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Hudson, 2B
Ethier, RF
Loney, 1B
Martin, C
Kemp, CF
DeWitt, 3B
Castro, SS
Kershaw, P
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Viva los Dodgers! Beat those Rockies ! !
Hello Amy, mon amie!!! How've you been? I've missed you.
Hey, Amy! Good to see you.
Hello all!
Wow! I guess just my thoughts are getting into ITD without even posting!!!
BCG you mentioned that you agreed with Nelly & my comments. Well I haven't made any. That was Eric I think. The funny thing was I read what Torre said last night and was like "OH NO!". So my thoughts mirrored theirs and I guess got on here!!! LOL!
I pretty much agree with what was said last night & this morning.
The team has better players than Pierre & that isn't his fault. But he did have some things that were said that showed he wasn't happy with his role and his actions seem that I've seen to mirror that in terms of his interaction with his teammates. Now I'm not there in the dugout all the time but what I've seen has looked this way.
Giving a guy off every now & then is okay but not necessary for young dudes to get a day off a week.
It's not Pierre bashing to state these things and they probably wouldn't of even been said but the quotes in last nights article from Torre is what prompted them.
He is up know as I type. Let's hope he is successful.
Yea a walk. Great job. The good job there was he took pitches after 4 straight balls to Kersh.
Seeing POP's name up there is making me a little misty for the past…………
Joe: They say we're old and we can't see
Anything good about walks or OBP.
Juan: Well I don't care if all that's true
'Cause you got me, and baby I got you
Juan: Babe
Both: I got you babe I got you babe
Joe: They say our love won't win no games
But I don't care if we go down in flames.
Juan: I guess that's so, I don't care either
as long as I get to start instead of Ethier
Juan: Babe
Both: I got you babe I got you babe
Juan: I got 8….point 8 mil, and I put you…. in my will.
Joe: And when I'm sad, you're a clown
And if I get scared, you're always around
Joe: So let them say your hat's too big
'Cause I don't care, let them call me pig
Juan: Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb
Juan: Babe
Both: I got you babe I got you babe
Juan: I got you to write my name
Joe: I got you to lead the game
Juan: I got you to pull up my socks
Joe: I got you to take me on walks
Both: I got you babe
By dodgereric on June 18, 2008 3:48 PM
Well it looked promising.
They are getting some good hacks on this guy. Hopefully some of these line drives will start finding some gaps.
OUTSTANDING!!™, Dad/Chevelle!!!! LMFTO!!!!!!! It's great to see you my friend!!!!!!!!!!!
Dcollins, I didn't have my reading glasses on, lol. I can see fine except for reading. Things are pretty blurry if I don't wear them.
It was funny BCG because I was moaning to Wifey about the article and was saying how people are going to be moaning here as well. So I guess it made it there telepathically!
& Davis I haven't seen you here before. Welcome. If I've missed you before sorry. Please continue to post. Even different opinions are good. We don't always agree with each other here but I for one appreciate different views.
Ouch… lead off walks. They always seem to score…
Hello there Jhall!
Hey Colly!! How'Ya doin?
Lucky that the Rocks made some base running boners or we would be way out of this game. It's early, get a run or two and we can pull this one out.
From yesterdays article…
With three reserves in the starting lineup, the Dodgers will send Clayton Kershaw to the mound seeking the second series sweep over the Rockies in a little more than a week. Instructions to Kershaw will be simple.
"You just can't walk people here," pitching coach Rick Honeycutt said. "You saw it last night [15 walks]. You saw it tonight with James McDonald [four walks, three of them scoring]. Their [Colorado's] guys do it, too. It just makes your life miserable. You saw what [Ramon] Troncoso did tonight. He just attacked the strike zone."
Kershaw said he knows the drill from last year, when he started twice at Coors Field. The first time, July 22, he walked three in three innings and gave up five runs on 10 hits in a 10-1 loss. He returned Sept. 13 with two walks in six innings, allowing one run in a 5-1 win.
"[Randy] Wolf was talking about it the other day," Kershaw said. "People get psyched by Coors Field and they start to nibble and that's when you walk people and they score runs. You have to be more aggressive here than other places. If they're going to hit it, they're going to hit it. But walks will kill you. They'll kill you anywhere, but even more here."
I'm okay with the dingers… it's the walks in front of them.
Coors field is like playing slow pitch softball. The walks and extra outs are killers.
Kershaw seemed to get too shaken up after giving up the home run, but he's young. He'll learn.
I'm great! I could be better if the score was flipped, but oh well. How are you?
Good Colly, thanks for asking. Great post by the way!!! I'm getting the feeling that we are basically mailing it in today. Just playing out the string and getting out of town. I think JoJo resting alot of key players for this one sent the wrong message. I hope they prove me wrong.
Hey Wally! How the hell are you? Just got a little nostalgic. For any new readers out there, I wrote it for when pop (I think lower-case works better for your new acronym, jhall) was continually taking at-bats from Ethier last year. Thank goodness that's not the case any more!
DC, bluecrewGIRL, it's always a pleasure!
mdavis, I echo dc in encouraging differences of opinion! We never forget that we're all blue-bleeders here!
Can't hang around here a whole lot right now as they're racing in Alabama, but we've got a long way to go here with some good pinch-hitters available!
Also the Bulls – Celtics are going to 2nd OT.
Hope they can pull it out dodgereric. They need to get gong though.
Doing well Dad/Chevelle, thanks. I think you are right!!! Lower case for poppy!!! LOL!!!!
I got the same feeling Wally — mailing it in. There doesn't seem to be an intensity. But hopefully that's just me.
I'm pumped for tomorrow as I'm going to see them here in SF! 7th row behind the on deck circle!!
Good for you Colly!!!!!!!!!! Eat a hot dog and drink a beer for me!!!!
I'm sure glad Torre is resting them today and not tomorrow. I would be bummed to see that lineup out there tomorrow as opposed to our regular lineup.
I'll do the dog but the beer I have a hard time paying $10 for on a cold night. A hot day & I'll be the sucker but not on a cold night.
Boy Loney has a great glove!
That's great that you're going to the game, Dcollins. A guy that I work with that is one of my Dodger buddies is going to SF on business on Tuesday and is going to catch the game that day.
LOL Colly!!!
Ten bucks for a freaking beer!!! Geez!!! I guess that is how they pay off the bad signings.
I sip a cold $8.00 Miller's and Phew lives the High Life. Unacceptable!!!©
That's true Wally about the bad signings. I'm guessing the price of beer has gone up a bit after Schmidt, Pierre, & Jones.
Anyone know what our Runs Per Game have been this year?
Just wondering seeing as we are being shut out at Coors through 5.
I wonder if there is any correlation with anything????
I'm drinking water!!!
As I said to Wifey last night, " I wonder if Kersh saw the lineup for today & thought to himself why during my start?!!!"!
I think Joe sat too many people today, of course I'm sure he didn't count on Kershaw being so wild today. The top of the next inning we need to get some runs to have any chance.
Pierre will get things going. No worries.
So we need another SP Ned. Go get us someone else like Chad we can rely on…
What's that, you want cheese with those $6.00 Nachos. That will be an extra $1.00 to pay for Schidt!!!!!!!!!
Ummmm… Woops.
Not to say time to turn out the lights but the country is trying to go green!
Well at least it's just one game.
Yep Colly, we won the series, JoJo mailed it in today!!! Kersh inexperience really showing today!!!
Actually Wally I was thinking it's $1.00 for the chips $10 for the cheese and another $5 to but them in the tray.
The beer is $10 and the cup to pour it into is $15. Of course your not allowed to bring in any cups or trays into the stadium for safety reasons.
Atta boy Juan! Way to start it off!
LOL!!! That's why I eat heartily before I go to the ballpark.
Way to go James!! Let's not just build some momentum going into SF but at some point scratch back into this thing and give them a scare!
Well, Cardinals getting whooped on today even with their best player in the lineup. Little consolation, I know. I wonder why Pujols doesn't need days off?!!!!
I'm going to be there all day tomorrow! I'll bring a sandwich for lunch but dinner is going to be awesome!
I'll take some photo's of my food and post it on my FB so I make Heartruss' mouth water for a change!!!
Well I guess it's time to make myself useful and do some housework.
Take care all!
Go Blue!!
Bring the Ring to LA in 2009!!!
Rain it out and save our bullpen!!!!
See ya Colly!! Great to blog with you. Have fun tomorrow!!!
See ya later Dcollns. Have a great time at the game tomorrow!
See ya all later. I think they'll get back on track tomorrow. Let's sweep the Giants!
Oh well, 3 and 3 so far on the road trip. .500 on the road is OK. We need to win this series against the G'Nats. Go home with a nice 5 and 4, 9 game road trip. Not bad. I think we mailed it in today. I'm not with the club everyday (dammit) so I am not in touch with the dynamic of the team as JoJo is. For now, I guess we just have to trust his judgement.
The guy did not go to NY and win 4 WS because he is just lucky. Perhaps he knows what he is doing and not just playing with his Ned!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So for today the shoe is on the other foot. We've been getting by so far, but I do not think anybody can be satisfied with the pitching. Maybe Wade will be back in a day or two, but the pen could also use MacDonald. We know the deal on Kershaw, so he's going back out there every five days, and Stults has already had his two good starts for the year. We can thank our lucky stars Billz is holding his own.
We're not going to be able to go outside the organization and get a pitcher this time of the year without overpaying, so like it or not I think Weaver is the answer. I had started to rethink that last night after Troncoso's tremendous performance, But Kershaw's outing makes me think we need another solid starter.
I'm assuming that Peavy is still out there and available. At this point, do you think that offering up Kershaw and DeWitt would swing the deal, and would anybody be willing to make it? If we could count on Peavy for the longer term, like locking him in for four to five years, I would think about it real hard. To be radical about it, I might even throw in Martin instead of DeWitt.
Good Evening ITD readers and writers!!!! I know I am late, but I was traveling back up north after another wonderful weekend in Southern California 🙂 and I just had to stop in and say……………………………good job getting the song in there Dodgereric. On the way home, I got to listen to the Dodger game, and I am glad I lost reception because it really wasn't worth listening to at that point anyway. Then I found NASCAR, and that was going well until I got past Bakersfield, and then it was my husband's turn to listen to the gnat/dbacks game. Dodgers lost while still in the car, got home and found out Denny went from 1st to 21st somehow (yes, I know why now…………..thank you very much, and I will owe an apology to Dodgereric and my NASCAR buddy at school for Denny being the cause of the last crash, who managed to knock Jimmie back to 30th :(……………….I don't know who to be more worried about, Dodgereric or Andres? Andres I will see first thing in the morning, Dodgereric………….not for a couple of weeks. However, I am sure he was screaming at his TV when it happened – LOL!!! Then, my husband was pretty happy because the gnats were winning 4-1 going into the bottom of the 9th and Wilson blows the lead for Cain once again and they lose, which I see that as a good thing.
As for the Dodger game………………….it felt like it was a throw away game from the get go, and I don't think that should be happening to our young pitchers, IMO. They need the best offense and defense out there, if at all possible.
Dunno bear. That's pretty steep.
The heck with Peavy just signed Martinez.
Every Sunday, I sit down and update the outfielders stats, especially Andre's in case there is cause for defending them. This still is the most intriguing stat to me, and he is proving himself to be one of the most disciplined batters in the entire league.
TPA – 87 (2nd on the team and tied for 2nd in the NL)
NP – 384 (1st on the team and 1st in the NL) …..means one of the most disciplined batters in the league with an average of 4.41 pitches per AB…..a very overlooked stat IMO because stats like these are what gets opposing teams to go to their bullpens earlier in the game. For instance, just on the Dodgers alone, Kemp is 2nd in this category with 335 pitches. That is 49 more pitches Andre sees than than Matt who is 2nd in this category. In the NL, David Wright is 2nd with 346, which is 38 less than Andre. Just so you know, he is 2nd in the entire league behind Lind (Toronto) who has 418 with 88 TPA.
Well, that 12-inning game the gnats had today, hopefully will work nicely to our advantage. Pitching wise, we are looking at Zito, Sanchez and then Lincecum and we have Wolf, Billz and Stults, so on paper, Monday and Tuesday should be no problem, and with how Eric has been pitching, he will definitely keep us in the game on Wednesday. To be honest, I was a little frustrated for their closer to lose the win for Cain. He sooooo deserved that win (he as a pitcher, not as a gnat). I just know from our own Dodger pitchers how that must feel.
Good Night ITD readers and writers!!!! Take Care and God Bless everyone. May the Dodgers come into the Bay Area tomorrow ready to squash the Gnats back down to the bottom where they belong. GO DODGERS!!!!
Good morning ITDland ~ COME ON DODGERS, BEAT THE GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DODGER BLUE THROUGH & THROUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
messagebear, I'm not really interested in Peavy…….at all. I know it's early and stats are just stats, but…….he's under .500 (2-3) with an ERA near 6…and this on a team that's winning. Still not convinced he's not dinged…DL last season, torqued pitching motion, lots of sliders, etc. etc. Why else would the Pods want to deal him? Contract? I don't believe it. Kershaw is the real deal…just VERY young. Before we trade the house for Peavy or Halladay, I hope the Dodgers just ride their horses into June. See what shakes. maybe Schmidt, Weaver or Milton has something, anything, left in the tank.
Now for Uncle Joe. There's no way he knew Kershaw was gonna tank yesterday, so why in hell would he rest THREE starters? Wouldn't one at a time make more sense? Again, I know it's hindsight, but really, removing both your lead-off hitter and #1 masher at the same time is senile. How does Joe know Kershaw wouldn't have pitched a better game with a couple 1st-inning runs on the board…or that the Rockies might not have gripped the bats tighter if they fell behind early looking at a sweep? Joe knows (or has forgotten) more about this f**king game than I'll ever know ( to paraphrase Bobby Knight) but his line-up yesterday was a real disappointment.
Certainly agree with you that resting three of your starters all at the same time doesn't make much sense at any time. You could do that one player at a time without creating such an impact. Sounds like a lot of BS to me that these professional players need a rest for a day game after a night game. If that's the case, they surely would not have survived in Ernie Banks' days.
I'm leaving later than I'd hoped but due to work issues (BLECH!!!!) I'm off to the stadium now for the game!
I hope everybody has a great day!
Beat the Midgets!!!
Go Blue!!!
Bring the Ring in 2009!!!!
I'm signing in at this time because so far I've been having trouble signing in elsewhere on the site, I hope this will help.
bear, I don't think there's too many posters I agree with more often than you, but I wouldn't trade Kersh for almost ANYONE right now.
From the LA Times today:
"…….it wasn't nearly as gloomy as the look on Clayton Kershaw's face in the Dodgers' clubhouse."
"For the second consecutive game, the 21-year-old left-hander from Texas was pummeled by opposing batters……."
"It's frustrating to give up runs like that, but there's no excuses," Kershaw said. "It's not a mechanical thing, it's just pitching poor."
And now an open letter from dodgereric to #22:
I hate people who cherry-pick stats, but………
Sandy Koufax in 1966 (MAJOR LEAGUE Cy Young Award, Sporting News National League Pitcher of the Year, 27-9, 1.73 ERA, 317 SO) allowed 5 earned runs in 2 innings on Aug 30.
He allowed 4 earned runs in 1 1/3 innings May 5.
Sandy Koufax in 1965 (MAJOR LEAGUE Cy Young Award, Sporting News Major League Player of the Year, 26-8, 2.04 ERA, 382 SO) allowed 5 earned runs in 2 innings Sept 22.
He allowed 5 earned runs in 4 2/3 innings on July 7.
Sandy Koufax in 1964 (Sporting News National League Pitcher of the Year, 19-5, 1.74 ERA, 223 SO – only 29 games) gave up 4 earned runs in 4 innings May 14.
Sandy Koufax in 1963 (MAJOR LEAGUE Cy Young Award, Sporting News Major League Player of the Year, National League MVP, World Series MVP, 25-5, 1.88 ERA, 306 SO) gave up 5 earned runs in 5 1/3 innings Aug 11.
He gave up 5 earned runs in 4 2/3 on June 29.
He gave up 6 earned runs in 4 2/3 on June 9.
Moral of the story – it happens to all of them. Keep your head up, kid.
Let's go DODGERS!!! Kiss the Gnat's *****!!!!!!!!!!
Whoops. Should have been KICK!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!
I have to agree with Kahli – no need, especially in this division that we can't ride out the starting pitching until the end of June, maybe July. There's a lot of hard miles on Peavy's arm and his pricetag in players would end up costing more than the $48 mil they gave Schmidt. If the Puds were to hand Peavy over like we got Manny last year, I'm all for it, but there's still a card or two out there that can be played (Pedro, Byrd, hell maybe even Schmidt) in the meantime that I wouldn't want to mortgage the house yet.
I also have the same issue with resting three starters on the same day. Joe has his lucid moments, like leaving Troncoso in the other night to finish the game, but then he turns around and does some real stupid ****. I have a little different take on it though in that having three starters out affected Kersh psychologically to where he knew the runs probably weren't going to be there and he tried to be too perfect with his pitches, tensed up and that was the game. You're gonna rest three starters, rest them with Wolf on the mound.
Howzitgoing ITD
I missed the entire game yesterday as a NY transit Museum trip ended pretty late.
I spent the day walking off the beaten subway track around LIC, Astoria and Corona. But a funny thing happened WHILE RIDING THE 7 TRAIN, I SPOTTED TWO DODGER FANS FROM LA, WEARING LA DODGER CAPS and started a conversation with them about the Dodgers. It was a great talk but I never thought of asking them if they used this Website. They never brought it up either.
If you're out there GIVE ME A SHOUT.
Very good posts Dodgereric and Enchanted. I hope Kersh reads ITD and takes to heart what you said, Eric. GO DODGERS……BEAT THE GIANTS!!!!
I would hope Kershaw has more to think about when it is his turn to pitch than who is in the Dodger lineup that game. He is a young pitcher with a lot of upside and he is going to have games like this. Pitchers with a lot more experience than Kersh have suffered whiplash pitching in Coors watching baseballs fly all over the place.
As for Joe's method of resting players, I would rather see him rest a couple guys at the same time one game a week than spread off days over a few games. I want the best players in the lineup as much as possible so I am willing to sacrafice that one game a week if necessary if doing so helps the player and the team.


