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A chance to comment on some happenings from the past week....
- The Cubs signed Cuban defector Juan Yasser Serrano and while he may not be able to hit a curveball, he probably can throw one. At a $250K bonus (about 4th/5th round money), I don't think the expectations are going to be to high. An "insider" of Caribbean Baseball didn't give a flattering report back in April of last year:
The stark truth (known by all close followers of Cuban baseball) is that Juan Yasser Serrano was a rather mediocre Cuban Leaguer whose 2007-2008 record was a below average 2-7 won-lost mark, further diminished by an elevated 6.46 ERA and a hefty .312 opponents' batting average against his deliveries. And this, while hurling for one of the league's very best teams, Villa Clara. Serrano's three-year lifetime mark entering the current campaign was 14-16, with a 4.40 ERA for a club that captured division titles in all three seasons he labored there. It is hard to imagine a young prospect as being one of the most notable talents on the island when last season he posted the third worst ERA on his own team's 15-man pitching staff.
The article is more a criticism of his agent trying to elevate his status, but at $250K, it appears that didn't really work too well. The right-hander is 21 years old, throws a fastball between 89-92 mph at the moment and will likely start the year in Hi-A Daytona.
- Everyone's favorite topic...Milton Bradley! He had some interesting things to say yesterday. Let's start off with the somewhat insightful part.
"Just no communication," Bradley told the paper, referring to his Cubs
tenure. "I never hit more than 22 homers in my career, and all of a sudden I get to Chicago and they expect me to hit 30. It doesn't make sense. History tells you I'm not going to hit that many. Just a lot of things that try to make me a player I'm not."
I'm not sure if anyone was expecting 30 home runs, but the Cubs certainly expected him to be the #5 hitter and drive in runs and I've mentioned in the past how dumb this is. Bradley's a high OBP guy that takes lots of pitches and doesn't seem at all interested in expanding the strike zone just to put the ball in play. This is the player he is and if the Cubs wanted something else, they should have signed someone else. His skillset does not translate into an RBI guy, it translates into a pretty decent #2 hitter actually. For all the talk of the Cubs being more of a scouting team that favors seeing a guy play and getting to know a player, they sure acted like they had no idea what type of player or personality they were getting themselves.
I'm going to borrow from Transmission here to finish off my point.
Let me quote to you from the delightful children's story and excellent allegory, The Little Prince:
"If I ordered a general to fly from one flower to another like a butterfly, or to write a tragic drama, or to change himself into a sea bird, and if the general did not carry out the order that he had received, which one of us would be in the wrong?" the king demanded. "The general, or myself?"
"You," said the little prince firmly.
"Exactly. One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform," the king went on. "Accepted authority rests first of all on reason. If you ordered your people to go and throw themselves into the sea, they would rise up in revolution. I have the right to require obedience because my orders are reasonable."
But I'm not here to exonerate Bradley, because his statements from yesterday were filled with all kinds of bullshit as well. Let's get back to the first quote.
"History tells you I'm not going to hit that many. Just a lot of things that try to make me a player I'm not."
History also says you're a nutcase and can't stay healthy, yet Cubs management took a chance on you at 3/30M. How about coming out of your little cocoon of unaccountability and taking some responsibility for yourself and a bit of appreciation for the folks that took a chance on your baseball skills?
"Two years ago, I played, and I was good," Bradley told The Times. "I go to Chicago, not good. I've been good my whole career. So, obviously,
it was something with Chicago, not me."
Obviously Milton Bradley failed his logic class.
As reader Charlie pointed out, I'm not sure the city of Chicago was such a problem considering his home/road OPS splits of .892 at home and .646 on the road. Bradley is more likely talking about the culture of the team and the city and how everyone should have just chilled and let Milton be Milton.
It's a bunch of nonsense of course from Bradley, just more rhetoric to pass the responsibility buck about his own failures and mistakes to all the other people trying to keep him down. It's frustrating as a fan, especially someone like myself that supported the signing and the abilities he could have brought the club. I wanted Bradley to succeed, I thought he could succeed with the Cubs, but every piece of bullshit and whininess that comes from his mouth just makes Carlos Silva in a Cubs jersey look that much better. And it takes a lot of bullshit and whininess to make Carlos Silva look good in any jersey.
- ESPN has a new insider blog named TMI, featuring a sabermetric slant and writers like Tom Tango and Dave Cameron.
- Paul Sullivan is to Cubs reporting what Fox News is to politics. His recap of yesterday's game was more worried about spinning the narrative of a loose anti-Bradley team, than realizing that five home runs in a game and a 9-3 blowout will put everyone in a good mood.
- The Sun-Times puts together an utterly ridiculous Top 50 list of all-time Cubs. I may revisit this debauchery at another time. The old-time pictures are cool though.
- Some "fan" denies Sam Fuld's wife and baby his home run ball from yesterday. I hate drawing conclusions from just one side of the story, but this one fan really sounds like an asshole...must have been a lost White Sox fan.
UPDATE: In the comments on the link, an eyewitness says a Cubs player threw the ball to a little girl and then there may have been some negotiations (I assume with the Mom), but not as greedy or assholish as it originally sounded. Tragedy averted. Still might have been a White Sox fan though.
- NFL free agency kicked off today and the Bears look to be big players in the market. The Bear Truth has the latest and be sure to grab the RSS feed. And register. And tell your friends.
- 3 questions to John Sickels from his old friend Rob Neyer on his prospect book. I enjoyed this passage:
I'm also a lot less arrogant in my middle age than I was when I was in my late 20s. Back then I would make a lot more snarky or sarcastic comments about particular players or front-office mistakes, but as I've grown older I don't do that as much. I've come to realize that there is still an awful lot we don't know about prospect development. I've become more comfortable saying "I'm not sure." Sometimes that irritates people (especially people in their 20s!) but truth is an absolute defense, and if I'm not sure about something I'm not going to pretend that I am sure.
- The guys that use to run Thunder Matt's Saloon and then College of Idiots have a new blog, Exile on Clark Street. I believe their the 49th Cubs blog I've added to the TCR blogroll (lower left sidebar). Check it out.
Phil Rogers says Cubs were close on Calero until they saw his medical records:
# Cubs Close to signing Kiko Calero but medical work scared them away. Rather have healthy kids in bullpen than another injury risk.
And now the ironic compliment twitter from Muskat:
#cubs Angel Guzman had MRI Thursday on right shoulder. Official results expected Friday, but not expecting good news
She did update it to say the team is still optimistic about the results.
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Stevens actually could have easily retired the first three batters. Someone got awarded a double for a ball that almost hit a camped out Jackson in the head in center, then Camp showed us why he's never going to be in the majors, followed by Colvin getting blocked from catching one in the first row down the third base line by a D-Bag fan.
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Yay Spring Training!
Jackson's triple and the game winning double were both high off the hitter's backdrop/wall in center. The triple probably was a 460 foot shot, and could have been an ISTBPHR if there were two outs.
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Rob -- IIRC, I think we have disagreed about Bradley in the past, but you said it perfectly in this post. I couldn't agree more.
It seems to me that Seattle is about to repeat the Cubs mistake and use Bradley incorrectly. If Bradley is a guy that's not going to provide much power and won't expand the strike zone to drive in a run, is that the guy you want batting third?
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how are they going to use bradley incorrectly?
stick him in LF and he can DH some, too. guy hits doubles and takes walks with some HR power...hell, they should probally bat him 2nd if it wasn't for chone.
ichiro/figgins/bradley...lopez or kotchman-garko...etc.
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It sounds a lot like Mark Grace, who was a very good #3 hitter.
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My first reaction was to disagree with you, but after looking into it, I think what you say is correct. The two have very similar stats. Of course, Grace was much more durable, averaging quite a few more games played per year than Bradley, but that doesn't have anything to do with where he bats in the order.
Would Grace be a #3 hitter today if he was still around (and young)? I'm not sure. My gut says "no," but I could be wrong. I think Rob's comment that the Mariners don't have anyone that would be better in the three hole is accurate. I'm not sure that Seattle is using Bradey correctly, but he's the best guy they have for the job.
