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Still hacked off at the last job we did on the Saturday night shift at approx. 0600hrs. We were called to an assault which seemed strange with it being almost dawn. We thought it was probaly someone who had been smacked the night before and was now realising they were in pain with the alcohol wearing off. (We are so cynical!).
Enroute to the address we were advised via the terrafix data terminal to make a "silent approach" (no sirens/lights). This was from the police. We asked control if the police were on scene and they said no. We asked for a police ETA. Shortly we arrived near the address and still no sign of police. Again we asked control for an ETA. Control radioed us back and said that the police had no-one to spare!
Heres the problem, we are going to a domestic, female assaulted (updated at scene), and we normally stand off until the arrival of the police. They were not coming out to play! After about ten minutes I wander over to the address (she had taken refuge in a neighbours house) and seeing that it was all quiet I knocked on the door. I was shown in to the house where I found our patient. She had been beaten about the head and her hand repeatedly crushed in a door frame! She was understanderbly upset and very afraid.
After eventually coaxing her out of the house and making a dash for the ambulance, we took her to A/E. Her husband was asleep next door in her house and did not know that she had called for the police.
We have an excellent working relationship with the police in our area, but just lately we are getting sent to jobs where the police should be attending also. Then later they ask us for details for their crime log. The only reason they did not attend is that they were due to change over at 0700hrs. (This is my considered and cynical opinion).
Police resources are stretched, but so are ours yet we will still respond to an injured officer within minutes of the call being made. I just think that sometimes they are treating us with indifference to our safety. Our service is aware of this growing problem and is putting together a report to put to the senior police officers in charge.
Right thats off my chest….the shift for Sunday has mainly consisted of breathing diffs for every single patient! We,ve used up a whole sh*t load of oxygen. Oh and the odd drunk…cant do a shift without a alcohol related incident!
On my days off I,m going out to the pub on the night and getting totally pissed and cause a fight in a kebab shop, then get punched and go to A/E and cause mayhem. All in the cause of research to see what its like from the other side.


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Hes played absolutely great, hes swung the bat well, hes earned that right to be out there every day. For this to happen to him now, its a tough break for him and a tough break for everybody." Granderson hit the wall while tracking down a flyball by Miguel Montero in the first inning and left in the sixth as his arm and ribs got progressively sorer. X-rays were negative. Lagares could be out a little longer. New Yorks best hitter at .319, he raced hard down the line on a fielders choice in the seventh. He tried to stay in the game, but left after consulting with the Mets trainer. The injuries overshadowed what had been a solid game for New York, which has yet to get on track early in the season. David Wright added two RBIs and the Mets had 13 hits to open a three-game series. Wheeler (1-2) worked around traffic to end a five-start winless streak and Carlos Torres got the final eight outs for his first career save. Lagares will be evaluated Tuesday morning to see how severe the injury is. "Grandy will be OK, but somebodys got to step up, someone else has got to be the guy," Collins said. The Diamondbacks continued to struggle at home. Montero had three RBIs, but Josh Collmenter (0-1) gave up three runs the first three innings and Arizona was unable to bounce back, losing its sixth straight at home, the longest streak since Aug. 24-29, 2012. "Were just not in sync," Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said. The Mets and Diamondbacks entered this three-game series hoping to get a spark after a difficult start to the season. Pitching has been a problem during the Metts mediocre run.dddddddddddd New York is 26th in the majors with a 4.97 ERA and is the worst in baseball at keeping the ball in the yard, giving up 21 homers. Bartolo Colon gave up four on Sunday, when the Mets allowed 11 extra-base hits — tied for second-most in team history — in a 14-2 loss to Anaheim. Wheeler gave up plenty of baserunners, but no homers and only a couple of runs. Montero hit a run-scoring double off the right-hander in the first inning — when Granderson crashed into the wall — and added a sacrifice fly in the third. Wheeler worked around runners over the next four innings before being lifted with one out in the seventh. He allowed two runs on six hits in 6 2-3 innings. "I did have the three walks, which was a bit of a disappointment, but I did get faster outs," Wheeler said. "I kept my pitch count down, for the most part." Arizona has struggled with its own pitching woes, entering the game with a baseball-worst 5.95 ERA. Hoping to give their beleaguered bullpen a rest, the Diamondbacks turned to Collmenter, a one-time starter who turned into an innings-eating reliever. The over-the-top-throwing right-hander was moved up to the rotation after Randall Delgado and Trevor Cahill were moved to the bullpen after struggling. 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turning bright red lol
by, October 25th, 2012 at 10:22 PM (1093 Views)
Lately in practice I have been turning red... and its in my hands and arms lol. I'm not sure if its because I havent been eating great this past week or because of getting back into shape after a week off, I dont know lol.
Todays practice with the masters team was:
500 free warmup (4th lap back)
8 x 50 (evens fly drill, odds free 3 stroke, 8 kick)
6x 50 (1 lap under, 1 lap above)
8 x 50 choice (i did all fly) on .50
400 free (i was dyinggggg) on 5.30
6 x 50 choice ( i did fly) on .50
300 free ( once again i was dyinggg) on ?
4 x 50 fly on .50
200 free
2x 50 fly on .50
and then 2x 25s race fly off the blocks
then 100 warmdown (yeah I need to do more)
This got my blood pumping. Its funny because on my own I will do more distance work, more pull and I might say ehhh what do I need the team practice for, but honestly I have loved joining this team so much. It keeps me doing intervals, burning, and I love the people. Its awesome. I seriously love my Ocean County YMCA Masters team, so thankful I live near a team like this!


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Dying to Meet Him: Finally Coming Home
Gabrielle "Elle" Devenish, a 30-year-old single Christian woman, was told by doctors that she has 6 months to a year to live.
"My heart, lungs, bones and muscles have all deteriorated beyond repair, according to doctors. My white blood cell count continues to match that of a last-stage chemo patient and my electrolytes are always on the edge."
For Elle's full Bio, click here.
Written by Elle's mother, Lee Devenish, on April 19, 2012
Sara Gabrielle Devenish went home to Jesus sometime in the early morning hours today. It was in her sleep and it was peaceful. I am so thankful her suffering is over and she is whole again. I am sure a great many believing family members who have passed before her were there to greet her. Tom and I praise the Lord for her homecoming.
Thank you everyone for all your support and prayers during this time.


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I just received this in the mail on Friday. It's been so long since there has been a release from James and I treasure the various Cube CDs I have, so I was really looking forward to this. My feeling is that James has been one of the best at long or short-form, seemingly "organic", gorgeous environments. Not simply droney, but subtle, quiet, and beautiful. My six-year old daughter often falls asleep to his Cubes and not everything fits that bill. His being dormant has seemed a shame. I have also been familiar with and impressed by McWilliams' music so the pairing was promising.
The first thing I noticed was the very attractive and tasteful packaging. But beautiful packaging will annoy me in the end if the music doesn't live up to it.
Happily, the music is wonderful. This music is varied. At times it is benevolent, lighter, and gorgeous. At other times it has a darkness, a doubt, a discomfort. But be clear, while these tracks clearly can challenge the listener in ways, it is never difficult to listen to. Even in the darker sections it is beautiful, not jarring, and very listenable. While most ambient music is created by single musicians I think this CD is a testament to the benefits of collaboration. It feels more rounded, it feels like someone was there to cover the blind spots of each musician.
This is not a retreading of the earlier work of either musician. The sound of the disc as a whole feels like a clear statement of intention to do something new, but it is still familiar. With the tremendous quantity of ambient music available, I find that there is a small percentage that I really, really value. This will certainly be in that category.


