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Tuesday, June 26
I have recently proposed an online course for the Institute of Continuing Education at the University of Cambridge. My day started with a meeting at Madingley Hall to discuss this idea with the manager of the courses. The online provision is a novelty at Cambridge and the manager has been surprised how many of the customers are apparently totally new to the ICE and create a truly global audience. Thus, my idea needs a rethink in order to fulfil their remit to be able to run the course at least three times and reach a wider audience with a less area-specific title. The course seems to stay in development. Luckily, the manager has to put on his second hat as the manager of the International Summer School so I will have until late August or September to brainstorm.
After the meeting I headed to the University Library to check the dates suggested for the calibrated chronology of the late central Italian prehistory. The book in question seemed to be in the open collection so I decided to go the Department of Archaeology first. I had a series of illustrations to do for an article; thus, I needed to scan some slides with a slide scanner and to check old GIS coverages in order to edit the figures needed for the wetlands volume Water : Movement – The importance of rivers, lakes and wetlands in prehistoric societies edited by Andrea Vianello. It turned out that the slide scanner had not been connected to the network since the last network update and I had to get the departmental computing officer David Redhouse, the network administrator required to add an USB appliance, to come and get the scanner online. In addition, for some reason scanning slides is always prone to random difficulties. This time one slide turned all black and one bright red; if only one had foreseen how redundant the old photographic forms were to come and how quickly slide scanners became obsolete. I shiver with the thought of upgrading from the current modes of storing them.
I scanned the slides for the illustrations and saved them in order to edit them later and proceeded into creating a series of new ArcMap coverages in order to have the correct features in my figures. Since I can edit all new CorelDraw files further at home later during the week, I just created the content I needed and imported it to the CorelDraw for later editing and use. The day finished with fetching the book I had looked for in the online catalogue earlier from the stack in the UL and updating the dates taken from my PhD.
Wednesday, June 27
This morning saw me giving a lecture in the Exploring Art course (Makers and Materials II) in the Embrace Arts. This course is part of the Art History lecture series in the Richard Attenborough Centre at the University of Leicester. These courses are organized by the Institute for Lifelong Learning at Leicester. The course director was sitting in this time in order to assess me and start the process of including me officially in the tutor panel. Considering that W. G. Hoskins taught at the Vaughan College and for the Workers' Educational Association, I am not in bad company.
The lecture on Phaidias at Olympia, a topical subject due to the arrival of Olympic flame relay to Leicester on Monday, went well and the learners seemed interested and enthusiastic.
In the afternoon I started to edit the illustrations but managed to make very slow process, since I had to crosscheck different place names mentioned in the text and their locations.
Thursday, June 28
In the morning I uploaded my archaeological blog 'Landscape Perceptions', where I did blog about this Archaeology Day last week. This week's topic was 'Summer Season of Archaeological News' in which I discussed some Roman glass beads from Japan. I try to be topical; thus, I have reviewed both Pub Archaeology and Mary Beard's excellent 'Meet the Romans', while discussing important archaeological topics. As a busy working mother, I am lucky to be able to keep a weekly blog!
On this particular day I had to make some preparations for my coming short work trip to Rome. I have to keep my Italian mobile number alive by crediting it at least once a year. This I could have sorted otherwise – online or bothering colleagues – but for drawing a few diagnostic pieces of pottery for an article I am preparing and meeting the new inspector for Crustumerium where I excavated between 2004 and 2008 you have to travel to Italy. In order to make swifter moves from the airport to the centre, from the centre to the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, where I store some utensils, and from Rome to Civita Castellana, I have hired a car. I try to make this trip on a shoestring so avoiding the extra insurances in the car rental place is paramount. Thus, I had to buy a car hire excess insurance online that was much cheaper than any tie-ins.
Secondly, I needed a new cabin trolley. My husband will be leaving almost immediately for Turkey for work on my arrival so he could not lend his but I had to go to the city centre to buy a new one. I managed to spend almost two hours while comparing models, weights and volumes in different department stores and to lose my toddler son in the process. It is good to know that the security in the shops can be used to spot runaway children with extra energy…
I also had to send a recent article, out about a month ago, to the inspectors in different Superintendencies whose areas I was discussing in my article 'Political landscapes and local identities in Archaic central Italy – Interpreting the material from Nepi (VT, Lazio) and Cisterna Grande (Crustumerium, RM, Lazio)'. In addition, there were e-mails from the first hostel I am staying in Rome and a follow-up message from the lecturer responsible for the Landscape History courses in the Institute of Continuing Education at Cambridge to deal with. I also finally received a photo register file from my assistant.
Friday, June 29
As I suspected, my Friday looks like it will be less than exciting. I have to do a job application, continue editing and compiling illustrations for the article I now have the material for and look at briefly some other texts in order to make progress on them. I will look at the summary of the activities before turning off my laptop in the early evening.
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Not unsurprisingly the time flew and I barely got the illustrations ready – all 15 of them. I also wrote the list of captions and inserted the references into the text. There is one illustration I am not happy with but I have to do it later; its colour scheme does not take the change to the greyscale well. I may also have to include a 16th figure in order to show more of the real landscape in a photo. The other texts have to wait until next week. One is always optimistic what one manages to do in one day…


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CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Phillips drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double on Friday night, and Mike Leake got the better of left-hander Francisco Liriano for the third time this season, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates that tightened the NL Central.
The third-place Reds moved to within three games of second-place Pittsburgh. The Pirates lead their season series 6-5.
The Reds sent nine batters to the plate for four runs in the fifth off Liriano (9-4), who had his shortest outing of the season. Chris Heisey's infield single drove in the first run, and Phillips' double off Justin Wilson made it 5-0.
Heisey also had a solo homer off Liriano.
Leake (9-4) gave up solo homers to Starling Marte, Andrew McCutchen and Russell Martin in the sixth inning. Manny Parra fanned Pedro Alvarez with runners on second and third to end the seventh.
Aroldis Chapman struck out two in the ninth while getting his 22nd save in 25 chances.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Andre Ethier homered off Rafael Soriano to lead off the ninth inning, and the Dodgers resumed play after the All-Star break with a 3-2 win over the Nationals.
Ethier pulled a 1-2 slider just over the wall in right-center, his sixth homer of the year and the second ninth-inning homer allowed by Soriano (1-2) in three appearances.
Hanley Ramirez also homered for the Dodgers, who picked up where they left off before the break, winning for the seventh time in nine games and moving back above .500. They were 12 games below the break-even mark on June 21.
Ronald Belisario (4-5) faced only one batter to get the win, his 14th consecutive appearance without a run allowed. Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for his 10th save.
NEW YORK (AP) — Chase Utley, Domonic Brown and the Phillies came flying out of the All-Star break, scoring 11 runs in the first three innings on way to a rout of the Mets.
Michael Young hit a three-run homer, Utley had a two-run drive and Brown a solo shot as the Phillies (49-48) won for the ninth time in 12 games to move over .500 for only the second time this season. Philadelphia roughed up familiar foil Jeremy Hefner in its seventh consecutive victory at Citi Field dating to last season, including a three-game sweep in April.
While the Phillies have made themselves right at home in Queens, the Mets keep struggling in their own ballpark. Back on the field after hosting the All-Star game Tuesday for the first time since 1964, they fell to an NL-worst 17-28 at home.
DENVER (AP) — Jeff Samardzija pitched effectively into the eighth inning and Anthony Rizzo doubled home the go-ahead run in the seventh, leading the Cubs past the Rockies.
Alfonso Soriano added a home run, his 17th, and Junior Lake, recalled by Chicago from Triple-A Iowa before the game, had three hits in his major league debut, including a double in his first career at-bat. Darwin Barney drove in an insurance run with a ninth-inning double.
Samardzija (6-9) kept the Rockies in check by limiting them to one run on four hits in 7 1-3 innings. He walked three and struck out six.
D.J. LeMahieu doubled off Kevin Gregg to start the ninth and advanced to third on a ground out by Carlos Gonzalez. Troy Tulowitzki walked before Gregg induced Michael Cuddyer to ground into a game-ending double play for his 18th save in 20 chances.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Juan Francisco and Carlos Gomez each hit home runs and Kyle Lohse blanked Miami for six innings as the Brewers started the second half of the season with a victory over the Marlin.
