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Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health Billy Kelleher has called for the resignation of Ministers James Reilly and Alex White in the wake of the debacle over the withdrawal of discretionary medical cards.
Deputy Kelleher was commenting in the wake of Finance Minister Michael Noonan indicating that those who lost their discretionary cards will now get them back.
Deputy Kelleher said: "It is very welcome to hear that those who had their medical cards wrongly taken away from them will have them restored but it is astonishing that thousands of families have had to endure so much anguish before the Government has finally acted.
"For months and months Minister James Reilly and Alex White have denied there was any problem with the disappearance of 30,000 discretionary medical cards. Minister Reilly has been totally absent from public comment or debate on this issue while almost every other minister has commented on the issue. Where is the Minister for Health?"
Deputy Kelleher added: "Two opposition motions in the Dáil on discretionary medical cards were ridiculed and rejected by these Health Ministers. Minister White in particular put the government's case with relish, saying that there was 'no such entity as a discretionary medical card'. It showed a Minister completely out of touch. Incredibly, he now thinks he should be promoted to the office of Tánaiste.
"The credibility of both Ministers is in tatters after this controversy. Furthermore, the continuing inability of Minister Reilly to present a credible health budget compounds the untenable nature of his position in Cabinet."


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Friday, May 10, 2013
Furniture Friday...Another Dining Set Redo...Farm House Style!
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I love how it turned out. I have this table in chairs that we aren't using anymore. But I don't think I can pull off white in my kitchen. Wonder if it would turn out as well if I used some other color. Black is my go to but I'm thinking I might get courageous and try a turquoise or maybe a shade of green. Thoughts?ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Jessica! I actually had a set like this with different chairs in black! I loved that set..and the richness of black. Yep, black is my go-to as well. (I gave that set to my mother in law back in March.)Delete
So, we know black is fabulous...but, I am SO into venturing out...and LOVE turquoise. But, I have learned to mute it a bit. I painted an armoir in our room a funky turquoise...and was tired of it after a few months. Maybe a lighter shade of turquoise or green??? What colors are in your kitchen? Cabinet colors? Floor color???
I LOVE helping!!
It's beautiful and perfect for your space! We paid big bucks to have someone redo an old French country style, pecan set in white with a wood stained top for our little nook, and I recovered the seats with red ticking. But we didn't spend the money to have the two leaves done. I'm thinking now that was a mistake. And that I should learn to do this stuff myself.ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, Rhetta...you CAN do this yourself!!!! I can give you any tips, advice...or anything else you need.Delete
I make my own chalk paint (the recipe is above in the post or you can just search this site int he search bar for it.) Painting furniture is really not that hard...and I think you will find that you ENJOY it!
Find a piece in your home...or at a yard sale...and give it a go! You will be happy that you did it yourself! Thanks so much for stopping by...
so charming now!ReplyDelete
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have a wonderful weekend, lovely blogger.
Thanks, Michele...heading your way now!Delete
Oh the power of paint - it's just gorgeous - love the ball and claw feet on the table - and all the details on the backs of the chairs - what a beautiful transformation!ReplyDelete
Happy wknd :)
You are right...paint can spruce up anything!!! Thank you so much for your kind words...and stopping by!Delete
Love how you transformed this table and chairs! I'm your newest follower too! Thanks for the comment on my nightstand post!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Cassie!!!Delete
Hi Julie! Just inviting you to share your cute furniture makeovers anytime at our Strut Your Stuff Saturday link party at Sixsistersstuff.com. Have a great weekend. -The Six SistersReplyDeleteReplies
Wow!! Thanks for the invite...I just linked up!Delete
I love the new look. I had a table and chairs like that years ago, I loved it. Such a pretty job you did with the painting and distressing. I host a party called Inspire Me Tuesday and it goes live every Monday evening. I would love for you to link up any of your projects. www.astrollthrulife.netReplyDelete
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Thank you, Marty!! I will be there on Tuesday...thanks!Delete
Gorgeous! I love the way this turned out...a definite keeper! BTW- I love your logo/ header! Just beautiful- eye catching and original! So glad I popped by! Following you now! Enjoy the weekend.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Kim! I am glad you stopped by, too. A dear friend of mine designed that for me...we kept with vintage inspired colors. I just kind of told her what my business was about...what I loved to do...and she NAILED it! Exactly what I had in mind.Delete
I checked out your blog an d followed you last night...LOVE your blog!! I am a "wing it" girl myself!!!
