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11/8/2012 (3 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
What the results of this Presidential election require is a new movement dedicated to authentic social justice, rightly understood - and not some counterfeit. We need a true human rights movement which is authentically ecumenical and unapologetically dedicated to life, family, freedom and solidarity.
"Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him and say, 'This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish" (Lk. 14).
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
11/8/2012 (3 years ago)
Published in U.S.
Keywords: Obama wins, Romney loses, campaign 2012, Catholic Action, Right to life, pro-Life, pro-Marriage, gay marriage, common good, human rights, civil disobedience, solidarity, Keith A Fournier
CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - I stayed up as late as I could - as late as I had to - to confirm what I had suspected for some time - President Barack Obama was reelected to another four year term of office.
I slept surprisingly well. Not because I am not worried about the future of Nation and the freedom of the Church under the coming second Obama term. I am deeply worried. But because I knew I had done everything that I could to ensure a different result and that the future is in the hands of a loving God.
I awakened this morning to see the results. I found these words from the Gospel of Wednesday's Liturgy to be quite apropos:
"Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him and say, 'This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish" (Lk. 14).
We have a tower to build. We have work to do. We must calculate the cost and begin.
Those who read my regular commentaries know that I began the 2012 Presidential campaign season doing what I could to assist my friend and a great American Catholic hero, former Senator Rick Santorum. He sacrificed greatly in his campaign for the Presidency.
He did so because of his deep love for this Nation and his sincere Catholic faith. Rick Santorum is a modern day Thomas More. His insistence on the recognition of the Right to Life and Defense of Marriage and family never receded in his public positioning.
His untiring defense of authentic human freedom, and most especially the first freedom, Religious Freedom, were the hallmarks of his campaign. Yes, he addressed the other important policy matters, political, economic and international issues, but never by downplaying those foundational concerns.
When the Senator withdrew from the Presidential campaign I stepped up in support of the nominee of the Republican Party, Mitt Romney. I was buoyed in a particular way by the choice of his running mate, Paul Ryan, another dynamic and unapologetic Catholic candidate whose future, like the Senators, still stretches ahead in American politics.
I did so, not because they were Republicans, but because I determined, through the exercise of my informed conscience, that they would best ensure that life, marriage, family, and religious freedom were protected.
The Romney/Ryan ticket lost the election. I am disappointed but not dejected. There is too much work to be done to waste any time. Governor Romney was gracious in defeat. He is a good man and will continue to serve our Nation with distinction.
I began to get a sense for where this was going a few days ago. Yesterday morning, as I considered the possibility of this result, I was struck with a football analogy. I remember thinking to myself, "whichever ticket wins, it only determines your position on the field". This morning, the analogy rings truly hollow.
There are serious consequences which will follow this election result. It requires a serious response.
The Obama administration is hostile to our first neighbor, the child in the womb. They fail to hear the cry of those whom Blessed Teresa rightly called the "poorest of the poor" - while purporting to be a friend of the poor.
The fundamental Human Right to Life revealed by the Natural Law, confirmed by medical science, and affirmed in the Birth Certificate of the Nation, the Declaration of Independence, is now at an even greater risk of being replaced by an evil counterfeit "right" to take their life, based on little but convenience. That is the effect of legal abortion on demand.
This administration refuses to defend true marriage - and the family and society founded upon it. It seems "hell bent" on doing the bidding of the social and cultural engineers who want to write into the positive law of the Nation a legal equivalency between homosexual partnerships and marriages. That would also place the police power of the State behind enforcing a dangerous social experiment. The entire social order is placed in jeopardy if that occurs.
This administration has revealed its disrespect for the robust vision of religious liberty enshrined in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. This is made most clear in the HHS Mandate. The Free Exercise of Religion, so integral to the American experiment in ordered liberty, is placed in jeopardy in the Presidents second term.
In its place the administration seeks to substitute a notion of a freedom to worship which relegates our mission as a Christian Church to the four corners of our Church buildings. The "religious exception" offered will not allow us to implement the mandate of the 25th chapter of Matthews Gospel and reach out into the culture with the love of Jesus - as he reveals himself in the poor and the needy.
The HHS mandate, through which the Affordable Care Act will be enforced, places us in the position of having to disobey Caesar or violate our deeply held religious beliefs. We will not comply. We will not fund sterilizations and abortion inducing contraceptives. We will engage, if necessary, in civil disobedience.
Like the fate of the social outreaches of the Church which place children without mothers and fathers in homes for adoption, her hospitals, soup kitchens, and other vital outreaches to the poor are now at risk of being shut down.
We will not stop our missionary efforts because solidarity demands that we continue. We are called to love the world as God so loved the world. As the Body of Christ, we continue the redemptive mission of Jesus our Head. This administration which purports to be an advocate of the "least of these", may soon be revealed as more akin to a hostile Caesar.
What the results of this Presidential election require is a new movement dedicated to authentic social justice, rightly understood - and not some counterfeit. We need a true human rights movement which is authentically ecumenical and unapologetically dedicated to life, family, freedom and solidarity.
We must use every legal means at our disposal to oppose the administration when it violates fundamental human rights such as the Rights to Life and Religious Freedom or fails to protect marriage and the family.
We must find the means to assist the Church as she pursues her mission of caring for the poor and the needy in all of their manifestations without government aid - if receiving such aid requires that she compromise what cannot be compromised.
