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What a weekend. With the onset of what promises to be a busy and fun-filled season, the plethora of events seems to be even more action-packed than usual, and making choices is (already) more difficult than ever before. That said, I made my selections, sorry (as usual) that I can't be everywhere, yet confident that there are enough events here in the Upper Delaware valley to suit even the most discerning. As always, the Where and When section of The River Reporter is informative, and I continue to recommend this resource.
Having written extensively in last week's issue about "The Way Home, the Liberty Free Theatre's (LFT, www.libertyfreetheatre.org) fundraiser in association with Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer (www.crocalumni.org), I felt compelled to check out the show. Chatting briefly with LFT artistic director Paul Austin before the show, I was informed that response to the event was "overwhelming," and that it is likely that another performance is waiting in the wings.
Constance Alexander's "spoken opera" was (IMHO) brilliant. Touching, funny, thought provoking and inspiring, the playwright managed to infuse the piece with a laundry list of issues without being preachy or saccharine, which, considering the theme, is no mean feat. The cast (Janna Comando, Ellen Pavlov, Dorothy Hartz, Valeria Henry, Lynn Priebe and Valerie Mansi, under the direction of Austin) carried the one-act play with style and a keen understanding of the material, and I'm keeping fingers crossed that another opportunity for others to experience "The Way Home" is indeed, in the offing.
In between theatrical experiences, I tucked Dharma (the wonder dog) under my arm and headed out to chat with celebrity DJs Paul Ciliberto and Mike Sakell from local radio station Thunder 102 (thunder102.com) as they conducted a live feed from Kauneonga Lake, in anticipation of the Allyson Whitney (www.allysonwhitney.org) 5 K run/walk, beneftting the organization's efforts to find a cure for (a theme emerges) cancer. The day was glorious, the turnout (with hundreds of participants) exceeded all expectations, and the event was a tremendous success.
I snapped pics, sampled some of the many treats available and cheered those participating as they made their way through the streets, completing the route with strollers, dogs and children. Jeffersonville's Jared K. Hart was the first to cross the finish line, and he took his place on the sidelines, cheering his fellow runners as they ran, walked and came out in droves in support of this fantastic event.
Unsuspecting that the theme was about to continue, Dharma and I made our way to Narrowsburg and the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA, www.artsalliancesite.org) on Sunday to observe the progression of a work-in-progress, playwright Richard Scheinmel's "Lost on Staten Island—More Tales of Modern Living." The play, which is part of a series, deals with family, suicide and (surprise!) cancer, among other subjects. Once again, these serious issues are deftly handled with the talented playwright's ability to take the audience along on Scheinmel's personal journey, sharing his experience through the creative process, addressing universal themes that have touched the lives of so many.
The show, which is slated to open in New York City's La Mama Etc. (www.lamama.org) on June 16, is really well written, and audience members were given the opportunity to ask questions following the actors' workout.
Curious as to how the company found itself in Narrowsburg, I discovered that the cast includes some locals—Wendy Merritt Kaufman and actor/musician Chris Orbach—and that the company had recruited our own Cass Collins to sit in, reading an assortment of roles, for a few cast mates who were unable to make the trip. Director Jason Jacobs, along with stage manager Heather Olmstead, were there, and they all took time out of their schedules to address the audience afterward.
Responding to my query regarding working on the show here, as opposed to the city, Kaufman enthused about the bucolic atmosphere and the different experience. "Doing what I love to do [acting] on the banks of the Delaware River—well, it's just great," she said, as the others nodded in agreement. "We are treating this experience as a retreat," director Jacobs said, "and we're hopeful that this will lead to not only enhancing the work, but enriching our experience along the way."
I found the entire afternoon to be very cool. Enticed by observing how other writers work, the level of professionalism was impressive; the tidbits of script teased the audience and left me wanting more. And the local involvement proved once again that the talent residing here at home is substantial. As for "Lost on Staten Island," playwright Scheinmel expressed interest in the show being performed here in the Catskills, and knowing Giguerre and Co., I have high hopes that we will see it happen.
As gal-pal Fran Drescher expressed in her life-affirming book "Cancer Schmancer," "Chances are you've already been affected by cancer in some way, whether personally or through a close friend or family member," and I know this to be true. Whether it's a theatrical play, a 5K run, or a work in progress, community is the through-line for inspiration, education and the continuing race for the cure. My hats off to all concerned, with a heartfelt "thank you" to boot.


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The dangers of life for young people today have grown beyond simple missteps of youth from which recovery and an untainted life are possible.
The combination of the expected poor decision making skills of people who haven't experienced much of life yet mixed with drugs, alcohol and the ability to destroy reputations in an instant via smartphones and the Internet is a problem that is new.
It is an issue of parenting, but perhaps even parents aren't fully armed with the skillset yet to handle these combinations.
That's why we think the effort by U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld of the Northern District of West Virginia is important and welcomed.
While it cannot teach the innate sense of right from wrong that should be a part of parents' and guardians' responsibilities to instill, "Project Future Two-a-Days" is a good effort at motivating kids to think twice before not making bad decisions.
Critics oversimplify the program as teaching young people not to telegraph their crimes via text message or Internet apps. That misses the point entirely.
Ihlenfeld not only is trying to reinforce the usual anti-drug, anti-alcohol decision-making skills but also pointing out that there is a new dimension to the potentially destructive behaviors available to teens by destroying reputations via electronic distribution.
School administrators asked for the help, and Ihlenfeld has included the social media message as part of his tour of Northern Panhandle high schools.
