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Jamie at Home - Episode Guide
Season 2
Season 2 -English asparagus is world renown and with a short six week season, something to really treasure. Jamie has his very own patch and is keen to make the most of it, so he's having asparagus for breakfast, lunch and dinner, starting off with boiled eggs and asparagus soldiers. He shows us three simple, different ways of cooking and dressing asparagus to celebrate these garden gems. We learn from Brian that Asparagus, one of only a handful of perennial vegetables in the garden, practically takes care of itself and can last for up to 20 years.
Season 2 -Jamie collects the eggs that his healthy hens have laid and heads for the kitchen. He makes a delicious homemade egg tagliatelle and an omelette salad with bresaola. Jamie shows us the reality of eating battery eggs and starts a few former battery hens off on their journey to a free-range life. The final recipe is a scrumptious meringue with hot pears and chocolate sauce.
Feathered Game
Season 2 -Jamie has been invited on a local shoot and uses the opportunity to explore the world of delicious game birds. He spends some time with local gamekeeper, Geoff, who lets him take part in his partridge shoot and discusses how to get involved with the countryside. In an attempt to show us how versatile this under-used part of the culinary world can be, Jamie applies Asian, European and traditional British cooking principles to get the best out of each bird.
Furred Game
Season 2 -Most people think nothing of eating a chicken but what about a rabbit? Rabbits have been running around Jamie's property eating the best food available – his organic veg, as well as food from the wider, natural habitat. Jamie makes some great game recipes starting with his very own Essex Fried Rabbit. Jamie's local gamekeeper brings Jamie some venison and they have a chat about the free range nature of deer. Jamie then makes a Beautiful Game Ragu with Pearl Barley and a Pan-roasted venison with Potato and Celeriac Dauphinoise.
Season 2 -The quality of ingredients makes all the difference to a dish and lamb is no exception. Jamie gets a visit from Daphne, a Welsh sheep farmer, and they talk about some of the misconceptions of spring lamb, the differences between lamb, hogget and mutton and how good conditions for the animals ultimately makes the meat taste so much better. Jamie cooks up some delicious lamb recipes from the Welsh lamb that Daphne's brought with her – crunchy grilled lamb kebabs and an incredible roasted shoulder of lamb.
Season 2 -Jamie devotes a whole programme to the humble, under-rated Leek. Not only are they a beautiful plant, they're a versatile asset in the kitchen. Jamie makes delicious pappardelle with slow roasted leeks and a clever concertina squid with grilled leeks. We learn about 'heeling in', an old fashioned way to store your leeks and make them keep for longer.
Season 2 -A lack of mushrooms in Jamie's garden inspires him to go search in his local forest, taking along his mentor and mushroom don, Gennaro Contaldo. Gennaro explains the perils and dangers as they find various mushrooms and have a cook-up in the forest making a delicious wild mushroom bruschetta. After climbing up, Gennaro to collect a bizarre tree-living mushroom at the roadside, Jamie's back home to make a wild mushroom and venison stroganoff and the perfect mushroom Risotto.
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Pepper & Chillies
Season 2 -Jamie gets hot, hot, hot in this episode as he tackles peppers and chillies. Jamie makes a delicious spicy pork goulash using a variety of ingredients from the capsicum family. After a tasting session sampling the hottest chilli in the world, Brian keeps his cool but Jamie's starting to feel the heat. Roasted peppers stuffed with chilli, tomatoes and fresh herbs make a delicious snack and Jamie experiments with a way to smoke salmon on a domestic hob with a fresh, zingy salsa as the accompaniment.
Pumpkin & Squash
Season 2 -Short ones, long ones, round ones, fat ones, yellow ones, green ones, striped ones, massive ones…Jamie's talking about pumpkin & squash of course and his garden has a bumper crop of fascinating varieties, shapes, colours and textures. Jamie takes them to the kitchen and makes a mouth-watering warm winter salad of roast duck and pumpkin with an Asian-style dressing. Next up is a hearty winter pumpkin soup followed by some delicate pumpkin fairy cakes.
Season 2 -Having sadly been neglected for more exotic imports, rhubarb is finally having a resurgence. This is good news for the UK as historically we grow some of the best rhubarb in the world and Jamie's lucky enough to have a few rhubarb plants in his own garden. Once a mothership stewed rhubarb has been created, you're good to go and Jamie proves how versatile rhubarb can be with a super, speedy rhubarb fool, followed by hot and sour rhubarb with crispy pork and noodles. Next is a rhubarb and ginger soufflé with the genius addition of cold custard and finally, Jamie makes a luxurious, creamy rhubarb cocktail from a recipe devised by Tristan at Fifteen, Cornwall - now named, the Tristini.
Winter Salad
Season 2 -A rather windswept Jamie explores the seemingly unlikely but bountiful world of winter salads in this episode. From Italian leaves to roots and hardy herbs, a quick trip round Jamie's veg patch produces an army of colourful ingredients to make inspired winter salads. Safely back inside, Jamie goes Italian with his version of a delicious Bagna Cauda before making an unusual herb omelette salad. Brian turns mad scientist as we see him experimenting indoors. He's been having fun sprouting every seed he can get his hands on. Jamie finds inspiration here to assemble a Japanese style tuna sashimi and sprouting herb salad with a fresh and surprising dressing – though he just can't help using the extra virgin!
Winter Veg
Season 2 -It may be November but the garden is still offering up some beautiful winter veg. Jamie explores what the garden has proffered and takes his finds to the kitchen to make a seasonal Winter Veg Coleslaw. More of the fabulous veg gets used for the Best Bubble & Squeak. The brassica family are still going strong in the garden too and Jamie makes a delicious, Italian Cabbage Soup.
Season 1
Season 1 -Jamie has a genius barbeque day as he cooks up everything from shellfish to lamb, chicken, ribs and even onions on the barbeque. Barbequing is so much more than bangers and burgers and Jamie shows us some simple rules and techniques that will mean delicious, properly cooked food every time. Jamie barbeques an enticing selection of fresh seafood and we learn the joys of crispy skin on a barbequed salmon. Jamie shows us how to make the best barbeque marinade that will go with everything. Jamie's ancient spit roast, a rare antique shop find, has its maiden voyage to much anticipation.
Season 1 -The beautiful British summer-time sees Jamie getting a thorough soaking as he picks the beans in his garden. Jamie cooks three varied recipes to show the versatility of beans. Coloured runner beans go into a hearty runner bean stew, French beans make up a marinated bean salad and Jamie makes the best homemade beans using beautiful borlotti beans.
Carrots and Beets
Season 1 -Purple, white and gold carrots, pink and white striped beetroots… the garden throws up a multicoloured feast of beautiful carrots and beets that form the basis of Jamie's recipes in this programme. Jamie makes the juiciest pork chop with roasted carrots and beets, shows the carrot at their raw best in an Indian carrot salad and makes an exciting dish with foil-roasted smoked beetroots with beef and a cottage cheese dressing. We also find out why carrots mostly come in orange.
Season 1 -There's a bumper crop of courgettes in Jamie's garden and he shows us how to utilise them whilst they are in season. Not only do they come in all shapes, sizes and colours but the delicate flowers are edible too. The flowers are very hard to obtain so by growing your own you have access to these gems during the growing season. Jamie makes deep-fried courgette flowers stuffed with ricotta and mint. He shows off the qualities of courgettes with a raw courgette salad to accompany some freshly grilled mackerel. Delicious.
Season 1 -Members of the under-rated allium family gets explored in this episode. Jamie pulls up some of his first onions of the year and makes a crisp and fresh cheese and onion salad. The red onions he uses in an onion and potato al forno with tender roast pork. Brian, Jamie's gardener and possibly the healthiest man on the planet, munches on raw garlic as they chat about the health benefits. Jamie makes a sensational English onion and leek soup with cheddar cheese.
Peas and Broad Beans
Season 1 -In this show Jamie makes three inspired recipes using the freshest peas and broad beans picked straight from the garden. Jamie extols their raw qualities in a beautiful pea and broad bean 'posh beans on toast', their vivid colour in spiced broad bean fritters, and uses peas as a finishing touch to a spaghetti and meatball dish. Peas and Broad Beans are packed full of nutrition and are brilliant for the soil. Jamie demonstrates how simple they are to grow and the bumper yield you can achieve. During a rainstorm, Jamie has some surprise miniature visitors – visitors that prove very welcome for the organic garden.
Pickles and Preserves
Season 1 -In this programme Jamie explains the history of pickling and preserving. If you have grown your own produce you'll want to save it and keep it for as long as you can or use the excess when you have a bumper crop. Jamie shows you how with a super-quick 'mothership' pickle recipe which can be used for pickling anything. He pickles courgettes with mint and chilli and aubergines with garlic and oregano. Jamie also makes a fiery chilli chutney with Welsh rarebit and steak and chips on the barbeque with Jamie's homemade tomato ketchup.
Season 1 -Jamie has a passion for pizza and he's learnt interesting variations from his travels in Italy where many recipes are passed down through generations. Jamie forages in the garden to find interesting veg to top his pizza. This show really isn't about cheese and tomato. After making basic dough the variations can be explored. Jamie makes a traditional pizza and a calzone and Jamie's traditional wood oven is a great location for a magnificent quattro gusti pizza that is mouth-watering.
