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Hi, I have just moved into a house with a yard. Previously my husband and I lived in a condo. We are pretty much clueless about lawn care, and are in the process of finding a good lawn company to help with our lawn needs.
My question is that half of my back yard gets partial sun each day (3 or 4 hours at best). The other half I suspect hardly gets any direct sunlight. The grass is rather patchy as a result (at least I think it's due to the partial sunlight based on my novice opinion). Can I ever have luscious grass in my back yard - how do I have to do? Thanks for any help! |
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You can get fescues to grow in partial shade quite well. In full shade, you are looking more at fine or creeping fescues. These grow slower and have thinner blades, so they don't look quite as "lush" but can still make a nice, green turf. Some things to consider for growing in shade: Mature trees do more than just cause shade. They also have roots everywhere sucking up water and nutrients. Some areas might require different treatment within the same yard. Things that cause shade can often restrict air movement as well. That can lead to disease problems if the area stays moist. Overall, if you want nice grass everywhere, you'll need to pick grasses that tolerate shade. You'll also need to monitor watering to make sure the grass gets enough, but do so infrequently eg once a week to assure that the grass isn't always wet. You'll also need to watch your mowing habits. The shadier it is, the more grass tends to flop over when it gets long. Other than that, you should follow the general care advice you'll find in some of the other threads. |
Thanks Bill! Fescue grass sounds really promising, sounds like it will suit my backyard very well. My backyard seems slightly damp most of Spring just from the rain, I haven't lived here long enough to judge the summer months. Can I put in fescue grass seeds directly on my lawn or do I have to remove the existing grass that's there? Can different grasses grow together? I know the previous owner seeded the lawn right before we closed on the house a month ago, but there's been so much rain I don't know how much of the seeds remain. I intend to call up a few lawn care companies to see if I need re-seeding and to see if I can plant a different type of grass now. I just want to sound like I "sort of" know what I'm talking about (so they won't rip me off). :) |
Different grasses certainly can grow together. In fact, most cool season lawns you see are mixes of various combinations of fescue, rye, and bluegrass. How nice that mix looks together depends on the particular cultivars of each variety. There are a surprising number of shades of "green" and a variety of different blade widths. If you plant a wide bladed, lighter green grass with a fine bladed bluish green grass, it will look a little patchy. If you plant a bunch of fine bladed, dark green grasses, they will complement each other much better. For seeding, the general method is to cut the existing grass short, rake up all the debris so you can see the soil, add seed and fertilizer, and keep watered until the grass germinates. The seed needs to get down in good contact with the soil to root properly, so make sure you give it a really good raking. If your soil stays wet, it isn't draining all that well. You might consider aerating either before seeding or this fall. You also might consider using some organic fertilizers or topdressing with compost to improve the soil a bit. |
Not sure how large the area is, but there are some really nice steppable ground covers that work well in the shade if you can't get grass to work. Or there are always the synthetics that are looking much more real these days. ;) hehe |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Thu, Mar 29, 12 at 15:37
The shade may have had something to do with the thinning. If it was Kentucky bluegrass, then it was the shade. If it was fescue to begin with, then it could be poor timing on water, disease, or dogs. Fescue is often reseeded every fall until you get the density you want. You'll need to know something about watering, mowing, and fertilizing for success. Here are the basic 1-2-3 of lawn care to get you started. Basics of Lawn Care After reading numerous books and magazines on lawn care, caring for lawns at seven houses in my life, and reading numerous forums where real people write in to discuss their successes and failures, I have decided to side with the real people and dispense with the book and magazine authors. I don't know what star their planet rotates around but it's not mine. With that in mind, here is the collected wisdom of the Internet savvy homeowners and lawn care professionals summarized in a few words. If you follow the advice here you will have conquered at least 50% of all lawn problems. Once you have these three elements mastered, then you can worry about weeds (if you have any), dog spots, and striping your lawn. But if you are not doing these three things, they will be the first three things suggested for you to correct. Watering Mowing |
- Posted by texas-weed 7A (My Page) on Thu, Mar 29, 12 at 18:03
Can I ever have luscious grass in my back yard - how do I have to do? You sure can all it takes is a few days work with a chain saw clearing out the trees. |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Thu, Mar 29, 12 at 21:02
LOL texas-weed has a point. Luscious? Well, maybe to some people. It is never going to look like an Elite Kentucky bluegrass lawn in full sun, but it will be presentable if you don't look too closely. |
Thanks dchall_san_antonio. That is a very helpful summary. My back yard looks like this. And yes there are a lot of trees. I was being fastidious when I said "luscious". But just "non-patchy" would be nice. |
Well, if "some" grass will grow there, then "more" grass will grow there. One important note for fescues - they really don't spread. If one plant is damaged or killed, you end up with a bare spot. Plan on making overseeding a part of your annual fall routine to repair any damage. Also, be sure to seed everywhere, not just the thinnest areas. The big name seed companies all change the mix in their bags each year, so the seed you put out next year will be slightly different than the seed you put out this year. You won't notice it if they are spread everywhere, but you may if you just seed a patch here and there and don't kinda blend it in. |
- Posted by john_in_sc z7, upstate SC (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 10:52
More than anything else - it looks like you just have a lawn suffering from several years of neglect that probably needs a fall overseed. You may or may not have a lack of amendments.. but a soil test will tell you that... What happens with most "Bunching" type grasses when resources and water are lacking is that the strongest Bunch steals the resources from the weaker bunches around it, and those weaker bunches die off.... Likely, each one of those grassy Clumps has a root system that branches out and touches the root system of the clump next to it.... What can you do? It's actually very important to NOT water your lawn if it doesn't need water... Get a soil test and start working on everything that's deficient EXCEPT nitrogen for the summer.... Organic fertilizers like meal and grain products can also be a great choice - as they do provide more than just N, P, and K.... Thanks |
- Posted by garycinchicago Z5 Chicago IL. (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 15:18
Here is a beautiful example of using the right tool for the job. This is a shade tolerant KBG cultivar (Brilliant) and a fine fescue mix called "Bonnie Dunes" under the canopy of trees. Enjoy Billhill's picture! |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 18:04
