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It's time for me to ask for your help with the media once again.
I'm talking to a reporter who's doing a story about what "messages" celebrities send with their weight-loss/weight-gain narratives. In her own words, she wants to know: "What was your reaction to Kirstie Alley's and Oprah's latest revelations? Did their descriptions of the shame and humiliation they felt about it make you feel normalized? Hopeless? Angry? Other?"
If you'd be willing to talk to her, here's the drill: E-mail me with "REPORTER" in the subject line by 5 p.m. EST tomorrow, May 20. Please include your e-mail address (so I can cut and paste it for her if necessary) and a short answer to the Kirstie/Oprah question. If she wants to follow up with you, she'll get in touch and tell you what publication she's writing for and more about the story idea.
Once again, thanks a million for helping me with this stuff. And as always, I wouldn't ask y'all to get involved if I didn't believe this reporter was operating in good faith — but of course, I can't make any guarantees about how the article will turn out.


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- Turn on your Pavilion and close the display panel.
- Flip your laptop upside-down and place it on a clean, flat surface.
- Shine a flashlight into the vent on the bottom of the computer and look to see if the cooling fan is spinning. If it isn't, purchase a replacement fan before replace the cpu fan.
How to replace the fan or cooling assembly?
- Close the display monitor and flip your laptop upside-down. Remove all remaining screws from its bottom. Open the display panel and remove the screws from the top cover assembly.
- Disconnect the cable that connects the touchpad to the motherboard by gently pulling its connector free. Lift off the top cover assembly.
- Remove the screws from the motherboard and carefully lift the motherboard from the laptop case.
- Remove all screws from the cooling assembly, unplug its power connector and lift the assembly from the laptop.
- Set your new Toshiba satellite a100 cooling fan in the laptop, replace and tighten its screws and plug in its power connector.
- Reassemble your notebook, following the previous steps in reverse order.
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Construction Agreement (ID)
This is a form for an agreement between a contractor and a property owner for work to be performed on the property. The form contains questions concerning the parties to the contract, the property, the work to be performed, payment terms, and the performance schedule.
Included in this service:
Construction Agreement (T1) (Guidance Notes)


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Chinese Restaurant in Kentucky Shut Down for Serving Roadkill
Talk about mystery meat.
The Red Flower Chinese Restaurant in Williamsburg, Kentucky, was shut down last week after health officials found they were serving their customers roadkill. This highly questionable culinary practice was revealed when customers caught restaurant employees bringing a dead deer into the kitchen.
"There was actually a blood trail they were mopping up behind the garbage can," customer Katie Hopkins said. "There was like a tail, and like a foot and a leg sticking out of the garbage can, and they wheeled it straight back into the kitchen."
The grossed-out patrons then called local health inspector Paul Lawson, who quickly found the deer carcass in question. The restaurant's owner told Lawson that he had found the dead animal on a nearby highway, and that he wasn't aware that roadkill was off limits.
"They said they didn't know they weren't allowed to do that, so that makes me concerned that maybe they could have before," Lawson explained. "They didn't admit to doing it before."
The Red Flower will be eligible to reopen if it passes another health inspection and proves it has been sanitized.


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The subject of this article or section is part of Midsummer Fire Festival, a seasonal event that lasts two weeks. Once the event has run its course, this will no longer be available until next year, but there are no guarantees.
- Brazier of Dancing Flames
- Item Level 1
- Binds when picked up
- Unique
- Use: Right Click to place your Brazier of Dancing Flames.
- Cooldown: 3 Mins
- Vendor 350
Brazier of Dancing Flames (previously Brazier of Dancing Light) is an item purchasable during the Midsummer Fire Festival. You place the brazier down and Dancing Flames (fiery dancing female draenei) appears on top of it. The fire dancer will react to a number of emotes. If you target the fire dancer and...
- /bow: The dancer bows.
- /dance: You get a "Fiery Seduction" buff that turns you into Big Dancing Flames (a full sized version of the dancing draenei woman).
- /kiss: The dancer blushes.
- /silly: The dancer laughs.
- /wave: The dancer waves back.
This item is available from Midsummer Suppliers or Midsummer Merchants for 350 .
External linksEdit
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.


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Studies in Families With Corneal Dystrophy or Other Inherited Corneal Diseases
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00357435
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 27, 2006
Last Update Posted : December 12, 2019
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
This study will explore the clinical and hereditary (genetic) features of corneal dystrophy and other inherited corneal disease. Corneal dystrophy is clouding of the cornea - the transparent part of the eye covering the iris and pupil that passes light to the back of the eye. When the cornea becomes cloudy, interfering with the passage of light, vision may be impaired or lost. Corneal problems may occur with vision problems alone, or with other problems, such as changes in facial appearance or bone or joint problems. A better understanding of these genetic conditions may help in the development of better diagnostic tests and methods of disease management.
Patients with corneal dystrophies and related corneal disease and their family members may be eligible for this study. Participants will be drawn from patients enrolled in other studies of corneal dystrophy at the NEI and collaborating clinics.
Participants will undergo the following tests and procedures:
- Medical and surgical history
- Verification of diagnosis
- Construction of a family tree regarding familial vision problems
- Complete eye examination, including dilation of the pupils and photography of the cornea, tests of color vision, field of vision, and the ability to see in the dark, and photographs of the eye.
- Blood sample collection to identify the genes responsible for corneal disease and ascertain how they cause disease.
|Condition or disease
|Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary Corneal Disease
Objective: This project, Clinical and Molecular Studies in Families With Corneal Dystrophy or Other Inherited Corneal Diseases will study the inheritance of corneal dystrophy and other inherited corneal diseases, both Mendelian and complex in order to identify the genes that, when mutated, cause corneal disease and the pathophysiology through which they act.
Study Population: Families of many nationalities and ethnic backgrounds. We will study a maximum or 2,000 patients and family members.
Design: The study consists of ascertaining individuals, and especially families with multiple individuals, affected by corneal dystrophy and other inherited corneal diseases. These patients and their families will undergo detailed ophthalmological examinations to characterize their corneal disease and determine their affectation status. A blood sample will be collected from each individual for isolation of DNA and in some individuals for lymphoblastoid transformation to establish a renewable source of DNA. Linkage analysis, physical mapping, and mutational screening will be carried out to identify the specific the gene and the mutations in it that are associated with corneal disease in this family. If necessary, the gene product will be characterized biochemically. All associate investigators will carry out patient ascertainment, diagnosis, and sample referral, and in some cases molecular genetic analyses. The study will enroll subjects at NEI and collaborating institutions.
Outcome Measures: Linkage will be determined using the lod score method and mutations in specific genes will be assessed using a combination of residue conservation, blosum score, and molecular modeling. Biochemical, metabolic, and physiological effects will be individualized to the specific assay.
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|86 participants
|Official Title:
|Clinical and Molecular Studies in Families With Corneal Dystrophy or Other Inherited Corneal Diseases
|Study Start Date :
|October 6, 2003
|Study Completion Date :
|July 21, 2016
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|4 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Subjects with the following will be recruited:
- Individuals or family members of individuals with corneal dystrophies and related corneal diseases.
- Adults must be capable of providing their own consent.
- All subjects must be able to cooperate with study examination and phlebotomy.
- Older than 4 years of age.
- Diseases, infections, or trauma that mimic corneal diseases.