Lohse (6-7) has owned the Marlins over his career. He came in 5-2 in nine starts, including a 3-0 record with the St. Louis Cardinals last season. He was in command all the way this time, too.
He struck out five, allowed five hits but no walks. It was his fourth win in his last five decisions.
Francisco hit an opposite-field home run in the fourth, driving a 3-2 pitch from Jacob Turner (3-2) into the left-field seats.
Gomez, fresh off his first All-Star appearance, curled a two-out, 0-2 pitch around the left-field foul pole in the fifth inning.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jake Westbrook pitched 6 1-3 innings of two-run ball and contributed three hits, All-Star Matt Carpenter continued his strong season with three hits and three RBIs, and the Cardinals beat the Padres.
A career .116 hitter, Westbrook had never had more than one hit in a game. The right-hander, who scored twice and had an RBI, surpassed his hit output for the year with two singles and a double in his three at-bats. That raised his batting from .100 to .217.
On the mound, Westbrook (6-4) scattered eight hits while striking out one and walking four.
After rookie Carlos Martinez allowed three runs in the ninth to make it a three-run game, All-Star Edward Mujica got the last two outs to record his 27th save in 29 chances.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Chad Gaudin struck out eight in seven scoreless innings to build on his impressive monthlong stretch, All-Star Buster Posey hit an RBI double, and the Giants beat the first-place Diamondbacks.
Hunter Pence added a run-scoring single as defending World Series champion San Francisco started a key series to open the second half by pulling within 5 1/2 games of the D-backs in the NL West race.
Arizona starter Ian Kennedy (3-7) was denied career win No. 50 yet again in his eighth try.
In his past four starts, Gaudin (4-1) has a 0.77 ERA, two earned runs in 23 1-3 innings. He has an 11-inning scoreless streak.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Phillips drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double on Friday night, and Mike Leake got the better of left-hander Francisco Liriano for the third time this season, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates that tightened the NL Central.


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Hero Park
Hero Park
Bounded by Victory Boulevard, Louis Street, and Howard Avenue, Hero Park honors the 144 Staten Island soldiers who died in World War I. Large evergreen trees, dedicated to each veteran, decorate the park. Plaques with each soldier's name once adorned Sugar Loaf Rock and a tablet once existed which explained the dedications. The tablet proclaimed: "This Granite Boulder Left Here During the Glacial Period Has Been Known for Generations as SUGAR LOAF ROCK and Marks the Boyhood Playground of the Men Whose Gallant Deeds it Now Commemorates." After the signs began to disappear in the 1970s, Parks removed the remaining signs to avoid further vandalism.
Dr. and Mrs. Louis A. Dreyfus donated the original 1.924 acres of the property to the city in 1920. Dr. Dreyfus discovered a process for making a chewing gum base in 1909, and formed the L.A. Dreyfus Company in Clifton, Staten Island. The company grew steadily and by the end of 1913 it had over forty customers, including the William Wrigley Jr. Company. With increasing demands for chewing gum base came the requirement for increased facilities, and since expanding the Staten Island plant was not considered feasible, the company relocated to Edison, New Jersey.
During her lifetime, Mrs. Berta Dreyfus, Louis' wife, donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to various hospitals, colleges, civic groups, and charities. She contributed to the Richmond Memorial Hospital, as well as the Staten Island Hospital in New Brighton. In addition, Breta Dreyfus supported Wagner Lutheran Memorial College on Grymes Hill, and Cornell University. Trinity Lutheran Church at Stapleton, Zion Methodist Church at Tompkinsville. the Staten Island Council of Boy Scouts of America, the Visiting Nurses Association of Staten Island, the Conference House Association, the Staten Island Cancer Committee, and the Girl Scouts of America also benefited from her generosity.
In 1981, there was a proposal to construct a twenty-five-story condominium on the area adjacent to the land that the Dreyfus family had donated to the city. The Silver Lake Civic League, the Silver Lake Civic Association, the Grymes Hill Civic Association, the Preservation League, the Trust for Public Land and other community groups worked together to block this plan, and the proposal was rejected. The civic groups labored to raise the $165,000 necessary for Parks to purchase the 1.1-acre addition of wooded hillside. It was secured in 1985.
In 1998, the pathways in the park were replaced. The Friends of Hero Park, a community group comprised mainly of citizens from streets bordering the park, now collects financial contributions in order to help Parks maintain the grounds. In addition, this group works to plan events for the park. The flagpole, trees and Sugar Loaf Rock continue to remind park users of the heroic deeds of the Staten Island soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
Hero Park contains Pin Oak, American Linden, and London Plane trees. London Plane trees take their name from London, England. These trees are known to flourish despite harsh urban environments. Due to the trees' enduring popularity, Parks uses the silhouette of their leaf as its official insignia.


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Mulled Hard Pear Cider
This mulled hard cider uses pear instead of the more traditional apple, for a simple change that adds a lot of flavor.
Apples and warm spice have pretty much cornered the market as far as mulled ciders go, but swapping in pear is a pleasant change. Warm the hard cider in a big pot and steep it with ginger chunks, orange peel, and vanilla. Before serving, stir in some honey and a hefty dose of brandy.... Read More
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How do you provide senior care for your aging parents?
As parents age, their adult children often assume greater responsibility for their care. As part of caring for elderly parents or "senior care," caregivers should assess their parents' needs and begin collecting information about their legal, financial and medical status. Here are some additional ways children can prepare to care for elderly parents as gracefully as possible.
Begin the conversation early
It's not always easy to raise the subject of elder care with an aging parent. But waiting until after the need becomes acute will only make important decisions more difficult. Elder care experts suggest holding a family meeting where parents and caregivers can openly and honestly discuss options regarding daily living needs, health care, financial security, and legal rights. Opening these lines of communication early lets seniors know that their wishes are being heard and gives caregivers time to define and prepare for their new roles.
Collect key information
As you assume greater responsibility for caring for your elderly parents, you'll need access to important information about their health and finances. Begin to collect or make copies of documentation for your parents' insurance policies (health, home, auto, life), Social Security benefits, housing (leases, mortgages), retirement and bank accounts. Ask your parents to help you compile a list of their doctors' names, preferred health care facilities and current medications and conditions. Also check to see if they have a Medical Savings Account, are covered under Medicare Insurance, and/or have any Medicare Supplement Insurance. If so, ensure you have copies of those documents.
Review legal options
Well-constructed legal provisions can help ensure that your parents' wishes regarding their property and care are followed, while giving you the power to step in if they become unable to make decisions for themselves. Make plans to discuss the following legal provisions with your parents and a qualified attorney:
- Wills provide for the transfer of property when a person passes away.
- Living wills communicate end-of-life health care wishes.
- Durable power of attorney gives you the ability to make medical, financial, and legal decisions for your parents.
Find resources
Seniors may need access to a number of different resources, ranging from daily needs such as meals and personal care to quality-of-life issues such as social activities and transportation aid. The Department of Health and Human Services' Administration on Aging offers an online Eldercare Locator that can connect you with senior services in your area.
Enlist professional help
The emotional and administrative complexity of caring for an aging parent can overwhelm even the most conscientious caregiver. An Aging Life Care Professional can help you assess your parents' needs and design a care plan that addresses their wishes and abilities.


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Ticks are non-insect arthropod arachnids closely related to spiders, scorpions, and mites. They are important to humans because they feed on animals and can pass diseases to people, pets, wildlife, and livestock. In Montana, ticks are capable of transmitting several tick-borne illnesses to people:
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF)
- Colorado Tick Fever
- Tularemia (commonly known as "rabbit fever")
- Tick-borne relapsing fever
Ticks crawl up on low vegetation and wait for people or animals to pass by and brush up against them. Ticks are attracted to the odor, heat, and breathing of people and other animals. They attach themselves to the host by stretching their legs out towards the host and do not jump or fly. Ticks have 8 legs for crawling slowly and then holding on and no wings. In Montana, tick season lasts from the onset of warmer weather in the spring until about mid-July when warmer weather and low relative humidity cause the ticks to become inactive.
