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Maryland House of Delegates urged to oppose bill legalizing raw milk sales
Testifying before the Maryland House's Health and Government Operations Committee on Jan. 28, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) urged the state's delegates to oppose a bill that would legalize the sale of unpasteurized milk in Maryland through the use of cow-share programs.
NMPF's Beth Briczinski, Vice President of Dairy Foods and Nutrition, testified that unpasteurized milk, also known as raw milk, carries significant public health risks. Its consumption "is discouraged by every major health organization in the United States, including the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, as well as federal health agencies like the Food and Drug Administration," Briczinski said.
"We pasteurize milk for a reason," Briczinski said. "The link between raw milk and foodborne illness has been well-documented, with evidence spanning nearly 100 years. Raw milk is a key vehicle in the transmission of human pathogens including E. coli, Campylobacter, Listeria, and Salmonella. The state should not create new opportunities for these bacteria to make people sick."
While it may be one thing for adults to make the decision to consume raw milk, the product is particularly dangerous for children, who are unable to understand the risks presented to their health. Briczinski noted that "nearly two-thirds of all outbreaks associated with raw-milk or raw-milk products involve children."
Briczinski also addressed the misinformation and supposed health benefits of raw milk that are often touted by advocates and the media.
"No claim related to the purported health benefits of raw milk has been substantiated in any of the medical literature," she explained. "The only scientific consensus is that raw milk can cause serious illnesses and hospitalizations, and can result in life-long negative health complications and death."
Currently, 30 states allow the legal distribution of unpasteurized milk, which is also where nearly 75% of the raw milk-associated outbreaks have occurred. Americans have become ill after consuming raw milk from numerous sources, including cow-share programs and raw milk producers who are licensed, permitted, or certified.
Source: National Milk Producers Federation
Northeast Dairy Association offers scholarships
The Northeast Dairy Association, Inc. (NDA) is offering $13,000 in scholarships for the academic year 2014-2015.
Four $2,000 scholarships are available for students enrolled full-time in a dairy science, food science or agriculture related major, and five $1,000 scholarship for students enrolled full-time in any major. The scholarships are available to any direct family member of a current NDA member.
Additionally, the scholarships are available to NDA corporate member employee's immediate family member.
Application deadline is June 1. Requirements and applications are available at www.neastda.org
Dairy Leaders of Tomorrow tour set; video available
High school aged students can soon register for the second annual "Dairy Leaders of Tomorrow" tour, planned for Friday, April 11. A bus tour is being planned to travel to the Martinsburg area to tour two innovative and unique dairy operations. The first will be Kulp Family Dairy LLC, owned by the Kulp family, and the second will be DD Drycreek Dairy, owned by the Smiths. For more information, click here.
A new video features the Dairy Leaders of Tomorrow curriculum that is drawing attention across the nation. The video can be accessed by clicking here.
Still time to register for 2014 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit
Registrations are still being accepted to the 2014 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit, planned for Feb. 12 - 13 at the Penn Stater in State College, Pa. This year's summit is being held at a new location, with four distinct program tracks offering participants the opportunity to hone in on their particular interest. A hands-on demonstration area, complete with milk culturing, colostrum testing, foot health evaluations and more, will also be part of this year's summit. Always a summit highlight, business showcases on both days will offer a look at the history, management philosophy and best practices of two farm and two non-farm businesses located in the Northeast. Learn more and see the compete brochure.
Pennsylvania farms can still apply for Profit Team, Dairy Decisions Consultant programs
Pennsylvania dairy farm families are encouraged to apply to use either the Dairy Profit Team Program or a Dairy Decisions Consultant to bring better decision-making to your dairy operation. Applications are now available and being accepted to receive funding for the 2014 calendar year. Farms can receive up to $1,500 in funding to establish a profit team or up to $2,000 in funding to establish a transition team. Up to $1,500 is available to use a Dairy Decisions Consultant, which can be used to evaluate options for your farm's future viability. To learn more about the center's on-farm business tools, click here.
CDE/CDEF joint summary available
The Joint Annual Summary of the Center for Dairy Excellence and the Center for Dairy Excellence Foundation of Pennsylvania is now available, detailing a review of resources and support made available through the two organizations. To request a copy of the report, email Jayne Sebright at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Dairy calf mortality program scheduled
High dairy calf mortality can have a significant economic impact on a dairy farm's profitability. Penn State's Extension Dairy Team and Extension Veterinary Team will provide hands-on training opportunities combining scientific knowledge with practical management techniques that will result in more effective calf management on farms.
On Feb. 18, a program on dairy obstetrics will be offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Mifflintown, Pa. This is an on-farm program and location will be provided at registration. Register now by calling toll free 888-373-7232 or online at http://extension.psu.edu/animals/dairy/courses or by downloading a registration form and mailing to Penn State Extension Dairy Team, 324 Henning Bldg., University Park, PA 16802. Registration fee is $50 per person. Registration deadline is Feb. 10.
The second person from the same farm may attend this workshop for a 50% discounted fee of $25.
The morning session will include information on newborn calf health, colostrum management, developing protocols for consistent calf care, and will focus on the calving process and the time immediately following calving. The afternoon session features hands-on activities for delivering healthy calves in various presentations, completing a newborn calf health exam, and testing colostrum.
This program is eligible for 2 SmartStart credits from AgChoice Farm Credit. Thank you to Genex Cooperative, Inc. for sponsoring this program and partnering with the Penn State Extension Dairy Team on this program.
For more information, call toll-free 888-373-7232 or contact Gary Hennip, Extension educator: email@example.com.
DairyCents Pro Mobile App now available for Android and iPhone
DairyCents Pro producer and consultant versions of the mobile app are now available for both platforms – Android and iPhone
DairyCents Pro producer version and consultant version will allow the user to enter in farm specific information so the herd can determine their feed cost/cow, IOFC, milk margin and the percent of income going towards feed cost. The other component of the app is to monitor several feed management metrics.
DairyCents Pro is the newest version of DairyCents. It has the original DairyCents features plus farm specific calculations. The producer version allows data to be entered and tracked over time for one farm. The consultant version allows for multiple farms and the opportunity for their clients to share their information with them. The producer has to allow their consultants to access their data first and it can be revoked any time right from their device. Consultants can also download their data to an excel file.
The idea behind sharing information from the producer to the consultant is that often the producer is making adjustments to their forage source, purchased feeds, rations, groups of animals, etc. that the consultant may not be aware of until they are on the farm again. Sharing this information through DairyCentsPro can increase effective communication between the many people working on or for a dairy.
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Michael C. Donaldson an entertainment lawyer based in LA takes questions from Seesmic members about fair use, copyright, satire and parodies. Have you ever wondered if you play copyrighted music behind you while you chat in a video and then post that video on YouTube if your breaking the law? Or is that considered fair use? What if you take a photo which has a Creative Commons license attached to it that states you can not use the photo for commercial purpose and post it to your blog that has Google AdSense on it? Is that ok? Well all those answers and much more is in this superb Q&A session.
One thing to note… you have to use the Right Arrow in the video player comments section and scroll to the right most video. Watch from left to right this way you see the Q&A in sequence. Mr. Donaldson is the one with the answers. He's in the screengrab to the right… look for him. Highly recommended viewing!
For even more info check out this PDF Mr. Donaldson co-wrote called "Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video": click here
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Rays manager Joe Maddon and Rays players will shave their heads to pay tribute to children fighting cancer. All proceeds benefit the Pediatric Cancer Foundation.
The event will take place on Friday, March 15, at 11:30 a.m. – prior to the Rays-Phillies 1:05 p.m. game at Charlotte Sports Park in Port Charlotte, Fla.
To show support for a player or participant, the public is encouraged to text "Cut" to 50555 to make a $10 donation or visit www.pcfcutforacure.org. Fans will be able to shave their heads with the Rays and receive a "Fortune Favors the Bald" tee-shirt for a $100 donation.
"We hope to make this a Rays tradition every spring," said Maddon. "Our first shaving last year was an overwhelming success. More than 70 of our players, coaches and staff including our principal owner Stuart Sternberg shaved their heads. We hope for more of the same this year. While this is, of course, really about supporting the kids and their families, it served as a great moment for our organization, perhaps one of the most important ever because we all stood up together for a cause so meaningful. And it is something we are excited to introduce to our new players each year. We will continue to shave our heads under our 'Fortune Favors the Bald' slogan. As an organization, we are proud to support organizations and institutions like the Pediatric Cancer Foundation."
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A warning letter sent to the makers of Muscle Milk has created optimism that there will be some type of federal enforcement against milk imitation products, including soy milk.
The warning letter was sent by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on June 29 to CytoSport, Inc., the maker of Muscle Milk. The letter claimed that the use of the word "milk" is misleading. Despite the name "Muscle Milk" appearing in bold letters on the packaging, in smaller print there is the notation "contains no milk."
Chris Galen, senior vice president of communications for the National Milk Producers Federation, says the recent action against Muscle Milk is a good start, but when it comes to enforcement against milk imitators, FDA still has a long ways to go.
"We need to see more action from FDA on a variety of fronts and not just against Muscle Milk," he told Dairy Herd Management. "We have dozens of products that we contend are similarly mislabeled," he says. For examples, go to the Facebook page, "They don't got milk."
And, the National Milk Producers Federation has been trying to get something done on this for more than 10 years.
NMPF contends that many of the products that brand themselves "milk" do not fit the legal definition.
According to Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, milk is the lacteal secretion that comes from one or more healthy cows.
Soy milk does not meet that definition, since it comes from beans rather than cows. Indeed, soy milk is the "granddaddy of the ones we feel are misappropriating dairy terms," Galen says.
The FDA gave Cytosport 15 days to address the labeling issues mentioned in the warning letter. The company's web site says it is "proactively and openly addressing the FDA's labeling concerns."


