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Director's Commentary On Chapter Four: The Economic Realignment: Racing To The Bottom Of The Pyramid
There was no question in my mind that the realignment chapters would start with economics. This goes back with me all the way to the original Brief (looking at alternative global futures in the 1995-96 timeframe) where I did the six-lenses (econ, pol, tech, soc, enviro, sec). You always start with the economics when you're a determinist like me (the one part of Marx I still like).
The title is clearly a take on C.K. Prahalad's very cool book, The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid. He and I gave dueling briefs at a Highlands Forum (special floating think tank community that convenes several times a year to look at issues for a senior defense office) that wanted to examine the SysAdmin concept (back when DoD 3000 was taking shape and new hires to that policy office were given PNM as source reading). C.K. and I bonded immediately. He told me that PNM was the pol-mil book he would have written if he had gone in the field, and I basically told him the same about his book and development economics, so we were like blood brothers on the spot. I felt the same way when I finally met Martin Wolf in Australia at the regional Davos meet. It's just that cool clicking together that some people get to enjoy. Plus, both C.K. and Martin are just such cool, fun, friendly guys that it's just neat to hang around them for a bit and be able to say you know them.
Clearly, C.K.'s book makes the counter-intuitive--a la DeSoto--argument that there's far more wealth down there at the bottom of the pyramid than we give it credit for. What I wanted to do here was combine the negative notion of "racing to the bottom" with his fortune found there at the "bottom of the pyramid," so the mesh became "racing to the bottom of the pyramid."
I wanted that focus because I wanted the chapter to highlight the emergence of a global middle class--a big sub-theme of the book. Yes, there was the temptation to recast everything in light of the financial crisis, but since I had written a column on the crisis way back in August 2007 and then again in Feb 2008, I felt like my take on America as "insolvent Leviathan" (subheader from the diplomatic realignment chapter) was already woven into the book's logic. Plus, I didn't want the book to seem too "now" focused--as in, on the crisis right now, because that's so non-strategic and there's nothing that embarrasses me more than dated material when you look at the book 2-3 years hence.
No, I was certain even after the Oct 08 collapse that I wanted the long-term focus of this chapter to remain on the emerging global middle class--this century's most powerful economic "great power."
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The "demand center" concept was something I learned from the guys at Cantor Fitzgerald. They really did start me down the path of recognizing that demand equals power in globalization far more than supply, because without demand, there is no market. Analogizing demand centers to the Boomer generation is easy. Everyone has witnessed that in terms of consumer fads.
The funky countries-as-states map of the U.S. that I blogged long ago is used here as the introductory concept for the chapter. I have a cool slide on that now in the brief, where I note that the populations of all those countries collectively surpass 2 billion, while these United States make all that GDP happen on a base of only 300m--almost one-seventh. The point is, we had to develop a lot of rules to make all that transaction stuff happen.
Another mini-thesis expression in the book: globalization integrates trade by disintegrating production chains. It happened in America in the latter half of the 19th century when we left the "olive tree" and moved into "Lexus"-land. Now it happens globally as our American System-cum-globalization reaches its worldwide apogee.
Here I do an intro of the 7-stage model around which I organize the realignment chapters. I did this up as a brief for one and only one time: Pop!Tech 2007 in Maine, in a special side talk that took place at a hotel.
The seven-stage model begins with the undeniable strategic trajectory that the world was on until America's global system was perturbed, resulting in the new rules that emerge and the resulting "new normal." Meanwhile, the global accelerant . . . only picks up speed, causing a divergence between our path and the world's, necessitating our inescapable realignment in the direction of the better normal America must seek.
This model began as part of my generic thinking on any crisis, and was applied first in my work on Y2K and then 9/11 with Art Cebrowski. I distinctly remember the first time I ran Art through the model at the Office of Force Transformation offices in Rosslyn. The slide above is basically the same one I showed Art, with a few minor changes.
The tagline here was inspired by that old knight at the end of the third Indiana Jones movie who, when Indy asked about the dead guy in the corner, replied, "He chose unwisely." I always loved that line.
Anyone who's followed my work knows how impressed I am by Deng's legacy of world-changing decisions.
My comparison of Deng to Alexander Hamilton, linking his struggle with Chen Yun to Hamilton's struggle with Thomas Jefferson.
I repeat the 90/10 bit about Tiananmen from PNM. It just fit again.
Deng's "grand compromise" at the 14th Party Congress: see, China's got one too! Marti's book on Deng was invaluable in this analysis. Another Vonne find.
China's westward integration process today compared to America's in the 19th century
The "3 Billion" bit comes from Clyde Prestowitz, whose book I cite earlier in the text. I met him in Australia at the Davos regional meet too, and I found him a fairly prickly porcupine. Smart guy, but very sarcastic and cynical. I seemed like an innocent angel next to him on the two panels we shared.
Comparing the American and current globalization periods, a line I love is, "So many Deadwoods, so little time." I love that construction so much I am in danger of overusing it in the manner of an "X worth X-ing."
The hi-lo-no trust environments bit is found here. It generates a great slide in the brief, one that never fails to generate discussion and response.
I like the bit about China merely consolidating the assembling-point flow of East Asia's already big trade surplus with America.
Key factoid: Taiwan controls about 70% of China's exports in high-end electronics.
The "welcome to The Jungle" bit taps two sources: Upton Sinclair and Guns 'n Roses.
Some repurposing of the column on how China learns from product scandals.
Some inevitable stats on China's consumption of raw materials. I tried to avoid making any big data dumps in this book--too academic.
I like the China = Hamilton and India = Jefferson bit. Probably not original, although I don't remember ever reading it. Really a simple observation once you realize India's "village ideal" and China's not giving a rat's ass about their own in their rush to industrialization.
I used to have this very lengthy (as in, 25-slide) sequence of China's landmass (often split into various kingdoms) as it evolved over thousands of years of history (making 200-year leaps with each slide). I had it all timed and would just let it rip to show kids (I gave this brief to my kids' classes) how China had often come apart during peace and integrated only during war, but also that China never really conquered much of anything beyond its current borders throughout its entire history.