DUDE! Where has billhill been and why have I never seen that picture before? I did not know there was a shade tolerant KBG variety. That's amazing? Back to citress, thanks for the photo. You have classic fescue that has weakened for some reason. If you had more fescue clumps it would not look clumpy, so seeding in the fall with fescue will work. With your surrounding trees you might not have a weed problem - too much shade for most weeds. Your shade does not compare with billhill's photo. If you would like a lawn like his (and who wouldn't!?), that will require a renovation. You could seed the Elite Brilliant seed in with yours and it would look like billhill's lawn interspersed with yellow clumps of fescue. When I say yellow, the Elite KBGs are so dark green that even a non Elite KBG looks yellow when mixed in. |
Brilliant was the top rated cultivar in the 2000 NTEP shade trials for KBG (there was no 2005 shade trial). These trials are no joke, they are in deep shade. I contacted the professor, Dr. Ken Diesburg, who did these trials, here is what the trial site is like in his words: "My shade trials are completely shaded, normally. The big wind of May Those felled trees were not an issue for the 2000 shade trials. Now the problem is that Brilliant was pulled off the market about a year ago due to low seed yields. Unfortunately if a great cultivar can't produce a lot of seeds it's phased out. The only Brilliant left on the market is old stock, and the germination rate (tested this year) is 70%. Now there are others that did well, but not as well as Brilliant. Now if your shady area gets no sun, then I suggest don't even bother trying grass. But if you get 3-4 hours in the morning, most of the top performers should be OK. Tall fescue is more shade tolerant than KBG, and if you decide to go that route, then I suggest your reference the 2005 NTEP's for tall fescue before selecting a cultivar as some TF doesn't do as well in deep shade. |
- Posted by garycinchicago Z5 Chicago IL. (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 22:55
>"DUDE! Where has billhill been and why have I never seen that picture before? I did not know there was a shade tolerant KBG variety. That's amazing?" You're right, Dave, - that picture *IS* special and we need a little more Billhill .... but rumor has it, he got overwhelmed with family things. But to that pictures credit, it's the Bonnie Dunes fine fescue mix that shines! |
Thanks everyone for your replies. I have a couple of follow up questions: Thanks everyone! |
Aeration helps compacted soil. If your soil is compacted, it will help. If it isn't compacted, it won't help. A quick way to test is to take a screwdriver and stick it in the ground. If it goes in up to the handle without too much fuss, your soil is great. If you have a lot of trouble pushing down into the soil, so will your grass roots. While it is possible to keep a shallow rooted lawn going, it is a whole lot easier if the roots can get down into the soil where moisture levels stay more constant. |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Mon, Apr 9, 12 at 20:13
citress I tend to agree with your hubby on aeration. billl and I agree on just about everything but apparently not on compaction. You did not mention compaction but only asked if aeration might help. My personal opinion is that aeration is a waste of time. I can understand how people make it work, but I think there is a better way (faster, cheaper, easier) to get the same result. First it would help to understand why you thought to aerate. Is your soil hard even when wet? Does water runoff before soaking in? Has it been used for sports like baseball, football, tennis or soccer? Compaction is a special case of soil damage. Before you can compact the soil, it has to be somewhat mobile when pushed on. That requires moisture. The more moisture the easier it is to compact. Once the soil is pretty moist, then you have to have repeated mechanical impact on the soil. That could be caused by livestock (even dogs) or by a sports activity. For example the soil to the left of home plate will become compacted if baseball is played when the soil is moist. If the soil is never moist, then the firmness will prevent the soil from moving on itself resulting in no compaction. The act of compacting the soil is to push the soil particles together and force out all the air. When that soil dries it is as hard as an unfired brick. Adobe brick is made by driving the air out of mud and compacting it into brick shapes. To distinguish compacted soil from hard soil, I believe this is what happens. Soil is made soft by the organic matter in the soil. Organic matter consists of dead organic matter (old roots, etc.) and living organic matter (bacteria and fungi along with protozoa, microarthropods, and worms). When organic matter gets moist, it swells up and pushes everything around it away. When it dries out again, everything hardens up. Picture a sponge which is soft when wet and hard when dry. When the organic matter is moist you can step on it and it will give a little. That is exactly what soft soil feels like. When it dries out again, it will be very hard and will not pass the screwdriver test that billl described. So I'm saying you could have hard soil that is compacted or hard soil that is not compacted. But I'm also suggesting that most home owners do not have truly compacted soil. Well that was probably more reading than anyone had planned to do. Hope some of you are still with us, because I'm just getting to the practical part of this. Several years ago I came up with a way to soften your soil using soaker hoses. It took weeks to do a small area and you had to buy lots of hose. Then about 2 years ago, one of the moderators on another forum tried using the soil softening products found in nurseries. Those are expensive by the gallon, but they worked. Frankly I'm not sure even he thought they would work but they did. Then he set about duplicating the formula for the products. One of the products is basically yucca juice. The other one is basically liquid soap. He combined the two recipes and published his recipe on another forum. With his recipe you can buy the products on eBay and make a lifetime supply for about $20. My approach was to simplify everything and try using just baby shampoo. I was not surprised to find it worked. The way you use it is to apply twice when irrigating with one watering in between the two apps. The app rate is 3 ounces per 1,000 square feet of area. If your lawn is 3,000 square feet, you put 9 ounces into a hose end sprayer and try to spray it evenly over the entire area. When the soap is gone from the sprayer, you're finished. Spray the soap, irrigate about an inch, and repeat in a couple weeks. That's all for the season. Back to the OP, I don't think it will help to core aerate. I think it might help to spray soap if your soil is hard even when moist. Spraying soap is easy and inexpensive. You might try it to see what happens. I would suggest only baby shampoo. I use the generic brand from Wal-Mart. Lagniappe: Using soap on the lawn was first made popular by "America's Master Gardener, Jerry Baker." And he was laughed at in all the forums for his potions to cure this, that, and the other thing. Well, here we are spraying soap on the lawn. |
I disagree with your description of compaction. All compacted means if that the soil particles are tightly bound with little room for water or air movement. It doesn't not take a herd of animals or anything similar to compact soil. All it takes is time and gravity. It just naturally gets pushed down over time. If you have healthy garden soil teaming with life, you have ton of little critters mechanically providing small scale continuous aeration. If not, gravity slowly pulls the soil down into a compacted mess. Baby soap will certainly soften your soil - for about a week. It is just a surficant and makes water absorption easier by breaking down surface tension. I agree that annual aeration is probably a waste of time. You should just adjust your cultural practices to favor healthy soil. In the short term though, mechanical aeration is a quick way to help jumpstart a neglected space. |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Tue, Apr 10, 12 at 20:49