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I have been "hitting a wall" lately in meditation. So far, every time a powerful nimitta comes up in my meditation I start to get excited and think something along the lines of "Here comes 1st jhana!" - which of course leads me to bounce right back from the nimitta. I know what the problem is - my excitement and anticipation, and I know the reason the nimittas arise in the first place is because of letting go of desire and craving at least temporarily.
The meditation seems to go something like this - settling into present moment, settling into silence, watching the breath, getting calmer, more mindful of the breath, calmer, more mindful, very calm, nimitta, WOOHOO!, agitation, loss of mindfulness, reminding myself to be calm, mindfulness of the breath returns, etc.
So how can I lessen the excitement, will it just be a matter of time and practice until the same habitual reactions get boring and they cease? Or is there something more to it?


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My thanks to all of you for coming together today to discuss the use of meditation for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Dr. Briggs [Dr. Josephine P. Briggs, Director, NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine], it's good to see you this morning.
I am pleased to recognize Colonel Carl Castro, Director of Military Operations, Medicine Research Program, for the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. Colonel Castro, welcome to this morning's meeting.
I also want to note that Defense Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, Dr. Cliff Stanley, and Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, Dr. Jonathan Woodson, have designated Dr. Nisha Money, Director, Psychological Health Clinical Standards of Care, to join us in this effort.
And a warm welcome also to Tim O'Leary [VA Deputy Chief Research and Development Office], Sonja Batten [VA Assistant Deputy Chief Patient Care Services for Mental Health], Madhulika Agarwal [Deputy Under Secretary for Health Policy and Services], Tony Zeiss [ Antonette Zeiss, PhD, VA Acting Deputy Chief Patient Care Services for Mental Health], Jan Kemp [Chief for Education, VISN 2 Center of Excellence], and Alex Ommaya [Alexander Ommaya, ScD, VA Director of Translational Research].
Thank you all.
Alternative forms of medicine, once only imagined or predicted as applying to the care of patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, are coming into the mainstream of healthcare solutions. It wasn't that long ago—within the lifetimes of many of us in the room this morning—when combat- or other trauma-related stresses defied diagnosis, much less proper and timely treatment. Pablum advice like "Shake it off, you'll be fine," or "He'll get over it," or just, "Snap out of it!" only trivialized deeply rooted pain that stigmatized and ate away at the lives of too many Veterans—young and old. We may never know the number of soldiers and Veterans stricken by stress the system failed to recognize—or acknowledge—during the dark ages of our ignorance. But, as evidenced by your attendance here, and by the work you have been doing, we have shifted that paradigm.
I think it is a fair statement to say that we are adopting a more informed vision of the many mental stressors that affect our warriors and Veterans on and off the battlefield. Today, we know that many Veterans suffer from PTSD; we know their symptoms are real; and we know there are proven treatment possibilities that were once only imagined. Our mission is to provide the best care for Veterans who suffer the very real burden of PTSD. To do this, we must continually investigate treatments to determine their effectiveness in improving care.
We have done a lot of work in many areas of PTSD research that has produced effective treatments, but we are not done preventing, relieving, or curing PTSD. And that is all the more reason why we need to keep our curious minds open and receptive to new ideas. In addition to the outstanding medical care we already provide to servicemembers and Veterans, we are learning to extend that care to include many complementary alternative medicine (CAM) treatments.
One CAM treatment that we intend to explore is meditation, although this group will no doubt consider other treatments today as well. We know that meditation has been used in treatment of PTSD and we are anxious to identify its benefits and to determine if there are any potential risks to Veterans for with this condition. Therefore, in order to develop our understanding of meditation and the effectiveness of meditation, VA has issued a Request for Proposals to its field researchers to study the effectiveness of meditation on PTSD.
Related to our overall approach, I have asked our VA team to do several things:
Collaborating with one another will help us advance this research more quickly and more effectively. Collaboration is critical to success in finding solutions for Veterans suffering with PTSD.
By calling you together today to review the current evidence associated with alternative medicine treatment and PTSD, we would like you to explore the medical issues associated with providing this therapy and identify relevant research questions. We will use this input to further refine research priorities. To that end, VHA has provided $5 million in funding for the research in FY '11, and is prepared to provide additional funding in FY '12. We also have additional support from DoD which will use a research and evaluation IDIQ contract administered by the Army G4 Program Office to develop and compete studies on mediation for PTSD. The National Naval Medical Center and Walter Reed National Medical Center, among others, have reviewed and approved studies to test different forms of meditation that could offer suitable areas for investment.
With your help, our understanding of the effectiveness of meditation on PTSD will grow, as will the potential for novel therapeutic approaches to treat PTSD.
What we once imagined as a new care paradigm will find its proven and rightful place in practical applications to the benefit of our Veterans. Once we have gotten this conference under our belts, we'll need to plan for the path forward. The urgency of our mission requires that we not let up in our effort to prevent, relieve, and cure PTSD. The next steps include:
Again, thanks to everyone here from VHA, NIH, and DoD for all you do to care for our nation's servicemen and women, and America's Veterans.


