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For those who want a chance to meet James Loney and Matt Kemp, they'll be signing autographs tomorrow from 12 – 1. Loney will be at a store in Los Angeles at 2333 Sepulveda Blvd. and Kemp will be at one in Torrance at 18201 Hawthorne Blvd.
And, there are still tickets left for tonight for those who want to come down and get their Furcal bobblehead doll. No collection is complete without it!
Here's the lineup for tonight followed by some notes to whet your appetite:
Furcal, SS
Pierre, CF
Martin, C
Kent, 2B
Gonzo, LF
Nomar, 1B (back at first for the day)
Kemp, RF
Abreu, 3B
Billingsley, P
FURCAL TAKES ON BOBBLE HEAD CURSE – On April 26, Nomar Garciaparra went 1-for-5 to become just the second Dodger player to get a hit on his bobblehead night, joining Cesar Izturis who went 2-for-4 on June 1, 2005. Of the four previous games in which a Dodger played on his bobble head night, those players were a combined 0-for-11, as Fred McGriff went 0-for-4 on Sept. 12, 2003, Shawn Green went 0-for-3 on July 18, 2002 and Paul Lo Duca went 0-for-4 on May 31, 2002. Combined, all Dodger players have gone 3-for-20 when honored with a bobblehead.
LEAGUE LEADERS – The Dodgers have 48 victories this season, tying them with the Brewers and Padres for the most in the National League.
PAYING THE BILLS – Since joining the starting rotation, Chad Billingsley has held opposing hitters to a .167 average (9-for-54). That is the lowest opponents' average in baseball among all pitchers with three or more starts. Source: STATS, LLC
HOME GROWN DODGERS – Of the 31 players on the 25-man roster and the disabled list, 10 were drafted and/or signed by the Dodgers (Tony Abreu, Chad Billingsley, Jonathan Broxton, Matt Kemp, Hong-Chih Kuo, James Loney, Russell Martin, Jason Repko, Takashi Saito and Eric Stults), while three others were drafted in another organization but reached the Majors with the Dodgers (Yhency Brazoban, Andre Ethier and D.J. Houlton). That's 42 percent (13 of 31) "homegrown" Dodgers on the current club. At this time last season, it was 25 percent (9 of 36); at this time in 2005 it was 24 percent (8 of 33) and at this time in 2004 it was 31 percent (9 of 29).
BEFORE THE BREAK – Over the last 50 years, only 20 Dodger pitchers have won 10 or more games before the All-Star Break including Brad Penny, who has now done it in consecutive seasons. Of those 20 pitchers who have accomplished the feat a total of 46 times, only two have done it while losing one game or less – Penny and Doug Rau, who went 11-1 in 1977.
AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM – On this date in 1979, the Dodgers purchased the contract of Fernando Valenzuela from Puebla in the Mexican League and sent him to Single-A Lodi. The following year, he reached the Major Leagues and his career included a Cy Young Award, Rookie of the Year Award and a post-playing career as a Dodger Spanish-language broadcaster on ESPN Deportes 1330.
THAT "OTHER" LEFT-HANDER – On this date in 1955, Sandy Koufax made his first Major League start and did not earn a decision against the Pirates. He gave up three hits, eight walks and struck out four in 4.2 innings of work.
ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN – On Sunday, July 15, President George W. Bush will host a White House tee ball game in honor of Jackie Robinson's 60th anniversary of breaking the color barrier, it was announced today. The game will host teams from the Inner-City Little League of Brooklyn, NY and the Wrigley Little League of Los Angeles, CA, the two home cities of Robinson's team, the Dodgers. The Dodgers will be represented by Special Advisor to the Chairman Tommy Lasorda, Director of Community Affairs Don Newcombe and Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Howard Sunkin. This will be the 17th tee ball game at the White House and it will bring together some of Robinson's original teammates and other notable baseball icons.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME – The Dodgers have a 25-18 record at Dodger Stadium, the second-best home winning percentage (.581) in the National League behind the Brewers (.698). Among the Dodgers batters faring better at home than on the road are Rafael Furcal (.313 to .231), Nomar Garciaparra (.324 to .224) and Olmedo Saenz (.323 to .114).
RUNNIN' RUSS – Russell Martin has 16 stolen bases, an L.A. Dodger record and two shy of the single-season franchise mark set by Con Daily in 1892 (18). The only Major League catchers to steal more bases before the break since 1957 were Kansas City's John Wathan (26 in 1982), Pittsburgh's Jason Kendall (22 in 1999), Texas' Ivan Rodriguez (17 in 1999) and Wathan (17 in 1983).
MEMORIES – On this date in 1933, the first All-Star Game was played at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The Dodger All-Stars were Tony Cuccinello (2B) and Max Carey, who was a coach.
SECOND CITY – The Dodgers have posted a 45-31 record this season when Jeff Kent starts at second base and a 3-7 mark when he does not. Kent is tied for the team lead with 10 homers and tied for second with 40 RBI, giving him 1,420 in his career, two shy of Jim Bottomley for 60th place all-time. He also has 521 career doubles, one behind Ed Delahanty for 34th place all-time.
197 Comments
are both Kemp and Looney going to appear at the same time, but just different location?
Love the Bobble Head trivia!
Man, Fred McGriff, I almost forgot he was a Dodger. Remember the big 500 Homer sign the Dodgers had made up for when he reached that milestone? Oops! 493 ain't bad! 🙂
Is it too much to ask for Kent to have the day off? Apparently so.
Really nice Josh, there's plenty more on Con Daily over at Dodger Thoughts it seems he was well liked by his peers & fans but suffered an almost career ending injury in 1895.
pretty good lineup(i guess).
idk wat happend to loney all of a sudden he hasnt been getting good at-bats. wat happened to the magic man!! he did really reallly well and that road trip. but we'll see how things go.
russell really needs to watch for hanley ramirez, that guy is the the juan pierre of the marlins.
Little wants make sure Kent gets to 550 plate appearnces to further the debacle created by Ned Colletti for no reason!
Nobody was bidding on Jeff Kent's washed up services, yet gives Mr. Personality not one but what is going to be two extra washed up years.
At least we can enjoy another TWO THOUSAND OUTS from Pierre.
They should have a Furcal bobbleankle give away. Put him on the DL already.
……somebody please say something interesting…
thing is… if they put raffy on the dl whos gonna be ss???
abreu could always play ss…and the pierre bashing has got to stop sometime….not looking foward to four more years of this. i mean, he had a pretty good game yesterday…he's getting better and better. also had many key catches on a dead run.
To evy: Hu's at short.
"……somebody please say something interesting…" from alex41592
SOMETHING INTERESTING [Drum beat]
ok i am not fond of this lineup but oh well…bills has pitched well against the marlins this year so i expect more of the same.
I'm on the verge of packing it in as far as my hopes for the Dodgers advancing beyond the NLDS goes ( or even avoid getting swept right back out again ). Heresy with them only one game back from first? Perhaps. Still, I feel the team's at least a year away from transitioning from a "good team" to a "really quite good team", and being merely "good" is not enough to go deep into the postseason – in my uneducated opinion, of course.
Why at least a year away? Well, next year we'd hopefully be shedding a little dead wood ( Kent – don't exercise his option ) and maybe Gonzo too, he's good so far but his fall of cliff is coming … Nomar we're stuck with, but at least Kemp, Loney et all have more time of maturing in the Majors under their belts. And we still have Penny and Lowe … Bills should be improved too, and maybe a free agent pitcher that doesn't have a bum shoulder.
So yeah, next year maybe, this year I'll take just being kinda in the hunt and be happy with it. Else losses like last night will just chew me right on up!
i mean he pitched well against the marlins last year, lol.
Anybody have a good story about how they became a Dodger fan? Or when they met their favorite Dodger? Someone tell a good story so I don't have to read the same old **** again today. I'm genuinely interested if anybody has a great story!
for bluebleeder88 who is dying to hear something interesting: dodgers are playing today!! and were gonna win!!
hahaha j/k man!
I'd keep Loney in the line-up, though it is nice to see Abreu get another start. Billingsley will hold his own and hopefully the hits continue.
Alex- I have a good story. I wast 10 in 1988. When Gibson hit the homerun I ran around the house jumping up and down, screaming, cheering,laughing, celebrating. I ran back into the living room and jumped onto the couch, knees first. I landed on the zipper of one of the couch cushions and it slit my knee pretty good. Here I am 19 years later with a scar on my knee… which will forever be my 1988 Kirk Gibson homerun scar. I think that's a pretty good story, anyway.
I'd keep Loney in the line-up, though it is nice to see Abreu get another start. Billingsley will hold his own and hopefully the hits continue.
Alex- I have a good story. I wast 10 in 1988. When Gibson hit the homerun I ran around the house jumping up and down, screaming, cheering,laughing, celebrating. I ran back into the living room and jumped onto the couch, knees first. I landed on the zipper of one of the couch cushions and it slit my knee pretty good. Here I am 19 years later with a scar on my knee… which will forever be my 1988 Kirk Gibson homerun scar. I think that's a pretty good story, anyway. 🙂
Let's win this game tonight!
Very cool story, I remember dogpiling with a bunch of my friends when I was 10 after the Dodgers clinched the West in 1995. No scar though…not to mention literally not moving during the rally against the Giants in 2004, leading into the grand slam by Finley. Where you couldn't get me to stop moving after he hit it out!
This defines Dontrelle Willis:
This season:
left handed hitters are batting .097 (7 hits total)
right handed hitters are batting .360 (112 hits, 14 HR's)
Needless to say we're heavily right handed tonight and for good reason!