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With the U.S. House of Representatives scheduled to vote on repeal of the health reform law next week, the latest Kaiser Family Foundation data note revisits some recent public opinion findings on the topic. Kaiser's December Health Tracking Poll found the public divided on the question of repeal: one in…Perspective Read More
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This month's Kaiser Health Tracking Poll reveals little change in public opinion about the health reform law. Americans remain divided overall, with 42 percent having a favorable opinion of the law and 44 percent viewing it unfavorably. Three in ten continue to want to see the law expanded, while roughly…Perspective Read More
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There has been a substantial amount of focus on the recently released draft regulations governing state-based health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). And that's appropriate, since the exchanges have the important roles under reform of providing consumers with easier access to insurance and facilitating tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies…Perspective Read More
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Phoenix on the Bay will captivate you with its lush landscaping and soothing semi-tropical setting for your next Alabama Gulf Coast vacation. However, it's the amenities that set these Orange Beach, Alabama vacation rentals apart from the rest.
While the beautiful Alabama beaches are literally minutes away, it's the onsite alternatives such as a large water slide, multiple pools (indoor and outdoor), hot tubs and a Lazy River all set on a picturesque bay that has people talking about Phoenix on the Bay. Plus the amenities are a dream with rare features like a putting green, boat slips and a fishing pier, tennis courts and even a fitness center.
This Orange Beach, Alabama complex is not only packed with extras, but the grounds are simply stunning as well with majestic palms swaying in the wind and colorful vegetation catching the warm sunshine. Each vacation condo comes stocked with a chef-ready kitchen, designer interiors and airy balconies. To top it all off, there are restaurants, shops and family entertainment within a few minutes drive.
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Ann Durkin Keating holds the C. Frederick Toenniges Professorship at North Central College. She is a history professor who earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Illinois, and master of arts and doctorate degrees from the University of Chicago.
Keating has taught at North Central College in the History Department since 1991 and helped establish the College's Chicago Term, which takes students from all majors into the city to learn about its past and present and to pursue internships there. She spearheaded publication of the book, Encyclopedia of Chicago, and appears regularly as a public speaker and is often quoted as an expert source about Chicago-area history.
Keating is the second recipient of the C. Frederick Toenniges Professorship, which was first presented to Howard Mueller in 1992 by an endowed gift from College Trustee Judy G. Stevenson, president and treasurer of Magnetrol International, Inc., a manufacturer of safety controls for level and flow systems. Named for a longtime (1930-47) North Central music professor and Community United Methodist Church choir director, the chair is awarded to a North Central professor whose excellence in teaching and dedication to students embodies the tradition Toenniges exemplified.
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In the July/August 2013 issue of Fast Company, I stumbled upon a happily-ever-after manufacturing story, the kind of which make supply chain and operations management professionals__and all business people__sleep a little bit easier at night.
The article, "The Road to Resilience: How unscientific innovation saved Marlin Steel," highlights a Baltimore manufacturer that used to produce wire baskets solely for use in bagel stores. With 18 employees, most of whom made minimum wage, the company handled $800,000 a year in sales of its $12 bagel baskets. Then, factories abroad started selling bagel baskets for $6, and Marlin leaders had no hope of matching that price.
"Marlin saved itself by facing a truth that few threatened manufacturers can stomach: it was failing because it had gotten everything wrong," writes Charles Fishman. "It had the wrong customers; it had the wrong products; it had the wrong prices. Greenblatt [owner of Marlin Steel since 1998] realized__just in time__that even wire baskets could be innovative."
In 2003, Greenblatt, who was handling sales, got a call from Boeing. The airplane manufacturer needed custom baskets to hold assembly parts. It needed the baskets to be precise, and it needed them fast. But, Boeing could pay Marlin Steel $24 a basket. That's when things started to turn around for this small business.
According to Fast Company, the United States has 6 million fewer jobs today than it did in 1998. Yet, US manufacturing is thriving, in large part, because of high worker productivity and efficient machines. "And the United States still has hundreds of thousands of factories," Fishman writes. "The ones we notice are big … but most are small, like Marlin Steel."
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God said: "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree that has seed-yielding fruit, to you it shall be for food."
-Genesis 1:29
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creep upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, every green herb for food.
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The young shall lie down together,
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All go to one place; all are of the dust.
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Hi Katherine- welcome and I'm so glad you found us. some of my favorite people here are Katherines (or Catherine!)!
I did look up your med Nilol and apparently, it's "Nifedipine SR 20mg + Atenolol 50mg"
I think Nifedipine is one of the preferred antihypertensive drugs used during pregnancy, and my perinatologist (AND I) believe that atenolol can actually help prevent preeclampsia. I took it when I was pregnant. I think if you're on meds that are working, stick with it.
There are a couple of concerns about antihypertensives and babies, largely that the meds can cause the babies to be a bit smaller, and (usually if you're on a high dose) can case bradycardia- slower heart rate- in the baby. Luckily, these are things you can monitor while you're pregnant, and your doc can adjust the dosage if you start to see problems.
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In a world that sometimes lends itself to feast or famine, the Phillies certainly dug into a smorgasbord Sunday night as they crushed the Dodgers, 11-0, to take a two games to one series lead.
After scoring just one run on Friday in a loss to the Dodgers, the Phillies bats exploded scoring four first-inning runs courtesy of a two-run triple from "the Big Piece" Ryan Howard and a two-run bomb to center from Jayson Werth.
The onslaught continued throughout the game as the Phillies managed to put up the crooked number three more times, including two runs in the second, two in the fifth, and three in the eighth.
If you're looking for a offensive standout, take your pick as every player in the starting line-up scored at least one run. Raul Ibanez was the only Phillies starter to not record a hit in the ball game.
Both Jayson Werth and Shane Victorino homered, Carlos Ruiz and Jimmy Rollins each had doubles. Ruiz's torrent streak has been one of the keys to the Phillies success so far this postseason. "Chooch" is now batting a ridiculous .625 in this series and has seven R.B.I.'s throughout the playoffs.
Also of note on the offensive side of the ball, Howard set a Major League record in the first inning with an R.B.I. in his seventh consecutive postseason game, when all games came in the same season. The overall record is held by Lou Gehrig, who had ribbies in eight consecutive games, spanning three years.
