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In the August, 2006 issue of Scientific American magazine page 34 Michael Shermer's "Skeptic" column is devoted to the topic of "Folk Science", which seems to mean any beliefs not based on scientific experiments.
One example of folk science is prayer. Shermer cites a study published in the April, 2006 American Heart Journal. In this study, about 1,000 heart surgery patients were prayed for by members of several religious congregations and were found to have no better outcome than other heart surgery patients. According to Shermer this proves conclusively that prayer for sick people does not help them.
The weakness of this conclusion is appalling.
Obviously, prayer involves communicating with an intelligent being who has free will. Therefore the person offering the prayer, the manner of its offering, the subject of the prayer and other circumstances may be crucial. It is not as simple a process as administering a drug to heart surgery patients. Prayer is not a medication; it involves creating a relationship.
To give an analogy, let's say I want to do an experiment to discover whether or not writing letters to the President of the United States has any affect. One thousand people will write to the President asking that their federal income tax be lowered. Then we will check to see if their taxes drop compared to other people or not. If not, then we can conclude scientifically that the President either does not exist or he never reads his mail.
An experiment like that is obviously absurd junk science which no one would take seriously. Therefore one wonders why Dr. Shermer finds the AHJ study to be so compelling and in fact why the editors of Scientific American magazine even published his column. Could there be a need in scientific community to grasp at any straw which seems to disprove monotheism, thereby discrediting the clergy and increasing their own prestige?


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Assassin's Creed 3 Benelux PC shipment half-inched – report
Thieves made off with a truck transporting the entire launch shipment of Assassin's Creed 3 on PC for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, according to a Dutch report.
According to Entertainment Business NL, as translated by Kotaku, the theft took place on November 14.
Barcodes and serial numbers of stolen games have been passed on to retailers, and the stolen games have been blacklisted by Ubisoft's DRM authentication servers. If you're in the Benelux and looking to pick up a copy of the game, you may want to use a trustworthy retailer and not some bloke you meet at the local bar.
While Ubisoft has managed to scramble about getting stock to retailers for launch this week, there's bad news for those who'd ordered the Join or Die edition, as these limited collector's items can't be re-manufactured. It's not clear whether affected customers will be compensated; it's probably best to chat to your retailer.
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Awesome Lamb Burger @ Vin's
>> Monday, May 9, 2011
Hello dear readers!
Yes, I've been MIA-ing for a really long time! Been really busy with the new job, conquering the project like some 'headless chicken running around to get things done'! :D It's madness, & the new challenges that avalanched on me was just overwhelming. At times, too overwhelming until I find it hard to drag myself up for work in the morning. My job requires me to work day (and night - conference calls with the US folks, especially), & it's just so different from my previous jobs.
I'll try to keep this blog alive, with whatever time that I have :) Thank you for your support & happy food-hunting!
Halal: No, alcohol is served, but it's pork-free
Aaron & I just felt like having a meal at Vin's after our last visit, which left a yummilicious imprint on our minds. Truly, Vin's rocks! Each time we're there, we're equally surprised or perhaps even more convinced to head there yet another time for a meal. Mind you, the restaurant was packed when we were there last Saturday. Thank goodness our chef friend, James Ong, reserved a table for the both of us! We love you, James!
James recommended us to some unforgettable dining experience once again. Here's what he recommended...
If you're a burger fan, here's something for you to try out:
Lamb burger at Vin's (RM25.00/serving)
The burger patty was bursting with flavour, juicy, & just satisfying to the palette...must try!
If you love fish, this is also another recommended dish:
Black Cod Terriyaki (RM52.00/serving)
Served with anglo olio pasta & vinegrette-dressing garden salad, I thought this was a really 'rewarding' meal albeit a little more expensive than my usual dinners. I haven't had cod for a while, so this was REALLY satisfying :) The fish was baked to perfection - juicy, its meat was velvety smooth with a medium-firm creamy sort of texture & taste. Ah, lovely! Oh ya, it was a little spicy as well (I reckon the chef added some chilli powder/paprika to enhance the taste), but the slightly spicy + salty taste of the cod complimented the anglo olio pasta very well :)
Gunner (RM13.00/glass)
Yet another of James' recommendation; He just told us that it has ginger ale & ginger beer. Sounds simple, so we just took it. I didn't really fancy it as it was fizzy! Hahaha...yes, I don't fancy fizzy/carbonated drinks, so Aaron had to help me finish up half the glass :P
Crème de la Tequila
Okay, I'm not someone who drinks alcohol (often enough), so this was like a new experience for me. James just brought us 2 glasses of this, & oh, I loved it!! The drink looks extremely innocent; looks like some cream/milk in a cocktail glass (I've no idea what are the different glasses, but it's surely not a wine glass!). It was sweet, fragrant, light, & refreshing. I don't really know how to describe liquor, but I liked this (very much!)...hahaha...
If you're considering a meal that rewards your appetite & pleases your heart, you can't go wrong with the recommendations above!
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After Boston blasts, Obama vows to get answers
- President directs officials to provide assistance
- House speaker orders flags at Capitol lowered to half-staff
- Politicians from Massachusetts offer thoughts%2C prayers
President Obama vowed Monday night to get to the bottom of who is behind a pair of deadly explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, but he warned Americans not to jump to any conclusions.
"We still do not know who did this, or why, and people shouldn't jump to conclusions before we have all the facts," Obama said in a brief statement to reporters hours after the deadly explosions at the iconic American sporting event. "But make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this."
He added: "We will find out who did this. We'll find out why they did this. Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice."