We must be willing to commit acts of civil disobedience when defending authentic social justice and human rights requires it. Our task will require heroic men and women willing to face those consequences - and a lots of good lawyers ready to defend them.
We must lay out the parts. We must build a tower. We must raise up a movement.
We need a tower from which we can shout out the liberating truth to an age which has succumbed to many lies. A tower from which we can see the field of struggle which lies before us and chart the course truly forward to a future of authentic human freedom and flourishing.
I close by sharing the words proclaimed by Blessed John Paul II as he began his service to the Church and the world into which she is sent, "Be Not Afraid."
Take time today to pray for our Nation. Pray for the President, that he may undergo a genuine conversion on the matters which we know are vital to our future as a truly free people. It can happen!
Then, let us pray for one another, that we may all remain strong and become courageous in the struggle which lies ahead.
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Year In Review: 13 Movie Doppelgangers from 2013
- By Kevin Carr
- @kevincarr
- December 20, 2013
Every year, there seem to be unintended themes emerging from movie releases. It's almost as if the studios called each other to coordinate projects like friends in high school planning to wear matching outfits on a Friday. Sometimes this effect is unintentional, like when an emerging movie star manages to...
'Turbo' Review: A Vintage Story With a Little Rust
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- @rejects
- July 18, 2013
"Where were you on the day they let a snail race in the Indy 500?" This one line, spoken by Paul Page or Chris Parnell, I can't remember which — they both play telecasters of the Indy 500 race in the film — pretty much sums up what's going on...
'Turbo' Trailer Redefines Snail's Pace
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- @scottmbeggs
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First 'Turbo' Trailer is Going for Speed
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- @rejects
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The Ambitious Animated Slate to Expect from DreamWorks Through 2016
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Midweek Madness - Beau Robinson falcons Rynhardt Elstadt
There's not too much that can be said about this one, except that Beau Robinson clearly doesn't have much sympathy for Rynhardt Elstadt after pelting the ball into his head from point-blank range during the Reds vs Stormers game. You can even see him get agitated for a second or two after. MORE »
Monday, April 23, 2012
Sam Vesty butchers try as Tom Varndell chases him down
Sam Vesty was badly shown up on the weekend as his premature showboating may prove signicant to the outcome of the Aviva Premiership relegation battle, as well as Bath's European ambitions. It brought back memories of Robbie Fleck, and others. MORE »
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Referee Nigel Owens chats to the TMO, on an iPhone
Welsh referee Nigel Owens is in the spotlight yet again and this time it's not for being knocked over by a player, not for coming up with a catchphrase, and not for telling off thirty grown men. This time it's for speaking on a mobile phone, during a match. MORE »
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Bath's Olly Barkley sorts out a transvestite pitch invader
Bath were beaten 16-9 by Sale Sharks on the weekend following a late try that ended their three-match losing streak. The moment everyone has been talking about though was this tackle from a grumpy looking Olly Barkley, on a pitch invader. MORE »
Friday, April 13, 2012
Friday Funnies - The George Robson tunnel slip
Title holders Harlequins slipped out of the Amlin Challenge Cup last weekend as Toulon beat them 37-8 at the Stade Felix Mayol. The signs were ominous for the visitors from the moment they stepped out of the changeroom. MORE »
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Midweek Madness - The Adam Ashley-Cooper cartwheel
Over the course of his Test and Super Rugby career, Adam Ashley-Cooper has found himself shifted all over the back division, and his latest move sees him taking up a spot on the wing, a role he's head over heels about. MORE »
Friday, March 23, 2012
Friday Funnies - Touchdown!
This week's Friday Funny features a bizarre passage of play from France's second division, Pro D2, and the match between Mont De Marsan and Pau. So much happens here that it's actually pretty difficult to comment on, and even understand. French commentary didn't help. MORE »
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Rugby Club Plays of the Week 2012 - Round 2
It's been a busy week, and even busier weekend so far, so here's a quick look at another great Plays of the Week from Fox Sports, which focusses on round 2 of Super Rugby. As usual, there's the usual serving of great hits, tries, and hilarious bloopers. Enjoy. MORE »
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Greg Martin rips into smart Tahs Tom Carter following dramatic Reds win
This week Waratahs back Tom Carter has taken a lot of flack for his onfield antics against the Reds, shortly before they pulled off that last-gasp win in Sydney. Both Digby Ioane and pundit Greg Martin have had a go at him, so here's a quick look at that. MORE »
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
All Blacks take down coptercam at training
Here's a look at the video many of you are talking about, as Israel Dagg of the All Blacks takes down a pesky coptercam with a swift and accurate throw of a rugby ball. Genuine, or another viral marketing ploy from the All Black brand and their sponsors? You decide. MORE »
Friday, February 24, 2012
Friday Funnies - Marland Yarde try saver on Marland Yarde
There's a lot going on this weekend, with Six Nations and Super Rugby taking center stage, but there's still time to share this fairly amusing moment from the LV= Cup a few week's back, where a young man's eagerness got the better of him. MORE »
Friday, February 17, 2012
Friday Funnies - Joe Van Niekerk scores with a vertical leap try
Today's funny clip comes from the Top 14, and was actually requested by one of the guys on the field when it happened. It features Joe Van Niekerk finishing off a lovely Toulon try, but losing serious man points on the dive. MORE »
Friday, February 03, 2012
