from a tough background with a single mum, and he worked hard to get to where he is today. He talks well on the game, he's not as stupid as a lot of players, and he comes across as passionate about the club. He is also doing some good off the pitch – see this interview. I just don't really "get" why some people have such an irrational dislike of him.
2. IMO he shows no more or less commitment than 99% of our players. He could be physically stronger, but so could many of our players.
3. He doesn't play well every game. But how many footballers for sides of a similar standard to us do? Equally, Kranjcar has had some brilliant games for us this season, but he's also had some very poor games. Modric has been awful in his last two appearances, but is generally seen as our best player. Palacios has made a string of defensive errors that have directly and indirectly cost us goals. In effect, Jenas is far from the most inconsistent player we have.
I don't particularly like Jenas as a player – I prefer players who play football the way I personally like to see it played, and I do feel that he quite often doesn't see a pass, or dallies too long and misses opportunities. However, he certainly has some good qualities – he has excellent energy, he takes responsibility defensively, and he probably (without checking) has a better PL scoring record than any of our other midfield players.
I think the crux of the issue is that I feel that some people judge him on a scale totally different to other players. They expect him to be single-handedly dragging us through games a la Gerrard for Liverpool (who, incidentally, has had a poor season). Why? Just because he plays in the middle of midfield? Why is Jenas expected to do the near-impossible, when others aren't? It's almost like having a go at Gomes for being too tall – it's just the way he is. He hasn't got that steely determination of Rooney or Gerrard, and he never will have. You can't teach that.
All I ask is that players are judged fairly, and I certainly don't think that Jenas is.
i just don't think he's a good enough footballer to play in central midfield- the amount of misplaced or poor (behind the player, too far in front etc) passes he makes is excessive. i'd love to see his pass completion stats compared to THUDS
Best assessment of Jenas on any of the Spurs web sites yet!! The amount of ignorant trash wrtten about this player is a disgrace – of course he doesn't have it all but he is an honest hardworking member of the squad and his record is as good as most of the other central middfielders available and can and does create chances at critical times in most matches. He also accepts his defensive responsibilities better than the likes of Kranjcar and Huddlestone.
Give the guy a break and some encouragement if you are a true Spurs fan.
As a fan I am onl interested in his on field performance, whic I think is not good enough most of the time. He brings very little to out overall pla. He plays in an important position linking defence with attack and he just has not got the technical ability or the vision to do that. He uses the ball very poorly and 9 times out of 10 when he goes on one of his runs he will either give it away or blast it beyond the goal. He makes to many passes backwards and slows our forward play down. We could do better than JJ. Yes he is a smashing lad.
its quite simple, he isnt a very good player.
It is no coninsidence that are strong form coinsided with Jenas not being played.
Are you his secretly his mummy.
you clearly very little about the game
He is in a word…'crap'. I have seen him go missing in to many games!! He actually passes to the opposition because he doesnt have the sense to look up. Yesterday he was awful and I believed showed everyone why he is hated so much!! Top midfielders score 10 goals plus a season…he couldn't hit the side of a bus, he is useless
good article,i think he always tries hard even if he's having a mare,its just some fans will blame him for spurs losing when usually its the whole team that lets us down,seems a like keane gets too much stick in the same way.
he cares what he looks like too much, and that has no place in the game. Unless you are truly amazing then who cares? measure on a different scale?
No mate, boo hoo, hard upbringing give me a break – what has that got to do with anything? he isnt an intelligent footballer. Oh but he is athletic and has loads of energy. I dont agree with booing any spurs player, he just is not good enough, im sure he would flourish at a stoke, or a wigan, birmingham etc
Jenas only puts in 100% in the big games, at times against Leeds when he was the DFM he ran forward and jogged back. The only reason I can think Harry played his as a DFM is he was trying to make a point he needs another player. His long ball is crap and his short passing isn't much better.
Jenas is probably going through a bad patch. He used to play very well scoring great goals but of late he has been under performing. In yesterday's game he received a great pass but failed to score. When there was a goal melee which led to Leeds' first goal, he failed to clear the ball. When the ball is so close to your goal with many opponents around you clear at the first opportunity. He did not do it and we conceded a stupid goal.
He has had many chances. No right-minded spurs fan wants to get on the back of players, but I think when you seen the same player go missing, misplace random tackles and cause his midfield partner problems for a number seasons. How are you going to tell the player/club/manager that you are not happy? Telegram, phone 606 / letter?
Misplace random tackles was a typo but it actually sounds quite apt
It makes me wonder what match some of the above people go to? Jenas is by no means a great player or world class but he is one of Spurs most consistent and good players. If the people above actually knew their stats or bothered to check them on places like pro zone – we generally do better with JJ in the team, his pass completion rate is one of the best in the PL, the amount of ground he covers is double THUD or Kranjcar, and I have witnessed on many an occassion JJ making up serious ground and making a great tackle. Of course he has bad days and games (show me a Tott player that doesnt) but i do agree with the original comments that at WHL i hear really irrantional dislike of JJ. Palacios has been awful for months – hasnt found a Tott player with a pass in weeks and gives ball away in very dangerous places, but everyone loves him ???
probably no worse overall than hudd or ohara – all are ok but it is key position that we will need to improve on if we are to get anywhere. all our central midfielders have their limitations.