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The following is a summary report of the major issues of the 2013 Legislative Session.
Operating Budget. Despite claims that he has reduced state spending by almost $8 billion since taking office, Governor O'Malley's FY2014 budget continued the trend of increasing the state's overall spending by more than $1 billion each year, a 25% increase since 2007.
Touted as "fiscally prudent and socially responsible," the FY2014 budget is anything but. As 26% of Maryland's budget is supported by the Federal Government, our citizens will be affected by the federal sequester more than most. With the full effects of federal sequestration still an unknown, Governor O'Malley continues to irresponsibly increase spending. State spending continues to outpace personal income growth as Maryland's government keeps getting bigger while taxpayers struggle to keep up with new taxes and fees. O'Malley's budget increased spending by over $1 billion dollars in FY 2014 – a 3% increase from last year.
House Republicans urged the Governor to exercise caution during these uncertain fiscal times and reduce his budget proposal by 2%, which equaled the same paycheck reduction all Marylanders saw when the federal payroll tax holiday expired in January. This proposal was rejected by the Administration and House Democrats, who are content to continue their spend-and-tax cycle.
Click here to view the House Republican Caucus press conference on the budget.
Pensions. The House Republican Caucus championed pension reform in the 2013 Session. Chronic mismanagement and underfunding of the state's pension fund has left state employees and the state's fiscal health in jeopardy. The Republican legislative package would have required full-funding of the state's pension obligation and a more realistic estimation of return on fund investments as well as a stringent limitation on risky pension investments. Additional Republican proposals included the creation of a 401(k)-type retirement option for all state employees and would have added two more county representatives to the State Pension Board.
While the Republican initiatives were rejected, the General Assembly did pass alternative legislation to phase in the full-funding of the State Pension Fund, albeit at a slower rate than the Republican suggestion.
Click here to read a Baltimore Sun article about the GOP Pension Reform Proposal.
Capital Budget. This year, Governor O'Malley's Capital Budget authorized $1.11 BILLION in new state debt. While the Capital Budget includes many worthy items such as school construction, the constantly increasing debt of the O'Malley-Brown Administration is not sustainable long-term. Maryland's debt payments are funded primarily by the state's property tax revenue. Due to the decline in home values over the last several years this revenue source has fallen short of covering our debt payments. With the debt that has already been undertaken and the additional debt that is authorized this year, the gap between what is owed and what is covered by the property tax widens significantly, making an increase in the property tax rate a very real possibility. The bottom line is that over the last seven years the O'Malley-Brown Administration has been content to max out the state's credit card and stick present and future generations of Marylanders with the bill.
HB 224: Election Law – Improving Access to Voting. Governor O'Malley's Improving Access to Voting legislation relaxes the requirements needed to register to vote by allowing same day registration, expanding early voting and allowing online access to absentee ballots. House Republicans opposed this bill on the grounds that it creates more opportunities for voter fraud and compromises the integrity of the election process.
HB 244 passed the House 92-43 and the Senate 36-11.
HB 493: Referendum Integrity Act. While not passed, HB 493 would have placed additional burdens on the petition process and dissuaded citizens from signing onto a referendum. If passed, HB 493 would have required petition sponsors to create a campaign finance committee for each law being petitioned, required signers to include their birthdate with their signature, required each signature page to contain language that signer information is subject to public disclosure, required petition circulators to take a training course and prohibited payment per approved signature.
This legislation was Democratic retaliation following three successful petitions that resulted in ballot initiatives in 2012: repeals of the DREAM Act, same-sex marriage and the newest legislative redistricting plan. While the legislation didn't move forward this year, it will be something to keep an eye on in the future.
HB 1515: Transportation Infrastructure and Investment Act of 2013
Gas Tax. At the 11th hour, Governor O'Malley introduced the complicated and convoluted Transportation Infrastructure and Investment Act of 2013 sneaking it in just minutes before the deadline to introduce legislation in the session. This $2 billion revenue bill puts a disproportionate burden on motorists by:
- Indexing the existing excise tax on gas using the Consumer Price Index. This means that the excise tax is indexed to inflation and will put gas tax increases on auto-pilot. The gas tax will continue to go up year after year with no legislative oversight.
- Creating a new 1% sales tax on the retail price of gas effective July 1, 2013 that will increase to 2% on January 1, 2015, and to 3% on July 1, 2015. These amounts assume that the federal government will authorize online sales tax collection, but if that does not happen,
the sales tax on gas will increase by 4% on January 1, 2016 and to 5% on July 1, 2016.
As a result, even with a conservative estimate of inflation, the total gas tax will increase by 88% by FY2017 and Marylanders could be paying 44.1 cents per gallon in Maryland gas taxes alone. To add insult to injury to motorists, the majority of the money raised through these new taxes will not even be used to build and repair roads and bridges, but instead will be directed to seldom-used mass transit. While just 8% of Marylanders use mass transit to commute, mass transit receives more than four times the funding for highways. Motorists are being asked to foot the bill for a service many of them don't and will never be able to use.
The Fake Transportation Trust Fund Lock Box
The Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) has been Governor O'Malley's overdraft protection as he continues to spend beyond the State's means. The TTF has repeatedly been raided to balance the state's budget and $1 billion of local highway user funds have yet to be paid back.
SB 829: Transportation Trust Fund – Financing – Use of Funds
In order to provide themselves with political cover after passing the gas tax, Democrats, following the lead of Senate President Mike Miller passed SB 829 – a fake lockbox on the Transportation Trust Fund – during the last hour of the 2013 legislative session. Instead of actually protecting the TTF from future raids, SB 829 codifies this reckless spending behavior and encapsulates it into the State Constitution. The bottom line is that SB 829 does absolutely nothing to ensure that TTF dollars are actually spent on transportation.
SB 829 passed the House 106-32 and Senate 45-2.
House Republicans strongly opposed the gas tax and advocated for the protection, alignment and restoration of the Transportation Trust Fund. They supported legislation that would create a true lockbox on the Transportation Trust Fund, bring TTF spending into alignment with the needs of Marylanders by directing more funding towards highways, and restoring nearly $1 billion in highway user funds back to the TTF. Unfortunately for Maryland's motorists, the Republican proposals were rejected by House Democrats. While they were willing to grab more than $2 billion out of Marylander's wallets, they were very unwilling to pass legislation to guarantee that the money raised through these new taxes would actually fund transportation infrastructure.
HB 1515 passed the House 76-63 and Senate 27-20.
Click here to view the House Republican Caucus press conference on the gas tax.
Click here to read one of many articles chronicling Senate President Mike Miller's infamous "neanderthal" comments regarding the House Republican Transportation plan.
Mandatory Union Fees for State Public School and Higher Education Employees – HB 667 & SB 841
Governor O'Malley and his fellow Democrats continued to cave to union pressures with the passage of HB 667 and SB 863. These bills create a "fee to work" by requiring that all state public school and higher education employees pay a fee to a union regardless of whether they are a member of the organization, support its political or ideological views, or wish the organization to negotiate or advocate on their behalf. Essentially this bill takes hundreds of dollars a year out of employee paychecks and makes a deposit to the union's banking account without the employees' consent.
HB 667, Public School Employees – Collective Bargaining – Representation Fees, passed the House 95-43 and the Senate 31-13.
SB 841, the Higher Education Fair Share Act, passed the House 94-45
and the Senate 34-12.
