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Approximately 80 local seventh grade UTPA GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) math teachers from 28 middle schools completed the TLC's first 12-day training institute June 3. The teachers, identified by their districts as math leaders, will return to their schools and train their math peers in the latest technology and best teaching practices detailed in the training from TI. The goals of TLC training are to instruct teachers in new and innovative ways to effectively teach mathematics using technology and also to develop a Teacher Leader Community to support local, ongoing professional development needs.
|Pictured are Dahlia Solis and Rodrigo Hernandez, seventh grade GEAR UP math teachers at San Juan Middle School in the PSJA school district, using Texas Instruments software to create an interactive math lesson for students using the TI-Navigator System and graphing calculators provided by the UTPA GEAR UP Project.
According to the training program's developers, a cohort cadre approach helps teachers in gaining the confidence to use new teaching strategies and lessons as they incorporate the use of technology in their classrooms. TLC also develops teacher leaders that are capable of supporting long-term, systemic professional development needs and addresses adult learner concepts and effective ways of teaching.
Dr. Martha Cantu, UTPA GEAR UP director, said she has made a commitment to local school districts to provide various professional development opportunities for teachers that will impact students' success.
"GEAR UP opens the doors for students in terms of college awareness and access; furthermore, the UTPA GEAR UP Project grant objectives also include a professional development component. Our teachers are one of our most valuable resources, therefore they need to be kept abreast of technology, best practices, and research in their fields of study," she said.
The UTPA GEAR UP Project will provide each trained teacher with a class set of TI graphing calculators and the TI-Navigator System to supplement instruction. The TI-Navigator System allows real-time feedback to instantly assess student understanding. Designed to work with TI graphing calculators already in widespread use, the TI-Navigator System provides wireless communication between students' TI graphing calculators and the teacher's PC. This provides a great way to get students to experience the benefits of a whole new level of interactive learning and for teachers this means more engaged students. For administrators, the TI-Navigator System enables real-time, formative assessment and supports instructional strategies that research shows lead to improved student achievement. Francisco Arellano, who teaches at Ann Richards Middle School in La Joya finds the training relevant to helping students in his classes.
"The TI technology can help all students, but it goes a step further by helping populations like recent immigrants better understand math concepts by hands-on application through the graphing calculators. The Navigator System allows me to see how students are doing and identify problem areas in their steps to solving the problem," he said.
The principal at McAllen's Brown Middle School, Yvette Cavazos, said she was excited about the UTPA GEAR UP Project and Texas Instruments partnership.
"This partnership will enhance math instruction and motivate students with learning that is fun and exciting," she said.
In September 2006 a new group of approximately 100 eighth grade teachers will begin the training with each participant again receiving a class set of TI graphing calculators and the TI-Navigator System to supplement instruction.
"This partnership will provide a new group of teachers each year with equipment and training enabling a sustained effort to prepare students to succeed in math and to prepare to enter and succeed in college," Cantu said.


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"The machine that I use generates a charge with an electrode," says Van Snow, DVM for Santa Lucia Farm in Santa Ynez, Calif.
"The wave is very powerful and the procedure very painful, so we have to use general anesthesia when we use it with the horses
in lateral recumbency."
If Snow is treating the navicular bone, it requires that the frog be paired down to near bleeding so there is enough moisture
in the foot to conduct the wave well. He treats with 2,000 impulses (on a power setting of "7") through a window in the frog,
in the area where one would do a "street-nail" procedure. He also treats through the bulb of the heel, as if to inject the
navicular bursa, at 1,000 impulses. He commonly treats both feet.
His usual treatment regimen is to use the high end of the treatment level, which is normally 1-1.1 millijoules per mm, delivered
at about 2,000-3,000 times per site.
"Using high energy levels at one time is better than repeating smaller energy levels at a lower frequency," McCarroll suggests.
"I think you can do a lot better by doing one great big treatment."
Horses do better post treatment when rested. According to McCarroll, after ESWT, the pain subsides, and the horses heal usually
within one to four weeks, depending a lot on the chronicity of the problem and area of involvement.
"I don't think you need to retreat, to treat them frequently. I don't think that is a good idea," McCarroll cautions. By giving
enough of them to stimulate a dramatic healing response, I think the horses do better."
Though the mechanism of action is unsubstantiated, McCarroll says shock wave therapy might promote production of proteins
and enzymes that are involved in the stimulation of bone healing. Shock wave therapy is most beneficial at the soft tissue/bone
interface, such as a tendon insertion or a ligamentous attachment to bone.
Uses and Results
"It is a fairly safe technique, I'm using it to try to stimulate healing," says Duane Rodgerson, DVM, Hagyard-Davidson-McGee
in Lexington, Ky.
He's tried it on various conditions, including bone cysts, pasterns, fetlocks, the distal cannon bone, some tendons and suspensories.


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Digging Out? Here's How Much You Have to Shovel
Some parts of the region saw more than 9 inches of snow.
Posted by Alison Smith (Editor) ,
Up until Sunday night, the National Weather Service was predicting only 3 to 5 inches of snow for our area, but many places got far more.
As we continue to dig out, here's a look at official snowfall totals from around the region, as compiled by the National Weather Service.
Bucks County
Hilltown Twp.: 9.0 inches
Furlong: 8.7 inches
Morrisville: 8.3 inches
Langhorne: 8.0 inches
Perkasie: 8.0 inches
Doylestown: 7.0 inches
Croyden Heights: 6.8 inches
Chester County
East Vincent Twp.: 9.0 inches
East Conventry Twp.: 8.5 inches
Spring City: 8.2 inches
Chester Springs: 7.6 inches
West Chester: 6.5 inches
Delaware County
Drexel Hill: 4.5 inches
Norwood: 4.5 inches
Lehigh County
Allentown Airport: 9.3 inches
New Tripoli: 8.5 inches
Germansville: 7.8 inches
Montgomery County
Trappe: 9.2 inches
Jenkintown: 8.5 inches
Gilbertsville: 8.4 inches
Graterford: 8.4 inches
Royersford: 8.1 inches
Pottstown: 7.0 inches
Lower Moreland Twp.: 6.4 inches
Northampton County
Bethlehem: 8.1 inches
Bangor: 7.5 inches
Martins Creek: 7.0 inches
Philadelphia County
Franklinville: 6.2 inches
Somertown: 5.2. inches
Philadelphia Intl. Airport: 3.5 inches
This information comes from trained spotters with the National Weather Service, but we know they don't have spotters in every Patch town. So, for a more complete picture of how this storm has affected us all, we'd love for you to tell us how much snow you got right in your own backyard!
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New priorities: What will Concord's be?
How quickly will New Hampshire Democrats try to repay the public employee unions that helped them win the House and the Corner Office? They campaigned this fall on bringing new priorities to Concord. Now we'll get to see whose priorities those are.
In the last legislative session, Republicans passed two important reforms that public employee unions hated. One was an overhaul of the state's public pension system to put it on a more stable financial footing; the other was a tax credit for educational scholarships for lower-income children.