Lies, damn lies and statistics. Vinny Sideways would have always come up as the leagues best player if pro zone and statos were listened to.
He went missing yesterday and has done many times both offesively and defensively. Carlton Palmer tried hard and I would give 100% but I am rubbish.
Jenas is poor defensively and poor creatively. Therefore the question is why does he get picked? He gets picked as I believe those who manage him believe him to be an all round midfield player who can give you a bit of everything. JJ is not that guy. We have better defensive players and better attacking ones. If he gets picked someone should define his role far more clearly and tell him to stick to it. I think people get angry with him as the way he often plays he adds nothing to the team. Yes other guys have bad games but we can see their value. With a bit of coaching I'm sure someone could turn him into a decent midfield player. I'm glad that he doesn't start all of the time now, but I just wish that people would realise that he is not the complete midfield player some make him out to be. Then again Spurs have a lot of players who let the team down on a regular basis . I feel sorry for Jenas in that he seems to take a lot of stick but he is one of many who are playing poorly at the moment. Most of the team were shocking against a league one side and we we poor against Liverpool too. Maybe our feelings towards Jenas are so negative as we expect too much just like how we expect too much of the team in general. He is not a great player and Spurs are not a great team.
Is this article some kind of wind up?
The reason he's getting so much stick compared to the others is because after 5 seasons of shit, most rigth minded Spurs' fans are absolutely sick of the sight of him.
6 league goals in each of his first two seasons.
4 league goals in each of his last two seasons, and 1 league goal so far this season. Thankfully he's been dropped from the first 11.
Doesn't create, can't defend. Get rid asap.
Oh dear.. He hinders thecredt of the team by not pullo g his weight. He hides from tackles. Every opponent knows they have time on the ball if faced by jenas. The way he plays hinders the efforts of the rest of the team. The team look wary of carrying him. His approach play is rarely incisive. Basically he isn't good enough. If you want effort and hudd isn't available play ohara. He makes less mistakes than jenas and does a real job for the team and doesn't go missing.
I just knew this one would split fans!
Interesting that some people ignored the section where I said that I don't particularly like him as a player and chose to assume that I really rate the guy and want him in the team week in, week out – I don't. However, until we get someone better in, he is an important member of the squad.
No he has a negative effect. Trust me. When he's on we play a different game.
I don't hate the boy but I do worry when he is in the starting line up as his poor passing often puts us on the back foot. Yes he does have the odd sublime moment but for the most part those moments a few and I would sooner have Thudd in the middle with his decisive passing than an honest lad who runs around a lot with little end product. For the record Modders has been poor as an earlier post mentions and I hope that Harry will pick players on form and not just reputation because Modders could well have been subbed 1st half on that performance!
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Great blog. I think some fans (generally those with an IQ below 100, it seems) have to endlessly criticise one player. Maybe it makes them feel better about their own miserable lives? As soon as Jenas and Keane go, they will focus on Crouch and if he moves, someone else. And so it continues. Jenas didn't give away or miss a penalty yesterday. He played better than Kranjcar and Modric who were appalling. But, of course, it was all Jenas' fault…
He is poor..One of the reasons I hate watching spurs when he plays cause I turn into a demon and scream endlessly at the TV about his general play. Last night no different. But he still however has my full support when he plays. I just wish he was not picked that often
Shrewd move Windy,if there's one way to get your response count up its to write about my 'love child'JJ (Its along story. Just ask TMWNN)
He played poorly yesterday and had to have Palacios brought on as reinforcement.
He did a couple of his meandering runs which petered out and should have scored. He tried to give them a goal with a poor back-pass and was partly resonsible for the first goal.
Apart from that he played quite well when we were attacking. But he didn't give Modric, who likes players to play off him, enough help.
However people have been presently surprised by his performances this season when he has come on as a sub.
Comments ranging from 'not absolutely shit today' to 'didn't play too bad'
He is mainly despised because he is not someone else, Gerrard for example but once you get over that he is not a bad player.He works hard and does a lot of the fetching and carrying and like Modric gets through a lot of the dirty work in midfield. Modric of is cleverer and has more awareness.
He has been a regular member of an improving squad and can offer us something even though he is not first choice.He is reliable, obviously trains well and can play to instructions. He always plays well against the Arsenal and the 3rd goal in the 4-4 last season was JJ at his best and the goal of the season.
What a stupid post! Jenas is a joke of a footballer, he cant do anything right, is a pushover and just so fricking annoying to watch, its beyond me why he wasnt sold years ago, let alone why we bought him in the first place!