Left to Right Rocky Mountain wood tick: unengorged female, 1/4 engorged, 1/2 engorged and fully engorged.
The Rocky Mountain wood tick is the primary disease vectors in Montana. A soft-bodied tick that vectors Relapsing Fever has recently been found in Montana. The blacklegged ticks that are the primary vectors for Lyme disease are not known to occur in Montana.
Tick Bite Precautions
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Diseases Carried by Ticks in Montana
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Extension - Small and medium-sized operations
NOTE: CDC has reported another multi-state outbreak of Salmonellosis linked to backyard poultry
Wally Cat poster for kids on safe handling of chicks (University of Kentucky)
NOTE: January 1, 2017 restrictions on the purchase of over-the-counter medications for poultry were put in place.
- Concerns over the development of antibiotic resistance in human medicine have led to the development of new regulations controlling the use of antibiotics in animal feed. Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) drugs are medically important antibiotics whose use is regulated. New guidelines for these drugs become effective on January 1, 2017. Some of these drugs have been used in poultry medicine.
- How will these changes affect small-scale poultry producers? After the end of 2016, a veterinarian prescription will be required to get medicated feed as well as purchase what were over the counter drugs. Over the counter drugs now available online or in feed stores will no longer be available without a VFD. The VFD must be issued by a licensed veterinarian and there must be a veterinarian-client relationship. Small-scale poultry producers need to develop a relationship with a veterinarian so if their birds get sick they can obtain the needed drugs.
There are many reasons an individual or family may want to raise poultry:
- For-profit through the sale of meat, eggs and/or chicks.
- For family consumption of meat and/or eggs
- As a control for pests
- As a hobby and/or for poultry exhibitions
- As a 4-H or FFA project.
A small poultry flock is relatively inexpensive, requires less space than most animal enterprises, and doesn't require much time. In addition, raising a small poultry flock is a good way to introduce youth to animal agriculture (for food or fiber) and to help build a sense of responsibility (since animals need to be taken care of 365 days a year).
Growing a Nation: A history of American agriculture (Ag in the Classroom)
A history of agriculture (History of worldwide agriculture by Crest Capital)
The purpose of this website is to serve as a resource guide for small- and medium-sized poultry flock owners.


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Onions have many possible healthy benefits including reducing the risk of obesity,heart disease and cancer.
Onions have many possible healthy benefits including reducing the risk of obesity,heart disease and cancer.
The tamato is the edible,often red,berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum,commonly known as a tamato plant.Consuming tamatoes regularly helps decrease the levels of cholesterol.
Raw bananas are rich in fiber and potassium. They aid in better nutrient absorption and serve as a good treatment for diarrhoea. They also boost metabolism.
A potato is a root vegetable, the Solanum tuberosum. It is a small plant with large leaves. The part of the potato that people eat is a tuber that grows under the ground. A potato contains a lot of starch and other carbohydrates.
lemon juice is squeezed and added to many dishes like lemon rice, lemon tea and beverages like lemonades. The lemon peel is also edible and highly nutritious.Lemon promotes hydration and keeps the skin healthy. They help ease digestion, prevents kidney stones and freshens breath. Lemons are a very good source of Vitamin C.Lemon mixed with honey and water...
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I69.221 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of dysphasia following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage. The code is valid for the fiscal year 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The code is exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting for inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals.
|Short Description:
|Dysphasia following oth nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage
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|Dysphasia following other nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code I69.221 are found in the index:
- - Dysphasia - R47.02
- - following
- - cerebrovascular disease - I69.921
- - nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage NEC - I69.221
- - cerebrovascular disease - I69.921
- - following
- - Sequelae (of) - See Also: condition;
- - hemorrhage
- - intracranial, nontraumatic NEC - I69.20
- - dysphasia - I69.221
- - intracranial, nontraumatic NEC - I69.20
- - hemorrhage
Present on Admission (POA)
I69.221 is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement. Review other POA exempt codes here .
CMS POA Indicator Options and Definitions
|POA Indicator Code
|POA Reason for Code
|CMS will pay the CC/MCC DRG?
|Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission.
|Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission.
|Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.
|Clinically undetermined - unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.
|Unreported/Not used - Exempt from POA reporting.
Convert I69.221 to ICD-9
- 438.12 - Late eff CV dis-dysphsia (Approximate Flag)
Code Classification
Code History
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
(First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021


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This is getting offensive!
On the recently completed road trip, the Dodgers scored 61 runs and had 115 hits in just 10 games. For the non-math majors out there, that's 6.1 runs and 11.5 hits per game. Overall, the team hit .311 with a .370 OBP, which is hopefully a positive sign that they can start to turn this thing around while the pitching gets back on track at Dodger Stadium.
Jamey Carroll hit .500 on the trip (15-for-30), Matt Kemp batted .472 with 7 homers and 16 RBI and Aaron Miles hit .438 (14-for-32) with several clutch hits. And of course, James Loney hit a key grand slam yesterday.
Entering the road trip, the Dodgers had batted around in an inning four times and during the 10 games, they did it five times!
The longest homestand of the season starts tonight – three games each against the Reds, Astros, Tigers and Angels. As Vin always says, hope you'll make your plans to be part of it!
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I'll be "part of it" by continuing to urge many EMPTY SEATS. BOYCOTT!
Otherwise, we'll cheer for the team and look forward to breaking Frank and riding him out of town.
Fuck Frank and Ned and most of the front office.
Let's keep in mind that much of the offensive show was put on in the mile-high stadium. Just because Loweeney can hit a fly ball over the fence at an altitude of 5,200 feet doesn't mean he can do it anywhere else. Yes, Kemp is a monster anywhere. That doesn't hold for the rest of the lineup. As long as the bottom half of the lineup includes Loweeny, Uribum, Barajas/Navarro, and Gwynn, this team will struggle to score more than two runs per game.
Is that what you want to see when you go to the ballpark? No? Then don't show up at Dodger Stadium, because Frank McCourt has built a losing team. The only way to turn it around is to get rid of Frank – so continue the boycott!
I think Coors Field should be banned from baseball. it simply gives the players a false sense of how good they really are and, a complete nightmare for the pitchers. Because outfielders play so deep, ball drop in for a hit where, in any other ballpark, it would be a fly-out. That being said, i'm glad we were able to take two games there. Let's see what happens at home….a reality check for sure.
Since Frankie owes Manny $8.3 M by June 30th, it may just be the final nail in mccrook's coffin 😉
I think I'd support Frank not paying Manny his money. Let one fucker sue the other fucker.
In the end there will be a lot of suits floating around, and I have no sympathy for anyone who trusted Frank on deferred salary payments.
I know many of you don't think our team is very good. However, we do need to put Matt and Andre in the All-Star game…..Andre is currently 4th and Matt is 5th (unbelieveable)
How is Kemp behind Ethier?
I've done my part. I've voted the maximum allowable, and spread the word.
Can't believe Matt is behind Andre. There's no question in my mind that Matt is having an All-Star year. Typically All-Star outfielders must have power, and that's where Andre is surprisingly lacking this season.
• RHP Rubby De La Rosa(notes) left Sunday's game with a cramp in his right forearm that led to a cramp in his pointer finger. The Dodgers don't think it's serious and he should be able to make his next start. If he can't, the Dodgers have an off day Thursday, so they could skip him, and not need a fifth starter again until a week from Tuesday.
• LHP Ted Lilly(notes) collected his first hit and stolen base of the season (on a head-first dive) in the third inning Saturday. In the fifth, with two runners on base and nobody out, No. 8 hitter Tony Gwynn Jr.(notes) attempted a sacrifice bunt. No, they weren't suddenly bunting to set up Lilly, who had snapped an 0-for-41 hitting streak with his single. Third-base coach Tim Wallach came down to talk with Gwynn, who missed a sign. Gwynn then swung away and flied out. Lilly allowed a run in five innings, and picked up the victory to even his record at 5-5.
