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|Dec. 24, 2010
|Topic: Bats
Discussion: Has Anybody Tried At Home Bat Swinging Routines?
I do those drills two or three times a week and have noticed a big difference. I have a tendency to overswing so bat speed was not a major concern for me. These drills have made my stroke more fluid and I am very happy with the results. I use a 37oz bat and my 27oz Combat. For the light bat I used a kid's bat but I was unhappy with the length. I solved this problem by cutting a piece of PVC pipe. With caps and a little water, I have a nice 34inch, 17oz bat.
Good Luck
|Dec. 24, 2010
|Topic: Rules of the game
Discussion: Courtesy Runner Positive & Negative Views
At the risk of beating a dead horse, CR's rarely waste time. Most of us are on our way to first base before the ump even calls time out. On the other hand, using the last out can easily eat up the clock. I remember many times when I was umpiring and had to wait while the teams argued about who actually was the last out. Even with a scorekeeper, delays are routine. Once, during an open inning, the guy who needed a runner had made the last out eleven batters earlier.
|Dec. 22, 2010
|Topic: Rules of the game
Discussion: Courtesy Runner Positive & Negative Views
You're right Zonk. I ran four times for myself and four times as a CR. In the 2001 World's 50 AAA Championship game between SoCal Gusto and Stoneage (starring Mad Dog), I was a CR seven times and scored seven runs, which I always claim is a World Record when we are drinking beer in the parking lot.
I have also been thrown out at all four bases in the same game three times, which may also be a record.
|Dec. 20, 2010
|Topic: Rules of the game
Discussion: Courtesy Runner Positive & Negative Views
In the championship game in Phoenix this year, I ran eight times in six innings. I also played the outfield for seven innings, made worse by the fact that we played a five man infield for half the game. If they ever get rid of the CR, the loudest cheer will come from me.
By the way, I can count on one hand the amount of times I have been able to beat a force play at second base. If you are a manager who likes to use rabbits, give "Bugs" a break and don't put him in until the hippo reaches second base.
|Dec. 20, 2010
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: sitting here and wondering
Bobby, if you quit then I'll be the ugliest guy in senior softball.
|Dec. 6, 2010
|Topic: Bats
Discussion: ONE MORE TIME
The Demarini Ultimate Weapon is an excellent bat and inexpensive
|Nov. 30, 2010
|Topic: Bats
Discussion: It's started
Burbank has banned composites in all leagues except seniors. Single wall or wood starting in January.
|Nov. 11, 2010
|Topic: Bats
Discussion: Combining Divisions Part II
OK Bobby, hypothetical situation.
GSF or MTC using normal composites vs. KC Kids or Master Collision using Ultra II's. Ten game series; what are the results?
|Nov. 11, 2010
|Topic: Bats
Discussion: Combining Divisions Part II
It seems to be a given that there is a difference in the level of play between the current divisions.
Do the senior bats (Ultra II, Combat, etc.) close the gap or do they widen the gap between divisions?
|Nov. 10, 2010
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: BREAKING NEWS ALERT! ALERT!
Hey Tommy, how did I end up in the dog house with Mad Dog? At least I wanted to put World Champions on the sweatshirt.
Oh well, if this is what it takes to get back in everyone's good graces, then I'll take my punishment like the mutt I am.
For those of you who already have the complete ring collection, I'm the good looking one.
|Nov. 10, 2010
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Combining Divisions
It's all good, Tommy. Actually, we talked at Pendleton for awhile and it was a nice conversation. I'm the guy on Double Edge who wears the colorful board shorts, which are worn as a reminder to myself that I am just here to have fun. BTW, that was a really good looking, top quality sweatshirt that I had in mind :)
|Nov. 9, 2010
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Combining Divisions
Gary Sommers: The difference in equipment was just another attempt at inducing teams to play up at a higher level. I grew up playing stickball and don't care what equipment is used as long as it is a level playing field.
|Nov. 9, 2010
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Combining Divisions
Tommy: I have played against your team in the past and have always admired the commitment you guys bring to the game. I have never intentionally demeaned any person (OK, except Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi) and would certainly not look down on any senior softball player regardless of level.
The purpose of my comments on awards was not to crumb on the lower levels (of which I am a graduate of), but rather as a possible way of inducing teams to play up to higher levels, thus increasing the amount of teams in the upper divisions.
We all have closets full of tee shirts, and drawers full of trinkets. Really, who cares what they give away. I just want to play in a tournament that has more than four teams, but it seems that I don't have that option anymore, do I.
You guys read into these posts what you want to read, so I am not about to apologize for what I wrote.
Anybody who has sat down and talked to me face to face knows that I don't look down on anyone.
