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Paul Mansur says I dont do smiles, but the Vermonters story does offer a message this Easter: Never give up on people.
At first glance, Vermonter Paul Mansur appears as prickly as the crewcut atop his tall, camouflage-swathed frame. His eyes narrow with suspicion. His mouth widens but says nothing, revealing only a stream of pungent cigarette smoke.
The woman he eyes on a dark street looks as weak as he is strong.
How ya doing? he asks in a gravelly baritone.
---- you, she replies with a particularly explosive expletive.
So why does his grizzled stubble part for a grateful smile?
Mansur is a night outreach worker. On the job from dusk until dawn, he scours the shadows for wanderers lacking homes, help or hope.
On the top floors of government, spokesmen explain how the state counts its unsheltered residents by surveying local social service agencies each winter, but doesnt expect to update its year-old total of 2,819 homeless Vermonters the highest number per capita in New England until later this spring.
On the ground, Mansur isnt fazed. He relies more on a police scanner, a tank of an SUV and instinct.
You look for the best hiding spots, he says. In the wintertime its easy you look for footprints headed off into nowhere. Summertime its harder you look for people with backpacks, with night rolls, constantly walking all hours of the day. You stop, you talk with them, you find out whats going on.
Or whats not going on. Mansur sometimes reaches out for weeks or months before the most skeptical or scared individual responds. But dont mistake him as patient. Hes just stubbornly if not surlily persistent.
The 45-year-old started work two decades ago when he noticed the lack of a nighttime safety net after social service agencies closed for the day. Talking to leaders of the Brattleboro Area Drop In Center, he volunteered to monitor the most vulnerable from the nonprofits closing time at 5 p.m. to its reopening at 8:30 a.m.
The only thing more surprising than the offer: the fact he followed through night upon night without pay.
Im headstrong, he says. Id see someone on the street, stop and say, How ya doing? If its cold, Id go to their camps and wake them up and ask, Anything you need?
Mansur did so without compensation or complaint for two years before the center figured out a way to obtain a federal Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) grant. Creating a first-in-the-state position, he now covers three southern counties and has trained the only other Vermont night outreach worker, in Burlington.
Setting pay and precedent aside, Mansurs quest has changed little. Delivering small comforts such as coffee, a blanket or 30-below-zero sleeping bag, hes like a postman: Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stops him. Yet unlike a mail carrier, hes also on 24-hour weekend call.
This year, his towns winter homeless shelter (housed in the First Baptist Church that made national news when it sold its Tiffany stained-glass window to avoid closure) is staying open into April because of lingering snow and cold. But just because people lack food or shelter doesnt mean theyll accept a little free help.
Some are mentally ill and fear medication, Mansur explains. Others are simply leery of a society that too easily lumps a complex spectrum of individuals upended by changes in income, relationships, health or insurance into a single stereotype.
Mansur relates. Approach him on the sidewalk at sunset and hell chat freely. Add the fact that youre a reporter and he suddenly goes silent. Months later, he chooses his words carefully.
Everybody is so scared of the homeless they dont realize when the economy takes a dive and no ones hiring or you end up in the hospital for a week, youre one of them.
Mansur has seen his share of recent challenges. Nationally, todays poor have suffered the hardest financial hit since the Great Depression. Statewide, Tropical Storm Irene swept away dozens of trailers and tents along riverbanks. Locally, a heart attack took the life of 65-year-old Melinda Bussino, the longtime head of the Drop In Center and mainstay on nearly every Vermont anti-poverty advisory board.
Melinda was like my stepmother, he says softly before going silent again.
Mansur once suffered a mild heart attack himself. When his doctor suggested stress reduction, he frowned on meditation and exercise and instead focused on his camera, taking photos of a hidden world of canvas and cardboard bunkers.
People say, How can you work with them people? That p----- me off. Theyre not them people.
Yet the question persists: What motivates a man to surrender his nights to the darkness and seeming strangers?
At the beginning, when Id see the guys theyd say, You dont know what its like. And Id say, Yeah, I do. Ive been homeless. I was bouncing around because I didnt have the references for a rental. Then I sued the housing authority for discrimination. I thought, This is wrong lets make it right.
Mansurs 1994 federal suit, supported by Vermont Legal Aid, changed several laws. His subsequent outreach work is changing lives, especially among those frightened by the sight or sound of authority.
I show up and they calm down. They know Im there to be on their side. They know Im there because Ive been there.
Which brings him back to the woman of slight frame and sharp tongue. She has been somewhere else: In a medical unit bombed in a war half a world away. Intact yet shattered, the onetime nurse doesnt view any building as safe.
Four walls its flashbacks, Mansur says.
Most people are repelled by her demeanor. But knowing her full story, he responds differently.
If I drive up and she swears, I know shes all set. If she says, Paul, I got a problem, then I know somethings wrong.
Take the frigid night she requested a blanket.
When I give you one, you generally keep it, Mansur says. But that next morning she stopped me and handed back the blanket all folded up nice and neat and said Thank you.
Today is Easter. Shelter workers at the First Baptist Church will roll up sleeping bags from the floor this morning so the congregation can celebrate the promise of rebirth and redemption.
For Mansur, the holiday will melt into another sleepless night. How can people help? Money and materials, his supervisors suggest. But for him, it all starts with mindset.
Sometimes it takes a while to get someone to go to a shelter, he says at the end of one night shift. Youve got to accept people for who people are, and treat them with dignity. Melinda taught me something a long time ago never give up on people, because it could be 10 minutes from a miracle.
The gruff, gentle man pauses to listen to the latest alert on his police scanner.
Still on the lookout for the homeless?
No, he replies he sees everyone as simply human.
Camp for a cause
When Vermonts winter homeless shelters close each spring, directors such as Lucie Fortier ask the same question: Where do folks go?
Many camp in tents and cars, on friends couches or, in Fortiers town next month, on the public common.
Brattleboro homeless advocates hope to shed light on the statewide lack of year-round emergency shelters by holding a Camp for a Common Cause outdoor overnight fundraiser May 3.
A winter 2012 count found 21 percent of Vermonts 2,819 homeless in a shelter, compared with 24 percent in transitional housing, 11 percent in government-funded lodging and 9 percent in no building at all.
But emergency shelters which host homeless who are on waiting lists for more permanent programs or dont qualify because of drinking or drug use are open only during the winter, leaving many to fend for themselves each spring, summer and fall.
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we can complain all we want for a new coach and new GM but the bottom line is, James Dolan doesn't let basketball people make basketball decisions. Truth is, if we got a legit GM with a path to a championship, he would trade away Melo and Amare, get picks, stay young, athletic and LOSE for the next 3 years, score with those picks, lay low, stay quiet, finally get a top 3 pick, get a young star, and start winning. James Dolan would never allow that to happen. Ever.
