The Norfolk Tides looked to be a winner on Sunday leading 4-0 in the 6th inning when things began to come apart. The Tides had taken a 3-0 lead in the top of the 3rd inning when Paco Figueroa singled and Matt Angle reached on an error and Figueroa advanced to 3rd base. With runners on 1st and 3rd Robert Andino singled to bring home Figueroa. Michael Aubrey struck out for the second out before consecutive singles by Nolan Reimold and Lou Montanez which scored Angle and Andino to give the Tides a 3-0 lead. In the top of the 6th the Tides added to their lead as leadoff batter Lou Montanez reached second on a throwing error by shortstop Luis Bolivar. With 2 outs catcher Michel Hernandez delivered a single to score Montanez to give the Tides a 4-0 lead.
Starter Troy Patton who pitched a shutout for five and two thirds innings gave up a walk to Troy Glaus and then a home run to Barbaro Canizares. He got out of the inning with the Tides still leading 4-2 and would be relieved by Pat Egan in the 7th. Of late the Tides relief pitching has been exceptional often going long and shutting out the other team to keep the Tides in the game. It was not so Sunday as nearly every reliever struggled to some degree in the 7th inning. Egan allowed 2 runs on one hit but only one was earned getting only 1 man out. Alberto Castillo fared no better allowing 2 runs on 2 hits again getting only one man out and finally Jim Hoey who allowed 2 runs on 2 hits but got the final out. Castillo (1-2 4.58 ERA) would get credit for the blown save and the loss and Braves middle reliever Michael Broadway (3-0 5.68 ERA) took the win. The Tides had 4 runs on 6 hits with no errors leaving four men stranded. The Braves 8 runs on 10 hits with 2 errors leaving 8 men on base.
On Monday night the teams played the final game of the series with the Braves shutting out the Tides 4-0. Zach Britton pitched well for the Tides giving up only 1 earned run in 5 innings work but victimized by errors committed by Blake Davis and Robert Andino. Tides hitters were shut down by Braves starter Scott Diamond (4-0 2.41 ERA) who pitched a complete game two hit shutout. The Tides mustered no runs on 2 hits and committed two errors leaving 3 runners aboard while the Braves had 4 runs on 10 hits with one error. Barbaro Canizares homered for the Braves. The teams meet tonight at Harbor Park with Chris Tillman (10-7 3.53 ERA) making what will likely be his final start for the Tides before going to Baltimore as a September call-up facing Jose Ortegano (3-9 6.31 ERA). Other Tides will likely make the trip to Baltimore over the next couple of days and if I was a betting man I would guess that pitchers Armando Gabino, Frank Mata and Kam Mickolio who are all of the 40 man roster get the nod as well as Nolan Reimold, Brandon Snyder and Lou Montanez. I would like to see a few others get called up in some case as nothing more than for loyally staying in the organization. I would like to see Dennis Sarfate, Andy Mitchell and Jim Miller get the call although only Sarfate has the numbers to support a call up. I would also like to see Paco Figueroa and Matt Angle get a few swings in the majors.
The champagne was flowing in visitor's clubhouse as the Durham Bulls clinched their 5th straight International League South Division title at Harbor Park. The Bulls who currently are 32 games above 500 have the best record in the League and 14 ½ games up on the second place team the Gwinnett Braves defeated the Norfolk Tides by scores of 8-6 on Thursday and 3-1 on Friday.
The Tides did not make the Bulls final steps to the title easy giving them a run for their money both nights. On Thursday Troy Patton got the start for the Tides pitched well for 4 innings before running into trouble in the 5th inning. He gave up a run in the 4th and 2 in the 5th before being relieved by Pat Egan with 1 out in the top of the 5th inning. He left the game with the lead as the Tides has scored 3 runs in the 1st and another in the 2nd to take an early 4-0 lead off Durham starter Darin Downs who was making a spot start for the Bulls.
In the 7th inning the Bulls tied the game. Egan gave up two singles with one out and was relieved by Frank Mata. Elliott Johnson hit what could have been a double play producing ground ball to Shortstop Robert Andino but Andino misplayed the ball and was slow to get back to the ball. It was almost as if he forgot that the runner on second was there which allowed that runner, the speedy Desmond Jennings to score the tying run.
In the 8th inning when Mata gave up a leadoff home run to Leslie Anderson and then proceeded to load the bases before walking J.J. Furmaniak to score Angel Chavez. He was relieved by Cla Meredith who got the second out before Justin Ruggiano hit a grounder with eyes that got through to left for a single to score Omar Luna and Desmond Jennings. He then retired Rocco Baldelli to end the inning with the Bulls now leading 8-4.
The Tides scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning on a two run home run by Robert Andino, his 13th of the year. Nolan Reimold doubled but was left stranded at second when Scott Moore flied out to right. Meredith held the Bulls in the 9th inning but the Tides went down in order in the bottom half of the inning thanks to a game ending double play.
The Bulls had 8 runs on 14 hits and committed 2 errors stranding 10 runners and the Tides 6 runs on 14 hits and one costly error by Andino. The Tides left 11 men on base. Dale Thayer (3-1 3.40 ERA) the Bulls' third pitcher of the night got the win and Frank Mata (3-3 4.02 ERA) got a blown save and the loss for the Tides while Winston Abreu got his 19th save of the year.
On Friday it was a pitchers' duel as Zach Britton faced off against Ramon Ortiz. Britton gave up a run in the 1st inning on a single to Chris Richard and a double to Rocco Baldelli and that would be the last run that the Bulls scored until the 7th as Zach allowed just one more hit during the evening. The Tides scored a run in the bottom of the 3rd loading the bases on a walk to Adam Donachie, an infield hit by Paco Figueroa and a walk to Matt Angle. Unfortunately the three of the Tides most productive RBI men, Robert Andino, Jeff Salazar and Nolan Reimold were retired and the Tides scored the one run when Donachie scored on a ground out by Salazar.
Neither side mustered anything until the 7th inning. Britton retired the first batter that he faced, Dioner Navarro on a ground ball to second. He then walked J.J. Furmaniak and Angel Chavez and was relieved by Jim Hoey. Hoey who has been very good for the Tides since coming up from double-A Bowie appeared to have things under control. However, with the runners now on 2nd and 3rd he issued a wild pitch with Desmond Jennings at the plate. This allowed Furmaniak to score before Hoey struck out Jennings to end the inning. In the bottom half of the 8th Nolan Reimold singled and Brandon Snyder walked by Joe Bateman struck out Scott Moore and Lou Montanez to end the threat. In the 9th the Tides brought out closer Dennis Sarfate who gave up an uncharacteristic home run to leadoff hitter Rocco Baldelli before retiring the rest of the Bulls in order. In the 9th it looked like the Tides might come back. With 1 out Paco Figueroa singled and Matt Angle hit a sinking fly ball which looked to be a sure hit possibly one that could get by left fielder Justin Ruggiano but the ball hung up just long enough for Ruggiano to make the play charging in hard from left and throwing to first to double up Figueroa who like most everyone in attendance thought the ball was in for a hit.
The Bulls had 3 runs on 4 hits and an error and the Tides 1 run on 7 hits with no errors. Jake McGee (1-0 0.00 ERA) got the win for the Bulls and Britton (2-3 3.08 ERA) the loss for the Tides. It was a hard loss as the Tides Britton pitched very well and even the Tides relievers with the exception of the wild pitch by Hoey and the home run allowed by Sarfate pitched well. The Bulls clinched their 5th straight IL South Title with a record of 79 wins and 47 losses, not only best in the division and best in the League but the best in between the IL and the Pacific Coast League. They have a .285 team batting average, second best in the IL and the best team ERA (3.45) in the league. The Tampa Bay Rays, the parent club of the Bulls has one of the premier organizations in baseball. They draft well, develop players well and produce at competitive teams and they build their winning teams without spending huge amounts of money, developing primarily from their own ranks.
Tonight the Tides send Chris Tillman (10-7 3.51 ERA) up against Brian Baker (7-4 3.61 ERA) in game three of this elongated 5 game series. In personnel news veteran pitcher Andy Mitchell was reactivated by the Tides.
After giving away Monday's game to the Gwinnett Braves the Norfolk Tides were spoiling for a win on Tuesday and got it. The Tides were aided by 5 errors committed by the G-Braves in the game. Matt Angle led off the 1st inning with fly ball to right fielder Brent Clevlen which should have been caught for the first out of the game, however Clevlen misplayed the ball and Angle went to third on the error. Robert Andino immediately made the Braves pay for this error taking the first pitch from Braves starter Kenshin Kawakami to center field scoring Angle and giving the Tides a 1-0 lead. This was Andino's 70th RBI of the season, 4th in the International League. The Tides struck again in the 2nd inning when Lou Montanez leading off the inning took Kawakami to a 3-2 count and smashed a home run over the left field wall.
Tides pitchers made that lead stand up until the bottom of the 7th. Mike Hinckley just off the DL pitched 3.2 innings in his first start since he was at double-A Harrisburg. He gave up a hit and two walks and struck out two in his starting debut with the Tides. He was followed by Cla Meredith who made one of his best appearances of the year pitched two hitless innings walking just one leaving with two outs in the 6th. Alberto Castillo got the final out of the inning and yielded to Kam Mickolio in the 7th. Mickolio not long off the DL himself gave up singles to Barbaro Canizares, Willie Cabrera and Brent Clevlen with Clevlen's hit scoring Canizares. Joe Thurston laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners bringing Luis Bolivar to the plate and Bolivar grounded out to score Cabrera. Mickolio then got J.C. Boscan to ground out to Robert Andino to tie the game at 2-2.
