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..Strains of acoustic folk-rock, Beckish modernism, soft-pedal soul, and drum-'n'-bass coalesce into a poetic and accessible collection of songs with an original flavor. Jon Sobel Blogcritics.org (Hypnotized review 9.7.06) Stephen DiJoseph, classical-jazz pianist, composer, guitar experimenter, singer-songwriter, hand drummer, and electronic keyboardist began demanding musical instruments at the age of six.
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Blogcritics.org (Hypnotized review 9.7.06)
Stephen DiJoseph, classical-jazz pianist, composer, guitar experimenter, singer-songwriter, hand drummer, and electronic keyboardist began demanding musical instruments at the age of six.
An award winning artist, DiJoseph received a nomination for Best Composer in the 2000 Philadelphia City Paper Music Awards along side jazz master Odeon Pope. During the same year Stephen won Best Instrumental CD in the JP Folks International Music Awards for his solo jazz piano CD Artifactual, which was re-released two years later as Pianopoetry. In 2002, Stephen was awarded second place for Best Celtic CD at JP Folks for his release, Urban Celtic.
In 2005, DiJoseph was a Top 20 Finalist in the Plowshares National Songwriters Contest and a semi-finalist at the Mountain Stage New Song Contest for his song ?Walk in your Shoes?. 2006 has, so far, brought
him to the top 500 honorable-mention catagory of Billboard's 13th Annual World Song Contest for his song ?No Chance? and a nomination for best song out of thousands of submissions along side Nils Lofgren in the male S/S category of the 2006 JP Folks International Music Awards for his song FLYIN'.
Stephen's music has been featured on PRI's Echoes, syndicated on over 170 radio stations. He has been interviewed on WHYY Philadelphia Public Radio's, Radiotimes with Marty Moss-Coane, as well as Maine Public Radio's, Maine Things Considered with Charlotte Renner discussing the effects of Tourette Syndrome on his life and music. Stephen has been a frequent guest on Philadelphia's longest running folk radio program, The Gene Shay Show on WXPN. Stephen has opened for such notables as Billy Jonas, Mad Pudding, Los Lobos and Greg Brown.
To date DiJoseph has independently released five albums in a dizzying array of genres. His latest, Hypnotized (2006) pop/singer-songwriter solo/band, Pianopoetry/Artifactual (2002 & 2000) Jazz/Instrumental piano, Urban Celtic (2001) Celtic, Bigger Than This (1995) Pop /AC and Quiet Time (1991) New Age/ Electronic. Look for a re-issue of Increase the Angle (1990) Prog Rock in 2007, as well as the debut album from the Electronica/Trance/ Jam band the Whirld Music Trio (coming winter 2006-07).


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I know this topic has been discussed before (and I have reviewed some of the 3000 threads that came up when I searched it ), but I think I could use a little personal reassurance, if you don't mind.
Suddenly, my little potamus (lp) has decided that sleeping is passe. She used to be a fairly eager sleeper (would sometimes cry if I took too long with the bedtime routine, and "ask" to be put down to sleep). Now, even though she is *very* sleepy, more times than not, if I walk near her crib (or sometimes into her room) she will erupt into heartbreaking, angry sobs, arching her back and basically acting like she is in pain or at least has been severly insulted. I have tried putting her to bed earlier, putting her to bed later, skipping the afternoon nap, encouraging the afternoon nap, bedtime routine etc. She is clearly tired, but just can't settle down. usually, I just get her back up and let her hang out, playing quietly for a little bit and try again, but some nights it has gone on for hours of up/down/up/down. This morning (or was it last night) she was up from about 3:30-5:00, and finally, in desperation, we just let her cry until she fell asleep. This did not and never has felt right to me. I strongly beleive that babies aren't out to manipulate us, but I don't know how to help her get the sleep that she clearly wants and needs (not to mention the sleep that I need).
Interesting notes:
* about two weeks ago she finally started sleeping all night
* then got her first ear infection, which obviously disrupted things a bit- she just finished ehr antibiotics
* I have been playing with cutting her second nap. She is in daycare 3 days a week and rarely takes one there, not because it isn't offered, but because she is just too busy playing :)
* she moved out of the co-sleeper at about 6 months because it just seemed like she slept better in her "own space"
* letter her cry while being held doesn't seem to help her, she fights and gets even more frustrated and worked up
Anybody have reassurance or ideas? Should I just continue to let her get up and play when she is fighting sleep? I just want to help her not hate sleeping, but also to be able to listen to her body and learn to rest when she is tired.
Thanks to all for reading this, and for any advice/support you might have
I'm sorry, we were co-sleeping and DD was still nursing to sleep at that age, so I don't have advice on what will work. If your DD is learning new skills, learning to walk for example, or getting teeth, especially her canines both of those things can really disrupt sleep patterns. If the disruption is from learning a new skill or painful teething her sleep issues could clear up on their own after her teeth are in or she's proficient at the new skill. Also occasionally sleep the the night doesn't mean you can expect your toddler to it consistently. Many kids, statistically in studies, have night waking until 3 or 4. Here's an easy to read article http://www.kathydettwyler.org/detsleepthrough.html .
Are you sure the ear infection cleared? I have heard of similar stories where the baby still had the ear infection and that was causing the sleep disruption... might be worth a second trip to the doc to make sure.
My DS is typically a pretty good sleeper too - he doesnt seem to fight it - we always go down the same way - i nurse him bed, once hes asleep - i can get up. Every now and again...he will show all outward signs of being sleepy - we say 'night night' to everything in teh house and we nurse, i see his little eyes NEARLY close..then pop open again and suddenly he has energy and no interest in going to sleep. Often we would also just let him get up and play in teh LR - and then about an hour later try again - usually with success.
One thing i stumbled on that seems to help is to wear him for a quick walk outside - especially when its dark out...i pop him in teh ring sling and just walk around the block....it just seems to relax and calm him down so that when i go right into the bedroom to nurse him - he goes to sleep immediately!
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I. Defining the Adaptive Immune Response
A. Specific Immunity – third line of defense – marked by specificity and memory
1. Humoral or antibody mediated immunity Lymphocytes B cells
2. Cellular immunity – Lymphocytes -T cells
3. Origin of the Immune System -
B. Primary and Secondary Response
II. Lymphatic System Overview
A. Lymphatic vessels & Lymph -
B. Lymphoid organs- lymph nodes, tonsils & aggregates (Peyer's patches), spleen - blood reservoir
1. thymus
a. educates & distributes T-cells
b. secretes thymosin
2. Bone Marrow- Stem Cells –
a. home of stem cells – progenitor of all blood cells
b. produces, educates and distributes B cells
III. Antigens and Antibodies
A. Antigen - Antibody Interactions
1. Specific Antibody production -
a. Antibodies per plasma cell (B cell)
b. Variety of antibodies
IV. The Antibody Mediated Immunity or Humoral (Abs)
A. Production- Plasma cells and memory cells
B. Basic structure
1. ag binding end - variable
2. constant end
C. Types of immunoglobulins or antibodies
C. Antibody Memory response
1. Primary antibody - IgM - large
2. Secondary antibody - IgG
D. Actions of Antibodies
1. neutralization - coats a toxin or virus inactivating it
2. agglutination - attaches to multiple cells making a clump - blood typing
3. opsonization - candy coating of bacteria for phagocytosis
4. complement interaction - drills holes in cells
V. Cellular Immunity- T and B cells work together
A. T cells -
1. Cytotoxic T cells (CD8)- induce apoptosis which is known as programmed cell death, destroy cancer cells
2. Delayed hypersensitivity T cells – involved in allergic reactions
3. Helper T-cells (CD4 or T4 cells) - respond to the APC cells presenting the antigens, activate the other cells
4. Suppressor T-cell - sends out the message to curtail the action
B. Types of immunity mediated by T-cell (localized in nature and tissue or target specific)
1. fungal infections, parasitic infections, Tb
2. transplant rejection
3. contact and skin allergies
4. Viral infected cell
C. Tests for T cell immune response are skin tests
D. Natural Killer Cells - enhance the specific immune response, but are non-specific in nature
VI. Connection between the Immune System and the Nervous System
VII. Types of Acquired Immunity
|Type of Acquired Immunity
|Method of acquiring the immunity
|Naturally Acquired Active Immunity
|Naturally Acquired Passive Immunity
|Artificially Acquired Active Immunity
|Artificially Acquired Passive Immunity
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Doing Business with a High-Tech Focus in Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan Cong, Dachang (IC² Institute, 1999-06)Introduces the economic conditions and high-tech research and development scenarios in post-crisis Asia. Explores challenges and opportunities for American high tech industries. Discusses issues related to doing business ...