The real reason Spurs fans don't like jenas is a very simple one. He is a loser. I mean that the sense that he isn't a guy you'd want to rely on in a battle – he has no heart, he hides when the going gets tough.
Its a little unfair to cite individual examples, but here are a couple of favourites – penalty against PSV, looks great against Derby (H) and Wigan (H), then goes missing in big games, he was actually going to get himself sent off in the famous 4-4 game at Arsenal (people tend to forget that) before things turned our way at the end.
He has ONLY one strength – he can run very fast with the ball on a breakaway, but this strength is seldom used. It seems cruel, but I would rather play with 10 men – someone earlier said modric was poor v Leeds when in fact he was our best player – now there's a guy with heart. Bring back Perryman and Roberts!
tmwnn which of our playes have had a better scoring record from midfield than that not hudd, modric , palacios or before them zakora or anyone else you care to mention. I too have never undertood the reason why he gets so much stick. he has been without question our best central midfielder since we got him. not just that but he always does it against the scum (why does he get no love for this?).
I like hudd but he has had a long run in the team this season and he has not stepped up. I f you are at the games you will surely admit he misplaces an awful lot of passes(short and long) and that is hard to accept considering what you lose with him in the team.
is he disliked cos he is too pretty and makes some of you feel a bit funny in your pants
Yes we all secretly want to look like the gormless muppet and dream about him misplacing another pass to us in the crowd
jenas, i`m afraid, is rubbish……..but don`t blame him……blame harry.
An example of the anti Jenas bias was at Anfield 2 years ago ( I think )- Jenas ran the length of the pitch through the whole Liverpool team and then fluffed a goal with only the goalkeeper to beat.They counter attacked and scored and I think they won the match.Jenas was crucified for not scoring.Yesterday, Bale naively gave the ball away in the Leeds penalty area – Leeds counter attacked and got the penalty and equalized.Yet we hear nothing against Bale…OK he had a good game as an attacker on the left flank ( would like to see him and Lennon play as opposite wingers… ) but I don't rate him as a defender – think back to the Arse game for another example… A Jenas with more bite would be welcome but I think we're much better going forward when he's playing, he generally completes his passes without being spectacular (Thudd often overshoots his passes + remember him looking on when Fabregas started off his run from the half way line… but he seems to have dropped off the ranters list…).
There are certainly better central midfielders than Jenas around but they will cost and failing surprises I don't see one coming in the next week – so I prefer to support a decent player who needs to be coaxed on to produce more.If you want to target a player for poor form or attitude try Bentley… then again he doesn't even make the team anymore!
To be frank, the only useful part of his game is running with the ball through on goal, like yesterday 2 years ago he fluffs it. Defensively he not there, running like a whippet but not after anything particular, positionally not there, tackles as badly as Anderton. The thing that alot of people see is that excudes a negative body language always. The guy is an all-arounder equally average in parts of his game. At least with Wilson and O'Hara there give a drive and when they have come on as subs we have scored on more than one ocassion.
There is talent there but no application.
Useful squad player and shouldn't be sold.
I think the majority have missed the point of my blog, which was to highlight that he is not judged fairly. Instead, I'm left with endless "he's crap" style comments – *sigh*.
I think people also forget the very successful midfield partnership that Jenas and Palacios had for the last 4 months of last season – it was as successful as Palacios and Huddlestone has been this year.
When asked to stick to a limited task – i.e. close players, intercept, and then give the ball to our better players, I think he does a decent enough job.
That's what we've all been waiting for! Great potsing!
Windy you have a point and Keane is starting to get it too. But when you see the same thing happen time and time again you get bored of it, you stick to your guns and your opinion. I reject the thought that we have no other option to play and support him. We have huddlestone, o'hara and bostock – two of which can certainly add more to the team. Fans get few ways to let there displeasure known and often to the detrement of that game they want to be heard. Its better than it used to be I rememember fights breaking out between our own supporters against Derby when we were winning 3-0 with the man in the rain-coat in charge.
We have always had divided support over certain players, these conversations were happening in the 60's. One way of thinking about it that you know those people you meet you don't click with and nonone else does, but you cannot explain it well that person is Jenas. I just don't like him as a player and whatever.
Anon 12:29
Zokora was moved on, Palacios is a defensive midfielder, Modric can actually use the ball and Huddlestone has time on his side (I believe he'll never make it at the top though).
What exactly does Jenas do? 5 seasons! Quite literally, he's going backwards at a time when he should be peaking. He's been cheating every fan that pays good money to watch Spurs for 5 years. Enough is enough
Whoever said Jenas is a loser is spot on. Get him out and bring in a winner.
JimmyG2 – bugger off back to your own site 😉
Jenas is simply not good enough in so may ways such as his passing and tackling and attacking flair I despair every time I see him on the team sheet for Spurs please someone make an offer and put him where he belongs ie a lower league
No brainer !!! Plays for himself ! tried liking the fellah for 4 seasons…getting worse each year, time to offload him !!! Bye bye Jenas !!!!