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Teaching Mindfulness to Children: An Interview with Susan Kaiser Greenland
Susan Kaiser Greenland is a former corporate attorney who began to practice meditation when her children were young as a way of coping with a family crisis. As she developed mindfulness awareness through this practice, not only did she survive the crisis, but she learned that it is possible to access inner peace and stillness, even when the world seems out of control.
She began teaching these practices to her children with success and is now the author of the book, The Mindful Child, which aims to help other parents and professionals teach mindfulness awareness practices to children. Susan is also the co-founder of the Inner Kids Foundation, a program dedicated to bringing mindful awareness practices to inner-city and underserved communities in Los Angeles. She blogs regularly for The Huffington Post and the book has been heavily covered in the media, including The New York Times, National Public Radio, and CBS News, among others.
Watch the interview with Susan below to learn more about the book and how you can implement mindfulness practices with your children.
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BLUEFIELD – Women entering the job market, as well as those currently employed, often find themselves in unfamiliar territory. To help navigate the work environment, Bluefield State College Foundation, WISE (Women in Search of Empowerment), and Brown Edwards & Co. host a free seminar on "Ten Top Ways to Keep Your Employer Happy" on September 16, 9 am to noon in Dickason Hall on the BSC campus. The first in a quarterly series, the seminar focuses on business etiquette, unwritten rules, and strategies for success in the workplace.
From time management to proper use of company property, behavior on the job can be different from what's appropriate in the home and with friends. Seminar attendees will learn about ten pitfalls and how to turn them into positive attributes. The session's interactive format will engage participants in discussions of real-life situations and solutions.
The seminar will benefit women seeking employment for the first time and students entering professions as well as those currently employed who want to succeed and progress in the workplace.
Presenters include BSC faculty member Dr. Deb Halsey-Hunter of the W. Paul Cole, Jr. School of Business. She described the rationale for creating the seminar: "As many of our local working women's groups no longer exist, we hope this group will provide some timely topics that all women face in the workplace, whether just entering the workforce or with several years of work experience.
"We all face the same workplace issues brought about by technology, diversity, and work demands. This group will provide a venue to share our experiences as we continue to be a vital part of the workforce."
Also leading the discussions will be Dr. Robin Ware, BSC's Off-Campus Coordinator, and Karen Harvey, Executive Director of the BSC Foundation.
Connie Saunders, Executive Director of WISE and owner of Saunders Staffing, said the seminar was organized to address a need she has observed as an employer and as a mentor to women entering the workforce. "In the business world, success goes far beyond skills and education. Informed, aware, confident women reach to the top because they invest their time in people skills and communication," she said.
"WISE is so excited to see the last phase of our program come to life through Bluefield State College and presentation of the first seminar on the important subject of business etiquette." The intention, Saunders added, is to host quarterly seminars on the BSC campus to assist working women in the region.
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Wendy Overholt leads the local chapter of Team Red, White and Blue.
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KBlack -- anyone can be taught how to play team defense. Look at Carlos Boozer on the Bulls.
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"We have to be able to have the same energy at the defensive end," Stoudemire said Friday at one point. "Sometimes, when you're playing so offensively, you tend to step away from the defensive end. We can't afford to do that if we want to be an elite team."
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And, then you may have less PPG, and if you keep on average other teams to a consistently wide point differential, then you are a good defensive team.Or you are a team that holds the ball for 24 seconds before taking a shot, wasting and killing time.
If you keep them to a closer PPG, but still win, then you're not a good defensive team, and rather just having them play a slow system.
Same goes for a quick offensive system. You score 120 points per game and the other teams score a 119 ppg you are a bad defensive team. You score 120 ppg and hold them to 110, you are a good defensive team.
Yes, we outscore them by .4 ppg -- meaning we dupe them into a fast pace system and will win roughly .500 of our games -- where we are now: a poor defensive team with a lot of possessions.
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Wed., 9:34am: Hilcorp gets first drilling permit in Columbiana County
LISBON — Three new drilling permits have been sought and/or issued for Columbiana County over the past four weeks.
Two permits were issued for the Spiker property on Forbes Road in Yellow Creek Township. The applicant in both instances is Chesapeake.
Meanwhile, Hilcorp Energy applied for a permit to drill in Salem Township at the Grubbs IV site off Grafton Road. This is Hilcorp's first permit in the county.
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It took the Phillies offense eight innings to get two hits in one frame on Tuesday night. Ryan Howard's two-out eighth inning single tied the score at two. It took their bullpen only five batters to give it right back, as a Justin Morneau single off Antonio Bastardo a half inning later sealed their fate against the Twins. The 3-2 loss was the fourth straight for the Phils.
At this point, you have to feel Cole Hamels' pain. The lefty was nowhere near sharp, but he refused to come unglued and kept his team in the game. The Phillies have now scored 31 runs for Hamels in his 14 starts. Yuck.
– All night, the Phillies were swinging early and often at the low-to-mid 80s fastball of P.J. Walters. I don't remember the last time I saw a mediocre pitcher have such an easy time with a major league lineup… or at least not one based north of Miami. The Phillies had seven hits, but they only hit four balls hard by my count, two of which came off the bat of Michael Young.
– As an unexceptional Twins lineup grinded out quality at-bat after quality at-bat against the All-Star caliber Hamels, the Phils hacked at anything soft-tossing and unproven Walters threw towards the plate. Here are the pitches-per-inning for the two starters through six innings: Hamels: 18, 22, 18, 23, 11, 16 for 108 pitches. Walters: 13, 12, 8, 14, 17, 14 for 78 pitches. Wow.
– The Phillies were able to scratch out a second run in the top of the eighth, stringing together three singles, the last coming from Howard. With runners on, the Twins were unable to play the shift and the not-so-Big Piece ripped a hanging breaking ball through the infield to tie the game at two. A single from Michael Young in the third accounted for the team's first run.
A half inning later, Bastardo had Morneau buried in a 1-2 count with two outs and runners on the corners. Morneau fouled off three pitches before lining a single up the middle to break the 2-2 tie. As Chris Wheeler pointed out, it was surprising Bastardo threw Morneau a fastball, much less one right down the middle, with the count so heavily in his favor.
– For all that was made of Hamels coming to grips with what he can't control from a mental standpoint, the $144MM lefty sure looked like the emotional mess we saw for most of the 2013 campaign on Tuesday night. Hamels was visibly frustrated on the mound, as the Twins hitters ran deep counts, fouling off pitch after pitch. He labored through six innings, allowing seven hits and two earned runs. He exited after the sixth with the Phillies trailing 2-1.