Friday Funnies - Stephen Donald low blow
All Black World Cup winner Stephen Donald played a large part in Bath's convincing win over a weakened Northampton Saints team in the LV= Cup on the weekend. He did however take a bit of a knock in the second half, which apparently needs to be shared. MORE »
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Romain Poite enjoys the funny game, but Geordan Murphy disagrees
Leicester Tigers were frustrated by Ulster in the Heineken Cup a few weeks back as they went down 41-7 at Ravenhill. Tempers boiled over in the second half, but referee Romain Poite maintained he was enjoying it. MORE »
Monday, January 09, 2012
Referee Nigel Owens - 'This is not Soccer'
Munster beat Benetton Treviso with a bonus point 29-11 victory in their RaboDirect Pro 12 encounter at Thomond Park on Saturday night. One of the moments that stood out was this amusing piece of officiating from Welsh referee Nigel Owens. MORE »
Friday, January 06, 2012
Benoit August playacting after James Short lashes out
In a week from now round 5 of the Heineken Cup resumes across Europe so today, and hopefully over the next week, we'll aim to post a few requested clips from previous rounds. Here's one that outraged Saracens fans, for more than one reason. MORE »
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Three refs take a tumble as they get in on the action
During the Super Rugby season we featured a video of three referees getting knocked over in one weekend. It seems as though it's not just those down south who want to get in the thick of it, as recently the same thing happened again, this time up north. MORE »
Friday, December 02, 2011
Friday Funnies - Schalk Brits, the best player in the Premiership
If ever there was a case of commentators curse, this is it as the apparent 'Player of the Premiership' Schalk Brits committed the cardinal sin of taking a quick tap a little too hastily, with new hooker John Smit watching on from the stands. MORE »
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Commentator Michael Corcoran the Cookie Munster
Following Ronan O'Gara's recent heroics in rounds 1 and 2 of the Heineken Cup, here's an amusing video that's doing the rounds that takes a look at how worked up Irish RTE Radio commentator Michael Corcoran was, so much so that he seemingly turned into the Cookie Monster. MORE »
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Felipe Contepomi's winning drop goal isn't a winning drop goal
Felipe Contepomi had a bit of a nightmare first start at flyhalf for Stade Francais in the Top 14 last weekend, as an earlier knock to the head clearly affected his thinking. Here's a look at that moment against Toulouse, as well as two great tries from the match. MORE »


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The Doctor Is in the Park
If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it fall, will it still be in a position to ask for $10 million a year? Not likely, yet despite all the talk in recent years about escalating salaries and the various economic indignities professional baseball has inflicted on its fans (including, most recently, the announcement that baseball's pooh-bahs intend to double World Series ticket prices this year), there is still precious little in the way of proper attention paid to those same fans and their importance to the game and its history.
There have been legions of legendary fans down through the years, from the unruly "bleacher bum" contingents in parks around the major leagues to colorful individuals such as Ebbets Field regulars Jack Pierce, a crazed Cookie Lavagetto devotee who would prime himself with scotch, purchase 10 seats, and surround himself with helium balloons; and Hilda Chester, whose signature was a pair of cowbells and incessant full-throated chatter. Yet the fact remains that there aren't any fans in the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, and the paying customer is woefully underrepresented in the game's extensive literature.
Which is a shame, because every franchise in the big leagues has certainly produced plenty of colorful and worthy candidates for fan immortality. And there is probably no fan alive who is more deserving of Hall of Fame status than current Twins season-ticket holder Seth Hawkins, a.k.a. "Dr. Fan," the 56-year-old retired college professor, "nationally recognized expert" on President James A. Garfield, former commissioner of intercollegiate chess, and owner/curator/resident of the Julian H. Sleeper House, a museum of Victorian decorative arts in St. Paul's Summit/Crocus Hill neighborhood. Even the briefest glimpse at Hawkins's sprawling curriculum vitae provides a jaw-dropping chronicle of baseball history in the last half of the 20th century.
Consider that Hawkins has been present for every 3,000th hit recorded in the major leagues since 1959 (there have been 13), from Henry Aaron's milestone in 1970 to Paul Molitor's entry to the select club in Kansas City in 1996. He also witnessed Aaron's record-breaking 715th home run and Pete Rose's 4,000th hit, as well as numbers 4,191 and 4,192, the hits that tied and broke Ty Cobb's all-time career mark. He was on hand for Phil Niekro's and Don Sutton's 300th victories, and when both Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton blew past Walter Johnson's career strike out record of 3,508. And in what Hawkins calls "the most important pure accident" of his heavily orchestrated and elaborately planned quest to witness baseball history, he was in the stands when Mike Schmidt hit his 500th career home run.
Then there are the ballparks. To date, Hawkins has seen regular-season games in all 58 ballparks used for major-league play since 1950, including such far-flung locales as Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City (where the Brooklyn Dodgers played seven games in 1956 and '57), Cashman Field in Las Vegas, Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, and the Estadio de Beisbol in Monterrey, Mexico. He was in attendance for the last New York Giants game at the Polo Grounds, the first-ever game at Camden Yards in Baltimore, and the first night game played at Wrigley Field. Naturally, he has already jetted off to games at the new stadiums in Phoenix and Tampa Bay this season.
"At some level it's not even about me anymore," Hawkins says. "There no longer seems to be a choice involved; when these events materialize I simply have to go. At this point there's this snowball that keeps rolling."
