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TEACHER PERCEPTION ON COACHING AND EFFECTIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION by Kari M. L. Nunokawa _________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2012 Copyright 2012 Kari M. L. Nunokawa
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|The area of professional development, within the educational setting, is critical to on-going learning for teachers and ultimately, higher student achievement. The literature on professional development is vast; however, the empirical research on implementation of skills learned from the training to the classroom is lacking. This study looked at the efficacy of the Building Foundation Reading Skills for Diverse Learners professional development training and the application of the skills learned from this training to the classroom. A mixed method approach was used which included the use of interview, pre-, post-1, and post-2 surveys. There were 50 elementary school educators who worked in the Hawaii Department of Education on the island of Oahu who participated in this training. The data collected examined teacher efficacy, learning, and transfer of the skills and learning to the classroom. Analyses of the data concluded that the training aligned with the goals of the participants, increased self-reported efficacy, and also increased the knowledge base of participants. The analyses also indicated a gap between the supports teachers needed, the supports they expected to occur, and what they actually received on campus. Teachers desired to have coaching support after training; however, expected to have no support. Teachers' expectations of no support paralleled what occurred on campus. Interestingly, even though there was a lack of coaching support following the training, participants reported a high confidence level in implementation. The results and implications of those findings are discussed.
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Meg Whitman vs. Tim Cook by the Numbers
Mar 26, 2012 5:00 AM PT
Last week was an interesting week. Apple announced what appears to be a penis iron in the new iPad, and folks are burning through their monthly 4G data plans in a few hours. Tim's having his first Antennagate moment, and Steve Jobs he isn't.
On the other hand, Meg Whitman announced her first major restructuring since taking over HP, and on paper it not only looks impressive, but also is reminiscent of what Carly Fiorina attempted to do in a lot of ways. Fiorina was considered a strong visionary -- she just wasn't good with people and couldn't execute. Whitman appears to have Fiorina's vision and can execute, which bodes well for HP.
Ironically, the stock market continues to reward Apple and punish HP, which suggests the market remains consistently out of step with reality.
I'll talk go deeper into that and close with my product of the week: another book on Apple by Carmine Gallo. The Apple Experience reveals the secrets of building insanely great customer loyalty. You might want to read this book fast. The way Cook is going, that fierce loyalty could soon become history.
Apple vs. HP
Both CEOs are new to their roles, and their companies are in vastly different places. Steve Jobs left Apple at the top of its game but also pretty solidly connected to Steve, who played three critical roles in the company. He balanced the different interests (engineering, design, finance); he was the super user who assured no product went out that wasn't acceptable to customers; and he was the primary pitch man.
Meg Whitman stepped into an HP mess as Mark Hurd had so aggressively cut the company there was little more than a shell left in some places. In addition, there was an internal top executive (Todd Bradley) who was actively and publicly lobbying for her job, and Leo Apotheker, the interim CEO, had just completed making several catastrophic mistakes, killing off (granted, he may have been set up) the US$1.2 billion Palm acquisition and possibly overpaying massively for several additional acquisitions.
While Cook should have been able to hit the ground running, his position at Apple was to do the things Steve didn't want to do and to never be a threat to Steve, which means he likely is everything Steve isn't -- yet he is trying to fit into a spot custom designed for Steve. Talk about your round peg in a square hole. Whitman jumped into a train wreck in progress and immediately had to move to triage in order to stabilize the patient.
This isn't to say both roles aren't difficult. Tim may have been set up to fail even though the company was operating at a very high level of competence, while Whitman had to figure out who to trust and where the bodies were buried before she could even move.
HP Status
So what we saw last week from Whitman was by the numbers. Like Carly, she has consolidated HP's voice under people she can trust so she can craft a consistent impression of the company. This takes most marketing and communications responsibilities to the corporate level and should result in a vastly more consistent public image for the company.
She has consolidated much of the true power under David Donatelli and focused it away from technology and onto the customer set. This will allow him to better craft solutions that are designed to appeal to that defined customer set, and he owns product through sales.
Whitman had already placed her head of software, which is her fastest-growing and most-profitable unit (in terms of percentage) and made what likely is the company's biggest shift -- from thin-margin hardware to a tighter focus on thick-margin software. This is consistent with what IBM did some time ago but with tighter focus on the two very different skill sets.
Prior to the reorg, Whitman's three problems were Printing and Imaging, Personal Technology and Todd Bradley. The two divisions appear to be in decline, and Bradley is the executive most likely to cause problems for her because he desperately wants her job. It is believed he was instrumental in creating one of the big HP problems that got Whitman's predecessor fired.