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JERUSALEM (Jun. 19)
The recent rift between the Indian Bnei Israel Jewish community here and the Chief Rabbinate, over limitations placed on marriages between members of that community and other Israeli Jews, appeared to be nearing settlement today, with the decision to send an Orthodox rabbi to India to provide needed religious instruction to the ancient Indian Jewish community.
While marriages between Bnei Israel Jews and other Israeli Jews are not banned, the Chief Rabbinate announced that it would be up to local rabbinic authorities to decide on performing such marriages. The advisability of allowing such marriages was open to question because the religious marriage code practiced by the Bnei Israel community had been different from that practiced generally by Orthodox Jews elsewhere, the Chief Rabbinate said.
The decision to send an Orthodox rabbi to India, resulted from mediation efforts by Dr. Arien Tartakower, Israeli chairman of the World Jewish Congress, prompted by concern over the issue by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, WJC president. Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim was reported to have indicated during a meeting with New Delhi Jewish leader B. Benjamin, that he would reconsider the marriage limitations if the Orthodox rabbi were sent to India. Rabbi Nissim said that the rabbi would be able to rectify a situation where the Bnei Israel community was in need of religious instruction.


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UA President Mark Hamilton to Retire
University of Alaska President Mark Hamilton has announced that he'll retire from his position leading the 16- campus system.
A specific departure date isn't set yet, but Hamilton made his intentions known so the Board of Regents, the system's governing body, can begin the selection process for a new president.
"Quite simply, I want to spend more time with my family and my lovely wife Patty, who has had to share me with either the U.S. Army or the university system for over 40 years. I want to have time to enjoy our four children and their families, including my ninth grandchild due this fall," said Hamilton. "And I want to spend more time in this Alaska that I love so much. Maybe I'll get in some extra fishing time or an extended moose hunt."
Hamilton made the announcement at the close of the June 4-5, 2009 board meeting in Fairbanks. Board chair Cynthia Henry said finding a replacement for the articulate and outspoken advocate for the UA system will be challenging.
"What a magnificent run this has been, with President Hamilton leading this university for these past 11 years," Henry said. "He was hired at a time of rather low morale due to crumbling facilities and chronic underfunding. He was able to communicate with the public, elected officials and numerous other constituencies just how important the University of Alaska is for a strong state economy, especially the need to 'grow our own' for good jobs and careers right here in Alaska."
Henry said it's too early to know exactly how the search process will play out, but that she intends to keep the public and key stakeholders informed along the way. Hamilton, 64, has been at the helm of the system since August 1998.


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Beef and Potato Hand Pies
Store-bought puff pastry makes these pies extra easy. Serve them with a green salad.
- Prep:
- Total Time:
- Yield: Makes 8
Photography: John Kernick
Source: Everyday Food, October 2011
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 small yellow onion, diced medium
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika, plus more for sprinkling
- 1 medium Yukon Gold potato, diced medium
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- All-purpose flour, for dusting
- 2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high. Add onion, season with salt and pepper, and cook until translucent, 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds.
Add beef and cook, breaking up meat with a wooden spoon, until browned, 5 minutes. Stir in paprika, potato, and raisins; season to taste with salt and pepper and remove from heat.
On a lightly floured work surface, gently roll out puff pastry sheets to smooth creases. Cut each sheet into 4 squares. Place 1/3 cup beef mixture in center of each pastry square. Brush edges lightly with water, fold over filling to form triangles, press to seal, and sprinkle with paprika.
Transfer to two parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets and bake until pastry is golden and puffed, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes before serving.


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Sheen shouted to one of his goddesses calling to him from the balcony.
That's why, during his address from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy, he didn't mention you or your accusations once.
Orchestra seats cost $100; mezzanine is $75; and balcony, $50.
Why does Don sit out in the cold at the end of the episode—alone on his balcony in his bathrobe?
In the other, a gorgeous medical technician is found hanging from a balcony, totally nude, her hands and feet bound.
When the end came it was like falling out of a balcony into the street.
To his surprise it was full—orchestra, balcony, and gallery.
Quick as thought I found my feet again, and before anyone could prevent me, leaped out on to the balcony.
And once more Betty took a swift departure by way of the balcony door.
Sunlight, lovely full sunlight, lingered warm and still on the balcony.
1610s, from Italian balcone, from balco "scaffold," from a Germanic source (perhaps Langobardic *balko- "beam," cf. Old English balca "beam, ridge;" see balk) + Italian augmentative suffix -one. Till c.1825, regularly accented on the second syllable.


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The Constitution provides for religious freedom and declares, "all persons the right to worship according to their own religion or belief." However, it also states that "the nation is based upon belief in one supreme God." Pancasila, the first tenet of the country's official national ideology, also asserts belief in one God. Government employees must promise allegiance to the Pancasila ideology. Religions considered "deviant" face restrictions. Blasphemy against Islam is punishable by law. However both Hinduism and Confucianism are officially tolerated despite their non-affirmation of monotheism.
There have been numerous reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice. Muslim extremists used violence and force to close about 28 churches. The government does act to protect religious minorities from social abuse but not consistently. It prosecuted several individuals who were accountable for violence in Sulawesi and the Malukus Islands. It also stopped several illegal actions during the Muslim holy month, Ramadan. However, the actions of private actors against non-Muslims continued without hindrance in some areas. At times the government did not punish the known perpetrators of violence. In addition to violence against individuals, there was also activity among Muslim extremists opposing the idea of religious pluralism, and any other ideas or activities viewed as outside of Islam.
The country has a population of 238 million. A 2000 census reports that 88 percent of the population is Muslim, 6 percent Protestant, 3 percent Roman Catholic, and 2 percent Hindu. Constituting less than 1 percent of the population include a combination of Buddhists, Jewish, Sikh, other Christian denominations and indigenous religions. The number of Confucianists remains unknown.
The Ministry of Religious Affairs officially recognizes six religious groups: Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Confucianism. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism allows for the registration of unrecognized religious groups as social institutions. These groups face administrative complications when obtaining identity cards, establishing houses of worship and registering marriages and births. Extreme cases make it more difficult for individuals to search for jobs or enroll children in school.
On April 19, 2010, the Constitutional Court upheld the 1965 Blasphemy Law. This allows the government to continue to impose restrictions on religious freedoms based upon safety considerations. The Wahid Institute and other human rights groups tried to overturn the law. Other Muslims supported preserving the law.
