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I also wanted to ask if you did any stretching or shrinking of the cloth during construction.
Thank you ladies and gentlemen for all your help. I don't want to do too much personal fitting on this jacket because it is not for me. I was approached by members of a religious community that wears this style. Having examined one of their member's jackets, I drafted the pattern for my RTW size of 42R. This one is intended as a sample, not a personal item.I eliminated the underarm dart to simplify construction. Also, these people are "plain" dressers and do not want a too closely fitted style. Based on your advice, my next step will be to make and install shoulder padding. I sincerely appreciate your comments. I plan to make a personal jacket next (with a conventional collar) and will keep your observations in mind.


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If you have configured resource pools on your system as described in Chapter 13, Creating and Administering Resource Pools (Tasks), you can use the pool property to associate the zone with one of the resource pools when you configure the zone.
Starting with the Solaris 10 8/07 release, if you do not have resource pools configured, you can still specify that a subset of the system's processors be dedicated to a non-global zone while it is running by using the dedicated-cpu resource. The system will dynamically create a temporary pool for use while the zone is running. With specification through zonecfg, pool settings propagate during migrations.
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A Syracuse University research team has discovered something quite remarkable, if not immediately useful in everyday life*: bats belonging to species where the females are promiscuous have bigger testicles than those in species where the girls are more family-oriented.
There is, however, a price to pay: the bigger your 'nads, the smaller your brains, according to team leading biologist Scott Pitnick, who quipped: "It turns out size does matter."
Pitnick's research, which according to AP features in last December's Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Science, concludes that males in some species "make an evolutionary trade-off between intelligence and sexual prowess", as bat-mating expert David Hoskens of Exeter Uni explained.
Pitnick's team examined 334 bat species, finding that in those with monogamous females, males had testes ranging from 0.11 per cent of their body weight to 1.4 per cent. In contrast, in species with promiscuous females, the testicles ranged from 0.6 per cent to 8.5 per cent of the males' mass. Rafinesque's big-eared bat was apparently the species with the league-topping testes.
"Bats invest an enormous amount in testis, and the investment has to come from somewhere. There are no free lunches," Hoskens illuminated. The reason your bat might be obliged to invest so much in the trouser department is simple. "If female bats mate with more than one male, a sperm competition begins. The male who ejaculates the greatest number of sperm wins the game, and hence many bats have evolved outrageously big testes."
Naturally, if you've put all your energy into record-breaking nuts because the girls on your block are putting it about, you might have an "adaptive advantage", but there simply is not enough energy left to invest in a bigger brain.
Bat chaps are not the only males who walk bow-legged with a vacant expression on their faces - chimpanzees too are promiscuous and their cojones are much bigger than those of gorillas, where one bloke controls several females without fear of competition.
* Oh, alright then - it's a real dinner party show stopper: "Yes, it's true: the poor thing had bollocks like bowling balls but was as thick as ten short planks nailed together..."
And thanks to reader John Emery for the testicular heads-up.


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Apart from a few Cheese Balls (the absolute king of cheese corn snacks, really, they're like an evolved Wotsit and more moreish than Kylie's charlie) I ate nothing last night. But I did tape Masterchef which I watched at midnight drooling like a cracked up Winehouse before retiring to bed, partially sober and very tired, and sleeping like a smacked up Doherty.
Earlier in the evening Myfwt and I met up with Notagay (link right, filed under 'he's not gay, okay') in a rather downmarket hostelry for a drinks in fucking Wimbledon. I knew it was a bit below par because it was over populated by those wiry pale men that drink lager and look like they enjoy porn and assault, the barmaid screaming 'Dave! Service! I'm busting for a big piss!' didn't exactly set the tone for champagne and oysters either. Anyway, Myfwt and I found a table and Notagay joined us shortly after and we settled down.
A pleasant evening ensued, Notagay and I had a few pints of ale and Myfwt enjoyed a few G&T's which we supped slowly, mainly because we were all gassing at once. So much nattering went on that we found ourselves on the 'blast' side of closing time and we were virtually turfed out into the night. All the good intentions of taking a bus were poo poed when a black cab slunk past and Mywft and I bid a fond farewell to Notagay and we disappeared off home.
It's a lovely day today, fucking cold but beautifully bright and sunny. I'm enjoying not feeling like I've spent all night being Abu Hamza's bitch due to over indulgence and as a result my day at work is easier to deal with. Speaking of which, it's a short post today because I'm extraordinarily busy but before I go some information on today's youtube entry.
This band look ridiculous. This may have something to do with their being a Swiss lot but any band who can lay claim to a tune called 'Phallic Tantrum' can't be that bad. Their importance as pioneers of thrash/black metal cannot be understated and even now their influence can be heard in more contemporary acts such as Emperor and Dimmu Borgir. But their reach is wider than that, both Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl were inspired by them, the latter even used the CF front man Tom Gabriel Fischer to perform on his metal compilation project Probot, more on that tomorrow. Do check out the awesome 'death grunt' employed by the lead fellow. It's lovely.


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Timehop Hooks Up With USA Today to Deliver Stories From the Past
Ask any marketer — nostalgia sells. It's longing paired with the passage of time, a sense of how things were once "better," or at least different, than they are today. Bottle that feeling, and you've got a potential customer in the bag.
It's why Timehop — the mobile app that serves up a daily summary of your past social activity on Facebook and Twitter from years ago — is so powerful. And it's also likely why USA Today has partnered up with Timehop, and is now delivering users relevant news from the past in their daily Timehop updates.
It works like so: Anyone familiar with Timehop knows that the service will send you a little notification each morning, letting you know that your trip back in time to view your old status updates and tweets is ready. With the new partnership, users will see a significant, newsy item from the past, and the contemporary story matched to that day. So, for example, you may see what the state of the Mars rover mission was six years ago, and a story about where the program is today.
"What Timehop is doing is trying to work with the long tail of content and resurface it," USA Today social marketing director Mark Smith told me. "Here, USA Today is trying to do the same thing with news content, and the ability to bring back old, iconic headlines to people on a daily basis."
It's not always the "obvious" moment, either. While an item may have been a huge deal say, three years ago, perhaps the lasting news value of it was nil. "We're looking for those small moments that turn into something bigger," Smith said.
There's an obvious draw for USA Today to be included here: All of the past stories inside the app will link out to a USA Today piece hosted on the publication's site. It's a small way of driving an extra bit of traffic out to the paper's daily site. (USA Today wouldn't tell me what the terms of the deal were with Timehop, or what the app got in return; my guess would be some sort of affiliate fee.)
To be honest, I was a little shocked to hear of the partnership between the two organizations. Timehop is a small startup run by only a handful of entrepreneurs, while USA Today is an institution. I don't often see major publications take chances on small tech-centric startups.
But I'd imagine that's part of the attraction here. As Timehop is still fairly under the radar of the mainstream, it's a way for USA Today to toe the waters of what social affiliate marketing can do, without going "whole hog," as it were. And the paper has proved experimental in the past, as one of the first major news publications to partner with social magazine Flipboard.
Smith is bullish on Timehop's sharing prospects, as users can push out their past statuses and moments to Facebook and Twitter from inside the app. And, like Timehop's makers, Smith and his paper are banking on more users being charmed as time goes on.
On a personal note: It really is a charming app, popular within the tech circles for surfacing all the old, stupid stuff we've updated our statuses with over the years. We'll see if the newsy touch can add the same feeling.


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Canucks star Roberto Luongo says goodbye again; hopes he's not saying hello next fall
Robertol Luongo, former Canucks captain, says his teammate Cory Schneider received "unfair" criticism for his playoff performance and also reveals that he doesn't expect to be back in a Canucks uniform for training camp in September.
VANCOUVER — This time, Roberto Luongo really does hope it's goodbye. Of course, he said so long last year at this time and we all know what happened.
But on Thursday, when he joined the rest of the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena for a final team get-together, Luongo made it clear that he does think it's time to move on. Actually, way past time.