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An eyewitness to the Fuld home-run/souvenir scandal steps forward in the comments section of your link, Rob.
Still no word about whether this was a White Sox fan or not. :)
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Normally I enjoy your work, but...
"Paul Sullivan is to Cubs reporting what [sic] Fox News is [sic] politics"
I can't tell if you meant
1. "Paul Sullivan is to the Cubs as Fox News is to politics" ... now we're comparing nouns, instead of an action compared to the umbrella term "politics"
2. "Paul Sullivan is to Cubs reporting as Fox News is to political reporting" ... now we're comparing the act and quality of reporting on a certain subject
3. "Paul Sullivan is to Cubs reporting as Fox News is to news" ... now we're comparing the act and quality of reporting in general
4. Paul Sullivan is bad at Cubs reporting like Fox News is bad at ... politics? Please send my well wishes to Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and the whole gang; I had no idea they were candidates for office! Oh wait, never mind. If they're as bad at politics as Paul is at reporting, they'll lose.
5. That just as Paul is spinning the narrative of a loose anti-Bradley team, Fox News is spinning the narrative of a loose anti-Bush administrative team. Wait a minute, I thought Fox hated Obama? Why would they parrot the central theme (i.e., Bush sucks, move beyond the failed policies of the past, etc) of his campaign? Isn't that what Democrats do?
5. I thought Fixed Noise (oh Keith, you rogue) was a bunch of liars. Is Paul lying about the team being loose? You were so eager to throw together a Fox putdown, you left us hanging. Fox is a lot of things, but they're definitely not reporting on the loose atmosphere of the administration and ignoring everything else.
Report Card:
Relevancy to baseball fail.
Analogy fail.
Grammar fail.
Humor fail...unless TCR is now part of MSNBC, in which case this would be a perfectly acceptable substitute for humor.
All in all, a grand slam fail. Kudos.
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sense of humor fail.
yeah, that's new territory no one but rob has ever dared to touch.
he must be making it up. no one's ever done a critical review of their news reporting that i know of. it seems like someone might want to. waaaait... hehe
btw...your rant is a one-sided political slam. just saying... *cough*
enjoy your custom-fit news. you're the target audience.
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It wasn't difficult to understand.
I didn't fall out of my chair laughing, but that's okay--you didn't write LOL after your own joke or anything.
I understand northsider's point of view, though. If I were a FOX News viewer, I'd be touchy about it too.
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the fox news viewer/reader...
go to foxnews.com ANY day...
click on "most read"...
you can usually find 1 or 2 stories in between christian moral outrage, opinion-bashing, TV/models/hollywood women, and especially the sex-related stories. the sex related stories are instant "news" win for their readers/viewers.
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I don't watch Beck, OReily or Hannity. I get my news from the actual news programs on Fox, such as Brett Baird and Shepard Smith because they are much more balanced and fair than the other cable or network news programs.
Everyone's opinion programs are worthless.
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Fox News (news + opinion shows) is interested only in spinning a very certain narrative, as does Paul Sullivan at times.
True. Of course, so is MSNBC, CNN, NBC, ABC and others.
The difference is, of course, that Fox reports BOTH sides of the story.
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"The difference is, of course, that Fox reports BOTH sides of the story."
and that's where the credibility of your comments before are lost. =p
what's with Fox News viewers who think only Fox News are giving them a fair shake and the rest are conspiracy factories or just straight up lieing to you while Fox isn't?
that's a unique phenomenon not seen in other news products aside from those that are fans of the olberman/maddow block on MSNBC.
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CNN/MSNBC NYTIMES etc, its about what they don't report. For months if that was your only news source the Tea Party Movement didn't exist. Once they did pick up the story its nothing but Tea Bag References and right wing racist lunatics. That goes along with anyone who opposes Obama is a racist, and that comes from the mouth of non-opinion news reporters and Democrats themselves.
Now a Coffee Party group is starting up and suddenly they have CNN, and NYT coverage right of the bat. They even talk about its founder, some girl named Park. But what they didn't do is do any kind of research on who she is. She is a hard core liberal who is practically in love with Obama and campaigned for a Democrat. She was also employed by the NYT in the past but according to her interview, she is leading is a "real grass roots movement, with no political affiliation." My ass she is.
Its all about what the media decides isn't important, like a John Edwards sex scandal the major news networks sat on so they wouldn't damage a Democrat running for office. But at the same time send an army of reporters to Alaska to dig up dirt on Palin.
Or how about ACORN teaching people how to avoid taxes, and run a prostitution ring with underage girls from El Salvador? Again a non-news story from MSNBC but it was News on Fox News. I think its important to know that a corrupt organization with access to billions of tax payer dollars thinks its pretty cool to pimp out children as long as you join ACORN and support Democrats.
Look for the news that isn't reported by MSNBC, NYT etc to find out what really is going on. Cuz they sure as hell wont tell you.
Also when a politician is caught in scandal, play the "Name that Politician Game" If its Republican they make sure they put it right at the beginning of the article and repeat it over and over. If its a Democrat, they might bury it in paragraph 12. And you might have noticed that all the news that isn't in the Democrats favor they release on Friday when hardly anyone is paying attention. Like renewing the Patriot Act for another year. Mmmm all that crap about how evil it was, and it gets signed up for another year in a whimper on a Friday.
So much for the fierce moral urgency of change. And so much was written and cried about how Bush was evil for having the Patriot Act that not even the main stream media could muster much reporting on its renewal under Obama.
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First, I never understand why the hell people who watch Fox News continue to complain about the NYT or MSNBC not covering those stories. How many Fox News viewers read the NYT? How many would even notice if there was a front page story on the Tea Party Movement? In contrast, 95% of the readers of the NYT would not be interested in reading about it. So should they cater to their customers or Fox News viewers?
This is just like when Fox News covered a Tea Party protest of 200 people, and then ignored tens of thousands of gay rights activists protesting in DC that same day. Fair and balanced? No. Of course not. But most Fox News viewers have no interest in gay rights, and think the Tea Party movement is the second coming. So what do you think they are going to cover? And yet both sides complain. The reality is, news is personalized. If TV tried to be fair and balanced, people would just go online to the types of websites they want to get their information from that matches up with their worldviews. So TV simply does the same thing. The idea that we need 5 networks covering the same exact news stories in the same way is just a way for 3-4 of them to go out of business very quickly. They cater to their viewers, plain and simple.
Speaking of the Tea Party movement though. Do you know another big reason why the NYT/CNN etc. don't cover it much? It's not a story! I mean what are the goals of the movement? They believe in "free market" - OK, great, 99% of Americans do. They believe in "fiscal responsibility." Wow, that really sets them apart from all of those people who think we should practice fiscal irresponsibility. And they support "States Rights." Again, there is no story here. What have they accomplished with any of these protests? What specific policies do they even want changed? So why should we report on every meeting they have? It's stupid. If you are going to cover them, cover a thousand other groups that organize across the country regularly. The only reason they are on the news at all is because they are A) outside and holding up crazy signs, etc., and B) are the favorite pets of Fox News. That's it.
Also, democratic scandals are hidden? We ignored important issues and wasted months of our time obsessing over and impeaching a sitting president for getting a BJ from an intern. Yeah, that was totally buried on the back page. Seriously? Meanwhile Palin can make up ridiculous stories about pretty much anything and no one even asks her about it.
You also know the guy how supposedly "busted" ACORN has been arrested by the FBI for trying to wiretap a US senator's office right? Or did Fox News not cover that story? Did you also know the people in the ACORN prostitution video were cleared of all charges because it turns out he doctored the video? You probably didn't know that either.
Also, the reason why the networks downplayed the Global Warming emails is because they are again, not much of a story. A few scientists were having email discussions 15 years ago about how better to present data. And somehow Fox News has made you believe that ALL GLOBAL WARMING SCIENTISTS ARE FRAUDS!!! By that same logic, the one guy who shows up at a Tea Party movement with a Nazi sign means the ENTIRE MOVEMENT is comprised of Nazi Racist. Right? This is what Fox News does though, they take something trivial, out of context, and hype it on their news and talks shows all day, and in a few days its viewers think "it HAS to be a huge issue, or why would they cover it so much?"
