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Bobby Gregg
Bobby Gregg | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
April 30, 1936
Died | May 3, 2014 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
(aged 78)
Occupation(s) | Musician, record producer |
Instruments | Drums |
Associated acts | Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Peter, Paul & Mary, John Cale |
Robert J. (Bobby) Gregg (April 30, 1936 – May 3, 2014) was a musician who has performed as a drummer and has also been a record producer. As a drum soloist and band leader he recorded one album and several singles, including one Top 40 single in the United States. But he is better known for his work as a drummer on several seminal 1960s songs, including Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" and Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence". He was also temporarily a member of The Hawks, which later became known as The Band.
Early career[edit]
Gregg first attracted attention by 1955 as the only white member of the otherwise all-black group Steve Gibson and the Red Caps.[1] By 1962, he fronted Bobby Gregg and His Friends for an instrumental single, "The Jam - Part 1", which reached #14 on the Billboard R&B chart and #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1][2] The B-side of the single was "The Jam – Part 2".[3] That same year, Gregg put out another instrumental single titled "Potato Peeler", which only reached #89 on the Billboard's Hot 100, but became well known for containing the first ever known pinch harmonic to be in a song. Guitarist Roy Buchanan crafted the technique. The song bears a strong resemblance to another instrumental record, "The Hunch" performed by The Bobby Peterson Quintet, which was released 3 years earlier in 1959. In 1963, he put out an album, released on Epic Records, called Let's Stomp and Wild Weekend.[3][4] In 1964 and 1965, he released the singles "Any Number Can Win", "MacDougal Street", "It's Good to Me" and "Charly Ba-Ba".[1] He also acted as a record producer at this time, producing songs by Sun Ra, Erma Franklin, Richard "Popcorn" Wylie and Frank Hunter.[1][3] He sometimes played the drums on the records he produced.[1][3]
Work with Bob Dylan[edit]
In 1964, as an experiment, Bob Dylan's producer Tom Wilson wanted to see what Dylan's 1962 recording of "House of the Rising Sun" would sound like if the original solo acoustic guitar backing was replaced by a band playing electric instruments.[5] Gregg was brought in to play drums on the replacement backing track.[1]
In January 1965, Gregg got to work with Dylan as the drummer on the songs on the electric side of the album Bringing It All Back Home.[1] Gregg recorded the album takes of "Subterranean Homesick Blues", "She Belongs to Me", "Love Minus Zero/No Limit", "Outlaw Blues" and "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" on January 14, 1965 and recorded the album takes of "Maggie's Farm" and "On the Road Again" on January 15, 1965.[1][6]
On June 15, 1965, when Dylan was ready to record "Like a Rolling Stone", several of the musician from the Bringing It All Back Home sessions including Gregg were called on to back him.[7] Thus, it is Gregg's pistol-like snare drum shot that opens the song, as well as the album Highway 61 Revisited.[1][8] "Like a Rolling Stone" eventually reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and in 2004 was named by Rolling Stone Magazine as the #1 song of all time.[9][10]
The remainder of the Highway 61 Revisited album was recorded between July 29 and August 4, 1965.[11] Gregg was the drummer for the July 29 and 30 sessions that produced "Tombstone Blues", "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" and "From a Buick 6".[12] He was also the drummer for the July 29 recording of "Positively 4th Street", which was left off the Highway 61 Revisited album but became a Top 10 single in both the United States and the UK.[12] At the August 2 session at which "Queen Jane Approximately", "Highway 61 Revisited", "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" and "Ballad of a Thin Man" were recorded, Sam Lay played the drums in the early in the session due to Gregg's other commitments, with Gregg joining the session later.[13][14] Although Lay is believed to be the drummer on the album take of "Highway 61 Revisited" and played on several takes of "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", the album take of "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" is generally believed to be one that Gregg played on.[13][15] Gregg was also the likely drummer for "Queen Jane Approximately" and "Ballad of a Thin Man", meaning that Gregg played on all the songs on the album except "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Desolation Row" (on which there is no drum part), and Gregg is the only drummer credited on the album.[15][16]
In November 1965, Gregg joined the Hawks, who were then backing Dylan on tour, when Hawks' drummer Levon Helm left.[3][17] He remained with the Hawks for about a month before being replaced by Sandy Konikoff.[3][17] He recorded with Dylan in the November 30 sessions at which an early version of "Visions of Johanna" and possibly the single release of "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" were recorded.[1][18] He also recorded with Dylan at the January 1966 Blonde on Blonde sessions at which "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" was recorded, as well as several other songs which either did not make the album or were rerecorded later for the album, including "I'll Keep It With Mine", which was eventually released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991.[1][19]
Work with other artists[edit]
In 1965 Tom Wilson, who had produced Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home and "Like a Rolling Stone" decided to experiment with electrifying the Simon & Garfunkel song "The Sound of Silence".[20][21] An acoustic version of "The Sound of Silence" had been released on the Simon & Garfunkel album Wednesday Morning, 3 AM.[20] As he did with Dylan's version of "The House of the Rising Sun", Wilson employed a band to record an electric backing track for the song, without Paul Simon's or Art Garfunkel's knowledge.[20][21] Bobby Gregg was once again the drummer Wilson employed in the band creating this backing track.[21] The version of "The Sound of Silence" incorporating the electric band backing track became a #1 hit and was released on the Simon & Garfunkel album Sounds of Silence.[20][22] It was also listed by Rolling Stone Magazine as the #156 song of all time.[23]
In 1967, Gregg was the drummer backing Peter, Paul and Mary for their album The Peter, Paul and Mary Album.[1][21] In 1971, he backed John Cale and Terry Riley on their album Church of Anthrax.[3][21]
The lyrics of "Despite the Current Mess," a song by The Stone Hill All-Stars (Baltimore, Maryland) mention Bobby Gregg; "He waits in the doorway of the Deco Chrysler building as sunlight starts to fade. He liked to entertain the image of him standing in Paul Simon's deep and dark December, because he liked the way Bobby Gregg drummed happily against the somber tirade."
Gregg died on May 3, 2014 at the age of 78.[24]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Gray, M. (2008). The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated Edition. pp. 277–279. ISBN 978-0-8264-2974-2.
- ^ "Bobby Gregg Charts and Awards". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bobby Gregg". The Band. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ "Bobby Gregg Discography". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ Irwin, C. (2008). Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-8230-8398-5.
- ^ Irwin, C. (2008). Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-8230-8398-5.
- ^ Irwin, C. (2008). Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited. pp. 64–67. ISBN 978-0-8230-8398-5.
- ^ Sounes, H. (2002). Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-8021-3891-0.
- ^ "Highway 61 Revisited Charts and Awards". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone Magazine. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ Polizzotti, M. (2006). Highway 61 Revisited. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-8264-1775-6.
