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The chaos will continue in the coming days.
When you've experienced the worst September collapse in Major League Baseball history, have players suggesting this was "worst clubhouse" they've ever been a part of, and all of a sudden find yourself in the middle of managerial turnover, the uneasiness that was kick-started with the Red Sox' season-ending loss last Wednesday wouldn't figure to be dissipating any time soon.
Still, as fascinating as it is to dissect what happened in 2011, it's now important to start thinking about what will transpire as the Red Sox head into '12. So, here is a look at what potentially lies ahead for the Sox' position players (with a similar analysis coming regarding the pitchers Tuesday).
As recently as August, it didn't appear as though Scutaro's return was likely. But thanks to his presence as one of the few standouts during the Sox' slide, he is very much in the mix to return.
From Aug. 5 until the season's end, Scutaro hit .352 with a .913 OPS, ending up with numbers (.299/.781) in line with the 2009 season in Toronto that he used to get his current deal.
Scutaro has a club option for $6 million, along with a player option for $3 million. If he did hit the open market, even at the age of 36, he would be likely the second-most coveted free agent shortstop, behind only Jose Reyes.
The impetus for the Sox not picking up Scutaro's option is that he will be worth at least one draft pick (and possibly two) as a Type A or B free agent (assuming he is offered arbitration). There is also concern about whether the shortstop can make it through an entire season healthy.
But not exercising the option would present a gamble considering the likelihood that Scutaro would find a starting job somewhere -- which is his priority -- thereby making the chances of accepting the player option unlikely. The original plan might have been to have Jose Iglesias ready to go by the time Scutaro's deal ended, but that doesn't seem to be an option.
It appears Youkilis will likely undergo sports hernia surgery Tuesday (although he is being briefed on non-surgical options Monday), a procedure that carries a recovery time of 4-6 weeks. If an operation is performed, he is expected to have no limitations hitting spring training with the usual amount of momentum.
The 2012 season could be Youkilis' last with the Red Sox, with the team carrying a club option for $13 million for '13. In two years, rookie prospect Will Middlebrooks may be in line to begin his big league clock. What is also working against the third baseman is his questionable durability, as he's averaged 119 games per season the last three years.
There's no question Youkilis' numbers suffered because of his ailments in '11, leaving him with his worst OPS (.833) since '06. But it should be noted that through July, the 32-year-old had the best OPS of any third baseman in baseball.
If healthy, Youkilis will remain one of the best at what he does. And if he does stay healthy, and puts up his usual numbers, even with Middlebrooks in the picture, $13 million for another year won't look so bad.
Pedroia is the captain of this team (although don't hold your breath waiting for another 'C' to be sewn onto any Red Sox uniform). There was no player doing more to try to pull the Sox out of their doldrums. And as the days dwindled, along with the Sox' lead, nobody was hit harder by the failures of the club.
It should be noted that along with Pedroia's leadership, the second baseman also took his game to another level. Even with a screw in his foot and a knee that needed three separate Synvisc shots, the 28-year-old finished with a career high in games played (159) while notching career bests in home runs (21), stolen bases (26), walks (86) and OBP (.387), with the second-best OPS (.861) of his career.
He underwent successful surgery to remove the screw in his left foot -- which he battled throughout the season more than most know -- and is scheduled to resume workouts in 4-6 weeks.
Pedroia is locked up through 2014 with an $11 million club option for '15. It won't come as a surprise if the Red Sox and/or the second baseman look to extend their contractual commitments this offseason.
For a guy who was getting paid $5.5 million for '11, Gonzalez gave a lot of bang for his bucks. For the fifth straight season, he played in at least 159 games. The first baseman finished with a career-best on-base percentage (.410) despite walking 19 fewer times than in '10, thanks in large part to a career-high .338 batting average.
Now comes the hard part for the 29-year-old: living up to a different kind of contract. Starting in '12, Gonzalez will make at least $21 million a season over the next seven years.
The good news for Gonzalez is the injured calf he experienced in the final month isn't an offseason concern, and his surgically repaired right shoulder, while weakened by the wear and tear of the season, figures to be improved by the start of spring training.
Simply put, the move to the American League hasn't changed the player on whom the Red Sox are banking a big part of their future. As he pointed out, when swinging at pitches in the strike zone he's one of the best hitters in the big leagues -- as his major league-best .421 average on balls in the zone this season attests. And considering Gonzalez saw the exact same percentage of pitches in and out of the zone as he did a year before in San Diego, nothing figures to be changing.
