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Mike Matheny Sending Wrong Message to Young Players
At a crucial moment in extra innings of the game last night vs the Chicago Cubs, St Louis Cardinals' manager Mike Matheny had a chance to send a message to some of his young players. He sent the wrong one.
With two runners on and two out in the bottom of the tied tenth inning, Matheny sent closer Trevor Rosenthal to the plate in place of pinch hitter Pete Kozma. Matheny explained later that he would've sent Kozma up if there hadn't been two outs. So he expected Kozma to make an out and end the inning, and then he would have to use another pitcher.
Kozma seemingly has no future with the Cardinals. He is occupying the roster spot that Mark Ellis will take when he comes off the DL. So Matheny has no need to try to boost his confidence by counting on him to come through in a tight spot. He didn't need to bury him, though, with the message that Kozma is basically of no use to this team.
The message to Seth Maness and Keith Butler in the bullpen was equally cynical. They both have been struggling in this young season. Veteran Randy Choate was not to be trusted either to hold onto the tie and give the Cardinals' hitters another chance to win. Only Rosenthal could do it. Unfortunately, Rosenthal couldn't, and his confidence may have taken a hit too. Although he wasn't expected to do anything at the plate, he probably feels that he let his team down twice in the same game.
Matheny played it safe instead of trying for the win. That's not the optimistic attitude Cardinals fans would expect to see from their manager so early in a new season.
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You have to see this handsome, new public elementary school located in New Orleans. We could easily walk to this inclusive building as most children who live near the school do. The only children who don't walk can't, and the school ensures they join the colorful procession. Hand in hand with their children, parents from every corner of the neighborhood confidently drop them off.
In this neighborhood, the question of will you send your child to a public school isn't analogous to Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac. The choice is not personal; it's collective. The neighborhood chooses to walk to school together.
You have to see this school.
If you arrive early enough, you will see that the faculty and staff are first to add color to the school's tapestry. Veteran teachers walk a little bit more efficiently than their eager, twenty-something counterparts, but they walk in together. However, I wouldn't call them teachers as much as they should be deemed masters of their respective fields. Writers, mathematicians, scientists, and artists arrived daintily clothed in their academic identities, ready to usher their apprentices into their particular guilds.
You have to see this school.
Students arrive promptly at 7:30 AM to receive a nutritious and tasty breakfast. The chef uses many of the fresh fruits and vegetables grown from the school's edible garden or those from local farms. The chef also prepares New Orleans-style beignets and coffee, and the aroma calls parents to purchase them from the student run coffee shop.
You have to smell this school.
If parents don't immediately go to work, many grab a seat in the school's small amphitheatre to politely gossip over java. However, on Friday mornings, some parents stay to see the first grade's weekly recital, which occurs reliably at 8 AM. A particularly large crowd attended last week when Ms. Thomas had her students perform Hey Pocky A-Way by the Meters.
You have to hear this school.
This public school is not designed to build up poor children, and a picture of the parent association could not be lifted from a society page. Local history is honored, but its curriculum is built to not repeat the man-made disasters of the past. Its rigorous liberal arts curriculum is rooted in five pillars. Chief among the pillars is: all students will responsibly pursue truth. Second, resources are equitably dedicated to the intellectual, emotional, and physical wellbeing of every child. Third, depth is preferred over breadth. Fourth, the values of fairness, generosity and tolerance must be demonstrated in teacher, student, and caretakers' behavior. And fifth, teaching and learning should be documented and assessed with tools based on student's performances on real tasks
You have to see this school.
Many of its parents believe that students deserve to walk away from their liberal arts curriculum with concrete skills. So the neighborhood decided that if there are two things every graduate from the school must have the foundation to do: they are to build a better song and a stronger levee. As a result, teachers place a musical and an architectural instrument in the hands of every child.
You have to see this school.
The school has an elected board, but that board doesn't run dozens of other schools in areas miles and miles away. That board delivers monthly financial documents to the neighborhood at least one week prior to its transparent meetings. The board holds the leader accountable with metrics based on academic, behavioral, and community standards. The principal has the power to hire and fire their teachers, but site-based faculty-leader agreements provide students and teachers security.
You have to vote for this school.
Attendance is a priority. Every student in the neighborhood is accounted for. The mail carrier helps take attendance. Truancy is enforced by social workers. Students attend year round with short breaks for summer vacations, winter holidays and Carnival. No one is expelled. Black kids have the same likelihood of receiving an in-school suspension as white kids. In this school, discipline does not translate into punishment. Students do not enter the juvenile justice system through a disciplinary action. Multiple in-school suspensions trigger a referral to a community-based mental health provider for which the school pays.
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Airport Metro Express likely to run again Last Updated : 08 Dec 2012 07:04:13 PM IST File photo of Delhi Metro train.