Looks great! Life to the full! Melissa @ DaisyMaeBelleReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Melissa!!Delete
I have the same chairs. I should try this out! I am new from southern charm. I would love for you to check out my blog and follow me back!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for stopping by, Nicole! I am headed your way now...Delete
So much prettier in white. You brought out the inner beauty. Thanks for sharing at Silver Pennies Sundays! xReplyDeleteReplies
I think so, too...thanks Danielle!Delete
So pretty! You did such a good job. I also love how you painted it right there in your kitchen ;) Thanks for linking up to Give Me The Goods Monday!ReplyDelete
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Thanks Jamie!!! I needed to paint it FAST...during naptime...so, it got painted right then and there!Delete
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Nice post with great job. I really like your idea and work. Thanks for sharing. Hotel FurnitureReplyDelete
Great job Meet Julie i appreciate of your ideologies thanks for sharingReplyDelete
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Love how you aged it after painting it all white. But to be honest, it now looks more suited as a patio piece rather than a dining table. But that's just me. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
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How do I buy a good 9mm pistol? Have you been asking yourself this question? Probably, you have been looking for an answer with no success.
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Yarn Revival
I deconstructed a men's all cotton sweater a while ago and dyed the resulting yarn to self stripe. The colors were happy and bright. Too happy and bright. Ick.
So I plied the yarn with the yarn from another deconstructed all cotton sweater, this time a grey and white rag cotton twist. Yech.
So I threw it in a dye lot with something else ... I can't even remember, something red. Ack.
Last chance. I tossed it in a dye bucket with some blue and black dye, and the sleeves of an old cotton tee. Hooray! I'm loving the resulting mellow blue stripey yarn, and it feels like velvet. It's still on the needles, and the tee has been cut into little rosettes for embellishment.
Posted by Ellen Mason at 12:20 PM
4 comments:
- magnusmog said...
I've been dyeing today with eucalyptus bark that has been festering in a bucket in my kitchen for weeks ( deliberately, not neglectfully )
Lovely pale gold coloured fibre but the house smells like out of date cold remedy!
- August 16, 2011 at 3:40 PM
- Ellen Mason said...
When my sweet potatoes and onions festered (neglectfully) in the pantry I ended up with my first successful foray into gardening/house plants. I am very proud of my little champions.
- August 16, 2011 at 5:17 PM
- craftivore said...
I love seeing your dyeing process. perhaps I'm not as discerning as you because they looked like lovely photos every step of the way.
- August 17, 2011 at 3:17 PM
- Elizabeth GM said...
Aw, now see, I like the clownbarf colorway. But if you've got TASTE and all, then yes, the blue overdye was a great move.
- August 19, 2011 at 1:18 AM
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My L.A. Neighborhoods
By Louise Lapin-Haines
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Part 1: My Grandpa's Boyle Heights and The Beautiful Breed Street Shul
I like to say that I am an illegitimate native Californian. Although I was born in Chicago in 1917, I was but eighteen months old when my parents moved here. Dad rushed with mom and me to his mother's bedside in Boyle Heights, but alas, we were too late. Grandpa, Adam Lapin, lived on Britannia Street with my aunt Celia, his youngest child, in a lovely wooden house with a hospitable veranda that ran the entire front. He was an Orthodox Jew and a member of the beautiful Breed Street Shul.
