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Tagged: Porfirio Lopez
Projecting the A+ Roster
Candidates: Jacob Stallings, Elias Diaz, Francisco Diaz, Kawika Emsley-Pai, Devin Ivany
Analysis: The Pirates do not have a real prospect ready to man the catching position in A+ so the spot will likely go to a fringe prospect or organizational guy. Carlos Paulino is an option to repeat the level yet again but I suspect the Pirates will push him to AA. That leaves us essentially with the candidates I listed above. Ivany was signed to a minor league contract this offseason and could really play anywhere from A+ to AAA. Emsley-Pai and Francisco Diaz look like organizational catchers who will fill in where they are needed in the middle levels. Stallings and Elias Diaz retain just a hint of prospect status. Diaz has been with the Pirates a few years though so his lack of progress could cause the Pirates to shift him towards an organizational role. Stallings was just drafted last year and is probably the best defensive catcher in the organization. He hasn't show any ability to hit though. Stallings defense should keep him at the prospect borderline for another season or two though.
Prediction: Jacob Stallings
Candidates: Jose Osuna, Dan Gamache, Eric Avila, Chris Lashmet, Alen Hanson, DJ Crumlich, Kirk Singer, Andy Vasquez, Benji Gonzalez
Analysis: Personally I think the starting infield at the A+ level is fairly straightforward. Osuna and Hanson are locks to handle 1B and SS respectively which only leaves 2B and 3B open. Dan Gamache is coming off a fairly strong year in A ball and I would imagine the Pirates will give him the first crack at 2B in A+. Third base is a bit more wide open but Avila finished the year strong showing a good power surge so I'm guessing he'll start the year as the third baseman. The other options will have to earn playing time and will likely fill some bench roles in A+ to start the year.
Prediction: Jose Osuna (1B), Dan Gamache (2B), Eric Avila (3B), Alen Hanson (SS)
Candidates: Gregory Polanco, Barrett Barnes, Taylor Lewis, Junior Sosa, Mel Rojas, Willy Garcia, Carlos Mesa
Analysis: There are two locks in the above group and that is Gregory Polanco and Barrett Barnes both are probably top 10 prospects in the Pirates organization and are ready for A+ so they will play. The last spot is a bit more of a question mark. Gaffney was a prime candidate to take a spot before he returned to college football and Garcia is the best prospect of the remaining group but he didn't show a lot in A ball last year. Of the rest Sosa and Mesa look like organizational filler, Lewis a project and Rojas as a fading prospect who may be pushed to AA for last audition.
Prediction: Barrett Barnes (LF), Gregory Polanco (CF), Mel Rojas (RF)
Analysis: The bench will of course consist of the players listed who I have not assigned starting roles to. The options are not very clear at this point. Obviously a backup catcher will be retained. I also suspect that we will see two of the infielders retained, I think Crumlich with his strong debut last season is the safest bet of the group and we will also see one outfielder. There is one final spot and I think that will go to a player who will split DHing duties with the 4th outfielder.
Prediction: Elias Diaz, DJ Crumlich, Kirk Singer, Chris Lashmet, Taylor Lewis
Candidates: Nicholas Kingham, Robby Rowland, Zach Von Rosenberg, Matt Benedict, Zachary Fuesser, Kenn Kasparek, Luis Sanz, Zack Dodson
Analysis: It is difficult to handicap the pitching staffs as we get this low into the minors. The Pirates have a lot of options and at times it can be difficult to figure just who they are high on. In this case I think 3 of the 5 starting pitchers are or should be rather clear. Kingham, Rowland and Von Rosenberg all have earned a chance to show what they can do in A+. The rest of the group is a smattering of borderline prospects of which I can't decipher who the Pirates are still high on. Dodson is suspended to begin the season and obviously won't start the year with anybody but is a candidate to join the A+ rotation shortly after his suspension ends. Sanz I originally pegged for the AA rotation but I'm having second thoughts on that and he could come into player here.
Prediction: Nicholas Kingham, Robby Rownalnd, Zach Von Rosenberg, Matt Benedict, Kenn Kasparek
Analysis: Like all minor league bullpens my prediction is just a shot in the dark in which I pick seven names I kind of like who I think would make sense.
Prediction: Zachary Fuesser, Porfirio Lopez, Dalton Friend, Pat Ludwig, Rinku Singh, Nathan Kilcrease, Quinton Miller
The Dave Littlefield Eight
Five years have come and gone since Neal Huntington has taken over as the Pirates GM. I am of the opinion that when switching GMs it takes 5 full seasons before one can really say that the farm system is essentially all the doing of the current GM. So according to my theory this is the first year we can say the system is essentially all Huntington's. However even with that being said there are eight remaining players in the Pirates farm system from the days of Dave Littlefield. Of the 8, two are solid prospects, another one is intriguing and the other 5 look like organizational filler at this point. However let me introduce you to the Dave Littlefield 8.
Emmanuel De Leon
Of the 8 players, De Leon is the toughest to get a read on. He was an international free agent signed by the Pirates late in 2007 so he never actually played in the Pirates system until the Huntington regime took over. De Leon is an interesting case because prior to last season he had only thrown 89.1 innings in 4 professional seasons and had not yet reached full season ball. De Leon spent two seasons in the DSL, barely playing in 2008 and then showing good stuff and poor command in 2009. The Pirates brought him to the states and assigned him to rookie ball in 2010 but he barely pitched only getting 7 innings the entire season. In 2011 the Pirates tried him at A- and his control was better but his strike outs took a hit. This past season the Pirates tried him at A ball and like most pitchers there this season he pitched poorly. He was eventually demoted to A- where he got better results and was later promoted back to A ball and eventually pushed up to A+ for a few appearances. The good news is his strike outs returned but the bad news is that his control suffered. De Leon is a relief pitcher at this point albeit one with a very good arm. He still has some potential but the lack of progress he has made in regards to his control makes him a project more than a legit prospect. The Pirates will probably have him pitch in A or A+ in 2013.
Andy Vasquez
Vasquez is one of only two position player prospects left from the Littlefield days. He was signed by the Pirates as an international free agent back in 2006. He was a very late signing for an international player as the Pirates signed him as a 20 year old. He made his minor league debut in 2007 getting into a handful of DSL games and showing some good plate discipline. The following year the Pirates pushed him to A- and he played decently but the plate discipline he showed in a small sample the previous year was gone. The Pirates had him split time between 2B and SS. He repeated A- the following season and was just plain bad. Because of his poor showing in 2009 the Pirates started him back at A- for a 3rd straight year in 2010. He hit better albeit in a small sample size and later was promoted to A ball on account of some injuries. He played sparingly only getting 91 AB between the two levels. In 2011 Vasquez started the year as a utility player in A ball, playing essentially every position but he managed to hit well enough that he eventually became a starter playing primarily LF but also getting time at 2B and 3B. However he continued to show no plate discipline. THe Pirates tried Vasquez in A+ in 2012 as a utility player. Once again he hit fairly well with the exception of his high strikeout and low walk totals. He got a brief promotion to AA at the end of the season. In a matter of two season Vasquez has went from looking like he would be out of baseball soon to being a very competent mid level utility player. Due to the poor results posted by most of the players at the A+ level in 2012 it is not inconceivable that Vasquez could start the year in AA perhaps even receiving regular playing time.