The 8th inning started out inauspiciously for the Tides with quick as Matt Angle and Robert Andino both went down on strikes by reliever Stephen Marek. However with 2 outs the Tides got another chance when Marek misplayed a ground ball allowing Jeff Salazar to get to first. Marek then walked Nolan Reimold to send Salazar to second base. Marek's problems were compounded when catcher J. C. Boscan attempting a pick off of Montanez at 2nd base threw the ball away allowing Montanez to take third. Scott Moore then doubled to score Salazar and Reimold to give the Tides a 4-2 lead.
Dennis Sarfate entered the game in the 8th for a 2 inning save attempt and Dennis was sharp setting the Braves down in order in the 8th and 9th innings striking out two in the process to give the Tides the win.
Kam Mickolio (3-2 6.84 ERA) got the win and Dennis Sarfate picked up his 16th save and Stephan Marek (1-1 1.26 ERA) got the loss. The Tides had 4 runs on 5 hits with no errors leaving 6 stranded and the Braves had 2 runs on 5 hits with 5 errors leaving 6 men on base. Wednesday was an off day for the Tides who begin a 5 game series against division and league leading Durham Thursday the 19th.
Rain could be in the forecast so bring your umbrella if you come and join me at the Church of Baseball, Harbor Park Parish.
After losing the opening game of their series against the Pawtucket Red Sox the Norfolk Tides dominated the Boston Red Sox AAA affiliate on a beautiful Wednesday night. Baltimore Orioles General Manager Andy McPhail and 3872 of his closest friends, except the Pawsox fans enjoyed the moderate temperatures and light winds which made the night a beautiful night for a ball game. Tonight it was Chris Tillman (4-4 3.31) who shut down the Pawsox for seven innings allowing no runs and only three hits striking out 4 and walking only 2. Tillman was followed by Pedro Viola in the 8th inning and Viola made things a bit sporty for the Tides allowing a run on two hits before retiring the side. Denis Sarfate entered in the 9th inning and after retiring Aaron Bates walked Dusty Brown and then gave up a single to Lars Anderson who with a name like that needs to be on the Norwegian Biathlon Team. After a visit to the mount by manager Gary Allenson Sarfate walked Tug Hulett to load the bases with one out. Allenson then took Sarfate out for closer Frank Mata (0-0 1.96) who got Bubba Bell to ground out to first which allowed Brown to score and then struck out Ryan Khoury to end the game and notch his 8th save of the year.
Tonight the Tides hitters finally started hitting the long ball and it began with Scott Moore who crushed a 2-0 pitch over the right field wall which drove in Nolan Reimold who had walked. In the 3rd inning Adam Donachie singled and Justin Turner blasted a one out shot over the left field wall bouncing the ball off a picnic table in the left field picnic area to score two more runs for the Tides extending their lead to 4-0. That score would remain until the 6th inning when Scott Moore did not leave us waiting from more but smashed a two out 2-0 pitch from Sox starter Michael Bowden which left the ballpark completely passing over the bullpen in the direction of the East Fork of the Elizabeth River. Good thing there were no boats passing by or we might have needed a rescue team. That ended the scoring for the Tides and though the Pawsox attempted a comeback they fell short.
The Tides had 5 runs on 7 hits and an error leaving two men on base. The Sox had 2 runs on 6 hits and no errors leaving 7 runners on base. On Thursday the Tides and the Sox meet again at Harbor Park with Tides ace Jake Arietta (3-2 2.20) going up against Fabio Castro (2-2 6.56). Hopefully the Tides will take advantage of the momentum generated tonight and transfer it into solid pitching and hitting on Thursday night at Harbor Park. The weather should be excellent to see a game so see you there.
The Norfolk Tides and the Syracuse Chiefs met in the third game of a four game series on Wednesday night and the story was pitching, in particular the pitching of Stephen Strasburg. The high sought rookie and MLB number one draft pick made his second AAA appearance for the Syracuse Chiefs as he is prepared by the Nationals organization for his Major League debut and it was a beauty. Strasburg owned the Tides tonight and went six innings surrendering no runs and no hits, striking out seven and walking just one leaving Norfolk Tides batters wondering just what train hit them.
Strasburg also had a little help from his friends at the plate and in the bullpen. The Chiefs scored four runs in the bottom of the 5th inning and that would be more than enough to roll back the Tides on this cool, cloudy and windy night in front of 6720 fans at Alliance Bank Field on the west side of downtown Syracuse near Lake Onondaga. Drew Storen came on in the 7th inning and pitched and and a third innings giving up a single and two walks. Ron Villone came in with one out in the top of the 8th inning giving up just a hit and a walk.
The Tides started Troy Patton and with two outs in the 5th inning his game came apart. After getting Pedro Lopez to hit into a 4-6-3 double play Patton walked Justin Maxwell. Former Tides outfielder Chase Lambin singled bringing up Kevin Mench who singled to left to score Maxwell and send Lambin to third. Troy then Mike Morse walked on 4 pitches to load the bases. Josh Whitesell took the count to 3 and 1 and then tripled to clear the bases. Patton then retired Seth Bynum on a called third strike to end the inning. Denis Sarfate and Alberto Castillo pitched the final two innings for the Tides allowing no runs on no hits and only a walk surrendered by Sarfate.
The final was the Tides 0 runs on 2 hits and 1 error with 4 men left on base. The Chiefs had 4 runs on 6 hits and 1 error with 7 left on base. Patton (2-4 5.65) got the loss and Strasburg (2-0 0.00) the win. The teams play again to close out the series before most of our lunch breaks beginning at 1030 AM at Alliance Bank Field. Brandon Erbe (0-6 7.20) gets the start for the Tides and will face Andrew Kown (1-2 2.79) who will take the hill for the Chiefs.
There was a personnel move involving the Orioles and the Tides. Second Baseman Paco Figueroa was assigned to the Tides from AA Bowie while Corey Patterson who in his brief time with the Tides earned a place back on a major league roster was promoted to Baltimore and Nolan Reimold who has struggled battling a nagging heel injury that occurred in 2009 that has limited his play and effectiveness was optioned to the Tides.
Meanwhile in Baltimore it was a night for former Tides pitchers. Brad Bergeson after coming back to the O's from a brief stint with the Tides picked up his third victory in as many starts and Alfredo Simon got his fourth save. Corey Patterson singled and scored a run in his Orioles debut. The Orioles defeated the Mariners at Camden Yards by a score of 5-2.
After winning convincingly on Wednesday night the Norfolk Tides could not repeat and fell to the Gwinnett Braves 8-3 on a sunny spring afternoon at Harbor Park in front of 4375 fans. While fog enshrouded the home of the Tides in the morning it had dissipated by game time to reveal a beautiful day for a baseball game. I personally don't give a kilo of Limburger cheese if the rest of the country is focused on the NFL Draft tonight as I prefer Gordon Biersch draft beer, preferably Czech Pilsner and the Church of Baseball to football in general. However I also enjoy the seasonal so long as it is not a Weizen and my mind and heart still believe the baseball is the true love of the Deity Herself and that she finds football in all forms only a mildly interesting metaphor for the Valley of Megiddo, but I digress.
After a convincing win on Wednesday night Tides starter Brandon Erbe (0-3 7.98) gave three runs in the top of the first inning on three hits and two more in the fourth on three hits. All told Erbe gave up 5 runs on 7 hits however he gave up two home runs to Tides killer Freddie Freeman who hit his third home run of this series and doubles to Gregor Blanco, Mitch Jones and Jean Boscan. The Braves would score 3 runs off of reliever Andy Mitchell before Jim Miller stood into his closer role in the bottom of the eighth giving up one hit and no runs.
The Tides did have some hitting; Jeff Salazar hit a two run shot in the bottom of the third driving in Joey Gathright. Rhyne Hughes hit a solo shot to lead off the bottom of the fourth. The Tides would muster no more runs although Joey Gathright would double in the fifth. The Braves had 8 runs on 13 hits with no errors and the Tides 3 runs on 8 hits with two errors one of which a throwing error by Second Baseman Blake Davis resulted in a Braves run.
Brandon Erbe took the loss, his third of the young season and one has to wonder if it is a matter of confidence or mechanics that is the root cause of his lack of success. I would lean toward being uncomfortable in his first start and then lost his confidence and has not regained it. Andy Mitchell gave up one earned run on 3 hits in two innings of relief work and Jim Miller reprising his closer role from the first half of 2009 where he made the International League All-Star team allowed no runs on one hit.
With the loss the Tides fall to 5 wins and 10 losses falling 7 games behind the Durham Bulls who appear to a be the league Leviathan who are 12-3 and have scored 98 runs on 155 hits devastating many of their opponents with lopsided double digit wins. Their pitching has been equally dominating allowing the fewest hits and the second best ERA in the League. With the Tampa Bay Rays looking good and appearing deep the Bulls could well be on their way to repeating their 2009 AAA Championship and lead their nearest division competitor the Charlotte Knights by five games.
Unfortunately I had to work and had to catch snippets of the game between meetings and patient visits on MiLB Game Day. The Tides will travel to Charlotte for a four game set against the Knights beginning Friday night which kicks off an eight game road trip which will also take them to Gwinnett. Chris Tillman (0-3 8.38) will try for his first win of the year going up against Charlotte's Lucas Harrell (1-1 5.82) who defeated the Tides on the 13th allowing no runs and five hits in six innings work.