billl I agree with what you said. I did not go that far. Soil teaming with microbes will provide continuous aeration. When you let those microbes die, then the soil will settle and fill in where the microbes were. You're calling that compaction. I supposed it is, but it is not the mechanical compaction I described. I don't think you can create bricks without mechanically removing the air. I used shampoo last summer when I got behind on watering during the drought. Our drought consisted of low rainfall, high temperatures, and very low humidity. My soil is still (too) soft when it gets wet from that app of soap. Give it a whirl and see what you think. I just noticed that the OP is getting all this discussion in her email. Maybe we should take the compaction discussion to a new topic. |
I lived in NM. My natural soil was caliche. I wanted a garden--a REAL garden, not some horrible stretch of gravel with a couple of prickly things on it. I added about 3" of topsoil and a couple of bags of manure--which was really only a fine dusting--where I wanted my beds. I then had to water to soften the ground enough to get into the beds with anything but a pickaxe. (Literally, a pickaxe.) It's a huge no-no, but it was the only way to drill a hole big enough to squeeze a plant in. The combination of the plants' roots, regular watering (every other day for the first summer, then twice a week for the first fall, then once a week the next year), additional plant matter created by the fallen leaves, and that little kick-start of top soil was enough to make the entire bed into honest-to-goodness garden soil in one year. You could dig with a trowel after than, and you could even find earthworms! If needing a pickaxe or three hours of slow soaking isn't compaction, I don't know what is. It might not be brick, but it's close. The same thing happened here in MD when I made a garden bed on a patch of lawn--lawn that was pretty darned good looking before I put my garden on it, BTW. When I first dug holes to put in bushes, it was extremely difficult. Now, I step on the spade and it goes all the way in. The difference is that all that lovely grass became compost, and I add a bunch more compost and mulch every year. A nice, thick layer of mulch or plant matter keeps moisture in the ground and lets the micro-organisms go to work, if there's food to munch on. I haven't figured out how to make that work on the bare parts of my lawn under the trees, though. The baby shampoo looks like a start. If I could get a good top growth, no matter how jacked up on fertilizers, it could start a nice rolling chain reaction that could get me the kind of soil I really want. |
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September 26, 2012
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September 22, 2012
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The hotel is very conveniently located near UCSD. It meets all expectations of a Sheraton. I had a minor issue with the reservation (the web site is confusing, so I guess I didn't complete the reservation). The front desk staff was very helpful with the matter.
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For the price that I paid and the amenities that I received just did not add up. Too many teenagers running around at night could not sleep well. The free internet is dog slow. Should not have to pay for higher speed in the Executive suites.
April 28, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by Meemster Sheraton La Jolla
We requested a different room and were lied to about the availability of another room. The towels were in shreds. The bed was hard. The front desk staff were incredibly unhelpful. I will not stay here again. We expected so much more staying in La Jolla.
August 1, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by Debo Mediocre room with nice grounds and amenities
great grounds with pool and gym was nice. The room was spacious and had a nice patio but the bathroom was very old and the tub fixtures were falling apart. Had to find room for my toiletry bag on the back of the toilet because there is no vanity.
March 6, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by sandiego great rooms, courteous staff
I've stayed in many places like hongkong, jakarta, etc. and this was the most comfortable room that i've stayed in yet. We love the beds, even asked where can i get the same mattress for my home. Very clean, staff very professional and courteous.
September 12, 2012
Rated 2 out of 5 by Tiger1111 Hotel is a disappointment
While this hotel may be in La Jolla, it is on a freeway rather than an ocean.
The part that is like an ocean location is that much of the parking lot it taken up by cargo containers. The staff doesn't know why they are here and they don't care.
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Sheraton LaJolla is a great location to hold a corporate conference or any event for that matter. Exceptional customer service and perfect location. The banquet staff goes above and beyond to predict and accommodate the needs of the group.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by happy87 Great staff!
I must say that checking in to the hotel was one of the most personable staff we have ever had. Alyssa (front desk) and William the bell hop were so friendly. It really started our stay off right.
Thank you to them for a great experience.
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Rated 2 out of 5 by Anna90254 Photos are deceiving
The bed and pillows are wonderful but the heater was old and very loud. In fact so loud that I had to turn the tv up every time the heater started up. The wing of the hotel I stayed in was very outdated and felt lonesome and creepy
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Rated 4 out of 5 by whiskey staff
Didn't like the phone call at 8:45pm asking if our stay was going OK. We were asleep.
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Creech invited a prominent Orlando businesswoman to speak to the Sunday breakfast group. Edna Giles Fuller had organized Florida's first Inter-Racial Council in Orlando. Creech had met Fuller through the Federation of Business and Professional Women. After hearing Fuller speak, the Belle Glade group decided to start the state's second Inter-Racial Council.
On April 4, 1948, the organization held its first regular meeting. Its bylaws declared that the membership would consist of 15 blacks and 15 whites. Every member would have an equal vote. The group began monthly gatherings to "effect better racial relations." Although Creech had grown up in the company of blacks -- cooks, midwives, maids, gardeners -- the friendships she formed through the Inter-Racial Council were on an equal footing. "It made me more aware of the world," she says. "We were all friends, and we were all part of the interracial work."
The Inter-Racial Council didn't attempt to tackle segregation. "I wasn't a revolutionary," Creech says. "The South was a segregated society. So you started with what you had."
The group persuaded the Palm Beach County School Board to build a new elementary school for Belle Glade's black community. Its members established a day-care center for farm workers' children. They promoted the building of a park, a playground, and a swimming pool for the town's black community. They lobbied for the appointment of black officers to the police force. They sponsored a survey on migrant education.
Part of the beauty of the Inter-Racial Council was that it provided a united front, Poole says. When the group spoke to the School Board, asking it to replace the two-room schoolhouse that black elementary students attended, the officials took notice. "At least they listened," Poole says. "They knew there was a community consensus."
"We were a vital part of the city itself, of both communities of the city, because we were both black and white," Creech says. "We had a very fine group of men and women who were interested in improvement and progression. It was very unique for its time. We don't stop to think how great the improvements have been, and [they happened] because we banded together."
