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How to Become an RN Case Manager
RN case managers enjoy both the gratification of patient care and also the rewarding challenge of leadership. From the moment a patient is admitted for care to the time when that patient is released and often even beyond that, the RN case manager plays a fundamental role in making sure that the patient receives the correct care from a team of health care professionals. Case managers must evaluate the patient's health status, facilitate the preparation of a proper plan for care, and then manage the implementation of nursing services in order to meet the patient's individual health needs.
Work Environment
Reflecting the central role that these professionals play in coordinating proper care, RN case managers may be employed by a hospital, nursing facility, insurance company or a home and/or community service group.
If employed at a hospital, the duties and responsibilities of an RN case manager generally include:
- Medical evaluation of newly admitted patients
- Involvement in the preparation and implementation of a plan for both in-patient and out-patient care
- Required communications with a payer or insurance company.
Those RN case managers who work for insurance companies or for a case management company may assume different duties and responsibilities, including the performance of clinical reviews, assisting with discharge planning and designing post-discharge care.
Some RN case managers enjoy responsibility for a large geographic area - in rural parts of the country, for example - and consequently they conduct a significant portion of their duties remotely by phone, but significant travel may be required in order to perform their vital on-site duties as well.
An RN case manager is first and foremost a registered nurse (RN). Most case managers have either many years of experience as a nurse or have earned a Master's in Nursing degree, focusing on a particular nursing specialty. A growing number of these professionals choose to earn a Doctorate (PhD) in Nursing.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has published a position statement calling a bachelor's degree a minimum requirement for careers in nursing, which includes case management.
There are essentially three pathways to get the required RN degree:
- A hospital-based nursing school. These usually take four years to complete.
- An Associate's Degree in Nursing. This generally takes two years and is followed by another one to two years for a bachelor's degree. There may be a few working years between the associate's degree and the bachelor's degree, providing a level of flexibility that some candidates find convenient for a variety of reasons both personal and financial.
- A Bachelor's Degree (four years) in Nursing (known as a Bachelor of Science in Nursing).
For candidates who have a bachelor's degree in another area, there are also a number of accelerated programs to get an RN degree. Students often complete this process in anywhere from one to three years, depending on the original bachelor's degree and the specific program.
After receiving an RN (and passing the NCLEX exam), the prospective RN case manager may also seek a Master's Degree in Nursing (MSN), choosing a particular nursing specialty among the many possible specialties that include the following:
- Urgent care
- Geriatrics
- Pediatric nursing
- Surgical nursing.
A more complete list of nursing specialties can be found here.
After earning the RN or the MSN degree, the training for case management is "on-the-job." Additionally, a number of online courses can help to prepare for certification as a case manager.
Licensing and/or Certification
In order to practice as an RN, you must receive licensure by passing the NCLEX certification exam or boards. State requirements vary; consult the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. There are numerous types of board certifications that a prospective case manager can obtain by taking an examination.
The American Case Management Association (ACMA) administers a certification that focuses on hospital case management.
The Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC) administers a broader board that applies to both hospital and community case management. This test is given three times a year and certification must be renewed every five years.
The American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) also administers a certification exam.
For a complete listing of organizations offering certification, check out RNCaseManager.com.
Necessary Skills and Qualities
Owing to the multifaceted nature of this position, an RN case manager relies on a variety of skills and strengths in order to thrive. This professional must possess strong analytical and critical thinking skills, as well as attention to detail, in order to evaluate medical conditions and plan for the best care. Being a good listener allows the case manager to better understand both the medical and social needs of patients. RN case managers also rely on solid leadership skills - such as strong oral and written communication, and the ability to manage many professionals - in order to ensure proper care for patients.
If you would like to gain the necessary education to become an RN case manager, we highly recommend that you check out our free School Finder Tool located HERE.
Salary and Job Outlook
Interactive Map of Income and Job Growth Projections
Hover over any state to explore local income and job growth data.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the salary range for registered nurses, including nurse case managers, is $45,880 to $98,880, with a median salary of $66,640. This range is based on qualifications (RN, MSN, PhD), location and years of experience. Larger hospitals also tend to award higher salaries.
There is a predicted shortage for qualified RN case managers. The outlook for growth and prospects in this field is excellent, particularly with the emergence of accountable care organizations (ACOs), which are local, provider-led groups consisting of a diverse range of health care providers collaborating to provide quality, cost-efficient care. The BLS expects 19% job growth from 2012 to 2022, which is faster than average.
More and more hospitals and community-based care organizations rely upon the specialized RN care manager to utilize resources more efficiently. Certification in case management provides even greater opportunity for those who want to pursue this exciting and important career.


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A Reality TV Show Put on by Israel's Leaders
Netanyahu and Lapid aren't altering their non-technique that resulted in the failure to get a Bank of Israel candidate appointed - they are just redoubling it.
To fail twice and succeed on the third try is not a bad thing. After all, it happened to Benjamin Netanyahu in his personal life....
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Public Split Between Western Michigan and Cincy in International Bowl
Team Page: Western Michigan :: Cincinnati
51% of Bets Placed on Broncos +7 | Matchup | CFB Picks
It takes time for a team to become familiar with a new coach, and it's often a process that continues throughout the season. Cincinnati has no choice but to make that adjustment much faster.
Brian Kelly will make his debut as Bearcats coach when they take on Western Michigan in the inaugural International Bowl at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Jan. 6.
Oddsmakers have made Cincinnati -7 point spread favorites
(College Football Odds) for today's game, the over/under has been set at 42 total points (View CFB Sports Books).
Cincinnati (7-5) was put into a unique situation when Mark Dantonio took the coaching job at Michigan State on Nov. 27. The school originally named defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi as the interim coach and planned to have him lead the Bearcats in their bowl game.
That plan changed when Brian Kelly was named the team's new coach on Dec. 3. Kelly comes to the Bearcats after three seasons at Central Michigan, leading the Chippewas to a 9-4 record and a 31-10 win over Ohio in the Mid-American Conference championship game this year.
After consulting with Kelly and members of the team, athletic director Mike Thomas decided to let Kelly lead the Bearcats in this game. Kelly expects to have several members of his staff from Central Michigan assist him.
``Our goal was to put the best opportunity for success on the sidelines for our student-athletes,'' Thomas said. ``Coach Kelly and his staff have a wealth of knowledge regarding our opponent in the International Bowl and are ready to lead our team against Western Michigan.''
Kelly guided Central Michigan to a 31-7 win over Western Michigan (8-4) on Nov. 10.
``The opportunity to lead our team during the pre-bowl practices and in the International Bowl against Western Michigan is exciting,'' Kelly said. ``It's important that our student-athletes be focused and properly prepared for success in Toronto. They will work hard, but will enjoy the bowl experience and all that the city of Toronto has planned for them.''
While unusual, this is not the first time a new coach has taken over a team after the end of the regular season and led it in a bowl game. David Cutliffe was named coach at Mississippi after the 1998 season and directed the Rebels to a 35-18 victory over Texas Tech in the Independence Bowl.
Kelly brings an impressive resume to Cincinnati. The Chippewas improved their win total in each of his three years at the school and had their first winning record this season since 1998 with their most overall and conference victories since that season.
Kelly considers himself an offensive coach and that represents a change in philosophy for the Bearcats, who have played under coaches that were defensive coordinators the past 13 years. Kelly helped make Central Michigan one of the nation's top passing teams and plans to do the same at Cincinnati.