• 3B Casey Blake (pinched nerve in neck) was out of the starting lineup the past two days. Blake came off the bench and delivered a three-run double Saturday in the fifth inning, and he grounded out as a pinch hitter Sunday. He was hurt while fielding a bunt in the fifth inning Friday, and he noticed he didn't have much range of motion when in the batter's box his next at-bat.
• RHP Kenley Jansen(notes) (right shoulder inflammation) pitched two clean innings for Class AA Chattanooga in a rehab outing Saturday, striking out two. Jansen faced nine hitters in two games, retired them all, and struck out five. Jansen is eligible to be activated from the disabled list Monday, but the Dodgers would prefer giving him another two-inning rehab game. It will depend on how much the bullpen is used Sunday.
• LHP Hong-Chih Kuo(notes) struck out all three batters he faced Saturday for Class A Rancho Cucamonga in his second rehab outing as he tries to fight back from an anxiety disorder that put him on the disabled list. Kuo retired six of seven batters in two games.
• C Hector Gimenez(notes) was activated from the 60-day disabled list, cleared waivers, was outrighted and accepted an assignment to Class AA Chattanooga. Including his rehab games for Chattanooga, Gimenez was hitting .353/.450/.588 after six games.
• INF Aaron Miles drew a walk in the sixth inning Saturday, his first in 119 plate appearances, dating back to April 27. With a four-hit night, it raised his average to .301, but his on-base percentage is just .314 because of the infrequent walks.
By The Numbers: 23—Rows cleared by CF Matt Kemp in his pinch-hit home run June 10 at Coors Field. Kemp's home run cleared all 23 rows of the left-field seats, took one bounce, and quickly skipped into the Rockies players' parking lot. The ball was estimated to travel 458 feet, going 111.4 mph off the bat at a 31-degree angle.
All that offense we had just mean that we're not at the bottom of the NL league in runs scored but it seem strange that we're in front of the Phillies in offense except triples. To bad we didn't average 6+ in that Phillies series with them having good pitching. All those singles really did help them be in front of them in slg/ops and the obp is close. It sure kill the QS which were rank 1st and 2nd behind Phillies all season long in the NL and now they tied for 5th. We always done better hitting on the road and scoring runs but can we do that at home?
Do you guys want to see something? Check this out and these are numbers on the road but don't bother with the home numbers lol.
I see where the Rays released Cory Wade. And, I guess we will see if Loney can keep hitting when he returns home. Loney feasts at Coors Field. Not so much at Dodger Stadium(.699 career OPS). Same with Badajass and Urectum.
lol no way Wade was released because of a log jam. I guess Rays fans aren't happy at all considering they got there former pitcher back in Cormier.
Yes, a lot of balls may fall in front of outfielders playing deep at Coors but a lot of balls hit deep that might be out of smaller parks get caught.
I really don't care if the Dodgers pay Manny or not.
Gordon ss
Miles 2b
Ethier rf
Kemp cf
Loney 1b
Uribe 3b
Navarro c
Gwynn lf
Kuroda p
I would prefer Carroll to Uribe any day! Then again, I'd prefer Frank, Ned and Donnie be gone 😉
Can we played all of our home games in Albuquerque lol?
Power Outage: HRs @ Dodger Stadium 2011
Gordon 0
Miles 0
Ethier 2
Kemp 8
Loney 2
Uribe 2
Navarro 0
Gwynn 0
Kuroda 0
Total 14
Don't go to the game expecting lots of HRs – in fact, don't go to the game at all!
Sell the team!!!!!!!
It is highly unlikely any of the players with 0 would hit one anywhere else.
Let's hear an early update on how the EMPTY SEATS are looking.
Surprise, surprise, surprise – Padilla due to have neck surgery. I guess he is not coming off the DL anytime soon, but you really didn't think that would happen, did you?
Maybe Furcal can give him some recovery tips. I kinda wonder if they have the same agent.
Good evening everyone. Just watching the game on Fox Sports Ohio. Wow, they are panning the stadium and talking about the attendance issues of the Dodgers. Wow, does that place look empty.
Looks like we are playing for he Marlins' home crowd.
Yes, it does.
I'll bet when Vinny gives the attendance it will be over 30K.
Let's get this party started!
Everyday Dre 😉
How dare thy hit our Bison!
Well, I guess in a couple of days we will find out what part of the Dodgers future Frank has traded away for pennys on the dollar to stay afloat. At least that will give Jamies claims that he is hurting the value of the team more weight in court on the 22nd.
Great way to start the game – I love it!
Way to go Andre, Matt and James!!! So, does James get another 24 hours of being Loeeny Free?
Is it true Frank is reaching out to religious organizations for money. If that turns out to be true, shame in him and the organizations that are supposedly doing this.
From what I've read, some AME pastors have reached out to him, citing the Jackie Robinson signing and the team's historic background in the integration movement. These pastors are calling for forgiveness and giving Frank a second chance. Don't know if they're giving him any money, though.
It is true. However, the Times reporters think it's a crass act on Frank's part! Nobody is buying that crap!
OMG!!! Why doesn't Frank just go on welfare while he's at it?
Sparkleplenty ~ he might have to after he is forced to pay Manny $8.3 million by June 30th!
lol what the hell was Sherrill problem last year and did anyone see what he's doing this year in Atlanta?
Back to the game – we're seeing some great fielding tonight.
LOL…Dee makes Pierre look fat!
Rally killer !
Where's my Wally & Beav?
Looking at their dad's magazines?
( 🙂 )
It's very quiet here tonight . . .
I seriously want to know how many runs we given up with 2 outs?
Why is Miles playing instead of Jamey/!
Crap! Errors kill you every time!!!
To be honest why is Uribe playing over Jamey?
Either way, he should be in there!
Carroll should be in there over Piles and Urectum!!!! Dondildo is a clown.
lol can Carroll played 1st bases? I can't really blame Donny on this and Torre probably would've done the same thing.
Damn stupid errors.
Too bad, Hiroki. It wasn't all your fault.
Too bad. Back to back errors really hurt. He hardly ever gets much offensive support either.
And, why the hell is GrrrrRear still on this team?!
See! Ugh!
Ka-Boom!!! Guerrier sucks!!!!
No shit! 😉
I don't think we can blame this on Guerrier when the innings should've been over without those 2 innings.
Why not? He gave up the damn home run!
That homerun would not had happen if Gordon and Miles didn't make that errors. I don't think this is ghe game to blame him.
Because Belisario and not resigning Wade mess this up.
I about fell out of my chair on that piles & urectum post wally!! They go so well with each other. LOL
Gr-rear has really been lit up his last few appearances.
Now THAT is offensive.
Oh well, by losing tonight, we get more empty seats tomorrow night.
Unbelieveable what errors can do.
I know I haven't been around during games much, but I have been paying attention. Our bullpen sucks!!! You can't defend homerun shots like that!! Goodness!! Andre and Matt didn't even move from their spots on the field. They just turned around and watched it go over the wall – lol!!!
That was a shot. MLB Network broke into the game and after it was hit out they were all commenting that they knew he was going to go yard — funny A's I was thinking the sane thing as I'm sure many of you were as well.
Yes we were, Collie. As Jhall said: "Kaboom"!
Heh, heh…. When Grrrrear came in, I got a feeling of impending doom. The errors didn't help,but, I have no faith in Grrrrear and we are stuck with him for 3 years. I would unload him in July.
We have to many dead weight on this team and didn't someone said they don't mind this team to losing and I'd rather this team lose and attendance dropping to have Ned trade some prospects for more wash up players.
Good inning Lindblom.
31,372 is supposed pid attendance. No way are there half that many there!
Thanks Trumom. Yeah, there can't be over 20K there by the looks of it.
I think it going to be more tomorrow night on Kuo bobblehead night.
Shad — sorry but I signed off yesterday before I saw your question — I do have family members and many friends (actually most) that are Giants fans. Wifey was actually a Giants fan when she was younger but wasn't into baseball like I was – so after watching Dodger games with me she has grown to love them. She gets more upset than I do sometimes. I don't have as tough of a situation that Nelly has with her Husband & Son & Daughter. But all of us in Norcal have to deal with these idiots before they won a trophy — now that they've won one I hear about it every day.