- Children requiring sedation for study procedures.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00357435
|United States, California
|Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
|Los Angeles, California, United States
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|United States, Ohio
|Cleveland Clinic
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States
|United States, Texas
|University of Texas, Houston
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Zhongshan Opthalmic Center
|Guangzhou, China
|Seconda Universita degli
|Naples, Italy
|Principal Investigator:
|James F Hejtmancik, M.D.
|National Eye Institute (NEI)
|Responsible Party:
|National Eye Institute (NEI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|July 27, 2006 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|December 12, 2019
|Last Verified:
|July 21, 2016
Positional Cloning
Corneal Diseases
Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary
Eye Diseases
Eye Diseases, Hereditary
Genetic Diseases, Inborn


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Revision as of 20:06, 27 April 2012
- 1 XDG User Directories
- 2 Configuration Tips
- 3 Miscellaneous Tips
- 3.1 Screen Lock
- 3.2 Nautilus Tips
- 3.3 Speed Up Panel Autohide
- 3.4 GNOME Menu Tips
- 3.5 Disabling scroll in taskbar
- 3.6 Custom transitioning background
- 3.7 Change default size of gnome-terminal
- 3.8 Install a cursor theme
- 3.9 Autostart programs
- 4 gnome-screensaver
- 5 Toolbar style in GTK applications
- 6 Missing icons in System Menu
- 7 Nautilus location entry
- 8 See also
XDG User Directories
Many Linux distributions such as Ubuntu or Linux Mint set up your default user directories such as your downloads directory, music directory, documents directory, and so on. This also gives these directories special identifying icons. These directories may be used by gnome-shell extensions, such as area screenshot. To set XDG user directories up, run this command:
# pacman -S xdg-user-dirs
The default user directory settings are stored in
/etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults. You can edit it to change the default settings for where you want users to have their directories with this:
# nano /etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults
Run this as a normal user to set up your directories:
$ xdg-user-dirs-update
This command creates the directories needed and sets them up so GNOME knows that is where those types of files should go by default. The folders also have special icons depending on what folder your configuration file tells GNOME they are.
To edit your user directories configuration file later, know that it is located in
~/.config/user-dirs.dirs. You can edit it by running the following command or by using your favorite text editor:
$ nano ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
Configuration Tips
Add/Edit GDM Sessions
Each session is a
*.desktop file located at /usr/share/xsessions.
To add a new session:
1. Copy an existing
*.desktop file to use as a template for a new session:
$ cd /usr/share/xsessions $ sudo cp gnome.desktop other.desktop
2. Modify the template
*.desktop file to open the required window manager:
$ sudo nano other.desktop
Alternatively, you can open the new session in KDM which will create the *.desktop file. Then return to using GDM and the new session will be available.
GDM appearance
You can change background image, gtk/icon theme by hands (as described at GNOME_2.28_Changes#Configuring_gdm_2.28), or you can use gdm2setupAUR from the AUR.
Default applications
You may want to configure system-wide default applications and file associations. This is extremely useful when you have some KDE applications installed, but still prefer a GNOME ones to be launched by default.
To do that you can install gnome-defaults-listAUR from the AUR. It will place your configuration file at
If you want to do everything manually, create
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list with the following format:
[Default Applications] application/pdf=evince.desktop image/jpeg=eog.desktop ...
Enable Volume Control as tray notification
Some users will have noticed that there is no volume control by default. It either can be added as a object to the panel or as a notification icon in the systray. To do the last one you have to replace gnome-media with gnome-media-pulse. This will install the volume control manager developed by Red Hat and used in distributions such as Ubuntu or Fedora.
Fonts Seem Skewed
You can alter the DPI of your fonts in GNOME with right-click on the desktop → Change desktop background → Fonts → Details → Resolution
Change the Default Background Image
The default background is that zoomed in picture of a green leaf. It appears for newly created users, but more importantly, this is the image shown when the screen is locked. As of 25-Apr-2009, you can find this image here
To change it, simply copy your favorite image to this location (as root) and rename it.
Change the Default Background Color, Opacity, etc.
The default background color is green. You might want to change it if you're using a transparent PNG as background.
$ sudo gconf-editor
Go to File → New Defaults Window and edit the keys
You can also find keys for opacity, shading style, etc.
Disable confirmation window when closing gnome-terminal
The terminal always prompts a confirmation window when trying to close the window while one is logged in as root. To avoid this confirmation start gconf-editor and disable confirmation_window_close variable in /apps/gnome-terminal/global. Please note that although this setting is not set via dconf-editor it also works in the GNOME Shell.
Miscellaneous Tips
Screen Lock
- Make sure that dbus is running (probably a good idea to add it to the daemons array in
- Install xscreensaver.
- Go to Desktop -> Preferences -> Screensaver
- Enable one or more screensavers
- Lock Screen will now start your screensaver and require your password to stop it.
or you can install gnome-screensaver.
Also you can find here how to replace gnome-screensaver with xscreensaver.
Nautilus Tips
Get a certain path in spatial view? Just press Template:Keypress.
Change Browser Mode (Spatial View)
- Start gconf-editor
- Browse to apps/nautilus/preferences
- Change the value of "always_use_browser" (it's a yes/no value and should be visible as a checkbox or say "false", for the later change the value to "true")
Or you can do this through the preferences:
- In a Nautilus window go to Edit>>Preferences
- Change to the Behaviour tab
- Check (or uncheck) Always Open in Browser Windows
Music Information Columns in List View (bit rate, etc.)
Nautilus lacks the ability to display metadata for music files in list view mode. A Python script was written to add columns for:
- Artist
- Album
- Track Title
- Bit Rate
First, install the package mutagen.
And, from the AUR, install python-nautilusAUR.
Now, create a directory called python-extensions in
~/.nautilus. Place the following script, named
bsc.py, in this newly created folder. You may download the script here: [bsc.py] (please drop --stefanwilkens a line if this goes down)
Mirror: [bsc.py]
bas-v2.py adds fixes and more media support (link at bottom of 4th post).
Mirror: bsc-v2.py
Restart nautilus. You can now configure this new functionallity in Edit -> Preferences -> List Columns
Stop Nautilus drawing the desktop
You need to open the gconf-editor:
apps>nautilus>preferences untick "show_desktop"
In breezy you also need to go to:
desktop>gnome>background and untick "draw_background"
You will need a tool for creating thumbnails, such as ffmpegthumbnailer. Make sure the necessary codecs are installed.
In a command line, enter these two lines:
gconftool-2 -s "/desktop/gnome/thumbnailers/video@mpeg/enable" -t boolean "true" gconftool-2 -s "/desktop/gnome/thumbnailers/video@mpeg/command" -t string "/usr/bin/ffmpegthumbnailer -s %s -i %i -o %o -c png -f -t 10"
You can replace 'video@mpeg' in that line with any filetype that ffmpeg can open - just right-click > Properties on a file in Nautilus and look at the bit in brackets in the 'Type:' field (don't forget to replace the forward slash with an @ symbol). Some common filetypes are video@mpeg, video@x-matroska, video@x-ms-wmv, video@x-flv, video@x-msvideo, video@mp4; which are usually .mpg, .mkv, .wmv, .flv, .avi, .mp4 respectively.
Turn off Authentication needed to mount internal drive in Nautilus
In Ubuntu and other distros you are allowed to mount internal drives by clicking on them without the need for entering a password. To get this behaviour in stock GNOME, just create the following file in PolicyKit Local Authority:
[Mount a system-internal device] Identity=* Action=org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system ResultActive=yes
Speed Up Panel Autohide
panel_show_delay / panel_hide_delay
If you find that your panels are taking too long to appear/disappear when using the Panel Autohide feature, try this;
- Start gconf-editor
- Browse to /apps/panel/global
- Set panel_hide_delay and panel_show_delay to more sensible (integer) values. Note that these values represent milliseconds!
The default panel_hide_delay of 500 works well in most cases, but the panel_show_delay default of 500 is horribly slow. After experimenting, a panel_show_delay between 100-200 seems much better.
Panel animation_speed
Now that the panel show/hide delay has the panels beginning to appear in a reasonable length of time, why does it take the panel so long to actually pop up? There is one more setting you need to add/change to make the panel behavior crisp. The setting: animation_speed This setting can be applied globally or on a per-panel basis just like the panel_show_delay and panel_hide_delay. The official description is:
The speed in which panel animations should occur. Possible values are slow, medium and fast. This key is only relevant if the enable_animations key is true.
To apply globally, just add or change the animation_speed key as a (string) value in:
- /apps/panel/global
To apply the setting on a per-panel basis, just add/change the key in, for example:
- /apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel_screen0/ (usually the default name for the bottom panel)
- /apps/panel/toplevels/panel_0/ (usually the default name for the first additional panel)
Note: the key panel_amination_speed is deprecated, use: animation_speed.
GNOME Menu Tips
Speed Tweak
You can remove the delay in GNOME menus by running this command:
echo "gtk-menu-popup-delay = 0" >> ~/.gtkrc-2.0
Or just add "
gtk-menu-popup-delay = 0" to .gtkrc-2.0
However, this setting is reported to crash banshee, and possibly other programs.
