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Hall of Fame Weekend Has Arrived
Well, I will admit it, I am a lousy Blogger. Time management is not my strength when it comes to blogging, but nonetheless I have returned to try to catch up on some books. What better time than now, it being Hall of Fame induction weekend, to catch up on some HOF books so without further comment, lets dive right in.
Released earlier this year to conveniently coincide with his induction this year, this book takes a hard look at both Raines' life and career in his own words. It comes across as an honest and open account of his own life. He admits many of his mistakes along the way and how he has tried to make amends to those he hurt. It also opened my eyes to some of the numbers Raines put up in some of his seasons. To me he always blended into the scenery of the N.L. East and always looked good but never seemed as good as he turned out to be. If you have an interest in the Montreal Expos, or like Tim Raines, you will really enjoy this book from Triumph Publishing. I for one am glad that he finally got his due, Congrats Tim!
Last summers inductee Mike Piazza got his own book this year as well. The book does cover his whole career but really shows the reader why he is in Cooperstown wearing a Mets cap. It shows the love between Mets fans and Piazza and why he meant so much to them even though he played for other teams. Greg Prince always brings his A-Game to his books and this is no exception, Mets fans, Piazza fans and even those in Philadelphia will enjoy the story of this local kid who made good. You can get this one from Sports Publishing.
Kaplan's new book brings an interesting look at a single season of Hank's storied career. It's easily one of the strongest years of his career and it shows the trials and tribulations hank endured while chasing the Babe's single season home run record. I think this is a rather hard subject to try to unearth so many years later but Kaplan does an admirable job at it and if you have an interest in this period of baseball or the social problems that came along with being Jewish you will enjoy this book. It also proves that Jackie Robinson was not the only one enduring slurs on the field during that era. This is another one you can get from Sports Publishing.
This is someone who should be already in the hall, but keeps getting overlooked. This book is very unique in that it contains tons of pictures. It shows great images of Allen throughout his entire life and the text that accompanies it with in the book is top-notch. Its different from any other Dick Allen book on the market so it is worth checking out if you like Dick Allen. You can grab this one from Schiffer Publishing.
I think Alan Trammell will someday be up on that stage getting his plaque in Cooperstown, but until that time all his fans have is this lone book. Trammell is an often overlooked subject but I have never been able to figure out why. This is the only book I have ever been able to find on him, but it is thorough and well written and gives his fans a chance to relive his one day Hall of Fame career. Sometime all you need is one book, as long as it is good, so for Trammell fans and Tigers fans of this era this is your book. You can pick this one up from McFarland Publishing
Finally, Clemens is an often covered subject and one day I have a gut feeling he will make the Hall regardless of past sins. That being said this book attempts to sum up all of the Roger Clemens events throughout his career and after. It is a one stop shop if you will for Clemens fans and sums everything up as neatly as it can, as opposed to other books that take one aspect of the proceedings and focus on it. If you are a Clemens fan or of the PED era, check this one from McFarland out.
That sums up this years Hall review and hopefully going forward I will be here more often, but until then…..Happy Reading!
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McFarland-Never Ones to Shy Away from Obscurity
In baseball book circles every publisher has their own certain niche. Whether it is historical volumes, biographies, complete seasons or any of the other countless things you could document within the game. McFarland has always been a staunch supporter of the sport and released various books about our beloved game. The one thing that has always struck me interesting about McFarland is how they don't shy away from the obscure subjects like other publishers would. It adds new facets to the readers library and makes sure we do not forget what the game has evolved from and the great and not so great names that helped bring it there. They have a few new ones out that I figured I would share, because they are subjects that we as readers are sometimes hard pressed to find books on.
By: William A. Cook-2016
Johnny Temple was a household name in Cincinnati during his playing days. Get outside of Ohio and the spotlight tends to fade on Temple's fairly solid playing career. Cook takes the reader on a journey through Temple's struggles that he had to overcome to be welcomed into professional baseball. He introduces the reader to his fierce competitive streak that endeared him to local fans, but quite honestly to the rest of the world made him look like a miserable SOB. The author shows the reader his entire playing career with stops in various cities throughout the league. He was a solid player who was probably a bit underrated in the end, but that was probably due to the fact that he may have been his own worst enemy both on and off the field.
Finally this book takes a look at Johnny Temple's life after baseball and the struggles that followed. Troubled by serious financial and legal problems, Temple lived a life of obscurity and carried a heavy burden that followed him until his dying days. The author does not delve very far into Temple's legal problems but enough to peak the readers interest and realize these problems were probably of his own making. Check out this book if you want a real good feel of what the Reds had at Second Base during the 50's.
I have read work from these authors before and expected nothing less than what you get with this book. George Weiss was part of the Yankees front office during the Golden Years. He is also not remembered very fondly by former players and members of the team. There are many adjectives that have been used to describe him by former players and most were not very flattering. This book takes a look at Weiss' business acumen and how it was applied to building the powerhouse that the New York Yankees became.
It is an interesting look at the business angle of a team that everyone is familiar with and it's one that not many people take the time to analyze. This is an often overlooked subject with the Yankees of this era and now that we see what a major business powerhouse the game of baseball has become, it shows what differences the business dealings had during that era. This book offers a unique perspective of the Yankees to the readers and should not be missed if you want to complete your education of the New York powerhouse.
By:Jorge Iber-2016
Our final book of the day forces me to ask the question, where do you draw the line of who to write about and publish? Is it the author's personal preference or is it just one of those things keep going until you find someone willing to publish it. Mike Torrez had a serviceable career and was witness to a few interesting events during his time on the mound, but will never be confused with the second coming of Cy Young. All of the above being said this book did make me pose the question as to why, but there have been lots of other books published for less deserving candidates.
This book attempts to tackle two issues in one step. Torrez's life and career are addressed like most biographies attempt to do, but it also attempts to analyze his Hispanic heritage and the social impacts that may have had on his career. Now both of these things would make great books in their own right, but when you try and squeeze them both into one book, you don't give enough time to either subject. Overall it is a pretty good book, but if you split the subject into two volumes you could probably have two better books. If you are a Mike Torrez fan and looking for a baseball book, you should still check this one out. 70% of the book is still baseball and career related and would hold the readers interest.
Take the time to check out the McFarland website, because they have countless other books on baseball available and quite honestly will have something for everyone.
Written by Gregg K. 2 Comments Posted in American League, Autobiography, History, National League, Red Sox, Reds, Yankees	Tagged with ALCS, ALDS, baseball playoffs, bucky dent, joe dimaggio, johnny temple, los angeles dodgers, mcfarland, mickey mantle, mile torrez, Montreal Expos, New York Mets, New York Yankees, NLCS, NLDS, roger maris, wild card, World Series
Swinging '73-Baseball's Wildest Season
Some baseball seasons seem to have their own personality. It could be the antics happening on the field or the drama that unfolds behind the scenes that keep certain seasons alive in the minds of fans for decades. The 70's was a decade that was never short on excitement. Pick any year in that decade and something monumental was happening that helped shape the future of the game. 1973 was no different. The most historical feat was the introduction of the Designated Hitter. So monumental was it, that 45 years later we are still fighting over whether it is a good thing or not. Today's book takes a look at year that gave use everything from the DH to a long goodbye to Willie Mays.
By:Matthew Silverman-2013
In the past couple years a few authors have taken on the task of picking a season from the 70's and dissecting it. Silverman has no shortage of material to work with in 1973, that is for sure. From the introduction to the DH, the closing of original Yankee Stadium, the Miracle Mets and the wife swapping of Fritz Peterson are just a few of the points that made 1973 a spectacular season.
The author has done a nice job at looking at some of the important subjects of 1973, as mentioned above the implementation of the Designated Hitter, the painful farewell of Willie Mays and the Miracle Mets, the closing of original Yankee Stadium for remodeling, the Oakland A's and their repeat winning of the division and of course last but not least new Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and his wife swapping pitchers. Silverman covered them all with accuracy and great detail, he has presented a story that was interesting and engaging and a good read for the average fan on these subjects.
The problem I has with this book is that there was more going on in 1973 than just these few subjects mentioned above. Hank Aaron was hot on the trail of Babe Ruth at that point. You were right in the middle of Pete Rose and the Big Red Machine. Roberto Clemente was killed right before the season started in a plane crash. So there was no shortage of big stories that were a factor in 1973. The author has mentioned some of these events in passing throughout the book, but nothing of any substantial merit, so I think he missed the boat there.