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Sale of Oyster Bay public works site OKd
The Oyster Bay Town Board on Tuesday unanimously approved the $32.5 million sale of the public works complex in Syosset to a group of buyers that includes a rival of the developer seeking to build an upscale mall on the adjacent former Cerro Wire property.
Despite the likelihood of renewed litigation from the mall developer, the board declared the property surplus and authorized town Supervisor John Venditto to prepare and sign a contract to sell the 54-acre site on the Long Island Expressway north service road.
The six board members rejected mall developer Taubman Centers Inc.'s request to delay the vote, ignoring its threat of litigation and an offer to beat the price.
Besides any lawsuits that may delay or prevent the sale, the move could be voided by a referendum if enough voters sign petitions asking for one within 30 days and then voted against the deal.
Taubman attorney Ronald J. Rosenberg of Garden City told the board it was "inappropriate" to vote on the sale only a few days after making public its intention to sell the land in what he called a "product of backroom discussions and negotiations, and not the product of public bidding or a public process."
"As the adjoining property owner, we are able to and prepared to beat any offer for this property," Rosenberg added.
He read a letter from another Taubman attorney, Anthony Guardino of Hauppauge, that stated that the sale to Simon Property Group, which owns Roosevelt Field, Walt Whitman and other malls on Long Island, and its partners in Oyster Bay Realty LLC would "leave Taubman with little choice but to take legal action."
But the board voted to sell the land to Simon, Castagne Properties and the Albanese Organization.
"We . . . look forward to developing this site in a way that will bring significant benefits to the community," the buyers said in a statement.
Taubman has been trying to build a 750,000-square-foot Mall at Oyster Bay on the 39-acre former Cerro property for 18 years, but has been thwarted by the town and court decisions. The town and nearby civic organizations want a mixed-use development instead.
Venditto told Rosenberg that Taubman "had ample time -- many, many months -- to make an offer," but never got beyond a verbal offer of $30 million. That offer also was conditional on a special-use permit from the town that would allow the mall project to go forward.
Venditto added that getting the type of development residents and the town want was a key factor, along with price.
He said the town was not obligated to conduct a formal bidding process and had talked to many developers. An appraisal showed the property is worth about $26 million, he added.
Todd Fabricant of East Norwich, chairman of the Cerro Wire Coalition, made up of groups fighting the mall, said the buyers "are going to be good partners for the community."


