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Visitors to this year's Frankfurt Motor Show will walk through an inverted forest, over an Inception'd city, and under a massive floating track just to see Germany's latest cars. As the biggest auto show in the world, by size, what carmakers do to the massive convention space is as interesting as the cars they display.
All three of the big German premium carmakers are trying to attract attention from convention goers at their home show in the hopes that they can reinvigorate a sagging market. So what's their angle?
I believe Mercedes wants to tell you that they are the greatest. Always were, always will be. Audi on the other hand says hey, look at us, we can do anything. We are the most advanced of them all. BMW put the focus on playfulness, with a promise that the future of mobility is not as boring as it would seem.
Audi gets the trophy simply because what looks like this from the outside ...
...turns out to be like this on the inside:
It's wicked. Trees hanging from the ceiling, cars appearing in the most unexpected places, colorful visuals and lights taking you to funky town. Even Batman would blink twice before understanding this upside down mirror fantasy from Ingolstadt.
And with cars like the Nanuk around, the Audi hall is undoubtedly the hottest party arena in Frankfurt this week. Imagine what happens there after the guests leave at 7...
There are only winners here, but if I'd have to rank them, I would put Mercedes-Benz at #3.
Mostly because they have their own arena to play with, with a Smart volleyball field next to it. You know, because Smarts go so well with sand and volleyballs.
Starting with a building like that, it's no wonder they can turn it into an absolute must see in no time. An arena worthy of the brand with the three-pointed star.
It's also clever because if you go to the top, the only way down passes every car they have on display. Didn't care about the GL Klasse? No matter, you have to see it.
Second place goes to BMW with their futuristic figure 8 track running above and under the visitor floors.
This year, it's not about the M cars or horsepower but urban efficiency and panda saving in the most dynamic fashion.
And while the i8 hybrid sports car was the crown jewel on the top floor, it was the small i3s setting the mood of the place with their quiet but consistent looping around the track.
What a show!
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Eli Roth is just going to keep doing what he's doing and be dreamy to boot. He's now confirmed to be producing two new horror films, "Clown" and "Aftershock". I'm pretty sure you can figure out what the movies will be about from the titles. One has a guy dressed up as a clown who goes nuts and one is about the aftermath of a large earthquake. Try to guess which is which!
Here's a new one sheet for the Natalie Portman flick "Black Swan". I've seen a few trailers for this one and I'm still a little confused but I'm 99% sure Portman actually turns into a swan in the movie and makes out with Mila Kunis. Before she turns into a swan that is, although that would be a lot creepier if it was after. Freaks!
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I hope Kids and Moms are reading this…
There's some really cool stuff going on this weekend for kids and moms (as well as women in general). That doesn't mean that if you're neither, you should stop reading because let's be honest, even if you're a dude, at some point you were a kid and you have or had a mom, right? And perhaps you have a kid, too.
So the first piece of exciting news is that Jeanne Zelasko will be joining the Dodger organization with numerous roles. First off, she'll be handling play-by-play duties on our new DodgersWIN broadcast on home Wednesdays this season. And she's going to host our new kids show, "The Jr. Dodgers Show," which premieres tomorrow on PRIME TICKET at 12:30 p.m. If you remember "The Baseball Bunch," it's kind of like that but only about the Dodgers. I saw the pilot episode and if you're a kid, you're going to love it (and if you're not, I still think you'll enjoy it, to be honest).
And staying on the Jeanne subject, she'll also throw out the ceremonial first pitch tomorrow on Mother's Day, as will Desiree Sanchez, a co-worker of mine who has defeated breast cancer over the past year. Jeanne, who is also a cancer survivor, will serve as a spokesperson for both DodgersWIN and ThinkCure!
There are so many cool things for Moms tomorrow, you should do yourself (and your mom) a favor and come out here to the park. Players and coaches will hand out roses at the turnstiles (try to get here between 11:30 and 12 for that)…and then after the game, you can walk around the warning track with your family and meet some Dodger legends along the way. During the game, several players will be using the pink bats as in years past and they'll all be wearing pink ribbons on their uniforms for breast cancer awareness.
Plus all sorts of pregame ceremonies honoring Moms, Moms taking the field with their kids and the Dodgers, and a whole bunch more.
But before Mother's Day, we have today's game on FOX and we could really use a win. Here's the lineup:
Pierre, LF
Hudson, 2B
Ethier, RF
Kemp, CF
Martin, C
Loney, 1B
Blake, 3B
Castro, SS
Stults, P
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Josh – My son and I, and my mom and my nephew will be at Sunday's game!!! Can't wait!!! This show that Jeanne Zelasko will doing should be interesting. No, I don't remember "The Baseball Bunch," but I'll see if I can record it on my DVR and watch later. Yes, I will make sure that we get to the stadium by 11:30 to get roses!!! I wonder who's handing out roses next to Lot B? Hmmm… And I'd love to walk around the warning track afterwards.
Yes, we could really use a win today. And one last time, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOMS IN ITDLAND!!!
cpompe1- hadn't thought Furcal's back was the issue, but I do not see the games. Hope not. We do not need that right now.
Or any time.
Doesn't JP ned a day of rest?!
CP, I hope you have a great time at the game tomorrow. I really hope Raffy's back isn't bothering him and it's just a normal slump. It would be great for them to win big today and let the national media know they aren't go to lay down and die while Manny's out.
Casey Blake in Left. Blake Dewitt at 3rd! No MORE SLAPPYWOOD!!
Casey Blake in Left and Blake Dewitt at 3rd please! NO MORE SLAPPYWOOD!!.
The more I see of Juan Pierre the more depressed I get. This is the best solution to the Manny problem????????????
Kahli ~ it seems like everyone is in agreement about JP except Joe…………..he doesn't get it…..the fact that POP upsets the entire chemistry of the team. I bet he is the only one on the team gloating over Manny's woes!
Hi Folk
We got a MUST WIN game this afternoon against the Giants, I'd hate to face Lincecum on a 3 game losing streak
GOOD LUCK DODGERS, Lets go STULTSY.
One thing no one has noticed and I am just the guy to notice it is that Pierre is no longer a baserunning threat.
Since his knee injury in over 140 at bats he has (BTW he has hit pretty normal or even better for him over those 140 at bats) attempted 14 steals and has been thrown out 7 times
In his previous 220 abs (may/jun last year) (just for sport) he had attempted 35 steals and was safe 29 times.
Looks like a 7-10 run lineup to me!
I will take the Dodgers and the over today. 🙂
Jungar ~ you are right! So, why doesn't Joe see that?!
Good afternoon ITDers!!!!
Another great play by Matt!
Go Dodgers!!!
The disrespect (and stupidity in the situation) he showed to Dre last night (trying to steal 3b with 2 outs) infuriates me. He would have never done that with Manny up.
Nice 1-2-3 inning Eric, we gotta beware those 3 ball counts though, time to go to work offense. GO DODGERS!!
Great double by Pierre. That ball was smoked.
Good start – 1st and 3rd and no outs!
Bring em in Dre!!
Although I'm blackout, It sounds like KEMP is really getting CF down pat with his fielding.
A double off the pitches glove…only Juan D'Vaughn
Hey, it's an rbi, i'll take it
That was Ball 4 Andre!
I thought Cain was supposed to be pitching for the Giants today.
steal home Pierre. Ok, i'll lay off. that ball was smoked. go blue.
this is the second staurday this year that I was supposed to see The Dodgers on fox and they show the stupid red sox instead, and it's blacked out on mlb tv…wtf
The good news? Juan Pi-erre! P-I-E-R-R-E !!! with a leadoff double.
: )
The bad news? The MLB leader for runners left stranded on base – the journey 'e' – is waiting to perform his specialty again…
Yup, just as we expected – ethier blows it again. Doubleplay, two outs. No rbi – h'e' blows.
;' (
Great to hear The big E got the ball on the ground and got Juanpy home on the DP.
Now that means the Giants didn't score first.
I'm watching gamesday and listening to Steiner & Monday.
Hey fridayjoe/troll get a life!
Another good inning, keep it up Eric
Way to draw the walk Russ…let's get it going James!!!
