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Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas is one of the most iconic things in all of accessories, right along with Chanel's chain straps or the Hermès Birkin's belted closure. It's become that way for a handful of reasons that aren't hard to figure out: it's distinctive but neutral, and the material itself is well nigh indestructible with normal use. It also helps that it's the default material for some of handbag history's most famous bags, from the Speedy to the Neverfull. What often doesn't get enough credit, though, are the other versatile ways in which the brand uses its most famous resource.
Vuitton's Monogram never entirely dipped out of popular favor, of course, but recently, fashion tastemakers have embraced it in a way they haven't since the mid-2000s. Yesterday, I spotted a photo of former Paris Vogue editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld out and about in NYC with some LV monogram, and you really don't get more proof than that of a look's resurgence. Odds are, though, you're already familiar with the most popular ways to incorporate LV monogram into your bag wardrobe, but you might not have seen some of the newer or more fashion-forward ways the brand is using its print under designer Nicolas Ghesquiere. A lot of them are great, though, and they totally deserve some love!
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2007 Yamaha Rhino Review
Rhino Rampage!
Are you tired of stumbling around your garage trying to decide which trail toy or long-term project you'reready to finish? What if we told you about a turnkey vehicle that comes standard with a selectable locker and mud tires and only takes up about as much space as a side-by-side washer and dryer? We thouroughly abused a '07 Yamaha Rhino over a two-month period, beating the suspension through the desert, scraping it along rocky trails, and blasting up hillclimbs. Even during prolonged intervals with the pedal matted to the floor the liquid-cooled 660cc four-stroke engine never missed a beat. Nor did it give us any problems. The Ultramatic transmission makes this golf cart on steroids an easy transition for any member of the family to drive, with everything from the selectable front locker to the 2WD to 4WD engagement virtually foolproof. The only thing we would maybe like to see on future models would be a little more of a wider stance to keep those side-wheelie acrobatics to a minimum.
Price as Tested: $9,799
Engine: 660cc liquid-/oil-cooled, SOHC, five-valve, four-stroke
Drivetrain: Ultramatic transmission with H, L, N, and R, pushbutton locking differential, 2WD, 4WD, and 4WD locked
Brakes: Hydraulic disc
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The relatives of Stephen Ashton, who was shot dead at a New Year's Eve party in Thailand, have said they are "completely devastated by the loss of Stephen from our lives".
He was an innocent bystander simply enjoying New Year celebrations, said the family.
Mr Ashton, 22, from Purley, south London, was caught in the crossfire of a gunfight between rival gangs. He is said to have been killed by a stray bullet as he danced with friends at a beach bar on the paradise island of Koh Phangan.
Police Colonel Kittakarn Kramomthong, chief of police at the island's station, said officers had arrested a 26-year-old Thai man and confiscated a gun. The man is expected to be charged with manslaughter, he said.
It was reported that Mr Ashton's family had travelled to Thailand and were on the way to Koh Phangan to identify his body formally and make arrangements for his repatriation. British ambassador to Thailand, Mark Kent, is expected to visit the scene on Thursday.
Thai police said Mr Ashton was with a group of friends and 300 other tourists celebrating the countdown to 2013 at a pub and restaurant called the Zoom Bar when he was shot by a home-made gun at Haad Rin beach shortly after 4am on Tuesday.
In a statement issued by the Foreign Office, the family said: "As a family we are completely devastated by the loss of Stephen from our lives. He has been taken away from us in such cruel and tragic circumstances in which he was an innocent bystander simply enjoying New Year celebrations.
"We are comforted in the thought that he was having a fantastic time with friends after such a difficult period following the loss of his much loved dad who passed away from a brain tumour in 2011 and the loss of his granddad a few months earlier.
"We were all so proud of him; he was a much loved son, brother, grandson and nephew. He will be truly missed by his family but also by the many friends he made during his life. We cannot comprehend how someone can carry out such a reckless act, giving such little value to human life."
Neighbour Dawn Mason, 48, described Mr Ashton as a "very normal, likeable young man". She added: "They've always been very nice neighbours. If Stephen or his sister Emily had parties, they'd always be at the house with their parents so they knew where they were. I went to the house and the family just seem in complete shock."


text: The moment I tapped the Maps app on my iPhone was the moment I regretted upgrading to iOS 6. When you use the new Maps tool that comes with the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, you realize it's not an upgrade at all; it's actually a huge step backward. Beyond the frequent (and frequently funny) factual errors, Apple's new Maps app lacks a feature for finding directions via public transit -- something many city-dwellers among us are heavily dependent on, and something we've had for years inside Google's map app that was, until this week, the default choice on the iPhone. Google's map engine gave you driving, walking and public transit directions to your destination. As someone who gets from point A to point B mainly by riding San Francisco Muni lines (a notoriously complicated and unpredictable system), I used that last feature almost daily. The app would even offer a few routes to choose from, so if one failed, there would be another option. With iOS 6, Apple has literally left the public transit riders on the curb. When you tap the "bus" icon in the new Maps, it just directs you to a list of third-party apps that list public-transit info. It's a messy alternative, especially if you're unprepared and you get stuck having to download an app over a cell connection. Still downloading ... and you just missed your train. Your best bet is to fortify your iPhone with several transit apps ahead of time. Here are a few solid options (and one great Google Maps workaround) for your newly updated iOS 6 device that will make sure you don't end up walking home. HopStop This expansive app helps you navigate public transportation systems in more than 60 cities in the U.S., Canada and Europe. (You can find a full list here.) And unlike the usual bare-bones Google Maps directions, HopStop will help orient you by giving step-by-step details on which stops you'll pass in order to get to your destination – very helpful if you're trying to navigate an unfamiliar city. For human-powered commuting, HopStop also offers efficient walking and biking directions. (The latter is limited to NYC, D.C., S.F. and Chicago.) The app even offers useful and fun facts like departure time, travel length, calories burned, and CO2 saved. The maps are easy to read, and you get offline access to available transit maps. But as comprehensive as it is, the app sometimes won't recognize when you enter landmark destinations like a museum; you'll need to enter a specific address. Another minor annoyance: A persistent banner ad lines the bottom of the app. App Store; FreeEmbark Apps Embark makes