In 1975, the government created the Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI). It has the power to issue fatwas (religious decrees). The MUI has released many fatwas concerning the issue of "deviance" from mainstream Islam, including proposals to ban Ahmadiyya, al-Qiyadah al-Islamiyah, and other minority Islamic sects. An October 2009 fatwa taught that the teachings of the Santriloka sect in Mojokerto deviated from Islam because it claims that parts of the Qur'an are heresy and censures the Hajj.
The 2002 Child Protection Act forbids the conversion of minors - a crime punishable by up to five years in prison. Additionally, the criminal code makes the spreading of hatred, heresy, and blasphemy punishable by up to five years in prison. However, most of the cases involving this code involved blasphemy or heresy against Islam.
The National Education Law requires for the religious instruction of any of the six official religions by a student's request.
There are no restrictions against any televised religious programming for the recognized religions. The publication of religious materials or the use of religious emblems is allowed; however, the government bans the distribution of these materials to people of outside religions. Religious groups and other social organizations must have a permit in order to hold religious concerts or events.
The Ministry of Religious Affairs can assign religious worker visas for foreign missionaries. However, Christian groups have claimed that foreign religious missionaries faced complications when obtaining or extending visas.
In January 2010 the Batak Protestant Church at Pondok Timur was threatened with closure by local authorities. Previously, on Christmas Day 2009, radical groups aimed threats at the Batak Protestant Church in Bekasi. It was eventually closed by local authorities. Additionally, the Pasundan Christian Church and the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) faced hindrances when it came to obtaining permits to build churches.
On October 10, 2009, hundreds of people went to the local police to seek action against persons adhering to "Tajul Muluk" teachings. They declared the teachings to be blasphemy towards Islam for claiming that the Qur'an has been modified.
Interreligious couples faced obstacles when trying to officially register their marriages. Often times, couples had to travel outside the country in order to obtain marriage licenses and then register the marriage at an embassy. Other religious couples that did not belong to the six recognized religions had to convert to one of the religions in order to obtain marriage licenses and birth certificates for children.
Between June and December 2009, local authorities banned the Baptist Christian Church of Jakarta in Tangerang, Banten, from administering church services on their property. Supposedly this was in response to pressure from radical groups.
A Hindu temple in Pura Sangkareang, Keru, West Lombok was violently attacked by the majority-Muslim Sasak community. The Hindu community ended the use of many temples due to threats from unidentified sources.
NGOs that check religious freedom violations in the country recorded over 200 incidents during the reporting period. The government persisted in their restrictions of the religious freedom of groups affiliated with groups of Islam viewed outside the norm.
The government tolerated the discrimination and abuse toward Ahmadiyya Muslims by failing to renounce the 2007 MUI fatwa denouncing "heretical" Islamic groups such as the Ahmadiyya. Additionally, the government also failed to renounce the 2005 MUI fatwa that openly banned the Ahmadiyya, as well as related local government bans. Many incidents of vandalism toward Ahmadiyya mosques went untreated.
Recently several government officials and important political leaders worked together to promote interfaith understanding and discussion such as the Muhammadiyah's International Peace Forum and numerous seminars presented by NGOs. The Muslim and Christian communities began demonstrating strong ties in order to prevent further violence against one another and other religions. Christian and Muslim communities especially are trying to rebuild their relationship to decrease tensions and prevent future conflicts. The "World Peace Gong" took place on November 25, 2009 in Maluku, as part of the World Peace Day Celebration to urge interreligious harmony and respect among all the six recognized religions and other unregistered religions.
2010 U.S. State Department International Religious Freedom on Indonesia


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All in all, it was a pretty boring winter meeting, unless of course you were there. Not a lot of action, and if you're a Reds fan, there's not a whole lot to be happy about.
The rumors about Tim Hudson came and went, not that I expected anything to come out of it. I almost long for the days of Jim Bowden. At least he would have done "something." That crazy fool.
So it looks like the 2005 version of the Reds will be a carbon copy of the 2004 version, less Barry Larkin. My December prediction is for 70 wins, unless some of those prospects JD has been talking about get better quicker.


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Oakland County
Public input wanted on county's curbing gun violence report
By Mary Beth Almond
Posted August 7, 2013
OAKLAND COUNTY — Officials are looking to the public for suggestions on how to curb gun violence in Oakland County.
Following mass murders in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., two members of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners — Democrat Marcia Gershenson and Republican Bill Dwyer — formed an Oakland County study group earlier this year to search for solutions to gun violence and inefficiencies in background checks.
"I feel that we all are Sandy Hook, we all are Newtown — those kind of tragedies could happen anywhere, so when I was able to form a partnership with Commissioner Dwyer to look at this issue, I thought it was a great opportunity," Gershenson said.
The committee, dubbed the Public Services Committee, held five televised hearings focusing on several different fields of expertise and facets of gun-violence prevention — including local law enforcement, school superintendents, federal law enforcement, mental health care, and gun rights and responsibilities.
"During all these hearings, there was a common theme, and that was the need for greater resources to fulfill the mission," Dwyer explained.
Following the hearings, the committee created a Gun Violence Report, which lists a number of recommendations designed to keep Oakland County residents safe.
"The recommendations we made are not meant to be a wholesale solution for the prevention of gun violence, but it does give some insight into the current practices," Dwyer said.
Now that the report — presented to the Board of Commissioners last month — is complete, Dwyer and Gershenson are asking the public to examine it and offer their insight by visiting www.oakgov.com/boc and clicking on the report and the survey link after.
"We put the report out there with the recommendations, and now we want to hear from the public, as far as their thoughts, or maybe something we missed that our study group can go back and encompass into our recommendations that we first made," Dwyer said. "We're getting some good feedback."
Public safety, according to Gershenson, is the Oakland County Board of Commissioners' No. 1 concern.
"We do everything we can to keep our public safe," she said. "We are going to be looking at the data that we collected and trying to implement changes in Oakland County and make recommendations to the state."
"We've been dealing with gun violence for many decades, and it's a problem that's not going to be solved overnight," Dwyer added. "There is no easy solution."
Staff Writer Eric Czarnik contributed to this report.
About the author
Staff Writer Mary Beth Almond covers the city of Rochester, Rochester Community Schools and Avondale Schools for the Post. Almond has worked for C & G Newspapers since 2005 and attended Michigan State University.
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Why Individuals Shouldn't Invest in a Single Stock
Should individuals invest in IPOs?
MATT HOUGAN: No, investors shouldn't put their money in an IPO. As a general rule, individual investors have no business investing in single stocks. Unless you're breaking the law, there's no chance in today's information age that you have an informational edge over the market as a whole. And unless you're fabulously wealthy, any portfolio you build out of individual stocks will either be too costly to maintain or massively underdiversified.
Why bother?
Single stocks are seductive, and IPOs are the sirens of the investing world. They woo you with tails of technological advances and game-changing ideas. But unless you have a material reason to believe the market has a company "wrong" and has undervalued its prospects, you have no reason to believe you'll get outsized returns. Steer clear or end up on the rocks.
Matt Hougan (@Matt_Hougan) is president of ETF analytics and global head of editorial for IndexUniverse LLC.
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In others boats and canoes are built, while at all the gunsmith has constant work in repairing damaged fire-arms.
During the day I passed at Springfield I called at a gunsmith's to purchase a rifle.
Houiller, the French gunsmith, hit on the great idea of the cartridge.
The mention of the gunsmith seemed also to have a curious effect on the old man.