While Obama cautioned against jumping to conclusions about the motive for the explosions, a senior administration official said the incident was "clearly an act of terror and will be approached as an act of terror."
"We don't yet know who carried out this attack, and a thorough investigation will have to determine whether it was planned and carried out by a terrorist group, foreign or domestic," said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Obama was notified about the blasts at about 3 p.m., and administration officials have been coordinating with Massachusetts and Boston authorities since.
Obama spoke with Boston Mayor Tom Menino and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and told them that he was ready to offer Boston any support needed to respond to the incident. Obama was briefed by FBI Director Robert Mueller and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on the investigation and response to the incident in Boston. The president also spoke to House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Boehner ordered American flags to be lowered outside the U.S. Capitol to half-staff Monday evening.
"Words cannot begin to express our sorrow for the families who are grieving so suddenly right now," Boehner said. "The House of Representatives offers its prayers to the victims and the city of Boston. We also give thanks for the professionals and Good Samaritans who prevented further loss of life. This is a terrible day for all Americans, but we will carry on in the American spirit and come together with grace and strength."
On the Senate floor, Majority Leader Harry Reid held a moment of silence shortly after 5:30 p.m. And the president called on Americans to keep the city of Boston in its thoughts.
"The American people will say a prayer for Boston tonight," Obama said
Vice President Biden appeared to have learned of the explosions in Boston from television.
During a call with gun-control activists Monday afternoon unrelated to the incident, Biden said, "As I am speaking here, they just turned on the television in my office and apparently there has been a bombing — I don't know any of the details of what caused it, who did it."
Biden added, "Our prayers are with the people in Boston who have suffered injury. And I don't know how many of them there are."
Not long after the explosions in Boston, authorities in Washington closed off an area near the White House to pedestrian traffic.
"Out of an abundance of caution, we have expanded our security perimeter at the White House complex," said U.S. Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan. "It is not unusual to expand or contract these security perimeters."
Washington Mayor Vincent Gray also said that commuters would see a stepped-up police presence Monday night.
Politicians from New England and throughout the country responded with a mixture of heartbreak and outrage:
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, and our heartfelt thanks go out to those first responders, medical personnel, volunteers and citizens who were on the scene to help those in need," said Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I. "I have faith that law enforcement will get to the bottom of this and hold whoever is responsible accountable to the fullest extent."
"Our hearts are heavy with the news out of Boston today. #PrayforBoston," tweeted the 2012 GOP presidential nominee and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.
"Heartbreaking day for Boston. Praying for everyone back home as this terrible tragedy unfolds," tweeted Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass.
In another tweet, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., said he was praying "for those murdered."
Within hours of the incident, the five candidates running in the special Senate election in Massachusetts announced they were suspending their campaign activities out of respect to the victims.
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Tejada back with Mets looking to prove his worth
NEW YORK -- Ruben Tejada had shown enough in the last few years to suggest he could be the Mets' starting shortstop for years to come. He was solid in the field and provided the team with a serviceable leadoff hitter. All of that made his struggles earlier this season so much more confounding.
He lacked his steady glove and didn't look like the line-drive hitter he used to be.
"Everybody's allowed to have a bad year. Everybody," manager Terry Collins said. "He might look at this, 2013, as Ruben Tejada's worst year. He may bounce back next year and resume where he was two years ago, and that, to me, was an up-and-coming player that brings a lot to the table."
Which version of Tejada the Mets have for the final stretch of the season remains to be seen. New York recalled the shortstop from Triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday, and Collins said Tejada is going to be in the lineup on Wednesday.
It's been a tumultuous season so far for Tejada, but he's hoping to keep that in the past.
"The past is the past," Tejada said. "I'm here to keep going forward, and keep doing my job and keep working hard."
Before going on the disabled list on May 30 with a right quad strain, Tejada hit only .209 in 50 games with the Mets. His propensity to hit into so many flyouts and popouts sagged his on-base percentage to .267 -- down from last season's .333 -- and Collins moved him out of the leadoff spot.
When the Mets activated Tejada from the DL on July 7, they optioned him to Triple-A and didn't bring him back to the Major Leagues until Tuesday. In 60 games with Las Vegas, he hit .288 with two home runs and 24 RBIs. He was also 5-for-13 (.385) in four playoff games with the 51s.
Now Tejada's looking to become the Mets' starting shortstop again, a role Omar Quintanilla has held with Tejada in the Minor Leagues. New York, though, is going to want to see Tejada work harder on improving.
During a radio interview with WFAN last week, general manager Sandy Alderson said asking Tejada to do extra work is "like pulling teeth."
"Every GM, they try to push each player to work hard, do his job and try to get better every day," Tejada said. "That's what I think and that's what I know. I'm here to keep working hard and try to keep playing better."
Tejada has the final few weeks of the season to prove he can still be a valuable long-term shortstop for the Mets.
"He took a step backward, which can happen in our sport," Collins said. "So hopefully he rededicates himself to saying, 'I'm going to be the guy. You don't have to look any farther. I'm here.'"


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Administration pushing shift through HEA reporting
Federal officials plan to overhaul the reporting requirements for higher education-based teacher preparation in favor of leaner, outcome-based indicators of program quality, according to plans outlined in the president's fiscal 2012 budget request.
To bolster the overhaul, the budget also proposes a $185 million new formula grant program, dubbed the Presidential Teaching Fellows, that would give money to states for scholarships to high-quality teacher-candidates—in exchange for the development of accountability systems that do a better job of distinguishing between exemplary and lackluster preparation programs and routes.
