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I guess the pennant race is officially on…
What a crazy game last night for the Rockies to set up this showdown over the next three days. It should be an amazing month of baseball and hopefully we can catch fire and ride it though the month of September and October.
Mark Langill provides this piece of history for you all:
The long tenures of Hall of Famers Walter Alston (1954-76) and Tommy Lasorda (1976-96) in the Dodger dugout make it rare for the team to battle a former manager within its division or league. First-year Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy piloted Los Angeles from 2001-05 and later the Pittsburgh Pirates (2006-07). The last former Dodger to face his old team was Leo Durocher, who managed the Brooklyn Dodgers for 8 ½ seasons (1938-46, 1948). Durocher joined the Giants during the 1948 season and guided New York to a historic comeback in 1951, defeating the Dodgers in a three-game playoff for the National League pennant. Durocher's Giants also captured the 1954 championship, the last time the Giants have won a World Series title. Durocher, a Los Angeles coach from 1961-64, later faced the Dodgers as manager of the Cubs (1966-72) and Houston Astros (1972-73). Charlie Dressen, like Durocher a former Dodger manager (1951-53) and coach (1939-46, 1958-59), managed against the Dodgers with the Milwaukee Braves in 1960 and 1961. And in the World Series, the Dodgers faced Casey Stengel's Yankees on five occasions between 1949 and 1956. Stengel managed the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1934-36.
For tonight's game, here's the lineup:
Furcal 6
Kemp 8
Ethier 9
Manny 7
Loney 3
Blake 5
Martin 2
Hudson 4
Kershaw 1
And thanks to everyone who took part in the ThinkCure weekend. We raised more than $240,000 for collaborative cancer research and even though I got destroyed in the Battle of the Joshs (Sooosh had two people bidding close to $3500 each for the chance to spend the day with him), we were able to generate even more money than last year on this item, with a winning bid of $1,700 to go "Inside the Dodgers." I look forward to giving that tour later this season.
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This should be an interesting series, even though we've not played very good ball since the All-Star Game. We won't be seeing the Rockies' best two pitchers, so there's no excuse for being overmatched. As far as their lineup goes, I can't really think of any of their players that I would trade even up for any of our guys – well, maybe Hawpe for Manny*roid, but I've always kind of liked Hawpe, and you all know what I think of Manny*roid. I guess that means that the Rockies have lately played better as a team, and that's a tribute to them. Don't forget that we'll have another crack at them yet in the last three games of the season. So, may the best team win it, and may it be The Dodgers.
Emma, (from last thread) we will never know who Bowa was referring to when he said sometimes players of today come to the ballpark not knowing who the opposing pitcher is that night. Maybe he was just trying to make a point that the game is played differently now than when he played. The reality is the coaches can only do so much. Reggie Smith once told me "you cannot make a player do something he does not want to do" so asking players to bunt when it is not part of their game and they don't do it in games on a regular basis is taking a big risk.
Interesting that Jim Tracy has been such a positive influence on the Rockies. But from an article I read in the paper, Tracy brought a calming demeaner into the clubhouse when he replaced a much more in your face type manage in Clint Hurdle. Again, this is a writer's opinion and it is based on the sucess the Rockies have had since Tracy was named manager. Tracy is still the same guy he was with the Dodgers and Pirates. Sometimes things just work out better and no one will ever know why.
Speaking of the Rockies, they are sure in our heads right now. This is where the manager and coaching staff really earn their money by making sure the Rockies are not in the Dodger player's heads. I too was following last night's Giants-Rockies game and as soon as the Rockies got that first man on base and then another, I said to myself, the Rockies are going to find a way to win this game. At least this did not happen against the Dodgers and it figures the Giants could not win one game that would have benefited the Dodgers. And at least it pushed the Giants back another notch as someone has already mentioned.
Excellent history lesson! and nice tie-in with the battle with Jim Tracy's team.
Sorry you did not win the battle of the Joshes. I only bidded at the stadium. I took a nice item!
Glad that Loney is back in the game 'cause that means he is feeling better and he does well in Colorado.
Let's Go Kershaw! Let's go Dodgers
I like the lineup. Keep it that way all 3 games, Torre!
Sending the positive vibes………
BTW, nice pair of tunes at the end of the last thread, north!!
messagebear – I would trade for Hawpe too. There is something about him I really like. I just wish he didn't play for the Rockies.
Keep those positive vibes coming.
Their is absolute no reason why Manny and Loney won't get any homerun in this series. I would love to see both of them hit 4 homeruns a piece.
I'm glad the Giants playing the dback so now it's fun to root against them now.
lbirken: I think there are many Gnats fans that were pretty disappointed over last night's loss and being four games out of the wild card rather than just two games out. Witness:
That being said, we still have six games left against the Gnats, and I'm sure they will do whatever they can to knock us off.
Meanwhile, let's win tonight!! Get that offense going!
Ibirken said
"Maybe he was just trying to make a point that the game is played differently now than when he played"
I sure hope so.
Almost game time. Scattered t-storms in Denver.
Shad, it is always fun to root against the Giants but if a Giants win helps the Dodgers I am all for it. For all I know Giants fans were not all that upset with last night's loss because they knew it hurt the Dodgers. The Dodgers have an opportunity to take back control of this division race. Let's hope they are up to it.
I was rooting for them the last 2 games go figure they would blow it.
Thanks Eric! I had those ones in my head all day at work yesterday, had to write them down. Alice Cooper on his radio show mentioned that 25 or 6 to 4 sounds like Led Zeppelin's "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" and The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" had a baby. I can't listen to either of the 3 without thinking of the other two now.
Here's a repost of the MC5 cover, since it's still appropriate today, and I'm fired up for this series, with Kershaw on the mound to start it off. One small edit, but the MC5's lead singer never sang a song the same way twice from the live shows I seen on YouTube, so I guess it's in the spirit of the original:
Right now, right now, it's time for the Dodgers to…
Well, They feel feel pretty good in Elway's neighborhood
Get crazy now, baby!
'Cause it's time for the Blue to start getting a clue
Don't get lazy now, baby
We know you want it, Dodgers, the prize within sight
We wanna see you going wild on that Novemeber night
If you know where you stand… You've got to…
Yeah, KICK OUT THE JAMS
The Young Guns, they don't sweat, taking cues from the vets
What a feeling!
Optimism abounds and resounds and rebounds
off the ceiling
But if you want it Dodgers, don't wanna be without
If you have that feeling you gotta sock 'em out
Put the bat in your hands, at Coors you better
Yeah, KICK OUT THE JAMS
So Bristol's given up, and T.J. won't shut up
As it should be
Their kind words made you insane, got caught up in your brains
Now you're frenzied
Who needs to be Power Ranked number 1?
October's the time to get it done
Say "Let me be who I am"
You've got to KICK OUT THE JAMS!!!
Yeah, KICK OUT THE JAMS
Come on everyone love to hit in Coors and I even expect Martin and Furcal to get there average over .270.
This month the Rockies in 22 games scored 130 runs, LA this month 22 games with 99 runs ouch this suck. I hate when we have trouble scoring runs with this lineup.
Ah yes, I remember those slugfests at Coors from years past but the humidified baseballs they use there now seemed to have had the desired effect of counteracting the lighter air at that altitude. I am sure Vinny will refer to that game that lasted 4 hours and ended with the Dodgers losing a 16-15 hearbreaker on that Sunday a long time ago during the Piazza-Karros years. Remember how people wondered how many home runs Piazza would hit if he played all his home games at Coors?
We had some great pitching this month.
Hi Everybody
About the ugliest sight today is that tiny little 3 to the right of Colorado.
But we get compensated by the big 7 after San Francisco, which could actually be our lead in the wild card race, if things get worse.
Let's see if our offense will wake up tonight, it's due.
The MAIL has been DELIVERED AGAIN.
Nice starts we have the same number of run we scored on Hammels last time we face him.
Yes TBW, that what the goal is.
I want to get into that Rockies bullpen early. There bullpen isn't that good except for Beimel, Betancourt, and Street. The Rockies have the 2nd least amount of innings from there relievers combined with 350.2 innings but they given up 177 ER's.
I forgot Morales in there to
Hi oldbrooklynfan Well our two main cogs did it again. It looks like we're going to have to depend on them down the stretch. I hope Torre keeps them 2 & 3 in the order.
hahahaha Kershaw owned Hawpe and Tulowitzki.
I am going to remain positive and glad to have one run in the first inning even if the boys had two batters make out with a runner at second base.
I guess Atkins is off the juice and blah you can't walk him Kershaw.
I am going to remain positive and be happy to get another hit, make the opposing pitcher throw a lot of pitches and say nothing about leaving another runner in scoring position.
RISP is just a fallacy.
I think eventually they will hit Hammel. He seems to be getting behind in the count.
Take some pitches in this inning don't want a 4 pitch inning.
Kershaw looks good so far. That was a great curveball he broke off to strikeout Hawpe. Just once I'd like to see Hawpe go 1 for 12 against us in a series.
Yes so far Hammel isn't too sharp but a lot of these opponent's pitchers settle down after a while.
Kershaw in 3 innings seems a lot better than he's been recently, he's not showing any wildness at all yet.
Kershaw in 3 innings seems a lot better than he's been recently, he's not showing any wildness at all yet.
Urgh bad Loney swing on the 1st pitch seriously that wasn't your pitch.
Tracy was going to used Eaton in RF. I love when pitcher goes to the OF. Casey should had did that on his bday.
From the early returns, it appears the Rockies are a bit hung over from last night's 14 innings. It would be in the Dodgers best interest to pile on runs before they awaken…
Good evening everybody! I hope you are all having a great day & doing well.
I see we have 5 hits & 1 run through 3 innings. Their pitcher has thrown 45 pitches through 3 innings. We need to work the count and get their starter out seeing as their bully was well used yesterday.
Kersh has done a good job with only allowing 1 walk so far & that was with 2 outs. In Coors Field you can't walk the opposition & win. He tends to walk people so lets hope he doesn't loose his control tonight.