NP I knew you probably was tired and wanted to head to bed.
Geez yahoo even thought Guerrier gave up that HR's those runs are unearned because of Gordon and Miles errors.
That was Guerrier 1st HR's allowed in 32 1/3 innings.
Run Rabbits Run!!!
Wow – Gordon's making up for that error. Did you all see him fly on that triple?
Damn why couldn't this be on kcal I don't even have cable?
Hey, I think I have those supposed attendance figures "figured". They're counting feet, not heads.
After tomorrow's game the numbers are really going to take a hit.
Game 32's attendance (2010): 48,046
Today's attendance courtesy of trumom : 31,372
Greater than last year = 5 / Less than last year = 26
15th straight game of negative attendance
Games less than 30,000 this season – 5
Games less than 30,000 in 2005 – 2010: none
Last game was 9/14/2004 – 29,704
Lowest attended game of the year: Game 8 – 27,439
Largest single game drop: Game 18 (55,662 – 28,419 = 27,243)
2010 attendance (32 games) – 1,379,455 (43,108 average)
2011 attendance (32 games) – 1,140,791 (35,650 average) #9 in MLB
Drop of 238,664 total
Average drop of 7458
Extrapolated for 81 games – 604,118
Projected 2011 final attendance – 2,887,627
2010's final attendance – 3,562,318 (#3 in MLB)
Next game's (33) attendance in 2010 – 43,299
Nice Gravatar Trumom!!!
That's an actual guy at the game! He even has one that says:Donnie is an idiot! 🙂
Is there one that said McCourt sell the team?
Hi'Ya Dad. Thanks!! Gotta love it. The fans are speaking out.
Great stuff Dodgereric!!!! You keep adding little tidbits of information.
Don't puck an ex Giants.
How about "plunk" 😉
Nice thrown Navarro.
Thanks lol that work.
Well done Lindblom.
Reds walk Kemp to set up the Loweeney DP
That work Kemp.
Someone should stand outside the stadium and pass out signs that say "Frank — sell the team!!"
Then in the middle of the 5th everyone holds them up at the same time. That would be sweet!!
Oh & I also hope that Loney can loose that nickname and have us sing the Loney Song!!!
Kemp calls them on it, would rather die on second base than be doubled off first.
Trumom, you've got me LMAO!!
Wait for my next one 🙂
Believe me, TruMom, based on the last few days you've got all us guys waiting with baited breath.
Help me with this one: is it
Bud Selig = excrement?
He's still Loweeney to me.
Heh, heh, heh…….
A turd by any other name, is still a turd…
No Loney Song tonight — however he has improved as of late.
Loneys' song should be "Hit The Road Jack".
As well as Urectum, Badajass, and Nobatro!!!
Don't forget GrrRear!
No doubt.
Come on Barajas.
Navarro stinks!!!
Oh well, back to normal. Sitting Carroll for Urectum or Miles is a joke.
Just what the hell is Navarro doing on this team besides taking up space?
Same reason why Barajas have the job over Ellis? Those catchers they got drafted 2 to 3 years old better hurry up and Ellis need to get a shot at the fulltime job.
lol what a waste just added 0/3 with risp to our pathetic numbers.
Shad, I think you asked about 7th and 8th inning pitching stats. I'm not going to do the entire MLB again. That took forever. But here are our stats compared to the league average.
LA 7th inning .277/.341/.455/.796
NL average .264/.335/.399/.734
LA 8th inning .246/.351/.344/.695
NL average .238/.318/.355/.672
Much more representative. Still below average but not so incredibly horrible as the 9th inning. Oh, let's look at the updated stats. Just for fun.
LA 9th inning .344/.412/.521/.932
NL average .246/.321/.362/.683
Thanks you don't have to I just wanted to see the numbers since it seem to take forever to find it. I wish espn would've listed stats by 1st innings, 2nd innings and so on.
lol I think I was asking for both pitching and hitting but that ok the 8th innings doesn't seem so bad but that obp is to high. I'm going to see if I can find the pitching in the 7th and 8th.
LMFAO!!! Well done Trumom!!
Navarro was a bad signing. I was ok with Miles as a bench guy. But Navarro was just plain stupid.
Bring back Ellis.
Lindblom is looking ok however.
I had 3 goals this year. #1 rid the McCourts & #2 see some of the young guys and hopefully there will be some diamonds which would result in #3 — trading the older vets for some young talent.
Thus I'm trying to not get upset when they loose as my expectations were low to begin with.
I guess Blake wasn't available.
I also want Wade back and he should've never been out of our organization.
STT, we know he's supposed to be giving Barajas a rest occasionally. But he's started 11 of the last 20 games. Now Barajas isn't actually setting the world on fire with his .233/.272/.407/.679 line, but Navarro's .176/.233/.250/.483 is as obscene as the BP's 9th inning stats.
Ellis .267/.421/ .267/.688 in 19 AB's and in the minor .300/.467/.411/.878 an a impressive walk/k's ratio as 24/9 k's and it a better cheapie option.
I know it's not fair, but compare Barajas & Navarro to Kemp's line for the last 7 days: .476/.542/1.286/1.827
Ooooh, how about his pinch hitting line? 1.000/1.000/4.000/5.000
OK, it was only one at-bat.
Except for Dre, Matt and Jamey, our hitting is really pathetic. As time goes on, opposition will no longer pitch to Matt and, we will be at the bottom of the pile!
One more run of stats and I'm outta here.
Before today's games Kemp was
3rd in the NL in Batting Average: .331 (1st among OFs)
4th in OBP: .411 (2nd OF)
1st in SLG: .641
1st in OPS: 1.052
……. and 5th in All-Star OF voting.
I didn't know Holliday was on the DL until you told me Kemp was #1 among OF's.
Shad – I am not blaming Guerrier for anything. I was just referring to the bullpen in general and that specific homerun. However, we are not the only ones that think our poor pitching is directly related to the coaching. We have way too many pitchers going south for it not to be raising some giant red flags. Guerrier, like many, started out really well, and then it's only a matter of time before he is completely ruined (or injured).
Donny is running him out there everyday like Torre did with Proctor and last year Troncoso. I really don't think Guerrier have been that bad even though he could've been better but paying him that much money for 2 1/2 more years was a joke. I wish Ned would've keep Wade to replace Cormier before released him.
Are we really going to blame Guerrier for every game? Looking over his career, he hasn't really been a bad pitcher. I know he hasn't pitched that well this month but it ridiculously to blame him when it should be Donny for overusing him like Torre did with Proctor and Troncoso. I think is so sad that Troncoso career probably would not be the same no more since Torre ruining him the past 3 season. Donny try to get a 2nd innings from him and fail and gave up 4 runs maybe he should've pulled him when Cargo hit that 1st 2 runs HR's in the inning or maybe he should've never pitch the 7th but Troncoso hasn't been bad since he came back up and those were his 1st runs given up since the 2nd games that he pitch. Is not like Troncoso is making a lot of money and is overpaided since he's only making $335,727.
I just don't see why the hating with Guerrier and MacDougal or maybe I'm just missing something here.
I, personally, think it has to do with the coaching. I think Honeycutt, for whatever reason, is not the right fit for our young pitchers. I am convinced that pitchers Wade, Troncoso, Elbert, etc.(names are escaping me) are victims of bad coaching at our level. They were so good their first two, three weeks up with the big club, and then it's like they just crashed and burned. That just isn't right, and the only common denominator is the coach.
Let's take that Padres bullpen top 3 relievers of Gregerson, Adams and Bell. How the hell does Bud Black do it? Those 3 guys had been pitching a lot the past couple of years and been totally overused a lot in the month of September trying to get that lead over the Giants but this season Adams seem to be unhittable and having a better year than any other year in his career, Bell is still Bell and Gregerson is on the DL maybe it is the pitching coach. I'm surprise the Padres organization hasn't run these 3 guys down the same path like we did with are pitching.
I would've mind seeing Wade back in our organization if Padilla is going to be out longer with that neck surgery.
When pitchers are changed during an inning, the relief pitcher shall not have the benefit of previous chances for outs not accepted in determining earned runs.