– Despite only allowing two runs, Hamels threw 81 pitches in the first four innings and finished with 108. After sparring with the home plate umpire in the fourth, an irascible Hamels allowed four straight hits – three doubles and a single, all hit hard – that gave the Twins a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth. Cole was bailed out when a nifty play by Freddy Galvis resulted in an inning-ending double play. The first two doubles, by Josh Willingham and Morneau, definitely would have left the yard at Citizens Bank Park.
– Hamels recovered nicely to pitch impressive frames in the fifth and sixth. While his line looked pretty good at the end of the night, Cole would probably be the first to tell you he'd much prefer a smoother path to a quality start. The Twins fouled off an incredible 28 pitches against him.
– The Phillies failed to homer for the first time in 15 games on Tuesday night at spacious Target Field. They went 7-7 over that 14 game stretch.
– The offense may have failed Hamels, but his defense did not. In addition to Galvis' run-saving play in the fourth, Michael Young made a great diving stop to his right in the sixth which helped lead to a scoreless frame for Hamels.
– Molasses-slow and a liability in the outfield, it's pretty obvious that Delmon Young's contributions can only come through his bat. With that considered, Young has to be the worst overall player in recent memory being written into a Phillies lineup on an everyday basis. Young was 0 for 4 on Tuesday, seeing a measly 11 pitches in his four plate appearances. Eleven pitches in four at-bats. The man truly is a quick and automatic out. The lesser Young is now hitting .224/.281/.422 on the season.
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It mayb have been surprisng that Bastardo threw that fastball, but I'd bear in mind that the Phil's catchers right now are their 3rd and 4th options. I wonder if Ruiz or Kratz would have called for something else.
The problem with this game really wasn't the pitching, anyway. Scoring a meager two runs was the real problem.
I'm beginning to side with those who say fire sale. I don't think it would help much, though, because the Phils have almost zero to offer other teams, unless they decide to part with Lee, Hamels, and Papelbon. I'm also beginning to side with those who want Manuel gone. It's not that I think he's the horrible manager some people believe him to be, but I just think perhaps a shakeup of the entire team is in order. I think it would do Charlie some good mental health-wise, too. He must be just as frustrated with his offense as Hamels is, and has the added problem of managing a worthless bullpen. If things aren't changed soon, Hamels and Manuel will probably have to be institutionalized.
I have those same thoughts and you said them better than I could of, as my disgust with the team would have most likely caused me to stray from stating those thoughts you presented, and, instead my post would have rambled on in anger. I really think, unless something drastically changes, that we need to be sellers and soon.
Ditto with you and George Big Ed.
How about stopping interleague play?
Its overrated.
Drop Howard to hitting 5th or 6th, regardless of his RBI last night (he now has 5 RBI for the month which is keeping him on a pace for what 80 this year?
Regardless, taking Howard out of the lineup in the past or doing something like dropping him in the lineup has historically shown to make a difference in his 'attitude' which, if nothing physical has come forth as a problem, what else can it be – usually spikes his production even if just until Brown kicks it in again.
Cholly, at least show us, the fans, your fans you are making an effort and do something that might seem radical to you but hopeful to us.. sit Demon Young, move Howard in the batting rotation – for some reason M Young seems to be working out better hitting leadoff but he is not a leadoff batter –
Do something Cholly – getting rid of Dustbin was great, thanks – keep it up, do something Cholly.
@brooks, you might need a little more than "what else can it be" to be credible in disparaging someone's attitude.
"Dropping him in the lineup has historically shown…" — The only time he's ever been dropped was for 4 games in late June 2008, when he was hitting .214/.309/.454. Then he got hot in the second half, like he has almost every year of his career.
Not saying that he shouldn't be dropped, but there is no historical evidence to speak of that it will help either him or the team.
I understand the desire to shake things up though, and sitting or jettisoning Delmon. M Young is fine hitting leadoff — he has certainly gotten on base well, has shown no power, and it minimizes the chance he'll hit into a DP.
When you have GM and manager who think its acceptable to trot out a 3and a 4 hitter each with an OPS hovering around .700 what do you really expect?
Charlie is living in 2007 and Ruben is just clueless.
Why would a fire sale with a clueless GM be a good thing?
Also the fact that Dom Brown lead the NL in Home runs in May is great. He and Galvis are the only 2 players on the roster Id keep.
But how shocking is it that he drew 0 walks in May? you lead the majors in homers and don't draw a single walk?
There is a deep infection with this team that's been here a long time.
Its not the players fault either.
Playing the game right is not appreciated or encouraged.
Yea Andrew it's crazy that he didn't walk once in a whole month! I mean even by default you get a walk. Also as hot as he was and how cold the reat of the lineup is he should have gotten at least an intentional walk! Truely amazing.
As far as the deep infection Andrew I think it's the Guru. In spring the players seemed to be heeding the words of our tow new hitting instructors. But once the season started they reverted right back to the same crappy at bats.
And as far as a fire sale with rube in charge? I think about that and tremble in fear of how bad he'd get fleeced. As a fan and a long time fan I can't imagine how far back rube would put us with lame trades. He's good at throwing money at big players, but trading for a good player? haven't seen much on the positive side of that. They need changes and it has to start at the top! Rube and then work your way down. Monty has to grow as set of man balls and forget about what some did in the past for the org. He has to look at what theyre doing now and just look back the last 2-3 years. that should be his parameter.
I guess you don't consider Lee and Halladay to be good players that Amaro traded for. Hunter Pence was also gotten in a trade, although he was too costly. Mayberry is maybe only an adequate 4th outfielder, but he didn't cost anything of even 4th outfielder quality, and some of the people he's traded for (Joseph, for example) haven't had a chance to [prove what they might be worth.
I'll agree that Amaro has made some bad trades, but he's also made some good ones, just like every other GM in the business.
I couldn't watch but think the entire team is now infected with the anti-baseball virus.
We need to get a new GM, and give away every last player that's infected and start with a healthy young team. Bring in a doctor of baseball to do this and fire every last coach they are infected too.We as fans need to stay away from the ballpark for awhile until the infection is contained.
I asked this question in Spring training when it was clear that Antonio Bastardo was not even competing for a job, his position was a given. He was consistently mentioned with Paps and Adams as sure things.
Why? What has he done so well that he's not even competing for a job? Three months later I'd still like an answer. 19 hits AND 14 walks in just 22 innings pitched, think about that. The guy pitches to one batter, or maybe an inning at most at a time, with a WHIP of 1.48. That's 33 base runners in 22 innings.
Antonio Bastardo had on great 3/4 season in 2011, and was handed a job this year on reputation alone. IMO That just doesn't work for marginal players.
And I don't even know where to begin on Mike Adams except to say, in general, don't pay for free agent relievers. Use your system guys and let them prove themselves, they will fail more than they succeed, but at least you don't waste money on them. And sometimes after years of failure, you develop a good one. How is NL saves leader, Jason Grilli doing this year? He should still be here pitching for the Phils.