The Dr. Fan odyssey had its genesis in a New York boyhood in the 1950s. Hawkins grew up in Jamaica Queens, Long Island, the son of a railroad man and a mother who was an ardent baseball fan. As a child he regularly attended games at all three New York ballparks, and admits that he was never a partisan of any particular team (a staunch neutrality he maintains to this day), although he says that he was always partial to the Polo Grounds. "The Giants' management always saved a few rows behind home plate for general-admission tickets," Hawkins remembers. "If you ran like hell when the gates opened you could get a seat right behind home plate for $1.25." Hawkins was there in right field at the Polo Grounds when Willie Mays made his immortal catch of Vic Wertz's long drive to center in the 1954 World Series. While that event almost certainly fostered the boy's growing obsession with baseball history and his desire to bear witness, it was actually a trip he took with his mother two years earlier that planted the first seeds.
"My mother had heard that the Boston Braves might be moving, and she had the foresight to recognize that there was some historic import involved in such a move," Hawkins says. "So, through my father's job on the railroad we were able to take a free train ride up to Boston. I was 10 years old at the time, and that proved to be the only chance I ever had to see a game at Braves Field." By the next season, the Braves had relocated to Milwaukee and Hawkins's lifelong quest to experience firsthand the widest possible range of baseball history was under way.
After high school Hawkins stuck around New York to get his bachelor's degree from St. John's, and he eventually ended up with a Ph.D. in rhetoric and public address from Bowling Green. After stints with a couple of private colleges in the Northeast he landed in New Haven, teaching in the speech and communications department at Southern Connecticut University, where he stuck around for 35 years, offering classes in subjects ranging from sports broadcasting to international TV criticism. "Public-television junkies and Dr. Who fans packed my classrooms," he says. "The dumb athletes were warned to avoid my classes, as I would tolerate no excuses for late papers--when the clock runs out you can't score, I'd tell them, using an analogy I thought perhaps they'd understand. I must also say that I always treated the smart athletes with complete respect."
New Haven, it turned out, was a convenient launching pad for Dr. Fan excursions, allowing Hawkins relatively easy access to most of the teams on the East Coast. When Carl Yastrzemski was counting down to his 3,000th hit, the Red Sox were in the midst of a long home stand, and Hawkins took the train up to Boston every day as Yaz pressed for the elusive hit. "He was clearly rattled," Hawkins remembers, "and it took him the entire week. That was the most time-consuming of all the events, but thankfully there weren't any difficult logistics involved."
George Brett, in contrast, made things easy for Hawkins, going four-for-four with the 3,000th coming on his final hit of the game. Lou Brock got two hits a day for four days on his final assault of 3,000, but came up just short in the last game of a series at New York's Shea Stadium, forcing Hawkins to climb on a plane for St. Louis to witness the milestone. Eddie Murray and Dave Winfield each picked up their 3,000th hits in the Metrodome, allowing Hawkins to catch the express bus near his home in St. Paul for the half-hour ride to the Dome. "I thought Paul Molitor was going to save me some money as well," Hawkins says. But when Molitor's bid to notch his 3,000th in Minnesota fell just two shy, Hawkins dutifully boarded an all-night Greyhound bus for Kansas City and was on hand the next evening for the historic hit.
Obviously, lots of planning goes into Hawkins's baseball junkets, but the basic Dr. Fan modus operandi is really pretty simple. "I wait until the player gets within five hits and then I start making arrangements," Hawkins says. "I can't tell you how much I miss the old People's Express airlines. They were made for me. I could just go to the airport and get on a plane. It was particularly handy when I was chasing Pete Rose during the countdown to Cobb's record. I flew to Chicago, where he tied the record at Wrigley Field and then struck out against Lee Smith in the ninth, so I flew on to Cincinnati. I had originally planned on Cincinnati all along, but Rose got a little more efficient down the stretch, and I ended up in Chicago a couple days ahead of schedule."
It's certainly not easy being Dr. Fan, and it's certainly not cheap; yet Hawkins says that the only scare he's ever had, in terms of almost not getting into an event, was for the 1987 World Series in Minneapolis. "It was an event for me," Hawkins says, "because it featured the first indoor World Series games. Tickets were very hard to come by." He insists that the most money he's ever had to pay to secure tickets to a game was $400 for the first World Series in Toronto. "First World Series game in Canada," Hawkins says. "I couldn't miss that." Which begs the question: What does and does not constitute a can't-miss Dr. Fan event?
"Three thousand hits," Hawkins says. "That's mandatory. And 4,000 and 5,000, of course. I don't know what it is, but 3,000 hits has always had a fascination for me. New stadiums are mandatory. My rule now is that I need to get there in the first year the stadium is in operation. All the other things--the 500 home runs, 300 victories, the individual records--I'll generally do if they don't represent crazy hardship. Events like that can be very hard to predict, and difficult to plan."
For a time Hawkins was troubled by bad dreams that Tony Gwynn and Wade Boggs would end up getting their 3,000th hits on the same day, but that's no longer even a remote possibility, and times are good for Dr. Fan. He makes the bus trip down to the Dome for most Twins games, hosts a "Great Speeches" series at the University Club on the second Tuesday of every month, and figures that sometime in September he'll be getting on a plane headed for some National League city, looking to add the single-season home run record to his personal scrapbook.