The Tides have added Left Handed Pitcher Pedro Viola who the Orioles picked up off waivers from Cincinnati. Viola provides a badly needed left handed arm for the Tides bullpen and will be on the Orioles 40 man roster. With Alberto Castillo and Kam Mickolio called to Baltimore and Dennis Sarfate on the DL the Tides bullpen has lost some of its power pitchers and the Tides have but two left handed pitchers on their roster.
The Tides for better or worse are inexorably bound to the fortunes of their parent club the Baltimore Orioles who have taken some major losses to injuries and are struggling. While I believe that they will recover for the time being they have been forced to call upon the Tides incredibly early in the season for position players as well as pitchers, something that was not expected. will return to Harbor Park on May 1st to face the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
Well sports fans I was not able to make the afternoon game at Harbor Park this afternoon a little thing called work got in the way, however between counseling young sailors I was able to listen to the game in the internet and thus still kept my finger to the pulse of the Tides. Speaking of the "pulse" the Tides bats which were dead on arrival last night came back to life as if resurrected by the Lord himself. Part of this may have been due to the weather which was a bit more temperate and a whole lot less wet than last night proving once again if you don't like the weather in Hampton Roads wait five minutes.
Tides starter and Orioles hot prospect Jake Arrieta pitched seven innings shutting down the Knights allowing only 3 hits while striking out five. Knight's starter, International League MVP and White Sox prospect Carlos Torres who had shut down the Gwinnett Braves last week in his first start of 2010 allowed 4 runs on 6 hits giving up 3 walks taking the loss in front of 3002 fans and one that was not in the ball park. Guess who?
The game was a study in contrast compared with the last two games against the Knights. Today the Tides could do nothing wrong and the Knights; well their day was very dark, much like the Tides outing last night only this happened in broad daylight. The Knights only got 4 hits and were held to no runs by Arrieta and Ross Wolf and had their usually solid Shortstop Brent Lillibridge make two errors on the way to the loss and the Knights left 6 runners on base. I guess that their prayers to Jobu didn't get answered.
The Tides barrage began in the bottom of the second inning when Rhyne Hughes singled to right and Michael Aubrey doubled to right. If this had happened last night they would have died on the bases but not today. Robert Andino singled to break his hitless streak and drove in Hughes to give the Tides their first lead in three games. Adam Donachie hit a sacrifice fly to right which scored Michael Aubrey and the Tides were up 2-0. Joey Gathright walked and then Jonathan Tucker flied to center advancing Andino to third. Jeff Salazar singled to center scoring Andino and advancing Gathright to second. Scott Moore kept up his solid hitting singling on a soft line drive to left scoring Gathright. Salazar was out at home trying to score to end the inning.
The third through the bottom of the 7th inning were uneventful for both teams with Arrieta continuing to take down Knights batters although the Tides left 2 runners on base in the bottom of the sixth. Wes Whisler replaced Torres for the Knights in the top of the sixth. In the bottom of the 7th the Tides started took advantage of Whisler surrendering two walks to Jonathan Tucker and Brandon Snyder bringing Rhyne Hughes. Hughes has hit well for the Tides and today crushed a drive over the right field fence for a three run home run making the Tides lead 7-0.
In the 8th the Tides brought in Dennis Sarfate to relieve Arrieta and following his last warm up pitch he came out of the game with an apparent injury to his side. No details have been released on the Tides website or Facebook page so we will have to wait and see what the injury is and hope that it does not stop him as he has pitched magnificently in his first two relief appearances. Ross Wolf then came in to relieve Sarfate. Wolf gave up a single but no runs and the Tides returned in the bottom of the 8th to continue their drubbing of the Knights. Charlotte closer Ryan Braun came in to relieve Whisler and found no success. Robert Andino reached on Lillibridge's second error of the game going to second on an errant throw to first. Adam Donachie was out on a fly ball to Jordan Danks in center and both Joey Gathright and Jonathan Tucker walked to load the bases. Jeff Salazar then walked to bring Andino across the plate and Scott Moore hit a sacrifice fly to center which scored Gathright. The inning ended when Brandon Snyder flied out to Knights Right Fielder Josh Kroeger.
Wolf came out to finish the game in a non-save situation in the top of the 9th inning striking out Stefan Gartrell and Josh Kroeger to start the inning. Dayan Viciedo singled to right to prolong the inning before Brent Lillibridge grounded to Third Baseman Scott Moore who threw to Jonathan Tucker at second to force out Viciedo to end the game.
Arrieta and Wolf pitched one of the best games for the Tides in recent memory combining for the shutout striking out 8 Knights and walking only 2 while scattering 5 hits. Scott Moore, Michael Aubrey and Rhyne Hughes continue to lead the Tides offense with big hits in key situations.
With the victory the Tides put an end to a three game losing streak and brought their record back to 3 wins and 4 losses. The Tides travel to Durham where tomorrow for a four game series where they will face the Bulls with Alfredo Simon on the hill for the Tides and Jeff Bennett who the Tides kicked around last week on the hill for the Bulls.
On the personnel side of the house Kam Mickolio was promoted to the Orioles to replace closer Mike Gonzales who was placed on the 15 day disabled list by the O's joining Justin Christian who was promoted when Brian Roberts went on the DL. The Tides return to Norfolk on Monday for a four game home stand against the Gwinnett Braves. In Baltimore the Orioles lost their sixth straight game losing to the Rays 9-1 prior to traveling west for a series with the hot Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners. The O's are struggling early to find their center. They have a tremendous amount of talent and one wonders what is going on in the minds of the Orioles coaching staff and management. My guess is that if Manager Dave Trembley does not right the ship soon that he may be out sooner rather than later because frankly the Orioles are not this bad of a team.
See you at Harbor Park on Monday where the Weather Channel is predicting a high of 66 with clear skies and evening low of 52. Of course this is Hampton Roads so keep your weather guessing skills sharp as we might have a blizzard or hurricane instead. If you are around section 102 at Harbor Park come up and say "hello" to me.


A few weeks ago I read Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity . And, I decided that the advice in this book was sound, practical, cheap-enough, and necessary. I took a few days to implement the system and yesterday I launched my new life of organization and productivity.
What I've learned over the last two days is that I, quite simply, have too much to do. I know, I know, you're thinking "You needed a book to tell you that? Pay ME $15 and I'll tell you the same thing!" But here's the thing: I've always held the belief that I didn't have too much to do. That I was just being lazy. And that if I spent a little more time grading, a little less time on Facebook, a little more time teaching yoga, a little less time watching Family Guy, that I'd be able to "get everything done."
Nope. It's not possible. One of the tenants of the book is to empty your brain of all thoughts--to write down, literally, everything that you have or want to do from "walk the dog" to "go to Italy in my lifetime." Because, scientifically, your brain doesn't really recognize the difference between those two items when they're in thought form; it doesn't understand that one is "do it now" and the other is "eh, it'd be nice if I have the money someday." That's a pretty gross simplification, but you get the idea. And, throughout the day, I'm supposed to write down everything new thought, every new task, and put it in my in-box. Yesterday I added 40 items. Today I added 60.
No wonder I can't get everything done in a day! What I absolutely love about this book is that it's teaching me patience with myself. I need to be proud of myself for accomplishing what I do during the day, not berate myself for not finishing absolutely everything.
The ultimate goal here is to get my life in better control so I can start writing again. I'm a writer...and writers need to write.
By the way, I think you should buy this book. It's a quick read, and even if you don't want to go crazy with Allen's system, everyone can take at least one nugget of information to help them be more productive and efficient.


Social Media has given unprecedented access to service providers. In the physical therapy world, patients are not interested in being treated like a dollar sign. Instead, they are looking for authentic communication from their physiotherapist. This means that as a PT, it is important to find your own authentic voice to use on social media. This is not something we can measure or track, it is something that develops over time. Your voice is essentially your clinic's brand and if your social media content is cold and soulless then patients are not going to engage with you. Let's take a closer look at the importance of building an authentic voice.
Why Is Having An Authentic Voice Important?
An authentic voice can humanize your clinic. Instead of coming across online as a faceless corporation, an authentic voice is going to prompt patients to engage with you. This in turn leads to natural conversations developing and the patients who are commenting will likely share your posts with their friends, or even directly recommend you to others. In this type of situation, having an authentic voice is going to encourage patients to market your clinic for you which is one of the reasons why authenticity could be your clinic's biggest asset.
So we know that having an authentic voice is important when communicating with patients via social media; and we know that authentic voices are very distinctive. So the next question that we need to ask ourselves is exactly how do we develop that authentic voice? Here are some of the key elements of achieving an authentic voice on social media.
Listen To Your Patients – One of the first things that you need to do if you are looking to develop an authentic voice on social media is to listen. Pay close attention to your patients and your audience in order to determine what they are taking an interest in and what is relevant to them. This allows you to ensure that your posts resonate with them instead of just being generic noise that they will dismiss instantly.
Lay Off Of The Promotional Stuff – Having an authentic voice is all about having conversations with people. Your patients are looking for a connection, not to be bombarded with promotional information. Consider this – if you were at a social event in the real world, you would never dream of introducing yourself and then blurting out that you were currently offering 10% off the price of a physiotherapy consultation! What you would do is strike up a conversation with people and tell stories or ask questions. If your line of work came up in conversation then you might casually drop in that special offer, but it wouldn't be the main point of your interaction. This is the approach that you should take on social media. Share information that is relevant to your patients. Strike up a conversation by posting a question. Include some informative visual content. These are all ways to boost engagement.