"I have made that statement before," Luongo said as he leaned against a wall outside the team dressing room. "I feel like I am in a stage of my life where I want to play. Whether that's here or somewhere else remains to be seen. But what has happened over the course of the last two years suggests that maybe it's not my place to be the starter here anymore. That being said, things change so, who knows."
If Luongo learned anything this past season, it's to expect the unexpected. He didn't think he'd start the season in Vancouver, let alone end it here.
"Who knows what is going to happen," he said. "I think we are all aware of what the situation is. . .my main goal is to be a starter. I want to play and feel like I still have a lot to give. At the end of the day that's what I want, so we'll see what happens."
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Asked if he could envision returning to the same situation next season and again play second fiddle to Cory Schneider, Luongo said: "Not really. Like I just said before, I want to play and that's the bottom line.
"The way I came into camp, the way I felt about my game and stuff I was really excited about that. For once I had a good start to the season and I was happy and with all the stuff going around I kind of lost a little momentum in the middle. But at the end of the day I feel like I have many good years left in me and I can contribute somewhere and I want to be part of something like that."
Luongo made his comments about an hour before Vancouver general manager Mike Gillis addressed the media. It sounds like Gillis plans to grant Luongo his wish. Asked about the likelihood of Luongo being here next season, Gillis said simply: "I think it is unlikely."
It doesn't figure to be easy, as Gillis discovered this past season. Luongo is 34 and has nine years and just over $40 million left on the 12-year deal he signed with the Canucks.
Luongo thinks everyone -- he and Schneider, the coaches, the rest of the team -- handled a difficult situation as best they could.
"They are in a tough spot," Luongo said of the coaches. "It's tough to manage something like that. There was really no good answer. We both want to play, that's the bottom line and there's only one net so I think me and Schneids handled it well on a personal level. We didn't let that get in the way of a friendship and we were supportive of one another even though we both wanted to play and we made it work. We did the best that we could with what we had."
As Luongo spoke, Schneider was at the other end of the hall giving his own interview. He disclosed that it was a groin injury that kept him out of Games 1 and 2 of the playoff series with the San Jose Sharks.
He suffered the injury in the third period of Vancouver's 3-1 home-ice win over the Chicago Blackhawks on April 22 while stretching to make a save.
"Felt something I hadn't felt before in my career," Schneider said. "It wasn't anything major. I was able to finish the game, but there was some discomfort and I could tell that something wasn't right. But with 10 minutes left in a game against Chicago, I didn't want to come out of the net."
Like Luongo, Schneider thinks they both made the best of what was certainly not an ideal situation.
"The game is full of things you don't expect," Schneider said. "I didn't expect to get injured, I didn't expect to do this or that, so the fact Roberto was here didn't impact a whole lot. I just tried to do the same thing I always do. He was tremendous throughout the whole process and really believed in me and stood up for me."
That may be one of the more remarkable things about what was a decidedly unremarkable Canuck season. Throughout it all, Luongo and Schneider stuck together and supported one another. Schneider was clearly devastated after a 5-2 loss in Game 3 in San Jose and Luongo was there whispering words of encouragement before Schneider faced the media.
"I think we made it work the best that we could," Luongo said.
If he really is leaving, Luongo seems to be departing Vancouver with the fans solidly behind him. They clearly appreciated not only the solid goaltending he provided most nights over his seven seasons here, but the class and humour he displayed in what was an uncomfortable situation.
For them, Luongo offered a thank you and an apology before leaving the rink Thursday.
"First of all I'd like to thank them for everything and just apologize that I wasn't able to bring them a Stanley Cup two years ago," he said.


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Russian officials will hold talks in Moscow with two key Syrian opposition leaders and United Nations envoy Kofi Annan later this month, amid signs that the Kremlin is ready to throw its weight behind Mr. Annan's revised plan for a transitional government and might even be starting to think seriously about life after Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad leaves power.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov was quoted by the official RIA-Novosti news agency as saying that the first representative, writer and opposition support Michel Kilowill, is expected to arrive later this week. The new head of the Syrian National Council, Abdulbaset Sieda, will visit Moscow after July 10, and Annan will come for talks around the middle of the month.
The talks with opposition figures are "important because we have to do our best to implement Kofi Annan's plan and decisions of the Geneva conference," the agency quoted Bogdanov as saying.
The Russian moves come just two days after Britain, the US, China, Russia, France, and Turkey met in Geneva and agreed to a plan that would create an interim unity government that could include "members of the present government and the opposition and other groups" that would draft a new constitution and initiate a democratic process for choosing new leadership for the country.
The spiraling conflict in Syria, which most are now calling a civil war, has killed more than 16,500 people since it began last March, according to figures from the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights released today. The UN has not recently published casualty estimates.
During the Geneva talks, Russia, followed its long-standing position on the Syria crisis and insisted on the removal of language in the final resolution that might have required Mr. Assad to step aside. That led the Syrian National Council, the main opposition group endorsed by the West, to label the talks a "mockery" and vow to keep on fighting.
But Western leaders say that the resolution requires the transitional body to be formed by "mutual assent," which means the most contentious figure, Assad, will probably have to go or the body won't be formed. Assad has given no signs of stepping down from power.
"We want Assad to take part in the process, not because we like him, but because his participation will prevent a total collapse of the regime and an all-against-all conflict," says Sergei Markov, a Kremlin-connected expert and vice president of the Plekhanov Economic University in Moscow.
But he adds that "Russia is trying to engage with different actors. We've always had a complicated relationship with Assad, and we're not stuck on him, but if it's announced that he's definitely leaving his coalition will collapse – including religious minorities that rely on his regime for protection – and the military opposition will come roaring in and take power. We'd like to see reform, but it should be step-by-step, not a sudden explosion."
Russian experts argue that the Syrian opposition is far from being a unified force, and that there might be room for compromises on the shape of the transitional government that would satisfy at least enough people to give it a chance to work.
"There is a meeting of Syrian opposition forces going on in Cairo today, which aims to find a common position. We should watch what happens there," says Vladimir Sazhin, an expert with the official Institute of Oriental Studies in Moscow.
"We see that it's only the Free Syrian Army that has taken a completely rejectionist point of view, and there are many other elements in the picture. Many things are possible, and the fact that Russia and the West disagree over the role of Assad shouldn't obscure the fact that we do agree on almost everything else," he says.
Some experts say that the long-running blame game between Russia and the West has probably run its course and that real opportunities are still present for East-West cooperation to prevent a long and bloody civil war in Syria.
"The negotiating process is moving and it seems that the US and Russia are seriously trying to bridge the gaps," says Sergei Strokan, a foreign affairs columnist for the pro-business Moscow daily Kommersant. "It seems like Russia is really just trying to prevent a complete collapse of the Assad regime, and would be satisfied if some Assad loyalist were part of a new government so that Moscow can rebuild its relationship with a post-Assad Syria…
"Russian diplomats are not fools, they are pragmatists," Mr. Strokan says. "They can see that the costs of hanging on to Assad are mounting, that it's causing a lot of discomfort for us. [Tuesday], for example, Human Rights Watch is going to release a really damning report on torture centers in Syria. This is really searing stuff, and it's going to be thrown in Russia's face. People will ask, all over again, why are you Russians supporting Assad? For Russia it is more and more effort-consuming and uncomfortable to keep explaining our position...
"Russian diplomats know you can't just keep saying 'nyet, nyet,' you have to move in a constructive direction. So, finally, they are starting to seriously think about life after Assad. There is more hope for some generally-acceptable negotiated solution than it may seem at this moment," he adds.