In December 1948, eight months after the first meeting of the Inter-Racial Council, Creech had an epiphany that propelled her life into a new direction. As she was leaving the post office in Belle Glade, she witnessed a simple scene. A pair of African-American girls were playing with dolls in the back seat of a Buick. Although Creech had probably witnessed many such tableaux in her 32 years, that day she was puzzled. The little girls were black, yet their dolls were white. Creech resolved to ask some of the council's black women why a black parent would give a black child a white doll.
The women Creech questioned answered in a way that deeply troubled her. They said they would never give their children the black dolls available on the market. Most African-American dolls reflected white stereotypes of blacks, playing upon images from slavery: black women as kindly and rotund family nursemaids, heads wrapped in handkerchiefs; black kids as white children's raggedy playmates with braids flying. Others were merely white dolls pulled from the production line because of defects and tinted brown. "They said they were frustrated that there was nothing of quality in Negro dolls," Creech explains. "It was a problem to the parents, because their children wanted dolls." Creech believed giving a white doll to a black child as a plaything sent a confusing message about race. "It worried me," Creech says. "Now, that's fine if you have a choice. But if you don't have a choice, it's wrong."
Creech told her mother of her revelation. "Why not create a realistic, high-quality black doll?" Sara mused. Mary agreed with the concept but asked Sara how she would go about it, since she had no knowledge of toy manufacturing and little prior interest in dolls. "Sara, you never played with dolls," Mary remarked.
Undeterred, Creech contacted Maxeda von Hesse, a socially prominent friend in New York City. Von Hesse offered to talk to Sheila Burlingame, a St. Louis sculptress who she thought might make the models for the doll. Burlingame had sculpted the figure Negro Boy Praying for the headquarters of the St. Louis Urban League. "I think she would believe in what you're doing," von Hesse told Creech.
The idea intrigued Burlingame, who told Creech she would need photographs and head measurements of African-American children in order to sculpt an anthropologically accurate doll. Creech went to work. In Belle Glade, she took more than 500 photographs of area children, from the front and in profile. As instructed by Burlingame, she also recorded head measurements. From the photographs, Burlingame developed four models -- a baby doll, a sister doll, a brother doll, and a Little Miss dress-up doll.
Then 32 years old, Creech began a study of the history of black dolls and the messages that such toys sent to children. She used this information to apply for a patent, which she secured in 1950. Gordon Patterson, a professor of humanities at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne who wrote a 1994 article on Sara Lee for the Florida Historical Quarterly, calls Creech's work historically significant. "Over the next two years Creech became an expert on the history of colored dolls," Patterson wrote. "Creech's research demonstrated the typical 19th- and 20th-century African-American doll was a stereotyped Mammy or Pickaninny doll that presented African-Americans as objects of comedy or ridicule. Creech believed that race prejudice was transmitted to children through dolls and games."


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Though motherhood is an uncomplicated source of joy for many women, 41-year-old Ella Belenky's happiness at giving birth to twin boys was tempered with deep worry: How would she provide for them?
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by davidmarver » Tue May 03, 2005 1:38 am
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by KolbSaves » Tue May 03, 2005 2:10 am
davidmarver wrote:The opponents batting average is the most telling number, in my opinion. Hitters still havn't quite figured out these pitchers, they've just been a little erratic with their control. It's April, so I wouldn't read much into it. These pitchers will get themselves under control and be just fine.We could make a thread similar to this one about why you shouldn't draft first-basemen based on how a lot of them have performed thus far. It's really not too relevent because it's too early to write off these pitchers, especially in a roto league.
by davidmarver » Tue May 03, 2005 2:12 am
KolbSaves wrote:A pitcher has less control over hits allowed than over walks, so how do you figure opp baa is the most telling number?
by GotowarMissAgnes » Tue May 03, 2005 7:01 am
bleach168 wrote:Gonzo? You mean 0 wins, 0 saves, 4.15 ERA qualifies him as a stud? I'm sure his owners are happy with the production they have gotten so far. Calero? I called him a stud.As for jumping the gun too early on these MRs, 7 out of the 10 are duds. To me, that's more of a trend than coincidence.If you want to look at closers (excluding save totals to be fair),Gagne - no stats (injured)Rivera - dudLidge - studFoulke - dud Wagner - studK-Rod - studNathan - studIzzy - stud (until injured)Benitez - dud (until injured)Dotel - studIf healthy, Gagne would very likely be a stud. That still leaves 6 out of the remaining 9 as studs. Anyone want to bet against Rivera and Foulke returning to stud status by the end of the year?
by KolbSaves » Tue May 03, 2005 10:04 am
davidmarver wrote:KolbSaves wrote:A pitcher has less control over hits allowed than over walks, so how do you figure opp baa is the most telling number?I meant that it'll be the most telling number for how they'll fare this season, if you can take anything out of one month's statistics.
by GotowarMissAgnes » Sat Sep 24, 2005 12:17 pm
bleach168 wrote:Here are 10 highly touted MRs going into this year,Otsuka - dudGonzalez - dudRincon - stud (but with roid suspension may quickly turn into dud)Shields - studLinebrink - dudDonnelly - dud (but has been good lately, may be a stud soon)Ayala - dudCalero - studUrbina - dudGordon - dud7 out of 10 of the best MRs are duds. Sure, if you take the top 3 MRs at the end of this year and compare them to the Cy Young, the overall stats will look very similar. However, finding those studs in a field of duds is extremely challenging. While I do use MRs myself, I would recommend against relying on the strategy. Make sure you draft quality SPs and only use super late picks on MRs. In leagues where roster space is at a premium, I would avoid the MR strategy altogether.
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New Zealand Fan wrote:Using an MR strategy in a normal 5 x 5 league from the beginning of the season is a negative tactic and will never win you a competitive league.
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Every time we take our daughter somewhere special I am reminded that I clearly don't know the meaning of the word special. If we're at the bakery getting cookies it's "What's for dessert?" If I let her watch a little TV it's "can we get a movie?" If I remember to pick her up from school its "did you bring me a snack?"
And nowhere is this more evident than the playground. I will admit, the playground is not my favorite place. I'd rather be in front of my computer absorbing 1000s of images from Pinterest that will ultimately make me feel like the laziest woman alive. We go to the playground for her! There are swings, monkey bars, slides and sand galore! I'll even get up one or two times to get water for wet sand, I'm just that kind of giving mother. But obviously all my effort is for not because the moment we hear that dreaded sound I'm brought right back to reality.
The damn ice cream truck is here.