By the way, your friend Andy always says that we play just for exercise. If that's true then how come I always have to run for him?:)
|Nov. 7, 2010
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Combining Divisions
Anyone who watched the Breeders Cup yesterday should understand where I'm coming from on awards. The last race had the biggest purse because it had the best horses. The winner, Blame, could have been a heavy favorite in a million dollar race but his owners chose to take on Zenyatta for five million. Higher risk, higher reward. The "every level gets the same award" stance is the same attitude as the "everyone gets a trophy" mentality in Little League that is having a detrimental effect on our society. Start throwing rocks, boys.
|Nov. 6, 2010
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Combining Divisions
Thanks for sticking up for me, guys, but it is not necessary. Paco is throwing spitballs at a battleship.I never agreed with Einstein that a person needs to put down his name to make an opinion valid. However, Paco's sort of personal attack should not be anonymous.
I am not an elitist, but I proposed the different awards and bat usage for a reason. In my experience in senior tournaments, it seems that nothing bothers players more than a team playing down a level or more from where they belong. If a team really wants a big prize, then they should have to beat the big dogs to get it.
Anyone offended by anything I said is probably too thin-skinned to play tournament ball.
|Nov. 6, 2010
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Combining Divisions
I've been following with interest the discussions about combining divisions. Allow me to put in my two cents.
I think two divisions is a bad idea. The biggest disparity in talent level is between AAA and AA. I think there should be three divisions
Major Division: Comprised of the current Major+ and the upper half of the Major teams. The best level plays for the best prizes (rings?)
AAA Division: Comprised of the lower half of Major teams and the upper half of the current AAA teams. Prizes could be in the area of jackets, bat bags, etc.
Rec Division: Comprised of the lower AAA teams and the current AA. You win, congratulations- here's your sweatshirt.
Let's take it a step further:
Major: Any bat goes
AAA: Composites
AA: Single wall or wood only
Thanks for reading. All criticisms are welcome
Dennis McNulty
#7, Double Edge
|Oct. 18, 2010
|Topic: Tournaments
Discussion: Can we make this a PHX Worlds Score thread?? Post results here
Bobby: We decided that instead of playing Major+ next year, we are gonna meet once a month, buy a bunch of beer and reenact yesterday's championship game. It will be cheaper and a lot more enjoyable :)
|Oct. 17, 2010
|Topic: Tournaments
Discussion: Can we make this a PHX Worlds Score thread?? Post results here
Just got home.
60 Major Plus
60 Major
1.Double Edge (Go figure)
2.KC Kids
3.Master Collision
4. High Desert Dukes
|May 21, 2010
|Topic: Players looking to join a team
Discussion: Will be in Reno Memorial Day and want to play
Two questions:
- Can you play 60's?
- What does your girlfriend look like?:(
|May 9, 2010
|Topic: Players looking to join a team
Discussion: Looking to join a team
Mark: There are a lot of tournament players in the senior league in Burbank. Go to Olive Park next Sunday morning and ask around. I'm sure someone will be able to point you in the right direction.

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Internationalization: Quick Start
From v0.98 on, Indico relies on Babel in order to manage language dictionaries and provide some basic date formatting and other locale-related functions.
Writing i18n-aware code
It's very hard to write/maintain an application that is 100% internationalized, since this requires a great deal of coordination not only with the translators, but between developers as well. Not only people usually forget to properly internationalize strings, but also when they remember to do so they choose to do it at the wrong place. Here are some examples of some good/bad practices.
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class UserContainer(object): _userTypes = { # wrong! 'admin': _('Administrator'), 'regular': _('Regular user') } # ... def getUserType(self): # can you spot the problem? return UserContainer._userTypes[self.user_type]
Why is this wrong? Class attributes are initialized only once, at module load time. So, since modules are normally only loaded once per process, a French user that is using this app will theoretically (see paragraph below) get the same translation as a Japanese one. The right way to do so would be delaying translation till the template is rendered: we could have a dictionary of "English" strings and then just call _() from the piece of template (or other i18n-safe code) that calls getUserType.
Fortunately our current i18n code supports Lazy translation (meaning that it replaces the result string with a proxy object that will only execute the translation when it is asked for its string value), and the situation above would not be problematic. However, it not at all good practice and should be avoided.
Another classic mistake is:
from persistent import Persistent # ... class User(Persistent): def __init__(self, name, position): self.position = _(position)
This one should be easier to spot, if you consider that Persistent objects are stored in the database. By translating position, we get it in the language that was in use at the time of object creation. The right way to do it is, once again, to translate "as late as possible".


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Blizzard contests and validation.
|Anarin | 14/02/2008 13:33:33
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but let's go ahead anyway: I had created an entry to the Valentine cotest, and I must say I was pretty confident about it. I had submitted it before february the third, on the second, to be exact =p (Which was prior to the deadline.)
I had read the terms and of course couldn't miss the part where it said the entry had to be validated. The mention of telephone communication was in there, so I assumed Blizzard would call me as I had to submit my telelphone number alongside the entry.
Of course that didn't happen, and I started to realise it was I who had to call (Atleast I think so). The thing is that I'm really disppointed because my entry was discarded. I know it's my own fault and I was kinda expecting it. So, what I'm basicly asking now, for some peace of mind: What did I do wrong?