Lost in the offensive beat-down was a masterful, eight inning performance from Cliff Lee. Lee was untouchable allowing just three hits, two to Manny Ramirez, all while sitting down ten on strikeouts. Despite coming to the plate in the eighth inning(an at-bat in which he roped a single), his 114 pitches tossed were just a bit too much to allow Lee to finish the complete game shut-out.
The hostile Philly crowd set the tone early with "Beat L.A.!" chants heard from the on-set. The Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda looked startled and the cold northeastern air seemed to stiffen his hurt neck. The Phillies wasted no time jumping on Kuroda and chased him in the second inning.
Both teams resume play Monday night, another 8:07 start. The Phillies will look to extend their series lead.
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Dodgers fans,
Welcome to Philly.
Ooouuucchhh. Hope you guys enjoyed it. We're going to get you back.
What happened to Dodger Blew?
Someone please start the chant: Disown KOBE! I didn't like him before, but seeing him smug in LA wearing the Dodgers Cap…..when he is from Philly………..Give me the Fresh Prince!
Awesome… lets do it again!!!
some god chants tonight..
i liked when Manny was up in the 7th i think (whenever he Kd)…and they started the "you're on steroids" chant..
very nicely done
hey dodger fan…
why do you post on a phillies blog?
dont you have your own blog?
youre pathetic
Whoever goes to the game needs to start a "RAAAAN-DY….RAAAAN-DY….RAAAAN-DY….RAAAAN-DY" chant. Let's not underestimate an ex-Phillies pitcher, as we did to our dismay Friday. But, let's get into his head! Crowd was awesome tonight.
Shane Victorino was profiled on the Phanavision during the game. His favorite gadget is the iPod, he would like to jam with Snoop Dogg, and his most admired athlete…Kobe Bryant.
Most Dodger fans don't show up till the third inning. When they turned the game on tonight, their team was already down six runs…..haha.
The Dodgers are lucky they're not down 3-0 right now.
yo philly texan? Where u at? I lived in Philly my whole life until moving to Austin im convinced I'm the only phillies fan in town, or at least a fan of anything other than UT football.
Its really hard to pick the most important player in the Phillies post season between Howard and Lee. Lee has been a rock for us as a starter and Howard as been an RBI machine. Right now those two represent our best chance to repeat.
Lets keep the momentum going to beat them again tommorrow!
Hey John,
I'm in Austin too. There are more Philly people here than you think.
Hogg Island Deli at 4th and Lavaca streets is the place to watch Philly sports — Eagles games and Phils playoff games. It gets pretty packed, and they serve cheesesteaks. Almost enough to make a Philly guy feel at home.
Go Phils!
I would say howard. Howard helped us win when Lee was not on the mound.
That was awesome. Lee was amazing, the Dudgers got beat down hard and everybody gets a hit except for Ibanez… Maybe he'll get one tomorrow. Joe the Pummeler on the hill tomorrow. Get em Phils… BEAT LA!
Last night's game can juice up a lot of people as to expectations, but let's not get outta control. I loved the way the Phils went out and took control early and just mounted and mounted. I loved that Manny was by himself — a couple of singles and that Lee mastered the Dodgers. But let's not forget that after a feast of runs, there is often a famine in the next game. Let Blanton do well and the Phils get 5 or 6 runs, play solid defense. If so, we go up 3-1. Trivia — Dodgers beat Phillies in playoffs 1977, 78 ( I may be off by 1 season) and the Phils pounded the Dodgers in 1983 and 2008. A win in this series and the Phils have mastered the Dodgers in post-season play. Go Phillies!
Let's get a big game out of Joe Blanton tonight. Keep the bats going!!
Not only was Kobe smug in the LA cap, he stated that HE GREW UP A METS FAN!
Really, ST*U Kobe
Wow, that was a fun one to watch. I live in Paris, where these 8PM games start at 2AM for me. One from the Rockies series started at 4:37AM. Anyone else out there adjusting to a similarly awesome playoff watching schedule? Anyone else in France?
Eric – i'm in the UK. I'm having real issues staying up to watch the games that start at 8.07 ET [01.07GMT] especially if I've got work in the morning. The 4pm ET [9PM GMT] starts work out very well though!
That playoff RBI record Howard set really puts in perspective the legendary type of postseason he's had thus far. I'd like to see him at least tie Gehrig's record — well, because it will help us win — and it also will be nice to throw Gehrig's name into a conversation there. Howard's head-first dive into to try to avoid the tag at first was flat-out hustle, and I'm hoping it will turn around some of the howard-haters out there — that is if his penchant for clutch hits and his massive RBI total don't.
The Phillies came out of the gate like they knew they should be up 2-0 in the series. Hopefully they'll come out tonight knowing they should be 3-0, and should be playing to clinch.
Still a long way to go here. The whole notion of taking back home-field advantage with a split in LA goes away if we don't sweep at home. Of course as pointed out in this thread …. if the series goes back to LA, and we strike early as we did last night, nobody will be there to see it.
Craig where are you in the UK?
Cliff Lee is just amazing. 😀
NJ – Scotchland 😀
So much for all the people who said that Game 2 would prove to be the game that turned the momentum in this series. That said, however, I am still a little anxious. Blanton has not shown anything lately that would give me optimism that he can win tonight, and you never know what's going to be churning in Hamels's mind. Plus, we tend to have a couple games of scoring drought after we have a scoring binge like this. So, I'd love to not have to go back to LA, but I'm not expecting it. By the way, did I read correctly that Kershaw is going to pitch Game 5? HERE???? Is Torre nuts? The crowd will tear him apart.
craig you on facebook, rare to find phils fans in the uk…
Phillies fan here in San Antonio. And there is a bunch of us. What A GREAT game last night. Hoping for more.