Eliecer Navarro
Navarro is one of 3 pitchers remaining that fit a mold that Littlefield seemed to like. He is a small left handed (5′ 9″) finese pitcher with better offspeed stuff than you typically see from lower level prospects. These types are a fairly safe bet to make it to the lower to mid levels and have a reasonable amount of success there however that is pretty much also their ceiling. Navarro was signed as an international free agent in 2006. Navarro pitched in the DSL in 2007 and 2008 showing good command and striking out a high number of batters. In 2009 the Pirates brought him to the states and assigned him to rookie ball where he continued to pitch fairly well but he didn't strike out near as many batters. In 2010 the Pirates sent him to A- to begin his season but after 3 successful appearances he was promoted to A ball where he continued to pitch fairly well. His strike out rates bounced back some in 2010 and his control remained good. In 2011 the Pirates tried him at A+and he got hit around pretty hard. He did manage to post a decent strike out rate though and his command was still solid. THe Pirates demoted him back to A ball and he pitched well both as a reliever and a starter. Last season the Pirates tried him back at A+ and his numbers were better although his strike out rate again took a hit but it was still decent. The Pirates had him both starting and relieving but he was far more effective as a reliever. Navarro's arsenal consists of a high 80s fastball and some good breaking stuff. He is 25 years old and is likely ticketed for AA. At this point he looks like an organizational pitcher but like with all crafty left handed relief pitchers who manage to make it to AA there is a slight chance he could see a cup of coffee in the majors as a LOOGY one day.
Jhonathan Ramos
Ramos is very similar to Navarro in that he is another small left handed pitcher (5′ 8″) with an upper 80s fastball, good breaking stuff and good results in the lower minors. Ramos was an international free agent signed in 2006 by the Pirates. Ramos started his professional career in 2007 in the VSL and spent three seasons there. His first season he showed some control issues but he improved on them greatly in the remaining seasons. He posted strong strike out rates all 3 seasons and had good overall stat lines. The Pirates aggressively promoted Ramos all the way to A ball in 2010 which was his first season playing in the states. He got hit very hard and was demoted to A-. He pitched very well there and was eventually promoted back to A ball. At both levels he displayed great control and had a decent strike out rate. In 2011 the Pirates promoted him to A+ where he originally pitched in the bullpen before joining the rotation. He struggled initially in A+ but had decent numbers although his BB/9 went up slightly and his K/9 fell off dramatically. Ramos got hurt in August and when healthy was sent to A ball where he played in one game. In 2012 the Pirates had Ramos serve as a swing pitcher for A+ and AA. he moved between the levels a few times during the course of the season. He had similar ratios at each level although his ERA was much better in AA. Like in 2011 Ramos's control wasn't quite as good and his strike outs were far below what he had been putting up. Ramos is an organizational pitcher and will likely once again split time between A+ and AA in 2013. Like Navarro the chance of him eventually getting a call up to the majors is slim but as a left hander that has reached AA it is feasible.
Porfiro Lopez
Lopez is the last member of the trio of short left handed finesse pitchers left over. He is 5′ 10″ tall and like the other two has an arsenal of a high 80s fastball which he offsets with a solid assortment of breaking stuff. Of the 3 he does seem to have the best velocity occasionally touching the low 90s. The Pirates signed him as an international free agent in 2007 and he spend three seasons in the DSL. In 2008 he pitched sparingly but struggled in his limited action. In 2009 he put up a great season showing great control and striking out a lot of batters. Despite his strong numbers the Pirates sent him back to the DSL for a third season in 2010 where he put up good numbers but they weren't as good as the previous season and his walk rate rose and strike out rate dropped. The Pirates promoted him to the states in 2011 and sent him to A+ where he predictably struggled mightily getting hit hard but posting a good strike out rate. He was demoted to A ball where he split time between the bullpen and rotation and fared much better posting a lower walk rate and even a tad higher strike out rate. In 2012 the Pirates started Lopez back in A+ but shuffled him between A and A+ a fair amount. He pitched well in A+ posing a good ERA and low walk rate but struggled to strike people out. Conversely he pitched poorly in A ball posting a high walk rate and high ERA but striking batters out at a good clip. The Pirates are likely to use Lopez in a similar role in 2013 as he has the look of an organizational pitcher. If needed he could see some time at AA this season but like the previous two small left handed pitchers his ceiling looks to be a AA level organizational bullpen arm. If things break just right for him or the other two a cup of coffee as a LOOGY in the big leagues is possible but seems highly unlikely.
Eric Avila
Avila is one of the three Littlefield holdovers remaining I still consider a prospect. He was signed by the Pirates as an international free agent in 2006. Avila played three season in the DSL converting from 2B to 3B in his third season. In 2007 he got into a handful of games but played only sparingly collecting only 42 AB. In 2008 he played much more frequently and put up decent numbers but not really anything to stand out except for a low strike out rate. In 2009 he had his breakout season, hitting 9 HR and only striking out 3 more times than he walked. He finished as one of the best hitters in the DSL and was promoted to the states the following season. In 2010 the Pirates assigned him to rookie ball and he displayed power finishing tied for the lead league in home runs. On the downside his great strike out rate nearly doubled making it much more average. In 2011 the Pirates promoted him to A ball and he struggled. He didn't strike out a ton but had trouble hitting the ball with much authority. The Pirates returned him to A ball in 2012 but this time as a utility player instead of a starter. He got hurt early in the season and basically didn't play until June. During June and July he hit fairly well and was given a starting job in August. Avila finished the year strong hitting 8 home runs over the last 26 games and giving his prospect status a faint pulse. His strike out and walk rates were concerning as he posted 5 times the number of strike outs as walks. Avila is also a weak defender at third base meaning if he is going to have any value going forward it will have to be with his bat. With no real third base prospect blocking him Avila should get a chance to fully revive his prospect status at the A+ in 2013.