HOW should I have validated my entry, if I should have called where the murloc was I supposed to find the right telephone number? I just need to know what exactly I did wrong, and I hope to find that answer here.
Thank you. (And for those interested, this was supposed to be my lovely entry: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/Derion/Magicvalentine1.jpg boohoo =( )
|Daliniya | 14/02/2008 13:56:06
What is meant by "Entries to the competition will have to be validated and..." is that you should have gotten the "Success" page that comes up after you submit the webform. If you got that, then the entry was validated and received by the people who needed to see it.
|Liasanai | 29/02/2008 14:09:55
Basically it means that you can submit a written request for Blizzard to pay the cost your ISP charged you for using the webform. The request would need to be accompanied by a receipt.
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Have Group, Will Travel replaced with faster flight paths, flask "Chug-A-Lug" perk removed {WoW}
Mar 22nd 2012 11:27PM @Old Possum: You do know this change is contrary to your wishes. With HGWT, my mage is pressed into service to get out there because I can get just about anywhere in the world faster than you can and I'll summon you when I get there. With HGWT removed, you're the one being pressed back into service to get your portal up and running for the rest of us. Worse...it changes nothing for me because you can't do it alone and I'll have to get out there with you. Now you're making mages and warlocks cooperate. This is a good change?
Have Group, Will Travel replaced with faster flight paths, flask "Chug-A-Lug" perk removed {WoW}
Mar 22nd 2012 10:41PM You know what I'd like to see? I'd like Blizzard to give mages a "variable" portal spell. A mage goes to some location in the world and "learns" the location. Then the mage can open a portal to that location just like to all the major cities. Only one variable location can be known at a time, learning a new one overwrites the last one. Then your raid could gather in some convenient spot and all port over to your raid destination together.
Beats the hell out of faster gryphon riding. I can't remember the last time I paid for a bird ride. Their flight paths are always so lame, and the constant circling they do seemed specifically designed to ensure that no flight path took less than 1 minute to arrive at your destination.
Breakfast Topic: What class will you never play? {WoW}
Mar 7th 2012 9:25AM And this is why I don't like hunters. These guys are so OP you could level them to 85 in BC. =p
Breakfast Topic: What class will you never play? {WoW}
Mar 7th 2012 9:18AM On my Mage in fire spec, no one ever goes fast enough. I almost invariably end a pack of trash with Hot Streak and Impact procs up...and counting down fast. Why are we stopping? WHY ARE WE STOPPING???
On the other hand, in arcane spec, I'm sitting to drink every chance I get.
Breakfast Topic: What class will you never play? {WoW}
Mar 7th 2012 9:06AM There are lots of classes I can't play. I've tried several Warlocks, but the highest they've ever gotten is to level 22 (and this is now my bank alt). I've played and lost interest in Warriors, Death Knights, Hunters, and Priests. I've never once had a Shaman. It's a mixed bag with Druids, but the one I have at level 83 is so neglected now that I've forgotten how to play it--but I've made a new one and have leveled it to 28 in an attempt to relearn the class. I have five toons at level 85: a Paladin, two Rogues, and two Mages. To be honest, I hardly ever play the Paladin or Rogues any more.
Arcane Brilliance: MoP talent calculator changes for mages, part 2 {WoW}
Mar 5th 2012 11:06PM With my gear reforged and gemmed to my arcane spec, my Mastery is 18.18. If that goes up by 5 it will be 23.18. If it goes up 5% it will be 19.09. I hope your assumption is wrong. Note that it says "increases mastery" and not "increases mastery rating".
Breakfast Topic: What was your first world drop epic? {WoW}
Feb 26th 2012 7:33PM Mine was the same as in the article. Gut Ripper dropped while I was killing trolls in the Hinterlands on my Pally (was a couple months before BC and for some reason I thought that rep from turning in the troll necklaces would mean something someday).
I promptly sent that thing to my level 19 rogue and made her start leveling up 'till she could equip it instead of spending all her time in WSG. Didn't mind giving up the lvl 19 battleground too much, by this time I was convinced I wasn't going to get much higher than Corporal anyway.
Blue Posts: Not blind nerfing Dragon Soul, PTR maintenance tomorrow {WoW}
Feb 23rd 2012 8:32AM Oh, I guess I missed jebediah54's post who also makes my point. And I don't really mean "arguing", I mean "discussing". =)
Blue Posts: Not blind nerfing Dragon Soul, PTR maintenance tomorrow {WoW}
Feb 23rd 2012 8:28AM Aren't most of you arguing for pronunciation of "prot" simply offering homophones? The way I pronounce "nought" (or "naught") is the exact same way I pronounce "not", and would pronounce it the same as the word "nawt" if such a word existed. I've never heard anyone pronounce "prot" with a long o sound as in "vote" or "scrote".
WoW bloggers take off and unite with Sixth meme {WoW}
Feb 23rd 2012 8:18AM I'm pretty sure it's a typo or just phrased poorly.