``It's all part of it,'' Kelly said. ``We have a unique opportunity here. It hasn't been an offense that people would necessarily want to change their schedule for. You'll change your schedule to see this offense. People will come to the stadium when you win.''
The Bearcats could use some help on offense after averaging 20.6 points per game this season, ranking 84th in the nation.
One of Kelly's first decisions will be to settle on a starting quarterback. Sophomore Dustin Grutza was the team's starter most of the season, but senior Nick Davila led the Bearcats to their biggest win of the year, a 30-11 victory over then-No. 7 Rutgers on Nov. 18.
Grutza started against Connecticut in the regular-season finale, but was replaced by Davila after injuring his back late in the second quarter. Davila has six touchdown passes and one interception this season, while Grutza has nine TDs and has been picked off 13 times.
Another area of concern for Kelly is his team's offensive line, which allowed 28 sacks, third-most in the Big East. That becomes a particularly big issue when the opponent is Western Michigan, which was second in Division I-A with 42 sacks. Linebacker Ameer Ismail led the nation with 17.
Although Cincinnati needed a win in its final game to finish above .500, it played a schedule that included five ranked opponents and was rated the second-most difficult by the NCAA.
Western Michigan's eight wins were the school's most since it had nine during the 2000 season. The Broncos finished second in the MAC's West Division, closing the regular season with a 17-0 win over Akron.
``We are very excited to not only be a part of the Inaugural International Bowl but to also be taking the field with an opponent of Cincinnati's caliber,'' Western Michigan coach Bill Cubit said. ``It will be a great event for the fans of both universities to showcase their respective football teams on a national stage.''
While Cincinnati has a strong defense that ranks 31st in the nation, Western Michigan's is even better. The Broncos boast the country's sixth-best rushing defense, limiting opponents to 71.9 yards per game, and tied Wake Forest for the most interceptions in the nation with 22.
This will be Cincinnati's fifth bowl appearance in seven seasons and eighth overall. The Bearcats had lost three straight bowl games before a 32-14 victory over Marshall in the Fort Worth Bowl on Dec. 23, 2004.
Western Michigan will be playing in a bowl game for the first time since a 35-30 loss to Fresno State in the California Bowl on Dec. 10, 1988.
Cincinnati is 2-0 against Western Michigan, but this is the first meeting since 1950.
This is the first bowl game played outside the United States since the 1937 Bacardi Bowl in Cuba.
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Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Names Beal Chief Officer for Engagement
Mar 21, 2013, 10:30 ET from Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
PCORI plans for transition, seeks new Chief Operating Officer
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) announced today the appointment of Anne C. Beal, MD, MPH, as Chief Officer for Engagement (COE), reflecting PCORI's commitment to working with healthcare stakeholders to guide its work.
Beal will continue to serve as PCORI's Deputy Executive Director after she takes on her duties in the newly created COE position. She will transition from her current position as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in the coming few months once PCORI has identified a new full-time COO to support its growing administrative, programmatic, and research funding activities.
Beal's appointment to the newly created COE position reflects an ongoing commitment to the key role the healthcare stakeholder community plays in PCORI's efforts to generate and disseminate high-quality patient-centered comparative effectiveness research with the potential to improve practice.
"Anne has been a highly valued member of our executive team since joining us in October 2011 and a great partner in helping to build PCORI from the ground up," said PCORI Executive Director Joe Selby, MD, MPH. "Her new, enhanced and full-time focus on our engagement efforts will assure that the voices of patients, caregivers, researchers, clinicians and other stakeholders guide our growing portfolio of rigorous research. Bringing on a new full-time COO, meanwhile, will assure that our operational needs continue to be managed at the highest levels of professionalism and efficiency."
Building on the success of PCORI's multiple engagement initiatives to date, Beal will oversee efforts to further develop the robust patient-centered research community essential to the institute's work. PCORI's engagement focus is based on the belief that, if "end users" are actively and meaningfully involved in the process of developing and producing healthcare research, the results are likely to be more patient-centered, trustworthy, and used to make a difference in the real world.
"Effective patient and stakeholder engagement is critical to PCORI's success," Beal said. "I look forward to working with all stakeholders across the healthcare community to help PCORI conduct research that is meaningful to patients and those who care for them and help to see the results widely disseminated and implemented."
As COO, Beal has been responsible for ensuring that PCORI developed the structure and capacity needed to carry out its mission. She oversaw recruitment and development of a talented, diverse staff of professionals charged with implementing PCORI's research agenda, built new relationships with patients, caregivers, policymakers and other stakeholder groups, provided oversight of PCORI's funding application review process, and steered the effort to bring broad public perspective and feedback into many of PCORI's activities.
A pediatrician and public health specialist, Beal has devoted her career to providing access to high-quality health care. She joined PCORI after serving as president of the Aetna Foundation, the independent charitable and philanthropic arm of Aetna Inc. There, she led the Foundation's grant-making work to improve health care in the United States, particularly for vulnerable patient groups.
Prior to her work at the Aetna Foundation, Beal was assistant vice president for the Program on Health Care Disparities at The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that aims to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable.
Beal holds a BA from Brown University, an MD from Cornell University Medical College, and an MPH from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
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Turnitin's Fall Webcasts Help Educators Improve Their Feedback
Popular series has sessions on Common Core rubrics for middle schools, identifying sophisticated plagiarists when evaluating student writing, and iPad® grading app
Aug 21, 2013, 11:00 ET from Turnitin
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Turnitin, the leader in originality checking and online grading, today announced its new schedule of webcasts to help educators advance student writing skills. The weekly series is a continuation of the popular 30-Minute Webcast series, which started in Spring 2012 and has attracted more than 8,000 attendees.
To view all the webcasts, please visit: http://www.turnitin.com/en_us/resources/webcasts.
"Educators find these webcasts a quick way to learn about the latest technology trends and best practices to improve student writing," said Jason Chu, senior education director at Turnitin. "We've gathered thought leaders to share their experiences and introduce pedagogy on how to provide students with an environment to successfully learn better writing skills."
Upcoming webcasts include:
- Paying for Plagiarism
Students are increasingly turning to custom essay writing services for help in completing assignments and in helping them "make the grade." This session will examine essay writing services and the frequency of plagiarism, and present strategies to help faculty identify ghostwritten or essay service-written work. Guests: Dave Tomar and Jonathan Bailey. Register at: http://pages.turnitin.com/WC_082913_register.html
- Caught in the Middle: Common Core in the Middle School
As the Common Core State Standards seek to define college and career readiness in high school curriculum, we will see significant pressure in the middle school classroom to level up. This webcast will focus on how the Common Core will impact middle school curriculum and assessment. Guest: Renee Swensen.
Register at: http://pages.turnitin.com/WC_0829132_register.html
- The Accidental Plagiarist: Avoiding and Addressing Unintentional Plagiarism
Most of us have a gut feeling that not all plagiarism is the same, but can plagiarism really be "accidental"? Join us for an engaging discussion on ethics in education and advice for handling questions of plagiarism in the classroom. Guest: Tricia Bertram-Gallant.
Register at: http://pages.turnitin.com/WC_090513_register.html
- Grade Anywhere: Using Turnitin for iPad
This webcast will demonstrate how instructors can use the iPad to comfortably grade student writing on- and off-line, then sync their work to an existing Turnitin account. Guest: Nick Carpenter.