I am really impressed with the whole situation, the only downfall is that the Padres are also doing exceptionally well. The last few years has shown a tight division. This year the division not only is tight but **** good. The pitching is remarkable. the Dodgers have one of ,if not the best team they've had in the past 2 decades and they've shownsteady improvment,even with the constant turovers. I'm crazy about the bullpen, even if others have a lowerERAours is as good as it has to be. Our starting pitching is average, but often enough it get us to the 7TH inning wherein lies our strength. They tell us the opposing pitchers bare down more (which I really can't understand ) when we have RISP. but I think the lack of patience by our hitters makes them easier outs. An improvement here could be the key to separate us from the pack. We have a good shot at the NLDS again. I don't think the errors have really hurt us, when you win all you need is an eraser to rub them out. I think that LITTLE is doing a good job maneuvering the line up, even if it isn't always pleasing to everybody(some want PIERRE & KENT out of the line up,for example, while KENT is still one of the best hitters in the game). Little gives us a good look at the team. People living closer to the west coast get a better look at the youngsters before they get to the big leagues. Us easterners have to rely mostly reports, although I'd been hearing a lot over the past few years about the Jacksonville 5 and they have arrived. I don't know if Colletti has made up his mind yet, but as usual, it's going to be a very important decision. GOOD LUCK TO THE DODGERS WHO ARE FISHING FOR MARLINS TODAY.
Posted by: firstname.lastname@example.com | July 6, 2007 03:21 PM "Can you picture Ozzie Guillen as our manager. He is the kind of manager that doesn't matter who you are, he would do whatever it takes to win."
Only in my worst nightmares. If he really wanted to win, he wouldn't consistently bat crummy hitters like Erstad at the top of the order. Grady wouldn't do that…oh, wait….
We may have a chance to push our lead over Arizona to 2 1/2 games, AZ down in Cincy 4-0 Bottom 5.
It's a rout in Cincy 6-0 over Arizona
Posted by: email@example.com | July 6, 2007 04:05 PM, "Is it too much to ask for Kent to have the day off? Apparently so."
Kent is 5 for his last 13 (.385) and several of his outs have been hit very hard.
firstname.lastname@example.com | July 6, 2007 05:09 PM is DEAD ON regarding Dontrelle Willis – his career spilts are tough on lefties also – this is the guy to sit the lefties against.
arizona's pitching has been not so good this last week or so…looks good for us!
One things for sure with ozzie, if you aren't doing well he'll let you know it! No coddling of the veterans, we could use that on our team.
LONEY not LOONEY!
What stores? And also, for the Loney location, is that North Sepulveda or South Sepulveda? Yahoo! Maps gives two different possibilities.
Matt Kemp will be right around the corner from my house, and while I don't know who I like better (add in Russel Martin, and those are probably my three favorite players), I feel the need to got to the Loney location, to sing the Loney song to him:
My Loney has a first name,
It's J-A-M-E-S
My Loney has a second name,
It's L-O-N-E-Y
I love to watch him every day
And if you ask me why I'll say
'Cause James Loney has a way
With H-I-T-T-I-N-G!
NO CODDLING OF THE VETERANS is exactly what we need on this team…. And/or a manager who is not afraid of youth….
I would like to see Loney in the line-up too, but given the D-Train's record, it seems to be Grady's effort to load up on Right-handed hitters as much as possible.
Loney is not quite on fire like he was when he first got recalled, and then earned the starting job, but remember, there is only one game where he had a plate appearance where he did not get on base (the day the right field scoreboard tried to kill him). I trust that this is a one-night thing–and even Loney should get a day off every now and again.
im calling it right now…if the Dodgers lose, someone's going to complain that we should have had Loney starting…(despite the record d-train has against lefties)….
and as always, i hope the Dodgers win! we need to go into the all-star break with some momentum 🙂
willis has been deadly against lefties this year, but if not for that loney should start. why should he start against kazmir and randy johnson and not willis? anyways, its good for everyone to get a day off occasionally, especially in this heat! and for anyone who still cares, lugo's batting avg. has officially dipped below .200.
leekfink: But that last line doesn't rhyme! Maybe:
"Because James Loney has a way
of raising pitchers' E-R-A."
eh if anyone needed a day off it was Kent. I just think its one of Grady's horrible gut feelings. Im starting to think that Nomar is just washed up. Managements boner for Veterans will eventually be our downfall. Lets just pray to whatever god you believe in that after July 31st we still have our best players.
Both Stores look to be AT&T cellphone stores.The one on sepulveda has a Golf shop too at the same addy.
The one on Hawthorne is SW side of Hawthore across from the good guys.
You can rest Kent on Sunday, but not with the lefty tonight and that would mean Betemit at third against a lefty since Abreu would be a second, Nomar at first. Not a good option. It's not a gut feeling it's common sense, something some of you think Grady doesn't have…I'm off to the game!
gonzo is THEE only vet worth his weight, lets go kent !!!!
Abreu needs some AB'S so i'm o.k. with him starting today but if i remember correctly Willis doesn't pitch all that well against the Dodgers & at Dodger Stadium.
Very good news for the pen' Beimel is back, now I'm off…
Nomar at third, Abreu at second and Loney at first. Kent needs some rest and we need someone in the 4 spot that won't implode an inning.
Kemp and Ethier are at different AT&T Stores at the same time. I'm honestly not sure if it's North or South Sepulveda.
After rolling up Willis and LHPs in the past, it only stands to reason that we won't get anything done tonight 🙂
robbed of a run…that clearly hit kemp on the foot
this game is horrible. its just soooo ***!!
kemp did get hit by that freakin pitch!!!
fuuuudge man!!
we could of had em there!!
ok Josh… who is going? you stated Loney and Kemp first…
great catch!!
Who do we think should be playing centerfield ????
should be at least 3-1 right now….robbed….always seem to get unlucky
Everybodys favorite player is coming to bat…… Hip HIp HOrray
yeap…that's my favorite hitter baby!!! hahaa…godd one rwbjr
new that was gone as soon as he hit that one….no doubt about it…hhaha
Russell Martin for PRESIDENT!!!!
We are going to need one after Bush gets Impeached…
yeah kent!
Pierre, Martin, & Kent doing all the hitting…
Note to the rest of the hitters — THIS IS A TEAM GAME…
Gonzo for VicePresident!!!!!
hahah…looks like luck is finally on our side
Yes Tim —- this helps to make up for that terrible call by the homeplate upm….
Bad Ju ju Got punished….
They saved the day for Bills… Now they need to hold the lead….
Please Grady — Just pretend that Tomko is not on the staff….
PIERRE M_A_R_T_I_N daGONZ & an E9
ok who starts Sunday now?
Nice move by Grady putting Loney in at 1st…
what a great job by houlton, furcal, and kent
Very good question — Who does start on Sunday….
I am real afrad of the answer…
Nice inning by DJ…
heard something this morn on the radio about everyone being avail to pitch Sun and they were joking about 1 inn per pitcher….
yay furcal
Managements boner for Veterans will eventually be our downfall.
Max —- Best observation /comment all day…
Hope it doesn't — But could very well happen…
haha…he two-handed that one.
man…let's go seanez
Way to go, Rudy!!!
That was nor all the Seanez nay sayers…
The Old War Horse just seems to get it done….
It's Broxton & Saito time….. After we score a few more runs of course…
wow…good catch by amezaga…i was hoping for kent to go to third or possibly score on that one…oh well
Thats what a REAL centerfielder looks like…
you know…pierre makes catches like that a lot too…just look a replay of any of the games against the braves
in fact…i believe he made a great catch tonight
no JP makes them without the dramatics hes at the wall alot quicker.Remember Lofton never being able to make it to the wall lastyear?
yeah…that's true
I'm not going to argue with you Tim…. If you can't tell the difference between the two players you are obviously never going to be swayed…
Did you just see that last play…. Plus he has an ARM..
what always ticked me off about the balls over loftons head was that he was never charged for errors….
Yes JP has no Arm but he makes those catches everyday.
I do agree —- Lofton was pretty sad last year….
C'mon Johnny B GOOD tonight!
i'm not trying to say either player is better…i'm just saying…before you continue to bash pierre consider that he had a great leaping catch at the wall tonight, and many more the past few nights and stop being so..um..mean
yeah broxton!!!
The way I look at it —- If you don't have an arm you are only doing 1/2 of the job required of a good centerfielder….
another K baby
Go Johnny GO!
Then Lofton was a dh playing center…
man has he furcal got an arm or what?
Brox looking good!!!!!!
Raffy looking great!!!! On his bobblehead nite even…
I think that song would be better for Brox.Play that Bottom of the 8th to get all the fans Goin…Johnny B Goode
And what a song to take with him for his Future Closer Role!
Tim —
Nobody was bashing Pierre — I simply stated the obvious… They have a very good CF & we have Pierre…
No need to be so DEFENSIVE & DISAGREEABLE…
i'm not being defensive or disagreeable…just pointing something out.
however, this is what you say:
"Thats what a REAL centerfielder looks like…"
although it may not be implicit, but it is definitely implied that pierre is a bad centerfielder. that's pretty much bashing by my book.
yep you did say it as if jp was a bad cf'er and one note to that is that he missed Gonzo's first shot at the wall which gave us the lead and he got picked off at 2nd..
I will give You this about JP —- His hitting is much improved over the last few weeks …. A point I have made on several ocassions… But, As I am typing this he grounds into an inning ending DP….
JP would have been fried for that already…
yeah..i'm surprised there hasn't been that much said about that yet
wow…a rare walk by saito
Take of those RCGlasses boys — just maybe you will see what many, many others see… However, I doubt it….
BTW, I have read & heard many sports writers & commentators make duragatory remarks about your hero…
Evidently they are all wrong…
never said pierre was my hero…
wow…saito has a blown save….this is not fun
The Impossible just happened… DArnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Jp is not my Hero but your hero is on the Marlins and this is the Dodger Blog…..
come on sammy!
yes!…got the strike out…alright…time for a walk off
I Feel ill………
We need to win this game… It would be a very discouraging game to lose…
As I Say that, Tomko walks to the mound… God help us….
Did the Marlins pay the plate umpire?
NO **** Saito didn't get the called strikes in the top of the 9th that got called against Martin and then the Whole HBP on Kemp with Bases Loaded….that wasn't.. this ump is a CHUMP!
Dodger announcer just said "the centerfielder has made about 4 OUTSTANDING plays tonite"…..
Guess who he was talking about… Ha ha Ha ….i
ragging on our own Dodger players? thank god you don't represent the majority..