Season 1 -Everyone loves potatoes. Jamie enthuses about these underground jewels and makes the perfect potato salad using freshly dug wonderful new potatoes at their best. Jamie's enthusiasm is infectious as he and Brian investigate what lies beneath the soil. The purple potatoes that are uncovered are amazing. Jamie makes a tasty Spanish omelette and a roast chicken tray bake with tomatoes and delicious potatoes. Brian shows how even in a tiny space you can grow your own spuds and seeing what you can make with them, it is well worth it.
Season 1 -To get the freshest, most flavoursome strawberries there's only one thing for it and that's to grow your own. Jamie's garden is bursting with strawberries from hanging baskets, a great way to grow them, and he picks them in situ to make a strawberry salad with speck and halloumi. Not only are they good fresh, Jamie shows us more inventive ways with the traditional strawberry – his take on a classic is grilled strawberries with pimms. Whilst there are a glut of strawberries in season Jamie shows us how to make the most of them by making a really simple, delicious strawberry jam which he serves hot with a creamy rice pudding. As strawberries are everywhere in Jamie's garden at this time of year, even Brian gets to take a break and enjoy a strawberry bellini.
Summer Brassicas
Season 1 -A large and varied family group the Brassicas and Jamie makes some fantastic and unusual recipes. Jamie walks us through some of the Brassica family that he has growing in the garden and gives us a run down on what can be done with what – the curly kale, the cauliflowers, broccoli's, purple sprouting and kohl rabi. Brian crunches on raw stalks and surprises even Jamie that so much of the plants are edible raw. From the garden Jamie picks some incredible lime green and purple cauliflowers and uses them to make curried fritters with a brilliantly simple batter. Cauliflower and broccoli are used for a simple, hearty cannelloni and Jamie cooks ham and spring greens with mustard and celery leaves.
Summer Salads
Season 1 -It's summer and Jamie's garden is producing row after row of gorgeous lettuce and salad leaves. Jamie starts with an explanation about the basic principles of dressings and makes a simple green salad. Herbs are a brilliant part of a salad or summer dish and Jamie makes a herb and tomato crostini. Brian and Jamie look at what can be grown in a small space – they've grown rocket in welly boots, mixed leaves in boxes and lettuce in old bathtubs. There's no excuse for not growing some greenery - even if you only have a windowsill at your disposal, you'll be inspired to have a go. Using a variety of leaves from the garden Jamie uses them to form the basis of a lovely roasted peach and bresaola salad with feta and a yoghurt dressing. The wood oven at Jamie's Essex home looks like Tuscany on this beautiful summers day and the rustic Caesar salad Jamie makes in it is a perfect shared lunch.
Season 1 -Jamie's garden is bursting with tomatoes of every size, shape and colour. The freshness and vibrancy of the dishes Jamie makes leaves you no doubt that growing your own tomatoes is a must in any garden, large or small. Jamie's tomato salad looks unbelievably sumptuous and the fusilli with salsa rossa cruda is knockout. The oven baked sausage ragu is simple and rustic and a beautiful pale pink tomato and vodka consommé top and tails the show and is a treat for Brian the gardener.


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Humax and the BBC have extended their iPlayer offering to all of the manufacturer's Freesat set-top boxes, making the catch-up service available through remotes' red buttons.
Both the Foxsat-HD and Foxsat-HDR need to be connected to the internet through a wired link to your broadband router. Once tuned into a BBC channel, pressing the red button calls up the BBC homepage where there's a link to iPlayer.
Alternatively, enter '7001' on the remote and press OK.
The iPlayer-on-Freesat offering is still considered to be in a pre-release, beta stage by the BBC, which launched the service late last year, initially on Humax's Foxsat DVR. In January, the beta programme was extended to Sony TVs with integrated Freesat tuners. Presumably, they too can now access iPlayer through the red button.
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No hair: Hip-hop, drums, and "Racists"
Old School Hip Hop Jam at the Monticello Event Center
African Drum Festival on the Mall
Racists of Farmville and Atomatron at Tokyo Rose
Saturday July 26, 2003
A friend of mine was just diagnosed with adult ADD. When she told me, I wanted to laugh. Apparently she has a hard time paying attention during her college courses... who doesn't?
Yet at the same time I've seen her sit through a two-hour poker game without flinching. I guess everyone feels a bit ADD every now and then.
I was afflicted by the malady myself this weekend while on the prowl for music. Seems I couldn't stay in one place too long. My buddy Bovay suggested we roll over to the Monticello Event Center for the Old School Hip Hop Jam and Hair Show.
Unfortunately, we were too late for the hair show. But DJ Rush Hour was banging the Gangstarr classic "DWYK" as we arrived, and I nearly lost it. Few beats can rival that track. The room was empty, though. Rush Hour informed us that the police had come by and told the event coordinator that they couldn't serve alcohol because no one thought to get a license. Word spread fast, which pretty much ended that party before it started.
We decided to head to the Downtown Mall to check out the African Drum Festival. In traditional fashion they were set up in the middle of the block right in front of the Bank of America. This time they had a little PA, a drummer, and a keys player with them.
The crowd gathered around was huge. Everyone was having a great time, and the music was nothing short of amazing. All the south and west African rhythms pouring down the street created an spirited vibe. I was pretty bummed when they ended.
However, we headed on over to Tokyo Rose for Racists of Farmville and Atomatron. From what I could gather, the Racists of Farmville are not really racists at all. They were into some serious noise rock that included a four-minute feedback solo from the guitarist that cleared one half of the room. Honestly, I was pretty amused.
We arrived a bit late for their entire set, but did manage to catch Atomatron in all their pig-face mask-wearing glory. Atomatron played only two songs before the bass player (in prima donna fashion) threw down his bass because he said he couldn't hear himself.
That was shocking because he was damn near the only thing anyone off the stage could hear. The piss-drunk lead singer wouldn't stop tooling with vocal efx and yelling lameness while colliding head first into audience members. It wasn't long before the rest of the room cleared out. We went with them.


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Put a pair of paddle tires on my buggy and took it out for a little snow session. FYI Paddle Tires SUCK in deep snow! However, I was able to have a lil radio controlled car fun and make something out of the footage. This video's got a little bit of rc jumping, a little bit of back flipping, a little bit of classic snow bashing, and even some trail/crawler style driving.
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Here is another one... Of my Bash (cross over bandit/slash). Enjoy!
Some problem at the beginning of the video, but it quickly disappears. Enjoy!
A couple jumps like this and you will eventually bend a shock and snap a rear skid plate brace.
This is the the popular remote controlled short course truck the Traxxas Slash 4X4 VXL with a Baja Bug shell commonly known as the Slash/Bug or "THE SLUG." In honor of the slug in all it's jumping glory, I have slowed down some of the biggest jumps to "Slugmotion" which is SUPER SLOMO 1000 frames/second. It's pretty impressive what this SC Truck can do with driver Ethan Loera behind the radio. If you like the video, please SUBSCRIBE, give it a THUMBS UP, Post it on a forum and SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!
this is a test of 23/86 gearing. 3cell lipo 40c discharge.
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Traxxas Slash 2wd and Thunder Tiger Tomahawk Vx
wasnt sure where to post this I converted my Rusty to a Short Course Rusty (see build thread) This was my first ever race with a electric indoor. Its very obvious i need ALOT more practice. At the very end of my 3rd lap of all places to break going down the straight. Im pretty sure i caught a nail that holds the piping down. I ended up breaking my front shock tower and front body mount into multiple pieces each. The racing starts at the :50 mark.
"You just got passed by a Traxxas"
I'm french and i've make my first video with my new slash 4x4 RTR Greg ADLER edition...
What do you think about it?If you like it comment and like!!(#300,cool!)
Good week at alls and see you later.
A big kid from France...Bye
Here is a video of my Monster Bash VXL. A bandit with Slash arms and parts or a Slash with Bandit body and chassis and 5.5 " MT wheels. Enjoy!
Test DRIFT HD Onboard SLASH 4X4
Meanwhile, another just for fun
This is a test with my material.
Like, comment & subscribe!
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My 5yr old ripping it up!
hello everyone,this is my traxxas slash 4x4 brushless 2013:
Tearing up the backyard on only my 5th run with my new Slash 2wd stock RTR.
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Okay I added a new baja buggy body, dynamite front sway arm, pro-line bellcrank, TRL 37 to rear shocks,Onyx 2 cell lipo and a new heavy duty black servo saver. I also adjusted the shocks position to the medium range for balance between stiff and fun.
Definitely has more bite on acceleration and quicker turn rate.
So far so good...enjoy. If you have any tips (critiques) I would love to here them thanks.
Made this quick Video of me and my friends bashing around our slashes at a near by sand pit. Hope you enjoy
Here's an FPV run at my local oval.
Annnd here's one of me bashing in a field.
Slash VXL
Rustler Hobbywing
Summit 1/16 VXL
here a little slashing racing video from the weekend....on our little homemade track
Let's Go Steelers!!!... KCCO
Here is a short video of some playing around my kiddos and I did on our vacation to Northern Maine.
here one from this weekend
Let's Go Steelers!!!... KCCO
heres one at my nephews track we building
Let's Go Steelers!!!... KCCO
"Jedi Master"
Getting the most outta my Slash 2wd on 2s, radar tests, description
jumping my swd slash over a 12 ft shed.