Now those two units are merged under Bradley's leadership. This new organization will be far easier to spin out, should Whitman need to eliminate all of these problems in one pass. And the complexity of the new entity should keep Bradley out of her hair for the foreseeable future, regardless. Elegantly played.
Apple's Penis Iron
Cook has been increasingly compared to Jobs and found wanting. His last two product launches weren't very exciting, and the new iPad appears to have serious problems. People have been writing to tell me they are returning theirs.
The problems range from poor WiFi reception and WAN data plans that run through their monthly allocation in hours, to the very high temperature that the iPad operates at, which Consumer Reports says could cause burns if held for a long period -- like, say, if a child were playing games. Let's just say when I get an ad about a product that will make me longer and harder I'm not expecting to get an iron, yet this Apple appears to be designed to take the creases out of my private part.
In short, for a device that typically is held for hours to consume online content, it sucks at being wireless -- and it could burn you if used that way. Apple's initial, and poorly thought through, response was "it is within spec," which means that all of these problems were designed into the iPad. Maybe they are features intended to make us use the device less and get a life, but I doubt that was the intent.
But back to Steve Jobs' three critical roles. One was as a proxy for the consumer, and this new iPad is heavier and has critical issues for users (connectivity and heat), which suggests someone didn't fulfill Jobs' quality-assurance role. Apple can certainly ride this out, but it does showcase that this one aspect of Jobs' execution remains missing.
We already know Cook can't present like Steve Jobs, and it is as yet unclear whether the proper balance is being maintained between design, engineering and finance. With this device alone, you could argue it is not a good balance, based on these problems (best to wait for the newer iPad).
Wrapping Up: The CEO Job Sucks
While Apple is outperforming HP, Whitman is clearly a bigger asset to HP than Cook is to Apple. She is clearly improving the mess she started with, while Cook appears to still be doing the job he did at Apple while Jobs was alive and leaving Jobs' unique duties unstaffed.
Momentum will only carry Apple so far. It has a premium brand, and people expect a premium experience. If they don't get it, the lines to buy their products will get ever shorter.
HP still has a long way to go before the company truly digs out, but you want to see progress in the right direction. In one move, Whitman has provided a mechanism to improve HP's image, put her problems in one bucket, and set up a mechanism to throw the bucket away should she later need to.
It should be pointed out that given HP's position, most roads lead up, while Apple is at a peak looking down at other companies, which suggests most of its roads lead down. Whitman is operating by the numbers, while Cook doesn't seem to fully understand that critical things Steve did for Apple are currently not being done.
Product of the Week: The Apple Experience by Carmine Gallo
This is another in a list of books by Gallo that I think every consumer product manager and marketing executive should read. Apple remains the most valuable company in the world, and it still has the most loyal customers.
It has historically done this through Steve Jobs personally ensuring that its products met his demanding needs, that the stores were the best in the world, and that the customer experience was unmatched.
In fact, a secret is that the Apple hardware often really isn't that great -- it is the overall wonderful experience that makes the company so successful.
The Apple Experience collects a series of insights from Jobs' world- leading practices to exemplify the benchmark in customer experience. Given that this is increasingly said in a historical context, I think it would do well for Apple executives to read this book as well, so they might stop degrading an experience that made Apple the most highly valued company in the world.
This book is the magic manual about Apple excellence -- and when Apple is operating at its peak, there is no company better in technology. As a result, Carmine Gallo's book, The Apple Experience, is my product of the week.

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Mariah Carey's Baby Nursery
Mariah Carey Shares a Peek of Her Twins' Nursery
Mariah Carey Shares a Peek of Her Twins' Nursery
When Mariah Carey welcomes her twins this month, they'll be coming home to lavish nurseries in both Bel-Air and NYC. The songstress gave an exclusive interview and tour of the babies-to-be's rooms to Life & Style this week, revealing that the nurseries for her son and daughter match but aren't identical so they can "celebrate the twins as separate entities."
Forgoing a pink and blue color scheme, the classically decorated nursery is primarily outfitted in green, with pink accents (and butterflies, of course) scattered throughout. The highlight – a night-sky painted ceiling that the mama-to-be finds herself staring at as she awaits her babies' arrival, "To me, it symbolizes wanting my children to dream as big as possible and to let their imaginations be unbridled." Keep reading for a sneak peek at the nursery, and see more when the issue hits newsstands on Friday.
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Pitching the Perfect Game (Plan): Students Sell Their Business Ideas
By Dennis Walikainen | Published
At the Bob Mark Memorial Elevator Pitch Competition at Michigan Technological University on Nov. 14, 2011, students had three minutes to sell their next great business idea to a panel of judges. The pitches were as wide-ranging as they were clever.