Just before the Red Sox' final game of the season, Ortiz said when asked about his contractual future with the team, "I did my part." True.
The DH finished with the fourth-best OPS in the American League (.953) and his best batting average since '07, hitting .309 with 29 homers. Most impressive, however, was Ortiz' work against left-handed pitching, jumping his batting average against southpaws from .222 in '10 to .329 this season. Another example of the 35-year-old's metamorphosis came in the form of his .396 average against lefties in the seventh and eighth innings, compared to his .118 clip in such situations a year ago.
Ortiz wants to return to the Red Sox, and the Sox could undoubtedly use him. No team in baseball had more protection out of its lineup's No. 5 spot, and that, in itself, shows the designated hitter's worth.
There are teams out there who would seemingly value having the kind of American League-best DH production the Red Sox enjoyed, some of which (Orioles, Angels, Mariners -- all of whom finished in the bottom four in DH OPS in the AL) would have the kind of financial means to lock up Ortiz.
The ball appears to be firmly in the Red Sox' court. They could go the route of letting Ortiz go and leaving the spot a bit fluid to offer rest to Youkilis and Gonzalez, but if Ortiz continues down this road, that sort of value doesn't seem to add up.
As valuable he was at times in '11, this might be it for the captain with the Red Sox.
The 39-year-old once again finds himself as a free agent. In 68 games he hit .221 with a .723 OPS. The real problem came in the final month, when Varitek went just 2-for-26. In fact, from July 1 until the end of the season, the catcher hit just .190 with a .689 OPS.
The other issue was Varitek's inability to throw runners out in the final three months of the season, with base-stealers going 42-for-45 against the backstop during that span. Making the stat even more painful for the Sox is that the veteran catcher they chose not to take a chance on, Russell Martin, led the majors by throwing out 35 baserunners.
Varitek clearly wants to play, but with the emergence of Jarrod Saltalamacchia and the potential of Ryan Lavarnway, this figures to be the most logical time for the captain's exit from the organization.
As one team executive observed, Salalamacchia's season mirrored that of his team -- poor at the beginning, good in the middle, and then subpar at the end.
Still, Saltalamacchia showed enough in '11 to allow for some optimism for the Red Sox heading into the future. For one, he threw out the third-most base-stealers in the American League (28). The downside catching-wise for the backstop was that his catching ERA was just about a full run more than Varitek's, and (thanks in large part to his work with Tim Wakefield) he led the majors in passed balls (26).
As for hitting, Saltalamacchia's batting average went into a tailspin after the middle of August. From Aug. 14 until the conclusion of '11, he hit .183 with just two walks in 111 plate appearances. The good news? Prior to that stretch the 26-year-old hit .282 with a .917 OPS over the previous three months, the best production among AL catchers in that time.
Saltalamacchia is in his second year of being arbitration eligible, having signed a one-year, $750,000 deal heading into '11. If he continues to progress, the catcher could fall into the category of young players the Red Sox prioritize locking up beyond their arbitration years.
Regardless of what Crawford made in '11, the season was a disaster for the outfielder. In his eight full seasons as an everyday player in the American League East, he had never experienced anything close to the .255 batting average, .694 OPS kind of production turned in this season. And that's not even mentioning a defense in left field that actually rated out below average using some metrics.
More? Only two everyday outfielders n the American League -- Vernon Wells and Alex Rios -- had a lower on-base percentage than Crawford. In a nutshell, there have been few players who came through Boston that let the environment affect them like Crawford did.
The 30-year-old needs to rediscover his confidence, while earning a spot somewhere in the top two-thirds of the batting order. He wants to hit higher than No. 7, but when hitting anywhere in the order's top five spots Crawford went just 11-for-85 (.129).
So what now? Odds are that Crawford figures it out to some degree. He's not going anywhere (as the six years, $128 million left on his contract would suggest), so, for the Red Sox' sake, improvement better be around the corner. He has suggested that after three years away, he may return to working out at Athletes Performance in Arizona this offseason.
He scored the third-most runs in the American League (119), hit the fifth-most homers in the AL (32), stole the fourth-most bases (39) and claimed the fifth-best batting average (.321). You could go on and on.