Well-Guess this game wasnt important to grady. All tomko does is give up runs
I cannot stand watching this team play anymore. They are so pathetic.
Beyond Belief…..
yeah so pretty much tomko ***** ***. BOMBKO *****. can we get rid of that piece of trash, send him back to sf where we got him.
Why is he still on the team? When is the last time he came in to pitch and did not allow a run? Grady is a complete *****, I have not said this once this season yet, but he just gave this game away.
Apparently you cannot say m-oron
why is it that dodger management always seems to get rid of the players that are the heart of the time, but not able to DFA players that continuously cost us games. Someone should send a memo to Ned and let him know that the fans are not going to be upset that he gets rid of Tomko. While Chad didnt throw a great game tonight, he got the run support he needed, I just want to know who paid off the home plate ump. Notice how he took the ball away from little after he had intercepted it in mid air from the bat boy. The ump was not even going to consider changing his mind, disgraceful.
Cmon kemp stop swinging at **** in the dirt and hit the ball
The umpire was pathetic. I'm tired of the Dodgers getting worked over by the umpires.
Eh it is not his fault Tomko cannot pitch without giving up a run
A ray of hope by Abreu..
not that he deserves it, but maybe Loney can give Tomko a win here
Now everything is a strike though…
OMG that first pitch was so outside to Loney
break the curse…
Nice at bat by Loney…
Everybodys Hero comming to the plate….
Make us proud…
Here we go
all we need is a bloop singe with the infield up
did Vin just say penny is on deck?
Cmon Pierre you can do it. Prove you value to us.
yep penny to ph
Yea – So what else is new…
I really hope we get to see Penny bat
wellll…let the JP bashing begin…..
How fitting: Juan Pierre pops up. Welcome to the next 5 years.
DFA TOMKO, DFA PIERRE, if not them, then DFA Ned and bring in someone to do the first two.
Ugh this is terrible. I really hope Tomko is cut tomorrow. There is just no reason for him to be on this team. He is just awful.
If there's ANYTHING positive about this game, Tomko moves closer to being DFA'd.
In Tomko's last 12 or so previous innings he has given up 13 Earned runs, 23 hits, and 3 HRs. How lucky are we to have this gem on our team?
Guys play their hearts out, and get ripped open by the umpire, or a teammate swinging at the first pitch for a bases loaded DP, or any of those plays we found so frustrating over the past few weeks ( though to be fair Penny safe at second and Jones overrunning the ball should have been more than enough luck to win last night ) or otherwise the dice just doesn't roll right for us. If this bad luck gets offset by Ned not deciding to do any dumb trades at the deadline, I'll take it. If Ned makes a dumb trade at the deadline, I might get around to watching the Dodgers again next year, but I'm certainly not investing any of my time or money in the team – no tickets, no merchandise, no watching the games, no checking the website.
Anyway, that's my rant. Just had to get it out. :-\ Stage back to the usual suspects.
that pitch that pierre popped up was right down the freaking middle with nothing on it. ok, rant over. dfa tomko.
im so sick of watching the dodgers go up and down every week. as of right now they have ALOT of improving to do. ANGELS ****!!!!
ok ok ANGELS STINK!!
Bomko did his usual — Shame on you Grady…
Bomko still on this team — Shame on you Ned…
Abreu not playing closer to the plate — Shame on you Grady…
The Plate Umpire's Bad Calls… Shame On Him…
Pierre on this team for the next 4 years — Shame on you Ned…
12 men LOB — Shame on everybody…
Lousey Defense — Shame on everybody…. Bottom of the league…
It must be time to fire Bill Mueller — We obvioulsy need another SCAPEGOAT…
Nobody in managment willing to take the blame….Or to make the changes that are needed…
I'll ask yet again…….why is Tomko still on the team?
A few points that i want to make.
1. lack of management: Miguel cabrera rips a double to score the tying run. Shouldn't the outfield be deep to prevent that runner from scoring.
2. Lack of management: Abreu playing so far back that they put down a bunt in his face. Not his fault though, he is not a third basemen.
3. Lack of management: We need one run to tie, so we must try to do what we can do get on base to score. Matt Kemp swings on a 2-0. You would think they give him a sign to take the freaking pitch. 3 batters later, 3 walks.
4. Finally Tomko. I beleive this guy's heart is not in the game. They throw him in the bullpen because he cant cut it as a starter. I just don't think he is happy where he is at, and is not putting 100%. He is really killing us.
Something has to be done!
Very disapointing lost!
The answer is simple — We have Ned as a GM & we have Grady as a manager….
juan pierre…i have rooted for this guy for his whole career. this is my first post and i have been reading "Inside the Dodgers" for over a year. i just do not know what to think anymore. i am the ultimate optimist and have thought he was going to turn it around at any moment all year long. can we please just start playing the numbers. i am not with the crowd who just wishes for the young players to get their time; it needs to be earned in the majors. pierre is not the only one, nomar has played as poorly. it is frustrating because i feel we have the personel to win a few more games than we have been. i totally understand giving guys their time to prove what they are worth. but at this point, it seems if you were going to turn it around, it should have already began. this is quite the drunk rant, but i believe we should have no set line-up. no one in our line-up other than furcal and martin should be regulars. as much as i am criticizing the dodgers, i do still believe in coletti and little. GO DODGERS!!
"shame on JP"
"shame on Nomar"
there, that about rounds out the typical arguments on this blog
and here i am again. the previous blurp took me a long time to type. the guys holding the positions a little higher than us bloggers have more info than us. everything right now is a learning experience for the young guys. they cannot be controlled everytime. if you are expecting greatness from our young guns right now, you are stupid. these guys are going to go through a few more trials and errors than the vets. realistically, this year is going to be painful.
It's because Ned signed him to a 2 yrs contract last year and we're paying him a lot of money not to screw up.
Shame on Grady for taken out Nomar early or not put him at 3rd bases.
Martin had a good nite – playing like an AllStar……..
Kent had 3 hits & is raising his avg…. Those hard hit balls are starting to find the gaps…
Raffy had 2 hits & a walk on bobblehead nite … Pretty good nite for him… Plus a great doubleplay by he & Kent…
Kemp made some nice plays in RF…
Loney had some good at bats & drew 2 walks… Also looked good at 1st…
Tomko — Well, never mind…
Best of all – we didn't lose any ground in the standings…
Tough loss, but we get to play again tomorrow & erase this one from our memory…
Boy – This being POSITIVE is hard to do … But it also seems to relieve the stress… STRANGE
being POSITIVE is what it's all about…if you want to be negative all the time and degrade your own players, coaches, and management, then go root for the devil rays….
i prefer rooting for my Dodgers, through the good times and the bad….we'll go get em tommorow with Lowe on the mound…hopefully he can go deep so that our bullpen doesnt get taxed again…
I'ts amazing how LOWE is pitted against the best pitchers or he pitches just when the team is in a scoring drought.
im coming around to the "majorities" side now. Im going to start cheering for mediocrity. Don't DFA Bombko. Heck DFA Penny. Make Bombko our ace. Why not give Pierre a contract extentsion now. Lets make Nomar our leadoff hitter. While we're at it…lets make Grady Little owner.
I won't comment too much on tonight's game, but I will say that the majority opinion is that Tomko has to go, which has been known for a while now. All that needs to be said is while in the mens room before the 10th inning, Vinny over the loudspeaker said Tomko was in the game AND Every single person in the bathroom, including a few 5-6 year old kids started screaming "WHY?…Oh it's over now" "Game Over" "He stinks" (along with a few other words you could substitute). He will never live this down, he's booed after every ball thrown, sarcasticly cheered after every strike and everyone expects failure. Just cut him and eat the remaining $$$ on the contract. His own home team booed him tonight like he was pitching for the Giants. That's how bad it was tonight. Tonight's loss still hurts…I feel bad for Saito I'm sure he's taking this all on his shoulders. Chin up and go get them tomorrow.
hmmm interesting and that game Wolf PR for Sanez I guess you really can't put another player in that DH spot. What a stupid rules.
Did Mauer really leave the DH spot to catcher? That meaning the pitcher had to hit. I guess you really can't used another hitter in that DH spot.
h ttp://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270706304
Are they cheering Bomko ***** Bombko ***** with the booing like the Bonds ***** chant?
Let's me say that again and I mean are they saying Bombko ***** Bombko *****?
Once Saito couldn't save the game, it was almost a given that we were destined to lose it – how do you fight a combination of having to use Tomko in a game deciding situation and Pierre up with the bases loaded.
I'm not bashing Pierre, because he's actually been playing pretty good ball. There is no reason apparent to me, however, why Tomko is still taking up that roster spot with the Dodgers. We could have either Meloan or Hull in his place, and either of them has to do better in a game-on-the-line situation. Last night we simply ran out of relief pitchers, and Tomko was left in that situation because we insist on leaving him with the club. Grady, with that unlimited patience, will continue to give him chances right up to the end of this season, and Grady and Ned are the ones who should be booed, because Tomko is already past that stage. He's just doing all he knows how, and that is being a mediocre pitcher who does not belong in a game situation.
Actually, as I re-read my posting above, I have to apologize to all the mediocre pitchers in the league, because Tomko is now well below their level.
Neds bridge to the future is crumbling. Tomko is a waste of a roster spot. Why doesn't management see this? They'd be better off with a young pitcher, I doubt he could do worse. Remember Tomko lost 15 games 3 years ago. A mediocre pitcher does not lose 15 games, only a very bad one does. Also Pierre is what he is, and that's our misfortune, that and Nomar has to be played.
both fliegel & messagebear make good points i'm just upset period, hopefully things will turn around.
Two Points. 1. Marlins pitcher
unable to find the plate. Gives Abreu 4 straight balls,
He now has thrown 33 stikes & 33 balls (He's wild ). So what happens ? Sanez, comes up and swings at the 1st pitch
???? 2. I believe that the "Honeymoon", for Abreu, Loney, Kemp and Eithier is OVER. The opponents scouting staffs, have done their job.
Now it's time for OUR Batting coach ( Meuller ), to do his JOB and help them adjust, BUT quick. We're running out of time here.???????