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Playing around in the rocks with 2wd
Doing radar runs on 3s geared 30/76 with the shell on this time =) This is a fast as i can get her to go!
roof jumps, radar runs, high jumps just plain bashing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxjJB...ature=youtu.be
Just a quick video of some buddies that stayed Behring to jump around after a day of bashing.
I wish we would have started when everyone was there earlier in the day...
Cars: Traxxas slash, E-max and Apache C1
Enjoy, the big jumps start about the 1:10 point
Just do it...they make replacement parts.VXL power
Just do it...they make replacement parts.VXL power
i made a little video of my traxxas slash.
please check it out and let me now if you like it.
It a Traxxas VXL brushless ran with 7.4v Lipo. I made the cover Camo for Hunting Seaon!. We made the ramp out of scrap lumber in the garage.
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14 October 2013
Londa's successful 'JazzyBrunch' series continues with the Autumn groove in full swing; on Sunday 10 November, enjoy 'the Leonid Nesterov trio' featuring trumpeter Michalis Michael as more smooth sounds of Jazz accompany the fine food and stunning views of Londa's Caprice restaurant.
Popular and accomplished jazz trio, Leonid Nesterov on piano, Andreas Stefanou on drums and Nicolas Tryphonos on bass, will be accompanied by Michalis Michael on trumpet. The quartet will delight diners as they enjoy a chill-out Sunday lunch buffet in the Caprice Restaurant's cool Italian styled interior on Sunday, 10th November starting at 1pm.
The ensemble jazz musicians are well respected virtuoso instrumentalists in their own right. Nesterov began his music career at the tender age of 8 in his home town of Indra, Latvia and regularly performs on the European jazz circuit; Andreas Stefanou, graduate of Rotterdam Conservatory, is one of Cyprus' most renowned home grown musical talents; one of a new generation of jazz musicians who has travelled Europe extensively, performing with celebrated stars including Nelson Faria, Kiko Freitas and Anna Ellis de Jong. Nicolas Tryphonos was born in Limassol and studied electric bass at Nakas Conservatory in Athens, at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and of Utrecht where he graduated in Jazz double bass; he is an active musician on the Cyprus and Netherlands music scene. Seasoned guest trumpeter Michalis Michael is a renowned performer whose fine musicianship has seen him accompany Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and George Dalaras among others. He began playing trumpet in 1979 under Vesa Ania, Esko Lopponen and Kalman Kovacs. He is both a soloist and active member of the Cyprus Jazz scene and Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, with numerous TV and film credits to his name. All four performers will bring their unique talent to the Londa for a fine afternoon of classic and contemporary jazz sounds.
General Manager of the Londa Hotel, Jochen Niemann, said "The Londa's Caprice restaurant is a delightful setting to enjoy live music. With the combination of our delicious lunch buffet and the smooth jazz quartet, Londa's Caprice is going to be impossible to resist".
The Sunday lunchtime Jazz Brunch begins at 1.00pm – 3.30pm in the Londa's Caprice Restaurant on Sunday 10th November; the price per person is €35,00 including the lunch buffet. For your reservation please call 25 86 55 40.
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The Londa is the proud recipient of the prestigious 'Leading Mediterranean Boutique Hotel of 2012 Award' as well as Cyprus' 'Leading Hotel of 2011' as voted by the World Travel Awards.
The Londa was voted 'Best Boutique Hotel Cyprus 2011' by CondeNast Traveller Greece
The Londa was awarded "Excellence" and "Two Chefs" for its Caprice restaurant by Cyprus Gourmet Magazine and the Financial Mirror
The Londa is managed by Columbia Hotels & Resorts
Serendipity Ltd., owns the Londa, part of the Paraskevaides Group
The Italian architects responsible for Londa design are Caruzzo Rancati
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It would be a mistake to count out the internal-combustion engine as yesterday's technology, soon to expire in a puff of exhaust gas. Electrification is coming, but meanwhile engineers have offered more innovation for the venerable gas engine in the last three years than they did in the previous 20. The result is 40 mpg on the highway, from four-cylinder power plants with the same performance as older V-6s or even V-8s.
Achates Power typifies the new thinking. Its target is a chronic polluter: the two-stroke oil burner normally seen in scooters, weed whackers, lawn-mowers and old Saabs. The East German Trabant used a two-stroke engine, which could usually be seen trailing a cloud of black smoke. It was rated by Time as one of the 50 worst cars ever made.
Achates, an engine developer based in San Diego, claims its opposed-piston, compression-ignition two-stroke diesel (at right) can power a 40-mpg (highway) economy car like the Ford Fiesta with a 50 percent or more improvement. Yes, 60 mpg is possible, the company says, while also meeting the tough smog/greenhouse gas emissions regulations that automakers will soon face.
According to CEO Dave Johnson, the Achates innovations include two cylinders in one combustion chamber and eliminates both the valve train and cylinder head, "giving us tremendous efficiency advantages." It also uses less raw material and fewer components, but a completely conventional manufacturing process, which Johnson says will dramatically lower automakers power plant costs. Diesels also have an inherent fuel economy advantage.
Johnson told me all this, but Achates doesn't actually have a car to show the press, proving its claims. I'm impressed that the company's fuel lab boasts "laser Doppler anemometry and laser-induced fluorescence," but I have no idea what it means. The privately held firm hasn't signed on any high-volume automakers, though it boasts a string of Ph.D. engineers and backing from big names such as Sequoia Capital, RockPort Capital, Madrone Capital, InterWest Partners and Triangle Peak. Its founder is Dr. James Lemke, who initially drew investment from the late John Walton, son of Walmart's Sam.
Before I proclaim this engine the greatest thing since sliced bread, I'd like to see it much further down the road. I'd want to see independent fuel economy and emissions validation. I'd want to see noise, vibration and harshness studies. I have unpleasant memories of the Trabant (at left). Frankly, I've had other meetings with "breakthrough" engine companies whose tech never amounted to anything. One of the biggest hurdles for companies like Achates is to get major automakers — which have huge power plant R&D staffs, after all — to want to license their innovations. Unless Achates wants to start building cars itself, that's its only option.
Battery companies are in the same basic situation. Unless they're vertically integrated like China's major carmaker/battery producer BYD, they can't go it alone. Some battery makers, with A123 as a prime example, have grabbed the brass ring of auto partners, only to run into cash-flow problems waiting for those partners (including Fisker and GM) to ramp up into large orders.
The two-stroke concept remains intriguing to auto companies, despite some setbacks. "I probably spent $50 million of GM's money proving two-strokes don't work in automobiles," GM veteran Don Runkle told Popular Mechanics. But Runkle changed his mind, the magazine reported, when he encountered another opposed-piston design from EcoMotors' Peter Hofbauer that sounds very similar to the approach taken by Achates. EcoMotors raised $32 million from prominent investors including Bill Gates and Khosla Ventures. Grail, Pinnacle and Transonic are other companies working on two strokes. EcoMotors claims 100 mpg is possible in a five-passenger car.
Anyway, I applaud what Achates is doing, but wouldn't yet predict that tomorrow's cars will have 60-mpg opposed-piston, compression-ignition two-stroke diesels under their hoods. The fact that so many key investors are putting money into two-strokes is certainly encouraging, though. Here's a techie video that explains more:


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Light Southwest Beef Stew
"This hearty stew is oh-so-tasty, with a good variety of vegetables and spicy seasoning blend," writes Betty Jean Howard of Prineville, Oregon. "My husband and I enjoy if often. It's the perfect way to warm up a cool evening. Sometimes, I add a can of chopped green chilies for a little more heat."
Total TimePrep: 10 min. Cook: 1-3/4 hours
Makes6 servings
- 1-1/2 pounds beef top round steak, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) beef broth
- 1 cup cubed peeled potatoes
- 1 cup sliced carrots
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 cup chopped sweet red pepepr
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1-1/2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
- In a Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, brown meat on all sides over medium-high heat. Add the broth, potatoes, carrots, onion, red pepper, jalapeno, garlic, chili powder and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until potatoes and carrots are tender. Add tomatoes; cover and cook 1 hour longer or until meat is tender.
- Combine flour and water until smooth; stir into pot. Stir in cilantro. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.


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I love all the focus on the bird-puppet guy.
Check out THIS TMZ POSTING. It shows a gallery of over 40 images from the set of the Episode VII shoot in Abu Dhabi.
Lupita Nyong'o and GoT's Brienne of Tarth join Ep7 cast
Excellent additions to the cast! This is really getting me optimistic for the flick. I just hope Lupita is not Obi-Wan's daughter as I just don't like that whole basic premise.
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METRO VANCOUVER - A Surrey company, Electronics Recycling Canada, has been charged with 24 federal counts related to the unlawful export of hazardous recyclable material — lead-acid batteries, nick-cadmium batteries, and cathode ray tubes.
The charges against 0831689 B.C. Ltd. — doing business as ERC — and its president Sai Feng Guan fall under the federal Export and Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations. The offences allegedly occurred from Aug. 14 to Nov. 10, 2011.
The next appearance in Surrey Provincial Court is April 17.
Export of electronic waste such as from old computers falls under the Basel Convention, adopted in 1989 to regulate the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes. Canada and China are signatories to the convention.
The convention was a response to human and environmental concerns associated with the improper processing of electronic waste, especially in developing countries.