The thing that should be noted when it comes to Ellsbury is that the Red Sox have discovered another MVP-caliber player -- and perhaps the premier leadoff hitter in baseball -- and now they have to figure out a way to keep him.
While Ellsbury will go back to workout at Athletes Performance in Phoenix for a third straight year, it is assumed his agent, Scott Boras, will be approached once again by the Red Sox in an attempt to lock up the 28-year-old long term.
Finding common ground on a long-term deal will be difficult, and may simply lead Ellsbury to sign another one-year deal, avoiding arbitration for a second straight season. This contract, however, figures to be exponentially richer than the $2.4 million deal he worked under in '11.
Will the commitment to Crawford hamstring the Red Sox' quest to ink Ellsbury? Will the prospect of hitting the free agent market following the '13 season (which isn't flush with top-tier outfielders) be too tantalizing for the center fielder to pass up?
Enjoy Ellbury's talents while he's here, because the way things are trending, this might be one long-term deal that might actually escape the Sox.
Upon walking out of the Red Sox' clubhouse for what figures to be the last time on Wednesday night, Drew insinuated that he had been leaning toward retiring, but with the way the season had played out he wasn't sure if that was the kind of note on which he wanted to end his 13-year big league career.
Drew was able to play in the last week of the season in large part because of a cortisone shot he received in his broken finger at the beginning of the Yankees series. The avulsion fracture he experienced while swinging a bat in his rehab assignment in Pawtucket finally calmed down enough by Sunday that he was able to squeeze out 15 more at-bats -- and four more hits -- from the '11 season. It allowed the 35-year-old to complete his 81-game season hitting .222 with a .617 OPS.
Drew, who doesn't figure to be a Type A or B free agent, most likely finishes his Red Sox career hitting .264 with 80 home runs and an OPS of .824. With Drew in the lineup, the Sox were 351-255, with the right fielder averaging 121 games per season.
Lowrie will be arbitration eligible this season, having made $450,000 in '11. When healthy, and on the field, the infielder is far more valuable than his contract would suggest. He is a potential everyday infielder who tears up left-handed pitching -- as his .330 average against southpaws would hint at. The problem is keeping Lowrie on the field and productive from both sides of the plate.
It shouldn't be forgotten that at various times over the the past few years, Lowrie held his own when allowed to compete for the starting shortstop job, first against Julio Lugo and then with Scutaro. But each time an injury or ailment sidelined the Stanford product.
At the very least, Lowrie could be perceived as an extremely valuable utilityman, especially considering his ability to hit from both sides of the plate. Best-case scenario, however, would have him healthy enough to take another whirl at competing for the shortstop job. It should also be noted that Lowrie's value has regained steam in the world of the majors, potentially leading him to bring back some legitimate value (perhaps in the form of a pitcher) this offseason.
This was a positive move for the Red Sox, especially considering what they had to give up to get Aviles (Yamaico Navarro). While there were various costly miscues, such as being thrown out to end a game in Toronto and making a pair of costly throwing errors during the Sox' final homestand, overall, the 27-year-old struck a solid tone for his new team.
With the Red Sox, Aviles hit .317 with a .775 OPS in 38 games while playing five positions.
Aviles, who works out with former Red Sox reliever Brandon Lyon in Utah during the offseason, will be arbitration eligible after working under a one-year, $640,000 deal in '11. He also still has one option left.
Overall, it was a positive season for the outfielder. In 87 games with the Red Sox, Reddick hit .280 with seven home runs and a .784 OPS. The lapses Reddick had been prone to throughout his professional career, when he would lose plate discipline, weren't as prevalent, as his improved .327 on-base percentage might suggest.
Defensively, there was some concern over Reddick's occasional lackadaisical approach to some fly balls, but his overall hustle, fearlessness and speed left a positive impression as to how the rookie handled what ultimately amounted to full-time duty in right field.
Reddick is far from a lock-solid certainty to replace Drew as the Red Sox' everyday right fielder. In the final two months he went just 2-for-18 against left-handed pitching and was basically benched for the final week of the season. Internally, the 24-year-old's biggest competition would still be fellow prospect Ryan Kalish, whose surgery on a bulging disk in his neck was less intrusive than originally thought and would appear to allow him to be ready for spring training without limitations.
The '11 season didn't work out quite as McDonald had hoped, with the 33-year-old never quite gaining the kind of momentum the Sox had hoped he would after a promising '10 campaign, especially against left-handed pitching. Against southpaws, McDonald finished with a .260 batting average and .804 OPS.
