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You'd have known if you'd seen playwright Joe Orton during the 1960s. Black leather jacket, peaked cap, white t-shirt and jeans, he cut a dash in a city over-congested with lookers. Despite nearly 50 years after his death, his style was effortlessly 21st century.
It wasn't just his chic presence that got people talking. Orton was one of Britain's finest dramatists. Possessed with a rare talent, the 34-year-old was set to follow in the footsteps of Oscar Wilde and Noël Coward, and would've done had his partner not bludgeoned him to death at the peak of his fame.
Even in 2016, Orton's legacy remains hugely enticing, especially as his writing was spawned from a period in bondage to its past. Driven to affront the repressive morality of the era, Orton's target was the establishment. The hypocrisy of sexual propriety a favourite taunt, Orton's attitude was light years ahead of other dramatists of the period. Theatre's first punk, no less.


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PIAA Girls Volleyball semifinals tonight:
–Freeport will meet Beaver at Seneca Valley at 6pm in the 2A semifinals.
–WPIAL champion Knoch will meet Montour in a 3A semifinal match at Seneca Valley high school at 7:30pm.
–Seneca Valley will meet Garnet Valley at State College high school at 5pm in a 4A match.
PIAA Boys Soccer:
–The Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic Boys will will meet Brockway at Slippery Rock high school at 7pm in the 1A semifinals.
(The undefeated Moon Girls (24-0) will meet Erie Villa Maria at 5pm.)
High School Sports Scores from Monday:
–Butler-11 Plum-0.
–Seneca Valley-2 Central Catholic-1.

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Movement in mid-tier, new partner hire at Hunt & Hunt
Hunt & Hunt Lawyers welcomed experienced M&A and commercial lawyer, Nick Miller to their corporate team on 12 September 2013. Nick joins Hunt & Hunt as a partner after close to 25 years with top tier firm Clayton Utz. Nick is the eighth new partner appointed at Hunt & Hunt this year.
"I am very excited about joining Hunt & Hunt. The mid-tier market is increasingly the place to be. Hunt & Hunt is a particularly active and energised firm. I see a lot of opportunities here to further develop my client base and help the firm's growth more broadly."
"The legal market is changing rapidly. Clients are looking for real value from their external lawyers and want to work with a firm that is the right size and has the right focus for their needs. Clients are after a firm that will adapt and change in-line with the market. This is where I want to be, helping clients achieve their commercial objectives and developing people, which are the fun parts of the job."
"I found that the Hunt & Hunt team had the same perspective as me, so we had a strong connection from the outset of discussions. I can see myself rolling up my sleeves and working together to take Hunt & Hunt to the next step." said Nick
Steve Sampson, General Manager Hunt & Hunt, commented, "Nick's arrival at Hunt & Hunt further consolidates the firm's focus on building and deepening its relationship with its clients. With our focus on corporate and commercial, government, not-for-profit, insurance and private-client sectors across a range of legal practice areas, the firm aims to continue to provide quality, 'value for money' advice to its clients. Nick's skills fit very nicely into those offerings."
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Suhani Si Ek Ladki 26th February 2017 Written Episode Update
Suhani Si Ek Ladki 26th February 2017 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
The Episode starts with everyone smiling realizing Dadi has regained her memory. Dadi asks Suhani is she preparing any lecture. Suhani says sorry Dadi. Dadi says I told you not to make Yuvraaj do this small works. Pratima smiles and says thank Lord, Dadi got fine. Sharad says now I will touch Dadi's feet, I don't have to become Bau ji now. Dadi asks him to stop it now. Sharad says I wanted to hear this. Doctor asks Dadi to take rest. Baby reacts seeing the things in jewelry. Suhani says Dadi was threatened for all these things. Dadi asks what's happening. Bhavna asks her to rest, we will explain later.
Pratima asks children to be with Dadi. The elders leave and discuss. Pratima asks did you find out who was it. Suhani says Yuvani came there that time, she said she came to save
Yuvani hugs Rags for trusting her. Pratima says everyone trusts you, Suhani and Yuvraaj did not tell us anything, they had to know truth, there was no other way. Suhani apologizes to Yuvani and says Dadi is fine now. Sharad says I would have gone mad if Dadi did not recall things. They all go from outhouse. Baby thinks I got an idea to make Suhani quiet, I can continue my planning.
Bhavna keeps jewelry. Suhani says I have seen such bangles. Bhavna says no one makes such design now. Suhani recalls and says how can this happen. Bhavna asks what happened. Suhani drags Baby and makes her sit. Everyone come there and look on. Suhani says I always had a doubt on Baby.
Baby asks what doubt. Suhani says you threatened Dadi and tried to kill her. Baby says no, Dadi did everything as doctor said. Suhani says we will know who has multiple personalities. She makes Baby wear the lie detector machine cords.
Yuvraaj asks why are you doing this. Suhani says culprit is between us, and there is still risk. Baby asks will you torture me. Dadi says this is way to know truth. Suhani says its lie detector machine, if you lie, red light will glow, and green light will come if you say truth. She starts asking Baby her name, is Yuvaan her husband. Baby answers yes. The green light glows. Suhani asks basic questions first. She asks did you change my photo, so you got rashes in hand. Baby says yes. Green light glows. Suhani asks did Dadi give bangles to you. Baby says yes. Baby lies. The machine shows red light. Suhani says you are lying, Dadi did not give you bangles, you have threatened Dadi and took jewelry, you framed Yuvani. She asks Baby how can she do such crimes. Baby accepts she has done everything alone, no one made her do anything. They all get shocked.
Baby removes the cords. She says I did all this and used Dadi's illness, I have framed Yuvani. Yuvani angrily slaps Baby. Yuvani scolds her for risking Dadi's life. She calls police and asks inspector to come Birla house. Yuvaan says Yuvani did right, let Baby go jail. Yuvani says you don't deserve anyone's love Baby. Rags says disgusting Baby, I m angry that you are our bahu. Bhavna says that bahu whom Dadi gave much love. Bhavna and Sharad also scold her. Krishna asks did you not think what will happen when truth comes out.
Baby cries and says I was blind in greed, forgive me. She asks Yuvaan and Saiyyam to forgive her. She asks Yuvraaj to trust her. Yuvraaj says I trusted you once and my daughter got punished, I will not do that mistake again. Police comes. Inspector tells about skeleton. Suhani says yes, we were coming to take complaint back. Yuvraaj says yes, we have to take Fir back. Inspector asks him to come along. Yuvraaj leaves. Yuvani and Rags ask Suhani how can she leave Baby alone, why this injustice. Everyone ask Suhani not to trust Baby, she can cheat them again. Pratima asks Suhani to think and decide. Yuvani says you proved Yuvaan and Baby matter to you, not me. She goes. Baby thanks Suhani for giving her another chance and forgiving her. Suhani says did I say I have forgiven you, you are Dadi's culprit, and Dadi will decide your punishment. Yuvani stops and comes to Dadi. She asks Dadi to do justice and punish Baby. Dadi says fine, I will give her punishment tomorrow morning.