public transit apps for major cities like San Francisco, New York, Chicago and London. Currently the company has 12 apps, each for a specific transit system. For example, San Francisco has two available apps, one for Caltrain and one for BART (but no Muni yet, which is "coming soon"). Each app gives you detailed instructions on which lines to board and when to transfer. It even has a handy "Arrivals" tab that lists arrival times for specific trains and subway lines. If you ride more than one transit system in your city, you'll have to juggle multiple apps. But overall, Embark's apps are great for commuters and give you exactly what you want to know, including fare costs, estimated travel times, and service advisories for each system. Embark Apps; FreeLumatic City Maps Covering 27 major metropolitan areas -- including New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and San Francisco -- Lumatic City Maps offers a full-featured interface for getting around your chosen Megalopolis via public transit. In the list view, the app offers street-level photos of where you're supposed to catch a bus or walk to transfer. It's a great feature for those who want more visual cues. If you know the way already, simply turn the street images off. The map view indicates which parts of your route you'll be walking, and which parts you'll be riding public transit. The icons clutter the screen a bit, but again, it's another useful visual tool. When you're looking for directions, the app will suggest multiple routes, though it may send you out of the way -- when I asked to get from the Wired office to Golden Gate Park all the way across town, the provided directions weren't necessarily the most efficient. The app does, however, give you information about landmarks along the way, which it culls from Yelp, Foursquare, Facebook and Wikipedia. Lumatic's app seems like an especially good choice for visitors, and a decent one for locals. App Store; FreeThe Transit App This app shows up on Apple's list of recommendations when you click on the "bus" icon in iOS 6's Maps app, and it's actually a pretty good choice. The Transit App offers multiple transit options across each of the 19 cities it currently supports, and it's quick to recognize destination names, even for restaurants and cafes. You also get arrival times for specific transit lines, and you can view all of a line's stops along a map. But The Transit App has some flaws. For one, there's no list view for getting turn-by-turn directions. Also, if you want more advanced features like the ability to mark a route as a favorite or save a map for offline browsing, you have to pay a subscription fee. Most notably, the free version comes with only 20 trips, while subscribers can plan an unlimited number of trips. One month will cost you $1, six months is $3 and one year is $5. App Store; Free (with in-app purchases)iNextBus This app is a great tool if you don't need specific directions, but if you just want to know when your specific bus or train will be arriving. You can also use it as a secondary app if you've already figured out which transit route you're going to be taking. The interface isn't the most polished, and you'll see a constant banner ad at the bottom of the app, but it does the job. You can even mark certain lines as favorites and see each bus's location on a live map. There are plenty of apps like this for specific cities and areas, but what makes iNextBus useful is that it covers most public transit systems in the U.S. and some areas of Canada. Beware though -- it's a bit jerky in terms of app navigation, and there are some noticeable glitches, like its habit of repeatedly asking for your current location. App Store; FreeTransporter Bay Area commuters, you'll never have to stand around waiting for a bus or BART train again. This app tells you exactly, in minutes, when an SF Muni, AC Transit, or BART line will arrive at a specific stop. And it's one of the cleanest apps of the bunch. You can bookmark lines and stops for quick access in the Favorites tab, which you can organize so that your most-used lines appear at the top. A Near Me tab displays a map pointing out the bus stops closest to your current location. It's not going to give you directions, but it's a good app to have for those times when you already know how to get where you're going. Overall, the app has a very intuitive interface, and the arrival times are accurate -- two invaluable qualities when you're running to catch a bus. One missing feature that would be useful is a live map to track a bus's current location, like the one iNextBus offers. App Store; FreeRoadify Roadify aims to make public transit a bit more social. It offers real-time arrivals for transit lines in ten U.S. cities in a good-looking app. You can save the lines you ride most as favorites. But what makes Roadify more fun are the social features throughout the app, like Twitter integration for each line. This is especially entertaining to see on San Francisco Muni lines when users turn to Twitter to vent their rage over late buses and train system delays. More useful are the Twitter updates from official agency accounts that inform users about problems with a line. The app has a "Report" tab, which you can use to notify other Roadify users about a public transit issue you've run into. You can also see activity within the Roadify community. To use that particular feature, you have to set up an account on Roadify. But everything else, including PDF maps and a list of parking spots near public transit stations, is available to users without an account. App Store; FreeGoogle Maps Bookmark This isn't an app as much as it is a workaround: Place a bookmark to the Google Maps webpage onto your device's home screen and get quick access to the familiar mapping tool through Safari. And just like in the standard Google Maps on the web, and in the Google-powered iOS Maps of the past, you can access public transit directions in almost any location. Sure, it's not as elegant as navigating a native app, but at least it gives you the closest thing to the old experience -- until Google makes a new Google Maps app for iOS, that is.


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Once guarded by swaying date palm trees, which gave the city of Khajuraho its name, the city is a study in art and sculpture. Indeed, the Chandela Temples form the centre of Khajuraho with its myriad graceful forms that continue to evoke shock, surprise, awe and admiration among a thousand other feelings.
An outstanding example of Indo-Aryan architecture, the art on the temple walls is an elegant combination of intricacy and simplicity. The city traces its origin to the 10th century when it was the bastion of the Chandela dynasty.
The Khajuraho of today is more familiar to today's monuments to commercialization - hotels, restaurants and shops - signs of ordinary civilization. The past with all its grandeur, in the form of the temples gaze benignly at a city that continues to thrive because of what its rulers gave it.
Of course, the city comes alive every year during the Dance Festival in March, when the maestros of classical dance, Birju Maharaj and Kelucharan Mohapatra and their disciples perform against the dramatic temple backdrop. Beyond doubt, Khajuraho is not an Indian destination you can afford to miss.
Population : About 7000
Climate : Khajuraho's climate is quite extreme, with drastic shifts in day and night temperatures along with minimal rainfall. Summers are a hot 45°C and winters pleasant at 27°C.
Best times to visit : With summer too hot to be advised, winter is a good time to visit. As also March, which is when the annual Dance Festival takes place.