Register at: http://pages.turnitin.com/WC_091213_register.html
About Turnitin
Turnitin is the global leader in evaluating and improving student writing. The company's cloud-based service for originality checking, online grading and peer review saves instructors time and provides rich feedback to students. One of the most widely distributed educational applications in the world, Turnitin is used by more than 10,000 institutions in 126 countries to manage the submission, tracking and evaluation of student papers online. Turnitin also offers iThenticate, a plagiarism detection service for commercial markets, and WriteCheck, a suite of formative tools for writers. Turnitin is backed by Warburg Pincus and is headquartered in Oakland, Calif., with an international office in Newcastle, U.K. For more information, please visit www.turnitin.com.
All products and services mentioned in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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The death of Jonas Savimbi (see Obituaries), longtime leader of the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), in a military skirmish on Feb. 22, 2002, raised hopes of an end to the civil war that had raged since Angola achieved independence in 1975. Initially, spokesmen for UNITA insisted that the struggle would go on. Government forces also tried to press home their tactical advantage by continuing to destroy crops to force the rebels to surrender. On March 15 the government offered a cease-fire, accompanied by the blanket amnesty demanded by UNITA to all fighters who laid down their arms and by a plan to rebuild the lives of the displaced civilian population, numbering more than 180,000. In return, 50,000 rebel soldiers would surrender, and many of them would be integrated into the Angolan armed forces. Appeals from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and from the leaders of South Africa, the U.S., and Portugal resulted in the signing of a cease-fire agreement in Luanda on April 4.
Numerous problems still remained before the country could return to normal, however. The restoration of the infrastructure, virtually all of which had been destroyed during the war, was an urgent task. Encouraged by the prospect of increased international investment in oil exploration as a result of the end of hostilities—and stimulated by the perceived need to find alternative supplies to those from the troubled Persian Gulf region—the government promised to use its oil revenues, hitherto swallowed up in military expenditure, to restore the road system. In August, however, the director general of Angola's National Institute of Roads announced that funding was lacking for the $270 million project. In June plans were also announced to rebuild the 1,609-km (1,000-mi)-long Benguela Railway, which had formerly been part of a rail link between the west and east coasts of the continent.
The rehabilitation of the agricultural sector, for which an initial fund of $6 million was made available, was complicated by the presence of thousands of land mines that were scattered indiscriminately during the fighting and made farming impossible over a considerable part of the country. The fact that the government ratified the 1997 Ottawa Convention banning the use of land mines had little impact on the existing problem.
Underlying these various endeavours was a problem that had a devastating effect upon plans for regenerating the economy. Two years of drought, interspersed with floods and coupled with the ravages of civil war, had dangerously depleted the country's food stocks. By the middle of the year, the UN World Food Programme estimated that half a million people in Angola were suffering from starvation and a million others were entirely dependent upon food aid for their survival. A UN spokesman estimated that in spite of the efforts of aid workers, up to three million people would require some form of assistance in the months ahead. In addition, UNITA's participation in the recovery program was hampered by divisions within the movement.
|Quick Facts
|1,246,700 sq km (481,354 sq mi)
|(2002 est.): 10,593,000 (excluding more than 400,000 refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia)
|Chief of state and head of government:
|President José Eduardo dos Santos and, from December 5, assisted by Prime Minister Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos


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Thresholds for embarrassment are mighty high. Indeed, our culture is awash in gawking and self-display. Very few squirm.
Check out "reality programming," specifically, this summer's TV mega-hit, "Survivor," not to mention the myriad confessional talk shows out there.
The pundits have been enjoying a field day analyzing the "entertainment" phenomenon and its power to draw a large happy audience eager for more.
And why shouldn't the trend-dissectors frolic? Clearly, a line has been crossed. Concepts of privacy have little application. What was once personal is now public (everyone is busy "sharing") and, equally relevant, the demarcations between performance and reality, life and theatre are blurred.
Off-Broadway Ogling
TV is not the only medium afflicted or liberated—depending on viewpoint—by the esthetic. Consider three new Off-Broadway shows whose dramatic stamp (if that's the right term) is personal intrusion taken to a whole new level. The plays at issue are "Company," (The Rude Room, 380 Broadway) "Game Show," (45 Bleecker), and "LifeGame" (Jane Street Theatre).
At "LifeGame," a production whose conceit is not unlike a party game, an actor interviews an audience member who sits alongside him on stage. And, on the basis of the guest's answers—some of the questions are quite personal—a group of performers, who are also seated on stage, improvise scenes from his or her (the guest's) life.
Like any form of improvisational theatre, some of the skits are mildly amusing, most fall flat. But then, that element of risk-taking—acting without a net (e.g. a script)—is precisely part of a sensibility that thrives on the possibility that public failure will occur.
The audience volunteer, of course, is the centerpiece. Beyond the unspoken notion that "Every life has a story that is stage-worthy"—in this universe, that idea is axiomatic—something more troubling is at play. The "guest" is there to reveal aspects of himself (the more personal or quirkier the better) that serve as grist for the acting mill.
The guest's mission is twofold: to use himself as the basis for an entertaining "script," and then become the audience to his own life. Part of the evening's oddball dynamic is watching the guest watching what's unfolding. On the night we attend, one scene dramatizes the guest's mom coldly rejecting him for being gay. The guest looks slightly troubled, and on some level, that's what the audience comes for, a real person having a real response; although if he sheds a few tears it would be even better.
The unchallenged assumption is that personal disclosure is therapeutic, for the listener as well as the speaker, and with the right finishing touches ("clever" improvisation), it's damn good theatre! "Oprah" meets SNL filtered through a psychodrama lens. "LifeGame" is an Improbable Theatre production. Improbable (appropriately named) is a British-based long-running improvisational troupe.
The boisterous "Game Show" also relies heavily on improvisational skills—the audience's as well as the actors'; although this interactive ditty operates on several levels. For starters, a literal game show is taking place. Indeed, audience members are the contestants who compete for prizes. The theatre has been morphed into a TV studio, complete with TV monitors, applause signs, a warm-up comic, and a slick game show host (played by the very capable Michael McGrath) who pitches questions to the contestants. He also patters, ad-libs, and plays off everyone.
During the "commercial breaks," "Game Show" extends the metaphor, presenting our host and his director, producer, tech-people (all played by actors) in a series of (fully scripted) self-serving, conniving, back-stabbing games with each other. Everyone is desperate to move up the career ladder. These sections are intended to offer the audience a comic behind-the-scenes peek into the underbelly of broadcast news.
Finally, the real and pretend worlds are brought together in the ultimate game. Without giving away too much—there is an element of surprise—the night we are there, our host (McGrath) brings a member of the audience "backstage" during "the commercial break." Having flirted with her earlier in the evening, he now attemps to seduce her in his "dressing room."
The audience member is abruptly a participant in the "fictional" world and has the potential to change the play's outcome. Remember, much of the evening is based on improvisation. Check this out. The woman from the audience is alone in the "dressing room" when the phone rings. Naturally, she picks it up, giggling foolishly. The audience howls. Regardless, her real—or pretend—embarrassment is simply unendurable. To this viewer, the whole bit is excruciatingly awkward and, in the end, manipulative.
But then much of the evening provokes queasiness, like watching theatregoers jumping up and down and waving in front of cameras, as if they really were in a television studio. And then, there's the genuine pain that some of the contestants feel when they miss a question. Equally uncomfortable-making are their frequently unfunny comments that demean themselves and trip up the actors, who have to adlib entertainingly and in character.