The gunsmith took the weapon, but handled it so carelessly, that it went off in his hands, and the ball caused his death.
My countryman asked them if he should go the gunsmith's for the pistols.
He retraced his steps, and entered the shop, spending some moments in turning over the gunsmith's various wares.
In him, the mechanician and the gunsmith were impatient to serve the pilot and the fighter.
Arrowheads of the Stone Age and medieval rapiers were ranged alongside some of the latest examples of the gunsmith's art.
The scope was mounted on the rifle in our gun shop, most probably by a gunsmith named William Sharp.


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San Francisco (Oct. 6)
If the Board of Jewish Ministers of Northern California has its way, young Israel in the West will grow up better versed in Jewish religious and historical learning than any preceding generation.
And this essential step toward the strengthening of the Jewish cause will be brought about by providing better trained teachers of Jewish studies—and more of them. For the rabbis recognize that Jewish education, like the broader fields of academic studies, has been reduced to an exact science and, to be successful, requires careful and thorough training of those selected to disseminate learning.
The vehicle through which this is to be brought about is the School for Jewish Studies, fostered by the Board of Ministers, and now destined to undergo a great broadening in its scope of activity and usefulness. It is to be linked in a measure with University of California academic work so that Jewish young men and women, inspired by the enthusiasm of education, can be trained on the campus to become teachers of Jewish subjects.
To understand the importance of the latest step taken by the rabbis requires a brief review of what they have done to date. Some six years ago the Board of Jewish Ministers, under the presidency of the late Rabbi Jacob Nieto, founded the School for Jewish Studies. The purpose of the school was to train young men and women to become teachers of Jewish subjects, theological and historical, in religious schools and like institutions.
The rabbis made up the faculty of the school with the addition of visiting educational leaders from afar who from time to time augmented the ranks of the teaching ministers.
Numbers of trained graduates were turned out and placed in the religious schools of the various congregations in Northern California and in the several Talmud Torahs.
That, in itself, was a big forward step. It meant a more exact, more thorough teaching in the religious schools of reform and conservative congregations for up to this time academically trained Jewish teachers were serving largely the orthodox group through the Talmud Torah maintained by the Jewish Educational Society of San Francisco.
In the past several years the school for teachers has grown, embracing each year a larger number of students who enjoyed at each semester a wider and more extensive source of study.
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SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- All human beings are born with the seed for compassion, the Dalai Lama reminded more than 4,000 people gathered at Santa Clara University Feb. 24 for a public dialogue on business, ethics and compassion. But that seed must be nourished by parental love, fostered by teachers, and incorporated into the fabric of the workplace to have a society whose members are compassionate, he said. Only when people can approach life with genuine concern for others will they experience "inner peace and mental comfort."
The Dalai Lama, the 78-year-old spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, was speaking for the first time at the Jesuit university, where the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics partnered with the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University to bring the Dalai Lama to the heart of Silicon Valley. Jesuit Fr. Michael Engh, Santa Clara University president, said he was "profoundly honored" to welcome the Dalai Lama to the campus known for its education in ethics.
Lloyd Dean, CEO of Dignity Health, one of the nation's five largest healthcare systems, joined the Dalai Lama on stage for a conversation about compassion in the world of business. Dean said that Dignity Health, which is sponsored by seven religious communities of women and includes both Catholic and community hospitals, has compassionate care at its core.
Dean believes kindness and compassion are both a "right and a calling" that every business should have as guiding principles. "We must focus on how we do, not just on what we do," he said.
He noted that this emphasis on compassion is an important link between Catholicism and the Buddhism espoused by the Dalai Lama, who is believed by Tibetans to be the 14th incarnation of the Bodhisattva (enlightened being) of Compassion.
Both men agreed that cultivating compassion is the antidote to the stress and anxiety that occurs when businesses put profit before people. "Why do so many not bother with this human value?" asked the Dalai Lama. "That's how unhappy people happen. They don't care, they manipulate and exploit others."
But, he said, it is not enough to look lovingly at those who are suffering and living in great poverty. One must also look at exploitive economic systems and work to bring changes that improve life for those in need. He recalled seeing an impoverished, disabled child in Delhi, India, three months ago. In her eyes was a "great hopelessness," he said. "We need more education about concern for others in need."
When asked for advice to young people, the Dalai Lama offered four suggestions: avoid self-centeredness, remain honest and truthful, use one's personal capacity for discernment, and practice love and forgiveness with conviction.
The Dalai Lama's visit to Santa Clara was not without controversy. Just outside the university's entrance, about 100 supporters of Shugden Buddhism chanted and held signs reading, "Grant Religious Freedom to Shugden Practitioners." They were protesting the Dalai Lama's action in 1975 to discourage worship of Dorje Shugden, one of Buddhism's ancient deities. This practice, according to the Dalai Lama's website, has a history of contributing to a climate of sectarian disharmony in various parts of Tibet and between various Tibetan communities.
In 1989, the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his opposition to the use of violence in the Tibetan struggle for autonomy within the People's Republic of China and for his international work on issues of peace and human rights.
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The Office of Minority Health (OMH) was established in early 1991 by Dr. Joycelyn M. Elders, Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) Director from 1986-1993. Dr. Elders voiced her concerns regarding the disparities in health status specifically in minority populations with the Arkansas Legislature resulting in the passing of (Act 912) July 1991 which created the Arkansas Minority Health Commission. Christine Patterson, MSW, LCSW was named the Director of OMH in 1993 where she served for 19 years until her retirement in 2010. Dr. Fay Boozman, ADH Director from 1999-2005 placed the OMH in a strategic position under the Office of the Director to ensure services would integrate and cut across all of ADH's Centers. The ADH and State Health Officer desired the office be more aligned with the Agency Programs, therefore Christine Patterson recommended changing the name from the Office of Minority Health to Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (OMHHD). Additionally, an advisory committee with representatives from each Center in ADH who are advocates for the OMHHD in their respective areas was established.
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Immigrants coming to the United States increasingly have a distinctive choice: Live in Red America, where laws clamping down on services to those in the country illegally are winning support, or Blue America, where life is a little easier for them.
While comprehensive immigration reform languished in Congress last year, Republicans and Democrats in 45 state legislatures took decisive action to revise laws.
"We are still waiting for the federal government to fix the immigration system," said Washington state Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, a Democrat and co-chairman of the National Conference of State Legislatures' immigration task force. "States are doing the best we can with the tools we have available to us. State legislators face fiscal challenges in education, health and law enforcement. To do nothing is not an option."
Republican-controlled states acted last year to tighten immigration laws since a 2012 Supreme Court decision struck down law enforcement elements of Arizona's Senate Bill 1070.
A handful of Democratic-controlled states jumped into the fray when the Obama administration offered a temporary reprieve, and permission to work, to some young illegal immigrants.
Immigrant rights activists said they were pleased by the progress made outside Washington.
States "witnessed a significant increase in pro-immigrant activity" over the past year, the National Immigration Law Center wrote in an October report.
Tanya Broder, a senior attorney at the center and an author of the report, said, "The blue states are out in the front, adopting a wider range of measures." But, she said, Republican legislators are beginning to sponsor tuition and driver's license bills in states such as Virginia and Pennsylvania, where the GOP controls at least one chamber. "There are Republicans who are responding to the growing political power of ⅛immigrant⅜ communities," Broder said.
All told, 437 immigration-related bills were signed into law last year, according to a tally by the National Conference of State Legislatures. And more legislation is likely to make progress in key states this year.
In red states, the focus of legislation has shifted in recent years as laws have run into court challenges.