Pension reforms included reducing state contributions, increasing employee contributions, raising employee retirement ages, limiting the types of work that would be used to calculate pensions (overtime would be excluded, for example), and preventing employees from "spiking" their pensions by padding their pay in their final three years.
The education scholarship law allows businesses to take a tax deduction for contributing to funds that make scholarships available to lower-income children. Teachers unions perceive it as a threat to their public school monopoly.
Public employee unions are eager to repeal these reforms and get back the fat old days.
How quickly Democrats take up these issues could give us an indication of whom they really believe they were elected to represent.
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From Openwaterpediashark. Every year around 100 shark attacks are reported worldwide. Seventeen fatalities are recorded as having being caused by shark attacks in 2011, out of 118 recorded attacks. Despite their relative rarity, many people fear shark attacks after occasional serial attacks, such as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, and horror fiction and films such as the Jaws series.
Almost all shark experts consider that the danger presented by sharks has been exaggerated.
A shark attack is different from a shark encounter. A shark encounter is when an open water swimmer or any individual in an open body of water is approached by or approaches a shark or group of sharks within visual range. There is no physical contact between a human and a shark in a shark encounter.
International Shark Attack File
The International Shark Attack File is a global database of shark attacks. It began as an attempt to catalogue shark attacks on servicemen during World War II. The Office of Naval Research funded it from 1958 until 1968. During that time a panel of shark experts developed a standard system for collecting accounts of shark attacks from around the world. The file was temporarily housed at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida until a permanent home was found at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida. It is currently under the direction of members of the American Elasmobranch Society. The file contains information on over 4,000 shark attacks and includes detailed, often privileged, information including autopsy reports and graphic photos. The file is accessible only to scientists whose access is permitted only by a review board.
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Susan Backlinie plays Chrissie Watkins in the opening shark attack scene in the Steven Spielberg's 1975 blockbuster movie Jaws that inaccurately shaped many people's perceptions and opinions of sharks.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, 7:00-9:00 PM, New Trier High School/Northfield Campus, Cornog Auditorium, 7 Happ Rd., Northfield, 60093. In Brene Brown, Ph.D.'s new book Daring Greatly, one meme in particular is reiterated – "showing up" in your life, letting yourself be seen, being courageous with family, friends, co-workers and in life. In her view, the source of an individual's pain and life dissatisfaction are rooted in an unwillingness to be open and to take emotional risks with the people in their lives. In her years as a shame resilience researcher, Dr. Brown has documented the paradox of shame: by playing it safe, by adopting a veneer of perfectionism, by armoring ourselves with layers of emotional defenses, we rob ourselves of the opportunity to experience joy, creativity, empathy, belonging and love. For Dr. Brown, being vulnerable is a "subversive" act, risky, and sometimes painful, yet it is the true path to authentic human connection and an engaged, meaningful life.
Dr. Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She is a nationally renowned speaker – her 2010 TEDxHouston talk is one of the Top 10 most watched, nearly six million views, and she was a featured national TED speaker in 2012. She is the author of The Gifts of Imperfection and I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't), both best sellers. Her presentations are noted for their wit, compassion, honesty and insight – there's much to relate to in her appealing message, and her hopeful, optimistic, endorsing manner is a great spur to live "Wholeheartedly" as you go out into the world.This is a must-see program with a first-rate speaker on a hot topic.
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Lilburn Etowah rushed for 331 total yards as it jumped out to a 28-0 halftime lead en route to a 49-14 win over Berkmar, opening the season for both teams.
The Eagles (1-0) used the balanced rushing attack of David Guerrero and Brandon Engle, racking up 223 yards between them, as the Patriots had trouble stopping the run throughout the night.
On offense, penalties were the story early for Berkmar (0-1) as the ground game was able to get going, but was continuously pushed back due to holding penalties.
"We'll come in on Monday and correct the mistakes," said Berkmar head coach Jonathan Sanks. "We're a young team this year. We played five freshmen and seven sophomores in the game, so there is some inexperience there."
However, even with the Eagles firmly in control throughout the game, Sanks said he was proud of the way his team came out in the second half.
"They didn't quit and continued to fight," he said. "It's something we can build on."
The Patriots scored on their first possession of the second half, using 12 plays that covered 71 yards for the touchdown. Devin Johnson scored from one yard out on fourth down, after a 32-yard reception by Dorren Miller put the Patriots on the doorstep of the end zone.
However, Etowah came right back, scoring two straight touchdowns to put the game firmly out of reach from the Patriots.
In the fourth quarter, Berkmar was able to put together its second scoring drive starting from its own 30. Completions of 14 and 15 yards by quarterback Deion Perry set up a seven-yard scoring strike to Shakeem Powell. The Patriots then went for the two-point conversion, successfully nailing it on a rush by Rashaad Hall to make the score 42-14.
Etowah scored another touchdown with 4:53 to go in the game for the game's final score.
"The true test of this team's character is how they come to practice on Monday," Sanks said. "We're going to get better each week on offense, defense and special teams."
Perry finished the game 17 of 30 for 147 yards to go along with 50 yards rushing. Johnson was the leading receiver with seven catches for 60 yards.
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In order to boot more than one version of Windows and more than one breed of Puppy Linux, I settled on
a method using two menus. The Windows menu is done by C:\boot.ini as usual. The Linux menu is done
by C:\menu.lst. Each of these menus have an option to select the other menu.
My hard drive has three partitions. I have Windows XP installed on the first partition and Windows 2000
on the second. A third partition is used for data and multimedia files. This partition is also where my
Puppy files reside. I have Puppy Lucid 528 files files in a lucid folder and Precise Puppy files in a folder
named precise. Three files from each live CD are copied to their respective folders:
vmlinuz initrd.gz *.sfs
Download grldr: grldr
Copy grldr to C:\
It's a good idea to backup your C:\boot.ini file. If you haven't setup Windows to make system files visible
then use a CMD window (Start-Run-type cmd.exe) and type:
attrib -r -s -h c:\boot.ini
to remove read-only,
system and hidden attributes before backup. Then edit c:\boot.ini and add the following last line:
C:\grldr="Linux Menu"
Here's what my boot.ini file looks like:
[boot loader]
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
c:\grldr="Linux Menu"
The stuff in quotes appears as a menu selection during bootup. If Linux Menu is selected the menu.lst file
supplies the Puppy breed selection menu. Here's my C:\menu.lst file:
color white/blue
title Puppy Lucid
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
kernel /lucid/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd pdev1=sda3 psubdir=lucid
initrd /lucid/initrd.gz
title Puppy Precise
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
kernel /precise/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd pdev1=sda3 psubdir=precise
initrd /precise/initrd.gz
title Windows Menu
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1
If Windows Menu is selected the boot.ini menu repeats. Text after the word title appears as a menu item.
By the way, notice on the above desktop that I have icons for agent.exe and freecell.exe over near the left side.
These are Windows programs I run under Wine. Notice also the small red circle on the sda3 icon. That circle
indicates that the third hard drive partition is both mounted and in use. It can't be unmounted since Puppy relies
on a personal save file I created later on. Puppy saves that file in the same folder where the three main files
are located.
