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After finishing the 2012 Sport Auto High Performance Days as the fastest car in the street-legal supercar class, we decided to take a closer look at both the MTM McLaren MP4-12C in particular, and MP4 tuning in general.
The tuning scene for this British sports car is relatively new, and yet anybody who attended this year's Geneva Auto Show would be very aware the most popular tuned cars were the new Porsche 911 Carrera and the McLaren.
Although new to the scene, the turbocharged MP4-12C is the more likely candidate, and all examples on display had ECU and exhaust upgrades claimed to contribute a further 70-80hp to the head count.
The MTM version we're driving uses the company's M-Cantronic system plus a larger downpipe with 200-cell metal cat. Together, they boost output to 680hp at 7500rpm, with 480 lb-ft of torque from 3100-6500rpm. This represents a significant increase over the stock motor that has 592hp at 7000rpm and 440 lb-ft from 3000-7000rpm.
"The ECU remapping is done with our Cantronic piggyback ECU," Roland Mayer from MTM explained. "It transmits the right signals to the McLaren ECU so it thinks everything is normal and won't throw any engine check lights or go into limp mode.
"We experimented with 100 and 200-cell metal cats, settling on the latter to achieve the emissions target. The reduced back pressure from our new downpipe and catalytic converter mean the turbo doesn't spin as fast, reducing the boost pressure."
"To compensate, we increase boost on the inlet side to achieve the same turbocharger speed as before," he continued. "Combined with changes to the fuel and ignition maps, the extra boost gave us the power and torque improvement we were looking for. And because the turbo isn't actually spinning faster, there's not much extra stress on the components."
It wasn't long ago that any road car that could reach 100mph in under 20sec was considered quick, but on a warm summer's day in Germany we recorded 0-62mph in 3.2sec, with 124mph coming up in 9.3sec in the MTM MP4-12C.
Predictably, traction was an issue when attempting full-bore standing starts and these drag race numbers are similar to the stock cars. But the real improvement is on the fly, where numbers struggle to describe how this car performs when you plant your right foot deep into the carpet.
We had driven a pre-production MP4-12C on a test track more than a year ago and it was quick, but with the wick turned up by MTM, the twin- turbo V8 produces sensational thrust in every gear.
Acceleration from town speeds in second gear is strong, smooth and relentless. And it's maintained in the successive two gears, where you're able to exploit the higher 8500rpm rev limit as the engine soars past its peak power at 7500rpm.
Other than its wider wheels, MTM's McLaren chassis was stock when it ran in the Tuner GP (see report in this issue) but was wearing the tuner's same lightweight forged wheels that were fitted when we drove it on the road two days before the event.
The staggered set-up used 19x8.5" front and 20x11" rear wheels, wrapped in 235/35 ZR19 and 305/30 ZR20 Michelin Pilot Sport rubber. Despite the car's success in this guise, the forged wheels were actually a temporary measure until specific forged wheels can be manufactured by BBS.
They might be wider but fortunately the big wheels don't erode the sedan levels of primary and secondary ride that make the new McLaren sufficiently civilised for daily use.
Despite the wide rubber, we experienced wheelspin in second gear on a dry road under full throttle from 20mph, underlining the exuberant delivery of the mid-range torque.
"We didn't originally plan to include the McLaren as one of our entries in the Tuner Grand Prix," said, Roland Mayer. "The car arrived later than expected, and after getting the engine remapped and downpipe fitted, we had no time to optimize the suspension geometry or go testing.
"Unlike a 911 GT3, which allows negative camber adjustment with shims in the lower suspension arms, the McLaren requires about seven hours to change the front camber settings," Roland explained. "We were surprised to learn this during our discussion with our McLaren dealer, and by the time we finished the engine work and fitted the wider wheels, we'd run out of time.
"So the idea was for our test driver, Florian Gruber, to set a lap time at Hockenheim we could use as a benchmark for later suspension tweaks," he continued. "This was to be done during practice on Friday, and then the car would simply be displayed in the paddock during the Tuner GP on Saturday. However, the car was lapping fast enough to be a contender in the competition, despite too much understeer on tighter bends like the Sachs Curve."
After consulting with Florian and the mechanics, the decision was made to enter the McLaren. The officials were notified, paperwork filed, entrance fee paid and the MTM McLaren MP4-12C was allotted starting number 64.
Entered into Class C15 for supercars (forced induction, under 5.0L), the McLaren turned an average lap of 1 min 08.979sec, winning its category and beating the Gumpert Apollo – one of MTM's main objectives.
Other than a menacing trio of massively powerful supercharged Corvette ZR1s, the MTM McLaren was the fastest street-legal car in the contest; its stock suspension and lack of testing making the class win even more satisfying.
A talented mechanic and professional driver, Gruber reckoned there was another 1.5sec be found with the correct chassis set-up, putting it on pace with the fastest Vette, whose larger capacity put it in a higher class.
Roland admitted the MTM McLaren MP4-12C is in its early stages and that there is more to come. Yet this initial outing has shown the huge potential of the overall package.
The most discreet of the tuned McLarens at Geneva 2012 was the Gemballa GT, which appeared to be the one McLaren representatives were most impressed by…
Its aerodynamic package included a new front bumper with integrated spoiler and larger intakes. As well as side skirts it also had a revised rear panel that radically changed the look of the car – its matte-black center section linking the tail lights and exhaust to the diffuser.
The conversion created a more purposeful car while improving high-speed stability, and all use the factory mounting points.
The Gemballa forged wheels were an inch larger than factory, 20x8.5" front and 21x11" rear, wrapped in 245/30 and 305/25 tires respectively.
When we previously visited Gemballa in early June, engineers were still testing engine upgrades and hadn't announced any definitive numbers as we went to press. (gemballa.com)
You need to recover from the shock of Sunfire Orange paint before you can appreciate the fender flares plus the carbon front splitter, side skirts, air intake fins, mirrors, roof panel, rear deck and wing.
The fenders are 2.5" wider and accommodate 20x9" and 21x11" ten-spoke forged wheels with 245/30 and 305/25 rubber.
The carbon fiber continues inside, with it decorating the instrument cowl, door pulls, steering wheel and paddle shifters. The orange exterior is echoed by highlights on the seats, dashboard, doors and mats.
Mansory reported ECU and exhaust mods were producing 670hp at 7100rpm with 500 lb-ft from 3000-6500rpm. Top speed is claimed to be 219mph, which is more than adequate for almost any occasion. (rtwmotoring.com)
FAB Design
Company boss Roland Rysanek called his McLaren "Terso", meaning "clear" in Latin or "smooth" in Spanish. We're unsure which he intended but the rakish lines are currently the most radical.
The new front and rear sections allow larger intakes and outlets, while the carbon wing is claimed to provide downforce, although a unique mounting system allows rapid removal.
Sized 20x10" and 20x12", FAB Design's forged wheels are the widest fitted so far and don't use a staggered diameter. However, they wear enormous 275/25 and 325/30 Dunlop SportMaxx tires.