I understand the reasoning of why you would not want to spend any great amount of time talking about teams such as the Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Indians, who were perennial bottom feeders in that era, but I think you would still want to address the full state of baseball if you were writing about one single season. There were so many different things going on that it would have enable the reader to get a much broader picture of what was truly happening in the game of baseball during 1973.
By far this is not a bad book. It covers the subjects it chooses to, very well. Silverman is thorough and puts a fun spin on the events of 73. He has created a good product that is definitely worth reading, just readers should be aware that it covers a few subjects very heavily, while passing over some of the events of that year of particular importance.
Perhaps I am just spoiled by books like Dan Epstein's Stars and Strikes that covered the 1976 season, and now I hold all season books to that standard. I don't think any fan with an interest in 1973 will be disappointed, I just think the author missed his chance to paint a much broader picture of the magic that was 1973.
You can get this book from the nice folks at Lyons Press
Swinging '73
Written by Gregg K. Leave a comment Posted in A's, History, mets	Tagged with big hair and plastic grass, Big Red Machine, Charlie FInley, Dan epstein, designated hitter, fritz peterson, george steinbrenner, Hall of Fame, hank aaron, mike kekich, miracle mets, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees, Oakland A's, pete rose, Reggie JAckson, roberto clemente, Rod Carew, rollie fingers, Stars and Strikes, super bowl 50, wife swapping, willie mays, Yogi Berra
They Call Me Oil Can – Baseball, Drugs and Life on the Edge
Even though baseball players are constantly in the public eye, it does not mean you always get one hundred percent of the details. Almost every players image until recently was a product of their teams media relations department. They would work tirelessly to keep certain issues and events out of the public eye. In the advent of our instant media society some of the demons escape long before anyone on the team knows anything about them. Such is the tale of todays book. Oil Can Boyd was a rising star but you never knew about all of the demons lurking inside his soul.
By: Dennis Oil Can Boyd – 2012
Dennis Boyd was a superstar not long into his career. With a nickname like Oil Can, he was bound to be a fan favorite in Boston. Underneath the smiling surface were demons that were gnawing away at the star pitcher and made his life difficult at the very least. Being under the sports microscope that Boston is probably didn't help Boyd's problems and the end results were more than likely etched in stone long before anyone realized.
A product of the deep south, Dennis Boyd was a youngster when racism was rampant. Events that occurred during his upbringing did a lot of damage in shaping the man he became. You can see that many of these events effected the way he approached his own life and how he dealt with people, thus the outcomes that occurred during his career. These same feelings towards the world around him also show how it led him into a life of drugs that damaged his career and relationships with those close to him.
By far Dennis Boyd does not come out of this book looking like a villan or a victim. He comes across as an honest caring man who just wants to be accepted for who he is. Unfortunately, it is one of those circumstances in life that his surroundings have effected him so deeply that he used the only outlets he felt were available. The book is his honest account of what he feels life has dealt him, and it seems he is not holding anything back. After reading this book I think I have a better understanding of what makes Oil Can tick, and it seems he is a half decent guy that just had some bad breaks. My personal view of him has improved through reading this book and I don't think he is really the head case that the media had made him out to be.
Red Sox and Expos fans will love this book, just because of the team connection. I think fans in general may like it as well because the book is very honest. It does not pull any punches and Dennis Boyd becomes a better stronger man as the book progresses. Even if you hated Oil Can it might be worth checking out because you perception of him may change by the end.
You can get this book from the nice folks at Triumph Books
They Call Me Oil Can
Written by Gregg K. Leave a comment Posted in American League, Autobiography, Expos, History, Red Sox	Tagged with 1986 world series, American League, bill lee, Boston Red Sox, Dennis Boyd, Dennis Oil Can Boyd, drugs, Fenway Park, john mcnamara, media relations department, Montreal Expos, national league, Oil Can, Oil Can Boyd, Pitcher, racism, roger clemens, Ted Williams, wade boggs
The Little General – Gene Mauch A Baseball Life
I think there are many great injustices within the game of baseball. From plays on the field that get called incorrectly to the many talented people who fall into the cracks of history. There are too many baseball professionals that give their entire lives and every fiber of their beings to the game and in return do not receive the accolades they truly deserve. Managers sometimes are a bunch that gets forgotten if they do not reach the pinnacle of the game. Regardless of how they perform over their entire career, if they don't win a World Series, they usually get forgotten when speaking of the greats. Todays book takes a look at one of those people who truly was a great manager and gets forgotten when the conversation turns to Baseballs Greatest Managers.
By:Mel Proctor-2015
I must admit I was very excited about this book. Gene Mauch has for a long time topped my list of one of the best managers the game has had to offer during its history. Always one to be saddled with the task of building a winner from the ground up, he never shied from a task like that and rose to the challenge of laying the groundwork for winning teams.
Mel Procter has taken a look at Gene Mauch's entire career in this book. From border line Major League player and star in the minors. You get to see the passion and fire that was a Gene Mauch trademark on the field. The reader sees what made Mauch tick and the drive that helped propel his small stature and guts into a hard-nosed player who earned the respect of teammates and fans alike. Being a fan of Mauch this is something that I was not very familiar with. There is plenty of documentation about his short stays in the Majors, but the Minor League stories were new ones to me, which helped paint a broader picture of his skills and his career.
Seizing the opportunity with the Phillies, the reader then journeys through his managerial career. It shows the methodical nature that Mauch tried to build winners and the inherent struggles associated with trying to build from within during that era. Gene's next stops were Montreal, Minnesota and California, all of which saw varying degrees of improvement under Gene. You see how his personality of hard-nosed play and determination is transmitted to his players, so maybe winning is contagious after all. The only down side to the manager portion of the story is that I would have liked to see some more stories about the Twins and Angels. Those sections weren't as long as the ones about Philly and Montreal, but when you have a career that spans this many decades you probably have to make some cuts somewhere.
Mel Proctor should be very proud of this book. He has given complete and honest coverage to a baseball personality that I think gets shafted sometimes. Just because he came within one pitch of actually making the World Series and was also the captain of the Titanic in Philadelphia in 1964 does not make him a bad manager. To the contrary I think Mauch was one of the more dedicated and smarter managers in the game during his era and was unfortunately the victim of some bad baseball timing. There are other managers in the Hall of Fame with multiple World Series trophies that are there partly due to the pinstripes they wore. I think man for man, Gene Mauch could outshine many of them.
Check out this book for yourself and give Gene Mauch the respect he deserves. After a life long dedication to the game, he deserves at least that much and honestly baseball fans will enjoy this one. This may be one of the few chances we as fans get to learn about the real Gene Mauch
You can get this book from the nice folks at Cardinal Publishing
http://www.cardinalpub.com/store/the-little-general-gene-mauch/
Written by Gregg K. Leave a comment Posted in American League, Angels, Expos, managers, National League, Phillies, Twins	Tagged with 1964 phillies, 1970's baseball, American League, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, California Angels, calvin griffin, cardinal publishing, Dick Allen, Gene Mauch, greatest managers, Hall of Fame, joe torree, johnny callison, mel proctor, Minnesota Twins, Montreal Expos, national league, Philadelphia Phillies, Reggie JAckson, Rod Carew, Yankees
Pedro – The Mystery Solved
The Baseball Hall of Fame Inductions are complete. The old members have all stopped by Cooperstown and waved to the fans, welcoming this years class of immortals. The old stories have been swapped, photos have been taken and another year has come and gone of happy times in Cooperstown, Now we look forward to the debates and arguments that will ensue regarding the next class to be enshrined. One of the more interesting personalities that was part of this years class, is Pedro Martinez. Pedro came out with a new autobiography this year and it has brought varying degrees of response from the masses, so I figured I should check it out for my blog.
By:Pedro Martinez-2015
My first reaction when I heard the release date of this book was, how ironic it was coming out in his Hall of Fame year. I guess good marketing strategies never sleep. Pedro had always been a source of controversy to some degree during his career. Early in his career he picked up the label of head hunter, mainly due to his pitching inside and making sure the batter knew who owned the plate. For the record I have no problem with that, it is a part of the game that has disappeared through the last few decades and probably something that should find a way to return. Pedro also had a well-remembered battle with Don Zimmer one time that might have made some highlight films on a few stations. But on the field it was hard to deny Pedro was an incredible competitor, No matter where he played you could always see his skill and desire, but now this book gives you the personal side of Pedro.
If you listen to interviews with Pedro, he his a big fan of himself and in this book, he has no reservations in telling you why. From his on field play, to those people around him Pedro is a guy that demands respect from people and it seems he is not one to shy away from the limelight. The book starts from his growing up in the Dominican Republic and how he had struggled as a child to be taken seriously as a baseball player. His brother Ramon, signed by the Dodgers, was Pedro's ticket to getting a serious look from a big league team. Pedro walks you through his progression from dim prospect, to major leaguer, to superstar and introduces you to all the people he met in between. He has a very long memory of those who did him wrong and makes sure you know who they are in this book.