We could be having a fairy princess party with dress up and actual live fairies flying all around, but if I don't get her an ice cream the moment that truck (actually pretty creepy van) pulls up, then I am akin to the man who shot Big Bird.
And this is universal. The ice cream truck song is like a super hero beacon being shot into the night sky. No matter where the kids are – stomping in a forbidden mud puddle or king of the hill. What they're doing – heading to China or stuffing sand in their brother's diaper. How grown up they are – reading Wimpy Kid diaries on the bench behind you or using their paci to dig for cigarette buts. When the sweetly sickening twinkling sound of the ice cream truck permeates the playground sound scape, children drop everything and bee-line straight for their parents.
"Can I have money?"
"Can I have a Shrek pop?"
"Remember that I didn't have fit at bath time last night so I get one, right?"
"Joany's getting one!" (Damn Joany's mom and her complete lack of parent solidarity.)
The playground is no longer a place of innocent fun and youthful experimentation. It might as well be a 56th story conference room towering over a metal skyline filled with the world's toughest negotiators. Gap kids ensembles have turned into tiny people business suits. Their pails now briefcases filled with evidence to support their claims. Dirt rimmed mouths (that were clean when you got there so what the hell?) spewing argument after argument as to why they should have – NAY, have EARNED an ice cream.
There is a lone swing still rocking slightly from the child that once occupied it and claimed a turn for "infinity."
I've tried all the tactics:
1. "I didn't bring any money" "So get some from Billy's mom. Here, I'll ask her for you."
2. "I brought watermelon instead for you! You love watermelon!" Barf noises, "Mom, watermelon is the most disgusting food ever. Don't say watermelon to me ever again."
3. "Okay." "YAY! You're the best mom ever!" followed by 20 minutes at the ice cream truck deciding what to get. Another 20 minutes crying that Joany got a better ice cream and that's what she really wanted. Followed by 20 minutes of negotiating where the ice cream can be eaten (immediately followed by 20 minutes of crying after it's fallen into the sand even though there had been an agreement about eating it on the bench). And the final 20 minutes of total sugar-induced mania and psychotic breakdown from withdrawal.
There is no good answer to the Good Humor construct. I'm frankly surprised that there hasn't been a nation-wide parental petition to stop the arrival of ice cream trucks at playgrounds. We can get soda, sun tan lotion, and even the utterance of the word "nut" removed from school but we can't do anything about the diabetes laden sugar tube our children are helpless to resist at playgrounds?
I blame the Good Humor deep pockets. I've seen the kind of money these people pull in and I have no doubt they are lining the pockets of state capital politicians and Washington lobbyists. I wouldn't be surprised if I'm contacted by some secret organization of the frozen sugar brotherhood after this post and threatened until I take it down.
So what I'm proposing instead is a "If you can't beat them, join them" solution.
Behind every ice cream truck along the curb outside our playground fences we should now demand a bona fide sweet and delicious and oh so caffeinated coffee truck! As it arrives on the scene it will belt out a steel guitar version of "Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. Its side will be plastered with pictures of caffeinated beverages named after our heroes – The Ross and Rachel latte double whip, The Michael Jordan drip with extra shot, The Bill Clinton – it just has extra foam
And upon its arrival children will be abandoned to pump for themselves. They'll be left hanging in the middle of the treacherous rings. They'll have to figure out on their own whose turn it is to have the pink shovel and yellow bucket and who will be forced to put up with the purple shovel and far inferior green bucket. Because we will be spending $5 a pop on our afternoon treat!
Sure we'll neglect our children a little while we decide what delicious and life-affirming drink we'll get and socialize as though it's Seattle in the 90s. Yes, there's a chance we'll spill it in the sand making the playground that much nastier and attracting twice the number on already colonized pinworms. And so be it if our caffeine buzz gives way to an even nastier crash than our own kid's sugar collapse. We've earned this – remember we didn't throw a fit when we didn't get our own bath time last night?!
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Thank you! I've had to remove myself from all Reddit Breaking Bad conversation for this exact reason. Everyone on there takes the whole Heisenberg/Walt split as though he's schizophrenic or something. They always say that Walt is "turning into" Heisenberg, like they're two different people. It's not Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, it's, "Walt has let his selfishness and his power hungry nature take over, and now he's acting like a complete sociopathic ass." They take it to literally and say things like, "Walt is dead. He's Heisenberg now." I think that cheapens the the transformation he's had by looking at it as some kind of split personality disorder instead of what it really is.
People keep saying that the transformation is unrealistic, but honestly, try to put yourself in his shoes. He was fighting for his life, and very very close to losing, and then he turns around and conquers his most dangerous and daunting enemy. That changes a person, and if you are already as clearly predisposed to having a giant ego as Walter is, it changes you into a monstrous shithead.
But hey, follow your heart, right?
Also, the gun is on a tripod behind a stack of money in this poster. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS GUN?!?!
For the record I have a feeling that the cold open didn't actually take place on Walt's 52nd birthday, because what kind of dummy would seriously put their real birthday on their fake ID?
I feel like it's probably meant to distract us and make us think it's going to be further in the series than it is, because the episode "51″ thats coming up makes me think that it's gonna be birthday time for Walt soon. Given that this show took 4 seasons to get through only a years worth of events, I doubt we'll get ANOTHER years worth of events of the course of the next 15 episodes. Unless that scene is literally the second to last scene in all of Breaking Bad.
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This video has just made me realize how many times I have mistakenly used the phrase, "This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen" before now.
In their defense, would waiting 6 years for them to stop looking for this girl been less of a nightmare if we knew exactly where she was the whole time?
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Does anyone else find this shows theme song hilariously anti-climactic every single time? Always super dramatic music followed by cut to: people standing around a farm talking endlessly.
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Being an Advertising student has taught me just how insanely in need of an update the Nielsen system is. Things like On Demand, Hulu, and DVR don't get taken into account. The families that are typically given Nielsen boxes or diaries (thats right, they STILL actually use 'diaries' which require you to WRITE down on archaic, analog paper what shows you watch) are a) middle-class families with young children and OLD PEOPLE. So that's why shows that are a hit with the young adults and teenagers are often overlooked. Not to mention that the sample rate of Nielsen households/actual households is insanely low, like I'm pretty sure there are only about 20,000 Nielsen households where as there are like 100,000,000 households with TVs in the US.
Also, to whoever asked before, you can't ask for a Nielsen box. They choose you.