Dadi asks Baby to leave from the house. Pratima asks how can we make her leave. Saiyyam and Rags ask Dadi not to give another chance to Baby. Dadi says Baby has to bear punishment to get another chance.
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Supercapitalist is a botched attempt to update a familiar melodramatic template to reflect the economic problems that currently plague humankind on a global level. The film follows Conner (Derek Ting), an up-and-coming New York hedge fund trader who's transferred to Hong Kong to handle a corporate liquidation that stands to net a select few, including Conner's boss (Linus Roache, doing an awkward Gordon Gekko impression), hundreds of millions. But Conner, in the tradition of the hero of the prototypical morality tale, isn't the amoral shark he strives to be, and so he undergoes a crisis of conscience upon encountering a myriad of conspiracies and betrayals as well as the usual racist, homophobic backslapping that predominantly characterizes the socializing of upper-class villains in bad movies.
If you've seen Wall Street or Glengarry Glen Ross, or Boiler Room or Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, or any film adaptation of any John Grisham novel, or really any corporate thriller at all, you'll see all of Supercapitalist's plot turns coming 45 minutes before Ting and director Simon Yin deign to deliver them. Conner's transformation into a caring, nurturing boy scout is as inevitable as his blossoming relationship with Natalie (Kathy Uyen), the beautiful political science major turned corporate advisor who's charged with delivering all of the film's thematic talking points. And the bad guys, who aren't explicitly revealed until 20 minutes before the end, are obvious the second they're introduced.
Predictability might not matter if Supercapitalist had been made with cleverness or cunning. Despite its (dubious) cultural status, Wall Street wasn't a particularly good movie either, but director Oliver Stone's obviously unresolved feelings toward monomaniacal corporate control freaks—i.e. he abhorred them but got off on their perks and macho bluster—gave the film a charge. Stone had the entertainer's savvy to allow viewers to vicariously enjoy the ill-gotten gains—the women, the drugs, the chic food, the ludicrously expensive art, pent houses, and accompanying feng shui—only to eventually let them off the hook with a pat, moralistic third act that few probably remember anyway.
But Supercapitalist doesn't even deliver the initial sinful distractions of a Wall Street clone like Boiler Room; it's a drag from the beginning. The filmmakers lack the talent for dramatizing the perks that tempt an intelligent, privileged, enterprising person to do absolutely anything to close that next deal. Here, the fast lane is conveyed in a series of priggish montages that fail to tantalize, and Conner, for the convenience of the plot, is too naïve and yielding to command any audience sympathy, much less respect. Supercapitalist is ultimately plodding and resolutely old-fashioned, a corporate thriller for folks too square to indulge the possible existence of hungers so strong they must be satisfied at any cost.


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we had to animate a take for sue kroyer's class. also I created an original character with stevie called wermit. unfortunately he is indistinguishable from kermit the frog above the neck so wermit merchandise is currently on hold until we hammer things out with disney
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Wanted, more designers for menswear
Indian men are waking up to the world of fashion but only a handful of women designers in the country are tailoring their work to fit them in.fashion and trends Updated: Sep 04, 2011 01:12 IST
Indian men are waking up to the world of fashion but only a handful of women designers in the country are tailoring their work to fit them in. The women blame design limitations, dominance of international brands and lack of adequate study on menswear in Indian fashion schools for the incongruity.
Rajvi Mohan, Krishna Mehta, Ankita and Anjana Bhargav from the label ANKY, Sanchita Ajjampur and Nivedita Basu are amongst the few women from the design world who offer menswear in India. "Menswear is a smaller market with lesser margins. I am a firm believer that women have more fun in menswear but unfortunately the number is less," said Mohan.
International dominance
Delhi-based Mohan, who has established herself as a menswear designer in over five years, feels men themselves are more inclined to purchase international brands and so Indian boutiques focus more on womenswear.
"Many Indian men love spending heavily on international brands but when it comes to Indian designer wear, they feel hesitant in buying a single garment. It's unfortunate especially when they (Indian customers) can get bespoke tailoring and better quality most times rather than buying off-the-shelf international designers," says Mohan.
Indian scenario
"Also, boutiques in India give more preference to womenswear. Profit margins are also much higher in womenswear. The ratio of profit margin between menswear and womenswear is 30:70. Menswear market is at starting phase (in India); so hopefully things will improve in times to come," she added.
Male designers, such as Rohit Bal, Tarun Tahiliani, Manish Malhotra, Vikram Phadnis and Gaurav Gupta, make garments for women. But the same, of course, doesn't hold good for women designers. Mumbai-based designer Krishna Mehta, who has been designing menswear for more than two decades, feels designing for men is more challenging.
"Designing for men is more challenging as there is restricted variety. The reason why fewer designers are seen in the menswear line is also because there's not enough stress placed on menswear design at fashion schools," said Mehta. Male designer Neelanjan Ghosh, who designs for both genders, said: "I think designing womenswear is easy. Yes, designers gets praise for menswear collection on ramp, but there is hardly any buyer for them. Also I believe that men understand women well so they design womenswear, but vice-versa is not true."
Limited clientele Designer Ankita Bhargav believes that only a specific clientele opts for Indian designer menswear. "The menswear market is a new niche and is now beginning to evolve. But since it is niche, fewer designers have entered into it," says Bhargav.
While many designers feel menswear is a tougher market to deal with, there are a few who feel that menswear is more challenging creatively. "We always thought of presenting something which is very unusual and experimental, thus we chose menswear. Working on menswear brings excitement and it is a challenge for us. It also gives us a chance to innovate constantly," said Kolkata-based designer Saumitra Narang, who specialises in menswear.
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Today, I went to a nearby DIY store to buy Akadama.
I know people in the world sometimes have difficulties in getting Akadama.
But in Japan it is one of the most basic soils for growing plants,
and it is available anywhere if you don't mind the quality, or hardness of the grain.
At the store, I found a white Japanese apricot sold in a basket
which was not even potted.
Akadama is available anytime, so I bought the apricot.
It is easy to plant it in a well-made bonsai pot and
raise the overall quality as bonsai.
But I have learnt that the higher I raise the quality and the price,
the lower the marketability becomes.
At first I thought of potting it in a blue oval pot but it was too small.
Then I made compromise by this red pot,
though I thought it was a bit too massive.
I raised the trunk slightly.
I will offer it for a fair price for not bonsai lovers
but those who want apricot blossoms at hand.