Whether these improvised interchanges work or not, there's the sense that something creepy may occur at any moment. What makes it even worse is its total pointlessness. There are no big bucks at stake here. The grand prizes are on the order of digital cameras. The desire to be a celebrity is so strong (oh, for that 15 minutes of fame) that members of the audiences are willing to humiliate themselves in a theatre seating several hundred, in order to pretend they are humiliating themselves in front of a television audience of millions.
So, what's missing in this world of interactive theatre? Not much, short of physical contact, and one show out there provides that, too. It is the San Francisco-based Rude Mechanicals production of "Company," a little known work by Samuel Beckett.
Subtitled "An Interactive Beckett Bedtime Story," "Company" is a man's inner monologue, voicing personal reflections, memories, and images throughout his life. These surface in that netherworld somewhere between wakefulness and sleep or, perhaps, moments before death.
To make the experience real for the audience—indeed, to cast each theatregoer in the role of central character—all the participants in the house become onstage players. Oddly enough, although "Company" engages the audience physically (actors poke and prod theatregoers), it is the least intrusive of the plays discussed, probably because there is something impersonal and anonymous in all the intimacy. Everyone in the audience wears blindfolds—that's right, blindfolds—and no one is in a position to stare at and assess anyone else.
Actors escort each blindfolded theatregoer into the performing space, where he (the audience member) is gently lowered to the floor and placed on his back. Within short order, his head his propped up by a pillow and he is covered with a blanket. (A stuffed animal might be nice!)
During the 70-minute event, audience members are massaged, stroked, clutched (handholding is big), and re-arranged into various postures on and off the floor. Upright, they are led around the room like confused blind men. Prostrate, a theatregoer may be molded into a fetus shape, or stretched out, hands across chest, suggesting a corpse in his coffin.
Throughout, layers of soft voices recite the text—usually whispered directly into the participant's ear—while a chorus of utterances echoes the words in the background. The text is bleak and frightening. The evening evokes an unlikely galaxy where tormented nocturnal souls romp about with New Age convergence theorists.
At the end, after the play's central character has completed his journey and has come to some kind of inner resolution, theatregoers, now sitting on top of their blankets, are instructed to remove their blindfolds and meet and greet the actors. Social mingling follows, and everyone is served milk and cookies. Something stronger might be in order, although the goal is to create a warm, child-like environment. Ideally, the scene incites memories in theatregoers that are good, but in fact don't have to be, as long as they're real.
There May Be Trouble Ahead
The quest for that added dose of reality is the driving force behind the aforementioned productions, assert their creators, who lament what they see as a theatre gone static. In varying degrees, they are all attempting to bring to theatre those elements that are immediate, interactive, and unpredictable.
Still, these innovators acknowledge the dangers of "reality" programming and the potential for collective embarrassment. Interestingly, each of the creators and/or performers we interviewed maintains that, while those pesky pitfalls may exist in other shows, theirs is different. To begin with, they contend, nobody is forced into participating.
Even at "Company," theatregoers know from the outset what is expected of them. Upon arriving, they are told to read the instructions in the program before the show begins. And once it does, if anyone is uncomfortable, he is urged to raise his hand like a cop halting traffic (admittedly without voiced comment), to be ushered out of the theatre.
"That's only happened twice," recalls "Company" adapter Lane Savadove. "For two women, certain emotions had been triggered and they had to leave. Each sat in the lobby and cried quietly, and then returned. Nobody has walked out not to return.
"All of our actors have been trained—it's been part of the rehearsal process—to touch theatregoers gently and supportively," Savadove continues. "And the actors are always taking their cues from the audience members. When you watch it, you realize just how much of an ensemble piece it is, with audience members and actors choreographing the work together."
He points out, "Other interactive shows have their roots in pop-cult or MTV, and there is the drive in New York to create 'event theatre' as a way of making your mark. Our motivation is very different. We want to take a deep and subtle text and make it accessible. In fact, our goal is not to create an interactive event at all. On the contrary, we want to slow everyone down in order to listen to both the text as well as the thoughts inside themselves."
Says Jeffrey Finn, co-author of "Game Show": "We want to create a new form of interactive theatre where people can let down their guard, win prizes, and see a play. It's a great package," he chortles. "Look, all of our contestants are volunteers. It's amazing how many people come into the theatre carrying signs, 'Pick me! Pick me!' This is a star-driven culture. Everyone wants to be a star. We give them that chance. We are part of a theatre that is redeveloping itself."
Lee Simpson, a long-time improviser with the Improbable Theatre, sees "LifeGame" in a similar vein. "Yes, we do believe there's a blurring of the line between reality and theatre, but that's also true of any great play. The essence of reality and truth is always there. With us, real life takes on the character of fiction. We show what can happen to an ordinary life—what an awful term—if the storytelling technique is applied to it." He stresses, "We give our guests their dignity. They can veto where a story goes, and we are sensitive to those feelings."
"LifeGame" is the brainchild of Keith Johnstone, Improbable Theatre's founder. It grew out of Johnstone's "irritation with improvisation," says Simpson. "He felt improvisation had lost its impact to stay with an audience once it [the audience] had left the theatre. And the only way improvisation could have the effect of a good play, he decided, was if there were real people up on stage. Further, once a real person was involved, all the performers would treat the material with more respect, and no longer feel obliged to be funny all the time." "LifeGame" has been touring the U.K. for 15 years.
Still, the questions remain: Why would any "real person" lend himself to this experience? Why would anyone want his life dramatized in front of a theatre full of strangers?
"Most of our guests are there for any number of reasons," notes Simpson. "One or two think they're going to be the stars of a roast. Most are there because they see it as a challenge, a way of daring themselves. They want to see what it's like, they're intrigued by the whole idea."
Peter Boruchowitz, a fortysomething massage therapist, is "LifeGame" 's guest the night we attend. He says, "I did it as a lark. I am not an attention-getter, but I found the experience terrific. Who wouldn't want professional actors acting out his life? It was like a big party everyone was throwing for me. Sometimes they hit it right on and occasionally brought up feelings I hadn't had in years. Some of those feelings were sad, but that's okay. There were a few times I censored myself and now I wish I had been more open. No, I never thought about the audience's response to me, or the whole evening. I probably had the best time. And my friends, who came to groove on my life, the second best time!"
Who Goes?
Demographically, the guests and audiences run the gamut.
"We've had people in their 20s and those in their 90s," says Simpson. "Our best guest was a 92-year-old man in Leeds, who had had a very sad life, and yet continued to be full of hope. At the end of the evening, he said being part of the show was one of the most meaningful experiences of his life." Comparing New York "guests" with their British counterparts, Simpson observes that many New Yorkers have been through therapy, know all the jargon, and are a tad facile. "Beneath all the softness, they're hard." So there are added pressures on the performers. Still, everyone seems to be having a grand time, he underscores.
The same is true at "Game Show" whose demographics are especially unexpected. The play is being presented in a downtown venue, but the audience—at least the night we are there—is largely middle-aged, middle-class, and mainstream in appearance. Indeed, they look like the kind of people who could make up the studio audience at a real game show.
Actor Michael McGrath, who plays the smooth host, observes, "Most of the contestants are professionals—teachers and lawyers. One man said he was a cardiac surgeon. Another claimed to write the crossword puzzles for The New York Times. We have no way of knowing if they're telling the truth. They may see 'Game Show' as a place to enact their fantasies."
Among the three shows, "Company" seems to attract the youngest audience, although a handful of 40ish theatregoers are also evident. Thirty-nine-year-old Sam Truitt, who works at one of the business-to-business dot coms, is particularly taken with the experience, describing it as "profound. The actors were our guides to intimacy. They were an angelic presence. My only reservation was that I found the end of the piece a little cold. We're lying on the floor under the blankets and suddenly we're told it's over and we can take off our blindfolds. That was too abrupt."
