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"Head First Java" Author Interviewby chromatic
Editor's note: Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates are the authors of the recently released Head First Java, a language tutorial unlike any other. In this interview, they explain their unique teaching style and how it works in practice. If you haven't picked up a copy of their book yet, you'll notice their enthusiasm for their subject is palpable here. It's an attitude you'll find repeated throughout the pages of their first book in O'Reilly's newest series. Check out Head First Java, I think you'll see they certainly walk the walk.
Q: What's the biggest mistake people make when trying to teach a programming language?
A: There are probably two big mistakes:
Most programmers don't have a degree in Computer Science. But I've seen so many teachers (and books) that use formal, academic language. While it's certainly good to be precise, a portion of the content requires much more work on the part of the learner, because they're trying to map the formal terms to the words they use to think (or talk) about this stuff. Sometimes the teacher/author is well-intentioned, but unrealistic. For example, I heard a technical writer complaining that the rest of us are being horribly sloppy by using the term "bug." Yes, there are formal distinctions between fault and failure that "bug" doesn't address, and sometimes those can be critical. But, well, the typical working programmer just doesn't care. He'd much rather worry about finding and fixing the bug than worry about what to call it. So a reliance on formal or academic language, unless it's commonly used by the target population, gets in the way of learning. It puts more cognitive overhead on the material, most of which is already challenging enough.
Perhaps the worst of all assumptions a teacher or an author can make is to assume the learner is intrinsically motivated and intellectually curious about the content. You see this over and over again, with two main results:
A. The readers are bored to death.
B. The readers have no idea why they should care about this topic (or technique, or approach, or API).
(And, of course, those two work hand in hand--if the reader doesn't know why he should care, he'll be bored.)
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So there's often a disconnect between what the teacher thinks (or knows) is important and what the learner thinks or knows is important. It's your job as a teacher or an author to give compelling reasons for everything you cover. At Sun Microsystems, we told instructors to visualize each student with a big Post-it Note on his or her forehead. Imagine the Post-it Note says, "Who cares?" or "Why?" or "So what?" Then imagine that after every sentence that comes out of your mouth (or keyboard) the learner asks that question. What you say after the learner has asked the question three times is what you should have said in the first place. In other words, don't stop with just saying what something does, or how something works, or that you should do this particular thing. Be sure that everyone understands "why it's important."
We used to tell our instructors (and course writers) to think like good salespeople and that you better have a compelling benefit for every feature. Lots of studies show that when learners are motivated, they learn much faster and much more deeply. In fact, without motivation, they might not learn at all. And I don't just mean motivation to, say, learn Java. They might be very motivated to learn the language, but now they must be motivated over and over again for each topic, so they have a reason to pay attention.
So much learning could be so much more efficient (and fun) if we all paid attention to the needs and goals of our brains, rather than doing things a certain way because that's how everyone else does it. We've known forever (at least since Socrates anyway) that learning is at its weakest when the learner is a passive receiver of information. The learner has to be engaged and actively flexing some neurons. The brain is tuned to pay attention to novelty and chemistry. For example, if something really scary or exciting happens to you, it takes only one episode and you remember it forever. Yet no matter how hard we struggle to learn something technical, it often takes multiple, sometimes dozens, of exposures to the content before it really sinks in and you're able to recall it when you need to. That's your brain trying to do you a big favor.
Much of neurobiology is concerned with all the things the brain does to suppress memory and learning. Your brain works quite hard at keeping you from remembering. It's a survival mechanism, and your brain figures it better save that precious resource for something more important, like remembering what a flame feels like, or what a tiger looks like, or how a rattlesnake sounds. So when you're learning a technical topic, you're in a constant battle with your brain. It's fighting you every step of the way. The answer is to try to trick your brain into thinking that what you're learning really does matter.
How does your brain know when something is important? If a scary tiger jumps out at you, chemicals surge. That's the big clue for your brain. Yet when you're reading, say, a dull, dry textbook or listening (passively) to a dull, dry lecture, you register a big flatline on the emotional Richter scale. Your brain says, "Obviously you aren't feeling anything, so this stuff is obviously not important. I'll apply all my filters to keep it from sticking and taking up resources better used for things related to tigers."
So how do you trick your brain? You can do it the slow painful way, or the much better way. The slow painful way, which I was a master of in college, is sheer repetition. Even through your brain isn't registering anything of interest, with enough repeated trials your brain begins to "get it" that, however boring, this stuff must be somewhat important or you wouldn't keep doing it over and over again. With enough repetition, you can learn just about anything, although often that means simply memorizing it, which isn't necessarily what you want when you really need to understand and apply the learning.
The better way is to make your brain feel something. Almost any feeling is better than nothing. Anything that gets you involved, or surprises you, or shocks you, or challenges you in a positive way, or makes you curious, or delights you, or wakes you up, or excites you. These don't have to be big sweeping emotional changes to be of benefit. A little slight chuckle or even a groan over a bad pun is still something for your brain to feel.
Your brain is particularly tuned to visuals and to seeking out novelty (again, old survival mechanisms), so we exploit this as much as possible in the Head First Java book (or when teaching). It turns out that some of the things people think are distractions from the learning process are actually the very things that are helping the learning process. Almost any change is good. For example, imagine your teacher was saying something when, without warning or explanation, he just started to do a little tap dance while saying it. And then stopped and continued on as though nothing happened. A distraction? Sure. But chances are, you'll remember what he was talking about better than if he had just kept on going with the same tone and body language. That whole Dead Poets Society scene with Robin Williams jumping on the desk does make a huge difference because your brain isn't expecting it and you react. And that reaction makes good things happen synaptically.
Here's a question we ask teachers: which would you rather listen to: a dull, dry lecture or a stimulating dinner party conversation on the same topic? There's research that shows if you present information in an involving, conversational way, the reader's brain pays more attention because it thinks it is participating in a conversation, even though it is with a book. When you're in a real conversation, you're forced to pay more attention because you have to at least try to hold up your end of the conversation. When you're listening passively to a lecture, or reading passively from a book that uses a more formal tone, your brain can just tune out. And even when you don't want to (because, say, you have an exam on the topic in two weeks), your brain can barely help it. The cool thing is that this "conversational" effect happens to some degree even when the conversation is between your brain and the words on a page.
The other major brain factor is that we should treat your brain like you would treat your body if you were trying to improve it through exercise. Passive learning (where you read or listen without actually doing any neural heavy lifting) is just like watching someone in the gym use the bench press. You can't possibly expect to strengthen your muscles without actually flexing them. And you can't expect to learn much without actually flexing your brain. You need to be actively thinking and working with the content.
How many times have you read something, and thought you understood it, until someone asked you a question about it? Suddenly, you have to do two things: think about the content and speak about it out loud. In fact, you will probably get a bigger learning effect from having to explain one thing out loud than you will from reading pages and pages about it. Anything that causes you to process the content more deeply helps build and strengthen connections in your brain, and that's exactly what you want. In fact, the technique of simply trying to get your brain to pay attention is just the first step--to make it possible for you to think more deeply about the material through certain kinds of exercises, through challenging questions, or surprising results, and so on.