Chandela architecture was obviously at its peak when the temples were built. Depicting scenes of gods and goddesses, valiant warriors, animals and people, the sculptures and carvings are often shown engaged in acts of love. This portrayal of sensuality and erotica, while awing some and shocking others, not once is vulgar. The beauty of this art in fact enhances the purity of temple art forms.
The temples are a series of towers each higher than the other, culminating in a soaring shikhara. The inner sanctum sanctorum is just as elaborately carved as the exterior. It is amazing that these blocks have simply been fitted together since at the time of being built, there was no mortar.
The Western Group of Temples is the most elaborately carved of the three. The temples here are mentioned here in brief. The Lakshmi and Varaha Temple is dedicated to Lakshmi and the Varaha (boar) avtaar of Vishnu. The Lakshmana Temple, intricate in its workmanship, the Kandariya Mahadev, largest and architecturally the most perfect, where the interior has 872 spectacularly carved statues, the Mahadeva Temple is the smallest; the Devi Jagadamba Temple was first dedicated to Vishnu, then Parvati and finally to Kali.
The Chitragupta Temple is dedicated to the Sun God, Surya, while the Vishwanath Temple is dedicated to Shiva and his faithful vehicle, Nandi the bull. The Matangesvara Temple, the only temple in this group, where worship continues, dedicated to Shiva and the Chausath Yogini Temple, presently in ruins and believed to be the oldest temple in Khajuraho.
This group, other than housing the other temples also contains the Jain Temples. Of the attractions, there is the Parasvanath Temple, the largest and finest Jain temple in the city. Comparatively the Adinath Temple is smaller in size with its sculptures forming a tri-band formation, similar to Hindu temples. The Shantinath Temple is again comparatively modern and was built a century ago with raw materials from older temples. The Ghantai Temple is now mostly in ruins with only the graceful carvings of the bell and chain motifs remaining. The Javari Temple dates back to AD 1075-1100 and is dedicated to Vishnu. The Vamana Temple is slightly older than the Javari Temple, standing alone in the middle of a field. And there is the Brahma and Hanuman Temple, the name confusing since the temple is actually dedicated to Vishnu.
The two temples here are the Duladeo Temple, 1 km away from the Jain enclosure. Not very impressive, this temple does not seem to have received the attention the others did. The other, the Chaturbhuja Temple is south of the river and is quite dilapidated. It houses an image of Vishnu.
For those who find that they simply cannot get enough of the temples and its grandiose display of temple art forms, here is a good place to continue being impressed. Situated a short distance from the Western Group, the museum showcases statues and figurines, a lot of which have been recovered and restored from the ruins of the temples.
This is again a must visit and in here, you will feel like everything you see is a must-buy. This 10-acre complex has traditional handicrafts from various parts of India. A lot of it is for sale, so get your shopping bags ready. If you are lucky, the time you visit will coincide with some cultural festival or the other being held at the amphitheater, located within the Shipagram complex.
This festival takes place in April but the preparations for it begin early in the summer. People break old earthen pots and buy new ones to cool water in to help beat the summer heat. There are prayers offered at the Banyan tree on the banks of Premsagar. This festival coincides with the 'doll weddings' at the base of the tree, which is another interesting experience if you are around.
Durga, the goddess of power and the earth is in focus these nine days. Decorative tents are put up with her idol in all sizes. People vie with each other for the grandest tent and on the 10th day, her idol, along with pots of jawara, are immersed in village lakes and ponds. The event coincides with Dussehra, another important festival. But unlike the rest of North India, no effigies of the demon Ravana are burnt here. Instead, the day is spent putting an end to old enmities, as foes offer paan (betel leaf) to each other in friendship. Ramalilas (dramatic interpretations of Rama's life) are enacted for a fortnight.
Celebrated in August as the birthday of Lord Krishna, there are decorated scenes of his birth called jhankis on display. Since mythology has it that Krishna was born in prison, the best and most elaborate jhankis (tableaux) are displayed at local police stations, which use the opportunity to enjoy a week-long cultural festival.
Also held in August, Kajalia is celebrated the day after Rakhi, a festival that celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters. Wheatgrain soaked for nine days in earthen pots sprout into long grass called kajalia. Mid-morning, these are taken, in a merry procession, with much song and dance and immersed. This is followed by a shooting competition in which targets are placed at the farthest end of the lake.
While the other festivals are localized, the Khajuraho Dance Festival attracts visitors from around the world. The first and longest running dance festival of its kind in the country, this Dance Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Held between the 14th and the 20th of February every year, the backdrop of the Chitragupta Temple is the perfect setting. For seven days, the country's most accomplished classical dancers, as well as upcoming talent exhibit their talents and hold an international audience spellbound.
This is a rather recent festival that was started by Teamwork Films in October last year. Hoping for this to become an annual event, last year for two days, the town resounded to the Maihar folk band near the Chhatri, the army band in the plaza, and classical music on the banks of the Shivsagar Lake. A three-day festival is planned in early November 2000. The wonderful intention of this event is to provide a platform to new and upcoming talent.
Held from March to April, this heralds the birthday of Lord Rama. Preparations begin nine days earlier when jawara (barley) seeds are sown in earthenware pots. Around 5 in the evening, men, women and children, dressed in their finery, take their jawara sprouts to the Devi temple at Premsagar and then go on to Shivsagar to float it.
The symbolic wedding of Shiva and Parvati is celebrated with much fervour as villagers walk long distances to worship at the Matangeshwar Temple. There are processions of the holy couple taken out to do the rounds in the village. There is a lot of fanfare and the city wears a festive air for a whole fortnight. There are bhajans and a lot of singing on the night of the festival, as people entertain themselves and each other and stay awake the entire night.


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Suscipe me secundum eloquium tuum, et vivam, et non confundas me ab exspectatione mea. (Psalm 118)
Each year at about this time I have published a list of those who have risked everything to follow Jesus Christ more closely as a priest, deacon, monk, friars, nun, or sister. I think it is a good thing to keep this information in front of us, especially as it concerns how each of prays, fasts and financially support vocations in the Church. Our Christian life helps us to see the need for such witnesses and each of us participates through our good example, by inviting others (even ourselves?) to consider serving the Lord and the Church in this "more excellent" way and by assisting by of the good works.