Placing first--and winning the $1,000 top prize--was AsfalisMed, the creation of Travis Beaulieu and Joel Florek. Beaulieu is an applied physics major with a concentration in entrepreneurship and a minor in mathematics. Florek is a first-year engineering student and a member of the Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership. Their business uses a secure online database and mobile application for access to medical information via QR codes on drivers licenses and student IDs.
"The idea started with QR codes on medical jewelry," Florek said, "and we realized that student IDs and drivers licenses would be a bigger market. We've been working on it almost every night for a long time."
"Yeah, we've been diligent," Beaulieu agreed. "And we are going to present it to 10 other competitions across the nation."
AsfalisMed also is a semifinalist in the statewide Accelerate Michigan innovation competition taking place in Ypsilanti, Mich., this week.
David Shull took home second place and $500 with his business, Picket, a textbook rental operation. His idea differed from similar current operations in one significant way.
"It's peer to peer," he said, "students working directly with other students. Using a QR code [scanned by their cellphones], they can make a connection in 30 seconds to a minute."
Shull said his business would profit by getting a service fee, similar to eBay and PayPal. He said students would also be able to recover all their costs.
The SafePlug took third place. It was the brainstorm of biomedical engineering student Anne Dancy and mechanical engineering student Brett Jenkins. It would automatically turn off heat-producing appliances for those who have forgotten to do so.
"A bracelet would turn off the devices—hair dryers, electric blankets, portable heaters—if the person moved more than 50 yards away," Dancy said.
By their calculations, they could sell the item and show a 40 percent return on each sale.
Other elevator pitches focused on web-based news-gathering applications, wedding services, better bicycle tires for Africa, healthier bakeries, Chinese language coaches and services for visiting the elderly with a cup of coffee.
It was the first elevator pitch competition named for the late Bob Mark, the Michigan Tech School of Business and Economics professor who started the competition in 2007.
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If you know one thing about me it's that I love... LOVE... Japanese Sci-Fi novels. I can't get enough of them. So the news that my all time fave book, "Tokisuna no Ou (The Lord of the Sands of Time)" is being turned into a big time movie. For those of you not as cool as me the book is about a group of people sent back in time to try to stop an alien invasion that wiped out the human race. Wait if they wiped out the human race how are the people alive to go back? Oh jeez ya got me, I have no idea what this thing is.
So last week we talked about how Sean Durkin had been lined up to do a new mini series based on "The Exorcist", telling the tale that leads up to where the first film picked up. Well it turns out that was a lie, or at least that's what William Peter Blatty, the author and rights holder of the story, says. And I'd guess he would know. But good news is he's got his own mini-series based on the novel that he's hoping to pimp out. So ya know, first sweet, then sour. They should make a candy based on this too.
"Monster Butler" sounds like it would be a laugh out lound romp but in reality it's about a real life serial killer/theif/bi-sexual con man. Not nearly as funny as a mutant that walks around a mansion serving caviar and crap. Dominic Monaghan and Gary Oldman have been added to the cast. Neither of them are funny though. This is the most un-funny post ever.
Conor McMahon's zombie killer clown flick "Stitches" has been picked up by the fine folks at Kaleidoscope Entertainment and Signature Entertainment for a Halloween release in the U.K. No news on when it'll hit these fine States so this one is all for your Brits. Let's call it even for that whole tea party thing.
The Spy Kid himself Mason Cook has signed on to play the role of young Eddie Munster in NBC's new series "Mockingbird Lane". For those of you not familiar with the show "Mockingbird Lane" is an updated and much darker retelling of the classic sitcom "The Munsters". One time when I was in middle school I tried to make it with a butter churn.
New Jersey's own Zoe Saldana has been added to the cast of "Machete Kills" and Danny Trejo himself has confirmed that he gets to put his mouth on her. How's that for news? I watched 3 seasons of "Glee" before I realized it was awful.
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Going to battle with Guerra
During his pregame media session today in Minnesota, Don Mattingly said that Javy Guerra has emerged as the guy who will likely get the ball late in the game, presumably in save situations. He's done a great job since his arrival and with the news that Jonathan Broxton is going to be shut down for about three weeks, and with Kuo still getting back on track, that's the route Donnie is planning to go.
As far as everything else that's going on here over the last couple days, I'm certainly reading all of your comments and really do appreciate your thoughts and the sentiment is always passed along. There's no doubt a lot happening but at the end of the day, everyone in the front office remains focused on trying to provide the best experience for the fans at every game. The same goes for everyone here – at the highest levels to the game-day staff and of course, the players, who came out last night and put up a record-setting performance.
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Thanks for the new thread and update Josh. Guerra is doing a great job.
Guerra has done well since he came aboard. The kid has some pretty good stuff.