HB 226: Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013. Governor O'Malley was finally able to pass his Offshore Wind bill after working with Senate President Miller to rearrange the make-up of Senate Finance Committee to remove detractors. House Republicans opposed the bill on financial grounds. When the 200 megawatt wind project comes on line in 2018, ratepayers will bear the $112 million annual net cost of the project, which is more than twice the cost than projected conventional energy costs. Offshore wind is also a bad investment for Maryland ratepayers as is it projected to lose more than $1.4 billion over the 20-year life of the project. The increased costs to ratepayers will disproportionately affect the state's most vulnerable low-income earners that cannot afford the latest residential upgrades or energy-saving appliances who already pay higher than average utility bills. Despite their pontificating about creating jobs in Maryland, House Democrats rejected an amendment requiring a substation be built in Maryland, thus creating sustainable jobs in the state. Democrats also rejected other amendments to cap the costs to ratepayers and ensure that companies working on the project were US-based and also used US-made materials. The bill passed the House 88-48 and the Senate 30-15.
SB 276: Death Penalty Repeal. SB 276 repealed the Death Penalty in Maryland and made the maximum penalty issued by the state life without parole. Most members of the House Republican Caucus opposed this legislation and offered multiple amendments to the bill that were ultimately rejected. House Democrats opposed retaining the death penalty as a sentencing option in cases of mass murder, terrorism, school shootings, contract killing, murder of law enforcement and first responders, and correctional officers. House Democrats effectively removed an important tool for prosecutors and have also endangered the safety of correctional officers working in the state prisons, as there is now no deterrent to keep the most vicious criminals from committing acts of violence against them. House Democrats also rejected an amendment that would have removed prison "perks" from those serving life from parole such as TV, internet access, recreation time, and family visits.
The Death Penalty Repeal passed the House 82-57 and the Senate 27-20.
SB 715: Maryland Highway Safety Act of 2013. Deceptively named the Maryland Highway Safety Act of 2013, SB 715 authorizes the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) to issue drivers licenses and identification cards to illegal immigrants. These "second tier" licenses could not be used for federal purposes such as purchasing a firearm, boarding a flight, or entering a federal building.
House Republicans opposed SB 715 with concerns that the requirements to obtain a drivers license were not stringent enough and with no way to reliably verify an applicant's identity, multiple licenses could be issued to the same person. With Maryland being the only state on the East Coast to issue licenses to illegal immigrants, our state becomes a gateway for potential terrorists and others seeking to obtain ID for questionable purposes. Additionally, the two-tiered ID system, downgrades all Maryland-issued drivers licenses and IDs and makes Maryland non-compliant with the Federal REAL ID Act. Once this measure goes into effect, no Maryland-issued ID may be used for federal purposes, including boarding a plane or entering a federal building.
House Republican amendments to require fingerprinting of illegal immigrants who were issued an ID, and to make the second-tier ID a different color, among others were rejected. SB 715 passed the House 82-55 and Senate 29-18.
SB 281: Firearm Safety Act of 2013. The House Republican Caucus vehemently opposed SB 281 on the grounds that it severely limits the Second Amendment rights of Marylanders and effectively punishes Marylanders that legally exercise their right to own a firearm. Billed as a way to make our families and streets safer following the tragedy in Newtown, CT, SB281 does nothing to curb gun-related crime.
A majority of Democrats opposed amendments that would have eliminated "time off for good behavior" and other perks for those convicted of crimes with a firearm. They also opposed amendments eliminating the fingerprinting requirement, creating a special license for competitive shooters, creating a public campaign to end the stigma of mental illness, expanding conceal-carry permits, as well as many others.
While the bill limits firearm access for the mentally ill, the O'Malley Administration left many critical mental health and early intervention programs grossly underfunded so those most at-risk are not able to receive the services and support they desperately need.
Unfortunately for Maryland, Governor O'Malley decided to pave his way to the 2016 Presidential Campaign by trampling on the rights of law-abiding citizens and exploiting recent tragedies for political gain.
After almost 24 hours of hearings and debate and thousands of Second-Amendment supporters traveling to Annapolis to make their voices heard, SB 281 passed the House 78-61 and the Senate 28-19.
SB 281 makes sweeping changes to Maryland's gun laws and goes into effect on October 1, 2013. The bill is not retroactive, meaning that it only applies to firearm purchases made on or after October 1st. The major highlights are as follows:
Assault Weapon Ban. SB 281 designates 45 rifles as "Assault Long Guns" including the AR-15, SKS, as well as any of their "copycats" and bans the sale of these firearms effective October 1st, 2013. This bill is NOT retroactive. If you currently own one of these firearms, or purchase prior to October 1st, 2013 you can continue to possess your firearm. In addition, these firearms can continue to be passed on through inheritance provided the heir is not otherwise disqualified from possessing a Regulated Firearm.
Magazine Capacity/Ammunition. Effective October 1, 2013 magazine size for all firearms is restricted to 10 rounds or less. The purchase, transfer, or sale of higher capacity magazines is prohibited. This bill is NOT retroactive. If you currently possess a large capacity magazine, you may continue to do so.
SB 281 bans a person from possessing any ammunition if they are disqualified from possessing a regulated firearm (by virtue of a criminal conviction, drug or alcohol abuse, is a fugitive from justice, or suffers from a mental disorder)
Handgun Qualification License: Fees, Training and Fingerprinting. Anyone who wishes to purchase a handgun after October 1, 2013, must apply to the Maryland State Police for a handgun qualification license. Applicants are required to complete 4 hours of training and submit fingerprints and complete a criminal background check. The cost of the initial licensing, fingerprinting, and background check is paid by the applicant and is estimated to be over $100. Once issued, the license is good for ten years. The license can be renewed for a $20 fee and additional training is not required for renewal. If you currently own a regulated firearm you do not have to ever complete the training to apply for the handgun purchase license.
Mental Health Provisions. SB 281 restricts a person who has ever been a subject of an Involuntarily Commitment or those who are currently under a protective order from possessing any firearm and requires them to surrender any firearms to law enforcement for safe keeping. A hearing review process is available for individuals to petition to regain their rights to possess a firearm.
Active and retired law enforcement officers and military personnel over age 21 as well as firearm manufacturing facilities are generally exempted from the provisions and restrictions of this act.
For a PDF version of this report, please click here.


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Busy days…
So much going on these days, I didn't have time to post anything yesterday so throwing a new thread out there for everyone.
Might not have time until game time tonight, either, as we're gearing up for the ThinkCure radiotelethon this weekend (don't forget the Battle of the Joshs benefiting ThinkCure), an afternoon news conference today with the Taiwan Tourism Bureau, and lots of other random things that fill our days just like the rest of you in the business world.
Let's hope we can make this series like last year's NLDS…we've got to get back on the horse! Fortunately, no one downstairs seems to be panicking despite our recent struggles, which is big.
Furcal, SS
Kemp, CF
Ethier, RF
Manny, LF
Blake, 3B
Hudson, 2B
Loney, 1B
Martin, C
Weaver, P
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BRING THE RING TO L.A. in 2009!!!!!
Tough one last night. Some Good news: Gnats Lost Today!
No team seems easy to me now. But I believe the Dodgers have the better team if they play to what they are capable of. The Rockies must be smelling blue blood and can't wait to have us for their Home meal, but thats what the Giants thought also and we won that series. I know at this time there is much questioning of ownership and mangement, but what happens to win is between the chalk lines. I have faith in our team that winning 3 or more in a row will become a regular occurance. Echo the "GO DODGERS!" Say it loud and proud. We are number one!
The Cubs are in a state of urgency….they are 6 games behind the Cards. They say it is crunch time, it is Gut check time for the Blue as well. Our park, Our fans, Our series…Get it Together and Get It Done Boy's!!!!
"Saturday night changed a lot of things," Colletti said. "We were looking for pitching before Saturday night and Hiroki got hit and it became more apparent that we were going to have to go to work on it sooner than later."