Jim Puckett, executive director of the Seattle-based Basel Action Network, a watchdog group for violations under the Basel Convention, said that under the convention, China has "banned the importation of all e-waste and have notified the Basel Secretariat to that effect."
ERC's website states the company is "part of a global network with partners in the USA, Europe and Asia" and specializes in the "environmentally friendly disposition of e-Waste and other electronic components with minimal waste, minimal harmful emissions and maximum re-usable raw materials retrieval."
The website says it has branch offices in the U.S. in Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, and Oregon.
BAN issued a report in 2002 entitled Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia, in which it estimated Canada exported 20,000 tonnes of computer waste to Asia that year.
Puckett said prosecutions against such companies in Canada are relatively rare and when they do occur typically tend not to result in convictions that represent a real deterrent.
Environment Canada refused to comment Monday while the matter is before the court.
Puckett said he is glad to see the charges laid, which means Environment Canada is "doing a modicum of enforcement," but noted a major past investigation resulted in fines of only about $2,000 against offending companies.
"That's what you can make in profit from one container," he said.
In 2006, an investigation by federal agencies seized 50 containers loaded with about 500,000 kilograms of metal and plastic scrap destined for China and Hong Kong at the port of Vancouver.
A total of 27 companies, most of them from Quebec and Ontario, were assessed out-of-court administrative penalties of $50,801 — less than $2,000 apiece — under the Customs Act.
The waste included thousands of computer monitors containing products such as lead, along with lead-acid batteries, and fluorescent lamp ballasts containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), proven to be toxic to both the environment and humans.
Federal officials refused to release the names of the companies because they were dealt with outside court.
In more recent court cases with Vancouver connections:
• In January 2011, Jieyang Sigma Metal Plastic Inc., a parent company of J.S. Chen Recycling, of Toronto, was fined a total of $30,000 in Ontario after pleading guilty to three charges of violating the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and two charges under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act. During inspections at the Port of Vancouver, the Canada Border Services Agency's export unit examined two containers holding about 1,200 used lead-acid batteries and seven cathode-ray-tube monitors. One container had been refused entry by China and was returned to Canada. The second container was destined for Hong Kong, but never left.
• In February 2010, CC Ever Better International Co. Ltd. of Toronto, was fined $15,000, in Ontario after pleading guilty to one count under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. An investigation at the port of Vancouver of a shipment destined for Hong Kong uncovered about 30 skids of broken and non-working computer monitors containing cathode-ray tubes.


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Thematic 2.0 is getting ready and the translations need to be updated. There are couple of handfuls of new strings that refer to the new Theme Customizer support and layout options. We are aiming to finish 2.0 by the end of the month, and would love to have as many complete translations as possible bundled with the theme.
Around January 30thWhen the release is ready, we will download the current state of the language files from glotpress, bundle them with the theme and send in the theme for review. Please note that we have no control over when the theme finally will appear in the wordpress.org directory so the exact release date is unknown.
For any translation not finished before
January 30th the release is out, it is still of benefit to the users that they become updated on glotpress. The language files are available for download from there.
One new addition in 2.0 is the added support for language packs. When the feature launches on wordpress.org, Thematic will already be prepped to handle them. This means that the translation process will not be dependent on the release schedule of Thematic, but new translations can be published as they become finished. We will still use glotpress to handle them, but any finished translation can be pushed out to the community automatically without waiting for a new release of the theme.
The new glotpress translations live at http://translate.thematictheme.com/projects/thematic-framework/thematic-20
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There's something about secret doors that makes my spine tingle. The excitement! The mystery! But most secret doors are on the inside of a house—pull that book to reveal a hidden chamber! push that wall through!—this one, amazingly, is on the outside. It's so good you don't even see it.
Here was what was used to build the secret door:
- Exterior door
- Red cedar
- HardiPlank Siding
- Morning Industry Keypad and Remote Deadbolt
- Ball Catch
- Cabinet hinges
- Hose bib (for the exterior door handle)
- Dummy knob (for interior door handle)
Sounds so simple to make! The door opens either through remote or by inputting the code on the hidden keypad. I'm going to make a door like this in my future home. [YouTube via BoingBoing]


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Swedish BitTorrent User Accused Of Sharing Beyonce Album, Hit By $233,000 Lawsuit From Sony
from the that's-justice? dept
Lots of news regarding file-sharing has come out of Sweden over the years, but as TorrentFreak points out, until now, there's never been a prosecution for alleged unauthorized sharing using BitTorrent. The current case is unusual in a number of other respects:
The claim is that on June 8, 2011 a man from Gothenburg shared Beyonce's album '4' in advance of its June 24 commercial release date. The case was made even more interesting following the revelation that the 47-year-old is a music industry worker.
Because the album in question was a pre-release version, the Swedish prosecutor says he believes a heavy punishment could be handed down. As if that weren't enough, the label concerned -- Sony Music Entertainment -- has said that it intends to seek damages in a civil case:
In a submission to the Gothenburg District Court, Sony said that its business has been negatively affected by the leak on a number of fronts. The label says it has suffered damage to its marketing strategy, sales revenues and has also incurred additional costs. Sony adds that its relationship with Beyonce has been damaged and the artist's reputation hurt.
But as various studies have suggested, rather than hurting Sony, it's just as likely that this leak helped make the official launch even more successful than it would have been. Similarly, it's hard to see how Beyonce's reputation was hurt by such a leak, since the more passionate the fan, the more pleased they would be by obtaining early access.
For all of the above Sony say they will claim 1.5 million kronor from the man, which is roughly $233,000.
Anyway, the figure of $233,000 seems plucked out of the air, as is so often the case in this evidence-free area. Or perhaps it was inspired by the most famous damages imposed for unauthorized sharing of music, those against Jammie Thomas, who was fined $222,000 in her first trial (which then went up to $1,920,000 in the second trial, and to $1,500,000 in the third trial.) The fact that her sorry saga is still dragging on is an indication that even if Sony wins the current action, there are likely to be appeals against such a disproportionate and blatantly punitive figure.
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With Marlon Byrd and the Pittsburgh Pirates having taken the all-important first game of their one-game playoff series versus the Cincinnati Reds — teams that go up 1-0 in these situations tend to build insurmountable advantages — the sentimental favorite of every decent otherwise-unaligned baseball fan moves on to face St. Louis Cardinals in the Division Series round. Here's to the Buccos keeping their ride going, at least until the Tike Redman flashbacks fully kick in.
And here's to beautiful PNC Park continuing to host postseason baseball. A backlash will inevitably develop against the Pirates, as every adorable underdog eventually morphs into an irritating overcat (just ask a Patriot-hating nation), but PNC Park should be granted a lifetime bye into the playoffs. It's intimate, it's glistening and it's just happy to be here. I visited it once, in 2002, and after taking about five seconds to fall in love with it, I've been wistfully waiting for it to shine in October. Tuesday night I felt like a proud distant relative watching it arrive at its first debutante ball.
Pirate fans celebrated by dressing to create a "blackout" effect in the stands. Meanwhile, a certain ballpark closer to home simply remained dark.
It took PNC Park 13 seasons to get a meaningful October game. Once it entered this month of months, I got to wondering if a) that's a particularly lengthy admissions period and b) whose current home park has now stood longest with its nose pressed against the window of the postseason cotillion.
You're not going to love the answer to the second half of that question.
There are 30 ballparks in use by major league franchises. Now that PNC has joined the upper crust, 28 have seen postseason action. The two that haven't? They are, in ascending order of how long they've waited for their first such game:
1) Marlins Park, opened 2012.
2) Citi Field, opened 2009.
That's it. Every other building that MLB teams call home has hosted at least one playoff game. But not the Marlins' home field and not the Mets'. The Marlins just got to their stadium — plus they're the Marlins. As for the Mets…
Can we still claim Citi Field is too new to burden with the tag of "longest active ballpark without postseason activity" and mean it meaningfully as opposed to technically? Is five going on six seasons a particularly long time to go without?
Next to PNC, it ain't. Next to a bunch of others, it really, really is. Just for fun — and because our entire 2013 postseason spectator experience boils down to staring wantingly at Marlon Byrd at-bats — let's see how long it's taken the rest of the contemporary ballpark world to contract their respective first cases of the playoff fever.
Fenway Park, 1912
SkyDome (now Rogers Centre), 1989
Coors Field, 1995
Turner Field, 1997
Pac Bell Park (AT&T Park), 2000
Busch Stadium, 2006
Yankee Stadium, 2009
Target Field, 2010
Dodger Stadium, 1963
Jacobs Field (Progressive Field), 1995
Bank One Ballpark (Chase Field), 1999
Safeco Field, 2000
Minute Maid Park, 2001
Petco Park, 2005
Comiskey Park (U.S. Cellular Field), 1993
The Ballpark in Arlington (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington), 1996
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (O.co Coliseum), 1971
Royals Stadium (Kauffman Stadium), 1976
Citizens Bank Park, 2007
Orioles Park at Camden Yards, 1996
Nationals Park, 2012
We'll pause in the countdown here to note 21 of the 28 current ballparks had hosted a postseason game within five seasons of their occupancy by their baseball tenant. These 21 teams' circumstances, competitive standings and eventual fortunes varied before and after those October initiations. It may say something definitive or fleeting about where the franchises involved were coming from or headed to. But just to view this matter narrowly, no, it's not too soon to instinctively ask after five seasons at Citi Field, where the hell are our playoffs?