Let us pray with the psalmist, "The just grow tall like palm trees, majestic like the cedars of Lebanon. They flourish in God's house, green and heavy with fruit" (Ps 92).
"What counts is to be permeated by the love of Christ, to let oneself be led by the Holy Spirit and to graft one's own life onto the tree of life," the Lord's cross, Pope Francis said on July 7.
What follows is an imperfect collection of information; if there are updates, please zap me an email.
Monastic life
English Congregation
- St Anselm's Abbey (Washington, DC): 2 novices profess vows
- St Louis Abbey: 2 monks ordained priest; 4 novices clothed
- Portsmouth Abbey: 2 postulants entered
- St Meinrad Archabbey: 2 professed simple vows; 1 novice entered
- Here is a video of the St Meinrad professions for 2013.
- Conception Abbey: 1 solemn vows; 2 ordained priests, 1 postulant entered
- Marmion Abbey: 3 profess simple vows; 1 professed solemn vows
- Mount Angel Abbey: 6 postulants entered; 1 ordained deacon
- St Joseph Abbey (LA): 1 professed simple vows; 2 novices entered
- Abbey of Christ in the Desert: 3 simple vows; 1 claustral oblate made final promises; 2 novices; 5 postulants
- Monastery of the Holy Cross (Chicago): 1 professed simple vows; 1 entered postulancy
- St Vincent's Archabbey: 1 ordained priest, 2 ordained deacons; 2 professed solemn vows; 1 professed simple vows; 4 novices
- St John's Abbey: 3 profess solemn vows
- St Benedict's Abbey (Atchinson, KS): 2 professed simple vows; 3 entered the novitiate.
- Belmont Abbey (Charlotte, NC): 1 ordained deacon; 1 professed simple vows; 4 entered the novitiate
- St Bernard's Abbey (Cullman, AL): 2 professed solemn vows and 1 professed simple vows; 2 postulants entered
- St Gregory's Abbey (Shawnee, OK): 1 professed simple vows
- Mount Saviour Monatery: 1 renewed vows, 1 professed vows; 2 entered the novitiate; 1 postulant
- St Procopius Abbey: 1 postulant entered
- St Anselm's Abbey (Manchester, NH): 1 solemn vows; 1 monk ordained deacon; 3 novices entered
- Monastero di San Benedetto (Norcia, Italy): 1 professed simple vows; 1 entered the postulancy
- Christ the King Priory: 1 entered the novitiate
- Daylesford Abbey (Norbertines): 3 novices (6 in formation)
- Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Dallas: 2 ordained priests;
- Monastery of the Holy Spirit (Conyers, GA): 1 professed solemn vows, 3 began the novitiate
- Charterhouse of the Transfiguration (Carthusians in Vermont):
- Abbey of Regina Laudis: 1 entered the novitiate, joining several others in initial formation
- St Walburga Abbey (Virginia Dale, CO): 5 novitiate
- Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles: 2 sisters profess simple vows, 1 sister received the postulant medal
- Monastery of Our Lady of the Desert (Blanco, NM): 1 postulant and 1 novice
- Monastery of the Visitation, Mont Deux Coeurs (Tyringham, MA): 4 novices
- Bethlehem Priory of St Joseph (Norbertine Nuns): 8 novices
- Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary (Summit, NJ): 2 professed temporary vows, 1 solemn vows; 5 juniors
- Christ the Bridegroom Monastery (Burton, OH): 2 novices tonsured and received the habit (a new Byzantine monastery of women)
The active life
- Daylesford Abbey (the Norbertines): 1 professed simple vows, 1 entered the novitiate;
- Dominican friars, Province of St Joseph: 6 friars ordained priests; 9 friars profess solemn vows; 8 professed simple vows and 18 entered the novitiate
- Capuchin friars, Province of St Mary: 2 professed final vows, 4 professed simple vows, 4 invested as novices; 1 ordained to the Order of Deacon and 2 ordained for the Order of Priest
- Opus Dei: ordained 31 to the priesthood
- Fraternity of St Charles Borromeo: 1 ordained deacon, 8 ordained priests; -in Chile: 3 received the cassock at entrance
- Conventual Franciscan friars (of several provinces): 7 professed simple vows; 5 entered the novitiate
- Friars of the Atonement: 1 entered the novitiate
- Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word: 2 professed simple vows, 1 entered the novitiate.
- Order of Friars Minor, Immaculate Conception Province: 2 friars profess simple vows; 1 professed solemn vows; 2 ordained priests; 5 postulants entered
- Franciscans of the Holy Name Province: 4 profess first vows; 1 novice entered; 1 ordained to the priesthood
- The Society of Jesuit ordained 16 men to the priesthood for service in the whole USA; the NY-NEN-MD provinces professed 5 in simple perpetual vows; 5 men entered the novitiate.
- Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Hamden, CT): 2 professed final vows; 2 professed simple vows; 3 enter the novitiate
- Daughters of Mary of Nazareth: 3 entered the novitiate
- Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist: 2 entered novitiate, joining 4 other novices
- Hawthorne Dominicans: 1 novice entered; first profession; 1 in the novitiate; 2 juniors
- Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo: 2 profess solemn vows
- Dominican Sisters of Nashville: 11 professed final vows, 12 professed first vows, 11 renewed vows, 16 entered as novices and 28 became postulants
- Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist: 8 professed perpetual vows; 9 professed simple vows, 16 entered the novitiate


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China Takes Steps to Appease Farmers
Beijing is considering amending laws to make it more difficult for local officials to requisition land. The WSJ's Tom Orlik tells us how investors are likely to react.
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Advice from a Dodger – Mark DeRosa
Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. I flew home to Georgia after seeing my surgeon in Cleveland. I spent six days with my family and got to take my daughter to the last day of second grade. I had time to relax a little and think about everything that's happened in the last year and a half.
As you might have read, I'm not having surgery. My torn tendon will simply remain torn. (It basically rolled up into my arm like a snapped rubber band.) Because the tendon is gone, it can no longer cause me pain. So that was the good news. The bad news is that my days of being an every-day player are in serious jeopardy.