Fear The Beard!!!!!
Go Blue!!
Bring the Ring to LA in 2009!!!
There is joy in Dodgerville!!! Casey's at the Bat!!
Kill Hawpe!! He just feasts on Dodger pitching………
Damn that Hawpe. Maybe that will be his only hit the whole series.
Well I guess things were too good to be true.
Well their to no no.
Tracy was going to used Eaton in RF. I love when pitcher goes to the OF.
Well their go no no.
colli ~ Vin brings it up everytime he up too.
blah at the double post. That last post should've read their goes the no no.
this stadium is such a joke.
Collie ~ I can't stand Charlie Steiner! He doesn't even know when a ball is in or out of the park! He even has a man crush on JP. Monday isn't too bad, but Charlie never shuts up.
I know Hawpe has owned the Dodgers. But does Steiner have to always bring it up? Maybe if he didn't point it out, it might not happen.
I'm sorry but I'm very superstitious & every time he brings it up & goes on & on about it BAM!
Doesn't he ever think that maybe he could leave that out just once & see what happens.
I hope Steiner isn't in our future…
Damn, time warping again!
Every Day Dre… 3-4-3…
Come on let's answer!
Good bye all…
this stadium is such a joke.
By shad15 on August 25, 2009 7:05 PM
It's actually a nice stadium the way it's set up. I saw a game there back in 99, before they started using the humidor.
I never had seen a baseball travel so far so fast out of a ball park before that day. Braves had the lead going into the bottom of the 9th, Rocker came in throwing over 100 mph, and Castilla lit him up, hitting one out for a walk off win.
BTW They should call it Budweiser Field. At that time they had @ 60% of the market in the Denver area. 🙂
I know Vin brings it up as well but Steiner goes on & on & on & on & on.
& when you think he's finished he goes on & on &…
I know your paid to talk, but please just shut your yapper for just a 2nd!!
He just is an announcer that seems to be discouraging for the home team fans to listen to.
I was over at my grandma's house today during the dodgers game when Brad Hape came to bat for the first time. My grandma is a big Dodger fan, she watches all the games. She made an interesting comment, she said the dodgers should be ok if they manage to put Hape away. Hape is always beating up on the dodgers. My grandma does not speak english but she does remember ball players. Even she is smart enough to know that you don't pitch to Hape or He will kill the dodgers. Maybe one of these days Dodgers management will realize this.
Make them pay Loney
Oh & 90 pitches for Kersh through 5 innings.
If anyone gets on in the 6th I would imagine Torre will pull him.
He sure will be fun to watch when he learns to get through 7-8 innings.
VL4 — I think many here would love to see Dre cloned. Not just for tonight.
I think many of the LOITD (Ladies Of Inside The Dodgers) would love it!!!
Ethier is having one of those nights where you wish you could clone him, and fill in the rest of the lineup……..
In a tie game on the road always feels like we're losing to me.
Guess not damn Loney is still struggling
If anyone see this post please let me know.
Oh I saw that one, most of my post show up way on top.
Wow Lidge blown another save and now 0-6 with 9 bs.
Nice picked off gotta to love Eric Young Sr. on the stand to see his son get a hit
kahli ~ I hear you! Earlier in the season, before the all star break, they were scoring alot more runs with timely hitting with RISP. Every one on the team seemed to play a big part in the wins, with the exception of Martin, and Furcal. I'd hate to see them limp into the playoffs, and make an early exit.
I think we're all wishing for some kind of wake up call for the team as a whole to get back on track, and hit there stride. Something similar to last year when they got hot at the right time. Kind of like what the Cards are doing right now.
As of right now, they have to be heavily favored to win the pennant…….
Well, Vinny put it all in perspective, much to my horror. The Dodgers have basically been playing .500 ball for three months. Can't really call their recent play a "slump." When you look at this team, other than Kemp and Ethier, offensively, who is really rising to the pennant race? Exactly. Loney and Martin can no longer be considered "can't miss" players, Furcal hasn't clicked all year, Hudson came back to Earth long ago, and Blake is Blake. I'm depressing myself so I'll stop.
Forgot that other guy, the left fielder….
Damn the Nats scored more runs in that game against the Cubs today than the Dodgers had in a 4 games series with them so sad.
Helton really bounced up quickly on that Kershaw pitch that was headed at him.
Oh this is good, my commands are coming out on the bottom again.
Come on Manny you can easy get a hold of one to take the 2 runs lead again
Sure seems like the boys are making good contact, but due to good defensive placement, they're just line drive outs. 😦
I'm about to throw in the towel with thos blog. Between the time warps, and posts not showing up. THIS SUCKS!
So shad, how did you know? Do you have a crystal ball, or are you looking into a dirty teacup?
We need a 1 2 3 innings this inning Kershaw.
To bad Hawpe hit that homerun.
Awwwwwwww come on I think he had one more inning in him
Well 6 1/3 isn't bad. Better than I thought it was going to be.
Kershaw, as Kershaw goes, wasn't bad at all.
He should had finished the inning I knew that was going to happen
Now let's see how we do against their warn out bullpen.
I'm usually a Charley Steiner fan… but JEEZ
Why don't you freakin' marry the Rockies, Charley?
With each Rockies homer, he sounds like their announcer.
And now he's singing Tracy's praises… I like Tracy well enough too when he's not threatening the Dodgers, but for crissakes, YOU'RE ANNOUNCING FOR THE DODGERS!!!
northstate ~ Charlie must have a crush on the Rox. I think he has a man crush on Hawpe! He's driving me nuts too!!!
Don't get picked off Pierre
NSBlues ~ I agree with you 100%!!!!!!!
hmmmmmm Beimel vs Ethier sigh?
By the way guys, WE NEED TO FIRE UP THE BATS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come Kemp get a hit or homerun 2nd worst bullpen in term of ERA but with the 2nd least innings pitch from there relievers
My MLB.TV is like listen to the radio with pictures of the game going across the screen.
It's a good thing that Scully is coming through O.K.
I wish Torre had stuck with Kershaw for the rest of the inning. He had settled down after giving up the homer. I hope they can do something in the 9th. It would suck to start off the series with a loss.
oldbrooklynfan ~ Morales didn't look to worn out. It doesn't look so good for our boys tonight. I don't feel to confident for a ninth inning come back. I juts hope I'm wrong.
correction = just
We got lucky with them sending Helton. But still 2 runs down seems like 20. COME ON DODGERS WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well we just have to wait and see what the ninth inning is like.
I was just thinking it's a good thing Holiday left the Rox. Just imagine how much better that team would be if he were still there.
Oh freaking great!! Now they're down two runs!!!
This team's gonna need divine intervention to pull this one out. Seems they are just sleepwalking, and going through the motions. A loss here creates a bigger sense of urgency.
I mean come on Kemp
Better late than never!! 2 RISP & no outs!!! A base hit here would be nice!! C'mon Matt!!!
Come on Dre, make us proud once again!
One beats none!
C'mon mailman Dre! Deliver baby!!!
Joe Beimel coming in for the Rockies.
:: listens to Tracy's double switch with Manny coming up with 2 out in the 9th ::
They don't call him the Micro Manager for nothing.
Oh well! Wasn't meant for Dre I guess..
C'mon Manny! You're waaaaay past due!!!
Cue up Elvis……It's now, or never………..
Manny is DUE.
Manny comes through!
Wohoooooooo Manny 0-2 hahahah Tracy thanks for pitching to Manny
I knew he was DUE.
This pitchers thrown 23 pitches last night he should be tired
Wow nice gift
Alright this where Martin needs to put a charge in one.
I wanted another slam
awwww damn now we need to hold them
My post are flying again.
go dback just because I want to see the Giants falling further back.
vl4ecc ~ I think we did get divine intervention in that inning.
Let's get Hawpe, Troncoso.
I should have known better than to get my hopes up with Martin at bat with the bases loaded! As usual, a negative outcome. He's been such a HUGE disappointment this year with the bat. 😦
Just a little bit short though trueblue…..
Whew! At least Hawpe got retired for a change…..
Me to but like Loney he kills Coors Field.
Let's get the dp
One more out Troncoso
Way to throw the game away guys.
Nice job Ramon!
Whew extra innings after that 14 th innings the Rockies had. I guess they going to bring in Harges since he didn't pitch last night.
blah Vinny you mean Manny got a good pitch to get that hit.
Well at least we showed some fight in the 9th. Now let's do it in the 10th.
blah Vinny you mean Manny got a good pitch to get that hit.
lol 31-0 at home with Street wow.
McDonald looked very much the young, inexperienced pitcher that whole inning. Too many games left to get excited about a win or a loss. But if Joe coughs up the division in the end, maybe the emperor's clothes will finally be revealed as non existent; Ned never had any clothes to begin with. I still believe the Dodgers will have a great September, in spite of their shortcomings…of which there appear to be far too many. And as the evening wears on, I fully expect the venom to fly deep into the night, courtesy of this blog!!!!!
urgh lead off walk damn
Hmmm… 2 for 10 with RISP.
Lead off walk to start the 10th.
When are they going to learn???????
lol d/i in a tied game geez
Loretta started off well on pinch hitting early in the season, but now he's becoming as useless as testicles on the pope coming off the bench. I wish we could have got another inning from Ramon now. J-Mac seems shaky.
Very depressing. So many things in this game could have done differently to turn it around. One big thing was, we had Hammel on the ropes early and couldn't deliver the knock out punch. When we were winning in the first half of the season, we were scoring early, often, and getting the clutch hits. It doesn't seem to be happening now. I may be depressed, but I'm not giving up just yet. Hopefully we can come back and win the next two.
We don't deserve to win the pennant if we can not make the fundamental plays. Let's hope that we can get out of this inning alive.
**** this team
Thar she blows!
Good night all!
Well nothing to do but wait 'til………………………tomorrow.