A few comments:
"Thats what a REAL centerfielder looks like…" Actually, Amezaga is a shortstop. He played CF for the first time last year. Defensively, though, he is the best the Marlins have, almost anywhere they throw him in (seven positions total).
I'm with you on the Chuck Meriwether bashing, but the Dodgers weren't the only ones suffering. His strikezone was laughable, for both sides. Gregg "found the plate" a few more times than Chuck gave him credit for.
Also, "I'ts amazing how LOWE is pitted against the best pitchers or he pitches just when the team is in a scoring drought…" We can relate with Mitre, who sports the best ERA on our pitching staff, and has the fewest wins. Should be an interesting match-up.
Meriwether, HA! sounds fruity.
Many fans are mad about TOMKO but as it is GRADY is not giving up on him yet. Some games eat at you all night. Tomko shouldn't have never even've gotten to the mound last night. It was one of those games you feel you were cheated out of. Plate umpire Chuck MERIWETHER(I checked the box score) either had a bad night or he should get his eyes checked. He missed the ball hitting KEMP(possible had a bad view) and SAITO didn't look any different last night then usual, but he had to come closer to the middle of the plate(and you know what that does) to get a called strike. YES WE WERE BEATEN BY THE UMP.
Does anyone have an their old "Game Over" t-shirt. maybe we can recycle them and put a brett tomko picture on there. of course just not for the same reason.
i cant remember someone being booed louder than tomko got boed last night. this guy is done in LA. as for our favorite gritty centerfielder, he should be fined for hitting the ball in the air. yes pierre did collect some hits, but once and for all can we see him do that in the 8 spot. we could have gotten the same thing out of joey gathright for beans. it is becoming increasingly hard to support grady and ned. so far plan b is keeping us afloat but thats about it.
we should pinch hit penny for pierre.
Wow! What an exciting game last night.
Although I absolutely knew that we were going to lose the game the moment that Tomko emerged from the bull pen (and I seriously mean that), it was fun to see us load the bases with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
I know that I have said it several times before, but Tomko is flat out finished as a major league pitcher. He will not find that magic lamp that Grady (and now Honeycutt) say that he will find. Bob Harvey on Dodger Talk said it best (paraphrased): "Grady and Honeycutt have taken the "company line" when it comes to talking about Tomko, but he needs to be replaced."
What really bothers me is that everybody (Grady, Honeycutt, Bob Harvey, A-Martinez) all say that there is no one to replace him, to which I strongly disagree. My first choice would be Eric Hull, and then Jonathan MeLoan – who should already be in Las Vegas. Even though these kids are relatively young and have zero MLB experience, ANYBODY would be better than Tomko.
For Honeycutt to say that the home town fans should be cheering Tomko on instead of booing him when he enters the game is a joke (although I fault A-Martinez for even asking that stupid question; much like when he asked Mike Lieberthal how it felt to be yanked out of Wednesday night's game in the 9th inning so that Russell Martin could catch Saito. It should have been obvious to A-Martinez that Saito doesn't want to throw to Lieberthal because he has no confidence in him).
I know that it's water under the bridge, but here is my assessment of the game last night:
1. We should have won it – period. Once again, we left too many men on base (12) and too many in scoring position. This is where games are won and lost.
2. Replacing Martin in the 10th inning was STUPID! With Tomko coming in, EVERYBODY knew that the game would instantly be in jeopardy (everybody but Grady and Honeycutt, that is). You HAD to have known that, with a new pitcher and a new catcher in the game, whoever got on first base (in this case Miguel Olivo walked and Eric Reed, a speedy center fielder, pinch ran for him) would attempt to steal second off of Lieberthal's "cold" arm. Now I'm not saying that Russell Martin would have thrown out Reed, but his chances would have been much greater than Lieberthal's.
3. Somebody should have given Tony Abreu a Red Bull before the 9th inning because he was flat ASLEEP at third base when Ramirez bunted RIGHT TO HIM. If he had been playing in even a little, he might have had a play at the plate against Reed. If he hasn't done so, Dave Jauss needs to chew Abreu's *** for that stupid rookie mistake.
4. Grady claimed that he had "no bullets left" except for Brett Tomko, as Tsao and Stults were unavailable. This is absolute B.S. and REALLY pisses me off. Here's a clue Grady: Tomko put the two first batters he faced on base, including the go ahead run. Grady knew that both San Diego and Arizona had lost and that this was a golden opportunity to jump into first place before the All Star break, during which EVERYBODY gets three days of rest. (Come on, even Brad Penny will throw no more than three innings in the All Star game). There was no reason whatsoever not to bring in Tsao, Stults, or even Brad Penny (who would have been my first choice. – Can you imagine the roar of the Dodger Stadium crowd if Penny had entered the game?). ****, I would have had Furcal pitch before Tomko.
5. Why the **** did Grady have Beimel pitch to one batter and then pull him. Granted, Rudy Seanez did (another) great job of getting us out of the inning, as he has done MANY times this season, but so, too, has Joe Beimel. This move really confused me, as it wasted one of our best relief pitchers.
6. As much as this goes against all common sense, I believe that Grady should have pulled Abreu out of the game after his second strike out and put Wilson Betemit in at 3B. It was very apparent that Abreu's bench time has adversely affected his ability to hit. Betemit has been striking out less and having some very good at bats of late (i.e. walks in pressure situations).
7. I will repeat myself. This was another game that we should have won, but leaving 10+ men on base (including leaving the bases load once or twice in EVERY game) is flat out killing us.
Ok, I'm done with my rant. Let's hope that Derek Lowe gets the run support that he deserves tonight to beat the Fish.
tonyu42: "Does anyone have an their old "Game Over" t-shirt. maybe we can recycle them and put a brett tomko picture on there. of course just not for the same reason."
I LOVE it! How's this?:
This team just keeps getting older…
The Dodgers signed RHP Roberto Hernandez to a minor league deal. They assigned him to Vegas. Looks like we found Bombko's ticket out of where. Just too bad its Roberto Hernanadez.
in 26 innings pitched for the Indians this year he walked 16 struckout 18 and had an ERA of 6.23
btw Hernandez is 42.
GONZO number 4! itll be nice to have 2 .300 hitters in the top 4
i like the game over t-shirt, nice job. let's hope for a great 2nd half. Go Dodgers!


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Well it's been fun & made for some interesting reading across the gold blogosphere but at last I made it to Day 20 of my 20 Days of Gold Making. So todays topic is "Lets spread some blog love - which are your 'must read' or 'go to' gold blogs or even other you go for information & reading matter?"
For patch notes & news, I head to Wow Insider but I usually get there via tweeted links! I really have trouble finding stuff sometimes on their main site!
For details about in game items, places, quest problems or zone queries etc, the monster site of Wowhead is my go to site. I rarely look anywhere else for in game related queries.
For interesting gold related articles I tend towards blog reading. I'm a creature of habit so although I do read all the blogs on my blogrolls, I tend to read them in batches rather than as soon as they publish a new post. As I said, I read all of them but I don't want to link everyone here, that would be a bit silly! Other blogs I read as & when I get around to it including some that are so new, I haven't even added them to my list yet! I pick up random posts from my twitter feed too.
Cold's Gold Factory - If you're a regular reader, you'll know that I regularly join in with Cold's Gold Blogging carnival each month and I often link to his posts. Besides being a dear friend, I happen to like the way he writes & the way he sees gold making opportunities in places I'd never think of. I love his Saturday Gifts for Gamers spot too - he does find the weirdest stuff sometimes!
Phat Lewts Gold Blog - I like the way Phat writes and although he's not writing quite as often as he used to (let's face it, many of us aren't writing so often either!), when he does do a new post, it's always well thought out & interesting.
Now I'm not a big fan of streamers & youtubers but mainly because it's hard to just listen when I miss bits from the chat room. I don't like to sit & watch either so I tend to give them a miss but @elvinelol is making quite a name for himself & was a great guest on Eviscerated Gaming Podcast a few weeks ago. He also has a twitch.tv stream & a website - check out his twitter profile for the URL's :)
And then there's the podcasts! oh my word! Do you know how many wonderful WoW related podcasts there are out there? Nope, nor me but I currently have 67 waiting in my queue to listen to & that doesn't include the ones I deleted because I got so far behind whilst I was traveling! Some of those 67 podcasts are over 2 hours long so I think I'm going to have to skip a few here & there to catch up! There's also a whole bunch of new ones just starting up too so I have no idea how I'm ever going to keep up with all of the ones I want to!
My list includes but is not limited to
- Eviscerated Gaming Podcast
- Hearthcast
- Nonmailz Nutz
- Tauren Think Tank
- Bitter & Salty
- Girls Gone WoW
- Darkmoon Herald
- Power Word:Gold
- Call To Auction
- The Mana Cooler
As I come to the end of my own 20 Days of Gold Making, I'd like to say a huge, heartfelt "THANK YOU!" to all the bloggers who decided to join in. I hope I've got everyone on my 20 Days of Gold Making - Participants list but if I've missed you or you decide to join in at some future date, just let me know & I'll add you.
It's been fun, it's been a trip down Memory Lane for many of us writers & I hope it's been interesting to you, my readers. Seeing how a person develops their gold making skill is a great way to learn to do it yourself & I tried to add in a few of the fun things you can do once you have a stack of gold!

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Entergy: Power restored in CBD after morning outage
Power returns around 12:30 p.m.
Entergy said power was restored about 12:30 p.m. after an outage began Thursday morning in parts of the Warehouse District and the Central Business District.
Entergy said underground equipment failed Thursday morning.
The outage began about 9:38 a.m., according to Entergy's website.
"Once we isolated the issue and it was safe enough for our employees to repair the problem, we sent them in," said Entergy New Orleans Spokesperson Phillip Allison.
The outage affected about 1,500 customers in those areas, Allison said.
Many businesses without power were forced to close.
One of the businesses impacted the most were restaurants due to not being able to provide lunch during the normal busy time for them.
One of the restaurants, Desi Vega's Steakhouse on St. Charles Avenue, had employees sitting ready to do preparation work in the kitchen but weren't able to because of the power outage.