Storage Wars is great. You should watch all of it on Netflix right now!
"Whatchu talkin' bout, Will.I.am?" – apl.de.ap
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Winner!
I don't mean to be "that guy" but I think Aphrx Twin is just as far away from Dubstep as you can get…
ugh. I'm always the worst at this
Lars Von Trier presents Asteroid: The Movie
I like a handful of dubstep acts but only the ones that would make me look like a pretentious jerkstore if I actually listed them.
I didn't watch the video but is that one song by Dubstep that goes "WOOOOOMP WOMP WOMP WUBWUBWUBWUBWUBWUB WOOOOOMP"?
This one is definitely the worst to me because this girl is the only one who genuinely seems interested/excited about the subject. Everyone just seems to be smiling and clapping in case they end up on TV/screencapped on Videogum.
"real" is clearly an extremely subjective term.
and now I'm a dick. That hermancain.gif above didn't show up as anything but this guy:
"Ayyyyy, sorry I'm late! "
Soooooo….. are they real or… what? fake? 100% filled with space monster ectoplasm?
"I met a woman tonight. We were really connecting, and I told her that to get in touch with me all she had to do was say my name three times. She said I should've just given her a fake number, and then she left with my brother"


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The recruiting season is winding down for Lee University baseball head coach Mark Brew, who has added a bevy of pitchers and position players to the Flames roster.
Four new faces will vie for time on the hill for Brew, who lauded assistant coach Justin Dedman for his untiring effort in helping land what Brew considers an "A list" of incoming recruits.
"I want to single out the efforts of Coach Dedman in leading us on the recruiting front. He has worked countless hours and traveled many miles to bring this group together," Brew stated. "He's one of the best I know as a recruiting coordinator and has done an excellent job continuing to attract the type of student-athlete that fits the expectations and standards of Lee University and our program. They also can perform on a level high enough to allow us to compete on a daily basis in the rugged Gulf South Conference."
Brew singled out the pitchers he and his staff has signed for the 2015 season. Brew says these signees, along with earlier recruit Winston Whitener and returning players, should leave the Flames solid across the roster for next season, but he adds that a couple of more prospects might be signed at a later date.
"I am really excited about this group of pitchers. They bring lots of flexibility as we mesh them with a quality group of returners off our 2014 pitching staff. Coach (Drew) French is excellent at his craft and he should have an awesome group to work with in 2015 and I can't wait to see this group develop," he stated.
"We are not ruling out adding two or three more roster players to this group as the summer progresses, but I am excited about the strides we have made through the recruiting process as we are heading into our second season in NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference."
Ridge Ackerman — Lincoln Land Community College (Ill.) – Junior, right-handed pitcher, Springfield, Ill.
Awards: 2014 NJCAA Division II First Team All-American, 2014 NJCAA Region Player of the Year
2014 Stats: Record: 10-1, 2.12 ERA, 89 1-3 innings pitched, 74 hits, 28 walks, 83 strikeouts, five complete games.
Ackerman said: "I am extremely excited to be a part of the Lee University baseball pitching staff. I chose Lee because it is the best fit for me academically and athletically."
Lincoln Land head coach Ron Riggle said: "We are excited for Ridge. Lee has an excellent program and we are looking forward to seeing Ridge be a big part of their success."
Dedman: "Ridge is a true pitcher. While he has a strong arm that can reach as high as 91 on the gun, Ridge can really keep hitters off balance. He has a very good slider and splitter, and pounds the strike zone. Ridge has a large frame that we expect will develop well in our strength program, but his biggest asset is his toughness."
Bobby Kuntzendorf — Guilford Tech Community College (N.C.) – Sophomore, left-handed pitcher, Plano, Ill.
Awards: All-State 2011, 2012; Beacon News Player of the Year 2011, 2012; Conference Player of the Year 2012; All-Conference 2010, 2011, 2012; All-Area 2010, 2011, 2012.
2013 Stats at Northern Illinois University (redshirted 2014): 15 games, five games started, 1-3, 27 1-3 innings pitched, 29 hits, 13 strikeouts, .279 batting average against
Bobby said: "I am very excited for this opportunity given to me by all of the coaches at Lee. I absolutely loved the campus when I visited and love the energy everyone brings. I am excited to get down to Lee and get things started!"
Guilford Tech head coach John Barrow said: "Bobby is a competitor and fearless on the mound. He can command both sides of the plate with his fastball as well as his devastating curve. He has a total bulldog mentality when he toes the rubber and will absolutely excel at the next level."
Dedman: "Bobby is going to be a good one. He has a good fastball that sits between 84-87 mph, a terrific breaking ball and pounds the zone. He is tough, loves the game and knows how to compete. As he fully recovers from his arm surgery, we believe he will be an impact pitcher on our staff and an impact person on our team."
Dakota Fowler — Hartselle High School (Ala.), right-handed pitcher, Hartselle, Ala.
Awards: 2013 Alabama State Champion at Hartselle High School
2014 Stats: 6-5, 2 saves, 2.59 ERA, 56 2-3 innings pitched, 16 walks, 47 strikeouts
Fowler said: "I am so excited to be an official member of the Lee University Flames. I am looking forward to this next step in my baseball career.
"Hartselle head coach William Booth said: Dakota's future is extremely bright. He is a competitive person who will do great things at Lee. He is a strike thrower. He's not through growing. I think he'll be 90-plus. He's one of the youngest kids in the class."
Dedman: "Dakota is a very experienced and accomplished high school pitcher in a terrific program. Dakota has a long and lanky build that gives him terrific leverage and will serve him well as he grows in our strength and nutrition program. Dakota is a competitor and throws three pitches for strikes already. He currently sits between 85-88 mph and we expect that to improve quickly with his aggressive work ethic, body frame and attitude."
Denis Lyman — Herkimer Community College (N.Y.) – Junior, right-handed pitcher, Mahopac, N.Y.
Awards: 2014 NJCAA DIII World Series; 2012 New York AA State Champion at Kingston High School
2014 Stats: Six games, two games started, 1-1, 4.85 ERA, 13 innings pitched, 13 hits, 6 walks, 14 strikeouts
Lyman said: "I'm really excited to spend these next two years getting stronger, both in the classroom and on the ball field at Lee University."