So yes, I am aware of China's long history, and yet, the people who agree most with my statement that China is only 30 years old (dating back to Deng's initiation of reforms in 1979) are Chinese academics (meaning academics in China)
I do the China "time machine" slide outlining a concept that's morphed over time for me from its first thumbnail sketch in BFA, then expanded on a slide I still use in the brief, then expanded further in a column I wrote, and now expanded even more in this rendition. Quite the polished stone.
Why repurpose here? I often ran into the question of whether I might take something from the non-widely-read BFA and expand here to make this book be all that it could be, and when I did, I usually chose to reuse and expand. Because good stuff bears repeating.
This section is based on the Baumol et al. book, Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, which I highly recommend. The first version of this section was pretty long, and I went whole-hog on the book and gave all sorts of additional reasoning and even a model of sorts regarding evolution of economies.
Then Mark cut the entire frickin' section in his first big edit. I was like, "Dude, we can't have a 6-part model in only this one chapter. I need something here!"
Well, by then I had done a dramatically slimmed down version as a nice column, and when presented with that, Mark's criticism melted away. In truth, I did go on way too much on the economic models here, so better to use this more polished, Reader's Digest version. Note that this section is probably the shortest section in any of the realignment chapters.
I do this section up now as a fairly simple slide, but have a very nifty, complex one in the works, one that I drew on the inside cover of the book as I read it. It may be a great slide or it may suffer the same drill-down feel that my first version of this section had. I will try it someday, though, when I find the time.
I thought the wordplay here was also neat in a financial sense (like defaulting on loans or debt), especially when linked to China.
I definitely get off on a rant against neo-Marxism here, but it truly represents my passionate rejection of that bullshit analysis. I got fed all manner of this junk in college in the early 1980s. It sucked then and it sucks now. And I especially like sticking it to this crowd during the current financial crisis, because it's one thing to be a fan of capitalism when it hums along and another thing to keep believing in it when it screws up royally. Yes, this ninnies have their moment now, but that's all it is.
This is the section where I deal most directly with the current financial crisis. As such, it was the section of the book most edited at the last minute. Still, other than a couple of paras inserted, I mostly added parenthetical statements to show awareness while not making it the basis of the chapter's argument, which--again--would have been too current event-ish for my taste as a grand strategist.
The bit about "You'll get your paycheck" comes from real experience as an entrepreneur alongside Steve DeAngelis at Enterra. We've never missed a payroll, no matter who had to pay up!
Long bit that repurposes some material from past columns on sovereign wealth funds and FDI in the Middle East
A favorite sentence: "Frankly, we all knew we were living beyond our collective means these past few years, and deep down, we were hoping somebody would apply some discipline to this unsustainable dynamic." I wrote that in February 2008. So when I get the "I told you so" emails from economic hysterics, I am not amused with this prescience in predicting the Oct 08 meltdown. I certainly was clued in. I just was ambivalent about the exact timing, as I don't think of grand strategy as futurism or pinpoint predictions.
The Washington Consensus as the logical code of a mature market economy, but the Beijing Consensus as the logical code of a rising one--including America from its birth until a decade or two into the 20th century!
Starts with the globalization-replication slide I still use in the brief.
The peace dividend/grand strategic argument that now serves as the opening section of my brief.
China gets old before it gets rich.
China foreign ministry story comes from a buddy of mine who was high up in State in the second Bush term.
Inevitable chunk on official developmental aid. Boring to some, but I felt like I needed a discussion somewhere on Collier, Sachs and Easterly, the holy trinity in the field right now.
Bit I've long done in the brief: plop a Western businessman in Africa and all he sees are bad conditions, but do the same with an Indian or Chinese and they see a landscape very familiar and thus very workable.
Could have done some bit here on a new global financial order, but I wanted to keep the book/chapter more focused on the Gap
Paul Collier's stuff really is brilliant. His Bottom Billion deserved every award it got.
Favorite bit extrapolated by me: only 1% of Core features landlocked, resource-deprived countries, but one-third of Africa suffers this postcolonial fate.
Easterly's stuff on squiggly lines is also brilliant. He and Collier are my two favorite economists.
Only second time in three books do I describe a slide so overtly. It is my favorite current slide, though.
Killer line for me: "... because everything I needed to know about globalization I learned in American history." I liked how that line appears here versus the history chapter.
I thought the three takeaways here were great: they just popped into my head as I sought to wrap up the section.
My ode to Prahalad.
Bit on Africa, leveraging the World Bank report. I wrote that in, and then later repurposed as tighter column. Mark cut the original out completely, but like before, I talked him into putting back at least the tighter, column version. So the columns saved two chunks of this chapter.
Spot the evolution of the message: "leave the place more connected than you found it" (PNM), "because jobs are the only exit strategy" (BFA), yielding chapter-ending line in GP that states, "If you really want to win this long war, then do whatever it takes to make globalization go faster."
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Laurens Alma Tadema — who after his settlement in England changed the spelling of his first Christian name and joined the second to his surname - was the son of Peter Tadema, a notary of Leeuwarden, and was born at the neighbouring village of Donryp on January 8 1836. His father died when the boy was but four years old, and he was brought up entirely by his mother, a woman of energy and courage, who made a brave struggle in the face of adverse circumstances. The history of his boyhood is that of many artists. He very early showed a talent for drawing and longed to be a painter; but his mother and his guardians wished him to follow his father's profession, the very idea of which he hated. There was something of a struggle, and the authorities did not yield until a nervous illness convinced them that the boy's obvious natural bent must be followed and that he must be allowed to become an artist. It is said that he was refused as a student by various Academies in Holland, but he was fortunate enough to find an opening, where, in the Academy of Art, he began his studies under Wappers , the leader of a kind of national reaction against the pseudo-classical ideals and methods adopted by the followers of J. L. David . Under this congenial teaching the hard-working youth of 20 made rapid progress; but it was nothing to the strides which he took under his next master, the celebrated Baron Leys , whose memory to the end of his life he always preserved with affection, and whose influence, as he at all times admitted was of immense value to his art.