- ^ a b Irwin, C. (2008). Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited. pp. 122–135, 203, 210. ISBN 978-0-8230-8398-5.
- ^ a b Heylin, C. (2009). Revolution in the Air. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-55652-843-9.
- ^ Irwin, C. (2008). Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-8230-8398-5.
- ^ a b Gill, A. (1998). Don't Think Twice It's All Right. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-56025-185-9.
- ^ Gray, M. (2008). The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated Edition. pp. 401–402. ISBN 978-0-8264-2974-2.
- ^ a b Sounes, H. (2002). Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan. pp. 193–194. ISBN 978-0-8021-3891-0.
- ^ Heylin, C. (2009). Revolution in the Air. pp. 252–255, 273–276. ISBN 978-1-55652-843-9.
- ^ Heylin, C. (2009). Revolution in the Air. pp. 285–287. ISBN 978-1-55652-843-9.
- ^ a b c d "The Sound of Silence". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ a b c d e Irwin, C. (2008). Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited. pp. 241, 244. ISBN 978-0-8230-8398-5.
- ^ "Simon & Garfunkel Charts and Awards". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone Magazine. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ http://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=ROBERT-GREGG&pid=170946998


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Giants notes: Freddy Sanchez to open season on DL
Well, it was hardly breaking news, but in Tuesday's ESPN2 broadcast of the Angels-Giants game Giants manager Bruce Bochy announced that second baseman Freddy Sanchez would open the season on the disabled list.
Sanchez has been idle since receiving a cortisone shot in his troublesome shoulder on Sunday. The Giants hope Sanchez can resume light throwing by mid-week. He was getting at-bats as a DH in a minor-league game on Wednesday.
But until he can show he can make all throws necessary to play second base, he won't be playing for the Giants.
Bochy said Tuesday that he's hoping Sanchez can be ready to play for the Giants "sometime in April." But at this point, we're not really sure he'll return at all.
The Giants have said Sanchez's rehab from shoulder surgery last year has hit a plateau. They hope the cortisone shots will be the spark that will Sanchez to push through this plateau and get back on the road to recovery.
In the meantime, it looks as if Emmanuel Burriss is the front-runner to win the start at 2B on April 6. Mike Fontenot and Ryan Theriot are also in the mix.
The Giants face a Thursday deadline to guarantee deals for Fontenot and Theriot. It looks as if they will do just that.
Theriot was hit on the nose with a pickoff throw on Monday. Yet, he is starting at 3B against the Dodgers on Wednesday. If the Giants were thinking of releasing Theriot on Thursday, it would figure they wouldn't bother playing him Wednesday.
What can he show them in two days that they haven't seen already.
But given the uncertainty of Sanchez, the veteran presence of Theriot (plus his right-handed bat) is something the Giants aren't likely ready to part with.
This isn't the start he was looking for, but it looks as if Ryan Vogelsong will make his second opening-day start for the Fresno Grizzlies.
After making his spring debut with a 39-pitch outing against the Royals on Monday, Vogelsong will pitch in a minor-league game Saturday so that the Giants can start the clock on his 15 days on the disabled list to open the season.
The plan is for Vogelsong to be ready to open the season on April 15 against the Pirates.
To get there, Vogelsong will start the season opener for Triple-A Fresno at Tucson on April 5. His next start for the Grizzlies would come on April 10 at Las Vegas.
Arizona manager Kirk Gibson announced his starting rotation for the 2012 season. It means we can lineup the opening series between the Diamondbacks and Giants
Friday, April 6: Tim Lincecum vs. Ian Kennedy, 4 p.m. ESPN2
Saturday, April 7: Madison Bumgarner vs. Daniel Hudson, 1 p.m. FOX
Sunday, April 8: Matt Cain vs. Josh Collmenter, 1 p.m.
Those are three right-handers for Arizona. Good news for Giants, who figure to open with a lineup that will include four switch hitters (Angel Pagan, Melky Cabrera, Pablo Sandoval and Emmanuel Burriss) and three left-handers (Brandon Crawford, Aubrey Huff or Brandon Belt, and Nate Schierholtz or Gregor Blanco).
Angels 5, Giants 3: Do the Giants still have Pagan belief?
Manager Bruce Bochy talked about the Giants' plan this season to get some speed at the top of the order to set the table and create some runs.
But that speed doesn't help you if you're rolling weak infield grounders.
That's what we've seen from Angel Pagan this spring. It's getting late, and it's starting to be a concern.
Pagan broke an 0-for-26 skid with an eighth-inning double. His spring average currently sits at .179.
And it's not just the outs that he's making. It's the type of outs.
On Tuesday, he didn't hit the ball out of the infield in his first three at-bats — popping out to the pitcher, grounding to short and second base.
Then he finally breaks the slump by making an inside-out swing and shooting an inside pitch the opposite way for double inside the bag at third … and then gets picked off a second base.
And finally he struck out looking to end the game with the tying run on base.
Bochy appeared to be talking out of both sides of his mouth — or other parts of his body — when it comes to the Giants outfield and leadoff situations.
In one breath, Bochy said that the decision to keep Gregor Blanco on the 25-man roster has not been made, even most observers could not see that NOT happening.
Then with another breath, he's included Blanco as a leadoff option.
Most telling is when Bochy was given the opportunity to dispell any ideas that Pagan won't be in center field and leading off on April 6, the manager passed.
"I'm not going to announce the lineup now," Bochy said. "We've got some time here. There's eight or nine days. (Pagan) could get hot and somebody else could get cold. Now is not the time to write the lineup. We have a pretty good idea."
Pagan will spend the next couple of days working on his swing in minor-league games.
- It was a good news/bad news outing for Tim Lincecum. Lincecum struggled with his fastball command. The best example of this came when Lincecum faced Angels pitcher Brad Mills, who went to the plate with instructions not to swing. Even so, Lincecum had to go to full counts on both at-bats before striking Mills out — his only two strikeouts Tuesday. That's the bad news. The good news is that even with a lack of command, Lincecum still got through five innings giving up two runs on five hits and two walks.
- C Buster Posey went 0 for 2 with a walk. But more importantly, he caught seven innings on his first back-to-back start at catcher. For more on Buster's day, which was also his 25th birthday, click here.
- 1B Brandon Belt went 1 for 4 with some loud outs. He's hitting .370 this spring, yet it appears possible, even likely, that he will begin the season in Fresno. That may sound incredible to you (it does to us), but to find out more, click here.
It's Madison Bumgarner's turn to throw Wednesday, but he'll do that in minor league camp. Not wanting to show MadBum to the division rival Dodgers, the Giants will throw Yusmeiro Petit in the 1:05 p.m. game Wednesday.
Giants 4, Royals 2: Good news on Vogelsong
The pitching news from spring training started out bad Monday after the Giants were coming off a terrible outing from Barry Zito.