There are 6.7 billion people in the world, and pretty much all of them understand the reality of climate change except the Fox News viewers of the United States. It's sad.
I apologize for the above rant. I normally don't do this. But I get very frustrated when I read stuff like this on here of all places. I mean you guys have chosen to go away from the normal sites and pursue your Cubs news from the great independent writers and commentators at this website. Imagine if all you got for Cubs news was Carrie Muskat? You go to one website for coverage on prospects, right? One for minor league statistics. One for fantasy baseball stuff, etc.
So I would just encourage you to take the same approach to world news. Think if Fox News and MSNBC to be Carrie Muskat. Don't waste your time with either of them. If you hear a story on Fox News or whatever, google it, visit a number of sites and a number of different types of sites that cover it. See where the pieces fit and don't fit. Do this for enough stories for a couple of weeks and you will start to have a very good idea of which websites you feel give you the complete story. Which ones cover things more in-depthly, less biased, etc. I guarantee you that you will mostly stop going to mainstream media and will just start visiting 3-4 websites each day. And in the end, just as you feel like you are more in tune with the Cubs by visiting this site, you will feel more knowledgeable about the world.
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So much of what you wrote is a warped sense of reality.
Fox News covered 200 people while ignoring Gay Rights Activists? I assume your talking about the 9/12 March by the Tea Party Movement that drew upwards of 450,000 people.
This is where the left tries to minimize the effect of the Tea Party by saying only 40,000 showed up. But crowd estimates have ranged from 450,000 to 2 million people showing up.
The left claims 4-5 million people showed up for Obama's inauguration. Those estimates have gone down as they have compared it to other gatherings in Washington. And the 9/12 march at least equals or surpasses that.
A simple view from space shows more than 200 people or 40,000 gathering in Washington for the 9/12 march. Scroll to the bottom for a graphic.
Kinda hard to miss that many people but MSNBC and the lot somehow did. As for the Gay Rights Activists no network really gave them any coverage. The left sure as hell wasn't going to after Obama refused to tackle "Dont Ask Don't Tell" when he said he would.
The only thing you get right about ACORN (he was arrested for a matter unrelated to ACORN) is that he was arrested, the rest you get spoon fed by the left is wrong and Breitbart and O'Keefe have gotten retracts from news organizations for not telling the truth when reporting on the matter. He wasn't arrested for wiretapping.
As for ACORN people being cleared, i think the only person that was officially cleared was in Brooklyn. Which is where you get the "they edited part". What they don't tell you is that the Brooklyn DA is a member of the ACORN/Working Families party. Big shock they were cleared there.
What also isn't reported by the left is almost all of the people involved in the ACORN videos were fired by ACORN. If they were victims of doctored videos and were innocent why did they get fired? No matter what happens to James O'Keefe the rest of his life still doesn't dismiss the fact they walked into not one but 4-5 offices and ran into the same thing over and over. Screaming "they edited it" is the same thing as calling people "racist" and thats where the conversation is supposed to end. Its meant to end discussion, because you know it's awful and disgusting. The unedited video is on the net for anyone to look at. Full length, one camera shot, no pull away conversations with ACORN Employees. Or does MSNBC not let you watch those videos? NBC/MSNBC produce "To Catch a Predator" that works on the same level.
Thats why vindicated ACORN is dropping its ACORN name and reorganizing under a new name. Same people, same scams, same money flow. It also helps to distant themselves from the 14 states investigating them for voter fraud. You might want to check out the Nevada ACORN trial.
Global Warming isn't a big deal to who? The left thinks its a big deal, hellloo seen Al Gores Nobel Prize??!?! Now all of a sudden its not news. Its not news now because most of the research on it is a fraud it looks like. When a political party spends a decade rallying the need to climate change legislation and all the evils of Global Warming and then find out the research is being made to fit the narrative, i think its fucking news even if Democrats don't think it is.
You make the perfect illustration of what i talked about in the first paragraph. Its what people don't tell you is where the problems rest.
O'Keefe getting arrested doesn't dismiss child prostitution being encouraged. Just like a COP getting busted on a DUI doesn't mean everyone that he caught before gets off the hook. But if that cop lied and made up false reports then there is no way to ensure the people he put in jail are guilty. The same goes for those Scientists who made up data to fit their narrative, you can't trust anything they say and you need to re-examine the entire basis of their theory. And when they admit they have lost their historical records of global temperature...well isn't that convenient. No one can check their work now. Thats what you call rigging the game in your favor. If they had nothing to hide they wouldn't of destroyed data.
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Here is something to think about. Next time a Senator/Politician/Hollywood person that says people need to sacrifice for the environment and then take off in their private plane, tell them to go fuck them selves, you hypocritical ass-holes.
Next time you hear the left screaming about cap's on executive pay, tell them thats fine as long as there is a cap on sports players and actors as well. And when you get that shocked expression of horror you know you hit a nerve.
What?!?!?! Mess with Hollywood and Athletes money! Ohh no no no, were talking about the rest of you people not us.
If its good for one group of people its good for another. Unless the group advocating it won't even accept it. Much like our Health Care bill, in which our Senators say its awesome but won't sign it and won't use it because they already got a sweet health care package.
Just be wary of people advocating for things they don't want for themselves.
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I haven't taken a poll, but I, at least, read the NY Times.
As far as coverage of the tea party is concerned, it is largely a result of the tea party movement that there are Repbulican governors in Virginia and New Jersey, and a Repbulican sitting in Teddy Kennedy's seat in the senate. Yet the mainstream media chose to ignore the movement until recently, and their coverage now consists mostly about stories about how unimportant it is.
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Saying that the Global Warming Emails are no big deal is the most foolish part of a foolish post.
That handful of scientists falsified the data upon which the entire United Nations report was based. Without that falsified data, the entire global warming theory disappears.
And it is BECAUSE that data was falsified that the democrats are trying to pass a law that would increase energy tax by trillions of dollars over the next decade. If that is "no big deal", you have been reading the NY Times too long.
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gwah...this CLE/CIN replay on MLB Network looks like it was recorded/rebroadcast off analog tape.
is this 1985? did someone fix my flux capacitor when i getting a tire repaired this afternoon?
...very fuzzy.
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sounds like mid-season form guzman to me.
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Sounds like mid-season form for Lou, too.
Also, I get my news directly from Jesus. Granted, it's a little slanted.
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Yeah, you'll never get unbiased reports on Iraq or Afghanistan from that lily-hearted peacenik.
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man, you are behind the times.
iran is the new thing that's going to kill us if socialism by that nigg...i mean, our president doesn't kill us first.
lol...socialism. quick, buy ammo and flags with snakes on them talking about treading.
psst...what's socialism?
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and Sullivan tweets that, "Guzman is cooked for '10..."
can he please get a better headline writer?
maybe Rob was on to something. Who's Fox? Jake does news and DH'ing?
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I heard Sullivan is lobbying for an anchor position with Fox News.
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I heard he was out until June.
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The BP article about Bradley was actually pretty bad. It didn't say what Rob said it did, at least it wasn't the main point. It was mostly about how once a guy goes to DH he doesn't come back. It was probably one of the dumbest things I've ever read there, since it totally ignored the fact that he went to DH because he was 5 months removed from ACL surgery. It didn't mention a guy like Ron Gant who couldn't play baseball for a year because of serious surgery, but then came back and played outfield again. It was embarrassingly poorly researched and thought through, and I say that as a fan of BP.
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The Sun-Times puts together an utterly ridiculous Top 50 list of all-time Cubs.
"Utterly ridiculous" is about right. A couple of the most egregious -- #36. Grover Cleveland Alexander comes in right behind 35. Glenn Beckert and 34. Don Kessinger. I love Beck & Kess but wtf?