1. Here's where the desktop image file used above can be downloaded:
desktop image
2. To expand on using a CMD window in Windows XP: Click on Start then Run. Type cmd.exe into the text window
and press the Enter key. A black window should appear. Then type the command and press Enter.
3. Use any text editor, such as Notepad, to edit your boot.ini file and create your menu.lst file. That's a l
as in "list" and not the number one in the file name extension.
4. The MD5 of the grldr file is FCEC9E82177C23864A91D896AEF261DF and it's file length is 217,769 bytes.
5. The following extension of this page was added on 10/10/12.
My PCs are too old to be capable of booting a USB drive. Fortunately, a boot manager named PLOP can be used
to overcome this limitation. I've opted to put PLOP on a floppy boot disk which displays a menu including
the USB drive. Download: PLOP
You will need a app that writes a floppy from a image file. I use:
Floppy Image
All you need is the image file
plpbt.img from the PLOP files.
I use Puppy to make my USB drives bootable and also format them. The rest of a frugal install to the USB drive
I do manually. In Lucid Puppy 528 the app "Bootflash install Puppy" is found under Menu - Setup. I let it do the
first two items (make bootable and format) then exit. I create the (one line text) file syslinux.cfg
default vmlinuz initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=usbflash
and copy it to the USB drive along with
vmlinuz initrd.gz *.sfs
where *.sfs is the main puppy file such as
Lucid-528.sfs for example. In addition, you may want to add your personal Save file.
The PLOP web site is rich in information concerning the many options available.


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The Paulding Fine Arts Association, Inc. is a non-profit organization created in 1982 to provide citizens opportunities to experience the arts on all levels through observation, education and participation. Come visit our Fine Arts Gallery, Art Studios and Gift Shop located on the 2nd floor of the Historic Dallas Courthouse in Dallas, GA.
Paulding Fine Arts Association presents...
July 2014 -
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Sunday, July 13 -
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It's the oldest form of sharing knowledge and culture but in a rapidly changing world, what is the importance of oral history and has this voice been silenced? In May, the State Library of Queensland hosted five panellists who discussed the relevance of modern storytelling, the validity of oral history versus written history and who our stories really serve.
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It's been 20 years since Paul Keating delivered the Redfern address to an unsuspecting public. In this documentary, produced for the 15th anniversary in 2007, key players including the former Primes Minister's speechwriter and others who were there in Redfern Park reflect on the speech.
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Awaye! presents six Aboriginal dreaming stories. These stories are told to children to teach them about their ancestors, the spirit world and their place in that world.
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July 15, 2005 - A family of chemicals used to make toys, polyesters, and cosmetics triggers lupus in mice bred to develop the autoimmune disease, research shows. The chemicals, called phthalates, don't cause lupus in normal mice. And it's not at all clear that the mouse findings are relevant to humaRead Full Article
Organ Transplant Drug Controls Lupus Symptoms
Oct. 18, 2004 -- The drug CellCept works in controlling lupus symptoms, yet with few short-term side effects, research shows. CellCept is approved for preventing organ transplant rejection and is known to work for patients who have kidney damage from lupus. However, a new study shows it holds greatRead Full Article
Lupus Patients Risk Early Heart Disease
Dec. 17, 2003 -- People with lupus are more likely to have clogged arteries that can lead to heart attack and stroke at a younger age, likely due to the inflammation from lupus. Two new studies point to the need for doctors treating lupus patients to give more time and attention -- and treatment --Read Full Article
Can Broccoli Prevent Lupus?
Nov. 6, 2003 -- Need yet another good reason to eat your vegetables? The cruciferous kind -- including broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower -- are believed to protect against a host of human cancers. Now, early animal studies suggest they may also prevent -- and even treat -- the autoimmune disease luRead Full Article
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Oct. 15, 2003 -- Long before lupus is diagnosed, things are going awry in the body. New research offers first hints of this progression. It may open a window for early testing and treatment. The study appears in this week's New England Journal of Medicine. Lupus, or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLERead Full Article
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Jan. 24, 2003 -- Thalidomide helps treatment-resistant skin rash in lupus patients. This means the FDA should ease the strict rules limiting use of the birth-defect-causing drug, researchers argue. No drug anywhere is more infamous than thalidomide. Originally a tranquilizer frequently given to womeRead Full Article
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Troubled actor Andy Dick was arrested at 1:48 am on Wednesday morning in Murrieta, California on suspicion of possession of drugs and sexual battery. Murrieta Police responded to a call at Buffalo Wild Wings in Riverside County, and witnesses told the officers that Dick had sexually battered a 17 year old girl outside the restaurant and bar.
A press release from the Murrieta Police Department states:
"The 17 year old female victim and several witnesses told police that as Andy Dick left the establishment, he approached two females outside the bar. Dick walked up to the 17 year old female victim, grabbed her tank top and bra and pulled them down and exposed her breasts. He then was escorted by several of his friends to a truck which was stopped by arriving police officers in a nearby Sam's Club a few moments later.
Andy Dick was in the front passenger seat of the truck. A curbside lineup was conducted and the male was identified by the victim, as well as a witness. During a search incident to arrest, marijuana and Xanax were found in Andy Dick's pants pockets. Andy Dick was extremely intoxicated at the time of his arrest. He was booked at the Southwest Detention Center."
Xanax and pot? Those are the only drugs they found on him? Judging by his mugshot, we think he had something else in his system!
Dick is still in jail and being held on $5,000 bail. Calls to his legal reps weren't immediately returned.
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The Filipinos – my peeps – make a wonderfully chewy sweet cake known simply as cassava cake (consequently, it's gluten-free). Before the dawn of the internet, I thought we were the only culture who made cakes out of this root crop. But I eventually learned that other countries also had the same swell idea: Brazil (calls them bolo de macaxeira), Colombia and Panama (calls them enyucado de coco), Singapore and Malaysia (calls them kuih ubi kayu), Fiji (calls them vakalavalava). We were not alone!
The Filipino-style cassava cake yields a dense and glutinous (though it is gluten-free) base cake, cloaked in a creamy topping, which is sometimes broiled to attain a burnt patina.
This version is not too sweet (just the way I like it), and let me tell you, it can't be any easier making this Filipino dessert! Perhaps this is why it never fails to make an appearance in most Filipino parties – and everyone has their own version!
So, if you have South or Central American, Malaysian, Indonesian, or Polynesian friends, maybe you can have a cassava cake cook-off!
|Cassava Cake
- ~~ For the cake base ~~
- 2 packs (900 g) frozen grated cassava, defrosted
- 1/4 cup (62 ml) butter, melted
- 1/2 can (150 ml) condensed milk
- 1/2 can (185 ml) evaporated milk
- 6 tablespoons mild American Cheddar cheese
- 14 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 can (400 ml) coconut milk
- ~~ For the topping ~~
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 tablespoons tapioca flour
- 1/2 can (150 ml) condensed milk
- 2 tablespoons mild American Cheddar cheese
- 1 can (400 ml) coconut milk
- To make the cake base, preheat the oven to 350 F (180 C) and grease an 9″ x 13″ baking tray.