"It doesn't bother me in the least that I might have to run up my frequent-flier miles again," Hawkins says. "I haven't worn down the numbers on my credit card yet, and I'm prepared for complications. When someone gets to 58, I'm sure I'll once again be running for the departure gate."
St. Paul, however, is his home base, which is a story in itself. Although Hawkins's peripatetic career brought him to Minnesota on Dr. Fan excursions from time to time (games at old Met stadium and the 1987 and 1991 World Series), it wasn't until his retirement as a professor at Southern Connecticut University in 1993 that he relocated here, for a reason that had nothing to do with baseball.
"St. Paul had the largest preserved Victorian district in the country," he says. "I had been collecting Victorian decorative-arts furnishings for many years, and the Julian Sleeper house was on the market so I bought it and moved here. It was the perfect fit. I've basically been living in the 1880s for much of my adult life, so why not take it as far as I can? Right after the Civil War, America became a very prosperous country, the economy was booming, professional baseball was just getting started, and there were so many interesting things going on in art and architecture. It all fits."
Hawkins's house is a meticulously preserved museum (it is literally a museum, open by appointment) of Victoriana, complete with an astonishing collection of original East Lake furniture, a carved slate fireplace, stuffed owls ("I have a dozen that used to be alive," Hawkins says), Bradbury & Bradbury wallpaper, and a sprawling shrine to James A. Garfield. "Garfield was the subject of a quick and easy Ph.D. thesis," Hawkins allows, "and one thing led to another. He was also one of the great honest presidents in our history." Among the Garfield memorabilia there is one item that seems to give Hawkins particular satisfaction: the business card of Garfield's assassin. Charles J. Guiteau, the card reads, Attorney. "Guiteau was the only white-collar person ever to assassinate a president," Hawkins informs a visitor.
Given Hawkins's lifelong relationship with baseball and his unique connection with its history, there is little in the way of baseball memorabilia in evidence in the house. Most of Hawkins's real keepsakes--his scorebooks, with each historic ticket stub pasted in the pages--are kept in storage, but in one upstairs room there are a few characteristic mementos: a pair of Toronto Blue Jays feather dusters, an engraving of the old Boston Red Stockings, a ball autographed by the one-armed outfielder Pete Gray. "A lot of people who see that ask the obvious question," Hawkins says. "How did he hold it to sign it? The answer is, between his legs." Hawkins also calls attention to a framed cigar label featuring a portrait of someone named Harry Pulliam. "Pulliam was the only league president ever to commit suicide," Hawkins says. "He got badgered by the owners, so he snuffed himself."
These days, with toadies installed in the commissioner's and the league presidents' offices, the owners have moved from mere badgering into blackmail, with the result that there are now entire franchises on suicide watch. What keeps baseball alive despite its greed and avarice are the memories and fascination it continues to evoke for a dwindling but still sizable segment of the population--people, more or (mostly) less, like Dr. Fan. At most any Twins home game, he will be in his customary seat behind home plate at the Metrodome, sitting alone hunched over his scorebook with headphones clamped on his ears. He's an attentive fan, but hardly demonstrative; no one would suspect his obsessive need to give witness to the grand moments of our national pastime. Restless fans are more likely to draw his ire than an umpire's call.
"People certainly wouldn't find it interesting to go to a game with me," he admits. "I like to go alone, to keep score, to keep pitch counts, to listen on the radio. People might look at me and wonder, 'Is he enjoying himself?' And my response to that is, 'Not likely in the sense that you might understand it, but, yes, very much.'"
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This activity has students determine the angle of subduction using GeoMapApp. Students use datasets available within GeoMapApp to examine the influence of the age of oceanic lithosphere and convergence rate on the ...
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Declan De Paor, Old Dominion University
This is one sample of a set of emergent models we are developing for use with Google Earth. Students use the Google Earth time-slider to lift 3D models of the subsurface into view. They can substitute their own ...
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Sea Ice Extension for the Earth as a System Learning Activity
Gary Randolph, GLOBE
The purpose is to identify global patterns and connections in environmental data contained in the GLOBE Earth Systems Poster; to connect observations made within the Earth Systems Poster to data and information at ...
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Exercise on the Mesozoic/Cenozoic Development of the North American Cordillera
Steven Wojtal, Oberlin College
This assignment is intended to have students use the map reading skills they have learned in previous labs and their understanding of the lower crust and upper mantle derived from classroom lectures and ...
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In this activity, students learn about volcanism in Yellowstone National Park, focusing on its history of eruption, recent seismicity, hydrothermal events, and ground deformation. They learn how scientists monitor ...
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Learning About Marine Sediments Using Real Data
Kristen St. John, James Madison University
This exercise set explores marine sediments using real core photos and composition data from the scientific ocean drilling programs DSDP, ODP, and IODP in an inquiry-based approach.
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How do Faults Slip: Earthquakes versus Episodic Tremor and Slip
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
A comparison of earthquakes and episodic tremor and slip using GPS and seismic data to illustrate how faults slip.
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Global Earthquakes: Teaching about Earthquakes with Data and 3D Visualizations
Cara Harwood, University of California-Davis
In this series of visualizations and accompanying activities, students visualize the distribution and magnitude of earthquakes and explore their distribution at plate boundaries. Earthquakes are visualized on a 3D ...
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Visualizing Global Earthquakes – Where and Why do Earthquakes Occur?