After the Supreme Court decision in 2012, five states — Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah — passed legislation similar to Arizona's measure. All five laws are subject to litigation.
Those challenges, and the prospect of comprehensive action in Congress, have slowed the wave of strict anti-illegal-immigration measures in state legislatures.
In 2013, only Georgia passed laws amending the E-Verify program for employers and redefined eligibility for some public benefit programs.
The shift in focus has some immigration hard-liners worried.
Most blame the Obama administration, which has relaxed some rules on deportations even as it has set records for the number of illegal immigrants sent out of the country.
"We're going to see ... really a surge of immigration legislation at the state and local level," said Bob Dane, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, an anti-illegal-immigration group. "And the reason is, is because it's really precipitated from the top down. You've had five years of the Obama administration systematically dismantling interior and perimeter enforcement ⅛and⅜ gutting the laws."


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Sept. 1, 2013 – We now have a poster plotter to which you can print presentations, maps, blueprints, and more oversized print jobs. Prints cost 3¢/square inch (see right column for sample prices). You can print on 24" or 36" wide paper up to 72" in length.
The plotter uses the same Pharos system as our other printers; simply select the Newman Plotter from the list of printers on any of our public computers. Swipe your Hokie Passport at the Newman Plotter Release Station on the second floor, select the correct print job from the list, then wait for your printout to complete. (24" paper is the default; if you need 36" paper, ask for help at the Circulation Desk.)
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7-Eleven is out to help you get caffeinated on Black Friday. They are offering a free cup of coffee or hot beverage with the purchase of any size Red Bull Energy Drink. The "Grab a Can, Get a Cup" promotion runs on Black Friday, Nov. 23, from 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
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Economic Toll From Typhoon Haiyan Muted
Typhoon Haiyan has caused a large death toll, but its economic impact appears likely to be limited compared to previous natural disasters in the Philippines.
That means the Philippines, which notched 7.6% economic growth in the first half of the year, should remain one of the world's fastest-growing emerging economies.
A year ago, Typhoon Bopha hit the southern areas of the country. That typhoon killed over 1,900 people, fewer than the almost 4,000 confirmed dead from Typhoon Haiyan.
But Typhoon Bopha likely wrought greater economic destruction, which the Philippines government pegged at almost $1 billion, including damage to crops, infrastructure and private property.
So far, Typhoon Haiyan has inflicted $230 million worth of damages, the government says. That number, which doesn't include private property, could rise, although it's unlikely to top other disasters.


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Published: July 3, 2011 at 9:18 PMLove the Flag Retreat Ceremony at Disneyland. Such a reverent time. Do not miss it.
Published: July 3, 2011 at 10:29 PMAA is possibly the best Disney stage show of all time.
Published: July 3, 2011 at 11:47 PMHall of Presidents. That roll call at the end is good stuff.
Published: July 4, 2011 at 5:42 AMBeing from Virginia, it always makes me sad to think about the missed opportunity that was Disney's America. The main reason it wasn't wanted was the locality (just over an hour south of D.C.) feared traffic issues. Since that time the traffic has come any way. From what I understand about the idea it would have been more like a living history park rather than a theme park.
My vote went for the American Adventure as well. Between the amazing animatronics and the song at the end, you can't beat it.
Published: July 4, 2011 at 9:33 PMCan I say none of these? I don't mean this as un-American (I'm proud to be an American and I believe it is important to be educated on the past)..... but when I am at an amusement park.... none of these sound like what I'd like to do with a portion of my time that I just paid like 80 bucks to get in for.
I have never seen any of these, don't care if I do. If I want to learn about history I will take a history class or go to the library (which is free.... not 80 bucks). I pay amusement parks to amuse and entertain me.
Published: July 5, 2011 at 5:05 AMI went for American Adventure one of my favorites. As for the Disneys America in Northern Va. Everyone was behind it at the start. Then the Disney demands came into play. ANd as wanted was a portion of the Manassas Battke Field. Which as ANy native Verginnia will tell you is a big no no.
Published: July 5, 2011 at 6:53 AMI've always loved Hall of Presidents. I agree, the rollcall at the end is great, especially when you have a new President joining the rollcall.
Published: July 5, 2011 at 9:55 AMAs an "outsider" my vote doesn't really count but the American Adventure is such a good attraction I had to tick the box.
Published: July 5, 2011 at 11:37 AMFor the person who doesn't want to see these shows. I find it strange that these high tech presentations are in your mind un-amusing as a boring history lesson. What makes these shows amazing is that it isn't just a boring history lesson. Honestly, they don't take much time out of one's day, and at least some people find them pleasant places to cool off for a bit.
They are quality shows and attractions, I think you must be afraid to watch them because of the subject matter, not because they are bad quality or truly boring. If the same technology was applied to anything else, you probably would like them.
Watching Disney and Universal movies are cheap too but you are spending 80 dollars to watch theme park presentations of them too.
Published: July 7, 2011 at 2:32 PMI picked Adventure, but Lincoln is a close second. That is just a great AA.


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Coach Brenton Sanderson says Adelaide's stellar regular season will count for nothing if the Crows fail in the finals.
Adelaide hosts Sydney in a qualifying final on Saturday with key duo Taylor Walker and Bernie Vince to return from minor injury.
The Crows won hosting rights by finishing second with an equal club-record amount of wins for the season, 17.
"It's a great reward for how hard these boys have worked," Sanderson told reporters yesterday. "But that doesn't count for anything ... unless we play well in September."
The first-year coach remarkably has every player on his list available for selection, with leading goalkicker Walker (hip) and midfielder Vince (knee) certain starters against the Swans.
"Both those boys are fit and ready to go," Sanderson said. "We're really fortunate we have got a full squad to pick from ... we haven't got an injury that is going to hold us back.
"One of our strong points has been we can just win contests. I think we can pick any one of those 38 guys who have played this year and be confident that they would give us a contest."
The Crows downed the Swans at the SCG by five points in a round six meeting in May, but Sanderson dismissed any relevance of the result.
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A few more tags and greatly expanded hunting areas will be available to elk hunters next fall in California's far north--if recommendations from the Department of Fish and Game are approved by the state Fish and Game Commission. The DFG also has proposed bumping the statewide quota trigger on bear season kill from 1,500 to 1,700. Bear hunting seasons have been cut short in recent years because the reported kill has hit the 1,500 mark before the scheduled season end.
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The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) closed the bear season on December 11th, because 1,500 bears had been harvested. Under state regulations, the DFG may close bear hunting when 1,500 bear tags have been filled. Last year the season was closed on November 30th. The season can run as long as December 30th to fill the 1,500 harvest.
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The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is asking hunters for their ideas and opinions on proposals being considered for next year's bird and mammal hunting regulations. Up for discussion are several proposals including additional either-sex junior hunts in many deer zones statewide, additional archery elk and buck deer hunts, an increase in the in-season closure quota for bear hunting, and several expanded bird hunts. You can voice your opinion at several public meetings throughout the state in November and December.


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As her rivals drop, Victoria Azarenka's favouritism grows. Gone first was Serena Williams; gone now is Maria Sharapova. Only two-time titleholder Azarenka remains from the women's top three, and an insight into the mindset of a multiple champion comes from Martina Hingis, the last woman to complete an Australian Open threepeat.
''You have great memories and you know you've done it before. You come back and even now when I step on the court, on centre court, it feels like home,'' said Hingis, unbeaten in Melbourne from 1997 to 1999. ''It's a place you feel comfortable, confident, definitely during the match. You feel unbeatable, invincible. You know you've been there, done that, and that helps a lot.''