As for the rest of the pack…
Comerica Park, 2006
Miller Park, 2008
Great American Ball Park, 2010
Tropicana Field, 2008
PNC Park, 2013
Wrigley Field, 1929
Anaheim Stadium (Angel Stadium of Anaheim), 1979
Quick word on Wrigley: It opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park, home of the Chicago Whales of the Federal League. The Whales won the Federal League's second and final championship in 1915 but there was no postseason in the soon-to-be-defunct circuit, just a hard-earned pennant. The Cubs moved in in 1916 and won the National League flag in their third season there, 1918. They chose, however, to play their World Series home games that year at Comiskey Park because it was bigger; more seats equaled greater revenue. The Red Sox chose Braves Field for its World Series home games in 1915 and 1916 for the same reason, so it wasn't a totally unprecedented decision.
Still, if you're searching for Cubbie curses, you might want to consider that the first time they had a chance to play a World Series in their new park, they ditched it for a few more bucks on the other side of town.
As long as we're being historically minded, let's consider Citi Field's at least six-season wait for postseason baseball in the context of every ballpark that's been (to use the word loosely) permanent home to a major league franchise while the New York Mets have existed. Y'know, just for fun.
Forbes Field, 1909
The Glorious Polo Grounds, 1911
Original Yankee Stadium, 1923
Three Rivers Stadium, 1970
Riverfront Stadium, 1970
Renovated Yankee Stadium, 1976 (if they had to move out and share Shea for two years, then it counts as a whole new ballpark by my reckoning)
Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium, 1910 (2)
Busch Stadium, 1967 (2)
Candlestick Park, 1962 (3)
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, 1969 (4)
Milwaukee County Stadium, 1957 (5)
Metropolitan Stadium, 1965 (5)
Olympic Stadium, 1981 (5)
Joe Robbie Stadium/Pro Player (et al), 1997 (5)
Beautiful Shea Stadium, 1969 (6)
Veterans Stadium, 1976 (6)
Metrodome, 1987 (6)
Crosley Field, 1919 (8)
Exhibition Stadium, 1985 (9)
Original Comiskey Park, 1919 (10 for the White Sox…or 9 if you go with the Cubs' cravenly renting it out for the 1918 World Series)
Memorial Stadium, 1966 (13)
Astrodome, 1980 (16)
Jack Murphy Stadium, 1984 (16)
Cleveland Municipal Stadium, 1948 (17, we'll say, since the Indians began playing there in 1932, even if they didn't fully commit to their cavernous lakefront ballpark until 1947, choosing to play some, most or all of many seasons at smaller League Park)
Sportsman's Park/oldest Busch Stadium, 1926 (18)
Kingdome, 1995 (19)
Tiger Stadium, 1934 (23)
Wrigley Field — The Los Angeles version, home of the Angels for 1 season, 1961, before they killed a few years at Dodger Stadium.
Sick's Stadium — Where the Seattle Pilots took flight for 1 artistically legendary if competitively unsuccessful season, 1969.
Mile High Stadium — Big crowds for the expansion Rockies in 1993 and 1994, but no playoffs in those 2 years.
Colt Stadium — Drew mosquitoes but not postseason crowds in its 3 years hosting the Houston Colt .45s, 1962 to 1964.
Jarry Park — Where the Expos chilled without results for 8 seasons, 1969 to 1976.
RFK Stadium — The Senators couldn't agree on a continuing resolution to October from 1961 through 1971; the Nationals were shut down prior to the playoffs from 2005 through 2007. Total: 14 seasons of second-division gridlock.
Municipal Stadium — The Kansas City Athletics were a helluva Yankee farm club for much of 1955-1967, but that wasn't the idea, so they drifted to Oakland; the Royals were just help K.C. get the hang of legitimate big league baseball from 1969 through 1972. Total: 17 seasons without playoffs.
Arlington Stadium — The second Senators became the Texas Rangers in 1972 and remained spiritually the same sorry lot through 1993 before moving to their gorgeous new theme park. 22 seasons, 0 postseasons.
It's not likely Citi Field will sit unoccupied post-September forever, but there's no point in waiting merely so it can gather tenure on these kinds of lists. Let's get our playoff on, already yet!
Screw the Marlins, of course.


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A running discussion on the Cincinnati Reds and everything else in the baseball universe.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Minor League Notes
**Dragon pitching prospect Josh Ravin is currently on the disabled list, and likely will remain there for another week, with a strained pitching elbow. Hopefully, he comes back healthy and ready to build on his solid 2009 season. His first half performance for Dayton has helped him regain his prospect status. His control still needs work, but it has been much improved in the 2009 campaign.
**The Reds signed former University of North Carolina catcher and 4th round draft pick Mark Fleury to a contract and assigned him to the rookie Pioneer League. He made his debut for the Billings Mustangs on July 3rd. Originally I thought they'd start him out in low-A ball, but the Reds' conservative player development strategy continues and he starts out his career in the rookie league.
**Billy Hamilton is off to a "quick" start, to say the least, in the Gulf Coast League. In his first 9 games, Hamilton has already swiped 7 bases without being caught once. He joins Theodis Bowe to give the Reds some serious speed in the Gulf Coast League.
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- smittyJuly 7, 2009 at 8:58 AM
thats good, speed killsReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 10:26 AM
but hamilton has like 6 errors alreadyReplyDelete
Hey Smitty,ReplyDelete
I agree, it's nice to have some speed in the system. Hamilton is a very athletic prospect, but he's pretty raw. People are starting to get excited about him, but I have my concerns about his ability to translate his impressive athletic tools into productive baseball skills.
Still, he's electric on the bases, so it'll be fun to watch him develop.
Thanks for the comment!!
Yeah, Hamilton has been a circus in the field. By my count, he has 4 errors in 9 games at shortstop, but maybe I overlooked a couple.
The Reds may be finding out why most scouting reports and other organizations listed him as an outfielder. Still, no harm in trying him out at short to see if he can stick. Errors o'plenty are not uncommon in rookie ball, so maybe he can develop into a solid defensive shortstop.
Still, early returns on his glove-work haven't been great.
Thanks for the comment!
- smittyJuly 7, 2009 at 7:23 PM
hey lark,ReplyDelete
I'm not to worried about hamilton sticking at short i was just meaning that its good to have some speed in the system. alot of players get overvalued in the minors for being fast and can be great trade bait
Im not to worried about short. I hve a feeling that if the reds make a move to make a run for the playoffs it will be for a shortstop and if not, Cozart is definatly looking like he can handle it mybe sometime next year
- AnonymousJuly 8, 2009 at 12:13 PM
any new posts soon?ReplyDelete
Hey Smitty,ReplyDelete
Yeah, Cozart is impressing with the bat. If his defense is truly as good as they say, then he could be a legitimate option to start at shortstop for us in a couple years.
That said, I'm withholding judgment on his defense. It's tough to get a read on defensive range of minor league players. Everything I've read is positive, but I need a bit more reassurance before I'm convinced that he's a top tier defensive shortstop.
As for Hamilton, he is really generating a lot of excitement among the fans. I guess the fan base is starved for speed and the excitement it can bring. Hamilton is very fast and athletic, but that doesn't always translate on the baseball diamond, especially in light of the specific set of skills required to play the game of baseball well.
Anyway, good to hear from you again. Thanks for the comment.
Hey Anon,ReplyDelete
I'm working on a few different posts in differing stages of completeness. I'm not sure if I'll get to all of them, but I'm planning on writing:
1) a scouting report on supplemental 1st round pick Brad Boxberger,
2) hamate bone injuries and the implications for Yonder Alonso,
3) a general look at number 1 starters, and
4) some rants about Dusty Baker, Willy Taveras, and the frustration caused by the 22-1 embarrassment of a few nights ago.
I can't promise that I'll get to any or all of those, but that's where my head is at right about now. It all depends on time constraints and inspiration striking.
Thanks for the comment!!
- AnonymousJuly 8, 2009 at 8:46 PM
has nothing to do with this article but heard that toronto offered scott rolen for EE and a AAA pitcher any truth to this and what do you think of this trade if happened and i would love it unless the AAA pitcher was zach stewartReplyDelete
Hey Anon,ReplyDelete
Actually, I just heard that rumor myself. I'd absolutely love to see it happen. Rolen would be a big upgrade on defense and would likely be at least as valuable on offense. I've been done with Edwin for quite some time, as his aggregate offense and defense contributions seem like a net negative for the team.
In addition, I doubt we'd have to give up a prospect the caliber of Zach Stewart. Rolen is owed $11M in 2009 and 2010, so the Jays would be getting a younger player and a significant amount of cost savings by dealing Rolen. I don't think the value of the cost savings can be overstated in our current economic climate.
I wouldn't give up one of our top tier pitching prospects to make it happen, but a second tier guy like Daryl Thompson, Sam LeCure, or Matt Maloney would work just fine.
All in all, I think it would be a great trade for the Reds and could give the Reds a big boost for the second half. Make it happen, Jock!!!
Thanks for the comment!!