Young Tadema assisted Leys in painting the frescos for the Antwerp Town Hall; he assimilated the master's method of method of using his colours he followed him in that precise attention to architectural and other detail which was the special mark of the school, and above all he was encouraged by Leys in that preference for antiquarian subjects which remained characteristic of him to the end. Leys was a Belgian patriot, deeply interested in the history of his country, especially during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and Tadema followed him in his first researches which were into the history of those semi-barbarous Germanic tribes which overran France and the Netherlands at the break up of the Roman Empire. The earliest of his pictures which remained famous are two illustrating this period, subjects of which may be derived from the pages of the old historian Gregory of Tours. The first (1858), was Clotilde at the tomb of her grandchildren, and the second was The education of the children of Clovis, which was exhibited at Antwerp in 1861, when the painter was 25; a brilliant work more or less in the manner of Leys, but promising by, it's animation and its great sense of individual character, an artistic eminence to which Leys never attained. These were the first of a series Merovingian pictures, the best of which was Fredegonde at the Death of Praetextatus, illustrating once again the young painter's power of selecting really picturesque from the old chronicles, and sharply defining the character of his personages, and of lavishing upon his work a wealth of costly and decorative detail. It is interesting, for example, to note that on the pavement in the Fredegonde, picture is a magnificent Roman mosaic, though the painter had not yet turned his special attention to the Roman splendours which he was destined to paint in hundreds of subsequent pictures.
For some ten years he was faithful to the Merovingians, but in 1863 having gone back many centuries for his inspiration, he produced the well-remembered picture Egyptians Three Thousand Years Ago. Egypt satisfied him for two or three years, and formed the subject of perhaps a dozen pictures: but about the year 1865 he turned definitely to Rome and to the Imperial civilisation which was to satisfy him for the rest of his life. Pictures like The Honeymoon, Lesbia, and, above all Tarquinius Superbus, were naturally greeted not only as marking a new stage in the young painter's career, but as revealing a talent even greater than that of Gerome himself for illustrating Roman life in a manner that pleased even scholars, and awoke something like enthusiasm in the cultivated public. A few sceptics may doubt whether the Romans and their surroundings were really like this, but at least the representations were immensely plausible, and there was no doubt about the impressiveness of young Tarquin, any more than there was about the beauty of the bed of poppies before which he stood. Henceforth Tadema had found his milieu, and he went on from strength to strength, sending forth from his easel every year some four or five pictures which charmed a rapidly-increasing public, and each one of which was, in what painters call quality, an improvement of the one before. Its enough to mention three painted towards the end of the sixties to show what pitch of excellence Tadema had arrived at before his 35th year. These are A Roman Amateur, (1868), The Convalescent, (1868), and The Phyrric Dance, (1869). Many people still remember the impression made when the last-named picture, the work of a foreign artist little known in England, was exhibited at the Royal Academy in the year of its production, and how everybody admired the spirit, the energy, the movement of those dancing warriors, with their raised shields, and the expressions of blasé indifference in the faces of the spectators. It was evident that a young painter who could do work like this was on the high road to a great position.
Obituary: Settlement in England
In that same year Tadema came to live in England. He originally came to England to consult the famous surgeon Sir Henry Thomson, who used his influence to persuade his patient and friend to remain here. Tadema had just lost his first wife, who had been a Mlle de Gressin de Bois Girard, and whom he had married six years before and taken to live in Brussels. It was after her death that he migrated to London with his two little daughters, the elder of whom is now well-known as a writer and the other as a painter who far too seldom exhibits water-colour drawings of rare quality. Two years later, having definitely made his home in England, Tadema married Miss Laura Epps , who subsequently became an artist of great distinction, and whose face, appearing in many of her husband's pictures, was well-known to thousands, while she herself, the most gracious of hostesses, was loved by innumerable friends. It was only three years ago that her death caused general mourning throughout this wide circle.
To dwell for a moment on their home life, we may here say that the Tademas lived first at Townshend House, facing the north side of Regent's Park, and that for several years this ordinary London dwelling-transformed by the artist's taste into a sort of miniature palace of the Imperial time was the centre of a delightful hospitality. Some years later a tragic event happened; a barge laden with gunpowder exploded on the Regent's Park Canal, and Townshend House was almost ruined. Tadema never cared to go back to it; but, nothing daunted, he took the French artist Tissot's much larger house in Grove End Road, and after two or three years prodigious labour, during which he spent a large part of the fortune which his paintings had by this time brought him, he transformed this also into one of the most wonderful abodes which any artist since Rubens has ever inhabited. An authorized account of this building stated long ago It is its creator's purpose that this residence shall be essentially a workers house. There are to be no superfluous rooms such as drawing rooms or fancy apartments. All there is to be of use. And so it was, since the main rooms were three studios; but assuredly never was use more carefully combined with beauty and with exquisite detail. More need not be said, since the many surviving friends who in happier days gathered in that studio to hear Joachim, or Sarasate or Paderewski, or some of the great singers of our time, and who in the intervals would stand to admire the master's easel to admire some half-finished picture, scarcely need to be reminded of the marvelous finish of the building.
In the winter of 1882, when Tadema was only 46, his pictures were already numerous enough to form an exhibition which filled the three rooms of The Grosvenor Gallery. He had followed from the early days the practice of the great musicians in numbering his works, and the latest of those exhibited at this time bore the mark Op 242. In the 30 busy years that followed that number must have more than doubled, so that the total if we remember that every one of these pictures, large or small, is a work carried to the highest point of finish of which the artist was capable is truly astonishing. Many portrait painters like Romney and Reynolds , have during a long career produced perhaps a couple of thousand portraits; but a portrait if one has the talent of a Romney, is a matter of three or four days work. The case is very different with a picture so elaborate in every detail as even the smallest detail of Tadema's performances; a picture in which an error of a quarter of an inch , not only in a face or a principle figure, but the humblest of accessories, may make all the difference. In point of fact Tadema combined with his other and greater gifts a patience, a conscientiousness, an accuracy of eye, and a facility of hand that were extraordinary and perhaps unique. The world has seen greater artists than he was, if we are to measure greatness by their success in interpreting the higher ideas of their time; but assuredly none even of Tadema's Dutch predecessors of the 17th century ever surpassed him in the gifts that we have mentioned, or ever painted 500 pictures with which, given the artistic assumptions on which they were based, so few faults could be found.