Menu Editing
Most GNOME users complain about the menu. Changing menu entries system-wide or for one or several users alone is poorly documented.
Older versions of GNOME (i.e. 2.22 or earlier) have a menu editor in which you can de-select menu entires, but not add new menu entries. Right-click on the menu panel and select Edit Menus. Unchecking the box next to a entry will prevent it from displaying.
To add new menu entries, create a .desktop file in the $XDG_DATA_HOME/applications directory (most likely $HOME/.local/share). A sample .desktop file can be seen below, or take a look at the GNOME documentation.
Or install Alacarte, which makes it easy to create, change and remove menu entries with a GUI. Do this with:
# pacman -S alacarte
You will find common GNOME menu entries as 'appname.desktop' objects inside one of the
$XDG_DATA_DIRS/applications directories (most likely
/usr/share/applications). To add new menu items for all users, create an 'appname.desktop' file in one of those directories.
- Edit one of them to fit your needs for a new application, then save it.
- Save it as a menu entry for all users
Most often, you will set this files permissions to 644 (root: rw group: r others: r), so all users can see it.
- Save it as a menu entry for a group or user alone
You may also have different user permissions; for example, some menu entries should only be available for a group or for one user.
Here is an example how a Scite menu entry definition file could look:
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=SciTE Comment=SciTE editor Type=Application Exec=/usr/bin/scite Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/scite_48x48.png Terminal=false Categories=GNOME;Application;Development; StartupNotify=true
Change the GNOME Foot Icon to an Arch Icon
- Download [this Arch icon] (filename is
- Alternatively get the artwork package by installing archlinux-artwork, this puts all artwork in the
/usr/share/archlinuxdirectory, and resize your desired logo to 24x24px
- Figure out which icon set you are using (right-click desktop>Change Background Image>Theme>Customize>Icon). For example, Crux, *GNOME, High Contrast, High Contrast Inverse, Mist, etc.)
- Now make a backup of your current GNOME icon in the correct directory. In the example below, I am using the GNOME icons but adjust the directory structure accordingly for your icon set:
# mv /usr/share/icons/gnome/24x24/places/start-here.png /usr/share/icons/gnome/24x24/places/start-here.png-virgin
- Copy
starthere.pngyou just downloaded to the same directory renaming it start-here.png
# cp /path/to/starthere.png /usr/share/icons/gnome/24x24/places/start-here.png
- Restart your gnome-panels and the new Arch logo should be displayed
$ pkill gnome-panel
Change the GNOME Foot Icon to an Arch Icon (without root access)
- Figure out which icon set you're using (right-click desktop>Change Background Image>Theme>Customize>Icon). For example, Crux, *GNOME, High Contrast, High Contrast Inverse, Mist, etc.)
- Duplicate that icon set's directory structure for 24x24/places in your home directory under .icons
$ mkdir -p ~/.icons/<your-icon-set>/24x24/places
- Download this Arch icon into that directory as 'start-here.png'
$ wget -O ~/.icons/<your-icon-set>/24x24/places/start-here.png http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9679/starthere.png
- Alternatively get the artwork package using "pacman -S archlinux-artwork", this puts all artwork in the /usr/share/archlinux directory, and resize your desired logo to 24x24px and copy it into that directory as 'start-here.png'
- Restart your gnome-panels and the new Arch logo should be displayed
$ pkill gnome-panel
Custom Icon using gconf-editor
- Open the configuration editor in GNOME (it should be in System Tools of your main menu) or run
- In the configuration editor go to apps > panel > objects > find the object for your menu (an easy way to spot the correct object is that it will have "Main Menu" in the tool tip section).
- Set the path to your icon in the "Custom_Icon" field.
- Check "Use_Custom_Icon" a little ways down.
- The panel should reload momemtarily, if not, open a terminal window and type:
$ killall gnome-panel
Removing default icons from desktop
I like to keep my desktop clean, and perhaps someone else too. So here is how to remove home folder, computer and trash from desktop:
- Open terminal
- On terminal type: gconf-editor
- Configuration Editor opens. From there navigate to: apps --> nautilus --> desktop
- Untick all the icons you dont want to see
- You are done, the icons should disappear immediately
Disabling scroll in taskbar
For years there is a "bug" in the GNOME taskbar: the mouse scroll switches the windows. The annoying feature if you have a good mice turns to be a real pain if you have the touchpad. It is impossible to scroll precisely using touchpad, so if you accidentally touch it when your mouse is on the taskbar, then all the windows will flash/switch wildly. There is no setting in gconf/preferences, that can disable this functionality. This is true for KDE 3, I do not know if problem persist in KDE 4. The solution was to install xfce4-panel, which hasn't scrolling at all and looks like default GNOME panel. The bug is better described here [1].
This bug will be probably never fixed, but we have the Arch Build System, so we can build custom software. Install abs (+70Mb), then
cp -r /var/abs/extra/libwnck /home/{your name}/Desktop/somewhere
Navigate to that directory, then
makepkg --nobuild
This will download and extract the sources. Go to src/libwnck-{version}/libwnck. Edit tasklist.c, search for "scroll-event". You will see somethign like
g_signal_connect(obj, "scroll-event", G_CALLBACK(wnck_tasklist_scroll_cb), NULL);
This line enables scroll-event handler, comment the line out (place /* before and */ after the line). Now go back to
~/Desktop/somewhere and
makepkg --noextract --syncdeps
You will need sudo to be able to install missing dependencies (intltool), but you can always install them separately if you do not want --syncdeps automatically. The --noextract option tells makepkg to not extract sources and use existing src/
pacman -U libwnck-{version}.pkg.tar.gz
Then log out, log back in, and enjoy. Delete dir with the sources from you desktop, you may also uninstall abs if you want. Next step will be to add gconf option, but I will leave this for GNOME gurus. I just do not need this "feature", not even if I use the mouse (Template:Keypress is better anyway).
Custom transitioning background
This will create a transitioning background similiar to the "cosmos" background found in the gnome-backgrounds package. There are three ways to do this.
You can create an XML file similiar to the one created by gnome-backgrounds in
<background> <starttime> <hour>00</hour> <minute>00</minute> <second>01</second> </starttime> <!-- The first section set an arbitrary start time. --> <static> <duration>1795.0</duration> <file>/path/to/background1.jpg</file> </static> <transition> <duration>5.0</duration> <from>/path/to/background1.jpg</from> <to>/path/to/background2.jpg</to> </transition> <static> <duration>1795.0</duration> <file>/path/to/background2.jpg</file> </static> <transition> <duration>5.0</duration> <from>/path/to/background2.jpg</from> <to>/path/to/background1.jpg</to> </transition> </background>
Note that the <duration> tag sets each image as the background for 1795 seconds, or 29 minutes and 55 seconds, and the <transition> then takes 5 seconds. You can add any number of images as long as the last one transitions back to the first (if you want a full loop). Once completed, the XML file can be added to GNOME under System > Preferences > Appearance > Background tab > Add.