Now we know what it takes to get Ned off his lazy *** and get us a pitcher. If he hadn't waited for one of our best pitchers to get beaned, maybe he would have gotten some better quality. That really ****** me off.
Exactly when was Nerd planning on working on the pitching?
crash, is that why Brox blew a bunch of saves, to get us some bullpen help? 🙂
Here come those bashers, I expected. But the Dodgers win and then they lighten up. Ned probably has his hands tied in his head, if he makes a move that fails, then he is gone. If he leaves the team in tact, like it is, like the team that was the best record in Baseball (May/June/July) then it is on the players to do or die, and Ned comes away clean. So Ned has little motivation to do some major trade. Manny will be gone next year, and that is cash saved, and like a politician Ned just works so he may be relected and keep his job. So it is the players that need to play like it is do or Die, because there is no calvary coming over the hill, of course I did not see Manny coming last year either. We have the pitching, we have the hitting, we have the defense, it just needs to manifest itself again, and Im certain it will. Hear the echo "Go Dodgers!
Well JOSH thanks for a post….worry bout' you thought you had what KEMP & KERSH had. Busy Busy busy.
Well MARTIN should be BUSY practicing his throws. I really don't care if he doesn't do a HR, just as long as he can do the THROW.
BROXTON needs to be BUSY practicing his pitches. He needs to stop trying to over power the batter. Start throwing SMART!
KERSH – needs to be BUSY getting more confidence. He can throw but boy when he goes down, he goes down. YOU CAN DO IT KERSH!
MANNY MANNY MANNY – ay ya yay! Don't know about Manny. He should be BUSY practicing his batting.
I don't who to be more mad at MARTIN or BROX. They just love to give runs aways.
Nice post koufax!
Well all, I'll be out at the movies, then Costco, but should see you towards the end of the game tonight. Let's go blue, hunt those bears!!!
koufax – Manny has a player option next year for $20 mil. I guarantee he'll excercise that option. No way he goes FA again and sign at maybe 4-5 million somewhere else.
from the article linked by kahli,
"And maybe he needs his synthetic testosterone, assuming he hasn't doubled back for a therapeutic use exemption and isn't already on it again."
Personally, I think Manny needs to be fed the ashes of BPB. That could turn him back into the man he once was.
Manny say's……" Dont Worry "……
We Be Jammin….Coming Soon!!!!!
D4 – Manny can "redeem" himself by repeating his performance against the Cubs last October. Same goes for Loney. Big series this weekend.
Liven got released by the Mets don't do it Ned one fatty is enough.
JOSH – thanks for the line-up.
I hope this line-up it's a winner!
Let's Go dodgers!
I shudder at the thought of three of the five starting pitchers being Weaver, Padilla, and Haeger. Arrrghhhhh.
I would like to see Joe keep this lineup the way it is right now. I think if he leaves it alone, we may produce quite a few runs. Who knows, we may even bring a smile to JPD's face once again.
Start to Finish Baby!!!!!
Don't have much to add to what has been posted the past few days. Kurt Streeter said it all in his L.A. Times column this morning. But since msdodersrule brought it up, I have to ask something that has been bothering me for a long time. I understand why Don't Stop Believing is played but can anyone tell me what the heck are "streetlight people"? Am I missing something or do the lyrics of this song make no sense at all? Somebody help me, please!
Weaver is a reliable starter same goes with Padilla and he had 2 good season with the Phillies but we only need 2 starters to filled the 4th and 5th spots for now. Haeger was putting up good number in the minor which that doesn't mean crap.
Birk – The line "Streetlight people" refers to the prostitutes and other seedy characters on Sunset Strip in Hollywood. Although if you listen to the lyrics it sounds like streetlights, people.
No I'm not THAT into Journey. I found it on a website, but birk had questions and dammit, I have answers!!!
Gnats lost. Rockies/Nats scoreless through 4. The Blue reallllly needs a win tonight.
D4 – Love that song…
JPG (no Jpeg but JustPlainDisgusted)…so why hasn't Martin played the way he should be playing? I know, I know I am starting a long argument…LOL!
Another short answer is Martin gave up drinking and has a steady love. See what clean living gets you! Russell needs to party and play the field!!!!!!!!
JPD (and I just got used to BPB), the only way I know the lyrics is because they put them up on the scoreboard at Dodger Stadium when this song is played in the 8th inning. I think the prostitutes are from Detroit. Anyway, the lyrics just drive me crazy and have nothing to do with the song title, which, by the way, does not even come up until the song is almost over.
But one thing is for sure. We may not be able to keep up with your name but we certainly can count on you for answers.
Glad you asked that Rosie – and I have that answer for you:
Martin it seems is his own worst enemy. Basically he's a head case suffering from RCI for the last two seasons. He's got it in his head that since he's the unofficial captain, he somehow has to be superhuman and carry the team. This puts undue self-inflicted pressure on himself to over achieve, which in fact has the opposite effect in reality. All this is of course accentuated by his already heightened superstitious nature, thus for every step he takes forward, he takes one sideways and another backward (which explains how he's waltzing through this season as Torre's catcherbitch.)
That is the long answer. The short answer is that Martin sucks.
Good afternoon ITD boys and girls!
And with that nice greeting, I say, "AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!" Okay, I got that out of my system – for now. After last night's game, I was ready to jump into the TV and put a stranglehold on Martin. No, JB shouldn't have walked the first batter he faced. But honestly, that isn't the biggest problem for me. My problem is Martin and the fact that he ALWAYS bounces his throws. Even if Pujols is walked, and EVEN if he is safe at second after the steal, there is NO WAY that he should be standing on 3B at all and NO WAY that he scores!!!
Okay, I was just going to ask if JustPlainDisgusted is BrownPaperBag AKA Enchanted. Now I have another question. Msdodgersrule AKA Msrussyethier AKA Dodgersrule AKA Rose??? Do I have that right?
Oh, and JPD – I've long since resigned myself that we've got Manny for 2010. I don't think ANY TEAM wants him anymore.
And Kahli, what an article. Now that we have Padilla, I think he and Manny are going to be two peas in one pod. And I'm not sure if I'm going to like the outcome…
And JPD – I wonder if we could send Martin down to AAA and bring up Ellis. Perhaps Martin can get his head straightened out…
But in the spirit of trying to keep things as positive as I can, I like tonight's lineup!!!
And I see that I'm posting on the blog about 12 minutes after the actual time…
Is amazing the Nats had that winning streak and can't even beat the Rockies 1 time.
blah at the Philly bandbox I hate losing to a team that took 2 out of 3 n Arizona and about to get sweep by the Philly where the Philly pitching is not that good other than Lee and Happ and they can't even win at home. lol the dback scored 5 runs in that bandbox stadium.
Hi Everybody
Well I bet these two teams are glad to see each other.
The Dodgers should be happy to meet anybody after those Nasty Red Birds and the Cubs are 3-7 in their last 10 and almost got swept by the Padres (next year's menus?) and that sound good.
I was a little doubtful about this series but now I know the Dodgers will play the Cubs up to their potential, just like they played the Cardinals and I feel they have a good chance to beat the Cubs.
Tom Gorzelanny?
Yeah we back with 1st inning runs again let's get more
Who else but A N D R E.
It's now 3 games.
I like the way Kemp lifted his leg to take out the SS.
We need to get the momentum back. 3 1/2 games is too close for comfort.
I just tuned in….I see I am smiling early…..
Damn Hudson I think you should've take that 3-1 pitch. At least make him thrown one more pitch
Let's get another 7 pitches inning.
Hi everyone, Looks like we should hit this pitcher hard. Let's get some more runs.