"Head into your images folder, select the sixth subfolder, grab the sixth image in the folder"
should probably be
"Head into your images folder, which is the sixth subfolder, grab the sixth image in the folder"
"Head into your World of Warcraft folder, select the sixth subfolder, grab the sixth image in the folder"
As long as you have the folders sorted by name and not date or size, the Screenshots folder should be your sixth subfolder (preceded by Cache, Data, Errors, Interface, and Logs).


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"Consumers remain wary," said NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay. "Even though healthy home prices and stock values are helping to improve confidence and spending, stagnantly-high unemployment, higher taxes and lingering policy uncertainty continue to keep shoppers and economic growth at bay. The recovery is solid and good but its pace remains measured and modest."
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The third quarter of 2014 reflected multiple shifts in bond market attitudes as well as the points of focus on economic growth, U.S. Federal Reserve policy, and geopolitical fronts. By mid-July, geopolitical risks had heated up and high-quality bonds benefited as many investors went in search of safety. Beyond the safety factor, the bond market seemed to be pulled in both directions by signs of improving U.S. growth being offset by pockets of weakening global growth.
Economic data for U.S. employment, consumer demand, and housing varied from month to month. Manufacturing was also choppy, but auto sales were consistently strong. Overall, the U.S. economy has decent momentum entering the fourth quarter.
During the third quarter of 2014, yields on 10-year Treasurys fell from 2.53% to 2.49%, and yields on 2-year Treasurys rose from 0.46% to 0.57%. Rates fell during the first half of the quarter but then retraced much of this decline. The 3-month T-bill / 10-year T-note curve flattened 4 basis points to 2.47% by the end of the quarter. (A basis point equals one one-hundredth of a percentage point.) The 1-month London interbank offered rate (Libor) held steady, ending the quarter at 0.15%. (Data: Bloomberg.)
The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index recorded a virtually flat return in the third quarter as higher-quality bonds and longer-duration sectors led the way. Given the shift in the Treasury yield curve, short-to-intermediate-focused sectors produced negative returns, although mortgage-backed securities (MBS) were relatively strong. BBB-rated corporates, high yield corporate bonds, and emerging market bonds produced negative returns.
Delaware Core Plus Bond Fund (Class A and Institutional Class shares at net asset value) underperformed its benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index, for the third quarter of 2014.
The Fund's underweight positions in Treasury securities had negative effects on relative returns as Treasury bonds led other benchmark sectors. Also contributing to lagging relative performance was our focus on intermediate maturities.
Government-backed MBS led the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index benchmark during the quarter. The Fund's underweight in MBS modestly hurt relative performance while security-specific positioning generally had a positive effect. Asset-backed securities (ABS) outperformed the benchmark as we maintained our emphasis on short-maturity and floating-rate issues. Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) had a slight positive impact on relative performance based on our security selection advantage.
• The Fund's continued overweight in investment grade corporate bonds hurt relative performance during the quarter, as corporate bonds experienced wider credit spreads. Security selection generally had a neutral impact, but down-in-quality securities lagged.
Overall, Fund exposure to the high yield bond market detracted from relative performance. Investments in bank loans showed more-moderate negative results.
Fund positions in emerging market debt had a negative impact on relative performance. U.S. dollar–based issues experienced wider spreads.
The Fund's position in non-dollar developed markets, though representing only a small allocation, nonetheless produced negative returns during the quarter as interest rate exposures hurt performance.
Whether evaluating current bond prices or the range of forecasts for 2015, a Fed tightening in the second or third quarter of 2015 appears to be viewed as a "high probability." Many market analysts express concern that the Fed is already behind the curve. However, current conditions may actually support the opposite conclusion. Given the Fed's history of refraining from tightening policy when the Consumer Price Index is soft, oil is falling, and the U.S. dollar is rising, a 2015 tightening could end up being ahead of the curve (and a policy mistake). Sluggish global growth — which results mostly from weak consumption — seems to support this view, as does the recent sharp decline in Treasury inflation-protected securities' (TIPS') break-even rates (that is, inflation premiums).
On balance, weak global growth should keep real rates at very low levels, and deflationary pockets in key world markets should keep nominal rates low as well. Market forecasts for significantly higher rates and a steeper yield curve seem to be misplaced, and, if anything, forecasts should be acknowledging the potential for a return to 10-year Treasury rates in the low 2% range.
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Probiotics: The Bugs That Are Our Friends (Part 2)
Amy Campbell
April 30, 2012
Bug Benefits, Continued…
I wanted to pick up where I left off last week regarding all the good that probiotics do:
They may help prevent urinary tract infections. Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, for short, are more common in people with diabetes than in those without diabetes. Part of this is due to the fact that the immune system in a person with diabetes isn't working quite up to speed, making him more susceptible to any type of infection. And some people with diabetes who have neuropathy may have difficulty fully emptying their bladder, which means urine stays around longer than it should, increasing the risk of harmful bacteria growing and causing infection. A couple of strains of probiotics may help fight UTIs from occurring in the first place.