McDonald did show some signs of life in September, hitting .382 (13-for-34) with a .950 OPS.
Unfortunately for the outfielder, he missed Super-2 arbitration status by just a few days, keeping him under the Red Sox' control at a more-than-reaonsable rate. (He made $470,000 in '11.) Because of his versatility, McDonald will be in camp with the Red Sox in '12.
Partly because of a knee injury suffered just days into his stint with the Red Sox, Jackson wasn't able to offer his new team much while playing in 12 games. He managed three hits in 19 at-bats, hitting a home run during his time with the Sox, going 1-for-9 against left-handers.
The 29-year-old is a free agent without any sort of compensation coming the way of the Sox if they did offer him arbitration. Jackson had been working under a one-year, $3.2 million contract.
Greg and Chris talk more offseason happenings with the Pats and their plans. They talk about some of the free agents toward the bottom of the list with Stevan Ridley and Dan Connolly. Price thinks that Connolly could end up back with the Pats and Ridley elsewhere (Cowboys?), but Greg thinks they both could be back. They also chat about the departure of VInce Wilfork and what he meant to the organization, the re-signing of McCourty and more.
The very first airing of the offseason edition of NFL Sunday gets underway with Greg and Chris delving into the free agency period and how the Pats made out. Of course they lost Revis to the Jets, but what else went on? Greg isn't over the loss of Revis yet and the guys discuss what went into that whole ordeal. Price is looking forward to the additions of Chandler and Cadet. They also get a call from Mike Petraglia and get his thoughts on the Pats offseason moves.
We talk to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News about his column today which basically accuses the Patriots of sour grapes for asking the league to enforce their own rules against tampering.
Brow Buff's Sam Packard and Ben Kichen break down Marcus Smart's unfortunate ball tap, debate leadership in the Celtics locker room, and rehash the great Kevin Love to Boston rumors.
Flannery joins Mut to break down the Isaiah Thomas trade to Boston and what it means for the Celtics this season and in the future. Paul also chats with Mut about the other deals that happened at the NBA's trading deadline
We talk to Chris Mannix from SI to break down the C's acquisition of Isaiah Thomas and the crazy trade deadline in the rest of the NBA.
Mut, Tomase, and Bradford kick things off talking about Shane Victorino taking offense to people reading into some comments he made about trading for Cole Hamels. They also discuss Blake Swihart and how soon he could be up if Christian Vazquez starts the season on the DL.
Joe Kelly joined the Hot Stove show where he talked about being ready for his next spring training start after a biceps ailment forced him out of his last outing, he talks about his NCAA brackets and how teammate Wade Miley has a perfect bracket still.
Mut, Bradford, and Tomase kick off this weeks show by talking to Red Sox pitcher Joe Kelly about his biceps recovery, getting ready for the season and his NCAA brackets. They then talk about the Red Sox depth at closer with Koji Uehara questionable for the start of the season.
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Jack Edwards of NESN joins Dale, Michael and Jerry. With 9 games left the Bruins don't have much if any margin of error, and Jack knows it.
DJ, Joe and Pete talk more playoff scenarios in hour 2 and if the Bruins can get in, they'll be a very dangerous team... to the point where DJ thinks teams would much rather face the Senators and are doing their best to oust the Bruins from the equation. It's become apparent now more than ever that Chiarelli probably needed to pull the trigger on a deal for a defenseman at the trade deadline. Also. Bruce Garrioch from the Ottawa Sun joins the boys to discuss the Hamburglar and the Senators and Bruins being neck-and-neck for a playoff spot.
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Dr. Maurice A. Salama completed his undergraduate studies at the State University
of New York at Binghamton in 1985, where he received his BS in Biology. Dr. Salama
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Saverio; Many thanks. Multiple options here. You can temporize and prep just down to new gingival margin or you can provide a vacuform matrix with dentin sealant to address sensitivity issues prior to final preparation at 3 months. Yes, look forward to Birmingham, England next month. See you there.
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How do you manage the root exposure in case the crown lengthening involved a hgher display of root surface in terms of aesthetics(especially for high smile line) and sensitivity? Would you recommend to provide provisionals just after crown lengthening or alternatively relining the cervical margin of provisionals?