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Thank Goodness for The Feast of Tabernacles!
The rising cost of living, terrorist attacks, government takeovers, the spread of deadly diseases, civil unrest – the headlines bombard us. The low level hum of a looming turmoil grows louder. Thank goodness for The Feast of Tabernacles!
The Feast of Tabernacles, called Sukkot in Hebrew, is the seventh and last Feast in God's holy days. This year it takes place from sundown October 16 through sundown October 23, 2016. It looks back to God's unlimited provision for the Israelites as they sojourned 40 years in the wilderness. During the seven days of Sukkot, we spend time in our flimsy, homemade shelters to remind us of our complete dependence on God. Sukkot also looks forward to the Millennial Age where we will "tabernacle" with Yeshua eternally.
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When you're visiting the piers, make sure to check out our nametags; they list our home cities and countries. You might meet Steve in Jumbos, who came all the way from Minnesota to spend his summer with us…. his friends at home are "green with envy." If you stop by to see us more than "once in a blue moon," we'll be "tickled pink" to see you!
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We're throwing a bash with our fave stroller brand, Bugaboo, to celebrate living life on the fly (and living a fly life)! We're debuting the latest installment of Bubaboo's video series, this time detailing the urban adventure of stylist and blogger Latonya Staubs, her family and her Bugaboo Bee. Latonya will share some of her fave go-tos in the city, DJ Neil will spin some rad tunes, we'll all eat some yummy cupcakes and enjoy. Cheers to city moms!!
We are big fans of the Bee, as it happens, as Babesta is curated for a city child, so it only make sense that a light weight, agile, easy to fold and high quality (& super stylish) stroller would be the guest of honor.
We'll even be doing some stroller cleaning to those who pre-sign up for it (make an appointment ahead of time by calling 646 290 5508).
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I'm not an oatmeal cookie monster. I don't have any heart-warming childhood memories of my grandmother baking them, the smell of cinnamon wafting through the air, etc., etc. Although I admit I have a thing for super-squishy Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies. I can eat at least three in one sitting.
What inspired me to make oatmeal cookies this week, then? Breakfast. I over-indulged while on vacation last week and to atone for the debauchery and uptick in cholesterol levels, oatmeal topped with granola and blueberries has been the morning special for a few days. But enough with the good girl act. On the verge of palate fatigue, I decided to put some of the silo of oats I had in my pantry into a cookie.
Most of the oatmeal cookies I've had are heavy on cinnamon and raisins. That's all well and good, but the oats are almost impossible to detect. To remedy this, my recipe skips over the cinnamon, and toasts the oats in a dry skillet to enhance their oatiness. For extra nutty flavor, I brown the butter and use whole-wheat flour.
There are cookie texture camps, I know. Some people prefer crunch, others a more tender bite. I lean towards the latter, so these cookies are on the softer side, made with moist dark brown sugar, but to keep things interesting in the texture department, I've thrown in some Grape-Nuts cereal pebbles. Frozen blueberries complement these hearty cookies with a restrained burst of sweetness.
Dust off your cookie jar because these are honest-to-goodness great.
About the author: Maria del Mar Sacasa is a recipe developer, food stylist, and author of the food blogs High Heels & Frijoles and Voracious Billy Goat. Behind her girly façade lurks a truck driver's appetite.