Q: What's the biggest mistake people make when trying to learn a programming language?
A: Not knowing enough about how his or her own brain works. When learners know the basics--which can be summed up as "if you don't feel something, your brain won't bother to save it"--they can help craft their own learning experience out of even marginally effective materials. They can come up with their own ways to trick their brain into thinking it's important. And just about anything that gets the brain working is a good thing.
There are so many techniques they can apply. You can turn even the most boring content into something your brain will begin to recognize as meaningful.
As a start, being more involved--doing as opposed to just listening or reading--makes a huge difference.
Q: Skimming the book, it looks like something I could give my mother to read, if she had an interest in Java. (She already runs Linux, though.) Of course, I'm also picking up on a few things I'd forgotten or never knew. How would you describe your audience? I can see a handful of ex-mainframe guys sitting in one of your classes alongside hobbyists. Is this an accurate description?
A: I'd describe it almost that way, but I would definitely throw in professional C programmers, or even C++ programmers who simply want a friendlier transition to Java, and to close any object-oriented gaps they might have. One of the cool things about the Head First approach is that if you apply enough of the right learning techniques, you can accommodate a much wider range of skill levels and still give everyone exactly what they need. When you take a more passive approach, your chances of hitting someone with exactly the right level of detail and effort and speed, and so forth, are slim. But when everyone is involved and having to actively participate in their own learning, working on scalable, customized content, beginners and advanced folks from diverse backgrounds can all benefit.
That was how I had my fun as a teacher ... trying to come up with ways to make each student in the class think that the class was written "just for me." I failed a lot, but often I was very constrained by the formal courseware I was required to use, or by the class format. The Head First approach was a chance to apply not just one but many applications of a range of learning theories, to make it much easier to support learning. That way, the instructor (or reader/learner) doesn't have to work so hard at trying to make learning happen, and they can instead focus on building knowledge.
But this isn't a "first time intro to programming." We assume at least some programming background.
However, the Head First materials are usable and brain-friendly enough to work for people who haven't done much more than JavaScript. For someone who has done only HTML tags, it might be too abrupt, but we've had some web designers with nothing but HTML backgrounds say that they can actually learn it this way, even though they never thought they could. But that's not the primary audience. The main audience is programmers, which includes folks doing COBOL, VB, Perl, and C, to those using C++, Smalltalk, or Objective C.
What surprised many of the reviewers of the book is how advanced it is ... by the end you're creating a multi-threaded network socket chat client (that's actually a multi-user drum machine), and an RMI service browser (with services and the server). We talk about everything from the ground up, beginning with language fundamentals all the way through a range of deployment options.
Because it's so friendly, there's a misconception that it's more like a "for stupid people" or "for absolute newbies only" book. But brain-friendly just helps almost anyone. Now, if you're a hotshot C++ programmer with a strong OO background, you most likely do not need anything like this, because you're already so far up the curve. But it isn't a question of you not needing a Head First approach to Java versus some other learning Java book ... you simply do not need a big learning book at all, because you can probably get straight to work with a reference book like Java in a Nutshell.
Q: A lot of introductory books shy away from the details of good technique. You're recommending XP's test-driven development cycle (first write a test, then write the code to make it pass). How has this worked for your students?
A: One of the differences I've seen between really smart beginners and average beginners is that really smart beginners teach themselves by writing little tests. Teaching them to capture that knowledge in running test code is a great idea.
It's a learning curve for everyone not coming from an XP background, and the classroom (especially in a five-days-straight course) isn't the real world, but once they get a feel for it, the lights go on. We're not XP evangelists or anything, and in fact, that's more or less the only part of XP that we really use in class (sometimes we do use pair-programming). But we do believe that learning how to think about things is just as important as the actual things you learn. This goes back to what we said earlier about always telling them the "why" and "who cares"--if they really understand or "get" something, then the exercises don't seem arbitrary, but are the natural outcome. I want people to feel that the right way to do things (or at least a good way) is the most natural way, and not an awkward approach. We know we have failed when someone says, "I don't understand the point of this exercise." That makes us cringe, but every time it happens, we learn something new about what we should or shouldn't do to help people learn.
Q: What goes into writing a lesson? How do you choose your examples? You've talked about cognitive research; do you have a checklist of ways to present information?
A: A checklist is exactly how we do it. When we start to write a lesson, we do the traditional stuff, of course, like working out the goals and objectives, but that's just to give us an overall path. Our design process is about constantly asking questions and working out trade-offs. We consider it extremely important that the content be interesting and motivating, and that's way at the top of our priority list. So we spend a lot of time coming up with ideas for examples and exercises that are fun. Coming up with things that are both fun and practical is a challenge. We don't believe in the emphasis on using "real-world" examples, which a lot of teachers are passionate about. We do believe that it must be obvious that the underlying structure of the example could easily be scaled or mapped to something they would do in the real world.
For example, when I (Kathy) taught the Jini course at Sun, there was an exercise on distributed leasing. The courseware has students writing code to get a lease from the server, and then they keep renewing the lease. If they lose their lease with the server, they did something wrong. But the courseware has them lease a ... number. Like, the number "2" or the number "7," and there was no meaning behind those numbers. So there was very little feeling behind losing a lease on the number "4," for example. You just go back and get some other, equally arbitrary number. I wanted people to feel something when they lost a lease. I wanted them to have at least the tiniest attachment to the resource they leased from the server, so that losing it would not be so meaningless.
So I made one small change to the system and turned the service into a kennel for virtual pets. You place your virtual pet into the kennel on the server, and get a lease. If you don't renew your lease, you get a notice that your lease has expired and your dog has been, well, turned into garbage-collector bait. Dead. Of course, it was nothing but a silly virtual dog, but when you get that notice that your dog has been killed, it still means more than when you find out you lost the number "7."
At the end of the week, when students could build whatever Jini-enabled network services they wanted, many of them would always come back to the virtual kennel and put GUI front ends with animals to choose from, and so forth, and add "sounds of doom" or yelping dogs to the you-lost-your-lease message.
The virtual kennel is probably nothing anyone will ever make in the real world. (Although at a JavaOne keynote, James Gosling mentioned, jokingly, that the next killer app would be a virtual service to hold your virtual pets or other AI-based creatures while you're away.) But ... all of the activities they had to go through were the exact activities they would have to go through if the lease were for, say, printing or computing services. As long as the learner can see how the fun learning example could be easily substituted for the more serious business example, they're OK. If they can't see how this example would ever relate to anything they would ever do, then we have a problem. Our motto is "related, not replicated." In other words, don't put something in that is an exact duplication of what they do in the real world (as if they don't get enough of that, anyway). But instead relate the examples and exercises to make sure they understand how these examples map to real-world scenarios. Better yet, they'll learn more if one of the exercises is to always have them try to figure out how this maps to what they would do in the real world.
Another couple of things that we feel very strongly about for lessons and examples are:
Follow a strict 80/20 rule.