Rule 10.16(i) Comment: It is the intent of Rule 10.16(i) to charge a relief pitcher with earned runs for which such relief pitcher is solely responsible. In some instances, runs charged as earned against the relief pitcher can be charged as unearned against the team.
Wow that rules really does suck for the relievers so I guess Guerrier runs our earned because he wasn't in the game when an error took places even through there were back to back errors and should've been the 3 outs and the scored still tied but Kuroda was charged with 2 of the 4 runs because it was the right thing to do.
Should we blame the Twins for Guerrier ineffective this season since he's average around 75.5 the past 4 years?
I guess I was late on Wade and he signed with the Yankees.
It looks like the June 30th payroll will be $30 million. Let's hope 1) the June 22nd decision doesn't make that $30 doable for the owner and 2) he stops getting advances from his corporate buddies. Perhaps we should make an effort to contact those sponsers to let them know the boycott will extend to them if they continue to assist.
I hope and pray he will be out of our lives soon. I'll bet the players hope so too.
They really need to hurry up.
Vote for Kemp & Ethier. I voted with four of my addresses and I filled a few ballots at the stadium.
As of yesterday, here is the top 5 for NL Outfielders All-Star votes:
Ryan Braun, Brewers: 2,230,505
Lance Berkman, Cardinals: 1,878,314
Matt Holliday, Cardinals: 1,855,416
Andre Ethier, Dodgers: 1,468,537
Matt Kemp, Dodgers: 1,372,804
The title of this thread makes me chuckle everytime I log onto it — it just makes me think it's a truthful article on the ownership…
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Medica returns as Gyorko goes on paternity leave
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Padres placed Jedd Gyorko on the paternity leave list Monday, as his wife, Karley, gave birth to twin boys. The team recalled Tommy Medica from Triple-A El Paso in a corresponding move, with Gyorko eligible to miss up to three games.
It's just the latest in what's been a whirlwind for Medica the past few days, as he was just optioned to El Paso on Friday. Monday alone, it took Medica two flights to get from Sacramento to San Francisco, a drive that would have taken less than two hours.
"We got ahold of him on the plane, Sacramento to [Los Angeles], and they wouldn't let him off," manager Bud Black said.
So Medica flew to LAX before getting a new ticket and flying into San Francisco. Only he couldn't get his gear bag off the bottom of the plane and it was headed to El Paso with the rest of the Triple-A Chihuahuas.
Not to mention Medica missed a cross-country fight this weekend after the team demoted him while in Washington, D.C. Still, in his two games with El Paso, Medica was able to collect three RBIs and hit a home run. Medica, 26, batted .143/.172/.286 with 15 strikeouts and one walk in 14 games with San Diego to start the year.
"A lot of times when you come up as a young player and you're not playing regularly," Black said, "every at-bat is magnified from a player's point. We tried to tell him that's not the case."
In his first season since signing a six-year, $35.5 million contract extension, Gyorko is batting .144/.218/.211 with a homer, nine RBIs, nine walks and 30 strikeouts. Alexi Amarista started at second base in Gyorko's place Monday, batting sixth.
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Bogart & Bacall on Valentine's Day: Need I say more?
The Big Sleep/1946/Warner Bros. Pictures/114 min.
"The Big Sleep," starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, is almost too much fun to be pure noir. Actually, it's not pure in any way because under the thriller surface, it's all about sex. The women in this movie especially are thinking a lot about the bedroom.
(That's pretty much the case with most of the film noir canon, but this movie is an outstanding example.)
"The Big Sleep" was released in 1946, the year after World War II ended. Having been man-deprived for four long years while their guys were all over the globe fighting battles, all of a sudden, everywhere the ladies looked, Men, Glorious Men! For the vets, being welcomed home and hailed as heroes by women, who likely weren't playing all that hard to get, was not too shabby a deal.
Based on the Raymond Chandler novel of the same name, "The Big Sleep" stars Humphrey Bogart as Chandler's legendary private eye Philip Marlowe. Cynical, stubborn and streetwise, Marlowe is impervious to the trappings of wealth and power, though, given his line of work, he often finds himself dealing with the ultra rich. Marlowe flings sarcastic barbs as casually as they drop cash, even when his companions are slinky, sharp-tongued women, like spoiled society girl Vivian Sternwood Rutledge, played by Lauren Bacall.
Vivian's Dad, a wise and way-old patriarch known as General Sternwood (Charles Waldron), has hired Marlowe to get a blackmailer named Joe Brody (Louis Jean Heydt) off his back and to track down a missing chum: Sean Regan (a character we never see onscreen).
Fueling Brody's scheme are the, uh, antics of Sternwood's other daughter Carmen (Martha Vickers), a sexy party girl who sucks her thumb and likes posing for cameras with very little on. Snapping the pics is seedy book dealer Arthur Gwynn Geiger (Theodore von Eltz), whose snippy clerk Agnes (Sonia Darrin), has, as her "protector," feisty little Harry Jones, played by film noir's number one patsy, Elisha Cook Jr.
That's just one piece of a very complicated puzzle, full of false leads and red herrings, bad guys and blind alleys, and more plot twists than I can count. By the time Marlowe puts it all together, seven are dead. But the best part of the movie for me is the dry humor and that sexy subtext I was talking about. Even the title, "The Big Sleep," referring to death, could be a play on the French phrase for sexual climax: "le petite morte" (the little death).
By the film's end, Marlowe's had propositions aplenty. For example, as Marlowe gathers info on Geiger, he strolls into the Acme Bookstore and meets a bespectacled brunette clerk(Dorothy Malone, later more famous as a blonde). They chat, she provides a description of Geiger, and Marlowe tells her she'd make a good cop. It starts to rain and he suggests they have a drink. Next thing you know, she removes her glasses, lets down her hair and says, "Looks like we're closed for the rest of the afternoon."
Then there's the perky female cab driver who tells Marlowe to call her if he can use her again sometime. He asks: Day and night? Her answer: "Night's better. I work during the day."
Apparently, all Marlowe has to do is get out of bed in the morning to be inundated with offers to climb back in. Most importantly, of course, is Marlowe's innuendo-heavy badinage with Vivian Sternwood. They're attracted from the moment they meet and, with each subsequent encounter, they turn flirting and verbal sparring into an art form. Here's a quickie (sorry, I couldn't resist):
"You go too far, Marlowe," says Vivian.
He replies: "Those are harsh words to throw at a man, especially when he's walking out of your bedroom."
Perhaps their most famous exchange occurs when they trade notes about horse-racing – with Vivian comparing Marlowe to a stallion.
Vivian: I'd say you don't like to be rated. You like to get out in front, open up a lead, take a little breather in the backstretch, and then come home free.
Marlowe: You don't like to be rated yourself.
Vivian: I haven't met anyone yet that can do it. Any suggestions?
Marlowe: Well, I can't tell till I've seen you over a distance of ground. You've got a touch of class, but, uh…I don't know how – how far you can go.
Vivian: A lot depends on who's in the saddle. Go ahead Marlowe, I like the way you work. In case you don't know it, you're doing all right.
Marlowe: There's one thing I can't figure out.
Vivian: What makes me run?
Marlowe: Uh-huh.
Vivian: I'll give you a little hint. Sugar won't work. It's been tried.
The horsy banter was added after the 1945 version was completed and shown overseas to audiences of U.S. soldiers; several other changes were made for the 1946 stateside release. In the late 1990s, the original version of the movie turned up. Though the original made the plot points more clear, most critics and viewers prefer the altered (second) version.
Whichever version you prefer (both are available on the Warner Brothers DVD), "The Big Sleep" is full of all kinds of pleasure, thanks to director Howard Hawks, one of Hollywood's greatest storytellers. Hawks was known for being a master of all genres, garnering great performances from stars like Bogart, John Wayne, Walter Brennan and Marilyn Monroe, and for perfecting the bromance, long before the term came into currency.
In "The Big Sleep," the pace is brisk, the characters are richly drawn, there's loads of action and the scenes with Bogart and Bacall truly sizzle. Though the cinematography by Sid Hickox doesn't bear the expressionistic stamp of the more Germanic noir directors, the film certainly holds its own in terms of visual panache. And Max Steiner's original music lends sonic verve.