Offer Something Valuable – Part of achieving an authentic social media voice is developing credibility and trust. You can do this by making sure that the content you are sharing is valuable and relevant. This is going to help establish you as an expert in your field. Find out what your patients' problems are and aim to solve them.
Social media is an integral part of every physical therapist's social media strategy and developing an authentic voice that patients can engage with is a big part of ensuring success. PatientSites can help you to streamline your clinic's social media activity leaving you free to work on developing that authentic voice. Get in touch with us today to arrange a free demo.


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Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Mvezo, a village near Mthatha in the Transkei, on July 18, 1918, to Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela. His father was the principal councillor to the Acting Paramount Chief of the Thembu. Rolihlahla literally means "pulling the branch of a tree". After his father's death in 1927, the young Rolihlahla became the ward of Jongintaba Dalindyebo, the Paramount Chief, to be groomed to assume high office. Hearing the elder's stories of his ancestor's valour during the wars of resistance, he dreamed also of making his own contribution to the freedom struggle of his people. After receiving a primary education at a local mission school, where he was given the name Nelson, he was sent to the Clarkebury Boarding Institute for his Junior Certificate and then to Healdtown, a Wesleyan secondary school of some repute, where he matriculated. He then enrolled at the University College of Fort Hare for the Bachelor of Arts Degree where he was elected onto the Students' Representative Council. He was suspended from college for joining in a protest boycott, along with Oliver Tambo. He and his cousin Justice ran away to Johannesburg to avoid arranged marriages and for a short period he worked as a mine policeman. Mr Mandela was introduced to Walter Sisulu in 1941 and it was Sisulu who arranged for him to do his articles at Lazar Sidelsky's law firm. Completing his BA through the University of South Africa (Unisa) in 1942, he commenced study for his LLB shortly afterwards (though he left the University of the Witwatersrand without graduating in 1948). He entered politics in earnest while studying, and joined the African National Congress in 1943. Despite his increasing political awareness and activities, Mr Mandela also had time for other things. "It was in the lounge of the Sisulu's home that I met Evelyn Mase … She was a quiet, pretty girl from the countryside who did not seem over-awed by the comings and goings … Within a few months I had asked her to marry me, and she accepted." They married in a civil ceremony at the Native Commissioner's Court in Johannesburg, "for we could not afford a traditional wedding or feast". Mase and Mr Mandela went on to have four children: Thembikile (1946), Makaziwe (1947), who died at nine months, Makgatho (1951) and Makaziwe (1954). The couple was divorced in 1958. At the height of the Second World War, in 1944, a small group of young Africans who were members of the African National Congress, banded together under the leadership of Anton Lembede. Among them were William Nkomo, Sisulu, Oliver R Tambo, Ashby P Mda and Nelson Mandela. Starting out with 60 members, all of whom were residing around the Witwatersrand, these young people set themselves the formidable task of transforming the ANC into a more radical mass movement. Their chief contention was that the political tactics of the "old guard" leadership of the ANC, reared in the tradition of constitutionalism and polite petitioning of the government of the day, were proving inadequate to the tasks of national emancipation. In opposition to the old guard, Lembede and his colleagues espoused a radical African nationalism grounded in the principle of national self-determination. In September 1944 they came together to found the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). Mandela soon impressed his peers by his disciplined work and consistent effort and was elected as the league's National Secretary in 1948. By painstaking work, campaigning at the grass-roots and through its mouthpiece Inyaniso ("Truth") the ANCYL was able to canvass support for its policies amongst the ANC membership. [Back to top] Emerging as Leader Spurred on by the victory of the National Party which won the 1948 all-white elections on the platform of apartheid, at the 1949 Annual Conference the Programme of Action, inspired by the Youth League, which advocated the weapons of boycott, strike, civil disobedience and non-co-operation, was accepted as official ANC policy. The Programme of Action had been drawn up by a sub-committee of the ANCYL composed of David Bopape, Mda, Mr Mandela, James Njongwe, Sisulu and Tambo. To ensure its implementation, the membership replaced older leaders with a number of younger men. Sisulu, a founding member of the Youth League, was elected secretary-general. The conservative Dr AB Xuma lost the presidency to Dr JS Moroka, a man with a reputation for greater militancy. In December Mr Mandela himself was elected to the NEC at the National Conference. When the ANC launched its Campaign for the Defiance of Unjust Laws in 1952, Mr Mandela, by then President of the Youth League, was elected National Volunteer-in-Chief. The Defiance Campaign was conceived as a mass civil disobedience campaign that would snowball from a core of selected volunteers to involve more and more ordinary people, culminating in mass defiance. Fulfilling his responsibility as Volunteer-in-Chief, Mr Mandela travelled the country organising resistance to discriminatory legislation. Charged, with Moroka, Sisulu and 17 others, and brought to trial for his role in the campaign, the court found that Mr Mandela and his co-accused had consistently advised their followers to adopt a peaceful course of action and to avoid all violence. For his part in the Defiance Campaign, Mr Mandela was convicted of contravening the Suppression of Communism Act and given a suspended prison sentence. Shortly after the campaign ended, he was also prohibited from attending gatherings and confined to Johannesburg for six months. During this period of restrictions, Mr Mandela wrote the attorneys admission examination and was admitted to the profession. He opened a practice in Johannesburg in August 1952, and in December, in partnership with Tambo, opened South Africa's first black law firm in central Johannesburg. He says of himself during that time: "As an attorney, I could be rather flamboyant in court. I did not act as though I were a black man in a white man's court, but as if everyone else – white and black – was a guest in my court. When presenting a case, I often made sweeping gestures and used high-flown language…. (and) used unorthodox tactics with witnesses." Their professional status didn't earn Mr Mandela and Tambo any personal immunity from the brutal apartheid laws. They fell foul of the land segregation legislation, and the authorities demanded that they move their practice from the city to the back of beyond, as Mr Mandela later put it, "miles away from where clients could reach us during working hours. This was tantamount to asking us to abandon our legal practice, to give up the legal service of our people … No attorney worth his salt would easily agree to do that". The partnership resolved to defy the law. In 1953 Mr Mandela was given the responsibility to prepare a plan that would enable the leadership of the movement to maintain dynamic contact with its membership without recourse to public meetings. The objective was to prepare for the possibility that the ANC would, like the Communist Party, be declared illegal and to ensure that the organisation would be able to operate from underground. This was the M-Plan, named after him. "The plan was conceived with the best of intentions but it was instituted with only modest success and its adoption was never widespread." During the early fifties Mr Mandela played an important part in leading the resistance to the Western Areas removals, and to the introduction of Bantu Education. He also played a significant role in popularising the Freedom Charter, adopted by the Congress of the People in 1955. Having been banned again for two years in 1953, neither Mr Mandela nor Sisulu were able to attend but "we found a place at the edge of the crowd where we could observe without mixing in or being seen". During the whole of the '50s, Mr Mandela was the victim of various forms of repression. He was banned, arrested and imprisoned. A five year banning order was enforced against him in March 1956. "[But] this time my attitude towards my bans had changed radically. When I was first banned, I abided by the rules and regulations of my persecutors. I had now developed contempt for these restrictions … To allow my activities to be circumscribed my opponent was a form of defeat, and I resolved not to become my own jailer." Although Mr Mandela and Mase had effectively separated in 1955, it wasn't until 1958 that they formally divorced – and shortly afterwards, in June, he was married to Nomzamo Winnie Mandela. Their first date was at an Indian restaurant near Mr Mandela's office and he recalls that she was "dazzling, and even the fact that she had never before tasted curry and drank glass after glass of water to cool her palate only added to her charm … Winnie has laughingly told people that I never proposed to her, but I always told her that I asked her on our very first date and that I simply took it for granted from that day forward". Unlike his first marriage, the couple observed most of the traditional requirements, including payment of lobola, and were married in a local church in Bizana on June 14. There was no time (or money) for a honeymoon – Nelson had to appear in court for the continuing Treason Trial and anyway his banning order had only been relaxed for six days. [Back to top] The Trials In fact for much of the latter half of the decade, he was one of the 156 accused in the mammoth Treason Trial, at great cost to his legal practice and his political work, though he recalls that, during his incarceration in the Fort, the communal cell "became a kind of convention for far-flung freedom fighters". After the Sharpeville Massacre on March 21. 1960, the ANC was outlawed, and Mr Mandela, still on trial, was detained, along with hundreds of others. The Treason Trial collapsed in 1961 as South Africa was being steered towards the adoption of the republic constitution. With the ANC now illegal the leadership picked up the threads from its underground headquarters and Nelson Mandela emerged at this time as the leading figure in this new phase of struggle. Under the ANC's inspiration, 1 400 delegates came together at an All-in African Conference in Pietermaritzburg during March 1961. Mr Mandela was the keynote speaker. In an electrifying address he challenged the apartheid regime to convene a national convention, representative of all South Africans to thrash out a new constitution based on democratic principles. Failure to comply, he warned, would compel the majority (Blacks) to observe the forthcoming inauguration of the Republic with a mass general strike. He immediately went underground to lead the campaign. Although fewer answered the call than Mr Mandela had hoped, it attracted considerable support throughout the country. The government responded with the largest military mobilisation since the war, and the Republic was born in an atmosphere of fear and apprehension. Forced to live apart from his family (and he and Winnie by now had two daughters, Zenani born in 1959 and Zindzi, born 1960) moving from place to place to evade detection by the government's ubiquitous informers and police spies, Mr Mandela had to adopt a number of disguises. Sometimes dressed as a labourer, at other times as a chauffeur, his successful evasion of the police earned him the title of the Black Pimpernel. He managed to travel around the country and stayed with numerous sympathisers – a family in Market Street central Johannesburg, in his comrade Wolfie Kodesh's flat (where he insisted on running on-the-spot every day), in the servant's quarters of a