This Shul enjoyed the sponsorship of the motion picture moguls. They ordered beautiful murals for the front wall. I remember the polished, handcrafted, raised wood platform and the enclosed railing of the bimah, and the lustrous balustrades of the second story women's balcony. Two generations of movies about the life of Al Jolson were filmed within this wonderful temple. The first talking picture was The Jazz Singer with Al Jolson (Asa Yolson) and it was the first movie filmed in the Breed Street Temple. The modern television version of the same story (1959) with Jerry Lewis, the great Al Jolson impersonator, was also filmed there.
The Breed Street Shul was at 247 N. Breed Street off the main streets. Brooklyn Avenue was the important business street…home to delicious scents of pickling liquid from the kosher pickle barrels outside the grocery on the sidewalk and the historic Canter's Delicatessen and bakery.
After a while the Jewish people prospered and began moving westward: to the West Adams District and the Fairfax neighborhood, to Ocean Park Beach and Venice Beach. Even Canter's Delicatessen and Solomon's Book Store moved to Fairfax Avenue.
In time, there was barely a Minyan (ten members) left at the Breed Street Shul. Then the days came when a few of the west moving members would spend their Shabbos in Boyle Heights to make the Minyan. They would come the previous Friday so they would not have to travel in vehicles on Shabbos. They felt duty bound to make the continuity of prayers possible in the Breed Street Shul: to create the Minyan. But no one lives forever and in the end, they could no longer form a Minyan.
I remember reading about The Los Angeles Jewish Historical Society president, Stephen Sass, who yearned to save this beautiful, but shabby, dying Temple. He pleaded with the elderly rabbi of the Breed Street Shul, year after year, to let him convert the property to a Jewish Historical Museum. But the aging rabbi was most stubborn. He felt that to rescue the dying building by restoring the Shul buildings from the filthy clutter and mess that neglect had sentenced it to was somehow irreligious, and converting the two buildings to a dignified destiny in a no longer Jewish community was not to be considered. He could not allow anyone to change the usage of the holy buildings. In his advanced age, he was unable to protect the Shul from vicious vandalism and its use by drug addicts, and he could not find a way to save the two buildings. He insisted that he owned the two buildings and that he held the deed, and he could not be persuaded to convert to a different Jewish format. How he could stand by helplessly and observe the defacement of the Shul is difficult to comprehend. He was a good soul but in my opinion his resolution of the fate of the Shul was terribly foolish.
This tango went on year after year and the beautiful buildings suffered in agony
Over the long years of neglect, vandals ripped out all the brass objects, such as the donor plaques on the wall to be sold by the pound, and gang members would break into the two buildings to do their drugs and smash the religious treasures; they threw their discarded drug needles on the dirt encrusted, muddied floors. They broke the stained glass windows. This vicious destruction was very much in evidence to the people who toured the old original synagogues.
Once on a tour, I observed on the wall a brass donor plaque with the name of my maternal grandmother's first cousin, Jenny Shana Feder who had been president of the Shul. Her son, Robert Arthur, a prominent motion picture producer probably was one of the Hollywood people who had done so much for creating the beauty of the Shul. The next time I went on the Jewish History tour, to my sorrow, I observed that Jenny Feder's nameplate had also been stolen.
Finally the venerable old rabbi passed away. He had made no plans for the Shul after his demise. The property with no heirs passed to the control of the city of Los Angeles. Now a historical landmark, the buildings are closed. They await reconstruction and will be converted to use for the current citizens of the area, the Latino community. In that way, the beautiful Breed Street Shul will return to serve the community.
Part Two: Inglewood, California
My earliest memories are of Inglewood.
My parents, Morris Sheftel Lapin and Sarah, purchased a sweet little white cottage on a corner on Pimiento Street. The street was named for the pimiento or pepper trees, which like soldiers, seemed to be marching down the center of the of unpaved, dirt road. Their foliage was lacy, their fruit were red pepper berries, and their trunks were gnarled and lumpy. My brother, Raymond*, and I loved to climb them and play pretend "Black Pirates," in the fashion of the dashing Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., husband of "America's Sweetheart," the beautiful Mary Pickford.