Those who have found his art unsatisfactory, as many have done, base their objections on another assumption, namely, that attempts to reconstruct a bygone society, bygone life, and bygone ideas, are foredoomed to failure, and that however perfectly Tadema may have painted A Roman Sculpture Gallery , or such marvels as the comparatively recent pictures as The Roses of Heliogabalus, and Geta and Caracella, the result is a mere archaeological exercise not worthy of the pains spent upon it. The answer is that Tadema could do those things, did them, and enjoyed doing them: that in their performance he achieved something that nobody else has achieved quite so perfectly; and that the painted result of his labours has for half a century given pleasure to an immense number of people of all countries who are neither stupid or uneducated. Moreover if the critics are bored by the number of these Greco-Roman illustrations, they must be reminded that it is only by working pretty assiduously within a limited field that anybody can arrive at perfection. One of the most astonishing things about Alma-Tadema's art is that the oftener he painted marble and roses the better he painted them. Or at least if he reached his highest point twenty years ago in the exquisite little picture called The Apodyterium, many of the later pictures, such as the two famous examples just mentioned, show no decline in the matter of detail. The very last thing to say of his work is that it is in any sense mechanical. We may almost indulge in a paradox, and say that though he always painted subjects that were more or less alike, he never quite repeated himself. Though no painting could be less like scene-painting than his, the stage was glad to make use of his knowledge. As early as 1880 he was at work on the production of Coriolanus which Sir Henry Irving only exhibited in 1901. For the Lyceum Theatre he designed also the production of Cymbeline in 1896, and his work has been seen at other London theatres.
Alma-Tadema became a naturalized Englishman soon after he took up residence in England. He was elected ARA in 1874, and RA in 1879, he was also a member of the Royal Watercolour Society, to whose exhibitions he contributed many exquisite drawings. He was knighted in 1899 and received the Order of Merit in 1905. He worked to the end with unflagging zeal; witness his important pictures in the present Academy Exhibition. He was of a genial and kindly nature, always ready to help the struggling and fallen, a hard worker on the Council of the Royal Academy, and on bodies like the Artists General Benevolent Institution. He was personally popular amongst his brethren at home and abroad, and his reception at the public dinner given during the Vandyek Exhibition in Antwerp in was a such as none of those who were present are likely to forget.
Comments on the Obituary (Vern Grosvenor Swanson)
his obituary confirms and clarifies many facts about Alma-Tadema, his character and career. He was extraordinarily ambitious, calculating, and focussed on achieving success. As a widower with two small children, he did not hesitate to leave his home country and move to England when he saw it to be in his interest to do so. The creation of his second home at Grove End Road was an expensive exercise in self-promotion a costly gamble which paid off handsomely. Alma-Tadema's musical at homes became a feature of the London social scene, with invitations eagerly sought after. The Prince of Wales attended these parties as did Lord Leighton . The performers included Joseph Joachim, widely held to be the greatest violinist in the world, in the second half of the nineteenth century. Sarasate another virtuoso violinist, and Ignace Paderwski the celebrated pianist who ultimately became President of Poland, and whose portrait Alma-Tadema painted. It is worth noting that the artist could have been one of the great portrait painters of his day had he so wished. What a showpiece these at homes were for new pictures, to the distinguished and wealthy guests.
Following the death of Alma-Tadema his beautiful home was destroyed without a second thought by ignorant greedy people, as the cultured establishment of the day sat by and allowed them to do it. What a tragedy and what an asset it would be today.
Alma-Tadema must have been a most likeable individual. He was well-known, and much loved for his boisterousness, and his sense of humour. His obvious ambition and drive had no effect on his personal popularity. With Millais he was one of the great painter-entrepreneurs of the second half of the nineteenth century.
Alma Tadema Contemporary Comment from Pall Mall Gazette Extra no 62: The Pictures of 1892 and the Men Who Paint Them.
Mr Tadema has three pictures in the Academy this year, and two in the New Gallery — "a fair division," as he smilingly remarked to a visitor who called at his studio. Two portraits and a picture are at Burlington House; one portrait and a picture at the New Gallery.
The Academy picture is called "A Kiss". It represents a marble terrace upon the shores of a lake, with steps that lead down to the water. Bathers are ascending and descending the steps, lounging on the terrace, and disporting themselves in the water. Prominent among them is a little girl standing with her mother on the terrace; and she it is who receives from one of the lady bathers the kiss which gives the work its title. "The picture was suggested to me by a view from Professor Ebers's house in the Tyrol;" and there, no doubt, the necessary studies for it were made. Mr Tadema's portrait of Mr Alfred Waterhouse RA, is at the Academy. The other Academy portrait represents the Archdeacon of Durham.
The little picture which Mr Tadema has sent to the New Gallery has been painted for Mr Tate, who, if we remember rightly, does not at present possess any example of this artist's work. It was suggested by some lines from Goethe's poems. A lover-presumably a Roman centurion-brings a bunch of flowers to his beloved. It is a warm summer afternoon, and, finding her fast asleep, he leaves the pink rosebuds in her lap, doubting not that the evening greeting will be all the sweeter for the present which he has so made. Portrait of Ignacy Jan Paderewski — "as he sat playing my piano" — with a striking background is also at the New Gallery.
A representative who visited Mr Tadema in his studio writes: "As we stood in a small gallery looking down upon a Pompeian bath-room, I asked him how it was that he had so mavelously caught the glitening aspect of white marble which is so striking a feature in his classic pictures and he replied "I was in Ghent in 1858, in a big marble room, and I was much struck by the transparency of marble. It fascinated me. And yet I always paint it from memory, never from the thing itself, otherwise I should give it too many veins."
Passing into the studio, I found myself in a large and lofty room with a high vaulted ceiling, around one side of which ran a gallery leading to a charming little room overlooking the palms and ferns in the glasshouse beneath, and which was exquisitely adorned with Mr Tadema's pictures. I asked him if he "read up his pictures". "No," replied he, "I have read up but little, but I have always been possessed of the beauty of antiquity. I have, of course, a certain amount of archeological knowledge, and I am very careful about details; where my success comes in most specaially is in my attempts to make the pictures living. I throw myself in to the past as far as I am able. That is where Rider Haggard has succeeded: he has feeling, although he may not be scientifically exact. No, I have never been in Egypt, and I dread to go there. I should only be able to see the Turks and the Arabs of today, and my soul would be swallowed up by them. And yet I should realize all the mystery and the beauty or its antiquity if I could find myself alone in the ruins of Carnac or of Thebes."
Our thanks go to Paul Ripley for kindly allowing us to quote these articles from his website, Victorian Art in Britain.