I hear people all the time with very little patience for young relievers, IMO- you have to coach them and work with them, give them time. You don't buy them from other teams, and you never ever guarantee them jobs. Antonio may have a sensational year at some point again in his career, maybe the rest of this year- who knows with relievers? But not as long as he is comfortable that he will never lose his job.
Bastardo had had some success. The other lefthanders, Savery, Valdez, who even remembers who else, had never had any at the ML level. That's why Bastardo was pretty much guaranteed a job. Had he been a righty, there may have been more competition.
As far as young relievers go, I think it's probably good to have a veteran or two around for some guidance. I think the Phils picked the wrong veterans, though. Adams was too much of a health risk to be given a two-year contract, and Durbin plain didn't have it anymore.
I'm not saying you're wrong about it, though. I'm just pointing out some reasons why the front office may have made the choice of Bastardo, and why they might have picked up a veteran or two.
I sometimes think the fault lies in the scouting department. Too many of the signees (Qualls, Durbin, D.Young, Wigginton, Nix) have been busts, and most of the prospects have been less than stellar. I really wonder if any of these particular young relievers will ever be any good; some seemed okay last year, like Horst and Aumont, but this year, Horst's ERA is in the stratosphere, and Aumont is in the minors. I won't even get into some of the other AAA arms. The Phils seem to place too much emphasis on velocity and not enough on command. Same sort of thing with position players: tools are only good if the player knows how to use them.
Sometimes you think the fault lies with the scouting? I have no doubt it does. It would also help if the organization didn't resist looking at the newer numbers which are available, instead of publicly eschewing them.
I am quite certain that when Amaro made the statement about how the players stack up on "the backs of their baseball cards", he misspoke as many being questioned by the media do, and they don't really look at that kind of thing when evaluating players. But it was not a statement that gives me confidence in the scouting department either.
And to correct something I wrote poorly above, I didn't mean that it had to be all young relievers, I agree that Veterans are good to have around. I just meant they shouldn't be paying high dollar for them.
He's what I call trade bait lefty. And I do remember you asking that question.I can't remember the rest of my world though! lol
If they trade him, he'll become great again! Sure seems to be the way things work lately. Good to hear from you Ryne, keep laughing, it's the worlds best medicine.
"I don't remember the last time I saw a mediocre pitcher have such an easy time with a major league lineup"…. really how about every game we've played this year against a " mediocre" pitcher… these Phillies suck… they have no heart they don't hustle… there a joke… blaming amaro isn't the answer he might make questionable moves but at least he tries to put a team together that can win… the team doesn't execute… Charlie Manuel needs to go… Howard and Rollins need to be dropped between 6th to 8th… get rid of delmon… call up a minor leaguer and let him play over delmon… send Galvis to the minors… play Hernandez at second, quit messing with revere let him play where he wants in center… find a different pitching coach… start changing coaches and get rid of delmon let it be known that everyone on the roster is available take the comfort level away from everyone and see what they do if they perform good if not bring in the bulldozers and level everything start back at zero…
I don't think "comfort" is the issue. They're far from comfortable. In fact they're pressing.
They're not pressing they just suck
hogey's role, that made me laugh. I agree with Schmenkman on this, but it still was funny.
"They're not pressing they just suck" ! good stuff.
Hey we have to laugh, otherwise this season could have the opposite effect.
I do hogey. It was the last time they faced a nobody pitcher! If you noticed when we played the red sox they scrapped their two best pitchers and sent nobodies against us. And what was the result? As far as the rest of you comment I don't have the answers. I'm tired of speculating on exactly who should go or be moved around cause it doesn't matter where they hit in the lineup, cause you get the same result "no hits" I'm in agreement with a lot of what you say.
I think what the Red Sox did with their starting pitching shows how nobody in this league is worried about this offense at all.
You seem to be contradicting yourself, Hokey. First you blame Manuel for the team's performance, and say Amaro at least is trying to put a team on the field that can win. But then you start mentionaing moves that are Amaro's responsibility, not Charlie's. Manuel isn't the one in charge of dumping D.Young or optioning Galvis or letting teams know that everyone is available. All those things are Amaro's job, and he clearly isn't doing any of them.
I hit "k" instead of "g." Not good.
You're right George I forget the general manager and manager don't ever convene over the moves of players… Ruben just calls them up sends them around brings guys in send others out and says here Charlie deal with it… that's right I forgot… besides I didn't say that was Charlies responsibilities, I said Charlie needed to go, and delmon needs to go and they should option Galvis back to the minors…. these are my suggestions of where I would start if I was in charge, I didn't say Charlie needs to do this….
Any intelligent person doesn't resort to sarcasm when someone points something out to him.
And despite what you might think, It's still Amaro who is making the final decisions. Manuel might very well be telling him to forget certain players, telling him to farm someone out, or dump someone, but who can say if Ruben listens to Charlie opr an entire army of high paid scouts?
I think too that you are misinterpreting the meaning of your own comment. You said, and I quote "blaming amaro isn't the answer." If he's not to blame, about the only other person you could blame would be Manuel, who you proceed to rip as though he is the one who's made all the bad roster choices.
The team doesn't execute because they're a bunch of lousy players. Manuel certainly can't make people hit, pitch, or catch the ball. He certainly can't make good decisions when his choices are all playing like eighty year olds. Motivation might work if he had a team to motivate, but he has garbage men who are probably all playing over their heads now.
yup you're right George I'm not intelligent enough to interpret what I said, yeah that's true,I have no idea what that means, however anyone else who commented under me got my point except you and no matter how many times I try to explain it to you I just don't think it will sink in… besides George I thought you were done with me the other day what happened.. you thought you could show me up, but you couldn't, oh ok…
I agree with almost eveyrthing you have to say.
Except it is Rubens fault.
How can a dumbass on a blog like me beg for 4 years to move some of the fossils and the DA (dumbass) GM just hoards all the fossils then just brings more in.
They (he) also handled Dominic Brown in an absolutely horrible way. They got lucky though.
He gets lucky a lot. He inherited a top farm system. A World series roster and the best salary situation in a sport with no cap.
It didn't take a lot to at least tread a little water. As George stated earlier in this thread. He did get Halladay and Lee. Both of whom basically fell in his lap.
If he was even a poor GM the Phillies would be contending this year.
He is a horrible one so they will lose 85 games.
He is 100% responsible for the mess.
Feel bad for Charlie. Hes still managing like its 2006 and the GM keeps signing (re-signing) and giving him players who were actually good in 2006.
Making him look bad.
Both need to go before there is a shot at winning anything meaningful in the playoffs.