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FT212: "If liberals keep winning elections the United States will fall like the Roman Empire." —Old Pithy
Fundamental Truth
The Roman Empire survived for about 1500 Years
The Roman Empire was one of the greatest empires of all time. It lasted some 500 years in the West. And another thousand years in the East. Give or take. As empires go they don't come much bigger. Or last longer. The Romans ruled the world. It stretched from Northern Africa to Britain. And from Spain to the Middle East. It was huge.
There have been bigger empires. The British Empire. The Mongol Empire. The Russian Empire. The Spanish Empire. And others. But none of them lasted as long as the 1500 years of the Roman Empire. The British Empire lasted about 400 years. The Mongol Empire lasted about 50 years. The Russian Empire lasted about 200 years. And the Spanish Empire lasted about 500 years. Adolf Hitler said the Third Reich would last a thousand years. But it lasted only 12. Proving that empire building—and empire maintaining—are easier said than done.
Yet the Romans did it for 1500 years. Give or take. So they knew a thing or two about empire building. And maintaining that empire. Yet even this mighty empire fell. Why? Historians still debate this question today. As do the laymen. With a person's political persuasion sometimes determining what they believe.
A Debased Coin and High Taxes made the Roman Citizenry very Unhappy
Empires are costly. As Rome built her empire she paid for it by conquering new lands. So as her borders pushed out treasure flowed back the other way to Rome. Which paid for her massive military. And her massive bureaucracy to govern that sprawling empire. So the Roman people went about their business. Shielded from the cost of empire. Farming and taking their goods to market. Safe within their empire. For her enemies were outside the borders of the empire. And those borders were pushed a very long way out.
But then something happened. Those borders stopped moving. They were not conquering new lands. And there was no more treasure flowing back to Rome. Which was a problem. For the Roman Empire covered a lot of land that they had to govern. And defend. So the cost of the Roman Empire was never higher than when her borders stopped pushing out. While her revenue to pay for that empire was never smaller. So they had to do something. And that something was taxes. Lots of them. All of a sudden the Roman citizenry was feeling the cost of their bloated bureaucratic state. And the cost of that massive military that defended the frontier.
So taxes soared. Making the Roman citizenry unhappy. But the tax revenue proved to be insufficient. So they started debasing their currency. Adding more and more lead to their silver coins. But not their gold coins. For they used gold to pay the military and to pay the government bureaucrats. So they only debased the silver coin. The coin of the Roman citizenry. Which, of course, resulted in inflation. As the coins had less and less silver in them they bought less and less. So prices soared. As did taxes. Making the Roman citizenry very unhappy.
The Cost of Mercenaries and the Roman Bureaucracy and Welfare State bankrupted the Roman Empire
So the Romans started building things to entertain the people. And they grew a welfare state to help feed those who could not afford to buy food. Public works and the new welfare state may have eased some of the animosity towards the state. But it only increased the costs of the state. Requiring higher taxes. So high that people lost money on their farms and businesses. So they quit. Causing food and goods shortages. So the Romans passed laws forcing them to stay in their jobs. And forcing their children to do the same work their parents did. Which eventually evolved into feudalism.
Eventually the Roman citizenry no longer wanted to serve the empire. Leading to the use of mercenary armies. Which were costly. And only increased the cost of empire. With the silver coin so debased the Roman government would not even accept it in payment of taxes. So the government took a portion of the food grown and goods made. Making it more difficult to pay for the welfare state (just imagine your employer paying you in food, toilet paper, soap, etc.). And the mercenary armies guarding the frontier. Which could prove troublesome. As they had no loyalties to the Roman Empire. They were just hired muscle. Their blood loyalties were often to people on the other side of the border they were guarding. Having come from those people.
So the massive cost of hired mercenaries and the massive cost of the Roman bureaucracy and welfare state basically bankrupted the Roman Empire. Of course the American left prefers not to think about this. As they are very fond of their large welfare state. So some on the left often cite the decadence of the Roman Empire that caused her fall. They talk about the feasts, the drink, the gladiators, the orgies and other acts of debauchery that caused a societal decay that eroded the empire from within. Even while they are in the business of societal decay themselves. Free birth control, abortion on demand, the decriminalization of marijuana, the rejection of virtue and morality, their extreme secularism to remove any vestige of restraint from their lives of excess, etc. The kind of things a debauched Roman citizenry no doubt would have enjoyed. So either way the Roman Empire fell because of principles the American left embraces. Which means if liberals keep winning elections the United States will fall like the Roman Empire.
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Some technologies have a definitive impact in the progress of civilization that will leave a mark in Humanity forever. This utterly ridiculous contraption not one of them.
Breast pumps are great for moms and babies, but this thing just goes beyond useful to get straight into idiotic territory for lazyasses with no sense of dignity and self-respect. And the perfect blonde who obviously is not lactating talking happily on her phone is really not helping it. [Thanks Karl!]