It's time for MLB to step up and pull the franchise from Frank. We can't expect any relief from the bankruptcy court. Their main interest is in protecting the creditors, not the Dodger fans. The court couldn't give a shit what kind of owner Frank has been or will continue to be. There is a reason so many corporations incorporate in Delaware. That is because they find a favorable climate there, and their bankruptcy courts will pretty much give them what they ask for in their filing. I can even picture that their bankruptcy court would take some pleasure in asserting its superiority over the MLB rules, so there won't be any relief there. The only thing to do is to terminate Frank's franchise of the Dodgers, have him sue, and then let a regular court settle the issue.
Totally agree with you Bear. From what I'm hearing and reading, that is what Bud is planning to do before the July 20th hearing.
Lilly won't last long at this rate. They're running wild on him.
Geez!! Looks like we got Lillomko tonight.
What a terrible hybrid concept!
What a difference a day makes!
What is this crap? Anybody ever hear of a DH batting .203?
Or, a 1st baseman who can't field worth shit!
Sad isn't it?!! Donny is a dildo!!
So, James can't hit lefties….Yawn can't hit either righties or lefties! At least, Loney can field the ball!
Anybody following the game on GameDay? If so, what the hell is that picture of in the upper left hand corner of the scoreboard. Looks like a bad parade float of a brown birds head.
Maybe a slide going into a base?
I will check when they show the scoreboard for real…I wonder if it is the Twins mascots.
I think they are called Minnie & Paulie for the twin cities.
WTG Matt!!
Wasting away again in Juan Uribeville. That's in Thames county.
It just keeps getting better and better, doesn't it?!
lol great I hate hbp with a 1-2 and a soft tosser like Lilly.
Miles?! OMG First dinger of the year!
It now Carroll and Gordon turn to hit there 1st and maybe Ellis.
WTG Miles didn't know you can hit homerun.
Andre delivers!
Woo-Hoo….love our Dre!
Yeah thanks a lot Ethier
WTG Andre!! C'mon Matt.
Now you take him out, Donnie! Idiot!!!
Lilly stinking it up once again. . .
2 1/2 more years of Lilly, Uribe, and Grrrear. WTG Ned. But Frank likes them.
Fun, fun, fun!
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40+Million, down the drain.
Your gravatar says it all!
And, thank-you Ned, for Thames!
Of course Dondildo could have and should have pinch hit Oeltjen there.
WTG Thames! Back below the Mendoza line…………Pathetic!!!
Uribe will join him after tonight!
Both are just high dollar dead weight.
Should've had PH for Oteljen.
I didn't even know Yhency Brazoban was still around.
Gwynn was safe! Not even that close!
So was Carroll at home! We got screwed this inning!
I remember that good arm Repko had.
A possible ray of hope.
A person familiar with the league's plans told The Associated Press that MLB "probably" will file a motion to seize the Dodgers, which has been operating under the oversight of a monitor appointed by league commissioner Bud Selig in April. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation.
Baseball's constitution allows Selig to take control of a team that seeks Chapter 11 protection, but the league first must file a motion seeking termination of the franchise.
Damn, Matt, we needed you that time. Now you left it up to Uribe 😦
Navarro (.168)pinch hitting for Carrol (.301)? That makes alot of sense. .
Donny is a dildo!!
Baseball will "Probably" seize the Dodgers…..Let's make that "They Will Seize The Dodgers" I feel bad for the players in all this crap…..McCourt ur a scumbag
I really am trying not to read all the crap from today….Court BS…..I'm with you all when i say McCourt get the hell out of LA you Fing Scumbag
I'd like to hear everyone's odd's……What are the odd's we have a new owner by spring training……Thanks all….Hopefully sooner but who know's….McCourt you SCUMBAG
Hi'Ya Dzona!! I'm thinking(or hoping) that Bud has his ducks in a row. I think I would go with 80-20 that MLB will prevail and we have a new owner by next spring.
I'm hoping Jhall is right!
( | )~~Plop……..Pheeewwwwwweee!!!!
At least I didn't have to listen to Steiner tonight.
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Oh well. It was kind of a no brainer they would come up short tonight after last nights game. . . .Rubber game tomorrow.
Geez Vogelsong is the 5th starter in place of Zito and got the win and it look like Zito is taken Sanchez spot and also got a win. Gosh I hate those freaking Giants.
80-20 sound's good to me Wally
It's 4-1 San Diego in the 6th inning last time I looked – the next sound we hear is us sharing the basement with the Pads . . . . .
Heh, heh, this turd won't float. A real stinky sinker.
I think it time for Elbert to take Lilly spot.
There is only one person who could end all the drama. Yet, Frank McCourt will not relent.