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"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesars"How does one keep politics separate from football?I often wonder how the TTFF Special Advisor (is he advising or dictating?) is able to convince coaches to venture into a perilous position.......coaching in TNT? Are these appointments for the general good of football or are they designed to propagate a political position?I am drawn to Shakespeare's play Juilus Caesar as I reflect on the themes of ambition, and the yearning for power by our own Prince Machavelli. it also reflects how Miscommunication, both in the form of deception and self-deception, is endemic in the action of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.Imagine if you will a scene with the special advisor offering the coaching reins to someone:" And then he offered it the third time. He put it the third time by; and still as he refused it, the rabblement hooted and clapped their chopt hands, and threw up their sweaty nightcaps, and uttered such a deal of stinking breath"Are we the rabblement that hoots and howls at every appointment as though a Saviour has landed in our midst?With all due respect to the now present (flavour of the day) senior coach it behoves me to be objective in seeking out clarity as to the process and thinking which goes into appointing a coach in TNT. Without stating the obvious everyone could possibly surmise that Mr. Warner is the anointed brain thrust (tongue in cheek) behind each selection. But what is the long term impact of the manner of these selections on the sustainability and growth of our football program, and our capacity to develop knowledge and expertise among our local players and coaches?
Coop's ah wonder if we may see an organization for coaches like FPATT?Football Coaches Association Trinidad Tobago? FCATT
There must be a merry-go-round in T&T Football because Coaches are never respected or can't command respect,every Coach is controlled and has to be told by his employers what to do,it will always have conflicts between members of our technical staff because egos often come into play,the who better than who mentality comes into play.In T&T Coaches are not given enough time to prove themselves,all it takes is losing one game/tournament to be changed,how are these guys to gain any experience,have we ever asked ourselves how much better has foreign Coaches done than our locals(take out Benie),it's very difficult for our Coaches to be productive because of the systems we have in place for having players ready and on call when ever the country needs them,we still have a amateurish approach to Football,we doing things based on what somebody else have done and not what works for our country.How other countries get their players when ever they want them?it's all because they have a 1,2,3/4 year plan so everybody knows in advance when players must be released.T&T has a history of changing Coaches and is because we are looking for overnight/instant success,the successful teams are those that prepare long term,have a plan in place which everybody follows and sticks to it,my view also is that not all the blame should be put on Coaches the quality of our players must be improved if the standard is to be lifted.
what HAPPEN 'CAT BITE ALLYUH TONGUE' NO BODY HAVE ANY ASSESSMENT ON THE SUBJECT?
ah friend of mine who is Colombian was tell me that Colombia used to hire coaches from other south american country until the standard of play reach to par...then they start hiring their own country as TD and coaches to run there program...so i guess for us we have to do the same thing
Amazing that the President / Association Board did not ride the same merry go aroundSimple Logic: If THEY were responsible for choosing and hiring the coaches and year after year they fail to get it right. Then it stands to reason that they should be fired &, or resign.


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I stumbled across this "review" of World of Goo courtesy the boys at Rock, Paper, Shotgun and nearly ruined my laptop while reading, as I spewed my morning cup of coffee all over the screen. Andrew Doull, IT manager and occasional GameSetWatch columnist, wrote an homage to the game in the form of EA CEO John Riccitiello fan fiction. Yes, fan fiction. Which includes ninjas, an evil plot against our own Brian Crecente, and much raving about those damn 'little guys' who keep managing to pull out big hits:
He knew the capabilities were there. The early iterations of Spore in the EA Advanced Weapons Labs had showed the way. But the cost... they'd had to nuke an escaped Brian Crecente on the corner of 4th Avenue and Broadway. Only a clumsy Gawker clone and a Sims expansion pack which wiped the knowledge of that intersection from the public mind had ensured the cover up. His favourite noodle house had been on that corner. Really great noodles .... He wondered if he should arrange another attempt on Stephen Totilo – the wounds from the Desktop Tower Defense debacle were still fresh. But it was the little guys who were causing the real problems: penetration attacks from TIGSource were getting more common every day and Stallman still lived, protected by the Dckx mafia, despite that outrageous price on his head. He could feel the sand slipping through his fingers like goo through a pipe. How could he identify the next big thing if he couldn't even see the potential in his own staff?
As Doull says in a comment below the 'review,' "Despite what I wrote, this isn't a specific dig at EA or the game industry. It was more a 'isn't it a great opportunity to be an independent developer, because the tools are now out there to not have to worry about the low level stuff anymore'." It's worth a read just for the mental image of a clone Crecente and a destroyed corner in New York City. Long live the indie game. Review: World of Goo [Ascii Dreams via Rock, Paper, Shotgun]


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Based in Georgetown, MA, woodcut artist Kate Hanlon is our featured artist for September in the downstairs Weston Gallery. She is skilled in a printmaking technique called "white line carving" that was adapted from older Japanese techniques in 1915 by a group of six artists in Provincetown, MA. The process involves carving an outline into a sheet of wood, then brushing each section with watercolor paint and rolling a sheet of paper over the painted sections. This results in a beautiful, "stained-glass" effect for the finished print.
Thanks to a generous subsidy from the Friends of the Lane Library, Kate will be teaching a workshop for those 16 years or older who would like to try their hand at this style of printmaking. The class will take place on Saturday, September 28th from 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM. No previous artistic experience is necessary, but please be aware that participants will be cutting designs into a wood block with a very sharp knife!
There is a materials cost of $5 per person, and the class is limited to 20 people. Those interested may call the library at (603) 926-3368, or sign up at the Adult Circulation Desk.
Kate maintains a website and blog presence at www.katehanlon.com.


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A real off day
Posting from home today, as the Dodgers have closed the offices as a thank you to the employees for their hard work. Of course, I had to bring my car in for servicing, so I'm stuck here. But that's okay.
To answer the question about Roy Smith, Ned has not decided on a replacement for him or if there will be one in that exact position. He's currently in the process of replacing Terry Collins with a new farm director and we'll go from there. From a personal standpoint, I know Roy really enjoyed connecting with you guys on the blog during the season and I will certainly miss him at the Dodgers and know he'll do well, wherever he ends up.
The contest for the World Series predictions is now closed, so we'll see how it turns out. And congrats to joshiegreer, who also won the final six games contest for four of the aweseome baseline seats to a game next year. Sorry for overlooking it, we'll be in touch soon.
Finally, I have to pass along a great post from Dodger Thoughts, which most of you probably already saw over there, but which I found to be the perfect guide to the offseason rumor mill. The names you'll see and hear as rumored future Dodgers are part of what make the offseason exciting, so enjoy them but like the commercials say, please enjoy responsibly. From Jon Weisman:
How To Survive the Hot Stove League Without Getting Burned
1) Rumors are not facts.
2) Teams and agents often float rumors to generate attention or to misdirect rivals. The media will report these rumors without much concern over how viable they are. The rumor is the news – whether it comes to fruition or not is not the media's problem (or so the media has decided).
3) A report that agents, players or teams "were talking" is meaningless. People talk all the time. It doesn't mean anything will come of it.
4) Any rumor attributed to an anonymous source is particularly useless.
5) Making judgments about a general manager based on a rumor reflects poorly on the judge.
6) Many deals, if not most, are never rumored, but spring up out of the blue.
7) Many are eager to pass along rumors. If you are planning to post a rumor here, please check to see if it has been posted already. But whatever you do, don't take the rumors too seriously.
And with that, enjoy the weekend!
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Hey Josh,
We too wish Roy the very best. I just hope this isn't the beginning of another house cleaning in the front office. What happens up there usually has a rippling effect on the team. We need all our management team in place now so the Dodgers can deal from a position of strength. It's going to take some very agressive negotiations to land the impact players we need for this team.
One has to LOL when it comes to rumors, but one thing it does accomplish is it keeps the blood moving. As passionate a fan as some of us are, we really want to be heard on what the Dodgers need, so tell Ned to keep an open mind to our suggestions Josh and we'll be watching in anticipation of the next great Dodger to be !!
Go NED !!!
Go Dodgers !!!
i hope that terry collins and roy smith did not leave on any bad terms, and we fill those positions with smart credible people..