I used aluminium wire to fasten the tree in the pot.
The wire is not visible from outside.
Sometimes I use magic which is different from that of so-called bonsai masters.
My magic is hidden and discreet like this wire.


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Judi Dench facing blindness
Of course beyond the problem with reading, as the disease progresses, day to day life gets tougher and tougher too. My sweet mother in law had a couple of different eye surgeries but it didn't help and the darkness eclipsed her ability to get around. Such a sweet lady, she never complained, and always thought of how she could be good to others, especially her family. She died two years ago of heart failure and is dearly missed.
I know she would appreciate the cheery spin Judi Dench puts on macular degeneration.
"It's usually my daughter or my agent or a friend and actually I like that, because I sit there and imagine the story in my mind," she told the newspaper during an interview at a London hotel. "The most distressing thing is in a restaurant in the evening I can't see the person I'm having dinner with."
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In homage to our esteemed forerunner, we commence this ecclesiastical tale with the question: Who will be the new bishop?
Back in the year of 185— when this same puzzle absorbed the good folk of Barchester, appointing a new bishop appears to have been a pretty straightforward affair. To be sure, there was some Oxbridge High Table-style manoeuvring behind the scenes. There were raised and dashed hopes, with the press confidently (and, for the most part, wrongly) naming names; and then the prime minister made his choice. Dr Proudie, we read, was bishop elect 'a month after the demise of the late bishop.' A month! I fear, by contrast, we will still be asking 'Who will be the new bishop?' for many months to come, while the Crown Nominations Commission ruminates.
Ruminates? Dare I apply so bovine a metaphor to this august body—evoking as it does an image of a herd regurgitating and re-chewing what has already been swallowed and partially digested? Do I wish my reader to picture jaws rolling, rolling, strands of saliva swinging, heads turning ponderously this way and that as the process of discernment toils on? And how—if we pursue this alimentary metaphor to its logical conclusion—are we to characterize its outcome?
No, we had better eschew rumination.
And anyway, they are not an august body. They are just a bunch of ordinary Anglicans operating as best they can in this awkward limbo that C of E senior appointments currently occupy (somewhere between 185— and the real world). These days it takes a very long time to appoint a new bishop. It feels especially protracted for those caught up in the process and zipped by oaths into the body bag of confidentiality.
So who will be the new bishop of Lindchester? I have no idea. If you're keen to know early, your best bet is to keep an eye on Twitter. It is possible that someone will award themselves a smiley sticker on the wall chart of self-aggrandisement by being the first to blab what others have appropriately kept under wraps.
We re-join our Lindcastrian friends just before Low Sunday, that is, the first Sunday after Easter. In parishes across the Diocese of Lindchester this collect may be said:
Risen Christ,
for whom no door is locked, no entrance barred:
open the doors of our hearts,
that we may seek the good of others
and walk the joyful road of sacrifice and peace,
to the praise of God the Father.
for whom no door is locked, no entrance barred:
open the doors of our hearts,
that we may seek the good of others
and walk the joyful road of sacrifice and peace,
to the praise of God the Father.
It may be said; but it is not, of course, compulsory. Gone is the golden age of Book of Common Prayer uniformity, the days of 'Here's a digestive biscuit, take it or leave it.' Gone, too, are the late unlamented days of the Alternative Service Book ('Here's a choice: digestive, Lincoln, rich tea or garibaldi.') We now inhabit the age of the biscuit assortment. ('Here, have a rummage.') Heck, we are pretty much in the age of the liturgical bake-off. Provided some of the right ingredients are used, frankly you can go ahead and make your own. Fresh biscuits, messy biscuits, biscuits to play with in a godly manner, old-fashioned traditional biscuits like granny used to bake. Anything, provided there are biscuits to feed the hungry people of the UK! For heaven's sake, tempt them in with smell of baking!
Like the risen Christ himself, this narrative will find locked doors no obstacle. The hearts and homes of our characters stand ajar to us. We may slip in and snoop around. But let us always seek the good of others, the bishops, priests and people of our tale. As our earlier volume has already shown (alas!) they are quite capable of cocking things up without the mischievous intervention of your author. We set out now to walk the joyful road of sacrifice and peace in their company as far as Advent. Advent, the church's New Year. New Year at the end of November? Yes, there it is again, that strange tension between the two realms we inhabit: the church and the world, with ever and anon the tug of homesickness for the home we have never seen.
Come, reader, and dust off the wings of your imagination. Fly with me once again to the green and pleasant Diocese of Lindchester. Ah, Lindfordshire, from you we have been absent in the spring! Even now, as the month draws to its close, proud-pied April is still dressed in all his trim. Look down now as we glide upon polite Anglican wings, and see how every road edge is blessed with silver and gold. Daisies and dandelions—no mower blade can keep them down. The spirit of youth is in everything! See where eddies of cherry blossom, pink, white, swirl in suburban gutters. Glide with me above parks and gardens, admire the fresh unfurlings of copper beech, the colour of old brick walls; gasp at the implausible lime of the limes! The horse chestnut candles are in bloom, and the may, here and there in the hedgerows, authorizes the casting of clouts. Sheep and cattle graze in old striped fields. Listen! The first cuckoo dimples the air, and for a heartbeat, everything stands still. The waters have receded, but signs of flooding are everywhere across the landscape. Even now, the distant cathedral seems perched like the ark on Ararat, as rainbows come and go behind the cooling towers of Cardingforth.
Let us head now to the cathedral. I'm pleased to inform you that the spire has not crashed through the nave roof in our absence. The historic glass of the Lady Chapel has not slipped from its crumbled tracery and smashed to smithereens. Fear not! Heritage Lottery funding is on its way to prevent so ruinous an end to the work of long dead glaziers. Restoration work continues on the cathedral's south side, where a vast colony of masonry bees has been ruthlessly exterminated. Dean and chapter (how can they call themselves Christian?) were in receipt of letters from single-issue bee fanatics. A reply drafted by the canon chancellor, referring them to Our Lord's brusque treatment of swine, was never sent.
It is Saturday afternoon. Gavin, the deputy verger, is mowing the palace lawn before the rain starts. All downhill now till Advent, he thinks. The triumph of the Easter brazier still blazes in his mind. New paschal candle lit first go. Cut-off 2 litre coke bottle, that was the secret. Stopped it blowing out. Up and down goes Gavin. Keeping things under control lawn-wise during the interregnum. Tidy-up and big bonfire at the end of summer—there was that to look forward to. Then advent, 600 candles. Gavin smiles as he mows his nice straight lines.
Ah, but the garden misses Susanna's touch. Bleeding heart plants nod in untended borders. Roses shoot unpruned. The laburnum walk is unforbidden, poised to rain its deadly Zeus-like showers on nobody at all. Everything waits for the new bishop, whoever he may be.