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Justin Bieber vs. Bruno Mars: Whose Fan Video Is the Sweetest? – Readers Poll
It's easy to see how celebrities touch our lives on a daily basis, but it's a little rarer to see how much us fans touch them. Thanks to the Internet, witnessing those moments is easier than ever before. We're highlighting two of the most touching videos that we've seen recently of celebrities interacting with fans. Take a look and then decide: Who has the sweeter fan video, Justin Bieber or Bruno Mars?
The video of Justin Bieber singing 'Baby' with a young Belieber went viral within hours of being posted online — as is the power of the Biebs, and the power of the cutest 4-year-old ever. In the vid, Justin leans out of his car to pick up tiny Hayley, who's wearing the most precious pink dress and matching bow. When he tells her "it's way past your bedtime, little one," she explains she was waiting up to sing to him! Watching her break out into JB's hit 'Baby' and having him join in is so sweet you just might cry.
Watch Justin Bieber Sing 'Baby' With a 4-Year-Old Fan
How many artists can say they helped a fan recover from a near-fatal accident? Probably not many, and that is only one way in which this Bruno Mars video is so incredible. Eleven-year-old Zumyah Thorpe was in a tragic car accident with a drunk driver, leading to the death of her pregnant mother and two younger sisters. Doctors were concerned Zumyah's resulting brain injury meant she would never speak again, but amazingly, they discovered during her recovery that she could sing every word of her favorite Bruno song. When he heard Zumyah's story, he gave her the royal fan treatment, including serenading her with her favorite tune, 'Just the Way You Are.' There are no ifs or maybes about this video — you will definitely cry!
Watch Bruno Mars Serenade an 11-Year-Old Fan With a Brain Injury
Once you've dried up all of your tears and thrown out your used tissues, it's time to make the tough decision. Though both Justin and Bruno's videos are undoubtedly touching, there can only be one winner. So whose fan video is the sweetest? Cast your vote below!
See Justin Bieber's Most Adorable Baby + Childhood Photos


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Florida Kingsnake
Scientific name: Lampropeltis getula floridana (BLANCHARD 1919)
* Currently accepted name
* scientific names used through time
- Coluber getulus – LINNAEUS 1766
- Ophibolus getulus – BAIRD & GIRARD 1853
- Coronella getulus – DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854
- Lampropeltis getulus – COPE 1860
- Triaeniopholis arenarius – WERNER 1924
- Lampropeltis getulus floridana – BLANCHARD 1919
- Lampropeltis getulus brooksi – BARBOUR 1919 in BLANEY 1977
- Lampropeltis getulus sticticeps – BARBOUR & ENGELS 1942 in BLANEY 1977
- Lampropeltis getulus goini – NEILL & ALLEN 1949 in BLANEY 1977
- Lampropeltis getula – FROST & COLLINS 1988
- Lampropeltis getula brooksi – KRYSKO & JUDD 2006
- Lampropeltis getula floridana – KRYSKO & JUDD 2006
- Lampropeltis getula goini – KRYSKO & JUDD 2006
- Lampropeltis getula sticticeps – KRYSKO & JUDD 2006
Description Average adult size is 36-48 inches (91.4-121.9 cm), record is 69.5 inches (176.5 cm). Adults are variable in coloration from brown to yellow. They have more than 40 yellowish dorsal crossbands and a degenerate lateral chain-like pattern. The scales between the crossbands lighten with age, starting as black, they may develop to be the same light color as the crossbands. The belly has a checkerboard pattern. The scales are smooth, and there are usually 23 dorsal scale rows at midbody (some individuals have 21). The pupil is round. Juveniles are distinctly crossbanded (sometimes with red pigment within crossbands) and most of the scales between the crossbands are black.
A. Top of the head (notice the large plate-like scales on the top of the head)
B. Smooth scales
C. Elongated scales below the tail (subcaudal scales) are typically divided
D. Front (face view) of the head
E. Side of the head
Range: In Florida, it is found throughout the peninsula from Volusia Co. south to Key Largo. It intergrades (interbreeds) with the Eastern Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula getula) from Nassau Co. in the northern peninsula south to Pinellas Co. in the central peninsula. It is not found outside of Florida.
Habitat: Uncommon, it is found in pinelands, hardwood hammocks, cypress strands, prairies, marshes, estuaries, sugar cane plantations, and stands of melaleuca (Australian punk trees).
Comments: HARMLESS (Non-Venomous), and seldom bites. The Florida Kingsnake is mainly terrestrial and active during the day, yet in the summer months individuals may be found moving at night.
It feeds on other snakes, lizards, frogs, rodents, turtle eggs, and birds and their eggs. It eats venomous snakes such as rattlesnakes, and is immune to their venom. It is even known to be cannibalistic, eating its own kind.
It lays eggs. It is primarily active from February-May, when breeding takes place. In the early summer, 3-30 eggs are laid. Newborns from 5-8 inches (12.7-20.3 cm) hatch in late summer.
Comparison with other species: The Eastern Apalachicola Lowlands Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula meansi) has either fewer than 26 wide crossbands, or is non-banded (striped or patternless), and 21 dorsal scale rows at midbody. The Eastern Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula getula)has fewer than 19-32 light crossbands on the body, no lightening of the black interband scales, a lateral chain-like pattern, and usually 21 dorsal scale rows at midbody.


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The Daily Blogster has some reminders for the misguided...
From the horse's mouth
Take it from someone currently working with active duty sailors, soldiers, airmen and marines...moral is very high and a Kerry supporter is difficult to find among these men and women. See ya'll in a couple weeks when I return.
Learn these facts to properly debate
our poor misguided friends &
family before election time !!!
There were 39 combat related killings
in Iraq during the month of January.....
In the fair city of Detroit there were
35 murders in the month of January.
That's just one American city,
about as deadly as the entire war torn country of Iraq.
When some claim President Bush shouldn't
have started this war, state the following ...
led us into World War II.
Germany never attacked us: Japan did.
>From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost,
an average of 112,500 per year.
finished that war and started one in Korea,
North Korea never attacked us.
>From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost,
an average of 18,334 per year.
John F. Kennedy...
started the Vietnam conflict in 1962.
Vietnam never attacked us.
turned Vietnam into a quagmire.
>From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost,
an average of 5,800 per year.
went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent,
Bosnia never attacked us.
He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter
three times by Sudan and did nothing.
Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.
In the two years since terrorists attacked us
President Bush has ...
liberated two countries,
crushed the Taliban,
crippled al-Qaida,
put nuclear inspectors in Libya,
Iran and North Korea
without firing a shot,
and captured a terrorist who slaughtered
300,000 of his own people.
The Democrats are complaining
about how long the war is taking, but...
It took less time to take Iraq
than it took Janet Reno to take the
Branch Davidian compound.
That was a 51 day operation.
We've been looking for evidence of
chemical weapons in Iraq for less
time than it took Hillary Clinton to
find the Rose Law Firm billing records.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division
and the Marines to destroy the Medina
Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to
call the police after his Oldsmobile
sank at Chappaquiddick.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took
to count the votes in Florida!!!!
Our Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB!
The Military moral is high!
The elite media hopes we are too ignorant to realize the facts.
Found via Everything I Know Is Wrong and posted in its entirety cause everything it says is RIGHT!


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elementalTIMING offers the Speed Skating Competition Manager (SSCM) which is the most comprehensive service for organizing, managing and processing speed skating events. As a logical next step, the live service was developed.
It gives you instant access to results on current or past speed skating events managed by the SSCM. Doing this, you can follow your preferred competitions in real-time. Currently, the webpage offers "basic" operations for follow a competitions. In the very ... [more]