Also brilliant, and not just for its subtext, is the screenplay by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman. The dialogue, much of which comes straight from Chandler's novel, is both colorful and economical, as shown by this exchange between Gen. Sternwood and Marlowe:
Sternwood: You are looking, sir, at a very dull survival of a very gaudy life – crippled, paralyzed in both legs, very little I can eat, and my sleep is so near waking that it's hardly worth the name. I seem to exist largely on heat, like a newborn spider. The orchids are an excuse for the heat. Do you like orchids?
Marlowe: Not particularly.
Sternwood: Nasty things. Their flesh is too much like the flesh of men, and their perfume has the rotten sweetness of corruption.
Flesh, perfume, sweetness and corruption permeate "The Big Sleep," my favorite of Bogart and Bacall's great noirs. (The others are "To Have and Have Not" 1944, also directed by Hawks, "Dark Passage" 1947, and "Key Largo" 1948.) What's not to love, or at least lust after, for 114 minutes?
Too bad Lauren Bacall never made a guest appearance on "Sex and the City." She could have taught Carrie and the girls a thing or two.


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Fujiya & Miyagi this year released Ventriloquizzing, a review of which can be read here. It may surprise you to learn that the album is being reissued digitally on October 31. Be surprised no longer. Anyway, there's a new track on that re-issue, 'Ecstatic Dancer', and it was also released as a standalone single yesterday. Below you can find and play a live video of it from Bowlegs Music.
Here singer and guitarist David Best explains all about the track:
"Ecstatic Dancer was written and produced over the last six months. We decided to release it as a single rather than put it on the next LP as in many ways it feels like an extension of 'Ventriloquizzing' rather than the beginning of something else. It has an unashamedly glam beat because we like glam unashamedly. The title came from a drawing by Oskar Kokoschka. Lyrically it takes its cues from fifties songs which described dance moves, like the mash potato etc."


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A major detail in the upcoming biopic about R&B group TLC has been revealed.
In an interview with Hip Hollywood, MC Lyte revealed that rapper Lil Mama has landed the role of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, who died in 2002 in a car crash in La Ceiba, Honduras.
"I'm gonna put a little bit of my concentration and focus on helping to uplift a sister who is talented, smart, witty, and just had her chances just cut too short," explained Lyte. "And that's Lil Mama. She is a talented young lady, and I want to see her do some beautiful things."
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Royals streak ends at 6 after 3-2 loss to Tigers
Billy Butler ejected in ninth inning
Billy Butler wasn't happy about being ejected in the ninth inning with the game on the line.
Detroit closer Jose Valverde struck out Butler looking at a full-count pitch, Butler was ejected by plate umpire Jordan Baker for arguing the call and the Tigers held on to beat the Kansas City 3-2 and snap the Royals' six-game winning streak Tuesday night.
"I didn't think it was close when it happened and I came back and looked at it again and it was even more (inside) than I thought it was," Butler said. "(Baker) told me it was on the plate. Especially in that situation, we'd have first and second with no outs, I lost my cool."
Max Scherzer won his ninth straight decision, pitching seven sharp innings to become the first Tigers starter to begin the season 9-0 since Vern Kennedy in 1938.
Valverde struggled in the ninth inning for his ninth save in 11 opportunities.
Salvador Perez led off with a single and Elliot Johnson ran for him and stole second on the first pitch. Valverde then struck out Butler.
"There were no pitches in the game that were called strikes like that," Butler said. "That pitch is inside. I just don't think that can happen. With first and second and no outs we've got a pretty good chance to win that game. The emotions were high with the game on the line against a division rival, then that happens, yeah I'm going to be pretty chapped."
Valverde then retired Lorenzo Cain on an infield popup and David Lough on a grounder to preserve the victory.
"They're division rivals and we've already taken one game from them and we've got a runner on against their closer and Elliot stole second, then that happened," Butler said.
Scherzer limited the Royals to three hits and two runs, while striking out six and walking two.
Aaron Crow (2-2), who was a college teammate of Scherzer's at Missouri, took the loss after pitching out of a bases loaded jam in the seventh.
Crow hit Miguel Cabrera with a pitch to start the eighth. Cabrera advanced to third on Prince Fielder's single to right on a full count and scored on Victor Martinez's sacrifice fly to left. That was the first run allowed by the Royals' City bullpen in 21 innings.
"Prince had a great at-bat," Crow said. "If he sees that many pitches he's going to do something and Martinez did a good job of hitting it deep enough. Giving guys free passes always comes back to hurt you."
Wade Davis, who is 1-5 in his past 10 starts, departed in the seventh after giving up Omar Infante's third hit. Davis permitted two runs on eight hits, while striking out five and walking one.
"I worked a lot more aggressively and pitched ahead, threw strikes," Davis said. "When they hit the ball hard they were outs."
Tigers manager Jim Leyland was impressed with the way Davis threw.
"I think he really mixed pitches well and had a little hair on his fastball when he wanted it," Leyland said.
Tim Collins replaced Davis and allowed an 0-2 single to pinch hitter Avisail Garcia and walked Matt Tuiasosopo on five pitches to load the bases.
Crow was summoned to face Torii Hunter and struck him out on four pitches to end the inning.
Don Kelly's single in the second scored Martinez for Detroit's first run. Infante scored on Andy Dirks' fielder's choice ground out in the fifth.
Lough homered, his first in the majors, off Scherzer (9-0) to lead off the fifth. Alcides Escobar singled home Mike Moustakas with the second run of the inning to tie the score at 2-all.
"We hadn't got a hit yet in the game so it was nice," Royals manager Ned Yost said of Lough's home run. "Moose got a big hit, then Esky smoked the ball down the line to tie the game."
NOTES: The Royals signed LHP Cody Reed, their second-round pick, for $1.19 million. Reed was 8-3 with a 2.39 ERA with Northwest Mississippi. ... Royals RHP James Shields, who starts Wednesday, is winless in seven starts since an April 30 victory over Tampa Bay. ... Royals RHP Felipe Paulino, who had reconstructive elbow surgery last year, threw five scoreless innings and allowed two hits Tuesday in his first minor league rehab start. He was 3-1 with a 1.67 ERA in seven starts last season with Kansas City before the injury.


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I've heard it said that there are three types of men in the world (intentionally generalizing and painting us with very broad strokes); worldly men, religious men, and men of God. The first is those who are subject and governed by worldly things and desires, the second are those who practice religion but live worldly lives (riding the fence so to speak), the third are those seeking God in earnest (still fallible and not without sin or immune to temptation, but who truly and humbly seek God and live for Christ.)
It's always been difficult to differentiate, especially in the photographic arena tiptoeing through nude-Art, sensuality and sexuality. It's one of the reasons that any topic involving sex or bare flesh, has been shunned by the church for so long, and that neglect, when looking at the current state of society, well let's just say it's telling… These days (in the modern age), the vast majority of men have seen or 'experienced' or 'been exposed to' pornography at some stage or level. But is there a need to differentiate between the mediums, to find when something actually becomes pornographic, – In short, yes there is.
Of course this issue/debate is subjective, but there are discernible lines, however faint they may be at times, made so mostly by the people involved in it – in the making and perceiving - and it is important to find these lines.
Many ultra conservatives in the church have a blanket regard for anything involving sensuality and nudity, and see it ALL as sin, actually, not just sin, but SIN – THE Sin of all SINS, because some still abide by the belief that there are varying degrees of it. But of course the Bible outline's it quite simply, that everything that is not of faith is sin (Rom 14:23). I was given a word by a total stranger some time ago whilst going through my own encounter with pornography, that I should "stop doing whatever is not of God". Now, as God has been working in me, I must highlight that it was interesting that the message was worded in this way. In my experience, when someone has a God sent word for you, it's usually quite specific… and this got me thinking (something I do very well), additionally, it set me into a pursuit - of what? A pursuit of the truth.
But why is this issue important?
Simple - It is Fundamental. – It is a fundamental struggle of man, as God reminded me, when 'taking me' back to the beginning to the Garden of Eden. This though, was sparked by a question I had had since I was a teenager, to which I already knew the answer, that of; Can a man love [a] woman more than God? I simply needed to understand why I knew the answer was [of course] 'Yes'.