Even worse is 30. Cap Anson who comes in way behind 26. Bill Nicholson, 14. Mark Grace, 10. Hack Wilson and 9. Phil Cavarretta.
They describe Anson as "One of the greatest players of the 19th century". According to Bill James (Baseball Historical Abstract), Anson WAS the greatest player of the 19th century by a wide margin. In 22 years, he put up slash states of .331/.396/.448 (OPS.844) with a Cubs lifetime OPS+ 141. 3012 lifetime hits, 1880 RBI, 1722 Runs scored, all still franchise records. IMHO, if a player was the most dominant player in the Major Leagues for over a 20 year period of time, he should probably rank a lot higher then #30 on your teams' list of all-time greats. Sheesh.
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I'm not sure what to think about the Guzman speculation yet... but when Paul Sullivan gets a headline up saying (pre-MRI results):" Guzman facing possible shoulder surgery" and then just blabbers about waiting on the MRI results but expecting the worst, I think they just might as well take it to the next level..."Cubs warming up spot on 60 day DL for Guzman" or "MRI expected to show Angels & Demons". Sometimes I really dislike the media because of how they deal with this stuff.
Also reporting that the results of the MRI will be available friday afternoon but not getting word on it until...[[crickets]]
Just remember Guzman had labrum repair surgery in 2003 (age 22), so his MRI just might be more difficult to read. Also remember that it took an MRI-Arthrogram to sort out Kerry Wood and Mark Prior's shoulder problems and since Guzman has a history of previous shoulder surgery that might be worth considering if they want additional information.
From Baseball America, Nov 2003:
Background: The Cubs thought Guzman was ready to make a Mark Prior-like ascent in 2003, beginning the season in Double-A West Tenn and getting to the majors by midseason. If Chicago didn't have so much pitching, he could have pressed for a big league job. Guzman led the Cubs with a 1.13 ERA in the Cactus League, and his teammates voted him the most impressive rookie in big league camp. He caught fire in late May, going 3-1, 1.01 over his next five starts. After shutting out eventual Southern League champion Carolina for seven innings on June 20, Guzman was picked to pitch in the Futures Game and would have been the logical callup when Prior hurt his shoulder in mid-July. But Guzman never threw another pitch in 2003, as his shoulder was bothering him. Doctors diagnosed a slight tear in his labrum, and he had it corrected with arthroscopic surgery. The Cubs added him to the 40-man roster for the first time in October...
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Friday's games will be in Washington, Chicago, Arlington, and Cleveland or Boston. Someone's game is starting laaaaaaaate - 50-50 chance it's the CDT Cubs.
Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...


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The hunt for graves at the Gaillard construction site suddenly got a lot more intriguing.
The number of sites is now at 37, officials said Friday, with the remains set out in what appear to be four closely aligned rows.
The pattern is likely proof that at some time in Charleston's Colonial-era past there was a recognized cemetery on the site either forgotten or intentionally covered over as the city's fledgling neighborhoods grew.
Of further intrigue: a single Revolutionary War-era cannon ball was found Thursday lodged in the dirt between two of the graves.
The ball measured about 4 inches in diameter and has a hole in the side where water had gathered.
It was not in danger of exploding and has been removed for study.
Lead archaeologist Eric Poplin said five sets of remains have been exhumed so far, offering curious, but not clear, insight on who is buried there.
Two of the skulls show copper staining, which could mark where a pin had been used to close a burial shroud, he said. No evidence of coffins or nails has been found. What is likely a small brass coat-sleeve button was also recovered.
Ever since the first two graves were discovered about two weeks ago when workers accidentally hit a buried skull, the number of suspected remains has continued to grow. The additional eight graves were found Thursday when the site's perimeter was expanded.
"We moved the (excavation) pit back and we found a few more," Poplin said. The four-row pattern shows the layout "actually makes a lot more sense and has a lot better shape," he added. The four rows all run from east to west near the intersection of Anson and George streets.
The remains are about 10 feet below the surface under what had been part of the Gaillard Auditorium's asphalt. Also in the area are at least two significant stone foundations belonging to buildings removed long ago, Poplin said.
"It's pretty substantial," he said of one of the walls.
Archaeologists say it is too early to determine who was buried at the scene, although the time period dates probably before 1750, or even as early as the 1720s. No headstones or markers have been found.
Poplin said he believes that based on the condition of the teeth in the remains, they do not belong to Native Americans.
The graves are mostly discernible as brownish-purplish rectangular stains that stand out against the surrounding sediment.
"I've been building for 40 years and I've never uncovered unknown grave sites as these," added Bob Ferguson, senior vice president with Skanska, which is in charge of building the $142 million makeover of the new Gaillard Center.
The archaeological dig is on hold until next week, as heavy rains are expected in the coming days.
Reach Schuyler Kropf at 937-5551.

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Windows Phone Design 101 covers the philosophy, inspiration and visuals that are Windows Phone Design Language. Starting with the basic terminology of design, this boot camp will take you from its early origins to the Design Principles each screen in Windows Phone was measured against. From there, we will show you the design process that guided its creation. Lastly, we will discuss the larger Microsoft Design ecosystem including Windows 8.
In Windows Phone Design 201 focuses on the skills necessary to implement "pixel-perfect" Windows Phone UI. 201 will cover the "system" including basics of the phones navigation model, interaction with the shell and an overview of gesture system. Next it will cover "composition", which is about how to clearly define when it is appropriate to use a page template and when to use a particular animation or page transition or how to harness screen orientation. Lastly, we will cover, controls and APIs available for creating your own experiences and give tips on how to do simple prototyping.
Former Windows Phone Design Integration Lead for 3 years, Jared is now Principle Designer for SixThAveStudios.com. Jared's focus is to combine the most cutting edge design language, user experience and motion graphics into a complete mobile user experience. http://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredpotter
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My question was about pivot controls, how bad it would be to have more than seven pivot pages if there's a clear order or sequence in them?
For example an e-book reader that would use pivot control for chapters.
@Peter: sorry about the late reply.