Herkimer Community College head coach Jason Rathbun said: "Denis will be a great addition to the Lee University baseball program. His stuff on the mound is electric and he is a draft prospect with his low-90s fastball. Denis is a great athlete who projects well for the future with his strong, long frame. We are excited for Denis and his chance to have an impact at Lee."
Dedman: "Denis is on the cusp of being special. Denis is an athlete with a prototypical pitcher's body, and sits between 89-92 with plus-fastball movement. He has a tight, hard slider and an above average change-up. Denis is highly competitive and is a good human with strong values. As he matures and adds polish to his pure stuff, he can be one of our most explosive pitchers. "


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Adams claims that religion is a universal experience. To be human, Adams argues, is to be religious because the purpose of religion is to identify what gives fundamental meaning and fulfillment to human life. Religion, he says, is "concerned with the inescapable issues regarding the meaning and fulfillment of life." This means that for Adams, "there is no such thing as a completely irreligious person."
There is one kind of faith, Adams insists, that no one can live without: confidence. According to Adams, "We do not need to use the word "faith" to refer to it. The word 'confidence' will serve just as well. No one and no culture can long maintain a dynamic and creative attitude toward life without the confidence that human life has some important meaning either actual or potential, and that this meaning may in some tolerable fashion be maintained or achieved, in other words, that resources are available for the fulfillment of meaning. This concern with the meaning of life and with the resources available for the fulfillment of this meaning is not merely optional luxury. It is a universal concern. It is the essential concern of religion."
The term "God," for Adams, refers to that which a person not only cherishes above all else, but also gives oneself to, and identifies with as a "sovereign object of devotion." According to Adams, this object of devotion is sparked by love. And so he says, "When the temperature of a person's mind or spirit rises to defend something to the very last ditch, then generally that person's sacred devotion is at stake. The test is as revealing when applied to the believer in God as when applied to the unbeliever. It may show that the God avowed by the believer is not really sacred to him or her. It can show also that a serious rejection of belief in God may be a form of the love of God in the sense that it is a giving of oneself to, an identification with, something cherished above all else." And so Adams concludes: "Whether people call themselves theists or atheists, the issue comes down to this: What is sacred? What is truly sovereign? What is ultimately reliable? These are the questions that are involved in every discussion of the love of God. And even if we do not like to use the words 'the love of God,' we will nevertheless deal with these questions in any discussion of the meaning of human existence."
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The Intro to Photography class is produced by Monte Zucker Photographic Education (MZPE), which provides quality professional photographic instruction. More than 30,000 enthusiastic students of all levels have attended their photographic tours on three continents over the past seven years to learn how to combine the power of technical expertise and artistic vision to create beautiful photos and films. In addition to offering the tours, MZPE produces instructional books and DVDs, as well as teaching in-depth photo-master classes around the world. The 2002 United Nations Photographer of the Year, celebrated photographer and mentor Monte Zucker once stated, "I don't photograph the world as it is. I photograph the world as I would like it to be." Continuing on in his memory, current instructor Bob Ray teaches with an entertaining, passionate presentation that focuses on learning immediately in class. The experience provides an aspiring photographer a comprehensive set of tools to reach his or her artistic potential.
Inside the pitch-black Touch Tunnel, you're completely blind. On your hands and knees, you crawl forward, relying solely on your other senses to lead you through the darkness. The tunnel is only 80 feet long, but the exit might as well be miles away. After finally emerging safe (and sighted) from the most popular exhibit at Liberty Science Center, a family could still spend four more hours at the many hands-on attractions and experiences designed to enlighten visitors about the power and fun of science.
All told, Liberty Science Center houses a dozen galleries for interactive exploration. Visitors can perform surgery on a 3D robotic simulator; tip-toe across a steel girder hovering 18 feet in the air; or even connect with more than 90 different animals, including giant fish and a family of tamarin monkeys. At I Explore, young scientists ages 2?5 learn about the world around them while launching colorful balls into the air or using a xylophone made of stone slabs. When it's time to relax, the whole family can visit the largest IMAX dome theater in the U.S., which transports onlookers from outer space to the deepest depths of the oceans and just about everywhere in between.
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Science in feature films
Sara Cropley asks: But what about the facts?
'I am not an elephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being!' This line from the David Lynch classic, The Elephant Man, never fails to bring a tear to my eye.
Sara Cropley asks: But what about the facts?
'I am not an elephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being!' This line from the David Lynch classic, The Elephant Man, never fails to bring a tear to my eye.It's clear that biomedicine can serve as an excellent inspiration for feature films. The Wellcome Trust has recognised the power of film for public engagement and has launched a new screenwriting prize with both the British Film Institute and Film4 as judges. But how accurate should writers be in the portrayal of science?
Dr Jenny Rohn is a cell biologist at University College London, and a novelist. She says she has a controversial opinion about handling the science in her fiction writing. 'I think that fiction is fiction, so if you're writing fiction about science, I think you should be able to make it up,' she says. 'So for example, there might be a gene that I've invented or a disease, and this is very useful because it's sometimes good to have something that's different and original. However, the genes that I make up in my novels all conform to the laws of biology.'
Jenny uses the laws of nature to guide her fiction writing, but this certainly doesn't hold for many feature films. As far as her favourite films go, she confesses to having 'a serious answer and an embarrassing answer'. Her serious choice is Outbreak, the story of an eruption of a fictional virus in Zaire and the United States. 'I think Outbreak is a great story about an epidemiologist who saves the world,' she says. 'It has great science and is a sympathetic depiction of scientists.'
And the embarrassing answer? The post-apocalyptic thriller, I am Legend. 'Obviously it has zombie vampire things in it,' she says, 'but the scientist character that Will Smith plays is fabulous. He's got his secret lab, he's doing animal trials on the zombie rats, he takes it to the Phase I clinical trial on the human zombies, he's keeping his lab journal and he's systematically going through this grind of discovering a vaccine, which is a very long and hopeless grind in real life. It's very nicely depicted in this film even though it was a complete fantasy.' Jenny is excited at the depiction of the process of science and I can see why. It's rare to get that in a documentary these days, let alone a drama.
But would someone from the world of feature films really let the science get in the way of a good story? Eva Yates, from Film4, thinks science can validate fiction. 'I think it makes things feel authentic, it makes them feel real,' she says. 'It means that the audience is watching purely the story rather than questioning the credibility of the world.' I find this an interesting and compelling argument. Many times I've found myself shouting at the screen, 'That couldn't happen!'