There's only so much you can cram into someone's head, even with the best learning techniques. There's a limit, especially when there is little time in between classes for them to absorb and practice. With a book, it's a little better, because it's more self-paced, but many of the same issues apply. So we believe in a "pick your battles" approach. When you offer a topic, you have a limited brain bandwidth in your learners, so what's really important? Is it complete coverage, though nothing is really covered well and they can't actually do anything when they leave? Or do you leave some things out, but when they leave, they have really nailed the things you worked on?
Other teachers would sometimes criticize me for leaving certain things out. In horror they would ask, "How can you not cover this?" And I'd say, they won't have any problem figuring it out if they need it, but in the meantime, they are now much more proficient in doing X than they would be if I'd thrown everything else in. Knowing what to leave out is painful, and it takes a certain amount of guts. But we believe that the idea of "covering" material is a terrible way to approach learning. It's the best way to approach reference material, but we think there's a clear distinction between "reference" and "learning." We're 100 percent about learning, so we sacrifice a certain amount of "coverage" in order to dig deeper and be more productive with what we teach.
It's not about what we say; it's about what they (the learners) do. It's about what goes on between their ears, and for that to happen, they have to be actively engaged, and using their brains. That's where the checklist comes in the most--we have a checklist that lets us include information and knowledge on redundant channels, so that we have both words and pictures, for example, and both left-brain-oriented and right-brain-oriented examples and exercises. We try to hit on a wide range of brain activities, so that they are engaging different parts of their brain. This serves three main purposes:
1. The more different styles and types of learning offered, the more likely it is that there will be something that works well for everyone.
2. Regardless of an individual's preferred learning style, the more different ways in which the learning occurs, the more likely it is that the learner will understand and retain more of the information. Sometimes it works as if you've copied a file a bunch of times and put the copies in different places. You'll have more chances of finding the file when you need it, and each time you make a copy you get new information about it. We want the new knowledge to be filed in your brain in multiple ways. More chances to recover it, and you'll probably understand it better as well.
3. If you work the brain in different ways, constantly changing and cycling through right brain, left brain, examples, scenarios, prose, bullet points, questions and answers, pattern matching, and so forth, the longer you can work your brain productively, because different parts of your brain get little rests while you shift to something else. If all you did were left-brain activities, for example, your brain would get tired more quickly than if you alternate. Just like you wouldn't want to work out only your left arm over and over again. If you alternate arms, you can go longer, and still be productive.
Q: Can you share any of your secrets for people doing presentations and tutorials?
A: Rent Dead Poet's Society.
Be surprising.
Be energetic. That doesn't have to be manic bouncing-off-the-while energetic, just internally alive.
Care, deeply, about what the learner's learning rather than what you, the teacher, is teaching.
Care, deeply, about the topic. If you don't, they won't either. You can't look like you've been saying this over and over again and that you're bored.
If you're passionate, that counts for a lot. Passion wins over "teaching talent" any day.
We tell our instructors, "Sorry, but it's not about you." It's all about the learner.
That might seem subtle ... after all, every good teacher is focused on what they (the teacher) do in the interest of answering the question, "What can I do to be a good teacher?" But that's the wrong question. The more the teacher fades into the background while the learner becomes center stage, the better the learning. So when I see teachers trying harder and harder to "be better at presenting this," they're going down the wrong path. Instead, they should be asking, "How can more learning happen inside the learner's head? What would make that learning happen?" rather than asking, "What can I do to make that happen?" When you shift out of that "it's about what I do" mode, amazing things can happen. First, you get to relax a lot more as a teacher; takes a lot of performance pressure off of you. Second, the more you get the learner to do, the lazier you get to be. ;)
Finally, I (Kathy) did an experiment when I was an instructor at SunEd. They announced a special award for instructors who reached a specific and very high level of customer evaluation scores. You would have a year to reach that level. I have only average, at best, traditional instructor skills. I'm disorganized, my white board handwriting sucks, and I can't tell a joke to save my life. So my experiment was to see if exploiting a particular approach would earn me the award.
My theory was this: if the students end on Friday feeling smart and awesome, the instructor will get a better score than if the students end on Friday feeling that the instructor is smart and awesome. Some of the other instructors would go crazy trying to figure out why they--who were clearly technical gurus beyond my capabilities, and had better teaching skills--would get lower scores, even though the students would always say, "The instructor was extremely knowledgeable and good." The other instructors would sometimes take my class and be appalled at my lack of skills. And I took it to the extreme; for the last half of the year I even stopped introducing myself to the students.
I think the time-tested approach is that you're supposed to start your class by "establishing credibility," and that this meant detailing a very impressive bio. I wondered what would happen if I became nothing more than the "one who makes learning happen," and stopped trying to be the guru. Mind you, we're talking about teaching extremely advanced technical topics. I was teaching two of the most challenging Java courses at Sun: Jini and EJB (along with the beginning courses, as well).
Well, you know how this is going to end or I wouldn't have brought it up. The experiment was very successful, and I was one of only four instructors in the U.S. to get the award.
So, how to make the student feel smart and awesome?
Make it about them.
Respect their individual backgrounds--do a long introduction of them (not you), and use what you know about each individual to tailor their experiences somewhat and draw on their previous experience.
Use scalable lab exercises, so that students with different backgrounds can progress, and so that everyone is challenged--and not over- or under-challenged.
Never ever give them the solution to the lab exercise. If you do, you just robbed them of the opportunity to be challenged and feel successful.
On the other hand, you have to make sure that everyone can be successful, so use "graduated tip sheets" that help them get started. These can ramp up in how much help they give the student, and they don't have the stigma of "just looking at the solutions," yet can still help guide those who don't know how to get going.
Be excruciatingly clear in your lab instructions. Most labs fail because people just don't know what they're supposed to be doing, why they're doing it, and how to know if they're on the right track. Tell them how to know if they're on the right track, and how to know when they are not (for example, "if you have more than 15 lines of code in that class, you're probably not on the best approach ...").
Study (and apply) the principles of game design and "flow." Read the book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. It tells you exactly how to help someone get into that zone where they are completely engaged, time passes without awareness, and they are performing at their best. The best game designers use this, the best coaches use this. It's all about getting the challenge levels and the perception just right.
Read a book or take a course in good salesmanship, and study a little on advertising and marketing. Madison Avenue spends billions of dollars in researching how to get people to feel something in less than 60 seconds! We can learn a lot from their results. Hint: if you see common themes and repeated ads, you know they work. Use those principals to get your students interested, engaged, and feeling something.
Most of all, keep having fun. I saw a James Taylor concert last year in Colorado, and it was the first time a live concert ever brought tears to my eyes. Why? Because when he sang "Fire and Rain" and all of his other old, old songs that he's been singing for, what, the last 25 years ... he sang them as though it was his most memorable experience and as if we were the most magical, inspirational audience he had ever sung to. No hint that he'd been doing the same damn songs month-in-month-out, year-in-year-out, over and over in the same cities.