As you may have seen in the press, there was a brief outbreak of squawking in the ecclesiastical henhouse back in February, when it was (wrongly) rumoured that the Church Commissioners had decided to sell the palace and stick the next bishop of Lindchester in a poky little seven bedroomed house in suburban Renfold. Indignant petitions were worded. SAVE LINDCHESTER PALACE! The Bishops of Lindchester had always lived there, since…
It emerged that the bishop of Lindchester had, in fact, only lived in this particular house since 1863, when a vigorous and godly Evangelical bishop sold off the other two palaces. The Rt Revd William Emrys Brownlow used the money to clear the city's slums, provide clean water and good housing for the impoverished leather workers, build a hospital, schools and a theological college. Prior to that, no bishop of Lindchester had ever lived in the Close in such proximity to his clergy and people. It would have been tactless to do so, since they could not have afforded to ape his gracious lifestyle. No, far kinder to retreat to Bishop's Ingregham and eat quails in aspic with a clear conscience.
Shall we pause to lament the passing of those glorious historic palaces from the church? Ingregham palace is particularly lovely, with its mellow sandstone walls, its acres of Capability Brown landscaping, the deer park, the lake and historic oak tree that Robin Hood, Mary Queen of Scots and Charles the Second hid up and Shakespeare himself no doubt stubbed his fag out on. I daresay petitions were got up in 1860. What was bishop Brownlow thinking of, selling off the family silver like that? These treasures are not ours to dispose of—we are but custodians! Our duty is look after them and hand on intact to the next generation! Yes, there are issues facing the church, but selling off property is only a short-term solution! It's just throwing money at the problem!
As is so often the case when the problem is 'lack of money', the throwing of money at it turns out to be the solution. A great many runty little leatherworkers' children failed to die of cholera. Many were educated. Scores of earnest young Evangelicals were trained and sent to work in places of great danger and deprivation across the Empire.
But the palace is very lovely. It's a shame the church no longer owns it.
We will leave the palace in Gavin's care and glide gracefully to earth outside the deanery instead. Come with me, on tiptoe, to the old scullery, where the Very Reverend Marion Randall (just back from a post-Easter break in Lisbon) is standing amid open suitcases. She is discussing the identity of the next bishop with her husband. Or rather, not discussing it.
'There's nothing to tell. And even if there was, I wouldn't tell you. We take oaths, you know.'
'Oaths! How Shakespearian. Ods bodikins! By my lady's nether beard!' he declaimed. 'Like that?'
'Funnily enough, Gene, nothing like that.'
'How dull. But can't you drop a tiny hint? In passing. I can infer. I'm an excellent inferrer.'
'Yes. And you're also an inveterate gossip. Which is why I'm not going to tell you anything.'
'Aha! So you admit you do know something!'
The dean sighed and continued to sort and toss dirty laundry into heaps. 'Of course I know something. Look, we're only at the consultation stage. People have been invited to submit suggestions, that's all. We'll get a long list from the Washhouse, which we'll sift, then decide who we want to mandate.'
'Ooh! Who's on the long list?'
'You're not actually listening.' She bent and began thrusting a lights load into the machine. 'Nobody yet.'
'But who's likely to be on it?'
'Anyone whose name has come up.'
'Literally anyone? What if some bonkers old trout suggests her parish priest because he does a lovely mass?'
'Then I suppose he'll be on the list. Hence the sifting process. No.' The dean held up her hand. 'That's it. Shut up.'
'At least promise me it won't be another swivel-eyed Evangelical pederast with a muffin-making wife.'
'Not funny?' he enquired.
'But quite clever?'
'Oh.' Another silence. 'Well, let me go and choose us a homecoming wine. I am confident I can get that right, at any rate.'
My readers will see from this that Gene's character has undergone no reformation in the last few months. He remains the same disgraceful reprobate. His mission is unchanged, too: to cherish, divert and pamper his beloved wife, and make the task of modern deaning more fun than it might otherwise prove, were he not on hand (at all times and in all places) with the right wine and the wrong remark.
Marion sets the machine running, then gazes round her. The overhead airer, the Belfast sink, tiled floor. This was where staff of former deans presumably toiled with their washboards and dollies and goffering irons. She thinks about the old servants' bells still there high up on the deanery kitchen wall in a glass case—BED RM 3, DRAWING RM, TRADES. ENT—though they no longer work. Fell prey to health and safety regs when the deanery was rewired ten years ago. There is a button in Marion's and Gene's en suite bathroom, (formerly DRESSING RM 1). She imagines her predecessors pressing it and summoning a valet to bring up a hip bath and pink gin. Gene, no doubt, would recreate this scenario with enthusiasm, were she to mention it.
Dear Gene. She smiles. But the brief holiday is already retreating from her mind. The thought bailiffs shoulder their way in to repossess the unpaid-for happiness. The spire. The stuff coming out about the school chaplain from the 70s. The new bishop of Lindchester—would it be uncomplicated, someone she could work with and not be forever thinking You are younger than me, less gifted, less experienced... How wearing it is, all the nuisance of being one of those tipped to be the first woman bishop. To know you're being talked about. Folk speculating: would she be suffragan somewhere, or was she holding out to be the first diocesan? Barchester, maybe? She shakes her head. Come on, you're still on holiday till Monday.
She casts her mind back to Lisbon. That basilica. Was it only this morning they were there? Muted palate of browns and terracottas. Easter lilies, a CD of plainsong alleluias playing. High above in the dome, blue sky glimpsed through glass. Peace, beauty. And then to emerge into the big bright spring world! Dazzled by full sunlight, buffeted by the wind, the whirl of life, the vast dome of the sky above. If the inside was the only thing you knew, how could you guess at all this? And yet it made perfect sense. Of course, of course! Would it be like this—resurrection?
She goes through to the kitchen and puts the kettle on.
Gene emerges through the cellar door. With a fey flourish, he presents the wine. '1996 Chateau Latour.'
He sees from her face that his magic words have conveyed nothing. 'Bless you, my darling, I know you love that vinho verde.' He gives a dainty shudder. 'But some of it was so young, drinking it was a safeguarding issue.'
And now it is Low Sunday. Where shall I take you today, dear reader? I know that you are eager for news of our various friends. How is Father Dominic faring in his new parish, for example? And what of our lovely bishop Bob, shouldering the weight of the whole diocese during the interregnum? To say nothing of our stout hero, the archdeacon, last seen haring off to New Zealand in pursuit of his lady!
You must be patient. I am going to introduce you to a new character, one I fear you may not find it in your heart to love, but Veronica plays an important part in our tale. There are times when we must stoically eat our plate of school liver (horrid tubes visible) before we are allowed out to play.