Duke Welker
Up to this point all the remaining Littlefield players have been international free agent signing but Welker was acquired by the Pirates in 2nd round of the 2007 draft. When drafted he had a low 90s fastball and an average slider. He was a bit of an injury risk and an overdraft for a 2nd round selection as scouts said with a 3rd pitch his ceiling was a #4 starter. Welker got into a few games at the A- level in 2007 and pitched well but his season was cut short due to injuries. The Pirates promoted him to A ball the following season and he was hit hard. He got worse as the season went on and his velocity was down from where it was when he was drafted. He also struggled with control and didn't strike out many batters. In 2009 Welker repeated A level and wasn't really any better. He wasn't hit quite as hard as batters only hit .253 against him compared to .307 the previous season but his ERA and BB/9 both rose over the prior year. On the plus side his velocity was back in the low 90s. In 2010 the Pirates opted to try Welker a third time at A ball but this time purely as a reliever. The move appeared to work as Welker started throwing 96-98 mph out of the bullpen. His walks skyrocketed to 9.7 BB/9 but his strike out rate jumped to 10.1 K/9 and opponents hit a measly .198 against him. He was promoted to A+ midseason and pitched largely the same there. Welker opened the following season, 2011 in A+. He pitched very well there showing better control getting his walk rate down to 4.3 BB/9 but his strike out rate also fell. He was promoted to AA near the end of the season and pitched fairly well there posting a 8.1 K/9 and 0.9 BB/9 in a small sample. The Pirates somewhat surprisingly added Welker to the roster prior to the 2012 season and started him off at AA. He pitched well at AA showing good control and inducing a lot of ground balls but his strike out was just average. The Pirates promoted him to AAA where he initially struggled but by the end fo the season was pitching fairly well. Welker needs a little more polish but as a ground ball pitcher who can post average strike out rates there is a good chance we could see him in the majors some time in 2013 but he will likely start back in AAA.
Kyle McPherson
Another 2007 draft pick McPherson was selected in the 14th round. McPherson's arsenal includes a low 90s fastball that he can get into the mid 90s, a curve and a change. His best asset is not his pitches themselves but the great control he has of them. McPherson started his professional career in rookie ball in 2007 and pitched fairly well albeit with a low strike out rate. He was promoted to A- near the end of the year and hit fairly hard in three starts. McPherson displayed his great command keeping his walk rate below 2 BB/9 at each level. The Pirates kept McPherson at the A- level for 2008 and he pitched well continuing his great command with a miniscule 0.8 BB/9 but had some home run problems as he allowed 10 of them in just 55.2 innings. The Pirates promoted him to A ball in 2009 where he split time between starting and relieving and he was mediocre posting an average ERA with giood WHIP and BB/9 rates but a low strike out rate. He was sent back down to A- where he worked exclusively as a starter and he pitched better but still with a low strike out rate. In 2010 McPherson once again started out in A ball but this time was much better posting good numbers, including a still very strong walk rate but also improving his strike out rate dramatically. He was originally used as a started but moved to relief later in the season to limit his innings. He made a few appearances at the A+ level at the end of the season and pitched very well. The Pirates surprisingly added him the 40 man roster in the offseason and then sent him to A+ in 2011. He continued his strong pitching there posting great numbers including a solid strike out rate. He was promoted to AA midseason and pitched largely the same at that level. McPherson was supposed to start the 2012 season in AAA but a shoulder injury caused him to miss some time and he eventually started back in AA. His numbers there weren't quite as good as the year before but he still had strong strike out and walk rates. The Pirates promoted him to AAA later in the season where he made 3 excellent starts before eventually getting promoted to the major leagues. McPherson pitched well in his few outings at the major league level. Going into the 2013 season McPherson is a candidate to start the year in the MLB rotation but will most likely be sent back to AAA for a little more seasoning although he will very likely appear in the majors at some point in 2013.
Prospect Recap: Part V
Upper Level Pitchers – Interesting Non-Prospects
Aaron Pribanic: Pribanic was one of three minor league pitchers the Pirates acquired in the Jack Wilson trade a few years back. The other two were both selected in the Rule V draft but Pribanic remains with the Pirates. Pribanic is a sinker ball pitcher which means he lives or dies with ground balls. Before this season he had modest success and was looking like a fringe prospect. However this season he suffered a shoulder injury early in the season and spent the rest of the year trying to come back from it. Pribanic has decent control but he relies heavily on his sinker and his secondary pitches are average at best. At this point he is a 26 year who will likely be returning for a 3rd straight season of AA ball so his prospect days look behind him but considering he missed this year due to injury he should probably be given one last chance to prove himself.
Nathan Baker: Baker was drafted by the Pirates in the 5th round of the 2009 draft. He is a left-handed pitcher who throws his fastball right around 90 mph and compliments it with a good change-up. He was a pitcher I liked coming into the 2012 season and I thought could take a step forward; as it turns out I was close as his college and Pirate minor league teammate, Phillip Irwin made the step forward. Baker on the other hand had a poor showing at AA which significantly hurt his prospect status. Baker was moved to the bullpen this season but the Pirates do not have a ton of starting options for AA so Baker may return to the rotation, either way if he has a future in the major leagues going forward it will probably be a fringe left-handed reliever.
Hunter Strickland: I doubt anyone remembers this at this point but Strickland was the pitching prospect we got in return for Adam LaRoche. Strickland doesn't have the best arsenal with a low 90s fastball and average breaking stuff but what he does have is pin point control. In his two seasons with the Pirates Strickland had two decent seasons but never really stood out and then he missed all of 2011 due to a shoulder injury. This season he returned and had a very solid showing in A+ but struggled upon getting promoted. Strickland is still only 24 years old so it is too early to write him off completely especially considering he lost a whole year of development with the shoulder injury but going forward Strickland is going to have to start missing some more bats and getting better results if he is to be viewed as a legitimate prospect.
Jhonathan Ramos: During the Littlefield era the Pirates had a fascination with signing Latin American prospects who were short finesse left-handed pitchers. Ramos is one of the last remaining and has probably been the most successful so far. Ramos has put up respectable numbers at just about every level he has pitched but has never really stood out. He was great in the VSL and A- but since moving to full season ball he has been mediocre. His arsenal includes an upper 80s fastball, a slider and a change-up. This past season he split time between A+ and AA and put some eerily similar peripherals but he had a much a higher ERA in A+ than he did AA. Ramos is probably just an organizational pitcher at this point but as a finesse left-handed reliever with good control it is not unreasonable to think he could get a cup of coffee in the major leagues one day.
Porfirio Lopez: Lopez is the other hold out of the short left-handed Latin American pitching prospects signed by Littlefield. Like Ramos Lopez dominated when in the international leagues but has struggled since starting full season ball in the states. Unlike Ramos, Lopez appears to have the ability to miss bats but he pays for it with poor control and a high walk rate. This past season like 2011 Lopez split time between A and A+ and put up mediocre numbers. He actually showed improved control this season in A+ but it was at the expense of some strike outs so I imagine he must have been trying something different. Lopez seems to have a tad bit more on his fastball than Ramos occasionally hitting 90 but his secondary pitches are roughly the same at average to maybe slightly above. At this point Lopez looks like an organizational pitcher but the same caveat applies here as it is not unreasonable to think he could make a major league appearance some day under the right conditions.
Aaron Poreda: Poreda is an interesting story. He was drafted by the White Sox in the first round of the 2007 draft and he moved quickly through the minors pitching well at every level and he made his MLB debut in 2009. He was shaky in his 10 appearances with the White Sox but it appeared to be nothing more than a rookie trying to adjust but then he was traded to the Padres in the Jake Peavy deal and everything fell apart. He pitched only 2.1 innings with the Padres but appeared to have no control what so ever. The Padres sent him to the minors and he continued showing no control what so ever. He did manage to start missing bats again but with walk rates above 10 BB/9 that scarcely mattered. The Pirates selected him during the minor league portion of the Rule V draft last season and sent him to AA where in limited to before he got injured he did show somewhat improved control but even so the 6.2 BB/9 rate he posted is still awful. Poreda is a left-handed pitcher with great stuff, his fastball has been clocked at 100 mph. There is obviously talent here but unless Poreda can find his control again it won't matter. The Pirates will probably give him one more chance this season.