If you teach for a month, a year, a decade, imagine what it would be like if your students always felt that the class they took was your memorable experience, and that they were the most magical and inspirational students you had ever had. Even your smallest, worst, least participative, or most ill-prepared students can be swept up in the experience.
chromatic manages Onyx Neon Press, an independent publisher.
O'Reilly & Associates recently released (May 2003) Head First Java.
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The ovarian pain has come and gone ever since getting sick. I had a hemorraghic cyst on the same ovary in 2007, another cyst back in 1998 so I'm no stranger to ovarian cysts.
I didn't tell the doctor until well into the exam that I had ME/CFS. She didn't say anything at first but then a few minutes later did ask me if I'd thought about going on anti-depressants. Maybe the two weren't connected.
Regardless, she was very nice and appropriately concerned. She wasn't able to see my ovary on the in office ultrasound so she referred me for a full pelvic ultrasound to be done on Tuesday. And then I go back to see her on Thursday.
We talked a lot about my mom's history which was surprising. I hadn't had a doctor ask me so much about my mom's medical history before (for anyone who hasn't read my blog for very long my mom died of cancer 44 days after being diagnosed).
I didn't know this, and I think all woman should know this, but ovarian cancer has vague symptoms including gastro-intestinal symptoms (that's the part I didn't know), bloating, bladder problems, ovarian pain, weight loss, etc...I also didn't know that adenocarcinoma (which is the type of cancer my mom died of) can be ovarian cancer. And, that the risk for ovarian cancer increases if one has an immediate family member who has had breast, ovarian, or colon cancer.
I continue to have the ovarian pain as well as GI issues so I'm worried but I'm trying not to live there. I have also lost my appetite which is strange. The ob-gyn coudn't feel any mass on my ovary during the pelvic exam so hopefully there is nothing there and this is all ME/CFS stuff.
The ultrasound might be a tiny bit challenging because I have to drink 32 ounces of water 1 hour prior to the exam and I can't go to the bathroom until after the test. I told the woman over the phone that I wasn't sure if I'd be able to hold it but I'd try. Since getting sick I pee like a racehorse.
I also have to see a dermatologist about a spot that I'm sure is a skin cancer. Both my parents had significant skin cancers so I'm pretty familiar with it. I'm not worried about it though because it will be easily treatable. I had a pre-cancerous spot removed from my arm two years ago with no problems.
I think I've decided against stem cell treatment at this time. It turns out that only 30-40% of Cheney's patients showed improvement although 20% of those are functional cures. It's just not worth the risk for me at this point.
Instead I'm going to focus on getting my hormones into balance, going gluten free, and getting my mood to a good place even if that means going on an anti-depressant.
Since my ME/CFS doctor is moving I need to find a new doctor. I'm considering abandoning the idea of paying out of pocket for medical care for treatments that really don't help anyway. I'm thinking of seeing if I can find a good internist that accepts my insurance. Actually, that's not true I do think the Cheney protocol is helping me and Valcyte helped while I was on it. I think I'm just burned out having spent my entire life savings on out of pocket medical care.
I wonder what it would be like to stop chasing treatments. It might be kind of nice.
I did get into the Stanford study and will go there in September to have my blood drawn. They are testing people (both controls and ME/CFS people) to see what pathogens exist in people with this illness. I think its a great idea. I'll also be tested for xmrv. Again. I think I'll probably get these test results more quickly than the previous xmrv test for a study I was in last fall (still haven't received those results).
I'm grateful to be in the Stanford study because I'll get tested for tons of pathogens and will get the results. If anyone wants contact information leave your email address in the comments section and I'll give them to you. People have to go to Stanford to get tested and you have to have been off anti-virals (or at least Valcyte) for 1 year.
That's it for now. Time for more Advil...
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- VeeVee said...
I just wanted to say good luck to everything. I know you must be anxious but I hope your your scan shows that everything is ok.
hugs to you x x x
- June 16, 2010 at 6:12 PM
- Toni said...
Hi Terri,
I hope you get some definitive answers about the pain. Yes, those ultrasounds can be uncomfortable. I'm sorry you have to go through it.
I know what you mean about burning out on treatments. That happens to me (it did after a year on Valcyte). I take a break but then always start up on something else. It's hard not to keep trying things.
Just saying hello and hoping you're doing okay. What a surprise to see your text in blue. I like it!
- June 16, 2010 at 6:35 PM
- Jo said...
Yes, I love the new look :-)
I've found anti Ds very helpful for my CFS. I'm on both an SSRI and the other kind (amitriptyline) and they enhance each other. I have better sleep, less pain and less anxiety. If I do get depressed, which I do, we put the dose up until I've sorted out the issue. Generally though, i'm on a very low dose.
Just a suggestion - you could give yourself a spell of not chasing treatments and see how it feels. Maybe try rest and pacing for a while and see what your body's own healing power tells you. Then, if it's not working for you, start researching again.
I hope this scan shows everything is AOK for you. All the best (())
- June 17, 2010 at 2:28 AM
- Renee said...
Hope that all the tests go well and you have some relief...from worry and from your symptoms. Sometimes it is best to take a break..I have done that myself...to recoup and gear myself up for the next challenge...or idea...or treatment....or die off..
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
- June 17, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- Nina said...
I just found your blog and read it with interest. I am considering stem cell treatment (have you considered ISCI in mexico that uses embryonic stem cells?) It's hard to know what works best! Also, I did't know Stanford was doing a new study. Are they still taking new people? I was formerly a Montoya patient.
Btw, I also find amytriptiline (elavil) in low dose at night indespenible.
Wishing you well,
- June 20, 2010 at 7:47 PM
- Pris said...
Good luck to you. I chased treatments for many years and spent a lot of money, Now, if something makes a LOT of sense I try it. I just made a notebook and am going to get serous about the pacing protocol.
- June 22, 2010 at 1:00 PM
- Janis said...
Hope you get useful info through Stanford testing. Going gluten free helps everyone so much. Also consider going casein free too(or test for casein antibodies to see if you are sensitive at enterolab.com). Your immune system will improve if you are 100% compliant and you won't suffer from so many symptoms.
- June 26, 2010 at 12:33 PM
- JamesD said...
I agree with Janis. I went Gluten/Casien/Sugar free. That helped a lot.
I also do both LDN and Methylation protocol. Between those and the dietary changes I am feeling significantly better. Not cured, still sick, but more like a human being. I can actually hang out with my friends sometimes!
Also I tried the antidepressant thing, none of them worked for me and most of them made me sicker. One sent me to the hospital. I hope you can do without, they dont work well for most people and the side effects really stink.
I hope your scans turn out ok! *hugs*
- July 1, 2010 at 2:02 PM
- Fibromyalgia Patient said...
What did you find out after all?
- July 12, 2011 at 8:01 PM


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Police are attempting to identify a badly decomposed body found Tuesday morning in an abandoned house near Wal-Mart.
There were no immediate signs of foul play, Clovis Police Capt. Patrick Whitney said Tuesday afternoon. However, Whitney said because of the extensive decomposition, only a medical examiner can determine time and cause of death.
Whitney said in the meantime, it has to be investigated as if it were a homicide.