Officials at the U.S. Department of Education hope to work with Congress to shape legislation authorizing the fellows program, which has yet to be introduced.
"We're looking for better input data and also better outcomes measures," said Michael Dannenberg, a senior policy adviser and counsel in the office of the undersecretary, Martha Kanter, who oversees policy on postsecondary education. "I want to be clear, we're not looking for more reporting and more regulation."
Despite their quiet inclusion in the budget, the proposals represent the administration's first major foray into policy shaping teacher education, a topic that has attracted attention in recent months. ("New Vigor Propelling Training," Dec. 1, 2010.)
"We've been asking the administration, 'What is your agenda for teacher quality and higher education?' " said Jane West, the vice president of government relations for the Washington-based American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, a membership organization. "And I think this is a response."
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University-based teacher preparation has not received much policy attention under recent high-profile federal competitions. The Race to the Top competition put an emphasis on opening up alternative routes to certification, but it didn't promote teacher colleges, which prepare a majority of the nation's teachers.
Meanwhile, this is the second consecutive year that the Obama administration has proposed consolidating the federal Teacher Quality Partnerships program, the primary funding stream supporting teacher education, into a larger competitive grant program. ("Obama Proposes Teacher Results in Federal Law," Feb. 24, 2010.)
States and institutions of higher education have been required to report on teacher preparation since the late 1990s under Title II of the Higher Education Act. The requirements were tweaked in the 2008 rewrite of the federal law.
The fiscal 2012 budget proposals focus on reducing burdens on education schools, as well as integrating K-12 student-achievement measures in teacher preparation policies, an area considered to be lacking in the current reporting system.
As outlined in the budget justifications, the Education Department plans to conduct a regulatory review of the Title II data collection. Federal officials estimate that there are some 440 data points each institution currently collects as part of the reporting—including such tidbits as whether teacher-candidates are fingerprinted or take personality tests as part of the admissions process.
"Right now, we ask too much of institutions of higher education that is not extremely useful, and separate from the list in the statute," Mr. Dannenberg said.
Those requirements come on top of additional data burdens, including collections conducted by AACTE, regional and national accreditors, state bodies, and now a review being conducted by the National Council on Teacher Quality and U.S. News & World Report. ("Teacher-Quality Group to Revamp Education School Review," Feb. 23, 2011.)
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• Traditional teacher-preparation programs create report cards on enrollments in traditional teacher education programs and the passing rate of candidates on teacher-certification or -licensing tests.
• States create report cards ranking teacher-preparation programs based on the passing rates on those assessments, as well as those in state-approved alternative-certification programs. They also identify low-performing and "at risk" programs.
Higher Education Opportunity and Access Act of 2008
In addition to previous requirements, the law requires:
• Reporting on alternative-certification programs both inside and outside higher education programs.
• Preparation programs to report on the average scaled scores, as well as passing rates, on all licensing tests, broken out by the stage at which candidates take the tests.
• Preparation programs to report on admissions, the number of candidates by field, demographics of program participants, the number of faculty supervising clinical experiences, and programming on technology instruction and working with special populations.
• Preparation programs to set and report on goals for increasing the number of teachers prepared in shortage fields.
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• Would eliminate some reporting requirements.
• Preparation programs would be expected to report on three outcome measures:
- Achievement growth of students taught by program graduates;
- Graduate job-placement and retention rates; and
- Graduate and employer satisfaction
• Would end the TEACH grant program and replace it with the Presidential Teaching Fellows program.
"The administrative burden of trying to prepare all that information is overwhelming," said Joyce E. Many, the executive associate dean of the school of education at Georgia State University, in Atlanta. "That's the hardest part, the huge amount of paperwork required to cut this information in so many different ways for so many different needs."
In addition, federal officials want to establish three new measures: how much graduates help students learn; where they are placed and how long they stay in schools; and whether employers—school districts—are satisfied with the quality of graduates they get from those institutions.
Gauging Quality
Broadly speaking, such proposals reflect a current push in federal education policymaking to focus on student outcomes. Movement in the K-12 field to incorporate such information has met with considerable controversy, especially over the question of whether such information can be used validly and reliably to judge teachers.
Title II of the HEA does not specifically require states or institutions to report on the proposed measures. But it does give the Education Department authority to promulgate regulations to ensure the "reliability, validity, integrity, and accuracy" of the data collected.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has praised efforts by states such as Louisiana to identify and help improve programs whose graduates appear to do less to boost their students' achievement scores. About a dozen states in all have promised to institute such systems as part of their winning Race to the Top bids.
States such as Tennessee have discovered that program quality can even vary within institutions. A Tennessee review of education programs based on such data, for instance, found that some programs that produced candidates whose students made above-average growth in mathematics didn't have equally strong performance in other subjects.
Nevertheless, the systems have encountered controversy elsewhere. Last year, education school deans in Florida protested similar state reporting based on a preliminary model there, noting flaws like mismatched data, a failure to account for graduates of education schools with degrees other than teaching, and estimates based on only a year of achievement growth, which tends to make such estimates more volatile.
"We have to be meticulous in ensuring that the system we build to measure student growth ... is fair, accurate, comprehensive, and transparent," said Lance Tomei, the director for assessment, accreditation, and data management at the University of Central Florida, in Orlando, a top supplier of teachers in the state.
Accountability Tradeoff
The proposed Presidential Teaching Fellows grant program, meanwhile, would come on the condition that states establish new accountability systems for programs that prepare teachers using the proposed outcome measures, among others.