I had read some reviews of this book before I read it, just to see what I was getting myself into. Many other folks said that Pedro liked to remind the reader how great he really was. I am not disagreeing that point in any way with this book, but I don't think it is Pedro being a conceited jerk. I think it more his immense pride coming through. He has very strong family roots and pride in his accomplishments. Also, the points he makes in the book about respect and his troubles along the way with getting any respect, it to me came off as a man with a strong pride. Now I say all this never being a huge Pedro fan when he was playing. The only regular first hand account of his playing days I had, where when he played half a season in 2009 for my Phillies. Even at the end of his career you could see his determination, pride out on the field and his ability to lead by example. So maybe Pedro isn't as big of a jerk as some of the other book reviews have made him out to be.
Baseball fans should check this out for themselves. Maybe I am right or maybe everyone else is, but it's you job as the reader to make that determination, I am just one guy's opinion, who found after reading this, a new-found respect for Pedro Martinez. No for his on the field playing, but for the person he is.
You can get this book from the nice folks at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
http://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/Pedro/9780544279339
Written by Gregg K. Leave a comment Posted in Dodgers, Expos, Hall of Fame, mets, Phillies, Red Sox	Tagged with 2004 World Series, 2015 Hall of fame Inductees, Baseball hall of fame, Boston Red Sox, Cooperstown, Craig Biggio, Cy Young Award, Dominican Republic, Don Zimmer, Hot Stove, John smoltz, los angeles dodgers, Montreal Expos, New York Mets, Pedro Martinez, Philadelphia Phillies, Ramon Martinez, Randy Johnson, Trading Deadline, World Series mvp
The Cy Young Catcher-Crossing Paths with Greatness
As you go through life, even if you don't want to admit it, luck plays a big part. As the old saying goes I would rather be lucky than good any day of the week. For some people timing and opportunity is everything. It allows them to reach beyond their God-given talents and cross paths with the people who possess incredible talent and skills. Such is the case with today's book, proving that timing is everything.
By:Charlie O'Brien & Doug Wedge-2015
Ask any baseball fan who their personal Hall of Fame members are and I bet you would be hard pressed to find Charlie O'Brien's name on any of those rosters. A journeyman catcher that spent 15 years in the Major Leagues that included eight various stops around the league. Charlie was a part-time player at best appearing in 800 games over those 15 years, that averages out to about 53 games played per year, and a career .221 batting average. Now these stats are nothing to be ashamed of because Charlie got to play the game we all love for a decade and a half at the highest level. What makes his story most interesting is the pitchers Charlie was able to work with during his 15 years on the field. Charlie O'Brien was able to say that he was the catcher to no less than 13 Cy Young Award winners during his career, which is the premise for his new book.
Charlie along with co-author Doug Wedge walk the reader through the his experiences working with these pitchers. Showing how each pitcher liked to work on the mound and how Charlie would adapt to each of their styles and how he helped to motivate each one in troubled times on the field. From his start in 1985, to the end of his career, he was able to work with essentially four decades worth of various Cy Young Award winners. It is a great story of perseverance and even though it may not be a Hall of Fame career, you still can have a pretty cool experience.
Unfortunately there were some down sides to this story. You get a lot of on field stories but not too much about Charlie himself. I always like to get the personal side of a player in an autobiography. Secondly, the entire book is based around the Cy Young premise. Which is all well and good, but Charlie never played with any of these pitchers when the were winning the award, it was always before or after the fact. So basically, it is a star crossing with a Cy Young winner, but never at the right time. That being the fact, it makes the premise of the book a little bit of a stretch, but honestly it is a good tie in to grab readers.
This is in no way a bad book. It is well written and tells a very entertaining story about what it was like to work with some players that we don't often find much written about. Charlie O'Brien should be very proud of his work on the field with these Cy Young pitchers and even though his personal statistics may not reflect the great standards of the game, his own career as well. Baseball fans should pick this up, if you can get past the lack of continuity with the Cy Young premise, you should really enjoy it.
You can get this book from the nice folks at Texas A&M University Press
http://www.tamupress.com/product/Cy-Young-Catcher,8068.aspx
Written by Gregg K. Leave a comment Posted in American League, anaheim angels, charlie o'brien, cy young winners, milwaukee brewers, montreal expos, National League, oakland a's, texas a&m, toronto blue jays	Tagged with American League, anaheim angels, Atlanta Braves, charlie o'brien, cy young winners, doug wedge, milwaukee brewers, Montreal Expos, national league, texas a&m university, Toronto Blue Jays
Canada-No Longer a Vast Wasteland for Baseball Books !!!
Canada has always in my opinion, been an overlooked area when we read about baseball. I realize it really only came into play in the last 45 years or so, but I never thought it got the attention it deserved. In reality over the last 50 years it has created two strong teams, introduced Canadian fans to the game and to some degree cut into the Hockey monopoly in Canada. With talk of the Rays possibly packing up and moving to Montreal, I thought now would be a good time to see what books are available for the teams north of the border.
The Expos in Their Prime 1977-84
By Alain Usereau – McFarland & Co. 2013
To me it feels like the Expos didn't exist. Maybe its a matter of nobody remembers that they were even there or that nobody wants to remember. But whatever the case may be they did exist at one point. During that existence they had a span of years where they were always at the top of the standings fighting for the division crown. The years from 1977-84 were really the defining years of the franchise. They had a steady parade of Hall of Famers on the roster but could never quite get over the hump to glory. When you have names like Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, Pete Rose, Tony Perez and countless other stars like Rusty Staub, Ellis Valentine and Warren Cromartie, you would think they would be able to pull it off a few times during those years.
Obviously they did not, but Alain Usereau has taken a deep, hard look at the Expos during their glory years. You get some behind the scenes look at the way the team operated on and off the field, both as a group and individually. You see the mind-set of the front office and why they made some of the moves they did during those years. The reader also gets a look at what the team meant to the fans of Montreal. This book proved to me that Montreal is still today, a viable option for a MLB team as the fans would support it there. Perhaps it was the poor product on the field in the final years of the Expos that contributed to poor fan support. It seems that in Montreal if you build it, they will come……if it's a decent product.
This book gives a lot of insight to an often forgotten team with limited success. It's overall a good book, that most baseball fans should enjoy. I only mention this next thing because it is a pet-peeve of mine. It would have benefitted from a little better copy editing because their were to many grammatical errors for my liking in a finished book. But as I said its a good book that most fans will enjoy.
You can get this book from the nice folks at McFarland & Co Publishing, http://www.mcfarlandbooks.com
Lets look at the other side of the coin in Canada, the Toronto Blue Jays. Since their inception they have had good fan support and produced some serious thrills for their fans. A few division titles, and oh yeah, two World Series Championships, which make for a happy fan base. While the Blue Jays had their growing pains in the beginning, they seemed to stumble upon a better plan for on-field success that the Expos could never quite attain. But what happens in Toronto when the team and the fans have huge expectations and it blows up in their faces?
Great Expectations, The Lost Toronto Blue Jays Season
By Shi Davidi and John Lott – 2013 ECW Press
For all intents and purposes, 2013 was supposed to be the Toronto Blue Jays year. Much like the Chicago Cubs have done this off-season, the Blue Jays blew up the roster and started over. The looked at weaknesses at every position and went out and brought in some of the best names in the game to fix their problems. On paper the Blue Jays looked like the team to beat and at the start of the 2013 season other teams noticed. But as the saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the 2013 was a flat-out train wreck. Injuries, career declines and pretty much the fact that anything that could go wrong……did go wrong, the Blue Jays had a dismal year.
Davidi and Lott take the reader on a journey through the 2013 season. They look at the blockbuster trades that were made in the off-season, free agent signings, spring training and of course the season. They give a nice look at the operations side of the Toronto front office and how the fans had embraced the new hope in Toronto. It also shows the mindset of the GM and what management felt they were accomplishing by assembling this team on the field. The book gives a detailed look at how the season in Toronto, and in the end the fans turned on the team and the front office. It is a great look at how the Blue Jays and its fan base operate and feed off of each other.
The 2014 season was a little better than 2013, and probably the residue of this 2013 team will achieve the initial success they expected eventually. But I think much like the Expos, the Blue Jays are often an afterthought to fans outside of Toronto. But it is nice to see that books are coming forth that show the Canadian pride in their teams and most of the time they are just as good if not better than the other teams out there. Just because most of the country is hockey crazy does not mean that they have forgotten how to love baseball.
Written by Gregg K. 4 Comments Posted in American League, Blue Jays, Expos, National League, Teams	Tagged with Alain Usereau, Blue Jays, Canada, Expos, front office, Montreal, Montreal Expos, Toronto, Toronto Blue Jays