- smittyJuly 9, 2009 at 1:02 PM
sorry for the language but that trde would give me a partial if it was matt maloney they were trading with EEReplyDelete
Don't like the idea of dealing away Maloney, Smitty??ReplyDelete
- smittyJuly 10, 2009 at 2:45 AM
no no the exact opposite. Its not that i dont like maloney but at this point it seems like he will never get passed AAA here in cincy so its not like we are losing much if we traded him.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2009 at 5:46 PM
are we going to sign his billy's cousinReplyDelete
Hey Anon,ReplyDelete
I haven't heard what they plan to do with Darion. He was a late round pick, so he would warrant much of a signing bonus. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see on that one.
- smittyJuly 13, 2009 at 7:35 PM
so lark, do you think next seasons top 25 is going to change alot? we have had a few surprises this season and solid draft. im pretty excited for the next top 25 alreadyReplyDelete
Hey Smitty,ReplyDelete
Yeah, I've been thinking about that myself lately. Obviously, a few of the 2009 draftees will elbow their way into the top 25.
At this point, I'm not sure where I'll rank Kyle Lotzkar and Devin Mesoraco. I'll have a better feel for Yorman and Juan Duran. Clearly, Stewart and Wood have some serious helium, so they'll be moving up the list. And, it's possible (though not likely) that we'll add a prospect or two at the deadline.
It'll be interesting to see what happens in the second half. I'm a bit surprised that very few of the top 25 have been promoted to the majors. I suppose that's inevitable after graduating so much talent to majors last year. Still, I'm hopeful that they'll call someone up (Stubbs/Heisey) to fill in for Bruce and maybe give some guys a look in September.
Anyway, it's too early to say how it'll all shake out. Still, the Reds have one of the best and deepest farm systems in the game, so there will be a lot of choices.
you should do a midseason top 25! that would be awesomeReplyDelete
Hmmmm, maybe I'll do that. I'll have to think on it. Not sure how much weight I would put on the new half season of performance and how I would slot in the new draftees. It's an interesting thought. Maybe I'll do that.ReplyDelete
you should, and if you need any help let me know. ill do what i canReplyDelete


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Morning Five: 12.15.10 EditionPosted by jstevrtc on December 15th, 2010
Quiz time: of conferences which are eligible for consideration in the CollegeInsider.com mid-major rankings, which league has racked up the most wins against teams from the big six? Time's up — it's the Atlantic Sun. We dig it when a small conference takes an opportunity to strut a little bit, especially when they provide good evidence as to why you should take heed. Yes, that's the A-Sun's Belmont tucked in neatly at 66th in the latest KenPoms, and that is indeed the A-Sun listed in the top half of all conferences at CollegeRPI.com (14th). Another good thing about the linked article is that it reminded us about the names of the two divisions in the Cancun Challenge: Riviera and Mayan (won by the A-Sun's North Florida). Come on. At least it skunks Leaders and Legends.
We can't say for sure, but hopefully the folks at Siena take it as a compliment that we've come to expect so much from them every year, especially come tournament time. It's in that spirit that we ask…what happened, here? We all knew it wouldn't be easy replacing studs like Alex Franklin and Edwin Ubiles, not to mention departed coach Fran McCaffery. Sure, the Saints seem to have taken a serene, trance-like approach to playing defense at times this season, but nobody handicapped a 3-6 start. Mark Singelais of the Albany Times Union details how Siena has decided to put the first month of the season behind them, and proclaim Tuesday's win over Florida Atlantic as the new beginning to their 2010-11 campaign.
There's now a Wolf among the Huskies. Connecticut has announced the mid-season addition of Enosch Wolf, a 7'1 center from Germany, to the squad. He's enrolled and ready to go, eligible to practice on Sunday and play his first game on Monday. Coppin State — the Huskies' foe on that night, whose tallest player playing at least 20 MPG stands at 6'8 — is not amused. Wilkommen in Connecticut!
If Syracuse's Rick Jackson looks different to you this season…good eye. Here's a nice piece from Fanhouse about how Jackson's lopping off of about 10% of his body mass during the off-season has led to increased expectations for Jackson from his coaching staff and teammates. You can sense the pride that fellow Orange(-man) Kris Joseph and guru Jim Boeheim feel toward Jackson in the way they talk about him in the article. More noteworthy is that you get the same sense of increased confidence from how Jackson talks about himself, his increased responsibility, and his improved skills. Averaging a robust 14.0 PPG and 12.5 RPG doesn't hurt the ol' confidence, either. But it's all cyclical…
We're among those who really want New York to become a college hoops town again, and New York magazine's Will Leitch — yes, that guy — has provided a tidy summary of how the NYC schools are doing so far. It's shocking to see the depths to which Manhattan has plunged, and to note that, even though the Johnnies are limping right now, there's still a Secretariat-like gap between St. John's and the next-best NYC team (Long Island). So, even though the Steve Lavin rebuild of SJU is still in its infancy (or possibly still a fetus), all hopes of turning NYC back into the college basketball town that it should be still rest with them. We really want this to happen, no matter which school leads the way, but if it's the Johnnies, that's fine with us. Plus, that means we'll probably all have more Erin Sharoni in our lives (SJU sideline reporter — it's only a matter of time for her), and that's just good for everyone.


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The Communist. Frank Marshall Davis: The Untold Story of Barack Obamas Mentor
Frontpage Interviews guest today is Paul Kengor, Ph.D., a bestselling author whose works include Dupes: How Americas Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century; God and Ronald Reagan; God and George W. Bush; God and Hillary Clinton; and The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism. His articles regularly appear in publications ranging from USA TODAY to The New York Times, plus numerous academic journals.
A professor at Grove City College, Kengor is a frequent commentator on television and radio. He earned his bachelors degree and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and his masters from American University. He is the author of the new book, The Communist. Frank Marshall Davis: The Untold Story of Barack Obamas Mentor.
FP: Paul Kengor, welcome to Frontpage Interview.
I would like to talk to you today about Frank Marshall Davis and his ties to, and influence on, Obama.
But first, I would like to begin with you telling us a bit about a gentleman named Spyridon Mitsotakis. You dedicate the book to him. Tell us why.
Kengor: Thats a great question that gets to the heart of how and why I did this book.
Spyridon is a remarkable young man. I met him when I was signing books at CPAC in February 2011. He had bought my previous book, Dupes, and seemed to know more about liberal/progressive dupes and the American communist movement than even I did. He was standing there at the front of the line asking me a new question every few seconds, clearly very precociousand annoying the folks behind him in line, who told him to move on. I gave him my email address and promised Id answer his questions in full via email. He said, Yeah, right. When he emailed me, I followed through on my promise. He finished our email exchanges by saying, Hey, by the way, Im a student at NYU, and we have the largest collection of archives of the American Communist Party. Id love to help you with research. Let me know if you need anything.
Well, my plan at that moment was to take my time writing a follow up to Dupes, and not at all to do a biography of Frank Marshall Davis. I figured Id get to seek more information on Davis for the Dupes follow-up, as I had information on him in the original Dupes. So, I said to Spyridon: Im trying to find archives of the Chicago Star, the Party-line publication that Davis wrote for in the latter 1940s. I cant find them anywhere, not even in Chicago. The Library of Congress claims to have them, but theyre not on the shelf. Can you help me?
Within about three hours, Spyridon was emailing me PDFs of the Chicago Star. Within about three weeks, he had mailed me copies of every Davis column in the Star. I was blown away by what I read, particularly the haunting similarity to some of Obamas statements. I soon realized that I, alone, was in possession of a treasure trove of information on Frank Marshall Davis. Spyridon kept digging and finding more and more, and then I realized I had to do this book. It wouldnt have happened without Spyridonthus the dedication. The kid could be a future Herb Romerstein.
FP: Wow, well, our thanks and appreciation goes out to Spyridon Mitsotakis and we wish him bountiful energy and the enthusiasm in his search and battle for historical truth in the road ahead.
Ok, so who was Frank Marshall Davis?
Kengor: Frank Marshall Davis, Communist Party USA (CPUSA) number 47544, was a 20th century American who wrote pro-Soviet propaganda in newspaper columns and was a loyal Soviet patriot.
FP: What do you mean by loyal Soviet patriot?
Kengor: While it will shock naïve liberals who still dont grasp the horrors of communism, readers of FrontPage will understand. Leftist Americans who took the extraordinary step of joining CPUSA swore a loyalty oath to the USSRStalins USSR in the case of Frank Marshall Davis. The oath stated: I pledge myself to rally the masses to defend the Soviet Union, the land of victorious socialism. I pledge myself to remain at all times a vigilant and firm defender of the Leninist line of the Party, the only line that insures the triumph of Soviet Power in the United States.
FP: When did Frank Marshall Davis join the Communist Party?
Kengor: Remarkably, he joined early in World War II, after the Hitler-Stalin Pacta period when many Party members bolted the Party because they were outraged at Stalin signing that pact with Hitler. That pact, of course, precipitated the invasion of Poland and World War II. Jewish American communists in particular were aghast. The man in Moscow to whom they swore their unwavering allegiance had helped pave the way for the Holocaust.
FP: Surely Frank Marshall Davis knew about the pact. Did he ever explain myself?
Kengor: Actually, yes, he did. He made sure he addressed this in his memoirs, conceding that he had felt betrayed by Stalin. But he apparently got over the betrayal. So the Russians were as hypocritical as the rest of the white world! he yapped. No surprise, since the Russians were white, what else could you really expect?