There is also a script which automates this process:
#!/bin/sh #This script creates XML files that can act as dynamic wallpapers for GNOME by referring to multiple wallpapers #Coded by David J Krajnik if [ "$*" = "" ]; then echo "This script creates XML files that can act as dynamic backgrounds for GNOME by referring to multiple wallpapers"; echo "Usage: mkwlppr target-file.xml [duration] pic1 pic2 [pic3 .. picN]"; else files=$*; #Grab the name of the target xml file xmlfile=`echo $files | cut -d " " -f 1`; #remove the first item from $files files=`echo $files | sed 's/^\<[^ ]*\>//'`; if [ "`echo $xmlfile | grep '\.xml$'`" = "" ]; then echo "Your target file must be an XML file"; else inputIsValid="true"; firstItem=`echo $files | cut -d " " -f 1`; duration="1795.0";#set the default duration if [ "`echo $firstItem | grep '^[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+$'`" != "" ]; then echo "The duration must be an integer"; files=`echo $files | sed 's/^\<[^ ]*\>//'`; inputIsValid=""; elif [ "`echo $firstItem | grep '^[0-9]\+$'`" != "" ]; then #If the item is a number, then use it as the duration for each wallpaper image duration="`expr $firstItem - 5`.0"; #remove the duration from the list of files files=`echo $files | sed 's/^\<[^ ]*\>//'`; fi if [ "$files" = "" ]; then echo "You must enter image files to associate with the XML file"; else for file in $files do if [ ! -f $file ]; then echo "\"$file\" does not exist"; inputIsValid=""; elif [ "`echo $file | sed 's/^.*\.\(jpg\|jpeg\|bmp\|png\|gif\|tif\|tiff\|jif\|jfif\|jp2\|jpx\|j2k\|j2c\)$//'`" != "" ]; then echo "\"$file\" is not an image file"; inputIsValid=""; fi done if [ $inputIsValid ]; then currDir=`pwd`; echo "<background>" >> $xmlfile echo " <starttime>\n <year>2009</year>\n <month>08</month>\n <day>04</day>" >> $xmlfile; echo " <hour>00</hour>\n <minute>00</minute>\n <second>00</second>\n </starttime>" >> $xmlfile; echo " <!-- This animation will start at midnight. -->" >> $xmlfile; firstFile=`echo $files | cut -d " " -f 1`;#grab the first item if [ "`echo $firstFile | sed 's/\(.\).*/\1/'`" != "/" ]; then #If the first character in the filename is not '/', then it is a relative path and must have the current directory's path appended firstFile="$currDir/$firstFile"; fi firstFile=`echo $firstFile | sed 's/[^/]\+\/\.\.\/\?//g'`;#Remove occurrences of ".." from the filepath files=`echo $files | sed 's/^\<[^ ]*\>//'`;#remove the first item prevFile=$firstFile; currFile=""; #TODO add absolute path to the filenames #if $currFile =~ "^/.*" then the file needs to path appended echo " <static>\n <duration>$duration</duration>\n <file>$firstFile</file>\n </static>" >> $xmlfile; for currFile in $files do if [ "`echo $currFile | sed 's/\(.\).*/\1/'`" != "/" ]; then #If the first character in the filename is not '/', then it is a relative path and must have the current directory's path appended currFile="$currDir/$currFile"; fi currFile=`echo $currFile | sed 's/[^/]\+\/\.\.\/\?//g'`;#Remove occurrences of ".." from the filepath echo " <transition>\n <duration>5.0</duration>\n <from>$prevFile</from>\n <to>$currFile</to>\n </transition>" >> $xmlfile; echo " <static>\n <duration>$duration</duration>\n <file>$currFile</file>\n </static>" >> $xmlfile; prevFile=$currFile; done echo " <transition>\n <duration>5.0</duration>\n <from>$currFile</from>\n <to>$firstFile</to>\n </transition>" >> $xmlfile; echo "</background>" >> $xmlfile; fi fi fi fi
Copy the code for the script above into a file called mkwlppr (short for "make wallpaper"). Make the script executable by typing:
sudo chmod 711 mkwlppr
Move the file so that you can run it from any directory by just using its name:
sudo mv mkwlppr /bin
Execute the script; it will tell you what input it requires from you. Use the script with input to create as many wallpaper XML files as you want.
Since this script is not interactive, you can use Unix's wildcards with it if you want to use all files in a directory and/or if you do not care about the order of the images.
You can specify paths relative to your current directory, and the script will put the files' absolute paths into the XML file for you; so you can create the XML file anywhere you want and move it afterward without rendering it useless.
If you want to run the script inside the /usr/share/backgrounds/ directory, you might have problems with permissions unless you run the command with sudo like this:
sudo mkwlppr -parameters
If you do not know what duration to specify for the images, simply do not provide a number in the input, and the progam will use the default values of 29 minutes and 55 seconds per image and a 5 second transition.
For more information, please see this page.
If you prefer using a GUI, you can install CreBS from the AUR, which is a PyGTK app for creating background slideshows for GNOME.
Change default size of gnome-terminal
Method 1
The terminal emulator gnome-terminal does neither allow the set a default size nor does remember the last size. In order to set the default size consider the following steps:
- Change the following line in
Here 80 stands for the number of columns (i.e. width in characters) and 24 for the number of lines (i.e. height in characters).
- To prevent pacman from overwriting this file when upgrading the package
vte, make enter the following in
NoUpgrade = usr/share/vte/termcap/xterm
- Terminate all gnome-terminal processes to let the changes take effect.
Method 2
Another option is to simply use the --geometry switch when starting gnome-terminal (can be done via a right-click/properties on the launcher, then enter the following in the "Command" field: gnome-terminal --geometry 105x25+100+20).
Install a cursor theme
The default cursor theme of Xorg looks pretty outdated. See X11 Cursors for easy instructions on installing new cursor themes. Then go to to the desktop -> right click -> Change background -> Theme tab -> customise -> cursor to apply them.
Autostart programs
You can place
.desktop files in the
~/.config/autostart directory (which you might need to create) to have them started automatically after starting a GNOME session.
Leave message feature in gnome-screensaver
This is a cool feature provided by gnome-screensaver 2.20, somebody can leave a message for you when you are not at your desk. Please install notification-daemon to make this work.
Change gnome-screensaver background
There isn't any option to change the screensaver's default background. The only way is to:
su cd /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/gnome rm background-default.jpg ln -s /home/user/my_background.jpg background-default.jpg
/home/user/wall.jpg and configure gdm, gnome-desktop and gnome-screensaver to point at it. This way you can have the same wallpaper on each of them.
Toolbar style in GTK applications
The default setting in GNOME 2.30 displays text next to icons in the toolbar of GTK applications. This means labels will only appear near buttons that the developer marks as "important". To have labels always show under the buttons in the toolbar:
gconftool-2 --set --type string /desktop/gnome/interface/toolbar_style both
Possible values are:
- both (text is always displayed below the button's icon)
- both-horiz (default, text is only displayed next to "important" buttons)
- text (only labels on buttons, no icons)
- icons (only icons on buttons, no labels)
Missing icons in System Menu
The default setting under 2.30 does not display the usual icons under the System menu. In the 2.28 version, they could be enabled from System >> Preferences >> Appearance >> Interface. This case is not possible anymore. Now this can be enabled from:
gconftool-2 --set --type boolean /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons true
Nautilus location entry
Since GNOME 2.30, Nautilus does not have an icon to switch the location type between using a text input entry and of a pathbar. Since pathbar is enabled by default, to change to text input entry do:
gconftool-2 --set --type boolean /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_location_entry true


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A tough day in Dodgertown…
It's a sad day around here, as many of you have already heard that Tony Jackson has been laid off by the Daily News due to budget cuts. Not only was Tony the host of the "other" Inside the Dodgers blog, but he's among a dying breed of baseball beat writers who covered all 162 games of a season. In many ways, Tony has been the Cal Ripken of beat writers, having missed only a couple of games over the past five-plus seasons (including home and road).
You'd be hard-pressed to find a harder-working guy or someone who has a greater passion for the game of baseball. I know you'll all miss reading his work and we're going to miss having him in the press box. It's a really interesting media world right now and as we all try to figure out the best way to get news to the public in a timely and correct fashion, this blog continues to become one of our top ways of communcating directly with you.
Speaking of which, here's today's lineup…
Furcal, SS
Hudson, 2B
Manny, LF
Loney, 1B
Kemp, RF
Martin, C
Blake, 3B
Kershaw, P
Pierre, CF
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You have got to be kidding me?
This will be a good night to add more entries into the Caption Contest. DodgerLyrics is going to race to #1 tonight.
OH-oh NO ETHIER in the line-up…damn! And JP still playing
Best wishes to Tony Jackson, I hope that he finds something fast, something that will keep him happy. He will be missed!
Sorry Josh – got caught up in the lineup thing. It's an ethieraholic thing as you so very well know.
I really enjoy reading Tony Jackson's articles. He will be missed by this reader who looks forward to his take on things.
Do you have any plans to communicate via Twitter? I see some other teams have started.
Kahli – you got your wish. He's starting for the slug Ethier instead. Be careful what you wish for 🙂
One of the best right handers in the game goes against you, and you freaking play Pierre instead of the best lefthand bat you've got. Looks like this is another one of Joe's giveaway games.