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I had problems with colours not showing in iTerm2 for me. I tried a few fixes I found online which didn't work and now my serial number of my laptop is showing in iTerm & Terminal. Anyone know how to remove this?

A: You want to modify something called the prompt or PS1.  You can see the current value by typing echo $PS1 To get rid of the first part you don't like and leave only the user name type export PS1="\u"  If you want to persist the next time you open the terminal, you would write that line in ~/.bashrc   A detailed walk through is here http://osxdaily.com/2006/12/11/how-to-customize-your-terminal-prompt/

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I have been working with the Internet for about a decade now and developing works which exist only on the Web, and some which also expand from the web into space. These are installations that immerse the visitor in a spatial setting while communicating with and experiencing the transformed web-fed information through different communication devices, such as interactive 'mouse chairs'. In my performance work I often 'become an antenna' for web-based information; I sometimes perform as the incarnation of a website, while the structure of the Website's data representations, such as html, becomes the life essence for this Web creature. Its hypertext mark-up language is transformed into instructions, which tell the 'character' how to move and behave. A lot of my work deals with visualization and embodiment of the architectures and languages of the Web. I am fascinated by how information that exists online can be displayed, acted out, or become an environment.
Website Impersonations (2006), is an interactive installation with real-time web-feed that juxtaposes two humanoid Websites in an interactive dialog. Website Portrait Performances (2005), portrays websites based on their hypertext-link structure. Famous For One Spam (2004), repurposes the overload of spam email and questions the "fake identity" of the sender while confronting it with the "real" person found online. A Wireless Network Performance (2003), sings along with home appliances and sends images of the performance via cell phone to the Internet. Another piece, Web Performer II (2000), lets the user choose and bring to life different characters in a play via search engine results. Finally, Web Performer (1999), the 'prototype,' turns your browser experience into a stage full of characters searching for their online identity.
Our daily lives are interspersed with online information that can get picked up anywhere – if you have the right 'device' for it… In my practice I am often confronting questions of identity, virtuality and physicality. Many of my web-based works extend into physical space or performance and from this juxtaposition derive questions such as: What does it mean to perform online? What happens when bringing the net out of the box? Am I robbing it of its 'native' environment? Who says the Web's nature has to be flat and screen based? The Internet is multi-medial and therefore can have many different outlets in the way net-based art can be shown, in the form of sound pieces in a headphone, interactive works (hybrid works combining mixed technologies such as web-based components with 'spatial' interfaces), or performances... These approaches could bridge net art and 'space' such as the museum space or the performance space.
And finally: why is net art still on the fringe within the arts?


Author(s): Taracad K. Venkatachalam, Alexi O. Vassilev, Alexi Benyunov, Olga O. Grigoriants, Heather E. Tibbles, Fatih M. Uckun. Department of Chemistry, Paradigm Pharmaceuticals 2841 Patton Road, Roseville, MN 55113, USA.
Chiral derivatives of two cyclohexylethyl halopyridyl thiourea compounds (HI-509 and HI-510), two α -methyl benzyl halopyridyl compounds (HI-511 and HI-512), and a cyclohexyl ethyl thiazolyl thiourea compound (HI-513) were synthesized and evaluated for their anti-cancer activity. Preliminary screening indicated that the (S)- isomers displayed improved activity in comparison with (R)- enantiomers to inhibit tubulin polymerization and activate caspase- 3. In accordance with these results, the thiourea derivatives displayed potent anti-cancer activity against human B-lineage (Nalm-6) and T-lineage (Molt-3) acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines. Based on the results we conclude that the anti-leukemic activity of these compounds also depends on their chirality.
Affiliation:Department of Chemistry, Paradigm Pharmaceuticals 2841 Patton Road, Roseville, MN 55113, USA.
Abstract: Chiral derivatives of two cyclohexylethyl halopyridyl thiourea compounds (HI-509 and HI-510), two α -methyl benzyl halopyridyl compounds (HI-511 and HI-512), and a cyclohexyl ethyl thiazolyl thiourea compound (HI-513) were synthesized and evaluated for their anti-cancer activity. Preliminary screening indicated that the (S)- isomers displayed improved activity in comparison with (R)- enantiomers to inhibit tubulin polymerization and activate caspase- 3. In accordance with these results, the thiourea derivatives displayed potent anti-cancer activity against human B-lineage (Nalm-6) and T-lineage (Molt-3) acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines. Based on the results we conclude that the anti-leukemic activity of these compounds also depends on their chirality.


Infocom sent these to software retailers in the 1980s to encourage them to carry their games.
Several people have expressed an interest in these but were hesitant to bid because of the shipping cost for just one sheet. This is a full set of every one I have extra copies of, and it is the only full set I have left. Now's your chance to get all of them at once.
Each sheet measures 8.5" x 11". The sheets for Cornerstone, Enchanter Trilogy and Zork Trilogy are single-sided, black-and-white, and contain two- and three-column consumer ads, the product logos, and illustrations of the packages. The remaining 8 sheets are double-sided, with the front side in color, showing the game's cover art and a description for use as an advertisement, and the reverse sides in B&W and describing the game, packaging, key features, and the platforms on which they were available.
The Zork Trilogy sheet has some very slight creasing at the top of the page. It rates [VG] by Mobyscale standards. All of the other sheets are in excellent condition, rating [F].


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The Adventures of Hyperman is an American animated series that aired from November 4, 1995 to August 10, 1996 on CBS. The show features an intergalactic sheriff fighting the evil monster Entrobe and his sidekick Kidd Chaos. Hyperman is joined by his own sidekicks, Studd Puppy and 13-year-old science genius Emma C. Squared. The only voice actor to appear in both the game and the cartoon is Frank Welker.

Background
The program is based on an interactive computer game of the same name. The property was created by Kevin O'Donnell, Ken Corr and Crag Southard. It was released as a CD-ROM by IBM prior to running as an animated series.

Voice cast
 Steve Mackall as Hyperman
 Max Casella as Studd Puppy
 Maurice LaMarche as Kidd Chaos/Comptroller
 Frank Welker as Entrobe
 Mayim Bialik as Brittany Bright
 Tamera Mowry as Emma C. Squared
 Neil Ross as the Narrator

Episodes

References

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1995 American television series debuts
1996 American television series endings
1990s American animated television series
1990s American superhero comedy television series
American children's animated comedy television series
American children's animated superhero television series
CBS original programming
English-language television shows
Television series by Sony Pictures Television
Television series by Hyperion Pictures

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MOTORISTS could soon be charged to drive through some of UK's major cities.
Stricter regulations were introduced this week in central London to help encourage drivers to use more environmentally-friendly motors.
Drivers are now being charged to travel through the capital as a part of the Ultra Low Emission Zone, which operates 24 hours a day.
But other major cities are considering adopting the regulations to help reduce pollution.
Leeds and Birmingham are set to introduce similar programs next year, while several other councils are debating if they should roll out their own clean air zone.
What are clean air zones?
Clean air zones (CAZs) are areas where the local government has implemented tighter regulations to improve air quality.
The restrictions have been implemented after the Supreme Court ordered ministers in 2015 to take urgent action to reduce air pollution across the UK.
But there are two different types of clean air zones – charging and non-charging.
You will be forced to pay a fee when entering an charging area if your vehicle doesn't meet the outlined environmental standards.
Non-charging zones are regions where the local authority is attempting to improve air quality.
Where will they be rolled out?
Strict ULEZ regulations were introduced this week in London, where drivers will have to pay £12.50 if their vehicle doesn't meet emissions standards.
The zone is set to be expanded to cover the majority of Greater London from October 25, 2021.
Leeds is expected to introduce a similar charging CAZs early next year, while Birmingham will impose their own restrictions from January 1, 2020.
Bath is another major district set to roll out a charging zone from late 2020.
Other regions expected to roll out the restrictions include Sheffield, Greater Manchester, Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford.
But these restrictions are currently in the early consultation stages and still need to be voted on.
The fees you'll have to cover largely depend on what type of vehicle you drive and whether it goes over the local emissions regulations.
Private cars, vans and motorcycles caught driving through London over the restrictions will be charged £12.50, while buses and coaches will have to cover a £100 fee.
Other regions are considering rolling out fees around £8 for private vehicles, while buses and HGVs are likely to be charged between £50 to £100.


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"Hello" From Space
Harsh Ravikar
From time immemorial man has always been curious about his own existence on this very distinct planet which supports life. since forever man has been eagerly trying to find someone like him. it all started back in 1974, first attempt to contact alien life. Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico, used in 1974 to broadcast the 1st intentional radio signal into space. powerful broadcast ever deliberately beamed into space with the intention of contacting alien life. since then various attempts are being made, sending signals into unfathomable space.
Everyone certainly had an increased heartbeat once again when they found FRBs (Fast Radio Bursts) recently. FRB's are radio emissions that appear temporarily and randomly, making them not only hard to find but also hard to study. The latest signals to be detected reached Earth from a galaxy 1.5 billion light-years away.
(Note: FRB's, were first detected accidentally in 2007 when a burst signal was spotted in radio astronomy data collected in 2001.)
The most likely explanation is that they were created by powerful objects in space. Experts have debated that it could have been due to black holes or super-dense neutron stars. Though this may seem even more arguable as it can't be neglected that we hope to have a rare possibility of life somewhere other than on Earth.
According to professor David Loeb, from the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in the US, there could be evidence of incredibly advanced alien technology. though the source of emanation of these FRBs are yet unknown but are definitely billions of light years away from milky way.
Most of the 13 FRBS showed signs of scattering' that suggest their sources could be powerful astrophysical objects in locations with special characteristics according to scientists.
These all intriguing facts and beliefs make you even more curious and thrilled. It is hard to reach a conclusion here. It depends on the people. Either they wish to believe or they don't. Still, let's be curious and try to answer, are we alone in this universe!?
'Accha chalta hu duao mei yaad rakhna' – Alok Verma
WHAT IS TRUMP UPTO? AGAIN !!!
Love to write. I do think and analyze before jumping into any conclusion. want to express my views and thoughts by writing.