Good Evening TBW…..
come on furcal… get us the lead this failing bs is over…
Atta way..RAFFY.
there you go… come on kemp…
oh oh Furcal is warming up.
the Mandre us up now… time to hit number 26… woo hoo
Damn Kemp I surely hope you didnt let Ramirez advanced to 2nd.
Wow 2 ibb hopefully we get one more nice k's on Soriano
Weaver got out of that unbelievably.
Alright Weaver!!!!! Two clutch Ks!!! WTG
Hi oldbrooklynfan. How are you doing?
So Far so good,
Surely don't like that 1 2 3 innings.
Go figure we didn't score last inning and the Cubs don't.
Either is a career .260 hitter against LH pitching. This year only .203.
We had this guy on the ropes in the 1st & 2nd innings, now we're letting him settle down. Not good.
That why I don't like Ethier bat against a lhp. I was sure Reyes was going to get Ethier but he's hit him.
Isn't that usually the case TBW?
That bring back memory Reagis hosting who wanted to be a millionaire.
I hope Belisario is on his game he hasn't pitch more in week.
That's one and one more to go.
AAAAAHHHHH! That's my boy….RUSSSSSSEEELLLLL! GrandSlam and I called it!.
blah at walking Hill.
That's a boy Belisario.
Wouldn't it be great for Martin to get hot now and hit with power.
Hi ItD,
Martin's GSis just awesome, the shot he and we needed!
Then pinch hitter for beli who only pitched one inning, our depleted BP and now Troncoso. Joe works in mysterious, say hilarious ways? Another word? Splain to me lucy!
GS for MARTIN
He waited a long time to hit an HR, but he picked the right time.
Why do you want Belis to pitch 2 innings? His been overworked all year but he hasn't pitch much the past week and half.
To be honest I would had not waste Abreu to PH but I would love to see Troncoso pitch another inning or 1/3 of it.
About time Martin you hit a GS that mean something lol
Yeah tru the same goes with Loney and Furcal to get there average over .280 but Loney need to be over .290.
Alright!! Casey at the bat!! WTG!!
We can use all the runs we get BLAKE
Hopefully Torre put in McDonald to go 2 innings.
You better double switch and put Mac in Torre.
Here come Mota.
Shad ~ I rather he save Mac and use Mota for two.
Blah that Fukudome is one tough cookie
You think Mota can handle it? I want that to.
Home (2009) 2.43 3 2 0 0 28 0 0 33.1 23 9 9 2 12 21 .193
vs. ChC (2009) 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333
August (2009) 7.04 0 2 0 0 9 0 0 7.2 8 6 6 2 4 4 .258
Ouch I missed the good Mota for the past 2 1/2 to 3 months ago.
Let's go Mota, you need to get your ERA back under 3 since it took a big bump this month.
I hope Torre let's Mota hit.
Mota appeared to labor early in that 8th inning especially to Fukudome and Soriano but nonetheless an overall good inning.
You guys are asking for high BAs and low ERAs forgetting winning is the bottom line.
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh great move hope Mota goes deep lol.
Apparently Mota will start the 9th.
I know but I like to see everyone under 3 in ERA in over .280.
I've seen 3 in ERA and .260 on a lot of winning teams.
The Dodgers are doing just fine.
Ok Mota 2 more outs left to go.
Sigh get that head case to grounded into a dp Mota.
It think any ERA under 4 is good and of .260 is good enough.
Oh here we go with the famous fielder's indifference
Theriot should take 3rd why stop at 2nd?
That was nice. Let's see if we can manage two straight now.
Good job Mota
Needed that win, as we need them all with the Rox pressing on.
The Boys don't look like they're pressing in anyway.
Great win by the boys tonight! Now it's important they build on this win and score 7 or 8 runs tomorrow and win again. Good night all.
Isn't the Giants playing the Rockies tomorrow?
Wow I didn't notice it was this close. The same goes with the Cardinals we up by 1 win after all the dominant the Cards done the past 5 years.
Dodgers 1015 wins
Cubs 1014 wins
14 ties
Cubs have a slight lead in runs scored, 8794-8764.
I hope Torre used the same lineup again 2 in a rows.
Yes Shad they are and they are playing them 7 times in the next 10 games. Hopefully they'll knock each other off.
2 runs allowed from a guy Ned seen in a resteraunt…or something like that. Good Job Weaver and crew!!!
Dont Stop Now!!!! Get Em Tomorrow Again!!!
Good Night All and God Bless
One game a recovery does not make. Like a good day in the stock market, this team needs to show consistency. That said, the Rockies will be playing the Gnats this weekend after playing the Pirates and Nationals amongst others. Every win against the Cubs means a game up on someone chasing the Dodgers.
I would love to see a Giants sweep and we sweep the Cubs and Rockies and the Dback sweep the Giants lol.
Oh please don't wake me up from this dream.
It was a Good Day though Khali….a Good Day indeed, Good night again 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
This month it's been horrible for him.
Home (2009) 2.43 3 2 0 0 28 0 0 33.1 23 9 9 2 12 21 .193
vs. ChC (2009) 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333
August (2009) 7.04 0 2 0 0 9 0 0 7.2 8 6 6 2 4 4 .258
Good Job tonight Dodger Blue. I didn't watch the game, and I am beginning to think maybe I shouldn't. They seem to do better when I can't watch or listen to them.
That's right kahli. This team didn't get to the best record in baseball by going on winning streaks. It got there by consistently winning series.
gosh I posted that 45 min ago.
Well, I guess Martin had a good night, a really good night for a change.
Yes, J. Martin is out of the dog house for an evening. Woof, woof.
However, let's hope he can remain out of the doghouse. That would be a very nice change for him.
Keep him batting 8th
Andre and Matt are all over the league leader stats……………just awesome, with the lowest rank being 15th for Andre in the NL in SLG%. Most of the categories they are in the top ten.
Interesting next 10 games for the Rockies: 7 vs. Gnats, 3 vs. Dodgers. We'll see how the West looks by then…
NOTES: Kuroda is eligible to return on Aug. 31, the start of a four-game series against Arizona. … The Dodgers improved to 1,015-1,014 all-time against the Cubs. … Martin's first grand slam came on April 27, 2007, against Pittsburgh at home. … Penny Marshall was a pregame dugout visitor with Dodgers manager Joe Torre. Chicago native Jim Belushi got booed when he was spotted wearing a Cubs cap.
Ouch poor Belushi.
Oh I see there a huge power bat on waiver to bad we don't need Tejada and his huge contract.
Wow I didn't even realize Manny only has 2 sac bunt in over 7,850 ab's. I would had never had guess that one. The last time he done that was with the Indians in 1995 but the crazy part was Manny had 31 homeruns 107 rbi's while putting up a stat lines of .308 .402 .558 .960.
Let's see if they can build on something from here. I'm with Kahli – one game doesn't mean they're recovered from anything. It wasn't like they even beat the dreaded Tom Gorzelanny. They had him on the ropes early and didn't do anything. This is what they haven't been doing at all since the all-star break – carrying any momemtum from the previous day's win, so let's see what they do tonight.
Martin now gets a day or two reprieve from sucking. Let's see if he can build something off of his slam and not go back to K's and DPs with men on.
It seems that yesterday's game that people that were in a slump were actually doing great (MARTIN, MANNY, & BLAKE). So I hope they keep up the great work. MARTIN GS was wonderful and hopefully this means that he is back. But I am still keeping my name as MsDodgersRule instead of MsRussyEthier!
JustPlainDisgusted: I was surprise to hear yesterday that ANDRE is leading in DP. I thought for sure it was MARTIN. And this is coming from VIN! And yeah hopefully they can carry the momemtum from the previous day's win. We need to get in a long winning streak!