more than 7 pivots would be a lot for the user to navigate accross and could also cause performance challenges, if they have a lot of data. that being said it could work. I would encourage you to submit your design idea or app for a lightening design reviews, there's one every week: http://aka.ms/lightdesign
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AndorraTemps de voluntariat. La perspectiva andorrana
Molt abans que el voluntariat fos codificat sota els actuals paràmetres que tothom més o menys reconeix com a propis d'aquest sector, les tasques d'ajuda gairebé desinteressada a altres persones han estat sempre presents a les comunitats, sense haver estat mai reconegudes com a quelcom susceptible de ser destacable per damunt d'altres tasques. Read article
ArgentinaTodo lo que usted necesita saber sobre voluntariado
Cuarto fascículo de la Revista Tercer Sector que ofrece información para concretar con éxito la misión de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil. En esta oportunidad, el fascículo se enfoca en el voluntariado. Dentro de los temas abordados se encuentra la definición y el rol del voluntariado, su contribución a la sociedad y su vinculo universitario. Visit site
AustraliaAustralian retirees keen to volunteer
Australian retirees look forward to 'freedom' and are keen to volunteer, according to a new international survey into retirement by French insurance group AXA. British and US pensioners love to travel abroad, Germans plunge into sport, Canadians into charity work and the French go for gardening. Italians and Spanish are more prone to do nothing when they retire. Read article
Corporate employee volunteering might be booming — more corporations and charities are trying to work together. Trouble is, the two sides don't seem to understand each other and, in some cases, they just don't get on. A special report has found frustrations and recriminations spilling over from both sectors. Read article
The Australian Emergency Management Volunteers Forum is currently undertaking research to find out how much it cost for individual volunteer to be involved in emergency management volunteering. Read article
Volunteering Australia recently presented the "National Survey of Volunteering Issues 2006". The report contains data on many issues relating to volunteering including relationships between paid staff and volunteers, the rate of adoption of best practice volunteer management approaches. Read article
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AustriaÖsterreiches Qualifikationsgewinn durch Freiwilligenarbeit: Unternehmensbefragung
Vorliegende Untersuchung ist Teil der vom Bundesministerium für Soziale Sicherheit, Generationen und Konsumentenschutz in Auftrag gegebenen Studie "Qualifikationsgewinn durch Freiwilligenarbeit". Read article
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BangladeshManagement of Acute Respiratory Infections by Community Health Volunteers
This paper assesses the role of management practices in improving the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing and treating acute respiratory infections among children. Data were collected by a group of research physicians who observed the performance of a sample of 120 health volunteers in 10 sub-districts in Bangladesh. Read article
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaVolunteering in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This study provides a comprehensive background on volunteering in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also contains responses from a survey on volunteer recruitment and management, conducted among leaders of volunteer-involving organizations. Read article
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BotswanaResearch Partnerships Build the Service Field in Africa
This research demonstrates how different actors in the South African region are co-operating to address the human development challenges in the five countries - Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The service initiatives reported on contribute to developing knowledge and good practice, and demonstrate the role that service and volunteering can play in promoting the achievement of national social development goals and priorities. Read article
CanadaCanadians are generous: Study
In 2004, Canadians donated $8.9 billion and two billion volunteer hours — the equivalent of a million full-time jobs — according to the latest Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating done by Statistics Canada in partnership with government agencies and volunteer organizations. Read article
Developed by Imagine Canada in partnership with Volunteer Canada, this website is designed to make available the statistics and resources developed from the 1997 and 2000 National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (NSGVP). Visit site
Immigrants give larger donations, on average, than the Canadian-born population but they are slightly less likely to volunteer their time than people born in Canada, according to research by the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD). The research report (published April 2006) - "Making Connections: Social and Civic Engagement among Canadian Immigrants" - also shows that the rate of volunteering is increasing, particularly among recent immigrants. Read article
Much is known about volunteering and donating behaviour, but there are major gaps in our knowledge of voluntary sector organizations. There is long-standing uncertainty about the accuracy of data on charities and even if the available data are validated, they fall short of enabling an analysis of charities' efficiency and effectiveness. This research was originally published in 2001 by Erwin Dreessen, a manager from Industry Canada. Visit site
ChileEstudio reveló que sólo un 7% de los chilenos realiza acciones de voluntariado
En la antesala de la celebración del mes de la solidaridad, el Estudio Nacional de Voluntariado 2006, realizado por Fundación Trascender junto a Collect Investigaciones de Mercado, arrojó sorprendentes resultados sobre la práctica del voluntariado en el país. Read article
ChinaStudy on Public's Reception and Perception Of Volunteer Services
This study shows the results of a phone survey done in late 2001 in Hong Kong, which shows that a quarter of residents had volunteered at least once. Also provides a sociological profile of volunteers in the country. Read article
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FranceBénévolat et volontariat en France et dans le monde (Volunteering in France and abroad)
This publication is based on studies made over 10 years in France and abroad; a first study report had been published in 1997. This study attempts to answer several questions: who are the volunteers? Why do they get involved? What does voluntary work mean? What is its economic impact? What do the public authorities do concerning volunteering?Visit site
HungaryCitizens' Donations & Voluntary Activities
This survey was conducted in 2004 by the National Volunteer Centre and the Non-profit Research Group in Hungary. It provides a summary of individuals' donations and volunteering for organisations dealing with donation collection, distribution and volunteerism in general. Read article
Go straight to PDF document (631 kb)Citizens' donations and voluntary activities
This survey was conducted by the National Volunteer Centre and the Non-profit Research Group in Hungary. It provides a summary of individuals' donations and volunteering for organisations dealing with donation collection, distribution and volunteerism in general. Read article
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KazakhstanVolunteering in Kazakhstan: Key findings of a national survey 2001
This booklet provides an overview of volunteering in Kazakhstan, its history and the result of a national survey in 2001. The survey determines the extent of volunteering and explores the people's understanding of the concept of volunteerism. Read article
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KenyaAn Operational Framework for Institutionalizing Volunteerism & Founding a Volunteer Research Center in Kenya
This paper reviews Kenya's activities during the International Year of Volunteers 2001 and provides arguments and justifications regarding institutionalising volunteerism in the country. Read article
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MalawiResearch Partnerships Build the Service Field in Africa
This research demonstrates how different actors in the South African region are co-operating to address the human development challenges in the five countries - Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The service initiatives reported on contribute to developing knowledge and good practice, and demonstrate the role that service and volunteering can play in promoting the achievement of national social development goals and priorities. Read article
MaltaStrengthening the Voluntary Sector in Malta
"Malta and Gozo are fortunate to have a highly active voluntary sector. This White Paper and the attached proposed Voluntary Organisations Act aim to give the sector the necessary legal framework and support," said Family and Social Solidarity Minister, Dolores Cristina, during the recent launch and presentation of the document, attended by a significant number of NGO representatives. Read article
MongoliaSociological Survey on Volunteerism
This study, undertaken in the International Year of Volunteers 2001, determined the extent of volunteering in the Mongolian capital of Ulaan Baatar and how volunteer work has contributed to the city's development. Read article
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NepalFemale volunteers reduce child-mother mortality in Nepal
The National Survey of Female Community Health Volunteer (FCHV) has revealed that active mobilisation of female health volunteers has helped reduce child and maternal mortality through the Vitamin A, de-worming tablets, polio vaccination and other campaigns. The country is also marking 20 years of FCHV's Service Day today. Read article
This research, done during the International Year of Volunteers 2001, outlines the concept of volunteerism, traditions of volunteering in Nepal, its current status, and how to address issues on advocacy. Read article
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New ZealandCounting for Something: Value Added by Voluntary Agencies
This report on Phase I of the Value Added by Voluntary Agencies (VAVA) project provides an overview of the voluntary inputs of 10 major social services organizations in New Zealand over a one-year period. Read article
Go straight to PDF document (388 kb)New Zealand report highlights value of volunteers
A new report showing that 90 per cent of non-profit organisations in New Zealand are run entirely by unpaid volunteers proves how important these people are to our society, Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Luamanuvao Winnie Laban said today. Read article
NicaraguaSocial Volunteerism in Nicaragua
The author, Ana K. Carrión, a graduate student at the Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) School of Public Affairs, discusses Nicaragua's ways to develop and intergrate volunteerism into an overall framework to encourage civic and social participation. Read article
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SingaporeSingaporeans donate less money but volunteer more time: survey
A survey has found that Singaporeans donated less money to charities, but volunteered more of their time. Only 89 percent gave money to charity last year, compared to 97 percent in 2004. However, Singaporeans rendered 40 percent more hours of volunteer work than 2 years ago. Read article
South AfricaResearch Partnerships Build the Service Field in Africa
This research demonstrates how different actors in the South African region are co-operating to address the human development challenges in the five countries - Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The service initiatives reported on contribute to developing knowledge and good practice, and demonstrate the role that service and volunteering can play in promoting the achievement of national social development goals and priorities. Read article
Sri LankaVolunteerism in an aging society
This brief provides a conceptual framework to link Volunteerism for Development with a series of aging-related issues. Volunteerism can foster elders' empowerment, aiding intergenerational solidarity. The document also looks back over the Sri Lanka Elders' Committees and the work of the HelpAge voluntary home care programme, with recommendations for future policy. Read article
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SudanVolunteerism and FGM in Sudan
In 2006, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, along with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Ahfad University for Women in Sudan implemented an innovative program to encourage volunteerism and to mobilize local communities to combat female genital mutilation (FGM) in Sudan. The project aimed to combat FGM by drawing on volunteerism and local community action. It has attempted to utilize a combination of new and existing approaches to bring about change in its target area, Abu Saeed in Omdurman, Sudan.