A stainless steel exhaust and ECU remap is reported to release 680hp and 525 lb-ft, resulting in a claimed 0-62mph time in 3sec with a 213mph top speed. (fab-design.com)
MTM 2012 McLaren MP4-12C
3.8L 32v V8 twin-turbo with MTM M-Cantronic ECU and large-diameter downpipe with 200-cell metal cat
680hp at 7500rpm, 480 lb-ft at 3100-6500rpm
0-62mph 3.2sec, 0-124mph 9.3sec
Drivetrain, Brakes, Suspension
Wheels & Tires
19x8.5" front, 20x11" rear MTM Bimoto forged wheels, 235/35 ZR19 front, 305/30 ZR20 rear Michelin Pilot Sport tires
Exterior, Interior
MTM (mtm-online.de),
MTM US importers (mtm-us.com, hoppenmotorsport.com)


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About Versioning
Cisco Unity Connection REST interfaces essentially are not versioned. There are several mechanisms in place to ease forward and backward compatibility:
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Retaining your copyright over your artistic works will give you more control over how people use your creations.
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Just as I think I am getting better, memories get stirred up to remind me that I am not healed yet and I still have a long way to go.
I agreed to do a story on cheating by reviewing a book that discusses what you should look for when you suspect your partner is cheating, what to do after you find out and how to move on from it. I read the entire book tonight. The whole book was like taking a trip back to everything I've been through ...even the moving on part. I can't believe my life is an entire infidelity book...
I can't sleep now (it's almost 1:30 AM) from just thinking about everything I went through when I knew he was cheating on me. I read that there is a program you can install on a computer that tracks keystrokes so you can see what someone is doing on a computer - oh why didn't I know about that then. ...Or maybe it wasn't meant for me to know then. I believe everything happens for a reason...maybe if I had found out anytime sooner, I wouldn't be where I am today.
It just makes me so sad looking back at how he treated me through the whole ordeal. I wish I hadn't allowed him to treat me and the kids so badly for so long.
I think about his relationship with his slut and how they must have been so loving to one another. How can you say that it meant nothing? And why is that every man who cheats says that? Kinda makes you wonder how real it is... Or when I read that cheaters usually grovel back and beg you not to leave - how genuine is it if every one does it?
Some days I want to believe that he really does love me but there's always that "but why..." It's torture...it really is...I'm sure the slut really thought that he was going to leave me for her. I am sure that he thought the same at times...which crushes me. I hate this nightmare... I want to wake up.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Affair Nightmare Continues
Just as I think I am getting better, memories get stirred up to remind me that I am not healed yet and I still have a long way to go.
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He didn't love her. Nothing close to it. Their whole relationship took place in a fantasy world, a million years away from the real world. He didnt know anything about her (the real her). He was high on infactuation and kept telling her what she wanted to hear in order to fuel the fantasy and keep his infactuation high.ReplyDelete
He didn't cheat because of you. He cheated because of him. He couldn't deal with the self esteem issues he had, so he created a fantasy world where he could escape to and avoid dealing with his issues. The woman he chose could have been anyone. She wasn't prettier, smarter or better than you. She simply was available and willing to take on the sleasy role of "mistress."
She was nothing more than a cum dumpster. What kind of woman puts herself into the position of a mistress anyways? The wife gets the holidays, birthdays, etc. The mistress gets to wait around for him to call, then they meet up, and then he goes home to his wife and leaves her all alone and she has to wait until the next phone call. That's a pretty degrating role to be in. She must have had some serious self esteem issues herself. Nothing but a cum dumpster.
BTW - There is a great blog about healing after affairs you should check out. It's written by a woman who has a story similar to yours (she caught her husband with a younger woman in a motel room). Check out the link:
WOW! Your comment ROCKS. I really love what you have written and I will definitely check out that blog. Thank you so much for taking the time to write that... wow...ReplyDelete
I can't remember where I found this article ...but I really liked it. It's directed at the "other person"ReplyDelete
Affairs and The "Other Woman": Lies Mistresses Tell Themselves
Affairs unfortunately are impacting countless families and relationships. I decided to address this topic from a different angle--the angle of the mistress. Below are myths that many mistresses in the world believe. While I understand how and why they believe these stories, let me be clear that they are all MYTHS.
1. I'm his true love. You may feel like his true love, however chances are his wife was also his true love at first. Most relationships are intimate and great in the beginning—your affair is no different. Affairs are easy to be intimate in -- you don't have the demands of kids, jobs, finances, keeping things interesting after being together for ten years, etc.
2. His wife is cold and doesn't know how to keep him happy. His wife is not the cold, frigid witch that you may think she is or that he may paint her to be. I know many married couples who were having sex throughout the man's affair and reported being happy with one another. Not everything the man tells you is true. More often than not, he's lying to you the same way he's lying to his wife; you're no different. I can't tell you how many other women were hurt to find out that their lover and his wife were still having sex. The other women were shocked to find out that the men were lying to them too. Don't think you're above his lies—you're not. Be careful about thinking his wife is a cold witch because some day he's likely to say the same about you.
3. "I don't care if he's married. I don't care about his wife—that's her problem." The notion that your sleeping with another woman's husband is her problem is a lie you're telling yourself. It's your problem, too. If you were healthy, you would never be hooking up with someone who's married because you would know that he was NOT healthy. Be attracted to him—yes. Sleep with him—no. When you sleep with a married man, you tell yourself that you're not good enough to be someone's number one. In addition, when you stop caring about the impact you have on other people in the world, you become the cold, uncaring witch you thought his wife was. Being hurtful to others has a way of coming back to haunt us. The more integrity you have in this lifetime, the better you and those around you will feel. Start caring about who you impact because ultimately that will impact you.
4. He is going to leave his family for me. I can count on one hand the number of men who have left their families for an affair partner. More times than not, they beg their wives not to leave them once the wives find out. For those men who are conflicted, they still struggle with leaving their children even if they don't care about their wives. It is a long, painful process for everyone involved. If the man you're with doesn't care about either his wife or his children—why do you want him?
5. Once he leaves his wife, I will have his full attention and it will just be us. Once he leaves his wife, he will be guilt-ridden about losing his family and not seeing his children as much as he used to. You will never have him all to yourself—that is not how life works. If he has children, you will ALWAYS be sharing him with them. His children (if he is at all a good father) will always be a priority in his life.
I just printed this out - I think I will read it every day or at least when I am feeling down. All of this is so true ... you have no idea how much I wanted to tell his slut that we were sleeping together the whole time he was with her - I remember an email she sent right before they were going to meet "save yourself for me" HA. Did she really think that we weren't having sex? ...ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for visiting my blog and taking time to post this... feel good about yourself for helping someone! ;-)
We faithful and respectable women need to stick together against all those sleazy whores with no morals.ReplyDelete
Amen to that!!!!ReplyDelete


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Brock, Smith Close on 1,000 Pointsby Brent Harris • January 12, 2010 Share:
The attention of Indiana sports fans has turned to Saturday night's NFL playoff game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Baltimore Ravens. However, Wednesday night two Wabash College basketball players could join one of the Colts assistant coaches as members of a very special club.
Wabash senior forward Aaron Brock (right) and junior forward Wes Smith have opportunities to score their 1,000th career points in Wednesday's North Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball game at Earlham College. Brock enters the game with 992 career points, while Smith is one behind with 991. If the two players stay at their season averages, it should be no problem to reach 1,000 — Smith is the second-leading scorer in the league with a 19.3 points-per-game average, while Brock is scoring 13 points a contest.