The last couple of days, I've picked the brain of Dodgers outfielder Jay Gibbons, the only guy in the big leagues who has played with the same injury. He said I'll have to figure out for myself how to maximize the strength and stability in the wrist.
"I had to change bat models a bunch of times,'' he said. "I had to make adjustments with my swing. You're definitely not going to be what you remember being.''
I'll rehab for the next few weeks then I'll see where I am. I want to be sure that when I come in as a pinch-hitter, I can get to a heater, that I can go to my backhand and not have my glove do something funny.
I rejoined the team in St. Louis in time to see Aubrey hit his three home runs. It's always cool when you get a chance to see something like that.
I know he was feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders after scuffling for the first two months. I'm sure those home runs had to feel unbelievable for him. And we need him.
It's been fun to have an infusion of new guys from the minors. They always bring a lot of energy into the clubhouse. They're so excited to be here, and they're so eager to pick your brain and talk to you.
In the dugout the other day, Darren Ford was talking about stealing bases and asked what I'm thinking when I get to first after a hit. I had to laugh. Stealing has never been a part of my game, so basically I'm thinking, "Nice hit. Take your lead and hope the next guy drives the ball into the gap.''
He's the complete opposite. He's reading leg kicks and slide steps and studying the catcher and calculating times. The thing that's impressive about him is that everyone in the entire park knows he's going. And he still steals the base. There aren't too many people in the world who can get around the bases like that. He runs with an attitude on him. He's coming around third with a purpose. Once he figures out what works for him offensively, he is going to be unbelievable. I told him just to keep doing what he's doing and it will all come together.
I've loved watching Brandon Crawford. You could tell in spring training that he was smooth. When I was back in Georgia, I watched every inning of every Giants games, and I jumped off the couch when he hit that grand slam.
That's one of the nice things about Crawford and the other young guys being in big-league camp. When they're called up, we know what kind of kids they are. We know what they're about. It's an easier transition than just shooting up here and no one's ever met you.
But it's weird to walk into the clubhouse and not see Buster. I texted him and told him I'm thinking about him and to call if he needed to vent. He just needs to take his time and heal completely. I've learned that lesson the hard way. We know as a team we can't replace him. He's a special talent. But we're all competitors, so you move on. You have to. There is no other option. When Buster comes back next year, it will be a breath of fresh air. But until then, we have to find ways to win. And we are.
I like reading your comments and questions, so keep them coming.
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I have enjoyed reading your blog posts. Thanks for taking the time to write and best of luck to you!
Mark, I really see you coming back as much needed veteran pinch hitter and of course filling in where needed. You have been such a great presence on the Giants and I hope you never leave the team! Good luck with your rehab and I look forward to seeing you back in the dugout!
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I cringed when you likened your torn tendon to a snapped rubber band. Hope rehab goes well and you can get back out there . We're all rooting for you!
i definitely know how the injury thing feels, broke my wrist about ten years ago playing softball and really needed to make sure that it was healed before i came back, to make sure i didn't cause any permanent damage. best of luck with rehab, i know it's hard!
Really appreciate your blog. Good luck with rehab, and stay tough.
I am just seeing this blog for the first time today and am really enjoying it. I have to admit, I was skeptical of what one could possibly learn from a Dodger, but maybe it's okay this time. I wish you a speedy recovery!
Hey Mark, I can't say how sorry I am that you've experienced the frustrations and setbacks that you have during your time with the Giants. I hope you still get the chance to shine and do what you are capable of doing. But I am equally thrilled to have seen (albeit from a distance, from interviews, or from this blog) what a great teammate and an all around good guy you have been. No matter what else happens, you'll always be a key member of THE most important team in SF Giants history, and I'll always consider you a great Giant. Keep the faith, and go Giants!
Really enjoy your writing and insights Mark. Can't wait to see you out at the park again! Cheers to a speedy recovery for both you and Buster.
You seem like a great guy. You should be a coach someday or maybe an announcer!
You could be a big help to Buster. You know exactly what he's going through, but you're older and have more perspective. He's been so successful his whole life that it might be hard for him to get his mind around this kind of adversity. I encourage you to keep reaching out to him in the coming months.
I was just reading about the paralyzed UGA player who was drafted by Texas today. Classy move by the Rangers, and it really does make you count your blessings.
Feel better!
Mark, I think you could definitely be a great help to Buster, when he's ready. It's not easy to sit, and I can only imagine how hard it is, especially watching the World Series last year. You have been so patient and have worked through so much disappointment over the last year, and this year, and you handle it with extreme class. Hopefully you can find a way to get your wrist strength back and contribute like you want to. Hang in there! You write really well, you should explore that too.
Hi Mark! I'm really enjoying your blog posts. Thanks for sharing your stories with all of us.
My daughter & I went to Spring Training for the first time this year and really enjoyed meeting so many of your talented yet humble teammates. Regretfully we didn't get to meet you but maybe next year.
I hope you continue with the positive attitude you have, It can only help you heal more thoroughly physically as well as mentally. Keep up the great work (even if it does mean reaching out to a Dodger ~ LOL!).
Thanks again!
We all wish you were healthy these last two years, but what you have been off the field for the team is invaluable. You will be a great Manager someday if you decide to stay in the game. Here's hoping you prove people wrong, find a way to stay in baseball, and help us win some games on the field.
Mark, sorry to hear about your injury but it sounds like you have great perspective. I really enjoy reading this posts, you have a talent for writing and sharing your experiences. Keep up the good work! I hope to see you back on the field soon.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Mark, it's always cool to read the thoughts and insights of ballplayers. I also agree with what some other people were saying–you really would be a great coach or announcer someday!
Wishing you, Brandon Belt and Posy a speedy recovery. We need you guys on the field! 🙂
Mark, You are a real pro and you always play the game the "right" way. The Giants are lucky to have you in the clubhouse and I have no-doubts that you will be offered a position with the organization when your playing days are over. Hoping to see you at the plate and in the field soon buddy.
I love reading great baseball writing and watching documentaries on the sport. Your writing here and your recent interviews have been fantastic: personal, real, and with such sincerity when talking to us about your successes and setbacks. Please continue! What are your favorite books and movies about baseball? Would you share some childhood baseball memories? And finally, what's it like to reflect on those memories now with your big league perspective? Wishing you a quick recovery!