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"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
"Your course, your path, is not going to be like mine," West says. "Everybody is not called to be a multimillionaire. Everybody's not called to be the president. Whatever your best work is, you do it. Do it well. You cease your own greatness when you aspire to be someone else."
My point was that they aren't redundant because they're both very good at lots of different things. Using your logic, Granger is redundant with every SF or SG in the league with the exception of combo-guard types. And if we get one of those for our SG, well we already have one in our PG and we are thus redundant at our guard spots.
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are the definition of redundant players, and I know they are just terrible together. /sarcasm The only real difference is that LeBron is better. There's nothing wrong with stacking up on a couple of players who are both very good offensively and very good defensively.
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Regarding Danny/George, the Pacers for me to compete (one of this day) they need to have a player in that starting unit that can do things that PG/Danny can't do.
Have y'all read this yet? http://www.eightpointsnineseconds.co...t-the-blazers/
If PG keeps getting better at this, which it seems like he's doing every game, then it would seem him and Granger compliment each other pretty well.
Both can create for themselves, but both also know how to get open to take advantage of guys drawing the defense in. Which is something that honestly LBJ and Wade lacked when they first teamed up.
As for Danny, he's never taken less then 16 shots a game. If when he comes back he takes 12-15 good shots a game I won't have a problem, but if he's the usual 26% usage, 10% assist Danny then I'll continue to say he's holding Paul back. Do we really want to see Paul revert to doing Lance's job on offense? I don't. We need him to continue his development and become the best player he can be if we want to have any chance at competing with the contenders. Playing in this offense and playing SG alongside Danny has slowed that development down IMO. I'd hate to see him become the 4th or 5th option again. Would that make the team better now? Probably, but not in the long run.
If he draws the best defender and defends the biggest threat, then what exactly is the difference between him playing SG and SF?
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I'll grant that Paul's playing better this year than last, but I've seen no indication that it's his position that's made the difference.
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Those are his numbers not counting the last 2 games. He had a PER of 18 at SF before his 0 and 4 games, and I'd expect it to go back up close to 17 after his last 2 really good games. He's been awful at SG this year though, both offensively and defensively.
Unless they're playing a very small SG, Paul George typically guards the best wing player and is defended by the best wing player. You may be right that he will play better primarily as a SF, but I don't think that the stat you are using for support isolates the instance well enough.
Think correlation vs. causation.
I like 82games, but if they're claiming that subbing Gerald Green for Stephenson is switching George back and forth from the 2 to the 3, then they're simply wrong. George is defending the other team's top wing scorer, no matter what their position. And he's playing the same spot on offense either way.
And NONE of this proves that Paul George can't do this next to Danny Granger.
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Also last year his PER as a SG was higher than SF. Personally I do not know how they decide when he is playing SG and when he is playing SF so I don't trust how it is split to be accurate.
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It does say nothing about the position PG is playing, you are right. And it doesn't say whether Stephenson caused everybody to play better, whether the team has just played more minutes "getting it" with Stephenson in the starting lineup, or whether PG does in fact play better because Stephenson is playing as an obvious SG. It doesn't say whether this will continue to be the case.
But the correlation still exists that he has played better with Lance up until this point. However, correlation is even less useful in sports than in other situations because a player's performance depends on so many different things.
It most assuredly does not say that PG is a better SF than SG though.
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Regardless, I said it was a small sample size, but we are nearing 1/4 of the way thru the season. Maybe the 1/2 way point would of been a better time bring it up. Also, I never said Paul couldn't do this with Danny. He probably can, but Danny and the team need to let/make him. I think it's tougher for him to play well on both ends being forced to play SG with Danny, but I think he's talented enough to make it work. However, my opinion at this point is they'd both be better players with ball handling, facilitating, SG. Aren't you a Monta guy? j/k
[QUOTE=Eleazar;1541428]Yeah he played a lot of those minutes early on with Green, but according to them he's played 21% of the SG minutes so he's had to have played some of those minutes when Young was on the floor. Again, according to them.You know the majority of Paul's minutes as a SG came at the beginning of the season, where no one played well.
edit: nope I'm wrong, they got Sam playing all his minutes at SG when Paul's on the floor. So, who knows how they tally up the minutes played by position?
That could be because he only guarded the really good SFs last year until the very end of the season. And again, I don't make the stats I'm just reporting them. The numbers are so drastically different it almost makes me believe them or else I'll never be able to trust their stats again after a slip up like that . I always assumed they looked at the opponent counterpart or who you're guarding and whose guarding you. For instance, you could be playing 2 positions at once if you're guarding the SG and being guarded by the SF which is the case quite often with Paul. An example being the Warriors game when he (kinda) guarded Thompson while on the other end was being guarded by the rookie SF, but then again I don't know how they add up the total minutes. I'd like to know myself.
Also last year his PER as a SG was higher than SF. Personally I do not know how they decide when he is playing SG and when he is playing SF so I don't trust how it is split to be accurate.
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I hate to be "that guy", but I will be.
I don't need stats or frankly care what they say about George & Granger working together, I've seen it with my eyes & I can tell you it not only can work it works very well.
When they are both in we become very long, very athletic & very diverse on offense.
They both can play exceptional defense man to man, both are good rebounders, both are solid shooters, both can get to the rim and both are decent passers. Neither is a great ball handler but they can get by.
Let's not play fantasy here, this is what we have to accept/deal with. There is no superstar shooting guard we going to bring in here to play next to either George or Granger so at the end of the day we have no choice but to hope beyond all hopes that this meshing works.
I think it does now, I think last season proved it.
Fair enough, I looked at the stats for the first time a few games ago and thought it was an interesting stat, at least something to keep an eye on. I get killed on here all the time for stating my opinion without "facts", and here I find one that so far backs up my opinion and still get killed for it . It seems perfectly fine for their (82games) stats to be used to prove how great Danny's D was last year or the impact he made on the game because of his simple rating, but I guess I should expect that by now. Maybe they're wrong or I'm misunderstanding the numbers, but if not and Paul continues playing better on both ends at SF I think it'll prove he's more comfortable there. Long way to go before that though.
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Common sense says he should be able to use his limited dribbling ability, speed, and quickness better against SFs. I can't prove it yet even if those numbers are correct, but IMO until he develops a post game he'll always be more successful (on both ends) against guys his size, but like Peck said it doesn't really matter because we got these guys for at least a couple more years. Let's hope they figure it out. I know a way we might make it work...
Free Lance!!!1
Or it could just mean that when he is guarded by a SG the reason a SG is guarding him is because they are the best wing defender on the team. Without Granger it doesn't make sense for teams to put a SG on George unless he is a vastly superior defender to the SF.
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I attribute that to Stephenson being a better player than those two guys, and a better fit in the starting lineup.
I expect the 5-man unit to be even better if/when Granger comes back healthy.
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Images from the past: Circular snapshots from the Kodak 1
Circular snapshots from the Kodak 1
The first consumer point-and-shoots didn't have art effect modes or face detection smile-shutters. They looked like the Kodak 1 pictured above, a leather-encased box with a key to wind the film, shutter release and not much else. Introduced to the public in 1888, each Kodak 1 contained a roll of film with 100 exposures. Once they'd all been used, the owner sent the entire camera to Kodak for processing and re-loading. Images came back as 65mm round negatives, partially in order to hide distortion at the corners of the images.
The UK's National Media Museum owns a collection of prints from these first consumer 'compacts.' Taking a look through a set of the images is an interesting study in what was deemed photo-worthy at the time. Rather than the stiff portraits that earlier cameras demanded with their long exposure times, these snapshots offer a glimpse into a slightly more relaxed everyday existence at the dawn of popular photography. Click through the slideshow to see some of our favorites, and check out the full set of images on the National Media Musem's Flickr.
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I've seen these same photos on another website. They were taken with a No.2 Kodak (1889) which produced a circular image 3.5 inches in diameter. The Kodak No.1 produced an image 2.5 inches in diameter.
As others have noted....photography has little to do with the equipment. Very nice photos from a camera that would be laughed at today...
The Kodak 1 has shown me that although 99,? % of photographs the last 100+ years have been rectangular. This need not be so.
Squares are not even natures piece of cake. Somebody just discovered a square on Mars in a landform and it caused a stir. Square is rare. In nature.
With 36Mpix sensors why not have a round image to start with? Then we can decide later on whether we want a triangular, square, rectangular-portrait, rectangular-landscape or round image!
Workarounds to become a "round person":
I recently stumbled upon a "round image generator" in PTGui. How do you like the result? http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/6268509557/photos/2696210/my-garden-pond-w-fisheye
In fact I could just mount APS-C lenses on the full frame Nikon D800 and get round images, sort of.
Images from a past that's hard to even imagine. Not to spoil the fun but people should know that George Eastman stole the process for coating light sensitive emulsion onto flexible film (and was eventually sued) and he positioned his office so he could monitor female employee's taking bathroom breaks. Yes there was Dickensian side of life back then that was was not recorded on these toys for the rich.
I'm not say it's not true but "and he positioned his office so he could monitor female employee's taking bathroom breaks." is a statement you should backup with actual facts from at least 2 sources.
Life was really hard back then? What a revelation.
Once again DPReview covers a low-end consumer mobile camera, the type that is ruining photography. Photography should be about specs and expensive equipment and a tripod. Cameras like this put photography into the hands of anyone, and more dangerously, into the hands of the un-trained.