Yesterday's game showed everyone what is wrong with Jenas' game. Quite simply he was shocking, but no doubt with the volume of backwards and sideways passes his stats will look nice. For all those defending Jenas through stats I'd like to point out they don't win games! There were so many instances in the Leeds game to focus on, but I'd rather do a comparison. Jenas time and again received the ball with the goal to his back and passed backwards. Modric when he receives the ball to his back shifts the ball turns and attacks the goal. Jenas can be a nice lad, have a great engine and complete a large number of passes, but none of these are contributing to Spurs controlling or winning games. He clearly can't do better, but we can.
You have to wonder if those that argue Jenas' case actually watch the games and/or want Tottenham to succeed.
I take no joy in being proven right season after tragic season where Jenas is concerned.
I'm surprised people are still prepared to differ. Seems like a futile activity – whatever floats your boat I suppose.
its a no brainer
the guy is just a awful awful player and anyone that cannot see this fact has no idea what football is about
i pray for the day he leaves the club because he simply is useless
i would rather play with 10 men , yesterday against a div 1 leeds team he looked out of his depth
jj – jog on son
Jenas proved yesterday that we need another midfield player in the mold of Palacios Thats why Palacios was brought on
Too many players like Jenas Hutton and Daws think its ok to hoof the ball or misspass the ball and lose it to the opposition when Palacios came on Jenas began to shield the ball more as Palacios does, we lose possession too often
I personally think that to push on we need a better option than jenas but he is still a usefull player. Redknapp, bobby robson, jol, capello, ramos, erikson, mclaren, mourinho and Stuart pierce all rate/ratedhim and I would hold their footy knowledge up against the peeps posting on here. Chris.
Agree, but what did they all see we don't? Something in the showers?
Erikson (sacked), McClown (sacked), Pierce (sacked), Ramos (sacked), Jol (sacked) – all either couldn't cut it in the PL or for England. That leaves Robson (sacked, but RIP) at the barcodes where not one fan was upset to see him (JJ) go; Capello, who only calls him up to make up the numbers (no way he'll go to SA); Mourinho, just rumours that he's interested (he once said he'd pick Jenas for his fantasy team due to the amount of sideways and backward passes he completes. Every knob head now believes Jose wants JJ) and Redknapp who has dropped him from the usual starting 11.
Look at the game through your own eyes ffs!
My point was that they are all people that make a proffesion out of football so would be better placed to make a decent assessment of a proffesional footballer. We are all entitled to an opinion but I'd rather put my life savings in the hands of a qualified accountant than someone who Just reads the financial times.
Mate the suprise is they rate him, if it was Defoe we wouldn't be talking about it
His character and background aren't this issue – it's his performance. When at Newcastle he was hailed as the next big thing and a future England cert. He wanted to leave for a bigger club because the decline at Newcastle had started, but significantly the likes of Wenger, Ferguson and Mourinho held off and in the end he came to us. Since then he's gone backwards and now you could list plenty of premiership midfielders ahead of him, including some much younger. If he'd improved as originally expected then he'd be at the level of Gerrard, Fabregas or Lampard by now but it just hasn't happened.
I agreed with you until quite recently, but he does not put a shift in defensively really (well, he puts in the effort but not the quality) and his passing has got progressively worse, his attacking runs come to nothing and, as you pointed out, he takes…too….long to get rid of the ball, slowing down the quick passing which has served us so well this season. Hudd every single time for me. I agree that I have no idea why he is hated tho, hes just a frustrating player who I feel isnt good enough to be in the team, nothing against him apart from that…always remember his goals against arsenal over the years. On his day (1 in 7or8) he is class, but his average game is poor and with modric cutting in I don't think hes the type of player we want in CM.
Another Jenas arse licker….you obviously dont know sqwat about football mate. A blind man can see he is crap! Go write a knitting blog you plonker!
Having Jenas alongside Modric is a luxury and something that shouldn't be experimented with again. He has bounds of energy but doesn't seem to see beyond receiving the ball. Players in his role must be willing to tackle and track back. We were found wanting with Modric and Jenas in the centre and only improved once Palacios came on. If Modric is as 'Arry states our only 'worldclass' player then why does he move him around to accommodate others? Palacios should've come on but it should've been for Jenas and not Rose. Jenas' errant back pass in the first few minutes of the second half nearly cost us dearly. He said mistake cost us a goal. Instead of just booting the ball away he allowed it to bounce and then waited for Gomes to claim the ball instead of putting his boot in. I know it is easy to blame one player, but we lose creativity with him in the centre. In a defined role he is great, that is why I have always said that in the absence of Lennon we should play Jenas there. Given a defined role he excels. Yet from Jol to Ramos and now Redknapp he somehow gets matches in the middle. He has had the so called ability for many seasons now and never delivers. Malbranque scored more goals than Jenas and that is sad. Even his assist ratio is poor. If Modric plays in the middle it should be alongside Palacios. Jenas is best suited for a club like Chelsea where they play with three midfielders in the middle and a holding player. The horrible part is I remember Zokora used to get slated for his gut bursting runs that came to nothing, yet Jenas does the same. The only difference is Jenas occasionally scored and Zokora never did. By all means he isn't a bad player but for the style and formation we play he just doesn't fit and doesn't seem willing to put the effort in week-in-week-out. At least Huddlestone knows his limitations and has drastically improved what he is good at. Jenas would rather run with the ball and try and take people on instead of looking for an outlet or hit a player who is isolated one on one or open. Hopefully Mourinho is sincere with his admiration of JJ and takes him to Milan.