Things got worse when word spread that Eric Surkamp, viewed to be the first option for the starting rotation if anyone got hurt or pounded, was being shut down for a week with irritated elbow.
On Sunday, GM Brian Sabaen hinted that the Giants might need a No. 5 starter OTHER THAN Vogelsong on April 15.
So Giants were holding their breath when Ryan Vogelsong took the mound Monday against the Royals in his first big-league game this spring after suffering a back strain last month.
Well, Giants fans, exhale.
Vogelsong gave up one run on two hits in 2 2/3 innings, striking out two in his 39-pitch outing. Both Kansas City hits deflected off Giants outfielders. With a little help, Vogelsong could have sailed through a hitless outing.
"I defintiely felt better the second and third inning mechanically and rhythm-wise," Vogelsong said. "I kind of fell into a good rhythm after the first inning, get that first one out of the way and get back to business."
After the game, manager Bruce Bochy called Vogelsong's outing a huge relief and said the plan is for Vogelsong to work towards making his first start on April 15 at home against the Pirates. That means a trip to the DL to open the season.
CSNBayArea.com's Andrew Baggarly wrote that Vogelsong will pitch next Saturday and will throw 50 pitches. MoreSplashHits believes that Saturday start will be in a minor league game so the Giants can backdate his DL stint early enough for him to be activated on April 15.
His next outing would then come on April 5, either in extended spring training or possibly the Fresno Grizzlies' season opener at Tucson (although spring training seems more likely).
Finally, Vogelsong could be slotted to pitch April 10 for the Grizzlies at Las Vegas. That would put him right on line to start 15th against the Bucs.
"If that's what they tell me to do, that's what I need to do," Vogelsong said.
Sounds good to us.
- 3B Pablo Sandoval, who has been scuffling this spring, got things together Monday. He went 3 for 5 with an infield, a double and a game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth.
- OF Angel Pagan, who also has been scuffling, continued to scuffle. He went 0 for 4 with a strikeout. The Chronicle' Henry Schulman tweeted that Pagan looks lost at the plate. Need more evidence? Pagan's .176 spring average is worse than Aaron Rowand's .182. Yikes!
- Another Giant whose spring keeps getting worse is Ryan Theriot. Theriot rolled his ankle last week but was back at shortstop Monday, with his .194 spring average. Then Theriot went to catch a pick off attempt by Vogelsong at second base when the ball glanced off his glove and hit him in the nose. Theriot was bleeding heavily, but the Giants don't believe his nose is broken. He went for X-rays afterwards. Even if it's not broken, the Giants face a Thursday deadline to decide whether to guarantee Theriot's $1.25 million contract.
- So time is running short.
- C Buster Posey caught seven more innings Monday, and went 1 for 2 with a double and a walk. His spring average is .333. He'll catchTim Lincecum on Tuesday in his first back-to-back catching effort of the season.
- Brian Wilson pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hits and striking out one before declaring himself ready to go for the season.
Lincecum will make his second-to-last spring start when the Giants face the Angels at 1:05 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN2.
Giants 6, Reds 4: Cain is just about ready to go
Well, we can see that Matt Cain is about ready for the season. Maybe the Giants ought to thinking about signing this guy past this season. Just a thought.
Cain sailed through five innings against the Reds, giving up no runs, four hits, no walks and fanning five.
"Everything is going good," Cain told the AP. "I'm just getting my pitch count up. … I don't have much to work on."
Cain is on schedule to start Thursday against the Rangers in his final spring start in the desert. Then, he should get the call on April 3 against the A's in Oakland. That would align him perfectly to throw in Game No. 3 of the regular season on April 8 at Arizona.
- OF Gregor Blanco showed a rare boost of power, belting a home run in the second inning. He finished 1 for 5. His spring average has been slowly dipping in the past week down to .373. But it doesn't matter much. His speed and glove will keep him on the roster, two things that don't go into a slump.
- 1B Brandon Belt keeps doing his thang. He went 3 for 4 with a walk and a double. He's hitting .380. Although Bruce Bochy still says the decision on whether to keep Belt on roster will go down to the wire, we can't see how he doesn't break camp with the club.
- OF Nate Schierholtz went 2 for 3 with a walk, as he tries to get things together as talk begins to circulate that his RF job is jeopardy (possibly to Belt, who would actually play LF with Melky Cabrera sliding to RF).
Barry Zito gets the start as the Giants travel to play the White Sox at 1:05 p.m. The game will be aired on tape-delay at 9 p.m. on MLB Network.
Rangers 4, Giants 1: Buster Posey safe at home
It seems with every game Buster Posey plays this spring, he hits a new milestone in his recovery from last year's season-ending injury.
On Friday against the Rangers, it was Posey first play at home since getting bulled over by the Marlins' Scott Cousins.
But by all accounts, Posey passed this test, like he's passed just about all other tests this spring.
Well, except, the runner wasn't out. But who cares? Posey was not hurt.
"One run's not worth him missing the whole year again," pitcher Madison Bumgarner put it.
The play came in the fifth inning, with the Rangers' Mitch Moreland on second when Elvis Andrus singled to center.
Angel Pagan came up throwing home on the play. It was a good throw. Posey positioned himself in front of home plate, a bit more out in front than on the Cousins play last May. Moreland then came into the plate wide with a hook side.
Posey fielded the throw, then lunged at Moreland with a sweep tag. At first it appeared that Posey missed Moreland all together. But Posey said he tagged him high. It's hard to say whether Moreland's hand swiped the plate before Posey's tag.
Even though every one else in the park might have been thinking about it, Posey said he wasn't thinking back to last May when the play developed.
"I was more thinking kind of about the work we'd done this spring and all the practice and stuff," Posey said. "And I think … it was was good."
It may have been the first play at the plate, but it won't be Posey's last. But again, it's a step.
Oh and the home plate umpire who made the call at the plate? Derryl Cousins, oddly enough. No relation.
- Somewhat lost in the hub-bub of the Posey play at the plate was the fact that it appeared that the Giants were headed to their second consecutive shutout loss. That is until Brett Pill's home run in the ninth inning. It was Pill's third homer this spring and second in three days as he makes a late push to make the club.
- 1B Brandon Belt, also competing to make the club, went 2 for 3 with a walk. He's hitting .348 this spring.
- Aubrey Huff, getting the start in left, had a double over the center fielder's head in left-center. It was Huff's first double of the spring.
- Ryan Theriot started at 3B and went 0 for 3, dropping his spring average to .200 — although he was robbed of an infield hit by a bad call at first.
- Meanwhile, Emmanuel Burriss started at 2B and went 2 for 3, raising his averge to .436.
- Madison Bumgarner gave up one run in 5 2/3 innings (the run coming on that play at the plate). But he also gave up eight hits, all singles. In fact, the Rangers had 13 hits in the game, all singles.