Oh sure, the smaller size of this camera is a convenience, but if you are serious about your photography you should be taking a Nikon DSLR everywhere you go. The lens on this thing is obviously some mass-market junk glass, and how do you focus? DPReview needs to stop covering these mobile photography trends that just demean all of the obscure technical knowledge we have toiled to acquire and memorize.
Unacceptably blown-out highlights, gimmicky circular crops (I remember when those become available in a recent Wordpress build) and cheesy sepia Instagram-style filters. This is not real photography!
/sarcasm, and I'm talking to you smartphone/P&S haters
I always though Eastman was looking in a viewfinder in this photo (first on the page). Enjoy many of the other images as well.
(I hope the content down the right side does not offend anyone. Definitely some NSFW. And for the rest, I don't speak Spanish).
Impressive, given the simplicity of such cameras. I really ask myself how these early users composed their images so well with not any sort of viewfinder.
Circular Lenses and Rectangular Photos
This always has been the excuse of the unhappy ones. Happiness is is the result of a person's hard work to become happy. It is not about a time or place.
So true, Hubert.
These are nicer than many shots taken by people these days with huge DSLRs.
Edit - thank god for jeans & T's
Accounting for inflation in USD it'd be about $600 today.
Also, it cost $10 to process the film, and reload the camera with a fresh roll.
That would be ~$237.00, in constant dollars.
Thanks for these calculations. It puts the whole thing into a different perspective.
These photos nicely capture that period in time; many are wonderful.
Also, based on pg. 37 of the instruction booklet, being able to use an orange safelight for film reloading implies the film being used is orthochromatic: greatly sensitive to blue and green, less sensitive to yellow and orange, and not at all sensitive to red.
I love seeing the times before the 50s
I enjoyed those very much
Fun - we are just discussing round sensor in the science forum. Methinks that DPReview crew do read that forum :-)
What's easier, a person in 1880 pointing box and shooting, or one of the 95% today, using their camera and not even knowing how to turn off the flash when it isn't needed?
I expect that only a small percentage of today's digital files will have survived. These will be in institutions or the few households where a dedicated family member backed up and re-backed files.
I expect many of today's images to survive. Photos now circle the globe instantly and are shared and saved in countless duplications on an endless number of computers, phones, dvds, memory cards and so on. As long as we don't completely forget the technology used to read the media, these leftovers will be around for quite a while.
I picture the story of a person finding an SD card wedged in a crack somewhere in an old attic in the year 2113, and finding an interesting surprise when they are able to access the data.
Did you see the article about what a pain it was to pull the images off of analog tapes from moon photographs from a satellite from the 1960's? In 100 years very few people would even know what a SD card was for and the hardware used to read it would also be 100 years old (long gone) with no way to interface the hardware to whatever systems they would have then if they wanted to.
It's easy to forget how difficult photography was in 1888. Consider, for example, these recommendations extracted from the manual of the Kodak 1:
"The Kodak cannot be used in open air (out-of-doors) unless the Sun is Very Bright."
"The Kodak cannot be used to photograph Race Horses, going at a fast gait, nor Express Trains in motion…"
"The Sun should shine directly upon the object."
"Photograph the sunny side."
"Do not attempt to Photograph the shady side."
"The Sun should be at back of Operator, or over his shoulder - never in front of him."
Excerpt from http://www.cameramanuals.org/kodak_pdf/kodak_manual_1888.pdf
This manual is simply amazing !
Thank you for sharing,
Crikey. Even developing 35mm colour negatives is a breeze compared to the process describe in that guide.
Kodak 1 was over a century ahead of its time. I can't see a viewfinder anywhere,
so it was a true "point and shoot", like most popular cams today.
this portrait is stunning even if taken today:
Before this camera, photography was in the hands of the wealthy and the masses were excluded. This camera democratised photography, and changed everything.
100 years later, the iphone and smart phones have done much the same thing on a far larger scale in a world where the population is now many times larger and photography had, by the onset of the 21st century again become a pursuit for the middle classes.
Makes one think.
not the same thing at all. An iphone costs around €500, plus the super-expensive 2-year datapacket which is another €800...hardly a camera for the paupers, is it?
My first camera was a Canon A530 which cost new about €100. It's cameras like that which helped the pauper get into digital photography.
But most people already have cell phones, and would have smart phones even if they did not evolve with cameras. Additionally, iPhones and many other smartphones can be had for free with a contract. While the overall monthly fee is high, the additional fee to the already existing cell phone fee is nominal. An iPod touch is the same as an iPhone that cannot make calls, but costs less than most point and shoots, and has no monthly contract.
I think, however, the smartphone did not bring photography to the reach of the common man. The smart phone brought photography to those not interested enough to photograph otherwise.
It can be argued it brought the cost of sharing images down, which can be as expensive (if not more so) when printing (and mailing)
It was the Kodak Instamatic, introduced in the 60's that was specifically intended to bring affordable photography to the masses. Still, even with cheaper (and even free) tools today, what has not changed is skills and technique in acquiring admirable pictures. I'm sure a filter to mimica that look can be found on InstanGram, but it still comes down to the photographer.
(Funny side note. My auto correct thinks InstaGram should be spelled "Instamatic").
Mr. Bendheim is partially correct. Most of the daguerreotypes, tintypes, etc. made during the mid to late 19th C were made by itinerant photographers and humble portrait studios not wealthy people. While not literally made by the masses, they were mostly made of the masses and were not confined to those with wealth. While the Kodak camera did place cameras in the hands of the many, photography was widespread before its introduction and was not in any way exclusive.
No - before this camera, there was dry plate photography. You didn't have to be "wealthy": to make and see your photos - you just had to be dedicated enough to learn and do your own chemical processing. Even at the height of film-era photography (1950's to 1980's), only a very small minority of people were interested enough to do that.
Although, it would've been cheaper (more affordable) to do it yourself, by Kodak providing the processing for the Kodak 1, that's what brought photography to the average person.
Peter, what exactly does democratizing photography even mean? I can't for the life of me figure out how democracy has anything to do with the average person having access to photography equipment that they could afford.
Regarding the pursuit of the middle class, I don't understand what this means. A person can be interested in something even if they cannot afford it. They may save up for a long time then buy what they covet. Regardless, cheap film cameras, and later cheap point and shoots have done much more to make photography affordable.
By the way, the middle class is not a static groups that acts as an aggregate. People are in and out of it all the time and each person acts entirely as an individual.
One of the pix shows a professional photog (beach photographer) staring balefully at the Kodak. Perhaps he's realizing that his business is going to be finished soon.
DPReview is now 123 years behind in reviewing this camera. Do they hate Kodak or what? I can't wait much longer.
Best comment on this thread.
Actually, it took Kodak 123 years to send DPR a camera for testing.
will be interested how photozone.de will test the lens. they also have a fundamental flaw to use picture height for all aspect ratios but there is no PH here. it's diagonal in every direction.
btw, would rather prefer Kodak send President Obama to Bali APEC summit than Kodak No. 1 to DPReview.
Kodak 1 came with 100 shots and prints all included. "You press the shutter and don't worry about the rest". Keep in mind what 100 pictures meant at a time when people had only a handful of photographs taken during an entire lifetime.
In 2013, it would be 20 pictures included, with five different pricing plans for additional prints, 2 year commitment, automatic monthly payments, early cancellation penalty, 10-page small print legal contract, and extra charges for the prints in case you want to see them (with all rights belonging to the company). No wonder US companies are struggling.
Ingenious design. A camera that morphs effortlessly into a shoe shine box.
Looks like a Lytro camera.
I've sometimes wondered why cameras aren't made with round sensors to capture the full [round] lens image. It would give you more image area to crop from.
Sensors are made in big sheets... circular sensors would be very wasteful
Like all silicon chips, sensors are cut from a circular wafer. And wafers are sliced from a cylindrical silicon ingot. Thus, to avoid silicon waste, just make an ingot with a diameter that equals the circular sensor diameter...
Some advantages of a circular sensor :
- total freedom to choose the image aspect ratio in post-processing.
- no need to rotate the camera when shooting in portrait orientation. Thus no need for an optional heavy/bulky vertical grip for DSLRs.
- no need for a spirit level or virtual horizon to set the camera horizontally with accuracy when required (although one may be needed to control camera tilt...). Picture can be rotated in post-processing without cutting corners/borders.
- or, advanced cameras, with a built-in electronic level sensor, can automatically rotate the picture to set it horizontally without cutting corners/borders.
- you get the maximum possible image size whatever the final image aspect ratio you choose (compared to a rectangular sensor).
Does not work that way. The silicon ingots are MUCH larger than any sensor. This might work out if you make Hubble 2.0, but not for mass production cameras. There are just too many "per piece" costs involved in the processing. Sensors are only cheap if you can make hundreds from a wafer (which is why fullfield sensors are so much more expensive than anything smaller).
Second, the logic itself won't work out: The square pixel grid is there for a reason. Trying to make a circular sensor would be insane - you would get different amounts of pixels per line, how to organise the line and row amplifiers and readout paths? It would be cheapter to just cut the square and ignore the pixels in the corner than to make a dedicated round sensor.
I never stopped.
Velvia 50 with Nikon FA at present.
Not THAT better than DSLR. But it's more exciting than a DSLR as you have to process and wait to see the results. I also love using film, but I only now use it for fun and for art. But for work, I won't use it.
By the way, I use Pentax 6x7 and Pentax K1000 until today... ;)
No Mamiya for me - just an Olympus OM-2n - but Portra 160 is the only colour film I use. Colours are just right with this film!
Some of us still do! I have long-frozen Panatomic-X film in 120 size for a big Fuji 690II.
Just another consumer point and shoot. I would never buy a camera without an evf. Plus, the bokeh sucks.
And the equivalent aperture must be something like f/128.
Who's the tramp at the beach showing off her calves??? Absolutely disgusting! No proper female would dare to bare in such a shameless way!
People don't change much. They are much the same sort of photos we take today
Where,s the selfies in the bathroom mirror and pics of their dinner?
A wonderful time documentary images. Like them, surprising sharp as well.
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Gary Dawber went to every Centurions game home and away and would have loved the fact that Parky Pig walked in front of his coffin at St Paul's church in Westleigh on June 4. He died aged 44 from peritonitis, septicaemia and pneumonia in Wigan Infirmary on May 23.
His wife Tracey, of Chatham Street, Leigh, said: "He lived for Leigh.
It was absolutely fantastic that the club came to the funeral – it was just a shame that Gary wasn't there to see it for himself.
"He was my soulmate and my best friend."