Wabash plays at Earlham in Richmond, Indiana, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Twenty-two Little Giants have scored 1,000 or more points in their careers, including Indianapolis Colts offensive quality control and assistant offensive line coach Pete Metzelaars. The 16-year NFL veteran, who played in four Super Bowls for the Buffalo Bills, was a star in both football and basketball at Wabash. He scored 1,976 points — second on the Wabash all-time scoring list to Josh Estelle's 2,065 points — and holds the school's all-time rebounding record with a total of 1,176. Metzelaars was named the Division III Men's Basketball Player of the Year after leading the Little Giants to an NCAA National Championship in 1982. Nearly 30 years after he finished his college playing career, he is still third in the Division III record book for field goal shooting percentage, connecting on 271 of 360 shots as a senior for 75.3 percent — the fifth-best single season average for any NCAA level. Metzelaars' career shooting percentage of 72.4 percent (784-of-1,083) is still third-best by any NCAA player.
Brock's trip to 1,000 points hit a snag last year when he missed the final five games with injuries to both elbows that required off-season surgery. Returning for his final season at Wabash, the Bremen, Indiana, product has returned to the form that earned him back-to-back Honorable Mention All-NCAC honors in 2008 and 2009. Brock scored 42 points in two games last week for Wabash, tallying 22 in a win over Hiram Friday night and 20 in a victory against Allegheny Saturday afternoon. He can also become the ninth Little Giant player to score more than 1,000 points and record more than 500 rebounds if he can grab 50 boards over the remaining 12 regular season games. He heads into Wednesday night's game at Earlham with 450 career rebounds, placing him 14th on Wabash all-time list.
Smith (left) is no stranger to success on the basketball court. He played on the 2005-06 Lawrence North High School basketball team; finishing the season with a perfect 29-0 record to win the Indiana High School Athletic Association Class 4A state title while earning the number-one ranking in the nation among high school basketball programs by USA Today. Since coming to Wabash, Smith was named to the 2009 All-NCAC First Team after averaging 16.8 points and 6.1 rebounds per contest. Last week against Hiram, he became the Little Giants' all-time leader in steals with 146 in 67 games. Smith currently ranks eighth in career blocked shots (61) and 18th in career rebounds (418). He set the Wabash single-season steals record as a freshman with a 68 steals.
Mac Petty, the 1982 NABC National Coach of the Year now in his 34th season at Wabash, has been the head coach of 14 of the 22 1,000-point club members. A two-year varsity basketball letterwinner at the University of Tennessee, Petty understands what this achievement means for Brock and Smith.
"To see young men reach that milestone is outstanding," Petty said. "I think it puts a period on their career when they look back at it. It solidifies what they've done, what they've accomplished, and how they've helped the program.
"It makes it great as a team to have guys like Aaron and Wes on the same team. It really helps because we don't have just one guy that people can key on we have at least two guys who can exploded offensively and provide those points."
Rarely have two Wabash members of the 1,000-point club played on the same team. Only two times have two players reached 1,000 career points in the same season. The first came in 1980-81 with Metzelaars and Steve Kobold. Chris Whitfield and Steve Cox each scored their 1,000th career point during the 1987-1988 season. Never in the 114-year history of the Wabash program have two players scored their 1,000th point in the same game.
After graduating from Wabash, Metzelaars was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the third round of the NFL Draft before being traded to Buffalo in 1985. After playing 10 seasons for the Bills, he finished his career by playing for Carolina and Detroit before retiring after the 1997 season.
Metzelaars (left) is in his sixth season as an assistant coach for the Colts and was part of the coaching staff that guided Indianapolis to the NFL title in Super Bowl XLI. He was recently named to the Buffalo Bills' 50th Anniversary Team. Metzelaars was also named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches' 2007 Silver Anniversary All-America Team, joining Dan Caliandrillo (Seton Hall), Eric "Sleepy" Floyd (Georgetown), Jeff Jones (Virginia), and Ricky Pierce (Rice).
Brock and Smith could be joined by senior teammate Chase Haltom later this year. Haltom has scored 950 points to this point in his career and is averaging 11.6 points per game this season. Wabash has never had three 1,000-point scorers on the same team.
Wabash All-Time Leading Scorers
|Player (Years)
|Total Points
|Josh Estelle (1996-2000)
|Pete Metzelaars (1978-1982)
|Jack Roudebush (1970-1974)
|Chad Tabor (1995-1999)
|Mike Crnkovich (1989-1993)
|Joe DesJean (1999-2003)
|Chris Whitfield (1984-1988)
|Tom Bennett (1956-1960)
|Charlie Bowerman (1958-1961)
|Andrew Zimmer (2004-2008)
|Cliff Bell (1972-1976)
|Dave Moore (1966-1969)
|Brian Latham (1996-2000)
|Merlin Nice (1980-1984)
|Brady Claxton (1999-2003)
|Ben Fellerhoff (1954-1958)
|Steve Cox (1984-1988)
|Shawn Tabor (1993-1996)
|Terry Smith (1965-1968)
|Kevin Chavous (1974-1978)
|Steve Kobold (1977-1981)
|Rex McCoy (1951-1955)
|Aaron Brock (2006-Present)
|Wes Smith (2007-Present)


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Bob Sheppard, the longtime Yankee Stadium PA announcer called the Voice of God for his dignified and resonate tones, has passed away at age 99.
You'll hear stories the next few days about how he would race to the elevator after the final out of games at the Stadium. I'll always remember how nice he treated me when I covered the Yankees; he me treated with respect and kindness, the way he treated all people.
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Combined Law & Human Rights in South Africa by Andrew Ablett
My name is Andrew Ablett and I have just returned from spending the most memorable 5 weeks of my life in Cape Town. When I told people that I was going to South Africa during the June-July period, they immediately assumed that I was going for the Soccer World Cup. However, I was in fact unaware of such an international event almost until I arrived. The true reasons why I choose to travel to South Africa was to engage in my passion; helping people in need. Through years of doing various forms of humanitarian work, I always felt that I wanted to do so much more. But the opportunities which Projects Abroad provided me not only fulfilled my passion, but also greatly cultivated it.
Whilst working in the Projects Abroad Human Rights Office (PAHRO) in Cape Town, I was given a multitude of ways in which I could help people in need, ranging from working with refugees in the office dealing with legal matters to social justice projects.
Aided with the appropriate amount of assistance when needed from the very helpful staff members I chose to focus on a number of projects, including anti-human trafficking, community development, raising awareness about HIV and fighting to uphold the rights of refugees. Projects Abroad opened so many doors for me, giving me the chance to live my dream each and every day, I was like a kid in a candy store.
It was during this internship that I had the privilege of meeting and working with some of the most inspiring people imaginable. One such individual was Ronnie, a HIV survivor who had battled with the virus since 2005. In 2007 Ronnie fell critically ill, the virus shut down his immune system, causing him to contract both tuberculosis and pneumonia. However through his indomitable will, Ronnie chose to live on, and to make sense of his situation by devoting his life to raising awareness about the virus so that others wouldn't have to suffer the hardships he experienced.
Ronnie showed me what it meant to be a hero, to live on and fight in the face of something that you can never triumph over, but to fight anyway and do it with charming style and unshakable smile. His message will stay with me forever.
Throughout my internship, I worked with over 10 different refugees. Each of my clients required assistance in a range of fields such as finding jobs, accommodation, schools for their child, educational grants and even helping them compose a CV. Relentlessly every day I worked my very best to fulfill the needs of my clients. I found this work extremely rewarding, because when I delivered I was always left with a sense of achievement knowing that I had made a meaningful difference in someone's life. All of my clients were tremendously thankful for the work I did for them to such a point, that when I had to go home, a number of them broke into tears. The intense emotional impact this experience imprinted on me has made me realize that I want to practice law in the future.