- Javier Lopez got tagged for three runs on four singles in the ninth.
- Sergio Romo returned to action after sitting out with a cranky elbow. He had a 1-2-3 eighth with a strikeout.
The Giants have their final split-squad day of the spring. Both are 1:05 p.m. games. Matt Cain will start on the road against the Reds. Posey will start at 1B in that game. Minor leaguer Travis Blackley will start in Scottsdale against the Rockies.
Rockies 7, Giants 0: Oh, boy, that was ugly
Manager Bruce Bochy best summed up the Giants performance Thursday night against the Rockies.
"Ohhh boy, this is about as ugly as we've had. Just had an awful game tonight," Bochy said. "Sure (a no-hitter) would have been embarrassing. We were embarrassed tonight. I don't care if it's a pickup game, spring training –We're leaving here in about 10 days."
Yes, it's never good when you have four times as many errors as hits. It's never good when you get one-hit in a spring training game.
It's never good when you go 12-up-and-12-down against a 49-year-old pitcher.
But that's what happened. The Giants only hit was a seventh-inning double off the top of the fence by Pablo Sandoval.
Sandoval has been scuffling this spring. Bochy said he would go to a minor-league game on Friday to get more at-bats and find his groove.
It was so ugly that I didn't even link the box score. Nothing to see there.
But there are some possible explanations for Thursday's performance. Some good. Some not so good.
- Giants announcers Jon Miller and Dave Fleming tried to explain that sometimes at this point in spring training players are ready to play games that count, so they lose focus. A good thought, but Thursday's lineup included hitters who needed to focus because their swing is not quite regular-season ready.
- The Rockies rolled out a lineup that looked a lot like they one they'll roll out on opening day. The Giants did not. SS Brandon Crawford was under the weather and got the day off. Emmanuel Burriss and Ryan Theriot, both candidates to start at 2B if Freddy Sanche is unable to go, sat out with minor injuries. C Buster Posey got the day off. OF Nate Schierholtz was playing his first game in a few days nursing a minor injury. Even Tim Lincecum passed on facing the Rockies, choosing instead to throw in a minor-league game. So the Rockies faced Brian Burres.
- The Giants have a tendency to struggle against soft throwers. And Moyer is the softest of soft throwers. This was the second time this spring Moyer has shut them down. He's allowed just one hit in six innings this spring against San Francisco. The Giants can only hope that Moyer doesn't make the Rockies rotation (doubtful) or that if he does, that he pitches in one of the Rockies first three games, and not in the Rockies' second series of the season against the Giants (even more doubtful).
- It was just one of those days.
Madison Bumgarner takes the hill as the Giants face the Rangers at 6:05 p.m. The game will be televised on a one-hour delay at 7 p.m. on the MLB Network. But fans with an MLB.TV subscription can watch it live.
S.I. predicts Giants to capture NL pennant
So, I guess I need to restart my subscription to Sports Illustrated
The venerated sports magazine predicts the San Francisco Giants to return to the World Series in 2012.
SI says the Giants will win the NL West with a 90-72 record, two games ahead of the Diamondbacks and seven games ahead of the Dodgers.
Then it's off to the playoffs, where the Diamondbacks beat the Marlins in the one-game wild-card playoff.
The Giants beat the Reds in the division series, then advanced to beat the Phillies in the NLCS.
The Giants, SI says, will face the Angels in the World Series on the 10-year anniversary of the teams' last meeting in the Fall Classic.
SI then predicts another Angels victory.
The prediction of the Angels to win the AL pennant is a sensible one. The Angels spent millions in the offseason adding players like Albert Pujols and CJ Wilson.
The Giants, meanwhile, spent millions in the offseason … to make sure Aaron Rowand is NOT on the team. Addition by subtraction.
Well, whatever the logic, we like SI's prediction, except we'll take exception to the opponent.
The Giants have faced a different AL West team in each of the past three trips to the World Series — the A's, the Angels and the Rangers.
So according for form, the Giants' next World Series foe should be the Mariners.
And if it is Seattle, the Mariners don't stand a chance against the Giants' potent offense — at least potent when compared the Mariners' offense.
But, hey, pitching wins championships, right?
Giants 5, Indians 3: Burriss' early exit a precaution
Emmanuel Burriss showed off his versatility again Wednesday by getting the start in right field for ailing Nate Schierholtz.
But after getting a walk in two plate appearances, Burriss made a quick exit after three innings, which was curious.
As it turns out, Burriss felt a tweak in his hamstring and decided to let trainers know. Then the decision was made to remove him.
"I've got a good thing going," Burriss told CSNBayArea.com. "Might as well speak up if you don't feel right. I've played a lot of innings. It's nothing serious at all."
Burriss, who is hitting .417 this spring, likely will sit out a couple of games, which works out OK for the Giants. Look for Ryan Theriot to get starts at 2B the next couple of days.
Theriot played in a minor-league game Wednesday as he tried to find the timing in his bat. The Giants need to make a call by next Thursday on whether or not to keep Theriot. Henry Schulman of the SF Chronicle had a nice story about Theriot's situation. To read it, click here.
- LF Brett Pill, who has been quiet lately, made some noise with a three-run home run in the fourth. Just as noteworthy, he took his first walk of the spring.
- DH Buster Posey went 2 for 4, raising his spring average to .294.
- C Chris Stewart went 1 for 2 with a walk. He also gunned down Asdrubel Cabrera trying to steal second.
- C Hector Sanchez kept swinging the hot bat, going 2 for 2, with a double, bumping his spring average to .480.
- P Eric Surkamp continues to give the Giants confidence that they have some depth in the rotation. Surkamp would be the No. 1 option to fill in if there is an injury or if someone (read: Zito) struggles. He gave up two runs in five innings, both runs scoring on a two-run homer to Shelley Duncan.
Tim Linecum faces Jamie Moyer as the Giants meet the Rockies at 7:10 p.m.
Giants health report: Sanchez, Vogelsong, Wilson, Posey
Stop me if you've heard this before.
The Giants hope that Freddy Sanchez will play his first game in the field on Friday.
Sanchez is slated to take infield practice on Thursday. If he shows manager Bruce Bochy what he wants to see, then Sanchez will play at second base Friday. If not, then he won't.
And if he doesn't play in the field Friday, it's time to really start thinking about Sanchez missing opening day.
Sanchez even admitted Monday that it's "getting late here."
"The big thing is double plays," Sanchez said. "I'm not getting as much on my throws as I should."
RYAN VOGELSONG: The news was better on Vogelsong. He is scheduled to make his spring training debut on Saturday, when he'll pitch one inning in the home split-squad game against the Rockies.
Bochy said the plan is to get Vogelsong up to five innings and 70 pitches by the end of spring training. But it's a narrow window.