Download the report here.Read article
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SwitzerlandSwiss President acknowledges importance of volunteers
Swiss President Moritz Leuenberger has praised Switzerland's volunteer workers for their essential contribution to society. Read article
United Kingdom2005 Citizenship Survey
The Citizenship Survey is a biennial survey of adults in England and Wales, covering a range of community based issues including views about involvement in the community, civil renewal, volunteering and charitable giving. Read article
The latest report from the Volunteering and Asylum Project is based on case studies of ten organisations across the UK that are all outside the refugee sector, and that are all successfully involving refugees and asylum seekers as volunteers. The report is for policy makers, volunteer managers and others wanting to encourage and develop diversity in volunteering. Visit site
It has been written off as wristband idealism, but last year's Make Poverty History campaign mobilized a generation of politically active young people, according to a survey for Oxfam. Read article
UK's Home Office launched yesterday a new strategy in its campaign to promote a culture of giving after research revealed that the public is becoming less inclined to donate money to good causes. Read article
Go straight to PDF document (827 kb)Challenge assumptions about volunteering, researchers told
Researchers analysing the voluntary sector should use their studies to challenge the preconception that volunteering in all its forms is necessarily a good thing, according to the Institute for Volunteering Research. Read article
Fears of being falsely accused of harming children is the major factor preventing Scots from volunteering, and while 69% of adults consider working with children, only 5% actually do, a report claims today. Concerns over the culture of litigation is also a factor when it comes to working or volunteering with young people, a survey by Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People (SCCYP) found. In the poll carried out for the commissioner, 48% of adults said concern about being falsely accused of harming young people is the number one obstacle to becoming a volunteer. Read article
Delaying the retirement age will prevent people from volunteering in later life, potentially robbing the voluntary movement of a huge army of retired volunteers and leaving many public and community services unstaffed, says a new YouGov survey for Volunteering England to mark the launch of Volunteers' Week. Read article
Most employees say they would prefer to work for a company that allows its staff time off to volunteer, new research in the UK has found. Read article
The report of research for the Russell Commission on the attitudes of young people in England towards volunteering and the extent of their involvement in voluntary activities.Visit site
According to research published today by the Chartered Management Institute and the international volunteer agency VSO, individuals who volunteer internationally develop expertise that addresses skills gaps in the UK. Although employers are quick to recognize the value of volunteering, individuals do not always market themselves sufficiently when they return home. Read article
Go straight to PDF document (199 kb)People volunteer to make a difference: UK study
In a recent study published by the Economic and Social Research Council, researchers say that most people volunteer to make a difference in the community rather than for career development. Read article
This project was carried out between July 2003 and December 2004 by the Working Lives Research Institute and the Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit, London Metropolitan University. The focus of the project was employment pathways between working as a volunteer and finding employment in refugee community organisations (RCOs), refugee agencies and organizations in the wider voluntary and community sector. Read article
Go straight to PDF document (19 kb)Volunteering & the Media: A Review of Literature
This literature review aims to identify research and information which address issues related to the image of volunteering and volunteers by the public and the media. It is argued that the images of, and stereotypes about, volunteering can have important influences on the recruitment, retention and diversity of volunteers within organizations and, as a consequence, deserves considered attention. It was commissioned by UK's Voluntary Action Media Unit and undertaken by the Institute for Volunteering Research. Visit site
The volunteering sector is begging the government for more funding for projects, finds a survey today by Volunteering England, the national development agency for volunteering. The poll, which is published to coincide with the International Volunteer Day (5 December), reveals the priorities of the volunteering sector – as experienced by those who volunteer themselves, manage volunteers, or work in England's wide network of volunteer centres. Read article
This study aims to explore issues of leadership within small, volunteer-led groups and the challenges associated with their growth and development. It has been funded by the Volunteering Hub and carried out by the UK-based Institute for Volunteering Research. Visit site
This reseach, conducted by Working Lives Research Institute and the London Metropolitan University, supports the view that volunteering can assist refugee women
in finding employment, as well as providing important benefits to women who
are not able to undertake paid employment. It also highlights the breadth and depth
of voluntary activities in which refugee women are involved, and the research
report documents the experiences of refugee women as volunteers in a wide
range of organisations and activities.Visit site
This report evaluates the engagement of the young people in the volunteering programme of Vitalise, a national charity in UK. It covers all aspects of volunteer management, highlights relevant issues for young people and points to what young people themselves think about their volunteer experiences. Read article
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United StatesAmericans prefer to give money than volunteer time: Survey
When it comes to supporting a charitable cause, American adults are more inclined to reach for their wallets than to roll up their sleeves, according to national survey by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. This represents a reversal from a year earlier when a plurality of Americans said they found it easier to give their time than their money to charitable causes. Read article
A new study by VolunteerMatch looks for keys to unlock the generosity of the Me Generation. It's findings include high expectations, skilled volunteers and the internet playing a huge role in the future of volunteering. Read article
What triggers people to donate money? Why did donors react tepidly to victims of Pakistan's recent earthquake compared to last year's tsunami in south Asia? A research conducted by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, USA may have the answer. The study reveals that generosity is not only knowing that one is giving to a good cause but also the disaster's ability to arouse emotions. Read article
In an effort to better understand the attitudes and behaviors of young people in America around volunteering, service-learning and other forms of community involvement, the Corporation for National and Community Service, in collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau and Independent Sector, the Youth Volunteering Survey) in early 2005. The report will highlight the state of youth volunteering and consider the relationship between youth volunteer behavior and three primary environments where youth form their social networks: family, religious organizations, and school. Read article
Go straight to PDF document (857 kb)Building active citizens: The role of social institutions in teen volunteering
This report highlights the state of American youth volunteering and consider the relationship between teen volunteer (ages 12 to 18) behaviour and three primary environments where youth form their social networks: family, religious organizations, and school. Read article
Go straight to PDF document (857 kb)Can Corporate Volunteering Support the Bottom Line?
This study, commissioned by the Case Foundation and Hands On Network and published in September 2005, focuses on the issue of corporate volunteerism and its impact on communities, employees and corporate bottom lines in the American context. Read article
Go straight to PDF document (2.22 mb)College volunteering in the US rises sharply
Some call them lazy, more interested in partying hard than helping out. But a new study shows college students volunteer at a rate that's grown sharply over the last few years. Read article
Following US President George W. Bush's call for more Americans to volunteer, the Grantmaker Forum on Community & National Service probed the nonprofit sector's concerns and issues about absorbing an influx of new volunteers. Read article
Go straight to PDF document (261 kb)Disadvantaged Young Men - Youth Service as Good Policy
A new book by ICP board member Peter Edelman, Harry J. Holzer, and the late Paul Offner, tackles the problem of disconnected young men and offers policy recommendations for how best to reintegrate this population into school or work. Published by the Urban Institute Press, Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young Men focuses primarily on African-American and Hispanic populations, citing troubling statistics and offering proven solutions in key policy areas. Read article
When you work in the nonprofit sector, you are regularly reminded of the generosity of Americans, whether evidenced by the loyal perseverance of board members or the unstinting efforts of volunteers and staff. In New York City alone, there are more than 99,000 board members and 342,000 volunteers working at no pay to help NYC's nonprofits. Read article
Leadership, communications skills, and resource development - often termed "power skills" in a business setting - are linked to early experiences for women in community service and non-profit volunteer activities. According to Power Skills research, "How Volunteerism Shapes Professional Success", a study conducted for Womens Way, these and other critical business skills, like problem solving, coaching/mentoring, and public speaking are developed and improved through volunteerism. Read article
The research, conducted over a six-month period in early 2004, included interviews with community relations/volunteer managers and senior executives from nearly 50 major US companies and representatives from 40 nonprofits. The study highlights a growing commitment to community involvement and explores in detail: why corporations supportvolunteerism; how they measure success; and the keys to the most successful programmes. Read article
The study reveals that there is a statistically significant difference in the way employment status affects men's and women's volunteering behavior. Visit site
Volunteers of America and The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College yesterday released a new publication, "Expanding the Boundaries of Corporate Volunteerism," focusing on the aging Baby Boom generation, or those born between 1946 to 1964, and corporate volunteering trends. Read article
Go straight to PDF document (241 kb)Online contributions increase in 2005
Onphilanthropy, a global resource for non-profit professionals, reports recently that online fundraising continued to grow at an accelerating rate in 2005. Read article
A research on "Standards of Excellence for Corporate Volunteer Programmes" was released today by LGB Associates. The Standards serve as a framework that enable companies to build highly successful volunteer programmes. Read article
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 60 million Americans volunteered through or for an organization between September 2006 and September 2007, and they spent a median of 52 hours on their volunteer work. People between the ages of 35 and 54 were the most likely to volunteer. Visit site
Some 55 per cent of teenagers do volunteer work, US first lady Laura Bush said Wednesday, encouraging adults to follow suit. She announced results of a survey showing that an estimated 15.5 million youths - or 55 percent of people age 12 to 18 - participate in volunteer activities. That is nearly twice the adult rate of 29 per cent. Read article
A new study in the United States has found that volunteering produces many positive benefits for teens from low- income backgrounds -- they become empowered, are more likely to volunteer and become politically engaged, and believe they will graduate from college and make a difference in their communities. Read article
What the originators call "the most comprehensive research on US volunteering ever assembled" shows volunteering in America is strong and poised for growth. Nearly 61 million Americans volunteered in their communities in 2007 giving 8.1 billion hours of service worth more than $158 billion to America's communities, according to the Volunteering in America report released on 28 July by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Read article
Report of a 2002 research the Girl Scouts of the USA conducted in conjunction with Partners in Brainstorms, Voices of Volunteers 18-29 reveals young women volunteers' ideas about what makes for a positive volunteering experience as well as what challenges exist. The findings demonstrate the need for youth-serving organizations to look closely at their volunteer/youth worker recruitment, training, support, administration, and recognition programmes. Visit site
In early 2004 the Urban Institute released the findings from a national study of volunteer management capacity among charities and congregations conducted for the Corporation for National and Community Service with involvement of the UPS Foundation and the USA Freedom Corps. Read article
Go straight to PDF document (243 kb)Volunteering helps improve health: Study
The Health Benefits of Volunteering: A Review of Recent Research has found a significant connection between volunteering and good health. The report shows that volunteers have greater longevity, higher functional ability, lower rates of depression and less incidence of heart disease. Read article
Go straight to PDF document (2.63 mb)Volunteering hits 30-year high in U.S.