Cara Harwood, University of California-Davis
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When did your morning sickness start?
We just found out that we're pregnant with our first child, so of course we have no idea what to expect! I'm about 5 weeks along, and I haven't had any morning sickness yet. When, if at all, does morning sickness tend to start? (so I can prepare myself) Thanks!
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With both of my pregnancies (I am currently pregnant), the first sign that I was pregnant was nausea and vomiting. I started feeling sick at about 4 weeks both times. In fact, it was only after getting sick that we realized that I was pregnant.posted 08/25/2007 by c_e_baldwin
With my first pregnancy I had a bit of m/s, but nothing bad. I am 6 weeks pregnant and have had it bad for 2 weeks. I am not vomiting,thankfully, but feel queasy ALL day. I am also on high doses of progesterone (as my body does not make enough in the beginning-did the same with my son who is now 2). It is difficult to get through the day as I am home with my son who is 2. I am going to go try and find some true ginger ale today. The "preggie pops" found at Babies-R-Us and Motherhood Maternity stores also help. I know that I can stop taking progesterone once I reach week 12 or 13 so there is an end in sight. Good Luck to all!!posted 08/28/2007 by PatsMom05
In my first pregnancy I started having it at 7 weeks. My second pregnancy - 13 weeks. Third pregnancy - 5 weeks. I am now pregnant again and it started around my 6th week ... I am now 11 weeks along. I have gotten relief from Mommy's Bliss morning sickness magic and extra Vit b-6 plus 1/2 tablet of Unisom at bedtime.posted 08/28/2007 by a BabyCenter Member
Hi there! This is my very first post! (smile) I am at 7 weeks, and I started feeling queasy while in my 5th week. I haven't actually vomited, but that 'feeling' sticks with me throughout the day, and generally subsides by late afternoon/early evening. It has become a little tougher, but I'm yet holding on! (smile) DDWilliamsposted 08/27/2007 by DDWilliams
With my first child, my m/s started at 3.5 weeks. Now I am pregnant with my2nd child and my m/s started at 6 weeks. I am in my 10th week and still have it.posted 08/25/2007 by toottypoots
i am just over 4 weeks pg i started feeling sick about week 3 on and off but since beginning of week 4 its been constant all day nauseaposted 08/31/2007 by emilyjb
I am just 7 wks with my first and it started for me at the beginning of week 6. It hasn't been terrible, just a general feeling of being tired and a bit queasy. I only had 1 really bad day so far and it lasted most of the day. I can't even go near eggs-even the smell ugh! I miss my hard boiled eggs!posted 08/26/2007 by dixiekitty
I'm beginning my sixth week and I started to feel nausea just a few days ago. It's strange as it comes in the morning, goes, then comes again in the evening. I have found eating just a bit of sugared giner helps curb the nausea. You can get it at any Asian supermarket.posted 08/27/2007 by Ayumi's Mom
I am 8 weeks along with my first pregnancy, I have not experienced any m/s but I do feel fatigued alot. Is this normal to be 8 weeks along and have no m/s?posted 09/03/2007 by a BabyCenter Member
like most are saying, around 6 weeks...and also like most say...you might not throw up at all, i only have once...but you will feel nauseated all day/everyday. I am 10 weeks right now, so its been 1 month for me. The way i best describe it is i say, "you know the way you feel when you're so extremely hungry that you feel you're going to be sick, but you know you can't because you have no food in your stomach? well, that's how i have felt all day every day since my 6th week." hope that very detailed description helpsposted 04/08/2009 by amanda_penuel
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Ummm visualgasm, loving this!
Nicely textured and colored, so spiralicious
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Gorgeous.....the coloring is excellent!
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My only critique would be that some edges seem a little bit jaggedy.
My only critique would be that some edges seem a little bit jaggedy.
Thanks for the suggestion. In this particular fractal the thin lines are especially a problem which is due to thickness variable on glynsimm3 not working right on the version of apo I was using. I think erelex used apojk when doing this plugin so I will try that to see if the thickness works there. One pixel thick lines are very often hard to rid of that pixel look. Overlaying it with a thin julian ring might also do the trick. Might be worth going back and refinning that.
thank you for also noticing; it's really tragic because cory's work is so great. i've tried helping/suggesting but...
I promiss I will get to rendering in chaotica, Designing has always been my favorite part of fractal art so I am just now enjoying that for a little longer before I think about other technicalities. I am also organizing my humble plugin projects and getting devC++ installed again and trying to remember what I had already learned about that. Chaotica is on my list.
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New member here; looking at purchasing a hybrid & have narrowed it down to the following 3:
The cons of the Motobecane are it's a mail order so if something is wrong, you have to send it back; you have to take it to a LBS to tune up; can't try it out.
The con against the Specialized is that it's used (nothing wrong with that), but I figure for $20 more get a new bike.
Can't think of many cons for the Fuji as it's local and I have given it a test drive already. It felt comfortable, so I can't complain
Forgetting the cons, which bike looks to be the best bang for the buck? It looks like the Fuji normally goes for about $500, so to see it for $400 sweetens the pot
I'm going to be using this for leisurely rides through the forest preserve with the family 2-3 times per month & 1-2 times per month taking it on a 15-20 mile ride.