Hey Mark, I don't know if you got my "Odd Odes to the San Francisco Giants" – the mini-poems I wrote and mailed to each player and most of the coaches, so in case you didn't, here's the one I wrote about you:
A talented player's DeRosa
we gals want to cuddle him close-a
and share with him a giant mimosa
'queremos no otra cosa'!
I'll let you ask Andres or one of the other spanish-speakers what the last line means, lol.
I love reading these stories from you and Brandon. It was tough to see your latest injury, but I think that's awesome that you refuse to give in and still want to be a contributor to the team. I wish you good luck in recovering from this latest setback and hope you're playing soon; keep posting and I'll keep reading!
I miss Buster too but it's like you said, even though you miss him, as a team you still have to move on and find ways to win games.
I hope your wrist feels better, I can't imagine how frustrating it must be to want to do something you love but can't do because your body won't cooperate. Hopefully you'll be able to find a way to keep fulfilling your dream. Until then, you've got all of us fans rooting for you and for a speedy recovery!
Brandon, I broke a bone on the top of my hand last year and wore a hand/wrist cast for a month.
When I took the cast off, there was no pain….I had a small ball to squeeze for rehab and I got full use of my right hand back . Now I'm 69 year old gramma, so I was worried I might have a hard time rehabin'. You should be back to normal in no time.
Just want to wish you good luck. Since I went to Penn, I was excited when you became a Giant and looked forward to your contributions to the team. I do hope you get a chance to come back and help us get back to the World Series.
Mark – you are a great competitor and such a wonderful baseball talent. We still talk about you and miss you in Chicago!! Love reading your posts and updates, you have such a great baseball mind, and it's so cool for us baseball fans to understand what you guys go through on a daily basis. Hang in there, and hope you are able to get back on the field and really enjoy playing! Good luck with your rehab!!


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comebackjimmy posted a post in a topic,Dazza a few months ago I discovered a good friend of mine who had ten debts with cards and catalogues which he was slavishly paying off at detriment to his own family quality of life, and I mean hardship, not just absence of second holidays or flat screen TV's.
I wrote to all his creditors asking for supporting documents and not one could provide any material that would allow them to enforce the debt.
As a result he stopped paying and they have been unable to do anything, one even admitted it was unenforceable.
If circumstances have got to the point where you are finding it unmanageable you must ask yourself why you feel the need to pay. I guarantee you that these companies have built bad debt into their business model and no one over there is losing any sleep over your debt to them! They will see you as a victim and cash cow and they will be reluctant to discuss final offers, only ways to keep you paying with threats of court action or seizing your assets if you have any.
They are not your friends and you owe them no loyalty or moral duty, that must remain only for yourself and your family.
If it was me I would send them all a CCA request. I would bet that not one will provide the correct response and you can quite legally stop paying them until such time as they do provide a response. Even when they do you should check back here as they mostly send dodgy photo copies or generic rubbish that has no connection with your supposed debt.
The money you are paying them should, as far as you are able, be put to a savings account for yourself and as a means of paying of one of these fleecers should they ever manage to get to to the point of a successful court judgement. After six years they will not be able to start court action and that money will then become yours.
They will of course pursue you for the funds and pass your file around various departments of their business and out to third parties.
Your response is that you should treat it as a hobby. I have numerous files of correspondence each faithfully organised showing the various letters from different DCA;s , solicitors etc with a mix of threats, inducements and offers. It is like my stamp collection and I show it to anyone who is interested!
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I've just learned that its Ag Day 2013 which has inspired me to get back to blogging. I'm sorry for the long lag!
Being a North Dakotan who was raised rural, I often forget that others don't have a familiarity with the beauty of agriculture and the enormity of farm production. I'm from the Red River Valley, an area known for its fertile farm lands. To me, there's nothing more beautiful than miles of plush, green fields, for as far as the eye can see. Visitors to North Dakota frequently call the Tourism Division and ask about the types of crops they're seeing in the state. Whether its fields of blooming purple flowers (flax), small yellow flowers (canola) or those photogenic sunflowers, we love to help our visitors learn more about the scenery they'll find here.
Agriculture is North Dakota's #1 industry. According to research at North Dakota State University, it contributed $7.8 billion to the state's economy in 2011. And North Dakota leads the nation in production of sunflowers, barley, dry edible beans, pinto beans, canola, flaxseed, honey, lentils, dry edible peas, durum wheat and spring wheat.
So I'm sharing a bit about North Dakota's agriculture today and there are three tourism-related spins that I want to put on this #1 industry: 1) how to enjoy the beauty; 2) how to enjoy the production; and 3) how to learn more and experience agriculture.
Enjoy the Beauty
Agriculture, including ranching, is everywhere in North Dakota, covering approximately 39.2 million acres. Any spring, summer or fall trip through the state and you're guaranteed to see the land in some phase of production. Most spring planting occurs in April and May, with harvest spanning a wide time frame, depending on the crop. Harvest takes place anywhere between July and November. Visitors can journey throughout North Dakota and also make stops at specific farms and gardens, such as Dakota Sun Gardens near Carrington and Black Leg Ranch near Bismarck – where you can even saddle up for your tour. Photo opportunities are plentiful!
Enjoy the Production
THIS is where agriculture gets yummy! Consider for a moment the Red Barn and Berry Farm near Kindred. Here you can pick raspberries and even nibble as you go – without fear of being weighed on your way out! Farmer's Markets can be found in cities large-and-small, like the Town Square Farmers Market in Grand Forks – taking place Saturdays mid-June through September. And check out the North Dakota products marketed by Pride of Dakota! You'll find everything from delicious Dakota Growers Pasta to lotions made of honey.
Learn More
Agriculture in North Dakota has history. Visitors can relive farming on the prairie at Bonanzaville in West Fargo or experience what a northern "plantation" was like at the Bagg Bonanza Farm near Mooreton. And if ranching is more your interest, there's no better place than the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame in Medora. Not just a hall of honorees! This museum celebrates western heritage and culture.
Interested in the scientific side of agriculture? Visit the Langdon Research Extension Center or the North Central Research Extension Center of Minot and see how tests are being done to maintain and improve the industry.