Unwilling to wait till Delhi Metro's Phase-III is completed, the Centre wants construction work on "some sections" of the Phase-IV project to start immediately once the detailed project report is completed.
Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath also said Delhi's Airport Metro Express might start functioning again by the end of this month or early next year as an inspection by the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety is expected by then.
Addressing the valedictory session of the 5th Urban Mobility Conference 2012, he said the detailed project report of the Phase-IV of Delhi Metro will be completed soon and that the ministry intends to start work on "some sections".
Airport Metro Express likely to run again by early next year:
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The minister also batted for monorail saying it will function as a "good feeder to unviable metro projects" by supplementing Metro in certain routes.
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So I've been staring at this blinking cursor for the last 5 minutes wondering what story to tell. 'Once upon a time, there was a….' No that won't work. 'It was a dark and dreary night as our protagonist grudgingly dragged his feet toward the impending…' No, not that either. How about, 'The waves were big, mean and fast that day…the kind of day where Eddie would go.' Nah, too local boy.
After a few weeks break and with so much going on within information technology, I sometimes find it difficult to zero in on something interesting with so many choices. So I decided to do a mini blog buffet….the best in town, I say!
The big news this week seems to be the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). From connected and driverless cars to interactive kitchens to wearable technology to the massive ultra HD televisions to even toothbrushes, the Internet of Things is certainly poised to take over the world in 2014. There are, of course, risks with all these embedded systems.
There was the Target breach right at the height of the holiday shopping season nailing 40 some thousand credit and debit cards in the process. I had a browser tab The 10 Worst Data Breaches of 2013 saved since before the new year for an article but this most recent debacle will certainly make all of 2014′s lists. I was in Target a couple days ago retuning something and the person in front of me was asked, 'Do you want cash or credited back on the card?' He dryly answered, 'Well, I got a letter from my bank this week saying they are replacing my card due to your breach, so I'll just take the cash.' Mine was an even exchange.
There was the FireEye – Mandiant deal struck slightly before the ball dropped and announced after the 12th ding. Interesting blend of attack detection along with attack response. The timing seemed perfect in the wake of the Target news.
There was the Snapchat breach, the Yahoo malware, the WoW attack and certainly all the 'national security' news.
And finally, our very own John McAdam earned Puget Sound Business Journal Executive of the Year for 2013. I first met John when I joined F5 in 2004. We had less than 1000 employees at the time and our sales conference that year was at a local Seattle hotel. During one of the breaks, Ken Salchow took me over to introduce me to McAdam, who was sitting in a chair fiddling with his blackberry. Now you'd think that the first time meeting your CEO you'd be all proper, business-like…Sir. Not me. As Ken did the formalities, the first words out of my mouth were, 'What's your high score on brick breaker?' John's face lit up with a smile, a determination in his eye and without missing a beat, shoved his phone in my face and taunted, 'Can you beat that?' It was wonderful and crushing at the same time since his score trounced mine. This was well before internet on planes and playing brick breaker was a way to pass time in the air. For the next several months as we did our individual business travel, we would send each other our high score(s) wrapped in a bit of bragging. There was actually a few of us on the thread, all hoping to blast the others. Then one day, one of the competitors (who had been on an overseas flight if I remember correctly) sent a score that blew everyone away. That was it, game over. But I'll never forget how the CEO included a relatively new guy into a fun little group of folks trying to one up each other. I've been here ever since.
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama's administration hopes to assemble a proposal to resolve a trucking dispute with Mexico before he visits the country in mid-April, an official said on Tuesday.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood "wants to get something pulled together before the president goes to Mexico," an administration official familiar with the issue said.
Last week, Mexico imposed higher tariffs on an estimated $2.4 billion worth of goods from the United States in retaliation for Congress' decision to end a pilot program to allow Mexico trucks to operate in the United States.
The United States committed in the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico to open its roads to Mexican trucks, but the U.S. Teamsters union has continued to fight that.
LaHood has been working with other Obama administration officials and members of Congress to design a program that would allow Mexican trucks into the United States, the administration official said.
Mexico wants to work with the United States to resolve the dispute but rejects the explanation that Congress shut down the program for safety concerns, Mexico's Ambassador to the United States Arturo Sarukhan said.
"This is not about the safety of American roads and American drivers. This is protectionism," Sarukhan said at an event hosted by the Council of the Americas.
The cross-border trucking pilot program canceled by Congress as part of massive spending bill signed by Obama already took into account safety concerns, Sarukhan said.
The request now by lawmakers for additional measures is "moving the goal posts," he said.
Obama is scheduled to visit Mexico April 16-17 on his way to a meeting of regional leaders in Trinidad.