Azarenka's 18th consecutive singles win at Melbourne Park came against the player who was across the net as the medical time-out controversy raged in 2013. Sloane Stephens lost 6-1, 6-4 to Azarenka in that semi-final last year, and 6-3, 6-2 against the Belarusian in the rematch that was Monday's fourth round.
It was far more routine this time, other than the moment Stephens drilled a short backhand straight at her opponent during a first-set rally, landing a blow on her right hip, her immediate apology left unacknowledged. Later in the same game, a reflex volley from Azarenka went straight at Stephens, who applauded and laughed it off.
''Well, I have never hit anyone in a match, so I wouldn't say [it was a] pegging war,'' said Stephens. ''I thought she was going to move and she didn't. I don't know what was happening, but didn't think that would ever happen.''
And Azarenka's reaction? ''Why would I have a problem with it? That's tennis. I'm just focused on the next point. Maybe she had an open court, but she chose that shot. I have no problem with that. I'm just focused on the next one.''
The next match is Wednesday's quarter-final against either fifth seed Agniezka Radwanska or the exciting Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, from a half of the draw completed by 11th seed Simona Halep and No.20 Dominika Cibulkova. Opportunities and openings are everywhere, even if another Azarenka final against Li Na appeals as the most likely result.
Azarenka says she is more comfortable at the start of this season than she was after overplaying at the end of the last, now motivated and hungry again. She barely picked up a racquet for six weeks after a tortured end to 2013 at the WTA Championships in Istanbul.
Now she is back in Australia, and Rod Laver Arena is where a couple of women's champions feel right at home. A couch, corn chips and salsa are all that's missing, laughs Azarenka, the No.2 seed and No.1 favourite, still standing while so many of the leading contenders around her drop.
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Who Makes Me Love Movies
Continuing my trip through the five Ws (and one H) like a good journalist, we come to Who, and I'd have to say my big "who" is the Great Stone Face himself. Few film artists acheive perfection on the level that Buster Keaton did, or with such seemingly effortless grace. Not only that, but his films seem to exist out of time, so restrained in terms of sentiment that it's hard to believe Keaton's protests that he wasn't trying to make timeless art, just funny pictures. When I first saw a 16mm print of The General at a local art college, something inside of me changed, I knew I had stumbled onto something truly special, and that feeling has not dimmed over time when I watch his films.
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- Tom Sutpen said...
I'll make an embarassing confession right now: I was "The General" as a child and I didn't get it. Sure, it was funny, but I didn't see it (or Keaton's art) for what it was.
Not until I saw really ratty, but still watchable prints of "Cops", "The Boat" and "The Playhouse" at the Harvard Film Archive when I was 16-17 did the light finally get turned on.
- February 23, 2005 12:47 AM
- Tom Sutpen said...
One of the drawbacks of typing these things as fast as I do is that sometimes incomprehensible typos emerge. This is one of those cases.
What I meant to say is that I *saw* "The General" as a youngster.
- February 23, 2005 12:49 AM
- swac said...
I was well-versed in Chaplin and Lloyd from an early age (thanks CBC-TV!), so when I saw The General in my early teens, I was fairly well prepared for it. What I wasn't prepared for was the notion of a comedy that was also visually beautiful and I think that's why the film clicked so much for me, that for the first time I was seeing a comedy where the look of the film as well as the gags were so wonderfully intertwined.
I fell in love with it from the moment where Keaton is sitting on the bar that connects the train wheels, and starts moving up and down as the engine heads into the garage. A simple idea, beautifully executed. (Plus, I come from a railroad family, so there's a bit of a sentimental attachment as well.)
- February 23, 2005 12:57 AM
- Ivan G. said...
I know I've told this story many, many times--but I first discovered Keaton while watching his Columbia comedy shorts as a child on TV. (That's also where I was introduced to Charley Chase and Harry Langdon.) I didn't get around to seeing Keaton's major and best stuff until my 20s, so I've often felt that if I was entranced by viewing what was clearly one of his career low points, so much so that it instilled in me a love to seek out more and more of his output--well, it speaks volumes of the man's incredible talent.
- February 23, 2005 1:26 AM
The art form of Silent Pictures lasted what- 20 years?
And Keaton was an unquestioned master.
Imagine what would have been lost if he'd been born ten years later.
- February 23, 2005 4:09 PM


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- Clayton Kershaw (LAD) @SF, vs. PHI
- Stephen Strasburg (WAS) @ COL, vs. NYM
- Dallas Keuchel (HOU) @ CLE, vs. OAK
- Chris Archer (TB) @BAL, @TOR
Wei-Yin Chen (MIA) @PHI, vs. PIT
Chen pitched seven hitless innings in his last outing against the Mariners. He has pitched well in two of his three starts and clearly wasn't healthy last season. Chen won't get a lot of strikeouts, but he doesn't walk many either. He has two favorable matchups.
Marco Estrada (TOR) @STL, vs. TB
Estrada has one bad start out of four in which he allowed three home runs. He has pitched 13 scoreless innings over his last two starts. He has a 2.63 ERA and 1.17 WHIP and is striking out a batter per inning.
Amir Garrett (CIN) @MIL, @STL
Garrett is coming off a 12-strikeout game. The rookie has a 1.83 ERA and 0.86 WHIP. He has a 12.9 swinging strike rate and is rolling. There will be struggles eventually.
Zack Greinke (ARI) vs. SD, vs. COL
There were some concerns about Greinke coming into the season, but he has been fine. He has an 11.7 swinging strike rate and he has allowed two earned runs or less in three of his four starts.
Robert Gsellman (NYM) vs. ATL, @WAS
Gsellman is coming off a good start. The Nationals matchup is a difficult one, but Gsellman has a 10.19 K/9 and a 54 percent ground ball rate.
Felix Hernandez (SEA) @DET, @CLE
Hernandez has been getting hit, but he has walked one batter in 24.2 innings with a 3.65 ERA and 1.38 WHIP. A .368 BABIP is unlucky and he has a 7.3 K/9. He's not the same pitcher, but he's getting ground balls and inducing weak contact.
Chad Kuhl (PIT) vs. CHC, @MIA
Kuhl has been solid in all three starts and two came on the road in Boston and St. Louis. He has allowed two earned runs or less in each start and after allowing six walks in his first start, he walked one in his last two.
Francisco Liriano (TOR) @STL, vs. TB
Liriano got one out in his first start of the season and allowed five runs and four walks. That left a sour taste in the mouth of many and he was cut in many leagues. That was without Russell Martin. In the next two games with Martin, Liriano pitched 12 innings and allowed two earned runs with a 16:3 K:BB ratio against the Red Sox and Orioles. Liriano is always a risk for a bad start, but I am rolling with him.
Rick Porcello (BOS) vs. NYY, vs. CHC
Porcello is 1-2 with a 5.32 ERA, 1.52 WHIP and a 23:5 K:BB ratio in 23.2 innings. He has allowed five home runs and a 40.7 percent hard hit rate, but a .342 BABIP and 62.1 percent strand rate have led to some bad luck. One bad outing against the Rays in which he allowed eight hits, eight runs, two walks and four home runs in 4.1 innings is mostly responsible for his poor overall numbers.
Joe Ross (WAS) @COL, vs. NYM
Ross started the season in the minors since the Nationals didn't need a fifth start and he made his season debut this past week. Ross struck out seven in seven innings and allowed three runs with a walk in a win. The start in Coors Field is risky.