The program would dole out formula grants to states in exchange for improving licensing and certification systems and establishing ways of identifying top-tier preparation programs. Then, the states would funnel dollars to the colleges to give scholarships to teacher-candidates of up to $10,000 to teach in high-needs schools.
The proposal also says that states could work together to create a portable license to recognize "master teachers" who are demonstrably effective in the classroom. And it would also require states to help improve struggling preparation programs and close those that didn't improve.
Similar proposals have been offered by Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and by a group of teacher-quality scholars affiliated with the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.
A stronger system of accountability would be a welcome change, say those who argue that the current accountability requirements in Title II have led to little change overall in teacher education.
Edward Crowe, a former Education Department official who helped implement the original Title II provisions, said that states and higher education institutions circumvented many of those requirements.
"The problem is that you confront the political constituency of a university with a weak program, and that's a tough issue for governors and state legislatures and state boards of education to deal with," said Mr. Crowe, who now works as a consultant to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. "They'd rather duck."
Since 1998, states have labeled fewer than 40 programs as low performing under the provisions, which require states to set criteria and identify both those and "at risk"; programs. More than half the states have not identified a single program, while others have not shuttered programs that repeatedly landed on the list.
Reaction From the Field
Teacher-college representatives have reacted cautiously to the proposals.
"We've been saying we need more outcome measures, [but] I think there are some question marks around it," Ms. West of AACTE said of the proposals. Among her concerns is whether the criteria for determining an effective program will be set by states or the federal government, and whether they will be equally applied to all programs.
In addition, the Presidential Teaching Fellows program is contingent on the elimination of the teach grant program, a teacher-preparation subsidy for high-needs subjects that AACTE championed.
But Ms. West was pleased that the budget justifications propose allowing states to use up to 20 percent of funds under the fellows program to support development of performance-based licensing tests. AACTE, along with the Council of Chief State School Officers and Stanford University, has been deeply involved in piloting such an exam, an endeavor now involving 21 states. Proponents say it will help determine when a teacher-candidate is ready for the classroom. ("State Group Piloting Teacher Prelicensing Exam," Sept. 1, 2010.)
Georgia State's Ms. Many said she supports the movement toward better measures of program quality. She said, though, that teacher colleges should participate in defining the measures.
"My strongest concern is whether people who understand nuances of programs are at the table to help build systems for value-added modeling to occur," she said.
In remarks at AACTE's annual conference, which took place late last month in San Diego, Mr. Dannenberg of the Education Department pledged that the administration would listen to feedback from the field as it crafts the proposals.
Details on how the proposals would operate in practice are still scarce.
For one, the Presidential Teaching Fellows program would need both a congressional authorization and a sizable appropriation—a significant challenge given this time of austere budgets.
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Jamey Carroll, meanwhile, was voted the Campanella Award winner by his teammates and you can tell he was truly humbled by it. And well deserved. Turns out, he was an exercise science major at Evansville and did a lot of physical therapy studies along the way, so it couldn't have fit together more perfectly. Photos of the event are here.
And of course, Bill Plaschke wrote a column about the Campanella legacy in today's Times. Plenty more coverage that you'll find tomorrow, I'm sure.
It's a bright spot in a tough week for the team but with tonight's win, the team avoids a sweep and heads to Arizona in an hour or so.
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Congratulations to Jamey!
I had mixed feelings about our win last night…of course, I aways want to win but, putting the Giants in first place, turns my stomach. Then again, I'm not crazy about the Padres either. Their fans show no support and they are the ones who choked away a 6 game lead. I was kind of hoping that the Rockies would make it. But, right now, they are playing like crap. Maybe they will take down the Giants. That being said, I don't think anybody in our division will beat the Phillies.
I'm hoping the Rocks make it, too. Maybe they'll get hot again. To tell the truth, it wouldn't bother me that much more if the giants made it. I had a friend here in Moab who ran a bakery and was also a tremendous baseball fan. I'd go by, we'd talk baseball, and I'd always get a scone and coffee at no charge. She is a giants fan and we could talk about the teams without her being petty about it. Unlike some others in town. So if they get in there, I'll be ok with it for her sake, especially since Bonds, Will Clark, and Marichal are gone. Come to think of it, I'll also be ok if their plane crashes.
I think the Phillies win it all, and barf to that idea.
My congrats as well to Jamey Carroll, a bright spot in an otherwise dismal season. Can't say I much care who wins the division at this point. Yes, I would just as soon the Giants don't make it but if they do, the will have deserved it. Must have been fun for Giants fans rooting for the Dodgers these past three days. I would have no problem pulling for the Giants to win a game if doing so helped the Dodgers. I agree that whoever wins the division will have a tough time in the playoffs but anything is possible.
I must say the Padres have something going for them with David Eckstein. I love it that Vinny calls him a"pest". Interesting how he has been on two World Series teams. No doubt if he ended up on the Dodgers he would get some freak injury and be horrible.
Hi Everybody
Lucky for me I have no feelings whatsoever for the Padres one way or another but not so lucky the Dodger win hurt more than if they had lost. I hated seeing us put the Giants back into first place.
But it was good to see Kuroda pitch 8 solid innings and Kuo as a dominant closer.
Very unsettling.
I hope we can sweep the D'backs to get to 77wins.
Well, the Giants won….boy, the Rockies are sinking like the Titanic!
Where have all the bloggers gone?
Long time passing.
Where have all the bloggers gone?
Long time ago.
LOL, Kahli…we're still here 🙂
Go Padres!!!!!