The manager on duty said that losing the lunch crowd will definitely hurt their bottom line.
Good Shepherd School, located at 353 Baronne St. in the CBD, dismissed school early on Thursday due to the outage.
"Parents are asked to make arrangements to pick-up their children as soon as possible," the school said in a statement. "A message notifying parents of the situation has been sent out to parents through the school's 'School Reach' program."
Firefighters were battled an underground fire nearby at Carondelet Street and St. Joseph Street before the outage was reported, but Entergy didn't say the fire was related to the outage.
The Sewerage and Water Board, in the 600 block of St. Joseph Street, said it was shutting down non-essential operations for the day due to the power outage.
It plans on reopening Friday.
Customers seeking to make payments would not be able to do so because the outage is affecting the SWB's computer system, the SWB said.
The board said no one's water would be cut off Thursday as a result of the power outage.
The outage also affected at least one New Orleans Saints player who had to miss his workout.
Tight end Jimmy Graham said in a post on Twitter, "Does anybody else not have power down in the warehouse district of New Orleans? My garage and gate wont open. So missing workout!"


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An inspiring cancer survivor will be hosting an all new vegetarian food & road show called 'Veggie Hunter'. The road and food show is now seeking community support on Kickstarter. DJ CherishTheLuv who survived cancer and a double mastectomy has been on a quest for healing through food and music. Veggie Hunter is a food show that will cover her journey as she hunts across America to find the best vegetarian food. It is a food and road show that now seeks support to cover the travel expenses nationwide and the inspiring host is now welcoming everyone to back this great project on Kickstarter.
"I believe in healing through food and music." Said DJ CherishTheLuv while talking about the food show. "I want to explore what this country has to offer and this includes restaurants, food trucks, street "no meats", bakeries, ice cream parlors and more." She added. According to the host, the point of this food show is to prove that meatless meals do not lack in taste or adventure.
The Kickstarter Campaign is located on the web at:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1986767217/veggie-hunter and it is now seeking support by offering pledges that range from $25 to $5000 and rewards ranging from gratitude to a great opportunity of being a guest at the show alongside the host.
About Veggie Hunter
Veggie Hunter is food road show that travels around the country to discover an array of unique vegetable based culinary creations. The host is an inspiring cancer survivor and an artist who believes in healing through music and food. This amazing show is now seeking community support on Kickstarter and all the funds raised through the campaign will cover travel expenses of this road show nationwide.
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Omaha's "Radical Experiment" for School Integration
Charlotte Williams
The American Prospect recently featured an article by Sharon Lerner that details an exemplary pioneering effort to combat racial segregation in schools in Omaha, Nebraska, called the Learning Community. It pools resources and allows student movement to help make schools more socioeconomically diverse. But while Lerner argues that this "radical experiment" could serve to be a national model, local resistance may be indicative of potential animosity to similar efforts in other places. If better racial integration in schools is a focus we want to make to improve public education (and I think it should be), this situation provides a prime example of why appropriate legislation, funding, and winning hearts and minds are all integral to success.
Lerner provides a brief summary of the history of school integration efforts, noting that while court-ordered busing helped diminish racial segregation and increase African American academic achievement, the initiative was politically unpopular and by the 1980s most cities, including Omaha, had abandoned or sharply reduced the practice. Today, black and Latino students are more segregated than at any time in the last 20 years, poverty concentrations at these schools is higher, and children typically perform much lower academically.
Omaha Public School District (OPS) is no different: though African Americans account for less than 13% of city residents, they make up more than one third of OPS students (and about 11% of residents are Hispanics, comprising about 20% of OPS). Lerner writes that the city's African American community is the fifth poorest in the nation, and experiences high violence and crime. Likewise, OPS receives less in taxes than surrounding suburban districts, even though meeting low-income student needs is more expensive.
Unfortunately, the catalyst for the Learning Community came not from widespread regional support, but from an obscure state law. In 2007, OPS lawyers discovered an old (circa 1891) and overlooked law that allowed OPS to annex other surrounding districts, and OPS launched a "One City, One School District" campaign aimed at incorporating 21 suburban schools and more equally distributing resources and students.
This plan was predictably unpopular with the more affluent schools. Though many in the community had previously supported the creation of a more equitable system—including billionaire investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett, the local chapter of the NAACP, and the publisher of the Omaha World Herald—it wasn't until the suburban districts faced potentially losing their independence that they came to the negotiating table.
While the negotiations leading up to the implementation of the Learning Community initiative were both slow and sometimes hostile, ultimately a coalition of superintendents agreed to the plan which was then passed in the Nebraska Legislature in 2007. In it, an elected body is tasked with creating more equity in schools. District boundaries are still intact, but some tax money is pooled and distributed to schools based on a needs-based formula, and students in need are provided with free transportation and access to less impoverished (and less diverse) schools.
So far, the Learning Community has created programs to help close achievement gaps among elementary school students (like intensive reading programs), and has provided for student transfers to increase school diversity. Students who qualify for free or reduced lunch have access and free transportation (which is key) to schools where low-income students comprise less than 40% of the student body. More affluent students get preference to get into schools where more than 40% qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Students choosing this option are typically motivated by the desire to experience a more diverse educational experience—the article interviews one girl from an affluent region who transferred to an OPS school to experience having peers of various socioeconomic backgrounds and from more than 40 countries—as well as for academic and extracurricular programs funded by the Learning Community.
One school in the Learning Community illustrates both the potential success of the initiative, and the severe challenges it faces. Learning Community leaders have especially focused on Underwood Hills Focus School, hoping it could serve as an example of what could happen more broadly when students are placed in the right environment. The elementary school has almost exactly the socioeconomic breakdown of the larger Learning Community (and in turn of the region), and offers programs catering to both high achievers, and those who need academic help. Results have been highly promising: while only 48% of OPS students meet or exceed state reading standards, 75% of Underwood students in the same economic bracket met this standard, and the school as a whole scores better than the state average. As would be expected, demand is high to attend the school.
It is disconcerting, then, that Underwood Hills is struggling to stay open. Of the three superintendents who began the intensive focus on the school, two have been replaced by successors who lack their predecessors' commitment and pulled out citing the financial cost of participating. This espoused rationale fell apart, however, when the superintendents still refused to continue collaborating even after Susie Buffett, daughter of Warren and herself a graduate of OPS' Central High, saved the school by offering to cover all of its costs for at least one year through her foundation.
Indeed, there has been consistent opposition to the Learning Community since its inception, with complaints about districts not complying with requirements, a lack of collaboration, and more overtly, two lawsuits by residents of two of the 11 participating districts aimed at dismantling the initiative.
Further, the number of students transferring to create more socioeconomic balance is relatively small—1,560 so far, and, as Lerner points out, it is unclear how other cities and regions could replicate Omaha's attempts, since the initiative came out of an obscure local law rather than widespread support.
The article cites a proposal by Richard Kahlenberg—who I have written about before, here and here—as a potential solution. He points out that current federal law discourages districts from accepting low-income students since schools are rewarded via test scores. Instead, he argues for a system which allots federal funding for schools who take in students who would contribute to socioeconomic diversity.
I think Kahlenberg's proposal deserves serious consideration, but regardless another part of the solution must be convincing the public that school integration is an important investment. Unfortunately, this article presents another example of the current state of affairs in which the more affluent segments of the public tend not to support it, with some exceptions.
I don't want to unfairly demonize anyone. There are no doubt real constraints facing those in a position to implement systemic changes like this—like suburban superintendents who already have their hands full—and those constraints should not be discounted. And it's understandable that more affluent parents are concerned about the impact changes to the system could have on their children. The article provides an anecdote relayed by an OPS lawyer in her conversation with a mother from a wealthier district in the Learning Community. Lerner writes that the mother said, "If I understood correctly, you're telling me that my child has 10 crayons and these kids have no crayons. And you want us to give some of our crayons to those kids. Now that's probably fair. But as a parent, I'm never going to get behind anything that takes away my child's crayons." Perhaps this is where legislation can play a role, to address the roadblocks to systemic change that self-interest can create—even when the rationale behind the self-interest is understandable.


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For the Christmas of 2012 I bought my mum a jewellery making workshop at Unit Twelve Gallery. Partly due to lack of organisation and also the fact the courses seemed to get booked up really quickly, we finally managed to get ourselves along to one in late January this year.
The studio, a contemporary craft workshop and exhibition space in a stunning rural location in Staffordshire, is somewhere that I have wanted to visit for ages, ever since being introduced to the wonderful work of Jennifer Collier. The studio houses Jennifer and her work alongside a number of other studio artists and a regularly changing programme of exhibitions.
The class was taught by the very talented Katherine Richmond and was a wonderful introduction to making with silver. The course, run over a day, allowed us first to experiment with various different techniques on small pieces of copper, including applying textures, pressing, rolling, drilling holes, cutting and soldering.
Mum (not wanting to waste any of her work) chose to make all of her experimental pieces into earrings. Her final silver earrings are also below.
I made a pendant out of my copper, using two pieces, one with a texture creating by rolling the copper with sandpaper, I then used a soldering process to fuse to an untampered piece to bring out the different qualities of the metal.
As most who know me will know, I like to push myself when learning new things so I really wanted to experiment with everything that I could do with the metal. Huge thanks to the very patient Katherine who put up with my constant questioning and showed us techniques, which we probably didn't really have time to learn all in one day!
My silver earrings were created by rolling the metal (using several methods of trial and error) into small tubes. The texture I had applied to the metal first being on the interior of the piece. I probably should have drilled the holes for the fixings into the metal first but kindly Katherine helped me make what are quite fiddly pieces into wearable earrings, of which I am really proud!
In the afternoon we applied the techniques we had learnt in the morning to make a ring. Mum made a beautiful ring (below) with a texture on the outer face made by rolling the metal with a leaf.
I continued to use the sandpaper texture, which I really liked the effect of, and also continued to experiment with bending and shaping the metal to see what forms I could create. It was more difficult than I expected to create something wearable and I needed to heat the metal several times to get into a shape that I was happy with, but I think for a first attempt it worked ok?