Many thanks Dr Salama, can' t wait to see you 3D in Birmingham!
Daniel and Mateo; many thanks for your posts. Yes, sterile water through handpiece in surgical operatory or spearate sterile water source through monoject syringe.thanks Dr. Salama
muy bello quedo el caso! el paciente debe estar muy complacido.. usted es uno de mis mejores mentores!!
What type of water do you use through your surgical handpiece? Is it sterile saline? Is that line dedicated to sterile saline only? Thank you. (I do general dentistry and surgeries, and I have always used a syringe for surgeries due to sterility, but find it very difficult to achieve copious irrigation with just a syringe in this instance ) What do you recommend?
Lourdes; Thank you. The patient desired FULL display of her natural clinical crown length in preparation for anterior veneers. Crown lengthening here established normal and natural proportions and length to the teeth.Dr. Salama
Many thanks for video, Dr Salama.
Which was the chief complaint of the patient?
Kevin; You must blend the bone with the teeth and make certain there is no ledge of bone left. This can be an issue with post-op tissue rebound and cause chronic inflammation especially if restorative margins will be placed after 3 months of healing.
Good luck Dr. Salama
why do we want to reduce the bone thickness?
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For an insight into the treatment of Filipina workers in Jordan readers might find this interesting http://www.7iber.com/2010/08/jodi-filipinas-story/
Good to see far-right thinking spewing hate all over The Economist comments page.
A story about slavery is just another excuse for the likes of 'dtmurphy' and 'Sick 0f Double Standards' to be banging on about Islam.
Muslims are the new Jews for the 21st century; they will continue to be slaughtered in droves by the 'cultured and morally superior' West and berated at every opportunity for being backward and inferior.
After a few more years of anti-Muslim propoganda, a nuclear attack on Iran and Syria will be considered 'moral and just.'
Not surprised by such primitive behavior in the so-called Middle Eastern countries. Yet another terrible story of how they treat their guest workers.
I travel to Dubai often for business. Whatever airline you fly to Dubai... whether it be Turkish, RJ, Emirates, Lufthansa etc... You will notice that as soon as the plane leaves let's say Istanbul.. to Dubai.. there is an immediate change in the attitude of the passengers. The Emiratis immediately begin to bark orders, snap their fingers etc at flight attendants. The worst behaviour I have ever seen is on an Emirates flight. When you get to Dubai International one can see the hundreds and hundreds of Malaysian, Filipino, Banladeshis freshly arrived and witing to be taken to their "assignment". You will also notice that every family on the plane has at least one southeast asian servant with them. I once saw a family Father, three sons, and mother... stand and watch as their tiny servant struggled to pull their baggage off of the carousel. The Father and the sons just stood there as she tripped over a luggage cart.. They were to lazy to help her. The father actually yelled at her. It was really sickening.
The point of this airline story is to illustrate how awful the Gulf Arabs can be. Their societies have not had to evolve like those in the west or other parts of the Arab world. One day they were packaging dates and the next they were pumping billions of dollars worth of oil. They do not know what it means to work. They act arrogant and superior as if they have discovered the secret to being rich as if they have worked hard for their money. Nothing could be further from the truth. The government of the UAE gives them everything.
In Dubai British and Americans are hired to run their companies.. and the Indians, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis, Filipinos.. etc are "hired" to build and serve.
I feel the treatment of the maid in SA has nothing to do with Islam... it is a symptom the Gulf Arabs have from their lack of having to actually work hard and build their countries' economies from the ground up like most countries in the world. They are a primitive backward people who have lots of money and power.. it's obvious to see what disasters can result!
I think these things occur in any developing nation where labor is cheap. I think its more exaggerated in the Middle East because there is a large upper to middle-class which can afford to hire housekeepers. And a large pool of unskilled laborers from nearby Asian countries (India, SriLanka, Philippines, Indonesia etc...) Its supply and demand.
I lived in Dubai with my family while growing up and we almost always had a live-in housekeeper. We never abused them and always paid their salaries. One of them once stole some expensive cutlery and jewelery from us and then disappeared, but we never treated subsequent housekeepers differently.
Almost everyone who can afford a housekeeper has one, Westerners, Arabs, Indians etc... The homes all have "servant's quarters" and salaries range from $400-$600 per month.
In our house, the housekeeper had one day off a week, just like my father. On a normal working day she had a cleaning-cooking-laundry routine which would usually finish at around 2pm. After which she'd be free and just help around the house on an ad-hoc basis (for example: setting the table for dinner).