doctor's house where he pretended to be a gardener, and on a sugar plantation in Natal. It was during this time that he, together with other leaders of the ANC, constituted a new section of the liberation movement, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), as an armed nucleus with a view to preparing for armed struggle, with Mr Mandela as its commander in chief. At the Rivonia Trial, Mr Mandela explained: "At the beginning of June 1961, after long and anxious assessment of the South African situation, I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders to continue preaching peace and non-violence at a time when the government met our peaceful demands with force. It was only when all else had failed, when all channels of peaceful protest had been barred to us, that the decision was made to embark on violent forms of political struggle, and to form Umkhonto we Sizwe ... the Government had left us no other choice." In 1962 Mandela left the country, as 'David Motsamayi', and travelled abroad for several months. In Ethiopia he addressed the Conference of the Pan African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa, and was warmly received by senior political leaders in several countries including Tanganyika, Senegal, Ghana and Sierra Leone. He also spent time in London where he managed to find time, with Oliver Tambo, to see the sights as well as to spend time with many exiled comrades. During this trip Mr Mandela met up with the first group of 21 MK recruits on their way to Addis Ababa for guerrilla training. [Back to top] Prisoner 466/64 Not long after his return to South Africa Mr Mandela was arrested, on August 5, and charged with illegal exit from the country, and incitement to strike. He was in Natal at the time, passing through Howick on his way back to Johannesburg, posing again as David Motsamayi, now the driver of a white theatre director and MK member, Cecil Williams. Since he considered the prosecution a trial of the aspirations of the African people, Mr Mandela decided to conduct his own defence. He applied for the recusal of the magistrate, on the ground that in such a prosecution a judiciary controlled entirely by whites was an interested party and therefore could not be impartial, and on the ground that he owed no duty to obey the laws of a white parliament, in which he was not represented. Mr Mandela prefaced this challenge with the affirmation: "I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man." Mr Mandela was convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment. He was transferred to Robben Island in May 1963 only to be brought back to Pretoria again in July. The authorities issued a statement to the press that this had been done to protect Mr Mandela from assault by PAC prisoners. "This was patently false; they had brought me back to Pretoria for their own motives, which soon became clear." Not long afterwards he encountered Thomas Mashifane, the foreman from Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia where MK had set up their HQ. He knew then that their hide-out had been discovered. A few days later he and 10 others were charged with sabotage. The Rivonia Trial, as it came to be known, lasted eight months. Most of the accused stood up well to the prosecution, having made a collective decision that this was a political trial and that they would take the opportunity to make public their political beliefs. Three of the accused, Mr Mandela, Sisulu and Govan Mbeki also decided that, if they were given the death sentence, they would not appeal. Mr Mandela's statement in court during the trial is a classic in the history of the resistance to apartheid, and has been an inspiration to all who have opposed it. He ended with these words: "I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." All but two of the accused were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment on June 12, 1964. The black prisoners were flown secretly to Robben Island immediately after the trial was over to begin serving their sentences. Nelson Mandela's time in prison, which amounted to almost 27 years, was marked by many small and large events which played a crucial part in shaping the personality and attitudes of the man who was to become the first President of a democratic South Africa. Many fellow prisoners and warders influenced him and he, in his turn, influenced them. While he was in jail his mother and son died, his wife was banned and subjected to continuous arrest and harassment, and the liberation movement was reduced to isolated groups of activists. In March 1982, after 18 years, he was suddenly transferred to Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town (with Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Andrew Mlangeni) and in December 1988 he was moved to the Victor Verster Prison near Paarl, from where he was eventually released. While in prison, Mr Mandela flatly rejected offers made by his jailers for remission of sentence in exchange for accepting the bantustan policy by recognising the independence of the Transkei and agreeing to settle there. Again in the '80s Mr Mandela and others rejected an offer of release on condition that he renounce violence. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts – only free men can negotiate, he said. Nevertheless Mr Mandela did initiate talks with the apartheid regime in 1985, when he wrote to Minister of Justice Kobie Coetsee. They first met later that year when Mr Mandela was hospitalised for prostate surgery. Shortly after this he was moved to a single cell at Pollsmoor and this gave Mr Mandela the chance to start a dialogue with the government – which took the form of 'talks about talks'. Throughout this process, he was adamant that negotiations could only be carried out by the full ANC leadership. In time, a secret channel of communication would be set up whereby he could get messages to the ANC in Lusaka, but at the beginning he said: "I chose to tell no one what I was about to do. There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people in the right direction." Released on February 11, 1990, Mr Mandela plunged wholeheartedly into his life's work, striving to attain the goals he and others had set out almost four decades earlier. In 1991, at the first national conference of the ANC held inside South Africa after being banned for decades, Nelson Mandela was elected President of the ANC while his lifelong friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo, became the organisation's National Chairperson. [Back to top] Negotiating Peace In a life that symbolises the triumph of the human spirit, Nelson Mandela accepted the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize (along with FW de Klerk) on behalf of all South Africans who suffered and sacrificed so much to bring peace to our land. The era of apartheid formally came to an end on the April 27, 1994, when Nelson Mandela voted for the first time in his life – along with his people. However, long before that date it had become clear, even before the start of negotiations at the World Trade Centre in Kempton Park, that the ANC was increasingly charting the future of South Africa. Rolihlahla Nelson Dalibunga Mandela was inaugurated as President of a democratic South Africa on May 10, 1994. In his inauguration speech he said: "We dedicate this day to all the heroes and heroines in this country and the rest of the world who sacrificed in many ways and surrendered their lives so that we could be free. Their dreams have become reality. Freedom is their reward. We are both humbled and elevated by the honour and privilege that you, the people of South Africa, have bestowed on us, as the first President of a united, democratic, non-racial and non-sexist government. "We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success. We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world. Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfil themselves. Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. Let freedom reign." Mr Mandela stepped down in 1999 after one term as President – but for him there has been no real retirement. He set up three foundations bearing his name: The Nelson Mandela Foundation, The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and The Mandela-Rhodes Foundation. Until very recently his schedule has been relentless. But during this period he has had the love and support of his large family – including his wife Graça Machel, whom he married on his 80th birthday in 1998. In April 2007 Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson and son of Makgatho Mandela who died in 2005, was installed as head of the Mvezo Traditional Council at an ubeko ("anointment") ceremony at the Mvezo Great Place, the seat of the Madiba clan. Nelson Mandela never wavered in his devotion to democracy, equality and learning. Despite terrible provocation, he has never answered racism with racism. His life has been an inspiration, in South Africa and throughout the world, to all who are oppressed and deprived, to all who are opposed to oppression and deprivation.
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CRAP SHOW: When Clinton Deployed Marines On The Border
C.P. Stetsko
Remembering 'Operation Gatekeeper'
President Trump has deployed 4,000 National Guard troops along the US-Mexico Border as promised. Even the truculent California Governor Jerry Brown has agreed to support the President on this latest move.
While other Democrats are bemoaning the President's latest moves, these are the similar actions that were taken by Presidents Bush and Obama. NBC News reminds:
Under U.S. Code Title 32, which Trump used as the basis for his proclamation, the federally funded troops remain under state control, sent only at the determination of a participating state's governor.
Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush both used Title 32 to direct National Guard forces to the southern border. In addition, the authority of Title 10 has for decades been used to federally fund military groups fighting transnational gangs that attempt to cross U.S. borders, according to a 2012 Government Accountability Office report.
Eh Tu Clinton?
In 1997, following through on campaign and State of the Union promises, then-President Bill Clinton deployed active duty US Marines onto the US-Mexico Border to curb illegal immigration and illegal drug trafficking.
C-Span chronicled the moment during the 1995 State of the Union:
"All Americans, not only in the States most heavily affected but in every place in this country, are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public service they use impose burdens on our taxpayers. That's why our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more by hiring a record number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring, by barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens. In the budget I will present to you, we will try to do more to speed the deportation of illegal aliens who are arrested for crimes, to better identify illegal aliens in the workplace as recommended by the commission headed by former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it."
Amazing how a couple decades, and desperation for votes, can change the tune of an entire political party.
Clinton "Sends In The Marines!"
A mere couple of days after the Marines deployed along the Texas-Mexico border, at the El Polvo Crossing on the Rio Grande, outside the town of Redford; is when and where an incident occurred that would forever change US border security policy.
Washington Post took a look back:
Esequiel Hernandez Jr., a high school sophomore who had just turned 18, ventured out with his herd of 43 goats near his family's home, guiding them through the brush to graze. As usual, to protect his flock from wild dogs or coyotes, he carried with him his .22-caliber rifle.
In the distance, something moved. Approaching him were four heavily camouflaged U.S. Marines, armed with M-16s, looking for drug smugglers.
When they came across Hernandez, the four Marines were wearing ghillie suits, a type of camouflage designed to resemble foliage, and had blackened faces. They spotted the young man from about 200 meters away, the Marine team leader said into his radio, according to transcripts that later became public and were played in a PBS documentary about the shooting.