It was a great and really inspirational day with some lovely people. You can see more of the work created by others at the workshop here. I truly would recommend a trip down to the wonderful gallery space in Staffordshire either just to look at the amazing work and meet the makers, or to do a workshop, whether in jewellery or one of the other wonderful courses they run.
Mum's collection of jewellery.


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Datasources Plugin Plugin Collection
compile "org.grails.plugins:datasources:0.5"
grails install-plugin datasources
This plugin doesn't work with Grails 2.0 or higher since multiple datasources support has been added to Grails core. See the docs in the reference guide for the new syntax.The Datasources plugin allows you to define multiple databases/datasources and decide which datasource each of your Domain classes attaches to. Grails doesn't directly support this - there's only one DataSource and one SessionFactory, and all domain classes use them.
There are some implications of the approach I took. This doesn't provide XA transactions, 2PC, etc. It's just a partitioning of classes between two or more datasources. The way it works is to run after HibernateGrailsPlugin and DomainClassPlugin have done their work. Then it uses a configuration defined in grails-app/conf/Datasources.groovy and creates one or more extra DataSource, SessionFactory, TransactionManager, etc. and re-runs the HibernateGrailsPlugin's doWithDynamicMethods closure for the appropriate subset of domain classes. This way when you call a magic GORM method (e.g. list(), get(), findByNameAndDate(), etc.) it will use the correct underlying datasource. Any domain class not defined as using a secondary datasource will use the 'core' datasource defined in DataSource.groovy.Another issue is that all domain classes stay defined in the core datasource/SessionFactory - the existing behavior isn't changed, other than redefining the metaclass methods to use another datasource. The only effect of this is that if you use dsCreate = 'create-drop' or 'create' or 'update' for the core datasource, all tables will be created in the core database even though some won't be used. There is a work around if you want to limit the tables that are manipulated.
Datasources DSLThe DSL used in Datasources.groovy is very similar to the format of DataSource.groovy. One difference is that the 'hibernate' section is inside the 'datasource' section, and there are a few extra attributes.
|datasource name, used as a Spring bean suffix, e.g. 'ds2'
|no, defaults to false
|if true, the datasource and corresponding transactional services will be read-only
|same as in DataSource
|same as in DataSource
|same as in DataSource
|same as in DataSource
|same as in DataSource
|String or Class
|yes (no autodetect)
|same as in DataSource
|same as in DataSource
|no, defaults to false
|same as in DataSource
|no, defaults to false
|same as in DataSource
|no, defaults to false
|same as in DataSource
|no, defaults to ['development', 'test', 'production']
|list of environments this DataSource should be active in
|List<String> or List<Class>
|the domain classes that should use this DataSource
|short names of the services that should use this DataSource (same as Spring bean without 'Service', e.g. 'user' for UserService)
OpenSessionInViewAn OpenSessionInViewInterceptor is defined for each datasource, so the features that it provides are available to all domain classes. For example you can load a domain instance and set a property, and it will be detected as dirty and pushed to the database. Also, lazy loaded collections will load since there's an active session available.Further, if you save, create, load, etc. domain instances from multiple datasources in one controller method, all will work fine.
Transactional ServicesBy default, any service defined as transactional will use the core datasource. If you want a service to use a specific datasource, add its name to the 'services' attribute for a datasource definition. If there's no one datasource for a particular service, you can still define programmatic transactions using withTransaction on any domain class for the appropriate datasource for each method or code block.
HibernateTemplateI can't think of non-contrived reasons to do so, but it's possible to use a domain class in two or more datasources. The problem here is that the metaclass methods will end up mapped to the last declared datasource, so there's no way to use GORM for the other datasource(s). However you can use Spring's HibernateTemplate yourself - it has a lot of the functionality of GORM (GORM uses it under the hood). You can use the convenience method DatasourcesUtils.newHibernateTemplate(String dsName) to create a HibernateTemplate configured with the SessionFactory for the named datasource.
Direct access to the datasourcesTypically you'll just use domain class GORM methods to access the different databases, but if you want to run a SQL query or update, you can access the extra datasources two ways. One is with dependency injection. For example if your Datasources.groovy defines a secondary datasource named
billing then you can inject that into a service, controller, etc. with the name dataSource_billing, so declaring def dataSource_billing as a class-scope field will inject that datasource, and you could use it with a
groovy.sql.Sql instance, e.g. Sql sql = new Sql(dataSource_billing).The other way is to use DatasourcesUtils.getDataSource(String dsName), e.g. Sql sql = new Sql(DatasourcesUtils.getDataSource('billing')).
Java domain classes mapped with hbm.xmlIf you have legacy Java classes mapped with hbm.xml files you can use them by creating a hibernate.cfg.xml in grails-app/conf/hibernate/ for each data source. Note that you can mix hbm.xml-mapped classes with regular GORM classes in a data source. To tell the plugin which data source to use it in, prefix the name of the file with the data source name, e.g. grails-app/conf/hibernate/ds2_hibernate.cfg.xml for a data source named "ds2".Refer to the Hibernate documentation on the format for hbm.xml and hibernate.cfg.xml files, but as an example if you have the POJO com.foo.bar.SomeHbmMappedPojo.java and its corresponding com.foo.bar.SomeHbmMappedPojo.xml in "ds2", then your ds2_hibernate.cfg.xml would look like this:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC '-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN' 'http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd'><hibernate-configuration> <session-factory> <mapping resource='com/foo/bar/SomeHbmMappedPojo.hbm.xml'/> </session-factory></hibernate-configuration>
UsageTo install the plugin in your application just run the 'install-plugin' Grails script, e.g.
You might want to use this plugin even if you have only one database. Since you can define a datasource as being read-only and point read-only domain classes at it, your prevent yourself from accidentally creating, deleting, or updating instances.I've created a basic (and rather contrived) test application. It has three datasources and five domain classes:
grails install-plugin datasources
- Country, State
- Library, Book
- Visit
- Create the databases using the scripts (ddl_core.sql, ddl2.sql, and ddl3.sql)
- run 'grails run-app'
- Create a new Library at http://localhost:8080/ds_test/library/create
- Create a new Book at http://localhost:8080/ds_test/book/create
- check the database to ensure they ended up in the correct database
- Create a new Visit at http://localhost:8080/ds_test/visit/create
- check the database to ensure it ended up in the correct database
- edit a State at http://localhost:8080/ds_test/state/edit/1, save, and note that change didn't take effect due to read-only datasource
- create a State at http://localhost:8080/ds_test/state/create, save you should see the error page due to read-only datasource
- test transaction failure at http://localhost:8080/ds_test/transactionTest/fail - you should see the error page and if you check the database nothing should have been inserted
- test transaction success at http://localhost:8080/ds_test/transactionTest/succeed - you should see a simple success message and if you check the database the inserts should have succeeded
AuthorBurt Beckwith [email protected]Please report any issues to the Grails User mailing list and/or write up an issue in JIRA at http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GRAILSPLUGINS under the Grails-Datasources component.
- December 28, 2009
- released version 0.4
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XLF has been the key all day. It bounced off $9.24 and has been rebounding since, now approaching $9.90 which is still at a 2.2% loss for the day. I have some indicators saying sell into the close, but others are more bullish, so I'm flat once again.
Will have charts after the close, it'll be interesting to see what the candlesticks look like for the day. The weekly candles look more bullish after this 200 point run off the bottom, so we'll take a look at those too. Remember, a long weekend is coming… more after the close.
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McKayla Maroney still making 'the face' for her fans
- Teen won Olympic gold, silver in London
- Despite injuries, she hasn't ruled out coming back for 2016 Games
- Gymnast appeared in 'Hart of Dixie' episode
WASHINGTON -- She may forever be known as the teen who sparked the Internet meme, "McKayla is not impressed." But for Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney, this doesn't seem so bad.
"No Olympic champion has a face made about them, so it's kind of cool, right?" she said Wednesday at an autograph session for fans. She was in town for the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions, which stops at the Verizon Center on Thursday night.
The 16-year-old took home an Olympic gold medal in the team competition and silver in vault, but it was an image of her with a less-than-enthused face on the medal stand in London that stuck with the audience the most.
"I don't think you can tell somebody, even before, 'OK, I'm ready for this!'" Maroney said of the social media sensation that followed after she made the facial expression with all of the world watching.
"The whole world pretty much got obsessed with it," she continued. "Every single day I get asked by people to do 'the face,' so I'm bringing it along with me now for the rest of my life."
For Maroney, it's just one part of her life that has changed since her return home from Olympic glory, and her ensuing experiences have taken some getting used to.
"I run into people all the time and they literally just say, 'Thank you,' and I'm like, 'What do you mean?' It meant so much to them, and that really makes me so happy," she said.
One of the best things that has happened to her since the London Games was attending the Video Music Awards in New York in September. But her Olympic fame also resulted in a chance to try her other passion: acting.
"I did a Hart of Dixie episode, and I was so excited for that," she said. "It was kind of like going to the Olympics, because doing an acting job was something I'd always dreamed about doing."
But gymnastics fans can rest easy that Maroney, who lives in Long Beach, Calif., is not looking to step away from the sport anytime soon. She's been focusing on acting a bit as she continues to recover from a broken toe and a fractured fibula, but she's determined to get back in action. She had the first of two surgeries in September.
"Rio 2016 is definitely on my mind, and I would really like to go to some more World Championships before that," said Maroney, who won gold in the team competition and vault at the 2011 worlds. The next Summer Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
"Next year's nationals are what I'm shooting for, but with injuries and this crazy year I don't know."
Whenever she ends up returning to competition, Maroney knows that her fans will be waiting. Despite gaining almost 400,000 Twitter followers since the Olympics, she said she doesn't really pay attention to things like that.
"I just know that all my fans who are with me and going along for the ride, that's what means the most to me."


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As we maintain physical distance from one another to inhibit the spread of the Coronavirus, Mafair UMC is committed to finding new ways to worship the Lord together and maintain community.
We have been holding Sunday Worship and daily Bible devotions on Facebook Live. If you don't use Facebook, or you'd prefer to avoid the hassle of finding the correct video, this will be a help to you.