On my final weekend, ten volunteers and I arranged for 15 kids from the township, Khayelitsha, to climb Table Mountain together. Many of the kids had never climbed Table Mountain before, which meant that it would be an experience which they would remember for the rest of their lives. I discovered that there was only one thing better than climbing Table Mountain for the first time... it's climbing Table Mountain for the first time and sharing that first time experience with 15 other people.
The experience demanded that every person worked together in a team which developed trust, communication and a family like bond. No one was left behind, everyone ensured that we all worked together and made it to the very top of the mountain as a unit. When we finally made it to the top after a 2 and a half hour tiring slog, we all bathed in the glory of what we had just achieved.
It was at the top of the mountain whilst we were enjoying the breath taking view that one of the senior leaders from Khayelitsha youth group told me the secret to success... "one bangle doesn't jingle"; meaning that when there are 10 bangles doing their own thing in disregard to the other bangles, there will be a symphony of disjointed noise. But when all the bangles are united as one, that is to say when we all listen and empathize with each other, we are able to work together in harmony to achieve any goal desirable.
Every night I had the most welcoming and loving host family to return to. Building up a tremendous appetite throughout my eventful day, I always looked forward to an authentic and delicious South African meal which awaited me when I arrived home. My host family treated me in such a loving way which automatically made me feel no less than an actual nephew.
After working very hard in the office I found that there was no better way to counter balance the day than to party even harder on Long Street (Cape Town's clubbing area). Cape Town has a night life like no other, and I was lucky enough to enjoy the experience with some truly amazing people. Meeting people from around the world gave me the opportunity to sample a whole range of different points of view and perspectives.
All in all, Projects Abroad provided me with a life changing experience which has both greatly altered my perspective and increased my passion to help those in need tenfold. If I had the chance to re-live the experience exactly in the same way, I would gladly do it over again and again.
Andrew Ablett
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Shabbat HaGadol - The Great Sabbath
April 11, 2014
Every week, Jody Hirsh, the JCC's Judaic Education Director, provides a Judaic message that is featured at the top of the JCC's weekly email newsletter. Below is the Shabbat message for Friday, April 11, 2014.
Shabbat HaGadol – The Great Sabbath
So… this Shabbat, the Shabbat before Passover, is traditionally called "Shabbat HaGadol," The Great Sabbath. There are many theories about why this is, of course. One theory is that in the old days – 2000 years ago – it was the one time during the year that the rabbi gave a REALLY long sermon in the synagogue. (This is a practice today reserved for EVERY Shabbat… or perhaps for the High Holidays. However, in the old days it was just before Passover.) The sermon was primarily devoted to all the complicated rules of Passover. Passover cleaning. Passover cooking. When you can cook, and when you can't cook. What you can eat and what you can't eat. Etc.
Another theory was that in the original Pesach story, the tenth Nissan was the Sabbath before Passover.
On the tenth of this month (Nissan), each of the Community of Israel shall take a lamb to a family, a lamb to a household… You shall keep watch over it until the fourteenth day of this month; and… slaughter it at twilight. (Exodus 12:3-6).
According to the rabbis, the Israelites actually tied the lambs in their homes to protect them, and to keep the Egyptians from interfering since the lamb was considered an Egyptian deity. The sacrifice of the lamb just before the eve of Pesach was continued during the days of both the first and the second Temples in Jerusalem. However, unlike all the other sacrifices that were offered by the priests, this Passover (or "Paschal") sacrifice was offered by the people, rather than the priests.
On many special Sabbaths such as this one, there is a special Torah Reading – often from a different part of the Torah than the regular reading, necessitating the use of a second Torah Scroll to read both readings. On Shabbat HaGadol, however, there is no additional Torah Reading. But... there IS a different Haftorah reading (a reading from the Prophets read after the Torah Reading). Taken from the Book of Mal'achi, the reading tells us that:
"Lo… I will send the prophet Elijah to you before the coming of the awesome, fearful day of the Lord (Mal'achi 3:44)
Tradition has it that Elijah will appear on Passover to announce the coming of the Messiah. Therefore, we read from this prophetic statement on Shabbat HaGadol, and, five days later at the Seder, we put a special goblet of wine on the Seder table for Elijah.
Shabbat Shalom, and Chag Sameach.


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For the temporary relief for: difficulty breathing; sinus irritations; mucous blockage; swelling of mucous membranes; running or blocked nose; sinus pressure and congestion; accumulation of fluid.
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- Olive Leaf Extract (Olea europa): Seagate hand-selects, harvests, and processes their own olive leaves each winter when they have their maximum potency and antioxidant levels. Seagate Olive Leaf Extract has been recognized by doctors and other health care professionals as a leading alternative antimicrobial therapy, without the side-effects of antibiotics.
- Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria) has long been recognized as a homeopathic remedy because of its antiseptic properties. Its principal applications have been for mouth, throat and tonsil infections, inflammation and sore throat.
- Benzalkonium Chloride is a stabilizer
- Disodium EDTA is a stabilizer
- Sodium Chloride
- Sodium Hydroxide
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- Xylitol Powder
Applications: Many prescription nasal sprays are composed of chemical ingredients in an alcohol base, which may cause a number of unwanted side-effects. Seagate Olive Leaf Nasal Spray contains only all-natural plant-based edible ingredients that are antimicrobial and can be used for temporary relief for: difficulty breathing; sinus irritations; mucous blockage; swelling of mucous membranes; running or blocked nose; sinus pressure and congestion; accumulation of fluid.
Lab Analyses: The FDA required that we perform a "challenge" test at an independent laboratory for this type of homeopathic remedy, where very high concentrations of infectious organisms are introduced into the olive leaf nasal spray liquid over a one month period. One million colonies/ml each of bacteria (E. Coli, Staph, and Pseudomonas), fungus (Candida), and mold (Aspergillis) were injected into the Seagate Olive Leaf Nasal Spray and tested over a one month period.
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- 1. Bacteria - The lab reported 99.9% of all the colonies were killed within the first 60 seconds. All the bacteria had died off by the time the second sample had been taken at the 6 hour interval. (The FDA standard to pass this test requires that the level of bacteria drops to 1,000 colonies/ml by the end of the month.)
- 2. Fungi - The lab reported 99% of the fungi colonies were killed within the first 60 seconds. All the fungi had died off by the time the second sample had been taken at the 6 hour interval. (The FDA standard to pass this test requires that the level of fungi drops to a min. 1,000 colonies/ml by the end of the month.)
- 3. Mold - 97% of the mold were killed within the first 60 seconds. All mold was killed within 24 hours. Trace amounts were detected during the following weeks. (To pass this test, the level of mold was allowed to remain 1,000,000 colonies/ml as long as the product does not allow the mold to increase. The product need not kill mold.)
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By: Linda Yates from Kissimmee, FL US on August 30, 2011
"I have been nearly crazed for two weeks by swollen sinuses and bloody nose problems. I haven't been able to sleep OR relax due to this stoppage. Nothing would clear it. Then my husband found your product last night and brought it home to me.
I recognized the name because I watch Doug Kaufmann's show and I am also an herbalist and know what olive leaf can do. I am blown away.
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"I can attest after initial signs of a cold 2 different times, this product took care of the symptoms in a matter of days (avg - 3 days). Although you need to use this every 2-3 hours or so, it beats having to take antibiotics. It truly works, and I've yet to experience sinus infections that typically follow when suffering a cold. Yes, it's a nose spray, but it works. I used it when my nose would start to run, but soon after using it, the runny nose would subside. A good sign. "
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By: carolann yankey from overbrook, KS US on September 14, 2011
"I have chronic sinusitis due to a deviated septum (3x broken nose), and yeast. This product, used daily, prevents fmy sinus problems. During the times I am lazy and do not use the product, problems always occur. I love this product, been using it for about 7 years, and have given it as gifts when others have sinus problems. Now they are loyal users. Thank you Seagate- especially for keeping me off antibiotics!"