"He's heading towards us," Cpl. Clemente Banuelos said. "He's armed with a rifle, appears to be herding uh … some goats or something."
"You should remain in your position," a Marine command responded, "and try not to be seen, but you should know what to do."
"We're taking fire," Banuelos said. Hernandez had shot from across a ravine, the Marines said. When he walked away, the camouflaged Marines followed him.
"As soon as he readies that rifle back down range, we're taking him," Banuelos said. From a distance, they tracked the teenager for about 15 minutes. Then, they "inexplicably" rushed toward him, a House report later said. According to the Marines, Hernandez then raised his gun toward them. Banuelos fired his weapon.
"Our Marines took him out," one of the team members said on the radio.
Then the accusations flew:
A drug smuggler. A mistaken high school student. He fired first. Then, he was shot in the back.
In truth, Hernandez was an American citizen killed by federal troops on American soil during military operations only rekindled memories of Kent State and strengthening Posse Comatatus rules.
The Los Angeles Times tells what happened to the Marines involved:
A serviceman who killed a teen-ager during a border drug patrol has been cleared of wrongdoing by the Marine Corps.
A report released Monday concluded that Cpl. Clemente Banuelos was protecting a fellow Marine when he shot Esequiel Hernandez Jr. last May in Redford, a rural Rio Grande community 200 miles southeast of El Paso.
According to the military, the 18-year-old Hernandez, who was out herding his goats, fired at the Marines twice and raised his .22-caliber rifle a third time when Banuelos shot him once with an M-16.
Hernandez's family disputes the military's account.
A state and a federal grand jury each declined to indict Banuelos in the shooting. An investigation by Joint Task Force 6, an agency that coordinates anti-drug missions between the military and civilian police, concluded the Marines acted within mission guidelines.
Fallout and Aftermath
PBS explains the military's policy change after Hernandez's death:
Shortly afterward, the administration suspended all military operations along the border. By January 1999, the U.S. Department of Defense ANNOUNCED A NEW POLICY allowing armed groups along the border but only with specific permission from the Secretary of Defense or his deputy.
In 2008, PBS filmed the documentary The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez, narrated by Tommy Lee Jones.
NBC-News San Diego looked at Operation Gatekeeper 15 years later:
The 15th anniversary of "Operation Gatekeeper" is being observed with outrage by humanitarian activists on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
They estimate that as many as 5,600 people have died while crossing the border through rugged mountain and desert areas of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas since the operation was launched Oct. 1, 1994.
The report also calls for "sensible and humane immigration and border policies … to that end, reforms should provide legal and safe avenues for crossing the border …"
ACLU board member William Aceves explained that passage meant "facilitating the immigration process," not an open border.
Added ACLU Executive Director Kevin Keenan: "We certainly are opposed to open borders, as such. We favor the national government's ability to control its borders and to control national security.
"That said," Keenan continued, "what we oppose is the U.S., and to a lesser extent Mexico, violating international human rights with a death count that's now well over 5,000."
In response, Peter Nunez, a board member of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, called the assertion of human rights violations "ludicrous."
Whereas Congressman Beto O'Rourke uses the tragedy to cash in on cheap political points going into the midterm elections:
This is what happens when we militarize the border. 18-year old Ezequiel Hernandez, U.S. citizen, killed by a U.S. service member patrolling the border. https://t.co/0B3cjzlAEN
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) April 3, 2018
These snide little comments are not going to help you against Ted Cruz!
Wrong Place/Wrong Time…For Everyone Involved
So in the end, what did happen at that crossing on that May evening in 1997? The Austin Chronicle was able to piece together a clearer picture of events:
Esequiel Jr. got home from school about 4pm on the day he died. He thanked the driver of the big yellow bus and walked down the lane to his family's little rancheria. He studied his driver's handbook, then he helped his father unload some hay. After that it was time to walk the goats.
Banuelos led his men out of the hide site even earlier that afternoon. It was three full hours before nightfall. They hadn't even seen the goats yet. They were hot, tired, hungry, dehydrated, and still dressed like shrubs. They looked forward to being relieved shortly after dark.
As Team 7 crept toward the observation post, Banuelos spotted a man on a horse on the Mexican side. The corporal put his team in a halt. Just then, Esequiel and his goats crested the small bluff. The soldiers — who had been warned to expect armed lookouts and "unfriendly villagers" — saw a young man of Latino descent carrying a .22 rifle.
Banuelos whispered into the radio: "We have an armed individual, about 200 meters from us." A time-stamped recording of the radio traffic showed it was 6:05pm. "He's in front of the old fort. He's headed toward us. He's armed with a rifle. He appears to be in, uh, herding goats or something."
Hernandez saw something move in the brush at the bottom of the far ravine. He had warned friends and family members of what he would do if he ever found the wild dog he believed had taken his goat. The goat-herder may have fired once, as Banuelos and Blood claimed. (One spent shell was later found in the rifle.) Or he may have fired twice, as Torrez and Wieler recalled. Or he may not have fired at all, as the lack of gunpowder residue on his hands later suggested.
What is certain is that the four tired soldiers believed they had been fired at by a drug smuggler. None was hit. Banuelos ordered the men prone. Face down in the hot gravel, he told them to "lock and load."
Hernandez stood on his toes. He peered across the desert. Torrez recalled he was "bobbing and weaving … like when you look at something in the distance, you stand on your tippy-toes and try to move your head around to see."
"We're taking fire," Banuelos radioed at 6:07pm. Capt. McDaniel was working out in a gym at the Marfa compound when he heard the news. He sprinted to the nearby operations center. He and his fellow officers immediately began debating what actions were authorized under the JTF-6 rules of engagement.
Banuelos and his teammates were still carrying the ROE flash cards they were given a week earlier. The first of six points listed was: "Force may be used to defend yourself and others present." The second and third points were: "Do not use force if other defensive measures could be effective," and "Use only minimum force necessary."
But Banuelos didn't have time to re-read his card. Nor was he aware that McDaniel and the other officers were in the midst of an intense debate about what he could and could not do. At 6:11pm, he radioed the operations center: "As soon as he readies that rifle back down range, we are taking him."
Lance Cpl. James Steen was manning the radio in Marfa. He replied: "Roger, fire back." McDaniel exploded. He and the other officers in the operations center believed that Steen's authorization to "fire back" was wrong, according to written statements. Steen was pulled off the radio. Sgt. Dewbre took the chair. But the order to "fire back" was neither corrected nor withdrawn. Dewbre radioed at 6:14pm: "Just give us an update."
To keep the boy within his line of sight, Banuelos led his team down another stony arroyo and up the opposite bank. From the top of the next plateau, the soldiers could see in all directions. Banuelos told Dewbre: "We have a visual." Dewbre replied: "You're to follow the ROE." Banuelos did not acknowledge Dewbre's order. Nearly four minutes had passed since the incorrect order to "fire back" was issued. McDaniel and the other officers discussed whether or not Banuelos had heard Dewbre. But they did not re-transmit the instruction.
With 4,000 soldiers returning to the border for the first time in nearly a decade, let's hope everyone has learned hard lessons and that history does not repeat itself.


The Mosaic Centre for Conscious Community and Commerce is more than an office building.
Located in the emerging Edmonton community of Summerside, the facility houses the Mosaic Family of Companies, a unique and progressive organization with a strong commitment to doing business better: "doing good while doing well," as they put it.
Their headquarters exemplifies their commitment to doing good. Staff are provided with important amenities including a child-care facility, wellness centre, lounges, game room and even a restaurant.
The building raises the bar on the sustainability front, as well. In addition to targeting LEED® Platinum, we are aiming for this project to become the very first Living Building Challenge petal certified building in Alberta. Finally, Mosaic is also hoping to become the first net-zero commercial building in the province.
The Mosaic Family of Companies is a game-changer, and its corporate home is, too.
Alexandru Vasiliu graduated Ion Mincu University of Architecture in 2011 and began working in the field of social architecture in Romania while attending the anthropology masterate at SNSPA. Starting 2016, Alexandru is a phd. Candidate at Ion Mincu University in Bucharest.
In 2013 he starts working for Manasc Isaac Architects in the Edmonton and Galgary offices on projects such as the Mosaic Centre for a Conscious Community and Commerce, Flotek ULC., Myntex etc. Working and learning in an office that shares the same core values: an integrated approach, focused on sustainability and the design of engaging, dynamic environments and aquiring the knowledge to do so while being frugal with resources, Alecsandru returned to Romania where he, alongside Ana-Dora Matei, founded Latitudine 53 by Manasc Isaac. Since 2015 Alexandru is a licensed architect in Romania.
The first Romanian project – the interior design of their Bucharest office, which brought to life an old apartament in the centre of Bucharest using very few resources and exploring the spaces and textures offered by simple and cheap materials, won a nomination at the Bucharest Architecture Biennale in 2016. Since then the office is working on various projects in Romania and abroad using the same design philosophy.
Christian Karlsson va vorbi despre cea mai mare și cea mai ambițioasă construcție pentru psihiatrie în Danemarca, din ultimii 100 de ani la GIS.
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newswire article reporting global 08.Nov.2003 09:12
Are the Isrealis willing to start WW III ?
author: M. Raphael Johnson
This may be the dreaded event we have all been hoping never happens!
Are The Israelis Willing To
Start World War III?
Exclusive to American Free Press
By M. Raphael Johnson
According to a recent article by veteran British military analyst Joseph Vialls, Russia has sent the most advanced and feared missile in the world, owned only by Russia and China, the P270 Moskit, also known as the 'Sunburn,' to Damascus and Tehran. This can only be understood as a counter to the Israeli threats to use nuclear weapons against their enemies.