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What A+ list star athlete was told by his biggest sponsor that if he divorced his wife or let his wife leave him that they would drop him and no other company would take him. The sponsor even negotiated the agreement with his wife and what she would receive for staying with the A+ lister. The athlete still makes it tough though for her.


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Fake Moorish Scientists Driving Courts Nuts
Saying you follow the Moorish Science faith has become the new "I'm 1/16th Cherokee," at least among financial fraudsters. All across our great, greedy nation, people are falsely claiming Moorish Scientist status in order to file phony legal documents, avoid paying taxes, and declare one's self above the law, among other illegal things.
Why do the fake Moorish Scientists believe such tactics will work in their favor? Apparently because it sometimes does work, or at least does them no harm; some states don't recognize filing fake documents as a crime. And many jurisdictions are legally required to file their phony papers, even if the content of such documents is, as ABC reports, "often outlandish and includes strange punctuation and capitalization or lengthy digressions about the 14th Amendment, the Constitution or maritime law."
Strange punctuation? Rambling screeds about the Constitution? If this all sounds suspiciously Tea-Partyesque, well, you might not be off the mark:
"These are people who engage in the most bizarre leaps of logic. They literally believe that if you lowercase the 'u' in the phrase United States, you will break the bonds of government tyranny and become a free man," said [Mark] Potok, [an] expert with the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Unsurprisingly, for-real Moorish Scientists aren't very pleased by their sudden popularity with the fakester crowd. In a statement to the Charlotte Observer newspaper, the Moorish Science Temple of America—which is based in Charlotte—rails against all the recent crime-oriented trademark dilution afflicting their tiny, somewhat splintered sect, founded in 1913 by North Carolina native Timothy Drew:
"Today, some people are under the misconception and erroneous notion that the Moorish Science Temple of America Inc. is a place where one can learn how to forgo their civic duty paying taxes ... and assert their so-called sovereignty," the statement said. "We assertively declare that the Moorish Science Temple of America Inc. is in no form or fashion a Sovereign Citizen Movement or a Tax Protestor Movement; consequently, our teachings are diametrically opposed to that ideology."
What do Moorish Scientists believe in, if not wildly distorted interpretations of the Constitution? One belief that followers subscribe to is that African-Americans are descendants of "Asiatic Moors" or Moroccans; members commonly add either "Bey" or "El" to their last names to denote their heritage. Their holy book, the Holy Koran (also called the Circle 7 Koran), follows a set of principles heavily influenced by Islam but also drawing from other faiths. Temple leaders like Charlotte-based Christopher Bennett-Bey, pictured above, go by the job title "grand sheikh" and, like other Moorish Scientist men, wear fezzes; women wear turbans.
If your crazy uncle who stockpiles ammunition in his basement starts wearing a fez on Tax Day instead of a Paul Revere hat, at least now you'll know why.
[ABC News, Charlotte Observer. Image of Christopher Bennett-Bey via AP]


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So happy to see them getting nourishment in this bitter cold, thanks for all your posts Jim. I so enjoy them
Just a thought….I noticed the wolf off to the right scratching his hind quarters and it occurred to me, "Fleas will live through the apocalypse!"
Qui mana he!!!!!
Are you in the Boundary Waters? Beautiful pictures.
When Alpha and beta eat it ensures the strength of the whole family!
must have made a kill on a lake,,, hear them all the time on the lake, howling
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I just love your work. Blessings to you. Have a good day.
I have happened upon enough poaching and trophy hunting kills of White-Tailed Deer left unharvested in the forests to identify a deer taken simply to remove the antlered. Good thing: at least the wolves are recycling the carcass.
Hmmm. I've been in the woods a lot and never found one like this. Maybe Jim got permission from Fish & Game to put this one in a prime spot for good photos, and the antlers were removed first. Think Positive!
They may respect the chain of command, I recall a video on what happened when the leader was too harsh and demanding. Thank you for sharing a moment of nature.
Thanks for the look into the hierarchy of wolves when they feed.
This is the pack that was slaughtered and scattered, yes?
yes I believe that is right. Very sad
Can anyone tell me why and when they were slaughtered? Comments on other wolf videos have alluded to that but I never read anything about why.
I am not getting political here (just stating fact) but might it be the result of the current administration's horrific environmental and wildlife policies?
The killing and scattering of the wolves seem to have happened before the current administration. I think these videos have happened at least eight years ago. Some people in MN (maybe farmers) view wolves as bad.
Another great view of the life in a wolf pack. Sharing …
Just love seeing the pack dynamics in action.
Thank you all again. I love wolves
Love the video, Mr, Brandenburg! It's amazing to see how animals can respect the chain of command. Patience is such a virtue.
There it is.
Stunning how you captured this!
Wow!!! Message sent and message received!!!. And not one drop of blood was shed…..once again man could learn from these intelligent wolves.
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PRINCETON, N.J. - Old Dominion sophomore Abby Voss (Alexandria, Va.) is among the 24 collegiate rowers USRowing has invited to attend its 2011 Women's Under 23 National Team Selection Camp this summer, the organization announced on Monday.
The camp will select the women's eight and quadruple sculls crews that will compete at the 2011 World Rowing Under 23 Championships July 21-24 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In addition, coaches will select boats in the women's pair, four and double sculls that will compete at the 2011 USRowing Under 23 World Championships Trials scheduled for June 27-29 on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. The winners of these trials also will earn the right to compete in Amsterdam.
"Its an honor for ODU to have an athlete selected to this level so early in the development of this program," said ODU head coach Dan Garbutt. "This is attributed to Abby's hard work and we're looking forward to her progress."
Voss is among an elite group invited to the selection camp, which includes several past junior national team members and five members of the team that competed at the 2010 World Rowing Under 23 Championships.
The Lady Monarch sophomore has attended two USRowing Identification Camps while at Old Dominion, including one last fall in Charlottesville. The Identification Camps were used to identify athletes throughout the United States with U-23 or Senior National Team potential. The camp offered Voss the opportunity to demonstrate her talents on the erg and on the water and meet national team coaches.
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MIAMI -- The Twins have no set timetable for the return of Aaron Hicks, who began his rehab assignment on Tuesday night with Triple-A Rochester.
Hicks, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list on June 10 with a hamstring strain, finished 3-for-4 with a double and two singles for the Red Wings.
"He needs to show that he's healthy and be able to run balls down and do what he needs to do without any side effects or ill effects," assistant general manager Rob Antony said. "He could be there 20 days."
When Hicks exited the latter half of a June 9 doubleheader against the Nationals with the injury, he was batting .179 with six home runs and 19 RBIs in 190 at-bats.
"When the general manager says he's ready to come back up here, that's when we'll have him back up here," Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We're just going to let him do his thing and play and get some swings."
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Seventeen years after the archives at the Andy Warhol Museum was opened, it has been closed for "rehousing and reorganization," according to The Art Newspaper, which has a very interesting story on the complications with the organization and preservation of the archives of the artist who was also a notorious pack rat.
There are the films, photographs and Warhol's "Time Capsules"—boxes of ephemera that he collected, like newspapers, bar coasters, limited edition LPs and Altoids tins. And then there are the audio recordings. Warhol carried his trusty tape recorder everywhere. The result of his obsession is that the archive now has over 4,000 of his recordings to organize. No small feat.
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Museum staff agree that there are major challenges with the tape archive, but says their hands are tied: "While The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts [the donor] has a vested interest in intellectual property rights surrounding the audio tapes, they do not maintain ownership of the materials, and the museum follows the access policy established by the donor." Thus the tapes are not publicly available, and if you want to listen to them as a researcher you have to fly to Pittsburg: "Access is granted only to the tapes that have been duplicated and… is only in the form of listening. No note taking, transcription, quoting, or duplicating is permitted." It is frustrating that this material cannot be freely shared. Meanwhile, the fragile tapes need to be preserved and digitised before they start to degrade. Funding is also a challenge "owing to the intellectual property concerns that limit the number of preservation funding sources that are available."
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