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To say that this semester has been grueling would be an understatement. My classmates and I have been yearning for our winter break. Among the many courses that we took (Planting Design, Urban Social Geography, Advanced Grading and Drainage, Intro. to Sustainable Design Thinking, and more) studio was the heavy weight.
My (Fall Studio Page) displayed the research from my personal works and that of my classmates. We were working with the Town of Norris, TN and Townsend, TN. Our topic for the semester was 'Gateway Communities'. This project had been in collaboration with the Knoxville Metropolitan Planning Commission and PlanET (Plan East Tennessee).
Our studio was broken into two groups. I had the opportunity to work with Whitney Tidd (second year MLA), Leah Sullivan (final year MLA student), Angelike Angelopoulos (third year MLA student) and Amanda Gann (graduate architecture student). They were a great team to work with, bringing a diverse amount of talent and creativity to the table.
We began our project by conducting inventory and analysis for a few weeks. We then took our findings and created an overall masterplan and guiding principles for our designs across the entire corridor. The last few weeks we broke off into individual projects that related back to the overall design.
Leah tackled materials, plantings, and signage. Whitney tackled the agricultural and resort district. Amanda and Angelike developed a solid core which analyzed visitor, commercial, and residential solutions. I had the opportunity to develop a smaller conservation community which was pared with an infiltration park.
Overall the project was a fantastic experience. Our studio Professor Brad Collett challenged us throughout the entire process and pushed us to explore a variety of solutions for each problem.
Last week we had the opportunity to present our findings to the Knoxville MPC and members of the Norris Advisory Board. Overall, we had a good exhausting semester. Watch for a release of my individual and group work later in the week on my studio pages and blog.
Have a great week and thanks for reading.
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Yesterday, we brought you the story of Peter Gray, an athletics adviser at the University of Iowa recently investigated by his employer. The university found evidence of long-term sexual harassment of students and cases of Gray bartering for sex with tickets to Iowa sporting events. The complaint against Gray listed among his misdeeds a propensity to show up at, and be inappropriate in, "local establishments that are frequented by student-athletes," and after our post, a former University of Iowa undergrad e-mailed us with a couple stories about Peter Gray out and about in Iowa City. Our tipster wasn't affiliated with the athletic department while he was at the school, but was familiar with Gray for reasons that we'll let him explain:
I have known Peter Gray ("Dr. Pete" as he's known around the local gay bars) for several years.
Naturally, we asked for a little elaboration. Here's what we got. Studio 13 is, indeed, a real gay bar in Iowa City—we tried to get in touch yesterday but it was late on a Saturday, and two calls to their Google Voice line went unanswered. The bar is a seven minute drive from the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at UI. The following is slightly condensed:
In Iowa City, there's one local gay bar in town called Studio 13. I'm not gay but I go there pretty frequently with my gay friends to hang out with them. Most of the time when I'm there there was this very intimidating, tall, bald ultra-bear of a guy named Dr. Pete, who always looked out of place in a gay bar full of young people. A few times when I would be ordering a drink or apart from my friends he would approach me and start making small talk, with the look in his eyes that he wanted to seduce me. At first this really creeped me out, but later on I spoke with him at length over cigarettes, at which point he learned that I was straight and we got to know each other a bit (we always joked about the fact that he wanted to have sex with me, even though we both knew it wouldn't happen). There would be times when I wouldn't return to Studio for several months at a time, but he would always remember my name and the conversation we last had, which always impressed me.
Interestingly, once over a cigarette I asked him if the University athletic department ever treated him differently because of of the fact that he was so openly gay, and he said something to the effect that he told them this when they hired him, and they said they didn't care about his sexuality as long as he didn't get into legal trouble and get his name all over the newspapers because of it (which it looks like that's exactly what happened in this case).
So, to sum things up, I've gotten to know him over the past 2-3 years by bumping into him and talking to him at the gay bar, where he was a fixture in the gay community as Dr. Pete, the notorious twink hunter (although he is very upfront about trying to go home with people, he's never pushy/manipulative and frequently makes self-deprecating jokes about his sex life). While some might instantly write him off for this unabashed twink hunting, I've come to know him as one of the nicest, most honest people I've met in the Iowa City gay scene, and I'm trying to wrap my head around the fact that he let his sexual exploits go too far and get mixed up with his career.
In a follow-up, our tipster noted that Gray "frequently wore Hawkeye athletic garb" at Studio 13. The weirdest part? That, when Gray mentioned his sexual orientation to the University of Iowa athletic department during his interview, they accepted it on the condition that he not tarnish the reputation of the university with a public sex scandal—a flatly homophobic assumption, leading to a warning which, by coincidence, turned out to be both eerily prescient and totally insufficient.
University of Iowa officials are still declining to comment on Gray's resignation.


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I spent some time yesterday running instances with Elentari. She'd recently hit 85 and was all shiny and ready to hit heroics. I ran her through Ahune the Frost Lord (hello haste cloak!) and then thought "I have time to run my daily heroic" and queued up. I notice that healers have the call to arms buff (or whatever it's called) and figured that I shouldn't have to wait too terribly long for my queue to pop up and get started.
Sure enough, within a couple of minute my queue flashes up on my screen and I find myself looking at the Grim Batol loading bar. Now, this instance can be a nightmare if the group is careless/doesn't know what they are doing, but I'm down with it. I mean, I'm a fresh 85, but it's not as if I don't have experience healing this zone as a new druid. We start the instance and the third pull the tank falls off the edge. I have no idea how this happened, but there you have it. Of course, PuGs are now too good to use CC *ahem*, so all of the mobs are running rampant and we naturally wipe.


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Following the morning's excitement of a delivery of new material, it is back to the interpretation of a large dataset collected on the SEM last week. Some of the collections of archaeometallurgical residues that get examined require detailed analysis to reveal their secrets. Various techniques are used to analyse for chemical composition, mineralogy and microstructure. One of the most commonly used tools is the analytical scanning electron microscope. The analytical SEM allows chemical microanalysis from precise locations in a sample.
From this information the analyses can be converted into chemical formulae, allowing the detailed mineralogy can be established. Analysis of regions of slag also allows the overall chemical composition of the slag determined.Processing of the microanalyses is time-consuming
In this example, the chemistry of the slag clearly indicates that the smelters were using iron ore from the Forest of Dean. This ore is generally very pure and produces a slag with a rather simple mineralogy. Here, however, the slag has reacted with the ash of the charcoal fuel, levels of calcium and potassium have been increased, and additional phases formed.
So, analysis has, in this instance, clarified not only where the ore was mined, but also provided some subtle indicators that may help with understanding the details of the smelting technique employed.
There are, however, lots more numbers to crunch before the full significance of the material can be understood…


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CMC Biologics Honored as Finalist for Washington's Manufacturing Company of the Year Award
SEATTLE, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- CMC Biologics, a leading contract manufacturing organization (CMO) known and respected for its technical excellence in process development and cGMP manufacture, has been named a finalist for the 2012 Manufacturing Company of the Year - Large Category. The Seattle Business Magazine's Washington Manufacturing Awards, in partnership with Impact Washington, brought together nearly 300 leaders in manufacturing from around the state.
"CMC Biologics has been operating in Washington state as a thriving biopharmaceutical contract manufacturer since 2007. With nearly 450 talented and hardworking employee's world-wide, we continue to grow and to hire locally and globally at our manufacturing facility in Bothell, as well as our facility in Copenhagen, Denmark," said Gustavo Mahler, Chief Operations Officer for the company. "We are positioned to be the leader among CMO's in customer satisfaction and technical excellence, and are excited to be considered a top manufacturer among dozens of companies in this competition."
"The life sciences industry is one of the fastest growing economic drivers of our state, and companies like CMC Biologics as a biopharmaceutical manufacturer, are providing the people of Washington with good jobs and a prosperous future," stated Gubernatorial Candidate Jay Inslee. "I'd like to congratulate the team at CMC Biologics for their hard work and dedication as a finalist for Washington's Manufacturer of the Year."
As the state's largest biopharmaceutical manufacturer, CMC Biologics' contribution to the economy is significant. In 2011, CMC Biologics completed the expansion of a state-of the art stainless steel biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, utilizing local contractors and suppliers. This expansion added significant production capacity to accommodate growing demand for cGMP commercial manufacture of biopharmaceuticals and to support commercial manufacturing and was the second stage of a major manufacturing expansion plan that started with the construction of a multi--purpose single-use facility completed in 2010.
About CMC Biologics
CMC Biologics is a leading contract development and manufacturing organization that provides fully integrated biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing solutions to clients around the world, from its facilities in Europe and the USA. The company has proven expertise in delivering custom solutions for the scale-up and cGMP manufacture of protein-based therapeutics for pre-clinical, clinical trials and in-market production. The company's wide range of integrated services includes cell line development, bioprocess development, formulation and comprehensive analytical testing. Clients can also benefit from CMC Biologics' proprietary CHEF1® expression system for mammalian production. CMC Biologics has fully segregated microbial fermentation and mammalian cell culture suites and offers both fed-batch and perfusion production processes. CMC Biologics is located in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Seattle, Washington. Visit www.cmcbio.com to learn more.
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G-Form In-line Skates
One of the most widely practised action sports, inline skating is perfect for everyone from kids to grandparents. Whether you are cruising, speeding or busting tricks, we have the perfect skates for you. Free riding skates are available for men, women and kids and can be used on any paved surface. Fitness skates allow you to cover distance to get fit in style. Or if aggressive inline is your chosen discipline, take it to the skatepark and grind, grab and air with stunt specific skates. No matter how you skate, choose Action Sports Club.
The shop is well stocked with in-line skates from brands such as SFR, S1 Helmet Co, Pro-Tec, Ventronic, Seba, Rio Roller, Radar, Roller Derby, Rookie and 187 Killer.
Popular brands include SFR, Seba, Pro-Tec, S1 Helmet Co, Ventronic, Radar, Triple 8, Roller Derby, Rio Roller and Kates Skates.