The Sunburn flies at an altitude of 60 feet and is nearly impossible to defend against. A few fired at Israel could make that state 'history.'
Add to this a new Russian air force installation near the Kyrgystan/Russia border, coupled with a Chinese base just over their western border with Kyrgystan, and Armageddon may be on the horizon. All Russian jets at this new base just outside of Bishkek are equipped with Sunburn missiles.
Vialls writes:
The gloves are off, and with America and Israel still unable to steal any oil from Iraq because someone keeps blowing the pipelines, Russian and Chinese firepower buildup suddenly slammed the door firmly shut on Caspian oil reserves in the old Soviet republics. For more than a decade American oil multinationals have been conducting 'joint ventures' in the former Soviet republics bordering the Caspian Sea, with the stated intent of pumping stolen crude oil out through Turkey, then on to western markets. Now this route has been blocked permanently, and America is in no position to do anything about it, because a large part of the U.S. conventional army is currently bogged down in Iraq, being shot at and killed on a daily basis.
For many who have been watching this region as a confrontation between the United States and Israel versus Russia largely over the control of the biggest gas and oil deposits in the world, a new front has been opened.
As a response to this checkmate, Sharon recently visited Putin on Nov. 3 to meet with him concerning the nuclear issue in Iran. Quickly, Sharon permitted Palestinians to return to their jobs and eased their travel restrictions.
Since the end of the Gorbachev era, the Russian oligarchs, nearly all Jewish by ethnicity (with the noticeable exception of Vladimir Potanin), have controlled nearly all key sectors of the Russian economy. This, of course, includes Russia's major ace-in-the-hole, oil and gas. The giant YUKOS conglomerate is presently one of the largest oil companies in the world, valued at about $40 billion.
YUKOS is the result of a 'loans for shares' deal brokered through the semi-coherent Boris Yeltsin in 1995. Here, the liberal Russian government swapped loyalty from the oligarchs in exchange for privatization at prices far below that of the market. This $40 billion giant was bought for about $300 million, thus looting the entire Russian economy for the benefit of a handful of Israeli citizens living in Russia.
When YUKOS' chair, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was arrested at the end of last month, the American capitalist establishment went orbital. Forgetting the 1999 New York Times's expose on massive money laundering and fraud from YUKOS, the conservative establishment began to lionize oligarchy and, specifically, Khodorkovsky.
Recently, The Financial Times weighed in with a giggly piece from Chrystia Freeland, which referred to the oligarch as a 'democratic activist.' About a paragraph later, the writer said - without irony - that the oligarch's model for economics is the robber baron factories of the early American 20th century. Fox News, on Nov. 3, referred to YUKOS as the most progressive corporation in Russia.
According to a Nov. 3 Agence France-Presse story, Khodorkovsky made a deal with Jacob Rothschild this year that control of the YUKOS giant would pass to Rothschild in the event of Khodorkovsky's arrest. However, the Russian government has frozen all YUKOS assets for the time being.
It is significant that YUKOS's liberal pressure group, the Open Russia Foundation, is completely controlled by Rothschild now that its founder is in jail. As their official mission statement reads, "The motivation for the establishment of the Open Russia Foundation is the wish to foster enhanced openness, understanding and integration between the people of Russia and the rest of the world."
Their board of trustees includes Rothschild and Henry Kissinger. The Washington, D.C. launch of the organization included Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Librarian of Congress James Billington, one of the leading voices against Russian traditionalism in the academic establishment. Significantly, the Open Russia Foundation recently provided Yale University with substantial grants to study the Russian economy as well as providing the Carnegie Foundation with 3 percent of its entire operating budget.
It seems that the drive to control the globe's energy is progressing. The American empire's battles in Serbia, Central Asia, Iraq and Chechnya are one and the same war. Other than fighting Israel's enemies, these adventures are also wars to control Central Asian oil and natural gas (one of the main pipelines from the Caspian Sea went straight through Serbia). The control of this wealth by the United States and Israel necessitates bypassing Russian channels. This means that the Jewish oligarchy in Russia would become the central actor in world politics.
The Israeli/CIA complex was using Khodorkovsky to sell off the assets of YUKOS to Exxon/Mobil (as well as a smaller piece to Texaco), hence bringing Russia's pipelines into the hands of the western powers. The Nov. 5 New York Times also indicated that the Bush family's Carlyle Group was involved.
It was not long after Putin began threatening the YUKOS conglomerate that neo-conservative pundits such as William Kristol and Ariel Cohen began calling Putin a 'communist,' 'another Stalin' and 'tyrannical.'
The basis of these wild accusations, of course, is the fact that Putin stands in the way of Zionist domination.
From this, the roles of several other variables and players develop clearly. The State Department/Harvard University alliance was meant to 'deregulate,' or 'privatize' much of the Russian economy precisely to keep the Russian state out of the equation. Therefore, pro-Israel oligarchs (that is, Israeli citizens living in Russia) then benefited, placing most of the economy in their hands, and, by extension, Israel's.
Russia's response has been to clamp down on further foreign penetration into defense and other sensitive industries, and specifically, to target those believed to be working for both the CIA and Mossad and attempting to control Central Asian oil.
It needs to be reiterated that where the (CIA goes, Mossad goes as well. Israeli and American interests have come together in the dominance of the Central Asian region and therefore, so have liberal ideology, the Beltway set, neo-conservatism, Ivy League eggheads, Christian Zionism, the Rothschilds and the American media.) Afghanistan through the Caspian Sea through to Georgia, Azerbaijan and into the Balkans (not to mention pipelines leading to oil-hungry China), have become one single theater of war over trillions of dollars in oil and gas wealth, incorporating every single power center in global politics. The battle against the New World Order is being decided in Moscow.
Therefore, all anti-Russian alliances in the region, from Islamic fundamentalism to Slavic separatism to the George Soros 'Open Society' Foundation, are in the interests of the CIA/Exxon/Ivy League/NWO complex.
In Azerbaijan, for example, American elites have pushed for a 'democratic' state, that is, a state not under the control of pro-Moscow Heydar Aliev, thus leaving the country open to U.S. oil investment. Aliev, of course, is promoting Russian interests in the region, and thus, has become a ãtyrantä in the Beltway mind.
The American response to this situation within this region is to create the GUAAM pact, including, Georgia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Moldova.
Cohen gives us a clue as to why this entity was brokered under NATO auspices: "The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline will export up to 1 million barrels per year of high quality Caspian crude oil by 2005." In other words, billions of dollars of oil are slated to be pumped through this region very soon, and the economic/military alliance of GUAAM is the means to ensure American control over it. This connects the Serbian, Afghan and Iraqi wars.
Russia's response to Israel's terror threats against most of the Islamic world is fully understood as both a political and economic question. Further, increasing cooperation between Russia and India, as well as China, are clear markers that Putin, one of the few actually competent leaders in world politics, is building an anti-imperialist and anti-NATO alliance with the aim of countering American/Zionist moves for the world's oil and gas wealth.
The interests, however, go even further than Zionist control over American foreign policy decision-making. Vialls writes on another topic: that the existence of the American/Zionist empire is based on the victory of American forces over the Russian and Islamic. Of course, both in Bosnia and Chechnya, the Mossad/CIA operatives have not hesitated to assist fundamentalists in fighting Slavic nationalism, largely because Slavicism is a greater threat with Putin firmly in the saddle. Islam, divided and leaderless, with a history of centuries of defeat and colonialism behind it, is only a potential force in world politics.
http://www.americanfreepress.net/11_07_03/
Countdown_to_Armageddon/countdown_to_armageddon.html


Sy'needa Penland: An excerpt from my memoir, "Broken Silence, A Military Whistleblower's Fight for Justice"
An excerpt from my memoir, "Broken Silence, A Military Whistleblower's Fight for Justice"
Over 50 years later, in 1998, Admiral Lillian Fishburne was officially appointed to rear admiral by President Bill Clinton, becoming the Navy's first African-American female flag officer. Over a decade later, in 2010, Admiral Michelle Howard became the second African-American female to attain that rank. She was also the first African-American woman to command a U.S. Navy warship, USS Rushmore. In May 2011, Captain Annie B. Andrews was promoted to rear admiral, making her the third in line.
Admiral Howard continued her stellar career of "firsts." In August 2012, she was promoted to vice admiral, and on July 1, 2014, she again made history with her promotion to four-star admiral and appointment to serve as vice chief of naval operations. She is the first female and African-American to hold that post. Through the years, these remarkable trailblazers have helped to pave the way for more African-American women to join the senior leadership ranks, serving side by side with our fellow service men.
There are many Americans who righteously say that race relations in America have come a long way in the wake of the election of our country's first elected African-American president, Barack Obama. Alternatively, many may argue, "President Obama was elected far before his time." It's been my observation that the Deep South of today continues to be a reflection of years past, stuck in a time warp of racist politics and insistent bigotry, its abundant minority community living in a racial stalemate.
When I left my childhood home in Buford, Georgia over 20 years ago to join the Navy, I vowed that I would never again return to the South, but the Lord had other plans for me. I was compelled to return home in early 2010, when my mother suffered a brain aneurysm and subsequent hemorrhagic stroke.