Come with me now to a church in Lindford. Not the parish church (where Fr Dominic now serves), but one nearby with a gothic revival building of the type that looks as though it might soon be cut loose by the evil archdeacon, Matt the Knife, and turned into a supermarket. No, more likely a nightclub called Holy Crap, or something similarly witty. It is in the clubbing district, such as it is, of Lindford. Beside the church is that narrow alley where last year—you may remember the incident—two men picked on the wrong faggot. A CCTV camera now keeps watch. Every Friday and Saturday night the church pitches its gazebo in the little yard behind the railings, and from here and the street pastors operate, dispensing love, hot chocolate and flip-flops to the lost souls of Lindford.
We will pop in now and see what's going on in St James's church this Low Sunday morning. The first thing you will spot is the lack of pews. The Victorian Society took a tonking here, all right. There are cheerful banners. Someone plays thoughtful music on an electric piano. Can this be another Evangelical stronghold? By no means! This is an inclusive church, my friends, where God is mother and father of all, in the commonwealth not the kingdom of heaven. It is bishop Bob's kind of a place. Change from the bottom up not the top down. They do good work here in their rainbowy way.
Veronica wears a simple cassock alb and Peruvian stole in bright colours. Lent is now over, so she has laid aside her equal marriage campaigning rainbow dog collar. She is not the incumbent, she's a university chaplain. Here comes Geoff the vicar now. It's a baptism, so he's wearing the stole with Noah's ark animals on. I believe somebody made it from upholstery fabric. It would cover a nursery chair very nicely. The baptism will move seamlessly into the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (getting in before the end of April) and be followed by a simple agape meal and shared lunch.
I don't suppose you want to stay for a church AGM, do you? No. Let us risk the hostile stare, and tiptoe back out as the congregation stand to sing 'Will you come and follow me if I but call your name?' (tune: Kelvingrove).
A glimpse of Veronica is all I vouchsafe you this week, dear reader. Instead, I will whisk you back to the Close and into the study of the Revd Giles Littlechild, the canon precentor. The Littlechilds have just returned from holiday in Heidelberg, visiting in laws and older son (Gap Ya). Giles has read somewhere that you should do one thing each day that scares you. Opening his work emails surely qualifies!
He scrolls through, delicately, like a bomb disposal expert. Excellent. Nothing too dire. But then a new email pings in.
Oh God. A last minute application for the post of tenor lay clerk. They can't not interview him, can they? And then they'll have to appoint him, because he'll be the best.
Lord have mercy! Frankly, Giles would rather have a tone deaf moose on the back row of dec than Freddie prima donna May.
That's it, folks. You'll have to wait until July now to read the whole thing when SPCK publish it in book form (and as an eBook).


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Thai Bangkaew Dog
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|Common nicknames
|TBD, Bangkaew
|Breed provisionally accepted, not eligible for the CACIB
|Domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
The Thai Bangkaew Dog is an Asian dog breed. It is a medium-sized spitz-type dog.
The Thai Bangkaew Dog is compactly built and square in profile. It is well proportioned, with a smooth gait. The double coat consists of a short undercoat, with longer guard hairs growing through it forming the outer coat. The coat is thicker and longer around the neck, chest, and back forming a lion-like ruff, which is more noticeable on male dogs than on female dogs. The plumed tail is carried with moderate upward curve over the back. The breed comes in white with shades of red, gray, brown, and black in a wide variety of patterns.There are some that have white coats.
Bangkaew is a village located in the Bang Rakam District, Phitsanulok Province in the central region of Thailand. In this district, near the Yom River, there is a monastery called Wat Bangkaew where it is believed that Thai Bangkaew Dogs originated.
Legend has it that the third abbot of Bangkaew Temple, the respected Luang Puh Maak Metharee, was known for mercy and giving care to all living things. An old Bangkaew villager named Tah Nim gave the abbot a native bitch. Because she was pregnant without any dog in the area, her mating was thought to be either a golden jackal (Canis aureus) or a dhole (Cuon alpinus) living in the surrounding forest. A chromosome study of Thai Bangkaew dog confirmed that the breed is the result of domestic dog and jackal interbreed.[1] The resulting litter produced longhaired puppies of black and dark brown coloration. Luang Puh Maak Metharee raised the resulting puppies, four females.
Seasonal rain produced flooding, a natural barrier that limited the dogs contributing to the gene pool. Inbreeding that took place led to the creation of the Thai Bangkaew Dogs. From then on the breed has been selectively bred and has become one of the most favored varieties of Thai dogs.
Health and temperament[edit]
This is an intelligent, athletic, agile and robust breed. It will be a loyal and protective family companion as well as an excellent watchdog. The Thai Bangkaew Dog is a loving, intelligent and alert dog that makes an excellent and devoted family companion as well as a good working and hunting dog. This breed will be affectionate with its family, will get along well with children and a properly socialized dog will be very gentle with smaller children.
The Thai Bangkaew Dog is not an aggressive breed but can be aloof with strangers and is very territorial and protective. However, this breed is more likely to threaten than bite and attack. It makes a great guardian and watchdog that will loudly announce arrival of any visitor (friend or stranger).
The Thai Bangkaew Dog is a breed that is known to be very aggressive towards other dogs. With other animals your dog will get along well if you start socialization from a very young age. This breed is definitely for an experienced owner.
The Thai Bangkaew Dog is an intelligent breed, but is independent and can be stubborn. Therefore, it's not always easy to train. This breed need consistent and short training with a lot of positive methods like treats or praise. Avoid repetitive tasks, as this dog gets bored quickly.
The Thai Bangkaew Dog needs a confident and experienced owner who can earn the dog's trust and respect. Socialization must start from a very young age.
- ^ "สัณฐานวิทยาและคาริโอไทป์ของสุนัขไทยพันธุ์บางแก้ว และสายพันธุ์ที่เกี่ยวข้อง". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2017-07-05.


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A smattering of pay rises are above 4pc – with some car and utilities industry deals close to pre-recession levels – but the majority are failing to keep pace with the rising cost of living, the IDSPay.co.uk study found.
Lucrative pay awards, such as the 5.2pc rise agreed for Network Rail workers this year, are set to become increasingly rare as employers "sit tight on cash" amid economic uncertainty, experts warned.
In the quarter to April 30, the typical pay award for private sector workers was 3pc, up from 2.5pc in the three months to March 31. Manufacturing fared better than other industries, with wages up 0.5pc to 3pc over the period, while private services pay growth fell slightly to 2.8pc, the IDS figures showed .
Retail prices index (RPI) inflation, traditionally used for calculating wages, reached 5.2pc in April, down 0.1pc from March. The Government's preferred measure, consumer prices index (CPI) inflation, stood at 4.5pc.