She didn't buy her own food and ate the same food as the family so she basically had no living expenses at all. One of them once told me that she made more money than a doctor in her country, SriLanka, and she used to send most of it back home to her family.
Another one's daughter passed away suddenly in the Philippines so my family paid to send her home for a month to grieve.
So anyway I'm just trying to demonstrate that while abuse does exist, there are also many people who treat their housekeepers like a part of the family. My friends' families also treated their workers well and I never saw any abused or unhappy.
Having said this, the laws definitely need to be updated to protect the workers from the scumbags in society who abuse them. However, many of these are the very wealthy Gulf Arab nationals who tend to be spoiled and have an exaggerated sense of entitlement and self-worth. They would probably be personally offended if the government tried to reign in the abuses and give the workers more rights.
Changes are happening but they are too slow and I believe international pressure and exposure would help expedite the improvements.
""This article has nothing to do with religion....If western people could freely hire maids for $100/month (as they do in the mid-east) then we would certainly be discussing similar accounts of personal horror taking place in Toronto and London.""
I agree with the first statement, but I disagree with the second. It has to do with Gulf Arab culture. These sorts of abuses are a rarity among Westerners in the Gulf.
I (a white American) lived in Kuwait from 2004-2005. I saw firsthand how poorly south Asian immigrants were treated. I especially remember a Filipino-American co-worker of mine. For the year he was there, about once a week he was physically shoved (out of line at a fast food place, out of an elevator, often just walking down the street) by a Kuwaiti. When he spoke back in American-accented English, the Kuwaiti generously apologized for offending an American. This must have happened 50 times while he was in Kuwait. It never happened to me.
At the same time, most of us Americans hired immigrant maids. Some of us had part-time maids that just cleaned our apartments once a week. Some of us had live-in maids that cooked and cleaned and looked after our pets. In all cases, the maids were treated respectfully and paid on time. Though I heard a few Americans crack rude jokes about "hajjis," I never knew of a single maid that was insulted to her face or paid late or abused in any way.
Perhaps I am a little naive, but why don't would be maids travelling to Muslim nations simply carry two passports? It seems a wise precaution and a second passport can be easily obtained by claiming to have lost one.
It is high time international organizations put more pressure on these Mideast governments for protecting the welfare and well being of these workers and treat them as human beings. Arab governments are quick to criticize the Western world for discrimination without examining their own behavior towards foreign workers.
This article has nothing to do with religion. It has everything to do with 'mans inhumanity to man' and cruelty perpetrated on the powerless. If western people could freely hire maids for $100/month (as they do in the mid-east) then we would certainly be discussing similar accounts of personal horror taking place in Toronto and London.
Accountability and institutionalized non-sectarian rule of law to protect citizens and residents of Arab states from arbitrary abuses by their autocratic and theocratic dynasties and other elitists are the answers.
well , Actually speaking I'm a Chinese . Our country had the slave system before too. But now it's finished that inhuman way . Now everyone is their own host. Though there are still supply the housemaid services, but it's more humanistic than before .
Over the past week there have been hundreds upon hundreds of comments to the series of articles following Skewergate in the Kingdom's English language daily, Arab News. I added a few myself, revealing to the reading public BBC News items (and other external media sources) of maid torture as far back as 2001.
Just a few days ago a commenter named "Saeed" stated, "if I have the chance I would have torture [...me]". 'Nuff said.
I currently reside in Saudi Arabia. I am a Canadian, a victim of human trafficking. I am engaged in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit. For the past 21 months I have received no salary. I survive at subsistence level. Sympathizers and human rights advocates give me occasional zakat (small gifts of cash to the poor). I have been hospitalized twice, each time for two weeks, due to mental collapse.
Fifteen months ago I received favourable judgment from the local Ministry of Labor court. My sponsor ("kafeel") appealed and the case has been pending in Labor's High Committee court ever since.
The Chairman of Al Shabaka Training Establishment, Saadoun Al Saadoun, has over the past two academic years recruited over three dozen foreign teachers of English language to assume postings at King Faisal University. None received legal contracts. All have entered the Kingdom via 3-month business visit visas which prohibit salaried employment in Saudi Arabia. No teacher has ever received an "iqama", the temporary residence permit required to maintain legitimate employment. These illegally procured business visit visas are renewed every three months by teachers scurrying across the causeway to Bahrain to seek assistance from a visa agent in cahoots with a Saudi embassy official. Shabaka Training's scams are well known throughout the international ESL teacher community, and have been mentioned in the national press.