The number of Americans who volunteer to mentor students, beautify neighborhoods and pitch in after disasters is at a 30-year high, fueled in part by a boom in teen participation, a new study says. Read article
Go straight to PDF document (865 kb)Volunteering in America: State Trends and Rankings 2002-2005
The Corporation for National and Community Service in the United States has produced a report on volunteering in the United States. The report - Volunteering in America: State Trends and Rankings 2002-2005 - presents data on volunteering and volunteers in an easily accessible format that will be useful to people interested in learning more about volunteering in the states. Read article
A new report into volunteering in later life was launched today at the House of Commons by Age Concern Newcastle and Newcastle University, UK. The research fills the gaps in understanding of the huge contribution older people make to volunteer organizations. Read article
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ZambiaResearch Partnerships Build the Service Field in Africa
This research demonstrates how different actors in the South African region are co-operating to address the human development challenges in the five countries - Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The service initiatives reported on contribute to developing knowledge and good practice, and demonstrate the role that service and volunteering can play in promoting the achievement of national social development goals and priorities. Read article
ZimbabweResearch Partnerships Build the Service Field in Africa
This research demonstrates how different actors in the South African region are co-operating to address the human development challenges in the five countries - Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The service initiatives reported on contribute to developing knowledge and good practice, and demonstrate the role that service and volunteering can play in promoting the achievement of national social development goals and priorities. Read article


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An accelerated preseason schedule forced Ignacio High School boys basketball coach Chris Valdez to compress the Bobcats� preparation for the season.
�That meant some 5 a.m. practices,� Valdez said. �The tournament (in Kirtland, N.M.) came up so quick. We had to focus on our varsity guys.�
With the Webb Toyota Basin Tournament scheduled a week earlier this season, Valdez and the Bobcats rushed to get ready.
�I just wanted to compete. I didn�t know if we could win the thing,� Valdez said after the Ignacio boys won three consecutive games in three nights to take the Basin Tournament title last weekend.
�We�ve got talent, but it�s young talent,� Valdez said, adding that the young Bobcats rebounded after a sub-par second game to beat Shiprock 58-57 in Saturday night�s pressure-packed championship game.
The Bobcats had opened the tournament with a 57-49 win over host Kirtland Central before beating Whitehorse (Montezuma Creek, Utah) 58-30.
Senior Kelton Richmond hit a game-winning bank shot to give the Bobcats the victory over Shiprock and stake Ignacio to its first Kirtland Central tournament title since the 1980s.
�Kelton ... started as a freshman remember. Adison Jones started all last year as a freshman. Clayton Jefferson started some as a freshman,� Valdez said.
�There is some experience here. Justin Carver was our sixth man last year until his broken leg.�
Freshman Wyatt Hayes, coming out of an undefeated middle school career, is fitting right in, Valdez said. Hayes led the Bobcats with 15 points in the championship victory Saturday night.
Richmond and Jefferson added 12 points each in an Ignacio offense that�s been balanced through all three wins thus far.
Jefferson, a senior. was voted the tournament MVP in Kirtland. Wyatt also was voted to the all-tournament team last weekend.
�This team has some great assets ... this is a team that will have more people scoring,� Valdez said.
A year ago, then-senior Shane Richmond led the Bobcats (and Class 2A) with his 26-point per game average. Their 18-5 record left the Ignacio boys one game short of the state tournament, ending a run of four consectutive trips to the elite eight of Class 2A basketball.
�We�ve got to make up those points ... and we can,� Valdez said. �We can be a better ballhanding team ... a better balanced team.�
He said this particular group of Bobcats is very supportive of each other.
�We were down by 12 (against Shiprock), and there was no yelling ... no pointing of fingers,� Valdez said. �They went out and continued to play together.�
The Ignacio boys (3-0) will open the home season at 7 p.m. today against Bloomfield (1-2).
�It�s awesome to start with a new group of kids each year,� said Valdez, entering his 13th season as the Bobcats� coach.
�I told the kids (at Kirtland), you are going to create your own identity. You are going to decide who you are going to be,� Valdez said.


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If you recall, after each movie in the Philadelphia Film Festival, you were asked to rate the film on a ballot. Well, the numbers are in and we've determined some of the standout, award-worthy films of PFF21! See if some of your favorite films ended up riding up above the rest.


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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Lake Tahoe residents and visitors can still enjoy Incline Village's famed golf offerings - even in the middle of winter - thanks to the Championship Course's newly improved, 1.2-mile snowshoe and cross country course.
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Located in the heart of Incline Village on Lake Tahoe's north shore, the Championship Course snowshoe and cross country course is open through the end of the ski season.
Skiers and shoers may park in the lot reserved for guests of the course's event venue, the Chateau, and begin the marked trail on what is typically the #10 tee box, directly behind the Chateau. The 1.2-mile trek proceeds down the No. 10 fairway onto holes 11 and 12, before cutting over to 18 and back to the Chateau.
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I was so disappointed last night. I was ready but he has the worst case of beerdick, and then he went to sleep.
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During the act of coitus beer is poured on both male and female genitalia; it's tingling effect is said to simultaneously stimulate the female clitoris, and lubricate for deeper penetration.
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The 7 Creepiest Inventions Ever Patented For the Crotch
Some men will stick their dick in anything, and this is the only fact evolution and police blotters agree on. The penis is a combination executive toy and override switch. Most men don't actually think with their dicks, because we're not sitcom characters, but we're aware of them in the same way an oil rig manager has to be aware of the drill -- whatever else they actually want to do with their life, that's what the hardware they're using was designed for.
Because it's miles long and pounding down into the planet's deep wet spots, and possibly the only thing more phallic than a phallus.
But psychopaths ran out of things to enpenis about two hundred years ago and have been inventing new ones ever since. Most of them make the Saw movies look like infomercials for personal massagers.