needs to go no good got out played by leeds midfielders should he move on most definately prey mourinho buys him he a waste of space cant see any footballing talent in him weak cant pass bad ball control he should of been a short distance athlete ok over 100m but no stamina or bottle
and if anyone thinks he can play football hasnt got a clue about the game get rid harry please
If we want to get into the top four then quite simply Jenas is not intelligent enough
Yes he runs around
Yes he passes sideways or backwards
Yes he occasionally shoots and misses
But no he cannot read a game
No cannot inspire others
Just compare him with Fabregas
He is out of his depth
Definitely, DEFINITELY, must go- I think those who want him are doing it on past glory. His passing is atrocious- the fact we have Palacios means he can go, and an upgrade of a mid-fielder should come in.
There is no more player infuriating than Jenas- he should have progressed way better by now. Perhaps he has suffered with the too many coaches at spurs and his natural game not come on but its clearly in Spurs Team- he doesn't fit.
I use to be pro Jenas. Then nuetral. Now I reckon there is no place for him. I don't hate him. I don't know what he is like as a person. as a footballer at the top level, he does not cut it. The last 2 games confirmed it. The man has not improved at all. Against Leeds and Liverpool, when he had to put in a fight at the heart of the midfield, he went missing. The amount of times he gets the ball, stops, turns back and then passes sideways is amazing. He regularly misplaces passes. His awareness is poor. Against Leeds, he made bad back pass which almost led to a goal. And then he totally messed up for the first Leeds goal. What is ultimately the most sad it that he has so much potential. But I might be saying that when he is 40. It really is time for Jenas to move on.
Apart from the useless Jenas
we are further hampered by the two Ks
King and Keane,they seem to get in the side
because they used to be good.
Keane is rubbish to slow to scratch himself
and King is now a waste of time.
He declares he feels fit enough to play
Rednapp selects him and after about 60 mins
he breaks down and we have to use a sub.
Stop selecting on sentiment and give fitter
faster younger players a game and we might
get somewhere.
Excellent acticle Windy i couldn't agree more. can't understand why he loved to be hated so much. we still like players like hutton who deliver a lot less for the team and players like Gio who never play but are good on football manager.
we (spurs fans) are a werid bunch
Jenas was awful against Madrid tonight. Did absolutely nothing. Awful player
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In what is a new low even for Jon Gosselin's standards, comes news that he is set to appear on a panel with fellow attention whore famous for nothing star, Levi Johnston.
The Jon & Kate Plus 8 dad, and Levi, 19, are set to appear together on a panel for the syndicated entertainment show The Insider. The above photo was taken as the two "accidentally" bumped into each other in NYC's Times Square Sunday night.
Kate Gosselin has slammed all of Jon's recent antics, recently saying, "Our goals just very much changed. Our visions changed. My goals didn't change as a mom. I just think somewhere along the line, his goals changed. They felt possibly detrimental to me, and possibly detrimental to me and the kids."
For those not familiar with Levi, he is the father of Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's grandchild. Sarah Palin has also slammed Levi recently, saying Levi has a "desperate need for attention" due to his recent decision to pose in Playgirl (his shoot takes place next week).
UsWeekly is also reporting that Levi will be filing for joint custody of his 10-month-old son with former fiancee Brisol Palin. Levi has claimed in the past that the Palin family has prevented him from being alone with son Tripp. "Not working. I'm done," he tells The Insider. "It's going to have to go to court. They just finally pushed me over the edge."
Sorry folks, but it's a slow news day. It's quite sad though that Jon has turned himself into a laughing stock. He seems to keep hitting new lows each day.