I never really liked Kobe but have TRIED to give him the benefit of the doubt through all his trials and tribulations. He IS an amazingly talented basketball player and I appreciate that. If he wants to be for the Dodgers….fine….that's his right……but…… 1) DON'T be smug about it and 2) DON'T admit that you actually grew up a Mets fan. A$$hole.
NJ – Nope. Don't do face book.
You in the UK as well?
Does anyone else wish that the radio broadcasters would go silent during the postgame interviews when Harry sings "High Hopes"? Or am I the only one who sings "High Hopes" when I hear it in the background?
Blanton will be fine. Even if he trails – and I've a feeling he will because Steve Phillips said on ESPN that Wolf is apparently excellent against lefties with his high fastball – he'll keep it close enough that we'll come back and win it. Maybe my prediction for Lidge getting the win will come true. We as fans will need to rattle Wolf.
And Cole will get the win Game 5.
@Craig – Awesome, nice to hear that there are others on this side of the Atlantic :-)! Yeah, figuring out how to manage it with work the next day is pretty tricky. Luckily my hours are pretty flexible as a software engineer with most of my coworkers living in CA and preferring when I work at night instead :-). My early morning language class (I just moved here recently) is the painful part!
I have impeccable Phillies luck and it's getting to the point where it's kind of weird. I was there last night… I had tickets and tried to sell them but had no luck on stub hub. People were actually selling their tickets at or less than face value… I guess the weather scared people away… I decided that I would rather go than take a loss and I'm so glad that I went.
Cliff Lee is a machine… surgical.
Howard is having a postseason for the ages. Playing great defense, spraying the ball all over the field and running the bases. He flawlessly started the 3-6-1 double play and almost beat out an infield roller at first by sliding head first. If we win the World Series, he'll have another trophy on his mantle… WS MVP.
Saw Cal Ripken Jr… the TBS broadcast booth was right above Tony Luke's and Cal was hanging over the railing. He was actually cordial and was signing autographs for the fans up on the rooftop. He's one of the few people that gets me awe struck.
A Dodgers fan showed up in our section in the third… he was wearing a white/blue plaid zip up hoodie, a Dodgers t-shirt and hat along with blue Dodgers beads… the hoodie was questionable, the shirt and hat were ok but the beads? So I say to him, "Nice Dodger beads." Everyone in our section starts laughing… and he starts flipping people off. Next thing you know, the entire section is ripping this kid. He's f bombing everyone, pulling out his California driver's license (to validate that it's ok for him to be a Dodgers fan) and then the usher comes down and kicks him out. He was there for literally 15 minutes…
was at the game last night, the crowd was awesome loud from the first pitch and am going back tonight and we have to do the same thing. A little dissapointed with the people leaving after 8 I know it was cold, but come on, this is the playoffs stay till the end. OK if you have kids and they need to get home, but that is not what Phillies Phans should do, walking out before the game is over.
Hope Big Joe has a great game tonight.
It would be nice to jump on Wolf tonight and score in the first.
I think Ryan has been great and an RBI machine, but I think you have to throw Carlos Ruiz in the mix of key players on this team, the guy shuts down running games, calls a great game, and he is hitting over 600 with some key rbis in game one, Senior Octobre is a great game,
Beat LA GO PHILLIES
see you all at the game tonight
Russell Martin is d-bag…..on TV this morning (MLB network,I think) they showed him being interviewed after the game and he basically said that early on the Dodgers knew they had no chance in the game……Imagine one of our guys saying that…..
By the way, the chant was "You Took Steroids" not you're on steroids. Fittingly, they ran a public announcement about the risks of steroids in the middle of the 7th… the crowd was relentless.
Chants for tonight's game:
1 – You took steroids! Clap clap clapclapclap
2 – Wooooollllllfeeeeeee. Wooooollllllfeeeeeee
3 – Manny's pregnant. Clap clap clapclapclap
4 – Raaaaaaaandeeeeeey.
What else?
it also wasn't "You-USE-Steroids"
that was the loudest crowd i've ever seen in person last night.. I was soaking it all in more than I was yelling.. but it was a great, great night down there..
I know we posted 11 last night, but people need to remember that each game is its own game .. and because we hit the ball well last night doesn't mean that we will tonight. The problem with the too-high when we win, and too-low when we lose can be seen right now, because everyone is seemingly ready for the Yankees
lets be supportive .. the odds are that we will have to go back to LA (where they are very good at home) .. and have to win a game there to advance. Hopefully we tattoo Wolf all over the yard, but Im not ready to say that we've got great momentum, or that we're unstoppable on Offense .
we got a bunch of runs off of people who hadn't pitched for them yet in this series, and probably won't pitch again (for good reason) .. and we didn't exatcly rock Vincente Padilla …
Anyone going down tonight.. be even louder than we were last night!!! make this place a nightmare of the opponents for the rest of the postseason!
MANNY'S PREGNANT … would be hilarious!!!
Win tonite, and the Utley miscues are all but forgotten. This game is a trip to the WS. They Phils would not blow a 3-1 to this club. Not even the 1919 whitesox could pull that one off. A loss tonite and the ulcers will return.
-If we're patient we can knock Wolf around. But if we go chasing his junk this game will be unnecc. close.
-Charlie needs to change this lineup around. It's hard to complain after a 11-0 rout. But Feliz and J-Roll is holding this O back.
-He's my humble lineup:
1. Victornio. 2. Utley 3. Werth. 4. Howard 5. Ibanez 6. Ruiz 7. Rollins 8. Feliz 9. Pitcher's spot of course.
Right now J-Roll and Feliz shoud not be getting an extra ab over Raull and Feliz.
and Ruiz
you can't change the order when you're winning ..
and J-Roll also had an RBI and scored a Run ..
it's just that when he doesn't get on .. Victorino seems to
and when he DOES get on .. Victorino gets out.. etc..
Feliz is fine… and Ruiz is dangerous BECUASE he's hitting 8th ..