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By: Brandon Horan from El Paso, TX US on January 10, 2011
"WEIRD. YES! One of my adult students was using the bottle in my classroom. I asked her to see it since it said Olive Leaf on it. She explained it to me and it's uses. Later she had brought me a bottle as a gift. She told me use it for my congestion and on my face as well. My skin has cleared miraculously! I havent changed my diet. I used it along side a basic Neutrogena cleanser that i had always used. I want to spread the word!! "
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Nasal + Throat Spray = Quick Recovery!
By: Renee, US on March 1, 2010
"We've been using the throat spray for some time for our children's colds, and it's the most effective thing we've found (natural or not) for sore throat relief. However, for this most recent cold, at the first sign of a sore throat, we gave them both the throat and nasal spray. We were amazed at how mild the symptoms were and how quickly the cold cleared up. They had mild congestion for just a day or two, and almost no cough. Awesome!"
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By: Linda from Cortland, NY US on February 8, 2011
"I have used this nasal spray for a few years now (5) and will never be w/o it. I use it b/4 flying or going into large crowds, being around sick grandchildren, and just to keep my sinuses from aching each a.m. upon rising. There is no fear of becoming addicted to it like some OTC nose sprays. Keep up the good work!!! (great for gifts too) "
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By: Diane McNeill from Sun City, AZ US on July 18, 2012
"This is by far the best thing I have EVER used when it comes to natural nasal sprays! I use it for preventative purposes...I sneeze, I spritz!..Plus ALWAYS if I catch a rare cold. It is like a natural antibiotic. My ONLY complaint is only one store in this area carries the spray and they are closed for remodeling. I'm out of spray and as a result have caught my husband's cold...He doesn't use the spray!!! HE WILL FROM NOW ON!! As soon as my store reopens, I will NEVER be out again!!
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"I tell EVERYONE about these products ...Idont have sinus problems anymore ans if we catch a cold we use the nasal spray and it goes right away ...i always buy extra incase someone wants to try it ..this is really good stuff ..i buy alot of the products ..i truly love them all ..thanks seagate for your products ."
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"After a near death bout with Feline rhinotracheitis virus I tried OL nasal spray on my cat. The vet tried antibx to no avail and sent him home to die. I wrapped him in a towel and had my husband hold him while I sprayed his nostrils with OL nasal spray. The next day I had a new cat! His softball sized head was decreasing in size, he could breathe and he started eating and drinking. Thank you! As for me, I haven't had a sinus infection in almost 2 years! This stuff is a miracle!!!!! "
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The following post is by Autographed Letter Signed guest commentator Bellamags.
I am going to disagree with those who believe Obama didn't deserve to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Obama deserves it. (I know, pick your jaws up off the table) One hundred and ten percent he deserves it. It makes total sense for an Obama win if we change the name of the prize to what it should be considering past and present winners.
I nominate "Global Socialist of the Year Prize" for the new name.
Now don't go and get all absolute on me and recite a few recipients that don't deserve this meritorious award. There are some exceptions. The fact that Obama has won should worry us, not surprise us if we look at the facts and current events around the world. The award committee afforded this as the reason Obama won the prize: "For his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." In other words, "Global Socialist of the Year".
Let's examine the 2007 winner – Intergovernmental Panel on Global Climate Change, Al Gore. Most political junkies know ol' Ally Poo is single handedly pushing a green agenda to change the global economy. Don't believe me? Check this out.
http://www.climateprotect.org/us/about-our-partners/. (An interesting side note: I put the words "alliance for" in the Google search bar and without further prompting by me "climate protection" magically appeared completing the search string. Google is an awesome search engine, but they are a bunch of socialists).
Apparently, Al Gore's (or as any self respecting South Park junkie calls him) Manbearpig's Alliance for Climate Protection is working on some sweeping "projects" as they so innocuously call them. Would it surprise anyone to know that Obama nominated the CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection, Cathy Zoi, for a key position within the Department of Energy? Not the Department of Energy for the moon or the coat closet in Narnia, but the DOE of the United States of America.
Seriously, someone hand me a barf bag, preferably one from the back of a leather chair on Al Gore's carbon not so neutral one mile per gallon Gulfstream jet.
How do we ensure global socialism? There are several key factors or goals that must be reached. These goals differ depending on whose agenda you are reading, but it does all center on fuel and money (they are one in the same, eh?). I found so much information on this, it made my head spin and decided instead of re-writing all of it, I would just cut and paste.
The following is portion of an article written November 28, 2008 by Samuel R. Kephart which sums it up nicely:
"…The Bush Administration, by bailing out crooked Wall Street firms, buying into big banks across the nation, and underwriting our union-controlled Big Three automakers has already set up a rationale for and the expectation of massive government intervention in US markets. The next step, a global financial regulatory scheme, will come quickly and easily. It will be sold to us as a necessary step towards stabilizing markets. Bad enough in and of itself, that will only be the start. Next you'll see regulations "suggested"- by the same EU crowd regarding climate change, energy supplies, food production, healthcare, and telecommunications. Saying no will be tough, because Washington will have already accepted the internationalists' financial aid (with terms) and gulped their groupthink Kool-Aid. America will rapidly become, de facto, a regulatory "colony"- for the EU. Not a pretty picture for a country whose very foundation was based on a revolt against British colonialism…."
Next step: Mr. Kephart asserts businesses large and small will be forced to buy carbon credits to offset their "pollution". This cost will be passed on to the customer (this means YOU). He states:
"Carbon credits, like financial derivatives, are nothing more than a shared illusion that literally creates something out of nothing. It's vaporware that will generate tens of billions in commissions annually and transfer our wealth to others offshore."
Recently Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia said this regarding Obama and his presidency:
"The financial crisis, climate change, security, these are things which individual nation states need now to work actively in partnership with other countries to effectively resolve and I believe in president-elect Obama, Australia will have a good friend and partner."
What Mr. Rudd really meant was: The financial crisis, climate change and security will be the key issues in ensuring global socialism. I'm all warm and fuzzy, how 'bout ya'll?
The following excerpts are from the website www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu.
From the front page:
"Climate change is the biggest threat facing humanity today. If we don't act now we put the future of our planet in peril. We want Europe to lead by example, and introduce a more ambitious energy policy for the EU. We are working towards achieving a new global agreement for the post-2012 period on the basis of a 30% emissions reduction. Sustainable development can create jobs and help save the planet."
Sounds supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, huh?
Doing a search on the keyword "Obama" I found this deeper in the bowels of the same site. This is an entire web page either dedicated to pressuring Obama into submission or depending on your take on the situation, rolling out a red (heh) carpet for him. (I left out the first paragraph which was basically a bunch of ass-kissing):
"…….Barack Obama, on whom so many hopes are pinned, is inheriting a poisoned chalice. After eight years tainted by the unilateralism of the unloved warmonger Bush, America's economy and international reputation have taken a severe battering. The homemade financial crisis has escalated into a global recession and left the English-speaking world's brand of capitalism looking redundant. The prolonged war in Iraq has placed a severe strain on alliances and friendships, the US budget, and inner cohesion within American society. Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo have deeply embedded themselves in the collective consciousness as symbols of US-American arrogance and double standards. Not just the US economy, but also its moral credibility, are in need of repair. Obama faces a herculean task that threatens to overwhelm even the most powerful man on the planet. He may see the attraction of a withdrawal into protectionism and isolationism. However, the task before Barack Obama, if he is to prove his ability to overcome the global challenges he faces, is that of strengthening multilateralism and re-defining America's relations with Europe.