They may prevent yeast infections. Most women (with and without diabetes) have had a vaginal yeast infection at some point in their lives. Not surprisingly, women with diabetes are more likely to suffer from yeast infections, particularly if blood glucose levels are high. Yeast infections can also occur in the mouth and under folds of skin. Lactobacillus acidophilus is a strain of probiotics that may help prevent them from occurring in the first place.
Note: if you've been prescribed a medicine to treat a UTI, a yeast infection or any other type of infection, don't stop taking the medicine in favor of probiotics. Always consult with your physician before stopping or changing any medicine.
Other benefits. When you've been hit with a stomach "bug" (which is usually a virus), probiotics can help reduce accompanying diarrhea. The power of probiotics is still being explored and studied. There's some evidence that probiotics may protect against colon cancer, certain types of intestinal diseases, eczema, lung infections, high blood pressure, heart disease, and even obesity. However, we don't know enough about probiotics yet to know for sure if they'll help with these conditions or not, so stay tuned.
Food Sources of Probiotics
• Yogurt (look for the words "live and active cultures" on the container)
In addition to these foods, some brands of sour cream and cottage cheese may contain probiotics. And food manufacturers have jumped on the probiotic bandwagon by adding probiotics to cereal, juice, frozen yogurt, and even cookies and candy (not surprisingly).
Again, if you're specifically looking for probiotic-fortified food, always look for the phrase and/or seal that says "live and active cultures." Many foods are processed with heat and the heat kills off probiotics. When choosing a yogurt, look for the seal (created by the National Yogurt Association), which signifies that at least 100 million organisms per gram are in the yogurt at the time of manufacture; you can also look at the container to make sure the yogurt contains the live Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus strains.
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Jessi L. Smith, a psychology professor at Montana State University, recently received a $217,859 grant from the National Science Foundation for a study that may provide insights into how to help promote success for Native American students studying science, math and engineering.
Smith and Anneke Metz, a former MSU psychology professor now at the University of Southern Illinois, have teamed up on the project. The two are working to understand how the gender experience impacts Native American student success in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Native Americans, particularly female Native Americans, are under-represented in the fields and Smith and Metz hope to provide insights on how Native women going into the fields can stay and become successful.
Increasing Native participation in the STEM fields is important, Smith said, because society is shaped by science and technology. Not only is participation from diverse populations important to under-represented cultures, but diversity in the sciences helps society as a whole because it leads to higher-quality decisions, products and innovations, she said.
Smith also believes that studying Native women in STEM fields in particular is key because the increase in Native American students entering college since 1994 appears to be due mostly to the increased college enrollment of Native American women, she said.
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Smith and Metz began studying incoming female Native American students majoring in STEM fields this fall at MSU as well as Northern Arizona University. The researchers will follow the students for a year, identifying effective social and academic support for students majoring in the fields.
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Hambantota: Jul 25, 2012
Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni blamed the unpredictable pitch for his team's abysmal batting performance in the lost second ODI against Sri Lanka, rejecting suggestions that rash shots led to the stunning collapse.
India were last night bowled out for 138 in 33.3 overs — their fourth-lowest ODI total in the past five years — by the host team, which chased down the target in under 20 overs.
The five-match series is currently tied 1-1.
"The pitch was next to the wicket we played on last time but it behaved in a completely different way," Dhoni said referring to the track used for the opening ODI in which India posted a 300-plus score.
"Initially the wicket was slightly on the slower side.
Once Virat (Kohli) got out we lost a couple of more wickets very quickly.
"Before the batsmen could assess the wicket, we lost two wickets played on. I thought after that it was too much for batsmen like Irfan (Pathan) and Ashwin to come in and take us out of trouble," he added.
But his opposite number, Mahela Jayawardene, disagreed with Dhoni insisting that the wicket was not that bad.
"Probably a touch slower, there were quite a few good balls as well. We bowled in good areas, created pressure, maybe couple of bad shots as well but I will take that any day.
"The important thing with the Indian batting line-up is picking up wickets and that's the only way we can control things and that is what we did today," he said.
Dhoni defended his batsmen's shot selection, refusing to call them rash.
"I don't think they were shots that were really rash.
People were looking for singles. If you see Rohit's ball (the one off which he was dismissed), the shot was on. But he got an inside edge and it went onto the stumps.
"It could have been his lucky day if it hadn't hit the stumps and he was still there to carry on with his innings. It is part and parcel of the game and a big learning curve. Hope the batsmen learn and they assess the wicket very quickly (in the next game)," Dhoni explained.
The wicketkeeper-batsman said the wicket here lacked pace and was difficult to bat on.
"Over here the wicket was slightly different, it (the ball) was stopping before coming on. I don't think there was too much swing for the bowlers, though there was a bit of breeze – meaning you can swing it a bit – but nothing unusual.
"I just thought the pace of the wicket was not really coming onto the bat and that's the reason why we lost too many wickets initially."
India now move to Colombo for the third game of the series and Dhoni said that his team has learnt some important lessons from the Hambantota stay.