That was seriously dumb by Ethier why didn't he take that walk? Cain must be a last min scratch.
Damn which Torre would let Martin steal. I missed the running game.
We need this win today because I will assume Jeff Weaver will not outduel Tim Lincecum tomorrow and that Blake and Martin will be replaced by DeWitt and Ausmus for rest.
"That was seriously dumb by Ethier"
– h'e' rose to the level of his own inability as twere…thank goodness for Juan Pi-erre!
: )
Cain pitched on Tuesday…as far as I know, Sanchez was always scheduled.
My thoughts exactly scurt
Where you live at blues?
red pen…Cain pitched on Thursday.
jungar, I was checking stolen bases, as well, before your post. Furcal, Hudson and Kemp are a combined 12 for 14. Pierre and Martin are 4 for 8. So now, Pierre is a break-even base stealer with a break-down arm. Granted, he's a vet…and Joe loves vets…but throw Paul a bone. And I'm STILL seething over Wolf's inability to pitch deep into games. With Kershaw, Stults, and Weaver (at least for now) a safe bet to tax the bullpen, Wolf has become my pitching staff's Juan Pierre.
friday joe, why all the hate for Ethier?
Way to go Castro!!
Way to go Raffy!!!
Come on Stults let see that power.
Come on Stults let see that power.
I'm stationed in clovis, new mexico after spending the last 2 years stationed in Las Vegas…not too happy bout that
another red pen…Way to go Juan!!!
I think Castro could had a inside the park homerun if Rowand didn't back him up.
Damn runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out and no scored.
Ethier is in the top 10 for all of baseball in RBIs. Don't cherry pick your stats, fridayjoe.
Speaking of guys who run like a Range Rover – while towing a barge – the journey 'e's career stolen bases: 25 tries – 12 failures, only successes, 50%…the 'e'pitom'e' of poor.
Batting? Now in three games since cheater 'm' departed – 10 at bats, 2 hits – both puny singles – 0 doubles, 0 triples, 0 home runs, 0 rbis, a poor defensive play in the outfield and an error 4 games ago.
Without question, 'e' misses his mommy- er, manny…
: )
OH OH Pierre
Juan Pierre is halfway to the cycle!
Way to go Juan!!!
I fear we still need more runs.
Juan Pi-erre!
Eat it haters!
heh heh heh
ah, ah, ah-hahahahahahahahahahahahah!
: )
Way to go Juan!! Now how bout we dont blow a big lead this time around
How can you call anybody a hater after your posts?
Stults for Cy Young!
There is no comparison between Ethier and Pierre. Defensively Pierre is average at getting to balls and one of the worst at throwing. He is still good offensively, but overall there is no comparison; unless you are just a troll…
If Pierre would had start over Kemp than we would know what everyone going to say that he goiing to deserve another start.
Who is this LFer, and what has he done with Juan-for-four Pierre? THIS is what I like to see, hope there's more of it over the next 47 games.
Ethier will do better. It's just feeling a lot worse with this Giants supporting, socially inadequate putz holding the stats to the magnifying glass.
It's all about the name on the front of the jersey. Who's the real "hater"?
Another 1 2 3 innings.
so I have the red sox game on as well and tim mccarver is blasting Manny much like he did during the entire postseason last year, find somethin else to talk about. tim you are a ****** and an embarressment to broadcasting ya jerk
Keep it going Stults. We need a well pitched game right now.
I get it now. fridayjoe is really Manny!!! He's blogging now that he's gone……..keeping in touch…you know, trying keep everyone loose with humor…don't-take-things-so-seriously kind of stuff. Think about it. I don't recall seeing fridayjoe before Manny's suspension, do any of you? Great idea Manny…..errr, I mean fridayjoe. You are a genius! We look forward to your return on July 3.
He got 2 doubles.
and by "stats", I mean the small sample of AB's Ethier has mucked up this season. Ethier has to work on maintaining that "fear" aspect other teams have shown over the previous games of the season.
I'm not worried.
I wonder if he was blasted Manny in the 2004 and 2007 WS.
IMO, there is no defending Manny now.
ethier's legs = Pierre's arm…a wash.
ethier's power (snicker) = Pierre's speed…a wash.
The tie-breaker: I could give you $45 million other reasons why Pierre rules & ethier drools…heh heh heh.
Like that ethier STRIKEOUT JUST NOW! Now ofer 2!
: )
Go back to your sandbox kid.
The truth doth hurt nee injures mightily the journey 'e' heh heh
: )
trublu-you were right, of course. every other word so far has been Manny.
he loved Manny then, mccarver is a sox fan so he cried himself to sleep when Manny got traded to us. Way to make em pitch Russ!!
Pierre batting .410 . . . 'e' heh heh only .304
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alright troll, you win…leave now.
Ether contract vs Pierre contract not even a contest Ethier win for less money
This Dodgers fan (since 1958) loves it when they beg…
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oops Ethier damn hate spelling his name wrong lol
They have got to ban those maple bats.
You had it right the first time…'ether' as in a slow death watching him expire afield daily sans his blankey, manny…
: )
Awesome job so far Eric, keep gettin outs!
Way to go Eric!!!
Oh shut up should you be on the main TB board.
That's OK Eric, just keep throwing strikes.
lol at that vote seriously
Are those 82% dumb? I bet most of them are Red Sox fan/Yankess fan
fridayjoe, this is fifebarney. You really DRAG the NET(work) down.
Great job Eric!
Keep it up Eric, bullpen needs some rest
There goes the no-hitter.
Me Sergeant, you grunt nee Deputy…I outrank you – like Pierre does ethier – go fish.
heh heh heh
: )
Nice hit 0-Dog, bring him in Andre!!
Up to you now Matt
The players association should have pushed for testing a decade ago.
The journey 'e' is now ofer 3 with a doublepay groundout & 2 STRIKEOUTS… yup, he s***s like a Hoover vacuum… just the facts. Send him out to the cleaners…in Nippon, Japan.
: )
Way to go Matt!!
Way to go Matt!!!
lol the Jiants missed getting Kemp
Nice hitting STALION and great running.
There's a lot of stuff in this game offensively by the Dodgers I hope to see.
Another stolen base. great.
lol ibb Martin to funny
Holy **** they just show Kemp playing basketball and shooting 3's.
Anybody now how many home runs the powerful' 'e' has hit so far today? Probably two or three, right?
He's ofer 3 with 2 K's & a DP groundout!?
It's a conspiracy I tells ya, a conspiracy!!!
heh heh heh
: )
Come on James!!
Hope KEMP'S O.K.
Can't afford to lose him, especially right now.
Damn why couldn't that ball be way in the dugout that Uribe can't get.
Turn it to fox to hear mccarver crying!! rays beating up the red sox, hahahahahahaha! F you mccarver
What's wrong with Kemp oldfan? I didn't see anything…
The big E or journey 'e' as you call him, fridayjoe, is our best hitter and he's already did enough this year.
Sob damn fk error.
Rick Monday just said the giants are looking for an opening…there it is
Kemp is fine nice catch Kemp
Kemp bails us out again!
Dang it! Pick him up Eric!
Yup; Pierre . 400 . . . ethier .302
Dream on…heh heh heh
: )
lol Monday is a jinx
Marvelous Matt!!!
I just hate .302 hitters….
KEMP alias "The Stalian" is really showing some of his tools, lately, of which he has 5.
I hate 0 homeruns and 0 assists
LOL Kahli!!! Me too. No room for them on my team. I want an entire team of .400 hitters.
I still rather have Dewitt but Castro been good so far.
Need to start cloning the 1941 Ted Williams!!! Geez!!!
Damn Karros why he had to mention the Rangers and Jones .340. Wow .40 ERA for Grinke that is scarey.
jhall ~ Manny was trying to…just kidding.
Hey, jhall! How are ya today?
"Marvalous Matt", that's it digthedodgers.
I'll start using it on my blog…he is marvelous.
fridayjoe, how the hell do we take you seriously when champion Pierre over Ethier? I know you're just trying to stir the waters, pull our collective chains, but you lose all credibility. You come off like a buzzing mosquito. Do me a favor, get a job as a GM. Pierre is yours. Take him. For free. And good luck with your new ball club.