- Combine grated cassave, melted butter, condensed milk, evaporated milk, cheese, sugar, and egg in a large bowl. Mix well.
- Stir in the coconut milk, then pour the batter on the prepared pan.
- Bake for 50 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.
- To make the topping, combine sugar and tapioca flour in a sauce pan over medium heat.
- Pour in condensed milk and mix thoroughly.
- Add cheese and coconut milk, stirring continuously for about 10 minutes, until thick and bubbly.
- Pour topping over cassava cake and spread evenly using a spatula.
- Broil at 450 F (235 C) on middle rack until the top turns golden or amber brown. Make sure to watch the cake as it can turn brown very quickly.
- Cool before cutting or serving.


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Several times I've written day in the life posts—one of the purposes of this blog being to depict what it's like to live in a tiny caravan in an intentional community—and several times you've responded with enthusiasm. (If you missed it, you can read another "day in the life" post here.) So I thought I'd write another. The details of life are different during every day, but they are even more diverse seasonally. And especially now, with the added challenge of being pregnant. So, here you are, a pregnant winter-y day in the life of Click Clack Gorilla…
one day in november
As I empty out the wood stove's ash drawer in the bushes outside of my Bauwagen, I imagine archeologists of the future reconstructing our lives here from these little piles of ash, from the bits of plastic and debris that so quickly become compacted in the dirt. But archeologists will probably never excavate the remains of our little community. One day the university will force us to move (our land is hot real estate for them, and they make threats about once a year), and then they will remove all of the dirt here to put in the foundation of their latest Borg ship. And so it goes.
Tempuratures have been dropping, and it's chilly when morning finds the Beard and I in our sleeping Wagen. I wake up hungry and try to ignore my growling stomach for as long as possible so as to steal a few more minutes cuddled beneath the blankets I dumpster dived across the street. But my growling stomach and the cramps in my legs (the latest prego-symptom, only happens when I lay down for too long) drive me into the crisp air sooner than I would like. Some mornings I manage to stay in bed reading for hours. But these days I would need a breakfast delivery service and a masseuse to make it possible. I dress quickly in the chill, reminding myself that chilly though it may feel in here, it is still much colder outside.
Outside I can see my breath, and I waddle between Wägen putting together breakfast: to my Wagen for the bowl full of oats and chopped apple, to one of the tiny kitchen Wägen for the raw milk to pour over them, and then into the house where I retreat whenever I need a warm place to collect the energy to light my own wood stove. People drift in and out as I eat: the day's vokü cooks arrive with backpacks full of produce for the lunch menu, Platz-mates wander by looking for a fresh cup of coffee. I am gone by the time the first vokü guests arrive to begin filling the house up with cigarette smoke and backpacks.
Then I trudge to my Wagen where I have been putting off doing the dishes for days. I stuff crumpled newspaper and kindling into the wood stove, and light it with a match. It's a sweet little oven with good air flow, and soon it's crackling merrily while I put on fingerless gloves and clear off the counter to make room for me to do dishes and lay them out to dry. Then I put off doing them for a few more hours while I write blogs and e-mails and put a load of laundry into the new machine in the house. Slowly, it gets warm enough for me to consider taking off my jacket inside.
I've been unmotivated lately, feeling the first grip of winter doldrums wrapping around my limbs. But I have so much time right now! I remind myself. And I'm not using it in ways that will make me happy about it later, I frown. So I sit down, and I make a list of things I'd like to accomplish between now and February (baby arrival date). 1. Read as many books on the to-read shelf as possible. 2. Continue writing the au pairing series for autoposting on the blog for the first months of baby. 3. Work draft on the history of our cultural obsession with throwing things away into an article, and pitch it to a few magazines. (I haven't been feeling the trash book lately, so I have been thinking I would rather try to work some of the best parts of it into articles and call it a day. That way I can abandon the project without feeling like I've given it up. Besides, a bunch of good articles are just as likely to lead to a book should the muse find me afterall.) 4. Compile and layout issue two of the Click Clack Gorilla zine.
No matter what the season, I always spend a good part of any day sitting at my little table and staring at my books. It's a meditation of sorts. I let my mind wander, process past events, hatch schemes, plot projects, compose sentences, and think about how fantastic that shelf will look once I finally get all the books I still have in America onto it. Then I take another look at my to-do list and take the throw rugs outside to air out while I sweep ash and fire wood dust and leaves out the front door.
It is four o'clock before I finally force myself to take care of the dirty dishes. Doing dishes has become complicated. I can no longer carry a full tub of water to my Wagen from the faucet in the house. So instead I carry several loads of dishes into the house and wash them there. Then, finally, I fill my wash tub to about a quarter and use that to wash the little that remains. Everything seems to take longer these days, every activity requires more rest afterwards. I feel like I'm doing chores in slow motion, and I write detailed to-do lists so as to have small things to cross off, so that I can feel like I'm getting something done. Sweep, take out compost, and rinse out milk bottles have all become seperate bullet points instead of the over-arching "clean up kitchen" that might have stood on one of my to-do lists seven months ago. The baby kicks on and off throughout the day, and I sing "You Are My Sunshine" and "I Send My Love to You" to my stomach. Bonnie Prince Billy makes lovely winter soundtrack music.
By this time the sleeping Wagen has reached a lovely sauna-like tempurature (where the Beard has already lit the wood stove and spent the afternoon playing the fiddle) and the drying laundry hanging from the ceiling has made the air appropriately damp. We eat dinner sitting in bed (a big salad and baked camembert cheese with jam) and play Simon the Sorcerer 2 (point and click adventure games are a favorite winter pastime of ours—last year we played Monkey Island and Full Throttle is next on the list). At 7 o'clock I waddle over the the other Wagenplatz where we eat eggs with mustard sauce with cold feet around a big table in their communal kitchen. There are already three kids living there, and we joke about the little gang they are going to form once they all get a bit older. After a bit of chatting and a lot of baby gurgling, I waddle back to our Wagenplatz through cold, fresh air where I fall into bed next to the Beard and quickly fall asleep.
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Some years ago, a friendly old woman introduced me to the concept of using a shopping trolley (without the bag) instead of breaking down under the weight of stuff I carried (by foot, having no car) from the DIY shop 2km away. She gave me hers, saying I should bring it back when I get the time, and I was very touched and also very amazed at how easy life can be. Now I never go shopping without my trolley (I bought one a few days later). I know it looks rather uncool, but I know than when I can barely walk for back pain I look much more uncool. If you find a sturdy one (which I have) it can even accompany you on rough terrain; I can't count the times I have dragged mine uphill across the woods, with provisions for two for 3 days including water.
Just a thought.
Sascha: I have been looking for one of those at the flea markets for months!! They look like a dream. Haha, dorky maybe too, but a dream for my back and all the veggies I am always attempting to cart home from the market. Fingers crossed that I find one soon, esp given your good report on 'em.Comment by clickclackgorilla 11.21.11 @ 2:56 pm
I was listening to Bonnie Prince Billy in the car last night and thinking it was perfect for this season- cold and damp and foggy here.Comment by fishinthewater 11.21.11 @ 3:49 pm
How come you play these ancient games? Old laptop?