Michael Colla: Colla was drafted by the Pirates in the 14th round of the 2008 draft. He throws a low 90s fastball, a slider and a curve. Colla has spent the last two seasons at AA and put up very similar numbers both seasons. This season the Pirates moved him to the bullpen and he pitched much better there than he did as a starter. Colla seems to have decent control as he has always posted good walk rate and even manages to miss a few bats with a K rate normally around 7 K/9. The Pirates had success moving Hughes and Watson to the bullpen after they tapped out as starters at the AA level so I see no reason why they shouldn't try the same path with Colla. Colla should open the season in AAA and could be a candidate for the major leagues some time this season if he pitches well and a need arises in the Pirates bullpen.


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to purge Germany of all things foreign, including
By MICHAEL SHERRY
NAZI WAR ON CANCER By Robert N. Proctor.Illustrated. 380 pp.Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
THE Nazi war on cancer? Other
readers may be as incredulous as I was when this
book came to my attention. We think of Hitler's
regime as waging war on nations and peoples, not on
behalf of public health.
But good historical work surprises us by
recovering forgotten facets of the past. Robert
N. Proctor, a veteran historian of science who
teaches at Pennsylvania State University, has
produced a book full of surprises.
Going well beyond the "cancer" of his catchy
title, Proctor surveys an extraordinary range of
health campaigns that predated the Nazi regime but
to varying degrees allied with it and climaxed
under it. These included minor and spurious ones
like colonic cleansing; major efforts to promote
organic foods and medicines purged of toxins;
barbarous programs of sterilization and murder of
alleged social defectives; and serious efforts
grounded in superior science to conquer cancer.
German experts, for instance, were the first to
link smoking with lung cancer and to promote breast
self-examination by women. As the book's rich
illustrations show, modern advertising techniques
accompanied many health campaigns, like the one
against smoking. "Our Fuhrer Adolf Hitler
drinks no alcohol and does not smoke. . . . His
performance at work is incredible," one magazine
gushed in 1937.
Motivations ran the gamut: nostalgia for an
imagined premodern Germany of rural health and
vigor; faith in Germany's scientific prowess;
ambition to make Germans fit for war; and longing
to purge the nation of presumed social bacilli and
cancer, with Jews sometimes described as a "cancer"
on Germany and, like Communists and homosexuals,
sometimes blamed for bad habits like smoking and
Proctor summarizes the "spirit of millenarian
social engineering" that these motivations
nourished: "Aggressive measures in the field of
public health would usher in a new era of healthy,
happy Germans, united by race and common outlook,
cleansed of alien environmental toxins, freed from
the previous era's plague of cancers, both literal
and figurative." Proctor refuses, however, to
reduce those motivations to a single Nazi
His triumph lies in showing how many impulses
could be braided into the prevailing Nazi ethos. It
also comes from finding just the right tone --
mostly straightforward, rarely condescending,
occasionally whimsical -- for telling these
fascinating, unsettling stories. And he commands an
astonishing volume of detail, some of it loathsome
and bizarre, some more familiar -- the rhetoric of
anti-smoking advertisements, for example, and fads
like colonic cleansing (which does, after all,
still have its devotees). In the end, the Nazi
efforts to promote health came to little.
Like health campaigns everywhere, they
confronted the intractable habits of most people,
and, in any case, the metaphorical war on disease
was swamped by the real war Germany started in
1939, which made its leaders worry that denying
soldiers and civilians the indulgences of tobacco
and alcohol would undercut their morale. War
reinforced public health in some ways -- shortages
of tobacco and new taxes on it cut consumption,
especially by women -- but, of course, its overall
effect was disastrous.
Nonetheless, Proctor's account reminds us that
even bad regimes do some good things, just as
better regimes do some terrible things. While
rejecting "banalities" like "good can come from
evil," he offers a modulated view of the
differences between fascism and democracy that once
had some cachet in American politics and letters --
among critics of the United States' use of the
atomic bomb against Japan, for example.
The physicist Freeman Dyson, admiring
Germans' resistance to Allied bombing of their
cities, concluded in 1979 that "a good cause can
become bad if we fight for it with means that are
indiscriminately murderous. A bad cause can become
good if enough people fight for it in a spirit of
comradeship and self-sacrifice." But that grasp of
moral complexity has weakened amid the recent
feel-good politics of nostalgia about America's
role in World War II. Although acutely aware of
Nazi crimes, Proctor brings that moral complexity
back within reach.
He shows, among other things, that Nazism's
appeal to many Germans included its promises to
bring progress, even as many thrilled to its vision
of order and subjugation. He insists that "public
health initiatives were pursued not just in spite
of fascism, but also in consequence of fascism,"
which had its "fertile, creative faces," along with
its "monstrous and sadistic demons."
Proctor notes that anti-tobacco advocates in the
United States "have been labeled 'health fascists'
and 'Nico-Nazis,'" and he points out "the logical
error" of arguing that "since the Nazis were
purists, purists today must be Nazis." He clearly
believes that it is foolish to think that "public
health measures are in principle totalitarian." But
perhaps he overlooks similarities between American
and Nazi "wars" of social betterment.
Anyone familiar with today's genetic agenda in
science may wince at Proctor's summary of the
"genetically anchored" agenda of Nazi ideology:
"The Nazi imagination ran wild in this territory,
claiming racial, genetic or 'constitutional'
predispositions for every conceivable human talent
and disability." Just as pertinent is the American
penchant for waging "war" on social problems.
Lyndon B. Johnson declared "war" on
poverty, crime, hunger and other social ills --
nothing less than a "worldwide war on disease" --
while Richard M. Nixon declared "war on
cancer." Announced by groups with little else in
common, "wars" on AIDS, drugs, terrorism, abortion,
smoking and other presumed enemies have defined
much of America's recent politics.
Just as I received this book, I read an article
in The New York Times, "Crimes of the War on
Crime," that detailed the injury to lives and civil
liberties inflicted in the name of that war.
Today's "purists" need not be fascists to sanction
questionable measures on behalf of apparently
unquestionable goals. Even in a democracy, "war,"
whether actual or metaphorical, justifies the
identification of "enemies" and the corrosion of
normal scruples.
While joining Robert Proctor in rejecting glib
comparisons between Nazi Germany and the United
States, we can still take instruction from his
splendid account about the dangers of pursuing
social betterment through warlike words and


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Every once in a while, no matter how devoured by the daily dynamics of software development we get, we feel the need to turn to the present, to the communities around us. In the end this is where all those belonging to the big 1&1 Romania team come from, right? And if that is the case, wouldn't it be ok to scan and scrutinize time and ask ourselves who our future colleagues are; who are those who may come work along our side in a few years?