My wish list …
1. Gagne
2. Soriano
3. Zito
4. Nomar
this is gonna seem kind of like a bad comment BUT i really feel like i have to make it, Ned's pitching choices aside from Maddux were REALLY REALLY BAD! i hope he makes more educated picks this time around.
ps just my pet peeve of the season.
'07 Dodgers here we come.
Pitching is bad but the big minus has to come in the fielding… Maddux and Lowe need great fielders behind them or they do not fare well. The pitchers we have had all lost games due to limited fielding ability across the board.
When we had really great fielders we lost because they did not hit as well as the players we have now. And now we have better OBP players we are weak in Defence which makes the pitching look worse.1b Loney should be a lock he is still coming along and will make a couple errors but I think his glove will save a few more and some runs to boot, Will he hit as well as Nomar? Kid shows sock and ability.2b Kent/Nomar splitshift if we can get Nomar to think and Kent to Agree that they would be a Great team of Halftime players to become a huge HEALTHY force splitting the duties with Pinch hitting on the off nights.Furcal at SS and he HAS to Field at least 3-5 times better this coming year his arm cost alot of runs through errors gotta Catch the Ball Gotta Throw the Ball to the Target.3b Gotta Hit it here Betemit didn't thrill me on the field and his sock lost wind kinna a beltre looking guy without the Great glove. If Raffy had Great fielders on both sides of him I think he would improve 3-5 fold on his errors.
OF Eithier has to get over this Mentally spent thing…
Lofton has a great bat.. but it always goes south about oct. and his Defence in CF is a major liability to the pitching. Repko hasn't really seen a full year yet either players in his way or injured…Drew is doin ok and that has to do with the time he played 1 point for grady. If we can turn over a not so hot rookie or just Sign 1 Hot Slugging catch em all CF and keep K lo for pinch hit and reserve/pinch run work I think we improve.
Bullpen needs alot of work to get back to where it should be Gio is done Thank you very much for the work you have done here in LA and will always remember you good luck in your future,Hendrickson showed something at the end of the season Not sure on his contract but if we have him still he might be something still he did have a couple very good games in th AL.Saito is worth another go around for sure and JB showed some strength but is still young. Kuo is possible as well as stultz and Chad is still working at it.It'd would be great to Sign Gange back as a healthy pitcher as well as brazoban. Mota showed his full strength in NY tonight and coughed it up…
However what I fear most is our coaching staff…Rich Donnally 3b Coach? Dude Review Review Review… Your calls were terrible to say the least from the start of the season til the end.I'd like to see a LRA stuck on basecoaches Lost run avg.Agressive base running is good but you have to have instinct… Gotta work on that Mr. Donnally
Rick Honeycutt… Your Pitchers either walk people or get hit.. even maddux went south in the end but that is also part of the fielding problem. Maury Wills Great job this year with the base stealing and running ability gotta clue Rich in now too as what to do with them on the scoring aspects. Then we have The Manager.. Grady Little who sent Nomar in with bases loaded and a Fastball LHP on the mound with Saenz availble…Granted I understand and agree you want him availible to hit when and where you want him near the end of the game but he was the person you needed to bat there and Nomar could have done the Gibson thing but he didn't and he wasn't the best call for the situation…. Then there are the Bullpen Fiascos….Granted yet again not alot to work with but you have to call on your best players when you need them most as the situation calls it.
If The Dodgers are going to continue with the current coaching and manager staff I Challenge Mr Mc Court and GM Colleti To Make Them step it up as is expected of the team
and Make Better desicions. You Can't have 100M team run by indecive or just plain bad decisions.
The Intangibles are the up coming rookies that we didn't take under wing in 2006.It seems prudent at this point to sign kick butt homer hitting 3b & CF fielders this year.
Point is that the whole Club can inprove top to bottom inside and out this was a vast improvement over last year but there were setbacks from last as well.
Good Luck and
I can't help but wonder if there is a reason why Mota, Lo Duca, Encarnecion (Green, too) are in the NLCS, and the guys we got are not. I think it goes to show just how far the Dodgers have come since that meathead disposed of these players.
No to Zito.
I just saw that Steve Lyons got canned by Fox for making fun of Piniella's Hispanic background. Will that have any effect on his status with the Dodgers for 2007?
Lyons comments were not funny (he rarely is), but they certainly didn't warrant his firing. America needs to loosen up a bit. (And Lyons should have known better).
We want Zito and Aramis Ramirez.
Piniella's commmet about the firing "Steve no esta aqui"
Lyons should not have been fired. But he was so whatever. The Dodgers should hire him and keep him under contract. I believe that this is the way it is done with Vin Scully and Charlie Steiner.
The Steve Lyons firing is disgusting to say the least. Would everyone STOP trying to be so damned politically correct! Anybody that's been listening to Steve Lyons for the past ten years knows what a nut-case he is. He's a good natured man that likes to have fun. His nickname is "psycho" for cryin' out loud. His style of broadcasting was a relief to all those freakin' east-coast homers who dominate the airwaves. His commentary was informative and delivered with humor and insight that not many former players can produce. He is an announcer who is respected by his peers in baseball. Why is it that FOX is really letting Steve Lyons go??
Now you tell me honestly if Steve Lyons meant any derogatory harm to, of all people, Lou Piniella with what went down. FOX should be ashamed of themselves.
"DETROIT — Fox baseball broadcaster Steve Lyons has been fired for making a racially insensitive comment directed at colleague Lou Piniella's Hispanic heritage on the air during Game 3 of the American League championship series.
The network confirmed Saturday that Lyons was dismissed after Friday's game. He has been replaced for the remainder of the series by Los Angeles Angels announcer Jose Mota.
Piniella had made an analogy involving the luck of finding a wallet, then briefly used a couple of Spanish phrases during Friday's broadcast.
Lyons said that Piniella was "hablaing Espanol" _ butchering the conjugation for the word "to speak" _ and added, "I still can't find my wallet."
"I don't understand him, and I don't want to sit too close to him now," Lyons continued.
Lyons claimed he was kidding.
"If I offended anybody, I'm truly sorry," Lyons said in a phone interview. "But my comment about Lou taking my wallet was a joke and in no way racially motivated."
Steve Lyons should not have been fired over his joke. I have always thought he tries too hard to be funny. Maybe that is because he can't think of anything else to say. There is a lot of pressure to fill the airways and if you are part of a broadcasting team, you better have something to say. Still, I think his attempts at humor and his references to what a lousy player he was were a little lame at times.
If they wanted to fire him, make it for trying too hard to be funny, not for some questionable non politically correct remark.
Fox must have had some other reason to fire Steve Lyons. Not a good reason, their reason. I just don't see how his comments were racially unacceptable. They were aimed at Lou, not Hispanics. They were meant to be funny, not caustic.For all his bravado, Lou surely isn't thin skinned. We'll see as the Cub manager. Kevin you are right -this politically correct stuff is costly in may ways. In Canada it is only OK to be critical of middle aged white men (who are a minority) and Christians. Didn't mean to get political.
And America just loves Charles Barkley no matter what drips from his fat pie hole!!!
Lyons is a fixture for Dodgers Live on FSN Prime Ticket but doubtful he is allowed to return to that duty and work for the cable FOX channel. Dodger road games on KCAL where Vin doesn't make the trip is where I see Lyons from now own calling the game with Charley.
Lyons should sue FOX and bring Piniella along as his chief witness.
Lou was actually laughing along with the rest of the booth over this seemingly innocent remark!! For all the **** FOX puts on during primetime, how is this unacceptable??
Lou isn't an innocent observer anymore. His refusal to say anything other than "He isn't here" is as disgusting as the firing. He should be a man and call out FOX. he has no loyalty to them and he should know that this firing was horrible.
Also, JOSE MOTA? What the **** are they thinking he's worse than thom brenneman.
Lyons getting fired by FOX for his stupid attempt at trying to be funny is a crock. Half the things that come out of his grill are lame. My question is….When is Charlie Steiner goin to get shown the door? Please don't make us have to endure another season with that horses' rectum doin the games.