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|Pretty big.
|OK. What if I walked over here?
|Further than that.
|Hmm. I think I will walk to the park, that seems like a long way.
|I am pretty sure that park is not an infinite distance away.
|I should measure it with a ball of string, that way I will know when I can measure infinity again if I want.
|(gets string)
|You will need a lot of string. You should start saving up.
|OK, I am at the park. Hey, I can still see home from here. Are we at infinity yet?
|Not really.
|What if I walk to grandma's house? That is a long, long way. Mum said.
|I think you should ask your Mum to drive you there. You don't want to get lost.
|(car ride, runs out of string)
|Wow, I am glad I got Mum to drive me. I ran out of string. That means that Grandma's house is infinitely far from mine, right?
|Sorry, it just means you ran out of string.
|I am getting tired of this. How much further is infinity away?
|Funny thing is that it is still infinitely further away.
|I don't like this game, any more. I think you are changing the rules. How can infinity minus the distance I have already travelled still be infinity?
|I am not sure if it is the same infinity though. The thing about infinity is that it can have a start but it has no end.
|So, "Infinity" is not really a number. It is more of an idea?
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Football expert Rafa Honigstein believes Emre Can is really important for Liverpool under new manager Jurgen Klopp.
The 21-year-old German was signed last summer from Bayer Leverkusen for almost £10 million but failed to hold down a regular starting position under Brendan Rodgers during his reign.
Can has played in a variety of positions in his short Liverpool career so far, filling in at right-back, centre-back and centre-midfield.
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However, the former Leverkusen midfielder has played every minute of Klopp's four league matches in charge, showing the new manager's faith in him.
Vital player
Honigstein thinks Can is benefiting from playing under a fellow German and will become a vital player for the club.
"He's really important right now because he gets what Klopp wants," Honigstein told GiveMeSport.
"He played in systems that are quite similar, he understands the vocabulary, he understands the instructions and at times from what I've seen he almost acts as Klopp's liaison on the pitch. I think he's hugely influential at this point."
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It was Can who scored the first goal under the management of Klopp as he swept home his second Liverpool goal against Rubin Kazan two weeks ago.
His work-rate in midfield is something that fits perfectly into Klopp's philosophy and it seems the 48-year-old is willing to give Can an extended run in that midfield role.
However many, including Honigstein, consider Can's best position as a centre-back - a role Rodgers preferred him in.
"At Bayer Leverkusen they wanted to turn him into a centre-back but he didn't quite agree," recalled Honigstein.
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Many consider versatility as an advantage for a player, but it can also be a hindrance due to the difficulties of holding down a regular position.
It can also cause inconsistencies as some players struggle to adapt to the constant changes to their role.
Honigstein fears this could be the case with Can and feels as his career progresses, he will need to find himself a favoured position, but believes Klopp will know how to manage his compatriot.
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Will the Oregon Coast See the Super Full Moon?
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(Manzanita, Oregon) – The short answer is: "Probably periodically." Above: A Super Harvest Full Moon taken in September 2010.
Saturday, March 19 is presenting a "Super Full Moon" as it will appear larger than usual that night – for the last time in 30 years. It will be brighter and bigger, what NASA called of "rare size and beauty."
Lunar eclipse photo taken from Manzanita in late 2010.
Of course, the ability see this on the Oregon coast or anywhere else in Oregon is dependent on the weather, and that's the big question for the region. With this full moon, however, comes some extra wonders for the coast as well in the form of tides.
If you know the Oregon coast, then you know weather systems change a lot more drastically and a lot quicker than inland spots like Portland or Eugene – especially in spring. According to The Weather Channel and Rssweather.com, the Oregon coast will be mostly cloudy that night, with some rain and a chance of thunder storms. Considering the coast's penchant for constant change in the skies, this will likely translate into periods when you can see the moon in its full glory, alternating with times when it's completely covered over and periods when it's visible through the clouds.
Nighttime above Manzanita
Apparently, the coast will largely share the same weather, which includes towns like Cannon Beach, Manzanita, Tillamook, Lincoln City, Newport and Yachats. Even Wheeler and Nehalem, which are just inland enough to often get less clouds, will be looking at the same forecast.
"Scattered showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening," said Rssweather.com in its forecast. "Then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows 35 to 40. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch. Except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms."
The Super Full Moon is caused by the moon being closer to the Earth than usual, because of its elliptical orbit around the Earth. The part of the orbit that is closest to the Earth is called the perigee – so this is known as a perigee moon, which results in it being about 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter.
The apogee is the opposite – when the moon is at its farthest part of the orbit.
High tides will be a little extra high, by as much as six inches. In Florence, high tide happens at 1:06 a.m. with a seven-foot high tide, and again at 1:23 p.m. with 7.1 feet. Low tides will not be as low as normal, which should mean some extra caution for sneakers waves and such on beaches.
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Astronomers suggest looking at the Super Full Moon when it's low on the horizon, because there's an optical illusion effect that causes the moon to look even bigger. This mixes with the actual reality of the moon's increased size, causing some spectacular views.
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Budapest is so liveable and interesting, and I learned so much about Hungary - the history, culture, politics. Hungary is rarely discussed in world politics and its history is little known (to Americans anyway), which is too bad since it's so checkered and absolutely fascinating, particularly its role in the Soviet bloc. It's also incredibly easy to travel within Europe, particularly the Schengen region, once you're there, and we were able to visit half a dozen other countries by train over the long weekends and spring break. The math classes themselves are rigorous and I got the chance to take math classes my home department didn't offer, plus to hang out with people who genuinely cared about math and thought it was the bees' knees on a regular basis. Talking to so many people who know they want to go to math grad school is liberating and offered such a different atmosphere from home.
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Anna Weisz-Foti, the student coordinator, was largely accessible and very, very helpful. My roommate and I had issues with our landlady that would probably not have been resolved in our favor without her.
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The apartment itself was fine and in a fantastic location, just five minutes' walk from the school and from one of the largest train stations and transportation hubs in the city, which was great. Unfortunately our landlady was less than accommodating; she did some major renovations of the apartment that she tried to charge us for (thankfully BSM took care of that), gave keys to our apartment to half a dozen people without letting us know, and that sort of thing.