You're right they can't when they're winning. But I'm projecting this O out for the rest pf this series and possb. further…..
You would expect for the games to get closer this series or possb the next. Ruiz is not just on some lucky hitting streak. He had a .330 or so avg going for Sept/Oct going until the wrist injury. Even his outs have been hit hard.
And other than the occss hit here and there, Rolls is not getting on base. Vic reached in his first ab in Games 1/Game 3.
-And Feliz (triple aside) has not been hitting at all. He is also chasing pitches way out of the strike zone.
-A some point your leader guy has to get on base. Look at the Angels. Figgins is having an horrible ps so far, and the Angles O has suff.
-The Phils have the power to compen. but J-Roll's OPS of about .290 this season will catch up to us sooner or later if he doesn't turn it around.
I'm always optimistic… I'm hoping that Blanton comes out and pitches like he has something to prove. The guy was arguably our most consistent starter from start to finish. The fact that Charlied did not give him the opportunity to start a game in the Rockies series has to leave him with a bit of a chip on his shoulder.
There's a good chance that Utley and Ibanez will struggle because Wolf is pretty good against lefties. The Dodgers might start intentionally walking Howard… he has been a killer so far. I'm thinking that the killer Iz' along with Rollins will be the difference… Pedro Feliz has a career OPS of 1.140 against Wolf and Carlos Ruiz is sitting at 2.250 OPS against Wolf. That's pretty crazy… if those guys get on, Rollins will have opportunities to drive in some runs or extend innings.
Rollins and Vic also have +1.000 OPS' against Wolf…
Anyone else think that this would a good time for Uncle Chuck to give Ben Fran the start in LF tonite against Ron Howard….
The more I think about it, tonight's game is probably the most intriguing game of the series… you've got lefty killer and ex-Phil Randy Wolf against steady Joe. Blanton hasn't started in a while and that could mean that he's either rusty or out to prove something. There are a few guys on this team that have killed Wolf, namely Ruiz, Feliz, Rollins and Victorino… after last night's shellacking, do the Dodgers lay down or do they play with a chip on their shoulders? We've seen the Phillies drop double digits and then throw up a goose egg the next game… does this team step on their throats or are they content to lean on Hamels/Lee in games 5 and 7? Showing that killer instinct tonight would send a clear message to the Yankees/Angels… I think that's what this game is about. It's a statement game…
Let's hand the Dodgers their asses on back to back nights and let it be known that this team smells blood and they're just getting hungrier.
It is a must win for the Dodgers so I expect them to show more fight tonight than last night. However, I think the fans can continue to get in their heads. I expect the fans to be extra nasty to Wolf. He walked 5 in 3 innings in the NLDS so rattle him a bit and he might turn into an older version of Kershaw, sucking his thumb, pooping his pants, doing the little cha cha dance.
Statement game?? I don't know….maybe. What message are we really gonna send the Yankees?? I'm sure they won't be fazed at all if we come out swinging and scoring. It's not like they're gonna be intimidated by that in any way.
Let's be realistic, people…..whoever goes to the WS and faces the Yankees (assuming it's them and not the Angels at this point) is going to have their hands full. I'mnot saying the Phillies can't win……I just think it's going to be a VERY difficult series. Put it this way……The Yankees aren't the Rays.
Should be fun to hear that on the TV tonight…..
Gotta need the crowd (if any of u are going) to pick it up a notch tonight. Some em we are hunting for blood…..
I mean we already have their fans beat by default being that everyone is in the stadium by 1st pitch and not the 3rd-4th inning….
It's "You Took Steroids," Bob…
F the Yankees… I prefer to put it this way, Chuck, we're not the Angels. The Angels are a team that have won games on emotion… eventually, that runs out. Right now, we are playing better baseball than any other team out there. We beat the red hot Rockies in a very competitive series and we're beating the Dodgers in every aspect of the game right now. The Yankees won game 2 against the Angels because the Angels threw it away. The Yankees beat the Twins because the Twins weren't ready… they have three starters and are being forced to pitch CC on 3 days rest. CBP will have a field day with CC and A-Fraud…
It was kind of muffled by the TBS broadcast, but u could make out the jist of that was said.
It was hilarious.
This team is built to be ANYONE in a best of 7 series, they are not built to win 100-110 games, ala the Yankees. Our offense will sleep for weeks, then recover. I think being battle tested and facing adversity helps this team respond.
2 more wins and we can legitmately start talking about a possible 2nd straight parade down Broad St, let that soak for a minute.
The Yankees are up 2-0 despite not playing their best ball. The Angels are struggling because C.Figgins has 1 hit the entire post season. Like J-Roll with the Phillies, if Figgins gets going the Angels are an entirely different O. Except we got the hr hitters.
-I am surprised the Yanks' Billion dollar O has been so quite so far. Except when they've needed it most.
-The Phillies can play with anybody. Anywhere and anytime.
I disagree….CC is a better pitcher than last year. We beat him as a member of the Brewers, in a year when he wasn't settled. As a Yankee for the whole year I feel he has a lot more to prove.
And say what you want about ARod. Like him or hate him anybody has to admit that he's one of the biggest threats inthe game today.
Also…..Mariano Rivera. There's really nobody like him.
Not saying we can't the Yankees. It's just not gonna be real easy.
Yankees have a better lineup than we do.. and their 8th-9th inning guys have defined roles
they remind me of the 2008 Phillies
Sabathia last year pitched 3-4 straight times on 3 days rest.. and we got him in the playoffs .. AJ Burnett has given us problems before..
It would be a great series.. with the Yankees probably favored to win in 6 games
but they don't play the games on paper, they play them on the field ..
Lets worry about the Dodgers first though ..
Their lineup can put up 5+ runs any given night, and clearly our strength this year is NOT holding the other team's offense down ..
That's right…..Dodgers win tonight and it's a whole new series. The Phils win and it's most likely over. But the outcome of the game tonight doesn't send any other team any message. It only says that we're a good team that CAN win.