The attendance dwindles, but Frank's not the only loser, he's just the biggest. Employees of the team, from the first guy you see as you drive in to the parking lot, to the ushers, to the team on the field, to the to execs behind the scenes in areas from Marketing to even Team Operations are affected by McCourt's stubborness as well.
It's really easy to sit behind a keyboard and criticize anyone on McCourt's payroll as if he was some despot who's got his agenda hardwired into the masses that work underneath the Dodgers banner, but ultimately, these are people with jobs, in a historically bad economic situation where the average unemployed person spends 9 months out of work. They have families to feed, they can't be expected to just pick up and leave like the Breakfast Club because they don't agree with their boss. Who knows what the current Dodger employees' job security will look like once the organization changes hands?
McCourt is taking the scourge to them as feverently as he is to anyone who has ever cared about the Dodgers. The empty seats show that, after years of photo-ops and face-time as a would-be LA power player, Frank has finally gotten his wish: He IS bigger than the Dodgers. Thousands of fans find him so repellant, they stay away from a team they love.
All the hard work the O'Malleys put into rooting the Dodgers to the L.A. area's hearts (the same way Walt Disney had with Disneyland three years earlier) is undone. Even the most positive of fans are staying away, yet Frank dodges every attempt to salvage any dignity the team has left, even in the wake of the second revelation of McCourts dipping their hands into Dodger-branded charities in a year. How could the person who was in charge during that be good for the Dodgers?
There is only one person who could end this, and I doubt he would.
Whatever reason he's got, I hope it's a good one.
Wow Mauer was 16/23 in 6th career games before tonight game.
Did anyone here what Bryan Stowe said? I was watching the news and Stowe said that he would rather eat dog poop than a Dodger Dog.
Good Early Morning from Minneapolis!!! Today was a great day! Jill and I did the Target Field tour today, which included up close batting practice. I got some great pictures of most of the players. Both teams were mingling for quite some time so it was good picture taking time for both Jill and I. I stopped taking pictures and just listened and watched the conversations they were having. The your itself was just okay. I wanted more history, but I felt I was listening to a sales pitch on the suites, their version of the Dugout Club, suites, etc. The premises is beautiful, but it's also new so it's hard to compare to Dodger Stadium and it's rich history. Jill thought the same thing after the tour so it wasn't just me being biased towards the Dodgers. In fact, Jill found out more history about Target Field from the grounds crew. She was hanging out on the Twins side while I was hanging out listening and watching the Dodgers.
The game itself was good. Lilly just needed to step up a bit more. The bullpen kept us close, but we couldn't come up with the hits in the end. It will be nice to get the win and the series tomorrow. I told Jill she could have one game so I guess that one was it.
Red pen – "tour" not "your"
Dodger draftee Scott Wingo College World Series MOP
It's getaway day…hopefully, we can get a win. LET'S GO DODGERS, LET'S GO!!!!
Bankrupt Lineup for Game 3
Gwynn lf
Blake 3b
Ethier rf
Kemp cf
Loney 1b
Uribe 2b
Thames DH
Navarro c
Gordon ss
De La Rosa p
Oh yeah, nothing but hot air there – lol
And Navarro. ( | )~~~
And, Blake too!
UGH….already in trouble!
Uribe…. 405 games to go!
Uggggggggggggh!!! I just don't get Dondildos' fascination with Uribe, Thames, and Navarro. They just plain suck, against lefties or righties.
I answered this on Facebook. Guess what my reply was?! 😉
LOL!! Me too. Hell yes they should seize the team.
The poll is currently running at 90% for MLB to seize the Dodgers.
Hurry up and do it now! Frank McCourt has bankrupt the Dodgers in so many ways: fiscally, morally, ethically, and from a personnel standpoint, whether it's in the front office, coaching, players at the MLB level, and players at the MiLB levels. It's going to take at least five years to rebuild this team, so trade away anyone over the age of 27. That means the only keepers at the MLB level are Kemp, Kershaw, Gordon, and Rubby.
I'ld like to know who in their right mind (10%) would want Frank to keep the team?!
Probably G'nat fans!!
Good grief, Casey!
Unacceptable!! Another runner left at 3rd with less than 2 outs. Geez!!!
Crap, we're already 0 for 3 with RISP.
The new word when you want to use the word/phrase "Good Grief", "Crap" or worse is Uffda!!!! Its a word used up here in Minnesota that was a term used in Norway that Minnesota still uses. Example of it's use…….Uffda!!! Frank is still our owner!!! 🙂
Uffda, it is! 😉
Rubby has really settled down after his first two innings. Too bad that he already lost the game by giving up one run…
New name for McCourt ~ Frankupt 😉
Nice play by Loney to get Mauer at 3rd.