And Where Will It All End?
One wonders how Truitt and the others might respond to interactive theatre at its next level, the upcoming "Box Opera," featuring David Leslie in a one-, no, two-man show. After all, a member of the audience participates in this, ahem, boxing match. Yes, boxing match. A ring has been set up in a theatre, or a space as it's now dubbed (at 353 Broadway), and the players sport boxing gloves and protective headgear.
Leslie, who defines himself as an "impact addict," challenges an audience member to knock him down for a thousand-dollar prize. Each participant gets 15 uninterrupted shots at him, although Leslie will defend himself. The next bout can be caught Nov. 11, and then again on Dec 9.
This stuff can't be invented. Indeed, if a novelist or playwright came up with it, his work would be dismissed as implausible and contrived.
Talk about tacky (indeed, kinky) self-display—on all sides. You can't top it. Then again, we wouldn't place any bets.


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Wow! Chris is a life saver. Got dropbox, sent pm message, got manual. All within 20 minutes. Thank you Chris for your dedication!! I cant wait to start riding again. W00t!!!
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Hello Chris, Thanks for uploading the factory manual. Hope to do the same with my xl185s factory manual. I just joined dropbox, and hope to download the manual you have. Email to firstname.lastname@example.com when you have a chance. Cheers. Burt
Picked up a 79 xl 250 on the cheap. Not sparking according to PO who had it about 8 years and never got around to it. Looking forward to getting the manual and getting started! Thanks Chris. I have some manuals on my computer as well and will put them out there if I can figure it out. firstname.lastname@example.com
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Four months after having its hand slapped by TREB, this online brokerage is closing its doors.
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Provincial and Federal Governments have no interest in creating a class of professional agents. This could lead to a monopoly. Therefore the more real estate agents (is it 40,000 in the GTA?) the better. We live in an age of oversupply of labour (Free Trade or open trade with low wage countries when it comes to manufacturing). In order to cloud the truth of the government's intent they have a multitude of training programs which in most cases are fit for Grade 5 Students. That gives the appearance of professionalism because every agent has to have these credit courses to keep his/her licence. Ask around in any office if you can find an agent who can write a legally binding contract without the assistance of a computer. Many agents don't even know the legal ramifications of the "small print" in the standard offer forms. The "Part Time Agent" status is a non-starter. Cops and Fireman have real estate licences. TTC drivers have real estate licenses. There are more and more agents who actually pay their customers to do business. New business models are being created as we speak and creating more professional real estate agents is not the main motivation for this creativity. There is always hope that those politicians who get it allow the industry to do the right thing and actually create more professional agents, but after decades in the business I am not hopeful. The professional real estate industry has created much wealth for consumers and a lot of tax income for governments. Yet the people in the industry have little political influence and the politicians with their army of bureacrats believe that this gives the government a free hand in playing with this "success monster" until something goes wrong. If this was not so serious it would actually be amusing.
Being an independent contractor I choose who I work for and give them my full attention. With that said I take care of my small client base with 100 % attention and satisfaction..I work on referrals. I see what you so called full timers are all about---I have spoke with many people about the care and dedication when you have 30 listings or so is that your too busy to ever return your clients phone calls and update them on the current status of their home. When you become too busy you forget what really matters... your client--not your money..I believe that is what it is all about..greed..
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I hate to rain on your parade, but even if you found remnants, you wouldn't be able to make a rug with them. They are thick and require a special machine to put them together. However, if you found them, you could probably take them to a carpeting place and they'd put them together for you–for a fee, of course.
Another idea, if you're not absolutely stuck on Kiliims, is to find other things–eg, small Mexican rugs, rag rugs, old hooked rugs, etc.
But anything that would be thick enough to work on a rug would have to be taken somewhere–OR you could do it by hand! NOT! I've tried it.
There's no regular sewing machine that could do this. If you're thinking of making something heavy duty like upholstery or slipcovers (potentially 6 layers of fabric in places), ask the salesperson about it ahead of time. Some really struggle on these things.
You're not raining on the parade, just giving welcome input to an idea. I have two very old kilims (75 or so years) and their weave is not that dense, perhaps from ages, not nearly as dense as a pillow I have. So I think it might vary with the remnants found (although a long shot). I was going to mention other kinds of scraps, including leather…or canvas that would be rubberized (I'm looking into that). The sewing machine I've got my eye on does sew leather, so will keep you posted on how much it can handle (I want to finally make the bag I've been looking for for years….). Thanks for your comment and sharing your experience.
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(review also on ciao)
My feet constantly get dry so I always look out for a good foot cream. I also like experimenting with cosmetics so recently I decided to buy Boots Gorgeous Feet Deeply Intensive Moisturiser.
It comes in a transparent, thick glass jar with a pink lid. You can easily see how much cream you have in the container and any information needed will be found on the pink sticker on the front. What really surprised me is that when you open the jar, there is not any protective aluminium foil on the top! I must admit it had one advantage to it, I could simply smell it in the shop.
I was used to most of my foot creams smelling of mint but this one is completely different. The scent is extremely sweet and quite intense, I think it smells of candies. I am not a great fan of this scent and I am quite glad it seems to disappear fairly quickly as I don't think I would be able to stand it in a longer run.
The cream itself has an extremely smooth and creamy texture - it is like light cream. It is very pleasant to apply but I cannot really comment on whether it gets absorbed by skin really quickly or not - I usually put socks on and go straight to bed after applying it. It does not seem to be overly sticky or heavy.
The producer says that this is 'deeply intensive moisturiser for soft, smooth, rich hydration that lasts 24 hrs''. I am not entirely sure whether the hydration lasts for 24 hours, but just after one use my feet became much softer and smoother. It definitely moisturises very well.
Overall, I was pleased with this cream and I think it is definitely value for money. One pot of 150 ml costs £4.99 and lasts for quite a long period of time. I believe you can also buy smaller pots but I have no idea how much they cost.
Thank you for reading my review.
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A shopaholic's lifesaver
Today I will review the "Goregous Feet deeply intensive moisturizer" by Boots.
Shopper's appeal
I bought this goodie last summer when I was in London! I was on a trip of four days absolute power shopping with a friend, so you can guess what our feet felt like after the second day! They were burning and hurting so bad that on the third day we already had trouble walking although we still had a day left over! So what to do? We went to the huge Boots at Picadilly Circus and checked their shelf with footcare. Luckily, they were well stocked - I guess we weren't the first ones to come looking for something to revive their aching feet!
I ended up buying the "Reviving Foot Spray" by Boots' own brand and the "Deeply intensive moisturizer" out of Boots' own Gorgeous Feet line.
The packaging
The moisture cream comes in a jar the size of a very big facial cream jar. It's almost 5cm high and measures about 6cm in diameter.
The jar itself is clear so you can see the white cream inside. A pink sticker label goes around the jar. It shows a high-heeled shoe and the "Gorgeous Feet" name is written in fancy script. The label claims the Cream will provide you soft, smooth and rich hydration that lasts. The manufacturer's address is given as well.
You can peel the label off at one side so it will fold open without being torn off completely. There you get much more information on the product - how to use, how it will work and what the ingredients are!
How to use and how it'll help
You're supposed to start using it daily first, rubbing it on your feet until no spot feels dry anymore. Then you can gradually reduce it to using it once a week!