Mark my words, if we lose tonight, the national media will write us off… if we win tonight, people start thinking that maybe the Phillies can compete with the big bad yankees. People will start looking at this team in a different light. Right now, it's the Yankees and everyone else.
Chuck, don't buy into the hype. Maybe they have more stars but this team plays better baseball. I think that our starting pitching is just as solid… in fact, I think that ours might be better. CC doesn't want anything to do with Philadelphia and Burnett is 5-8 against the Phils in his career. Their lineup is better at the top and bottom but we're better in the middle. Their bench and bullpen is better but that's nothing new… we are a much better fielding team and we run the bases better. It's pretty damn close and it probably comes down to match ups; CC/Burnett/Pettitte vs. the Phillies lineup and Lee/Hamels/Pedro/Blanton vs. the Yankees lineup.
CC was worn out last year.. and Burnett is just as likely to strikeout 10 Phillies as he is to give up 5 runs in 4 innings..
But seriously… there should be no Yankees talk until they would be scheduled as our next opponent ..
Dodgers win tonight, and they've got "Home Field Advantage" back .. this NLCS is far from over .. they are a good team .. I think we are better, but its not over until its over
Don….thank you…I'm getting a little tired of everybody all of a sudden thinking we're invincibible just because we scored 11 runs last night. Everyone just needs to relax a bit and take this O N E G A M E A T A T I M E.
Even if we win tonight this isn't over. If Hamels sucks tomorow and thing goes back to LA….who freaking knows what will happen.
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Turning an XML document into a corresponding hierarchy of Java bean objects is a fairly common task. In a previous article, I described how to accomplish this using the standard SAX and DOM APIs.
Although powerful and flexible, both APIs are, in effect, too low-level for the specific task at hand. Furthermore, the unmarshalling procedure itself requires a fair amount of coding: a parse-stack must be maintained when using SAX, and the DOM-tree must be navigated when using DOM.
This is where the Apache Jakarta Commons Digester framework comes in.
The Jakarta Digester framework grew out of the Jakarta Struts Web toolkit. Originally developed to process the central struts-config.xml configuration file, it was soon recognized that the framework was more generally useful, and moved to the Jakarta Commons project, the stated goal of which is to provide a "repository of reusable Java components." The most recent version, Digester 1.3, was released on August 13, 2002.
Digester class lets the application programmer
specify a set of actions to be performed whenever the parser
encounters certain simple patterns in the XML document. The Digester
framework comes with 10 prepackaged "rules," which cover most
of the required tasks when unmarshalling XML (such as creating a
bean or setting a bean property), but each user is free to define
and implement his or her own rules, as necessary.
In this example, we will unmarshall the same XML document that we used in the previous article:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<catalog library="somewhere">
<author>Author 1</author>
<title>Title 1</title>
<author>Author 2</author>
<title>His One Book</title>
<name>Mag Title 1</name>

<headline>Some Headline</headline>

<headline>Another Headline</headline>
<author>Author 2</author>
<title>His Other Book</title>
<name>Mag Title 2</name>

<headline>Second Headline</headline>
The bean classes are also the same, except for one important change:
In the previous article, I had declared these classes to have
package scope -- primarily so that I could define
all of them in the same source file! Using the Digester framework,
this is no longer possible; the classes need to be declared as
public (as is required for classes conforming to
the JavaBeans specification):
import java.util.Vector;
public class Catalog {
private Vector books;
private Vector magazines;
public Catalog() {
books = new Vector();
magazines = new Vector();
public void addBook( Book rhs ) {
books.addElement( rhs );
public void addMagazine( Magazine rhs ) {
magazines.addElement( rhs );
public String toString() {
String newline = System.getProperty( "line.separator" );
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
buf.append( "--- Books ---" ).append( newline );
for( int i=0; i<books.size(); i++ ){
buf.append( books.elementAt(i) ).append( newline );
buf.append( "--- Magazines ---" ).append( newline );
for( int i=0; i<magazines.size(); i++ ){
buf.append( magazines.elementAt(i) ).append( newline );
return buf.toString();
public class Book {
private String author;
private String title;
public Book() {}
public void setAuthor( String rhs ) { author = rhs; }
public void setTitle( String rhs ) { title = rhs; }
public String toString() {
return "Book: Author='" + author + "' Title='" + title + "'";
import java.util.Vector;
public class Magazine {
private String name;
private Vector articles;
public Magazine() {
articles = new Vector();
public void setName( String rhs ) { name = rhs; }
public void addArticle( Article a ) {
articles.addElement( a );
public String toString() {
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer( "Magazine: Name='" + name + "' ");
for( int i=0; i<articles.size(); i++ ){
buf.append( articles.elementAt(i).toString() );
return buf.toString();
public class Article {
private String headline;
private String page;
public Article() {}
public void setHeadline( String rhs ) { headline = rhs; }
public void setPage( String rhs ) { page = rhs; }
public String toString() {
return "Article: Headline='" + headline + "' on page='" + page + "' ";
Digester class processes the input XML document
based on patterns and rules. The patterns must match XML
elements, based on their name and location in the
document tree. The syntax used to describe the matching patterns
resembles the
XPath match patterns, a little:
the pattern
catalog matches the top-level
<catalog> element, the pattern
catalog/book matches a
element nested directly inside a
element, but nowhere else in the document, etc.
All patterns are
absolute: the entire path from the root element on down has to
be specified. The only exception are patterns containing the
wildcard operator
*: the pattern
*/name will match a
element anywhere in the document. Also note that there is no
need for a special designation for the root element, since all
paths are absolute.