McDonald wasn't the pitcher I wanted to see in a crucial situation like that. I was hoping to see Sherrill.
RATS!!!®. Just plain disgusting!!!!!! Not acceptable!!!
Agreed, jhall. I like McDonald and he's made progress since he went to the pen, but this is crunch time in a big game. I wouldn't have put the ball in his hands.
Bonjour Blue Fille'!! I agree!!! I wanted Brox or Sherrill also.
I think overall, Joe gets an F tonight for his handling of the pitching staff. And knowing hindsight is 20/20, I'll go on record as saying I disagreed at the time with a) removing Kershaw when he did, 2) allowing Kuo to face Tulowitzki in the 8th, and bringing in McDonald to start the 12th. Other than than, what a wonderful job he did??!?!?!?!?!?
Well, let's whip'em tomorrow!!!!! Goodnight my friends. At least we showed some fight!!! Just need to get hot in the next week or so, and we can do some damage!!!
I wish I was a Rockies fan. They are the only ones playing exciting baseball lately.
There is still hope for the Dodgers but they better start putting some crooked numbers on the board.
I just looked over on Dodger Thoughts and they're complaining about Sherrill not be used in that situation too. One person said they thought those were the situations we got him for and I totally agree.
Totally agree, kahli, Kershaw should have finished the 7th and Brox or Sherrill should have been pitching the last innning. JMac is not even ready for that type of situation yet. Like you said, hindsight is 20/20, but Torre's pitching decisions are just completely baffling at times. He should have given them the best chance to have Matt, Andre and Manny come up the next inning.
Ole Macdonald blew a game E I E I O!
**** james you ******* troll. The really blame Torre for lifting Kershaw in the 6th
Blame Tulowitzki and his teammates, they wanted it more….
The players didn't perform. This is not on Torre.
If Sherrill was in and he lost the game people would be blaming Torre. Please don't get into the blame Torre for everything that doesn't work out.
If he left in Kersh & he got hit then everybody would be upset that he left him in to long.
As D4 stated, blame the Rockies. They made the plays to win. They took advantage of our mistakes. They are a more aggressive hungry team and it shows. & right now they are the better team.
Broxton in a tied game on the road is game over for the Rockies. Hudson Furcal Loney and Martin blew it big time and the 2/10 with risp did it to.
I'm sorry but if Broxton and Sherrill would had blown this we would blame Torre and how in the hell can we blame McDonald? We had there #5 on the rope gripe of time and we only manage a 2/10 with risp. I could understand Torre not used them 2 and see we could've gone 2 to 3 more innings.
Agree, colliethec, Rockies are hot AND good, but Torre is still not the genius people paint him to be. He may be great in the clubhouse, but in-game, he's no better than Tracy, which isn't saying much for either of them. They both micro-manage to the boundaries of insanity.
Bench Loney get Ethier to 1st base Pierre need to start hate to say this but Manny mess up are chemistry since he came back.
To be honest I think Kershaw could had pitch 1 more inning or maybe 2 depend if we get to his spot in the batting order.
Brad Hawpe homered in the fourth inning off Clayton Kershaw. It was the first homer Kershaw has allowed since May 27, a span of 15 starts.
Wow I didn't even realize Kershaw last homerun was against these Rockies to.
Good evneing ITD boys and girls!
AWWW FUEYYYY…. I swear when Tulo came up and I saw Joe go to the mound, I thought for sure that he was bringing in Broxton, given JB's dominance against Tulo. Did he? Well, of course not. Yes, hindsight is 20/20, but this game was very frustrating. But as upset as I am about Torre's mishandling of the BP (again), the Rox did take advantage of our mistakes.
Way back when, I thought no one was going to catch us and technically, no one has – yet. But I don't like and haven't liked the direction that our Boys in Blue have been taking for a long time. I don't know what happened to our killer instinct that was there early in the year. I mean, when we used to score first in a game, that was as close to a slam dunk to put another notch in the "W" column as it could get. Now, I'm not so sure anymore.
I surely missed when Kuo could pitches 2 innings without giving up anything.
Damn I was hoping the Giants would blow another lead. Maybe Torre should've had rest Loney and Martin for that Sunday game vs the Cubs since we had an off day yesterday.
Khali — No he isn't. He doesn't always make the correct move. But he has to use the players that have been handed him.
J-Mac was fine being in there. If he had pulled J-Mac and put in Brox or someone else then everyone would be upset that he was blowing through the bully.
I was fine with him taking out Kersh. I wanted Kersh to go longer but wasn't hacked about it.
I get more annoyed with the players not performing then the Manager not making the correct moves.
I would of been okay with having Sherrill in there as well but having J-Mac at your disposal he needs to be used. He has done ok this season. I just think that it wasn't a huge decision that was incorrectly made. The player didn't perform and Loney made matters worse by throwing the ball away.
Holy **** Edward Kennedy pass away
Maybe Torre should have gone to Sherrill but the way I see it the Dodgers are not losing games from pitching but from an inability to score runs. Once again they had little trouble getting runners on base and all the trouble moving them around. Early in the game the Dodgers had plenty of opportunities to break open this game and couldn't do it. Even in the ninth inning when a hit might score two runs Kemp hit a fly ball that scored a run but also cost an out. They get doubles to lead of an inning or home runs with no one on base. The Rockies had five hits and two runs while the Dodgers had nine hits and two runs. So say what you want about Joe, these losses are on the offense, or lack of it.
To think as soon as I left home, Andre drove in the first run, and I thought for sure we would win. They always play better when I don't watch. Well, I guess not. I kept checking the score and everytime I did, Andre was on base but never scored a run. Manny and James…………………where were you tonight boys? I realize Manny batted in the tying run, but all those chances to put some major runs on the board blown. Oh well, two games still to go in this series. It is still possible to do some damage.
Go Ethier need to raise your ba against lhp over .200.
Urgh why do this blog always posted my post couples of hours ago when the game is finished?
Agreed Birk. With both comments on the pitching & hitting. That was a thought I almost posted. Once again we loose a game when we out hit the opposition.
They aren't aggressive and don't generate runs. Dre was 3 for 3 with a walk and then K's with RISP in the 9th. It just seems as if the timing isn't there with the team anymore.
I think Torre needs to start pushing the envelope a little more by getting the running game going and being more aggressive. I think that is one of the reasons he now has Kemp batting in the 2 slot. They rarely hit & run. Once again we need to start playing a little more like the OC Angels and put the pressure on the other team.
I loved Furcal's double…but I'm beginning to wonder if he should stay at lead-off…his OBP really hampers things. Trouble is, there's no one else………………………………………………. Everyone says it, from strangers to friends to bloggers. Furcal is THE key to the lock.
I didn't see the game tonight and it doesn't sound too good from what I read here. As far as Torre not deserving blame, yes, I certainly agree that the players have to play. The pitching is doing better than the bats right now, and I didn't think that would be the case going into this season. But the manager's job is to put the best out there. He doesn't do enough of that, IMO. I can't ever remember disagreeing with a Dodger manager more than I do with him. I can't wait until he's gone.
But there's a loooong way to go and now is no time to panic. Like I just wrote in an email to Junie, it would be like jumping out of the lifeboat when you still have food and water.
As important as it is to get Furcal started, I think the key is Ramirez. He's the one the rest of them look to. When (not if) he starts raking again, watch the rest of them follow. I'm not one to monkey with lineups, unless it's to shake something loose. And it needs shaking right now. Torre's problem is that he continually shakes it up whether it's working or not. Anyway, I wonder if it might be time to start protecting Ramirez with Ethier:
I'd sink or swim with this. No more pulling someone because he's had trouble with a certain pitcher. No more pulling someone because he wants to get a benchwarmer some at-bats. Leave these 8 guys in there, Torre.
Good night, True Believers! Tomorrow is another day!
Furcal needs to stop swinging for the fence and wasting at bats. He is a singles and maybe doubles hitter and needs to bump up his OBP and set the table. Kemp is well suited to bat second, get on and steal some bases to get in scoring position. I had no problem with him batting lower in the order since he seemed to come up with runners on base a lot of the time. But his speed makes him useful batting in the two spot.
Never wanted Manny batting fourth. When he bats third, it guarantees a pitcher has to sweat a bit in the first inning. eric, I think he'll get hot, too. Just hate to mess with Ethier in front of him. It's a real tough call between Ethier and Kemp as to who bats 2nd and who bats fourth…but there's no doubt they need to sandwich Manny…in a baseball sense, you understand……
Swap Hudson with Furcal
No Pierre over Manny this lazyness need to stop from him
Interesting stats here.
Tale Of The Tape
The Rockies earned just their third win over the Dodgers in 13 tries this season, but victories the next two nights would propel Colorado into a tie atop the NL West with Los Angeles Here's a look at how the two teams have matched up so far this season:
Dodgers And Rockies
Head-To-Head In 2009 Dodgers Rockies
Wins 10 3
Saves 4 0
Blown Saves 1 2
I really wish we didn't signed Manny and find some pitching and made Young the #4 OF's.
Not the result we wanted, but there is nothing to do but keep the faith and keep scrapping until this thing turns around. We were one broken bat hit away from winning last night. Beat 'em tonight.
He came from a rich and privileged family and still cared about working people.
RIP Teddy
Very lame, Joe (from L.A. Times):
The Rockies went ahead shortly after Kershaw was pulled after 6 1/3 innings, as Ronald Belisario served up a go-ahead solo shot to Clint Barmes. Dodgers Manager Joe Torre explained that Kershaw, who threw 104 pitches, had already reached his pitch count.
"It's not my call," Kershaw said. "They don't pay me to make decisions. They pay me to pitch."
Sounds like even the players are tired of the micro-managing.
In retrospect what a difference Lee could have made for our team – it would have been the Manny impact of 2009. Obviously Ned can't get the job done, probably with an assist from Frank who won't give him any more payroll, no matter what the needs of the team.
Sell the team, you F'ing, Boston Cheapskate Scumbag!