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Mr.Blythe was extremely knowledgeable and supportive during this very difficult time. This was my first negative interaction with the law. Thanks to Mr. Blythe's technical knowledge, professionalism, and negotiating ability my sentence was reduced to a Wet Reckless resulting in no jail time, no DUI on my record and my driving licence not being suspended at any time during this event in my life. I would strongly recommend Mr. Blythe and his partner Mr. Ruff to any one going through this hardship.
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Premier Real Estate, a key subsidiary of Oman-based Al Yousef Group, has launched the first phase of Wardat Riyam, its residential apartment project located at Mutrah Bay in capital Muscat.
The project, which will come up over a 6,700-sq-m area adjacent to Riyam Park, is being developed in two phases, said Al Yousef Group in its statement.
Phase One comprises two buildings housing 36 premium apartments, a banquet hall and retail outlets. All the units will boast panoramic views of the sea, Mutrah bay and Riyam park, it added.
The construction contract for the first phase has been awarded to Unique Contracting Company, said the statement from the company.
A number of retail outlets and restaurants will also come up with this project to serve the residents of the area and visitors of this unique place in Mutrah.
The second phase of the project will consist of four-star hotel apartments, it added.-TradeArabia News Service


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Former Bush Attorney General Albert Gonzales (lovingly nicknamed "Fredo" by Bush) is wasting no time getting on the lecture circuit. Incredibly, there are institutions of higher learning that are paying him $40,000 to visit and spread his lies and ignorance to their students. That's the bad news. The good news is that the students are a lot smarter than their elders.
In his first appearance at a university since resigning in August, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was met at UF on Monday with a mixture of cheers, boos and scattered interruptions by protesters, two of whom were arrested.
Keith Olbermann covered this story on Countdown tonight, with some appropriate snark, showing video of two different students climbing on stage (one wore a Gitmo costume with "Civil Liberties" scrawled on the front, the other held a sign saying "Habeas Corpus), then promptly getting led off by police. But I think a video from down in the audience as Gonzales is introduced, shows the proper tone for the occasion.


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Today, a salon is a store where one goes for an expensive haircut. In 18th century France, salons were organised gatherings hosted in private homes, usually by prominent women. Individuals were invited to salons to discuss literature and share their views and opinions. Guests at salons usually came from the haute bourgeoisie or nobility; most were educated, well read and informed about politics, current affairs and intellectual debates. By the last quarter of the 18th century the salons had become de facto universities or tutorial groups, specialising in Enlightenment ideas and philosophy. The salons and their male-oriented counterparts, the cercles and cafés, were social gatherings rather than cohesive revolutionary groups or parties. Nevertheless, they served as distributors of revolutionary ideas and sentiment. The salons provided a venue for floating, sharing and discussing liberal ideas and criticisms of the Ancien Régime. They served as a precursor to the political clubs that emerged in the early 1790s.
The earliest salons date back to the early 1600s, to a literary circle hosted by the Marquess de Rambouillet, an Italian-born French aristocrat. Rambouillet's salon was a meeting place for the Paris intelligentsia and the nation's literary set. These early salons were more informal than later gatherings. Discussions were less planned and structured and there were more games, light banter and socialising. By the 18th century salons had developed a more formalised structure and a stronger focus on literature, learning and debate. As one would expect, topics of discussion in pre-revolutionary salons revolved around politics, philosophy and Enlightenment ideas. Reports from the American Revolution electrified many salons during the 1780s. Many of the American Revolution's critical documents – such as the Declaration of Independence, the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the United States Constitution – were studied and discussed in the salons of Paris. American diplomats and visitors like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were warmly welcomed in the more prestigious salons.
The role of the salon host
The gatherings at salons followed no consistent structure or procedure; they were run by the hostess or salonnière as she preferred. One of the most critical aspects of a salon was deciding who to invite. Most salonnières tried to construct a guestlist that provided a mix of opinions, generated challenging discussions and proved interesting for all involved. As historian Steven D. Kale puts it, invitations to salons were "selected [by the host] for compatibilities and contrasts likely to produce the most interesting and harmonious conversation. Salonnières, therefore, performed a difficult balancing act, cultivating individual merit without letting one guest overshadow the others". Salons were usually assembled in a reception room, such as a lounge, library or parlour, though smaller gatherings were occasionally held in the host's bedroom. Most began with a reading of some kind, usually from a new or newly discovered novel, essay or philosophical text. Discussion proceeded from there, often led or encouraged by the salonnière.
Paris and Versailles boasted dozens of fashionable salons by the 1780s. Most were dominated by women of the nobility and the haute bourgeoisie. Some salonnières became celebrities in their own right. Suzanne Curchod, the wife of Jacques Necker, ran a popular society salon in Paris in the 1770s; some of the regulars at Madame Necker's salon supported her husband's elevation into the king's ministry. Sophie de Condorcet, the wife of the Marquis de Condorcet, ran a well-patronised salon attended by several philosophes and, at various times, Anne-Robert Turgot, Thomas Jefferson, the Scottish economist Adam Smith, Olympe de Gouges and Madame de Staël. Perhaps the best known Paris salon was hosted by Marie-Jeanne, Madame Roland, whose home became a gathering point for republican Jacobins in 1791 and 1792.
Salons, women and revolutionary sentiment
Susan Herbst, historian
The contribution salonnières made to revolution and gender relationships is debated by historians, as it was by contemporaries. Many 18th century thinkers considered science, politics and philosophy to be masculine pursuits. They thought the Enlightenment would benefit women but believed that women themselves should have no part in it. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one Enlightenment philosophe who was opposed to salonnières and the involvement of women in political debate. Rousseau believed women, being intellectual inferiors, would drag down or taint scientific and philosophical discussion. Denis Diderot, who wrote extensively about the virtues of women, took the opposite view. According to historian Barbara Caine, Diderot "insisted that the presence of women made it necessary to discuss the driest subjects with clarity and charm."