If Saturday is his first start, he would get two more starts before the start of the season on normal rest: March 29 vs. the Rangers and April 3 vs. the Athletics in Oakland. That would align him to make his first regular-season start on April 9 at Colorado.
Bochy said that Vogelsong will throw only one inning in the game because "he'll be amped and we don't want any setbacks."
Translation: He'll likely throw more in the bullpen after his one inning Saturday. He threw 40 pitches in a live BP session on Tuesday.
Still, it seems extremely tight. It would make more sense to use the April 10 off day to skip Vogey's turn and have him open season on April 15 at home vs. Pirates.
BRIAN WILSON: The Giants said they are taking the foot off the accelerator on Wilson's pitching schedule after The Beard reported mild arm soreness.
Wilson last pitched Saturday and had been throwing every three days. The Giants have pushed him back to Thursday.
He played catch Wednesday and looked fine, according to CSNBayArea.com's Andrew Baggarly. Bochy said if it had been the regular season, Wilson would have pitched.
Wilson has hit 96 mph on the gun this spring, and Bochy called this normal spring soreness.
OK. But, still, hmmm.
BUSTER POSEY: Posey caught a spring-high six innings Tuesday and looked good when he pounced on a bunt attempt and threw out the batter at first.
"Buster looks fine," Bochy said. "We'll start cranking it up a little bit here."
The next step is catching back-to-back games, which could come soon. Posey was in the lineup Wednesday as a DH.
Many fans and media members have commented that opening day is two weeks away and Posey is only catching six innings.
It's not that he CAN'T catch a full game. It's that the Giants are taking it conservatively, trying not to push things, waiting to see how Posey reacts.
So far, Posey has responded well to every step he has taken this spring.


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Tonnes of gold imported to Dubai turned out to be fake. A valuable – and very expensive – lesson for the traders who were duped.
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Several tonnes of gold imported into the UAE by traders and investors has turned out to be fake, reports Emirates 24-7. The revelation has led to "millions of dirhams in losses and high levels of stress to the victims," says the website.
Mohamad Shakarchi, Managing Director of Emirates Gold, said: "A lot of people in the UAE who tried to import gold at lower prices or through dubious overseas companies have been cheated. We have inspected many consignments from African countries, especially Ghana, and found that there is not an ounce of gold in them. For importing pure dust or other metals with yellow colour, these traders have paid several million dirhams."
According to the report, some five tonnes of fake gold is now sitting with Dubai Customs. It says that a tonne of gold will cost approximately $40 million, so merchants estimate that the minimum loss of fake gold imported by local traders is nothing less than $200 million.
The scam goes like this, according to Emirates 24-7: African gold merchants claim to be in possession of large quantities of gold dust or gold bars, which they offer at below market prices. The would-be buyer is made to send money for travel of the seller, for insurance, for shipping and for refinery assays before they would receive anything of any value. Investors are shown samples, which may be original gold. But when the consignment reaches the port, it will be only mud or sand.
"The traders got greedy," said Shakarchi. "They thought they were getting gold at a discounted rate."
Kipp feels bad for the traders who lost so much money, but not too bad – by grabbing at what they thought was a bargain they ignored the most important two rules of making any sort of purchase: First, you get what you pay for (cut price items are cut price for a reason. In fact, in this instance they didn't even get what they paid for), and second, "caveat emptor" – let the buyer beware.
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Yeah. It is hard to feel too sorry for these folk. And you can be sure that more of this will be happening around the globe once gold really takes off for the stratosphere.


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Location in Namibia | |
Coordinates: 28°33′6″S 16°25′35″E / 28.55167°S 16.42639°ECoordinates: 28°33′6″S 16°25′35″E / 28.55167°S 16.42639°E | |
Country | Namibia |
Region | ǁKaras Region |
Constituency | Oranjemund Constituency |
Settled | 1936 |
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• Mayor | Henry Edward Coetzee (SWAPO) |
Elevation | 39 ft (12 m) |
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• Total | 3,908 |
Time zone | South African Standard Time (UTC+1) |
Oranjemund (German for: "Mouth of Oranje") is a town of 4,000 inhabitants situated in the extreme southwest of Namibia, on the northern bank of the Orange River mouth. It exists to service the diamond industry.
The town was run by Namdeb (formerly Consolidated Diamond Mines), now a subsidiary of De Beers. Access to, and settlement in Oranjemund was restricted to employees and their relatives. Its infrastructure is superior to that of other towns in Namibia's South, due to it not being dependent on cost recovery from its inhabitants. In the second half of the 20th century, Oranjemund featured a large recreational complex with swimming pool, cinema, restaurants and bars.[2] Water is still provided free of charge, and until 2009 so was electricity.[3] There is a border post to South Africa, only persons with pre-application of 1 month are allowed to cross the border.
First established in 1936, following Hans Merensky's discovery of significant alluvial diamond deposits on the north bank of the Orange River and the adjacent northern coastline. Production of mainly gem-quality diamonds has remained in the region of 2 million carats (400 kg) per year since inception of the mine, mainly through improvements in technology.
In 2012 the town was proclaimed an open town and the 2221 registered voters could elect local authority councillors for the first time on 16 March 2012. SWAPO won the elections, and since 23 March 2012 Henry Edward Coetzee is the town's mayor.
Oranjemund has a mild desert climate (BWn, according to the Köppen climate classification), with pleasant temperatures throughout the year. The average annual precipitation is 50 mm (2 in).
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The Oranjemund Airport has services operated by Air Namibia going to Cape Town, Lüderitz, Walvis Bay and Windhoek.
- ^ "Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)" (PDF). Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 39. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ Alexander, Mike. "THE REC CLUB!". oranjemundonline.com. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ Alexander, Mike. "Paying for Power!". oranjemundonline.com. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
External links[edit]
- Oranjemund Town Council, official website
- Oranjemund Online, unofficial website with historic pictures
- Oranjemund weather conditions


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It was a long night, little to no sleep for the little guy when all of a sudden every thing you did as a parent set him into a whirlwind of whining, screaming and hitting. The kid was stomping around as if you just told him the world was ending, a nightmare. The parent without the most sleep starts to feel their own self wanting to join in on this whirlwind of craziness but then it dawns on that parent that the "if you can't beat them, join them" theory may not prove to work in this type of scenario. That is when the parent pulls out the big guns, ignore the temper tantrum.
That's right, you heard me, ignore the little temper tantrum throwing child. Sit back and make sure that the child is out of harms way and let that child throw their little fit of rage. Nine times out of ten if that child is ignored the fit will diffuse rather quickly, leaving the situation to resolve itself easily. Of course, if ignoring this child is only making things worse then maybe it's time to give them a time out in a safe area and make sure that they serve one minute per age in a time out. Whatever you do, do not join in on the temper tantrum as it will usually only feed the fire more.