You're right to an extent.. I still question why we traded Lee away in 2010 after we got halladay, he said to reload the farm system but then he traded more players to get oswalt… I wonder if they would have done better that year with Lee… oswalt was good for us down the stretch I know that but I still wonder…
I think he was told by ownership he could have one but not both. Oswalt wasn't "good" down the stretch, he was lights out, and in any case they made the postseason. The only one of Oswalt's starts that they lost in the playoffs was 3-2 (Oswalt gave up 2 runs, 1 earned, in 6 innings), so there's a chance but maybe a slim one that Lee would have won that game.
Lol value point and good memory man
You might be right that management told him he can only have Halladay if he trades Lee. However, even if that's the case, you can't credit him with a great trade for Halladay without blaming him for a horrible trade with Lee going to Seattle. In fact, I think of it as one, eight player, three team trade that was basically a wash for the Phillies.
"Playoffs, playoffs" What are you smoking Andrew??
Yes, the bottom line is that relievers generally just suck. They aren't good enough to be starters, and they don't have the stuff or the mental toughness to be a closer. If they were a good pitcher, they wouldn't be relieving. It is extremely frustrating when these guys can't even pitch one frickin' innning or in many cases in today's game…one batter. Most of these guys should be pumping gas or working at Wawa.
Unfortunately, form held true for the Twins last night. They are an incredible 18-0 in games in which they have outhit the opposition. That makes them a distasteful 10-33 in games in which they've been outhit, or broke even. That a;; belongs in Ripley's Believe It or Not. How do you go 70 games deep into a season and not get 1 stinking win when the opposition outhits you.
And it was LAST year when they decided they needed pitching.
Now tonight, the good news is that streak could well continue. Tyler Cloyd faces the Twins. Also tonight, there's a good chance that streak could well continue. Mike Pelfrey is pitching.
Unfortunately, destiny continues to rule with its ugly hand as Ryan Howard remains physically, if not mentally on appointment to drag Ruben's recent quote of "I expect him to get hot any time now" into oblivion. The decreasing Piece slammed 2 hits last night, prolonging the agony, and to Pelfrey, Howard is a first ballot unanimous Hall guy. One of the next 2 games is an absolute must for the Phils. They could get absolutely thrashed V The Rox. But they could have gotten thrashed squared when they went out to SF and won 3 of 4. Lee and Hamels are not throwing in that series, which the way the year's gone isn't necessarily bad thing. Unless 2-12 excites you.
Not that media coverage of the Phils new TV contract was scheduled to be publicly aired, but not even so much with the W-L record, but more the essential boredom of the past 2 Phillie seasons, you have to wonder how the contract negotiations are going that at one time was a practical certainty to provide the team with a financial windfall of sorts. I've not seen anything on the club's local ratings this season TV wise, WPHT had a very medicore April, but that didn't sort out to Phillie air time. Safe to say it didn't help, but radio and TV are birds of a separate feather. We're at a point where whoever's handling the negotiation for the Phils, it's logically possible to have a hard time imaging ANY TV executive keeping a straight face as they gaze across at a Phillie front office personality. Maybe they hang with the same clique, which could be a saving grace. It's still a viable product, and worth good rights fees, but you can't help but wonder how much less the product will go for under the year plus trend of very average baseball with a very hazy picture of near term competitiveness on the horizon.
The gameday beer for the rest of the season should be Piels. Same quality as our Phillies team. Come the trade deadline they need to unload the Rollins, Utley, Howard, Ruiz combo. It's seriously time to move on. They got us a championship. Now let's eat some salary, get whatever you can back in prospects and start fresh. They are not healthy and not productive. Once they do that, maybe they will be exciting to watch again. As it is now, I can only watch a couple innings before I change the channel or fall asleep.
The Phils have some young players, too. Have D.Young, Revere, or any one else except maybe Brown been more exciting than those veterans?
But those guys can't stay healthy. I love Utley, but are you going to keep trotting him out there for 50 – 75 games a year? Howard is hurt again and trying to play through it. As a result he has been dreadful at the plate. Rollins had a couple good years, but his approach hasn't changed which shows me he's learned nothing about hitting since he's been in the major leagues. Ruiz is like Utley. He's productive when he's healthy, but when is he healthy? Revere is young and I'm willing to give him some more rope to show me he can hit line drives. Delmon Young stinks. Galvis has shown flashes of potential. I haven't seen Hernandez enough. Not sure what you do at catcher. It's a thin position and no one wants to play it.
Utley generates more production or value playing half the year than any other current option does playing the full year.
If you don't like Rollins, fine, but again, there aren't many shortstops that are better overall, let alone shortstops that are available.
I don't get the point about catcher being a thin position, but otherwise agree on the rest.
Yeah we have some decent catchers in the system right now.. Tommy Joseph most notable should be ready by next year hopefully… Utley does bring a ton of value when he's healthy I wish he could just stay healthy, he's hands down my favorite… I just don't see a way out of the Howard contract… Rollins is still a very good defender, his bat isn't great right now, Ruiz is a big part of the team but in catchers terms he's getting old now…
Utley may be better than others even in half a season, but in those games he doesn't play, the position is usually played by someone much worse, maybe replacement value or a tiny bit better or worse. I think that has to be figured into the equation. Even if Utley is worth 3 wins when he's on the field, and that translates to 6 over a full season, it's not really going to be 6 if his substitutes aren't worth that other 3.
I meant the 3 wins is more than any other current option will give you over a full season.
George makes a good point. Is there a simple way to get the WAR by position for the year so far? Specifically for second base? I mean besides getting down and dirty and trying to figure out Galvis WAR – but only when playing second base, same with Fransden and Hernandez?
With Utley out, it sure seems like they lose whatever production he supplies when he's healthy. This oblique thing is a real shame, he was running really well, and playing very well.
Exactly – you have to look at the total. So if Utley gives you 3 in half a season, and his fillins give you even 1 while he's out, that's 4 total, and that's very tough to beat.
Yes but are we sure they are not contributing negative numbers? Freddy is a 0 so far according to fangraphs, but isn't it possible he could be below that when playing second base? I'm just wondering if cumulatively, they bring Utley's numbers down.
And what's going on with Hamels? All of a sudden he's a 6 inning pitcher. Is it just me or did he appear to be a better pitcher when he only had a fastball and a changeup? He's added pitches to his arsenal, but yet his pitch count is skyrocketing due to all the foul balls. The approach to Hamels is…foul off the close pitches until you get one you can drive. He doesn't have a put away pitch anymore. I'm so frustrated with this team right now.
To be fair, some teams have been patient with Hamels and he has been unable to put them away but a lot of the games where he has gone "only 6" as you put it, is because he is lifted for a pinch hitter as soon as someone gets on base. I recall a game a few starts ago where he was lifted after 6 and had 10 Ks going but the team scored 0 offense and was actually trying to get him a win. They failed, of course.
I am guessing that most of this fan base feels it was a mistake to re-sign Cole Hamels based on his bizarre season. It seemed like a good idea at the time and I would say that there are still teams out there that would like to have a Cole Hamels on the roster.