The tensions and divisions that the Bush administration provoked in its relations with Europe must be consigned to history, starting from today. Close political cooperation within the transatlantic partnership is the precondition for resolving the global problems facing our increasing multipolar world.
Ok. Stop. I was just going to let this go, but I just can't. There is a north pole and a south pole. That is it. We are in a "bi-polar" world not a "multi-polar" world. If there were more than one pole the earth would stop spinning and everyone on this planet would die a slow and agonizing death. Ok..continue…
"Amid all the prevailing Obama mania, however, Europeans must be clear about one thing: the White House's new incumbent will increasingly be holding Europe to account and demanding greater international commitment from us. Obama's level of serious commitment to diplomacy and human rights is something that Europeans will be able to gauge soon if the president-elect delivers on his promise and shuts down that symbol of US policy gone wrong, namely the prison camp at Guantánamo. We wait anxiously to see how Obama delivers on his Berlin promise of a "new and global partnership" with Europe…."
The EU socialists are anxious to see if Obama is going to deliver on his "Berlin promise", referencing the now infamous speech he gave in late June, 2008 to a crowd in Berlin, Germany, which with good reason, left many Americans with an uneasy feeling in the pit of their stomachs.
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Like other energy titans, Irving, Texas-based Exxon Mobil is struggling to compete internationally with state-run oil companies. Meanwhile, the world's largest publicly traded oil company has largely missed out on the U.S. shale oil boom so far, although Exxon recently increased its footprint in North America with the purchase of assets in North Dakota's Bakken shale from Denbury Resources (NYSE:DNR).
Exxon has also become the largest natural gas producer in the U.S. in the wake of its $25 billion acquisition of XTO Energy in 2010.
In the latest period, the oil and gas company recorded a profit of $6.9 billion, or $1.55 a share, versus last year's record profit of $15.9 billion, or $3.41 a share. The year-earlier period included $7.5 billion in asset sales and tax-related items. Exxon does not report asset sales as one-time items.
The results were well short of Wall Street expectations, as analysts were looking for per-share earnings of $1.90.
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Oil and gas production fell about 1.9% year-over-year to four million barrels per day, marking the eighth consecutive quarter for production declines.
Profit in Exxon's refining and marketing business fell to $396 million, far lower than the $6.6 billion profit in last year's second quarter. The year-ago period included a $5.3 billion gain related to a restructuring in Japan, while refining margins and output fell in the latest period as refineries underwent maintenance.
Despite the earnings decline, Chief Executive Rex Tillerson said in a statement that Exxon's second-quarter results "reflect continued strong operational performance and investments to meet growing demand for oil, natural gas and chemical products in the years ahead."
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Moto Ming A1600
MotoMing A1200 smartphone has been quite popular handset in Chinese market. But its been over 18 months since this phone was introduced and its time to make it better.
Enter Motorola A1600 MOTOMING 2.
Just like with the next generation of its popular RAZR 2 series, Moto Ming A1600 will not have any radical design departures. Just some design tweaks, better and faster chips/components for better overall specs.
Motorola Ming 2 A1600 specs include:
Quad band GSM (850/900/1800/1900), GPRS connectivity
Faster CPU
Linux OS
3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flashlight
Wi-Fi connectivity
Built-in AGPS receiver
17.5 mm thin
Talking dictionary
3 built in games (skiing, bowling and racing 3D games)
According to Chinese site Enet it will be launched next February (probably during 3 GSM show).
Simple small and the battery is just what I need with good storage of 500 messages.
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Links, 8.9.10Posted: August 9, 2010 Filed under: Genealogy | Tags: Link Love Leave a comment
Observe the elegant numeric sequence that can only occur on today's date using the North American style of date notation. I probably should use the international date sequence in these post titles the way I do in genealogy notation. It'd be more scholarly and authentic and all. But then I think, "Oh, for crying out loud. It's the links!" And here they are.
Crisis in Camden: As reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer, trustees say that the Camden, N.J. library system may Have. To. Close. Facing a breathtaking two-thirds reduction in funding, trustees say they simply cannot run the city's three libraries on what is left, which would end operations after Dec. 31. Now, there is still some back-and-forth about alternatives, including the possibility that the county library system would take over at least one branch. But I don't think we can shrug off moments like this as PR theater. When you're looking at drastic library funding cuts as a national problem, it's foolish to dismiss the chances that somewhere, sometime someone's really going to close up shop. (Actually, someone has, in Hood, Oregon, though voters will have a chance to restore a funding mechanism later this year.) In Camden's case, closure would mean disposing of a collection that includes phone books from the 1880s and newspaper microfilm starting in the 1870s. Oh, and putting this stuff in storage costs money too. Sorry for the long blurb, but the library problem keeps me awake at nights.
Knoxville approaches!: So who's going to the Federation of Genealogical Societies conference? Alas, I cannot. But I can't wait to read reports from those who can.
Home run: … for a dedicated great-nephew, that is. Congratulations to the very determined Ron Hill, who succeeded in getting the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. to properly identify his great-uncle, John Preston ("Pete") Hill, on the bronze marker honoring him. Currently, he's called "Joseph" Preston Hill. The Hall of Fame will commission a new marker to be unveiled in October for this outstanding star of the Negro Leagues. It's a great story of what happens when baseball and genealogy fanatics join forces.
The empire groweth again: Ancestry.com acquires the professional research firm ProGenealogists. Here's the press release.
Hey, it's a living: I like the Liverpool Echo family history column so much. Here, it offers a great rundown on interpreting what job titles meant in Victorian England.
Reunion at Mount Vernon: A moving story about the 85th (wow!) reunion of the Quander clan, whose ancestors were slaves on George Washington's estate, where they gathered for the very first time this weekend.
In the blogging world: Thomas MacEntee unveiled a newly updated Blog Primer at Geneabloggers; go and see. And I am humbled by the beauty of the submissions to the genealogy scrapbooking carnival hosted by Jasia at Creative Gene.
I wish you a creative, productive week!


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Dons undone by County
Ross County registered victory over Aberdeen for the first time in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League with a 2-1 success.
A Mark Reynolds own goal from a Richard Brittain free-kick gave County the lead 10 minutes from the break and a superb strike from Steven Ross early in the second half doubled the home side's advantage.
The Dons got one back when Niall McGinn knocked in his sixth goal in consecutive league games to break a 20-year record for the club with 14 minutes remaining. But despite constant pressure from the visitors County held out for all three points.
An Iain Vigurs free-kick wide on the left in the third minute bounced invitingly in the Aberdeen box but there were no takers as the ball trundled out harmlessly for a goal kick.
But most of the action was at the other end, with Aberdeen looking a real threat going forward.
Dons winger Ryan Fraser was in full flight when he was clipped from the back by Rocco Quinn, who was booked by referee Craig Thomson.
In a rare County attack in the 14th minute Richard Brittain let rip from 25 yards but his shot just dipped over the crossbar.
Stuart Kettlewell was the next County player in the referee's book for a challenge on Isaac Osbourne.