Hey, why is Pierre wearing a black T-shirt? We are the Dodger Blue!!!
Maybe if the royals start losing and Pierre does good, we can make a trade for greinke when Manny comes back
as in trading pierre for grienke
LOL Diggy!!!
BonJoir BleuFille', doing well mon amie, merci!!!!!!!!!!
Stults playing the role of a stopper. Way to go Eric!!!
Hey Splash!!! I'm with you on that one!!!
he can make it all the way.
I am happy for Stults. I've always liked him.
Way to go Stults!!! Couldn't have come at a better time. Still some work to do, and with our bullpen lately, I'm not counting on anything!!!!!
You don't mind do you, if I use it to, digthedodgers?
booklynfan ~ Please do!!! He is marvelous.
red pen…brooklynfan
Thank You, He certainly is.
We need to start extending some of our guys:
it will save us money in the long run.
Oh drat, oh fiddlesticks…the journey 'e' has whiffed again -THRICE now on the day – ofer 4 the total futility quotient his…just the sad facts.
Now batting under .300 … WE LOVE IT!
heh heh heh
: )
I agree Diggy!!!
Thank You Mr Stults!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great job Eric, let him finish Joe!
CY Stults
Unreal. 8 shutout innings. What a huge lift…thanks Eric!!!
Russell is getting back on track.
This should build a whole new level of confidence for Stults. Great defensive game by Kemp.
I'm with you Splash, let him finish it!!!! Brox is ready if he gets in trouble.
I like that pink glove.
Not to hurry things, but lets kick Lincicum's Cy Young a** tomorrow.
LMTO Kahli!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm totally with you my friend!!!!!!!!!
It's obvious fridayjoe never went to grammer school. dodgers kicking the gnats butt.
We can do it. None of this Manny is gone, we're hosed crap. Take the freaking reins and make the horse go where you want it to.
Wow!!! We needed a game like this.
I always love Stults bat we need to used him as a PH when he not starting.
Castro is the man today. He certainly has stepped up. Stults is like other good players that we never let play enough and then traded away. He is showing what he can do.
Our bench is so much better than last season. Glad Stults will get a chance to pitch a complete game.
LOL Bob!!! I'm extremely happy for Eric Stults!!!
What a day for JUAN CASTRO.
STULTS is a GOOOD hitting Pitcher, as we all know
PIERRE is also earning his money.
Pierre's the name… JUAN PIERRE!
3 hits, 3 rbis, 3x better than the journey 'e' heh heh
: )
I always love Stults bat we need to used him as a PH when he not starting.
The Juan's are 6-10 today…unreal.
red pen…6-9
And Pierre deserves a mention for having an outstanding game in his own right. Way to go, JP!!!
Oh dear, the journey 'e' just made another pee-pee in his pants…ofer 5.
: )
Juans Gone Wild!!!
Awesome inning, 3 more outs to go!!
Go figure that Pierre and Castro would get six hits and five RBI's while our 3-7 hitters go 2-14 with one RBI! We needed that.
Bring on the defensive replacement for Pierre in Paul lol
Sigh that was for Ethier damn
Pierre is now batting a ROBUST .405 . . . while 'e' heh heh only .297; my my my, how far the high & mighty akak over-hyped frauds has fallen. ofer 5 w/ 2 strikeouts and 5 more runners left stranded on base nee twisting in the wind …
: )
"Marvelous Matt" again!!!
can't wait to see the highlight.
All these plays by Kemp and the game is blacked out so all I can do is listen, was it web gem/top play worthy guys?
OUTSTANDING!!!™, Mr Stults and Mr Kemp!!!
splash ~ Matt makes 'em look easier than they are, but it was a wonderful play. He didn't completley dive for it, but he did outrun the ball and went down as he caught it.
And Pierre totally silences the peanut section aka the bottom feeder dudger fans…heh heh heh!
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Eric the Great!!!! and Marvelous Matt!!!!
Yes Splash, you will see it on ESPN tonight!!!
Funny you should mention bottom feeders Friday!!!!!
Great game by Stults. One tough game doesn't change what Andre has done for us all year and what he will continue to do for the Dodgers the rest of the season. He'll be back strong tomorrow. Matt is on track for a gold glove this season.
Well, who among us would have picked Stults to be the one on this staff to pitch a complete game shutout. Sometimes guts makes up for a lot of velocity on the ball. I hope he takes this as a great encouragement. For now I'm going to call him Lefty Bulldog.
If I were wearing a hat right now I would take it off to the other big "E", Mr. Stults. Congrats on a great performance and especially for such a strong finish.
I can't begin to express how bad we needed a game like this. First off, Eric, amazing game, the 1st complete game by a Dodger this season, you gave the bullpen a much needed rest. We scored in the 1st and never once let up, we kept getting hits and putting up runs. Matt, your gold glove will be coming soon. And most importantly we proved to ourselves and everyone else that we can win without Manny while putting up a lot of runs in the process. Great win and lets use this to come out strong against lincecum tommorrow. GO DODGERS!!
I wish I can express it in words but all I can say is I can't express my happiness for ERIC STULTS, especially him who has always been a favorite of mine, ever since I first saw him pitch for the Dodgers in person at Shea Stadium.
A GREAT WIN FOR THE DODGERS and no words can explain it.
ethier now in 3 games without his mommy- er, manny: 14 at bats, only 2 hits – both puny singles – 0 hrs, 0 triples, 0 doubles, 0 rbis, 10 runners left stranded on base, a poor defensive play, and an outfield error 4 games back…just the sad, sad facts.
Juan Pi-erre RULES !
heh heh heh
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8-0, WHAT A STATEMENT and it looks great, to me, here in Brooklyn N.Y.
There are people around here that will take notice.
All over N.Y.
It was a GREAT VICTORY in more ways than 1.
Heh, heh is right. I am happy POPPY is stepping it up and playing well in Manny's absence. I want the team to succeed. They need to pull together when the chips are down. I don't think Phew is whooping it up because Andre has had a couple of bad days. These guys are putting the team first and working toward winning a championship!!!
This reminds me of the last time Ethier faced the Giants at Dodger Stadium, without Manny, when the Dodgers pitcher shut em out. Strangely enough, Jonathan Sanchez was pitching that day too.
Ethier's July 30th, 2009 AB's (courtesy of http://www.baseball-reference.com)
1st.) b2 LAD A. Ethier J. Sanchez Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
2nd.) b4 LAD A. Ethier J. Sanchez Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B
3rd.) b6 LAD A. Ethier G. Espineli Lineout: LF
4th.) b8 LAD A. Ethier S. Romo Strikeout Swinging
As I remember, Ethier did pretty well after that. And before that.
It's all about the name on FRONT of the jersey.
brooklynfan ~ from what all the announcers say, Stults is a wonderful guy, so you picked a good one to root for. And, boy, did he deliver today. Go Dodgers!!!
Jhall & NSB ~ good to see you here. It was a great game and my hats off to Stults, the player of the game, for a complete game shut-out!
Well said North!! How've ya been my friend?!!!
Hey tru, how have you been?
I bet his mom is smiling down on him today, didgthedodgers. I hope Weaver brings it tomorrow. Should be an interesting matchup.
I almost forgot, Jhall, I love what's on "THE FRONT!!!! DODGERS ARE #1
Hi'Ya Trumom!!! Always better when you are in the house mon amie!!!!
Juan Pierre is God! My name's Friday…I carry a badge.
Indeed bluecrew! You know that was his first thought as the game ended.
Then stick to the facts Mr Friday. Nothing but the facts. Like Joe Friday did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've been here for a while, but I was afraid to I'd say something I would regret. I did tell Junedarlin' what has been taking place and she is not amused!!!!
Hi Tru and Jhall, I'm good. Just grabbing a bite before work.
It's gonna be a lot more fun looking at the scowls of those in Halloweenie gear tonight.
JP stepped up big when the Dodgers really needed a lift. Congratulations, Juan! Although you have been roundly criticized, you have hung in and let your BA and some big hits today speak for you.