Well, there might be no joy in Mudville, but Phoenixville and surrounding points might be fired up before an all-time Phillie lineup takes to the Target Field tonight.
The rudderless Braves are now 2 series sweeps away from drooping to the .500 mark. .500 and the Phillies go together like Ballantine and baseball since the Phils have been chasing it longer than Lasorda's wife likes to shop. Chasing might not mean much, though. I've been chasing Jennifer Anniston for 25 years. Results are good only in my sleep.
Course there's a small obstacle in the way. The San Diego Padres are now ahead of the Phils in the wildcard race. There's a dose of reality in every story.
I sear, Gene Mauch is still alive. Gene Mauch is still managing the Phillies. Pre game tonight, patience and poise samples from the Phils skipper, sadly, sarcastically summed on a valid point by a reasonably questioning reporter..
Asked if Manuel could hit somebody else fourth, Manuel said, "What the (heck) are you getting at? Who's going to hit there? Let me ask you a question. Let me turn that around some. Write what you want to write."
Well, how about Domonic Brown?
"I could put anybody in there, OK?" Manuel said. "I'll do the managing. Whoever hits there, hits there."
Testiness usually comes right before management endorses the manager, and then, well you know what happens right after that.


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The Final Frontier
The Vehicle Assembly Building was used to stack the Saturn V moon rockets and the Space Shuttle.
Every baseball career comes to an end.
Most players, coaches, and other personnel leave involuntarily. They're fired, released, traded or simply shown the door.
A few have the privilege of choosing the time and place where they depart from the game.
After thirteen seasons of Angels minor league baseball, I'm going to exercise that privilege.
When I moved to Florida in June 2009 from Orange County, I knew it would be hard to continue covering the Angels' minor leagues. But I tried.
In recent months, it's become clear that my Angels life is behind me and a new adventure is about to begin.
In April, I was hired as a "communicator" at the Kennedy Space Center. I lead tours, but also lecture to the public about the NASA space program. My job, essentially, is to tell the world about the next chapter of human history.
That's a great and humbling responsibility, one I sought when I moved here.
We've been training to soon take the public into the historic Vehicle Assembly Building, where the Apollo moon rockets and Space Shuttles were stacked for launch. It's the first time since 1976 that public tours will be allowed inside the VAB.
Tours may soon go to other famous and historic locations long off-limits to the public.
The Space Shuttle program has ended, but several new human space flight programs are in the pipeline. NASA will operate the International Space Station with its partners through at least 2020, probably through 2028. New commercial cargo delivery flights to the ISS begin next year, and commercial crew flights in 2015. NASA announced on September 14 its design for the new Space Launch System that will take astronauts out into the solar system, possibly as soon as 2016. And the space center itself is about to begin a $300 million renovation to prepare for 21st Century demands.
It's my job to tell the world about all this.
So it's time to put baseball on the shelf, at least for now.
When FutureAngels.com began in 1998, the Internet as we know it today was only in its infancy. I began the web site to support the Angels' minor league affiliates. Most of them didn't even have web sites. In the early days, I posted their schedules, rosters, press releases.
I travelled to the affiliates, shot photos, recorded interviews, and as broadband became more common started to videotape player highlights.
All of that was unprecedented, not only within Angels fandom but probably minor league baseball.
It was copied, it was imitated, and a few times it was even ripped off. But it was, and always will be, the first.
But it's no longer unique, at least in fulfilling its original purpose. Major League Baseball Advanced Media manages web sites and statistics for all minor league teams. You can find videos on YouTube of minor leaguers. Fan sites score interviews. The players themselves have Twitter and Facebook accounts. So the original need no longer exists.
FutureAngels.com will continue to operate as an historical archive. That was always an original intent — to preserve Angels' minor league history — and that is still a unique service.
You may be aware of my ongoing project with the surviving members of the 1961 Statesville Owls, a Class D team in the now-defunct Western Carolina League, one of two Angels affiliates in that inaugural season.
Fifty years later, the 1961 Owls reunited in Statesville, at the site of their ballpark. It was the culmination of four years' work tracking them down, conducting interviews, doing research, and finally staging a reunion at the Angels' Tempe Diablo minor league complex in October 2009.
After watching those players throw out the ceremonial first pitch at their old ballpark, I realized I could never top that and it was time to move on.
I may write here on the blog from time to time. If and when I publish an article, I'll send out a message on my Twitter account. Click here to sign up for my "tweets" if you want to be notified of a new article.
I also want to complete the FutureAngels.com Database, which would be a searchable database of Angels' minor league statistics. It's always been a low priority, but it's one I want to finish.
All that's really changing is that I will no longer pay attention to Angels' baseball on a daily basis. FutureAngels.com will no longer have daily updates, nor will it have links to stories from around baseball. The archives will remain — photos, audio, video — and you can still order reprints of the photos.
One continuing feature will be the popular "game of the week" audio archives. I've archived Angels minor league webcasts since 2003. I'll post a new one every week during the off-season, and certain historic games will be permanently available in the Audio Gallery. Sign up for the Twitter account and you'll be notified when a new game is online.
FutureAngels.com will also continue to be the "unofficial" web site for the Tempe Diablo minor league complex. I will continue to post schedules and rosters for minor league and extended spring training, the summer league, and fall instructional league. That doesn't require "daily" attention, and I know it's still the only place on the Internet where you can find that information.
So many people and so many memories from the last thirteen years will be a part of me for the rest of my life. I am indebted to the Angels for the special privilege and trust they gave me over the years, allowing me to go places where no outsider is permitted.
Many places exist on the Internet to find the coverage that was once unique to FutureAngels.com, including the web sites of the minor league affiliates. In particular, I recommend the Orange County Register Angels Blog. The sportswriters have embraced covering the "future Angels," Sam Miller in particular.
On October 1, I'll make a permanent change to the FutureAngels.com home page to reflect the new format.
If you find yourself out Florida way and want to visit the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, please send me an e-mail at email@example.com. I'll let you know when I'm working and how to get on one of my tours.
The future is about to begin. And I want to show it to you.
Follow Stephen's writings about space exploration at SpaceKSC.com.
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Understandable move, but sad to see the change. Thanks for the thorough explanation and the compilation of all things Angels over the years.
Man, will I miss this blog, but I agree, it's a totally understandable move. I just want to say, I've really enjoyed this site through the years. Thanks so much for all the hard work you've done. It's nice to see someone embracing, and frankly helping to build, an Angels tradition, community, and historical database. I'm real happy that you'll have the site still operating as a historical database.
Stephen, although, I've been a faceless participant, this site has meant a great deal to me. You're insights and observations I've often thought we're better than most of the other bloggers, writers, and fans.