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All welcome to the summer edition of EAF (no. 6!) on July 17 at The Cellar (new experimental arts venue underneath DINA). Small door charge if you're working, PWYC if not, no-one turned away for lack of funds. All proceeds to poets to cover expenses. Bios below the poster. FB event here. See you there, in vernal garb, bearing a bucket….
Electric Arc Furnace #6: with Emilia Weber, Tom Betteridge & Katy Lewis Hood.
A poetry reading series, in the centre of Sheffield, between the seven hills. Innovative poetries from the South Yorks hinterlands & further-flung.
Tom Betteridge is a writer and researcher living in London. His poems and essays have appeared in magazines and journals including Textual Practice, The Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry, Blackbox Manifold, Datableed, Hix Eros, Intercapillary Space, Jungftak and Zarf. His first collection, Pedicure (2017), is available from sine wave peak and he has a new pamphlet called Body Work forthcoming from Sad Press.
Katy Lewis Hood is from the Midlands. Her poems and other writing have recently appeared in Tentacular, FRONT HORSE, Zarf, and Plumwood Mountain. She co-edits amberflora, an online magazine for eco and world poetry, and CUMULUS, a small print journal of experimental poetry.
Emilia Weber is a poet and theatre maker currently undertaking doctoral work at UCL. Her poems have been published in Datableed, Zarf and Front Horse and her first pamphlet Familiars (2017) is published by Sad Press.
Readings will take place at The Cellar, a new arts and performance space in Sheffield for experimental work: "a testing ground, a laboratory, a space to create together." Doors 7pm. £4 waged / £3 unwaged / pay what you can. All proceeds to poets towards train fares/expenses. All very welcome. Poster design by Leire Barrera Medrano.
We are committed to making this event as accessible as possible for all involved. If you require any further access information or have any specific requirements then please get in touch via electricarcfurnaceverse [AT] gmail [DOT] com.
This entry was posted on June 13, 2018 by daneltro in Poems, Reviews & Events and tagged DINA, electric arc furnace, emilia weber, katy lewis hood, poetry, the cellar, tom betteridge.


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On the Asymptotic Complexity of Solving LWE
by Gottfried Herold, Elena Kirshanova, Er May
"... Abstract. We provide for the first time an asymptotic comparison of all known algorithms for the search version of the Learning with Errors (LWE) problem. This includes an analysis of several lattice-based approaches as well as the com-binatorial BKW algorithm. Our analysis of the lattice-based appr ..."
Abstract. We provide for the first time an asymptotic comparison of all known algorithms for the search version of the Learning with Errors (LWE) problem. This includes an analysis of several lattice-based approaches as well as the com-binatorial BKW algorithm. Our analysis of the lattice
Parameterized Complexity
by Rod G. Downey, Michael R. Fellows, Rolf Niedermeier, Peter Rossmanith, Rod G. Downey (wellington, New Zeal, Michael R. Fellows (newcastle, Rolf Niedermeier (tubingen, Peter Rossmanith (tu Munchen , 1998
"... the rapidly developing systematic connections between FPT and useful heuristic algorithms | a new and exciting bridge between the theory of computing and computing in practice. The organizers of the seminar strongly believe that knowledge of parameterized complexity techniques and results belongs ..."
the rapidly developing systematic connections between FPT and useful heuristic algorithms | a new and exciting bridge between the theory of computing and computing in practice. The organizers of the seminar strongly believe that knowledge of parameterized complexity techniques and results belongs
Knowledge representations, reasoning and declarative problem solving . . .
by Chitta Baral , 2001
Asymptotic Confidence Intervals for Indirect Effects in Structural EQUATION MODELS
by Michael E. Sobel - IN SOCIOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY , 1982
Statistical mechanics of complex networks
by Réka Albert, Albert-lászló Barabási - Rev. Mod. Phys
"... Complex networks describe a wide range of systems in nature and society, much quoted examples including the cell, a network of chemicals linked by chemical reactions, or the Internet, a network of routers and computers connected by physical links. While traditionally these systems were modeled as ra ..."
Complex networks describe a wide range of systems in nature and society, much quoted examples including the cell, a network of chemicals linked by chemical reactions, or the Internet, a network of routers and computers connected by physical links. While traditionally these systems were modeled
The unity and diversity of executive functions and their contributions to complex "Frontal Lobe" tasks: a latent variable analysis
by Akira Miyake, Naomi P. Friedman, Michael J. Emerson, Er H. Witzki, Amy Howerter, Tor D. Wager, John Duncan, Priti Shah - Cognit Psychol , 2000
"... This individual differences study examined the separability of three often postu-lated executive functions—mental set shifting (''Shifting''), information updating and monitoring (''Updating''), and inhibition of prepotent responses (''Inhibi-tion'')—and their roles in complex ''frontal lobe' ' or ' ..."
This individual differences study examined the separability of three often postu-lated executive functions—mental set shifting (''Shifting''), information updating and monitoring (''Updating''), and inhibition of prepotent responses (''Inhibi-tion'')—and their roles in complex ''frontal lobe
On Discriminative vs. Generative classifiers: A comparison of logistic regression and naive Bayes
by Andrew Y. Ng, Michael I. Jordan , 2001
"... We compare discriminative and generative learning as typified by logistic regression and naive Bayes. We show, contrary to a widely held belief that discriminative classifiers are almost always to be preferred, that there can often be two distinct regimes of performance as the training set size is i ..."
is increased, one in which each algorithm does better. This stems from the observation -- which is borne out in repeated experiments -- that while discriminative learning has lower asymptotic error, a generative classifier may also approach its (higher) asymptotic error much faster.
Improved algorithms for optimal winner determination in combinatorial auctions and generalizations
by Tuomas Sandholm, Subhash Suri , 2000
"... Combinatorial auctions can be used to reach efficient resource and task allocations in multiagent systems where the items are complementary. Determining the winners is NP-complete and inapproximable, but it was recently shown that optimal search algorithms do very well on average. This paper present ..."
presents a more sophisticated search algorithm for optimal (and anytime) winner determination, including structural improvements that reduce search tree size, faster data structures, and optimizations at search nodes based on driving toward, identifying and solving tractable special cases. We also uncover
Shape Matching and Object Recognition Using Shape Contexts
by Serge Belongie, Jitendra Malik, Jan Puzicha - IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence , 2001
"... We present a novel approach to measuring similarity between shapes and exploit it for object recognition. In our framework, the measurement of similarity is preceded by (1) solv- ing for correspondences between points on the two shapes, (2) using the correspondences to estimate an aligning transform ..."
We present a novel approach to measuring similarity between shapes and exploit it for object recognition. In our framework, the measurement of similarity is preceded by (1) solv- ing for correspondences between points on the two shapes, (2) using the correspondences to estimate an aligning
Inverse Acoustic and Electromagnetic Scattering Theory, Second Edition
by David Colton , 1998
"... Abstract. This paper is a survey of the inverse scattering problem for time-harmonic acoustic and electromagnetic waves at fixed frequency. We begin by a discussion of "weak scattering " and Newton-type methods for solving the inverse scattering problem for acoustic waves, including a brief discussi ..."
Abstract. This paper is a survey of the inverse scattering problem for time-harmonic acoustic and electromagnetic waves at fixed frequency. We begin by a discussion of "weak scattering " and Newton-type methods for solving the inverse scattering problem for acoustic waves, including a brief


Joop Men is very sensual oriental fragrance with fresh citrus opening of mandarin, lemon, bergamot and orange blossom. The floral heart is very warm and balmy, revealing jasmine, lily of the valley, heliotrope and cinnamon. The exotic base introduces sweet and woodsy notes of vanilla, Tonka bean, patchouli and sandalwood.