Together with Scoala de Valori, 1&1 Romania has asked itself this very question. And they joined forces in starting an initiative that would target teenagers with a passion for software development. This is how STAR was born (Software Talent Academy Romania), a project that brings together high school students passionate for IT, giving them the opportunity to see firsthand how a software development team works. For six weeks, five high school students teams will work on five different IT projects, nominated also by them, guided by a mentor, whose role will be to help them organize and act like a real team of programmers. The mentors and all the other specialists in IT technologies, quality assurance, software design and project management are experienced professionals from 1&1 Romania, who unreservedly accepted to dedicate a part of their personal time to this project.
We, all those implicated in the STAR project, strongly believe that this type of initiatives are very important for piecing together the theoretical aspects offered by the Romanian school system and the practical ones from the software development companies. For these young students it is very important to gain a complete image of the profession they plan on embracing, so as to later have the satisfaction of choosing a professional carrier up to their expectations. It is very important for a software development company to be able to recruit young men and women with a passion for IT, however equally educated on the modern working technologies, in order to make their integration into the existing teams faster and easier.
STAR is the project that attempts to make a first step towards reaching these goals, to the benefit of both the companies and the community. Naturally we all hope this first step will be marked by success and will be followed by many others.
You can find here more details about the STAR project.


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I read this article, The Day I Stopped Saying Hurry Up | Rachel Macy Stafford, just now and my gut wretched a bit because this could have been me writing. In the day in age in which everything is met with instant gratification–because let face it, everything can be done on your smartphone anymore–many of us have forgotten how to enjoy life. Why do we find ourselves living our lives in the fast lane, the wind whipping by and the scenery of our lives but a blur in our periphery?
As I head back to my classroom and my life get busy with life, I want to slow down. But it will be hard. Slow is not in my nature because a schedule doesn't wait, and most of the time I can't sit still. But what is the alternative? Do I want to see my daughters, like Stafford saw hers, emulating my perpetual impatience and growing up believing I don't have a second to spare for them?
So here it is, August 2013, and I'm making my New Year's resolution: Breath deeply and slow down to experience rather than rush through life with my family.


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EAPC Emotions "Enthusiasm" Competition Winner Announcement14 5 Share Tweet
Recently, The European Association of Political Consultants (EAPC) and Lomography joined forces to bring you a series of competitions, all involving the emotions, in connection the upcoming EAPC Conference in Vienna. Come check out the 10 winning picks for the "Enthusiasm" competition!
The European Association of Political Consultants (EAPC), together with Lomography, recently hosted a series of competitions featuring various emotions – in relation to the coming EAPC conference in Vienna, about how political campaigns emotionalize and mobilize using latest E-technologies. Here we present to you the top photos for "Enthusiasm." We have 10 winners, picked by the EAPC jury and Lomography staff – congratulations, everyone!
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Ein "Christmas Present" für Guitar Fans:
Gruhn Guitars is pleased and honored to offer a collection of 29 guitars owned and used by Eric Clapton.
The wide-ranging collection features both vintage and modern guitars, each of which is accompanied
by a photo of Eric Clapton with the guitar and a signed letter from him attesting ownership and use.
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Osama videos show he was active Al Qaeda leader, say US officialsMay 8th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 8 (IANS) US officials say the five videos of Osama bin Laden released Saturday show that the Al Qaeda chief "remained active" in his outfit's terrorist propaganda operations.
The US officials emphasise that the recordings and other materials seized at bin Laden's Pakistan compound show that he still had a firm hand at the tiller, managing strategic and tactical control of his organisation, even as he stayed out of sight in Abbottabad, CNN reported.
The undated videos make clear Osama "remained active in al Qaeda terrorist propaganda operations, especially in shaping his own image," said a senior intelligence official granted anonymity under the ground rules of a briefing at the Pentagon.
Four of the clips show Osama in more formal attire but no audio of him speaking accompanied the images.
The official said the audio was removed because it would be "inappropriate to spread the words of terrorists and propaganda messages, especially Osama bin Laden."
Besides the missing audio, the videos had not been altered in any other way, the intelligence official said.
The recording of an aging Osama, stroking his beard, reviewing news footage and calling up a DVD menu, portrays him as an ordinary man, not a terror mastermind.
One of the videos is a message, the US officials believe, and was recorded in October or November and is titled "A Message to the American People". In that video, which had not been broadcast by Al Qaeda, Osama's beard has been dyed black and he was well-composed as he delivered his message.
The three other videos are practice sessions for videos Osama was probably planning to release to the world.
The US commandos had seized videos, documents, disks, thumb drives, computers and more. Analysts have poured over them for evidence of further plots or operations.
"The materials reviewed over the past several days clearly show that bin Laden remained an active leader in Al Qaeda, providing strategic, operational and tactical instructions to the group," the intelligence official said.
But US officials would not describe any of that material in detail Saturday.
The Osama videos were shown amid the Obama administration's decision not to release photos of the slain bin Laden.


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On a piece of Powdery Pink cardstock, I adhered 9 pieces of Whisper White cardstock cut slightly larger that 1 by 1" - 1 3/8 by 1 3/8"
On each piece I stamped part of each of the images using Berry Burst ink. Some of the images were then colored with the same ink using a blender pen. The leaves were colored with Pear Pizzazz.
After sponging all of the edges they were adhered to the layering cardstock leaving about 1/2" for the sentiment.
In that space I placed some whisper white ribbon, upon which I adhered the happy birthday sentiment (from Birthday Banners)
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Flirty Flowers, Birthday Banners
Inks: Berry Burst, Old Olive
Papers: Berry Burst, Powdery Pink, Whisper White
Accessories: 1/2" whisper white retired ribbon, dimensionals, blender pen


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East Oktibbeha drops decision on the road
KILMICHAEL – East Oktibbeha came up just short on the road Friday night, falling to Montgomery County 20-8.
The Titans trailed 14-0 at the end of three quarters before Marlon Fair connected with Chris Hunter for a 1-yard touchdown pass. East Oktibbeha's 2-point conversion made the score 14-8.
Later in the fourth, the Titans notched what would have been a game-tying score, only to have the play called back due to a clipping penalty.
Chris Hunter led East Oktibbeha on the ground, rushing 13 times for 65 yards. Marlon Fair had 49 yards on 10 carries.
Devensively, Monte Horsely recorded 11 tackles and three sacks. Terrance Rice had nine tackles.
Juwan Roberts and Arthur Gillispie both had interceptions for the Titans.
The game featured Randy Brooks' return to the Titans' head coaching ranks. Brooks previously served as head coach when East Oktibbeha was known as B.L. Moor.
Brooks and the Titans open the home portion of their schedule next Friday night when they welcome West Lowndes to Crawford.
West Oktibbeha defeated West Lowndes 31-14 on Friday.


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Delicious Fish Stew with Tomato Paste
Hi guys, given the current situation in the country with the cost of tomatoes, I decided to hook you guys with a foolproof recipe. Best thing about this recipe is the fact that it's very affordable it costs less than #1,000 to make, great right? This recipe is so easy the result is delicious and you would not be able to tell the difference between this and fresh tomatoes stew. I used fish but you can use protein you like e.g chicken, beef etc.