I must admit I'm also a space fan (although I'm not as knowledgeable) and I've been peridoically keeping up with your other blog (http://spaceksc.blogspot.com/). Please keep up the awesome work.
All in all, I just wanted to thank you for keeping futureangels.com running for as long as you did. I'll look forward to even the occasional observations.
I have thoroughly enjoyed your hard work and dedication towards this blog. I have used the results of your research often for my own education on Angels history. I'll miss your writing. Best wishes to you.
Good luck Stephen. Thanks for all that you have done for us Halo fans over the years. Your passion for baseball and the Angels is unparalleled. I wish you the best.
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Glad to see you're still as humble as ever Steven…
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Founded 2002
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Wild Lotus Yoga: Welcome to Wild Lotus Yoga. Serving yoga to New Orleans since 2002 and sharing the most extensive selection of yoga offerings in the Gulf South. Our intention is to turn ourselves and our community on to living an inspired, creative, and passionate life through yoga and related healing arts. We offer a wide variety of over 50 classes a week for all levels of experience including daily discounted and donation-based community classes. Classes are guided by a friendly staff of skilled teachers sharing inspiration through diverse styles of yoga. Home of our signature Soul School Teacher Training Program which emphasizes the art of bringing soul and imagination to teaching yoga. More than a yoga studio - also a home to integrative holistic workshops, music concerts, films, community service, and other special events to nourish the body, mind, and soul. Sean Johnson And The Wild Lotus Band: New Orleans mantra musicians Sean Johnson and The Wild Lotus Band are a critically acclaimed kirtan trio appreciated equally for the spiritual depth and dynamic musicality of their sound. Yoga Journal has praised the band, "A joy to listen to whether you're a yogi or anyone who appreciates wildly creative music." Yoga Chicago says, "Their music will ignite the world...a hybrid of East and West that will bring joy to your heart and get your body boogieing." Sean and the band's latest album Devaloka was released by Nettwerk/Nutone Music- home of Sarah McLaughlin, Barenaked Ladies, Krishna Das, Jai Uttal and many other great artists. The band's unique music evocatively blends ancient eastern mantras with western musical taste, passionate vocals, funky grooves, and dreamy melodies. Their innovative approach to chant music transcends genres—shades of rock, jazz, funk, choral, Indian, Irish, Middle Eastern, and folk styles merge effortlessly with the magic of the mantras. Yoga City NYC says, "Their music is capable of being energetic, grounding, mellow, tender, sweet- eerie, rapturous and blissful all at once." Vocalist and harmonium player Sean Johnson is the founder of the band. He's been leading kirtan across the U.S. and abroad for over a decade. His voice is equally influenced by vocal exploration of his ancestral Irish heritage as well as study in Indian vocal music and love of the path of bhakti yoga-- the yoga of the heart. Sean is also the founder of Wild Lotus Yoga Studio and Soul School, a yoga and spirituality teacher training program in his native New Orleans. He has a Master's degree from The Naropa Institute with a focus on teaching chant as spiritual practice. He shares the practice of mantra in an inviting and accessible way that taps into the universal spirit of life and music- weaving stories, myths, and poetry. Grammy nominated kirtan artist Jai Uttal says "Sean's voice is a warm, soothing river of serenity." Bass and guitar player and New Orleans' native Alvin Young spent years on the fabled Crescent City music scene playing with Wynton and Branford Marsalis, local legends James Booker and James Black and many more. His voice on bass and guitar weaves the jazz, rock, classical, and folk styles he's been immersed in for the last 35 years. The hallmark of Alvin's expression on the bass is a rare and deeply melodic quality that illuminates the trio's sound. Percussionist and singer Gwendolyn Colman brings a unique ethnic sound to the band with years of experience drumming with Middle Eastern ensembles, flamenco troupes, and avant garde bands. Her 'ride' includes frame drums, cajon, high hat, kick drum, doumbek, and karkobs, playing with merging ancient rhythms with a modern, urban flare. Gwendolyn can move seamlessly from a traditional middle eastern trance rhythm, to subtle jazz brushwork, to a New Orleans hip hop street groove. Her powerful vocals are influenced by early opera training. Together Sean, Alvin, and Gwendolyn create a contemporary world-spirit music that evokes and expands on the magic and mystical feelings first stirred in the pioneering golden age of East-West musical exploration in the 1960's. The soul of New Orleans meets the spirit of India. The band tours worldwide playing at music festivals, yoga studios, concert halls, retreat centers, and yoga conferences.
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MapPartie occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada Scale ca. 1:3,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 19 Covers the area from Lake Superior to Kaskaskia and from Delaware Bay to the Mississippi River. Shows a few towns, missions, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory, rivers and lakes, portages, and early place-names. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
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How I stay informed: Reading social media with Facebook, Friendfeed, FeedDemon, Twitter 2
How is reading blogs different from reading e-mail and using search engines?
Most peers at my age — I'm a later era baby boomer, now called Generation Jones — are comfortable receiving e-mail and using search engines. This population hasn't yet fully embraced social technologies such as blogs. This is changing slowly. Jeremiah Ohyang, in "How Baby Boomers Use Social Media", describes that:
- 71% of younger boomers (age 43 to 52) in 2008 were active with social technologies, as compared to 52% in 2007, and
- 65% of older boomers (age 53 to 63) in 2008 were active with social technologies, as compared to 45% in 2007.
A further breakdown of the social technographic of boomers shows a bimodal (i.e. two-bump) distribution.
- The largest bump of boomers (67% and 62%) is readers as "spectators" of blogs and forums — probably arriving at the web site via a bookmark or a search engine.
- Of boomers reading blogs, fewer are "joiners" who maintain a profile on the web, or "collectors" who are receive updates as feeds.
- Contributing content, boomers show a smaller bump as 35% and 34% as "critics" who leave comments on blogs and forums.
- Less than half that number are "creators" who upload and publish primary content, which means bloggers under age 43 outnumber bloggers over age 43 in a ratio of 6-to-1.
What are boomers missing? They may not want to become authors (i.e. "creators" or "critics"). As "collectors", however, they can become more productive readers. Moving into this segment requires (1) embracing the ethos of a blog reader, (2) adopting tools that streamline reading blogs, and (3) establishing a personal style for tracking content.
Boomers are comfortable with e-mail. E-mail is a person-centric way of receiving information. It's easy to sort out the importance of content by the sender of the information. The widespread alternative on the Internet is content-centric search. Put some search terms into a browser, and locate information sources. It's worth remembering, though, that the credibility, reliability and usefulness of web sources is better if you know and/or trust the author(s).
[Side note: I first encountered the idea of person-centric from a tweet by Luis Suarez, leading to an interview of Euan Semple by Joshua-Michele Ross, and then a 2007 interview of Euan Semple by David Weinberger. The person-centric approach is also evident in the Cattail project at IBM Research.]