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Smith (How the Great Pyramid Was Built) has collected compelling survival memories by both civilian and military WWII prisoners. After tape-recording their accounts, he sought a deeper understanding, and visited the sites of their harrowing imprisonment to answer the question, "Would I be a survivor?" He visited camps, battlegrounds, and war memorials, and he went to Guam, Japan, and the Philippines to retrace routes taken by prisoners. European expatriates Simon and Lydia Peters, civilian noncombatants in the Philippines, fled the Japanese and spent the war surviving in the jungle. Californian Mitzi Takahashi, who viewed herself as "an ordinary American girl," was forced to join 100,000 other West Coast Japanese at an internment camp. Marine Garth Dunn recalls the brutality of guards in Japanese prison camps. Smith recorded "horrors beyond imagining—starvation, harassment, threats, humiliation, beatings, torture," but his subjects also spoke of human kindness, sacrifice and friends taking great risks. These powerful and poignant interviews have been skillfully edited chronologically to present lives before, during, and after the war. 15 b&w photos, 4 maps. (May)
A retired engineer who has taken up writing delivers fascinating accounts of six Japanese and Americans who passed the war in enemy hands.
Smith (Lightning: Fire From the Sky, 2008, etc.) delivers first-person stories of a GI who endured more than three terrible years as a POW in Japan and a Japanese soldier who spent a more comfortable time in the United States but felt guilty about surrendering. Casting his net widely, the author describes an Russian mining engineer and his wife, hiding and starving in the occupied Philippines, a Japanese soldier who escaped to the jungle after the U.S. reconquered Guam in 1944, emerging only in 1960, and a young Nisei woman, born and raised in Los Angeles, caught up in the shameful American internment of Japanese Americans after 1941. Smith pulls no punches portraying the cruelty of the Japanese to those under their power, but, like many amateur historians and not a few professionals, he justifies this as a consequence of the samurai Bushido tradition, which teaches that warriors fight to the death and that those who surrender are beneath contempt. In fact, traditional Bushido does not excuse brutality or require warriors to die except to preserve honor. The Japanese did not abuse prisoners from the Russo-Japanese war and World War I. Their suicidal behavior and inhumanity during World War II sprang from a new policy by 1920s military leaders who believed it would toughen Japanese soldiers, enabling them to overcome less-determined but technically advanced Western armies.
Readers can take comfort knowing that all six subjects survived, perhaps the only good news in these gripping though mostly painful stories about one of the many grim aspects of WWII. PUB DATE May 2012
Counting the Days tracks six prisoners during the Pacific War. Craig Smith has conducted in-depth research and interviews to bring to life their suffering, courage and eventual triumph, creating a compelling portrait of war's extremes and how these individuals struggled through the darkness to survive.
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Craig B. Smith takes the reader behind the barbed wire and into the jungle to expertly chronicle the resourcefulness and the resiliency of the human spirit through a variety of unique vantage points. As a result, Counting the Days thoroughly captures the complete essence of the POW/internee experience during the Pacific war.
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I have, for example, file 1.p with enconding "KOI8-R". And I have file 2.txt with encoding "Windows 1251".
Is it a way to set for extension ".p" always open with encoding "KOI8-R", and for extension "txt" with "Windows 1251".
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It's not built in, but you can write a simple plugin to do it. I would recommend taking a look at the ApplySyntax plugin as a guide. It does something very similar to what you want. It applies a particular syntax based on a variety of recognition methods. Rather than calling the "set_syntax_file" method, you would want to call the "set_encoding" method.
Hope that helps.
At a guess, here's what you'd need to do:
You''ll need to make a copy of the "Plain Text" syntax type first. You can then make settings for your new syntax type with custom default character encoding, and assign certain file extensions to be opened with the new syntax type...
In your sublime profile folder (say c:\users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 2\Packages) make a copy of the "Text" folder (this is the folder for "Plain Text" syntax type) and rename the folder copy to (say) "P Text".
Next open up a .p file and click bottom right to change syntax (where it says "Plain Text"). The big pop-up menu, choose "open all with current extension as...", and choose your new syntax type "P Text"
Finally, with a .p file open (and syntax as "P Text"), choose menu "Prefs..Settings more..Syntax specific".
Add the following lines to the empty syntax file and save it:
"default_encoding": "Cyrillic (KOI8-R)"
Give it a try and post back if it works!
Thank qgates very much! It really works!!!
Tnx for great solution, but i need to speak some words.In my case, it works only with code:
"fallback_encoding": "Cyrillic (Windows 866)"
in syntax-specific file, i mean...


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SEATTLE -- What was billed as a "Girls Night Out" promotion Friday at Safeco Field should more appropriately have been labeled "Singles Night" after the Royals dinked and dunked their way to a 6-1 victory over the Mariners.
The Royals had 16 hits, all singles, including 14 off Mariners starter Brandon Maurer in a game where the young right-hander didn't walk a batter or record a strikeout over 7 1/3 innings.View Full Game Coverage
SEATTLE -- What was billed as a "Girls Night Out" promotion Friday at Safeco Field should more appropriately have been labeled "Singles Night" after the Royals dinked and dunked their way to a 6-1 victory over the Mariners.
The Royals had 16 hits, all singles, including 14 off Mariners starter Brandon Maurer in a game where the young right-hander didn't walk a batter or record a strikeout over 7 1/3 innings.View Full Game Coverage
"It was one of those nights," said Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon. "I didn't look up to see if it was a full moon or not, but it was weird."