I am a fan myself, especially of Indiana Jones 4, which is probably my favorite computer game of all time (love the crazy-exciting mix of smart archeology professor meets macho adventurer meets exotic places meet Nazis meet mysterious ancient cultures).
Highly recommended!
Fishie: Exactly.
Jan: Because they're fun! We've played that one too, though I think we got hung up on a puzzle somewhere along the way and didn't end up finishing it. Monkey Island is my all-time favorite. Though I quite like Maddog Williams and Laura Bow as well.Comment by clickclackgorilla 11.22.11 @ 10:55 am
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"Change and challenge on a daily basis. And management & directors are there to help if needed."
Pros – Any issue presented to our director, she is able to resolve, quickly and painlessly. She is a master at uniting a very diverse group, and it appears she does it with great ease.. The caring comes from the top on down to the the person who is always smiling even though he has only one functioning arm to mop the floors. He never complains but always has a smile for everyone.
Cons – The weak link appears to be human resources, who is not humane and not very resourceful. If it had not been for the wisdom of my director, and knowing that historically Methodist has been loyal to their employees who have been loyal to them, it would be quite easy to move on down the road.
Advice to Senior Management – Management has historically been very flexible and very accommodating to place an employee where he/she will contribute the most to the unit and there by making the employee happy & productive & more amenable to being flexible when staff and patient ratio are an issue & when employee health causes scheduling to be tweaked. Staff knows and appreciates that management seems very tuned in to individual concerns and appreciates the little nuances
that makes us aware that someone is listening & interested, knowing that personal touch can make the difference in even one patient's stay. Many patients have asked if we enjoy our job, saying "yes," they have commented, "we can tell because everyone is so helpful and wants to help us and smiles.."
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
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I worked at The Methodist Hospitals
Pros: Great compensation package, management is supportive of educational growth, many opportunities for career advancement,… Cons: Management expects too many hours from nurses, hard to take days off when needed, very inflexible with hours and demand overtime. Good nurses are… Advice to Senior Management: Respect and reward quality nurses instead of burdening them with carrying the weight of lazy and unqualified nurses.… Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend More
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Pros: Benefits (what's left of them); PTO; medical and dental benefits Cons: Unstable financial situation, hospital appears uncaring and run down Advice to Senior Management: Improve management style, stop outsourcing, stop taking benefits away one… No, I would not recommend this company to a friend More


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2010 Season Preview: Designated table-setterBy
On a team loaded with older players and bloated contracts, the designated hitter position was one the Yankees often used to hide a particularly decrepit player during the mid-aughts. Hideki Matsui fit that bill in 2009, though unlike many of his predecessors, he was tremendously productive with the bat. However, with his ticking time-bomb knees now residing in Orange County, the Yanks to turned to a familiar face to be their DH, and are also asking him to do something different than be a lumbering run-producer, in the traditional sense of the term.
As a group, Yankee DH's hit .269-.362-.497 with a .371 wOBA last season, with Matsui receiving approximately three-fourths of the playing time at the position. Among players who came to the plate at least 400 times as a DH, Godzilla hit the most homers (27), was second in RBI (86), batting average (.270), and slugging percentage (.506), and was third in doubles (20), on-base percentage (.361), and OPS (.866). On top of all that, he was the World Series MVP after a .615-.643-1.385 (.815 wOBA) performance against the Phillies. But instead of replacing him with another middle of the order thumper to bat behind Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez, the Yanks grabbed a player to hit in front of them.
Nick Johnson, the former Yankee third round pick, was brought back to town on a one-year deal worth $5.75M (plus some incentives and a mutual option) with the idea of deploying his supreme on-base skills in front of Tex and A-Rod. Johnson is one of just 11 players with an OBP of .400 or better since he made his big league debut in the second half of 2001, yet he's the only one of the group to never appear in an All-Star Game or earn eight figures in a single season. Like Matsui, the lefty swinging Johnson can more than hold his own against southpaws (.290-.423-.427, .386 wOBA career) and has shown the ability to produce in high leverage situations (.290-.434-.482, another.386 wOBA). With more walks (432) than strikeouts (410) since 2003 and the ability to murder fastballs, Johnson seems like an ideal two-hole hitter for a lineup designed to work the count and grind the opposing starter into a fine powder by the fifth inning.
But there's a catch. Johnson's military-style plate discipline and lack of a platoon split and relatively cheap contract comes with the caveat of questionable health. He's missed 557 of 1,098 possible days (50.7%) due to injury since the Yankees traded him away after the 2003 season, including all of 2007 and most of 2008 with a broken leg and wrist issues. Joe chronicled all of Johnson's health issues a few months ago, and thankfully it appears most of his ailments were flukes. However, with an injury history that long, it's impossible to feel comfortable with the idea of Johnson playing 150 games and getting 650 plate appearances next year. The Yankees hope that keeping Johnson away from the rigors of playing the field will help keep them healthy, which sounds great in theory.
That wrist injury from 2008, a torn sheath tendon suffered on a swing that required surgery, could be the culprit behind Johnson's lack of power in 2009. His eight homers were the fewest he's ever hit in a season in which he came to plate at least 300 times, majors or minors, and his .114 isolated power was the same as notable noodle-bats Jacoby Ellsbury and Ryan Sweeney. It's not uncommon for a player to lose some power for a year or so following wrist surgery, and the Yankees are going to have to hope Johnson regains some pop as he gets further and further away from the injury.
Here's what the projection systems have in store for Johnson…
We have some variation amongst the systems regarding playing time, obviously the result of Johnson's sketchy medical history. Luckily, they see his power rebounding to essentially league average (.151 IsoP), and his overall .273-.408-.424, .377 wOBA performance is well above average. Combine that with zero defense and -3.0 runs on the bases (Johnson's average during his three seasons of at least 500 plate appearances), and you've essentially got a two win player (1.9 WAR, to be exact). If he managed another 100 or so plate appearances, he'd be worth 2.4 WAR. Remember that DH's get docked big time because of the complete lack of positional value.
Now, if Johnson were to miss significant time due to injury, his likely replacement would be Triple-A masher Juan Miranda. CHONE projects a .340 wOBA for Miranda in 460 plate appearances, which is above average but not by much. I've already said that I don't think he would be much of a DH option for 2010, and I'm sticking to it. Another name that is sure to pop up is that of superprospect Jesus Montero. CHONE projects over 300 plate appearances of .314 wOBA hitting from the 20-year-old next year, but I can't see the Yankees rushing him up to occupy a very easy to fill spot when it would be in his and the organization's best interest to play every day and work on his defense in Triple-A. Montero's a possibility, but he shouldn't be considered anything more than an outside one.
The Yankees could have gone a number of ways when filling their vacant DH spot. They could have re-signed Matsui and his chronically bad knees, or they could signed one of the many slugging DH types perpetually available on the open market, or they could have used it as a revolving door to keep some of the older players on their roster fresh. Instead, they opted to bring in a player who's skill set can help maximize the already immense production of their 3-4 hitters by setting the table near the top of the lineup. Now they just need him to stay healthy.