Moving up to the level of a "collector" takes advantage of web feed technologies such as RSS or Atom. Web feeds enable a person-centric way of receiving information from web syndication, i.e. content made available through publishing on the Internet. A reader can subscribe to individuals from whom he or she wants to read more, and bypass the noise from unwanted search results and junk e-mail. Following the ideas of a trusted colleague is more productive than relying on an anonymous source found with a search engine.
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First Friday: 100 Years of Mountain Play
Friday, April 5thMain Reading Room - 7pmWine reception at 6:30pm for pre-registered guests.
For adults and high school students only. No one younger will be admitted.
*Registration is recommended.
In the summer of 1913, the first Mountain Play was staged on Mt. Tamalpais. People from near and far hiked the eight-mile uphill trek or boarded the famous Gravity Train up the mountain to attend the performance at the Sydney B. Cushing Amphitheater, nestled among the forest and grassy hills of Mt. Tam's northwest face. The Mountain Play Association was established the following year and soon transformed the amphitheater into a 4000-seat, serpentine stone venue that stands to this day.
One hundred years have passed, and the Mountain Play Association—one of the oldest non-profit theater companies in the Bay Area—continues to fill the Cushing Amphitheater each year with renditions of Broadway musicals in a charmingly un-Broadway environment, where people of all ages can picnic, hike, relax in the sun, and enjoy quality musical theater on the mountain. To commemorate the Mountain Play's centennial anniversary, the Mill Valley Public Library opens its doors on Friday, April 5th, to host Jay Manley, American musical theater scholar and 2013 Mountain Play Director, and Sara Pearson, Executive Director of the Mountain Play Association.
"100 Years of the Mountain Play" will be part presentation, part performance, and part retrospective. Following a free wine reception in the library's main reading room, Manley will discuss the upcoming production of The Sound of Music, Mountain Play performers will sing selections from past shows, and Executive Director Pearson will speak and show slides of the Mountain Play's past 100 years. The event will be followed by a question and answer session.
The Library will have a drawing at the event to give away 2 pairs of "good any day" tickets to the Mt. Play. Everyone attending can also go home with a free vintage Mt. Play Tee-shirt. Additionally, guests are invited to view historical photographs and ephemera from 100 years of the Mt. Play's history on display that night and through the end of April in the Library's Lower-Level Art Gallery.
Click here to register.
This event is free and open to the public.
What are First Fridays?Debuting in January 2011 in celebration of the Library's centennial year, the ongoing "First Fridays" series presents different narratives, ideas and presentations that an audience might otherwise not consider or experience. First Fridays are for adults and high school students.
The Venue:The Library's Main Reading Room is transformed into a beautiful venue for First Friday events. Built in 1966, the Library is nestled among the redwoods in an award-winning building and reflects the diverse intellectual interests of the community.
The Experience: Programs typically last 90 minutes (includes Q&A). First Fridays feature a wine reception before and after our program. Patrons enjoy the intimate atmosphere and ability to meet our presenters. Attendance ranges between 115 and 260 people per event.
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text: My 2 month old is strictlly breastfed. She has several GI problems. She grunts to have BMs and release gas. She has a very difficult time and just gets squirts out. The doctor says it is due to an immature nervous system and she will out grow it. She also has had reflux since she was 2 weeks old. I feel I know what her problem is, but I don't know how to fix our problem. She gulps when feeding. I can hear her swallow air. I have a strong let-down reflex and an abundant milk supply. Sometimes my milk will let-down 3 times in one feeding. I have tried block nursing. This has not really helped. Any advice would be appreciated.


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Ok, so I posted earlier this week that I was going to wean DS from the two day feedings before he starts daycare next month. I have cut out one and so far he's ok with that. But I did note that he wasn't too keen on it and he did have a couple of meltdowns (so I did nurse him).
Therefore, I don't want to wean the other day feeding. This is our schedule now:
6:00 AM - Feed
1:00/1:30 - Feed
7:00 PM - feed
(Most nights there is one feed)
I cut the 10:00/10::30 feed that I used to do and moved the 3:00/3:30 feed up to the 1:00/1:30. He seems good with this.
So my question is when he starts daycare, what happens with that 1:00/1:30 feed? Will he manage without it if I don't wean ahead of time? Will the "out of sight, out of mind" thing come into play or will he have a meltdown at daycare? I am not sure what to expect and I don't want to stress him out by "cutting" him off just by being separated? KWIM?
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I'm one of those hyper-observant people in a way where it becomes almost like a nervous tick because in everything i see, I might spy something that makes it aesthetically interesting.
This could be cracks in pavements, broken glass, typography in old signs. Sadly, I've never put my eye to any good use given that I stupidly don't document these occurrences where I see some form of beauty.
Thankfully, there are diligent people out there that have enough patience to go around for all of us. Which is why sites such as Patternity exist. Founded by art director Anna Murray and textiles designer Grace Winteringham, they have put together an online resource which is a scrapbook of everything and anything where a discoverable 'pattern' can be seen.
In buildings, interiors, cult/couture fashion, vintage materials as well as daily discoveries, patterns are all around us. I'm thinking more than a handful of creatives would get a thorough kick out of Patternity's wonderful free-for-all resource.
It goes without saying that a lot of the things that Patternity unearth also seem to run in tandem with a lot that is going on within fashion which is why I'm most excited that they will be opening an e-store selling carefully selected vintage pieces that are of course patterned. A taster of these vintage pieces can currently be seen on Supermarket Sarah's paternity wall.
Patternity will also be presenting an exhibition as part of the Land of Kings festival in Dalston in East London celebrating the vibrant and creative scene of this cool pocket of the city. 'The Tapestry of Dalston' brings together Hackney-based creatives such as illustrator Colin Henderson (has worked for brands like Nike and Urban Outfitters) as well as Daniel Brereton who has worked for bands like Late of the Piere and These New Purtians. Weighing in from a fashion perspective, Audrey Roger will also be exhibiting having worked for Chloe in Paris.
Patternity presents A Tapestry Of Dalston at The Print House Gallery, 18 Ashwin Street, London E8 3DL from the 24th April until the 4th May.


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My Bengals lost last Sunday to the Dolphins in a game they should of easily won but I digress.
This will be a good one that the Bengals on paper should win.....but will they?
Good luck to your team!
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The 'Best Sports Writing' Is Rarely In The Newspaper
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The best sports writing forces us to confront wonder, horror, disappointment and joy. These days, those stories are found not on the sports pages, but in magazines and on the Web.
Jane Leavy, editor of The Best Sports Writing 2011, shares her favorites, including Jake Bogoch's piece on hockey, "School of Fight: Learning to Brawl with the Hockey Goons of Tomorrow."
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