An identification card and paperwork belonging to Howard J. Payne, 52, were found near the body, Whitney said.
Police have been unable to determine if the corpse is Payne.
An expired public assistance account and hospital records indicated Payne had been in Clovis for at least several months, according to Whitney. Police also believe Payne had ties to California, he said.
The body had been in the house at 701 Arizona near the southeast corner of the Wal-Mart parking lot for weeks before it was discovered based on advanced decomposition, Whitney said.
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People at nearby businesses told police they had not seen the man with the sign for several weeks.
The deceased was found face down on a carpet in a bedroom area of the house Monday by two local teens who had gone into the house, Whitney said. Around 8 a.m. Tuesday they went to the police department to report the discovery.
Whitney said the youths told police they went in the house because they had heard it was haunted and wanted to check it out.
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"They were scared because they figured they found a dead body and they weren't supposed to be in there anyway," he said. The teens later decided to come forward and tell someone.
Rebecca Carlyle, owner of Signature Cosmetics next to the vacant house, said she knew of a homeless man who had taken shelter there. She said she and her staff frequently walk the dog of an employee through the abandoned lot and had encountered the man before.
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Randall Guadiz' giving spirit lives on, even though the Big Island man was killed in a motorcycle crash last July.
The donation of just one of his organs has had a profound impact for two island families.
Sunday morning Cheryl Guadiz can't stop herself from crying. It is something that's happened a lot since last summer.
That's not what her husband Randall would have wanted. After all, he loved his family and loved having fun.
"He would always be smiling and wouldn't want anyone to be sad," said his daughter Kaesha.
Sometimes the Guadiz' sadness is overwhelming because of the deadly accident.
"My husband was riding his motorcycle home on his way from work," said Cheryl.
Last July, when Randall died, was not only a dark time for the Guadiz family.
"I was lying in bed looking at the ceiling saying, 'God, I can't do this anymore'," said Sabrina Josue, a resident from Ewa Beach.
Josue's kidneys had failed her -- leaving her weak, sick and unable to work.
"I was young when my kidneys failed. I felt like I was cheated out of life. I managed to go through life on dialysis for nine years," said Josue.
Then, just days after she was ready to give up, she got the phone call to come to the Queen's Transplant Center.
Randall Gaudiz not only wanted to have fun, he also wanted to help others as an organ donor.
One of his kidneys went to Josue, who now is healthy, energetic and has a huge appetite for life.
"Ever since my transplant, I feel so lucky to have been given a second chance. I am so, so grateful -- for me it's a miracle," said Josue.
Josue wasn't the only one who was helped because of the donation. The Gaudiz family said giving away Randall's kidney also helped them during their time of grief.
"I felt that I did a good thing. I want my husband to be happy because of what I did. Now he's our hero," said Gaudiz.
On Sunday, the Guadiz and Josue families met for the first time. There were tears all around, but as Randall would have liked, this time they were tears of joy.
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Last week I made mozzarella cheese. It put a new spin on the old nursery rhyme. Now I know what "curds and whey" really are.
I followed an easy recipe I read about in Barbara Kingsolver's book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle," which tells of her family's year-long experiment in which they vow to eat only foods grown locally or that they have raised or grown themselves. A likely story, you say, until you remember that our grandparents (or maybe a few more generations removed) were pretty adept at this—keeping a few egg laying chickens and canning tomatoes and peaches or putting up their own sausage for winter.
The book was an adventure story of sorts as well as an investigative look at our food culture and food production. It got me thinking—back to my own farm childhood and forward toward what I hope will be better food choices not only for my family but also for our community. And while I still slink off to McDonalds, I do try to buy local produce in season and try to raise at least lettuces and tomatoes each summer.
So—why not try to make cheese? It sounded intriguing and will make a good 4-H project after a little practice. Besides, I could eat fresh mozzarella and tomato salads morning, noon and night.
I assembled the ingredients and equipment, including a thermometer and a stainless steel pot. The instructions said aluminum and cast iron would not work. After that, I washed the stove and sink with a bleach solution as recommended.
My daughter, home from school with a bit of a fever, lay on the couch watching TV—an animated version of "Watership Down" with British-accented rabbits racing around in an apocalyptic frenzy. Foreboding bunny dialogue drifted in the background while I heated and stirred the milk.
Then, abruptly, the curds began to form—as suddenly as the soft edges of a fried egg. What we have here is the curious reality of cheese, I thought. As it's said, "There is a thin veil between this world and the next." However, I doubt it has ever been said in regards to cheese.
My daughter took my photo kneading and stretching the elastic white mass. I added a little salt, and it was done.
"What a cute cheese," Lily pronounced from her couch when I showed her the smooth and glossy finished product. It was tasty, too.
The mozzarella recipe in Kingsolver's book can also be found at the New England Cheesemaking Supply Company website (www.cheesemaking.com). The website provides step-by-step directions with photographs for "Ricki's 30 Minute Mozzarella," which can be made with just a gallon of store-bought milk, unchlorinated water, citric acid and rennet—the composite of enzymes used in cheese making to coagulate the milk.
Gathering the ingredients was simple after I located the rennet—my search for rennet ended at The Good Earth Health Food Store in Callicoon, NY, which graciously ordered it for me.


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Demonstrators descended on Steubenville, Ohio Saturday to sound off on the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl and the upcoming trial of two high school football stars accused in the case.
The case goes to trial next month, but local officials have unexpectedly found themselves on trial in the internet court of public opinion.
Steubenville authorities have resorted to setting up a web site to debunk claims that they tried to cover up the case to protect football players.
"I assure you my department has investigated this case thoroughly," says Steubenville Police Chief William McCafferty.
The hacker collective known as "Anonymous" helped turn this case into an internet sensation with the release of a video in which Steubenville teens describe what happened in graphic language.
Police say they uncovered the video early in the investigation.
"I too, as with all my officers, who investigated this were appalled by these morally inept statements made," McCafferty says.
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I have a severely cracked nipple issue. I met with a LC and she recommended that I use a nipple shield. I've been using it for three weeks however my nipple still has not healed. It has improved though. Is it a problem if I continue using the nipple shield until it heals? How long does it usually take for a large crack to heal?
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Don't want to get preachy but feel like saying. Not really concerned if you agree with me or not. As we celebrate our Independence I see that we have become a nation of Dependents through our countless social programs. Not mentioning who's fault that is. Both sides of the isle have encouraged this sort of behavior. Is it our learning institutions? Just one mans observation. Not sure how the modern day American feels they are "owed" anything from the hard working tax payer? Many past Presidents like the Kennedy's have coined the phrase:"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country!" Need I say more..........
Please be productive in your life time. Our country has enough "moochers" from all over this world including our very own born and raised in the USA! It sickens me but I won't loose any sleep from it. This is NOT the America so many have died for. It just seems so many hate this great country. I can remember when we had prayer and said the pledge of allegiance every school morning. But as with everything. If it offends someone, it is removed.......ridiculous!