Kids vs. Global Warming (KGW) seeks "to educate youth about the science of global warming, and empower them to take action" against this allegedly threatening phenomenon. Maintaining that climate change is caused chiefly by human activity and its related greenhouse-gas emissions, the organization exhorts young people to urge their parents to help fund local wind farms, install solar panels on their roofs, and "invest in alternative energy instead of supporting power companies that fuel global warming." Children and teens themselves, says KGW, should, whenever possible, ride bicycles rather than depend on cars for transportation; recycle disposable items; avoid using electrical appliances that are "energy hogs," such as clothes dryers; avoid buying food that is grown far away, because "billions of gallons of gas [are required] to transport it"; use fluorescent instead of incandescent light bulbs; and plant trees at home and on their school grounds.
To disseminate KGW's message as widely as possible, the group's representatives appear in a wide variety of public venues to deliver speeches and give video presentations geared specifically for young people. The organization also runs a Sea Level Awareness Project that aims to sound the alarm about the potentially disastrous consequences of polar-ice-cap melting. Further, KGW encourages its supporters to read and sign its "Declaration of Independence from Fossil Fuels," which was drafted "to let President Obama and other leaders know that the youth of this country are serious about being independent from fossil fuels within our lifetime." One particularly prominent signatory of this document is Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org.
KGW was established in 2007 by then-12-year-old Alec Loorz, a native of Ventura, California, after he watched Al Gore's documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth. The message Gore delivered "really changed my life," says Loorz. "… I knew I was being called to stop global warming within my lifetime." By October 2008, the youngster had given more than 30 global-warming presentations at schools and youth gatherings. At that point, Gore personally invited Loorz to be formally trained by the Alliance for Climate Protection (later known as the Climate Reality Project), which the former U.S. Vice President himself had founded. At the Alliance, Loorz found a mentor and went on to become the group's youngest presenter by the time he was 14. Since then, he has served as a panelist or keynote speaker at many climate-change events and conferences across the United States. As of mid-2012, Loorz had made more than 200 speeches and presentations to at least 100,000 people, cumulatively.
Loorz is also an advisory-board member with three noteworthy organizations: the Alliance for Climate Education, Inconvenient Youth, and Rainforest Action Network Youth Sustaining the Earth. In 2009 he received the Brower Youth Award (named in honor of David Brower) from the Earth Island Institute.
Lamenting that Americans were putting "money and special interests and profits" ahead of any concern for "nature and future generations," Loorz called for "a moral shift in values for our whole society." He identified "this same core sickness" of greed and materialism as the root cause of both poverty and war around the world. Climate activist James Hansen served as a scientific consultant for KGW's legal action.


What Is The Best Tonneau Cover in 2019?
→What Is The Best Tonneau Cover in 2019?
For all you truck drivers out there, getting the best tonneau cover can seem bewildering.
With so many products glutting the market, analysis paralysis can set in.
Protecting the contents of your pick-up truck bed against the elements is essential.
Today, we'll walk you through 5 of the best tonneau covers so you can choose appropriate protection without wasting time or money.
What Style of Tonneau Covers Are There?
How Easy Is The Tonneau Cover To Install and Use?
What Are The Benefits of a Tonneau Cover?
Many of these tonneau covers are vehicle-specific so we'll flag clearly which trucks they work with.
We've done our best to curate as wide a range as possible so there's something for everyone.
If you own one a mighty Dodge Ram, Tyger Auto produce the go-to tonneau covers for this beast. Super-simple installation and rugged build quality means this cover is built to stay the distance while keeping your possessions safe and sound. The lifetime warranty is the crowning glory with this first-class tonneau cover.
This nifty tonneau cover is designed for a range of Dodge Rams. It fits the 1500, 2500 and 3500 models. Age-wise, all trucks from 2002 to current models present no problem. As with all tonneau covers, make absolutely certain about compatibility before committing to purchase.
The cover is secure and durable while low-slung to streamline the look of your pride and joy. It comes pre-assembled with a mounting hardware kit thrown in. You'll also get a handy LED light provided.
Measurements are 69" x 26" x 4".
The weatherproof seals help to protect any cargo against the elements as well as any passersby with dishonorable intentions. For a top-tier tonneau cover without needing a bank loan, look long and hard at this fine example from Tyger Auto.
Tonno Pro produces a broad range of tonneau covers including this 6.6 feet short-bed option ideal for Silverados and Sierras. With 4 bonus gifts included and an extremely competitive price tag, this fold-up cover is the perfect fit for anyone hunting down a bargain. And thinking of fit, as with all covers, make sure of sizing and compatibility before purchase.
Tonno Pro is a hard-hitter in the tonneau cover space and this model, the 42-108, is designed for the Chevrolet Silverado (2014-2018) and the GMC Sierra (2015-2018).
The vinyl polyester fabric is solid enough although some users have complained about lifespan. The rubber seals keep the rain out nicely on a 6.6 feet short bed.
The cover works in an open or closed position so it's a highly versatile solution. Dimensions are 30" x 73" x 5".
As an added kicker, you'll get some work gloves, vinyl cleaner, tailgate seal and a worklight thrown in making this tonneau cover and accessories a pocket-friendly way to improve the looks and security of your truck in one neat bundle.
Famous for manufacturing tonneau covers since way back in 1982, Extang are a legend in the industry with just cause. This cover is certainly not cheap but consider it a long-term investment since build quality is unparalleled. Also, think of the money you'll save at the fuel pump as a way of recouping that investment for the win-win!
As with all tonneau covers, make sure that this Extang tri-fold will fit your truck before rashly purchasing. Everything comes pre-assembled and you won't need any tools or extra hardware to get going straight out the box.
The hard-wearing vinyl is built to withstand heavy punishment and the steel-bracketed frames are rigid and rugged. The strength of the tonneau is found in the frame and the Extang is class-leading in this respect.
Although you get an incredibly durable tonneau cover here, the inbuilt bonus is that it's also pretty lightweight considering the amount of materials involved.
This is most certainly not the cheapest tonneau cover on the market but you should think of this as making an investment in your vehicle. One immediate way you'll get a return on that investment is with improved fuel economy due to a more streamlined ride.
Next up we've got a very specific tonneau cover, the fantastic Gator Tri-Fold which is designed for the hulking Ford F-150. If you have one of these formidable trucks, this neat folding soft cover is hard to beat. Available in 2 sizes (5.5 feet and 6.5 feet), the Gator works well with 2015 – 2017 F-150s.
If you're the proud owner of the best-selling F-150, this soft tri-fold tonneau cover is a cinch to install coming entirely pre-assembled. All you need to do is line it up, clamp it down and you're ready to roll.
Made from weather-hardy vinyl and packing aluminum bows for a combination of strength and lightness, the cover is also weather-sealed to make absolutely certain your cargo remains protected whatever the elements.
The lock on the tailgate adds an extra layer of security to an already rock-solid unit.
Considering the extremely low price point of this tonneau cover, the limited lifetime warranty is an unexpected bonus removing any real reason not to buy this tonneau cover. Protect your possessions, enjoy the sleek design and save a few cents at the fuel pump into the bargain.
As with most tonneau covers, this folding beauty works with only certain trucks. If you have a 2007 – 2013 Silverado or GMC crew cab style without the bed management system, this is the obvious choice of cover. Take note this will not work with the classic style truck. Robust build quality, outstanding weatherproofing and a keen price mean this cover represents money very well spent.
As with every tonneau cover, make sure that you are buying the right one for your vehicle. These covers are absolutely not one-size-fits-all. In the case of this Bestop folding soft cover, it works with the Chevy Silverado or GMC from 2007 through 2013 as long as there's no bed management system on your truck.
5.8 feet long, this low-profile cover has a hinge and rail along with reinforced corners to guarantee stability. The whole cover is secured neatly to the front bed rail of your truck with some durable straps.
Made from a polyester/vinyl with leather grain, you'll enjoy a winning mixture of a soft weather-resistant cover that's relatively lightweight and still remains nicely flexible even during frosty cold snaps.
Installation couldn't be easier and the tonneau cover can be removed in a flash if you want to take advantage of using the whole truck bed for transporting larger items. For a perfect combo of build quality, performance and price, the Bestop deserves a place on any list of the best tonneau covers.
Now you've got a nice spread of tonneau covers to choose from, we'll give you a few handy hints to make sure you get the best one for your requirements.
Any type of tonneau cover is designed to cover up the bed of a lighter pick-up truck.
First thing's first though, what type of tonneau cover would best serve your needs?
Hard Folding Tonneau Cover: A highly secure option, hard folding covers are generally made from reinforced polymers meaning nobody will slit your cover with a knife. These covers are particularly valuable if you're a contractor with lots of valuable tools stored onboard. They are highly weather-resistant as an added bonus.
Soft Folding Tonneau Cover: Similar in design but made from soft fabric, these covers are a very affordable choice if you're operating on a tighter budget. Soft covers are also a breeze to install.
Retractable Tonneau Cover: These retractable covers extend from a canister mounted at the bulkhead of your truck. Usually made from plastic or aluminum, retracting covers have multiple locking positions for added flexibility and ease of access.
Roll-Up Tonneau Cover: Using a combination of rails and a heavy-duty tarp, roll-up tonneau covers are another sound budget-conscious solution to secure truck storage. You can roll it out of the way completely if you need to make use of the bed for transporting bulky items.
Low-Slung Tonneau Cover: These low-profile beauties are almost invisible when the truck is viewed from the side making them ideal for the design-conscious truck driver. You can get all the security of a tonneau cover without ruining the streamlined look of your truck.
Hinged Tonneau Cover: Functioning like a lid, these covers are normally hinged from the front of your truck bed and they come in both hard and soft variants. Lightweight and durable, this style comes pre-assembled so you'll be good to go straight out the box.
Not all tonneau covers are created equally as you'll see from the above list.
Think carefully about how practical you are and choose a cover that meshes with your abilities when it comes to installation.
Many covers come pre-assembled and most are very easy to fit.
Consider, too, how easy or difficult the cover is to operate. If you're constantly in and out of the back of your truck for work supplies, the last thing you want is a cover that's a pain to use.
Using a tonneau cover is a great way to protect anything in the back of your truck from the wind and rain but what are the other benefits of these nifty devices?
Aesthetics: If you've spent plenty of hard-earned cash on a truck, it stands to reason you'll want it look good. What's the first thing that tends to get dented and battered, though? The bed. Rather than ruining the aesthetics of your pride and joy, covering up these dings is a great way to improve the look of your truck with minimum effort.
Security: Perhaps the key selling point for tonneau covers after protection from the weather is security. Whether you've got sports equipment, tools or groceries left exposed in the truck bed, they're a beacon for any passing thief. Why leave things to chance? Investing a small sum in the best tonneau covers gives you complete peace of mind knowing your belongings are safely locked away from prying eyes and sticky fingers.
Fuel Economy: The hidden kicker of buying a tonneau cover is that you can notice an improvement in fuel economy. Why is this? Well, since the cover substantially reduced air drag, your engine will suffer much less stress and you can end up seeing quite a difference at the fuel pump.
We trust this look at the best tonneau covers on the market has given you plenty of inspiration.
Investing in protection of this nature will keep everything you need inn the back of your truck safe, sound and safeguarded against the winds and weather for a modest cost.
Come back soon as we continue to expand our site to cover all aspects of your beloved ride.