Good Morining ITD, Dodger Faithful and Our Beloved Boys in Blue…….
Here is some rythym…….It has been a long season, but like this song we need to finish strong………( 5 minutes in the rythym picks up. )…
Enjoy the game everyone 🙂
There was only one good thing about last night's game. Manny showed some life by getting a clutch hit in the ninth.
Other than that, not many silver linings in a LOSS. Especially when we're ahead by only two games.
Let's turn it around tonight against Fogg!
The way Wolf has been hitting lately, he should be batting behind Manny (jk).
Okay, first four batters in the bottom of the tenth are lefties. We've got Brox, Sherrill, and McDonald ready and rested in the bullpen. How do you NOT bring in the Brim Reaper?
Crash ~ simple………..Joe's an IDIOT!!!!
I have to agree, Joe is an IDIOT!!!
Furcal stinks… and he is still our lead off hitter.
I read that he feels more comfortable at the lead off spot, well he is not cutting it. SWAP him in the lineup with O-dog.
Martin flat out stinks!!! sit his *** down and put in Ausmus.
He is hitting better then Martin. He atlest bloops singles behind the infield.
Looney needs to step it up. He look so clueless last night!
And please pitch around Brad Hawpe, he is a dodger killer!
Hello ITD! Im sure all of us are dissappointed about the standings but we are still in first and if worse comes to worse we will still be first because we lead in the season series! Many of you are concerned about the rockies but please be patient and have faith! Everyone that is gettin on Manny is not being fair! first of all Manny still impacts our Offense even though hes not hitting! Moreover, theres two reasons why Manny is not hitting as he should be! First is that hes taking a lot of pitches and more importantly you have to give credit to the opposing pitchers that adjust and pitch around him!
Now for yesterdays loss no biggy! Torre was foolish to bring in McDonald! I read some comments on McDonald and many say that he has improved? I think thats absolutely ludicrous! The truth is that McDonald does not belong on this roster! First his fastball has no movement at all and he cant locate it either! secondly, the pitch that compliments his fastabll is his curve! and quite frankly he cant throw it for strikes. As a result he falls behind in counts and automatically gives the advantage to the hitter! Lookin at yesterdays game this is what happened to Bellisario. fell behind 2-0 to barmes and he had to throw a strike. barmes was aggressive and the rest is history! same goes for KUO. gave up a hit and a walk leading to the insurance run!
Ill say this again and again our bullpen is EXCELLENT and MCDONALD is not part of that excellence! idk what anybody sees in mcdonald but he literally stinks! right when torre put him in the 10th i knew we lost espcially with our heart of the order coming up! PLEASE get off the overlooked mcdonald postseason stats! thats long gone and mcdonald is long ways from being successful!
Ill agree that MARTIN is a garbage can but why didnt joe rbing in MOTA or WEAVER to say the least…
Right now i would drop retarded lookin nonchalant garbage Mcdonald Happy Meal for Wade!
Batting order doesnt mean jack Sh1t! getting ahead in counts and then pitch selection! why would u trhow hawpe a 2-2 fastball out over the plate, barmes a 2-0 fastball, etc! HELLO MARTIN wake the F up!
Either way we will get into the playoffs as the division leader or wildcard! dodgers vs. cards or dodgers vs. phils! pick your poison1
McDonald threw that pitch low and on the outside part of the plate…Tulowitzki just went out and hit it!!!!
What does Manny do better than most hitters in MLB??/
Hit for average, power and in the clutch. If he doesn't do this nothing else falls into place.
dodger4life the game was over once he walked stewart! low and on the outside doesnt matter when your just trying to make contact with a man on 3rd and 1 out!
McDonald sucks and theres no way around it!
Interesting article on the Dodger home page about the players not feeling any pressure and that some players say they don't follow the standings or scoreboard. In a way I find this hard to believe but then again, playing baseball everyday is their job and they probably would not be in the big leagues if they let the highs and the lows affect them to much. I know as fans we want to see more passion; we want to believe the players care and will rise up to every occasion. And we are certainly disappointed when they don't.
Another interesting point in last night's game is that even Vinny was talking about how both managers could be second guessed for their decisions and he hardly ever talks about such things. Do you think Rockies fans are second quessing Tracy for pitching to Manny in the 9th inning?
Yes, I couldn't believe that Tracy brought in a rookie to pitch to Manny, when Beimel could have walked him and faced another lefty in Loney. I don't think Tracy is likely to do that again for a while.
Good Afternooon ITD readers and writers!!! Let's hope our boys can take one tonight.
I've got just two words for the Dodgers tonight: Josh Fogg. No excuses allowed. This is a relief pitcher who usually pitches two innings…which means a VERY tired bullpen will be used by Colorado.
Kershaw: "I see a team playing with a lot of confidence. That's a good team. Everyone is throwing well. All of their starters are throwing well and they getting timely hitting and the clutch hits. That's what we were doing the first 90 games of the season."
Torre: "We feel them coming. That is a good team. They keep playing. That's what you want a team to do is keep playing. They are very dangerous because they keep coming at you.
They hustle all the time and … they play fundamentally sound baseball. If you do that and believe, some good things will happen. That is a key at this time of the year."
Challenge to all Dodgers: Step up…or get out of the way.
this whole pennant race thing is gonna be good for this team… I mean what adversity has the team dealt with this year? they lost manny, who cares slappy stepped in nicely… kuroda has been hurt, heager, and the rest earlier did fine… this team is gonna be ok… we got the reds this weekend… remember we own them… were gonna be JUST FINE
Hi ya Everybody
Well I don't have to tell anybody that what we need is a win.
And the very least, if we don't gets swept we will hold on to the lead beyond this series.
Way to go ANDRE!!!!!!!!!!!
The Big man ANDRE delivers it again.
even though nomore is gone… I still believe in the pancho…
woo hoo andre!
The Big man ANDRE delivers it again.
I guess its just you and me oldbrooklynfan
New thread.
How come MLB.TV is not as good this year as it was before?
Mine has simply gotten worse.
Did the Dodgers announce who is being cut from the 25 and 40 man rosters to make room for Padilla?


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My Take on the Presidential Debate
I am disturbed by the reaction to the first round of debates. The 2012 first Obama/Romney presidential debate featured a performance by Mitt Romney which was an abomination of psychological techniques surely compiled by the best and the brightest, techniques designed to affect and compel us on an emotional level while at the same time encouraging us to disregard critical analysis of the content of what he was saying. The latter effect was most effectively achieved by 'snowballing' ideas into a blizzard of phrases which were virtually impossible to digest, weigh and analyze unless you were already an expert. He didn't try to explain anything so Joe American would understand it better; his litanies were essentially defensive in nature while posing as offensive.
This was a very distinct 'technique' which was used. The truth is that reaching for the gut while turning off the mind is the only play Republicans have, and the true contest in this debate was really between what would prevail - doing things that way or basing the quality of judgement of statements on the actual merit of the ideas being expressed. In my view, the president clearly won this debate based on the merit of his ideas and the rationality of his approach, but he lost the debate based on what technique of influencing people would prevail. The most difficult thing to watch was how rigorously the media, even the liberal media, endorsed style over content as the most important element of the debate. Even Chris Matthews (Hardball With Chris Matthews) said while expressing outrage at Obama's "poor" performance that the content of Mitt Romney said "didn't even matter," because he was able push the moderator around, dominate the emotional tone with a more ranting style, and basically not get called on many of his recent political faux pas.
By a majority of polling and with a lot of help from media endorsing the psychological style as being virtually the only important thing here, Mitt Romney is actually judged generally as having won this debate even though what he said was so full of smoke, mirrors and distortions that it was at times laughable. You may have noticed watching the debate many ridiculous substitutions of fancy for fact, my favorite of which was stealing the phrase "trickle down" to try to redefine this term as referring to democratic principles and regulation rather than the traditional meaning: concentration of capital in the top and hoping benefits will "trickle down" to the rest of us. But nobody called him on these things. It didn't even come up. It was all just a foregone conclusion afterwards that the content meant nothing and the style meant everything.
If emotional manipulation is allowed to prevail as the dominant methodology of communication to the people, then the game is moved farther onto the playing field of conservatives. Since marketing is their business, they will always have the edge in this realm, and by skillful manipulation of people's emotions, will always endeavor to control public opinion arbitrarily to suit their desires. This is the essence of the battle going on right now and being showcased in the presidential debate. HOW will people's opinions be affected, by rationality and merit of ideas or by pychological manipulation.

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Pelicans rescued from Everglades recovering
Cause of illness not yet known
Two American White Pelicans are recovering at Pelican Harbor Seabird Station in Miami, but the reason they're sick is still a mystery.
The pair is from a group of four pelicans rescued from Everglades National Park over the past couple of days. Two of the pelicans died.
One of them is being treated for botulism. He's too weak to stand, and is being given fluids through an IV and activated charcoal. The other is doing a little better, but has some additional problems.
"He wasn't able to fly," said Jessica Klein, the Seabird Station's interim director. "He's either ingested something and he can't fly because he's either weak or tired, or migration is just hard on him.
The birds were found at
Workers at the Seabird Station went out to Everglades National Park on Saturday and again on Monday to take in some of the sick birds.
"It was easily 100 to 200 birds and there were four different groups but they were all in the same general area in the park," Klein said. "They came about a month ago and haven't left yet."
Klein said a couple of birds they were able to save were both covered in some type of oil. One of them had it inside its bill.
"It's hard to say if that oil came from inside Everglades National Park," Klein said. But she says she doubts it. Since the pelicans are in migration, they may have brought it in from somewhere else.
For now, the surviving pelicans will be kept under close care until they're well enough to be released.
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Innovation and entrepreneurship took center stage at Carnegie Mellon University's 2014 McGinnis Venture Competition, a cross-campus entrepreneurial challenge in which students compete for $60,000 in investments for their startup companies.