The only way we're going to score in this game is by Kemp or Gordon stealing home.
F*cking Pathetic. Hey DilDon, let's play Uribe, Thames, Blake, and Navarro and sit Miles, Carroll, Oeltjen, and Ellis. I guess OBP doesn't mean anything in your convoluted baseball mind.
Outstanding outing by Rubby today.
Too bad we couldn't help him out with some runs!
Well, Kemp up with a runner on and 2 outs. This is the ballgame.
Go ahead, Jhall…..flush it!
Loney, Uribe, Thames, and Navarro coming up in the 9th. Can't flush, Ned has clogged up the can with too many huge turds. The pot just overflows with losses.
Well if they keep getting pitchers with girly names how do they expect us to win…Lilly, Rubby De La Rosa????
Tell me why Thames played and Trent sat?!
Doesn't really matter now! Couldn't get one freaking run!
( | )~~Plop….. Fudged'em again. Darn shame. Rubby deserved better.
Look on the bright side – this loss guarantees that the bankrupt Dodgers rightfully stay in last place.
lol because we though Trent suck weeks ago.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…did Frank sell yet?
Didn't bosses attorney say that the team won in spite of being Frankrupt?
Why not let's Ellis hit for Navarro? That suck Rubby finally get a QS and pitch more than 5 innings and we still can't give him a run. I hate losing the series 2-1 and we outscored the Twins in this series. The good part the bullpen look good in the past 3 games the worst part the Twins probably do suck.
All of Frank's actions have taken the attention off Ned. Ned's the one who put this team together, and he wasn't really so short on dollars as just short on any baseball sense. Frank and Ned – what a matched pair.
Hope we can flush them both soon.
Amen brother Bear.
Ned is as bad of a GM as Frank is an owner. Frank is devoid of any morals and Ned is devoid of any baseball sense.
I want more Oteljen.
Well it's official. The blue crew is in last place, sucking hind tit in the NL West. . 😦
Thanks Frank & Ned! You're both share the blame for this fiasco. Well done. . .
Dodgers have been shut out eight times this year.
Dodgers were shut out 17 times last year.
What's our record? 20? I'm thinking we'll break it this year, as long as we keep Uribe, Thames, Navarro,…zzzzzzzzzzzz
Dodgers outscored Twins
19-4 in first half of the series and then get outscored 3-0 and lose two out of three as they go scoreless for the last 13 innings in Minnesota.
by bhsportsguy on Jun 29, 2011 1:02 PM PDT
Here we go on our way to a top 5 picks in next season draft but we know White is going to pick another pitcher.
They should disabled comment on this article and might get ugly from the other teams especially Giants fans..
Kind of glad that we keep losing. Let's face it – with the bankruptcy things will remain on hold with Frank in control for a long time. The only message the fans can now send is to stay away. Won't matter much for the rest of this season, but just wait until next year's season tickets go on sale. In the meantime, don't look for any of our young guys to still be around when new ownership takes place.
Hate to sound so hopeless, but bankruptcies and lawsuits get dragged out forever.
Don't expect the legal system to favor MLB in any way – I'm sure many a judge has been waiting to put the screws to the monopoly old boys network.
Selig is responsible for McCourt running amok
NorthStateBlues has been saying this all along, for how many years?


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The group is accused of planning to carry out attacks that would "undermine the security of the homeland," the report said.
The cell also allegedly planned to recruit new members, promote the work of al Qaeda and raise funds to help the network extend its activities to other countries in the region, the report said.
State security prosecutors will investigate the case before the suspects are brought to trial, it said.
All seven are of "Arab nationalities," WAM reported.
In December, the same state-run news agency reported the arrest of members of a suspected terrorist cell that was allegedly aiming to carry out attacks in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Those suspects were said to be citizens of both nations.


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Manchester United: Losing games and moneyApril 22, 2014: 12:40 PM ET
By Mark Thompson, CNNMoney International Editor
Manchester United have sacked their coach after a disastrous season, which means they'll miss out on Europe's lucrative Champions League next season.
David Moyes was appointed less than a year ago, when the club's most successful manager -- Alex Ferguson -- retired after 26 years.
Under Ferguson, the team had won the richest national soccer league for 13 of the last 21 years, and used the steady flow of broadcast and matchday revenue to invest in players and build a global commercial brand.
However, poor form on the pitch this year is leaving Manchester United (MANU) without honors in domestic league and cup competition, and leaves the club facing a year without Champions League TV revenue -- worth some $50 million alone.
Financial concerns may well have forced the hand of the team's American owners, the Glazer family, who also owns the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Glazers borrowed heavily against Manchester United assets when they bought the club in 2005. The cost of servicing those debts -- together with a huge wage bill -- eats up 70% of revenue.