Ervin Santana (MIN) @TEX, @KC
Santana is 3-0 with a 0.64 ERA, 0.61 WHIP and a 20:8 K:BB ratio in 28 innings. He pitched well last season and is limiting the hard contact. Clearly, he will have a bad outing soon but he's throwing too well to sit.
Luis Severino (NYY) @BOS, vs. BAL
Severino has cut down on the walks and it has led to success. He has a 27:2 K:BB ratio in 20 innings and has looked excellent. The Red Sox start is dicey, but with consecutive double-digit strikeout games, he's difficult to sit.
Julio Teheran (ATL) @NYM, @MIL
Teheran's numbers are misleading because his last start was a bad one in which he allowed seven runs in four innings against the Nationals. He allowed two earned runs or less in the three other starts. He gets a favorable matchup against a banged up Mets team and the Brewers one is tougher, but they strike out a lot.
Jason Vargas (KC) @CWS, vs. MIN
Vargas is off to one of the best starts. He is 3-0 with a 0.44 ERA and 0.77 WHIP. In 20.2 innings, he has allowed 14 hits with a 23:2 K:BB ratio. He has increased his ground ball rate, isn't allowing a lot of hard contact and has a 13.4 swinging strike rate. We know he's not this good, but he has two favorable matchups ahead.
Vincent Velasquez (PHI) vs. MIA, @LAD
Velasquez is a frustrating pitcher because he can look dominant and get hit hard at other times. He has difficulty going deep into games. Velasquez has an 11.4 K/9, 6.0 BB/9 and allowed four home runs in 15 innings. Give him another shot.
Michael Wacha (STL) vs. TOR, vs. CIN
Wacha is off to a good start with a 2.41 ERA and 1.13 WHIP. He has a 12.3 swinging strike rate and has two favorable matchups.
Brett Anderson (CHC) @PIT, @BOS
Anderson has pitched more than five innings once in three starts. At least he's still healthy, but pitching in Fenway Park can be awful.
Tyler Anderson (COL) vs. WAS, @ARI
A start at home against one of the better offense and a start on the road in a hitters park. No thanks.
Ty Blach (SF) vs. LAD, vs. SD
Blach will fill in for Madison Bumgarner. He didn't have good strikeout rates in the minors. He had a 6.25 K/9 last season at Triple-A, so watch him this week before using him.
Matt Cain (SF) vs. LAD, vs. SD
The 3.31 ERA is misleading. He has a 6.61 K/9, 4.41 BB/9, a 2.45 BABIP and 90.4 percent strand rate. Implosions are coming.
Matt Garza (MIL) vs. CIN, vs. ATL
Garza is coming off the DL to make his season debut. He hasn't been good for a while.
Phil Hughes (MIN) @TEX, vs. KC
Hughes was good in his first start of the season, but that was against the White Sox. He allowed three home runs over his next nine innings against the Tigers and Indians.
Ubaldo Jimenez (BAL) vs. TB, @ NYY
Jimenez is coming off 7.2 scoreless innings against the Reds but allowed five earned runs in 4.1 innings in both of his first starts. He has a 4.96 K/9 and a 3.86 BB/9.
Ricky Nolasco (LAA) vs. TOR, @TEX
Nolasco has a 5.67 K/BB ratio, but has allowed seven home runs in 22.2 innings and a 49.3 percent fly ball rate.
Martin Perez (TEX) vs. MIN, vs. LAA
Perez has pitched six innings once in his four starts. The 3.60 ERA is nice, but a 1.85 WHIP and 5.4 BB/9 indicate dark days ahead.
Josh Tomlin (CLE) vs. HOU, vs. SEA
Tomlin had a decent start last time out, but he was terrible in the other two. He rarely gets strikeouts and is prone to home runs. Even a bad White Sox offense scored seven runs off him in 1.2 innings.
Jordan Zimmermann (DET) vs. SEA, vs. CHW
The start against the White Sox is tempting, but Zimmermann allows too much contact. He has a 5.94 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 5.4 K/9, 3.78 BB/9, and a 43.6 percent hard hit rate.
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Soon, from this same Herr Ridge, the men of CSA Major General Henry Heth's Division would launch their first attack on the
Northern lines. The men in gray would slowly push their blue-clad counterparts back towards McPherson Ridge before Union
Major General Reynolds arrived on the field. Before days end, Buford's cavalrymen would suffer 127 casualties holding back
their gray clad foes.
Lieutenant Colonel S. G. Shepard of the Seventh Tennessee Infantry briefly described their advance towards
the thin Cavalry line. "We left our camp near Cashtown, Pa., early on the morning of July 1, and marched
down the turnpike road leading to Gettysburg. We had advanced about 3 miles when we came upon the enemy's pickets,
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eminence in our front and to the right of the road. General Archer halted for a short time while a section of a battery
opened fire upon them. He then deployed the brigade in line, and advanced directly upon the enemy through an open field."
contending Southerner's division's commander, Major General Henry Heth would also describe the advance in his report, adding one
interesting and likely dubious claim. "On reaching the summit of the second ridge of hills west of Gettysburg,
it became evident that there were infantry, cavalry, and artillery in and around the town. A few shots from Pegram's battalion
(Marye's battery) scattered the cavalry vedettes. One of the first shells fired by Pegram mortally wounded Major-General
Reynolds, then in command of the force at Gettysburg."
As General Buford would later note, "By daylight on July 1, I had gained positive information of the enemy's position
and movements, and my arrangements were made for entertaining him until General Reynolds could reach the scene. On July 1,
between 8 and 9 a.m., reports came in from the First Brigade (Colonel Gamble's) that the enemy was coming down from toward
Cashtown in force. Colonel Gamble made an admirable line of battle, and moved off proudly to meet him. The two lines soon
became hotly engaged, we having the advantage of position, he of numbers. The First Brigade held its own for more than two
hours, and had to be literally dragged back a few hundred yards to a position more secure and better sheltered. Tidball's
battery, commanded by Lieutenant Calef, Second U.S. Artillery, fought on this occasion as is seldom witnessed. At one time
the enemy had a concentric fire upon this battery from twelve guns, all at short range. Calef held his own gloriously, worked
his guns deliberately with great judgment and skill, and with wonderful effect upon the enemy. The First Brigade maintained
this unequal contest until the leading division of General Reynolds' corps came up to its assistance, and then most reluctantly
did it give up the front. A portion of the Third Indiana found horse-holders, borrowed muskets, and fought with the Wisconsin
regiment that came to relieve them.
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Now, less than three summers later, the 26-year-old will be joining five other players in a September call-up to the major leagues. In addition to Motte, the Cardinals will be adding infielders Brendan Ryan and Brian Barden, catcher Mark Johnson and reliever Kelvin Jimenez on Tuesday. Left-hander Randy Flores was called up on Monday. All six were on the roster of Triple-A Memphis.
In addition, Chris Carpenter has been activated off the 15-day disabled list on Monday and rehabbing reliever Josh Kinney will be taken off the 60-day DL to join the Cardinals on Tuesday.
Motte is the only one of the eight who will be making his MLB debut this September. The right-hander can throw the fastball past most hitters as his 110 strikeouts in 66 2/3 innings with Memphis this season attest.
Yet, many major league hitters can catch up with any fastball. So for Motte, the key will be the level of effectiveness he demonstrates with his slider. Like with the others, a good showing in September could put him in the mix to compete for a big-league roster spot next March.
Carpenter, 33, is coming back as a relief pitcher for the final month of the season. Returning from "Tommy John" elbow ligament replacement surgery which caused him to miss all of 2007 after opening day, the right-hander was originally targeting a mid-season 2008 return to the rotation.