Thank you, Joe, for letting Stults finish the game and his shutout. Pitchers used to pitch complete games all the time, but you have frequently pulled your pitchers too early in the past and overused your bullpen. It has definitely hurt the team, and I hope you will follow a different path in the future.
Great game, guys! Keep up the good work.
Hey, trublu. Hope you are doing well.
Plain and simple fact is that Andre Ethier is a better than average ballplayer and our team would not be where it is right now without his contributions.
NS, hope you are doing well. How is school going? Hope you're having time to draw.
BCG ~ I'm doing great! Nice win today by the DODGER TEAM!!!
Fact is, Pierre is batting .405 . . . ethier .297
Da, da-da-dah…da, da-da-da-dahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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BTW Friday, fact is, you should probably seek counseling!! You need help.
Jhall ~ Mom and Dad told me to tell you "No"!
There's a guy in line ahead of me wearing a #16 Dodgers jersey, a .297 batting (emphasis on) average in tow…just the facts.
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As Ron White so succinctly said it; "There ain't no fixing stupid."
What does Eric Stults say????
To be factual, POP doesn't have enough games in to have a legitimate average. Just wait…..the truth shall set you free!!!!
Thanks Trumom!! LMTO!!!! I'm in the freaking mood!!! LOL!!!! They will appreciate it even if they don't condone it…
Damn, I've engaged!!!! Ward and June would not be happy with me!
Me too, Jhall! Somethime you just have to let it out!!!
Eric Stults says; F**king Yeah!!!!!
LMTO Trumom, good for you!!!!!
Tru and jhall, you guys are too funny. It is hard to hold back. My tongue is sore from biting it):
LOL Bleu!!! Sometimes you've just got to call a moron a moron!!!!
BTW, moron was being kind. Imbecile is much more appropriate!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lets not get caught up in the trash of the troll, although I did for awhile; it will just cause us to root against our own players to prove him wrong. Ethier is light years better than Pierre, but we all want Pierre to play well, especially now that he is going to be playing a lot. Go Dodgers!!!
Thank God JuneDarlin' and Ward are busy right now or there would be plenty of words flying!!!!!
digthedodgers ~ you are right! It just ticks me off that playing in 5 or 6 games total merits somebody a batting average!
Tru, how have you been? I haven't talked (typed) to you in quite a while.
Gee, I hope Dad/Eric and Mom/June/Nelly aren't going to be sore at me.
Tru, I know, but people like that are just trying to get a reponse. He, or she, must have an incredibly empty life to spend all that time just ticking us off. But, in the end, we all (myself included) took the bait. There is no baseball expert alive who would take Pierre over Ethier.
I know I'm a couple of days late but didn't know Kevin Grubb passing away and I'm a Nascar fan. RIP Grubb
That's a fact Diggy!!!
jhall ~ no, they are not mad at you! They say you make them proud!
So Ethier is struggling a bit now offensively. It happens. Kemp and Loney are not hitting the cover off the ball either but as long as every player does what he can to help the team win, individual accomplishments don't really matter. We all know Andre would be the first to say so. So thanks to the Juan's today for doing your part and giving the offense a lift. Hopefully that momentum will roll over to the next game.
LOL Tru!!!! They'd do the same for me and the blog!!!!
digthedodgers ~ you are right again! If anybody out there really wanted Pierre, a deal to trade him (as he requested) would have been made.
lbirken ~ I agree with you too. Baseball is a TEAM sport.
They sure would, Jhall!
Tru ~ Especially with the Dodgers ( I assume) willing to pay most of his salary as part of a deal. That said, as long as he's in the Blue and White (although he was wearing a black t-shirt today…argh) I hope he does great.
Juan Pierre@.405 !
journey 'e' @.297 . . .
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Glad am I to say I was wrong about Stultz having just two good starts a year in him. We could use some more of that.
Kemp is creating a great high-light reel of running catches out in center.
Everybody struggles for a minute or two. Ethier just needs to swing at better pitches. He's our boy and he will be OK.
Not the most popular Dodger, but I say credit to JP for a solid performance today. He's ours, too.
I think the boys will play at at least a .500 clip without Manny once they get their legs back under them from the blow. If Manny's suspension was a shock to us fans, imagine was it was to the players themselves.
As for badge/fridayjoe and the rest of the Kool-aid drinkers that find their way on here from time to time, when they want to put on their big boy pants and have an actual discussion of the facts, c'mon over. They of course do not want to have a real discussion, but rather roil the water and see what comes up in the froth. People like Friday can only resort to cherry picking one or two stats and an individual game to try and justify their position, even though they themselves don't believe it.
All that said I do have to give Pierre his props today for an excellent game. And kudos to Eric Stults for a marvelous game when the team needed it most.
Good afternoon, all. A early Happy Mother's Day to all the ITD moms out there. And as for the rest of you "mothers" like me, we'll just have a great weekend….A great win for the D's today that couldn't have come at a better time. Kudos and double shots from the ITD victory flask for JuanP, Castro, Matty K, and, especially, Stultz. Stultz may actually make a believer out of me yet. And, as for the unpardonably frequent interruption, ignore it and it will eventually go away.
Hello everyone it has been a while. Thank the good lord the Dodgers won today. The Nats lost was unbelievable. I fell asleep and the score was 6-0 and awakened in the 9th losing..I cannot stay up late anymore..that stinks!!!
Anyway, have I missed anything new and exciting…Great job by Stults, I am always scared when I see him pitching but so far he has done a very good job…
#9 the hitting star..who would of thought…I know there is alot of dislike for the player, but he is a Dodger and we should be as supportive as we can be…Now with that being said..I would love to see X man Paul in the lineup.
I, too, am usually filled with apprehension when Stulz pitches, ramslover, but, maybe, just maybe, he's finally going to step up and be more of a force on this rotation. I sure hope so because we certainly do need him to do it. In the same vein, hopefully, JuanP's production continues because, with Manny gone, we're going to need it as well. I would also like to see X-Paul get his shot. In fact, everyone is going to have to step up and take a portion of Manny's offensive slack if we're going to stay in the thick of things. GO TEAM!!!!GO DODGERS!!!!!
Damn this is getting out of hand poor Mayfield got busted
Damn why do nascar racing needs to fail a drug test?
I am so pleased to see Pierre do well today. Keep it up Juan, if you do well the dodgers do well. It's different knowing that in 47 games his *** will be back on the pine where it belongs… It's like something to enjoy with an expiration date. Plus, It's only a matter of plate appearances before he's back in his .290/.325 range. I can't wait to read what friday joe says then.. but if Friday Joe has been a fan since 58 then he knows from watching him over the last few years that this will happen. Just like the sun setting in the west. Book it.
Clay Fowler, of the LA Daily News, pointed out Stults great game today was the day before Mother's Day. That makes it for me. Way to go Eric!!!
Today's game taught me that sometimes two Juans [Castro and Pierre] do make a right.
Good evening ITD boys and girls!
I know, I thought I wasn't going to get to sign in for a while, but after today's game, I had to!!! I am saying those infamous words, "Do not engage, do not engage, do not engage…" People like that are ignorant fools that are just trying to get us all riled up; we KNOW better.
But I have to give credit where credit is due. JP had a very good game today and for one that still doesn't care for JP, he did very well. Good for him. I didn't get to hear the whole game; just from the 6th inning forward. But I heard that both Juans did very well today. I'm glad for that.
But oh, boy, Stultsy, you were a stud today!!! I thought that after he got the gnats out in the 8th, that he could stay in the game in the 9th. I'm thrilled that he did and he got his CG shutout!!!
So how are my ITD friends this evening???
Oh, and knouffbrock/BCG – I sure am hoping that I am wrong about Raffy. I hope it's nothing more than a slump. I know he'll get out of it. It's just an odd feeling that I had about Raffy's back…
cp ~ Very well and you?
Oh, and I almost forgot, but I heard about Matty's defensive prowess was on display for the national TV audience today!!! WTG MATTY!!!