I was the only girl among two brothers and six cousins. My eldest cousin, Leonard Kleeger, born 1915 in Boyle Heights, used to shepherd us kids to the Saturday serial movies: Raymond, Sydney David, Paul, and baby Billy Velvel Kleeger, as well as me and my two brothers Howard and Raymond Lapin. The movies I most vividly remember are the one about the modern people who tangled with dinosaurs in Lost World and Douglas Fairbanks who would move about in incredible actions in The Black Pirate. From that time on, we (the group of cousins) always played at being pirates. It seemed so romantic to us.
Inglewood was a bucolic town. Mama kept a brood of chickens in the backyard near her grove of walnut trees. Our next-door neighbor tethered his goat on his front lawn, perhaps in lieu of a lawn mower. I remember ancient Mr. Kraft's candy store across the street from the school. When one entered the front screen door, a bell above the door would announce the customer, tinkling merrily and magically. I think it was also a grocery store because I remember this old man delivering groceries on his two-wheeled bicycle. As far as we knew, the only other Jewish family was that of Nimoy, the tailor.
Our daddy was quite up-to-date because he bought a model "T" Ford, a horseless carriage. In those early days, the automobile salesman would take his customer on a ride around the block to explain the mystery of how to handle this magical steed. On returning to his office, it was the auto salesman who then awarded his client a driver's license! On one Sunday outing, Daddy had some kind of an accident and I was bumped out of the back seat and landed on the running board, near the right rear wheel. On another Sunday, on an outing to Venice Beach, we were cruising down Windward Avenue toward the sea, when a policeman popped up in our vision, with his arms outstretched, to signal us to come to a stop. This surprised and flustered the new driver. Evidently my dad forgot which was the brake because we gently cruised directly at the officer, toppling him. He got up; apparently unhurt, except for his dignity! The very angry officer climbed on our running board (a step which made entering the vehicle easier). In surly fashion, he directed Daddy to the police station by the Grand Canal. We got off easy...only had to pay a fine.
In 1924, as I recollect, a Japanese citizen of Inglewood overheard his next-door neighbors screaming. He phoned the police. The head night marshal rushed to the rescue, alone, on his two-wheeled bicycle! The victimized next-door neighbors were of Italian extraction and were making their own wine for sacramental purposes. But as this was the era of the Prohibition, it was illegal to have liquor. This family was being punished for this crime by our local Ku Klux Klan garbed in their white bed sheets and white pointed hoods. The night marshal arrived and there was a shoot out. One of the Klansmen was killed. When the heroic night marshal unmasked the Klansmen, he found to his horror that the night marauders were the crew of the day marshals! Was this solitary hero rewarded? No, he was fired and the important businessmen of Inglewood got up a defense fund for the Ku Klux Klan!
This certainly jolted our tranquility. With the threat of the Klan, our family no longer felt, as a popular song of the day promised, that this was our Little Grey Home In The West. Daddy sold our home and we moved to exotic Venice, California.
*Raymond Lapin grew up to be a multimillionaire and the second president and chairman of the board of Federal National Mortgage Association, familiarly known as FANNIE MAE. President Johnson appointed him. He was the creator of, and again president and chairman of the board of, the Government National Mortgage Association, or GINNIE MAE. It was my brother who took FANNIE MAE out of the government and into the public sector of the economy.
Part Three: Venice
Abbot Kinney was the founding father of Venice, California, by the shimmering blue-green Pacific Ocean. He admired Venice in Italy and its unique canals in lieu of paved roads. He recreated the serene beauty of the canals and designed them so they were all connected, with a main link to the sea. His plan was to enable the sea to flow in and out with the tides. My impression was that despite his plans, there really was no tidal effect in the canals. Over the years, the canals became stagnant.
There was at least one graceful gondola moored in one of the canals. It was a black, slender, and graceful boat, canoe-like, with a tall, stylish stem at one end that was topped with a few horizontal short sticks like keys on a violin. The boatman in charge was called a gondolier and he would stand up in the boat, using a long oar to steer it. My brother Raymond was a boatman too. He found a discarded section of a telephone pole. It floated and became our raft. Venice lent itself to an adventurous childhood.