JPD ~ Any words of wisdom for today? 🙂
I don't necessarily care about a long winning streak, but would like to see a sweep, or at least 3 of 4 from the Cubbies. Hopefully we keep winning and the Rox and Gnats beat up on each other, knocking at least one of them out of contention.
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thenobodies80 wrote:What do you mean with "thanks to qwert..."?
koontz1973 wrote:qwert did some of the graphics it looks like.
koontz1973 wrote:Oneyed, I am looking at the map, but am having a hard time understanding somethings.
koontz1973 wrote:But what do you mean about what you said in the special features bit. Why should I care about my non team mates and how is that brought into the map.
natty dread wrote:You should start from the large map.
natty dread wrote:Also, you should do your own graphics and not copy them from another map.
koontz1973 wrote:So if I understand you correctly, you may get games of 8 players and in those games, it will be like two mini games on the same board with each game trying to win there objective first whilst trying to stop the other one from getting it.
koontz1973 wrote:Then in a 2 player game, you will have either type of battles or fastest one to the objective will win.
koontz1973 wrote:What about odd number games? So you can have 2 players starting on one side and the other one on his own. This would not make for good games.
Oneyed wrote:just mountains, Corinth window and border around map are from qwert. I have permision from him to use these things...
thenobodies80 wrote:Please, ask to qwert to send me a PM or to post here he gave you the permission to use them. Thanks
thenobodies80 wrote:btw you should ask him the layer for the mountains and not cut/paste them....it will look much better.
nolefan5311 wrote:I think you need to accentuate the differences in the two groups of League Members a little better as I'm slightly colorblind, so it's hard for me to differentiate between the colors.
DJ Teflon wrote:I'll have a good look and see if I can be useful game-play-wise one-eyed.
DJ Teflon wrote:First gamelay though that springs to mind is maybe a losing condition?
DJ Teflon wrote:I'm sure you could easy make a border,maybe the corinth box is ok to kind-of replicate as its geographical (you could easilydo a similar inset box in a different style or shape though) but the mountains are gonna be a hard task unless qwert gives you permission (he is active so you can always ask).
GoranZ wrote:6 capitals are extremely close to each other...
GoranZ wrote:for quads few players wont even move(since in theory they can get 0 units drop).
GoranZ wrote:Athenai(and few others) borders 2 seas, does it have harbors on both of them?
GoranZ wrote:Can u consider changing the name of the map?... it doesn't have a lot on common with pelo 1 so a lot of players will be surprised.
GoranZ wrote:P.S. The map has potentials.
Dukasaur wrote:Your English is pretty good, but if there's any problems I'll be happy to help with that aspect.
So far only one mistake: "Fleets lose 1 army per turn" not "Fleets lost 1 army per turn" but I'll have a closer look at the end of the week.
Dukasaur wrote:It would be nice to have a map that reflects the real strategic issues in the Pelo War. Good work!
nolefan5311 wrote:Having the losing condition as not holding a capital, and then having some capitals so close is going to cause problems. Some of the capitals are only separated by one territory.
Oneyed wrote:nolefan5311 wrote:Having the losing condition as not holding a capital, and then having some capitals so close is going to cause problems. Some of the capitals are only separated by one territory.
nolefan5311 wrote:If he loses his capital, he's out of the game, right?
nolefan5311 wrote:And the mountains look good.
koontz1973 wrote:Fleets, If I am reading this correctly then if I hold DI, I can attack my ports and neutral ports, I can bombard PI as this ship has a different sail and also attack DM. Is this correct?
koontz1973 wrote:(all ports look the same so need to be able to tell the difference)
yes. in the same sea. I hope that it is clear that red sails are Delian League ships and green sails are Peloponnesian League ships.
port is located in region and it is clear which region belongs to which League. but if this will be still confusing I can do coloured anchors...
nolefan5311 wrote:It won't be too complex to have a winning condition and a losing condition. My concern is the proximity of some of the capitals to each other. In large player games, I could eliminate a player in a turn or two with good dice.
koontz1973 wrote:nole has a point with this about good dice and large games.
koontz1973 wrote:But why this I want to know. What does this have to do with the original map apart from the name Peloponnesian War. It might be an idea, if you want to continue down this road, go and have another look at the qwerts map and ask why does this need a sequel to it?
koontz1973 wrote:What makes it stand out from the rest of the maps? What is good about it (in your opinion) and try to emulate it, what is bad and throw that away.
koontz1973 wrote:I must admit that I never really play it apart from tournies and random map play. It just never struck me as qwerts finest (unlike his WW2 maps).
koontz1973 wrote:Right now, the legend is huge and can be reduced if the game was made simpler. qwerts use of symbols, while used a lot, gives the effect of a much deeper game than this one and saves a lot of space.
koontz1973 wrote:Will have another look tomorrow for you and give some more thoughts on this one Oneyed.
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it is a train wreck
very tough to look away
my take
it is fine when they mess with themselves
but when they mess with people of other cultures or animals
it loses its appeal
then again
some of that stuff really cracks me up
Bam is a cousin of one of the kids I grew up with. Bam was dropped off once or twice as a youngster so his Parents could do somethkng else besides chase him around. So, what did we do? We hung him from a fence by his underwear, rolled him down the street ( Glendale road ) in a shopping art. had Wrist Rocket wars, took turns throwing each other down a steep hill to see who could get dirtier, light things on fire, throw rocks at police cars the run away, and basically beat the shit out of each other.
Looks like the carryover was strong. Poor kids growing up in an apartment complex with single mothers....talk about being left to your demise. I wasn;t always there because I was racing BMX bikes, my mom tried to keep me away from the festivities, but somehow when I was around, I was an instigator. The shopping cart riding is not an oroginal idea, we stole from the big kids, but we did amp up the danger. by throwing firecrackers and m80's at whomever was inside the cart as they were going by.......boys are dumb indeed..
we never messed with animals because none would come anywhere near us. we did do some bb gun fishing once or twice and got bored and shot each other with the bb gun in specified places to see who could take the most abuse....


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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa — known for its proximity to sugar sand beaches, its football and its touch of Southern charm — has gone crazy for Bollywood.
The city is hosting the 15th annual International Indian Film Academy awards, the first time the extravaganza has been held in the United States. While the actual awards show isn't until Saturday, Bollywood celebrities, directors and fans have been streaming into Tampa all week in preparation for the main event. Some Hollywood stars are also expected: John Travolta and Kevin Spacey will make appearances Saturday, and actor Stephen Baldwin is already in town.
From the pre-teens at the airport screaming for autographs of their favorite Indian actors, to Gov. Rick Scott touting the economic benefits of the four-day event, Bollywood is everywhere. About 25,000 people are expected to attend the show at the city's NFL stadium.
"People didn't understand all of what was going to happen, but they do now," said Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn during a news conference on Thursday. "They're in love."
Moments later, a beaming Buckhorn boogied on stage alongside "Slumdog Millionaire" film star Anil Kapoor. The song? "Do Da Tampa," which was composed especially for the awards. It was written by an Indian-American drummer who went to high school in Tampa and has some salsa overtones, a nod to the city's Cuban heritage.
Much of downtown has been transformed by the event, with a dance party that drew thousands on Wednesday, a fashion show on Thursday and an ongoing business forum. It's a far cry from the Republican National Convention held here in the summer of 2012, when security and sweltering weather largely prevented people from enjoying the city's streets.
"Art and music has no barrier of race, religion, ethnicity or country," said Dr. Kiran Patel, an Indian-American cardiologist in Tampa who spent millions of his own money to help bring the IIFA awards to the city. "Many times, Americans think America is the world. These types of events, you can see there's something beyond Hollywood."