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Fundraising News
North Devon please vote for Calvert Trust Exmoor!
Calvert Trust Exmoor is asking residents of North Devon to vote this month (January 2017) to help them receive a grant from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative.
Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch the monthly funding scheme, which sees grants of £5,000, £2,000 and £1,000 – all raised from the 5p bag levy – being awarded to local outdoor community projects.
Voting is open in stores from 2 January to 28 January 2017. Customers cast their vote using a token given to them at the check-out in store each time they shop.
Calvert Trust Exmoor will use the grant to fund accessible play equipment for a new inclusive play area, which will be open to both residential guests and local visitors.
Artists Impression of the accessible play area
Fiona Walker, Community Fundraiser at Calvert Trust Exmoor said; "We are so pleased to have chosen by Tesco to be part of Bags for Help; this grant and the accessible play area it supports will make a huge difference to our guests and visitors. Please do visit your local Tesco store and vote for us this month!"
You can vote for Calvert Trust Exmoor in the following North Devon Tesco stores;
Barnstaple Rose Lane (EX32 8PG)
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Tesco's Bags of Help project has already delivered over £24 million to more than 2,400 projects up and down the UK. Tesco customers get the chance to vote for three different groups each month. At the end of each month, when votes are collected, three groups in each of Tesco's regions will be awarded funding.
Lindsey Crompton, Head of Community at Tesco, said:"We are absolutely delighted to open the voting for January. There are some fantastic projects on the shortlists and we can't wait to see them come to life in hundreds of communities."
Groundwork's national Chief Executive, Graham Duxbury, said: "We've been thrilled to see the diversity of projects that have applied for funding, ranging from outdoor classrooms, sports facilities, community gardens, play areas and everything in between. We're looking forward to learning the results of the customer vote and then supporting each group to bring their project to life."
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An early-morning traffic stop east of Hillsborough led to the arrest of a man on weapons and drugs charges.
Orange County deputies arrested 20-year-old Jovani Fabian Wednesday after he was stopped for driving 77 mph in a 55 mph zone on US 70 near Seven Springs Road east of Hillsborough.
During the traffic stop, deputies noticed boxes of beer inside the vehicle, which are unlawful drivers younger than 21 to possess.
Subsequently, deputies located 2.12 ounces of marijuana, nine packs of transdermal pain patches of buprenorphine hydrochloride and five firearms. They seized a 9mm handgun and four semi-automatic rifles, including two AR-15 rifles. Two of the weapons were determined to have been stolen.
Fabian was charged with possession with intent to manufacture sell/deliver Schedule VI controlled substance, maintaining a vehicle for controlled substances, felony possession of marijuana, felony possession of Schedule III controlled substance, PWIMSD Schedule III controlled substance, two counts of possession of stolen firearms, possession of an open container of alcohol after consuming, underage possession of a malt beverage, possession of drug paraphernalia and carrying a concealed weapon.
Fabian was being held at the Orange County jail in lieu of $50,000 bond.
Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood praised the work of his deputies.
"The importance of the Patrol Division as the tip of the enforcement spear is highlighted by this arrest," Blackwood said. "We are reminded of the need to be ever vigilant in our efforts to keep weapons illegally possessed and drugs off the streets to protect members of our community and the public at large."
Joe Johnson: 919-419-6678, @JEJ_HSNews


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Lake County Children's Council
The Lake County Children's Council is committed to creating an environment that will honor, nuture and protect children.
To prevent child abuse and neglect, the Lake County Children's Council advocates for services to reduce family stress in our community.
To prevent child abuse and neglect, the Lake County Children's Council promotes the five protective factors for families and advocates for strengthening families and communities around the lake.
The members of the Children's Council work together to prevent child abuse and neglect by raising awareness about effective prevention, offering education, training and resources to parents and communities and providing direct prevention and services to families and children.
Please visit www.lakecountychildrenscouncil.com for information on how you can get involved, current projects, resources and more.
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2 tablespoons unsalted butter
¼ cup Nutella
1 large egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
6 tablespoons (¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons) self-rising flour
Pinch of kosher salt
¼ cup chopped hazelnuts preferably toasted (optional)
In a large mug, combine the butter and Nutella.
Microwave for 20 to 30 seconds until melted.Whisk in the egg with a fork. Stir in the milk, vanilla, and sugar. Add the flour and salt. Beat the batter until smooth. Fold in the hazelnuts.
Divide the batter between two mugs. Microwave separately for 1½ to 2½ minutes each until risen and firm.
Topping Ideas: Whipped cream, Nutella, Marshmallow Fluff, milk chocolate ganache, caramel sauce, confectioners' sugar, chopped hazelnuts, or fresh raspberries.


text: Her is a Shockwave I made a while back after seeing the one Jin had made. And what are the Decepticons without a Shockwave? He was made using energon Barricades arms (they actually fit perfectly), and his legs for the guns muzzle, Energon Shockblast/Sixshot. And the oposite shoulder was casted and sculpted. The gun/hand is attached with rare earth magnets. The gun for his hand is from a microman st I had laying around in the billions of parts boxes I have. The hose on the arm is actually a rubber tube strip for screen doors cut down to size, they are sold at home depot $.99 for about 30 foot. The paints are airbrushed Tamaya purple, testors model masters white, silver, and a white red mixture. Please mind my pictures, I am tryin to follow some of the new tutorials here, and manage a new camera to boot. I am a computer illiterate. Hope you like.


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The city of Oconee is situated in Washington County, GA, USA. The primary business activities include retail, medical services and insurance.
Oconee has convenience stores, clinics, medical centers, churches, eateries, restaurants, groceries, supermarkets, take outs and parks as well.
It has a mix population with African American, Native American and Whites.


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An inspiring and practical read. I listened to most of this audiobook during a twelve-hour drive from Harare, Zimbabwe to Blantyre, Malawi.
My notes:
Daniel Priestley talks about how we all have an empire building brain, however, the empire brain can be shut down if the lower parts of the brain (reptile or monkey) are over stimulated. The reptile sees resources as very scarce so it's extremely selfish, guarded and doesn't want to share; it only sees what is there; it's very low in imagination. The monkey is good at repetitive work but is very easily distracted. The empire builder is empathic, creative, strategic, resourceful.
As one of his 10 challenges, he recommends walking around with GBP1,000 in cash at all times to adjust your views on what is a lot of money, to learn a degree of self-control and I suppose to discover other fears and emotions that go with carrying what most of us would consider to be a fairly hefty, even unsafe, amount of cash.
Take two people you want to get to know better out to lunch every week.
Cut news out. Keep a journal.
Always have 5 people on your team:
- A visionary
- A sales person
- A graphics person
- A Swiss Army knife (i.e. a jack of all trades)
- A mentor
Lean in! i.e. go for it, network aggressively, seek opportunities, visualise and believe in the vision!