In short, Daviss discomfort over Stalins agreement with Hitler was not enough to keep him from joining the Party. He still drank from the chalice.
For the record, this wasnt the only time that Davis helped accommodate Hitler. In 1940, he hooked up with one of the worst, most seditious communist fronts ever to operate in the United States: the American Peace Mobilization. That group, which in 1940 sought to keep America out of the war and from stopping Hitler because Hitler (at the time) was allied with Stalin, was organized by CPUSA and the Comintern in Chicago, which was where Davis was located. The communists who organized the peace mobilization sought out dupes from the Religious Left and other various progressive factions. They also directly recruited African Americans, claiming that the evil FDR was seeking to send black boys to their death to fight for evil Churchill and the British. This was the kind of vulgar propaganda that CPUSA regularly peddled. One of the African Americans that they targeted was Frank Marshall Davis. This was a powerful factor in bringing Davis into the Party as an eventual full member.
I must note that it was also through this group that Davis would work with Robert Taylor, who just happened to be the grandfather of Valerie Jarrett.
FP: Thats remarkable. Valerie Jarrett today is Obamas right-hand woman in the White House.
Kengor: Yes, and its even more eerie than that. Frank Marshall Davis, Obamas mentor, also worked with Vernon Jarrett in these circles. Vernon Jarrett was Valeries father-in-law. And its worse still. Davis, Obamas mentor, also worked with Harry and David Canter, two other Chicago communists. The Canters mentored a young man named David Axelrod in Chicago in the 1970s. So, the troika thats arguably running America todayObama and Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrodall have common bonds in Chicagos communist circles from the 1940s. Their mentors knew each other.
I know this is incredible, but its true. You couldnt make this up. No one would believe it. Were being governed by ghosts from Chicagos Communist Party glory years.
FP: Are there other people that Frank Marshall Davis worked with in Chicago who have relevance today?
Kengor: Oh, yes, I could go on and on. At the Chicago Star, the communist newspaper for which he wrote and was the founding editor-in-chief (1946-4
, Davis regularly shared the op-ed page with Senator Claude Red Pepper, who at that exact time was writing the bill to nationalize healthcare in the United Stateswhich Davis himself advocated in his columns. By the way, Peppers chief of staff, who wrote that bill, was Charles Kramer, who we now know was working for the KGB under the codename mole.
Another Davis comrade at the Star was William Patterson, who actually mentored Frank Marshall Davis and was probably more important than any other figure in bringing Davis into the Party.
FP: William Patterson was a hardcore communist.
Kengor: Yes, and among his legacies is the Kremlins Peoples Friendship University, which he helped plan in the 1960s. Peoples Friendship University became better known as the Patrice Lumumba Friendship University, a Kremlin grooming school for third-world revolutionaries. This university, the third largest in the USSR, schooled some of the worlds leading terrorists. Distinguished alumni include Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, whose doctoral thesis became a book, The Other Side: The Secret Relations between Nazism and the Leadership of the Zionist Movement. According to Abbas, only a few hundred thousand Jews were killed in the Holocaust, and those mostly through Nazi-Zionist collusion. Other proud alumni include Carlos the Jackal, Mohamed Boudia, and Henry Ruiz, Nicaraguan Sandinista commander and economic planner-in-chief.
Among this band of rogues, Mohamed Boudia was a top figure in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), one of the cores branches of the PLO. He was in charge of PFLP terrorist operations in Europe, placed there by the KGB, where he worked with Soviet-backed terror cells in East Berlin. There he also worked with the Black September Organization. Among Boudias most dastardly actswhich involved Mahmoud Abbaswas the brutal murder of Jewish Olympians in the 1972 Munich massacre.
Such is the sordid legacy of the Peoples Friendship University, championed by Frank Marshall Davis mentor William Patterson.
FP: So, Patterson helped mentor Frank Marshall Davis, who, in turn, mentored Obama?
Kengor: Correct.
FP: In your book, you say that Daviss first major Party job was editing and writing columns for the Chicago Star in the late 1940s. You found a lot of similarity in what Davis was writing and what Obama says today.
Kengor: Yes. Davis constantly bashed Wall Street, big oil, profits, GOP tax cuts, the wealthy and millionaires. He called for taxpayer funding of universal healthcare and public works projects. He targeted General Motors. He championed Russian foreign policy, especially at the expense of countries like Poland. I could go on and on. The similarities are chilling.
FP: Was there a particular Davis column that really struck you?
Kengor: Yes, and I use it to open the book. In a November 1946 column, Davis wrote: Im tired of being beaned with those double meaning words like sacred institutions and the American way of life which our flag-waving fascists and lukewarm liberals hurl at us day and night. This struck me because its so similar to Obamas quoting of Davis in Dreams from My Father. There, Obama quoted Davis saying: Theyll train you so good, youll start believing what they tell you about equal opportunity and the American way and all that sh-t.
When I saw that, I knew that Davis had lectured Obama with at least some of the same sentiments decades earlier in his old Communist Party writings. I found a bunch of examples of Davis trashing the American way, so much so that my initial subtitle for this book was Frank Marshall Davis and the American Way.
FP: Okay, when did Obama meet Davis?
Kengor: According to an eyewitness, they were first introduced in 1970. It was Obamas grandfather, Stanley Dunham, who made the introduction. Dunham, himself a leftist, saw in Davis a potential role model and black father figure that Obama was lacking. Davis knew and influenced Obama throughout Obamas adolescence in the 1970s, right up until he went to college. In fact, those disparaging words about the American way were Daviss parting words to Obama before Obama headed off to Occidental College.
FP: You interview someone who knew Obama at Occidental and says that Obama was an actual communist at Occidental.
Kengor: Thats right. The person is Dr. John Drew, who Ive interviewed at length and remain in regular contact with today. Hes totally credible, no axe to grind, no story to sell. Drew contacted me because he knew I was researching Davis. Drew sees himself as the missing link between Obamas time with Frank Marshall Davis and with later radicals like Bill Ayers and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Drew himself was a Marxist at the time, and Obama was introduced to him as a fellow Marxistas one of us. Drew told me about Obamas belief in what Drew described as the Frank Marshall Davis fantasy of revolution. Drew, who was a more realistic, chastened Marxist, was stunned at Obamas unwavering belief in the imminence of a Marxist revolution in the United States.
Now, for the record, if this is true, this doesnt mean that Obama is today still a Marxist, but it would mean that he once wasand Frank Marshall Davis would have been a primary explanatory factor in Obama becoming a Marxist at the time. Thats why (among other reasons) this book on Davis needed to be done.
FP: Was Davis a national-security threat?
Kengor: The federal government thought so. In the book, I present documents from Daviss 600-page FBI file in which the FBI repeatedly re-certifies Davis on the Security Index. Thats a very serious thing. It means that, in the event of a war breaking out between the US and USSR, Obamas mentor could have been placed under immediate arrest. Needless to say, thats quite unprecedented for a presidential mentor. With a mentor like that, Barack Obama should have trouble getting a security clearance for a standard, entry-level government job. Instead, Americans elected him right into the Oval Office.
FP: Incredible, that is really something.
Paul Kengor, how would you crystallize the main message/thesis of your book?
Kengor: Mentors matter. Any study of any president starts with mentors. We all know that. And yet, why have we ignored this mentor to this particular president? Well, the answer is clear from my book: Because no president in all of American history has ever had a mentor as radical as Frank Marshall Davis. No presidenteverhas had a mentor who was a literal card-carrying member of the Communist Party. This obviously ought to merit our attention. My book provides that attention. Its scandalous that it would take four years into Obamas presidency for a book like this to be published. Its a sign of the woeful liberal bias by this nations journalists and biographers.
FP: What do you hope your book will help achieve?
Kengor: Many things, but Ill list just a few.
First off, I want people to continue to realize that our president is the product of some remarkably radical influences, and here, in Frank Marshall Davis, was arguably the most radical of them all. Davis had an influence on Obama. We need to consider that influence.
Beyond that, Id like liberals and Democrats to please understand that communists were not their friends. The communists considered liberals to be their useful idiots, their dupes, their prey, as Whittaker Chambers put it. They used them incessantly. Davis was one of those who used liberals. And then, after all that, after decades of targeting the Democratic Party, Davis ultimately infiltrated the party and even influenced its current president. Its a remarkable story.
Finally, there were numerous American communists like Frank Marshall Davis who did horrible agitation on behalf of international communism throughout the 20th century. They were on the wrong side of history, a bloody side that left over 100 million corpses in their wakedouble the combined dead of the centurys two world wars. And you know what? They never apologized.
No, instead, they cursed their accusers for daring to charge (quite correctly) that they were communists threatening America and the wider world. Not only did they get away with it, but liberals today continue to excuse and protect them. In Daviss case, they do so to protect Obama. This is a great historical injustice. The truth needs to be told.
FP: Paul Kengor, thank you for joining Frontpage Interview.
Kengor: Thank you, Jamie. And my thanks to you, David Horowitz, and everyone at Frontpage for your courage. Be not afraid.
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I cannot believe no one has attacked me yet. Is there a fruit loop parade in san fran today ?
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mat-ty wrote:
I cannot believe no one has attacked me yet. Is there a fruit loop parade in san fran today ?
What's amazing is that you think you're worth attacking.
No matter what you say, matty, you're a constant source of amusement.