Hey, you can believe in gravel and chicken wire for all I care. That's your right! Please find a way to love America again. Our forefathers and countless deceased/current military are depending on it!


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A mother took her two young children out to eat a local fast-food restaurant and discovered something unexpected in her French fries - a bag of marijuana.
Police say Carla McFarland, 35, of Frederick, Maryland, and her children were all set to enjoy their lunch at Sonic when she discovered a small, green plastic bag of marijuana in her fries, reports Reuters.
McFarland also called police as did the restaurant manager. An employee who claimed ownership of the bag was fired.
McFarland posted about her find on Facebook, along with a photo of the bag.
"I order, food comes, I open a bag and this is what I see after 3 double takes ... yes that's what it is," she wrote.


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- Helium ion implantation into surfaces is used to form nanoporous cavity structures at high dose levels. Such cavity structures have unique features which offer potential for applications. For some applications, it is necessary to produce cavity layers that extend to the surface to enhance the ingress of selected dopant atoms. Here we investigate a method based on using a He-implantation protocol (employing a combination of He energies and doses) to produce nanoporous layers that intersect the surface. Titanium and other targets are implanted with He to several different dose levels and at several different energies. Implantations employing several different He energies in sequence are also investigated. Light atom depth profiles are determined by heavy ion elastic recoil detection analysis (HERDA). Non-resonant nuclear reaction analysis is used to verify the absolute concentrations of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen. RBS is used to depth profile the corresponding heavy target elements. Selected results, chosen to highlight the potential of HERDA and other ion beam analysis techniques in this type of study, are presented.
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Tomblin's Medicaid decision a gamble
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's recommendation to expand the state's Medicaid program probably represents a political point of no return. Once an entitlement is established, it is here to stay.
Tomblin said Thursday that, after many months of study and examination by consultants, he has decided the state should bow to a federal demand that more people be added to the Medicaid program. No doubt the Legislature will go along with the governor.
Expansion will add about 91,500 more people to a system that already serves about 350,000 low-income and disabled Mountain State residents.
West Virginia is struggling to pay its share of the existing Medicaid program, however. Because of Medicaid, Tomblin and legislators have cut spending in other areas of the budget to keep it in balance.
At first glance, the deal offered by the federal government to expand Medicaid seems irresistible. According to a consultant hired to evaluate the prospect for West Virginia, adding all those new Medicaid clients would cost the state just $5 million a year for the first three years. By 2020, the state share would increase to $65 million a year.
During the first decade of an expanded program, federal funds would cover $5.2 billion of the cost, with the state chipping in $375.5 million, according to the consultant.
Sounds almost too good to be true, doesn't it? That's the catch: Down through the years, thoughtful local and state officials have learned that when Uncle Sam makes a too-good-to-be-true offer, the clock already is running toward the time when someone in Washington decides federal funding needs to be cut back. Then municipalities, counties and states are left holding the bag.
"We must carefully watch federal efforts," Tomblin warned in a press release about his decision. "If the program becomes unsustainable, particularly after three years, or the federal government changes its promised funding allocations, we must be prepared to take action to protect our state," he explained.
The governor's clear implication is that if Washington goes back on its pledges, West Virginia will have no choice but to go back on its Medicaid expansion, too.
But that is not how things work in politics. In, say, six years, will the governor and legislators then want to lose the votes they surely would forfeit by telling 91,500 people they no longer will receive Medicaid benefits? Get real. It won't happen.
It appears the die has been cast, however. And that is an appropriate way to look at it – for state officials are taking an enormous gamble.


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U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is urging Democrats at the party's state convention to band together and oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker in 2014.
Baldwin, a Madison Democrat, delivered a subdued speech at the convention Friday. She complained that Washington Republicans have learned nothing from Mitt Romney's presidential loss last year but continue to stand by as the gap between rich and poor grows.
She urged Democrats to get to the polls in 2014, saying they have a chance to change the status quo and reject Republican obstructionism.
Baldwin took the stage to a thunderous standing ovation. She defeated former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson in November 2012 to become the first female senator from Wisconsin and the first openly gay candidate ever elected to the chamber.


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An introspective, completely unsubstantiated view of the technology enthusiast, in late 2007
More than a few times someone asked me why does
all that global warming stuff
, or
defense tech
, or
automotive breakthroughs
. There's a good answer to that, but its not a simple one.
In 2004 I already saw the writing on the wall. PC technology started commoditizing, and at a brisk clip as well.
When I got my first K6 processor, it was not just the overclockers that cranked up that 66 MHz front-side bus. Anyone who bought a computer had to know some of the essential differences between MMX and 3D-Now!. A lack of knowledge, in those days, would set the up and coming computer user back hundreds of dollars if he wasn't careful.
Whether you agree with Karl Marx or Karl Rove (or anyone in between), a telltale sign of commodification occurs when the manufacturer stops focusing on tangible aspects of the product and starts pushing less tangible selling points. This often occurs when competing products are too similar, or at least indistinguishable from the purchasers point of view.
Where have we seen this before? Well, my HTC Hermes did everything the iPhone did a year beforehand, but
I'm pretty sure Apple sold a whole lot more iPhones
. Look at today's motherboards: any manufacturer would tell you its all-solid capacitors are better than the next guy. And don't even get me started on the memory industry ...
I remember the exact instant when computer hardware became a commodity. Steve Jobs got up in front of one hundred journalists and in less than 60 seconds, a million Apple zealots went from ardent Intel naysayers to hardened Intel devotees. In that moment I realized it didn't really much matter to anyone which CPU was better than another, it only mattered what Steve Jobs told everyone to think anyway.
Other signs of the death of the PC enthusiast are littered across the Internet like the tattered remains of a kite breaking up on rentry. The birth and
demise of AMD's Quadfather
, the ubiquitous lack of support (or interest) for quad-GPU graphics, failed physics processors and inconsequential sales of "killer" network cards.
In a recent conversation with
Jon Stokes
, both of us agreed that while PC tech has seen some great growth over the last few years, this growth is not keeping pace with the Internet as a whole. PC technology, as a journalistic discipline, is unfortunately niched to the degree you'd find with muscle cars.
This leads me to answer the question I started out with: the PC industry, as a whole, just isn't as fast-moving or interesting anymore. Attempting to debate the merits of largely intangible technology topics is a discussion more akin to politics than science.
You bet I'm excited about CPU-GPU integration and new OLED technology, but another unfathomably high frequency bump in the sea of JEDEC memory timings completely fails to pique my interest. Analysis of Google Keywords would indicate those more mundane markers of progress in the PC industry fail to grasp even the smallest of demographics on the Internet as well.
That does not discount the importance of the tech enthusiast. Those of us who grew up debating the merits of CPU architecture in the 1990's are the pioneers in virtual discussion. We are what the majority of consumers will become over the next decade when new, broader forums come to be.
Don't worry, I'm still the first person in Taiwan with Intel's next-generation roadmap. However, as this industry withers and new ones blossom, I encourage you all as pioneers and enthusiasts to look beyond the chips and bits once in a while.