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These are all SUPER excellent tips for dealing effectively w/a temper tantrum. I have four children (two grown), and have seen my fair share of tempers flying. Staying calm and just telling them to act like that in another room has always worked best for me. And in no time at all they're back to playing or being nice again.
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Clift, Ben and Tomlinson, Jim. (2008) Negotiating credibility: Britain and the International Monetary Fund 1956–1976. Contemporary European History, Vol.17 (No.4). pp. 545-566. ISSN 0960-7773
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For twenty years before the famous crisis of 1976 Britain was a regular borrower from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Through this lending role, the Fund in these years played a key part in determining the credibility of British policies. Borrowing from the Fund meant that British policy had to be seen as conforming to certain norms, but these norms were always negotiable, albeit within shifting limits. This article uses archival material from London and Washington to examine these processes of negotiation, showing how far British policy was shaped by the desires of the IMF, and how far it was able to maintain autonomy in national economic policy.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
Alternative Title: | Negotiating credibility: Britain and the IMF 1956-1976 |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies |
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | International Monetary Fund, Finance, Public -- Great Britain -- History -- 1945-, Economics -- Great Britain -- Foreign influences, Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1945-1964, Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1964-1979, Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1945-1964, Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1964-1979 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Contemporary European History |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Official Date: | November 2008 |
Volume: | Vol.17 |
Number: | No.4 |
Page Range: | pp. 545-566 |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0960777308004700 |
Status: | Peer Reviewed |
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC), Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (CT), University of Warwick. Dept. of Politics and International Studies |
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I'm coming off a terrible week. I went 6-12-1 against the line and am now four under .500 for the season. The good: picking USC to hammer Ohio State. The bad: expecting Texas Tech to really blow out SMU. The ugly: thinking Oregon would rout Purdue. Here are this week's guesses:
Thursday, Sept. 18
WVU 30, Colorado 27
The Mountaineers' ground attack really hasn't gotten cranked up yet, but I think it will. However, CU's young line, which also has struggled, should acquit itself fairly well against an inexperienced WVU D that didn't do a very good job of containing ECU. In the end, Pat White will outshine young Cody Hawkins.
Friday, Sept. 19
UConn 27, Baylor 17
This is an interesting matchup featuring two very productive running games. Baylor QB Robert Griffin is one of the most exciting freshmen in the country. He's not as polished as Pat White, but he is faster. And White has dominated the UConn defense the past two years. Expect Griffin and the Baylor backfield to break some big runs, but underrated UConn RB Donald Brown, who has been fantastic in the first month of the season, will prove too much for the Bears' D.
Saturday, Sept. 20
Ohio State 38, Troy 17
These Trojans aren't as explosive as the ones from USC, but they shouldn't be taken lightly. Troy has played in a lot of hostile places and performed pretty well in those games over the past four seasons. Still, the Buckeyes will be looking to take a lot of frustration out here, and I expect their offense to attack all day. Troy QB Jamie Hampton will see more pressure than he's ever faced before.
ECU 13, NC State 7
The Pack's offense continues to struggle, although I expect their D to be very inspired by the chance to knock off ECU in front of the home crowd. Last year, State jumped on ECU early and will need to do that again to have any shot.
Penn State 34, Temple 13
This will be the toughest defense the Nittany Lions have faced thus far, and Temple will snap PSU's season-long run of scoring at least 35 by halftime. Trouble is, the Owls don't run the ball well enough to keep Joe Paterno's offense off the field long enough to keep things interesting into the second half.
Alabama 31, Arkansas 13
Bobby Petrino's new team has looked terrible its first two times out, but still squeaked out wins against some undermanned opponents. Alabama will be too much of a challenge, especially for a defense that has looked lost at times. I'll go with the Tide despite recent history in which the home team has won the past four times in this series.
Mizzou 52, Buffalo 17
No team's offense has been sharper than the Tigers. Chase Daniel's passes have barely touched the ground. Mizzou probably won't be able to stay quite as hot as it has been the previous three games, but the Tigers still have too many weapons for the improving MAC squad. But don't be surprised if Buffalo's offense provides a few fireworks in the first half.
BYU 58, Wyoming 10
The Cowboys' D is a different challenge for Max Hall than UCLA, which threw more man coverage at the gifted BYU QB. It won't matter. Last year, Wyoming had the league's top D, and the Cougars lit them up for 300-plus yards in the first half alone. This is a home game for BYU, and the offense is even better this time around.
Florida 31, Tennessee 17
The team that runs the ball best almost always wins in this series. In the past two years, UF has outgained the Vols by an amazing 376-26 margin. As much as I think UT will try to pound the Gators, while mixing in some special packages with WR Gerald Jones, UF's front seven will be the difference. Well, that and UF's big edge at receiver.
Oregon 27, Boise State 10
The Ducks' diversity on offense is a great test for the underrated Broncos' D, but the big difference will be Oregon's defense playing in a very nasty home environment against redshirt freshman QB Kellen Moore, who is playing behind four new starters on the Boise O-line.
Utah 34, AFA 20
The Falcons don't even think about throwing it, but still find a way to pile up yards on the ground. They've also been very competitive with Utah over the past five years, including a 20-12 road win last year. Expect Utah to wear down the Falcons in the second half.
The Golden Panthers' offense has been almost nonexistent thus far, scoring just 10 points in two games, and this will be the fastest defense FIU has faced yet. USF QB Matt Grothe may not be getting much Heisman hype, but he should put up big numbers for three quarters here.
Texas 55, Rice 14
QB Colt McCoy and the Horns have been impressive early on, and UT has a good history of putting up big numbers against the Owls, breaking the 50-point barrier in each of the last three meetings. Rice's offense isn't bad, but keeping it close in Austin is too much to expect.
FSU, 23, Wake 20
Jim Grobe's team has handled the Noles in the past two meetings, including a 30-0 rout the last time they came to Tallahassee (2006). My hunch is that this FSU defense will have a few more answers for Wake this time around.
Auburn 13, LSU 10
The home team has dominated this game in the past eight meetings. With nasty defenses and inexperienced QBs, the teams mirror each other. I'll ride the home-field edge and the hunch that Chris Todd will be a little sharper than the LSU QBs.
This is a tough road trip for the Dawgs, and even though Georgia has the talent edge, Dennis Erickson will have his team ready. The Sun Devils have some good speed rushers, especially DE Dexter Davis, and getting MLB Morris Wooten back will help. It still won't be quite enough to upset Knowshon Moreno & Co.
Fresno 24, Toledo 20
Tough bounce-back assignment for the Bulldogs. Tom Amstutz's program has been surprisingly stout in games at the Glass Bowl, including a win over Kansas in 2006. Even if it's not coming from the inside, the pressure will be on FSU to make a statement and look impressive, and that could backfire.