We used to go down to the beach of gleaming white sand dotted with many huge beach umbrellas and dive into the surf. There were no surfboards in those days. We learned to ride the waves on our own. We were the surfboards. Mom never accompanied us to the beach as she never learned to swim and she did not approve of tanning one's complexion, for hers was always so beautiful and fair. Mom had no idea how treacherous the sea can become. We used to swim out and catch a wave and ride it into shore. On one occasion, I observed the wave forming way out on the horizon and growing bigger and bigger, a monstrous sized wave as it approached the shore. I was unafraid because if a wave was turbulent, I knew from experience that all I had to do was to dive beneath it where the water was always serene and safe. But this time it was neither serene nor safe underneath. I was thrown around and around and upside down and my head was banged down onto the sandy bottom and my bathing cap, which was fastened under my chin with a strap, was ripped off my head. I was terrified without control over what the tide was doing to me. I was flotsam, just like a lifeless twig. The water shoved me closer to the shore and when I finally was washed in, the water was shallow enough to get my feet on the sandy bottom. I hopped desperately toward the safety of the beach where the white sand was clean and warm and comfortable. I never told Momma and I never again felt that I knew what to expect of the sea. I never trusted it again, but I still enjoyed riding the waves when they were serene.
Windward Avenue was the main street that led to a little alleyway. Spanning the boulevard above the street level were covered rooms and this was named the Bridge of Sighs after the one in Italy. For in our imagination, convicts passed through these arches and that was where they were last heard from or seen before disappearing into the bowels of the dungeon. The original of this edifice actually led to a Venetian prison, and the arched enclosed little bridge crossing was where prisoners sighed before disappearing into the bowels of the prison. Our teachers made history seem like fun. They inspired us by helping us find the hidden talents in our little souls and motivating us to learn.
There was a magnificent public bathhouse on the sand in Venice. A second bathhouse one mile north in Ocean Park featured the Moorish style of architecture. It resembled a mosque with its domed roofs, reflecting the Arab conquest of Europe. The Venice bathhouse had floor to ceiling pillars holding up the roof. These pillars framed each of the huge plate glass windows in the front of the building. On the front of each pillar was a gigantic sculptured plaster bathing beauty wearing an old fashioned bathing suit, with skirt and knickers reaching down to the model's knees and a ruffled tam bathing cap, and with dark long stockings and bath shoes painted on the legs and feet of the giantesses. Inside was the "plunge," as we called it, a huge Olympic size pool filled with ocean water heated to a pleasant temperature. There was a fountain island in the pool made of marble and mosaic white tile. It was mushroom-shaped, with tiled seating areas all around. We would hoist ourselves onto the surrounding seat area and enjoy the warmth of the fountain splashing on our backs. This was so relaxing. If we wished to go out on the beach to tan or to nap, or to swim in the sea, we could obtain a purple mark stamped on our upper arm as a signal that we had already paid our entrance fee for the day. We could go in and out all day.
Just south of the plunge building was the entrance to the Venice amusement Pier and Noah's Ark, rocking to and fro with a huge figure of a whale resting in the sea in front of the ark. This small ship was a fun house. Mrs. Noah was seated at the side of the boat fishing. She rocked to and fro and pulled her fishing pole up, hoping she had succeeded in catching a fish. Her long skirt fluttered in the sea breeze. She held up her pole with a lone little fish dangling at the end of her fishing line. There were many kinds of animated figures on and in the little ship. The little ship, itself, was rocking. Some of the animals with their heads poking out of the portholes were weaving back and forth. The giraffe rhythmically weaving his long neck from side to side and out of another port hole, an elephant was wagging his plump head and twitching his massive ears and waving his long trunk. There was a deer peering out of another porthole. Son Shem was also fishing off the side of the craft and Mr. Noah was peering steadfastly out of an upper porthole, up near the roof of the ark, keeping a stern eye on the others, or perhaps peering to see land. There up the gangplank a stream of cold air would blow the skirts of the female passengers up. Upon entering the Ark, passengers found themselves in a confusing maze of mirrors, wandering from one trap to another. The mirror rooms were illusions and the whole puzzle reminded me of Alice in Through the Looking Glass, when she remarked to the red queen, "The faster we go, the further back we are."