I'm about 6'2" & about 215 lbs.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Day 14 of food tracking on Spark. One of my Spark buddies pointed out she cooks from scratch and it's time consuming to enter in all the ingredients. This week I am using up food on hand. When I get groceries, I will try to make a point of using Spark recipes as they already have the portions and nutrition recorded, even for common things like steamed veggies.
Our next 5% Challenge is daily exercise. The food tracking is going well, so I am excited about it starting a new streak. I have to move my treadmill desk to a new location and get using it. Right now it's packed up while hubby paints.
Tonight we are visiting new friends and playing cards. Tomorrow night we are going to a Christmas party. It will be tempting to nibble on food, but I have to keep in mind we are there to visit not to eat. I need to come up with a 'rule' to handle the situation.
I stopped eating in the evenings by going to bed a little earlier - RULE 'I won't reward myself with food for staying up late'.
What rule do you have when you go out?
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I just eat the things I love with maybe a taste of something new. This works for me but I am willing to stop my weight loss for a time at a Holiday.
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I use the recipe calculater and groupings alot. I dance when I can and try to eat veggies and more veggies! Most parties have a veggie tray. I've never cared for the dip anyhow, so a plate of carrots, celery, cauliflower, etc. is great by me. I do always have some cheese since I love it so, but I have more veggies than anything!
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Getting a little extra sleep instead of extra food is probably a good thing!
Streak on!
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Fun, not food. That's my new rule.
Streak on!!
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Fill a wine glass with water and keep on sipping is my rule!
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You can use the recipe calculator, it is time consuming but you can save it on your tracker. For the party you can eat light through the day and choose selectively at the party. You can do it.
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check the menu online first thing
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I do what COOKINGGRANNY said when I make a new recipe...it is a little time consuming the first time but then it is in your tracker for next time. My rule when I go out is to bring water with me and sip on it all night
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I don't go out much and try to keep it to a minimum but I have a rule to only eat the things I really love and if something isn't that good I won't finish it. I only drink water too.
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Myrule is that I eat BEFORE I get there! Most often just an apple will do the trick: it's sweet, crunchy and leaves a pleasant taste..give it a shot and of course..have a blast!
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For parties and friendly get togethers I stand with my back to the food if at all possible. It really seems to help. I also try and take something that fits into my plan, so if nothing else does then there is something I feel comfortable eating.
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Try anything but keep the portions tiny.
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I always try to see if there's an online nutrition menu to choose from BEFOREhand. And if I make a choice that's a little more than I want it to be I always cut the meal in half from the very start. I have also been known to watch what I eat for the day (and the day after) so that I may indulge if it's a really favorite place!!
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Take a hostess gift of something you consider to be fun and on your life plan. I like to make spirals of Joseph's flatbread, cream cheese, and fruit or veggies. But that's up to you. Then I tell myself: eat it if it's on your meal plan.
I also up the water the day before and after in case the foods that I think might fit the bill have more salt than I would have used.
If tempted, I tell myself to go do something else I would enjoy like meet someone new, find out something new about a friend I never knew, delve into their past, go outdoors and look at the ______________, whatever. Invite someone to go with you who seems bored, tempted, or interesting.
I also try to leave something extra from each of my food groups uneaten. That way, I can choose fruit, veggies, grains, or a whole meal of those things.
It it's a dinner and I've only allowed myself to do a vegetable plate and there weren't many veggie choices, I don't mind asking that they be passed again after everyone else is served.
Final Rule: Have a good time. You are going there to do something entirely different than you've been doing. So do something different!!
If there is music/dancing, keep the floor busy whenever you feel all good intentions flying toward the buffet or bar.
And at the bar, I allow myself to request lemonade, or water with a twist of lime AND lemon and something tropical if they're serving it, like a slice of pineapple.
I've been known to ask for sangria and hold the sangria. You get a lot of fresh fruit that way.
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My rule is... ASK! I make tons of changes every time I order something.
Here are some of my normal:
-No cheese
-On the side
-Extra tomato
-What light dressing do you have?
-Veggies steamed instead of fried
-No butter
If I go to a party, I usually bring some healthier foods I can eat. I also try to eat before I go if I can!
Good luck!
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Rule for eating out...it doesn't matter if it is a party or cafe..I go for the fresh veggies and fruit..and if they have little chuncks of ham..at parties..I never eat chips..they have lots of empty calories.
At cafes I look at recipes that are mostly veggies..maybe with a little shrimp. Sometiems I will eat just the salad and boiled shrimp. Also i never go to places that serve greasy foods..I avoid them if at all possible as usually you can never find anything healthy at those places.
For Christmas this year with our kids and grandkids, we are doing finger foods and they have to be healthy..with maybe a couple of kinds of cookies..I will be serving babybel light cheese, fruit plate and veggie plate with ranch dip made with fat free sour cream..There is still the calories but not as many and the fat calories are nil..
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I agree with granny. Entering will get easier as you go on. I either use the recipe calculator or groups. Most of my breakfast combinations are in a group. Copying saves a lot of time also.
At a party, I would first scout out what is available. Then target the healthier options and calculate in your mind what you think healthy portions are. You can then either make a plate that would be your allowed food or Take turns eating a healthy portion of multiple foods to stretch it out. Do not forget to include drinks in you figures.
If it was me I would save up calories during the day and make sure I know my available calories when I left for the evening.
Just do your best. Good luck
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There is a recipe calculator where you can enter the recipe and then save it to your food tracker so you always have the required information for tracking.