"Bollywood" is the term for the film industry based in Mumbai (Bombay). Although it is used mostly to refer to the lengthy song-and-dance movies in the Hindi language, it's become somewhat of a catchall term for Indian films. IIFA organizers say the Indian industry sells 3.6 billion movie tickets a year, about a quarter of them in the U.S.
Still, some Tampa residents seem puzzled by the big entourages commanded by Bollywood stars — not to mention hundreds of Indian reporters chronicling their every move — even though the actors are unknown to many Americans.
For Indian-Americans and Bollywood fanatics who live in the area, the event is a rare chance to glimpse their favorite stars in person.
An area has been set aside on the top floor of a parking garage at the Tampa International Airport for fans to greet the stars. On Thursday, actor Hrithik Roshan (who is known for starring in two of Bollywood's highest-grossing films of all-time and for an impressive set of six-pack abs) set Twitter afire when he posed for selfies with fans at the airport.
On Wednesday, a couple of hundred people screamed when actress Deepika Padukone showed up, looking impossibly fresh and gorgeous after a 30-hour flight from India.
One man held up a sign: "MARRY ME, DEEPIKA," it said.
She scrawled a few autographs and then left quickly after fans pushed over a small barrier.
Then there are the fans like Darshana Shah, of Dallas. Born in India, she's been in the U.S. 37 years. She's watched the IIFA events on TV for more than a decade, but had to come to Tampa. She bought tickets for all of the events and on Thursday, she was thrilled just to sit in on a news conference with the Bollywood stars and Florida Gov. Scott.
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Last week, the first beta of Applications and Platform 4.13 was released. This week, beta 2 is coming. The openSUSE team has already asked its users to start the testing engines and that request extends to the entire community of KDE users!
What's to be tested?
Let's go over a list of major and minor changes in this release, and areas where developers have explicitly asked us for help.
A major new improvement is the introduction of KDE's next generation Semantic Search. This makes search faster, saves memory, improves stability, and generates more reliable search results. And it could use a good testing.
Various applications use the search abilities, most notably Dolphin and KDE PIM (see the next section). Also tagging (Gwenview!) and KRunner (Alt-F2 run command dialog) can use some attention.
Some of your existing data will need to be migrated from the current Nepomuk backend to the new 'Baloo' backend. Running the nepomukbaloomigrator should take care of that. The old Nepomuk support is considered "legacy" (but it is still provided). The programs that have not yet been ported to the new architecture have Nepomuk integration disabled. One significant regression is file-activity linking, which will not work until KDE Applications and Platform 4.14. If you rely on this feature, we recommend not upgrading at this time. For the final release, distributions might choose to optionally have the old search (Nepomuk) available.
The Kontact Suite (email, calendaring, contacts and more) benefits from the improvements in search; there is also a new quick filter bar and search. IMAP will be more reliable, and performance should be massively improved. There is also a brand new sieve editor and integration with cloud storage functions, where Kontact can automatically put big attachments on Box/DropBox/Hubic/Kolab/ownCloud/UbuntuOne/WebDav/YousendIt and link to them. Last but not least, there's an update to KNotes that needs testing.
Okular, Kate and Umbrello
Document viewer Okular has a lot of new features like tabs, media handling and a magnifier, improved Find and Undo/Redo.
Text editor Kate has gotten a lot of attention, so there are many new features in the areas of further VIM style support, bracket matching, highlighting and more. You can read the blogs on the Kate site and test some of that awesome.
The UML modeling application Umbrello received some improvements and bugfixes. If you use it, now is a good time to help out a little and see if it works better! There is new duplication of diagrams and improvements to the context menus (which only shows relevant actions).
Education and Games
We received a special request from developer Ian Wadham:
Artikulate (technical information) is a brand new application in KDE Edu and will have its first official release with KDE Applications 4.13. Find some information about it on community.kde.org.
And how does that work?
Testing follows these steps:
You're not alone!
In KDE, testing is not only an individual action by our users but it's also coordinated through the KDE Quality team. That does not mean you must work or coordinate with them, but it sure helps! You can reach them on IRC, as well as on their mailing list.
The testing of this beta is also coordinated on this forum page for those more comfortable on forums.
The KDE Quality Team wiki page is worth a read if you're unexperienced. There is even a real tutorial on becoming a KDE tester!
Get the beta and prepare
To get testing, you can either build the source of the Beta or RC, or grab packages for your distribution. If your distro is not on that list but you know there are packages, you can add them there!
The second step is to create a testing user account. We recommend this to prevent destroying data on your current account. Many users also use a separate installation of KDE software on a separate partition.
On most flavors of Linux, creating a new user is easy. On the command line, it goes a bit like this (as root):
And now you've created a user kde-test and given the account a password. Just switch user accounts (menu - leave - switch user or Alt-F2 - switch) and have fun testing!
The real testing
Testing is a matter of trying out some scenarios you decide to test, for example, pairing your Android phone to your computer with KDE Connect. If it works – awesome, move on. If it doesn't, find out as much as you can about why it doesn't and use that for a bug report.
This is the stage where you should see if your issue is already reported by checking on the forum, IRC channel or mailing list. It might even be fixed, sometimes! It can also be fruitful to contact the developers on the relevant mailing list.
Finally, if the issue you bump into is a clear bug and the developers are not aware of it, file it on bugs.kde.org.
How else can I help?
Another useful contribution is triaging bugs:
If you can't reproduce a bug, the bug might have to be marked as "WORKSFORME" or "NEEDINFO" if you can't reproduce it due to a lack of information. And in some cases, the bug report is plain wrong ("Plasma doesn't make coffee") and must be closed as "INVALID". You can find more information in the Ultimate Bug Triaging Guide. As long as you can't close bugs on bugzilla, you can just add your information as comments and they will be picked up by a maintainer – it is just as useful!
It is a big help!
We're very grateful for your help in this. Not all areas of our many applications receive the same amount of care and attention, and there may not always be an immediate reply to bug reports. However, developers greatly appreciate the attention given to their applications by users and testers.
KDEntomologists rule!
RAW support in Gwenview
Photographers shooting raw images can focus on the RAW preview support in our favourite image viewer! :) Thanks
By Anonymous at Wed, 2014/03/12 - 12:35pm
Live-CD for testing purposes?
4.13 sounds like a great step forward, especially baloo sounds promising. But why is there no Live-CD to help with testing upcoming releases?
This would increase the number of bug hunters. If you feel like you do not want to give one distribution favourable treatment, maybe a rotation could be set up. For one release it is a Live-CD based on Fedora and for the next release it could be based on Kubuntu, etc.
I am not a programmer just an ordinary user but I feel like this is such an obvious oversight that I wonder why the creation of a Live-CD is not part of every beta testing effort.
Other than that I am thankful for your great work and wish you happy bug hunting!
By Erik at Wed, 2014/03/12 - 1:53pm
I would really like to test
I would really like to test the new KDE stuff. However, if a Facebook or Google account is required, then I have no more interest. Why does everyone constantly needs access to my personal details?! So I'd rather wait ... until the final is available
By Anonymous at Sun, 2014/03/23 - 11:28am
Kubuntu 14.04 LTS Beta 2
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I found myself doing just that when I was first learning to handle media interviews. I'd been a reporter and knew too much about how statements might get taken out of context, so my answers were terse at best. The trainer took me aside and said, "I almost never say this to anyone I'm training, but you need to say more."