Related Reading
Java & XML Data Binding
Whenever the Digester encounters one of the specified patterns, it
performs the actions that have been associated with it. In this, the
Digester framework is of course related to a SAX parser (and in
fact, the
Digester class implements
org.xml.sax.ContentHandler and maintains
the parse stack). All rules to be used with the Digester must extend
org.apache.commons.digester.Rule -- which in itself
exposes methods similar to the SAX
begin() and
end() are called
when the opening and closing tags of the matched element are
body() method is called for the content
nested inside of the matched element, and finally, there is a
finish() method, which is called once processing
of the closing tag is complete, to provide a hook to do possible
final clean-up chores.
Most application developers will not have to concern themselves
with these functions, however, since the standard rules that
ship with the framework are likely to provide all desired
To unmarshal a document, then, create an instance of the
org.apache.commons.digester.Digester class,
configure it if necessary, specify the required patterns and
rules, and finally, pass a reference to the XML file to the
parse() method. This is demonstrated in the
DigesterDriver class below. (The filename of the
input XML document must be specified on the command line.)
import org.apache.commons.digester.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class DigesterDriver {
public static void main( String[] args ) {
try {
Digester digester = new Digester();
digester.setValidating( false );
digester.addObjectCreate( "catalog", Catalog.class );
digester.addObjectCreate( "catalog/book", Book.class );
digester.addBeanPropertySetter( "catalog/book/author", "author" );
digester.addBeanPropertySetter( "catalog/book/title", "title" );
digester.addSetNext( "catalog/book", "addBook" );
digester.addObjectCreate( "catalog/magazine", Magazine.class );
digester.addBeanPropertySetter( "catalog/magazine/name", "name" );
digester.addObjectCreate( "catalog/magazine/article", Article.class );
digester.addSetProperties( "catalog/magazine/article", "page", "page" );
digester.addBeanPropertySetter( "catalog/magazine/article/headline" );
digester.addSetNext( "catalog/magazine/article", "addArticle" );
digester.addSetNext( "catalog/magazine", "addMagazine" );
File input = new File( args[0] );
Catalog c = (Catalog)digester.parse( input );
System.out.println( c.toString() );
} catch( Exception exc ) {
After instantiating the
Digester, we specify that
it should not validate the XML document against a DTD -- because
we did not define one for our simple Catalog document.
Then we specify the patterns and the associated rules: the
ObjectCreateRule creates an instance of the specified
class and pushes it onto the parse stack. The
SetPropertiesRule sets
a bean property to the value of an XML attribute of the current
element -- the first argument to the rule is the name of the
attribute, the second, the name of the property.
SetPropertiesRule takes the value from an
BeanPropertySetterRule takes the value
from the raw character data nested inside of the current
element. It is not necessary to specify the name of the property
to set when using
BeanPropertySetterRule: it
defaults to the name of the current XML element. In the example
above, this default is being used in the rule definition matching
catalog/magazine/article/headline pattern.
Finally, the
SetNextRule pops the object on top of the
parse stack and passes it to the named method on the object below
it -- it is commonly used to insert a finished bean into its parent.
Note that it is possible to register several rules for the same
pattern. If this occurs, the rules are executed in the order in
which they are added to the Digester -- for instance, to deal with

 element, found at
catalog/magazine/article, we first create the
article bean, then set the
page property, and finally pop the completed
article bean and insert it into its
magazine parent.
It is not only possible to set bean properties, but
to invoke arbitrary methods on objects in the stack. This is
accomplished using the
CallMethodRule to specify
the method name and, optionally, the number and type of arguments
passed to it. Subsequent specifications of the
define the parameter values to be passed to the invoked functions.
The values can be taken either from named attributes of the current
XML element, or from the raw character data contained by the current
element. For instance, rather than using the
BeanPropertySetterRule in the
implementation above, we could have achieved the same effect by
calling the property setter explicitly, and passing the data as
digester.addCallMethod( "catalog/book/author", "setAuthor", 1 );
digester.addCallParam( "catalog/book/author", 0 );
The first line gives the name of the method to call
setAuthor()), and the expected number of
parameters (
1). The second line says to take
the value of the function parameter from the character data
contained in the
<author> element and
pass it as first element in the array of arguments (i.e., the
array element with index
0). Had we also specified an
attribute name (e.g.,
"catalog/book/author", 0, "author" );), the value would
have been taken from the respective attribute of the current
element instead.
One important caveat: confusingly,
digester.addCallMethod( "pattern", "methodName", 0 );
does not specify a call to a method taking no arguments --
instead, it specifies a call to a method taking one argument,
the value of which is taken from the character data of the
current XML element! We therefore have yet another
way to implement a replacement for
digester.addCallMethod( "catalog/book/author", "setAuthor", 0 );
To call a method that truly takes no parameters, use
digester.addCallMethod( "pattern", "methodName" );.
Below are brief descriptions of all of the standard rules.
ObjectCreateRule: Creates an object of the
specified class using its default constructor and pushes it
onto the stack; it is popped when the element completes. The
class to instantiate can be given through a
object or the fully-qualified class name.
FactoryCreateRule: Creates an object using
a specified factory class and pushes it onto the stack.
This can be useful for classes that do not provide a
default constructor. The factory class must implement the
SetPropertiesRule: Sets one or several named
properties in the top-level bean using the values of named
XML element attributes. Attribute names and property names
are passed to this rule in
String[] arrays.
(Typically used to handle XML constructs like

.)
BeanPropertySetterRule: Sets a named property
on the top-level bean to the character data enclosed by
the current XML element.
SetPropertyRule: Sets a property on the
top-level bean. Both the property name, as well as the
value to which this property will be set, are given as
attributes to the current XML element.

.)
SetNextRule: Pops the object on top of the stack
and passes it to a named method on the object immediately below.
Typically used to insert a completed bean into its parent.
SetTopRule: Passes the second-to-top object
on the stack to the top-level object. This is useful if the
child object exposes a
setParent method, rather than the
other way around.
SetRootRule: Calls a method on the object at
the bottom of the stack, passing the object on top of the
stack as argument.