"We will wait to see what the proposal looks like," Sarukhan said. "But we are certainly willing to continue working cooperatively to find a solution that ensures the United States complies with its NAFTA obligations."
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To mark IDC Herzliya's 20th anniversary, we spent a day following Prof. Uriel Reichman, IDC's founder and president, and Jonathan Davis, VP for External Relations, around its delightful campus.
When I was invited a few months ago to lecture at a European retreat in Davos, Switzerland, that was hosted in the same luxury venue where the world economic leaders (including former president Bill Clinton) had met for their own economic summit a few years ago, I knew there was no way I'd refuse. The resort weekend was organized by Rabbi Sholom Liberow, director of the European Jewish Study Network (EJSN) and his wonderful wife, Leah.
Aside from their sterling care and exceptional attention to details–both material and spiritual–the setting on the postcard picturesque Swiss Alps couldn't have been more awesome.
But truly, for me, there was an additional incentive to attend.
My father was born in Switzerland where, for many years, my grandfather served as chief rabbi in the city of Basil. Switzerland became a haven of refuge for my father's family during the perilous Holocaust years and one of the very few islands of normalcy in a sea raging with anti-Semitic hatred, persecution and death for European Jewry.
For me, in a tiny way, being a part of this program was almost a way of somehow paying back a debt of gratitude to my father's homeland.
A retreat weekend is always interesting, full of meaningful programs, and saturated with learning and spiritual growth. But for me, the most inspirational part of these weekends is meeting so many different people, from all over the world-in this case, from places as diverse as London, California, Tel Aviv, Italy, Amsterdam, Ranana, and Brussels.
Somehow the anonymity of a diverse group of strangers, old and young coming together from far and near, opens the channels of communication, awakens sleeping hearts and forges new bonds. Personal life stories begin flowing freely just as the choice wines at each meal.
Somehow, it's easier to open up to and share with someone who lives in another country, who in all likelihood you won't be meeting up with again sometime soon. And so, in hushed private conversations in corners of sumptuous rooms, or in open gregarious table talk over a Shabbat luncheon, you learn incredible stories about people's lives.
What never fails to impress me from these conversations is how extraordinarily special our people is. If you seek, you will discover that everyone has a story.
A story of heroism and bravery. A story of courage and faith. A story of inconceivable kindness. Or a story of return. But always a story with a rich and vibrant history.
Whether the story occurred to a parent, a bubby orzaidy, or a great-grandparent, our people's history is rich and replete with meaning.
History and present life choices intersect seamlessly as a beloved parent, bubby, orzaidy becomes instrumental in forging us into who we have become.
Here's a little story of how I was reminded of my own grandfather right on the Swiss Alps, in his homeland–in Davos, Switzerland.
One of my lectures over the weekend was on "relationships." I was more than a little taken aback when I noticed that one of the participants was a very elderly, married gentleman who could probably have lectured me on relationships! (There was another concurrent, more relevant workshop but he chose instead to attend mine).
The puzzle was solved, however, when he approached me gratefully after my talk.
"I knew your grandfather very well," he said, delighted. "Your grandfather was my rabbi and my teacher." He paused. "I still remember him well. It gives me great pleasure to hear his granddaughter lecturing."
I have often met people who knew or learned from my grandparents. But to meet someone there, in Switzerland, who knew them from so long ago, at a period in their lives when they were just beginning to build their family and when my own father was just a young boy, seemed particularly special. I wanted to ask him so much about my father's family, but in his typically reserved Swiss manner, he wasn't very forthcoming.
He shared only one bit of wisdom before the weekend was over. "Do not be so modest," he admonished me during one of the meals. "Remember who you come from. Walk upright, with great pride."
I think of his words. And I think it is a message that must reverberate within each of us. We each hold the treasured keys to a rich history. We each have a bubby orzaidy-or a bubby andzaidy's bubby orzaidy-in whom we can, and must, take pride.
Search deeply and you will uncover your own personal saga of courage and heroism. Cherish the stories and lessons from your past. Take pride in your personal stories and allow them to forge you into the person you wish to become.
And, at all times, remember from where you have come.
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We're on one of those really long family road trips. The kind that parenting experts advise will imprint fond memories on your children's psyche. (How's that for guilt?) And the kind on which you never leave home without a bottle of Tylenol and your favorite cup of strongly caffeinated, black coffee.
We're on one of those really long family road trips. The kind that parenting experts advise will imprint fond memories on your children's psyche. (How's that for guilt?) And the kind on which you never leave home without a bottle of Tylenol and your favorite cup of strongly caffeinated, black coffee.
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It promises to remove all stains, even those stubborn, impossible to remove ones–or your money back. Guaranteed.