I'm so pissed right now I could kick the cat that I haven't got.
I think I'm gonna have an aneurysm.
Why do this to Kershaw again? This is twice you have put him in centerfield when he has pitched, and this is just defense I am talking about. I am so with you enchanted………………..just unacceptable on so many levels.
E, I still have some of that Kosher wine.
I'm very sorry to read about the layoff of Tony Jackson, I enjoyed reading his columns. I wish him luck, in landing a new job.
Pierre batting ninth again, IMO, is an excellent idea, this way they can't pitch around Blake, or anybody else, and they'll see better pitches.
Pierre also gives us 3 speedsters in consecutive order in Juan, Raffy and O dawg.
Just a suggestion but, why don't Torre bat Russel behind Blake, until he comes out of his funk? Maybe he'll do better if his feelings are hurt.
Chill out everyone Ethier needs a day off at some point and tonight seems as good as any considering Peavy has absolutely owned him throughout his career.
The only good thing I can say is that we have a good bench for pinch hitting tonight. Sheesh!!!
Ibirken ~ Could you pass the Kosher wine to me! I'm with all, of you who are **********!
Enchanted ~ they let you msay the P word but not me! Maybe because I added "off" to it!
Red pen *say
Shoulda left Phew on the wall at AT&T . . . . .
I don't care if Dre goes 0 for 5 with 5Ks, JP has no business being in centerfield in a game where a run or two could make a difference. I GUARANTEE his defense (or lack thereof) costs us 2 runs. It always costs us two runs.
I'm coming to see you Elizabeth!!! This is the big one…
Burn in he11 Juan Pierre and take Joe Torre with you.
Torre, you are a tool and a fool. How many times did you rest Jeter so Luis Sojo could get in the lineup?
Trade Ethier and Kemp to real team that's trying to win by playing the best players. Playing JP this often is malpractice.
Vinny kept repeating how many runs he felt Kemp saved the Dodgers last night because of his defense in centerfield.
F'ing Torre! He's just enchanted with the idea of playing alternating four outfielders. Theoretically it may be a great idea, provided they all hit and field about equally well. Unbeknowst to Joe, it doesn't work a damn when one of the four can't do much of either.
Dodgers have their best start at home (7-0) in 62 years and now Joe's giving that up to appease Juanypoo? I don't know what's causing the up-chucks? This situation or the swine flu?
Hey, if Joe wants to rest Dre – fine, but let him do it against some noname, not Peavy.
I have the same affinity for JoJo that I do for Andruw.
Hey, you just said what I was going to say enchanted………….perfect!!! Kersh needs all the support he can get, and why do this to him two games in a row? He needs the best DEFENSE out there, and I don't care if Andre is 0-100 against Peavy, he still has a better shot of hitting a homerun off of him than JP does. Mack's confidence is already shot, and we don't need Kersh's shot too.
I'm glad that Pierre will not be playing everynight, I don't think I can stand this much longer.
All this writing.
I finally got a copy of the picture of Juan coming off the wall after his try for Bengie Molina's triple, although it came out in the wrong colors.
I tried to do it from your links yesterday but it didn't take.
It's O.K. though because it's unmistakably him.
Ahh my name sake.
Although Ethier has trouble hitting Peavy (who doesn't?), I'll miss him in the lineup, but I have a feeling he may pinchhit later in the game, if needed.
WOW. Sitting Either in this game baffles me. Either has been the rock of this lineup, and against another teams #1 pitcher you rest him… I hate to think that Pierre is again pulling time away from the youngsters…
Matt Kemp showed last night why he is the staple in the outfield making two catches that saved runs. Would Pierre make those catches?
Loney with no HR's behind Manny, look for a lot of walks to Manram…
Go Dodgers, Kershaw will be big tonight I can feel it…
Freaking unbelievable. I am so tired of this crap. Matt and Andre are in their twenties for God's sake and the season is barely a month old. They don't need to rest. How many of the top performers in the league on other teams have to put up with this ridiculous crap? None, I would think. I thought we were finally done with this nonsense after last season. I had a long crappy day at work, so I was already annoyed and then to come home and see this bs double sucks. I am sorry to hear about Tony Jackson. That is sad news.
Even Vin is not convinced Andre should be sitting. "If he's going to get a rest, this would be a night to do it I guess" – I guess is right.
LMAO!!!!!!!!! You are obviously not the only one bluecrewgirl!!! I am one pissed Ethieraholic!!!
Nice job in the 1st Kersh! Keep it up!
Nelly, I was already in a pissy mood to begin with and it just pushed me over the edge, lol.
Nelly, resting Ethier today is part of the 12 step program to help you with your addiction to all things Ethier! 🙂
Hey Piano Man!!!
We have only won 2 games against Peavy in his career. Nobody hits well against him obviously. We need Andre's defense. I could care less if he hits off of him.
It's not helping!!!
Is anyone else having trouble accessing MLB.TV
I'm listening to the Padres Audio
This must be one big step than because this just sucks. If you really want to know, it sucked just as much when Matt sat, and I think it was only because I knew Andre's turn would soon be coming.
Juanypoo should never start a game, period! We want to win, not appease some egotistical jerk!
What's wrong with mlb.tv. Can't pick up the game
Boblee – they don't want to scare you by seeing JP in centerfield – LOL!!!
I called MLB.TV they said they'll correct the problem shortly.
Whatever that means.
I'm listening to the Padre broadcast.
No score bottom of the second.
After this inning I'll try MLB.TV again.
This guy is so happy with about his Jakey.
I talked to mlb.tv. No idea when this will be fixed. She said to just keep trying. Yeah.
Just keep trying Yeah,
Nice Job Kersh!!!! Keep it up!!! Come on Dodgers……….get some runs for Kersh!!!!
Lol, Vin was just talking about having Pierre bat 9th and the theory behind it and he said, "Didn't work too well in Colorado, we'll se how it works tonight."
Pierre broke up the no-hitter
Well, he got his one hit. That will guarantee him another start.
….but he still can't throw the ball people!!!!!
Come on Kersh, finish off this inning right now!!
Anybody have any luck with MLB.TV?
Kersh struggled there.
no luck with mlb.tv. Can only get dodger broadcast
I am watching on Direct TV in my bedroom ( I have to share with gnat fans in the other room), plus mlb.com audio in the kitchen.
snakes won 5-2
O.K. I got the game MLB.TV>>>>YIPPEEE
The audio is ahead of the video but who cares?
I'd rather watch and listen to VInny.
Notice without Dre in there Peavy's pitch count is only in the 50s.
This Padre announcer over on the audio side said the Dodgers were a terrible team in the 40s.
Yeah, they only won 3 pennants, 1941,1947 & 1949
and they finished tied for first in 1946.
Kemp Again
You're right Enchanted>>Ethier would be up there fouling ball off and tiring him out.
Batting Pierre 9th says it all about the senselessness of that move. We need ALL of our best in the lineup in order to beat this guy….I'm on MLB audio. I'm still battling to get a decent reception on video. From what I've read here and elsewhere, I'm not alone.
That does say alot seesky!!!!!
there's our juan
Notice how Peavy threw 4 pitches to JP – all strikes because he knows he doesn't have to waste pitches to get him out.
I had trouble accessing MLB.TV but I'm on now.
I'd sell anybody's first born for a Manram Bomb!!!!
Seesky ~ you are not alone with the problems with mlb.tv. I end up listening to the audio because the game is always a half an inning behind the actual game.
That's the problem enchanted – There is no secret with him. He does the same thing everytime he comes up to bat and on occasion it gets passed the infield like his first hit tonight. Even his defense, every single player, manager and announcer in the league knows he can't throw worth sh*t, and they outright say it on the air, including our beloved Vin Scully.
Yeah but he did the same to Manny, Ench.
And, NellyJune and Enchanted, that's why a single turns into a double with him in the game. The runners just keep going because they know he can't throw the ball!
Am I the only one that is finding this game painfully boring? I have been spoiled by the offensive production, but we all knew that wasn't going to happen tonight when we saw the lineup. I like a good pitching duel, but this game just has no energy tonight.
It's about time Peavy makes a couple of mistakes.
It's going to be a matter of which pitcher makes a mistake first.