Further, Saadoun Al Saadoun authorizes health insurance applications to companies forbidden by law to issue insurance to workers not in possession of valid visas and iqamas.
I need not here begin to reveal matters related to academic fraud.
Did I mention that Saadoun Al Saadoun is a member of King Abdullah's Shoura Council?
I need not here begin my lamentations regarding Dysfunctional Jurisprudence According to Labor. I'll leave that for my epic documentary. Suffice to say, I've been playing the court game for 21 months for a problem that would have been resolved within a week back home in Canada.
I have written six letters to King Abdullah. I have written to Madam Pillay of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. I have written ad nauseum to Ministry of Labor officials. I am mentioned in Human Rights Watch.
Seventeen months ago I wrote a 24-page corruption report (with 22 pieces of documented evidence) under commission from Prince Ahmad, Ministry of Interior. He ordered an investigation comprised of officials from Interior, Labor, and Higher Education. Despite my many attempts to high officials of those Ministries, and a Prince, I have yet to receive any response.
Did I yet mention that Saadoun Al Saadoun is on the Shoura Council?
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=20... ...erratum parag 5 Nov. 30, 2009 should read Nov. 30, 2008
I do not have contact with maids. I do, however, daily see violations of Labor law, and human rights, imposed on other migrant workers -- be they foreign teachers, or in the construction sector, or those washing cars which Saudis regard as beneath their dignity.
Last year, I've been told, the Ministry of Interior issued a Circular forbidding kafeels to confiscate and "safekeep" passports. Evidently, that information has not been well disseminated, to the convenience of kafeels Kingdom-wide, and to the horrible detriment of migrant workers who've essentially built the infrastructure, and provided myriad services, the King's subjects enjoy. This witholding of passports is as great a "pyschological" torture as the physical abuse Skewergate reveals.
I conclude with this gem from a comment in Daniel Pipe's website:
"Submitted by Mohd Hussein, Jul 8, 2010 at 08:16.
"We give these other people Islam, what more do they want. They are here to serve the real muslims like us Saudis and Gulf Muslims. All other muslims are converts and should serve us and be our slaves. Give us your women and children and be honoured you are serving the people of the Prophet! Ungrateful dogs!"
I don't think that in this case we can even say that "no, these are Arabic attitudes but not Islamic attitudes". We could have said that in case there were Islamic groups based outside Saudi Arabia that tried to do something about the status quo, as a good chunk of the people being abused are Muslims, and the abuse clearly runs against Quran. However, I'm afraid there are none. Gulf states pretty much monopolized the whole Islamic financing thing and covered their bases by pretending to run according to Sharia laws, while really not adhering to them in reality (this was one of the reason Osama bin Laden snapped, I think).
This issue is not limited to worker abuse. I read a great story about rampant homosexual pedophilia in Afghanistan lately: http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-08-29/opinion/22949948_1_karzai-family-a... . Nothing is done by Islamic groups about it either. What I find the bigger problem is that a quick Google search of "bacha bazi" shows that a major Western information source writes a story about the phenomenon approximately once a year since 2001, and ever since it fails to stir larger controversy in the West.
How should we treat Islamic religion if, apparently, the practitioners are more concerned with being able to force their kids to cover faces than the well-being of fellow Muslims?
Most human beings are as cruel as they can get away with. Claim moral superiority all you like, but when people anywhere are free to abuse the helpless, they generally do so.
Also in Colombia servants are treated as badly as in the Middle East.
Many humans (or humanoids) just love to abuse and mistreat their workers.
Yes, servants are treated as sub-human throughout the world. In Europe some 100 years ago they used to have servants who were treated as slave like people.
i think that every human has an 'evil' side that becomes apparent in situations that allow for exploitation.
To all those so eager to blame Islam and the Middle East, unfortunately such cases are not limited to those countries/peoples, so it's a bit ignorant to say so. Having live-in maids is a very common thing in South East Asia as well, as anyone who's lived here and has seen those poor people lugging around a million squalling Asian kids (Chinese, Malay, English, you name it...). It's very fashionable ici for expatriates to have maids, and very cheap and makes life a lot easier too, so naturally. It is, in all effect, a lesser form of slavery.