"The boys adjusted well to the conditions whether it was the bowling or the batting department. Today the performance wasn't so good but still, the kind of wind we faced here was the kind that one usually gets to see in Wellington in New Zealand," he said.
I think given the amount of time we had, we adjusted pretty well. So I am quite happy, (it was a) decent performance.
"Slowly and gradually you will see all the youngsters learning, especially about the importance of the middle overs, because that is where most of the cricket is played – right from the 15th-20th over, onwards till the 40th over," he added.
Meanwhile, Jayawardene lauded his teammates for putting up near-perfect show in every department of the game.
"We were much more focussed in executing some of the game plans," Jayawardene said.
"I told the guys that we are capable of performing at the highest level so let?s try and execute the game plan. That?s what we did," he added.
Jayawardene agreed that the wicket was a touch slower but felt the Indian collapse was brought about by good Sri Lankan bowling.
Thisara Perera, who took 3 for 19 in eight overs, said he was keeping it simple.
"I just bowled on one side of the wicket as Mahela wanted," he said.(PTI)
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Twitter continues to be a big topic of conversation in regard to the Olympics but sadly, not in a good way. We've gone from the mildly annoying #nbcfail campaign to serious threats, racist comments from athletes, banning and even an arrest.
Two athletes have already been banned from competing after posting racist and violent Tweets. Swiss soccer player Michel Morganella vented his anger at the South Koreans after a loss. Before the games began, Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou was banned for remarks about African immigrants. It's implied that Papachristou's remarks were politically motivated, but clearly Morganella's motivation was anger at a loss. Not that anger is a good excuse, but we've all said things we wish we could take back, though most of us never said it so loud and so publicly.


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Thursday, 18 April 2013
Bring me sunshine, in your smile
Things have settled back into a routine since the children went back to school last week, we're back in to the swing of things and everything is ticking along nicely. J and I had an awesome date night at the weekend which I really enjoyed. He has a real hero worship thing about his Dad (which is fantastic) and so I have always just assumed he would prefer to spend time with the Mister rather than me, but I realise that is not the case and I am going to spending more time with all five of them individually just hanging out, proper quality time one on one. They're only young once, I need to make sure that I make the most of it because before I know it they will have grown up and flown the nest.
I'm still continuing on with my change of diet, and honestly I feel fantastic. The Paleo lifestyle is one that I am finding really suits me, and I am enjoying finding new ingredients & recipes and teaching myself new ways of cooking. I've lost weight (though I haven't weighed myself in a little while, but at my last check I was down 10lb), my skin is clearer and softer, my hair is in better condition, I'm sleeping better and I have more energy, no more mid afternoon crash. I can actually SEE my body changing shape. I've started Pilates again (which I forgot how much I enjoyed) and will be going swimming one or two evenings a week, too. I feel great and that makes me very happy indeed. Coupled with starting my degree in October (pending tuition fee loan approval, of course) I am getting more of 'me' back and it feels wonderful.
We're looking forward to E's birthday next week and are planning a family day out in lieu of a party (you can see why here) and I'm busy planning her cake. I can't believe she is going to be three! She'll be starting nursery this September, we'll be off for some induction days in a couple of months time, so we're going to spend lots of quality time together for the next few months while she is still at home with me. My babies are all grown up now! But like I said, it means I can do a few more things for myself which is wonderful.
Last but not least, I have come home from a busy morning out & about to discover that my blog has entered the top 100 of Tots100, in at number 95! Ahhh! I also passed 150,000 page views this month which is AMAZING.
Thank you SO much to everyone who reads, visits and shares - I really appreciate it and hope that you all enjoy visiting me here as much as I enjoy being here! I have met so many wonderful people through blogging, and can't wait to meet many more in person at last at the Britmums conference in June. I hope you'll all come by next month when I celebrate my 2 year 'blogoversary' as there will be some fantastic prizes up for grabs! Details coming soon, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled.
What are your reasons to be cheerful this week? Link up with Michelle at Mummy From The Heart and share.
14 comments:
- Lous Lake Views said...
I'm with you on the winter thing, I'm sooo glad it's finally stopped snowing over here too! Congrats on the success with your blog, 150,000 page views, that's awesome!
- 18 April 2013 at 16:06
- Sarah said...
Congrats on #95. WTG!
I'm going to look into the Paleo food, a few of my friends on FB have recommended it.
Lovely post and fab reasons to be cheerful. xx
- 18 April 2013 at 16:12
- Joanna Henley said...
I'very barely reached 20k since I started!! I was so happy for you when I saw your number, especially as you thought it would drop! Xx
- 18 April 2013 at 16:17
- Nicola Thomas said...
What a lovely post! Brilliant that you have so many positive things in your life and well done on the tots score - very well deserved
- 18 April 2013 at 19:19
- Mama Owl said...
Lous Lake Views - it has been a looooong time coming! Hurrah for Spring!
- 18 April 2013 at 19:20
- Mama Owl said...
Jo - thank you! You have done amazingly since you started, well done you! x
- 18 April 2013 at 19:20
- Mama Owl said...