Well, Matt has stuck out 3 times tonight. Matt ….you will sit next time buddy. JP got his hit tonight so far.
BCG ~ I'm bored too….I like lots of runs.
When Peavy's on, everybody looks bad!!!
Kemp needs to get that damn bat off his shoulders. I'd rather see a player strike out swin ing any day, than take a called strike.
At least Marty went with it that time…
Jeez give him his Skoal back, he's fast approaching the Andruw line.
KERSH is putting up a good fight.
WOW Russell gave that ball a ride.
I like offense, too, but pitching duels have their attraction as well. I like to see who will make the first mistake.
KERSH gave us a nice seven inning gem.
Oh please! Not another bullpen blunder!
Our BP is Ickypoo!
Ohman to the rescue!! Good job, Will!!!!!
WTG, Ohman!!!!!!!!!
It looks like pitching is working tonight. Now, we just need a run or two or three and then all should be good 🙂
Whew! Glad that got taken care of.
Come on, offense!!!!! Now, pick up the pen!!!!!
Andre's on deck 🙂
OHMAN that was good.
Here's Andre!
Juan Pierre doesn't get those kinds of cheers, does he?
Andre should stay in the game for defense!
Even if Andre gets out, his outs are productive………….doesn't Joe get that? No, he doesn't 🙂
2 pitches and he is out.
If we're lucky, that's the end of Peavy's night.
I love Vin, but he sometimes goes overboard on fly balls. I thought Andre's ball was hit deeper than it was at first because of his reaction, but at least he hit it pretty far. I would like to see what he could have done in 4 at bats. I don't think you can judge too many of the young guys vs Peavy to date with the sample sizes. At least Andre stayed in, Nelly. Trublu, I agree, I want some offense too.
That ball's not carrying.
Charlie and Rick said Peavy was done.
Yes, that is good bluecrewgirl.
The wind seems to be contributing heavily to this pitching duel.
I does seem like balls are dying out there, seesky. They must be hitting against the wind.
Nice job by Brox! Let's hope they do it with a walk off here.
good start, ferk
Alright Raffy!!!!!
Top of the order and all we need is one!!!!! a baserunner, any baserunner!!!!!
This game is more like we're use to, down through the years.
Pitching dominated
Well, that didn't work
Come on James!!!!!
C;mon James!!!
They walked Manny. No surprise there.
Ok, Matty, it's up to you.
Okay…………it Matt's turn.
It's down to you, Matty K!!!
If ever we need Russell to come through, it's now. Let's go Dodgers!
C'mon Russ! You're due!
I thought that might happen actually. If you were pitching, wouldn't you rather pitch to Russell than Matt? I would 🙂
Come on Russell!!!!
A walk or a wild pitch could do it.
He's hanging tough.
foul ball by "this much"
Russell is way over due.
Talk about a nail biter!
We know drama as Dodger fans!
This is excruciating!!!!!!!
A real walk-off!
Cheap, but we'll take it!
Walk off walk for Russell – We will take that one!!!!! Just fabulous!!!!!
EXTRA! EXATRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!! DODGERS WIN 8TH IN A ROW AT HOME!!! CAPTAIN RUSSELL "Please don't trade me messagebear" MARTIN WITH THE WALK OFF WALK!!! ORLANDO HUDSON SCORES THE GAME'S ONLY RUN!! Huge pitching effort by Clayton Kershaw. Ohman getting us out of trouble in the 8th. BIG BAD JOHN. Solid TEAM EFFORT by the Blue Crew that will carry them to the WORLD SERIES VICTORY!!!
very good enchanted – you must have gotten your refill from seesky 🙂
It wasn't pretty but we'll take it!!!! Sort of like winning a game without a hit.
Fantastic at bat by Russell! That was a strange game, but a victory is a victory.
8 in a row! Home sweet home!
I sure hope the helps Marty get his mojo back.
Jonathan's ERA right now is .050 – just fantastic!!!!!
Way to go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe we should just take a victory nip instead of a swig from the flask tonight, seeksy, lol.
I Fedexed it during the 8th inning!!!!!
jhall is in the ITD house and right on time too!!!!! LMAO!!!!!
Good for you seesky. I am sure he needed it after seeing the lineup tonight – LOL!!!
Puck the Fuds!!!!!! What a nail biter!!!! Whew!!!!!
Happily I was wrong about JP costing us 2 runs.
I hope Russell gets back on track offensively after tonight. Great job again on the recap, enchanted.
Sorry it was at the expense of old Dodger Duane Sanchez.
and EX-Met too.
I believe we have gotten past Peavy twice this year already.
Maybe a nip is appropriate for a "nip and tuck" game!!!!
It was a good win all around enchanted. Everyone did their part, even JP.
I'm runnin' on empty though BCG. I'm gonna need whatever it is that JoJo's smokin' when he pencils JPs name into the line-up.
Definitely a little somethin' in that green tea ):
Still haven't been shutout and still haven't gone extra innings so far this year.
Nothing like spiked green tea 🙂
That is true. We do have some line up, and when pitching is on, there isn't anything that can't happen.
I'm not sure did anyone read what I wrote in the last thread.
Pitching a dramatic script in Los Angeles.
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Damn RIP Danny Gans to bad I never seen any of his performance.
Good thing I gave my laptop the night off yesterday – now I'm ready to go!
The bad thing is he did put Pierre but the good thing he's not batting in the top 2 spots but don't think you can put him there if Furcal and Hudson in the lineup together.
Another day and no badge bragging something might be wrong here.
Hey!!! How was the movie?
DodgerLyrics has 38 comments from today's posting you know 🙂 Many came from the usuals……………. 🙂
Not bad. I was entertained. I'd like to know if the plotline was true to the comics or if it's something the screenwriters made up. Guess the 'Net might tell me.
Boy, the Kid came up big for us tonight, didn't he?
Oh, one more thing……….Fire Joe.
Kersh did a fabulous job!! I was very impressed. I was worried in the 4th inning and 5th innings, but he got through it. It is great to get one on Peavy too, even if it was without my favorite lefty.
What was the name of the show?
As for the movie, I am no help when it comes to that story. I have seen the first one, and I believe that is it for me…..maybe portions of the others.
We better get used to two things this year:
1) We won't be out of many games, but no lead of ours will be safe either
2) Our regular CF and RF will continue to get more rest than they need. "Juan Pierre started in center field and batted ninth for the second time in three days. "If he's going to be of use to us off the bench, we have to keep him involved," said Torre………"
My son and I went to see "X-men Origins" Shad.
It was said again tonight by Charlie and Rick that Joe plans on playing him 2 or 3 times a week. It's just so unacceptable on so many levels. Like seesky said tonight, If you have to bat him 9th, that should say it all right there. Also, like Tru says, if he wasn't making the kind of money he is, this would be a non-issue.
I wonder if Tony LaRussa knows he is making a terrible mistake. Albert Pujols has played in every game so far.
There are 4 Toronto players that have played in 25 games. Pujols has played in 24, along with Andre and along with 4 others, including Loney and Hudson.
It's look like we released Tanyon Sturtze can we do that with Pierre.
…and then there are a slew of players (about 30) who have played 23. However, wouldn't that number depend on days off and such too.
At least we haven't had the OF of Pierre, Kemp and Ethier yet and I hope we never will. I see it been along time since I've see the Xmen.
I wouldn't be surprised if on a road trip, we didn't see that outfield. I don't think we will see Manny out of the lineup in Mannywood, but I can see him taking a day off during a road trip.
Manny (Fire Joe) is the only one (Fire Joe) that I can (Fire Joe) see who would (Fire Joe) NEED a (Fire Joe)rest, due (Fire Joe) to his (Fire Joe) age.
good suggestion dodgereric
Well there is a better option but I really doubt that would put a 35 years old Blake in RF and they can put Loretta at 3rd. Blake has played 258 games in RF and the last time he played there was 2 yrs ago.
I think the only time you would see Blake in the outfield is if an injury happened to one of the three starters, and if there wasn't room to bring up Paul or Repko.
With their current roster, Pierre is the only outfield replacement. But that's not the point. Torre has NO business "playing him 2 or 3 times a week". Why is he doing it? It's not to rest Kemp or Ethier. He said it himself today.