Last week, in one of my favorite used book stores, I found the book Women's Worlds: The Art and Life of Mary Ellen Best 1809-1891.
Mary Ellen Best was a professional artist active in the 1830s and 1840s. She painted for sale, but she also "painted her autobiography," painting the places, people, and events of her life, everything from hotel kitchens to cathedral towers to nighttime trips on steam boats. In 1840, Ellen married a school teacher she had met in Germany, and continued to document their life together with her paintings. She painted an estimated 1500 pictures, and more than 370 survive.
They could easily have all been destroyed. A descendant who had inherited a group of Best's watercolors approached Sotheby's about selling them, but was told they were unsaleable. Fortunately another colleague saw them and promoted them as a diary of 1800s life, and got them the attention they deserved. Then the next year, another descendant, totally unaware of the first sale, came in with a complete album!
In piecing together Best's biography, author Caroline Davidson discovered that Mary Ellen's sister Rosamund had kept a written record of family events, and was able to mesh both the visual and the verbal accounts to give a rich picture of life in Northern Europe.
Ellen excelled at documenting the locations and activities of ordinary life. She painted many interiors, including kitchens — the large perfectly equipped kitchen at her grandmother's house, the kitchens of the hotels where she stayed on the Continent, both urban and rural cottage kitchens, and even the kitchens of charity institutions.
"Kitchen at Langton", 1830s, by Mary Ellen Best. This was the kitchen of her grandmother's home.
"Kitchen at Hotel St. Lucas, in the Hoogstraat, Rotterdam", August 1834, by Mary Ellen Best.
She painted portraits of servants, market sellers, patrons of outdoor cafes, and workmen.
"Portrait of Frederike Cramer…a short time in our service…", November 1834.
"Mary Richardson, aged 15 years, York, August 1836." Mary was a servant to Ellen and her mother.
She painted festivals and religious processions, collections of armor and paintings.
"Procession at Dusseldorf, October 14, 1838", by Mary Ellen Best. Since I was just in Dusseldorf, I had to show this one!
Sister Rosamund wrote about the toys Ellen bought for her nieces and nephews; Ellen painted scenes of the booths where she bought them.
"Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists in the Ball-room of the Goldnes Ross Hotel, Frankfurt," May 1835, by Mary Ellen Best. Best is seen in her own painting, studying the catalog.
…And in this one, you see the same sort of chandeliers, wrapped in cloth to protect them from flies.
"The great room in the Forsthaus, a place of public entertainment in Frankfurt Forest, with our own party drinking coffee", August 1835.
And what I really love most is the way she placed herself into her own pictures, sitting in a hotel room with friends, or buying things at a market stall. Once she showed herself painting a clock tower, with villagers and children gathered around her to watch her work.
I think any account of this artist's life would be interesting, but author Caroline Davidson does an excellent job of adding layers of knowledge and interpretation to her account. She matches details from sister Rosamund's written chronicles to Ellen's paintings. She explains the details of daily routines that are portrayed. She tracks down the location of some of the paintings and furnishings that appear in Ellen's interiors, and describes architectural changes in the buildings that Ellen painted, if they still exist. For example, in the caption for "Kitchen at Langton" shown above, Davidson writes, "The kitchen table is still in use at Langton Hall, which is now a boys' preparatory school." She also explains differences in the lives of working male and female artists of the time.
One thing that is very odd about this book though. It was initially published in Great Britain in 1985, by Chatto and Windus, Ltd. of London, with the title The World of Mary Ellen Best. The edition I have is also from 1985, but from Crown Publishers, Inc. of New York. (I am not sure why they felt like they had to change the title to Women's Worlds, because Best painted plenty of things that would appeal to men's traditional interests, including wine vaults, underground water reservoirs, card players, and so on.) But there is one huge mistake — in her painting, "The Artist at Work," the left third of the painting is cut off, a section that shows some of her artist tools, the prints she collected and her shelf of sketchbooks. I wonder if it is the same in the British edition.
Fortunately it is in its entirety on Wikimedia, along with some other works.
It was so hard to choose just a few pictures to share. This is a delightful book to get lost in!
I don't know what to comment on first! What an amazing woman we have here and I'd never heard of her before! Thank you for entering it. One thing I noticed that the lovely copperware in the kitchen was on a shelf way to high for a woman (or man) to reach! I suppose it was for show or for the male help to reach for when necessary. The carpeting on the last picture dazzles the eyes. I wonder how long it took to make that? So glad she chose to do the every day things of life in that day instead of a portrait of some serieous man wearing a ruff around his neck!
That is a good observation about the copper. I wonder if it was only used for special occasions. A different author included some of these paintings in a book about the history of kitchens; I will have to find that book and see if all the utensils are explained.
And yes, the fact that she faithfully captured the patterns on carpets and wallpapers and curtains just amazes me. It would have been so much easier to just paint those things a solid color!
Such a wonderful article! Thank you for sharing it with us.
What an incredible source of information about domestic life and social history these paintings are! Her attention to detail is simply amazing.
Yes, I am so happy I came across this book! I admire her wide-ranging interests and the patience she had to capture all the details.
You've brought out my latent obsession with historical dollhouses, as these paintings would be perfect models for period rooms. Does the book say how long a painting typically took to do? I ask because the details are incredible. Don't know about that green figured wallpaper, though. Best's paintings vividly bring to life a book I recently read called "Inside the Victorian Home" by Judith Flanders.
It doesn't talk about how long it took her, except for one quick sketch that she did of her sister Rosamund, her brother-in-law, and their young children. There is a note from Rosamund saying that they asked Ellen to sketch the group and she did it quickly while they were sitting outside.
But one time she did three rooms of their house, all four walls in one long rectangle per room. The book said that these could be folded up to recreate the rooms of her house, and they all interlocked, so the doors etc. would be in the proper place to enter from one room into another. Ellen sometimes made paper playthings for her children, but the book said that these were in pristine condition, so either she never gave them to the kids, or her kids played with them carefully.
Also, one of her paintings shows her dining table set, and the wine glasses were placed at center left of each setting, instead of top right like we would do it. They said that was a rare detail to capture too.
I am breathless. Thank you for sharing this marvelous discovery with us. I was amazed by the fact that she painted all the paintings that were on display in the gallery show – not to mention all the other details in other paintings. I'm so glad her work and her sister's writings have been preserved to the extent that they have!
I am so glad you like them. I am in awe of her work too!
I am so glad you like her too. I do hope she gets more attention and more of her work surfaces somewhere!
OH that kitchen ! I 'need' that……..I ahve dreams about those kinds of kitchens. I know, crazy.
I want to go visit that place/those places…!