Sarah - thank you! It really has changed so much for me, I feel great so long may it continue! x
- 18 April 2013 at 19:20
- Mama Owl said...
Thank you so much Nicola! x
- 18 April 2013 at 19:40
- Rebecca Phillips said...
Huge congrats on Tots100 & all those pageviews!! x
- 18 April 2013 at 20:12
- Looking for Blue Sky said...
It all sounds good and I'm celebrating with you on the new Tots! Many congratulations x
- 18 April 2013 at 22:10
- Glenda Gee said...
It sounds as though everything is going really well for you.
- 19 April 2013 at 11:57
- Laura Huggins said...
Congratulations on your Tots100 Score this month hun!
Lovely post and lovely reasons to be cheerful
Laura x x x
- 19 April 2013 at 21:02
- Susan Mann said...
Way to go you and what a lovely post. Have a great weekend. xx
- 19 April 2013 at 23:01
- Michelle Twin Mum said...
Ohh good news that you will be at BritMums, you'll have to grab me and say hi. You be able to spot me as I'm a pink butterfly! Mich x
- 22 April 2013 at 22:33


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Not too long ago, I posted a couple of writing lists here that people seemed to enjoy judging by the number of tweets they both received.
The first one was a list of creative writing communities and the second was a list of creative writing exercises to polish your skills and sharpen your pencils.
I'm always on the lookout for new online tools and awesome writing websites and I do my best to bookmark them as they are discovered so I can revisit them and share them in various places down the road.
So today I'm going to share five new writing sites, tools, resources and games that I have recently added to my long list of favorites.
Telescopic Text
I found this interesting experiment on StumbleUpon recently and had hours of fun playing around with it immediately afterwards. There went my afternoon, damn it!
While I won't claim to have completely mastered this odd little tool, I've sure had fun trying to figure it out and find a legitimate use for it. While I was rather impressed with the homepage demo, I have yet to replicate the awesomeness myself.
Referring to itself as a collection of tools to create expanding texts, that's pretty much exactly what it allows you to do. What starts out as a mere three word sentence ("I made tea") expands until it reads several paragraphs long and tells an entire little story.
You're only allowed to use 140 characters in the starting sentence, so it's the same as if you were composing a tweet, which I've never been a huge fan of doing because I hate the ridiculous character limitation.
Nevertheless, I tried plugging in some of my own quotes by cutting them down to the fewest possible words that still made a coherent sentence and then going back and adding the rest so that it appeared when you clicked on the original words to expand the rest.
Here are one of my own examples.
The original sentence reads:
"No one knows what they do in a situation they are in."
Six clicks later and it becomes:
"No one truly knows what they will do in a certain situation until they are actually in it."
Haiku Hero
This one is especially fun. Are you into writing poetry? If so, you'll want to be sure and check out my recent post with advice for poets, but after you're done reading that, head on over to play a round of Haiku Hero to get your poetic juices flowing.
With three different modes of play and three levels of difficulty to choose from, I opted to play the hardest setting in the Survival mode myself.
The game gives you challenging rules that you are supposed to follow, such as using lots of a certain letter or only using words with less than two syllables total in your haiku.
After each round, it gives you a score based on how well you stuck to the rules and you keep getting new poem assignments until your time runs out. I did pretty well and thought it was a really fun game that requires flexing your mental muscles and coming up with creative poetry.
You gotta love the play on words here, right? Memeoirs is a neat service that turns your emails into a print book that you can order from their website.
So we'll talk the sweet aspects first. They support all major free web-based email services including gmail, AOL, Yahoo and AIM. You login to your account through their website and choose which contacts you want included in the book and then specify a time frame.
Then they generate a print ready book made up of all the emails from that time and between you and the selected contacts.
I'm probably stating the obvious when I say that this would make an awesome fucking gift for someone special, especially considering you can personalize it so that it only contains the emails between you and the person of your choice.
The only major downside I noticed was that you have to provide a rather large image file for the book cover and it must be the right dimensions. In fact, I think you have to provide the image files for the front back and the whole shebang.
So unless you're a graphic designer or know your way around Photoshop, that might be a bit of a pain since you wouldn't want to order a book with a shitty looking cover. You could probably outsource it on Fiverr for cheap though.
The Naipaul Test
Okay, this one is a little different than the others but I found it somewhat fascinating. Apparently some pretentious man claimed that women are inferior writers and made a bold statement about his own flawless ability to determine the gender of a writer within a paragraph or two.
I'm not sure I buy it. He obviously sounds like a freakin' moron, but someone was cool enough to put together this little test to see if you are able to tell female from male by reading just a paragraph of fiction.
I scored horribly on it myself, to be honest. I doubt anyone will do particularly well at this without cheating. Share your score in the comments if you take it.
Test Your Vocab
Ever wondered how many words you know? This site aims to help give you an estimate based on a fairly quick and easy test in which you simply check the box next to words which you know the definition of, leaving the ones you are unsure of unchecked.