Three teams that included School of Computer Science students and alumni were among the five winners announced March 5 at the conclusion of the multi-round competition.
The competition is sponsored by the Carnegie Mellon Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which includes the School of Computer Science's Project Olympus and the Tepper School of Business's Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship.
Two MBA students in the Tepper Class of 2014, Jason Cahill and Neel Kishdan, claimed the top prize of $25,000 in the graduate student division. Their startup company, Impaqd, has created a real-time, GPS-enabled app that connects shipping customers directly to freight carriers allowing them to identify and fill empty cargo space. With one in five trucks on the road traveling without cargo, Impaqd increases efficiency and profitability, while providing shipping customers access to convenient, reliable and cost-efficient transportation.
Second prize and an investment of $15,000 was shared by an alumnus and a current graduate student in CMU's School of Computer Science, Justin Betteridge (CS'06) and Medhi Samadi (CS'14). Their startup company, Solvvy, Inc.,has created an intelligent problem-solving assistant that significantly enhances a user's ability to find Web content by using state-of-the-art text analysis technology. Once a user describes a problem, Solvvy will locate the best information available.
Third prize and an investment of $10,000 went to a startup named Appbase. Created by graduate student Anuj Kumar (CS'12,'14), along with partners Siddharth Kothari and Shannan Sullivan, Appbase provides a unified database interface to handle all of the data syncing and querying needs for app developers.
First prize among undergraduates ($4,000) was secured by a six-person interdisciplinary team representing three schools across the CMU campus. Their startup, named Tailored Fit, is an online shopping service that learns an individual's preferences over time and makes personalized shopping suggestions while providing products and services from multiple retailers on one website. Sharing the prize are computer science student Kate Vogt (CS'14), Dietrich College student Nathaniel Eliason (DC'15), business majors Heidi Yang (TPR'14), Zach Bush (TPR'16) and Matt Baker, Soloman Benjamin, Zach Piekut and Leanna Verderese.
Second place and a $2,500 in the undergraduate division went to Captions, a team that has created a new application for eye glasses that projects translations for any foreign language being spoken to a screen in front of the user's eye. The team includes two students from the College of Engineering, Elizabeth Ottens (E'15) and Morgan Culbertson (E'17), a student from the Mellon College of Science, Joel Lu (MCS'14), and Brian Yasukochi.
The competition is made possible by a generous endowment from Gerald E. McGinnis, chairman, CEO and founder of Respironics, Inc. Key sponsors for the 2014 competition were Founder.org, an organization the works with colleges, universities and research institutes around the world to advance student entrepreneurship, and Innovation Works, an organization that plays a vital role in southwestern Pennsylvania's technology economy by investing capital, business expertise and other resources in the high-potential companies.
The McGinnis Venture Competition is open to all Carnegie Mellon undergraduate and graduate students and is intended to spotlight and advance the commercialization of student-created, -managed and -owned ventures. Non-CMU students may participate as members of a team, as described in the competition's eligibility details, however, CMU students must deliver the majority of the team's presentation and must serve as CEO, CTO or COO of each venture.
Throughout the competition, the student participants interact with alumni entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, attempting to help raise capital and provide opportunities to strengthen their company's strategic planning and positioning.
The inaugural McGinnis Venture Competition in 2004 was founded and hosted by the Tepper School's Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship as an international competition. The proceedings were reorganized in 2013 by the CMU Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to increase the event's focus and outreach toward innovations and collaborations occurring across the CMU campus.
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I didn't know what a lasting influence baby sitters would have on my young family, but I began to understand one afternoon several years ago, while looking at a picture book with then-2-year-old Abby.
'Mom, is it a baby-sitter day?" Brian asks.
"No," I answer.
"Aw, man!" he says, disappointed.
"Come on, Brian," I cajole. "Mommy and Daddy will be home with you all day. We'll have fun."
"Not as much fun as with a baby sitter," he grumbles.
Harrumph. What's my baby sitter got that I ain't got?
As a work-at-home mom, I've had in-home child care ever since I had children to care for. Beginning when 8-year-old Abby was an infant, our beloved and trusted Kayla watched Abby, and later, Brian, for a couple of days a week while I worked.
I didn't know what a lasting influence baby sitters would have on my young family, but I began to understand one afternoon several years ago, while looking at a picture book with then-2-year-old Abby.
"Look, Abby," I cooed, "there's a baby and her mommy."
"And there's a baby and her Kay-ya," Abby answered evenly, looking at the next page.
Kayla has since moved away, and we've had several other regular baby sitters over the years. To hear my kids tell it, they've all been much more fun than Earl and me.
I recently decided to get to the bottom of this issue, and asked my kids why they love their favorite baby sitters.
"She lets me watch 'Star Wars,'" said Timmy, the little Jedi.
"He plays baseball with me," said Brian, my athlete.
"I don't know," hedged Abby. I think she's onto me.
If I had to guess, I'd say that baby sitters have the edge because they give the kids their full attention for the fun stuff. Whether it's playing a game or building with Legos, these pinch-hitting parents concentrate on keeping the kids entertained and happy.
By contrast, my focus is often elsewhere when I'm home with the kids. I am interested in them, of course, but so often my attention is divided between them and concerns about work or household operations. Then, when I do give the kids my full attention, it's to help them with homework, or to get them ready for school or bedtime.
Sometimes I feel like a marching band director – making sure everyone is doing their part, in the right place, at the right time. That stuff is important, too, but I don't want my kids to look back at their childhoods someday and think, "Wow, we had such a great time with our baby sitters … and Mom really kept us organized."
So, starting today, this organizer mom will make it a priority to have more fun with her kids. We'll build spaceships with Legos and take batting practice in the backyard. I'll give Abby a manicure, and we'll all pitch in to make our annual Easter bunny cake.
Now, let me see, where can I pencil it in?
Julie Fay is a winner of the 2010 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition. Read more at www.juliefaysblog.blogspot.com.


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Watering the Tulips
December 5, 2012
"So the Lord said to Cain, 'Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it'" – Genesis 4:6-7
There is much talk today about sinners accepting the Lord. Yet, that is not necessarily in line with the language of the Bible. In fact, that terminology is never used in the Bible. Don't misunderstand, there certainly are some doctrinally sound believers that use such language. However, it's possible that many today are misled by is use. You see, man's need is not so much that he accepts God. Man's real need is that God accepts him!
Our text passage here speaks of a day when God rejected Cain. He and his brother, Abel, had brought an offering to the Lord. Abel properly brought a bloody sacrifice that represented Jesus dying on the cross. Cain, on the other hand, brought the fruit of his own labor. God accepted Abel because he had the proper sacrifice. Cain was rejected because he sought fellowship with God through an unprescribed manner.
From the very beginning of Tabernacle worship, the goal was that God would accept their worship (Exodus 28:38). Not one time throughout the Old Testament was the goal for God to somehow become acceptable to man. He is acceptable! The OT saints entered into their ceremonies realizing that they were the ones who were sinners and it was they who needed to somehow be accepted by the Lord. This could only be done when they approached God properly.
The New Testament is much the same. Of course, Jesus fulfilled all of the Mosaic Law and therefore we don't approach God in worship through the same methods as our Old Testament brethren. But still, our need today is to be accepted by the Lord. In Acts 10, we find Peter preaching to the house of Cornelius. There we read, "Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him" (Acts 10:34-35). You see, mans great need is to be accepted by God.
So, how is man to be accepted by God? We know to be rejected means that a man will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:15). God has plainly revealed that there is but one way to be accepted by Him. Ephesians 1:6 says, "…He made us accepted in the Beloved". That is, in Christ we are accepted. Jesus declared a similar truth in John 14:6 when He said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me".
Reader, "…there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy 2:5). Our prayer today is that God accepts you through Him. There is no other way.
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|A scene from up north...a short bike ride from downtown Phoenix
This was a slightly disorienting and fun little discovery. We rode back to the Rio Salado Pathway (previous post here) to see how far it goes at either end. I'll get to that after the photos. Along the way, though, we came across a sign that pointed down a gravel path to "Waterfall". Checking it out, we found this little slice of stream-side habitat that felt like something you find north of the city, Seven Springs area, Payson, or the Rim, but not within a short bicycle ride of downtown! The majority of the Salt River bed (Rio Salado in Spanish) that runs through the city doesn't look anything like this, because there is no (or very little) water running through it these days. It's all stopped by the Roosevelt Dam (1911) upstream, and the result is that the "river" is normally a sun-baked empty river bed. The cities along it have recently made efforts to clean it up, removing the garbage and building some paths, although since the latest round of budget crises, a lot of that work has dried up itself.
|Who's up for a waterfall hike?
Seeing this little exhibit made me realize what's been lost along this river, if this, along with the riparian demonstration area nearby, is something of what it looked like before 1911. Now, on the other hand, the dams control flooding, and provide drinking water, power, and irrigation, all things that a city requires. I think I would just prefer that we not trade off 100% of the riparian habitat along the Salt for sun-baked garbage dump/gravel pit/industrial armpit. This little demonstration project, along with Tres Rios downstream (that I have yet to visit on a ride), help to show why it would be worth it to nurture at least a small amount of this sort of habitat along the river bed.
|Pink roots in the stream. No idea.
The Rio Salado Pathway that we picked up at 24th Street does indeed stop, just east of there, and runs to about 19th Avenue. Some sections of it in between were not paved, although it may be that with careful usage of the road bridges that cross the river, one could stay on paved paths. The end near 19th Avenue is gravel and bigger rocks, though, probably better suited to mountain bikes (unless you are seeking that Paris-Roubaix experience you've been longing for).