Hey digthedodgers! It's been a long time, I know! I back to the ranks of the unemployed again. The census work is over; it only lasted about 3 weeks. Oh well. I knew it was a temporary gig, but it got me out of the house for a while!
So how's life with you???
Good, thanks. The Dodgers are fun to watch, with the exception of the horrible news on Thursday regarding Manny. Today's game was much needed.
Yes digthedodgers, today's win was just what the doctor ordered. I too didn't want to have to face Lincecum with a 3 game losing streak and going to the east coast on our next road trip. I wished I was able to watch the game; I hate it when I miss it, but today it couldn't be helped. But tomorrow will be a good day! It'll be even better if the Dodgers win tomorrow!!!
Oh, and about "missing" so-and-so, we've got way too good of a team to roll over and play dead until that one returns. I think this stint without him will prove to our young guns that they can win without him…
cp ~ indeed. I really believe they have a lot of confidence in themselves, at least the strting 7. And I think Hudon's attitude along with Torre's calming influence will help a great deal. We just have to hope the guys don't try to press too hard to prove how good we already know they are. Plus the pitching needs to continue their unexpected good form, but the offenses get more difficult in the coming weeks, but the pitching we'll face won't be as good as we've seen either. We will just have to watch and hope. Go Dodgers!!!
Yeah digthedodgers. I also think that the O-Dawg's attitude in the clubhouse will be great! Torre, I know he'll keep them on an even keel as he had to deal with this in NY of all places. But yes, the guys just need to know that they can't press too hard. They WILL be tested next week on the east coast, but I'm confident that they'll pull thru well.
Well, I'm gonna go. I want to spend some time with my family…
Take care.
I think that we can all agree that we haven't played any of the elite teams in the NL yet. No doubt, the games with the Phillies and the Marlins next week will be a good yardstick in determining where we are as a team. We will be fine so long as any of our core players don't try to carry this team all by themselves. In the noteable words of the band Frankie Goes to Hollywood: "Relax, go to it." GO DODGERS!!!
BlueCrewGirl, I'm good, schools driving me nuts right now, but I fake graduate in a couple of weeks ("fake" because I'm just walking, I get my diploma in December). I've been wanting to draw, but have been either uninspired or frustrated with what I'm drawing. That'll pass… but summer's coming, and with that, plenty of time to draw during downtime.
Enchanted: Big boy pants. I like that one 😀 I guess it's the rubber pants until they learn, eh?
Again, kudos to the Juans, coming out to get that monkey off our backs. We can take pretty boy Tim-ahh tomorrow if we keep riding this crest.
Remember, this is a team, with the same name on FRONT of the jerseys, it'll take good production from EVERYONE to get it done. Whatever Manny we see on July 3rd will just be icing on the cake if we can get this done.
In a forehead-slap inducing pun… since 2008 we were 55-58 without Manny, and 50-30 with him. It's these next 50 games that'll make the season.
:: dodges tomatoes ::
Pierre .405 . . . ethier .297
Juan Pi-erre!
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Hello Joe!
At 1st I thought you were just clueless.
Then I thought you were a Giants fan seeing as you were chanting something that would make one think that.
Then I thought you were just a little kid trying to play grown up.
Now I get it. Your just being sarcastic!
I don't know why I didn't realize that initially.
I mean your comments are so off base (Yes pun intended) they are almost like Pierre getting thrown out at 3rd for the 3rd out of the inning on Friday trying to steal a base with the team leader in RBI's & #3 in RBI's in the NL at bat.
Gosh what a bonehead maneuver that was!
I mean it's funny because Pierre has only 6 RBI's, 0 HR's, 3 2b's and 3 BB's.
Compared to Dre's 27 RBI's, 6 HR's, 7 2b's, & 26 BB's.
So I get it now and will enjoy chatting with you and your future posts because I'm sarcastic myself!
Sweet victory today against the Midgets!
Go Blue!!
Bring another Ring to LA in 2009!!!!
Good Evening dcollins!!!! you………..sarcastic? nah!!!
I just left you a message Nelly!
Happy Mothers Day Junie!!!!
Thank you…………………….. I am here with DodgerEric/Ward Dear going over the posts from today. I see Wally didn't follow his own advice too well, did he? …………but I understand his reaction, I am sure I would have engaged……………….. just wasn't around to do it? I am trying to look at this situation as a baseball fan and not as an Ethieraholic, but I come up with the same conclusion. There is no comparison between the two players, pure and simple.
How have you been?
I didn't engage for awhile Friday but ended up chatting with him. Today I was working so I wasn't around. Then when I was reading it tonight I was just laughing because the comments were just so stupid and showed how clueless to the sport the person is. Or they are just being funny.
I'm thinking the latter because I can't imagine someone being so out in left field (There I go again!!!). I mean other than our little friend…
Tell Eric hello for me!
I'm hittin the sack. Got a long but fun day planed for tomorrow & will need my energy!
Take care…
Good Night dcollins – I will definitely tell Eric you said "hi", and sarcastic definitely works. Have a wonderful day tomorrow/today 🙂
jhall/Wally – your father and I certainly aren't sore at you, but next time………………… don't be so easy on him 🙂
bluecrewgirl – I can imagine what your tongue feels like because I am guessing it feels alot like mine.
Happy Mother's Day to all mothers out there and even for those that are not but have nephews or little siblings.
I will be at the game today! Looking forward to Weaver stepping up against Lincecum! My friend Lore in the Top Deck is graduating today! Way to go Lore! she is got her Masters! She is a great friends that understands that I could not make it to the graduation but we celebrated at the game yesterday. She is a shy person but I took her a Congrats Grads balloon and a fruit tart from Portos in Glendale that was shared with the Top Deck.
red pen: nephews and nieces!
Josh: Not fair for those of us that get there two hours before game time and do not get to have any players greet us. I always miss it everytime players come and greet fans because I am there early for BP. Can I go back out and come back :-)?
Happy Mother's Day!
Nothing much going on here, just about to head out. looking forward to what I hope will be a good capper to this homestand.
According to the Insider section of ESPN.com (which I don't subscribe to), there's whispers that the Dodgers could be interested in Schmid…. uh, I mean Peavy.
For what it would cost, and with Peavy's declining production, I think this would be a grave mistake and knee-jerk reaction. Mainly on cost alone, because we could use any and all help with pitching, and Peavy has been capable in the past. But the amount we'd have to give up for him would probably deplete that which is keeping us more than afloat right now.
Peavy's done great against us, but so had Schmidt before he signed with us. Not saying lightning ALWAYS strikes twice, but it's definitely food for thought.
i.e. when getting Maddux from the Pads, it was a low cost, middling expectaions (for an aged pitcher), high reward situation. With Peavy, it'd be high cost AND immense expectations, as for the reward, we'd be robbing a soon-to-be legless team of their arm as well… like taking candy from Helen Keller as a baby.
Doesn't add up to me.
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Aspergillus molds produce aflatoxins, which have the potential to be much more toxic than fumonison. Aflatoxins can be found in several grains including corn, cottonseed, barley, and peanuts, as well as in moldy hay. Ingesting very low concentrations of aflatoxins (200–300 parts per billion) consistently for several weeks can cause liver damage in horses. Clinical signs might include anorexia, depression, jaundice, and anemia. High doses of aflatoxins result in severe gastrointestinal distress, hemorrhage, and rapid death. Many factors influence the susceptibility of an animal to specific mycotoxins, including age, weight, and general health. Toxicities are often difficult to diagnose because many of the clinical signs are not specific to mycotoxin ingestion.
Visually detecting fumonisin and aflatoxins in feed and hay isn't possible, making laboratory testing necessary. Mycotoxin-binding products can be added to feeds in an effort to reduce the potential harm from mycotoxins in the ingredients. However, these binders have not been proven effective against all the different mycotoxins, to bind all present mycotoxins, in all species of animals or across all ranges of gastrointestinal pH. Therefore, they are unable to prevent all potential health problems associated with mycotoxin ingestion. Even with the inclusion of mycotoxin binders in feeds, mycotoxins that might be present may still cause health issues in horses consuming that feed or in horses ingesting mycotoxins from hay or pasture sources.