How weird? Crazy enough that the 23-year-old Maurer came away feeling he'd actually thrown pretty well despite finishing just one shy of the club record for most hits allowed in a game by a pitcher, set by Greg Hibbard in 1994.
Maurer said he was trying to pitch to contact more after failing to go beyond five innings in his first three starts of the year. He succeeded in that regard -- and mitigated the damage with three double-play grounders in the first four frames -- but didn't get a lot of help from his defense in one of Seattle's few poorly played games over the past two weeks.
"It's not like I went out and gave up 10 hard-hit balls and the rest found holes," Maurer said. "Most of them were either bleeders or just hit perfect in the right spot. So I can definitely build off that and make the same pitches next time."
His manager was in full agreement after Maurer went a season-best 7 1/3 innings on 97 pitches.
"I thought Maurer threw the ball exceptionally well. He gave up two hard hits," McClendon said. "The first at-bat of the game and I think [Billy] Butler hit a line drive to left [in the sixth]. Other than that I thought he threw exceptionally well. But you have to give them credit. They were persistent. They put the bat on the ball and they found some holes. But I was pleased with his outing, pleased with the way he went about it."
Maurer is now 1-1 with a 6.20 ERA in four starts after missing most of the spring with back problems. Two of his runs were unearned after shortstop Brad Miller threw away a potential double-play ball in the fourth and third baseman Willie Bloomquist had a bad throw on a first-inning grounder that got one out, but wasted another double-play opportunity that wound up costing a run.
"Maurer didn't throw the ball bad. I actually thought he threw really well," said Bloomquist, who filled in at third for Kyle Seager, who had flu-like symptoms. "They just had a lot of hits off the label and off the end that kind of fell in and found holes.
"Defensively we didn't pick him up very well either. He threw the ball just fine. As an offense and defense we've got to do a better job. At the end of the day, he threw well enough to keep us in the game and we have to do our part, too."
That part certainly didn't come on the offensive side, where Jason Vargas held his former Mariners squad to three hits with no walks and six strikeouts over seven scoreless innings as he improved to 3-1 with a 3.04 ERA for his new Royals squad.
Seattle finally scored an unearned run on a double by rookie James Jones and a throwing error on Royals right fielder Nori Aoki in the eighth after Vargas was replaced by Aaron Crow.
"He changed speeds and threw strikes," said Bloomquist. "That's a recipe for good things to happen, for them. We have to do a better job of swinging the bats, but he mixed it up and threw strikes. I saw a couple changeups and they were Jamie Moyer-like where they were coming out of the back of his hand and really falling off pretty good. He threw the ball well."
The Mariners are still 11-4 since ending an eight-game losing streak on April 23, putting their record at 18-17. But they've combined for just 10 hits and two runs (one earned) over their last three games, including two hits in a 1-0 win over the Royals in the series opener Thursday.
"We have to clean it up," Bloomquist said. "If we're going to be a winning team, we have to play better than that."
Vargas pitched four seasons for the Mariners from 2009-12 and is now 23-21 with a 3.27 ERA in 62 career outings at Safeco Field. He said he felt comfortable at his old park, but he's been good everywhere this year and has a 1.67 ERA in four road starts for the Royals.
"I don't know if it made a difference in the outcome or the way the game went," Vargas said of his Safeco familiarity. "I felt good about the warmup pregame and the ability to stay down. And when I'm able to do that, it keeps the fly balls from going deeper than they should and it definitely helps as the game goes on."
The veteran lefty is now 3-1 with a 1.59 ERA in four starts against Seattle, including three last year with the Angels.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog.


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Stephen Sondheim, the gifted Broadway musician/lyricist, created the musical "Sunday in the Park With George" based on the book by James Lapine. The musical was inspired by the painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by George Seurat.
The musical play is developed around Seurat's efforts to create his masterwork and the people who are in that picture.
What I find so compelling is the concept for the play itself. One line, in particular, stands out: "White … a blank page or canvas … so many possibilities."
Seurat was born on Dec. 2, 1859, and died in March 1891. He is known for developing a technique in painting known as pointillism.
The pointillist (to the best of my understanding) uses small dots of pure color that are applied in "patterns to form an image."
History has been called an enormous jigsaw puzzle with a lot of missing parts. Historians are judged by their use of available evidence. In the re-creation of history, the small details of life, much the same as Seurat's dots, are revealed and, although mostly unrelated, are embraced in a view of the whole.
I recently came across a German phrase "wie es eigenttich gewesen," meaning "to show how it really was." I believe the appropriate term is historical sensibility — "enabling one to understand — for those people at that time, what it was all about."
For Brian Crozier (1918-2012), former columnist for The Economist and National Review, the experience embodied in events is just as important as their causes.