My first visit to the intensive care unit (ICU) hospital room was surreal and emotionally painful. When I walked into her room, the faint sound of my mother's breathing was overpowered by the rhythm of my own elevated heartbeat. As tears began to well in my eyes, I desperately wanted to hear her call me by my middle name, "Lynn" – although it was a name I'd detested hearing as a child. Just to hear the sound of my mother's voice would've brought comfort to my soul.
Throughout my Navy career, I bore witness when the voices of others were drowned out. Had I helped them to be heard? Was I, myself ever heard? At that moment, alone with my mother, I began to reflect back on decisions I had made over the course of my life. Each one acted as a catalyst for me to overcome the next series of obstacles I would face along the way.
As I sat by my mother's bedside, I suddenly realized I was ready to break my silence and share tales of perseverance, triumph and tragedy that have truly challenged, tested and grounded my faith. My mother, my grandmother and my father have always been the core of my strength and spiritual foundation. Today, I'm able to appreciate the remarkable gifts of resilience, discernment, courage and wisdom they passed down to me. In that moment with my mother, I knew I would have to speak up.
I am blessed and sincerely proud to have had the opportunity, throughout my Navy career, to train and mentor junior Sailors and other military service members, and to have been mentored myself. I forwarded the Navy's mission to maintain a high retention and advancement rate of our Sailors, and I personally promoted equal employment opportunity by encouraging and promoting off-duty education and ensured effective on-the-job training; thereby improving professional and personal development of young Sailors. It was a rewarding, humbling and an eye opening experience.
In August 2006, when I was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander Supply Corps officer, I had planned to complete my final tour of duty in San Diego, California and then retire from the Navy, after serving 20 years of honorable active duty service. Those plans quickly changed when I chose to take the moral high ground in an impossible situation – I made the difficult decision to report my bosses for committing fraud against the American taxpayers. I would soon become a targeted military whistleblower and would later experience the most egregious violations of my constitutional and human rights.
I blew the whistle on military corruption at the height of the U.S. Post 9/11 War on Terrorism. The Navy's top brass wanted to silence and discredit me in any way they could, and they found a way. My singular experiences form a modern day Scarlet Letter chronicle – not romantic fiction, but a true story about my dogged fight for justice.
I was forced to trade in my Navy lieutenant commander golden oak leaf and stripes and, like Hester Prynne, to don the symbolic and shameful letter "A." To this day, I remain the only "single" female in the history of the U.S. military to be sent to the brig (prison) for Adultery. My commitment to my military career was as strong as any civilian marriage, and I was willing to experience decades of sexism, racism, betrayal and scandal, in the struggle to create a new life filled with dignity, joy and self-acceptance. I risked it all to reveal the truth behind the iron curtains of the U.S. Navy, only to find myself banned from the military. Yet I maintained my integrity throughout my career, court-martial trial, and incarceration – and I triumphed.
first African-American Waves to be commissioned.
and Admiral Michelle Howard. They are the first three African American female admirals in the Navy.


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Lamakaan
The Open Cultural Center
What's Lamakaan
The 7th Hasan Memorial Lecture 2020 on 'MUSIC NATIONALISM AND LIBERATION' by TM Krishna
Lecture, 15th August 2020, Saturday, 7 pm IST
This is an ONLINE event on www.lamakaan.com
About the topic:
Nations and nationalisms are so often defined through religion, ethnicity, race, language, or even national culture. These seem to all belong, in one way or another, in smaller or greater ways, to a nation. But music, even as it belongs to the society or people can rarely be confined to a nation. So while religions or languages seem to stop at the border, music seems to cut past – connecting, touching, and embracing. And yet, even as we celebrate music's ability to transcend borders, we must also remember the recurring affinity between music and nationalism. As a musician then how do you see the relationship between music nationalism and the project of human liberation?
About the speaker: TM Krishna Carnatic Musician & Writer
As a vocalist in the Karnatik tradition, Thodur Madabusi Krishna's musicality eludes standard analyses. Uncommon in his rendition of music and original in his interpretation of it, Krishna is at once strong and subtle, manifestly traditional and stunningly innovative. As a public intellectual, Krishna speaks and writes about issues affecting the human condition and about matters cultural. Krishna has started and is involved in many organizations whose work is spread across the whole spectrum of music and culture
About Hasan Memorial Lecture:
The Hasan Memorial Lecture was instituted in 2014 and is held each year at Lamakaan on August 15 with an eye to the emergent political and economic crisis in India/South Asia or the world. It is our single most important programming effort each year and draws a very significant audience. The previous editions of the lectures were delivered by Prof. Jayati Ghosh, Prof.Gail Omvedt, Bharat Patankar, and Prof.Kodandaram, Siddharth Varadarajan, et al.
Mr. Moyed Hasan in whose memory the annual lecture is named, was a scientist, a photographer, an environmentalist, and a person with a deep concern for the lives of ordinary people. His house, that he named Lamakaan (as in the Sufi literary tradition to mean 'an abode for those who travel without any worldly possessions') " has now become an important part of Hyderabad's cultural and political life. Mr. Hasan left behind an image of what an engaged life is. From science to art, and environment to international affairs he encompassed a vision of how we must live our lives meaningfully.
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See also [OS X application bundles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundle_%28OS_X%29) for a similar use of the term *bundle*.

The format does not define distribution.
In other words, it only specifies how a container must be stored on a local filesystem, for consumption by a runtime.
It does not specify how to transfer a container between computers, how to discover containers, or assign names or versions to them.
Any distribution method capable of preserving the original layout of a container, as specified here, is considered compliant.

A standard container bundle is made of the following 3 parts:

- A top-level directory holding everything else
- One or more content directories
- A configuration file

# Directory layout

A Standard Container bundle is a directory containing all the content needed to load and run a container.
This includes two configuration files `config.json` and `runtime.json`, and a rootfs directory.
The `config.json` file contains settings that are host independent and application specific such as security permissions, environment variables and arguments.
The `runtime.json` file contains settings that are host specific such as memory limits, local device access and mount points.
The goal is that the bundle can be moved as a unit to another machine and run the same application if `runtime.json` is removed or reconfigured.

The syntax and semantics for `config.json` are described in [this specification](config.md).

A single `rootfs` directory MUST be in the same directory as the `config.json`.
The names of the directories may be arbitrary, but users should consider using conventional names as in the example below.

```
config.json
runtime.json
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Martin's West Gastropub as dinner is being served in Redwood City, Calif., on Thursday, November 4, 2010.
When Brian Wilson pitched the strike that sent the Giants to the World Series, diners at Martins West clapped, then returned to their plates.
Martins West may be a pub, but it's a gastro pub. It's about the food and conversation, not beer and sports, even though it does offer an extensive selection of brews and plenty of ball playing on TV.
Operated in a historic building in downtown Redwood City, the restaurant feels both cavernous and cozy. Exposed brick, massive support beams and sky-high ceilings are softened by wood floors, dusty blue walls and vibrant paintings. Diners can sit in leather booths near the kitchen, at regular tables in the front or on stools at high tables, the best spot for watching sports.
The decor reflects the homey but adventurous food, reimagined British pub fare fashioned with local ingredients. It's creative comfort food, generally well balanced and executed, especially the meat.
Inspired by Martins restaurant in Edinburgh, Scotland, the Redwood City location features pub snacks, including the delicious Scottish eggs ($6), three soft-cooked quail eggs coated and fried into a crisp batter.
On a recent visit, one appetizer we tried, potted shrimp, was a winning marriage between British and California cuisines: a canning jar filled with avocado mousse, Marie Rose sauce (ketchup and mayonnaise) and bay shrimp scented with Meyer lemon. It's not on the current menu, but might make a return.
Another worthwhile starter is the grilled octopus salad ($12), which remains on the new menu. The texture of the toothsome mollusk contrasts with crisp haricots vert and waxy new potatoes.
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Every pub has to have fish and chips, and Martins West offers a fairly straightforward version ($18). The fresh cod is coated and fried in a beer batter that's so crisp it shatters in your mouth, and the fries are thick but crisp, with a light dusting of a 16-spice tandoori blend.
Another pub favorite is the satisfying banger and mash ($17). On our visit it was an excellent clove-spiced house-made blood sausage matched with earthy, slightly sweet pureed squash rather than mashed potatoes. The current menu offers a venison sausage with chestnut champ and spaghetti squash.
We were, however, disappointed with the duck. The slices of breast were nicely roasted, but they were served with oversalted al dente lentils and fried okra that had been sitting out too long. Perhaps the kitchen realized the dish didn't pass muster because it's no longer on the menu.
To accompany meals and munching, Martins West pours much more than beer. There's a good-size wine list, an extensive selection of Scotch and some lovely cocktails, including the lemony-gingery Moscow mule ($9).
Whether you dine on snacks and appetizers or go for the entrees, do not miss dessert - every one we tried was top notch.
Chocolate pot de creme ($8) brings a dish of luscious milk chocolate with balanced sweetness. Apple pie ($10) is accompanied by a black pepper ice cream with just the right amount of bite. And the huckleberry tart ($8) features layers of vanilla sponge cake dotted with purple huckleberries and topped with roast pear.
Service over the course of three visits was friendly, seamless and timely. Servers were also helpful in explaining the menu.
Martins West is a comforting place, with its pub food, fine service and full bar. And now that fall is here in earnest, it's the sort of menu that fits the season well.
Lunch 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday-Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday; dinner 4-9 p.m. Monday, 3-10 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday; 5:30-10:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 5-10:30 p.m. Saturday. Full bar. Reservations and credit cards accepted. Street parking; free lot nearby.


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