The cream is supposed to pamper hard-working feet and give them a lasting transformation! After use, you skin should feel super-soft and moisturized for 24 hours!
My experiences
It defenitely provides moisture! When we went back to our hotel room in the evening, I was eager to try the cream out. I was very much hoping for something that would make them hurt less because I was at a point where every step I took made me clench my fists because my feet felt like they were burning up!
So after a refreshing shower, I sat down on the bed and opened the jar. I immediately noticed the wonderful scent! The smell biscuits and finally, but there is something fruity to it as well! It's very hard to describe - i've never smelt anything like it. It's very sweet, but in a subtle way.
The cream is easy to spread and rub into your feet as it is thick, but not too gooey. My feet instantly felt better! I was able to relax and the pain really became less prominent.
What I wasn't too happy with was how long it took the cream to be asborbed. I reckon it's a common problem with foot creams - they always leave your feet feeling a bit weird. The cream was not too quickly absorbed and my feet welt a bit weird afterwards.
Altogether, I am still very satisfied with how the cream worked. My feet hurts less and weren't dry anymore. They really looked a lot better.
The next day I bought another of these creams to take home with me and whenever my feet hurt or feel dry, I slap it on! :)
I had no allergic reactions or any other problems of that nature. If you have allergies, please check the ingredients before buying!
The ingredients
Aqua, Paraffinum liquidum, Glycerin, Butylene glycol, Aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, Glyceryl stearate, PEG-100 stearate, Dimethicone, Cetyl alcohol, Cetearyl alcohol, Petrolatum, Butyrospermum parkii butter, Theobroma cacao butter, Aqua mineralis, Phenoxyethanol, PEG-20 stearate, Dipropylene glycol, Methylparaben, Carbomer, Parfum, Propylene glycol, Propylparaben, Potassium hydroxide, Tetrasodium EDTA, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexenecarboxaldehyde, Benzyl alcohol, Linalool, Aloe barbadensis extract.
The cream is £4.99 for 150ml.
My cream is a small one of 50ml, I believe it was about £2.00 or 2.50. There was also an offer if I remember it correctly. On the Boots website there is an offer where you get your second Boots footcare product half price if you buy two.
I would defenitely recommend this to anyone who is going on a trip where you have to walk a lot. Give you feet and treat - they deserve it for carrying you around all the time! ;)
Searching the shelves in Boots for a cream to moisturise my feet and, in particular, my heels I came across the Boots Gorgeous Feet Deeply Intensive Moisturiser. It comes in a glass jar in 2 sizes, 150ml for £4.99 and 50ml for £1.99 and looks pretty with a pink lid and pink label. There is a picture of a sandal on the label indicating that once this cream is used your feet will be beautiful enough to bare to the world! I, therefore, had great expectations of this foot cream and couldn't wait to try it when I got home.
The label is one of those where you peel back the top layer to reveal the directions and ingredients. The instructions suggest using the cream every day to start with until the skin has softened and then once a week or as required.
The perfume of this cream is gorgeous. I can't identify a particular scent, perhaps a hint of coconut, but overall it is divine and makes my feet smell lovely - always a good thing!
The cream itself is rich and quite thick and a smallish blob can be spread over the whole foot, rubbing it well into the soles and around the toe nails and balls of the feet where skin can become quite dry. It feels luxurious and for a short time my skin feels very soft after using it.
I am a bit disappointed in this product though as although it smells gorgeous and makes my skin really soft for a while, my skin doesn't stay moisturised for the 24 hours that it boasts on the jar and I haven't found any long term improvement in the skin of my feet which still feels and looks dry after the cream has worn off.
A luxurious cream with a lovely smell, making feet feel pampered although it hasn't had a long term effect on my dry skin. Sorry Boots, only 3 stars for this one.
I have quite dry skin on my feet and last summer I got really fed up of wearing flip flops and having my feet on show all the time while I had some really dry skin and hard feet in places.
So after a recommendation I tried this deeply intensive moisturiser from Boots' Gorgeous Feet range. I thought it was pretty expensive at around £5 for the big pot but after someone else saying it was good I decided to give it a try anyway.
The best thing about this is the smell - it has a strong sweet smell that really reminds me of cream soda and every time I open it I have to take a big sniff first. It smells so much of cream soda that I find it quite hard not to lick some out of the pot and I can't help but fancy a glass of cream soda after I've used it!
The moisturiser won't work wonders after just one application but after only a few days of using it I can feel my feet starting to feel softer and smoother. This is the sort of cream that you have to continue using in order for your feet to stay feeling soft. It doesn't need to be used every single day but a couple of times a week or every day for a couple of weeks before a holiday will do the job. It works even better if you file your feet beforehand - I use a ped egg on my feet to get rid of the dry skin and then put this moisturizer on afterwards and the two used together works wonders on my feet after only one application.
Although this is a little expensive, I think it's worth it as it does what it's meant to do and makes your feet feel soft and smooth - plus the smell is just delicious!
Smooth, soft moisturising for 24 hours /


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Selfies take centre stage with fans at music fest
They came armed with wellies, safe in the knowledge that an Irish music festival is not complete without buckets of rain and bathfuls of mud.
But the rain mostly stayed away from Marlay Park, boosting the mood of 20,000 music fans who came to enjoy acts such as Haim, Disclosure and The 1975.
Longitude is part of a new wave of 'urban' festivals sweeping Europe.
With no camping, the attendance is largely drawn from greater Dublin and there was none of the muddy misery traditionally associated with Irish festival-going.
Wellies discarded, the fashions ran from sublime to absurd.
But the dominant fashion statement was the selfie.
Punters posed for selfies by the bridge – named 'Jeff Bridges' – that crossed the Dodder; they took selfies as they danced or pushed their way to the front.
That said, the relatively small venue meant you could enjoy the music from whatever vantage you fancied.
For many, that meant stretching out on the yellowed Marlay Park turf, basking in the heat and trying to avoid the inevitable spilled beer raining down from passersby.
Longitude kicked off on Friday with Bastille, whose hit 'Pompeii' is the most streamed in music history.
Big names on Saturday included Sam Smith and Wicklow's Hozier.
Yesterday the festival nodded towards the past, as nineties group Massive Attack closed the evening, supported by Mercury Music Prize nominated Londoners Rudimental.
Irish Independent


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Education Faculties of Texas Baptist Schools to Meet April 4-5April 2, 1997
WACO, Texas -- More than 70 education faculty members, representing 100 percent of the education faculties from Baptist colleges and universities in Texas, will attend a conference Friday and Saturday, April 4-5, on the Baylor University campus.
Baylor's School of Education will host all eight Texas Baptist schools and Oklahoma Baptist University in a conference for education faculty members.
"The purpose of the conference will be for the education faculty members to examine two major themes that impact the preparation of future teachers in Texas," said Dr. James L. Williamson, The Fred Hale Professor of Education and acting dean of Baylor's School of Education. "The first is how educators can use emerging technologies to better prepare future teachers, and the second is to examine the relationship between faith and learning."
In the opening session from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center, Dr. Wallace Davis, president of Wayland Baptist University, will speak about "The Relationship of Faith and Learning."
Dr. Eddyth Worley, internationally known expert in distance learning and consultant for Nortel Inc., in Washington D.C., will be the featured speaker from 2-3:30 p.m. Friday in Room 139 of the Draper Academic Building. Worley will talk about "Education and Technology."
Dr. Don Newberry, president of Howard Payne University, will speak during dinner from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday at the Brazos Club. Newberry will speak about "Education, We're in it for Life."