I have been reading late at night. I have had a busy, busy week with school, a funeral, and Homecoming Activities with my son, who lost being King to the football player by 5 votes. It is probably better he didn't win. He thinks he is all that as it is at times.
knouffbrock – I know I always talk about the obnoxious Giants fans, but you are right, the ones that are truly fans of baseball are pretty decent most of the time. They realize all teams have issues and it makes for great conversations.
Lincecum notices Rockies' Juiced Ball
You have to be kidding me.
Did anyone read the "OP-ED" article to the LA Times by Soboroff?
Claims support for Frank McCourt, although cites he made mistakes, but he has plenty of money and has done lot of community work. Please, save it, for the judge, Jaime (wife) may have done the community work, not Frank! I do hope they both get to do community work for tax evasion, after they sell the team.
The ROX have to win the next two or they are done.
I prefer Padres to Giants getting in, only because of my geography, I don't think I could stand the playoff banter from the giants fans. Yes some are fine and can have a civil conversation, but most don't know how to do that, had enough this year already.!
Hello ITD!
Kahli, I am here, just busy busy. Heading to a wedding to a restaurant close to Dodger Stadium They are both Dodger fans with season tix in the Top Deck.
Well I better start getting ready. Is so hot right now.
Good luck Ely!
Hi everybodt
It feels good to know that the Pods won and the Reds didn't lose no grown on the Cards who also lost(that's almost done).
The Braves winning is also very favorable.
Now all we need is for the Rockies to upset the Giants.
oh yes and GO DODGERS!!!!
You got your wish OBF….and, to make it better Wilson blew the save!
Hey, Rockies beat the Giants, Rockies beat the Giants!!!!!!!.
September To Remember
Saturday night in Colorado, Troy Tulowitzki continued his September to remember with a home run and five RBIs. His fifth RBI came on a walk-off double in the 10th inning. It was his fifth career walkoff hit. Here's where he stacks up in history:
Most RBIs in September since 1920
1927 Babe Ruth 43
2010 Troy Tulowitzki 40
1946 Hank Greenberg 39
1940 Rudy York 39
1940 Hank Greenberg 38
1929 Lou Gehrig 38
1985 Don Mattingly 37
Tulowitzki on his way to break Ruth record.
Hong-Chih Kuo (LAD – RP)
Sat, Sep 25 Recent News LHP Hong-Chih Kuo will continue throwing in the off-season. Kuo's undergone two Tommy John elbow surgeries and two more cleanup elbow surgeries. The Dodgers medical staff has noticed that when Kuo gets shuts down at the end of the year, it takes him awhile to get the elbow ready in the spring. Instead, Kuo will keep throwing 1-2 times a week in the off-season to keep his arm loose.
(Yahoo! Sports)
Fri, Sep 24 Kuo struck out all three batters he faced on Thursday to notch his 10th save of the season.
Recommendation: Kuo has been spectacular this season, striking out 66 batters in 56 innings with an ERA and WHIP of 1.29 and 0.79, respectively. Manager Joe Torre has used care with Kuo this season, not letting him work on back-to-back days very often because of previous elbow injuries, so it will be interesting to see how the Dodgers will use him next year, assuming he's back with the club (signed a one-year deal in January).
He better be back with the club next season and just to bad we can't swap his salary with Sherrill salary
Hello Everybody
I didn't expect to be here, but I am.
So far nothings going good today but there's plenty of time.
Sometimes you just have to laugh.
If I was Bills I'd go and get in Brox's face and tell him to get his head out of his *** and learn how to pitch. Every pitch is a fastball.
Someone on this team has to step up next year and not accept this lousy play. Then when/if a player continues to play like a piece of crap call him to the carpet and get on his/their *** and tell them to stop playing and or acting like a looser and get their head out of their ***.
Sorry for my language but this is just really horrible managing/coaching and playing by this team and I want to get in someones face and let loose. I'm so tired of watching this piss poor play and the manager/coaches accepting it. It's gone on all year and patience is great but at some point you have to change what your doing to make it work.
Now on to Ned. Another reason he should be gone is with being buyers as opposed to sellers this season. Part of being a GM is having the ability to access the team and their potential. Who on here thought in July that we had a chance? So lets go out and trade the farm for pieces of crap. Nice Ned. Dotel? Theriot? Podsednik? Really?? We needed someone with pop in the bat not another slap/singles hitter. Lilly was ok but why then and not earlier in the season or preseason when we all knew we needed pitching? Nice decisions all year long by Framie, Ned, Joe, and the coaches.
I can live with a mistake or two but this has been constant mistakes. And now after giving up that dinger does anybody think we can come back & win? Hell no…
Young was like 0/13 with 8 k's and why the hell was Belisario facing one batter for? I don't want the left to left move. When Belisario is good he can get you through and inning but I shouldn't be surprise at all.
Dodgers trade Don Mattingly?s son to Indians
1 hour, 25 minutes ago
CLEVELAND (AP)?A little more than a week after promoting Don Mattingly to be their next manager, the Los Angeles Dodgers have traded his son.
Los Angeles sent Preston Mattingly to the Cleveland Indians for Roman Pena in a swap of minor league outfielders Sunday.
Don Mattingly, the Dodgers? current hitting coach, will replace Joe Torre as manager next year in a move announced Sept. 17.
Preston Mattingly, the Dodgers? No. 1 draft pick in 2006, batted .218 with two homers and 17 RBIs at the Class-A level this season. He struck out 51 times in 165 at-bats.
The 23-year-old Mattingly bats and throws right-handed. His best season as a pro came in 2006, when he hit .290 with a home run and 29 RBIs for the Dodgers? rookie-level team in the Gulf Coast League.