We rode sections on both the north and south sides of the river bed. While there is good signage at some places, as seen below, it still feels like a work in progress at other places, particularly at the ends. If you join up at one of the trailheads at 16th Street or at Central Avenue, where there are large shade structures as well as parking lots, you have less chance of running out of pavement than if you are a bicycle explorer interested in running out to the ends of the paths to see what they connect up with, or could.
|Helpful signage. The type of thing that would be helpful along the canals, too.
|When it takes bridges like this to make a pathway, you get a sense of how much it can cost
|Take sun-baked riverbed, add water (and careful planning and planting I'm sure) and presto! Riparian!
|Another way to do it: take the mountain bikes, hit the rocks
Riding a riverbed, in the middle of a large city. One more great way to enjoy spectacular upper-70s December weather in Phoenix. To be honest, I kind of enjoyed the unpaved portions, and the work-in-progress feel out there. Of course, on a day like today, I would enjoy just about anything. Get up. Go ride.


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(Reuters) - Three Occupy Oakland protesters accused of surrounding and taunting a woman before stealing her wallet were charged on Friday with robbery and hate crimes, authorities said.
Michael Davis, 32, Nneka Crawford, 23, and Randolph Wilkins, 24, confronted the woman on the streets of Oakland in February after she told them not to riot in her neighborhood, the Oakland Police said in a written release.
"She was surrounded by three protestors and battered as they yelled vulgar epithets regarding their perception of her sexual orientation," Oakland Police spokeswoman Johnna Watson said.
The female victim was not identified except as a 20-year resident of the neighborhood.
"Her wallet was taken during the crime," Watson said. "The victim broke away from the group and called police, who were able to arrest one suspect near the scene."
Watson said the other two suspects were arrested at a February 29 Occupy Oakland protest.
Each was charged by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office with felony counts of robbery and hate crimes, Watson said.
An Occupy Oakland organizer could not be reached for comment on Friday evening.


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Wind for Schools Project Funding Case Studies, Part 1: Thomas Harrison Middle School, Virginia
Aug. 26, 2013
The Wind for Schools project is part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Wind Powering America initiative. Since 2005, DOE provided funding for Wind Applications Centers in 11 Wind for Schools states, introducing teachers, students, and communities to wind energy applications and benefits. This Wind for Schools funding supported the project; it was not used to purchase turbines and equipment. Individual school champions emerged to find local funding mechanisms to purchase and install their turbines.
To learn more about these mechanisms, Frank Oteri and Tessa Dardani of Wind Powering America conducted interviews with project leaders in five Wind for Schools states: Remy Pangle-Martin (Virginia), Mike Kostrzewa (Colorado), Dan McGuire (Nebraska), Steve Wegman (South Dakota), and Julie Etsey and Daisy Huang (Alaska). The result of these interviews is a series of case studies. The first part in this series describes funding mechanisms for the turbine installation at Thomas Harrison Middle School in Virginia.
Installed in 2012, the Thomas Harrison Middle School wind turbine is unique in that it was primarily financed by local business funds and in-kind services, which allowed for minimal financial investment from the school. Remy Pangle-Martin, associate director and curriculum coordinator for the Virginia Center for Wind Energy, worked with the Thomas Harrison group from the beginning of the project, providing them with financing options.
"We provided them with two avenues. They could try to raise $20,000 and hire someone for the installation," Pangle-Martin said. "Instead, they chose the other avenue, which was to raise enough money to purchase the turbine and then hope to find in-kind donations within the community to install the turbine."
In-kind donations are an integral part of minimizing a project's cost. In the case of Thomas Harrison, the group acquired in-kind donations worth approximately $3,900. The donated services included trenching and electrical wiring, foundation excavation and concrete work, and a crane for turbine erection.
"In the end, they didn't have to raise much money, and they got a really good product that I think everyone was happy with," Pangle-Martin said. "It takes a lot more coordination to install a project with donated services, but I think it's worth it for the school."
Dan McGuire, Nebraska state facilitator for the Wind for Schools project responsible for 27 turbine installations, believes that finding successful in-kind donations depends on the type of leadership at the host school and the connections that those leaders make possible.
"Sometimes you'll have schools with very assertive, serious leaders, whether it's a superintendent, principal, or teacher," he said. "Some of them have been very hands-on with the community. Sometimes the school board members get involved. At Elkhorn Valley, the vice chairman of the school board was the real champion. His relatives owned one of the largest construction companies in the area. The school used their cranes to help install the system there."
Pangle-Martin also stressed the importance of community connections.
"The school reached out to the equipment donors and the concrete donor," she said. "We had a previous relationship with the crane operator. We used him when we installed our turbine on the James Madison University campus."
Steve Wegman, Wind for Schools project state facilitator in South Dakota, agrees that connections and relationships are essential in developing a successful Wind for Schools project.
"Relationships are everything, there's no question. That is the most important piece," Wegman said. He believes that many people don't understand how to cultivate relationships, and that it helps to have a relationship with an individual or entity before you approach them for donations.
An additional funding mechanism for the Thomas Harrison installation was business development funds, or funding from foundations, corporations, and other entities. They are extremely useful as a funding mechanism since these monies are not tied to state or local government budgets. Business development funds were key to making this project successful.
Pangle-Martin said that a Merck Foundation grant for $14,500 provided the majority of Thomas Harrison's business development funds. The school project also received a $1,000 grant from a local television station.
Business development funds have been used to help pay for the installation cost of Wind for Schools projects at other schools. According to Colorado Wind Application Center Director Mike Kostrzewa, the Wellington Middle School installation in Wellington, Colorado, also utilized business development funds as a main financing mechanism. Kostrzewa said that the Wellington school received funds from New Belgium Brewery ($5,000), O'Dell Brewery ($2,174), and Whole Foods ($6,872). With a total installation cost of more than $40,000, the $14,046 of business development funds covered nearly one-third of the Wellington project's total cost.
In the case of Thomas Harrison, after the grants and in-kind donations, the school was responsible for only $300; a fundraiser organized in support of the project raised the final balance.
Thomas Harrison Middle School Project Snapshot
- The total project cost was $19,950.
- The project was funded primarily through business development funds: a $14,500 Merck Foundation grant and a $1,000 grant from a local television station.
- In addition, the school raised approximately $300 from a parent and a movie night event fundraiser.
- The school purchased the Skystream turbine from Southwest Windpower for approximately $12,000. The project manager, Baker Renewables, is also a certified Skystream installer.
- The school found in-kind donations (totaling approximately $3,900) for the trenching, electrical wiring, foundation digging, concrete work, and a crane to erect the turbine.


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The Spirit rover worked through its busiest Martian day yet, completing a record 43 observations, NASA said Monday. Among the pictures sent back was a breathtaking color panorama of the 650-foot-wide Bonneville crater as seen from its rim.
The photo was taken by Spirit's panoramic camera on Friday and released Monday. It will help scientists determine where to send the golfcart-sized rover over the next few days.
Spirit landed in Mars' 90-mile-wide (144-kilometer-wide) Gusev Crater on Jan. 3 and spent several weeks working its way toward Bonneville crater. During the workday ending early Monday, Spirit analyzed a soil target called "Gobi 1" with its Mossbauer spectrometer, made microscopic images of the spectrometer's "footprint" on the soil, conducted atmospheric observations and took additional pictures with its panoramic camera.
Spirit's previous record for observations in one Martian day was 31, NASA said.
By early Tuesday, Spirit is scheduled to drive 49.2 feet (15 meters) to a location known as "Serpent Dune" for further analysis.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, the Opportunity rover was focusing on a rock called "Shark's Tooth," in the crater where it landed on Jan. 24. The rover is preparing to head out of the crater onto the hematite-rich plains of Meridiani Planum.
The rovers are hunting for further evidence that ancient Mars had enough water to sustain life. The $820 million mission was designed to last at least 90 days, but mission managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory say the rovers could well keep going for 200 days or more.
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Pro tips: 32 party do's and don'ts
Summer was fun, with vacation and brunches and lazy days with friends. But fall brings the return of the bustling social season, starting with the opening nights of the San Francisco Symphony on Sept. 3 and the San Francisco Opera on Sept. 5. Such grand occasions call for us to brush up on big-city behavior. Herewith, a guide to gala etiquette, grouped by seven components of any soiree that can inspire faux pas. Heed our advice, and you're sure to be fumble-free.
1. Galas are black-tie affairs. Men wear a tuxedo or formal dinner jacket. Women (or anyone dressed like one) wear a floor-length gown or a formal evening pantsuit (tuxedo fine, too).
2. Take care with your appearance. This is not the night to change at the office, as if going to a cocktail party in business casual.
3. Gentlemen: If you look like every other man in the room, congrats — you did nothing wrong!
4. Ladies: If you see other women in the same gown, you have two choices — handle it with humor, and let photographers snap you and your doppelgängers together, or fire your stylist on Monday.
5. Choose elegance over sexiness. If your decollete is so plunging that a dermatologist can perform a yearly exam on the spot, you're showing too much skin. Save super-tight minis for nightclubs, and steampunk statements for Burning Man. At the same time, don't bore us, please.
Table manners
6. Never switch place cards on the table — a cardinal sin for which you might be excommunicated from the church of high society. The host put thought into figuring out who should be seated next to whom. Couples are split up to promote more conversation among guests.
7. If you have special dietary needs (vegan, celiac, life-threatening food allergies), alert your table host or the server before being seated and ideally before gala night. Caterers usually have vegetarian fare for 10 percent of the guests.
8. When navigating flatware, always start from the outside in. If you forget this rule, look at the person next to you (and hope they're not looking to you for guidance).
9. Fork and knife? Two ways to go — European-style (fork in left hand, tines down, one index finger over the back of the fork, and knife in right) or American-style (fork in left, knife in right for cutting, then switching fork to right hand to eat the food). Never grip your fork tines down with your fingers clamped around it as if you're holding a switchblade, unless you want to look like a complete rube.
10. Dinner rolls are eaten one bite at a time, by breaking a piece off the roll and popping that tiny piece into your mouth. Butter each bite individually, rather than slathering butter across the entire roll and tugging at the whole piece with your teeth. So ungainly.
11. Pay as much attention to the person on your right as on your left. Your seatmate might have been placed next to a dud — in which case, you'll be saving him or her from a night of boredom.