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A code block is a piece of Python program text that can be executed as a unit, such as a module, a class definition or a function body. Some code blocks (like modules) are normally executed only once, others (like function bodies) may be executed many times. Code blocks may textually contain other code blocks. Code blocks may invoke other code blocks (that may or may not be textually contained in them) as part of their execution, e.g., by invoking (calling) a function.
The following are code blocks: A module is a code block. A function body is a code block. A class definition is a code block. Each command typed interactively is a separate code block; a script file (a file given as standard input to the interpreter or specified on the interpreter command line the first argument) is a code block; a script command (a command specified on the interpreter command line with the `-c' option) is a code block. The file read by the built-in function execfile() is a code block. The string argument passed to the built-in function eval() and to the exec statement is a code block. And finally, the expression read and evaluated by the built-in function input() is a code block.
A code block is executed in an execution frame. An execution frame contains some administrative information (used for debugging), determines where and how execution continues after the code block's execution has completed, and (perhaps most importantly) defines two namespaces, the local and the global namespace, that affect execution of the code block.
A namespace is a mapping from names (identifiers) to objects. A particular namespace may be referenced by more than one execution frame, and from other places as well. Adding a name to a namespace is called binding a name (to an object); changing the mapping of a name is called rebinding removing a name is unbinding Namespaces are functionally equivalent to dictionaries (and often implemented as dictionaries).
The local namespace of an execution frame determines the default place where names are defined and searched. The global namespace determines the place where names listed in global statements are defined and searched, and where names that are not bound anywhere in the current code block are searched.
Whether a name is local or global in a code block is determined by static inspection of the source text for the code block: in the absence of global statements, a name that is bound anywhere in the code block is local in the entire code block; all other names are considered global. The global statement forces global interpretation of selected names throughout the code block. The following constructs bind names: formal parameters to functions, import statements, class and function definitions (these bind the class or function name in the defining block), and targets that are identifiers if occurring in an assignment, for loop header, or in the second position of an except clause header. Local names are searched only on the local namespace; global names are searched only in the global and built-in namespace.4.1
A target occurring in a del statement is also considered bound for this purpose (though the actual semantics are to ``unbind'' the name).
When a global name is not found in the global namespace, it is
searched in the built-in namespace (which is actually the global
namespace of the module
__builtin__ . The built-in
namespace associated with the execution of a code block is actually
found by looking up the name
__builtins__ in its global
namespace; this should be a dictionary or a module (in the latter case
its dictionary is used). Normally, the
__builtins__ namespace
is the dictionary of the built-in module __builtin__ (note:
no `s'); if it isn't, restricted
execution mode is in effect. When a
name is not found at all, a
NameError exception is raised.
The following table lists the meaning of the local and global namespace for various types of code blocks. The namespace for a particular module is automatically created when the module is first imported (i.e., when it is loaded). Note that in almost all cases, the global namespace is the namespace of the containing module -- scopes in Python do not nest!
|Code block type
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|n.s. for this module
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|Script (file or command)
|n.s. for __main__
|same as global
|Interactive command
|n.s. for __main__
|same as global
|Class definition
|global n.s. of containing block
|new n.s.
|Function body
|global n.s. of containing block
|new n.s.
|String passed to exec statement
|global n.s. of containing block
|local n.s. of containing block
|(2), (3)
|String passed to eval()
|global n.s. of caller
|local n.s. of caller
|(2), (3)
|File read by execfile()
|global n.s. of caller
|local n.s. of caller
|(2), (3)
|Expression read by input()
|global n.s. of caller
|local n.s. of caller
The built-in functions globals() and locals() returns a dictionary representing the current global and local namespace, respectively. The effect of modifications to this dictionary on the namespace are undefined.4.2


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(This entry is part of Ned Potter's Library Routes Project. The idea is to write an entry detailing how you got into the profession along with what made you decide to do so and/or the career path which has taken you to where you are today. I've been wanting to write this entry for a long time.)
Just under ten years ago, I was standing out in the summer sun surrounded by acres and acres of various types of plants in pots. Wide brim hat on my head, sunglasses keeping the glare at bay, everyday was warm when you wore jeans to work. Shorts are not your best option when you are working with pesticides, herbicides, and other chemicals that carry labels that say "Caution", "Warning", or even a few "Dangerous". As I was given rather fair skin and an inclination for contact dermatitis, jeans were part of my own work uniform. The site was 400 acres in size nicknamed The Orchard; it was a former orchard cleared, graded, covered in gravel, and had rows and rows of rib houses (much like the ones in the picture to the side). Hundreds of these houses were on the side, some as long as football fields. As my first job out of college, I was hired as an Assistant Manager of Irrigation and Chemical Application. This meant running the water pump, managing the watering of areas, creating spray schedules for chemical applications, and maintenance and repair of literally miles of PVC piping and hundreds of sprinkler heads. Our group was the smallest, but it was tasked with one of the most vital aspects to commercial horticulture.
In the previous four years, I went to the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey outside of Atlantic City. I had completed a Bachelor of Science in Biological Science (A B.S. in B.S., I would joke) with a late concentration on horticulture. I was doomed from the start, I think, since I certainly could name and explain all of the plant cellular operations and chemistry but my taxonomy was terrible. But I didn't want to work at a desk at that time; I wanted to be outside, working with my hands, and with a job where I couldn't take the work home with me. This nursery was the right fit for a me at the age of 22.
My college chemistry found some use to the chemical work, as you needed to find different dilutions for chemicals before applying them from giant sprayers. There was always weeds to kill, growing through the gravel and dirt, in the edges of the houses and along the inner roadways. And there were certainly other pathogens that needed attention: mold, mildew, fungus, and insects of all types and stripes. And the watering was nearly year round; when the houses were covered, it could get up to 60 degrees or hotter depending on the amount of light that the polyurethane covering allowed in. In January, the rose plants would arrive and we would grow them up to size to send to the big box stores like Home Depot and Lowes for their spring garden sections. Between our site and the other company site close by (a larger 800 acres, now 1,200), it was quite the operation.
To an extent, I liked the work there. I do like playing with the big toys such as front end loaders, tractors, fork trucks, and other vehicles. My real attraction was being able to do something for which I could see a result. When I watered, a plant grew; when it got sick, I applied treatments to make it better. The downsides are really all I have left in terms of memory for the place beyond those feelings; low salary, little benefits, unfair treatment of migratory workers, a somewhat poisonous corporate atmosphere with little room to advance, and repetitive seasonal work. I got a promotion to the propagation section (where cuttings were grown up), but within six months they decided they didn't need me anymore.
Rather than fire me right then, they gave me "another chance" by assigning me a near Herculean task building more rib houses on the nearly acquired property. It was an impossible task given in the cold of winter, given not enough manpower, tools, or time to complete it. I resigned myself sticking it out; they were not going to make me quit.
Three months later, I got my walking papers. I think I smiled the whole drive home. The tribulation was over.
In another six months, I found work at a much smaller commercial nursery deep in the southern parts of New Jersey. Fairweather Gardens is a tiny operation which specializes in a variety of hard-to-find plants for the hardcore gardener. The Philadelphia Inquirer had done a story on them and, on a whim, I sent them my resume and cover letter. This would end up being a very brief stint (I lasted about 3 months) but an important one for me and my Library Route.
After returning from a short trip during which I got engaged to my now wife Kathy, I was just about to tell the owners the news when they told me that they were firing me and giving me two weeks pay in lieu of notice. I was devastated. As I was handing over the pruning sheers I had been given, one of the owners said something to me that got me on the start of my route. He said:
Andy, you seems to have abilities and interests in other things for which you are more passionate about. We're wondering why you are not doing that instead of this.
For a long time, I thought it was an backhanded insult given out while I was getting ready to go home to Kathy and tell her that I had been fired again. But as the time stretched on after that day, I really started to think about it. Horticulture was something I could do, but it wasn't where my passion was. I could see during that job that I wasn't at the same level as the owners who lived, breathed, and knew horticulture.
I did find work again as a temp worker at DuPont (we lived in Delaware at the time), but it was a way to pay the bills while I figured out what I was doing with my life. I had always had an interest in law, I thought, so why not try out law school? I took the LSAT, applied to Widener Law, and was accepted into their night program. Working full time, every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday I would head up to campus for 3 to 4 hours of class time with other parts of my day crammed with class preparation and studying. Kathy and I were virtual strangers to each other as our time tables did not generally mesh well except on Sunday evenings or after 11pm every other night.
I loved law school as well, but between working full time and studying the rest of it, it did not suit my learning style at all. There was no room to breathe, to rest and relax, and to recuperate. In the end, the only class I did well on for both semesters was my legal research and writing class. Everything else was dismal and put me on academic probation.
It was during this time, seated at my computer in our little office we had in the apartment, that Kathy started talking about finding another career. She had always been interested in librarianship since she was a high school student. It was there, sitting in my computer chair, listening to her talk about it, that the thought first crossed my mind. Surely, I thought, it has to be easier than this law school bullshit. I was sick and tired of the stress, the work, and being away from family and friends. I did well in my research class, so maybe becoming a law librarian was a good alternative.
I took a semester leave of absence that fall while Kathy attended Saturday classes held at the Free Library of Philadelphia by the staff of Clarion University. When she kept coming back with tales about what she was learning and doing, I knew I found something I could do as well. That fall, I made a proposal to Kathy: move to Clarion, get our degrees as fast as we can, and then move back. We'd live on student loans and whatever work we could find as well as maybe some family charity. Within those four months, I applied and was accepted to the program, found a place to live (a tiny single newly renovated single family house), packed our stuff one dark January day, and moved out to Clarion.
This is my Library Route.