Don Mattingly was a star first baseman for the New York Yankees during his playing career, winning the AL MVP award in 1985.
lol at getting rid of his son first and maybe Don won't be the team manager next season.
Hello ITD.
What I don't understand is why Broxton has not been shutdown for the season. I don't remember the day that I dropped him from my baseball fantasy team because it was too long ago.
Take a look at the t-shirt this guy had in the parking lot at Dodger Stadium. I wonder if they made the guy turn it inside out when he went inside. He was still in the car when I spotted him but I waited for him to come to take the picture and he posed for me.
I hate for my post to get ahead of another.
BTW, great post Collie. All of us Dodger fans feel your frustration.
Emma at 10:51 p.m.
Once again, I didn't watch any of the game, but from what I read and what Collie said up above (outstanding by the way Collie!!!), Billz pitched a fabulous game and the bullpen couldn't hold it. For whatever it's worth, Billz seems to have really found his stuff again. We really weren't too sure about him earlier in the season.
I am still holding out hope Judge Gordon will help out the Dodgers team and make Frank put the team up for sale. It really is the best solution for the players and their fans. The players and their fans deserve better!!!!
WOW, can't believe we have less than week left of Dodger Games…SNIFF SNIFF. And talk about a Run for the NL West. Just sucks that Dodgers are not it. Sucks even more that we are so far far behind.
Congratulations to Jamie Carroll, well derserve! I truelly enjoyed watching him Dodger Blue.
I realy do hate Broxton and don't want to see him in Dodger Blue for the 2011 Dodger Season. Please please, when the team gets sold, can Frank or Jamie take him with them….please please!
Ho hum, another day reading the divorce box score. Greedy little buggers, both of them. Frank, allegedly, offered Jamie $100 million to settle (because he's too greedy to offer more) and Jamie countered with $400 million and a percentage of future Dodger profits (because she's too greedy to accept less). Hopefully, their combined greed will bite 'em both in the posterior and we'll be rid of these two malevolent cartoon characters. As for Broxton, he's a too one dimensional and too tentative. Sixth or seventh inning sounds about right, with the bases empty, thank you. What a lost season. Joe, this one's on you. If you can accept the WS rings and the applause, then you'll have to take the boos and your failures as a manager of men, as well.
kahli, I think in an indirect way Joe has taken responsibility for this season when he said the players need to hear another voice. I still think that in spite of the weaknesses this team had going into this season, the Dodgers had enough talent to compete with the other teams in the division for the title. Everyone has an opinion about what went wrong but I think we have heard enough from Kemp and Loney that imply the focus and intensity just was not there. Fair or not, that has to fall on the manager. Ethier now says maybe he came back too soon but he also says his numbers are not that much different than last season. Unfortunately, that was not good enough. This team struck out too much, did not move runners enough, and did not play smart much of the time. Again, fair or not, this also falls on the manager. I think Joe knows it and I think he knew it a while ago. I have no idea if Broxton has a physical or mental problem but once again, management needs to address this and find an answer.
Campy would not be happy with the current situation. Have the McCourts left LA yet? If not when can we expect to get our team back?
And, here, I thought we were going to have a dull off-season 🙂
trublu, I was the one who was worried we would have nothing to talk about when JP was traded. Those were the days! Nothing is dull when Frank and Jamie are involved but it is a bit sad that ownership should be a bigger story than the team and players.
Yankeenemy, I fear we may be stuck with a McCourt for a while but hang in there. My fear is Frank will come up with some clever plan to settle with Jamie by payments over a period of time. He is an expert at this sort of maneuver. He is also good at wearing down his opponent. She might take such a deal if she has some security interest in the ogranization. He gets to keep the team, drain more money out of it to pay Jamie and still pass the team to his (and her) sons. If revenues decrease, payments to Jamie decrease. What does Frank care. I hope I am wrong about this.
I am not saying the players and the manager don't have a big responsibility in what went on, out on the field this season. I will say that if anyone of us was asked to do a job ( Job being to Bring a Ring, ) and were told by our top dog……that we will do whatever it takes….then after putting in long hours and hard work for not 1 ( No Ace )
but 2 years ( No Ace, ) then in year 3, were given the likes of Ramon and Russ Ortiz, along with the rest of the bunch, your boss would have a difficult time motivating you as well.
I think lbirken is correct in his thought they will settle, Jamie and Frank will continue to drain more money out of the team, unless the people paying them…. (US) prevent it!
However it may be too late by now anyhow, Fox (TV Rights) could bail them out at any moment in time. Hate to be a party pooper, just sayin.
Hiya Everybody
6 games left and we have to win them all to get back to .500
We can knock the Rockies right out of the race.
One thing I'd like to see and that is Loney finally getting into double degits in HRs.
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I had a bit of a panic at the beginning of the week after receiving an email from the lovely Susan at The Little House Of Art in Glastonbury asking for pictures of my work. The time has gone so quickly.
I was actually surprised when I put all my paintings together, they have been building up gradually and a lot of them are in the final stages. This is the small paintings I am working on and there are also some big canvases.
There is actually only a few weeks left before I pick the ones I am going to exhibit and get them framed. The canvas ones will remain unframed as I like the painting to carry on around the edges.
This painting is 'Floods Across The Blackmore Vale'. This is how it looked during October last year, the leaves changing colour, and the fields water logged from all that rain.
This is 'Misty Morning' A gorgeous autumn morning with the sun coming up and mist spreading out over the Blackmore Vale, making it look like we are looking out to sea.