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Posted on July 22, 2016 July 21, 2016 by Scott
Writing something like this has only been built around my thoughts of Soul Eater. I haven't told very many people about this, but I have secretly hated Soul Eater for years. When I first watched it, there was just something off putting about it. I was assigned to watch this show again for a blog Secret Santa of July thing and I am going to be saving a lot more of my thoughts for that and a review later on, but I have been finding that I really like it. This seems like a small thing, but it is huge for me. My tastes have really changed over time and that is something that I am proud of.
I feel everybody goes through their anime watching experience in separate phases. For a lot of people my age, around AGE CENSORED, this is the shonen and action phase. This was the time where the fandom was getting their media through television and VHS tapes. A lot of action shows showed up on this little block called Toonami. These were shows like Dragon Ball, Z, Gundam, Outlaw Star, Cyborg 009, and so many others. It didn't matter what it was for me; as long as it had characters fighting I didn't care what it was. I never thought of the sophisticated plot elements, themes, and character development, this is just what I watched as long as it was straight forward and had some fan service too. For me, this phase lasted a long time. Almost all the way through twelfth grade. I think a lot of people have never escaped this phase and are still stuck on shows like DBZ and Naruto to this day without getting a look outside of that realm.
The next phase in anime fandom is usually the anti-shonen one. People try to look through something more adult and had a lot more blood and gore. Something edgy. While I did back away from the Shonen battle stuff for a while, I started my obsession with Gundam and other mech shows like it. This shaped a lot of how I define what my favorite series are now. How great the world building is, how I define great characters, what is the meaning behind what is going on, and all the nuances that I can find in a show that make it what it is. While my love for mech shows is always going to be strong, I've been trying to branch out as much as I can.
Right now, my tastes in anime series are still changing. I've tried my best to become more and more open minded in my tastes and that is not something that is easy to do. Casting aside an initial opinion of something based on the cover art is really hard thing to do. The phrase "don't judge a book by its cover" is easy in concept, but hard in execution. I've started enjoying shonen battle series again, jumped into more shoujo and josei series, and also started watching some sports anime starting with this season.
Stretching out of one's comfort zone is extremely hard. As an introvert, I feel like I know this extremely well. Personal problems aside, having a friend or random person on the internet suggest something that you've never seen before helps growth. I had a friend show me the greatness of Mushishi and Haibane Renmei. My course was set after watching those two shows.
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I don't think I've ever had a genre of anime that I liked at any time, but I understand what you mean. I have friends who will still only watch Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, and Dragon Ball Super. I think they just like shonen anime with huge fight arcs. I love anime about strong friendships, which is what drew me to shows like Naruto and One Piece, but I enjoy shows from all genres. I hate shows with fan service, but for some reason I love Girls Bravo, which has no plot to speak of. I hate sports anime, but I love Eyeshield 21. I've always been willing to watch anything.
Yeah, an individual's tastes is complicated most of the time. We can't argue about what an individual likes even if they never stop watching the same things over and over again.
mrconair says:
I'm remember watching One Piece as a kid (and now thanks to it, despite being less than a week from finishing my Japanese Major, I still call mr. Sword-in-his-mouth guy Zolo). I don't like the series much now, too repetitive and emotionally simple for my taste, but I certainly think youngsters find it valuable. I also find it a trend for those who have recently deemed themselves "too old for shounen" to be the most bitter towards it, which is also unhealthy. After all, some of the best modern anime are shounen series. Ditto for those who think seinen series are intrinsically better; a lot of them are just super low brow shounens, like Tokyo Ghoul and Ajin. I think all demographics and genres have their high and low points, though Josei titles are definitely the most under-watched.
The way you feel about One Piece is exactly how I feel about Dragon Ball Z. I used to like it and watched it a lot of times over and over again, but ever since I've watched so many other series, I have noticed so many flaws in it. I can't appreciate it as much as I used to, though I see a lot of my friends still really like it.
And yes, you are right about the "too old for shounen" thing. Some are so emotionally complex that there is a reason why they are so great. I also need to watch more Josei titles. Nana is the main one I've watched and I need to find more. This would be easier if I had more time….
DBZabridged is pretty great. It's probably actually the superior version, with a plethora of running gags. It just gets better as it goes along.
Agreed 🙂
Hua Ming Juan says:
I get the feeling here for sure, I started watching anime 8 years ago and I feel my taste has gotten a bit pickier over the years. I think it's because I have less time and can only watch so much nowadays. It's a bit sad, I'll be reading or watching something I used to like (Katekyo Hitman Reborn's manga, for instance) and start to get really critical about it. I can 'turn my brain off' and attempt to suspend my disbelief for things, but overall I don't think I'll be able to ever experience that initial magic with that particular series again.
Currently, drama/psychological thriller/seinen are my jams. Partially because of an over-exposure to shounen, but also because I naturally prefer darker media. But who knows, maybe I'll be able to watch/read romance and SoL in a few years without complaint!
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The BAFA National Leagues Adult Division Two Championships take place this weekend, with a fixture each on Saturday and Sunday capping off the regional playoffs!
All four teams have already earned what many may consider the primary prize of promotion to the middle tier, but now get to battle for bragging rights as they head to the bright lights of a Championship game!
Division Two doesn't have a National title, but rather two regional ones – the Northern and Southern Championships.
This year we'll see the two undefeated teams square off in the North, as the Aberdeen Roughnecks and Chester Romans head to Newcastle's Druid Park. Meanwhile, in the South, it's two teams oh-so-familiar with one another as they face off for the third time this year – conference rivals the Hertfordshire Cheetahs duel the Portsmouth Dreadnoughts for Round Three of this cracking rivalry that's seen each team take a win from one another so far this season!
01 September – Adult Division Two North Final
Druid Park, Newcastle. Kick Off 1800.
£5 Entry (£2 Under 16's)
Hot food & drink available on site. Licensed bar. Free parking.
Stadium access for fans from 1600.
02 September – Adult Division Two South Final
Leicester Road Stadium, Leicester. Kick off 1430.
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We'll have more in-depth previews of each of the fixtures out tomorrow, but we can afford to take a quick glance at each of the teams headed to this weekend's games:
Aberdeen Roughnecks
2018 Record: 8-0-0
The Roughnecks entered the National Leagues in 2014 and have spent the last few years as the 'bridesmaids' of Scottish Div Two Football, finishing third, second, second in their last three years of postseason-earning balling, before finally going one step further and securing promotion this to the middle tier this summer off the back of a convincing 8-0 campaign.
They dominated the Scottish NFC 2 North conference this year, and followed up with an impressively resilient postseason – including fending off preseason favourites for promotion, Birmingham, in the semis. But how will the Roughnecks fair when they're forced to head south of the wall for the first time this year?
Chester Romans
The Romans have followed up a strong season in 2017 with a dominant showing this summer – their realignment to the NFC 2 Central allowing them to march to the club's fourth conference title.
The only blemish on their year was a tied 6-6 game against a resilient Halton Spartans in Week Thirteen, but otherwise their dynamic offence has found ways around, above and through all the teams that have stood in their way this year – culminating in an impressive second-half against the Staffordshire Surge in the Semis – turning around a game they trailed 12-14 at the half, to come away with a 37-14 victory!
Hertfordshire Cheetahs
It's been a year of new highs for the Cheetahs as their U19's headed to their first ever National Final this past weekend, while their raced from behind to earn the club's third-ever conference with a final-fixture victory over a Dreadnoughts side that had bested them earlier in the season.
Yup, these are two teams that know eachother very well, and on paper are very, very similar – effective offences paired with dominant defensive units. The Cheetahs stacked up some silly scorelines this past season, including a Mercy-Clock era record with their 110-0 win over the Hastings Conquerors in Week Thirteen. Still, they've played their best balling at home, so how will Hertfordshire handle a trip up to Leicester for the final?
Portsmouth Dreadnoughts
The Dreadnoughts and Cheetahs have established the dominance of the SFC 2 South over all southern conferences this year as Pompey, in particular, made short work of their postseason opponents in 2018 – a 55-0 thumping of Torbay opened their account, before making the South Wales Warriors look sheepish as the South Coast side romped to a 12-37 victory in the valleys.
Considering the Dreadnoughts only entered the league in 2014 and only posted their first ever winning-record last year? It's been a rapid rise up the Britball rankings for Portsmouth! They missed out on their first-ever conference title with a loss to the Cheetahs in Week Fifteen, so expect them to come out all-guns blazing with a first-ever Divisional Regional Title on the line!
As ever, the best way to get involved is head to the games! Both finals are being hosted at neutral venues with a range of amenities so head along and support a team, or just enjoy a great game of Britball.
If you're not able to make it to the fixtures however? Never fear! For the first time both Division Two Finals will be live streamed this year, as Vikings TV host up the Northern Championship, while Onside Productions provide online access to the Southern!
As ever, DC will be sharing any and all updates for the games via our Facebook and Twitter, and you'll also be able to track the scores via ScoreStream!
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