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Victoria Josefa Dolores Catalina Sackville-West, Baroness Sackville (1862–1936) was the wife of her cousin Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville and the mother of writer and gardener Vita Sackville-West. The family lived mainly at Knole House, an estate that had been theirs for centuries. Victoria embodied this heritage.
She was the illegitimate daughter of Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville and the Spanish dancer Josefa de la Oliva (née Durán y Ortega, known as Pepita). Her life is mostly overshadowed by the high-profile and controversial bisexual life of her daughter, Vita Sackville-West, who had an open marriage with diplomat Harold Nicolson and affairs with Violet Trefusis and Virginia Woolf.
She had Edwin Lutyens design a house for her at Roedean, another for her guests at Worthing, and yet another in London. Edwin Lutyens had 'two ladies', Gertrude Jekyll and Victoria, who were each 'closer than friends'.


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For fans of centers who thrive in all the little things, watching Bergeron and Datsyuk do battle for up to seven games is a delight.
BOSTON — Red Wings coach Mike Babcock is uniquely qualified to assess both Pavel Datsyuk and Patrice Bergeron.
For eight years, he's coached the 'Magic Man' with Detroit. As Team Canada's coach at the last two Olympics, he's also had the services of Bergeron.
"They're good players. They're both real good players," Babcock said Friday morning before his Red Wings faced Bergeron and the Bruins in Game 1 of their first-round series at TD Garden. "Pav's coming back from an injury like I talked about. Pav's one of the best players in the world, period, when he's healthy. And Bergeron's one of the best players in the world. What Bergeron does, like [Chicago's] Jonathan Toews, like Pavel Datsyuk, they do it right. That's what you need. Not by talking, by doing it right."
Both players have staked their reputations as elite two-way players. In addition to being a point-per-game player, Datsyuk is a three-time Selke Trophy winner as the NHL's best defensive forward. Bergeron tied for the Bruins' lead with 30 goals this season, and is a favorite to win his second Selke.
For fans of centers who thrive in all the little things, watching Bergeron and Datsyuk do battle for up to seven games is a delight. There's no rumor the TD Garden has a special surcharge to just watch Bergeron and Datsyuk take faceoffs.
Bergeron and Datsyuk are in a small class of elite centers who do it all for their teams, along with Toews, David Backes, Anze Kopitar, Ryan Getzlaf and Joe Thornton. All of their teams have won the Stanley Cup or are considered Stanley Cup contenders.
"He's definitely a guy that plays the way that I like to play, both sides of the rink," Bergeron said of Datsyuk. "He's got obviously amazing skill. He plays the way I like to play and definitely a player I've taken notes from."
In this series, Bergeron may spend many of his shifts against Datsyuk's line. Bruins coach Claude Julien, an assistant for Babcock at the Sochi Olympics, is a believer in line matching, and often sticks Bergeron's line on the opponent's No. 1 threat.
For Detroit, that's Datsyuk and wingers Johan Franzen and Justin Abdelkader. In the two games Datsyuk played against the Bruins this season, Bergeron matched up with the Russian, winning 11-of-23 faceoffs.
That means all series, Bergeron will be so close to Datsyuk that he'll know what he ate for breakfast.
"It's always a great challenge," Bergeron said of Datsyuk. "Terrific player and he's won before, so he's a great player, tough to play against. It's a great challenge for everyone."
Datsyuk is coming off a knee injury that kept him out in March, but he played the last six games, scoring two goals and two assists. Datsyuk had 17 goals and 20 assists in 45 games overall, including two assists in two games vs. Boston. Babcock said late in the season that he thinks Datsyuk is on the verge of breaking out.
It'll be just a little harder against Bergeron.
"I think his strength and he's never, he doesn't quit on any plays, any pucks," Bergeron said. "You just have to be aware of him."
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Connecticut will end fiscal year with $40 million deficit
Despite the legislature's best bipartisan effort to reduce the state budget deficit, state Comptroller Kevin Lembo told Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday that the state still has a little further to go.
In his monthly letter to Malloy, Lembo projected the state will end the fiscal year in June with a $40 million deficit.
In December, Lembo and Malloy's budget office disagreed on the size of the projected deficit. Malloy and the legislature worked to close a $365 million shortfall. Meanwhile, Lembo predicted the deficit would be closer to $415 million.
The difference in the deficit numbers was attributed entirely to higher spending projections.
The governor used his rescission authority to cut about $123 million from the budget and the bipartisan deficit mitigation legislation passed by lawmakers reduced the deficit by another $252.3 million.


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NAB 2013: What's new in Premiere Pro
Here's a video my buddy Ryan Brown (Indie Film Maker – http://blog.iamfilmguy.com/) shot in our booth. He's got a great shooting style when it comes to shoot these types of "run and gun" videos.
In this video I give you a few of my favorite features that made the cut in the next version of Premiere Pro (2013). The features that I'm showing all came from end user requests via our Product Improvement Program under the Help Menu. Engineering really came through on this version and made over 200 changes without disrupting our current interface – no easy task. I'll be posting more of those features shortly.


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If the implementation of the C++ library provides the method std::string::push_back (char), define HAVE_STRING_PUSH_BACK.
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Party positions on the Question of Palestine
September 2013 Federal Election, Canberra electorate, Australian Capital Territory
Thank you for your recent email regarding Federal Labor's position on Palestine and the Middle East Peace Process.
Labor policy strongly supports a negotiated two-state solution that allows a secure Israel to live side by side with an independent future Palestinian state. We welcome the fact that both sides have returned to direct negotiations.
Leadership from the United States, particularly the Secretary of State John Kerry, has been crucial to bringing the two sides to the negotiating table.
Prime Minister Netanyahu confirmed his government's commitment to a peaceful two-state solution.
President Abbas said the Palestinians were prepared to implement all their commitments and obligations.
Federal Labor has consistently called on both sides to refrain from action that undermines prospects for negotiations such as Israeli settlement activity, which threatens the realisation of a two-state solution. Palestinian leaders also need to prevent rocket attacks from Gaza and to avoid provocative unilateral actions in international forums.
Federal Labor considers a negotiated two-state solution is the only way to realise a Palestinian state.
The Labor Government's decision to abstain on the 2012 Palestinian statehood resolution balanced Australia's support for a future Palestinian state and our view that the only way to achieve the reality of statehood for the Palestinians is direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
The Federal Labor Government has repeatedly called on Israel to stop settlement activity, noting that its settlements are illegal under international law, including amounting to a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and that settlement activity undermines the prospects for peace.
Australia's aid program will provide $300 million in assistance to the Palestinian people over five years (2011-2016), including $120 million in direct budget support to the Palestinian Authority.
Australia provides practical assistance to build stronger civil institutions and to prepare for eventual statehood.
Ms Gai Brodtmann MP, Labor member for Canberra.


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- "Where Liberty City's elite come to avoid people like you."
- — GTA IV Official Website
Jousters is an upper-class social club first featured in The Lost and Damned.
It is located on Columbus Avenue in Middle Park East, Algonquin, Liberty City.
Jousters is depicted as a blue blood affair where Liberty City's elite mingle with politicians while sitting in saunas or enjoying an afternoon cordial and a cigar. They said in a statement to the press that Jouster's is "a club for gentlemen, not genetic confusions" when a transgender man was denied access and tried to sue them.
The club itself is depicted as a historical low-rise at Columbus Avenue, just next door to Yusuf Amir's upscale apartment in The Ballad of Gay Tony. In TLAD, the club boasts a minimum of three interiors used in cutscenes but all are inaccessible in normal gameplay, including the lobby, sauna, and massage room. Classical music can be heard in the lobby, but will also emanate from the building when outside, if the player walks close to the main entrance of the building. It is also common to find a doorman pedestrian at the entrance.
Events of TLAD
The club serves as an important location in TLAD where player character Johnny Klebitz is asked to meet Thomas Stubbs III for two missions ("Politics" and "Off Route"); during each visit, Stubbs is depicted patronizing the club's facilities, including a massage room and sauna. Leavis is depicted as the club's maître d', initially treating Johnny harshly for his confrontational behavior, but finally warming up to him after learning Stubbs invited him in.