The amusement pier had a carnival atmosphere. If we observed a lack of customers at any of the game playing booths, like the wooden bottles waiting to be attacked by baseballs, or darts waiting to be thrown to burst balloons, we would shrewdly dicker with the proprietor, "Hey, Mister, if you let us play free, we will draw a crowd." And it always did draw a new crowd. We were "carni" kids and playing for free was called being a "shill." It always worked. We little sophisticated kids looked down on people dumb enough to pay to play. The joy of playing without paying was our pay. We thought of those who paid to play were naïve because we never wasted our money on the games.
At the very end of the pier was a ride comprised of a sort of boat that slid down a watery wash board-like hill. There were the little red electric cars, which we deliberately rammed into each other, and there was the carousel with beautifully carved merry-go-round horses rising up and down as the band played on. We preferred the horses on the outside row so that we could try to catch the brass ring for a prize. And there was the traditional roller coaster. I went on it just once and its roughness made me seasick. I never tried it a second time. There was also a gigantic green dragon that circled down round and round, and we slid down inside the dragon, circling round and round till we hit the bottom. Then there was a circular whirling platform. The object was for all to huddle in the center together until we were hurled off one by one by centrifugal force. In retrospect, this sounds more like torture but we thought it was great fun. A miniature railway circled the quaint little village of Venice. So you see, our little village was an early version of Disneyland.
At the foot of the pier, there was a ballroom where we danced to the bands of the Golden Era like that of Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, and Benny Goodman. In Ocean Park there were two more ballrooms. Then there was the grand ballroom on the Venice Pier and one on the Ocean front pier. We were certainly fortunate. I say this despite the fact that we were poor for we grew up in the midst of the great financial depression and the massive unemployment of the nineteen thirties. We may have been poor but we did not know it as everyone else in town was just as poor, but we were never hungry.
An important event occurred in 1933. We were enjoying our Easter week vacation from school, when a major earthquake struck. The Venice High campus was home to many beautiful two-story buildings. To me, the buildings seemed like a romantic reconstruction of castles. The force of the quake caused many cracks to develop, and our beautiful buildings were condemned. We had to attend school, temporarily, in large army tents. The sides of the tents were raised to provide ventilation, giving us the opportunity to converse with students in adjoining tents; it was not the ideal environment.
But it was lively, especially during the annual football game against rival Inglewood High. Marauding Inglewood students, armed with green paint, raided the Venice High Campus. They painted a huge, green "I" on the capitol pillars in front of our administration building; and a green brassiere on the statue of former student Myrna Loy. The statue was part of a trio of larger-than-life classical sculptures by the head of our art department. In later years, parts of the statue were broken or vandalized, repaired, and then destroyed again.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – There was a chance Adrian Gonzalez was not going to play Sunday, meaning his consecutive-games-played streak could end at 305. That would have left Gonzalez tied for the Padres' record with another first baseman of note – Steve Garvey.
"Sharing the record with him would be cool," Gonzalez said.
"I'd be happy to share the record with Steve Garvey ... to have my name next to his. I'm a big fan of Garvey and what he did to help the Padres, his role in the 1984 season. He's a big part of Padres history. I've had a chance to meet him. He's a great guy."
Oscar Salazar started at first for the Padres on Sunday.
But Gonzalez came into the game in the seventh for defensive purposes with the Padres protecting a 1-0 lead. Although Josh Willingham homered leading off the seventh to tie the score, Gonzalez ended the inning with one of his patented first-to-second double plays.
Gonzalez's streak of 306 consecutive games is not only the Padres'record, it is the longest active streak in the major leagues.
"It's nice, although I don't see that much into it," Gonzalez said. "God has given me health. It's all God. I've been fortunate just to be able to play every day.