Not all of these maids will actually suffer to the degrees the woman mentioned in the article above has - in fact, such extreme cases are quite rare. In some cases, the maid will (as an above poster mentioned) even become a part of the family. But it is a fact that the 'keeping of maids' (which sounds eerily like the 'keeping of slaves', non?) is quite prevalent and not just in Middle Eastern countries.
While I obviously deplore cruelty to and abuse of these people in any form, I do not think that having live-in domestic workers itself can universally be deplored the way some people seem to :s... a lot of the times, the people who come overseas to work from Indonesia and Sri Lanka and the Phillipines lead very happy lives, make more money than they could in their own countries and finally go home to live somewhat comfortably with their families. Sometimes the maids marry really well in these foreign countries and make a much better life for themselves.
Also in Colombia servants are treated as badly as in the Middle East.
Many humans (or humanoids) just love to abuse and mistreat their workers.
@ Sick_of_Double_Standards:
"I'm sure The Economist's forum moderators won't let it stay here for more than a few minutes, since they too adhere to the guidelines of the PC/MC blame-the-West-for-everything narrative."
Do you enjoy the smell of egg on your face?
As I am not a native speaker of the English language I have a question on the semantics. As I understand there is a difference between "little" and "a little". For instance
I have little money => I have NO money.
I have a little money => I have SOME money though not much.
If that's the case the title "Little better than Slavery" is spot on!
The question as always in life is "So wat (are u gonna do about it)?" In fact wat the heck is GoSL gonna do about it? Or CAN do about it. The answer to all I am afraid is not much. There are much larger geopolitical interests for others and SL has little (meaning no) clout with KSA.
So my sympathies and hope she gets well. Time to move on.
In all religions, including Islam, cruelty against the innocent is a sin. Congratulations to Jordan for taking a step in the right direction. We need more allies in the Arab world to conduct massive public "name and shame" campaigns against this backward, dehumanising mentality.
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Red leaves on apricot
The new growth on my 2 year old goldkist apricot is red, leaves and limbs. Some of the growth is over a foot long but the leaves are not turning green. I did a search and the closest I could come up with was severe nitrogen deficiency. I gave it nitrogen earlier this year and again yesterday. All my other trees in the same area look fine and I don't think this is my problem. After I planted it last year it bloomed profusely but this year only 4 blooms, it just does not seem healthy. The first growth spurt this year looked good with nice green leaves that are still green, everything since then is red. Any thoughts?
New growth on apricot is often a beautiful red. After a bit the leaves turn green and the stem green then reddish brown. They are one of the most decorative fruit trees. So it's entirely possible that nothing is wrong.
If you still think otherwise post a picture.
Well your tree doesn't look too good, but you knew that. I'm not sure what's wrong. It does look somewhat like a nitrogen deficient tree looks like but I don't think that is the only problem. It should be a lot fuller with growth, new shoots, and leaves. The grass and weeds don't look good either. Is it dry? Have you had the soil tested? Do you have the tree mulched? It looks to be fighting those weeds for water and fertility.


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our company wants to bundle our software (a binary .exe for windows) with a simple chrome extension (content scripts only {it does not use the chrome API}).
Our binary .exe will dynamically generate a string which has to be passed to our chrome extension.
My question is - how to do that?
It seems chrome extensions lack some sort of configuration file. It would be great if I could just create an EXTENSION-ID.ini and setup the configs there or put it up on the registry (if windows).
Alternatively, I imagine I could make my binary dynamicaly build each file of our plugin (.js, .manifest) into a separate folder setting up this string we need to pass on, and then go and package this folder into an .crx and finally set windows registry key telling chrome to install this extension on initialization. (but this does not seem like a pratical solution, and still the browser would have to be restarted to get the updated string value).
I tried deploying an .crx and loading configurations from an external local file by making my extension inject into the page a script tag like this
<script src="file://c:/path/to/configs.js"></script>
but it didn't work, dont know why - maybe extensions can't access the file:// protocol ?
It looks like it is possible to access the extension local path via javascript by using chrome.extension.getURL(); but that does not help either because I guess there is no easy way to insert files inside an already packaged .crx .... and if it is not already package, I mean, if it is just a folder with the files, then chrome won`t let me install the extension. Oh my...


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