Formula for success: luck, reputation and vitality
Ascending Transaction Model - ATM:
- Gifts
- Products for prospects
- Core products
- Logical next steps (charge a few thousand for these)
7 Maxims
- You get what you pitch for and you are always pitching
- Influence comes from output NOT confidence
- Income follows assets (this has been ringing in my head almost daily since I read the book)
- Get known by the success of your clients
- You're in partnership with everyone that touches your business
- Ideas are worthless - implementation is everything
- Being imaginative is NOT being creative
I recommend you read this book for practical steps that will push your vision/business forward; here are links to its Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk page respectively:
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Adding extra function to a classic timepiece, Tokyoflash Japan has created the Kisai Uzumaki Analog Watch that beams with color. Watches are made to tell time, but are also pieces of art wrapped around the wrist.
The Kisai Uzumaki looks like a whirling vortex of colors. It features a luminous display, bright EL backlighting and reads time like a conventional analog timepiece. The name 'Uzumaki' is the Japanese word for whirlpool, hence its swirling design concept.
The colorful swirls aren't just for aesthetics, they indicate the time in analog format so that a quick glance at the watch will give the time. It's perfect for night or dark places where there's no need to squint to tell the hour of day while time is ticking away. The hours are placed on the outside while the minutes are indicated in the inside.
The Kisai Uzumaki is 100% stainless steel and is available in black or silver with blue or green as the display. A limited edition price of $99 is available until May 11th.
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Method acting school to open in India
Lee Strasberg Institute to open in Mumbai, HyderabadNEW DELHI -- Method acting school, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute will open two training outposts in Mumbai and Hyderabad by early 2010 in partnership with Connecticut-based Optimus Management and veteran Bollywood director Rahuul Rawail.
As CEO of the Indian institutes, Rawail hopes "to offer the next generation of talented Indian actors the chance to compete globally as the country continues to export more of its films and its stars to the international market." Rawail is best known for 1980s action films such as "Arjun" and "Dacait."
Faculty members will soon be visiting New York for training.
Strasberg, who was also artistic director of the famed Actor's Studio in New York, founded his institute in 1969. Alumni include James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.


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International Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 2013, Article ID 514578, 3 pages
Clinical Study
Decrease in Hospitalizations for Pneumonia in Children under Five Years of Age in an Indian Reservation in Panama after the Introduction of the Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV7)
1Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Panama
2Hospital Materno Infantil José Domingo de Obaldía, Panama
Received 21 February 2013; Accepted 11 April 2013
Academic Editor: George Jallo
Copyright © 2013 Javier Nieto Guevara et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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- A. Vergison and G. Hanquet, "Challenges in estimating the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines through surveillance," Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 400–403, 2012. View at Google Scholar
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- C. G. Grijalva, J. P. Nuorti, P. G. Arbogast, S. W. Martin, K. M. Edwards, and M. R. Griffin, "Decline in pneumonia admissions after routine childhood immunisation with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the USA: a time-series analysis," Lancet, vol. 369, no. 9568, pp. 1179–1186, 2007. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
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|FILE : Church of S. Croce 6
|TITLE : St. Sigismondo and Saint Kings.
LOCATION: Firenze, S. Croce church - window n VIII, Bardi Chapel (mullioned w.)
PROVENANCE: original location.
CHRONOLOGY: about 1332-35.
AUTHOR: Fra Ubaldo "de vitro" and fra Gherardino Pillecti of Florence (inscription) on drawings by Taddeo Gaddi (attribution).
ASSIGNMENT: Bardi family.
SUBJECT: (referred to the iconographic sequence) a 1) Young crowned saint (St. Louis of France according to Ladis 1982); b 1) St. Miniato. Inscriptions: S. S MINIAS e SANCTVS MINIAS REX HERMENIE MARTIR ET CONFESSOR; a 2) St. Sigismondo. Inscriptions: SANCTVS SIGISMVNDVS REX BVRGVNDIE MARTIR ET CONFESSOR e HOC OPV(s) FECIT FRATER VBALDV(s) DE VITRO E(t) FRATER GHERARDINV(s) PILLECTI D(e) FLORE(n)TIA; b 2) Saint king, maybe Henry. Inscription: HOC OPV(s) FECIT FRATER GHERARDINU(s) ET FRATER VBALDV(s) DE VITRO DE FLORE(n)TIA; a 3) St. Louis of France enthroned; b 3) St. Ludovic of Toulouse enthroned; ab 4) in the roundel: Bardi di Vernios Arms.
CRITICAL NOTES: A first attribution to Agnolo Gaddi is by Van Straelen (1938), following also what had been affirmed by Vasari. Instead, the assignment of the work to Taddeo Gaddi is by Marchini (1968) and is still shared by the critics. The Baroncelli Chapels window is as well given to Taddeo Gaddi, contemporary of the frescoes (1328-1332) (see Firenze S. Croce 8). In line with Marchini, Boskovitz assigned to Gaddi also the left frescoes in the vault of the Bardi Chapel, dating the work to 1335 according to the inscription on the gate. As for the chronology, the matter was deeply studied by Hueck (1976) thanks to a document found (Firenze, Archivio Ginori Lisci, cod.183, f. 109) where Gualterotto di Jacopo Bardi is cited as the patron of the Chapel; he made payments from 1332 and 1335 for its decorations, regarded by Ladis (1982) as munificent payments so that maybe they include the whole complex of frescoes and windows, of the gate and an altar piece. Furthermore, the author points out the similarity of the style with Taddeo Gaddis, more here than in the frescoes of the Chapel.
Finally, the attribution to Gaddi is also shared by Long (1988) and Thompson (1999).
Thompson studied the technical aspect of the execution in detail, as it is very important the complete stylistic output of the work In fact, the execution is not a mere transcription from the drawings, as it needs further interpretations and adjustments to the glass, depending on both the ability and sensitiveness of the Master glazier. Besides, he chose the colours and their matching, the definition of the backgrounds and the borders, the organization of the architecture, the characterization of the drapery motifs.
The author noticed as well a difference in the colour aspect when compared to the almost contemporary works based on the archaic contrast between red and blue, as in the Bardi and Tosinghi Spinelli windows (1320-25, for some others can be dated to 1317-34) (see Firenze S. Croce 7 and 13). In this window there is more variety in the sequences of green, yellow, purple red and white that seems to anticipate what will be the chromatic intonation of the great stained glass windows of the second half and of the end of the century, as those in the apse of S. Croce by Agnolo Gaddi (about 1380) (see Firenze S. Croce 4 and 5) or those in the naves of the Florentine cathedral (see Firenze Cattedrale 11-14) drawings by the same Agnolo Gaddi that seem to be by far the most authentic expression of an almost mature Florentine style.
However, the documentary data is no further analysed. In fact, in this window only there is mention of the two executors, Ubaldo de vitro and Gherardino Pillecti of Florence. The critics do not refer to them , so a deep study on those artists is still to come as well as a research on the sources that might support a reconstruction of those two master glaziers catalogue, as they seem to announce the flowering of the renowned executors in the second half of the century and the beginning of the following such as, Antonio da Pisa, Leonardo di Simone, Niccolò di Piero Tedesco, Piero di Niccolò and all the others that set up the Florentine school of the stained glass window.