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Kiplinger tweaked the recipe when he took over as head brewer six years ago.
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The item I miss using the most from when my daughter was a baby is the baby sling & the Bjorn. I miss having her so close to me; I miss her being small enough to fit into the darn things! Now baby slings are associated with granola moms or attachment parenting. Sure, they strap their babies to them, but I have to tell you, you are going to want to have that carrier, especially if the baby comes during nice weather (spring – fall). I put my daughter in the Bjorn to take a walk, to walk around the apartment to get her to sleep, and well anytime I wanted to use both my hands, I put her in there. My daughter certainly lived up to the theory that babies like to be close to you. Heck, she's almost five and she still wants to be next to us. I also used a wrap sling. It wasn't as easy to use as the Bjorn, but I'm sure that was because I didn't use it enough to learn all the tricks. In the end, the carrier was quite a life saver. So send your friend this perfect gift. Technorati tags: What to Buy Wednesday, motherhood, parenthood, gift
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Attachment parenting seems like not a bad thing to me anyway, although I am sure that there must be...excesses, as with everything else. I like the marsupialness of the sling, the idea, anyway, whatever that means from a nonparent.
sling worked *way* better for me than anything else, esp. with son who had some serious reflux. Often, sitting in a chair with him in the sling was the only way we could get any sleep at all. He could be upright so that his tummy didn't bother him, and we didn't have to be scared that if our arms relaxed from falling asleep, he'd go crashing to the floor.
man, those early years of babyhood--they're like a haze to me. i'd forgotten until I wrote this how little sleep we got...


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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Vincent Lecavalier picked a good time to pull out of a scoring slump.
The Tampa Bay star had two goals and as assist, and Sean Burke stopped 29 shots in his first start since returning from a broken finger, leading the defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning to a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Monday night.
Lecavalier ended a stretch of six consecutive games without a goal, bolstering the Lightning's push for a playoff spot.
"It's good to boost your confidence a little bit. The net was getting really small," Lecavalier said. "But the most important thing, we got that win."
The victory lifted the Lightning into a tie with idle Montreal for seventh place in the Eastern Conference and also put a crimp in Florida's chances of sneaking into the eighth - and final - playoff position.
The Panthers, who won 11 of 13 to climb into the race, trail the Lightning and Canadiens by eight points with seven games remaining. Tampa Bay (85 points) also bolstered its advantage over ninth-place Atlanta, which had 78 points - one ahead of Florida and Toronto - following its loss at Ottawa.
"This is a sprint right now. That's the way we're approaching it," Lightning coach John Tortorella said. "By no means are we set. Too many crazy things happen as far as this race is concerned."
The Panthers won five of six previous meetings with the Lightning, including a pair of overtime victories and a 4-2 win at home on Saturday. This time, they fell behind 2-0 in the first period and never fully recovered.
Fredrik Modin's 30th goal got the Lightning off to a quick start, and Lecavalier added his 33rd on a nifty move around goalie Roberto Luongo for a two-goal lead that Burke was able to protect in his first start since March 13.
The 39-year-old goalie was sidelined for more than two weeks with a broken finger. He returned in relief of John Grahame during the second period of Saturday night's loss to the Panthers and stopped all nine shots he faced.
"There was definitely a focus on what we needed to do for the obvious reasons," Burke said. "I think if we lose this game, we all realize that we put ourselves in a bad spot for the rest of the way."
The Panthers trimmed their deficit to 2-1 on Nathan Horton's goal with 4:34 remaining in the second and nearly tied it when Jonathan Sim's shot deflected off Burke's pad into the net just after time expired in the period.
Lecavalier put the game away in the third, scoring his 34th goal to set a career high on a rebound shot that deflected off Florida's Lucas Krajicek before skipping into the net with 4:23 left. He added an assist on Ruslan Fedotenko's empty-net goal that made it 4-1.
Luongo, who finished with 26 saves, said Tampa Bay's strong start was the difference. Although both teams wound up taking 30 shots, the Lightning held a 14-5 advantage in the opening period.
"They came out strong in the first and pretty much sealed the game right there," Luongo said. "They're not the Stanley Cup champions for nothing. They know how to play, especially with the lead."
Notes: Tampa Bay's Brad Richards had an assist on Modin's goal, extending his point streak to a franchise-record nine games. Martin St. Louis had an eight-game streak earlier this season. ... Panthers C Jozef Stumpel has missed three games with a left hip injury. ... Lightning D Pavel Kubina missed his third consecutive game with a lower body injury. ... Lightning D Dan Boyle (ankle) returned after missing three games. ... With 30 goals, Modin is two shy of his career high.
1st Period | ||||
09:24 TBL | Freddy Modin (30) ASST: Brad Richards (63) | 1 - 0 TBL | ||
15:07 TBL | Vincent Lecavalier (33) ASST: Vinny Prospal (50) | 2 - 0 TBL | ||
2nd Period | ||||
15:26 FLA | Nathan Horton (27) ASST: Jon Sim (14), Jay Bouwmeester (39) | 2 - 1 TBL | ||
3rd Period | ||||
15:37 TBL | PPG - Vincent Lecavalier (34) ASST: Darryl Sydor (19), Dan Boyle (35) | 3 - 1 TBL | ||
18:11 TBL | EN - Ruslan Fedotenko (24) ASST: Vincent Lecavalier (34), Vinny Prospal (51) | 4 - 1 TBL |
1st Period | ||
07:07 FLA | Olli Jokinen Roughing | |
2nd Period | ||
03:12 TBL | Tim Taylor Slashing | |
06:22 FLA | Chris Gratton Hooking | |
08:43 FLA | Jon Sim Too many men/ice - bench | |
13:03 TBL | Cory Sarich Hooking | |
17:57 TBL | Dimitri Afanasenkov Hooking | |
19:57 TBL | Dan Boyle Delaying Game-Puck over glass | |
3rd Period | ||
03:16 TBL | Paul Ranger Tripping | |
06:36 FLA | Olli Jokinen Hooking | |
14:53 FLA | Jay Bouwmeester Hooking |
Saves: 26 | EV: 21 - 23 |
Saves: 29 | EV: 16 - 17 |
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During the last ten-15 years health care in Sweden has really declined. I hae nothing to complain about - except for my visit at the mental clinic where circumstances was beyond bad, I have been astonished about how well I have been recieved.
And the same with my swollen leg. When I finally decided to do something about it I learned how to register mysel and ask for an appointment online - did this one morning and two hours later I recieved a text message with an appointment four days later....
When I arrived I waited for ... five minutes? - after appointed time and then met the doctor. Who was thorough, verbal and had a polite attitude ( it might help that I am also polite but verbal...) and after an examination he sent me off to lab for a lot of tests, and EKG ad we agreed that I would let company healthcare check my blood pressure under calmer cicumstances.