If FOX can fire Lyons for that statement then it was going to happen anyway. FOX just chose to use this statement to cover their butts. Fact is it was a poor attempt at a joke and no one was hurt. I personally feel that Steiner has done far worst and I agree with qban90277, get Steiner out of LA. This was one of the greatest years to be a Dodger fan and yet I couldn't stand listening to a Dodger broadcast if Steiner was on the air !!
Go Dodgers !!
Mr. McCourt, it's time to listen to your loyal Dodger fans once again. You listened to us, and the names on uniforms are coming back, Thank You. Now please listen to us again and get rid of Charlie Steiner.
Gregg, I haven't heard Charlie Steiner as an announcer so can't comment. I am howver a dissenting voice re: names on uniforms. I much prefer the uniforms as they are with no player names on them. Guess that is a carry over from my Dodger days starting in 1952. I also like "Dodgers" on the away uniform instead of Los Angeles. Everyone seems to speak of the DODGERS when referring to this team. However, the posts on this site seem to overwhelmingly prefer the player names on the uniforms.
hi gtuys, just showing my son in-law how this works. hope you all are o.k.
i also like the dodgers on away unis look harold…. and on the steve lyons thing, i come from mexican heritage, and in no way is whatlyons said is even remotely ofensive… fox needs to re-hire this guy.. even though he is not that good..
yeah i am also of Mexican heritage and i wasnt offended…i mean its not like Steve called Lou a *******
I was out of town (again) this past weekend and missed the Steve Lyons incident. But based on what y'all are saying (and from what I have read about it), it sounds as if Fox dumped Steve in a feeble attempt to appear "sensitive" and "Politically Correct". And, as euhlman and kday01 (and others of our generation) will tell you, PC is a bunch of ****! Fox Sports needs to grow a set!
This past season I ran into "Psycho" a few times at Dodger Stadium and he was always more than willing to chat with me for a couple of minutes. Sure, there are better sportscasters out there than Steve, but he would always stand up for the Dodgers when the others in the booth with him would try to trash the Dodgers, and I really appreciated that about him.
Unfortunately, because all of the televised Dodgers games are (in one way or another) linked to Fox, there is no way that the Dodgers can keep him on board. I believe that the only way that Fox might reconsider this situation would be if Lou Piniella were to come out publicly in Steve's defense – and I just don't see that happening.
I have already expressed my disapproval of the Steve Lyons firing to Fox Sports via their website at: http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback. Perhaps if enough people do so, they might consider bringing him back. Even though this may seem futile, I did it anyway.
With regards to the uniform thing, I have mixed feelings. In the old Brooklyn days, the Dodgers did not have the players' names on their uniforms. When the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958 (or shortly thereafter), they started doing so. That I am aware of, last season was the first time that the Los Angeles Dodgers went without the players' names on the uniforms (but I could be wrong about this). What I liked about not having the names on their jerseys was that it helped to identify the TRUE Dodger fans – Those who did not need to see the names to know who the players were.
While going back to having the names on their jerseys will help (less than true) Dodger fans identify the players, I have to believe that the REAL reason that the "Los Angeles Dodgers LLC" is doing so is to help boost retail sales of Dodger jerseys and T-Shirts. (LOL).
51 – good job getting your son-in-law on the site. My son-in-law is from Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory. He doesn't even like baseball. Oh my. Good post 53. I expect you are correct about why the names are going back on the uniforms. You are also right also, when we watch our team, we can identify players simply by how they wear their uniforms, walk, run, hit, throw, etc. I read this on another site:"The Chicago White Sox, under the direction of Bill Veeck, were the first to put names on the back of jerseys and the Dodgers followed suit in 1972."
Everybody knows Steve Lyons is a horse's behind but then so is Thom Brennaman and I notice FOX hasn't fired him. Whatever, I heard Lyons' "wallet" remark to Lou and thought it was tacky (can you imagine Vin Scully saying such a thing?)but I agree something else was going on.
Does anyone know who is going to the All-Star series in Japan? I heard Brad Penny was going, but he isn't on the partial roster released by MLB. And is Furcal going?
Hey clreissie – I have to agree with you in that something else must have been going on with Steve Lyons. I'm guessing that both he and Brennaman received a royal butt chewing over their comments about the apparatus being worn by the blind Mets fan. I'm betting that they were both told one more screw-up and you're out, and Lyons' wallet comment (although not racial or insensitive in my book, but, as you said, a little tacky) was the last straw for him.
Hey flyangel420 – I had heard that Furcal was on the Japan bound All-Star roster but not Brad Penny. Here is the article that ran on mlb.com a couple of weeks back: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061010&content_id=1707274&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
fansince53 – isn't the story that O'Malley didn't put the names on the back of the uniforms because he wanted to sell more programs?
No one likes tradition more then I do, and I agree that the travel uniforms should say Dodgers. But in this era of ever changing rosters I have to go with the names on the uniforms. I understand the reasoning by McCourt & Depodesta, they were attempting to rally everyone behind the team and not the individual. But lets take this year for example, from the first day of the season to the last, the roster was almost completely turned over !! And the bullpen was completely turned over !! Add to that the revolving door of rookies this year, plus players changing numbers like Tody Hall, it's a wonder the players knew who each other were !! When the average fan or kids go to the ballpark or watch a game on TV, they need to know the players a lot longer then the diehard fans do to relate to them. I say go with the names on the jerseys, it's a small price for tradition to pay but well worth the fans attention.
Go Dodgers !!
patriotacts425 – You are probably correct about the O'Malley program thing. Walter O'Malley was a very shrewd businessman (and the most hated man in New York for moving the team to Los Angeles. He frequently received death threats for that).
I was a bit surprised that it wasn't until 1972 that the names were put on the jerseys, but I certainly trust euhlman's words. I seem to recall seeing "Drysdale" and "Koufax" on the backs of their respective jerseys while they were still playing, but both were already out of the game in 1972. Because of this, it must have been fans' jerseys in the stands with the names on them that I recall seeing prior to 1972.
I also agree with garysmith. Having the names on the jerseys does make for quicker recognition for everyone and I am ok with it. Here is a case in point:
When James Loney was with the big club on opening day (playing for the injured Nomar), he wore number 27. He went back down to Triple-A Las Vegas when Nomar returned to the line-up. A few weeks later, Matt Kemp was brought up from Double-A Jacksonville and wore number 27. A couple of weeks later Loney came back up to the big club, now wearing number 29. While all of that was happening, Jose Cruz Jr. was released from the club (phew!) and Toby Hall gave up number 26 (which he got when Jae Seo left) for Cruz's old number (22). Number 26 was later taken by Einer Diaz during the September call-up. When Sandy Alomar Jr. was traded, hitting coach Eddie Murray gave up number 33 and took number 25…and so on…and so on. So, if this doesn't drive home garysmith's point, nothing will. (My head hurts – LOL).
Thanks 53, a much better explanation then mine. I was too lazy to lookup all the names and numbers. Just goes to show you that as much of a diehard fan as I claim to be, it was even hard for me to stay current over the course of the year !!
I'm really looking forward to seeing Ned deal for the few pieces we still need for 2007.
Go Ned !!
Go Dodgers !!
Why is it that most want to change a long-standing baseball tradition of having the city's name on the away jersey? It's also a Dodgers tradition as well. Look at the Brooklyn jersey for instance: Why did it say Brooklyn? They were the road uniforms. I was very happy about the "Los Angeles" script going back on the road uniforms, and it should stay that way. Think about it. We're all here stating our disappointment about the prevalent "east-coast" bias that permeates the media. What a better way to promote the great city of Los Angeles than to have more MLB fans remember which city is kicking their butts on the road! I believe that Frank McCourt is committed to winning and it will be in the best interest for our "west-coast" credibility for the "Los Angeles" script to remain on the road jerseys.