The best protection you can provide for your horse is to buy feed that has been tested for mycotoxins and aflatoxins, only use hay that is properly cured, and keep pasture grasses mowed to minimize seed head (where most mycotoxins are found) development.


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Revisiting Restrictions on Blood Donations from Gay and Bisexual Men
Jul 5, 2016
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The FDA does not accept blood from male donors who have had sex with a man in the last 12 months. Is this restriction supported by scientific evidence? Or, is it related to lingering stigma and discrimination related to HIV/AIDS?Read More »


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Dentists Warning Over Christmas Sugar Intake
24 Dec, 2012, 09:44 GMT
MANCHESTER, England, December 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Every year individuals, couples, friends and families spend the Christmas holidays enjoying one another's company and cutting loose when it comes to food and drink. However, the team at 32 Whites Dental Care is urging people to take extra care when it comes to their oral hygiene over the holiday season.
It's only natural that people take the opportunity to relax their dietary regimes over Christmas. There is just so much to enjoy when it comes to food and drink. People expect their waistlines to expand a touch over the season, but it's not just extra fat that people ought to worry about.
Traditionally, people take in much more sugar over the Christmas period than at other times of the year. Sweet treats make excellent gifts and they always form a central part of Christmas cuisine, but it's very easy to go overboard and the consequences can be difficult and expensive to set right.
The expert dentistry team at 32 Whites is encouraging people to be sensible over the Christmas period and to limit the damage they do to their teeth because of all the sweet treats on offer. Drinking more alcohol over the Christmas period is often a cause for concern too because of the high sugar content of many alcoholic drinks and mixers.
The 32 Whites team is especially concerned about the oral health of children during the festive season and is urging parents to monitor and regulate their children's intake of sugary drinks, sweets, chocolate and so on where possible.
The expert advice is for people to think carefully about how much sugar they are taking in and to make sure they remain proactive when it comes to brushing and flossing to limit the damage done over Christmas.
Those eager to learn more about good oral hygiene or to speak to a professional about an existing problem are encouraged to visit the team at http://www.32whites.co.uk.
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Black widow spiders ( Latrodectus mactans and Latrodectus hesperus) are found throughout the United States, Mexico, and southern Canada. A female black widow is much more likely to deliver more venom than a male spider. Female black widows are long-legged, shiny, coal-black spiders with an orange, red, or yellow shape on their underside that usually looks like an hourglass but may be another shape. Female black widows are usually about 1.5 in. (3.8 cm) long, but they may be smaller.
Black widow spiders are frequently found in low-lying webs in garages, in barbecue grills, around swimming pools, and in wood piles. Most bites occur in rural and suburban areas and occur between the months of April and October. These spiders tend to bite defensively when their webs are disturbed. Bites to babies and children may be more serious than bites to adults.
In most cases of a black widow spider bite, symptoms consist only of:
In some cases, severe symptoms appear within 30 to 60 minutes. These include:
If you believe you have been bitten by a black widow spider:
A black widow spider bite is diagnosed through a physical examination and questions about the bite. You should be prepared to describe the spider, where and when the bite took place, and what you were doing at the time. Your doctor will ask what your main symptoms are, when they began, and how they have developed, progressed, or changed since the bite.
Medicine to counteract black widow spider venom (antivenom) is available in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. It is usually used if you have trouble breathing, have high blood pressure, or are pregnant.
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Brave New World is a 1998 movie inspired by Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World. The film stars Peter Gallagher and Leonard Nimoy. While I suggest to read the book for the original story, the movie Brave New World is enough to make us think about how our present and future may be.
This post is full of SPOILERS. If you have not read the book or watched the movie, please scroll down to see Brave New World Movie free, as published on YouTube.
Brave New World: movie plot (SPOILER! 🙂
The film takes Aldous Huxley's novel and modernizes it. The movie is about Bernard Marx, a high-level "Alpha" executive, and on his relationship with Lenina Crowne. Compared to the movie, in Aldous Huxley's book Bernard Marx's character is significantly less righteous, he harbors a brooding inferiority complex due to his short height, and his feelings for Lenina are more one-sided.
Marx and Lenina have been seeing each other almost exclusively for a number of months, a practice that is beginning to attract unwanted attention from some in the strictly polygamous society where "Everyone belongs to everyone". On top of this, Marx is increasingly coming under scrutiny by the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning (his boss) for his wild theories on human psychology and mind control.
The couple vacations at a "savage reservation", which is dirty, poor, and rustic. Their helicopter crashes, and the couple is rescued from the clutches of a gang of thugs by a young man named John Cooper, who turns out to be the son of a Savage woman and an unidentified Alpha man who once worked at the reservation. Marx invites the Savage and his mother Linda to visit "civilization," so that he may study John's mind and gain some insight into why the conditioning programs at the DHC seem to be failing.
John is initially excited by the wonders of civilization, but soon finds it dull and boring without the availability of literature, philosophy, free thinking and especially Shakespeare. The populace constantly hounds him, seeing him as a new celebrity ready made for popular consumption; his story spawns a feature film and even his own clothing trend. Marx gains the notice of World Controller Mustapha Mond and moves up the ladder, while Lenina finds herself having strong feelings for John and even stronger ones for Bernard. Meanwhile, the DHC, who turns out to be John's natural father, erases his name from the Reservation database and programs a wayward Delta assembly line worker to kill Marx, knowing that if Marx identifies him as a parent, the consequences could be dire.
Linda's constant use of a hallucinogenic drug called soma finally proves fatal, causing John to snap and rampage through a drug distribution center. The plot on Marx's life fails, and the DHC is exposed as the father of a Savage, leading to his dismissal and reengineering as a menial laborer. Mond promotes Marx to DHC and pardons John. Seeking to escape the constant pressure, John flees to the countryside, is cornered relentlessly by the press, and is run off of a cliff where he falls to his death. John's suicide after failing to relate to his new environment is made more obvious than in the book.
Lenina is pregnant with Marx's child. Bernard Marx and her take the long tunnel to a coastal area, shown in the final scene of the film, and become a family there. Back in the World State, a child, who is identified in the beginning of the film as Gabriel, can be seen plugging his ears with tissue during a sleep-teaching session.
The optimistic signals towards the film's end suggesting the populace possibly fighting back against programming does not find place in Aldous Huxley's original story. However, Aldous Huxley also wrote the "Island", the account of Will Farnaby, a cynical journalist who is shipwrecked on the fictional island of Pala. Island is Huxley's utopian counterpart to the 1932 Brave New World.
Aldous Huxley wrote:
If I were now to rewrite the book [Brave New World], I would offer the Savage a third alternative. Between the Utopian and primitive horns of his dilemma would lie the possibility of sanity… In this community economics would be decentralist and Henry-Georgian, politics Kropotkinesque co-operative. Science and technology would be used as though, like the Sabbath, they had been made for man, not (as at present and still more so in the Brave New World) as though man were to be adapted and enslaved to them. Religion would be the conscious and intelligent pursuit of man's Final End, the unitive knowledge of immanent Tao or Logos, the transcendent Godhead or Brahman. And the prevailing philosophy of life would be a kind of Higher Utilitarianism, in which the Greatest Happiness principle would be secondary to the Final End principle – the first question to be asked and answered in every contingency of life being: "How will this thought or action contribute to, or interfere with, the achievement, by me and the greatest possible number of other individuals, of man's Final End?"
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Brave New World movie: online streaming, better than torrent – 1980 version
This 3-hour, 1980 TV adaptation of the 1932 Aldous Huxley novel is set 600 years in the future. In this "well- ordered" society, the citizens are required to take mind-controlling drugs, sex without love is compulsory, and test-tube babies are commonplace because of a ban on pregnancy. Keir Dullea heads the cast as Thomas Grahmbell, "director of hatcheries".
Not everybody is satisfied with society's lack of humanity and feeling; the loudest dissidents are free-thinking poet Heimholtz Watson (Dick Anthony Williams) and brilliant oddball Bernard Marx (Bud Cort).