The home side were coming more into the match and after Vigurs released Rocco Quinn on the right but Mark Fotheringham did not get enough purchase on the cross and Jamie Langfield gathered easily.
But County had a great chance to go ahead in the 25th minute when Langfield made a hash of a Russell Anderson back-pass under pressure from Ross and Quinn's header looked to be going in until the Dons keeper recovered to fingertip it over the bar.
The home side took the lead in the 35th minute when a deep free-kick from Brittain took a deflection off the head of Mark Reynolds and into his own net.
The Dons should have been back on level terms three minutes later when County defender Mark Fitzpatrick was wayward with a pass out of the box but Gavin Rae, with only Michael Fraser to beat, cracked a shot off the underside of the crossbar.
The visitors came close again in their next attack when Scott Vernon flashed a shot narrowly past the far post.
There was no let-up in the pace of the match after the break and County doubled their lead in a breakaway move. Ross raced on to a though-ball from Rocco Quinn, shrugged off the attentions of Reynolds and blasted an angled drive into the far corner of the net.
Vernon had a header on target in the 63rd minute when he got on the end of a Chris Clark free-kick but it was comfortable for Michael Fraser.
The Dons brought on Jonny Hayes for Vernon in the 70th minute in an attempt to pep up their attack.
The move paid dividends six minutes later when Hayes nutmegged Fitzpatrick on the right and his cut-back was swept into the net from close range by McGinn.
County made a double substitution in the 80th minute with Colin McMenamin and Alex Cooper on for Ross and Vigurs.
Right at the death Rae flashed a header wide of Fraser's left-hand post but County held out for an historic win.
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Jerry Coleman, a two-time war hero who became one of the most endearing figures in Padres history, passed away Sunday afternoon at the age of 89.
Coleman died at Scripps Memorial Hospital with complications of head injuries he'd suffered in a fall last month. Coleman had been in and out of the hospital since the early-December fall, according to several of his close friends, and also contracted pneumonia.
Gerald Francis Coleman, born Sept. 14, 1924, in San Jose, Calif., wore the Padres uniform for only a year. At that, it was a fairly desultory year for all concerned — and yet his jersey number is one of few retired to the franchise's wall of fame.
In 42 years as broadcaster of Padres games, Coleman became the link between the major league team and San Diego. To many, he was its very identity.
Coleman was as beloved for his favorite-uncle voice as Hall of Fame player Tony Gwynn was for his line drives between short and third. Coleman's mistakes and misspeaks, much as he had to swallow his annoyance at their too-frequent re-hashing, made him even more of an icon of the community.
View the photo gallery: Jerry Coleman, aviator, athlete, announcer
Coleman's humility and self-effacing ways belied an extraordinary personal history of courage, sacrifice and accomplishment. Addressed affectionately and respectfully at the ballpark as "The Colonel," he was a Marine Corps aviator in both World War II and the Korean War. And he was an All-Star second baseman for the dynastic New York Yankees who once was Most Valuable Player of a World Series.
"Jerry Coleman was a hero and a role model to myself and countless others in the game of baseball," Commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement released Sunday. "He had a memorable, multifaceted career in the national pastime -- as an All-Star during the great Yankees' dynasty from 1949-1953, a manager and, for more than a half-century, a beloved broadcaster, including as an exemplary ambassador for the San Diego Padres.
"But above all, Jerry's decorated service to our country in both World War II and Korea made him an integral part of the Greatest Generation. He was a true friend whose counsel I valued greatly.
Major League Baseball began its support of Welcome Back Veterans to honor the vibrant legacy of heroes like Jerry Coleman. Our entire sport mourns the loss of this fine gentleman, and I extend my deepest condolences to his family, friends, fans of the Padres and the Yankees, and his many admirers in baseball and beyond."
That Coleman won over so many people in the relatively unseen realm of a radio booth hid the fact he was an unfailingly dapper gentleman. While his time on the air was decreasing over the past few years, the testimonials mounted and honors culminated with Coleman's receiving the Ford C. Frick award for his work behind the microphone from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.
"Bottom line: People loved Jerry and respected him, because you could tell from listening to him what a wonderful person he was," said Vin Scully, the legendary voice of the Dodgers for 65 seasons. "I considered it a great privilege for me to be one of those who voted for Jerry's induction into Cooperstown. What an amazing life."
The Jerry Coleman statue at Petco Park will stay open until 11:30 p.m. Sunday for fans who want to pay respects. Enter through the East Village gate.
Before he ever played major league baseball, Coleman was a World War II bomber pilot with 57 missions flown in the Pacific theater. Only a few years into his big-league career, he returned to the Corps and combat, flying another 60 missions over Korea and surviving a horrific crash.
Not given to flashiness in either his infield play or his personality, Coleman was overshadowed by the likes of Joe DiMaggio and roommate Mickey Mantle on some of the most vaunted New York Yankees teams of all time, yet he was hardly without distinction of his own.
He was the American League's Rookie of the Year in 1949 — and the AL's top fielding second baseman that year — and MVP of the World Series the next year, when he set a Yankees record for double plays by a second baseman with 137. Batting a respectable .275 in six World Series, Coleman helped the Yankees win four of them.
"Jerry was one of the nicest men ever in the game and one of the smartest players, too," said Don Newcombe, a former Dodgers pitcher who struck out 11 Yankees in Game 1 of the '50 World Series. "He was not the greatest second basemen ever, but one of the smartest. He wasn't a brilliant player in the showy sense, but brilliant in the intelligence sense.
"That's what made him a Yankee for so long. You had to be smart to stay on the field with those guys. You had to be smart to be the other half of the double-play combination with Scooter (Phil Rizzuto)."
If ever a player looked like a Yankee should look, too, Scully said that was Coleman.
"Jerry was a crisp and clean player," he said. "He looked the same in his Yankee uniform as he did in his military uniform. He had a look of great precision. He played his position the same way."
Military service interrupted — and perhaps abridged — what had been a promising playing career. Coleman followed his terrific rookie season with an All-Star year in 1950, boosting his average to .287 while driving in 69 runs, even though he generally batted second or eighth in the Yankees' batting order.
"Jerry was there for a reason, because he knew how to hit behind Rizzuto," said Newcombe, "and because he thought nothing of doing it because he was so unselfish and such a great team man."
Same as Ted Williams, Coleman left baseball a second time and reported for duty in the Korean Conflict. Before it was over, he had earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses, 13 Air Medals and three Navy Citations.
"There were times," Coleman said, "when you were up there and realized that all you were doing was practicing death."
He flew a Corsair on bombing runs over North Korea, often operating at night without running lights on radio blackout. Coleman told of a harrowing night sortie in which his vision was further impaired by oil leaking all over his windshield. Opening his hand-cranked canopy, Coleman lost his headset to the wind, essentially rendering him deaf, dumb and blind while negotiating the hills.
"He's flying a plane loaded with bombs in the pitch black and his oil gauge is dropping," said longtime broadcasting partner Ted Leitner, adding that it was only with intense prompting that Coleman would share his wartime travails. "Being a typical Marine, he decided to complete his mission and hope he had enough oil to finish. He got his plane down. Just imagine, though, living with the thought of getting shot out of the sky every day."
Headed out on another mission, Coleman's plane had risen just 100 feet when the motor died. Instead of unloading the bombs on the airstrip below, putting military personnel at risk, Coleman crash-landed the jet with the knowledge that the bombs most likely would detonate upon impact.
They didn't, but Coleman's plane flipped over. The straps of his crash helmet were suffocating him as he was pulled from the wreckage, whereupon a Navy corpsman revived him.