As far as the typology of the window is concerned, the window belongs to the group of works with an iconic character and with figures framed by an architecture made of gothic canopies.
In fact, such typology, introduced in Italy in the last quarter of the XIII century in the Assisi Upper Basilica, spread over the central regions all through the XIV century and most of the XV, and the works in S. Croce, like the Bardi window with its twin above the Tosinghi Spinelli chapel and the Baroncelli window stand for early examples of the Italian reworking of the type.
That revision will last all through the century, showing more and more complex works and focusing much more to the imitation of the real contemporary architecture, and overall more and more refined in the three-dimensional prospective foreshortened from bottom, till reaching the pieces of the same apse in S. Croce, by Agnolo Gaddi (1380) (see Firenze S. Croce 4 and 5); of the Galluzzo Charterhouse by Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, of the naves in S. Maria del Fiore by Antonio di Pisa and Leonardo di Simone on drawings carried out by Gaddi (see Firenze Cattedrale 11-14) and of S. Domenico church in Perugia by Mariotto di Nardo in 1411 (see Perugia S. Domenico 1).
Halfway through the XV century, the need of updating the repertoire started to be felt , as noticed in the the example of the windows in S. Maria del Fiore (1441-43), that will lead to the gradual change of the old gothic type with the more updated forms of the classic-like architecture.
CONDITIONS: The condition of this window is better than its twin s , located in the same chapel (see Firenze S. Croce 10) as there is much more original glass in it.
The mapping, hard to make in situ, was carried out by Thompson , also thanks to the research during the restoration made by De Matteis (end XIX- beginning XX century) and Tolleri (after the world war II). Pieces of the borders, the edges around the halos, some pieces of the draperies and the background with lilies of France behind the figures of St. Louis and St. Ludovic of Toulouse.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: see bibliography of: FIRENZE S. CROCE.
PHOTOGRAPHIC FILES: Archivio Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze published by Nardini.
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Booking an all-inclusive in the Caribbean can be all-consuming. Unlike a standard hotel, there are myriad variables to consider: Do you want a full bar in your room or will bottled water suffice, full or limited access to the pools and restaurants, freedom to roam the town or guided tours only?
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1. Pick a destination. Consider the culture, language and off-campus activities. For example, Nassau in the Bahamas has nonstop action with casinos, shopping, booze cruises, etc., whereas Barbados can be a bit more mellow, with English-inflected attractions such as garden tours and cricket matches.
For info on Caribbean islands: Caribbean Tourism Organisation, 212-635-9530, www.doitcaribbean.com.
Safety is also an issue, as some resorts discourage guests from straying beyond the gates. For example, in Cancun you can often safely walk to attractions off the resort grounds or take a bus, but in Jamaica, touring solo in some areas is not recommended. Brief yourself on safety concerns on the U.S. State Department's website (http://travel.state.gov).
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On the topic of air, fares vary wildly depending on the destination: For the most part, you can fly much more cheaply to regions with more mass appeal, such as Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, than to those with a smaller following, such as St. Kitts. Frequent-flier miles may come in handy for those who want to book a la carte, but check packages first before you squander those hard-earned miles.
Finally, if your passport has expired, pick an island where the document is not required, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
2. Select a travel time. Prices go up in winter and whenever kids are on break and drop when tropical storms threaten. During shoulder season (April 15-May 30 and Sept. 1-Dec. 14), costs are moderate and crowds are smaller.
3. Settle on a type of resort. Knowing your style of resort is crucial. If you desire a kid-free vacation, for example, go for an adults-only property, such as Sandals. If you want your offspring to be occupied from dawn to dusk, find an all-inclusive with a kiddie program, such as Beaches.
Size also matters: A place with one elegant infinity pool will be more intimate than a theme-parkesque resort with three Olympic-size pools, a lazy river, hot tubs and water slides.
4. Check the major onlinebooking sites -- Orbitz, Expedia, Hotwire -- for air and land packages. You'll need to plug in a destination and dates, but you can play around with both to see what options pop up.
Some sites also let you streamline your search by listing only all-inclusives. Travelocity, for example, has a section that features all-inclusives (www.travelocity.com, click on ``All-Inclusive''); Priceline (www.priceline.com) highlights its all-inclusive properties with a blue logo. The sites often post last-minute deals as well.
5. Research travel retailers and wholesalers that specialize in all-inclusives or Caribbean packages. These include MK Tours (305-441-7600, www.mktours.com), Apple Vacations (800-517-2000, www.applevacations.com), and Funjet Vacations (888-558-6654, www.funjet.com).
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Also double-check the quality of the resort on a guest-review website such as TripAdvisor (www.tripadvisor.com) or the Caribbean-specific WhereToStay.com (www.wheretostay.com).
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If the room rate seems substantially lower than the packages you've found on the other sites (minus the air), start shopping for flights.
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AGOURA HILLS, Calif. - THQ announced an agreement to publish CD Projekt RED's revolutionary role-playing game, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Under the deal, THQ, through its THQ Partners program, will market and distribute the anticipated title in Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East.
The Xbox 360 version will be an enhanced adaptation of the PC game released to instant international acclaim and commercial success in mid-May. It will incorporate numerous improvements and enhancements, of which details will be announced in the coming months.
CD Projekt RED Studio Head Adam Badowski said, "Adapting The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Xbox 360 is a massive endeavor for us, and we're committed to delivering one of the most complex and mature games ever to Xbox 360 players. We believe that with the marketing strength and distribution network of THQ we will be able to make the game an incredible success in Europe and around the world."
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LOS ANGELES --Three people attending the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl fell ill and were rushed to the hospital.
One person was said to be in critical condition, and the others were in moderate condition.
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Tyler Bridge rolled a 530 (199) series as the Warriors scored a shutout win over the Hornets Jan. 24.
Dakoda Latford added a 278 (203) series for the Warriors, while Atlas Manning rolled a 168 high game and Will Heintz added a 162 high game.
Kyle Trout paced the Hornets with a 523 (185) series for the boys.
In the girls match, the Warriors used a 426 (158) series from Alyson Arnold and a 443 (154) series from Gabi Yaeger to score a win against the Lady Hornets, with Holly Peterson rolling a 443 (154) series.
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Jeremy Wood rolled a 594 (213) series to lead the Patriots boys team, while Ashley Rock led the Lady Chiefs with a 495 (186) series.
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Taylor Chapple led all bowlers with a 713 (279) series for the chiefs boys team, while James LaDuke added a 687 (250) series and Ben Alberry added a 624 (259) series. Sabrina Bruce added a 156 high game for the girls team.


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BACO was created in 1950, and is a specialist in ropeway transportation systems for both passengers and equipment. The company is the Swiss subsidiary of the POMA Group located in Steffisberg, Bern canton. BACO has established itself as one of the leaders on the Swiss market for ropeways, vertical lifts and stairlifts.
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