An injection of new "old" ideas are brought in by "primitive" John Savage (Kristoffer Tabori), who lives on an Indian reservation which still honors 20th century values. Meanwhile, Linda Lysenko (Julie Cobb) becomes a natural mother–and in so doing becomes a criminal. In keeping with the style of the original book, the script's newly-minted characters are given names of pop-culture icons (Disney, Maoina, Stalina, and so on).


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WASHINGTON – Federal appeals court judges Thursday questioned the CIA's efforts to block information on the use of unmanned drones to kill suspected terrorists.
A lower court federal judge sided with the CIA last year and dismissed a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union seeking records about the use of drones. In response to an ACLU Freedom of Information Act request, the CIA had refused to confirm or deny the existence of responsive records.
At a hearing on its appeal of the lower court ruling, the ACLU told the three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia that several high-ranking officials, from then-CIA Director Leon Panetta to President Barack Obama, have publicly acknowledged the use of drones.
The government has argued that such statements do not specifically refer to the CIA's involvement in drones.
But Judge Merrick Garland cited a speech this year by President Barack Obama's counterterrorism chief, John Brennan, in which Brennan said the government targets terrorists with drones and uses the "full range" of the government's intelligence capabilities.
"Isn't that an official acknowledgment that the CIA is involved with the drone program?" asked Garland, an appointee of Democratic President Bill Clinton.
Stuart F. Delery, acting assistant attorney general, said Brennan's statement wasn't sufficient to tie the drone program to the CIA because the intelligence community has 17 agencies.
Garland said that the government was asking the court to say "the emperor has clothes, even when the emperor's boss" says the emperor doesn't have clothes.
Judge David Tatel, another Clinton appointee, asked about a 2010 comment that Panetta made to ABC News when he was CIA director: ". . . the more we continue to disrupt al-Qaida's operations, and we are engaged in the most aggressive operations in the history of the CIA in that part of the world, and the result is that we are disrupting their leadership."
Delery replied that Panetta did not specifically mention drones.
The CIA initially refused to admit or deny that it had any relevant records and said that merely confirming the existence of material would reveal classified information. That refusal to confirm even the existence of a record is a Cold War-era legal defense known as the Glomar response after the Glomar Explorer, a ship built with secret CIA financing to try to raise a Soviet submarine from the ocean floor.
But Delery told the court that the government was no longer making that claim. He pointed to a declaration made in June by John Bennett, director of the CIA's National Clandestine Service, in another FOIA case pending in New York City in which the ACLU is seeking information about the targeted killings of three U.S. citizens in Yemen.
In that declaration, Bennett said that in light of speeches made by senior U.S. officials on the subject of killing al-Qaida leaders, the CIA conducted a search for records responsive to the ACLU's request in the New York case.
"Based on that search, it has determined that it can now publicly acknowledge that it possesses records responsive to the ACLU's FOIA request," he said. But he said the spy agency can't provide the number, nature or categorization of those records without disclosing information protected under FOIA exemptions.
Delery said that the question of whether the CIA has documents on drones is "not where we're drawing the line."
ACLU lawyer Jameel Jaffer said in a telephone interview that the government has "repackaged" the same argument.
"They continue to take the position that they haven't acknowledged the CIA uses drones to carry out targeted killings," he said.
Judges questioned Jaffer on whether a statement made by Panetta was sufficient to tie the CIA to the drone program. The ACLU cited a comment Panetta made in response to question about drones at a public event, in which he said the "operations have been very effective because they have been very precise in terms of the targeting and it involved a minimum of collateral damage."
But Tatel noted that the questioner had asked about the "president's strategy" in using drones, not the CIA's.
Jaffer responded that Panetta was CIA director at the time, and spoke throughout the event about the CIA.
The ACLU's Freedom of Information Act request seeks documents describing the legal basis for using drones as well as ones with information on civilian casualties, among other things.
The use of American drones has provoked anger abroad, particularly in Pakistan, where human rights groups say innocent people have been victims.


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Come and experience spraying stencil art first-hand, and spray your own artwork(s).
This is a fantastic opportunity to take advantage of our facilities and spray yourself your own artwork using our laser cut stencils and 'safe' water-based spray paints.
All abilities and ages can have a go, as these sessions are geared towards offering a chance to 'get your hands on the cans', a level 1 experience for everyone, plus you get a souvenir artwork or artworks to take home.
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All of the materials are supplied by us, allowing you to concentrate on selecting the best colours for the perfect stencil artwork, developing your can control as you spray your artwork.
The artworks are created on A2 art paper which is 59 cm by 42cm.
The ticket price includes attendance at the session for the opportunity to spray your own artwork.
The A2-sized prints happen to fit perfectly into standard picture frames from most retailers.
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Today, Mozilla announced the release of Firefox 11, the next version of the popular web browser. The new version brings in quite a lot of new features for end users and web developers alike.
For the end user, Firefox 11 introduces add-on sync. Add-on sync uses Firefox's built-in sync feature to ensure that all your Firefox installations are in sync with the installed Firefox add-ons, in addition to the bookmarks, open tabs, history and passwords.
Add-on sync has been a much-requested feature and personally, I've been resisting from moving away from Chrome to Firefox for the sole reason that sync is such a seamless and painless experience in Chrome, as compared to Firefox. Another feature Mozilla's brought in, no doubt targeting Chrome users, is the the ability to import browsing data – including Cookies, Bookmarks and Browsing History from Chrome. Till this release, such an import was possible only from Internet Explorer.
For web developers, Firefox 11 brings in a new Style Editor allowing for on-the-fly-editing of stylesheets. The Style Editor features a two-pane UI, with the file listing on the left and the plain-text editor on the right. The plain-text editor also features syntax highlighting to make it easier.
Firefox 11 also features a new 3D vizualization of the webpage's DOM tree. Initially introduced as an add-on called Tilt, the 3d visualizer makes use of WebGL to build a multi-layer representation of the webapge's DOM tree. While it looks gimmicky, it might help few people who've been trying to analyze and fix the annoying layout bugs.
For Enterprise users, Mozilla will backport security fixes in the current version of Firefox to a separate point patch, as part of Mozilla's Extended Support Release proposal.
What's in the future?
The current version of Firefox brings in preliminary support for SPDY, Google's alternative for the HTTP protocol. Future releases will undoubtedly improve upon SPDY support. Upcoming releases of Firefox will make addon compatibility less of a hassle. Previously, add-on authors would have to manually update their add-ons when a new version of Firefox was released. Mozilla's proposal to move to a rapid release schedule caused a lot of anguish to developers and end users alike. Going forward, Mozilla will make all-ons compatible with Firefox 4 and higher, automatically enabled.
Firefox 13 is expected to bring in silent updates – all updates will be automatically & silently downloaded in background and will not be interrupted if the browser is shutdown.
From the Gecko platform point of view, Mozilla will bring in support for a whole lot of new web technologies, including
- WebRTC for real time audio & video conferencing
- Web Sockets will be completed to match the W3C specs. Incidentally, Mozilla has dropped prefixes for Websockets starting from this release of Firefox
- SPDY, HTTP Pipe lining and HTTP Pre-connections
- DASH and WebM support
- Support for key input in fullscreen mode
- Possible support for H.264 & MP3 decoding using codecs present on the OS
Download links
Firefox should automatically update your Firefox to the newest version soon. You can also download the latest version from Mozilla's website.


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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that Pamela Dyson has been named the SEC's Deputy Chief Information Officer, a newly created position, to help the agency further modernize its outdated technology.
Dyson has filled a number of key roles in the agency's Office of Information Technology (OIT) since joining the SEC in November 2010. In her new role as deputy director she will coordinate closely with the agency's divisions and offices to maintain an innovative, secure and efficient technology infrastructure, the SEC says.
"Pam is an outstanding professional with a valuable combination of technical knowledge and leadership experience," said Thomas A. Bayer, the SEC's chief information officer, in a statement. "Her efforts to increase the efficiency of OIT operations have already made a significant impact on the agency, and we're pleased to welcome her to this new position."
Dyson said in that same statement that, "I am honored by the opportunity to serve the SEC in this new capacity. We are committed to delivering innovative solutions to help the SEC serve investors, and look forward to advancing the agency's strategic vision through better use of technology."