CallMethodRule: Calls an arbitrary named method
on the top-level bean. The method may take an arbitrary set of
parameters. The values of the parameters are given by subsequent
applications of the
CallParamRule: Represents the value of a
method parameter. The value of the parameter is either taken
from a named XML element attribute, or from the raw character
data enclosed by the current element. This rule requires
that its position on the parameter list is specified by an
integer index.
Related Reading
Programming Jakarta Struts
So far, we have specified the patterns and rules programmatically at compile time. While conceptually simple and straightforward, this feels a bit odd: the entire framework is about recognizing and handling structure and data at run time, but here we go fixing the behavior at compile time! Large numbers of fixed strings in source code typically indicate that something is being configured (rather than programmed), which could be (and probably should be) done at run time instead.
org.apache.commons.digester.xmlrules package
addresses this issue. It provides the
class, which reads the pattern/rule-pairs from an XML document
and returns a digester already configured accordingly. The XML
document configuring the
Digester must comply with
the digester-rules.dtd, which is part of the
xmlrules package.
Below is the contents of the configuration file (named rules.xml) for the example application. I want to point out several things here.
Patterns can be specified in two
different ways: either as attributes to each XML element
representing a rule, or using the
element. The pattern defined by the latter is valid for all
contained rule elements. Both ways can be mixed, and
<pattern> elements can be nested -- in either
case, the pattern defined by the child element is appended
to the pattern defined in the enclosing
<alias> element is used with the
<set-properties-rule> to map an
XML attribute to a bean property.
Finally, using the current release of the Digester package, it
is not possible to specify the
in the configuration file. Instead, we are using the
CallMethodRule to achieve the same effect,
as explained above.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<object-create-rule pattern="catalog" classname="Catalog" />
<set-properties-rule pattern="catalog" >
<alias attr-name="library" prop-name="library" />
<pattern value="catalog/book">
<object-create-rule classname="Book" />
<call-method-rule pattern="author" methodname="setAuthor"
paramcount="0" />
<call-method-rule pattern="title" methodname="setTitle"
paramcount="0" />
<set-next-rule methodname="addBook" />
<pattern value="catalog/magazine">
<object-create-rule classname="Magazine" />
<call-method-rule pattern="name" methodname="setName" paramcount="0" />
<pattern value="article">
<object-create-rule classname="Article" />
<alias attr-name="page" prop-name="page" />
<call-method-rule pattern="headline" methodname="setHeadline"
paramcount="0" />
<set-next-rule methodname="addArticle" />
<set-next-rule methodname="addMagazine" />
Since all the actual work has now been delegated to the
Digester and
DigesterLoader classes,
the driver class itself becomes trivially simple. To run
it, specify the catalog document as the first command line
argument, and the
rules.xml file as the second.
(Confusingly, the
DigesterLoader will not read the
rules.xml file from a
File or an
but requires a URL -- the
File reference in the code
below is therefore transformed into an equivalent URL.)
import org.apache.commons.digester.*;
import org.apache.commons.digester.xmlrules.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class XmlRulesDriver {
public static void main( String[] args ) {
try {
File input = new File( args[0] );
File rules = new File( args[1] );
Digester digester = DigesterLoader.createDigester( rules.toURL() );
Catalog catalog = (Catalog)digester.parse( input );
System.out.println( catalog.toString() );
} catch( Exception exc ) {
This concludes our brief overview of the Jakarta Commons Digester package. Of course, there is more. One topic ignored in this introduction are XML namespaces: Digester allows you to specify rules that only act on elements defined within a certain namespace.
We mentioned briefly the possibility of developing custom rules,
by extending the
Rule class. The
class exposes the customary
peek(), and
methods, giving the individual developer freedom to manipulate
the parse stack directly.
Lastly, note that there is an additional package providing a Digester implementation which deals with RSS (Rich-Site-Summary)-formatted newsfeeds. The Javadoc tells the full story.
Philipp K. Janert is a software project consultant, server programmer, and architect.
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Triangle under your valve stem means your wheel is not part of this recall.
Jeep Liberty Strollers
The inner tube of the tire on the stroller can rupture causing the wheel rim to fracture and fly off as a projectile, posing a risk of bodily injury and property damage.
Kolcraft at (800) 453-7673 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or online at www.Kolcraft.com then click Safety Notifications for more information.
About 96,000 in U.S. and about 510 in Canada
The recall includes Jeep Liberty branded strollers with model numbers starting with JL031, JL032, JL034, JL035 or JL036 manufactured between June 2010 and September 2011. The model number and date of manufacture are printed on a white tag on the rear upper center of each seatback pad. The three-wheeled strollers were sold in different color fabric combinations with a metal black and silver frame including: green seat and canopy;
gray seat and canopy with a teal blue stripe across the center of the canopy; orange seat and canopy with a tan stripe; tan seat and canopy with yellow stripe across the center top of the canopy; and tan seat and canopy with an orange canopy rim. "Jeep" is printed on the side of the stroller and on the front of the stroller tray. There is a plastic red toy steering wheel, ignition key and orange shift lever mounted on a yellow base attached to the stroller tray. If your stroller wheels have a gray triangle located on the rim at the valve stem then your stroller wheels are not included in this recall.
Kolcraft and the CPSC have received 39 reports of inner tube ruptures causing the wheel rim to fracture and fly off as a projectile. Of these, 18 included reports of injury, with 14 occurring while filling the tire with air by adult caregivers. Two children received lacerations to their chin or leg while standing near the stroller and 16 adults received abrasions, contusions and/or lacerations to their arms, legs, stomach or head/face. Two of the reports included property damage.
Consumers should immediately stop using the product and contact the company to receive free replacement wheels. Consumers should use a manual bicycle pump to inflate stroller tires to a maximum of 30 p.s.i. Do not use gas station air pumps to inflate stroller tires.
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Kolcraft Enterprises Inc., of Chicago, Ill.
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