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I just want 140 games out of the Stick. You know he'll be on base and the power is likely to come back. Even if the power doesn't come all the way back, if he's getting on base almost 2x a game hitting in front of A-Rod and Tex, he's doing his job.
The 2010 New York HighSock'n Yankees.
I love it.
But instead of replacing him with another middle of the order thumper to bat behind Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez, the Yanks grabbed a player to hit in front of them.
… aaaaaaaaaaaand, that's because they had already acquired a middle of the order thumper to bat behind them. His name is Curtis Granderson.
Just getting that on the record again, preemptively. You're welcome, America.
No doubt!
Plus 2 of the 11 400+ OBP since 2001 are retired.
NJ is an artist with the bat and was on the cheap…I feel better having them (NJ & CG) than having Johnny "come lately" Damon & Godzilla (w/o knees)
Now, if Johnson were to miss significant time due to injury, his likely replacement would be Triple-A masher Juan Miranda. CHONE projects a .340 wOBA for Miranda in 460 plate appearances, which is above average but not by much. I've already said that I don't think he would be much of a DH option for 2010, and I'm sticking to it.
Revisiting Joe's midnight post about the final roster issues to be addressed this spring (the 5th starter spot and the Hoffmann/Thames 25th man spot), I wonder if Nick's injury question and the fact that Juan Miranda and Jorge Vazquez are Nick's main backups works in Marcus Thames's favor to push that battle more towards him.
Hoffmann may provide more surplus value over Thames in that he can actually play all three OF spots well and provide speed off the bench, but Thames's bat may make him a more desirable 25th man to serve as a backup DH option, considering how thin we are there.
But is Thames worth keeping around to have him DH one time a week against a LHP if Johnson has a long term injury? I'd rather go with Miranda DH'ing against RHP, then when they face a LHP, give Jeter/A-Rod/Posada the day at DH and play a Pena or Cervelli. Thames fills such a tiny hole (TWSS), that I don't think he's worth the roster spot.
In the abstract, no, he's probably not worth keeping around. When judged against Jamie Hoffmann, who would probably also not get a lot of PT, yeah, he might be worth keeping around.
Both choices have pluses and minuses. It's a tossup, IMO.
Couldn't you argue though that Hoffmann fill just as small of a hole as Thames?
He will only be on the team in order to be a backup defensive outfielder for four average or better defensive OF or maybe to provide speed. Thus, he probably wouldn't even get 9 innings a week. Also, if you want that type of player, couldn't the Yankees just call up Greg Golson or sign Freddy Guzman, both who are faster and at least his equal defensively?
Also, if you want that type of player, couldn't the Yankees just call up Greg Golson or sign Freddy Guzman, both who are faster and at least his equal defensively?
Well, Guzman's not in the org, but your point stands. I like Hoffmann's upside, but he may not really be THAT much better than Golson, Colin Curtis, Reid Gorecki, etc. as a 5th outfielder. Greg Golson is perfectly capable of being a 25th man on a big league roster at this point.
Eh, maybe I'm understating the Hoffmann/Golson gap. Hoffman's got a much better contact/discipline/OBP skill.
Fun Facts time:
Hoffman, MiL career:
5 years, 596 games, 2499 PA, .283/.355/.401, 36 HR, 413/240 K/BB, 91/43 SB/CS
Golson, MiL career:
6 years, 634 games, 2780 PA, .263/.308/.395, 48 HR, 737/152 K/BB, 140/38 SB/CS
Hoffmann is a better batter, but most people don't think he'll get many PAs, since he is going to be a defensive replacement and pinch runner. For example, if you think Hoffmann will get one PA every 5 games, he will end with 32.4 PAs. Choosing between 32 PAs for Hoffmann or 32 PAs for Golson, who cares? The batting aspect is almost irrelevant.
Still, though, while it's only 32 PA, giving Golson 32 PA may be just like throwing them away altogether.
A .308 minor league OBP? Yeesh.
Golson is a much better candidate to be an emergency callup or LIDR/pinch runner come September. I'd trust Hoffmann to swing the bat a bit more than Golson – not much, but enough that I'd take Hoffmann to NY in April.
I can agree with these. I'd say Golson has about equal/greater value to Hoffmann in a September/October situation, where you wouldn't expect him to hit at all. Whereas, Hoffmann has more value throughout the regular season.
Is Nick Johnson fragile? The answer to that is no. Has he had a number of bad luck injuries, yes.
Yes Johnson is slow on the bases but yes he is talented and can play the game. There is no reason to believe that Johnson will be a reliable and productive player unless you believe in bad luck and curses.
Wouldn't him taking an inordinate amount of time to recuperate from those injuries mean that he's fragile?
Is Nick Johnson fragile? The answer to that is no. Has he had a number of bad luck injuries, yes.
I am as big a NJ fan as you will find, but this is a little ridiculous.
Broken cheakbone? Bad luck.
Broken leg? Bad luck.
But to say he isn't fragile is just putting on the blinders man. You really can't just attribute his multiple wrist injuries plus his back to 'bad luck'. Eight years, nearly 600 games missed due to injury. Even if you think Johnson's grandmother pissed off god and you want to attribute it all to bad luck, you would have to think that having had some of the major injuries/surgeries he has had puts him at elevated risk going forward.
Hopefully being a full time DH will help him stay on the field.
ju ju curse.
Even if you think Johnson's grandmother pissed off god and you want to attribute it all to bad luck…
What if I don't want to attribute it to either a god that I may not believe in or luck that may be a false concept? What if I just want to say I believe in no divine hands or unseen forces or fate or luck or mojo, I just believe the world is full of
radnomrandom chance and some people get more injuries than others; that it's not a pattern, and that it's not predictive?
you would have to think that having had some of the major injuries/surgeries he has had puts him at elevated risk going forward.
Why? What evidence is there that the type of injuries Nick's had make him more injury prone going forward? That's the point of listing his specific injuries; none of them are of the chronic or degenerative variety. Not all injuries are identical.
I cite the well-established precedent set by the Marshall Supreme Court in "Smoke v Fire"
Correlation ALWAYS implies causation.
I would say there's a good amount of luck involved, but I would also guess that NJ's genetic soup is a bit to blame as well. Writing off either is a little much.
I have never broken a bone, but I get sinus infections like a Mitre. Am I unluckily breathing the wrong air at the wrong time, but lucky to have every fall/collision center on just the right spots? Or am I genetically predisposed to these outcomes? Yes to both.
Why? What evidence is there that the type of injuries Nick's had make him more injury prone going forward?
None, I'm purely speculating as non medical professional and this was secondary to my main point. I didn't mean his injuries were degenerative like Matsui's knees at this point, I was simply noting that you often see new injuries pop up in athletes as a result of older injuries (e.g. a buildup of scar tissue from a past surgery, or a guy changing his mechanics due to one injury, leading to another (Wang)). Not to say this will happen to Johnson, but he has spent more time rehabbing than the majority of players his age. Plus his hands/wrists have been an issue since he was coming up with the Yanks. Could be a coincidence, who knows.
I don't think he's fragile… however, even a moderately bad bad is problematic, and wrist injuries are career killers for elite hitters (see Garciaparra, Nomah and others).