Learning how to balance--not too much, not too little--became my goal. Along the way, I learned a lot about how speakers disadvantage themselves when playing it too close to the vest. Here are three ways you might be cutting off your words to spite your speaking:
- Your explanation isn't long enough to be clear. Particularly with technical topics, some detail's needed if you want your audience to follow where you're leading. That doesn't necessarily mean more jargon and data, by the way. Some speakers sound dismissive when they don't take the time to explain; you can catch yourself doing that when you say things like "As we all know..." -- because 9 times out of 10, we don't all know. So tell us more.
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- You're less convincing than you want to be. If you're trying to persuade an audience, you've got to move past the curt answer or the data-free sentence to something more concrete and specific. Try this combination: Make your statement, offer some data, then bridge to an anecdotal example. "We're absolutely committed to completing the project. Eighty percent of the survey data are in hand, and we're already seeing inquiries about volunteer opportunities once the center is open." That will do much more than a "Yes, we're committed to finishing the project."


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I tend to think bike lanes or sharrows should be painted on this particular stretch of street, but I'm not sure what sort of data would be compelling, or influential, toward that end. Number of cyclists per hour? Rate of vehicle/cycle conflicts? Number of cyclists who DON'T ride that area out of fear of 45 mph multi-lane traffic ? Hard to count that last one.
Weekday or weekend? I supposed weekday would be more compelling, although that would require taking a vacation day for me, and anyway, I am also interested in what the weekend traffic would be like, and how it would compare. So maybe a weekend day first, to get a baseline, to refine or adjust the data being gathered, and to see if a weekday would be worth it.
Herewith I present my initial thoughts. Let me know any suggestions you may have. Get up. Go ride.
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The recent military operations between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hamas at Gaza triggered a flow of comments and analysis. Of course, given the fact that that conflict is highly politicized even in western audiences, many skirmishes between pros- and cons- occured, sometimes leading to blur the question even further.
Whereas many could argue about what they think is « objective reality » (is Hamas an existential threat to Israel? Is Israel a colonial state willing to oppress the Palestinian people?), I deem it more enlightening to focus on a more nuanced approach that could take into account actors' logic and perceptions. In addition to be more accurate in dealing with the strategic and political issues, it is also more relevant as it is really analytic and neither descriptive nor normative. Furthermore, such an analysis would have to gain a better understanding of the way those logic act in a dialectical way toward each other.
After « Cast Lead », it is highly plausible that the Hamas leadership understood that is was in its own interest to avoid any provocation toward Israel. Since it has become the ruling party in Gaza after the 2006 elections, Hamas had to navigate a very narrow line. On the one hand, avoiding any reprisal from Israel, fearing that the latter would be able to devastate the strip and endanger Hamas' capability to provide public services and to act as an effective government. That explains why the number of rockets fired on Israel decreased significantly. At the same time, Hamas struggled to prevent the rise of more extremist groups (like the Islamic Jihad) and even cracked down on Salafis. On the other hand, those groups openly challenged Hamas whose legitimacy relies on its status as the representative of the Palestinian people's resistance to Israel.
In the wake of the Arab uprisings, the hypothesis would be that Hamas attempted to seize the opportunity presented by the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, especially in neighboring Egypt. In addition, the demise of ruling powers in that very area meant that it became a path for funneling weapons and cash to Gazan Salafis. Thus, they were able to strike Israel and put Hamas in front of an alternative: relying on coercion in order to suppress the rising and competing Salafis groups (but with the risk of losing its credibility as a « resistance movement »), or tolerating the attacks in the hope that Israel would not retaliate (but with the risk of being held accountable by the latter).
Thus when Israel zeroed in on Hamas, the rank and file in the organization pressured the leadership to give up restraint and to resume attacks. If president Morsi officially condemned and criticized Israel, his support to Hamas did not go further. At the end of the day, the changing internal and regional environment was perceived by Hamas leadership as an incentive to act. Internal contest and regional changes seemed to provide the organization with new opportunities to exploit in order to gain a better position in the confrontation with Israel. The goal was not to break the siege of Gaza, since in many ways that siege is useful for the organization's political aims and financial interests. But it was certainly to force regional actors to act in order to demonstrate to the Israeli leadership that it would not be able to break Hamas' rule on Gaza.
To some political elites, Hamas' political goals pose an existential threat. In addition, if the size of Gaza makes it vulnerable, that is also true for Israel, whose territory can be hit by rockets launched from the coastal strip.
Facing such a threat, strategic calculus coupled with strategic culture led to a strategy of attrition. That strategy aimed to further pressure Hamas as well as more radical groups in order to disrupt those groups' capabilities to hit Israel with medium-to-short range missiles. At the same time, that strategy was coupled with an information campaign designed to frame the narrative of the conflict for both domestic and international audiences. Showing its willingness and its determination to act, Netenyahu's government proved able to manage the threat posed by Hamas. Lastly, even if that system is not totally perfect, the Iron Dome deflected the threats posed by rockets and missiles on the Israeli population.
There's an important point here: that strategy is not aimed to win « decisively' against the Palestinian organization. That is nearly impossible, since there's only two courses of action that could lead to that outcome: either Israel would prove capable to cut Hamas' support among the Gazans (which would necessitate an « hearts and minds » campaign directed toward the Palestinians , which doesn't seem possible given the growing gap and cleavage between the IDF and the population and which is also not deemed desirable nor achievable by the Israeli government), or Israel would decide to cut a deal with the organization (which is highly improbable given the fact that the latter's legitimacy relies on its rejection of any long-term deal with Israel). Put otherwise: there's little hope for Israel to achieve any decisive political objective against Hamas, or at least this is the main perception.
In short, Israel's strategy consists in dealing with Hamas thus opening the question of what to do on the long run. There's a lesson to draw from that short (and sometimes questionable) analysis. The alternative in war is not necessarily between winning and losing. Sometimes, it is more reasonable and more rational to deal with a threat or with an adversary by preventing him to reach his political objectives. Attrition is particularly well suited for that kind of strategic attitude. It can either lead to the adversary's exhaustion (or isolation) or to its complete annihilation. More probably, it is able to maintain a high level of pressure against him, thus preventing him to hit and to harm. It is also truer when combined with deterrence, both by reprisals and by interdiction. Of course, that cannot replace a long-term reflection on how to put an end to the conflict. In that particular case, and given the role played by mutual perceptions, it is unlikely to see that outcome before minds are able to change in a deep way.
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He was an original member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet (1955-1956), and during 1956-1959 was with the Jimmy Giuffre Three. After touring with Ella Fitzgerald (1960-1961) and sometimes forming duos with Lee Konitz, Hall was with Sonny Rollins' dynamic quartet in 1961-1962, recording The Bridge.
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IN THE COMMENTS: JLR asked if I read the Henry Alford essay about books in the bathroom. Well, yes, I did. And I had it on my lists of things to post about, before I hit the wall and decided to end the day with this highly relaxing photograph. But since JLR brought it up, I'll just make it part of the subject matter of this post for you to comment on. It's a cool little essay about the practice of putting a lot of books in the bathroom. What's that all about? There are different motives:
A few bathroom collections fell into a category I'll call "Entertain or Educate Self." The actor Jonathan Walker showed me the 16 books — mostly cookbooks from the 1950's and 60's — he and his wife keep loosely stacked on a shelf in their bathroom. Given that the books were about food, I brought up a theory held by some psychologists that people read in the bathroom because it's a symbolic way to replace what's lost through the act of voiding. A book about food, I speculated, might be an especially vivid replacement. But Walker wasn't buying. He showed me a semi-psychedelic picture of a dessert called "Red Raspberry Fluff" and said, "it's like listening to music while you're vacuuming."That's just a taste. Read the whole thing. And don't drop your computer in the toilet.