"I just like playing. I want to play every day, but I've never thought about playing every day to get a record. I just want to play to help the team."
Adrian said his brother Edgar is "feeling a lot better" while recuperating from the July 18 beaning that placed him on the disabled list. Edgar Gonzalez did not accompany the Padres on this trip because of concussion-like symptoms.
Senior Gwynn has surgery
Conspicuous by his absence at Sunday's Hall of Fame induction ceremonies at Cooperstown, N.Y., was Tony Gwynn.
"My dad really wanted to be there for Rickey Henderson's induction," Tony Gwynn Jr. said. "That tells you how important this was to him."
Tony Sr. had stomach surgery last Monday.
"We all want my dad to be around for years and years to come," Tony Jr. said. "He really did what he had to do and we're all proud of him."
Not firing Blanks
Kyle Blanks hit his third homer in a six-game span Sunday.
After hitting no homers in his first 53 major league at-bats, Blanks now has three in his past 16. Sunday's homer came on a 97-mph fastball thrown by Nationals reliever Mike MacDougal. It was MacDougal's first pitch to Blanks.
"He jumped on that fastball and it was a good velocity fastball," Padres manager Bud Black said of Blanks' line drive deep into the left field stands.
"Granted Kyle is hitting below .200 (.191) but we're seeing some encouraging signs."
Said Blanks: "I was looking fastball, got it and didn't miss it."
Injury update
David Eckstein, who didn't return from the disabled list in Washington as hoped, will test his right hamstring Monday in Cincinnati.
"All I can say is that I'm close but I wasn't quite where I needed to be two days ago," Eckstein said.
Meanwhile, Black said catcher Henry Blanco might not go out on a rehab assignment as originally planned. Blanco, who like Eckstein has a right hamstring strain, has been catching in the bullpen.
"The biggest thing for a catcher is getting in and out of the squat position," Blanco said. "It's feeling better than I thought it would."Copyright © 2019, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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To attend the Creative Commons briefing on copyright basics, you have to "go" to a place called Kula 4 in Second Life, a 3-D virtual world. I've been meaning to check out Second Life, which I hear is really an amazing online world. Now that meetings have infiltrated that world, I'm really motivated to give it a try.
For those who have attendees who want a little more reality, but can't make a meeting in person, check out what CustomerMade conference organized by Innovation Lab in association with O'Reilly Media Inc. is doing (via BoingBoing):
- The conference is now full-booked. However, it is possible to attend the conference virtually with our free Lab TV live streaming. Furthermore you can read interviews, vox pops and general coverage from the conference on this site.
Pretty cool, huh?
And then there's Ben's idea for using technology for live meetings. There's more, but here's a snip:
- Imagine if you set up a conference track that was organized in advance, but only promoted and scheduled via opt-in text messaging? The track might include intimate conversations with speakers, or breakfast with the board president, or special meet-ups of tech-savvy members.
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Year of the Ox
The rat is abandoning us! At least it does on Monday 26th as that is when the Ox rolls on in under the eerie auspice of an annular eclipse (*see below). The Rat was a year of perseverance and gave reward according to one's energy output. The Ox also rewards in great abundance but only to harder toil. And this concerns the labour's of life rather than the endeavours of employment.
The Ox is a year to approach all tasks with intent and sincerity. Everything should be considered and everything can be done or at least begun this year. What you set in motion this year will bear you profound fruit in future years but it is things that you yourself set in motion. Things already in motion (started by you or others) will benefit from the broad generosity this year offers as a year of momentum.
So keep it going, this year you'll find that easier. And if that direction is up then expand the goal at every ridgeline you cross, pausing to admire the view of the road both ahead and behind. If something dips or feels uncomfortable, shift yourself and realign your load. There's no sense in imbalance in a year this solid.
But be certain to feed the furnace, refill the well, sleep to dream and dream long and deep.
Abandon vanity for it is in the mirror you'll stumble and fall.