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Paramedics in Austin, Texas, use motorcycles to shorten emergency response times on a congested highway.
In early June, emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in Austin, Texas, began using a different mode of transportation to reach the injured along the congested and accident-prone Interstate 35: medically equipped motorcycles. Rather than navigating the congested highway in ambulances, EMS personnel now hop on their motorcycles to respond to traffic accident victims — a tactic that originated in London, and has proven successful in Florida's Miami-Dade County for nearly five years.
Motorcycles can arrive two to three minutes faster than an ambulance — especially during large congested events like Austin's South by Southwest music festival, said Eric S. Jakubauskas, commander of Austin-Travis County EMS Special Events. And those extra minutes can mean the difference between life and death, he said. "That can be special if the person is in severe respiratory distress or was having a cardiac problem — two to three minutes can mean whether you resuscitate the person or you don't."
The motorcycles — BMW G650 X-Ps equipped with lights and sirens and suspension that can handle rougher terrain than a standard street bike — are outfitted with life-support equipment such as medications, airway equipment and first aid supplies. Also, an automatic external defibrillator allows EMS technicians to monitor the heart if needed.
Motorcyle medics can treat an injury or illness for up to 15 minutes; they can give immediate care and determine the severity of injuries. An ambulance is always immediately behind them, Jakubauskas said.
The ambulance will arrive within minutes and depending on the severity of the injury, can further treat the patient and transport him or her to a hospital. If the injury is minor, however, the motorcycle medic can call off the ambulance so it may be available for a more serious call.
Austin-Travis County EMS Special Events has four motorcycles, which Jakubauskas said have all been donated. "The taxpayers haven't paid a dime for the motorcycles yet — more than $42,000 worth of motorcycles."
The current deployment is an open-ended pilot, Jakubauskas said. EMS personnel riding the bikes complete a modified Austin Police Department motorcycle course and go through recurring training.
"Hopefully within the next three to six months, we'll be able to pull enough data [from the pilot] to be able to justify moving forward," he said, adding that right now, some paramedics are taken from ambulance duty to work as motorcycle paramedics — they're not dedicated like a motorcycle police officer would be. "We put them on extra duty and put them on the streets. And hopefully we can put some people on permanent staffing for the motorcycle program."
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Repairing the "severely damaged" level of public trust in the police which has been wrecked by "plebgate", stories of bullying and secret financial dealing is a top priority for the new leader of police rank-and-file officers.
Steve White, who was elected last week as chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales representing 125,000 officers, admitted: "We have been in a fairly dire place for 18 months ... we were quite close to being irrelevant."
He told the Guardian that the federation must become the "progressive, forward-thinking ... conscience" of policing by radically reforming itself into a more professional organisation.
Mr White became chairman days after the organisation was left stunned by a raft of shock changes announced by Home Secretary Theresa May, including the removal of state funding this August.
She also called time on automatic membership for the federation.
To stony silence from the 2,000-strong audience Mrs May listed a string of damning controversies surrounding the police, such as the findings of the Hillsborough Independent Panel, the review into the investigation into Stephen Lawrence and the so-called plebgate row.
She told delegates if they did not overhaul the organisation the Government would force change upon it.
The federation also came under fire earlier this year for having around £70 million stashed in unregulated accounts.
Mr White was elected vice chairman of the federation's joint central committee in November 2012, and before that he was representative as a sergeant and an inspector.
A former firearms officer, while working as an inspector in Bristol he received three commendations for courage and leadership.
Mr White said it was time for the Government and the federation to work together.
He said: "If we spend our time fighting with each other, we are not improving policing. The Government should see the Police Federation as an ally, not an enemy."
Mr White's reign has started as official data revealed that the proportion of adults who believe their local police are doing a good job has dipped for the first time in a decade.
Figures in the Crime Survey for England and Wales 2012/13 show 61% of people gave positive ratings for local officers, compared to 62% in the previous year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
The drop signals the end of a decade of year-on-year growth in the proportion of adults who report their area's police as doing a good or excellent job, the ONS said.
And when the ratings measures are broken down further, an increase was revealed in those who thought the police were doing a "very poor" job when compared to the previous year, from 1.8% to 2.2%.
Elsewhere, the ONS said the proportion of adults who reported seeing a police officer on foot patrol in their local area at least once a week dropped to 34% from 38% in the same period.
High visibility was associated with positive ratings of the police, the ONS added.
Some 69% of adults who reported seeing officers on foot patrol at least once a week gave the police an excellent or good rating.
This compared with just over half (53%) of adults who reported never seeing the police on patrol believing the police are doing an excellent or good job.


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Escaped Ark. Inmate's Mother Arrested, Accused of Helping Son in Jailbreak
Glenda Estell, 54, was taken into custody at Garland County Jail on Friday.
Aug. 3, 2013 -- The mother of a Hot Springs, Ark., inmate who is on the loose has been arrested on charges that she assisted in her son's escape from jail.
Glenda Estell, 54, was taken into custody at Garland County Jail Friday evening, accused of being part of a network of friends and family who orchestrated Derrick Estell's jailbreak at approximately 1:40 p.m. July 28.
Authorities determined that Estell aided in her son's escape from Garland County Dentention Center after police listened to recordings of 40 phone calls he had made to her from jail over the month leading up to the day of his escape, according to the police report.
"The phone conversations between Derrick and Glenda Estell all have random mentions of the plan for Derrick to escape custody," the police report said.
Watch: Prisoner Who Escaped Arkansas Prison Still at Large but His Mom Was Arrested
While he appeared to be having a routine conversation on the inmate phone last Sunday, one of Derrick Estell's alleged accomplices distracted jail deputies. This then gave him a small margin of time to dive through a window into the prison waiting room and sprint out of the jail to a getaway car allegedly driven by his girlfriend, Tamara Upshaw, who was waiting for him outside.
Glenda Estell allegedly gave her son the green light to make a run for it by telling him, "It's all good," according to the police report.
The man who allegedly created a diversion by trying to deposit money into the account of a fake inmate was identified as Upshaw's stepfather, 58-year-old William Harding, the police report said.
Harding was arrested July 28 for allegedly helping Derrick Estell escape and was later released.
Caught on Tape: 'Very Dangerous' Inmate Escapes Jail
Estell, who has a criminal record that includes at aggravated robbery, burglary, theft, and breaking and entering, had escaped from jail in March, but he was recaptured after several hours.
While Derrick Estell has been on the run for his sixth day straight, law enforcement experts say it's unlikely the man whom the Garland County Sheriff's Department has called "armed, dangerous and extremely aggressive" will be on the run for much longer.
"It's almost like getting the sheriff involved, that 'Hey, I am going to escape tomorrow,'" ABC News consultant and former FBI Agent Brad Garrett told "Good Morning America." "Just give me a head start. It's almost that silly."
Meanwhile, Glenda Estell is due in Hot Springs District Court on August 13, according to the police report.


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Download macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Combo Update
This update is recommended for all macOS Sierra users.
The macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Update improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, and is recommended for all users.
This update:
- Adds Night Shift for automatically shifting the colors in your display to the warmer end of the spectrum after dark.
- Adds Siri support for cricket scores, schedules, and player rosters from the Indian Premier League and International Cricket Council.
- Adds Dictation support for Shanghainese.
- Improves right-to-left language support for the Touch Bar, toolbar, and visual tab picker in Safari.
- Resolves several PDF rendering and annotation issues in Preview.
- Improves the visibility of the subject line when using Conversation View in Mail.
- Fixes an issue that may prevent content from appearing in Mail messages.
- Adds support for more digital camera RAW formats.
Enterprise content:
- Adds the
tethered-cachingcommand, which optimizes certain downloads for iOS devices tethered via USB. For details, enter
man tethered-cachingin Terminal.
- Updates the
securitycommand to include the
delete-identityoption, which deletes both a certificate and its private key from a keychain. For details, enter
man securityin Terminal.
- Updates the
profilescommand to include the
-Nflag, which displays a device-enrollment notification that prompts the user to complete Mobile Device Management (MDM) enrollment. For details, enter
man profilesin Terminal.
- Fixes an issue that causes notebook computers connected to certain docking stations to display a blank screen instead of the macOS login window on the built-in display.
- Fixes an issue that causes a newly changed user-account password to be rejected at the macOS login window, if FileVault is turned on.
- Adds the ability to automatically renew certain certificates delivered via a configuration profile.
- Includes numerous Xsan fixes.
See Apple Security Updates for detailed information about the security content of this update.


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