As for the names on the back… I like it the way it is now. It's all about the name on the front of the jersey, and that's the way it was for the Brooklyn Dodgers as well. You want to know who's playing? Buy a freaking program! And if you're Vin Scully (which I've heard his complaints were the main reason McCourt is now switching back again), get better binoculars. 😮 )
Believe in the name on the FRONT of the Jersey!!
Kevin, as passionate as you seem to be on this I just can't agree. Tradition in LA has always been Dodgers on both Home and Road and far as the names are concerned I think Vin has the better feel for the fans !!! Tradition is good to a point, but this game will never be what it once was. Free agency and big money has changed that forever !! Baseball will continue to evolve and so must we !!! I'm more concerned with getting rid of the DH and standardizing the strike zone then I am about names on jerseys !!
Have a great day guys !!!
Go Ned !!
Go Dodgers !!
I'm not sure it's a big LA tradition or not. In LA "Los Angeles" was on the front of the road uniforms until the 70s, then of course the names came on the back. My understanding was at home you represent the team, on the road you represent your city. I love tradition and fans having the knowledge of it, however, I must say I'm a fan of the name on the back. I'm 42 and I guess I'm still holding onto the day when my name might be on one. 🙂
firstname.lastname@example.com If you live out your fantasy then I will change my stance on the name on the back of the uniform. Happy to do so. Gary I too don't like the DH because it takes so much decision making and strategy out of the game. However, my interest in uniform signage for the Dodgers is because they are my Dodgers too, as little as I can contribute to them. I know what free agency, advertising, steroids, etc have done to the game. I long for the "Good Old Days" and will never get that image out of my mind.
Much appreciated euhlman. I believe your stance is safe.
What a long for, and sorry to say as well, "the good old days". A commanding strike out pitcher. An infield that stays together for more than two years. And, a skipper that's here for more than ten.
Regarding the uniforms, I recently read or heard that the Rockies have 5 road uniforms…FIVE. Atleast the Dodgers haven't sunk to that.
I hear ya Harold, I yearn for the good old days too !! A wise old man once told that change is the hardest word in the dictionary for us to accept !! Yet change is inevitable. In business if you keep doing what you've always done you'll never have more then what you currently have and your competition will have the next generation of products. This is a changing world, baseball is going international !!! Player movement is at an all time high and it's not going to slow down. In this market, at this time it's far better for the casual fan to relate to a team player in a shorter period of time. Otherwise a player comes and goes and some people never even know them. From a marketing point of view this is a disaster in the making !! I have LoDuce, Piazza, Gagne shirts in my closet. Next year my kid will have to have a Martin jersey or I'm a dead man walking !!! It's the way of the times and I think we have to accept it or forever be frustrated over it.
Stay warm Harold, Winter is coming !!!! It's down to 78 here !!!
Go Ned !!
Go Dodgers !!!
Yes I know Gary – but there is one constant that will never change – "DODGERS" -as much as I look back, I look ahead. I do hope for a team that fields young players who are together for a few years before the free agent market kidnaps them. And yes, lohmeyet, a dominant pitcher, stability in the infield, strength up the middle, and stability in management for a few years. That's what makes this winter so intriguing, besides the prospect of a cold winter – trying to imagine what Ned has in mind.
Gary the past few years we have had very mild winters, settling in only after Christmas. Hope the trend continues although it is hard on those who make a winter living – ski slopes, winter sport sales etc. You are right. Go Ned!! Go Dodgers!!
I know Harold, I look everyday to see if something has happened and I know nothing can happen until after the WS, MLB won't allow it !!
Go Ned !!!
Go Dodgers !!!
I'd love to see the board with all the options on it that Ned has conjured up. I bet he has his phone on speed dial ready to go. Seems unfortunate that Roy Smith and Terry Collins aren't on board to assist. I do hope we are still in a youth movement when things heat up. I just got more and more impressed with James Loney. I really like his plate discipline and his confidence.
Oh yes. Go Ned!! Go Dodgers!!
fansince53- actually that was Mariano Duncan who took #25
Right you are patriotacts425 – My brain knew that, but my fingers typed Eddie Murray instead of Mariano Duncan. Mariano wore number 25 during his four-year stint with the Dodgers (1985-1989). Sorry for the error – It truly is a b_tch getting old.
Harold, I, too, was extremely impressed with James Loney during the final two weeks of the season (a good 9-RBI day will do that for you). He will be our everyday first baseman from here on out. I believe that he will give us 20+ homeruns next season, with the potential to hit over 30 in subsequent seasons. (I just hope that he gets there before we lose him to free-agency, as you noted).
Like most of you, I have complete faith that Ned Colletti will go out and get us the "tools" that we need to win. This truly is a very exciting time for us Dodger fans!
well, I read in the paper this morning that the DODGERS did the right thing and kept Steve Lyons on their DODGER broadcasts. I do agree that Chumpy Charlie should be released.
In todays LA Times, http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-lyons17oct17,1,605096.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-mlb-dodger&ctrack=1&cset=true, Dodgers hire Lyons back part time. They say he was making about $500K on both Fox and Dodgers and now he's below $200K. That's an expensive slip of the tongue !! Now if we can only get rid of Steiner !! That would make my day !!
Go Ned !!
Go Dodgers !!
I am of Mexican heritage, and I think Lyon's firing was uncalled for. I mean, if they fired him for making that blind guy wearing the GEORDI (which, with an eye care professional who sells the product living in my house, I was quite disgusted), then fine, but Fox shouldn't fire him for his banter with Pinella. FOX looks especially stupid for firing him when compared to that announcer Lamar Thomas who called the Miami-Florida International brawl last weekend ("You don't come into the OB (orange bowl) and disrespect the U like that. They should be waiting in the tunnels for them after the game. If you come into the OB to play the U, you will get your ***** kicked… etc." [approximate quotes]). Then again, maybe Lyons should take comedian Ron White's quote to heart: "The next time you have a thought, let it go."
On the Jerseys, I like them just as they are, except the numbers should be bigger. Of course, I can sympathize with those who want the names back, since in the 50's through '72, a player stayed on the team they played for a lot longer than the revolving door ball clubs have become today. Hopefully that won't be the case in the future with the Dodgers and the talent they have comming up, but we all know how things go.
The away jerseys, I like how they are. They were originally "Los Angeles", then changed to "Dodgers" in the 70's. I like the "Los Angeles" a lot better, as I like the "Brooklyn" on the old Dodgers away jerseys. On the road, it is tradition to represent your city. Plus, I think that the Los Angeles script looks as classy as the Dodgers script.
Call me crazy, but I'd like to see Jason Schmidt in blue next year, **** of a good picture, and another reason to give the gnats fans ****. If Ned wants him, he can get him. Schmidt is definitely more reliable than Tomko, as far as ex/free agent Giants pitching goes.
drinkinmercury79, Zito or Schmidt would look good in a Dodger uniform, but free agent starting pitching is not going to come cheap this year. Given our bigger need for a HR hitter and bullpen help I think Ned is going to be more successful looking at a trade instead. I think a HR hitter or long reliever is money better spent !!
Go Ned !!
Go Dodgers !!!
if arod or soriano were on the market last year, you wonder if the nats or yanks would have taken a package of navarro, guzman, ed jackson, +/- other. instead of sending them off piecemeal, i would have loved to have seen a big deal go down, instead of sending them off one by one for failed pitcher after failed pitcher.
having said that, i think we've sold off enough pieces and would rather just spend the $$ to bring in soriano instead of trading for a guy like arod. that'll give us a lineup like this, which is certainly an upgrade…
S Furcal – SS.
L Loney – 1b
R Soriano – LF. 6y, 90m?
L Drew – RF
R Kent – 2b
L/R/R Ethier/Repko/Kemp – CF
R Martin – C
S Betemit – 3b
betemit better light a fire under his backside this year or he'll become trade bait, too.
as for pitching, who wouldn't love adding zito, a true ace, and a lefty to boot? but bidding is going to be tight. likewise for matzuzaka. both are young and would really solidify our staff, but stealing schmidt from the giants would just be too sweet.
wonder if there is enough cash available to add 30m in payroll. we're finally free of the dreifort deal. i don't think we owe any more green money.
penny and broxton both need to lose 20 pounds this offseason. have gagne teach them how to throw an offspeed pitch. give gagne a couple million and the chance to stay a dodger for life.