Anyway much love wonderful people
And note that this year coincides with an annular eclipse viewable in the Southern Hemisphere from 08.15 ish South African time for an hour or so if you happen to be in the neighbourhood. Pinhole projection or proper viewing glasses only!!!
Previously on Dr Lobster's blog:
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Thanks for visiting my photo on SkyWatch Friday. (http://manilat.se/?p=597 )
A friend and I, who share a passion for photography, have started a site called
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The theme for this week is "A typical house in my village/town!"
I look forward to see a house from the place where you live.
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When I was in Germany I was entranced with the many places where flowers were sold beside the road, in the market, just about everywhere. This picture brings back so many memories!ReplyDelete
«Louis» was not able to visit Rennes when he lived in France. It is one of the cities he would very much like to visit.ReplyDelete
you know...French market was the subject of my French classe today!Cool!ReplyDelete
I love to visit these markets I think it's adorable, even I'm not fan to buy things in markets, but it's about the athmosphere, I love it! :)
Outdoor markets are such a delight. Ours started Sunday, but I wasn't here. I'll have many more Sundays to visit this year and I'm looking forward to them!ReplyDelete
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xbox extender playback stuttering
Hi all i'm hoping someone on here has found a fix for this because I have read tons of stuff online about this problem but found no answers
When playing video via my xbox 360 extender the picture stutters almost like it's dropping some frames and the sound is unaffected but the same video playes just fine on media center via PC.
So far i have tried.....
Both wireless and wired connection with no difference, It's wired at the moment on a 15m / 50ft cable
gone to tune network on the xbox 360 media center extender and all is good full bars all the way to the end of HD
Installed shark007 codecs pack v367 and the 64 bit components v367
I have sat and watched the PC performance in task manager whilst streaming to the xbox and don't think there was a problem there, The CPU stayed at a steady 8-12% but peaked at 30% when ever a stutter happened and the ram was a constant 55% with no change. In the networking tab usage never went above 12%
The video file I'm trying to play is AVI, Data Rate 1523, Bitrate 1653, 25 FPS thats all i can tell you i dont really know anything about video formats
PC spec is not fantastic but should be fine to stream to one extender my friend manages with a very old xp pc with only 512mb ram but he uses tversity
2Mb RAM
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.20GHz CPU
nvidia PCIe graphics card with 1Mb DDR Ram
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Here's hoping to finally put this to bed
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Dont know if this helps but i have found a way to play videos on the xbox fine, just dont use media center
this makes no sense to me but this is what i have done,
Step 1. using xbox360, make sure your connection is good when you go into system settings - network settings -test pc connection
Step 2. goto My xbox, select video Library -user name pc <--- this is the name of your computer. once you select this you might get a message that says you need to activate your console from your PC" do step 3
Step 3. using your PC windows 7, select start - control panel - network and internet - under network and sharing center select, view network computers and devices. ( you may need to accept message about viewing network devices accept it)
Step 4. once inside network computer and devices, you should see 3 options 1.Computer 2.Media Devices 3.Network infastructure. under media devices you should see an xbox 360 Icon.
Step 5. Right Click on the xbox360 Icon. Left click using the mouse on media streaming options. Over on the right you will see boxes make sure they all say "Allowed" beside them and then click the ok
Step 6. open up the windows media player. Swtich to Libray view. on the top left hand side select Organize, then scroll to manage libraries select videos. Choose the folder that you have where your videos are stored in
step 7. using Xbox 360, go to "my xbox" select video Library -user name pc <--- this is the name of your computer. You should now be able to select the folder that you have your video stored in..
Step 8. Please make sure that you are signed into your xbox360 live account, or sign in using your xbox360 profile account. Otherwise you might get an error message when trying to watch your video. Please remember that you must be sigend in frist then view your videos.
Step 9. your done!! you should be able to view videos from your PC
i got the info from How do i activate xbox 360 to my windows 7 pc - Network-General-Discussions - General-Networking
you just need to remember to share any folders you add to the library with your network.
this still does not explain my original problem though and i would still like to be able to use media center to watch videos but at least i have one way to do it
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