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Why don't you read the interview Peuno, you may learn something. This is just more proof that your girlfriend obama is a fraud and fools like you were hoodwinked. If obama has these far left radical views of America ingrained in him by his many documented mentors that's his right, but its not his right to lie and pretend he has no association with people like this.
So which one is it Pueno , were you hoodwinked and not man enough to admit it, or does your ideology actually line up with people of this ilk?
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mat-ty, I usually read your posts, but this thread topic just isn't worth the time. While you and others in the GOP seem totally enthralled with the idea that President Obama is a Communist, Marxist or Socialist, I consider it to be far fetched wingnut nonsense. It's a political version of the trash one finds in the National Enquirer, or one of those other worthless rags you see in supermarket checkout lines.
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Don't you find that when a conservative strikes a nerve (what may be a valid point), either there is:
1. No response
2. Character assassination
3. Deflection (push a totally unrelated liberal point).
To be fair, conservatives do it too, but I think we do it less - clearly a biased view point.
Politicians are the experts at deflection, rarely answering a hard question. I don't like it and regardless of party, those that play this game may loose my support.
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So which one is it Pueno , were you hoodwinked and not man enough to admit it, or does your ideology actually line up with people of this ilk?
Neither. My approach is simpler. I look for the candidate who will do the least damage... and, if we're very lucky, maybe do some actual good.
I realize this is a very complex concept for you to understand, so I won't waste your valuable and important time trying to articulate the elements of it, much as Romney won't waste your time explaining the details of his plan.
In my view, Obama has done some damage but has also done far more good. So, on balance, Obama's ahead. I couldn't say that for Cheney/Bush, and I couldn't see how McCain/Palin would have done anything except continue the Cheney/Bush destruction. Likewise, Romney is expected to continue the Cheney/Bush neocon agenda of destruction.
As always, thanks for your highly amusing contributions. You clowns sure make a difference!
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Don't you find that when a conservative strikes a nerve (what may be a valid point), either there is:
1. No response
2. Character assassination
3. Deflection (push a totally unrelated liberal point).
It would really help if Mat-ty had snipped most of it, or posted the primary bullet points up front. Of the book's 20 chapters, the titles alone list the 90% correlation between Davis's tenets and Obama's. The direct derivation is unmistakable, as is Obama's 26 first-name fawning references to Davis.
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I see your point techno , but history is history, how much can we ignore?
obama has clearly had many ties with people I think most Americans would have an issue with. You hit the nail on the head , the nasty left will do exactly what you said, no response, deflect, or character assassination. But give them a story about a spray painted rock from twenty years ago , or a bullying story from the third grade and they will have an orgasm.
I believe Mr. Kengors book is based on facts that are a matter of public record, too bad people like swchandler have no desire to learn about the man they voted for. Mentors shape a mans beliefs, and future actions , and obama has had many to choose from , unfortunately most are unknown and kept in the shadows because of their un-American extremist views.
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Matty--when I actually see a pattern of you posting information from someone that hasn't been indicted for lying, I might pay enough attention to bother rebutting. Techno--see my note to Matty. I've posted better critiques of Obama than you guys. Here's the deal with the Republican attack machine. They managed to pursuade enough people that John Kerry, who actually commanded a vessel under fire, was lying about his service. You guys then voted for a candidate who ducked active service by using his daddy's contacts to join the air national guard--and then kind of disappeared. So the two chicken hawks who started two disastrous wars both ducked Vietnam, and then attacked Kerry, who served. Vietnam was a bad war, and started by Democrats, not Republicans. The two people I respect the most are one that served as a second Lieutenant and was honored for his bravery, and one that resisted the draft. Acts of conscience and bravery--not using daddy's connections to duck the moral question.
The credibility of your sources is the reason we don't bother--fact check will come out with the story on how matty is lying--again.
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RECAP Used To Show Vacated Rulings That A Judge Wanted Gone
from the is-this-good-or-bad deptLast week, we wrote about the launch of RECAP, a neat little tool for making sure that more public domain court rulings are actually accessible to the public (what a concept). Apparently, the tool is already useful. Thomas O'Toole points us to the news of someone who used RECAP to point to rulings that were vacated and then (oddly) ordered to be removed from various databases. All of this was a part of a settlement agreement. Rulings get vacated all the time, but having the judge order the various databases that hold rulings to delete them seems a bit extreme. However, thanks to RECAP it seems that the original rulings are still available. Yet another reminder that you can't make things disappear online.
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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas first baseman Eric Fisher didn't want to get overly excited about one performance, but it was hard not to notice the smile Wednesday.
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas first baseman Eric Fisher didn't want to get overly excited about one performance, but it was hard not to notice the smile Wednesday.
The start of the 2013 season hasn't been exactly what the junior envisioned. There was reason for optimism the struggles had ended after Fisher collected a career-high four hits to lead the Razorbacks to an 8-0 win against Grambling State.
"It just makes me more excited to go to the weekend and get back up there at the plate and keep stringing some hits together," Fisher said.
Arkansas (11-7 1-2 in Southeastern Conference) is diving back into league play when it hosts Alabama (14-6, 2-1) in a three-game series at Baum Stadium, which begins at 6:35 tonight. The Razorbacks know they'll have to produce a better performance at the plate after struggling to score runs throughout much of the past three weeks and Fisher's midweek success against Grambling was a good start.
Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn has said several times this season the Razorbacks' successes rely on veterans like Fisher, who is one of the few left-handed regulars in the lineup. So even though Grambling State didn't trot out SEC-caliber pitching during Wednesday's game, Van Horn said Fisher's performance was important.
"He got four hits and more than anything just for his confidence," Van Horn said Wednesday night. "I think really the two best swings he took were the line drives he hit the other way. That's what we need to see him do.
"In our league, everybody will be throwing the ball 92 miles per hour away and then they'll bust you in, so you've got to be able to go the other way. It's good to see."
The four hits were a career high for Fisher, who was selected by the Miami Marlins in the 30th round of the Major League Baseball Draft last summer. He elected to return to school for his redshirt junior season and Arkansas believed his experience would be key for an offense trying to bounce back from its 2013 struggles.
Fisher — who hit .238 with 2 home runs and 13 RBIs as a sophomore — said he worked to gain strength in the summer and resume his role in the middle of Arkansas' batting order after starting 30 games last season. He recorded Arkansas' first home run this season and leads the team with two so far, but was batting just .190 with seven RBIs entering the midweek finale against the Tigers.
Fisher has credited Van Horn for allowing him to work through the struggles.
"He's done a good job of not pressing," Fisher said. "It's obvious what's going on. He's not sitting here and putting pressure on me or make me feel bad or anything. He's done a good job of keeping his trust and staying with me and allowing me to continue to go out there and play and work on it."
The 4-for-4 effort against Grambling State was Fisher's first multi-hit game since going 2-for-4 against Eastern Illinois on Feb. 23. It also helped Fisher raise his average to .244 entering the weekend series against Alabama, which will start right-handed pitcher Spencer Turnbull (2-1, 0.31 ERA).
Arkansas second baseman Brian Anderson said the Razorbacks need Fisher's mid-week success to carry into the three-game series.
"It's crucial," Anderson said. "He's got a great swing and he can be a force for us in the middle of the lineup driving in runs. Seeing him go the other way like he has been the last few games, it's definitely a good sign.
"If you are left-handed and able to put the ball in left-center that swing is going to cover a lot of different pitches. That will work in the SEC. That is definitely a great sign for us and will give us some confidence going into the week."
Arkansas also is expected a lift with outfielder Joe Serrano back in the lineup. Serrano, who is hitting .283 with 13 RBIs, has missed five straight starts because of an ankle injury he suffered in practice a week ago.
Van Horn said Arkansas knows it must be more consistent at the plate after scoring just 14 runs during a 1-7 stretch. But the Razorbacks have won three straight entering the Alabama series, gaining some confidence at the plate.
It includes Fisher, who is hoping his four-hit performance is just the beginning.
"When you are hitting the ball the other way it means you are waiting back and staying through it and any time you can do that you are going to hit the ball well," Fisher said. "It's always nice getting hits and building confidence and it carries over to the next at bat and allows you to feel better at the plate."
Alabama (14-6, 2-1 in SEC) at Arkansas (11-7, 1-2 in SEC)
When: Today at 6:35 p.m., Saturday at 2:05 p.m., Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
Where: Baum Stadium
TV: Sunday – Cox Sports Television (CST)
Radio: Razorback Sports Network
On the Mound: Today - LHP Jaen Beeks (3-2, 1.15 ERA) vs. RHP Spencer Turnbull (2-1, 0.31 ERA); Saturday - RHP Trey Killian (0-3, 3.06 ERA) vs. LHP Justin Kamplain (2-2, 3.67 ERA); Sunday – TBA vs. LHP Jon Keller (4-0, 1.63 ERA)
At the Plate: Arkansas – 2B Brian Anderson (.333, HR, 15 RBI), DH Krisjon Wilkerson (.304, HR, 6 RBI), RF Tyler Spoon (.290, HR, 14 RBI), LF Joe Serrano (.283, 13 RBI); Alabama — 1B Austen Smith (.381, 2 HR, 17 RBI), CF Georgie Salem (.326, HR, 5 RBI), C Will Haynie (.298, 2 HR, 8 RBI), 2B Kyle Overstreet (.297, 2 HR, 7 RBI)