The salons also had their male equivalents. One of these was the cercles sociaux ('social circles'), or simply cercles. Unlike the salons, which were dominated by aristocrats and the wealthy, membership of the cercles was largely bourgeois. There was wide variation between the cercles. Some were little more than gentlemen's clubs, where the discussion was interposed with drinking and gambling. Others were more overtly political and not dissimilar from the political clubs of the 1790s. The largest cercle sociaux was founded in Paris in 1790 and came to boast thousands of members. Formally called the 'Society of the Friends of Truth', it published its own newspaper called Bouche de Fer ('Mouth of Iron') and was dominated by men of the Girondin faction. Some Frenchmen preferred the lively discussion of the cafés. A few coffee shops, such as Café Procope, were trendy establishments frequented by leading philosophes like Voltaire (who, according to reports, drank dozens of cups of coffee each day). Other cafés were low rent places that served as havens for grubby journalists, political pornographers and rabble-rousers. According to Louis-Sébastien Mercier, who penned colourful accounts of Parisian life before and during the revolution, these cafés were filled from morning to midnight with "merciless critics", engaging in "idle talk that was always boring and revolved constantly around the newspapers and pamphlets".
1. The salons were private gatherings where people of similar class, interests and outlook came together to discuss literature, politics, philosophy or current events.
2. Almost all salons were hosted by women (salonnières) in their private homes. The salonnières determined the guest list and, in most cases, the agenda and procedures in the salon.
3. Early salons were more social than intellectual, involving games and light conversation, however by the late 18th century salons had become more intellectual and rigorous, serving as de facto universities.
4. These salons not only served as communications hubs and avenues for revolutionary ideas and sentiment; they also allowed French women a chance to access information and education.
5. The male equivalent of the salons were the 'social circles' and informal gatherings in the cafés, where criticisms of the old order, Enlightenment philosophy and revolutionary ideas were discussed.
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Roberta Muir has managed Sydney Seafood School since 1997. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Gastronomy from the University of Adelaide, writes food and beverage news for Jetstar Inflight Magazine and is the author of 500 Cheeses.
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North West: Liguria with Logan Campbell from Lucio's Italian Restaurant and Toscana with Gabriele Taddeucci Code: 1MC
Liguria is a narrow region sandwiched between Piedmont and the ocean, its capital city, Genoa, was an early maritime power, but surprisingly its cooking is not seafood focused. The hills are redolent with wild herbs, which characterise Ligurian cooking (its most famous dish is pesto), a huge array of fruits and vegetables grow on terraces between the sea and mountains and it produces one of Italy's most delicate olive oils. Situated as it is on the Italian Riviera, its cuisine speaks much more of summer and sunshine, than does that of its northern neighbours. Tuscany can lay claim to perhaps the simplest cooking in all of Italy. The taste of meat or poultry grilled over wood embers, flavoured with nothing more than the region's excellent olive oil, lemon juice and wild herbs is a testament to the beauty of 'cucina rustica'. Beans appear so frequently that other regions call Tuscans 'mangiafagioli' (bean eaters) and other humble ingredients such as cavolo nero, spinach, artichokes, offal and game appear in rich soups, stews and pasta dishes.
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Foreign Influence: Spanish & Arabic in Sardegna with Giovanni Pilu from Pilu at Freshwater and Greek in Calabria with Nino Zoccali from Pendolino Code: 2MC
The region that is now Italy has been occupied and influenced by many different cultures over the millennia. Sardinians have traditionally lived in the mountains as shepherds and farmers, with cooking based on pork, lamb, wild game, sheep's cheese and fregola (the local couscous-like pasta) fragranced with wild herbs. The coastal cuisine has been particularly influenced by invaders, Phoenician, Carthaginian, Greek, Roman, Genoese and Spanish all bringing their ways of preparing the island's bounteous seafood with them. Calabria, in the "toe" of Italy, has two long coastlines and was also often occupied by foreign powers. Tuna and swordfish are plentiful, and often cooked simply with oil, lemon juice and herbs, as well as being preserved in oil. Flavours are strong with chilli, fennel and other spices playing an important role in seasoning salumi and other dishes.
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Mountains: Lombardia with Alessandro Pavoni from Ormeggio at the Spit and Basilicata with Danny Russo Code: 3MC
Industrial, landlocked Lombardy, in the central north, is Italy's wealthiest region, but it is also rich in produce. The fertile plains of the River Po produce wheat, corn and rice and it is the most important livestock and dairy region, producing world famous cheeses including taleggio, mascarpone, gorgonzola and grana padano. The wooded hills provide game, such as pheasant and partridge, mushrooms and chestnuts, and the beautiful mountain lakes supply freshwater eel, sturgeon, perch, carp and trout, which are either simply grilled or poached. Basilicata, in the south, is one of Italy's poorest regions and, while not strictly landlocked, has only a couple of tiny coastal strips and is almost entirely mountainous. Here homemade pasta reins supreme and chillies are a popular seasoning, pork is the most common meat appearing in a wide range of sausages, hams and salamis.
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South: Campania with Armando Percuoco from Buon Ricordo and Abruzzo with Eugenio Maiale from A Tavola Code: 4MC
Campania was part of the Kingdom of Spain for many centuries, and, as such, probably the first part of Italy to see the strange new fruit, tomato, that the Spanish brought back from the New World. Its coastline gives it a cuisine rich in seafood, while its many centuries of poverty make meat a scarce luxury and vegetables feature in many forms. In contrast, Abruzzo, on the Adriatic coast, uses less tomatoes, often cooking its soups and sauces 'in bianco' (white). Hot little chillies add spice to salumi and many dishes; raw seafood is popular along the coast and in the mountains, wild foods such as hare and mushrooms are common.
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Regional Italian Seafood Dishes with Lucio Galletto, Alessandro Pavoni, Armando Percuoco & Giovanni Pilu Code: 5MC
With its long coastline, Italy boasts many delicious seafood dishes, and even landlocked regions such as Lombardy make good use of the abundant freshwater fish found in their rivers and lakes. Join four of Sydney's leading Italian chefs for a taste of seafood distinctive to their home regions.
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Nowadays, travelling undoubtedly is an essential activity in which people believe at a certain point of their life cycle. In Vietnam, there are a lot of beautiful scenery and many interesting places for us to discover. One of the most famous scenery and interesting places is Hoi An. It is basically a living museum featuring a unique mixture of East and West in the form of old-town architecture. Hoi An locates on the banks of the poetic Thu Bon River, in central Quang Nam province. What is so special about Hoi An is that it is favored by nature. The weather here is typically tropical being comparatively warm especially during the entire year. Today,we will supply you some information about what activities in Hoi An you can joint when coming here.