Partner etiquette
12. Good introductions are a sign of good manners. Introduce your date to everyone you greet. If someone greets you but not your date, smooth the situation by making the intro yourself.
13. Develop a prearranged signal with your date to avert distress if you've forgotten someone's name — placing a hand on your partner's back, squeezing their hand, or a subtle throat-clearing. (A squeeze of the bottom will signal something else entirely.)
14. Mingle and jingle. Breaking away from your partner during cocktails or the after-party to chat with others is OK for short periods of time. Don't leave him or her drifting like an iceberg in a foreign sea. The only ice we want to see is a 10-carat diamond on someone's finger.
15. Be inclusive. If you're the more talkative partner, include him or her in the chat with the royal "we." Try: "We always enjoy supporting the Symphony on opening night" — as opposed to whispering, "I am saddled with a socially awkward date and have to make all the small talk myself!"
16. If a society photographer wishes to snap a photo of your date, and ignores you, don't have a hissy fit. A real lady never pouts.
17. Small talk is vital. Nobody goes to a gala night to eat dinner — in fact, most people haven't had dinner for several weeks, trying to slim down for the big night. Galas are all about socializing, so conversation is required.
18. Ask questions of others; people love it when you're interested in them. Try: "Did you travel anywhere this summer?" or "What is keeping you busy lately?" The latter is especially good for mingling with the wealthy, because they don't always have day jobs but are always busy with projects.
19. Comment on the evening's bill of fare or decor, safe topics. Examples: "Aren't you excited about this evening's program? I simply adore Mahler/Puccini/fill in the blank."
20. Never discuss politics or religion. (Do we even have to say this?) Try books, movies, trashy TV shows. You may not find yourself discussing the finer points of astrophysics, but you'll always have a pleasant time because no one will be offended.
21. Limit your chats to two minutes. Nobody wants to be saddled with someone talking at them endlessly, without being able to get a word in edgewise. We call those folks social barnacles. Stay away from them, matey.
Performance etiquette
22. Clap at the right time. At the Symphony, refrain from clapping between movements. At the opera, it is OK to applaud for a stirring aria or duet. In general, wait until the conductor puts the baton down to applaud.
23. Leave the wolf whistles, hooting and hollering for ball games. If you must shout your approval, please learn some basic Italian: "Bravo" is said to a man; "Brava" is said to a woman; "Bravi" is the appropriate word for two or more people.
24. When planning your attire, consider seatmates around you and whether you will block their lines of sight. You may love your awe-inspiring hat — but the people behind you did not pay for an obstructed view, or a towering Marge Simpson hairdo.
25. Coughing is inevitable, but please muffle yourself, and if you foresee the need for a candy to ease dry throat, unwrap the crinkly wrapper before the show starts, or during applause.
26. There may be no crying in baseball, but it's OK to be moved to tears on gala night — our Symphony and Opera offer up world-class performances. Be a hero and come with linen handkerchief. Extra points if you bring a second (clean) hankie for your date.
Social media manners
27. Limit your hashtag-able moments. Not every second requires Instagram documentation, and marks you as a gala virgin, not a veteran. Cocktail hour? Fair game. Dinner? A pic or two of an amazing floral display or beautifully plated entree are OK. Post them, and then put your phone away.
28. Avoid trolling your Facebook/Twitter/Instagram accounts continuously. While staring into your smartphone in your lap, you're ignoring your table mates, who spent hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars to be with you. The only thing you should be fiddling with in your lap is a napkin. Besides, we hear paying attention to others enhances the experience.
29. During the performance, turn your phone off or put it on airplane mode. Nobody wants to hear a mysterious vibrating sound emanating from the person next to them (unless you're at the Mitchell Bros. theater). Avoid this Silicon Valley bad-manners cliche.
30. If you take selfies to post on social media, avoid poses such as the dreaded duckface (pursing your lips in an attempt to look sexy, but going overboard and contorting them into a bill). You're not a duck. Tonight, you're a swan.
Post-gala etiquette
31. Good manners extend into the next day. If you've met new friends (and if you follow our advice, you will), follow up promptly via e-mail or social — or squander the opportunity to cement new connections.
32. If you've been lucky enough to have been a guest at someone's table, send a handwritten thank-you note — the height of civility and grace. Hosts always remember these gestures of gratitude when it's time to make invitations for next year's gala.
Carolyne Zinko is a Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com. Tony Bravo is a San Francisco freelance writer and frequent Style contributor. Twitter: @tonybravosf


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Greinke wins 11th as LA returns to first place
Righty allows two runs (one earned) over eight; Uribe breaks tie in 9th
DENVER -- He leads the Dodgers pitching staff in wins, starts, innings, strikeouts and, oh by the way, he's not two-time Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw.
It's another former Cy Young winner, Zack Greinke, who strengthened his case to make the National League All-Star team on Thursday night by allowing one earned run in eight innings as the Dodgers edged the Rockies, 3-2, and moved back into sole possession of first place in the NL West.
Juan Uribe's third hit -- half of the team's total -- came with one out in the ninth inning off LaTroy Hawkins and brought home Matt Kemp, who led off the inning with a walk on four pitches and took second on Scott Van Slyke's groundout.
Uribe's bullet went past second baseman DJ LeMahieu, whose vision was partially screened by umpire Pat Hoberg, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.
"DJ got screened off the ball by the umpire who didn't see the ball. It happens," said Weiss. "The ball was hit hard and the umpire didn't have time to move and DJ didn't see the ball."
Greinke now is 11-4 with a 2.66 ERA and is tied for the Major League lead in victories. He's 7-0 against the NL West and 13-1 since joining the Dodgers. He struck out eight, walked two (one intentionally) and pitched out of a serious jam after the Rockies tied the game in the bottom of the eighth. Dodgers starters have not issued more than two walks in a record 37 consecutive games.
"All of my pitches were useable and I got ahead of the count with quality pitches," said Greinke. "I got a lot of first-pitch outs, five or six, and a couple double plays. That was key."
With Hanley Ramirez back in the lineup after calf and shoulder issues, the Dodgers won by out-executing the Rockies. Their first run was set up by Dee Gordon's bunt single, aided by Colorado's inability to turn a double play and driven in by Adrian Gonzalez's single, his 53rd RBI. Their second run was set up by Uribe's double, aided by a passed ball and scored on a sacrifice fly by A.J. Ellis.
"You've got to play clean games against the good clubs," Weiss said.
Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth inning for his 26th save, which ended with pinch-hitter Ryan Wheeler's fly ball to the warning track caught by Yasiel Puig.
Colorado scored a two-out run in the fifth with an assist from the Dodgers' defense. LeMahieu's gapper to right-center skipped off the glove of Puig for an error. LeMahieu then scored the unearned run on a pinch-hit double by Josh Rutledge.
The Rockies tied the game at 2 in the eighth. Charlie Blackmon led off with a single. Drew Stubbs popped out on a bunt attempt, but Justin Morneau tripled to right-center, scoring Blackmon.
"A bad pitch," said Greinke.
Manager Don Mattingly went to the mound, but left Greinke in to pitch to Troy Tulowitzki (.351) with first base open and Corey Dickerson (.337) on deck.
"We wanted to go after him [Tulowitzki] and get an out," said Mattingly.
Tulowitzki popped out to shallow left field.
"I think a lot of times a hitter knows you're pitching around him and I kind of wanted to throw a strike the first pitch and let him know I'm not pitching around you in that case," said Greinke.
The left-handed Dickerson was walked intentionally to bring up the right-handed Nolan Arenado, who was activated before the game after fracturing a finger. But Greinke struck him out with a 94-mph fastball.
As the Dodgers returned to their dugout for the ninth, Gonzalez exhorted his club to break the tie.
"I didn't hear what he was saying, but it felt like everyone was still excited about the game," said Greinke. "It felt like even though I gave up the run the last inning, we were just as confident as we were before."
"We hadn't done much offensively and I wanted to see if we could get something going, to get Zack a win, he pitched so good," said Gonzalez. "Any time you hold them to two runs in this place, it's special."
Uribe had his first multi-hit game since returning from the disabled list with a strained hamstring on June 26.


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HH Com 602
Of Princes Fair
And Godmothers good and true
Thy wits you'll need
To do the deed
When evil is coming for you
Lillabeth was just an ordinary girl living with her happy parents and her natural-born sisters in a quiet little village in a pretty little kingdom. Her parents were kind, her sisters were sweet, and her life was good. But young Lillabeth was not very content with her boring, safe life. Between you and me, this girl was looking for a fairy tale life. Not just any fairy tale life, she wanted the kind with swashbuckling adventure, a handsome prince, a magical fairy godmother and of course, a perfect ending. Don't believe me? Take a look at her daily to-do list, tucked neatly into her apron pocket:
(your hook starts here)
To do:
Provoke sisters into being wicked
Kiss three frogs
Test beans for magical qualities
Interview local animals, tag any who talk back
Sing a wistful song while staring at the castle
Complete chores
Be sweet and good
Continue training birds; reward the birds that help me make my bed
So she wasn't the smartest lass in the kingdom. But she was optimistic. And she was determined. Even in a fairy tale, stubborn resolve can get you farther than dumb luck.
(and ends here)
And dumb luck is exactly where our story begins.
Gangsta pixies, Brooklynite fairy step-cousins, and menacing but adorable woodland creatures follow Lillabeth as she searches for a fairy tale adventure in "Happily Never After."
You need to fill in with some details and the fractured fairy tale motif is old old old but how can you not love gangsta pixies.
10 comments:
- Virginia Miss said...
I like the "to do" list, especially "Test beans for magical qualities." and "Interview local animals, tag any who talk back."
Your writing flows. Good luck.
- 12/30/2006
- Inkwolf said...
I'd read it! (That probably surprises nobody...)
- 12/30/2006
Would you believe some big Hollywood nobody stole my title and is releasing a movie by the same name in 2007? The nerve of some jokers...