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Los Angeles -- Survey results released Tuesday by PriceGrabber found that 71% of consumers believe that retailers offer better deals during Thanksgiving weekend than they do during the rest of the winter holiday shopping season, up from 58% in 2011.
When consumers who indicated that the best deals can be found over the Thanksgiving weekend were asked which days retailers offer the best prices, 71% said Black Friday (Nov. 23), down from 80% in 2011 and 86% in 2010, and 41% said Cyber Monday (Nov. 26), up from 37% last year and 33% in 2010.
When asked which days they plan to shop over the Thanksgiving weekend, 42% said Black Friday (Nov. 23), followed by 38% who said Cyber Monday (Nov. 26); 21% indicated Saturday (Nov. 24), 13% selected Sunday (Nov. 25), and 10% said Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 22).
When consumers planning to shop on Black Friday were asked to select all of the reasons why they planned to do so, 70% said that they can find the best prices on that day. Thirty-three percent noted that they plan to shop on Black Friday because it is a tradition with family and friends; 22% indicated they have the day off from work and enjoy shopping; and 7% said they like the thrill of fighting the crowds.
"Shoppers are eager to find deals this holiday season as they continue to keep a tight grip on their purse strings. Our survey data reveals that consumers believe some of the best prices will be offered over the Thanksgiving weekend, especially on Black Friday and Cyber Monday," said Rojeh Avanesian, VP marketing and analytics of PriceGrabber.com. "While Black Friday remains a popular day for in-store shopping, we have seen a steady growth in online shopping on Cyber Monday. We expect this trend to continue as shoppers harness the power of the Internet to find the best pricing and take advantage of free shipping and other retailer incentives."
According to the PriceGrabber's survey, 64% of Black Friday shoppers plan to take advantage of extended store hours to start shopping even earlier this year. Twenty-four percent plan to start shopping in stores on Black Friday between midnight and 4 a.m.; 27% indicated they will start shopping between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m.; and 26% plan to shop between the hours of 8 a.m. and noon.
Fourteen percent indicated they plan to shop between noon and 10 p.m. and 9% of consumers indicated that they will start shopping at 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving evening to prepare for Black Friday sales if stores are open.
According to PriceGrabber's survey, consumers cite clothing, consumer electronics and computers as the top gift purchases on Black Friday. Of the consumers who indicated that they will shop on Black Friday, 56% said they will purchase clothing as gifts. This was followed by 48% who said they will purchase consumer electronics; another 48% who said they will buy computers, laptops, tablets or related equipment; 37% who said they will purchase books, CDs, DVDs or video games; 32% who said they will purchase toys; and another 32% who said they will purchase shoes.
Other items shoppers will purchase this holiday season include jewelry and watches, gift cards, sporting goods, appliances, beauty, cosmetics and spa packages, and food or candy.
Survey: Most consumers think best deals offered on Thanksgiving weekend
Los Angeles -- Survey results released Tuesday by PriceGrabber found that 71% of consumers believe that retailers offer better deals during Thanksgiving weekend than they do during the rest of the winter holiday shopping season, up from 58% in 2011.