Any native English speaker should definitely check every box on the first page of the test, as they start out incredibly easy and basic. The next page, however, is full of shit that I either have never seen at all or which I've seen but would not be confident enough of its definition to use it in speech or in writing.
The damn test told me I only have 30,900 words at my disposal, which doesn't seem like that many to me. Then again, I figured it would be considerably less than that. I figured somewhere in the range of 2 – 4 words, at most. Fuck and shit being the two most familiar to me. I feel like an overachiever.


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New Paper for YES! Magazine
For the next two weeks, we will show you some of the climate actions we are taking here at the YES! office in Bainbridge Island, Washington, from individual choices to decisions that affect the whole publication.
YES! was one of the first magazines to print on 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper.
Starting with the fall 2009 issue, we went a step further and switched to a lighter weight paper. Each issue now uses 17 percent less paper, cutting down on the amount of resources it takes to get our magazine to readers.
The difference can be seen, below, when 50 issues of the Summer 2009 The New Economy issue are stacked next to 50 issues of the fall 2009 Learn as You Go issue.
Is your workplace making any decisions in an attempt to lessen environmental impact? Let us know!


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Community Outreach and Education
The Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (OAPIA) acts as a liaison between the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and the District government. It conducts outreach to AAPI community groups, residents, and merchants in the District.
Through these grassroots efforts, OAPIA is able to:
- Keep AAPI residents and merchants informed of the District's programs and services
- Inform the Mayor of any AAPI residents' and merchants' concerns or issues
- Encourage AAPI community participation in DC affairs and government programs
- Assist constituents with accessing government services.
For more information about OAPIA's outreach efforts, please contact:
Ngoc Trinh at (202) 727-9883 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Andrew Chang at (202) 727-5560 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
To outreach to AAPI residents on available government programs and services.
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Chris Brown
New Michael Jackson Project Unveiled, First Single Is Called 'Chicago'
While Timbaland didn't give away too many details, he did say that the first single will be "Chicago" and that he's "going to set it up right."
Trish's Trash: Keep Kids Away From These Stars!!!!
Keep Your Kids Away, Miley's New Video
Justin Bieber Joins The Wanted's Album Roster
The fivesome confirmed that they have been working with their former tourmate on material for the album.
Miguel Lands On Fan, Bieber Booed, Swift Wins Big At Billboard Music Awards
Chris Brown mimicked some fighting moves while Miguel actually (kind of) used some during the 2013 iteration of the Billboard Music Awards Sunday night.
Trish's Trash: Rihanna Single?
Chris Brown and Rihanna: On-again or Off-again???
Rihanna, Diddy Get Swatted By Pranksters
Rihanna is the latest celebrity to fall victim to "swatting" after police arrived at her home in response to a fake 911 call Thursday afternoon (April 4).
Jennifer Lopez Hits The Studio With Chris Brown
Jennifer Lopez has a long list of collaborations under her belt, and it seems the latest artist to join the ranks of Pitbull, Flo Rida and Lil Wayne is Chris Brown.
Trish's Trash: Rihanna Stands By Her Man, Heidi to AGT
Rihanna Sticking with Chris Brown and AGT New Judge
What Did Adele Really Say To Chris Brown At The GRAMMYs?
For all those who were hoping Adele gave Chris Brown a tongue-lashing at Sunday night's GRAMMY Awards, you'll have to keep dreaming.
On Social Media, Jay-Z's Jab Trumps Katy Perry's Cleavage
On music's biggest night, social media networks exploded with commentary, making the 55th GRAMMY Awards this year's second-most popular event with close to 15.5 million interactions as reported by Trendrr, a social TV analytics provider.


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Cheap leather sleigh beds for sale?
Last week, Robert Hunter, our bed buyer, made a UK tour looking for new bedsteads and especially a replacement for our cheap Darcy double sleigh bed, a huge success at £149 and now virtually out of stock.
It has been a demoralising time for bedstead importers with the falling pound and falling sales. Only the the very best bed wholesalers look as if they are going to survive and we are almost giving up on them all. But Robert reckons we have found a winner with LPD which I believe stands for Leeds Plywood and Doors. And he is about to place an order for a fantastic new leather sleigh bedstead.
Ok, so the guys and girls at LPD aren't the hottest at coming up with a great company name, but they appear to know what a well constructed bed looks like, and just as important they know how to handle them. So many of these beds come over from China in perfect condition until they get unloaded at the mad axe-mans warehouse and bedstead abbatoir.
We have also bought a very low cost simple double leather bed from LPD that is retailing at £129. We are trialing them at our Glasgow South, Nether Auldhouse store. At £129 they should prove very popular, but we wait and see…..
Related posts:
- Cheap beds for sale in London – cheaper in Leeds, Manchester or Edinburgh
- Bed Shed – do they sell the best cheap beds?
- Cordoba Sleigh Bed returns….. in white!
- Beds and Bedroom Furniture extra 10% off sale weekend 21 Feb
- Bensons for Beds – are they the best?
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