Thanks for the encouragement. Maybe I'll hang on to this one for a while. Maybe in twenty years everyone will have forgotten how trendy it was to write fractured fairy tales and mine will look "new" and "fresh."
- 12/30/2006
- susan said...
I like it and it's not something I'd read but the hook with some work as suggested by Miss Snark will do a better job of presenting this creative tale.
- 12/30/2006
Keep 'thou' and 'you' consistent in the verse.
Sounds interesting!
- 12/30/2006
Too bad a cartoon movie with the same title opens in January.
- 12/30/2006
I hope this comes across as constructive criticism, but from reading these hooks with everyone else there are two things I never want to see in a hook again, though you only use one of them.
Starting the hook with 'Meet (main character)...' and telling us something and saying 'Don't believe me...?'
They both imply the writer doesn't have enough confidence in their characterisation in the first instance or engendering the suspension of disbelief in the second. They jolt me right out of the hook and they never add anything. No matter how stock your character or odd your plot you need to at least project confidence in these two things. Using them is like the 'show don't tell' of hook writing. Especially annoying in the case of a story that seems so promising and otherwise has a nice, quirky feel.
- 12/30/2006
I like the idea of leading with the "to do" list. I can envision that being line one of your query letter. The second section could be "to avoid" and list creative hazards like the gangsta pixies. Follow that with a simple (50 word) idea of your character and premise. Your humor can be your hook. If your pages hold up, I can see this selling easily enough.
BTW, the title's not too great a loss. I received 38 fantastic title suggestions from Snarklings during the last crapometer, one of which I adopted. Can anyone suggest some for the author here? I'll take a stab, though titles are not my strength. How about:
"Wanted: Godmother"
"Kissing Frogs, Kicking Ass"
"Lillabeth and the Gangsta Pixies"
"Godmother and the Pixies"
- 12/31/2006
Last Anonymous:
How cool are you???? Very cool. Thanks for the help and yes...I'd love suggestions for the title.
Thanks to all the commenters and de-lovely Miss Snark. I've definately been schooled these past few weeks.
- 12/31/2006
- Blogless Troll said...
I definitely think "Gangsta Pixies" should be in the title.
- 1/02/2007


text: Ketterson / Nolan Research Group http://hdl.handle.net/2022/7911 2020-05-08T09:18:29Z 2020-05-08T09:18:29Z Adaptation, Exaptation, and Constraint: A Hormonal Perspective Ketterson, Ellen D. Nolan, Val Jr http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17324 2016-12-20T04:30:48Z 1999-07-01T00:00:00Z Adaptation, Exaptation, and Constraint: A Hormonal Perspective Ketterson, Ellen D.; Nolan, Val Jr We approach conceptual issues in evolutionary biology from an endocrinological perspective, noting that single hormones typically act on several target tissues and thereby mediate suites of correlated phenotypic traits. When several components of such a suite are beneficial, an important evolutionary question is whether all are adaptations or some are exaptations. The answer may depend on whether the traits arose in response to selection on variation in systemic levels of the hormone on variation in responsiveness of target tissues to invariant levels of the hormone. If the former, selection probably acted directly on fewer than all traits; beneficial traits arising indirectly would be exaptations. In contrast, multiple beneficial traits that arose out of independent changes in target‐tissue sensitivity to invariant hormone levels could all be adaptations. Knowledge of specific hormonal mechanisms as well as of historical selective regimes will be necessary to draw such distinctions. Endocrine constraints on evolution can be studied experimentally by applying hormones systemically and measuring interdependent responses of beneficial and detrimental traits to selection (phenotypic engineering with hormones). Supposing that alteration of one trait in isolation would enhance fitness, cases in which the net effect of endocrine alteration of multiple traits is to depress fitness provide evidence for constraints. We briefly report results of recent studies employing hormonal manipulations, stressing our own work on the dark‐eyed junco (Junco hyemalis: Emberizidae). 1999-07-01T00:00:00Z Testosterone and Avian Life Histories: Effects of Experimentally Elevated Testosterone on Behavior and Correlates of Fitness in the Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Ketterson, Ellen D. Nolan, Val Jr Wolf, Licia Ziegenfus, Charles http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17323 2016-12-20T04:30:48Z 1992-12-01T00:00:00Z Testosterone and Avian Life Histories: Effects of Experimentally Elevated Testosterone on Behavior and Correlates of Fitness in the Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Ketterson, Ellen D.; Nolan, Val Jr; Wolf, Licia; Ziegenfus, Charles Hormones influence many aspects of organismal behavior, physiology, and morphol- ogy, and thus hormones may lie at the root of many life-history trade-offs. By manipulating hormones we can create novel phenotypes (i.e., perform phenotypic engineering) and attempt to relate phenotypic variation to fitness. We report the effect of testosterone treatment on parental behavior and vocal behavior of adult male dark-eyed juncos. Testosterone partially suppressed paternal behavior and increased the frequency of song. When we compared treated males and controls for nine potential correlates of fitness (offspring growth and survival to the age of 10 d, condition of females, length of the interval between consecutive nestings, size of subsequent clutches and broods, mate retention within and between breeding seasons, and survival rate), we found no statistical differences. In some measures treated males outperformed controls, but in most the reverse was true. The power of some of our tests was not great enough to detect small differences. At this stage of our investigation, three interpretations of our results seem almost equally probable: (1) a broad range of behavioral phenotypes is selectively neutral in the junco, (2) male parental behavior is beneficial to males only in some years or habitats, or (3) we have yet to measure the correlates of fitness that are most strongly affected by the behavioral changes induced by elevated testosterone 1992-12-01T00:00:00Z Hormones and Life Histories: An Integrative Approach Ketterson, Ellen D. Nolan, Val Jr http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17322 2016-12-20T04:30:48Z 1992-11-01T00:00:00Z Hormones and Life Histories: An Integrative Approach Ketterson, Ellen D.; Nolan, Val Jr Because of their role in mediating life‐history trade‐offs, hormones are expected to be strongly associated with components of fitness; however, few studies have examined how natural selection acts on hormonal variation in the wild. In a songbird, the dark‐eyed junco (Junco hyemalis), field experiments have shown that exogenous testosterone alters individuals' resolution of the survival‐reproduction trade‐off, enhancing reproduction at the expense of survival. Here we used standardized injections of gonadotropin‐releasing hormone (GnRH) to assay variation in the testosterone production of males. Using measurements of annual survival and reproduction, we found evidence of strong natural selection acting on GnRH‐induced increases in testosterone. Opposite to what would be predicted from the survival‐reproduction trade‐off, patterns of selection via survival and reproduction were remarkably similar. Males with GnRH‐induced testosterone production levels that were slightly above the population mean were more likely to survive and also produced more offspring, leading to strong stabilizing selection. Partitioning reproduction into separate components revealed positive directional selection via within‐pair siring success and stabilizing selection via extrapair mating success. Our data represent the most complete demonstration of natural selection on hormones via multiple fitness components, and they complement previous experiments to illuminate testosterone's role in the evolution of life‐history trade‐offs. 1992-11-01T00:00:00Z Ordinary Extraordinary Junco Ketterson, Ellen http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17304 2014-02-25T17:50:05Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Ordinary Extraordinary Junco Ketterson, Ellen The Ordinary Extraordinary Junco is a documentary film project designed to engage, entertain, and inspire student and adult audiences of all backgrounds. The feature-length film (88 min.) is comprised of eight shorter video modules (3 to 20 min.), or "chapters," that highlight past and present biological research on one of the most common and abundant –yet amazing and diverse–groups of songbirds in North America, the Juncos. Funded by the National Science Foundation and Indiana University. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z


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well I understand HOW insurance works, I have had it in the past, but yes that is cool that they cannot drop you or refuse you.DeathFrogg wrote:Actually, if you would have had insurance, that bill would have probably cost around $25, or even nothing. My old plan had a co-pay of $30 for walk in service. It cost $400 a month, but it handled the major costs of a lot of shit.
But it went up every six months. Ten years ago, I was paying about $50 a month for health insurance.
Without insurance, if you got into a car wreck, and needed an ambulance, trauma care, and a hospital stay of a couple days, your bill would probably be around $100,000. The ambulance ride alone will cost a minimum of around $2000. Even if you had the wreck right in front of the hospital. Now think about that, in terms of not being able to work for two or three months after you got out. You think your boss is gonna keep paying that insurance if you're not in the place to pay your half? What if you were out of work when it happened? What if the wreck made it impossible to do your job for the rest of your life?
What if you needed several months of physical therapy on top of all that? Followup surgeries to correct problems that come up?
My brother had his appendix out last year. The surgery used one of those little flexible optical tube things, went in through his asshole, and left no incision. He had no health insurance. His bill was $22,000. For an hour emergency surgery and a night in the hospital.
Now, back to the car wreck. Say you go back to work, and your boss decides that you can't do your job well enough so he lays you off. So you go get another job. The boss tries to get you health insurance through his plan. The Insurance company sees that you've had a major trauma in your history, and still require care from that. They will refuse to offer you insurance, and they deny you coverage based on the fact that you have an injury that occurred before you tried to buy their plan.
Right now, insurance companies are refusing to pay for bills in any case, even if you had paid them for years before you used their system. They can drop you. Just refuse to pay out even with shit they cover in their contract. There are people all over the country who are out of pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars for medical bills, because their health insurance provider flat refused to pay the bills. Medical bills are the number one cause of personal bankruptcies in this country. They can deny you coverage based on a pre-existing condition like hepatitis, or diabetes, or a heart condition.
This is what the Democrats have tried to correct. Unfortunately, they let the insurance companies write most of the bill, so its probably crap in any case. But its something. This ain't over yet.
As for that little black kid, his mother was refused medical care by her insurance company when she got sick. She lost her job because she couldn't work because she was sick, and then she DIED.
Seems to me thats enough.
I see it as a money maker personally, now somone is getting money.