Economists said there was a "limited" chance pay would catch up with inflation in the near term, weakening the prospect of a devastating wages-prices spiral.
According to Ken Wattret, an economist at BNP Paribas, workers would continue to feel the pinch as disappointing manufacturing output figures and yesterday's low mortgage approval levels showed the economy was still "really struggling".
He said employers were under little pressure to award inflation-busting pay rises, adding: "It's going to be a very difficult period for the economy in general and the labour force. In the short run inflation will get higher."
Mr Wattret said the labour market remained fragile with concerns about job cuts in the public sector and doubts over whether the private sector could create enough jobs to offset high unemployment.
The IDS analysis revealed the Government's austerity measures are already starting to bite, with public sector workers typically enduring a pay freeze from April. The typical pay rise for the whole economy was 2.5pc, the analysis of 88 pay deals covering 3.4m employees found.
Ken Mulkearn, editor of IDS Pay Report, said: "The latest figures show that private sector pay awards are where we thought they would be at this time, reflecting a degree of recovery in profitability and higher levels of inflation ."
Brendan Barber, TUC general secretary, said: "Whilst it's encouraging to see private sector pay awards increase, they are still running significantly below inflation, which reflects the UK's poor economic outlook."


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. Large, well established plants can create a wonderful, warm focal point for a room. For this rule you can have fun; a bonsai specimen can be just as much of a conversation piece as a large parlor palm. On the other hand, don't make your vast collection of African violets, though impressive, the focal point of your living room.
. Not only can you have fun with the color of the pot you use, but there are a multitude of leaf color and textures to brighten up or add contrast. Think Ming Aralia, Croton, Zebra Plant, or Philodendron "Black Cardinal." Try to use color and textures to branch out your thinking about what a houseplant "has" to be.
Another good way to bring texture into a room is to use dried botanical material. Curly willow and dried grasses are an excellent way to add interest to a dull corner or add a modern touch to your decor.
. Whether you have a hanging basket in the corner of the room or a free standing pot, plants can provide the height needed to satisfy this rule. Just to name a few, Red-margined Dracaena, Shefflera, and Hawaiian Ti Plant are some perfect plants to add height. Make sure that when you use a tall plant, the pot is well-balance (read: big enough) to the size of the plant and the space.


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Morel Madness: Morels in Leelanau County
No reports of morel mushrooms in Leelanau yet, but they are definitely coming soon! Here's a feature from a few years back by Cherie Spaulding that will help you get ready for the season. May is typically morel season in Leelanau, but we may get a little April action as well!
It's springtime once again in Northern Michigan, and not only have daffodils broken through, confirmations of morel mushrooms are arriving daily. For a few short weeks, folks flock to the woods in search of this elusive, edible mushroom.
Morel mushroom taste delicious, this is no secret, but the season itself is a sort of cultural absurdity. The "hunters" protect the whereabouts of their source as if it were the location of the Holy Grail. If you have ever wondered who your true friends are or just how well you have transferred your status from "down-stater" to "local" you find out pretty quickly during morel season.
Unfortunately, the toughest part about morel season is not deciding how to prepare this earthy delicious fungi; nor is the greatest challenge identifying them from other common mushrooms. The most difficult part of morel hunting is locating and claiming your own special spot, relatively secure from open-mouthed paper sacks and the hungry claws of hunters. Once you find one and finally sink your teeth in, you won't regret a single moment spent in pursuit of this earthly goodness–morels are divine!
As eager as you may be to fry up a fresh pick, consider a few pointers from avid hunters in our region:
1. KNOW YOUR SHROOMS. Learn to identify the "true morel" before you head in to the woods, or at least make certain you have the real deal before you serve them for dinner. Click for an in-depth article on true & false morels with videos and pictures!
2. PROPER COLLECTING RECEPTACLE. Avid hunters insist on using a potato or orange bag–something netted, with holes–for collecting. A paper bag is fashionable, too, but purist prefer that pickers leave a trail of spores falling through the holes in the bag. (I recently read that the mushrooms begin to decompose almost immediately if they cannot "breathe," so collecting them in a plastic bag is poor practice, but would suffice in pinch.)
3. LEARN THE LOCATIONS. An oak forest will probably never produce a morel, so say the experts; be sure to look for ash, maple, elm, poplar, and apple trees, commonly referred to as "host trees." Morels may be found in surprisingly varied soil conditions, near sandy dune or swamp. Returning to the exact location year after year may or may not produce satisfying results. Generally a successful location one year will breed abundance the next, but one never knows. That is why they call this little bugger–elusive–one just never knows exactly where to look.
4. GET PERSONAL. One of the most successful hunters I know spends a significant amount of time on bent knee. Once you discover one morel, there are bound to be others, so staying calm and surveying the surroundings often proves the most productive tactic. When a morel is spotted, hunt around, but tread lightly. Many morel have been overlooked, or worse yet–squashed–in hasty anticipation of potential finds.
5. LEAVE A TRACE. Besides stealing someone's favorite spot, the greatest mushrooming faux pas one can commit is to pick the mushroom–root and all–from the ground. Instead of this method, break the mushrooms stem and leave the remaining stem and root in the ground. The idea, I think, is to leave a few spores for the next year, but other hunters gauge the abundance of the area by what remains, and there is still a strange satisfaction in knowing that you missed them by only a moment or two. (Do not leave garbage in the woods, however.)
6. BE SAFE! This applies to ALL aspects of the hunt: searching, finding, identifying and eating. Use a compass in the woods if you have no sense of direction (or even if you do.) Take friends or tell someone your plans. Have a snack and water handy, and a jacket never hurt.
8. HAVE FUN! Most important facet of all.
Here's a cool video by Stone Hut Studios of some morels in their natural habitat!
Salmon Fillets With Morel Mushrooms
- 3 Tbsp. butter
- 5 shallots, minced
- 18 ounces morels, trimmed, cleaned and sliced
- 3/4 cup bottled clam juice
- 3/4 cup dry white wine
- 3 Tbsp. whipped cream
- 2 tsp. chopped fresh tarragon or 1/2 tsp. dried
- 6 8-ounce salmon fillets
- fresh lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp. butter, melted
Melt 3 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and sauté 2 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high. Add Morels; sauté until beginning to brown, about 8 minutes. Add clam juice and wine; boil until liquids have almost evaporated, about 20 minutes.
Add cream to mushrooms; boil until thickened, about 1 minute. Mix in chopped tarragon. Season with salt and pepper.
Preheat broiler. Arrange salmon skin side down on broiler pan. Brush with lemon juice, then butter. Broil until just cooked through, without turning, about 6 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Transfer to plates. Spoon Morels over.
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The mushroom would also provide the opportunity for those in the community seeking connection with one another a means of doing so—to trade goods or services, or to arrange donations of food and clothing, for instance.