However, I love the guy and am happy to take my chances. But if he does miss a lot of games, I can't pretend to be surprised. If he weren't an injury risk, he gets a much better contract then 1/$6.
Plus the guy is a born'n'bred' Yankee and I have to think he is thrilled to be back. So roll them dice and hope they don't come up craps!
from the rest of your post ia ssume you left out the "not" in that last sentence. if so i agree.
the thing is – having a number of "bad luck" injuries CONTRIBUTES to his being more fragile now. Not to say that it's assumed that he'll get injured this year, but do i think Nick Johnson is more likely to re-injure his wrist or back or even leg than most players, even if only by a little? Of course.
Bones don't typically heal to a point of complete strength after being broken, and most injuries, regardless of being chronic or not, do generate a little more risk of future re-injury, because the area is generally just a wee bit weaker than it was originally. For instance, I broke my C2 at the end of seventh grade, but was absurdly lucky and missed a spinal chord injury by about 2mm, and the fracture had healed completely by the end of the summer. Still, my doctor told me that I couldn't play football a year later when i got to HS because my neck was still at a slightly greater (and therefore fairly substantial, due to the nature of football) risk than for most players.
In this same vein, while it may not have been fragility that initially caused NJ's slew of injuries, but rather, as you said, bad luck, if your job is to hit baseballs and you've had a back injury and a wrist injury in the last ten years, i think it's safe to say that you are at more risk than your average player to re-injure one of those areas. Same goes for the leg I suppose, but breaking a leg, even if it is weakened from a prior break, is just not a likely injury in baseball, so there's really no reason to worry about that one at all.
wow man. no love for godzilla? even if he is stumpy he came to win a ring with the yanks and did so.
what's the over/under on how many games nick johnson will play this year?
Among players who came to the plate at least 400 times as a DH, Godzilla hit the most homers (27), was second in RBI (86), batting average (.270), and slugging percentage (.506), and was third in doubles (20), on-base percentage (.361), and OPS (.866). On top of all that, he was the World Series MVP after a .615-.643-1.385 (.815 wOBA) performance against the Phillies. But instead of replacing him with another middle of the order thumper
No love?
I loved Hideki Matsui on the 2009 Yankees. I much prefer Nick Johnson on the 2010 Yankees.
I was iffy on swapping NJ for Godzilla until the story came out the first week of ST that Matsui's knees still weren't 100%.
Great guy, good player for a number of years, but at that point you just wave goodbye and wish him well.
I was iffy on swapping NJ for Godzilla until
the story came out the first week of ST that Matsui's knees still weren't 100%I remembered that NJ wasn't swapped for Godzilla, Granderson was swapped for Matsui.
Regardless of how you parse roles, the Yankees could have matched Matsui's offer and not moved on NJ, without affecting the Granderson acquisition.
No, the parsing of roles is important.
Cashman began the offseason with Matsui the #5 hitter and Damon the #2 hitter as free agents. He quickly moved to trade for Curtis Granderson, and then immediately told Matsui in not so many words that he wouldn't be re-signed and was free to ply his wares elsewhere.
Cashman than entered into simultaneous negotiations with Damon and Nick and told Boras that the offer he extended to Johnny was contingent on them taking the deal first. They didn't, so the offer was pulled.
It's quite clear how the org looked at it. Matsui was a desirable option only until his replacement was acquired (Granderson). Damon was a desirable option only until his replacement was acquired (Johnson). Simple as that.
Why would they take Matsui? Nick Johnson is the better offensive player. He will produce more than Matsui this year.
BR says ARod has a .390 OBP, not .399, and Helton with a .427, not .433, and Chipper at .406, not .414, and Walker at .400, not .418.
Is On Base Average the same as OBP? Or wOBA maybe?
But… Barry Bonds? .538? Just SICK!
2 guys from Coors field in there.
Bobby's there, but may not be in 2 years.
Manny the Monster. Best right handed OPS of this generation?
Anyway, that's some pretty elite company for NJ.
The numbers are since Johnson's major league debut, so from 2001 to the present.
All those listed numbers in that link are from the midpoint of the 2001 season to the present, not total career.
As stated in the post:
Johnson is one of just 11 players with an OBP of .400 or better since he made his big league debut in the second half of 2001, yet he's the only one of the group to never appear in an All-Star Game or earn eight figures in a single season.
ARod's career OBP is 390, but his 2001-2009 OBP is .399.
Got it. But why call it On Base Average when On Base Percentage is a pretty well established term… and there is a wOBA stat? Just a bit confusing.
OBP is not really represented as a percent and has a format more similar to BA. So sometimes it is written as OBA. wOBA is based on more complex math to scale like OBP but tell more about offensive production.
OBP=OBA. wOBA a representation of offense scaled like OBP.
I am really excited to see Johnson to bat in the #2 spot. He is going to get a lot of pitches to hit hard and he is going to get on base a lot for Tex, A-Rod, and everyone else in the lineup. Johnson is going to be a huge run scorer for the Yankees if he stays healthy and will prove a lot of people wrong.
I love this move, provided he stays healthy. Even if he doesn't, it was a good move that just didn't work out. Also, I notice a couple of people that were on here making fun of Nick Johnson sitting out because of that back thing and making jokes about the turf have disappeared ever since he came back and absolutely raked in ST (not that it matters, it's ST), plus Johnny Damon sat out a game with "turf toe." Hmmm.
Everybody is dealing with SSS and logic. Matsui and Damon both had amazing years last year and it was a pleasure watching them both. Seeing them leave is sad, but the chances of them repeating that sort of season after the age of 35 and declining health rather than Nick Johnson who is still in his prime years and is only on a one year contract. Also, people remember Damon stealing two bases and Matsui's six ribbies in Game 6 and not Matsui getting his knees drained and Damon barely being able to play LF.
Now, if Johnson were to miss significant time due to injury,
MAYBE Cash gets a catcher and Jorge DH's, like it or not.
I still would've preferred this option in the offseason….but it is what it is.


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Editor's note: Nearly all of the delegates from the 17th Congressional District at the Republican National Convention are from outside the Lehigh Valley. The lone exception is Robert Kerr, head of the Northampton County Republicans, who's in Tampa this week as an alternate.
Locally, 17th District includes the city of Easton; Forks, Palmer, Bethlehem, Upper and Lower Mount Bethel and Washington townships; the boroughs of Wilson, West Easton, Glendon, Nazareth, Stockertown, Tatamy, Bangor, East Bangor, Freemansburg, Pen Argyl, Portland and Roseto.
Name: Robert Kerr
Party: Republican
Age: 50
Hometown: Forks Township
Political Office/Employment: Small business owner.
Marital Status/Children: Married for 23 years with four children.
Congressional District Represented: 17th
* What makes you proud of the Republican Party?
"Republicans want to build up America," he said, rather than "building up the government." Kerr also said the party's "social values" -- being anti-abortion, for example -- are in line with his own.
* What issues matter in the Lehigh Valley and in the 17th Congressional District that you will represent at the convention?