I so did five days later and mailed the result to this doctor - snailmail because there was no mailadress.
After a day or two he called me and told me that all my test results were fine. As I have told him about my eating disorder, my attempts to lose weight and my anxiety over my health due to that weight I asked hi what his response to that might be (he had not reacted that much when I told him) he started talking about gastric bypass - the only solution he knew - and we agreed that we would coninue the discussion in august, after seeing waht effect the diuretic would have on my swollen leg and blood pressure.
Today he called again ( I am amazed, althoug I DO get this very good service all the time I hear so many stories about people being neglected ) and said that he hadkept exploring the idea about gastric bypass. I am on the verge of becoming too old but he would send me for a enquiry (?) meeting with th people who work with it in this region if I wanted. I said yes � after my own investigation I am more doubtful than before but I also hope to get mor information, maybe other solutions...
He said that the fact that I had a eating disorder disqualified me for an operation - I said that the only difference between me and the other obese patients was that I am honest about my behaviour. I asked him if he truly believed that an obese person (BMI plus 40) would stay obese if they could help it? He agreed that it did not seem logical.
I am back thinking about the drastic changes I needed to make to quit drinking alcohol - what if I became as drastic with food?
1. Because it is almost impossible - I can�t stop working, having social contact, being alone, preparing food etc. etc. As well as with smoking (nowadays) alcohol is still kept in a certain area of life and once I decided it was easy to stay away from those areas until I felt more secure with a sober life.
That method woks for things that should be excluded - but what about things that should be handled?
What if I could go to a "detox"-treatment, like alcoholics do? Unfortuately there are none available if your are not extremely rich or willing to be exposed like in "biggest loser" � which is not a healthy way of attacking your eating disorder...
Time is really running out!
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I am pleased for you that you have a good doctor!
You are wondering about making lasting changes in your life in terms of your obesity and difficulties with food.
As RESTORETOSANITY pointed out, it can seem strange contemplating staying away from eating, as we need to eat to survive, but we can (with our Higher Power's and our sponsor's help) stay away from OVER eating/bingeing.
I urge you to check out your local Overeaters Anonymous group. You might just feel like you have "come home" when you join.
All the best to you!
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Please don't panic about time running out. I know you feel the sooner the excess weight is gone the better you will feel, but I think recovering from any addiction takes time. I know I've heard that it only takes 30 days to establish a habit, but that's just too simplistic. You need to learn to get through today without binging. You need to learn to get through weekends, holidays, rainy days, gray days, sunny days, happy days, sad days, birthdays and all the rest. My heart goes out to you in your struggle.
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That is a big decision. I have seen some have great success with surgery and some that have failed. They usually do work with you on changes to be made even if you have surgery. Best of luck to you and praying for a wisdom in this huge decision.
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no two bodies are the same . no two people can say I think I need to have by pass . and have the same results
. you have to do what is best for you . If something doesn't work try another . good luck to you .
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As a 122# loser, all I can do is offer you support on the journey. Let me know how I can help with this.
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I'm sorry but I think he is right about not using the bypass under the circumstances. All I have to compare are my niece and a co:worker. The coworker had to follow an eating plan and lose weight before her bypass. My niece did not. The coworker is now slim and holding after several years. My niece has lost weight but is still obese after two and half years. A bypass will not keep a person from returning to overeating.
Every person who has ever accomplished what you want to accomplish has been convinced at some point and often for years that she couldn't do it, but at some point, she changed her mind. The fear of the consequences or the misery of the present conditions or something changed and she could do it. You don't even have to become thin to live healthier. Maintaining even a 10% loss and being consistently active have been shown to be just about as powerful as becoming thin.
You CAN outlast the urges to overeat, even if it means doing it a few hours at a time. It won't be like that every day. YOU CAN. No one is asking you to run a marathon or become an astronaut or other things that really take outlandish skills.
OA's motto used to be three meals a day and life in between. You can do that, or something similar, Meddy, They don't have to be small meals, but they have to have a beginning and end. You don't have to be completely absorbed in other activities not to eat, though that helps. You can do this.
OR you can come to peace over not doing it.
I admire you so much. I've watched you for a long time. Iwill never lose faith in you.
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Definitely a personal decision; glad you are educating yourself. Over the years I've struggled through a lot of stages trying to manage my weight. An alcoholic can choose to give up alcohol; we have to eat. Control is more of a challenge than abstinence, in my opinion. But, I could give up types of food that proved troublesome more easily than control them. Now, my control is only having them out and with others where portions and availability are controlled. Eating vegetarian helped, not because meat was a problem for me, but because it allowed me more food and less hunger. Hunger will always win; if we are consuming empty calories we will be hungry. After trying a vegan diet; I gradually added fish, low fat dairy and eggs back into my diet to meet my protein needs more easily. I've found what works for me and love the way I feel today. I have no desire to go back to mindless eating. I truly hope you will find what works for you.
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I suggest, instead of surgery, to search for a good therapist or clinic that helps (through therapy) with eating disorders. And a course in mindfulness.
In it's fundament, the overeating is not a medical problem (though the consequences, the physical complaints, are), so, why look for a medical solution (is my reasoning).
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Please keep talking about alternatives with this doctor, he seems to be a goo guy.
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It's great you met a good doctor. However, think clearly and rationally about ultimately what you want to accomplish, whether it's with surgery or not. Your not running out of time, you have time. Get a second opinion, do some research, and think about it. You don't want to live with any regrets. Do what's best for you at the end of the day.
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After having used the steps and complete abstinence from using drugs and alcohol for so long, I was bewildered at this as well. Overeater's Anonymous saved my butt with this stuff.
Basically what we are powerless over is Compulsive Overeating. A food sponsor and I decide together what that is for me, and I'm considered abstinent when I stick to the plan. This has really been working for me.
It does require some thought as to what makes you overeat and what doesn't; there are some trigger foods that one day at a time I think won't ever be back on my food plan. There are other foods and behaviors that I stayed away from early on that I've been able to add back. It does require rigorous honesty.
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Hi, haven't had contact with you for a long time. Lap band procedure was recommended for me about 6 years ago and after attending a presurgical info session I decided against it as I decided the small dietary intake could be done without surgery, so I found a weight program which worked cause I was so motivated. In 18 months I lost 100 lbs and felt great. In order to continue on the program I would have had to pay 100 dollars a month which was only for weekly weigh ins and having a person read my food diary and makes suggestions which I decided against. I have gradually regained 50 of those hard to lose lbs and the only way I canlose the again is too restrict my calories again, knowing that I will have to continue to restrict y calories the rest of my life to keep those excess lbs off, but I am still glad I did not go for the surgical solution. I started at about 280 lbs and now am at 235, holding there for about 2 years..every day knowing I do need to weigh less than 180 lbs for the sake of my health. Just had to share my story...
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