A solar paneled roof and a wind turbine would harness natural energy to supply the mushroom's power. It has the potential to become a permanent and lasting hub of well being for the neighborhood.


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In the State of the Union speech, Barack Obama did get applause for saying that the US stands with the people of Tunisia. Now, he didn't mention the two decades of support the US had given the dictatorship.
The President did not have anything to say about Egypt — where thousands of people, inspired by Tunisia, were taking to the streets to protest their own repressive government — another one the US has backed for years. Secretary of State Clinton's official word is that the Egyptian government was "stable". Aha. She said it's "looking for ways to respond to the legitimate needs and interests" of its people. And she urged "restraint" as they suppressed protesters.
Today there's more tear gas and water trucks being used on people in the streets of Cairo, and Twitter's been blocked. As has become the norm, social media helped Egyptian protesters organize and spread the word: Video was uploaded to the Web from cell-phone cameras; it showed activists blocking trucks with water cannons and fighting off police batons. As of Wednesday morning the Guardian newspaper was reporting four dead. And now the Twitter-world's aflame with reports that Egypt's ruling Mubarak family's arrived in Heathrow. Stable — in another country — I don't think that's what Secretary Clinton meant.
While this was playing out President Obama was holding forth on US exceptionalism, and especially its role promoting world democracy.
What happens now? Paul Ryan's Republican response to the State of the Union noted that the GOP is watching protests abroad quite closely — he referred to Greece and England's "day of reckoning." But it may not be theirs only.
As massive protests ripple across the repressed world, US leaders can't both claim leadership and show none. They certainly can't claim a pro-democracy role and stand firm — until the very last minute — with dictators. And the same is true for the rest of us. When it comes to what's wrong here — we can sit back and wait for chips to fall, or get involved in righting a wrong and do something.
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Pocket Lint Finnigan offers some interesting stuff in today's Mariners notebook at the pop-up-tastic Seattle Times site.
Mariners deny Matt White was waived yesterday — which makes sense, this didn't show up on any of the transaction listings. From what I've heard, this rumor originated in an AOL baseball chat room where Larry LaRue of the Tacoma Tribune is said to frequent and may have said (typed) something. Eeeeeeeeeyup. So here's the good part:
"But, as one American League scout said last night, "The ability is in there, but he's got to go down (to the minor leagues) and pitch. He's still overmatched at the big-league level." "
Yeaaaaah, and as Finnigan points out, problem with that is that he can't go to the minors without putting him on waivers, where the M's might lose him, as much as that seems unlikely given White's jack-tasticness. Also, if anyone can provide me of any evidence that Matt White is talented enough to worry about losing, please drop us a line, because I'm not seeing it.
The other great nugget in the notebook was Melvin's comment on why he didn't have CrapLemore bunt with Cammy on 3rd and one out:
""That's not my style, to bunt to tie," the manager said. "I like to let my guys swing and drive in the runs. It makes you look like you're pulling out all the stops just to tie if you bunt there. "
The Mariners have a great bullpen and a great offense. If Melvin's going to bunt all the time in insane situations — bunting runners on 1,2 to 2,3 when down by two runs, just to harp on that choice — the least he could do is bunt to tie the game up and send it into extra innings, where the superior bullpen and hitting will puts the odds dramatically in your favor.
You know why Melvin didn't bunt for a tie? I'll tell you the secret. Make sure no one else is around and lean in real close to the monitor. Closer, closer….
Melvin doesn't believe in ties. Keep it to yourself, I don't want other teams figuring this out.
If the team's ahead, spare no expense to win that game. Behind? Might as well pull the team from the field and take the forfeit. And ties? You're not ahead, so they're worthless too. Now, if he sticks Mateo in a tie game and the team pulls ahead, then it's time for win-at-all-costs, but he doesn't expect that or even think about it.
Minor League Highlights for Wednesday, June 25
Tacoma was idle, as the entire Pacific Coast League had the day off.
San Antonio 4, Arkansas 0. The Missions cruised to victory behind the dominant pitching of RHP Clint Nageotte (8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 12 K, who improved his record to 8-2 with the win. 1B A.J. Zapp was 3-4 with a double, driving in a run and scoring another to provide more than enough offense for Nageotte. SS Jose Lopez added two hits including a double, 3B Justin Leone tripled, and LF Jaime Bubela stole a pair of bases.
Inland Empire wrapped up the California League All-Star break with another day off. The 66ers return to action today against blah blah blah.
Peoria 4, Wisconsin 3. The Timber Rattlers managed just two hits in the game, a single each for CF Gary Harris and C Rene Rivera. They did score a pair of unearned runs thanks to a Peoria error and actually led 3-0 after two innings, but were unable to hang on for the victory. LHP Miguel Martinez (2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K) took the loss in relief of LHP Cesar Jimenez (5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K), who left the game with the score tied at three.
Spokane 4, Everett 1. The AquaSox continue to struggle offensively when it comes to scoring runs, though they did out-hit Spokane 8-4 in the game. 2B Nick Orlandos, hitting leadoff, had three of those eight hits including a double. RHP Beau Hintz started, did his best Nuke LaLoosh impression, and also took the loss for Everett (4 1/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 6 BB, 6 K).
Mariners 9, Brewers 7. 1B Luis Soto led the offense with a single, a double and three RBIs, and CF Samuel Bradford Jr., SS George Sandel, RF Michael Wilson and 3B Craig Hern each added a pair of hits. Sandel also stole three bases, giving him four on the young season.
Oh, and I know this is a Mariners blog, but its Seattle related, and I need to get this off my chest before I go to bed:
Nick Collison. Luke Ridnour. Willie Green? To quote Bill Simmons, I will now light myself on fire.
I mean, you couldn't have screwed this draft up anymore if you had tried. A soft unathletic power forward, an out of control transition point who couldn't stop me from scoring 30, and yet another shooting guard. You know, thats just what I was thinking the Sonics needed.
Alright, back to baseball.
Alex was here for one full season of Safeco Field-2000.
That year, he hit .272/.406/.502 in 265 at-bats when the M's were at home.
On the road, he hit .356/.433/.702 in 289 at-bats.
So, thats 80 points of batting average, 30 points of on base percentage, and 200 points of slugging percentage. Yea, Alex did relatively well in Safeco. A .900 OPS is nothing to sneeze at, especially from a shortstop. But its not the huge earthshattering upgrade, either. Guillen's line at Safeco this year is .308/.407/.423 for an .830 OPS.