"This is a highly indebted firm which leaves little financial room for disappointment," said financial analyst Louise Cooper. "Frankly, the Glazers could not afford to wait for Mr Moyes to step up to the job."
Failing to qualify for the top competition in Europe could also have a knock-on effect on sponsorship renewal talks with Nike (NKE) -- the second single biggest source of revenue after English TV broadcasts -- and ticket sales.
The Telegraph reported recently that the Glazer family had agreed to a 25% cut in ticket prices for Europa League matches at the club's home ground if the team qualifies for the second tier European knockout competition.
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We've heard of no sex before marriage, but no kissing? Melody Laluz, 28, and Claudaniel Fabien, 30, got married over the weekend, and when they smooched at the altar, it was their first kiss on the lips. They were friends for two years and in a "courtship" for one year, but since they both teach abstinence courses to Chicago public school teens, they decided to practice what they preach. Hence: A "no kissing" rule. To "avoid temptation," they were never alone together in a house. If they watched movies on a couch, they would snuggle sitting up, never lying down. Fabien says: "It really tested us and encouraged us to grow closer in our hearts and our minds, just expressing things verbally." All of this is very nice and romantic. But Laluz says:
"You can't take the car out of the parking lot until you pay for it." Which is something like why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free or any of the other phrases that reduce women to commodities. Or maybe she's talking about her man?
Obviously, one can admire Laluz and Fabien's commitment, restraint and good intentions. And without a doubt, that first kiss — after waiting so long — was probably amazing. (Laluz called it "magical.") But. Since when is kissing something only a husband and wife can enjoy? What "courtship" is complete with out a makeout session? Doesn't forbidding kissing instantly fetishize it? And what really happens when you endow a kiss, or any other physical affection, with mystical properties, and require your partner "buy" it from you? Don't you feel cheap?
Practicing Abstinence, Bride And Groom Have Never Kissed [Chicago Tribune]
Couple Delays First Kiss Until Wedding [UPI]


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Milestones are many for Jody Williams '72 these days. It's twenty years since the founding of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Fifteen years since the Mine Ban Treaty was signed by 122 nations. And fifteen years since the Oct. 10, 1997 morning when her phone rang with the news that she and the ICBL had been selected for the Nobel Peace Prize, a call that would bring international media up an unlikely mile-long dirt road in Putney, Vt., and change Williams' life immeasurably. All are captured in My Name is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl's Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize, just published by the University of California Press.
Williams currently co-chairs the Nobel Women's Initiative, which brings the shared influence of the six living female recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize to bear on issues of peace, justice, and equality, work that includes their current focus on an international campaign to stop rape and gender violence in conflict. Last May, she also helped launch a campaign to halt the use of fully autonomous killer robots. The many working on this effort include her husband, Stephen Goose, a colleague in the land mine work and current director of the arms division of Human Rights Watch.
Vermont Quarterly editor Tom Weaver talked with Williams on the phone the morning of December 12, shortly after she'd returned home to Fredericksburg, Va., from a long round of travel that took her to Geneva and Berlin for anniversary events. After excusing herself early in the conversation to take a moment to let her German shepherd Sophie in from the yard and towel off her muddy paws, Williams fielded questions with her typical frankness and humor.
VQ: Why did you want to write the book at this point in your life?
Williams: Too often for my taste, giants of change are stripped of the flaws, weaknesses and complexities that make us all human and the focus is solely on their strengths. Then, all buffed up and made almost earthly saints, they are put on a pedestal where they seem far beyond the reach of "ordinary" people. They become intimidating and hard to relate to and it's hard to believe they are or were as human as we are or that we mere mortals could ever accomplish such things, too.
In all honesty, I wanted to write this book because I know how many people think they are powerless in this world with so many issues challenging us. I know they are not. They just need to understand about activism and change and that we all can find ways to contribute. I am an inspiring speaker—much comes from the fact that I talk straight with people. I do the same in the book. I am who I am, and I don't try to pretend I've not made good and bad choices like everyone else I know. I think I help people realize that they, too, can make changes in the world without having to turn into a saint to do it.
You're candid in the book, and have said the same in past talks at UVM, that you were in search of a major and a focus during your college years and didn't really find it until years after your graduation. Do you think that's an important message for students to hear?
Yeah, I don't think you have to decide who you are when you're eighteen, for god's sake. I think there is too much emphasis these days—at least from my perception outside—that you have to know what you want to be, that you should really try to do something that can earn you tons of money, and that you should, you know, "stay on the path." I think that helps to diminish critical thinking and makes students really narrowly focused.
How was it working on the book? Do you enjoy writing?