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Growing weed resistance is driving the seed trait business. Syngenta and Bayer CropScience just announced that the two companies will collaborate on the development of an HPPD-herbicide-tolerant trait for soybeans. Adding HPPD-tolerance to the trait mix will help growers combat weed resistance, particularly to glyphosate.
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COLFAX, WIS.—Facing ranked teams from numerous regions and divisions, the Central College cross country teams shined at the highly competitive Wis.-Eau Claire Blugold Invitational on Friday.
The Dutch men's team finished third in the 26-team, 453-individual field. The women's team finished 11th in the 25-team, 424-individual field.
Eaves leads Dutch once again—Junior Alyssa Eaves (Johnston) led the Dutch on the six-kilometer course with a 40th-place finish in 23:44. Eaves has been the top Central finisher in the first three invitationals of the season. Freshman Kasey Wiedmaier (Indianola) surprised as the second Dutch finisher in 24:09, good for 68th. Senior Daphne Baumgartner (Perry) and sophomore Molly Bramble (Waukee) continued their consistent seasons as the third and fourth Central finishers. Baumgartner was 72nd in 24:12, while Bramble was 78th in 24:21. The two have been third and fourth on the team at all three invitationals thus far. Sophomore Gabi Wilson (Des Moines, Des Moines Christian HS) rounded out the lineup at 24:22 in 81st.
"We ran extremely well today," coach Joe Dunham said. "Our competitiveness and mental toughness was great. It was a challenging race. Our top-five spread was 38 seconds, which is tough in a race of this size.
"We are going to see some special things begin to happen with this team," said Dunham. "I'm continually impressed by their hard work and desire to succeed."
Minnesota took the team title with 44 points. Tricia Serres of Luther was the individual champion in 21:48.
O'Brien, Horton finish third, fourth—Senior Austin O'Brien (Bettendorf, Pleasant Valley HS) and junior Eli Horton (Runnells, Southeast Polk HS) finished third and fourth, respectively, leading the Dutch to third-place. O'Brien finished the eight-kilometer course in 25:01, with Horton close behind at 25:06. All five Dutch scorers placed in the top 42. Sophomore Cole Decker (Des Moines, Dowling Catholic HS) finished in 25:34, good for 22nd, while freshman Isaac Steffensmeier (St. Paul, Iowa, Fort Madison HS) finished 10 seconds later in 27th. Junior Drew Jackson (Johnston) closed out the scoring in 42nd with 26:10.
"We took a step in the right direction today," coach Joe Dunham said. "It was the first chance for our men to run in a large, crowded meet. I was really proud of the effort and we will continue to strive to get better each and every week. It is great to see where we are at, but we still haven't reached our full potential. As long as we stay healthy and continue to improve, we can run with anyone.
It was the second invitational for Horton, who missed the season opener due to injury. Central was still without senior captain Michael Splavec (West Des Moines, Valley HS), junior L.J. Lipscomb (Johnston) and freshman Kyle Schelling (Orange City, Sioux Center HS).
"It was nice to have most of our runners, but we were still missing some," said Dunham. "We hope to run at full strength in two weeks."
Wis.-La Crosse topped the team standings with 54 points, while St. Olaf (Minn.), the top-ranked team in the Central Region, was second with 80 points. Central scored 98 en route to the third-place finish. Grant Wintheiser of St. Olaf was the individual winner in 24:49.
The Central cross country teams continue the bi-weekly race trend, returning to action on Oct. 19 at the Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer Invitational in West Salem, Wis. Last season at the invitational the men's team finished 3rd of 26 teams, while the women's team finished 12th of 26.


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Do you like fantasy sports?
Then former PawSox outfielder Bryan Pritz has the perfect idea for you. It's called Real Sports Interactive.
Pritz, who retired after being released by Boston in spring training, joined us on "PawSox Insider" this afternoon to discuss the idea.
Several years ago, Bryan and a couple of buddies came up with a concept in which fans could invest in the careers of minor league baseball players and potentially make big money if the players eventually made it to the major leagues.
Major league baseball frowned on the idea, so it's been changed. Now for a small investment in a minor league player, fans can receive autographed items or the opportunity to have personal interaction with their player if he advances to the big leagues.
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What the heck – for $14 bucks it sounds like fun.
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Great news for relief pitcher Jose Vaquedano today – he's on his way to the Triple-A All-Star game next week.
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Here's the press release from the PawSox:
The International League announced today that they have added PawSox reliever Jose Vaquedano to the International League All-Star team for the upcoming Triple-A All-Star Game on July 15 in Portland, Oregon . Vaquedano, 28, is 4-1 with a 2.83 ERA along with 1 SV in 28 relief appearances for the PawSox this season.
He will join PawSox closer Fernando Cabrera who was elected to the IL All-Star team. PawSox RHP Clay Buchholz was also elected as the starting pitcher for the IL All-Star team but will not attend the game as he is scheduled to start for the PawSox tomorrow (Sunday) vs. Syracuse at McCoy Stadium.
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It looks like a perfect Saturday night for baseball as the PawSox host Syracuse at 6:05 with Charlie Zink on the mound. I hope you'll join us for the radio call beginning with the pre-game show on the PawSox radio network and PawSox.com.
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Interesting concept of investing in players. I already do that in a different form it is called "Prospecting" were buying into a player in his baseball cards/ memorabilia and hoping to sell at his high point when the general public is clamoring for his stuff. For example here is my Denker collection that I started to amass in late 07
I do the same with a few other players Yefri Carvajal of the Padres, Carlos Peguero of the Mariners and Eric Sogard of the Padres.
May have to try out that system though it sounds like fun.


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Fit ti be tied in the Big Apple. The Yankees pulled out the 3-1 victory over the Philies in much better weather Thursday night. The Yankees were more poised and hungry as they pulled out the 'W'
I am cheering for the Yanks in the series yet I was still dissapointed. I still have not heard Ronan sing God Bless America on TV
However the self proclaimed "new Sinatra" belted out a performance that Frank would sure be proud of.
Rapper Jay-Z performed "Empire State of Mind" along with Alicia Keys before the game. It was a little over the top but I would never expect anything less from Jay-Z. The song was just the inspiration the Yankees needed to pull off this win.
Even though, Jay-Z raps that he "makes the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can." Hideki Matsui and Mark Teixeira sure made a name for themselves tonight.
The Blue Oyster Cult would have loved to hear their song Godzilla played along with other New York anthems. Matsui went deep with a solo shot to take the lead and break the 1-1 ties. He had a solid night going 2-3 with a walk.
While Matsui is the DH, the NY outfield was restructured tonight. Nick Swisher was benched in favor of Jerry Harriston Jr. It was in good taste considering Swisher was batting .111 in the playoffs. Harriston came in and managed a hit, but I feel bad for Swisher. He was West Virginia roots, which already give anybody instant brownie points in my book, but he is a good guy. Andrew (my buddy in North Canton) says the Swish brought this years team to prominence thanks to his pizazz and swagger. He's played great defense but his arm is in question. There's no doubt hes slumping, the change was needed.