I don't want to make it sound like I don't think Alex would be an improvement. Obviously, he's an awesome player, and I don't even think he's overpaid. However, if you're asking me if I'd trade Guillen, Soriano, Nageotte, and Lopez for him, the answer would be no. I'd trade Guillen for him straight up. I might even throw in Ryan Franklin. But I wouldn't give up a lot in return for a player who is going to provide what we already have; hall of fame hitting on the road that is greatly diminished when we come home. The M's need more left-handed bats that will be able to yank the ball down the right field line and avoid Safeco's death valley in left center field.
Dave — I think Alex did well in Safeco when he was here (though I can't find historical splits and I'm on deadline for something here so I can't stooge around and look). And I like him. So there.
More on bullpen usage:
Rany Jazayerli did a great study for Baseball Prospectus a while back that talks about when it's best to use your ace relivers. His conclusion:
So how should a team prioritize the use of its best reliever?
Home Away
1) Top 9th, lead by 1 (.170) 1) Bottom 9th, lead by 1 (.223)
2) Top 9th, tied (.160) 2) Bottom 8th, lead by 1 (.158)
3) Top 8th, lead by 1 (.123) 3) Bottom 9th, tied (.155)
4) Top 8th, tied (.115) 4) Bottom 8th, tied (.122)
5) Top 7th, lead by 1 (.096) 5) Bottom 9th, lead by 2 (.113)
6) Top 7th, tied (.092) 6) Bottom 7th, lead by 1 (.111)
7) Top 9th, lead by 2 (.080) 7) Bottom 8th, lead by 2 (.108
That's just a summary, too — look closely at the tables and you'll see how ridiculous it is to push your relievers into far-ahead situtations: protecting a three-run lead is far less valuable than any tied or trial-by-one situation, and most trail-by-two and some early trail-by-three situations.
Melvin's fixation on lead protection has already hurt the team and will continue to do so.
So, Derek, why exactly is getting another right-handed hitter a good thing? Safeco kills righthanders. The last thing the M's need is another superstar on the road who hits .220 at home.
As far as replacing Winn and Cirillo go, I'd have to question who is legitimately a better alternative. Are there better hitters than Randy Winn out there? Sure. But how much better would they be in Safeco Field (which is really where the offense needs improving), and how much would it effect the defense. The M's are currently number one in Defensive Efficiency for a reason, and Winn and Cirillo are contributing to the defensive success.
And, like I said the other day, Cirillo hasn't stopped hitting. He just went through a homestand, where he never hits. Since going back on the road last Friday, he's hitting .272/.466/.364. Yes, thats correct, he's reached base in 7 of his 15 plate appearances since the team left Seattle. I'd go as far as suggesting that when the Mariners aren't playing at home, Jeff Cirillo is one of the 5 best third baseman in the American League. Ridiculous? Start naming better players. Blalock, Glaus, Koskie, Chavez… Uhh, Bill Mueller, anyone? Robin Ventura? The standards aren't exactly high, and Cirillo's .388 road on base percentage (yes, .388, also known as 60 points higher than what the great Eric Chavez is sporting) is darn valuable. Toss in his glove, and he's a big part of why the M's are so awesome away from Safeco Field.
Ludicrous thought of the day: the Mariners should see if salary-dumping Texas would like to trade us Alex Rodriguez. Sure, he's the best player in baseball, but they're trying to go young-and-cheap now, and Alex gets paid $21m they could waste on other things. They'd save $10m just this year. Texas could use an influx of young good pitchers, and we've got young good pitchers to give, and give 'em Guillen to serve out his time at second. Alex gets to play for a competitive team, which is his long-stated desire, in front of fans who appreciate.. well, good thing we poisoned that well. Anyway, I'm sure the town would come around soon enough if he returned. As much as Alex likes yapping about what a great 2b partner Young is, who wants to bet Boone would be even nicer? Plus, he'd be able to get away from Carl Everett.
And that 25m, that's money the team has, and don't let them tell you otherwise. They just would prefer to keep it.
The upgrade's two, three games in the standings easily just with the bat, and then they'd have another right-handed bat, improved up-the-middle defense. Oooh yeah.
Why this won't happen: M's are allergic to long-term deals, which is why they lost Alex in the first place. It's further from Florida. Alex's unfairly been labeled a money-grubbing pariah here in Seattle.
So what else does this leave us? Where can the team upgrade, costs aside?
Left field: Winn's good defensively, we figure, but he's not hitting at all. Good-hitting LFers who might be available… yeagh. Luis Gonzalez? Brian Giles? Cliff Floyd?
3rd base: Cirillo's stopped hitting again, I don't know what to do about him. Mike Lowell's obviously the prize right now, and then it's a bleak picture.
Bullpen: dear lord, if you're dead set and determined to have a second lefty in the pen, it doesn't have to be Matt Freaking White. Argh.
Bench: standard rant here
Costs included, Winn makes $3.3m, Cirillo makes $6.85m, so it's unlikely the parsimonous M's would bench either. And they don't call him Stand Pat for no reason.
I know what's on your mind, dear readers. "Yeah, I know it seems like Melvin's only using the good relievers when the M's are ahead, but is that just perception?"
Hell no. Arthur Rhodes has been in 36 games this year. To break that down:
7 times Rhodes was put into a game when the M's were behind by any score
1 Rhodes was put into a tie game
28 when Rhodes came in the Mariners had a lead
Further, I think Rhodes has been brought in with the Mariners up by more than three runs as many times as he was brought in with the team behind *at any score*.
Hasegawa's been in 33 games, and… well, and I'm tired of looking at game logs. Heh. But I see he's got what, 11 holds, a save, and looking through his season log, I see a lot of games where he's used in the same way-ahead game situations Rhodes is. I would bet that a detailed accounting would validate this, and I'm going to see if I can't do some work on this for Baseball Prospectus. Baseball Prospectus: because in the world of MLB coverage, you get what you pay for. Um, anyway, the good relievers appear in close and close-and-behind games far less than you'd expect from the M's record.
Ladies and gentlemen, Matt White: the new Carrara. Every team has to have one guy on the roster they can blame things on (the Emmanuel Goldstein, for today's literary reference) and with Carrara gone, Matt White's been shoved forward to take the boos.
In other news: Garcia is crediting his improvement to better mechanics, concentration, a move on the rubber, and developing an effective slider. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?
After last nights game, we got several emails that said, essentially, the exact same thing:
"Why did Bob Melvin put Matt White into a one run game, when his quality relievers were all available to pitch?"
Because Bob lives in Bizarro-World, where a 1-run deficit is insurmountable but we must protect a 5 run lead at all costs. He has systematically shown a refusal to use a non-crappy reliever in situations where the Mariners are trailing, and he saves the Nelson/Rhodes/Hasegawa trio to protect leads.
Of course, Pat Gillick gets his share of the blame for bringing Matt White and Giovanni Carrara here in the first place. But Melvin is going to have to learn how to use his bullpen. He's simply awful at it right now.