If you really want to get your hands dirty, North Dakota has opportunities for that too! GardenDwellers Farm of Esmond has classes, events and "group play" in production of herbs. Sheer sheep and spin your own wool at Wooly Girls, near Wales. Get your feet dirty at the Red Trail Vineyard Harvest Festival and Grape Stomp.
Celebrate Ag
Okay … I'm going to throw in a fourth way to enjoy agriculture in North Dakota and that's in celebration. Here you can find festivals for rhubarb, chokecherries, apples, sauerkraut, lefse, ribs, turkeys, watermelon, sunflowers, corn, potatoes and even lobster. The North Dakota State Fair has competitive exhibiting (and great entertainment). There's also a huge annual event called the Big Iron Farm Show that draws more than 80,000 people.
Agriculture and tourism blend together brilliantly in North Dakota. In fact, we have an AgriTourism program helping connect travelers to all these ways to experience the industry and helping producers expand their businesses by offering tourism components. Learn more online.


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Proposed OSCON 2012 Embedded Linux track
OSCON 2011 had a limited amount of content about Linux, embedded development, BSD and relevant tools, notably in the Open Hardware track. Let's propose a lot more talks and sessions in 2012. The purpose of this page is to gather suggestions for what embedded Linux content OSCON 2012 should include.
Motivation: Why the Embedded Community Might Care about OSCON
OSCON is a giant meeting of a diverse group of influential open source developers, leaders, and businesspeople. By speaking to contributors to other projects outside our traditional contacts in the embedded world, eLinux engineers can recruit talented people who are not currently working on embedded and can promote the spread of Linux into new applications. For example, OSCON attracts Python developers who might attend one presentation about build and configuration management in the embedded space but who never attend ELC. OSCON attendees who work on server-based virtualization might be curious to learn more about device emulators or mobile security. UI/UX designers in Portland might chat in the hallway with compiler deployers who are stuck with creating a new GUI . . .
Strawman Suggestions for Presentations
- Satellite meetings
- Dedicated tracks
- Invited talks
- Sessions
- Contributed talks
- Workshops
Satellite meetings
Dedicated tracks
Invited talks
- "High-Level Web Interface to Low-Level Linux: the Case of the Beagleboard", Jason Kridner, TI
- Java Virtual Machines: design considerations for mobile
- New Features in Qt5 and What They Offer for Mobile
- KDE or GNOME on Mobile Devices
- Build systems (featuring embedded Linux)
- Mobile embedded and its challenges (security, battery life . . .)
- Automotive Linux and Intelligent Transportation Systems
Contributed talks
- BeagleBoard
- Arduino
- Yocto


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Engineering Consulting
The significance of engineering consulting is to provide customers with a more comprehensive understanding of the value of the mine, useful elements, available beneficiation processes, plant size, equipment required and duration.Learn More
Mineral Processing Test
The purpose of the ore dressing experiment is to write a detailed "mineralization test report" by summarizing the test process. This determines the optimum process and process parameters.Learn More
Mines Design
Xinhai Mine Design Institute will inspect the on-site construction conditions, prepare reports, and comprehensively design the customer mines, including mining, enrichment plants, and hydropower.Learn More
Equipment Manufacture
It could manufacture more than 600 kinds of equipment of mining, ore dressing and metallurgy, and could provide full sets of main and auxiliary equipment for mine less than 10000 tons / day capacity.Learn More
Installation & Commissioning
Installation and commissioning include: equipment packaging, transportation, on-site installation and commissioning. It is a key link to achieve mineral processing tests, mine design and equipment manufacturing, directly affecting production.Learn More
Personnel Training
The purpose of training for workers: First, to make the concentrator work earlier and produce benefits; the other is to train the technical team for the customer to ensure the normal operation of the factory in the future.Learn More


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Bremer Family Winery
Organization: Bremer Family WineryWinery Name: Bremer Family WineryWinery or Tasting Room: BothWine Regions: Napa Valley, North Coast
Contact InfoAddress: 975 Deer Park RoadCity: Saint HelenaState: CAZip: 94574Phone: 707-963-5411Website: bremerfamilywinery.com
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Gordon, G. B. (George Byron), 1870-1927
Extent: 2.75 linear feet
George Byron Gordon, explorer in Central America and Alaska, and first to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, was born in New Perth, Prince Edward Island, Canada on August 4,1870. Gordon joined the Free Museum of Science and Art(later the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology)in 1903 as Assistant Curator in the Section of General Ethnology. Gordon was appointed Director of the Free Museum of Science and Art in 1910 and oversaw one of the largest periods of growth in its collection and prestige. The records of the General Ethnology Section fill three archival boxes of alphabetical correspondence. Five bound letter books also record correspondence from 1902 to 1910.


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Shakira is set to quit The Voice after announcing the current season will be her last.
The Colombian pop star has sat in the spinning red chair twice, but she won't be back when season six of the show wraps up next week.
In an interview with Synergistic Productions, Inc., she says she will be leaving the programme to focus on her music career and her role as mum to young son Milan.
She says, "I don't have any plans of coming back. This was always temporary, but you never know.
"I never thought I would be on a show like this one, but with the nature of the show, we're not just judges, but we're coaches. We're helping new talent flourish. That made me change my mind and say yes to being here."
She continues, "Honestly, I've had a blast. I love the show, I love the people here. I love the producers, the fellow coaches. It's been fun. But right now, I have to go on with my life as an artist. I'm not really a TV celebrity. I have to do a tour, and other stuff like being a mother."
Shakira first appeared on the show as Christina Aguilera's replacement, but the Genie in a Bottle singer will alternate with Gwen Stefani when the No Doubt star becomes a judge on The Voice later this year, joining another newcomer, hitmaker Pharrell Williams.
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Conky issues on startup.
I'm using two instances of conky with different information in each, one on each of two monitors. I have added to items to my "startup applications" to begin these when I log in:
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conky -c ~/.conky/.conkyrc1
It worked fine for about a week, then suddenly it wasn't--now it runs only my default conky configuration (which, to keep myself from getting confused, I'd changed to simply display "this is not your current conky setup").