1. Visiting many ancient architecture works in Hoi An
Therefore, whoever coming to Hoi An could not deny that they have had a wonderful time to take a rest after their hard-working days. In addition, a few reasons to love Hoi An is that tourists will possess the ideal opportunities to visit ancient architecture works. When they get in here, it offers some of the most densely-concentrated sights in Viet Nam with its old streets bordered with a series of old-architecture lanes and houses with nearly 100% left from their initial buildings with moss-grown walls, deeply plain roofs, old furniture in their past arrangement . In total, more than a thousand places of interest. The architecture of Hoi An is characterized by a harmonious blend of Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese influences. We suggest that this will be the first activities in Hoi An you can do when coming here.
2. Going to Hoi An market – one of the most popular activities people choose
Do you think it will ve the most interesting activities in Hoi An when you decide to go right now? To escape the crowds of tourists and see the daily life of Vietnamese people, you should go to Hoi An market. Here, you will see the fresh foods, fresh fish in the morning . As you know, Hoi An is a paradise of food. Also, you can see the traders bargaining with customers. Inside the market, you will find food stalls, which sells smoothie and delicious bowl.
3. Some extra activities in Hoi An you can join
Hoi An Riverside is the best place to be at night as the area is lit by quaint and old-fashioned lanterns.
Hoi An at Night
For those who love sea, sun and sand, Hoi An offers two lovely beaches five kilometers away from the town center . Here, there are more and more exciting activities for you through some tours, such as: Snorkeling Tour, Walking underwater tour,…Tourists can take part in some of the great festivals of Hoi An . Besides, they can buy most well-known local specialties in here or join many fantastic activities.
In conclusion, main draws of Hoi An exceed other beauty spots, wonderful activities in many aspects mentioned above. We are sure that Hoi An will make you be totally satisfied. If having much time off in summer vacation, do you think you will take your family to go back this ancient city0


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As parents, we need to understand that adolescents are at a very vulnerable stage of their lives and their relationship with their parents is essential. However, as adolescence progresses, teenagers feel like they no longer need to depend on their parents. And a lot of parents are not prepared for the development their teenagers go through, so they feel overwhelmed by the new person they are faced with. Therefore, the connection between parents and teenagers becomes frail.
We all know from past experiences or from families and friends that parenting a teenager is not a task in which one would call easy. In any society, teens have a natural need to establish their identity. For parents, this usually means dealing with some conflict in the home as adolescents are exercising their personal autonomy. However, separating from parents and establishing own individuality is a normal and necessary step in life and personal development for all teenagers.
Teenagers also go through a phase in life when they question themselves. At this stage of adolescence, teenagers often look for the answers by challenging authority and teenage rules. Therefore, teenagers need parents who can stand firm in the face of their incoherent and unpredictable behaviour.
I believe, if parents stay interested and keep up with their teen's activities and friends, but not to pry into their lives, they can have a powerful positive impact on their relationship. Teenagers need the security of knowing what is acceptable and unacceptable to their parents. It is also important to show affection even in difficult situations. Teenagers need to know that they are loved by their parent's unconditionally and they will stand by them no matter what.
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Nick Canepa now a parody of himself
That's the only way I can read Canepa's newest piece without honest to goodness, not a trace of snark, feeling sorry for the guy. Then he called me a geek.
Baseball has lost some of its charm
When we were kids, baseball players played baseball, so that's what we did…
Regardless of the outrage you're haplessly manufacturing, baseball is still played. It's not like a game of quidditch broke out on the field. There is a pitcher and batter, the batter hits a pitched ball with a bat. Fathers watch with daughters. Kids play in the park. I managed to drink a beer yesterday without dropping my calculator. None of the stuff you hate takes away from the things you claim to like. Even this response to your argument is cliche by now.
The Grand New Game — if that's what you want to call it (I prefer the old one) — is being overanalyzed into embalmment. Baseball history always has been driven by stats, which is why the steroid era has smacked it in the mouth and it's still bleeding. But we never knew what an OPS or UZR or any of these other geek formulas were. And, if we didn't know, the real ballplayers didn't know. They didn't need to. They just went out and played.
Go into Padres manager Bud Black's office and you'll find him sitting at his desk, laptop open. Used to be, when you went to see a skipper after a game, his fly might be open — or he might be naked. How I long to see Dick Williams in there, two legs propped up, stripped down to his sanitaries and a few other things, sipping Chivas Regal out of an 18-ounce beer cup, speaking in a tongue salted by a lengthy stay in baseball's inn.
Man, how I miss that.
Yikes. You did see the primer printed in your very own newspaper on UZR? I don't think I need to point out the name calling implications toward your own readers.
Joe Banks, eighty-two years young, has come to this pond every day for the past seventeen years, to feed the ducks. But last month, Joe made a discovery. The ducks…were gone. Some say the ducks went to Canada. Others say, Toronto. And some people think, that Joe used to sit down there, near those ducks. But it could be, that there's just no room in this modern world, for an old man…and his ducks.
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Sorry Nick. This piece is 10 years late. It is cliche by now. You are cliche. These sappy, emotionally manipulative, empty space where content is supposed to be pieces are what strangled your beloved newspapers. Strangled past tense. You don't deserve to earn a living writing about baseball. Readers have already voted with their feet.
It's your own fault. It's not numbers, players, "society", or any other imagined entity you think is to blame because people don't listen to you anymore. Silly words of yours on a computer screen in a pitiful attempt to convince yourself and your readers you are not at fault will not change that.
It has been laundered by too many statistics, too many Ph.Ds, and too much money has nearly washed it clean of characters.
"The players are bigger, stronger, faster than we were," Coleman says. "You can't knock today's players. I don't think they play the same game we did. They don't use their brains the way we did, but they're better players than we were.
Honestly, I don't even know what this article is supposed to be about. UZR is ruining little league? There are too many "Ph.Ds" in the game, but Jerry Coleman is complaining that "They don't use their brains the way we did"? Stats were fine and dandy until OPS came around, but that was the breaking point? Did you read this? Do you ever read your stuff?
You don't like baseball anymore? Then stop writing about the subject and quit embarrassing yourself with this shit. I'm sure you can still find Dick Williams' open fly around somewhere. Have at it.
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