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Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai was crowned Miss World in 1994. She had previously done some modeling, and became well-known in India after appearing in an ad for Pepsi. Since winning the Miss World title, she has become one of the most popular stars of India's huge film industry known as Bollywood. Through the years, Aishwarya Rai has been nominated for and received several awards, including a Critics Choice award for Best Actress (Raincoat - 2004), an Actress in a Leading Role award from Awards of the International Indian Film Academy for Devdas (2002), and a Best Actress award from the Filmfare Awards for Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000). The actress is now pregnant with her first child with husband Abhishek Bachchan.
AppealAishwarya Rai's seductiveness is subtle and understated. This 5'7" stunner claims she doesn't need to diet to maintain her foxy physique. Her full, luscious lips, sexy curves and ultra-feminine mannerisms give her top marks in this category.
SuccessAishwarya Rai won the Ford Supermodel Contest at the age of 17, and has been on a roll ever since. She began her professional career as a model in several high-profile advertising campaigns in her native India. A particular Pepsi ad helped make her a household name back home. Her modeling led to a successful run in the world of beauty pageants. After she became the runner-up in the 1994 Miss Femina World contest (as Miss India), Aishwarya Rai won the Miss World title later that year.
Since successfully crossing over into the Indian film industry in the second half of the '90s, Aishu (her other nickname) has appeared in more than three dozen films, making her a more prolific actress than most Western movie stars. In her native land, she was chosen as India's Screen Best Female Newcomer for 1997. She followed that up by winning the Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 1999's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, and Screen Weekly's Best Actress in 2000.
Her modeling career hasn't completely been eclipsed by her screen success; she became the international ambassador/spokeswoman for Longines watches in 1999. And in 2005, Aishwarya Rai signed with L'Oreal.
Aishwarya Rai BiographyAishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, on November 1, 1973. Her father, a merchant navy officer, relocated the family to Mumbai (formerly Bombay) when Aishwarya was 4 years old. She excelled at academics as a child and chose science as her area of concentration, hoping for a career in medicine (zoology being her favorite subject at the time). Instead, Ash opted for a career in architecture, and passed her college entrance interviews with flying colors.
aishwarya rai modelsAishwarya Rai entered the world of modeling when she was in the 9th grade, appearing in an ad for Camlin Industries. Initially, she modeled part-time while focusing on her studies. As more assignments started rolling in, Ash decided to take a break from architecture and concentrate on modeling.
Aishwarya Rai became well-known in India after she appeared in a Pepsi commercial. Other high-profile assignments quickly followed, including Palmolive, Casio, Philips, Sheetal Diva, and Prudent. What started off as a part-time hobby quickly grew into a full-fledged career, as more companies hired the young beauty with the magnificent blue-green (and sometimes blue-gray) eyes.
In 1991, at the age of 17, Aishwarya Rai was coaxed into entering the prestigious Ford Supermodel Contest by a friend. To her amazement, she won, and also took the Tulips Miss Super Vivacious prize, which was part of the same contest. Ash was spotted by famous photographer Steven Meisel, and was soon featured in Vogue magazine. Bollywood, the massive Indian film industry, quickly came calling, and she made her first film appearance in Mamagaru that year.
aishwarya rai wins miss worldInitially rejecting subsequent film offers, Aishwarya Rai hoped to finish her studies as an architect and be with her family. But her career plans were forever altered when she entered the Miss Femina World contest in 1994. The 20 year old became the first runner-up, and was tipped to take the title at the upcoming Miss World pageant in Sun City, South Africa. She was crowned Miss World in 1994, was named Miss Catwalk and was selected as having the Most Photogenic Face by the pageant's judges.
Aishwarya Rai's stunning beauty, elegance and charm made her the darling of India. She became even more famous in her native country after winning the Miss World title, and was again approached by big names in India's movie industry to star in films.
aishwarya rai is the queen of bollywoodAlthough she had little acting experience, she won over critics and audiences alike in 1997's Iruvar (aka The Duo). For her role as Aishi in 1997's ...Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, Aishwarya Rai picked up India's Screen Best Female Debut award. In 1998, she took on the dual role of Madhumitha/Vaishnavi in Jeans, which also won the actress critical praise and much male adoration.
Aishwarya Rai was selected as the spokesmodel for Longines watches in 1999, and continued to appear in Indian films. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in 1999's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (Straight from the Heart).
In 2000, she starred as Meenakshi in Kandukondain Kandukondain (I Have Found It). That same year, she appeared in Mohabbatein (Love Stories) and won rave reviews for her performance as Preeti, a rape victim, in Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai. She was selected as Screen Weekly's Best Actress for 2000.
aishwarya rai in bride & prejudiceHer acting career has largely overshadowed her modeling work. Her movie resume is incredibly impressive (we don't know how she keeps up). In 2002, Aishwarya Rai was featured in no less than five Indian films, including 23rd March 1931: Shaheed and Shakti: The Power, where she appeared as the Dream Girl.
In 2003, Aishwarya Rai appeared in three films and, in 2004, she starred in four films including Bride & Prejudice. The following year, the actress was seen in two more flicks.
aishwarya rai is named no. 27 in 2008 top 992006 and 2007 proved to be busy years for Aishwarya Rai. She had roles in Umrao Jaan and Dhoom:2 in '06 and Guru, Journey Across India and The Last Legion in '07.
2007 also marked the year that the beautiful Aishwarya Rai was taken off the market, as she married fellow Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan.
Already famous in her native India, Aishwarya Rai has also gained notoriety in the U.S., and her No. 27 ranking on AskMen.com's 2008 Top 99 list is proof of that.
aishwarya rai in the pink panther 2After working on the 2008 flicks Jodhaa Akbar and Sarkar Raj, she was slated to appear in the Hollywood comedy The Pink Panther 2, opposite Steve Martin and Emily Mortimer, in 2009. She also shared the big-screen with her husband in the Bollywood movie Raavana. In 2010, she appeared in Endhiran, and the romance drama Singularity.
The actress is now pregnant with her first child with husband Abhishek Bachchan.
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A's trying to clean up defense
OAKLAND -- The A's entered play on Monday in a three-way tie for the most errors in the Majors this year, their total of 20 only matched by the Dodgers and Nationals.
On Sunday, Oakland committed two defensive miscues for the fourth straight game, and it marked the ninth consecutive contest where the team made at least one an error.
Manager Bob Melvin notices the trend, but sounds tired of discussing the subpar defense at this point.
"Like any hitter that may be is in a slump," Melvin said, "we just need to get a few games back to back together so we're not hearing about it all the time and I'm not addressing it and we're not having to do things that seem like they surround it all day long."
Melvin has also changed up the pregame schedule recently, giving his infielders a head start on the field before batters hit the cage. The infield has accounted for 15 of the team's errors, while outifelders have made three and pitchers and catchers have made two.
"It's a lot easier to take ground balls and so forth when nothing's going on out there," Melvin said.
The slick-fielding Josh Donaldson, who has still turned in a host of a highlight stops this young season, has a team-high five errors in 18 games, including a boot of a routine grounder on Sunday. Still, Melvin doesn't sound too concerned about his talented third baseman.
"These things take on a mind of their own sometimes when that's being written about every day, they're being asked about it every day," Melvin said. "It can. The play he makes the error on yesterday, he makes 499 times out of 500.
Alex Espinoza is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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by Christopher Myers
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"Personals" was a huge success. We got everything we hoped for and more. The original idea for this project was to have an entirely student produced, full-length musical. The idea first occurred to Justin Smith and myself when the news was announced that there would not be a main stage musical. We immediately jumped on the opportunity to produce one ourselves. The planning process began way back in October, but things really started to roll in January. As soon as all the students were back from Christmas Break and the main stage shows were cast, Matt Brown (Music Director), Kate Olden (Stage Manager), and myself (Director and Choreographer) held auditions. After three days of auditioning we had our cast of four men and four women. They ranged from freshmen to seniors and communications majors to theater majors. Immediately the next week we started rehearsal. We rehearsed for the next five weeks, Monday through Friday 7-10pm, and Sundays from 2-6pm. It was strenuous at times, but we used every minute of those rehearsals to create an outstanding show. Our first week of rehearsals we sat in chairs around Matt Brown and a piano and learned music. I feel it is very important for the cast to be very familiar with the show before ever attempting to put it on it's feet. The next week, I took over and started blocking and choreographing, while still taking the time for reviewing music. We spent long nights blocking and rehashing scenes until it looked and felt good. We spent long Sunday afternoons learning detailed choreography. After three and a half weeks we had the entire show on its feet. The next week was my favorite part of the rehearsal process. This is when I got to really help the actors delve into their characters. We started looking at really close details, and playing games and doing exercises to help develop the show. The fifth week, we moved into Alma Thomas and added lights, sound, set, costumes, an orchestra, and finally, a sold out house for every performance. This was an incredible experience for everyone involved, and the amount of knowledge and experience given to each individual that took part in this production is immeasurable. Directing this show was an incredible amount of hard work, but it was worth it. At the end of each night, we were all exhausted, but we were all still smiling. And for four nights those eight actors got to share something together that few people get to. They along with Joey King and everyone involved with this production helped my dream come true.