Click here, and you'll find our current livestream (if there's an ongoing broadcast), or the most recent completed livestream. Blessings to you!
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
New volunteer schedules available
Liz Yount has posted updated Children's Ministry volunteer schedules, and we also have the latest Wednesday Night Dinner menus posted! Check out the resources page for details.
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The 2012 Delaware Auto Show, which is being held today through Sunday at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, will feature displays by auto manufacturers of all the new 2013 models as well as a number of other popular attractions.
The 'Cars that Capture' exhibit will feature 2013 Rolls-Royce Ghost EWB, 2013 Bentley Continental Flying Spur Mulliner Edition, 2013 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Spyder, 2012 Aston Martin Virage Convertible M.F., 2013 Maserati Convertible, McLaren, Fisker Karma and a number of Porsches including Cayman, Cayenne, 911 Turbo S Cabriolet, 911 Coupe and 2013 Boxster.
The show will have a wide array of special guests: former Philadelphia Eagles players Hollis Thomas and Seth Joyner nd the Eagles Cheerleaders; the Philadelphia Phillies' John Mayberry Jr.; former Philadephia Flyer Bob 'the Hound' Kelly; the University of Delaware Dance Team; the Remedy Band; U.S. Olympic soccer player Heather Mitts; Iron Man and Spider-Man.
There also will be a 'Mascot Round-Up' on Sunday featuring Swoop (Philadelphia Eagles), Phanatic, (Philadelphia Phillies), The Oriole Bird (Baltimore Orioles), Rocky Bluewinkle (Wilmington Blue Rocks), Youdee and Baby Blue (University of Delaware), Reggy, Yo Jo, and Monkey Mango.
Chef Dana Herbert, 'The Next Great Baker' winner who is billed as Delaware's 'King of Cakes', will be assembling and decorating a cake that is a full-scale replica of a Fiat car. Slices of the will be sold with 100 pecent of the proceeds benefiting the Blood Bank of Delmarva.
Other popular attractions that will be presented all three days are the Family Fun Zone (kids' games and activities), food and beverages provided by local restaurants, a live DJ, Kid's Zumba, outdoor exhibitors, vendors with after-market auto specialties, the Nationwide NASCAR Show Car, a Race Car Simulator and a 1912 Stanley Touring Model 87 Steam Car.
What: 2012 Delaware Auto Show When: Oct. 5-7 - 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., Fri. and Sun.; 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat.
Where: Chase Center on the Riverfront, Wilmington, Delaware
Tickets: Adults, $10; children (under 10), free
Information: 302-324-2558 or www.delawareautoshow.com


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Communities around the country are grappling with how to properly process large numbers of sexual assault forensic examination kits (SAKs) that have remained untested for 10, 15, 20 years or more. Determining what rights victims have in these cases is an important obligation for these jurisdictions. Survivors of these old, unresolved crimes deserve fair and sensitive treatment throughout the backlog reduction process.
States are just beginning to adopt victims' rights laws that will apply specifically to these cases (see box on the right). In the meantime, many existing victims' rights laws may be interpreted to apply in this context. These include:
In 2003, California passed the "Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights," the first law of its kind in the nation. This legislation addresses the issue of the importance of timely DNA analysis of rape kit evidence and provides sexual assault victims with the right to be informed of the status of the testing of their kits and whether or not a match has been identified.
Across the country, jurisdictions are moving to process previously untested sexual assault kits (SAKS), some of which had remained untested for decades. When such testing results in further investigation or the reopening of cases, victims may need counseling or other services to cope with the impact of the retesting.They may need to travel or take time from work to speak with investigators. To help pay for these services, they may need to seek crime victim compensation.
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KELO-TV: Professor Comments on Economic Perception vs. Reality
Dr. Reynold Nesiba, Associate Professor of Economics at Augustana, was recently featured on KELO-TV's Eye on Keloland. Dr. Nesiba discusses the realities of South Dakota's economic situation and how it can be improved.
Argus Leader: Dr. Adrien Hannus to be Featured on PBS
A nationwide television series set to air Wednesday features Augustana Professor Dr. Adrien Hannus at five historic U.S. archaeological sites, including travels to North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Utah and South Dakota.
South Dakota Magazine: A Teacher's Life
Bernie Hunhoff of South Dakota Magazine honors Art Huseboe, who recently retired as Executive Director of the Center for Western Studies. Hunhoff says of Huseboe, "Every once in awhile we run into people who should be better-known. Art Huseboe is one of those fellows."
Alumnus Earns Outstanding Teacher Award
Don Lee '81, professor at the University of Nebraska's Department of Agronomy and Horticulture in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, is a recipient of the University's Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award.
Argus Leader Q&A Spotlight on Alumnus Vance Goldammer
The Argus Leader's question and answer spotlight features prominent people in the Sioux Falls business community. This issue's Q&A profiles Vance Goldammer '72, lawyer and partner at Murphy, Goldammer & Prendergast LLP.
Summer Visit Day Featured on KELO-TV
More than forty prospective students visited the Augustana campus last week during a Summer Visit Day. KELOLAND-TV interviewed one student and her parents about their quest to find the college that is the right fit for them.
Augustana College Facebook Fan Page Reaches 1,000th Fan
The official Augustana College fan page includes updated news stories about the College and noted alumni, as well as event listings, photos, videos, and discussion boards. Join today and help celebrate Augustana!
Augustana Professor Selected to Attend Summer Study Program
Dr. Lindsay Twa, Assistant Professor of Art at Augustana, has been selected from a national applicant pool to attend one of 19 summer study opportunities supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Construction on Huether Tennis Centre to Begin in July
Following months of fundraising, Augustana College President Rob Oliver and Athletic Director Bill Gross today announced that construction of the Huether Tennis Centre will begin July 6.
Wagoners Create Fund to Support Student-Faculty Research
Former Augustana President Ralph Wagoner and his wife, Susie, have established The Ralph and Susie Wagoner Student-Faculty Research Project Endowment Fund.


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Duke (Hannah and Haley Meier) Places Fourth at Southeast Regional Championship
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The 28th-ranked Duke women's cross country team earned a fourth-place finish at the Southeast Regional Championship Friday in Charlottesville, Va. The Blue Devils scored 143 points, just one point behind third-place NC State. No. 11 Virginia captured the team title with 57 points and No. 19 William and Mary placed second with 69 points. Virginia Tech rounded out the top five with 157 points.
"I was hoping we'd finish top two, but now that I look at the results, those two teams ran really really well today," Duke women's head cross country coach Kevin Jermyn said. "It just wasn't a feasible goal for the level of fitness our team is currently at. We had a fair day. Certainly wish we could have done better, in terms of moving on to nationals. It seems the missing link was having a healthier middle of the season to get some points so we could move on to nationals as an at-large team because getting an automatic qualifier, I think, was a little above our capacity for today's level of fitness."
Graduate student Juliet Bottorff and junior Carolyn Baskir both received All-Southeast Region accolades after placing fourth and 24th, respectively. Bottorff earned the honor for the fourth time in her career, while Baskir received her second.
Bottorff, appearing in the final cross country regional competition of her collegiate career maintained contact with the lead pack throughout a majority of the race. Bottorff positioned herself in an eight-runner pack through the 3,000-meter mark and did not relinquish her place through the final 3,000m, averaging 5:24 per mile over the 6,000m Panorama Farm cross country course to finish in a time of 20:08.7.
Baskir stepped to the start line for the third time this season. The Chapel Hill, N.C., native positioned herself in the top 25 at the start of the race and worked her way up to her final, 24th-place finish, clocking a 21:12.1.
Freshmen Hannah Meier and Haley Meier, as well as sophomore Anima Banks all competed in their first Southeast Regional Championship. Hannah Meier narrowly missed earning All-Southeast Region honors, finishing 28th overall in a time of 21:18.0. Hannah Meier ran a strong second 3,000m, covering the first 3,000m in a time of 10:24.1, before passing seven competitors on her way to the finish. Banks placed 40th, in a time of 21:27.4. The Mamaroneck, N.Y., native scored for the Blue Devils in each of her four finishes this season. Haley Meier rounded out the top five for Duke, placing 47th overall in a time of 21:39.5.
Senior Jessie Rubin returned to the Blue Devil lineup after missing a majority of the season to injury. Rubin committed to a fast pace early, placing in the top 30 through the 3,000m mark. The Rockville, Md., native finished 48th overall, notching a time of 21:40.7.
Junior Kelsey Lakowske, battling a week-long illness, placed 144th overall, running a time of 23:04.5. Lakowske moved up throughout the race, bypassing 29 runners en route to her finish.
"I thought we went into the race with a lot of composure and more relaxed," Jermyn said. "I was happy with that. They got themselves in a good place before the race. I do think we made some good mental improvements."


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Staff honored for years of dedication to Lewis & Clark
January 24, 2012
This year's staff recognition luncheon, held on Friday, January 20, honored 57 staff members for reaching milestones in their loyal service to the college.
Vice President and Provost Jane Atkinson paid homage to Associate Vice President for Campus Life Michael Ford for his 35 years at Lewis & Clark.
"Michael is the person to whom I delegate seemingly intractable challenges—those administrative mare's nests that take patience, perseverance, and practicality to untangle," Atkinson said. "Thank you, Michael, for your hard work, your independence of thought, your thoroughness and sense of responsibility—and for the good humor with which you greet every new assignment we direct your way."
Registrar of the Law School Susan Galyen was also honored for her 35 years of service.
"Susan embodies the Lewis & Clark spirit," said Martha Spence, associate dean for academic affairs. "She is dedicated, hard-working, and kind. Her job demands keen attention to detail, the ability to see a big picture, and flexibility. To hundreds of students, adjunct faculty, and faculty, Susan is the face of the law school, and she helps us earn a great reputation every day."