I am feeling a little less panicked now, and feel I will be ready. The Somerset Arts Week brochure is out and there are some great places to visit during September.
The Exhibition runs from the 21st Sept to Sunday the 6th of October.
I will also be running a couple of workshops Nr Glastonbury as part of Love-Local at Middlewick Holiday Cottages at the foot of Glastonbury Tor. There will be 1 scrumbled Crochet Workshop and 1 Needlefelting Brooches, they have workshops going on throughout the Somerset Art Weeks so its worth having a look at there website. http://www.love-local.com/somerset-arts-week-workshops/


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One of the best decisions of my life
Welcome dear readers. I met our next interview at work, taking her picture for a story we were doing on her. This is important, because it was after talking to my friend Pam (Ed's Note: You read Pam's interview right? It was my first one. No? Umm, go read it and come back. Here's the link. Go on, read it…;-))and then Anne Marie about Disney that I decided to go ahead and start a blog featuring interviews with cast members.
Anne Marie is one of the many students, faculty and staff that make you proud to work at such an amazing University. I get to meet people like Anne Marie all the time, it's a true pleasure.
Tell us about yourself:
My name is Anne Marie. I am 29 and currently a grad student seeking my Masters of Business Administration from the Terry College of Business and my law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law.
How long did you work at Disney, and what did you do?
I worked for Disney for 7 months as an intern in the College Program in 2002 at Disney's Animal Kingdom as a Kilimanjaro Safari's game driver.
(Ed's Note: Here's a great site exploring the detail of Harambe)
Why did you begin working for Disney?
I had always loved Disney as a kid. My parents moved to Orlando when I was 6, and we lived 7 minutes from the park! Needless to say, my parent bought season passes and took me to the parks every chance I could convince them–every kid's fantasy come true! (Ed's Note: Indeed it is) While I was in college I heard about the Disney College Program and I jumped at the chance to go back for an internship. As an intern, I was very impressed with the company culture and loved every moment of my experience. At the end of my internship, I returned to school to finish my undergraduate degree.
Tell us your favorite memory of working there:
I am a naturally introverted and shy person. When I applied for the internship I knew that I would be placed where Disney needed me. When I found out that I would be a safari driver, everyone told me how great it would be and how it was one of the top spots for a College Program intern to have. Prior to the internship, I had not been to the Animal Kingdom, so I had no idea what I was in for until I got to the park my first day. When I found out that I would have to entertain guests as a safari driver all day, learn the ins and outs of over 50 different African animal species, and learn how to drive a huge truck–needless to say, I was overwhelmed and scared to death…and excited…all at the same time. I had a flight or fight moment of anxiety for about a day, and then I told myself that this was a once in a lifetime experience and that I would regret it if I asked to be transferred somewhere else. Well, as it ended up, it was one of the best decisions of my life to stay. I got to know so many amazing people, from schools all over the U.S. and countries as far away as Zimbabwe and South Africa. I met amazing guests and was able to create "magical moments" with kids that touched me as much as I hope I touched them by providing a fantastic safari experience.
Do you have a favorite Disney park?
Do I have to pick one? I love them all. I guess EPCOT is my overall favorite. I love to travel and so the World Showcase has always been an amazing experience for me!
What is your favorite Disney park ride?
Space Mountain (I know, it's shocking that the Safari is not my favorite)
What is your favorite Disney food or treat?
Oh that is easy — Ice cream sandwiches at the Main Street Bakery!
What is your favorite Disney souvenir?
A fanny pack that my mom would wear when we went to the parks. It was pretty ugly (I mean it is a fanny pack), but it reminds me of my mom and the fun times we had in the parks together, so therefore it is my favorite souvenir!
What is your favorite Disney movie?
Beauty and the Beast
Did you ever see a celebrity in the parks?
Sure…lots! Bruce Willis and Demy Moore came through the line at the Safari ride when I was an intern on the College Program. They were there with their kids and got the special VIP private safari ride! Joey Fatone got the same treatment when he came with his family.
Did you encounter any challenges while working?
One hot summer day after I had a long shift on the truck, I was sweating through my clothes and had gotten only a short break before I had to head out to work in the stroller area. Well, an angry mom came up to me, upset that she couldn't find her stroller. She yelled at me that it was my fault that she couldn't find it. I had to remember what I had been taught during Disney orientation…to listen to the guest and to make every effort to solve the problem to their satisfaction. As it ended up, her husband had grabbed the stroller and had taken their kids to the bathroom without telling her. When she found out, she apologized to me and I gave her a pass to get on to another ride in the park without having to wait in line. If I had gotten upset in that situation it would have escalated needlessly. Instead, I listened and helped her walk through the steps of what had happened after she got off the ride and all turned out well.
Did you ever experience anything unexpected or special with the animals while on a tour?
I witnessed the birth of two thomson's gazelle's or "tommies" as they were called on the ride. Tommies are very small when fully grown, so to see them as babies was amazing. These two tommies were delivered "on stage," meaning live in front of guests. They stayed on stage only for a few minutes before they were taken to a team of vets off stage to be taken care of further. It was truly an amazing day!
Share a funny moment while you were on the clock:
Riding through the safari during mating season…I had to tell the kids on my truck to close their eyes on more than once occasion! 🙂
(Ed's Note: Oddly enough, I couldn't kind a picture to illustrate this point)
Did you have a favorite hidden mickey?
Yes. There is one on the safari's ride just after the African elephants. Look for it next time you go!
Where did you live while in Orlando?