#7. Penis Gallows
Penis Exercise Machine (2010) Patent # US 7,828,718 B2 (PDF)
Patent # US 7,828,718 B2
At first, this looks like an attempt to build a sitcom joke by giving dicks little legs to walk around on, rendering the rest of the man obsolete. But then you notice that the little feet are locked together, your brain reorients the picture and you immediately buckle over in pain.
Patent # US 7,828,718 B2
That's not an exercise machine, that's a spring-loaded genital noose. That is the wrong kind of well hung. In fact, you're being hung and drawn -- that's two-thirds of all the worst things even medieval psychopaths could do to the human body. Marsellus Wallace would approve. We should only be grateful the inventor didn't hear about quartering or he'd be advertising a pair of crossed blades to give you 400 percent more dick.
The patent claims to expand "without pain while holding a glans side of the penis," which is the most agonizing contradiction I've ever read. He states that the machine cannot be detached easily, as if that's a good thing, proving that he's been sent from a mirror universe to prevent regular Earthmen from breeding. The patent boasts that this can be used "even by a beginner for a long time with small pain," though describing their problem as a "small pain" is literally a dick thing to say to an amateur cock expander. The craziest bit? This isn't just a patent, it's a real product.
[NSFW] PeniStretcher by Wenck Medical Systems
You can actually hear it cackling.
Dick-stretching mail-order companies tend not to leave a huge academic impact, so I can't tell if the PeniStretcher (TM) from, I kid you not, Wenck Medical Systems uses the above patent or the other way around. I just hope neither is a rip-off, because that is the worst possible word to use around an extending metal dick harness.
#6. Accelerating Foot Strap
Method and Device to Provide Penis Enlargement (2009) Patent Application # US 2009/0287041 A1 (PDF)
Telling men you'll give them a bigger dick is more powerful than hypnotism, because even a hypnotized man will kick your ass with his foot before he'll tie his dick to it. The very first words in this patent are "A penis tensioning device." The only good things that can come after that are your gimp grunting appreciatively, then your gimp. Kenneth Adams follows with thousands of words and a schematic for the actual concept of pain.
Patent Application # US 2009/0287041 A1
Now imagine walking. Now try to stop screaming, or thanks for reading this far, ladies.
It comes with more options than a Swiss Army knife, each more painful than the same Swiss Army knife fully deployed and up your ass.
Patent Application # US 2009/0287041 A1
The sequel to "YMCA" was less popular.
The inventor seriously suggests using this while running and jumping. He posits penis enlargement to improve self-esteem, but any man prepared to go through that could gain confidence more easily and less painfully by joining or attacking the SAS.
He complains that other dick-stretchers on the market can't be used by men freely going about their daily activities, but his can, because he has a different definition of the word "free" from every other man in the world. Or anyone of any gender who's read the Geneva Conventions. He describes in terrifying detail how other stretchers fail to allow "angulation" of the tension, though whether "angulation" is the noise you make in use or what the coroner reports as the cause of death afterward is unknown.
#5. Wet Dream Cooling System
Surgical Appliance (1893) Patent # 494,436 (PDF)
This patent was filed when people couldn't even write the word "genitals," and is the most terrifyingly repressed thing outside of the poor pork sausage trapped in the nightmare ElectroPants it describes.
Patent # 494,436
No one has ever drunk tea from this kettle.
It uses electricity to prevent the penis from ejaculating. Frank Orth uses the word "erection" once and the word "penis" never, only describing how the offending organ should be locked between bracing supports connected to electricity. These days, you have to murder people in Alabama to offend that hard. And part number 12 up there isn't a brace or connection: It's a double-pronged claw designed to cut into your spine if you try to outwit the ElectroPants by sleeping on your back. Orth will defeat your erection if he has to paralyze you from the waist down to do it. Never mind trouser-snakes -- real snake containers don't have that level of security.
Patent # 494,436
Messrs. Walker and Sedgwick witnessed the invention of what looks like an electro-cock-guillotine. They spent the rest of their lives traveling further away from Frank Orth by day and locking the bedroom door every night.
The cooling system is activated when growing wood pushes the contact plate to close the circuit. This triggers an external electrical motor connected to fan blades and a hose, and remember that we're at the end of the 19th century: Nikola Tesla had only produced an electric motor five years before. Frank Orth was bringing the latest in high technology to battle the demon cock, and despite being the earliest and worst Ghostbuster, the only result was a gentle breeze. His idea of calming a raging langer was to build the world's first and ugliest sex-bot to gently blow on it.
#4. Inflatable Penis Cage
Condom Exerting Lateral Pressure on the Penis (1999) Patent # 5,885,205
"The often cumbersome process of applying the condom can result in the loss of erection during the time required for application making the condom useless and resulting in the frustration of the user." If you're taking so long to put on rubbers that you're losing your erection, don't worry about it, your partner left hours ago. And they got far more endorphins out of laughing at you than they would have sleeping with you.
Patent # 5,885,205
The only Zen riddle you can stick your dick in.
Leon Kassman's solution is a condom cage that can stay hard without you, and just in case that's not enough psychological evisceration for you, it's made of thin inflatable rubbers. Despite "modeling balloons as penis substitute" being the number one reason repressed people are terrified of clowns.
Insanely paranoid that everyone was searching for him, Waldo took extreme measures.
You might be able to spot one more flaw with his designs.
Patent #5,885,205
Something's not right here, but I can't and won't put my finger on it.
That's only one of his several novelty inflatable penis prisons, but last time I checked, the vagina wasn't one of those preschool "push the shapes through the holes" toys. That triangu-todger-piston looks like the missing component in C-3PO and R2-D2's relationship.
From now on you will never not see that R2 is at perfect blowjob height.
Connection port 12 is where you attach a tube to inflate this prism of horror, but if you've got a willing partner and they can't orally inflate your manhood, you have a problem far beyond ballooning's ability to solve. The patent also suggests crushing compressed-air pellets, but by the time you're deploying gas pellets and pneumatics, you're better off dropping an actual smoke bomb and hiring a ninja to sleep with your partner in the confusion. Which will still be less embarrassing than this device.


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A former prison guard who has admitted to bringing tobacco onto the grounds of the Huttonsville Correctional Center in exchange for money was sentenced in Randolph County Circuit Court Friday....
Lawyers...pfft. Dumber than dirt. He knew the laws/rules/regulations. If he didn't he wouldn't have done this 'secretely' now would he???
This idiot has NO DEFENSE. STUPIDITY is not a defense!! Lock him up. Now he can really get a 'feel' of prison life.
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they actually need to do drug test on the guards and do a better job of patting them down before their shift, totally disagree with what McCauley got his sentence is a pile of ****. Wilfong is really letting down a lot of people on her sentencing lately thought she was gonna be a better judge than what we had before her, haha guess not!!!!
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Gibson knew what he was doing, he isn't as innocent as his lawyer protrayes him to be, he wanted to make xtra money just like a lot of the guards do and are still doing, if the women aren't screwing and giving cell phones to the inmates,then the male guards are smuggling in crap they are as bad as the inmates and should be treated just like them he was not forced to bring in tobacco he chose to do that for the money, he is a rat that should serve his time and I disagree with Wilfong on her tell his lawyer to basically appeal this what the heck is she trying to prove......
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I am sure he was taught during training that nothing can be given/sold to the inmates. I agree with PotBelly, what he did endangered both staff and inmates.
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anon367 ... you must be one of those no guts rule the world and everybody in it liberals ... I will post where and when I want!
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then maybe...just maybe....you should stop posting on this site. you're a waste of time, and assuming from your name, space as well....moronic!
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Why did TheInterMountain block the word h*e*r*o*i*n? ... I was simply quoting their story ... moronic!
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"It's not as if it were ******," Prentice said, noting a recent policy change that outlaws tobacco on the grounds of state Division of Corrections facilities." ... well Prentice ... introducing contraband of any kind into a correctional facility creates an extreme potential for danger to both staff and inmates ... an individual could be killed over a pack of cigarettes!
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