Kerr noted that he was an alternate delegate, and as such won't have as much to do as the regular delegates. Still, he sees his time in Tampa as a chance to make connections and prepare for November.
"I guess the main thing I'm looking forward to is networking," he said. "We want to have a successful campaign in the fall."
* What are you looking forward to at the Republican National Convention?
"Obviously to hear some of the speeches from people...Romney, Chris Christie...Paul Ryan as well," Kerr said. He's seen Romney and Christie before, but this will be his first time hearing from Romney's running mate.


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Also known as antifeminism bingo, I believe.
Feb 11 2013
Also known as antifeminism bingo, I believe.
How about "bro-fo"?
Jezuz Fucking Christ, Just get a dick transplant O'FeelMeupBenson , you sexually confused angry cat lady.
I very much doubt anti feminists have ever heard of Sheila Jeffreys. People who hate women hate lesbians the most.
She isn't transphobic either.
Because I have read her book on the matter.
No, and I don't think all sex is rape, either.
Why are you linking me a wiki article as if I don't know anything about her? I said I have read her book on the issue and there is more information there about what Sheila Jeffrey thinks than in some wiki. You should read it too.
And the other link is just some people who don't want her at some conference. It happens a lot. What has that got to do with anything? Anyway, an excerpt… "encourage clients to take a more political approach to their situation and to realize that they can rebel against the constraints of a prescribed gender role, and relate to their own sex in their native bodies. ". Sounds like feminism to me. Full of good things.
That you don't want the affirmation of gender stereotypes up for debate is abundantly clear. Since I don't get tell or do anything anymore, that will be all from this end.
[...] What they say and what it all means explained in a chart,http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2013/02/the-wot-is-feminism-chart/ [...]
[...] and Wheels: The wot is feminism chart. Funny-sad or sad-funny that anti-feminist tropes can be made into such a humorous and apropos [...]
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That's Puzzling!: Headline Anagrams, April 21st
Once again, it's time to take some words and mix up all their letters and then put them back together again to create new words, but in a totally fun and hip way.
But first, here's a few from last week's challenge: U.S. Must Start to Rein In the Deficit, Fed Chief Says…
Such insanity, if most educated thefts terrifies. (Chairless)
Rush states it: It's state-funded efficiency or him! (Dharam Khalsa)
Fifty-three misdeeds stun facetious Antichrist. (Angel)
Fish-faced deaf-mute's thirstiest instruction: "Yes!" (Spencer)
Here's this week's headline…
Justices Reject Ban on Videos of Animal Cruelty
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Say what you want, mean what you say and don't ever let anything hold you back. This is your life, if people want to be a part of you then they will understand and respect your opinions. If they don't, then they clearly didn't accept you as you are and it's time to move on from them.
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When one's worth can be set in numbers
It's a sad thing, when some people think they are too perfect or too full of themselves to make the effort to simply greet or respond to someone who's simply giving a friendly greeting, what is it that gives such level of arrogance to think they are worthy of being on such a high pedestal? is it based on how much someone has in terms of income or reputation now? i wonder at times what makes human nature fall so far, that the worth of man can be set in numbers. Am i the only one who feels this way? or am i being too selfish myself?
Being excluded – A blunt opinion
When people start to exclude you from certain conversations that you used to share with them, it's time to realize that you no longer matter enough to them to treat you like a person.
Someone who's true to you, will never give you any reason to think that you're someone they can just toss to the side when your served your purpose. It's sad, but people like these are the ones we all encounter in our lives. So, will you choose to let them walk all over you or cut them lose? they already did it to you after all.
The ones that matter
If ever asked what I thought was the biggest lesson in life always ignored, I'd have to say knowing who matters to us in the end are the ones who are always there for us through it all, Compared to the ones that were always chasing after their own dreams and ambitions, to really care. Imagine how easily one forgets that huh?


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My primary research interest is the behavioral ecology of amphibians. My recent research focuses on amphibians in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), but I have worked extensively with tropical amphibians (and reptiles) in Puerto Rico, Brazil and Costa Rica. I have also conducted research on the ecological development of mitigated wetlands in the PNW, with my primary focus on vertebrate and aquatic macro invertebrate communities. My students and I are currently immersed in two research projects:
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Investment Trust Insider: Henderson Smaller Cos - Nimmo beater?
by James Carthew on Sep 11, 2012 at 00:01
I mentioned, when I was looking at JP Morgan Claverhouse , that the performance of JP Morgan Mid Cap has not been all that great recently.The other two funds it competes with directly – Mercantile and Schroder UK Mid Cap – have, at least, both managed to beat the mid cap index over the past year in net asset value (NAV) terms.
In price terms, though, things are not quite so good as the discounts on all these funds have widened over the past year – most likely as investors' perceptions of the outlook for the UK economy worsened. This has left these funds looking quite interesting but before you dive in it might be worth having a look at Henderson Smaller Companies.
The Henderson fund sits in the smaller companies sector but is benchmarked to the Numis Smaller Companies Index (the old Hoare Govett index) which has a higher average market capitalisation than the FTSE equivalent. By sticking to the top end of the market cap range for the index, the Henderson fund has ended up having over 70% invested in Mid 250 stocks.
It is interesting therefore that over the past 12 months it has managed to generate NAV performance of 28% – almost 7% ahead of Mercantile and Schroder Mid Cap over the same period. Its discount has also widened during the past 12 months so that it sits on over a 22% discount against 18% for the Schroder fund and 13.5% for Mercantile.
Henderson Smaller's discount has been a perennial problem and it has been subject to frequent exhortations from me and others to tackle the issue. The board is aware of the problem but seems to have more or less given up trying to fix it. Token share repurchases in recent years have had no effect. I believe small cap trusts have a natural tendency to trade on discounts because of the illiquidity of their underlying portfolios (that is, in the event of a forced liquidation, you might expect some hit to the NAV).
Discount looks too wide
However, given the preponderance of larger, more liquid stocks in Henderson Smaller's portfolio, it is perverse that it trades on a much wider discount than most of its peer group. Some might see this as an opportunity, especially given there is a continuation vote scheduled for the annual general meeting next year. However, unless there is much change to the share register in the meantime, I would expect it to sail through.
The bad feeling that the discount problem engenders in me is a shame given how good the performance has been while Neil Hermon has been running the portfolio (indeed Henderson Smaller Companies may be the archetypal example of good performance not necessarily translating into a narrower discount).
As the chairman points out in his latest statement, in NAV terms, Neil has outperformed the benchmark in eight of the nine years – a pretty good result, which means that over the past decade Henderson Smaller has overtaken the likes of Standard Life UK Smaller Companies to rank as the second-best performer, just behind BlackRock Smaller Companies. The dividend yield, while lower than that of Mercantile and Schroder Mid Cap, is growing as well.
One negative that the fund has been burdened with for some time is a £20 million 10.5% debenture. This does not mature until 2016 and it is probably still prohibitively expensive to repay it early. Offsetting this is a competitive management fee – just 0.35%, albeit on gross assets (which I dislike as it gives an incentive to over-leverage a fund), this makes its total expense ratio competitive with Mercantile.
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