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From the great synagogue in Tel Aviv to his performances in the role of Jean Valjean in the hit Broadway show Les Miserables, Dudu Fisher is an international star singer and cantor.
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He looks at me with such a wistful expression in his clear blue eyes. His young shoulders are sagging and he appears to be carrying the world's burdens.
He looks at me with such a wistful expression in his clear blue eyes. His young shoulders are sagging and he appears to be carrying the world's burdens.
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"We knew it wouldn't take long for the haters to come out," said Lisa Gutierrez in the Kansas City Star. But, technically, you could argue that 6-month-old Bo is a rescue, since Kennedy picked up the dog because his original owners couldn't keep him. But what really matters is that, rescue or not, Bo is going to have a good home, and he's "going to make two little girls very, very happy."
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When The Kelly File first aired, Bill O'Reilly interviewed her and called her show 'Kelly's Little Show'. He is arrogant and narcissistic. Megan's show wipes his out completely.
[44] September 19, 2014 at 3:19pm
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[15] September 18, 2014 at 7:16pm
"A war against this enemy of Islam" ???
We are the enemy of Islam. Isis IS Islam.
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Perhaps 7% does equal 50% when using common core math.
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I wonder why Fox News even has guests. Whether you like the guest or not, they deserve a chance to answer the question without being interrupted every time. Shep's show should just be an hour with no guests and Shep just screaming. O'Reilly and Gretta as well.
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Cummings was and is also deeply involved in the IRS targeting of conservative non-profits.
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I still am not sure if 0bama is more corrupt that incompetent, or the other way around.
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I don't think the Kurds will take the fight to ISIS outside of their own territory. They want to be separate fro Iraq, so I don't see any motivation for them to fight ISIS in the greater Iraq and Syria.
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How about answering why Hillary ordered her top aids to remove any incriminating documents before congress could investigate.
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A Modest Proposal to Rescind Child Labor Laws
Janet Golden is Professor of History at Rutgers University. She is the author of Message in a Bottle: The Making of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (Harvard, 2006).
News that hearings began in Maine to roll back the state's child labor laws left me excited, until I realized proponents advocated only modest changes. A new minimum wage for high school students for their first six months on the job and loosening limits on their weekly hours are hardly revolutionary. As we prepare to celebrate the centennial of the United States Children' Bureau in 2012, I think it would be only fitting if we undertook an effort to fully eliminate all the reforms this federal agency helped to instigate. Indeed, a careful reading of the Children's Bureau's own reports on child labor makes clear the advantages of eliminating unnecessary restrictions on industry. Here's one example.
In 1919 investigators from the Children's Bureau set out to examine the seasonal labor of women and children in the Oyster and Shrimp Canning on the Gulf Coast. Great things were happening. With low wages, entire families had the opportunity to go to work and contribute to the household. What a great model for us at a time when we bemoan the lack of family togetherness and worry about the lack of work ethic in the young. Maine could really be a model if it would just eliminate all restrictions on work. As one woman told investigators in 1919 "Once, before the child-labor law got so bad, little bits of kids, five to six years old, would get out and make more than the older ones." Imagine how great it would be if our five and six year olds could be doing their part and perhaps inspire their older siblings to buckle down. And aren't we always complaining about kids needing to exercise and lose a few pounds? What's better than getting up in the morning and walking to work and earning so little that you just don't have money for junk food, or sometimes, any food?
When big government stepped in and limited the labor of children it turned ordinary decent Americans into criminals. In the canning industry this meant sneaking their young children into the sheds. The mother of one seven-year-old girl had to lie to agents about her daughter's work, rather than being able to brag to them about the $5 a week the girl made despite a cut she sustained shucking oysters. Big government turned a model mother into an offender and undermined the self-esteem of a child. Is that any way to run a country?
Sure there were knife cuts, skin diseases from handling raw shrimp, and problems arising from standing in cold wet conditions working hours without a break, but as one physician who treated canning industry employees observed, work kept the children "out of mischief." And not just out of mischief, but out of school. Many children skipped school or attended irregularly, and often, in the days before government interference, there were no laws compelling school attendance. What a boon for the economy. Communities saved a lot of money by providing minimal or no education and we all know this meant lower taxes. And there were plenty of other advantages to this arrangement.
Having children work alongside mothers saved on daycare. Kids too young to contribute monetarily to the family came to the cannery and cared for their younger siblings. There was no need to have a babysitter when, as the mother of a six-month-old baby explained, there was a "clean cement place" or a box nearby. Those were the days!
The state of Maine is taking a step in the right direction but it's a baby step. Let's go all out: eliminate minimum wages, eliminate minimum work ages, eliminate health, safety and hours rules, eliminate public education—it's a formula for strong families and strong industries. Onward to 1919!
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