"If he's going to be of use to us off the bench, we have to keep him involved."
Since when? What manager in Big League history has cared so much about keeping his fourth outfielder "involved"? I could see the reasoning if Ramirez, Kemp, Ethier and Pierre were like the '68 Tigers of Horton, Stanley, Northrup and Kaline. But they're not. If Xavier Paul were on this team, Pierre would be the FIFTH outfielder. So why is he so damned important to Torre? Why is he so in love with this one-trick pony?
And maybe more importantly (if I'm not stretching things too much) is this: you want your starters to stay in a groove, especially players with long swings like Kemp and Ethier. They should only be rested if they're slumping or injured. If they're going good, never EVER bench them.
I am trying to see an upside in all this and the only upside is to benefit JP. Ethier had a multiple hit day yesterday and he and Manny have had 11 multiple hit games a piece. Plus he wasn't such a slouch in the outfield yesterday either. That fly ball hit into foul territory (in the stands) wasn't a piece of cake and he had his fair of run downs to get his outs. They weren't as dramatic as Matt's but important none the less.
I forgot the word "share" in there…… "fair share" of run downs……
That's kind of what I'm getting at here. Torre sees Pierre sitting down there at the end of the bench and feels sorry for him. "Poor Juan, it's not his fault that we have 3 OFs that are better than him whether it's hitting or fielding. I need to get him some playing time to ease my conscience."
By the way, I saw up top where Ethier's numbers against Peavy were pretty anemic. What is so dramatically better about Pierre's .243? Especially, as you said, when you factor in Ethier's defense?
Dear every other team in baseball. Have the Dodgers got a deal for you! I know pitching is at a premium right now and there's nothing really out there…still, I'll bet most all of you could use a great lead-off hitter. And get this–the Dodgers have an extra one hitting .391!!!!! See, he can't crack the line-up over here unless a regular needs a breather. And please don't let his contract scare you off. Just raise beer prices. Besides, have you got anyone else to lead-off hitting .391 and a threat to steal bases? I thought not. You'd be doing the Dodgers a big favor and, well, you know, one hand washes the other, as they say. All interested teams please contact the Dodgers ITD blog as we fans don't trust Ned or Joe to get this thing done. Those two will thank us later.
It's not like we have done well against Peavy as a team. This was only our 3rd win against him, and it wasn't like the hits came in this game either. He pitched 8 solid innings himself.
LMAO!!!!! very good Kahli!!!!!
Nice one kahli! I see the ChiSox are still looking for a leadoff-hitting centerfielder, but Pierre is never mentioned as a solution.
Well, I'm falling asleep at the switch here. Good night and God Bless all of you. And especially you and your family Shad.
Good night Dodgereric/Ward Dear – Have a wonderful Saturday….Good night and God Bless to you as well.
"Hello Dodger ITD? Yes, this is Kevin Towers. That lead-off hitter thing you were talking about? I think I might be able to take that problem off your hands, I mean, if you don't want him. Why? Um, I'll have two pests at the top of the line-up instead of one. Eckstein's better in the 2-hole, anyway. Wait a minute, you say what, you say you want Peavy? Right. That's a good one. Really. But let's talk serious………………………."
Good Night ITD readers and writers!!!!!
Great win tonight by our Dodgers, and let's keep this undefeated streak at Dodger Stadium going. The bright side is at least we should see our real outfielders on the field tomorrow. So, let's get ready to rock and roll and get win #17, and go 9-0 at Dodger Stadium. That would be fabulous!!!!
Good night and God Bless everyone!!!
Interestinng game today. First I drove to work so I made early to the stadium sothat I could make it in time to batting practice. There were two kids by themselves (I asked them while I waited for the 5:10 time to open) they said their parents work at the stadium so they were dropped there. I don'think that is a good idea but ….anyway so I saw Tony Jackson on the field so I called his name. He came over and I gave him a hug wishing him good luck. He said he read what I posted and the email I sent him and that he really appreciated it.
No disrepct Josh, but I think we still need a type of reporting like Tony Jackson where is more non-bias. I always clicked on his blog first thing in the morning.
Signed my name on a few auction items but I did not go back to so I don't know if I got them.
I bought the Dodger magazine and you know what? I am in two pictures. The first one is the one that some have seen here where I am in the first row of the movie premiere Bluetopia and the second one was a picture that Jon Soohoo took of the 70's celebration. Kewl.
My friend Erik called me and we spent the game time watching the game from the club level bar. Interesting watching it from there. At the end we sang "I Love LA" from there. We were the only one singing but the rest of the fans ther seemed to appreciate it.
Not cool of my friend Erik to throw my key into the grass where I could not find it so that I would not drive home yet. Did not get home until well passed midnight. My keys are there somewhere…..I do have extra keysl
Actually we still only have 2 losses against him so basically we only won twice against him. Thx Eric I missed the whole game yesterday and went to bed and woke up like around 10 pm here in California because I didn't want to here the bad news. My mother have mention to me yet what happen if it good news or bad news.
You guys won't believe this but guess who have the better bench in the league but it shouldn't really be no surprise and the Indians and the Blue Jays doesn't count because so far both team only have 2 AB's and are 1 for 2 for the season.
What a difference a year make and we had the 18th best batting average off the bench but it suck because we had Jones and Sweeney there. Gosh I really love our bench now.
This is the stats I like to see at home in term of home batting average is just to bad the road batting average stink and we're trailing the Blue Jays in overall batting average by .02. Toronto batting .292 and we're batting .290(we need to get the road average up some because the .253 is not going to cut it especially when you look at our home average so one sided there.)
I don't think espn updated the main page but the team page have Toronto batting at .296. I guess that was before all of yesterday games and it seem we would dropped alot because of Peavy masterpiece. We batting as a team at .283 and I know that seem right and the Cardinals at .285.
I think Juan would be be better off elsewhere myself, but in the meantime I'll support him. Like it or not he's ours. The only way he is going anywhere is if Blue eats a bunch of his salary. I keep thinking he could be traded for a pitcher that does not fit/work for another team, but we would no doubt have shoulder some of his paycheck.
Getting the pitching sorted out is a bigger concern to me.
I see Kuo finally admitted his elbows been hurt. Guess we can write him off for the season. I don't think Elbert's the answer though, and quite frankly, we need another guy on the bench more than a 13th pitcher.
Can't do it this week, but we've got a couple off days this month. Go with a 4-man rotation when those days roll around – it'll help some.
Good afternoon all, Knouff I agree. Pierre has been contributing, and I like the fact that we are playing well as a team and enjoying the ride. I beleive it will be a long season and resting certain players may prevent the unspeakable from happening to our everyday players. We need to keep everyone healthy, physically and mentally.
Kuo, Wade, Kuroda, Mienkewitz, all in the first month of baseball is enough. We are on a roll in spite of this.
I would like to see the positive side of baseball and this team continue.
Unfortunate as it is, at least we now know what's with Kuo. In my mind, unless it's really something minor, that is probably the end of his career, period. How many times can you do that operation, for what purpose, with minimal expectations and apparently just repeated down times. So, I'm figuring that Kuo's time has run out. I'm not sure that Elbert isn't somewhat in the same position, because he's also had an operation as a very young man. Makes it even more evident that Ned should have signed Juan Cruz when he was available on really the buyer's terms. Hate to be shopping for a bullpen guy along with a starting pitcher, but it may come to that before the season is over.
I thought Kuo already admitted that a couple of week ago?
Yup Bear — It would of been nice to of had Cruz. I also wanted Garland. Oh well.
We were saying in ST our bully is going to be a mess by August if the starting pitching doesn't get long into games.
We were wrong… Make it May.
Nice game last night. It was an old school pitchers duel and really enjoyable to watch. Kersh did what we needed him to do for this team.
As far as Dre sitting, I was thinking that we are basically sitting a #4 hitter for a #9 hitter. That doesn't make sense to me. I get that Dre hasn't hit Peavy well in the past but it's a small sample size.
Too bad about Kuo. My guess is Joe had an idea something was wrong which might explain his reluctance to use Kuo recently. Time to move on with him.