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conky -c ~/.conky/.conkyrc2
Each time, I open the terminal, give
and give the commands as I've written them above, one at a time, and then it runs fine.
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killall conky
Does anyone have an idea of what I'm doing wrong, and why it worked fine for a while and now doesn't?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.


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Though still (hopefully) enjoying his hiatus from full-time CEO duty at Apple, Steve Jobs turns 54 years young today.
I really wanted to get Steve a present, but what do you get a guy who runs Apple, runs Pixar, and is the biggest shareholder of Disney? A Gulfstream V jet? Well, he already has one of those. Pixar just got an Oscar for Wall-E, and Apple just shipped the "fastest" Web browser on the market.
So Steve, here are some birthday wishes for you this year:
- Better health: No one likes being sick, but frankly I'm just tired of people making such a big deal over your health. Plus, I want to get a chance to photograph one of your legendary Stevenotes�.
- Good vegan cheese: Let's face it, most vegan cheese is terrible and doesn't melt. We can put a man on the moon, but someone producing a good tasting, meltable vegan cheese has escaped the power of man. Making a healthy dietary choice shouldn't have to preclude delicious, delicious cheese.
- The ability to build a more compact MacBook model: It doesn't have to be under $500 and it definitely does not need to be called a netbook. But the 12" PowerBook G4 nearly approached perfection from a size standpoint. Carve one out of a block of aluminum, slap in an NVIDIA 9400M, and ditch the FW400 if you have to, just make sure it has a full-size keyboard.
Okay, those are really just wishes for my birthday. But really, Steve, Happy Birthday. And here's to many more in the future.


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ARTSBEAT; Malaysian Party Seeks To Ban Adam Lambert
By DAVE ITZKOFF
Published: October 12, 2010
A fundamentalist Muslim party in Malaysia is demanding the cancellation of a concert by the pop-rock star Adam Lambert planned for Thursday, saying the singer and his show will promote ''gay culture,'' Reuters reported. Mr. Lambert, an ''American Idol'' runner-up who is openly gay, and who is scheduled to perform at the Putra Indoor Stadium in Bukit Jalil, near Kuala Lumpur, has met with opposition from the Pan Malaysian Islamic Party, which is that nation's second-largest political party. Nasrudin Hasan, a youth leader for the party, was quoted by Reuters as saying that Mr. Lambert's shows ''are outrageous, with lewd dancing and a gay performance that includes kissing male dancers,'' which is ''not good for people in our country.'' The party, which has previously protested shows by artists like Beyonce, Rihanna and Mariah Carey, also said it would send ''many of its members and supporters'' to proselytize at the concert if it went forward. A representative for Malaysia's arts, culture and heritage department said Mr. Lambert had agreed to abide by performance guidelines, which include not removing his clothing and maintaining a distance of about 25 feet between his stage and the audience.
This is a more complete version of the story than the one that appeared in print.


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With an off-night last night, we were all set to sing a little diddy to you about BJ Upton and his hot start. But then came word the Juan Salas had gone all "Jose Canseco" on us. We, like most Devil Rays fans have been shouting at the top of our lungs for a change in the bullpen. Demoting Ruddy Lugo on Sunday was the first shake-up all season for a team that has the worst bullpen in baseball. The move was not surprising except in its timing. Lugo had actually looked a little better his last couple of appearances. Still, he has been overmatched by major league hitters more often than not and a change, any change, in the bullpen was needed.
But now all of a sudden the Rays have two openings in the bullpen as Salas was suspended for the 50 games for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. Salas is the second Devil Rays player to be suspended for steroids. The first was Alex Sanchez who was actually the first major leaguer to receive a suspension in April 2005.
The perplexing thing to us is that we cannot figure out why he was using steroids. Salas is a pitcher that already throws hard with great natural movement on his fastball. Unless those steroids were going to help him locate his fastball better, they weren't doing him any good. His fastball is already hard enough, a couple of extra inches were not going to make him a better pitcher. All we can hope for at this point is that Salas doesn't try to feed us the "somebody must have spiked my gatorade" line or try to convince us that "it was an over-the-counter supplement that he didn't realize was illegal.
So now Tim Corcoran and Chad Orvella will be making their 2007 debuts for the Devil Rays. Corcoran was serviceable last season as a long reliever. Orvella is the big question mark. Most had him pegged as the Rays opening day closer in 2006 after dominating at all stops in the minors. This year hasn't been any different. After a couple of shaky outings out of the box, Orvella has been nearly unhittable in his last 10 appearances. This may be his last chance to prove that he is not a AAAA pitcher.
- Let's get this straight…Jae Seo and Casey Fossum each have one decent start and now all of the sudden we are supposed to pretend like they didn't have 5 bad starts before that? Gary Shelton of the St. Pete Times thinks so.We fully expect each of them to have a handful of decent starts over the course of the season. Bob Gibson could do that and he is 71 years old. A veteran, middle-of-the-rotation pitcher should be unbeatable once every five starts, give the team a chance to win three out of every five and are allowed one stinker the other start. Seo has tossed a stinker in 5 of his 6 starts and Fossum crappy starts number 3 of 6. You do the math, because Andrew Friedman sure isn't, and neither is Gary Shelton.
- Carl Crawford's legs are sore and he is blaming it on the new Field Turf II. Uh oh. Didn't anybody test this stuff with human beings?
- Do we really need to be rehashing all the problems down at Durham during the 2006 season. It's old news. The players have moved on and have been great. We should move on also.
- The MLB draft is just around the corner and this year it will be televised on ESPN2. How bad could it be?
- The New York Times ran a feature article recently. There is not a lot to learn if you are an informed Rays fan but it is interesting to see that perceptions of the franchise are changing. Within the piece, is mention of Rays upcoming trip to Orlando to play three games against the Rangers. Stuart Sternberg says that if the Rays do not draw a big crowd, it will be his first significant disappointment since becoming owner of the Devil Rays.
- The Orioles are up next for the Rays. The O's have lost 11 of 14 and now sit 7 games behind the Red Sox and a half game behind the Rays. Baltimore has beaten the Rays in 8 of the past 10 and 14 of the last 18 at Camden Yards.