The eight Texas Baptist schools include Baylor, Dallas Baptist University, East Texas Baptist University, Hardin-Simmons University, Houston Baptist University, Howard Payne University, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and Wayland Baptist University.
For more information, contact Williamson at (817) 755-3111.
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text: So. My friend has to work this week... she was supposed to be done by friday, but now she has to work until wednesday of next week. I am stuck in her Apartment until then with nothing to do, because they won't let me into the pool as I am not a resident (and with break something, or something something. ). I also don't have a car. This means, I AM GOING CRAZY. I was really looking forward to spending my time at the pool this week, but they ruined it for me, so now I have me, an empty apartment and the interwebs. -.- SO. Is anyone around and feel like doing a mini-chaz meet up?


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Changing the education system is the need of the hour. Education system is one of the important pillars on which our society is developed. It should be an epitome of the past and at the same time it has to be contemporary.
How long are we just going to stick to the class room teaching? Teaching method calls for a change. Technology should be adopted; visual based teaching method with the help of broadband can be of great help for teachers in villages also .There is an urgent need to add more practicals in the subjects. Foreign languages, Co-Curriculum activities such as sports and music should be introduced in the syllabus. It should be coupled with technology and there has to be a structured education system in the country. Syllabus in villages and cities has to be uniformed. At the same time we have to see that our students learn our state language that is Gujarati. Our education system should recruit good teachers. And Gujarat state should have more number of Engineering, Pharma and Medical colleges.


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Message-sending still acceptable to players
Message-sending still acceptable to players
In a Spring Training game.
That evening, Baker went to dinner with Hank Aaron and Gibson. Aaron asked the pitcher why he had he had thrown at Milner.
"Gibson said he heard [Milner] could hit and wanted to get him in line," the Reds manager related. "I was hoping he hadn't heard much about me, because I could hit more than Milner."
And that's the way it was.
But is that the way it still is?
And should it be?
Those questions surfaced once again in the wake of Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels nailing Nationals rookie phenom Bryce Harper in the small of the back with a 93-mph fastball Sunday night ... and then admitting that he'd done it on purpose, earning a five-game suspension.
A quick survey by MLB.com revealed a strong acceptance of the notion that pitchers have to be able to work inside and that occasionally sending a message with a pitch that will leave a bruise is a given. Criticism of Hamels focused not on what he did, but the fact that he was candid about his motivations afterward.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland, who is as old-school as can be, got worked up about it on his pregame radio show.
"Personally, if I was making that vote, it would be a 15-game suspension, at least," he said. "I don't know Cole Hamels, so I certainly don't have any qualms with Cole Hamels. I know he's a very good pitcher, a very talented guy, but when you come out and admit it like that -- that ball could have missed, hit him in the head or something else like that -- and you come out and admit that ... I would expect that if that was my pitcher. If my pitcher went out and, almost in a braggadocious way, talked about hitting a guy and [said] 'I did it on purpose' [I'd feel the same way]."
Added Cubs reliever James Russell: "There are absolutely times when it's necessary, [but] I don't think you need to go out and tell people, 'Hey, I did it on purpose,' and brag about it. That's kind of stupid and immature. It's part of the game. You're supposed to just do it and keep your mouth shut about it, not go tell everybody about it."
Obviously, there's no place in baseball for intentionally trying to hurt another player. Along those lines, throwing near somebody's head is universally frowned upon. Beyond that, however, is a large gray area.
"You don't ever have to hit somebody, but there are a lot of times where it warrants something like that," Braves right-hander Tim Hudson said. "It depends on what happens. You should never hit somebody just because you don't like them or the way somebody plays. That's personal. [But] if somebody crosses one of the unwritten rules of baseball, sometimes things have to be done. I think pretty much everybody would agree there are certain things that happen that are no-nos in the game and something has to be done."
Dave Hollins -- who in a 12-year career with the Phillies, Red Sox, Twins, Mariners, Angels, Blue Jays and Indians was hit by pitches 66 times, including a league-leading 19 in 1992 -- broke down some reasons why a pitcher might be justified in knocking down a batter, or even hitting him.
"A lot of times it was maybe a guy was absolutely tearing it up," Hollins said. "He's on top of the plate and they can't get him out. So they're going to pitch inside to try to get him off the plate and maybe put a little thought in his head so maybe he's not so comfortable in there. That's one that always warranted it, if you can't find a way to get him out, you've got to try to pound the inner half. And if you miss and hit him, so what? And if you don't, you're pitching inside to see if he can handle the hard stuff in.
"Other than that, it's more like a cheap slide, trying to hurt somebody. Did you show up a pitcher after a big hit, standing there too long staring at a home run? Too long of a trot around the bases? Those are the kinds of things that would warrant the guys in your own dugout expecting you to get plunked, you know?"
Another example of showing up a pitcher is swinging away on a 3-0 count when your team has a big lead in the late innings.
"You have to be able to pitch in," said ESPN analyst Terry Francona, the former big league manager who worked Sunday night's game. "The problem is sometimes pitchers don't know how to pitch in and the hitters are diving and that's when things can get bad."
Referring specifically to Harper, Hudson added: "Don't hate him because he's pretty hyped up. He hadn't done anything to disrespect anybody. He's got some flair. But just about every kid now when they get called up just about does. It goes back to the whole travel-ball era. The kids now are treated like big leaguers when they are 12 or when they hit their first homer."
Baker agreed that hitters today tend to react more strongly to getting buzzed than hitters of his generation.
"It used to be more appropriate. It used to be very appropriate," he said. "That's probably the thing that's changed the most in baseball. There's very little intimidation allowed. Before, when I came in, they'd see if you could hit a fastball, curveball, slider, changeup, and then they'd see if they could affect you by knocking you down. There were some that were affected. There are some affected now, even if the ball is just close to them.
"I remember talking to Willie Mays and those guys. Mays said Don Drysdale used to knock him down every at-bat. I asked [Aaron] one time, 'Hank, why do they keep knocking me down?' Hank said, 'If they knock you down, it's a sign of respect that you can hit.' They didn't try to knock down guys that couldn't hit. Those were out men."
In his 2009 book, "The Complete Game," Mets announcer Ron Darling, a big league pitcher from 1983-95, discussed the topic.
"Retaliation has always been a part of baseball," he wrote. "It was a much bigger part in my day than it is now, but it's so deeply woven into the fabric of the game that it will never go away entirely. ... It's expected. And, in its own way, it's accepted."
Hollins, who retired 10 years ago, also noted how much the approach has changed.
"The game is different today," he said. "With all the injuries and stuff coming out on concussions and player safety and star players being lost, it's not the same game. It's hard to compare that type of ball with what's going on today. They don't even want guys sliding into the catcher. Where it used to be you were expected to take the catcher out, try to knock the ball loose to score a run.
"You didn't think about if you hurt a Buster Posey and he's out for the year, how does that affect a team and the popularity of the league. Really, it's comparing apples and oranges."
In Gibson's 1994 autobiography, "Stranger to the Game," he said he "despised" hitters and that the inside pitch was "my warhead." And Gibson was unapologetic if that meant somebody happened to get hurt in the process.
"[Duke] Snider was an excellent left-handed pull hitter, and I pitched him away even though the Los Angeles Coliseum had a short left field," he wrote, citing one such occasion. "When he saw what I was doing, he reached out and poked one over that friendly left-field fence. That was fair enough, but the next time I was still pitching outside and I noticed he was edging out that way, daring me by venturing too close to the plate. So I threw the next one tight to brush him back. He was still expecting the pitch away, and leaned into it.