Great site. I left you a comment or two.
Yes. Believe in Blue!
I personally would pick Soriano as a first priority out of the group of free agents for the clubhouse factor. The guy's work ethic is amazing. What I also like is that he's played in Japan before, and knows a bit of the language. Unless the Dodgers think Abreu is the second baseman of the future, sliding him back to the infield when Kemp is ready may be just the ticket, provided that they don't move either Laroche or Betemit to second base.
As for the bullpen, I would go with retaining Gagne, maybe a 1 year deal or something and keep him if he's healthy, work on keeping Saito for a year or two, and then go with Brazoban and Broxton. I think Hendrickson could be a really good lefty reliever if Beimel's gone, possibly going multiple innings, and Tomko is a pretty good one inning guy (when all is said and done he was pretty good overall in relief), and Dessens can be the long man. You look at the Mets and the Tigers, and what you see is that they're particularly dominant because their bullpens are just so good.
As for a starter, I'd say ride the status Kuo. Hong-Chih Kuo is the biggest wild card in the rotation. On the one hand, he's got excellent stuff and he's a lefty starter, but on the other hand, he has so much of an injury-riddled past, his value might be so high now that trading him may not be a bad idea if the return is a power hitting third baseman, and if the Dodgers are prepared to bring on a free agent to replace him. The problem is that this limits what the team will be able to do because they go from a $400,000 pitcher to a $10 million pitcher, that's money that can't be spent elsewhere, or that pushes the team towards the luxury tax line. The net effect is that it's a good idea to keep Kuo. Besides that, retain Greg Maddux. The fact of the matter is, though, that the Dodgers' starters in the rotation at the end of the year (Lowe, Penny, Maddux, Billingsley, Kuo) over the course of the season averaged something like 5.91 innings per start, and Billingsley could improve to the point where that reaches 6. With a healthy Brazoban, Broxton still there, retaining Gagne and/or Saito would make the game a breeze after the 6th inning. Colletti made plenty of changes, and it's time now to let this team develop a bit.
Enjoyed this blog for the first time today. I would like to make my own comments to areas you are discussing.
Eliminate the DH; fat guys who can hit a ton but nothing else are supposed to be softball players. Eliminate interleague play (so the Dodgers will come to Houston again). Make the playoffs more than just a tournament. Use electronic technology call strikes (ala tennis). I'm tired of watching Tom Glavine be congratulated for a wonderful performance, when he doesn't have to throw the ball near the plate to get called strikes. Unfortunately, that would include Maddux. I like the names on the back of the Dodgers' uniforms because of all the new players during the year. I'd like to see Loney have a chance to play for more than a couple of weeks at a time this next year. I can't for the life of me understand why Kent's contract was extended instead of Nomar. Nomar is the better player and a much better ambassador for the Dodgers with their fans. I would like to see someone in right field who is not afraid to leave his feet to save a no hitter or win a game. Drew and Kent can hit but they cost us so much in the field. Hopefully a well Furcal will improve at SS since we traded away the best glove man in Izturis. Pitching is still the key and I sure like Zito.


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We Are Open – Safety is Our Top Priority! We've reopened in accordance with CDC, O.S.H.A., and State Dental Board guidelines to responsibly resume seeing our patients for regular dental appointments and treatment. We want to assure you of the measures we take to maintain a clean and safe environment so you can continue to receive needed dental care without fear or concern.
Tooth Extractions in South Bend, IN
In the past, tooth extractions were a form of major surgery that resulted in long recovery times and less than stellar replacements for the lost tooth. However, over the past several decades, the dental field has made great advances in these procedures to help patients get back to their normal lives and enjoy a wealth of replacement options that can replicate the look of their lost tooth. Tooth extractions are performed for a variety of reasons, whether it's something traditional like having wisdom teeth removed or removing a tooth that is severely damaged in an accident or has been subject to tooth decay over time.
In most of these cases, dentists will try to fix damaged teeth with crowns or other forms of dental reconstruction, but in some instances where the tooth is beyond repair, extraction is the only viable option. A tooth extraction procedure requires local anesthesia, and in some cases some patients will need to be sedated if the tooth is impacted significantly in the gums. The surrounding tissue and bone will have to be removed to expose the tooth, which can then be removed. Self-dissolving stitches are usually used, which will eventually break down and seal up the socket that has been left behind by the tooth.
In the period following the procedure, patients may experience some swelling and bleeding, and many dentists suggest rinsing out the mouth with salt water to remove any bacteria or blood that could accumulate in the socket. One of the most important factors to keep in mind after a tooth extraction procedure is to avoid "dry socket." If the blood clot inside of the socket is allowed to be dislodged, this could expose the underlying nerves and bone, leading to severe pain and possible infection. If this occurs, patients may have to return to the dentist's office for additional treatments to promote proper healing of the socket and reducing pain.
Along with regular mouth rinsing, dentists suggest washing out one's mouth after each meal, avoiding any hazardous behaviors like smoking or drinking alcohol and being especially careful to avoid brushing near the extraction site for several days after the procedure. Ultimately, with a bit of care and consideration, patients can make it through the tooth extraction process unscathed and be ready to handle tooth replacements or other options down the road to restore their brilliant smiles.


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Kershaw 8700BLK Shuffle Multi-Function Folding Knife 2-3/8" Black Blade, Glass Filled Nylon Handles
KS8700BLK: 8700BLK Shuffle Black
Kershaw Knives
The Kershaw Shuffle has proven so popular that they're introducing new Shuffles, including this slick, all-black version.
The Shuffle is a compact, versatile & tough multi-function tool. You'll like its compact size and discovering how useful that stubby little blade really is. You'll also like how nicely the finger contours fit your hand and how our K-Texture™ handle provides an extra secure grip.
The Shuffle has some additional tricks up its sleeve, too. It has a flathead screwdriver at the butt of the knife, which doubles as a lanyard attachment, and a handy bottlecap lifter built into the back of the knife.
The blade is made of made of a steel known for toughness and durability. The K-Texture handle—composed of a repeating pattern of the Kershaw logo "k"—is exclusive to Kershaw and enhances grip. A liner lock secures the Shuffle's blade open in use, but closes easily when its tasks are done.
As a utility knife, a work knife, or just a great multi-function pocketknife, the Shuffle is the right choice. And if you're into basic black, with this new Shuffle, you can't go wrong.
- Multifunction® - Has multiple blades or tools, enabling it to perform multiple functions.
- Manual - There is no mechanical assist, such as SpeedSafe, used to open the folding knife. It opens the classic, old-school way.
- Liner Lock - Locks the blade open during use; one side of the knife's steel "liner," the steel plate to which the handle scales are attached, moves into position behind the blade to securely lock it open.
- Reversible - Pre-drilled holes in the handle enable the user to change either the tip position or the side on which the knife carries.
- Liner Lock
- Thumbstud
- Reversible pocketclip
- Steel: 8Cr13MoV, black finish
- Handle: Glass-filled nylon, K-Texture™ grip
- Blade length: 2.375" (6 cm)
- Closed length: 3.25" (8.3 cm)
- Overall length: 5.625" (14.3 cm)
- Weight: 2.8 oz.
- Made in China


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Is something I would like to do in the future. Don't get me wrong, I love the beaches here (Boracay! Palawan!) but vacationing in another country is another thing, right? While daydreaming and surfing the net (a.k.a. hunting), I came across Riviera Maya resorts. I was looking at the page of El Dorado Seaside Suites, and what can I say? How about, Hunny, let's go there for another honeymoon? Yeah! It is located in a secluded area, smoke-free (a big plus!) and best of all, the hotel is for adults only. How's that for some action, huh? Hihi. And who would want to leave that bed? (picture from the site). I guess we will need at least a week to sunbathe AND do other things, huh?