The SEC highlighted in its release announcing Dyson's appointment steps the agency has taken in recent years to enhance its technological capabilities and modernize its computer system, including: deploying a centralized database for the thousands of tips and complaints it receives; installing a new automated work-flow system to track and triage enforcement actions; creating a new automated e-discovery system to help investigators rapidly review evidence; setting up a national standardized collection and storage system for SEC inspections and examinations; developing and procuring a unique system to analyze market data; and refurbishing its financial management system.
Prior to joining the SEC, Dyson was the deputy chief information officer for the U.S. International Trade Commission, where she held several positions of increasing responsibility and served as an auxiliary member of several agency-wide executive committees.


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Business Grants for Women
Locating business grants for women does not have to be a daunting task. There are plenty of grant sources available if you know where to look.
Woman owned businesses have shown to have a higher than average success rate and the government is well aware of this and help women who want to start their own businesses with government grants for women.
The federal government isn't the only one that offers women owned business grants. Many angel investors and private foundations offer women-owned business grants as well.
It makes sense to put the investment where it can do the most good and women owned business grants have a higher tendency to help produce successful businesses more than any other type of business grant. Women are almost always dedicated to any endeavor they take on and will put their heart, mind, and soul into their own business dream. And the results are always obvious!
Finding business grants for women can seem hard and time consuming and many women may guess if they are even qualified. Many times the very reasons they fear they may not qualify for business grants for women are the unique reasons that qualify them for special grants such as those for single mothers or even people with bad or poor credit.
There are several sources of business grants for women available. The government has several grants available specifically for women.
Most of the special business grants are for women starting businesses in specific fields such as a medical transcription service and others are for women in specific circumstances as stated above. Other private business grants for women are also available.
These may be through private or public foundations or through private investors or investing groups known as investment angels. These angel investors offer grants that don't have to be repaid, but will most likely want a part or percentage of the profits in return.
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When a new Airsoft hobbyist asks about gas guns on various forums, they usually get frightening responses about the amount of care necessary to keep a GBB pistol running. We emphasize the importance of maintenance quite heavily as well, because we would rather not have customers to run into problems with anything they buy from us.
The manuals are unfortunately in Japanese most of the time, and people turn away from them despite the excellent illustrations provided. Despite being written in an odd language with odd symbols, the illustrations are highly useful when you figure out various features of the weapon. We urge even more experienced players to read through the manual at least once. For example, did you know it's easier to fill Tokyo Marui magazines from below instead of through the feed lips?
One could say GBB maintenance is a bit of an exaggerated boogie man. In other words, it's really not that complicated or critical, but gas operated weapons are not as low maintenance as AEGs are. For an AEG - especially a stock Tokyo Marui - cleaning the barrel every now and then is advisable to maintain the accuracy, but other than that they can run up to and over 30 000 rounds without missing a beat.
Unlike with a real firearm, shooting a GBB means you're putting two things through the system: Gas and BBs. Both of them are clean (heck, HFC 134 a is also used for dusting computers and other appliances!), so there is no residue like from igniting gunpowder. The build materials being plastic and aluminum for the most part with the inner barrel of brass, rust and oxidation is not a concern. Any gunk in the weapon is a small amount of dirt from having the parts rub against each other, and foreign objects in the size range between a particle and a squirrel. People who use their handguns for skirmishing may sometimes have to hit the ground and get dirty.
What you need for cleaning a pistol is a short list:
A cleaning rod is included with Tokyo Marui guns by default, but you can buy one from a local firearms shop as well. The caliber of Airsoft guns is 6 mm (.236), so you can simply buy a rod for a 5.56 mm (.223) AR-15 or .22 LR and you're good to go. Note that the brass brushes should not be used for a brass barrel, but the tip with an eyelet for a cleaning patch is perfect for Airsoft use.
It's always advised to start on a clean desk with all the necessities laid out. As a first precaution you remove the magazine and check to clear the chamber. An extra-safe routine is to check both the chamber but also look through the magazine well, because a clear chamber would be loaded as soon as you let the slide forward, if you left a magazine inside.
The field-strip varies from model to model a bit, but is easy enough to figure out for any model we can think of. If you have problems, ask before using force or the Force.
It's good to make a routine for the cleaning so you don't miss any parts. On the video we show the barrel being cleaned first, because the barrel is the most important part to clean. Silicone does not need to be sprayed inside, but you just proceed to clean it. There should be nothing in there that would take a solvent to loosen, and if there is then you should clean inner barrel separate from any other parts. A solvent that loosens tight dirt will probably attack the hop-up rubber.
The idea is to clean and lightly lube all moving parts, until the entire action runs as smooth as new. If the action is very gritty or you feel mechanical stops in the way, check for worn or broken parts. Lubrication is only good for parts that already fit together well.
There are two schools to whether you should leave gas in the magazine, or empty them after use. There is no middle ground: A bit of gas in the mag has the same pressure as a fully charged gas. Our preference in most cases is to store the magazines charged, to keep the O-rings seated better. Do note that the magazine should be stored in a cool place away from sunlight! Some of our gas pistols have had gas continuously in them for up to two years, and we are still waiting for them to show any problems... If you want to store the magazines empty, never ever dump the gas by pressing the main valve. Instead, use a ballpoint pen to press the fill valve and bleed the gas out slowly. Or the fun method: Shoot! Firing without BBs is most usually not any more so harmful to a GBB than shooting with BBs, and some models like the KWC Mini UZI and the WA M4A1 have features that specifically help you do this by deactivating the bolt stoppers.
Phew, that took a whole three minutes of your life! So how often do you need to do this? There is no definitive answer. A new pistol will "wear in" a bit, so with a new pistol it's advised to do every 200-300 rounds or so. As you use the pistol more, you will notice that after some time the pistol is quite clean already as you take it apart and wipe the parts. At that point you can reduce the frequency to around once per 1000 shots. Of course if the weapon gets dirty from external elements, clean according to need.
After each time you do the regular cleaning and lubrication, some silicone will find its way into the barrel. This won't build up so you don't have to worry about jams, but the barrel is most accurate when the bore and hop-up are clean of any lube. You can reduce the amount of silicone you use, and clean the inner barrel more often, to keep a higher level of accuracy.
If there are any questions or feedback, or you think we didn't cover some points, please don't hesitate to contact us!


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Silent Night, Jesus Once of Humble Birth
Music for Choirs, Submitted Music
Jesus once of humble birth, Now in glory comes to earth.
Once He suffered grief and pain,
Now He comes on earth to reign. Now He comes on earth to reign.
Silent night! Holy night!
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and Child.
Holy Infant, so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace;
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night! Holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight!
Glories stream from heaven afar;
Heav'nly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ, the Savior, is born!
Christ, the Savior, is born!
Silent night! Holy night!
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth;
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Jesus once of humble birth.
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Text: Joseph Mohr and Parley P. Pratt
Music: Franz Gruber and Giacomo Meyerbeer
Arranged By: Anna M. Oaks


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Forty-five years ago on Wednesday, September 29, 1965—President Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, which created the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. The signing, which took place at a special White House Rose Garden ceremony, was attended by more than 250 scholars, artists, educators, political leaders, and other luminaries. (One invited guest, playwright Arthur Miller, did not attend the event, having publicly rejected the invitation in protest of the administration's Vietnam War policies.) In his remarks, the President observed that "We in America have not always been kind to the artists and the scholars who are the creators and the keepers of our vision. Somehow, the scientists always seem to get the penthouse, while the arts and the humanities get the basement."
In recognition of the occasion, a gala reception was held that evening at the Smithsonian's Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History, co-hosted by Vice President Humphrey, National Council on the Arts President Roger Stevens, and Assistant Secretary of State for Cultural Affairs Charles Frankel. In his remarks to the assembled guests, Vice President Humphrey exclaimed, somewhat exuberantly perhaps, that the new arts and humanities act represented "the true meaning of the Great Society" and that it was "a great historical moment" for the federal government that ranked in significance with such milestones as the Northwest Ordinance, the Land Grant College Act, and the Marshall Plan.