Crozier sees history as an act (a story), and the challenge is how to tell that story. He isolates at least two approaches to history: 1) a way to define ourselves and our values as a society (cultural pursuit); 2) a creative dialogue between the past and the present — not only to see cause and effect in past events, but also meanings enacted in these events. An enhanced perspective of age combined with historic distance enable us to reconstruct the past.
For Crozier, the historian must both enact the past and interpret it.
To re-create a period in history so actors, for example, can perform truthfully in an accurate context is extremely challenging. The art and set director, the costumer, lighting and sound designers, and those responsible for hand and stage properties are all focused on this re-creation.
Finally, and this is where I feel strongly — "A good museum exhibition will communicate, not only an interpretation of past events, but also an enactment of past experience — thus stimulating the creative imagination." An old stove from the 1930s, according to Crozier, might reveal little about the Great Depression, but it could tell us a great deal about the person who owned it. The stove becomes a link between the now and then. It has cultural meaning.
This weekend, we celebrate the anniversary of the establishment of Henderson County. Back in 1838, we became a county — named for Leonard Henderson, a N.C. Supreme Court judge from the eastern part of the state. Dec. 15 was the date.
It was what we might say a trade-off. We wanted a county, and the state wanted an appropriate way to honor the popular judge. History reveals that Judge Henderson never set foot in this county.
The governmental structure was established on Dec. 28 — but it would be two years later (January 1841) before the county seat was firmly established by referendum. The river/road controversy (over where to place the county seat) ended, but not without hard feelings.
The director must approach the production of a play by embracing it on its terms — allowing the work to speak to him and to encourage him to meet the demands of time and place. This is the same for the historian.
As audience, we must learn to read the experience enacted in the event and respond with historical sensibility, our capacity to imagine in historical terms.
"White … a blank page or canvas … so many possibilities" — a convenient place to begin the history of Henderson County.
For one who has dabbled in theater over the years, I see this as metaphor for play and for life.
So many possibilities
Stephen Sondheim, the gifted Broadway musician/lyricist, created the musical "Sunday in the Park With George" based on the book by James Lapine. The musical was inspired by the painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by George Seurat.


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Steven Sinofsky's post on the matter is filled with PR speak (obviously), but the general gist mirrors that of what I wrote a few weeks ago: Microsoft doesn't want a barrier sitting between the tablet and laptops/desktops. In fact, it wants the tablet to be both. Like I said in those articles - why can't I take my current tablet, connect a mouse, keyboard, and secondary display to it, and use it to edit documents in a useful way (instead of the My First Document Editing we have on tablets today)? This is what Microsoft wants to do.
"In this light, the role of the Windows desktop is clear," Sinofsky writes, "It powers the hundreds of thousands of existing apps that people rely on today, a vast array of business software, and provides a level of precision and control that is essential for certain tasks. The things that people do today on PCs don't suddenly go away just because there are new Metro style apps. The mechanisms that people rely on today (mice, physical keyboards, trackpads) don't suddenly become less useful or 'bad' just because touch is also provided as a first-class option. These tools are quite often the most ergonomic, fast, and powerful ways of getting many things done."
So, that's why Microsoft opted not to throw the baby out with the bathwater, and not provide at least the option of running all your existing Windows software on a familiar desktop, using familiar input devices. So, even though you're running the fancy new Metro interface, the 'classic' interface is still in there.
This, of course, raised some questions back when Windows 8's new interface was first demonstrated during the D conference earlier this year. Is the classic interface running in the background, soaking up resources and battery life? Is Metro just a shell program, loaded side-by-side? Can I remove this classic interface altogether? Can I stop it from running? And so on. In another article, I predicted the following about this very subject (emphasis added):
In the comments to that same article, many people were skeptical - and considering Microsoft's track record, said skepticism certainly wasn't unwarranted. In his post, though, Sinofsky pretty much confirmed I was right all along - the classic shell is a separate program, and none of it is loaded if you don't want to. And as far as I'm concerned - this probably means enterprising hackers can remove it, too.
"You get a beautiful, fast and fluid, Metro style interface and a huge variety of new apps to use. These applications have new attributes (a platform) that go well beyond the graphical styling (much to come on this at Build). As we showed, you get an amazing touch experience, and also one that works with mouse, trackpad, and keyboard," Sinofsky details, "And if you want to stay permanently immersed in that Metro world, you will never see the desktop - we won't even load it (literally the code will not be loaded) unless you explicitly choose to go there!"
He adds: "Essentially, you can think of the Windows desktop as just another app."
While this is all very nice, a few questions still remain. I think Metro looks drop-dead gorgeous, but I don't think I want it on my desktop. So, can this work the other way around, too? Only have the classic interface, while Metro doesn't load at all? Can we completely remove either of the two? Can we set one or the other as default?
I guess we'll have to wait for more posts on the Windows 8 blog, or until we hit the Build conference in September. In any case, I'm very excited about how the changing industry is forcing Microsoft to radically overhaul Windows - only time will tell if it's a positive overhaul.


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