I lived at Disney operated apartments called Vista Way. They were located about 10 minutes from the parks. I lived with other cast members, two of which were my best friends who came with me from UGA. We had a blast!!!!
Would you go back?
Well, if Disney had a career path in environmental law and real estate, yes. I loved my time there, I just don't think my current career path will take me back.
What did you learn from Disney:
I learned amazing guest (customer) service skills that have served me well in other service jobs held subsequently. I also learned how to work within a diverse workforce.
(Ed's Note: Here's a great example of good customer service…in the parks, if you buy something and you're staying on property, Disney will deliver it to your room. I bought a coffee mug [what kind you ask? Nightmare Before Christmas of course. D'uh ;-)] and asked to have it sent to the hotel. Well, when I got there, no mug. After looking for 2 days, I was told that they would send one to our home, which was fine with me. But, when it arrived, it was broken!!! And at this point, I had washed the receipt with the clothes. So, on the phone I get, and after explaining what happened to at least 3 people, I fantastic young cast member was able to decipher the numbers I could actually read from the washed-out receipt, and send me a fresh, unbroken mug!!! One which I still use today. Sigh…)
Are you still in contact with your Disney co-workers?
It has been 9 years since I worked there…so no I don't really keep in touch.
If you worked in the parks, how did you share the Disney magic?
I tried to make sure that everyone on my truck had the best experience of their vacation with me on the ride. The safari's attraction was one of the top rides out of all the WDW parks, so I knew that the guests on my truck had high expectations. I also knew that they likely had waited in line for an hour or more and that it was up to me to provide them with a great experience. There were many occasions where I had a round of applause at the end of the ride, which was amazingly satisfying!
What would you tell guests about Disney since you've worked there?
If you could change anything about Disney, what would it be?
Wouldn't change anything!
Are you glad you worked there?
Many, many thanks to Anne Marie for taking the time from a very busy schedule to answer our questions. We wish her all the best in the future.


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Hawaii-based Marine dies while training in Calif.
A Hawaii-based U.S. Marine has been fatally injured in a vehicle crash at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Officials at Marine Corps Base Hawaii on Friday said 21-year-old Pfc. Zachary D. Tenbrook of Middlebury, Ind., was pronounced dead Wednesday by medical staff at Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital.
They say another Hawaii-based Marine, 24-year-old Lance Cpl. Christopher D. Mullen of Detroit, was hospitalized in stable condition.
According to the officials, the Marines were injured when their flatbed truck rolled over during a monthlong combined arms training exercise in preparation for upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.
The incident is under investigation.


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Hackers are exploiting the just-disclosed unpatched bug in Internet Explorer (IE) to launch drive-by attacks from malicious Web sites, security researchers said today.
"This attack appears to be rather targeted at the moment, but as with other unpatched vulnerabilities in the past, this has the potential to explode now that the word is getting out," said Craig Schmugar, a threat researcher at McAfee, in a blog post today.
Attacks are launched from Web sites in a classic drive-by fashion, said Schmugar and others. "Visiting the page is enough to get infected," Schmugar said.
Symantec also confirmed that it has spotted in-the-wild attacks exploiting the critical vulnerability in IE6 and IE7 that Microsoft acknowledged yesterday. "We're still seeing just limited attacks," said Ben Greenbaum, a senior research manager with Symantec's security response team. "The exploit is carried out simply by visiting a Web page hosting the vulnerability," he continued. "When the browser opens the page, the exploit causes the user's computer to download and execute another piece of malware."
Most of the malware downloaded and installed on the victimized PC consists of backdoors that let hackers install and run even more attack code. Among the malware is a .dll that's injected into IE to provide additional remote access to the machine, Schmugar said.
"It started out as limited and targeted, but now, with the drive-by attacks, it's no longer only a targeted attack," said Schmugar in an interview today.
Tuesday, Microsoft warned users of IE6 and IE7 that attackers were using an unpatched vulnerability in their browsers, but as is its practice, did not publish technical details of the bug.
Nor did Microsoft spell out a patching timetable, or promise that it would issue a fix before the next scheduled Patch Tuesday on April 13. Instead, it recommended that users modify access to the "iepeers.dll," disable scripting, and/or enable DEP (data execution prevention).
According to Vupen Security , the bug is a "user-after-free" memory error in how iepeers.dll handles certain data. "User-after-free" refers to an attempt to reuse memory space after it has been freed, said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security, in an instant message interview.
Neither Symantec nor McAfee have yet found evidence that the attack code has been widely distributed via hacker forums or posted more prominently on the Internet. When that happens, Schmugar said he expects attacks to quickly increase.
Microsoft may be forced to react with an emergency update if that happens, Greenbaum said. "It's possible Microsoft may consider an out-of-band patch for this issue," he said.
Symantec notified Microsoft of its discovery of the drive-by attacks a few hours before the latter issued its advisory, Greenbaum said. "The timeline, however, makes us think that they already knew about the issue and were planning on posting the advisory very soon anyway," he said.
Both Symantec and McAfee have created and distributed signatures that detect and block the installation of the malware that the drive-by exploit tries to inject into PCs.
Tuesday's advisory was the second in the last 60 days from Microsoft warning of ongoing attacks against an unpatched IE vulnerability. In mid-January, Microsoft said that a flaw in its browser had been used to attack several companies' networks, including Google 's and Adobe's. Microsoft patched that vulnerability, and seven others, later in the month when it shipped an out-of-band update .
Users able to can also upgrade Internet Explorer to IE8 , which does not contain the bug and so is immune from attack.