As for how last night's game ended, I think the Dodgers got a bit of a break on Russell's walk. It was close and he could have just as easily been called out on strikes. A "cheap" win? We will never know what would have happened had Martin been called out instead but I would prefer to look at things this way: good teams get some breaks along the way and all it does is build confidence. Bad teams wait for something bad to happen next. Draw your own conclusions.
I'm posting this separately as I didn't want it to get lost in my previous post.
Sorry to hear about your Grandmother Shad. I'll say some prayers for you & your family.
& I'm sorry to hear about Tony losing his job. I also enjoyed reading his reporting.
Also I didn't notice anyone post about it, but on that little dribbler that just went foul, did anyone notice Bowa & Manny's reactions?
Manny was laughing and Bowa turned and kicked the ball.
That was hilarious.
Yeah I think I seen it. Actually for Ethier I don't think it was a small sample size because he has 33 AB's and only has 5 hits with 3 walks and 10 k's. At least he's facing Young which he totally owned hitting at .391 with 4 homeruns 8 rbi's and 5 walks. Anyone took a look at that 1st link I posted?
We're the best PH teams in term of batting average in the league. Like I said what a different a year make without Sweeney and Jones.
Spit, what a difference a year can make. Still a long way to go.
Good afternoon everyone. I'm hoping we can keep our home winning streak alive tonight. I can't add anything more to the Juan situation that hasn't been said last night or today. I just wish we had a little more "pop" off the bench. I do think chemistry on a team makes for a winning season and, when the regular guys are in the game, you can feel the good vibes.
Yep a very long way to go.
Spit, what a difference a year can make. Still a long way to go.
Sorry about the double post. I think my computer had a checked swing.
Shad I hope everything works out for you and your family as well. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
I'm taking a poll to see which inning everyone thinks Wolf will lose it tonight. I think it will be the third inning. I hope not, but we'll see.
My, my, such negativity Boblee! Look, we all knew the pitching would be a huge challenge for the Dodgers and just about every other team. For a change this Dodger team is built on offense and defense because of the lack of quality pitching. The injuries to Karoda and Kuo and McDonald's inability to step in make things that much worse.
Chris Young is also an Ace like pitcher. Spread the wealth Torre so we know the whole thing isn't a total farce-I dare. Sit Manny now for Pierre. When you consider the all around play of Kemp, Ethier and Manny. Manny might not be most valuable of the three.
Dodgers call up Brent Leach…..
The downgrade to me between not having Kemp in center and having Juan there is equal or if not more than not having one of our 3 starters get 4 at bats.
Sorry that is according to Dodgerthoughts and the Chattanooga press.
Jungar!! Long time no see!!
Sorry it took Pierre starting 2 out of the last 3 games to do it. 🙂
Oh wow I didn't know Martin and Schierholtz have the same bday together weird. I wonder how Nelly would like that since one played for different rival.
We better run wild on Young after he allowed Dexter Fowler to steal 5 bases.
I like some of the players on the Giants. I just don't like the team they represent. I enjoy watching Cain pitch very much so. Also, as far as Zito, even though he has had his issues on the mound, he is a pretty good all-around person off the field. Also, I, like many I am sure, are watching Randy Johnson pitch just because that is history in the making, and the Giants, as an organization, need that after the Bonds issues they have had to endure (much from their own doing IMO). I am not counting them out in the least bit as the team we may be fighting to the end with. They are building some awesome team chemistry of their own right now, and they pick up a bat at the trade deadline, they will be an even more dangerous team to play, rivals or not. If you haven't noticed, they are in 2nd place.
Nelly, we all know you have to play it safe with the Giants in your household but luckily, most of us don't have that problem. But seriously, without Bonds the Giants are not all that much fun to "hate" anymore but as they improve that could change. As for Randy Johnson, because he has been such a dominant pitcher for so long it is good to beat him no matter what uniform he wears.
I see Phil Gurnee did some kind of poll this morning.
Kuo going on the DL is terrible news but not unexpected given his struggles and past health history. Without Kuo the bullpen dynamic changes as I'm looking at this with the possibility that we won't see Kuo again this year. This could be a big blow to the team as we had hoped that Kuo would solidify the shaky setup when he got back into the groove he displayed last year.
The left handed possibilities are Elbert, Leach, Garate, or possibly Estes. None will bring what Kuo brought us last year. Leach and Garate are doing good work but in AA while Estes is Estes and would cost someone a spot off the 40 man unless Kuo gets moved to the 60 Day if he is going to need season ending surgery. Do we eschew the left hander and bring up Lindblom ?
40 Man Roster Possibilities:
Elbert – has the stuff but not the command. Joe was reluctant to use him while he was here in leveraged situations. He was starting in AA when we brought him up. Maybe we should leave him in AA and concentrate on setup so he can be of use in a few weeks.
Leach – hottest LHP in organization, hasn't allowed a run in his last eight outing. Struggles with command but has been showing excellent dominance. This 26 year old would be my first choice.
Garate – Has been almost as effective as Leach with a little better control.
Non 40 Man Roster Possibilities:
Estes – Almost retired in spring training then said he wanted to give it a try as a LH relief pitcher but he's only been starting for the Isotopes with good results.
Josh Lindblom – he's scheduled to start today, if he makes the start then forget about it. He probably has the best chance for success of all the players mentioned but we'd be starting his clock early.
If you are Kuo it is easy to complain that he didn't tell anyone he was hurt but look at it from his point of view. He's already had the surgeries, he is not making any real money, one more surgery probably ends his career and what you have is a young pitcher with no future and probably very little financial cushion unless he invested his original bonus wisely. So he stubbornly hoped he could pitch through the pain and lost.
Who was that person that was doing good in ST?
Oh yeah it was Mazone. I wonder what his stats look like.
lbirken – yes, I do have to play it safe, and I certainly don't want Randy Johnson to win while the Dodgers are playing him. I was pretty happy when Andre hit that homerun off of him. That was very cool!!!
Oh yeah it was Mazone. I wonder what his stats look like.
Mazone hasn't played all that much because of a pain in his butt!
Mazone hasn't been feeiling all that cheeky!
Red pen — feeling…
Oh yeah it was Mazone. I wonder what his stats look like.
Damn stupid double post. Thx alot
Mazone has had an abcess on his buttock.
Is amazing Leach suck in ST and so did Garate and Mazone pitcher way better than those 2 and got called up.
opps pitching
lbirken – just to add to my comment. I play it safe by keeping my mouth shut and let the scores and/or standings speak for themselves. Let's just hope we stay ahead of them all season, preferrably in first place 🙂
Kind of nice having teams chase us for a change.
I'm watching the Mets/Philly game and I can't believe the Mets send Santos home and Werth threw a strike to home plate but I really miss Werth.
Werth's situation is so typical of what happens in sports. He showed some potential with the Dodgers but injuries and circumstances just did not go his way. He became part of a numbers game and to his good fortune, another organization gave him an opportunity and Werth has made the most of that opportunity. The same thing could happen with Repko. Remember how Russell Martin got his start? The guy playing in front of him got hurt and the rest is history. Martin made the most of his opportunity and the other guy became expendable. Blake DeWitt is a great example of a player who found himself in the major leagues because of injuries to other players. He did well but could not sustain that level of play. He has struggled since. Will he become a good major league player someday? Stay tuned.
Giants lost 5-1.
If we win we would have a 4 1/2 game lead in the west!
Hopefully we'll get another tonight.
I saw tonight's lineup and they are resting Martin and having Pierre catch!!
That is weird. I didn't know that Pierre could catch.
I guess Torre wants to have the speed threat tonight against Young.
Ohhhhh. It's May 1st, not April!
I looked at the calendar wrong!!!
Not really. I'm just having fun.
Did I get you Nelly?????
Go Blue!!
Bring the Ring to LA in 2009!!!!
LOL!!! I saw Pierre and lineup in the same sentence and thought Matt……I knew it wouldn't have been Andre, but I would have been pissed just the same. I am with jungar, not that I ever want Manny, Andre or Matt sitting, but if they are going to give the lame *** excuse that they need to keep Pierre fresh and give the outfielders a rest, Manny needs to rest too. I dare them to do it because nobody wants that happening. As far as rest, out of the three of them, he, just based on age, should need the most rest, right?
Nelly & all there is a new thread.


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