The timetable, never set in concrete, was adjusted outward multiple times. After three official rehab outings, the last with Memphis on July 25, Carpenter was activated by the Cardinals. In his third MLB start, on August 10, Carp suffered a shoulder strain that was unrelated to the elbow, but put him back on the DL the next day, anyway.
Like Motte, Kinney, 29, is a heartwarming story. Joining the Cardinals organization from independent ball during the 2001 season, Kinney proved to be a valuable set-up man when called up for his big-league debut late in the 2006 World Championship campaign.
Injured in spring training, 2007 and again last summer, Kinney has fought his way back from a pair of elbow surgeries and could provide a welcome boost to the Cardinals relief corps. In three minor league rehab outings, all with Double-A Springfield, Kinney allowed just one hit, walked none and fanned four over three shutout innings and looks ready to go.
Another player on the upswing is Barden. The 27-year-old infielder joined the Cardinals organization in August, 2007 on a waiver claim from the Arizona Diamondbacks. He hit just .235 in 20 games with Memphis and .217 in 13 contests with the Cardinals after being called up one year ago when rosters expanded. Retreads such as Miguel Cairo and Russell Branyan both received more late-season at-bats than did Barden last September.
Required to be on the organization's 40-man roster when claimed, Barden was removed this spring, seemingly adding another nail to his prospect status coffin. The infielder didn't believe it though, showing defensive versatility and batting .285 for Memphis. Barden then joined Team USA, helping the club to achieve Bronze medal status in the Beijing Olympic games last month.
Injured to start his second MLB season here in 2008, Ryan joined the Cardinals in late April. The 26-year-old started well with the bat, hitting .302 on the season as recently as June 24. But, he wilted in the heat of July, going just 6-for-46 (.130) for the month.
When veteran Felipe Lopez was cut loose by Washington and signed by the Cardinals, Ryan was returned to Memphis on August 6. There, he continued to scuffle with the bat, hitting just .237 with a .280 on-base percentage in 76 at-bats over 20 Triple-A games.
With the addition of Ryan and Barden, the Cardinals are carrying six middle infielders as the two join Cesar Izturis, Adam Kennedy, Aaron Miles and Felipe Lopez. At-bats in September for the call-ups could be scarce, especially as long as the Cardinals remain in contention for the wild card.
The Cardinals usually add a third catcher in September and this year is no exception. Providing injury insurance in Memphis but not needed in St. Louis all summer long was the MLB veteran Johnson.
The 32-year-old has over 900 career major league at-bats, but is making his first return to the bigs since 2004. With Memphis this season, the left-handed hitter batted .258 with a nice .368 OBP but a toothless .318 SLG.
Flores, 33, signed as a minor league free agent after the 2003 season, is in the second year of a two-year deal signed before last season. The left-hander experienced uncharacteristic control problems in 2008, with 17 walks in 23 2/3 innings.
Flores was diagnosed with an ankle injury late in June and was sent to Memphis for a ten-day rehab stint in July. Following his activation by St. Louis, results were no better than before. To return to Triple-A, Flores had to clear waivers, which he did, before being optioned out at the end of July.
Overall with Memphis, Flores was solid with a 2.45 ERA in 15 outings. In 18 1/3 innings there, he had 14 strikeouts and walked six.
Like Ryan, Jimenez made his MLB debut last season. Though he made the big club out of spring training, the right-hander was optioned out before the middle of April. Instead, a hand injury was discovered and he was placed on the major league DL until mid-June. Jimenez was was back in St. Louis in mid-July, but was returned to Memphis again on August 1.
The 27-year-old suffered from the same malady as Flores in St. Louis, with 11 walks in just 16 big league innings and an ERA of 5.63. Not surprisingly, Jimenez was more effective in Triple-A, where he served a stint as the club's closer long enough to log 12 saves. His Memphis ERA was 2.92 in 46 games.
Other Memphis Redbirds who had a chance
Starters Mitchell Boggs and Jamie Garcia were passed over for another return to the big club after being up several times each in their rookie seasons. At least in the case of Garcia, sent down just last week, the stated reason was to limit his innings. The lefty's 2007 season was ended early due to an elbow injury. Reliever Mark Worrell had a rocky four-game MLB debut earlier in the summer, but was solid in Memphis, with a 2.15 ERA and 80 strikeouts in 58 2/3 innings.
Catcher Bryan Anderson has not yet been added to the 40-man roster and his hitting fell off as the season progressed. Received in the Jim Edmonds trade over the winter, third baseman David Freese also has yet to be included on the roster despite hitting .306 with 26 home runs, driving in 91 and a .910 OPS.
More coming on Tuesday
With the Cardinals' 40-man roster full, three moves will need to be made to accommodate the re-addition of Barden, the movement of Kinney off the 60-day disabled list and the first-time inclusion of Johnson on the roster.
The corresponding transactions will be some combination of removals from the 40-man and injured players being moved to the 60-day DL. Two of the moves and perhaps a third could be through moving players to the 60-day – Chris Duncan, Jason Isringhausen and Brian Barton.
Three players also out for the season, Mark Mulder, Juan Encarnacion and Tyler Johnson, are already on the 60-day DL.
If the Cardinals want to keep open their options to re-activate Barton later this month if he recovers sufficiently from his right oblique strain, they could instead remove a player like Rico Washington. The third baseman was added to the 40-man and 25-man active roster to open the season when Ryan was injured, but has not threatened to return to St. Louis since. Another less-likely possibility could be disappointing Triple-A starter Blake Hawksworth.
Update: A poster on our Message Board reminded me about pitcher Mike Parisi, optioned to Memphis and out for the year. He had been on the Redbirds' 7-day DL. If Parisi can be put on the major league 60-day DL now, that could easily be the third required move on Tuesday.
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Anyone looking to take a smoke break in any of Montgomery County's parks or bus hangers, or outside county courthouses, might want to think again, as the county's more widespread smoking ban goes into effect on Monday.
The ban prohibits smoking on all county-owned properties except public rights of way, such as sidewalks or golf courses owned by the county.
Councilwoman Nancy Floreen, D-at large, introduced the smoking ban in November 2012, and the council passed the ban earlier this year. County Chief Administrative Officer Tim Firestine sent out a memo last week detailing where the ban would be in place and asked county employees to report people who were caught smoking on public property to supervisors.
"Violations of the law should be reported to your supervisor (if the smoker is a county employee) or to the building manager (if the smoker is a visitor on county property,)" he wrote in the memo to county employees.
Those caught busting the ban will be given a warning the first time, then a $200 citation after that. They will receive a $500 ticket after a third violation and $1,000 for any subsequent violation.
A previous smoking ban on some county properties, including parks and playgrounds, was instituted in July 2011. Mary Anderson, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services, said county officials did not actively enforce the ban, relying instead on people to report others. She said issuing a ticket to someone would require an accuser to provide substantial evidence that a violator smoked on property where it was prohibited.
According to Firestine's memo, a similar practice would be in place for the new ban.
Floreen said the new ban is not intended to increase civil infractions; rather it is supposed to change perception of county residents and empower others to stop violators.
Some residents have wrote to council, saying the ban amounted to an overreach of the government's authority.
"To be consistent with the latest idea, it should also be illegal to consume on county property food containing trans fats ... genetically modified corn snacks ... and sugary sodas more than 12 ounces," wrote county resident Bill Moser. "It should also be illegal to wear inadequate clothing in the wintertime."