"The ball broke his elbow. As far as I was concerned, though, he had named the tune and there was no need to apologize. I saw Snider later and ... he understood.
"These days, there is a more neighborly air between the pitcher and the hitter. Modern trends have made them allies in many important respects. Many share an agent. They play golf together and consort in business affairs. ... Meanwhile, they are well aware that their confrontations on the field will be closely monitored by the umpires, and consequently one has no reason to regard the other ... as an immediate threat to his livelihood. ... The rules promote this sort of congeniality."
That may be true, but there remains a general understanding that, within limits and under certain circumstances, there's nothing wrong with a pitcher throwing at a hitter. Just as long as he doesn't admit to it afterward.
Paul Hagen is a reporter for MLB.com. Reporters Jason Beck, Mark Bowman, Carrie Muskat and Mark Sheldon contributed. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Desmond's rehab keeps chugging along
Desmond's rehab keeps chugging along
Desmond, on the disabled list since July 22 with a torn left oblique, went through his first full pregame workout with the Nationals on Monday at AT&T Park. Desmond was scheduled to take batting practice, field ground balls and participate as if he were going to play in Washington's series opener against San Francisco.
The shortstop has been speeding through rehab milestones over the last week or so. He began taking grounders in Houston last week, started hitting in the cage this weekend in Arizona and now, he's going through a full workout on the field.
"Hopefully he comes through that with no problems," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "He's had no tenderness in that area. That's great. So if he continues to go through his workout, no need to speed it up."
Desmond is scheduled to participate in two more full pregame workouts with the Nationals in San Francisco, then the club will make a decision after that. Johnson said there is a plan in place for Desmond, "and I'm not telling you. I want him to get through these three days.
"I've got a little plan in the back of my head," he added. "If we get through Wednesday, I'll tell you what it is. You'll know by then."
However, Johnson didn't seem to be in favor of Desmond going out on a long Minor League rehab assignment. Many players will say they need those games in the Minors just to get back their timing and see if they can withstand the rigors of a full nine-inning game. But Johnson, who previously has said he wants Desmond back as soon as he's fully recovered, doesn't think Desmond will need too long.
"Timing is going to be different for every pitcher you face. As long as you're healthy and your stroke is fine -- which his stroke is outstanding -- you catch up pretty quick," Johnson said. "I don't think it's going to help his timing [against] guys in [Class A] Potomac, who throw it 100 and don't throw it over."


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Peter Lord, co-founder of Aardman Animations studio, has launched a campaign to crowdfund a new 12-episode online series of Morph. Morph, an animated Plasticine figure familiar to generations of children from his appearances in Tony Hart's Take Hart and Hartbeat, and his own spin-off show, The Amazing Adventures of Morph, was co-created by Lord and David Sproxton in 1977.
The campaign was launched on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter on October 29, and within 48 hours Lord and his team had raised around £22,000 of their £75,000 goal.
Lord wrote about his reasons for resurrecting the character as part of his Kickstarter pitch. "I'm amazed and humbled," he wrote, "that even though it has been over 30 years since his birth, the little guy still has such a passionate following on Facebook and YouTube. We've had so many people asking for him to make a comeback that I thought it's about time we start hatching a plan."
Aside from fundraising online, Lord has also expressed a desire to crowdsource ideas for storylines. Everyone who backs the project will get access to a private production blog showing scripts and storyboards, and they will also have the opportunity to submit ideas for stories. Lord aims to start filming in January, with episodes released online by July.
Higher-value contributions will be rewarded with executive and associate producer credits, as well as Morph figurines - some of which will be modelled after the donors.
Morph was one of the first commercially successful animations created by Lord and Sproxton, and its success helped to fund the nascent Aardman Studios. Aardman is now one of the most successful animation studios in the world, the creative force behind Creature Comforts, Wallace and Gromit and films such as Chicken Run, Flushed Away and Arthur Christmas.
Every animator that has worked at Aardman, including Nick Park, has made and animated a Morph to prove their skills.


text: On 16 September 2010 15:30, Felipe Lessa <felipe.lessa at gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Duncan Coutts > <duncan.coutts at googlemail.com> wrote: >> It's true that the naming scheme would be more consistent, however I >> think the more important point is to communicate clearly to users of >> the platform what it is that they need to do. >> > This is probably the last chance we have to deprecate the name 'mtl'. Is this actually a problem? Duncan


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Taiwan fades as China enjoys economic success – Kathrin Hille
Chen Ming-sheng looks tired. After 15 years, he is closing his small car parts business in Taipei. "It's not worth it any more. The only ones making money are IT exporters," he says. "The government is just not dedicated to making business flourish." With more than 3 per cent growth expected this year, Taiwan's economy is not exactly in crisis. But having boasted one of the fastest growth rates in Asia in the 1980s and 1990s, it now trails the rest of the region a trend many blame on the government's failure to implement essential reforms.


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FORMER Reserve Bank governor Bernie Fraser says the pursuit of a federal budget surplus is harming the economy.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she is intent on achieving a budget surplus for 2012/13, following a series of deficits.
However, some economists, unions, welfare groups and senior Labor figures say the promise should be set aside for now in order to give the national economy a shot in the arm.
Mr Fraser told ABC radio today delivering a surplus this financial year is the wrong strategy.
"There are a lot of other crazy people out there trying to do the same thing, generate surpluses when their economies are falling over,'' he said.
"But it is harming the economy.''
Originally published as Government's budget surplus 'crazy'


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jammin m/ixed tape yeee
Album Rating: 4.5mixed tape is pretty much a perfect song honestly
Album Rating: 4.0A surprisingly impressive album of piano based pop-rock. More often than not however, this is performed with a pace that belies its genre... As well as occasional flashes of under-rated guitar work. Lead man Andrew McMahon proves his talent by somehow making rather straight-forward music sound completely original. With his catchy melodies and witty, yet genuine, lyrics that include very good story-telling, the songs also have a feel good nature about them, even if the themes do not. Likeable in every way, the album does lose a bit of steam between tracks 7-10a. Recommended Tracks: The Mixed Tape, I'm Ready, Dark Blue & Holiday From Real.
Album Rating: 4.5sweet picks for best tracks, davey
i'm a little surprised you didn't 4.5 this, the first 5-6 songs are such an easy 5 for me that it'd be a crime rating this anything worse than a 4.5 haha
Album Rating: 3.0these davey boy sounds offs make me feel like a young-un again T.T
this is terrible
Album Rating: 4.0terribly good ya
Digging: Langhorne Slim - Lost At Last, Vol 1
Aw man, this is one of those albums that carries almost too many memories for me.
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffI know, I feel like I have at least one for each track
Album Rating: 3.0dam mindles ;/
Album Rating: 3.5album reminds me of youth
Album Rating: 4.5still the best thing ever damn
Album Rating: 3.0makes me feel warm and happy :]
Album Rating: 4.5as it should
perfect summer album
Album Rating: 3.5I would replay I'm Ready all the time just to sing-along the part where he goes "My life has become a boring pop song and everyone's singing along."
ahh, the glory days
Album Rating: 4.5almost summerrrr
10 more days
can't wait to the jam this at the beach
fuck yea we can live like thisss
Album Rating: 4.5we can live like thiisss
Album Rating: 4.0Digging this so much right now. The Mixed Tape is incredible!
Album Rating: 5.0mixed tape and dark blue (and resolution) will always be perfect tbh
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z