Eva continues: 'The flip side is that some of the most interesting stories come out of stuff that feels stranger than fiction and science can do that in ways that not many other disciplines can.'
So perhaps it's not so much accuracy but authenticity that's important. What I love about drama is that it can provoke questions about the ethics and direction of science. It allows us to ask questions before we get there, or reflect on how we've used science thus far. That's why for me, the world of science is a treasure chest of ideas, just waiting to be plundered by talented feature
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The winner of the Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize will be announced at an awards ceremony on 8 October 2012.


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Diabetes and the Open Road—Are You Driving While Low?
This article was originally published in Diabetes Health in October, 1999.
The consensus among readers who commented was that people with diabetes are legally responsible for making sure that the disease does not affect their ability to drive safely when they get behind the wheel. What do you think about this topic? Send us your comments (at the bottom).
A study published in the August 25 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reports that people with type 1 diabetes "may not judge correctly when their blood sugar levels are too low and may consider driving with a low BG." In the study, "low" was defined as less than 70 mg/dl.
Two separate groups of patients were recruited two years apart from four academic medical centers, totaling 158 type 1 subjects. The subjects would enter data into hand-held computers to record how they felt, what they estimated their blood sugars to be, and whether they would make the decision to drive. Then, they would measure their blood sugar. They did this several times a day for a few weeks, and were never instructed about safe driving ranges before or during the study.
When actual blood sugars were 60 to 70 mg/dl, subjects said they would drive nearly 45 percent of the time.
"Our data suggest that persons with type 1 diabetes may not judge correctly when their blood glucose is too low to permit safe driving..." writes William Clarke, MD, of the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center. Clarke adds that people with diabetes should be aware of the danger of relying on their ability to detect low blood sugar without testing it.
I Have to Get to Work
Miriam E. Tucker, a medical journalist in Rockville, Maryland, who has type 1 diabetes, feels frustrated by studies like the one in JAMA.
"I have to get to work or wherever I'm going," says Tucker. "I have sugar in my car and I've driven plenty of times with low blood sugars. If it's low enough I'll eat sugar. You can eat and drive. The two are not mutually exclusive."
Tucker says that the authors of the JAMA study make it sound like people with diabetes irresponsibly get into a car and do not think about how they are feeling.
"The message that gets out with these kinds of studies is, 'Oh my God, all these diabetics are out driving around.' It is possible to treat your low blood sugar while you are living your life and moving around."
Tucker emphasizes that she eats sugar whenever she is feeling low and always keeps glucose tablets and hard candy in her car in an easy-to-reach place.
Speaking with DIABETES HEALTH, Clarke says that people with diabetes should instead pull over to the side of the road, turn off the engine, engage the brake and treat the low BG.
"Then, they should wait 10 to 15 minutes until their brain recovers from the low BG," he says. "The recovery of cognitive function lags behind the recovery of a low BG."
Poor Judgment To Drive With a Low Blood Sugar
John Hunt, MB, BS, FRCP, a clinical associate professor at the University of British Columbia's division of endocrinology, says that some people with diabetes lose judgment as the first symptom of low blood sugar and therefore do not recognize that they are low, do not eat, and may finish up with severe hypoglycemia.
"I despair for these people," says Hunt, who tells his patients who drive to always carry sugar in the car where they can reach it easily, like the glove compartment or on the seat beside them. "I don't know how many people actually follow this advice, and I hate to ask. The point is that [people with diabetes who drive] have a responsibility to themselves, other drivers and their families to take all reasonable precautions to prevent hypoglycemia while driving in the first place."
Kriss Halpern, a southern California attorney with type 1 diabetes, says that no person with diabetes should drive if his or her BGs are below 50 mg/dl (see "Diabetes and Driving Responsibilities"). Although the JAMA study did not designate an unsafe BG driving level, Clarke suggests that people treat BGs that are 80 mg/dl or lower to prevent them from falling lower during driving.
Clarke points to a similar study of his that was published in a February 1993 issue of Diabetes ("Driving Decrements in Type 1 Diabetes During Moderate Hypoglycemia"). In that study, Clarke and colleagues at the University of Virginia found that BG levels between 47 and 65 mg/dl were associated with driving problems in 35 percent of the patients. Clarke wrote that people with diabetes "should be instructed not to drive without treating blood glucose below [65 mg/dl]."
Clarke adds that an additional study on low blood sugars and driving will be published in Diabetes Care later this fall. This study, like the ones in Diabetes and JAMA, will "further demonstrate changes in symptoms and in physiologic responses with BGs under 70 mg/dl."
Don't Blame The Victim
Joan Hoover, DIABETES HEALTH's patient advocate advisor from Chevy Chase, Maryland, is disappointed with the JAMA study.
"Diabetes does not make you stupid," she argues. "Diabetic drivers are not eager to endanger their own lives and the lives of others."
Hoover calls into question the conclusions reached by Clarke and colleagues at the University of Virginia.
"I'm disturbed by the implication that diabetic driving problems are a result of conscious, bad decisions on the part of the diabetic driver," says Hoover. "Hypoglycemia can have many origins, most of which are poorly understood. Neuropathy can alter the signals of an impending insulin reaction. Also, followers of the DCCT often tend to keep their glucose levels dangerously low."
Hoover adds that any effort to "blame the victim" for hypoglycemia-related motor accidents serves only to "misinform and to push the eventual solution just that much further out of reach."
Diane Bayliss of Brockville, Ontario, feels that there are many medical conditions that can develop while driving, and that low blood sugar is just one of them.
"Just as people with diabetes can have hypoglycemia, a nondiabetic person can experience a heart attack," says Bayliss. "I would think that a person with diabetes would be at less risk of creating an accident because he or she is so aware of the health and potential risk factors."
Doctors Should Counsel Their Patients
The JAMA article points out that no study has ever demonstrated a higher incidence of automobile crashes among people with diabetes when compared to the general population. Clarke still feels that health care professionals should counsel their patients about the risk of driving with hypoglycemia and the importance of measuring blood glucose before driving.
"If surveyed, I would bet that few [health care providers] ask the question regarding decisions to drive," says Clarke. "My personal experience has been that few patients, at least the ones I know, ever check their BGs before driving."
Symptoms of low blood sugar may include loss of judgment, shakiness, trembling, sweating, pounding heart, irritability, inability to think clearly, visual disturbance and lack of coordination.
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