Pedro Martinez, othrwise known as the most influential player to set foot in Yankee stadium tipped hit cap once again.
He was wearing a new uniform, but Pedro was being Pedro. You may have heard his ridiculous pregame interview, I can't even begin to recap it because it was too bizarre. But apparently Pedro Martinez is not someone you can eat rice and beans with. Like I said, it is not worth even discussing.
While the Daddy Yankees were not that abusive to their "son" the fans surely were. Pedro was booed from start to finish. he cracked a smile when leaving the mound in the seventh inning showing that he's all fun and just putting on a show. It may not be the most respectable display, but Martinez proved he may just be baseball's Chad Ochocinco or Ron Artest-excpet Ron Artest may have hit somebody in the stands if they booed him.
The beginning of the game was the most special part for me. Now I know it was a great game and I loved watching it from start to finish-I'm a baseball fan afterall. But I really appreciated what happened prior to the first pitch.
Derek Jeter was the recipient of the Roberto Clemente award. Here is is embracing Roberto's wife Vera Clemente. Roberto's son is wacthing over. I love moments when coming to Clemente's honor. His playing ability was second to none and his off the field kindness was unmatched. He died serving others and is rightfully honored some 40 years later. Jeter is a good guy and deserves the award this season. Of course I can't wait for the day when the World Series is taking place at PNC Park with someone say Andrew McCutchen is handed the Clemente trophy. Just so fitting.
With a day off Friday the action shifts to Philly. Here in Morgantown, the action shifts to Tampa, Florida.
The Mountaineers face the South Florida Bulls in a Big East showdown. The unique Friday night game will be televised on ESPN. I'm already nervous. We have not beaten the Bulls in their house since the two teams have first met. I do feel WVU has the upperhand talent wise, I'm just not sure of our ability to play on the road. Noel Devine is one of the top running backs in the nation and is worth the price of admission. He is a darkhorse for the Heisman Trophy and can shake just about any defender out of their boots. It'll be a tight contest, but the 'Eers will prevail 24-20
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I know that Jane and Virginia are celebrating tonight. The Yankees pulled it off.
Yep. You nailed it. The plot thickens…
Blue Oyster Cult is a Long Island, New York band, but for some reason "Godzilla" has never been Matsui's walk-up music.
Got to give it to the blue pinstripes tonight, they did the job.
It is kind of funny that the pitching is dominating this series with these two huge offenses, but that sometimes happens when team match-up well against each other.
Looking forward to see what the starters have in store for us in Game 3 in Philly where the crowd will sound like a jet airliner most of the night.
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I love that song. Maybe he doesn't like the monicker.. but he was Godzilla last night. What a huge bomb he dropped.
"His playing ability was second to none and his off the field kindness was unmatched."
– you got that right bro
New York Yankees caps have been amongst the most famous ones ever purchased, even to those who don't follow baseball. This recap of the game is really good. Derek Jeter deserved to win that Roberto Clemente Award.
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Matt – what a Game 3 huh? Big time bombs all night long. It looked like the Hamels of old until Arod.


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BUCKHANNON – Five West Virginia Wesleyan football players have been named to the second team of the All-Mountain East Conference squad.
On the offensive side, quarterback Jeremy Musselman, and wide receiver LaVaughn Hughes and Conner Arlia were honored, while lineman Marcus Spearman and back Antonio Harris were defenders receiving recognition.
Quarterback D.J. Mendenhall of Urbana was named Mountain East Conference Offensive Player of the Year, defensive lineman Robert Hayes of Shepherd the Defensive Player of the Year and Shepherd head coach Monte Cater the Coach of the Year.
In addition, running back Jabre Lolley of Shepherd was the Mountain East Conference Offensive Freshman of the Year and Shepherd linebacker Octavius Thomas the Defensive Freshman of the Year.
Mendenhall, a senior from West Jefferson, Ohio, threw for a school-record 3,268 yards and 32 touchdowns in 2013. The Harlon Hill candidate led the Blue Knights to a third-place finish in the MEC, and finished his stellar career with 9,970 passing yards, 1,702 rushing yards and 132 touchdowns responsible for.
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Cater directed Shepherd to its fourth undefeated regular season in school history with a 10-0 record and the Mountain East Conference title. The Rams earned a No. 1 seed and a bye in the upcoming NCAA playoffs.
Lolley, a redshirt freshman from Wilmington, Del., led the MEC in rushing touchdowns with 14. He also averaged 4.6 yards per carry and finished the regular season with 767 yards on the ground.
Thomas, a freshman from Myrtle Beach, S.C., led Shepherd in total tackles with 53 stops on the year. He also recorded 6.5 tackles for a loss and a sack for the Rams.
The teams and individual winners were selected by the league's coaches. Shepherd led the way with 11 first-team picks, Charleston was next with five first-team selections, while Concord, Notre Dame and Glenville State all had four each.


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No one can really understand the gist of the First Gent Alligator Hunt Scandal without a basic grasp of Guy Stuff.
I use the term "scandal' loosely. This is such a boring New Mexico summer we'll stoop to just about anything to get our juices stirring. Levi Chavez notwithstanding.
What happened is Guv Hubby went on a Louisiana hunting trip with two state police officers and Susana Martinez stalkers have been sniffing around to find out who paid for what. You'd have to grasp Political Science Stuff to understand why the governor stonewalled the information release until just a couple of weeks ago.
Perhaps I do not understand Political Science Stuff because I think the governor's digging her heels into the ground on this one was just another example of dumb political advice she tends to embrace. Unless there is something substantial she is trying to hide, in which case, "whoops!"
Two state cops had been planning a vacation trip to hunt alligators. Somehow First Gent became the third hunter. So now we have the two cops, each with his 12-year-old son, being paid overtime to go on vacation because they are doubling as security guards for Guv Hub whose day job, by the way, is, ummm … security guard.
Get it? Sure you do, but the reader is left with questions. Number one, who in his right mind wants to go alligator hunting? Good point. The obvious answer is, of course, anyone who needs a new wallet. But still there is confusion.
These two guys obviously spent months planning the trip, food and hotel preparations, spousal clearance — all told, a major effort. Yet, turns out only one of them alligator hunted. For five minutes.
"Huh??" you say. That's where you need to understand Guy Stuff.
Guys spend a lot more time talking about things than they spend doing the things. As a participant in a 37-year annual weekend golf outing in Ruidoso, I can attest that we talk months about who will make the hotel arrangements, who will bring the beer and poker chips, who will make the food reservations, who will drive.
That is followed, to our credit, by maybe four hours of golf. The golf, however, is preceded by six hours of heated argument about the "spots."
Former state Rep. John Heaton, an excellent golfer who would rather debate than eat, has been stuck with the group's weakest golfer all these years and annually demands compensation for carrying the burden.
The argument drags on, the basic theme being "either give me strokes or you take him!" That is countered by "no, why would I take him!" I will not identify Capt. Klutz but I will tell you he goes to sleep feeling pretty crappy about himself, wondering if maybe he should have taken up alligator hunting.
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