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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — An out-of-control wildfire burning in remote, steep terrain near Yosemite National Park has grown and is still threatening more than 2,000 houses, hotels and camp buildings.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says the blaze had grown on Wednesday to more than 25 square miles and was only 5 percent contained.
The fire has destroyed two residences and five outbuildings, and about 2,500 structures were under threat in the nearby community of Groveland, the U.S. Forest Service said.
State Route 120 was shut down in both directions for a 4-mile stretch, blocking traffic in and out of Yosemite on its west side, but the park remained open to visitors via state Routes 140 and 4.


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1963 landmark legislation changed mental health care system, advocates say
Fifty years ago this week, President John F. Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act into law. The legislation was aimed at providing different levels of mental health care in federally funded community centers, rather than institutions.
This landmark legislation drastically altered the delivery of mental health services in the country.
Advocates say the law laid the groundwork for a lot of positive changes, but its promise was never fully realized.
As a young man, Philadelphia mental health advocate Joseph Rogers was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and sent to a state hospital. The place was overcrowded, staff was overworked -- and he wasn't getting better. "There was not much in the way of treatment, not much in the way of programming, I just remember sitting in the day room all day, watching TV through plexiglass," he recalled.
The Community Mental Health Act closed psychiatric hospitals such as the one Rogers describes -- and advocates agree that this was a very important step. The act mandated the creation of community mental health centers that were supposed to take the place of hospitals, but only half the planned centers were ever built, none was fully funded, and the funding wasn't available over the long term.
Still, the law did change people's thinking on mental illness, said Yale School of Medicine psychologist Jacob Tebes. "Prior to that time, if somebody had a mental illness, it was their problem, or the family's problem," he said. "By having this act, it was saying 'this is our community's challenge.'"
Rogers, who works at the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, agreed that the act laid the groundwork for making treatments available in communities. However, he said, access and funding remain a major challenge and not enough goes to prevention.
"We know that we can identify young people that are at risk, we don't yet have the technology, so to speak, or the resources to really reach out to those people, and prevent them from becoming long-term mentally ill," Rogers said.


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Emails, faxes, phone messages, meetings. With all the forms of communication these days, it sometimes feels like you're being bombarded with information at the office. All that information overload often makes it hard to remember, react and pay attention to everything you hear and see. So what can you do when you have important information to get out there? When it's really critical that people sit up, notice and take some action, how do you cut through the clutter?
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FORMER Accrington Stanley chairman Eric Whalley has died, aged 74.
The non-league legend, who was also well known on the local cricket circuit, represented the club as an A team player, then manager before taking over the running of the club in 1995.
He set about guiding the club through the non-league pyramid and into the Football League as well as developing the former Crown Ground, now Store First Stadium.
He was also a fine cricketer with Rishton in the Lancashire League and was the club's president until earlier this year.
Current Stanley chairman Peter Marsden led the tributes.
"Eric was Accrington Stanley," he said.
"His tireless efforts made the club what it is today and we will forever be grateful to him. Our Football League status is a continuing reminder of everything he did for the club."
All Lancashire League clubs will hold a minute's silence before Sunday's games.


text: Yes Gawd Hunty! Now The Doll did not get a chance to watch the American Music Awards last night, however, I woke up this morning and everyone has been blowing me up about this Psy performance where MC Hammer came out and started to dance his ass off to To Legit To Quit. So apparently Psy has this song called Gangman that has been sweeping the nation by storm. I must have had my head lodged in a hole somewhere because I swear this is my first time hearing about this Psy person or this sonf. Oh well. Hammer was looking good. Check out the performance.


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someone told me a story once — i could've sworn it was bendis but he says it's not him — about how, as a kid, they were convinced their dick was an evil detector. because every time catwoman came on BATMAN it'd stiffen up and point at her…
The ten-metre long Lion of Lucerne. The surrounding outline of the pig was added because the artist, Lukas Ahorn, was unhappy with his payment. Mark Twain called it "the most mournful and moving piece of stone in the world."


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— With the 25th anniversary DVD of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" hitting stores this week, there's a renewed focus on the John Hughes classic. But forget about looking back. The real question is, what are those characters up to now? Here's one take on where they might be.
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick)
Ferris complained that his parents bought him a computer instead of a car, but that proved to be a brilliant move. He turned his keen innate knowledge of social networks to form Ferrisbook before Mark Zuckerberg ever even got into Harvard. He used his windfall to buy the Cubs, and his shrewd management revived the franchise and led to a victory in the 2008 World Series. So in this alternate universe, at least, Cubs fans have reason to celebrate.
Sloane Peterson (Mia Sara)
Now Sloane Peterson-Bueller, she's found life as a society wife challenging at times. She formed her own cosmetics company and started a charity that brings children from the inner-city into downtown Chicago to see the Art Institute, but she also developed a taste for the finer things in life. This earned her a starring role on "Real Housewives of Chicago." She's the grounded one who spends most of her time mocking the rest of her castmates, though she took center stage in an episode when she fantasized about that day Cameron Frye saw her naked.
Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck)
Cameron didn't get a chance to have any more afternoons on the town with his best friend. After his father found the wreckage of his Ferrari, he sent his son off to military school. The added discipline helped Cameron excel on Wall Street, while his risk-averse nature caused him to avoid the recent meltdown. Now, he's a leading financial magnate, having avoided the housing bubble and made a fortune shorting overvalued stocks.
Jeanie Bueller (Jennifer Grey)
Unable to get her brother in trouble, Jeanie Bueller turned to journalism with the goal of becoming an investigative reporter. She didn't win a Pulitzer, but her hot temper proved to be a natural fit for the emerging landscape. She's currently got the highest-rated cable TV news show, and a radio program that's made her among the most influential media members in the country. But she still has yet to bust her brother.
Guy in Police Station (Charlie Sheen)
Being busted was a great thing for this guy initially, as he and Jeanie Bueller dated briefly when they both were released from jail. Once Jeanie moved on, however, this guy couldn't take the pain of his broken heart. He delved deeper into alcoholism, drugs and women to ease his pain. Hmmm, sounds familiar.


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"@sluhm :Jazz question of the day: Why is Marvin Williams starting ahead of, say, DeMarre Carroll? My guess: Williams more of a three threat ..."
Again we run away from the more important question who makes us better, and who brings more to the game. If we are answered honestly
it's Carroll. If Marvins average ability to hit wide open 3s is all that's keeping him in there bring in Hayward with the starters. Carroll can be the bench


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Should Churches Be Involved in Politics? — Survey of the Day
The separation of church and state doesn't mean religious leaders can't express political opinions. And in the wake of President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage there has been talk that some houses of worship may encourage their flock not to vote for the president in 2012 to protest his reversal on the issue.


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The State Otago Volts and State Auckland Aces appear home and hosed as finalists with a round remaining in the domestic State Twenty20 cricket championship.
Rain washed out all three seventh round matches, leaving only the third-placed State Canterbury Wizards with an outside chance of overhauling either of the leading two teams to contest the final on March 1.
The only hope for Canterbury -- who are one win behind the leaders and boast an inferior net run rate -- is to secure a significant win over the State Central Stags in Palmerston North on Sunday. They must also hope Auckland are well beaten by Otago when those teams square off in Auckland.
Canterbury's crucial match against Auckland scheduled for Christchurch today was the last match abandoned, with the hosts desperately hoping a shortened game could be arranged.
However, the umpires lifted the bails at 6.30pm.
Earlier, games between the Wellington Firebirds and the Central Stags in the capital and the Northern Knights and the Otago Volts at Mt Maunganui were ruined by rain that fell across the country.


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text: Anyone seen the story connecting Hernandez, Reggie Nelson, and the Pouncey twins to a 2007 shooting in Gainesville? This is when Hernandez would have been 17 years old and a freshman at FLA. He was identified as the shooter that wounded two men but his name was redacted from all the reports because he was a minor. Then the witness who ID'd Hernandez and Nelson changed his story. The Pouncey twins had no role in the shooting other than the report said the shooting was over one of them getting their necklace snatched by the shooting victims. It's no wonder he was so brazen. He's apparently been shooting people for years with no consequences. He had to feel like he was untouchable.


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CHINO – Chino American Legion Post 299 will host bingo on March 24, with doors open at noon and bingo starting at 1 p.m.
Snacks, sodas and water will be sold. All proceeds will benefit veterans programs.
The post is at 13759 Central Ave.
Breakfast is served every Sunday at the from 9 a.m to noon, with lunch is served every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Information: 909-628-2080