The staff recognition luncheon celebrates each fifth anniversary of service to Lewis & Clark. Congratulations to following honorees:
Two honored for 35 years of service: Michael Ford, Provost's Office; and Susan Galyen, Registrar's Office—Law School
One honored for 30 years of service: Bess Austin, Student Health Service
Four honored for 25 years of service: Denise Gerhardt, Music; David Kelley, Business Services—Law School; Janice Schermer, Admissions—College of Arts and Sciences; and Joe Yuska, College Outdoors
Four honored for 20 years of service: Mervyn Brockett, Provost's Office; Doug Erickson, Aubrey R. Watzek Library; Linda Meacham, Student and Departmental Account Services; and David Shratter, Aubrey R. Watzek Library
Six honored for 15 years of service: Richard Austin, Facilities Services; Tina Blackwell, President's Office; Julie Couch, Campus Safety; Shannon Ehlers, Business and Finance Office; Terry Gray, Facilities Services; and Gail Sullivan, Student and Departmental Account Services
Fifteen for 10 years of service: Kerry Barnes, Student and Departmental Account Services; Joe Becker, Public Affairs and Communications; Janet Bixby, Dean's Office—Graduate School; Rebecca Brooks, Student Support Services; Sara Chambers, Business Services—Law School; Mark Dah l, Aubrey R. Watzek Library; Tina Gordon, Admissions—College of Arts and Sciences; Wendy Hitchcock, Paul L. Boley Law Library; Robin Jerke, Alumni Relations—Law School; Andy Marion, Business Services—Law School; David Rosengard, Campus Living; Jeremy Skinner, Aubrey R. Watzek Library; Sherron Stonecypher, Campus Events; Marjorie Synakiewicz, Teacher Education; and Beth Trubits, Student Health Service
Twenty-five honored for five years of service: Bonny Benton, President's Office; Gabe Bishop, Facilities Services; Brian Cutler, Paul L. Boley Law Library; Anneliese Dehner, Aubrey R. Watzek Library; Kaitlin Dugger, Academic Advising; Jon Evart, Facilities Services; Erik Fast, Corporate and Foundation Relations; Mike Gipson, Facilities Services; Rebecca Haas, Admissions—Graduate School; Shelah Hanson, External Relations—Law School; Kristin Hutson, Legal Clinic—Law School; Lynn Jensen, Student Financial Services; Ashley Kikukawa, Student Financial Services; Michelle Kirton, Counseling Service; Tom Krattenmaker, Public Affairs and Communications; Linda Lopeman, Alumni Relations—Law School; Ronna Newsom, Institutional Advancement; Tim O'Dwyer, Campus Safety; Deanna Oothoudt, Public Affairs and Communications; Rick Peterson, Aubrey R. Watzek Library; Tom Stephenson, Information Technology; Carl Vance, Finance Division; Amy Williams, Business Services—Graduate School; Susan Wynne, Academic English Studies; and Clark Yeager, Physical Education and Athletics


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Equal Opportunity for All: Teaching Disability Rights in the Caribbean
Disabled Peoples' International (DPI) North America and the Caribbean (NAC) has released a guide that can be used to educate the general public about disability etiquette and the disability rights movement. The 33-page booklet, entitled Equal Opportunities for All: Respecting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PDF format 551 Kb), is targeted at people in the North American and Caribbean regions who are new to disability. But most of its information is broad enough that it may be useful for people in other regions as well.
International development professionals new to disability issues may find this guide helpful in answering questions they were too embarassed to ask disability advocates directly. Disability advocates may find the booklet's simple, accessible language and clear information helpful in their public outreach campaigns.
The booklet defines "disability"; describes what a "barrier free" world would look like; and recommends appropriate language to use when referring to people with disabilities. It also shares basic advice for etiquette useful for people who have little to no prior experience interacting with disabled people. For example, it encourages readers to speak directly to a person with disabilities–not to their friend, aide, or interpreter. It also shares more specific advice for interacting with people who are blind; deaf; have specific learning disabilities; have intellectual disabilities; use a wheelchair; or who have psycho-social (psychiatric) disabilities.
Subsequent sections of the booklet tackle topics such as mainstreaming in education; how to make schools, places of employment, and the community more accessible; and the new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The guide presents arguments for why everyone (not just people with disabilities) should care about accessibility.
People unfamiliar with the disability-oriented resources available in the Caribbean region will want to turn to this booklet's listing of organizations and schools in Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. (Want to find more disability-related organizations? Try checking other We Can Do posts that point to specific organizations or to resources for finding them.)
A glossary in the back helps people new to disability issues understand basic terminology such as "accommodation."
You can download the booklet (PDF format, 551 Kb) at:
I first learned about this handbook via the Disabled Peoples' International electronic newsletter. I gathered further detail by skimming the guide itself.
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What is 22q deletion syndrome?
Robert Roger Lebel, MD, professor and chief of medical genetics at Upstate Medical University, will describe a genetic disorder called the chromosome 22q deletion, also known as velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS). The syndrome may cause a variety of health problems, ranging from heart defects and cleft palate to feeding difficulties, immune problems, a unique pattern of learning disabilities and more.
More information: The Center for Developmental Behavior and Genetics at Upstate Medical University, or call 315-464-6395 or 315-464-6395. The 22q Foundation


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Posttraumatic stress disorder in fibromyalgia syndrome: Prevalence, temporal relationship between posttraumatic stress and fibromyalgia symptoms, and impact on clinical outcome.
By Winfried Häuser, et al.
A link between fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been suggested because both conditions share some similar symptoms. The temporal relationships between traumatic experiences and the onset of PTSD and FMS symptoms have not been studied until now.
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All consecutive FMS patients in 8 study centres of different specialties were assessed from February 1 to July 31, 2012. Data on duration of chronic widespread pain (CWP) were based on patients' self-reports. Potential traumatic experiences and year of most burdensome traumatic experience were assessed by the trauma list of the Munich Composite International Diagnostic Interview. PTSD was diagnosed according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV symptom criteria by the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale. Age- and sex-matched persons of a general population sample were selected for controls.
Three hundred ninety-five of 529 patients screened for eligibility were analysed (93.9% women, mean age 52.3 years, mean duration since chronic widespread pain 12.8 years);
45.3% of FMS patients and 3.0% of population controls met the criteria for PTSD.
Most burdensome traumatic experience and PTSD symptoms antedated the onset of CWP in 66.5% of patients.
In 29.5% of patients, most burdensome traumatic experience and PTSD symptoms followed the onset of CWP.
In 4.0% of patients' most burdensome traumatic experience, PTSD and FMS symptoms occurred in the same year.
FMS and PTSD are linked in several ways: PTSD is a potential risk factor of FMS and vice versa. FMS and PTSD are comorbid conditions because they are associated with common antecedent traumatic experiences.
Source: Pain, April 2, 2013. By Winfried Häuser, Alexandra Galek, Brigitte Erbslöh-Möller, Volker Köllner, Hedi Kühn-Becker, Jost Langhorst, Franz Petermann, Ulrich Prothmann, Andreas Winkelmann, Gabriele Schmutzer, Elmar Brähler, and Heide Glaesmer. Department of Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken D-66119, Germany; Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Technische Universität München, München D-81675, Germany. E-mail: email@example.com.


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This week is special, according to John Canally, economist and investment strategist for LPL Financial (LPLA). But not in a good way.
The reason? Too many meetings and too many issues.
For instance, there's the FOMC gathering Tuesday and Wednesday.
"Eight times per year, the outcome of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee meeting becomes the focal point for market participants," Canally said in his latest outlook report issued late Monday, "Mid-Spring Surprise."
And four times each year, headlines focus on the health of the economy in the prior quarter, as measured by the Bureau of Economic Analysis' report on gross domestic product.
"Similarly, at the start of each month, the Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and the monthly labor market report from the U.S. Department of Labor are the centerpieces of any trading week," Canally noted.
"Only eight times in over 14 years have the FOMC meeting, GDP report, ISM report, and the employment report — all often market-moving events — occurred in the same week," he explained. "Historically, these weeks have exhibited 20% more volatility than an average week over this time span, as measured by the S&P 500 Index."
In addition, in such weeks, the VIX (VIX) has been 4% higher than normal. "Add in the 139 S&P 500 companies expected to report earnings, and this week is unlikely to be just another boring mid-spring week for financial market participants," Canally wrote.
(The Fed and FOMC will make a series of announcements on Wednesday, when GDP data will also be released; on Thursday, manufacturing figures will be reported; and employment figures are set to go public on Wednesday and Friday of this week.)
As if these events and statistics weren't enough, there's more: The markets "will digest U.S. vehicle sales for April, pending home sales for March, home prices for February, and key data in China (Purchasing Managers' Index for April) and Japan (housing starts and vehicle sales for April), along with the Bank of Japan's monetary policy meeting," the expert adds.
FOMC, GDP Focus
LPL Financial analysts, like other experts, expect the Fed to trim its bond purchases by $10 billion per month this year and "to remain on pace to exit quantitative easing by the end of 2014."
They think interest rates will stay low for a "considerable time" after the QE program ends.
As for the next jobs report, it "will likely show that the economy barely expanded in the quarter, due in part to severe winter weather in much of the nation," says Canally. "The FOMC will likely acknowledge this in the statement."
Likewise, the figures for latest consumer spending, housing (residential investment), and business investment are expected to reflect the poor weather, too.
Looking at the full-year 2014, U.S. economic growth could accelerate to about 3% in 2014, the LPL economist says, after growing at less than 2% in 2013.
"Growth in 2013 was stifled by tax increases and spending cuts that added a material drag to the economy," he concluded. "That drag fading, as well as solid business and consumer spending, should help to boost GDP this year."


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Doom Patrol (Volume 6) #5
Written by Gerard Way
Art by Nick Derington
Casey Brinke, Flex Mentallo, and Danny the Street work together to defeat Terminox and the Ventra in this weird (in a good way) series that barely makes any sense but is fun and exciting in the weirdest way possible. I love everything about it and I hope it lasts for a long while. The Doom Patrol isn't officially back together yet it is unclear to me who is going to be officially on the team or if it will ever be a team but it seems the break out star of this book is going to be Casey Brinke who has an incredible costume in my book. Casey Brinke should team up with Halo! Speaking of Halo…she would be an interesting character to join the Doom Patrol. She is a weirdo too.


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