Yes. I haven't in a while, but I also love writing poetry. I have a stack of poems from different periods in my life and I'd like to get back to that. I, obviously, do lots of political writing. There are a few things I do well, I think. I'm a good writer; I'm very good at building coalitions; and I'm an excellent public speaker. I believe you should focus on what you do well, because there is not that much time in life to try to perfect things you can't do. For example, I'm not a good manager of staff. I suck at it, frankly. I knew I just couldn't do it, didn't want to do it, so I didn't do it.
You mention being petrified for your first public speaking experience?
I don't know many people who actually are thrilled the first time they speak publicly.
True enough. I was looking at your TED Talk and it's clear that you have that ability to just "talk" rather than "deliver" a speech.
Yes, I think I've only delivered a speech twice. One was in Japan where they insisted I had to write something so they could translate it. It was horrible, just staring at the paper and reading it aloud. Really terrible.
You write in the book, "For me, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize hasn't been all joy and wonder. At first I was perplexed about how to understand it in relation to my work…" Tell me about that period and how you came to terms with it.
Just because one can speak coherently in public does not mean that one is an extrovert, right? If I tell people that I'm an introvert they look stupid about it, to be honest. Then I have to take a lot of time to explain what an introvert is, that you can still develop a public persona — which doesn't mean that you wouldn't rather be sitting home reading a book.
I had been very happy coordinating the campaign. I saw the job as I described it in the book; everybody knew what they were supposed to do. I spoke, certainly, but the focus wasn't on me. But then, suddenly, with the prize I was the only one people wanted to speak to. And that enraged me for everybody else in the campaign who had always had a voice. Suddenly, we're looked at like I had this gigantic staff or something, instead of that we were colleagues in the movement.
That angered me a lot on behalf of all the people who made the ban happen. That wasn't just me; I was part of it. That lack of understanding made me nuts. Also, all of a sudden, I am invited to speak as a Nobel Laureate. I didn't know what that meant. What did that mean?
One time I was together with Archbishop Tutu at a Nobel conference in Virginia, and somebody asked him what changed after the Peace Prize. He said, "Before I spoke about the same things over and over and over, and nobody listened. Suddenly, I got the Peace Prize and everything I said was a pearl of wisdom."
I didn't like that. I didn't know what to do with it. I cried a lot the first few years. I'm not the only one (laughs), but I won't say who else cried. It was just confusion. Sometimes I'll still come home and cry, but it's not crying the same way. It just takes so much of my energy to do these things that I come home and kind of fall apart. The longer I've been on the road, the longer it takes me to be alone at home and get some more energy to go back out and do what I have to do.
In the book you write about effectively using a fax machine as a "techno-sexy" way to advance the work of the ICBL. That feels like a long time ago, I bet. Have you continued to harness technology in ways that aid your work?
Sure, I tweet and do all that stuff. I still see it as a tool; I don't see it as an end in itself. I say this when I public speak: People who think that signing a petition online is activism, don't understand activism. They massage their sense of having to do something by pushing a button on a petition and feeling they've done great good in the world. I'm not saying they're not useful tools. But to believe that is activism, I think, is a little dangerous.
In Egypt, for example, when there was this sense that the movement that got people into Tahrir Square was all about the cell phone—it wasn't. The cell phone was a tool to communicate with other people so they'd turn out at the same time. If nobody had turned out into the square, there would have been no movement. I spend a fair amount of time trying to get people to understand that.
You mention that you've come to see your role as "an international social worker." What do you mean by that?
A social worker, in theory, is trying to advance the needs of human beings in their community or in their home, getting their basic needs met at least. And I guess that is what I do in the world. I believe in human security, not national security. Not that there shouldn't be national security, but I think that the emphasis should be on human security — which means serving the basic needs of individual human beings, not protecting the structure of the state. So it's kind of the same to me. I didn't think about it this way until I taught at the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston.
You've spoken out on the need to reclaim what "peace" means. Could you elaborate a bit on this?
You know the terms — peacenik, tree-hugging liberal, all that ridiculousness — those are words that try to emasculate and disempower people who believe that sustainable peace is a possible reality. It is to make you look like a weakling, somebody who "doesn't get it." I think that we need to tackle that head on and affirm that building peace is damn hard work and that you have to do it every day.
I give the examples of Martin Luther King and the years in the streets and the people he helped motivate to work against racism, or Mandela, or all the icons you can name in the world. What they did was hard work every day. They didn't sit around and sing "Kumbaya" for god's sake. They were strategizing. They were putting their bodies on the line. If you think that's wimpy and tree-hugging and a peacenik, then I don't know how you think.
This interview appears in the spring 2013 issue of Vermont Quarterly magazine. Read an excerpt from Williams' book on the VQ website.


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