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Needing help with Depression of Gaining weight..😣
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I try my best to eat lean protein, lots and lots of veggies, salads, nuts, fruit and home made soup. However sometimes i cant resist to have desert which can not logically give me that much weight!
I'll just recomend you this and it helps to me: think as some bodies take pregnancy differently and tend to gain more wait then the others. My doctor explains it like that. He says some women pump 3 ltrs of extra blood some 6 ltrs of. Some bloat, some not. However if you're not really over eating ( of course you may have some cravings besides your healthy balanced diet) you're doing your best and you shouldnt worry not cut anything back as you'll most probabbly will be even smaller after delivery, breatsfeeding and sleepless nights of nursing.
Just try to calm your self and try to take this as the nature of your body. It appears that this is what your body needs and does. Make peace with it! Hope you'll feel better.
It's a big adjustment and I feel like a cow.
It sucks but there is nothing more we can do, just eat healthy and not to indulge too much on sweets.
I think you should probably talk to a professional about what sounds like body image issues. And why is your SO monitoring everything you eat? The way you put it sounds unhealthy, although its hard to tell. Your body may or may not change after being pregnant but a LOT of people are able to attain some semblance of their former physique, its nothing to get depressed over and certainly if you do or don't, its not a marker of your value as a human being.
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With still having awhile to go and most gain the bulk weight in 3rd trimester, I hope you talk to your OB before this self image becomes a stress on your baby.
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I think we can all empathize to some degree. I am really tall so when I gain weight I tend to feel like Ms Trunchbull from Matilda. Not fun at all. I think you should definitely bring up your concerns with your dr,or even get extra help if you need it. Anytime you have a negative thought about your body, maybe you should try replacing it with a good thought. Or thoughts of your baby. It helps me.
Having been through this once before I can say that the weight won't stick around forever. You can have your body back, it's just on lend to a great purpose right now. Think positive mama!
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Kaup I think she means he monitors her to make sure she's eating enough? Just guessing tho... my husband has "monitored" my intake before as well.
OP you need to see a therapist because this can get dangerous.
As far as my fear of gaining too much weight - well I already gained too much so now I planned a PP work out that can get me in the best shape of my life, and I'm looking forward to doing that.
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Maybe next year. That was how Mario Haggan used to look at things.
Yes, maybe next year. Or the year after. Or the three after that. Suddenly one year turns to six and 73 career games have gone by and you still haven't been the starter in one.
"I did get frustrated, no question," Haggan said. "But I don't look back, because I always told myself through all of that, if I got the opportunity I would be ready to grab it and never look back. So, I'm grabbing it."
And Haggan is not using the rearview mirror. Because with Josh McDaniels' arrival with the Broncos before the 2009 season, Haggan found the open door he needed not only to be a starter but the go-to guy.
A backup linebacker and special-teams player for his five seasons in Buffalo and for the eight games he played for the Broncos under Mike Shanahan in 2008, Haggan's fortunes have certainly shifted.
He was the first player to get a contract extension from the McDaniels-Brian Xanders regime — a two-year extension last September — he started 16 games in the '09 season, was named a team captain in '09 and this year has been lauded for his versatility.
Having been moved in the offseason to an inside linebacker spot, Haggan has moved back to outside linebacker as the Broncos adjust to the loss of Elvis Dumervil in the defense.
"We feel like Mario can do a lot of the things we need," McDaniels said. "He has that versatility we want and the ability to play at a lot of different places. We always try to look at how a player will fit with us, we're not always concerned with what they did somewhere else."
It is one of the amazing quirks in the league that a player can be looked at so differently in different NFL outposts. Where Haggan seemingly couldn't crack the top level of the Bills' depth chart — even in years he believed he should have, Haggan said — he is now part of the Broncos' solution to a number of problems.
"I always felt like I was a starter-type player," Haggan said. "I just know what type of player that I am. For whatever reason, some of the guys were chosen to play ahead of me. I wasn't mad at them, because I know every guy in this league is trying to beat a guy out."
Where some may let bitterness erode their work habits or their play on the field when things don't go their way, Haggan said he would simply think about his mother, Wanda Burnett, and what he would have to say to her if he was forced to look her in the eye without having given all he could.
Something Haggan now says dates back to his older brother, Michael, going to prison for armed robbery when Mario was in junior high.
"She saw one son go to prison — that was the worst day in her life. I knew I couldn't disappoint her," Haggan said. "My mom worked her whole life, she raised us. I love her, I honor her every day. Not one day has she not gone to work, so I couldn't ever stand there and say I quit on something because it didn't happen the way I think it should have."
It's also why Haggan stays after practice many days working on some special-teams technique with a younger player, or a player newer to the team — Tuesday it was fellow linebacker Akin Ayodele.
He says he's always on the lookout for someone who's walking the path he once did.
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"He was one of the first guys to come up to me after I got traded here," said linebacker Joe Mays, who came to the Broncos just after the start of training camp. "He was right there, about special teams, about playing linebacker, about everything. That tells you what he's all about."
"I've talked to about 10 guys already this year, all over the league, who are in what my situation was," Haggan said. "They're trying to fight out of it. I tell them go in and don't let people label you, go to work, and when you get the opportunity seize it.
"But if you don't do the work, when the opportunity comes you won't even know it's there. That's what I tell guys. Work first and be ready. That's what I did."
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