"To him, the Marine Corps was No. 1 after family," Leitner said. "This is a guy who wore the pinstripes at Yankee Stadium, who roomed with Mickey Mantle, who had his picture taken with Joe DiMaggio, who played in World Series and was MVP of one of them. Yet he'd tell you that his time with the Marines was more important to him. Nobody shot at him at Yankee Stadium."
Yet his return from war to the diamond gave him some anxious moments. Discharged in September 1953, he was feted at Yankee Stadium on "Coleman Day." Coleman said he was "terrified" by the focus on his return.
"Don't bother goin' out to talk to him," manager Casey Stengel said in the New York Times account of the occasion. "He's so scared he won't even know you. He didn't even know me this mornin' and he sure was here early enough, 'bout 8 o'clock, I'd say. By 11 he sez to me, 'Gee, Case, only three hours to go.' You'd think they wuz gonna guillotine him or somethin'."
Broadcasting seemed a natural transition for Coleman, easygoing and quick-witted, but it didn't happen until three years after his retirement in 1957. He spent three years in the Yankees' front office before he was offered a shot at television, where he made his debut on no less than the CBS Game of the Week with Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese. (Dean, incidentally, was among the eight other broadcasters beaten out by Coleman for the Frick Award.)
The Yankees lured him back as a broadcast-booth teammate to Mel Allen, Red Barber and Rizzuto in 1963, and seven years later he moved west to host the California Angels' pre-game show and anchor sportscasts on KTLA-TV.
The Padres were loaded with ex-Dodgers and ex-Angels, most brought down by Buzzie Bavasi, who had run both clubs and started the expansion franchise in San Diego. Coleman arrived here in '72, continuing to call the national CBS Radio Game of the Week for 22 years.
"I listened to Jerry do Yankee games when I was a kid, and then I'm in the booth with him, so you can imagine what that meant to me," said Leitner, who worked with Coleman for decades. "You'd hear him talking about today's players, how different they are, but you'd never hear him say 'In my day ...' He was not a live-in-the-past kind of guy.
"Don't get me wrong. Some of that modern-ballplayer stuff drove him crazy. But I never saw him lose his temper in 26 years, never saw him explode at something somebody did. I never heard him say 'That's dumb!' — and he could have said that to me 100 times a day."
Coleman borrowed the catch-phrase "Oh Doctor!" from Red Barber and Casey Stengal. It became his signature as well in San Diego, the one splashed across banner headlines when the Padres finally won a pennant in 1984. Whenever a Padres fielder made a tough play, heads in the ballpark turned backward to see if Coleman would "Hang a Star" on the glovework or a great throw.
"Back in grade school, we had a spelling test every Friday," Coleman said. "If you got all 20 right, you got a gold star. I never got a gold star."
Invariably, alas, references to Coleman's broadcasting got around to some of the descriptions that didn't quite come out right. "Colemanisms," they came to be known, and not just locally.
"He laughed them off, but he hated the living hell out of the malaprops and the attention they brought him," Leitner said. "I mean, he hated them. He'd go to Milwaukee and they'd do a 'Who am I?' thing on the scoreboard, then play a malaprop of Jerry's. That embarrassed him. Who wouldn't be embarrassed? For the longest time, too, I think it might've kept him out of the Hall of Fame.
"People are always rattling off Colemanisms to me. I say 'Look at the sum of the man.' When you think of everything else the man was about, the things he did in his wonderful life, who gives a bleep (expletive) if he misspoke?"
It was with both empathy and sympathy, but also disappointment, that Scully recalled how the mistakes followed Coleman everywhere.
"The malaprops mean nothing," Scully said. "You spend 3 1/2 hours every day talking and you hear everything coming out of your mouth. But what we do is like skywriting. You put it out there, but then it soon blows away."
Peers found humor in Coleman's play-by-play writing. Before his own death in 2011, Duke Snider recounted with great relish the story of how former Dodgers teammate Don Drysdale, also trying to parlay his playing success into a broadcasting career, joined Coleman in the booth and studied the way Coleman filled out his scorebook during games.
"Don said he understood everything Jerry wrote in the book, all the different marks he made and what they meant, except one," Snider said. "There were a few at-bats where Jerry'd written 'WW' and Don kept wracking his brain, trying to figure out what 'WW' meant. Finally he asked and Jerry said, 'Wasn't watching.'/i"
Scully said he remembered Coleman as not only a friend and colleague, but as a guest, one of the best he ever had. The occasion was a Memorial Day tribute.
"Jerry talked about flying in Korea and his plane being in trouble," said Scully, "how when one plane was struggling, all the fellows in the other planes would listen in and send up their prayers for the plane in trouble. It was a beautiful thing to hear about, a beautiful show, and he was ideal in the telling of it."
Decades after he flew his first raids on the Solomon Islands, though, the telling of those stories never got any less painful.
"Memorial Day was tough on him," said former Padres play-by-play man Mel Proctor. "On Memorial Day, he'd get a tear in his eye. Jerry volunteered great baseball stories, but very few war stories. It was too hard for him."
Conversely, Coleman's military experience and appreciation for those in the service made him special in the eyes and ears of San Diego baseball fans, so many of them either active duty or retired.
"San Diego was the perfect town for him, in a lot of ways," Leitner said. "If he was in New York and had those malaprops, the press there would've treated him like a serial killer. San Diego's not like that. He was the guy who taught a lot of San Diegans their baseball. They respected him and didn't care about the way he said things sometimes."
Then again, all too often, Coleman was trying to describe plays made by players who were tripping over themselves. The Padres teams of the 1960s and '70s were largely wretched, more often than not placing last in the NL West and failing to finish higher than fourth until 1984.
The franchise became known for bizarre stuff, like owner Ray Kroc grabbing the public-address microphone, criticizing his team's play for the crowd and ordering security to get a hold of that naked streaker running around the field. Kroc's decision to make Coleman the Padres' manager — without any coaching experience whatsoever — in 1980 was considered just another bit of silliness.
"We started out last on Opening Day and we held that position all year long," Coleman once said. "People say, 'You guys had three Hall of Famers on that team (Ozzie Smith, Dave Winfield and Rollie Fingers).' True enough. Except the other 20-some guys couldn't play."
For what it's worth, Coleman guided the Padres to their second-best season to that point, a 73-89 mark.
"I don't think he really wanted to do that," said Tom Lasorda, who was manager of the Dodgers at the time. "He could've been a good manager, though, if he'd had a real opportunity to do it. Jerry was a great ballplayer, an intelligent player, and he was a goddam bomber pilot. With those qualifications, you think he couldn't have been a good manager, too?"
"Jerry's the best," said Proctor, "one of those special people you thank God you got to meet."Copyright © 2019, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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From bungalows to brownstones, new builds to rehabs, modern and vintage — Chicago is full of a great mix of housing. No matter how dark and cold it seems to get, our readers manage to transform even the tiniest of spaces into bright, light retreats. From 250 to 900 square feet, here's a quick dose of inspiration from some of our favorite Windy City House Tours and Small Cool entries.
1. Shelby's Lots of Character (house tour here); 375 sq ft. Small Space Highlight: The lofted bedroom, built-ins, fireplace and high ceiling give it a lot of character and make the home feel much bigger than it is.
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6. Melissa and Matt's Design Lab; 550 sq ft. Small Space Highlight: Lots of color! Also, a lack of clutter and smart use of attractive, open storage pieces make their necessary belongings part of the decor in a very successful way.
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