Sunbathing in Mexico
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#RSL Tweets of the Day (@RealSaltLake)
WATCH: #RSL boss @JasonKreis talks about preseason progress, hopes to translate lessons into Friday scrimmage at LA ...//www.realsaltlake.com/video/2013/02/07/uc-irvine-training-update-jason-kreis …
Some great quotes from @TiaN_Futbol in @blackend84047's MLSsoccer.com article: http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/02/07/after-year-adapt-velasquez-must-step-rsl …
Matt Montgomery @TheCrossbarRSL
Grabavoy: "When you look at a lot of young guys, Sebastian, Viana, Enzo, Grossman, Stertzer ... all very good individual players." #rsl
Grande Sports Acad. @GrandeSportsA
See what our @RealSaltLake Academy players had to say about signing their Letter of Intent last nighthttp://www.grandesportsacademy.com/sixteen-academy-players-talk-about-what-it-is-like-to-sign-a-letter-of-intent/ …
ICYMI: @wingert17 & @LeotheLion0 on @ktvx Good Things Utah talking #RSL Open House, Operation No Starvation & morehttp://youtu.be/spTp2Y6otgk
RealSaltLake.com: UC-Irvine training update from Jason Kreis
ESPN 700: Interview with Ned Grabavoy
ABC4: Open House at Rio Tinto Stadium
MLSsoccer.com: ExtraTime Radio
Real Salt Lake News & Notes
RealSaltLake.com: Gil leaves RSL camp to join U.S. U-20's
RealSaltLake.com: 16 Real Salt Lake-Arizona players commit to play college soccer
RealSaltLake.com: RSL in Irvine: RSL ready for Galaxy
RealSaltLake.com: RSL in CA: Velasquez showing well in preseason
MLSsoccer.com: RSL's Velasquez: I want to be a leader in my second season
MLSsoccer.com: WCQ: Jamaica make history while Saborio leads Ticos
MLSsoccer.com: Five MLSers named to CONCACAF U-20 Championship side
Soccer By Ives: Gil, Cropper and Villarreal headline US U-20 roster for CONCACAF qualifying
Grande Sports Academy – Fifteen Academy Players Talk About What It Is Like To Sign A Letter Of Intent
For the Fans, By the Fans
RSL Soapbox: With U-20s, Luis Gil has opportunity to prove his value as playmaker
Keepin' It Real: Camp Updates: Joao Plata and Josh Saunders
MLS, Other News & Notes
MLSsoccer.com: The Throw-In: Lamenting what Davies could've been for US
MLSsoccer.com: Bradley embraces new role in transitional time for USMNT
MLSsoccer.com: American Exports: Arturo Alvarez loaned to Hungarian side
MLSsoccer.com: Dynamo's Bruin: I want to be part of the Gold Cup with USA
MLSsoccer.com: Three for Thursday: Who is the next 20-goal scorer in MLS?
MLSsoccer.com; 23 Days 'til MLS: Can any DP ever replace David Beckham?
MLSsoccer.com: Vancouver's Mattocks: "I think I can get 20 goals this year"
MLSsoccer.com: Heaps: Bengtson OK after injury scare in Honduras victory
SI: Herculez Gomez: In The Line of Fire
Sporting News: Do or Die: Jurgen Klinsmann must learn from mistakes, adapt to unique challenges of qualification gauntlet
Goal.com: Friday Five: Intrigue and upheaval sum up the first matchday of the Hexagonal
Fox Soccer – Will USA's revolution ever arrive?
Pro Soccer Talk – Rounding up the game grades from U.S.-Honduras
Pro Soccer Talk – Alexi Lalas: a U.S. setback, but not the end of the world
Pro Soccer Talk – Big MLS influence on big CONCACAF matches
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Kinematic Comparison of the Hybrid III and Q-Series Pediatric ATDs to Pediatric Volunteers in Low-Speed Frontal Crashes." Ann Adv Automot Med. 2012;56:285-98."
Kinetics of the cervical spine in pediatric and adult volunteers during low speed frontal impacts." J Biomech. 2012;45(1):99-106."
Methods for Linking Community Views to Measurable Outcomes in A Youth Violence Prevention Program." Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. 2012;6(4):499-506."
Miles to Go: Monitoring Progress in Teen Driver Safety. Philadelphia : The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute ; 2012.
Passive cervical spine flexion: the effect of age and gender." Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2012;27(4):326-33."
Pediatric providers' self-reported knowledge, practices, and attitudes about concussion." Pediatrics. 2012;130(6):1120-5."
Peer passengers: how do they affect teen crashes?" Journal of Adolescent Health. 2012;50(6):588-94."
Preliminary examination of a cartoon-based hostile attributional bias measure for urban African American boys." Am J Community Psychol. 2012;49(3-4):332-46."
Rates of early intervention referral and significant developmental delay, by birthweight and gestational age." Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2012;16(5):989-96."
Safety belt laws and disparities in safety belt use among US high-school drivers." Am J Public Health. 2012;102(6):1128-34."
Screening for Adolescents' Internalizing Symptoms in Primary Care: Item Response Theory Analysis of the Behavior Health Screen Depression, Anxiety, and Suicidal Risk Scales." J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2012;33(4):283-90."
Telecenter for secure, remote, collaborative child fatality review." Inj. Prev.. 2012;18(6):399-404."
Using Crash Data to Develop Simulator Scenarios for Assessing Novice Driver Performance." Transp Res Rec. 2012;2321:73-78."
Variation in teen driver education by state requirements and sociodemographics." Pediatrics. 2012;129(3):453-7."
After the injury: initial evaluation of a web-based intervention for parents of injured children." Health Educ Res. 2011;26(1):1-12."
Assessment of a three-point restraint system with a pre-tensioned lap belt and an inflatable, force-limited shoulder belt." Stapp Car Crash J. 2011;55:141-59."
Association between weight and risk of crash-related injuries for children in child restraints." Pediatrics. 2011;128(6):1148-52."
Characteristics of Crashes Involving Injured Children in Side Impacts." International Journal of Crashworthiness. 2011;16(4):365-373."
Child coping and parent coping assistance during the peritrauma period in injured children." Fam Syst Health. 2011;29(4):279-90."
Child passenger safety." Pediatrics. 2011;127(4):e1050-66."
Children with special physical health care needs: restraint use and injury risk in motor vehicle crashes." Matern Child Health J. 2011;15(7):949-54."
Community violence exposure and positive youth development in urban youth." J Community Health. 2011;36(6):925-32."
Developing and Validating a New Classroom Climate Observation Assessment Tool." J Sch Violence. 2011;10(2):165-184."
Development of a US Child-Focused Motor Vehicle Crash Surveillance System: A Pilot Study." Ann Adv Automot Med. 2011;55:33-40."
A difference-in-differences analysis of health, safety, and greening vacant urban space." Am. J. Epidemiol.. 2011;174(11):1296-306."


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Kinesiology tape has taken the U.S. by storm and if you are a runner you already know about Kinesio tape or have at least seen athletes wearing it at track meets. Kinesio tape helps enhance an athlete's performance and is an aid to an athletes recovery. Kinesio tape is now available in pre-cut form to allow for proper application each and every time! One of the most popular brands of pre-cut Kinesiology tape is SpiderTech tape. Spider tech Kinesiology tape come in a variety of pre-cut forms for just about every body part including the Precut hip tape, ankle tape, elbow tape, neck tape, shoulder tape, lymphatic tape, knee tape, groin tape, hamstring tape, back tape and much more!
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Health insurers are now making healthy profits in the Affordable Care Act markets, the White House Council of Economic Advisers says in a new report.
"Despite significant initial financial losses in the individual market after the key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect, health insurer profitability in the individual market has risen due to substantial premium increases, government premium tax credits that pay for those premium increases, and the large, government-funded, Medicaid expansion," the report concludes.
It adds that those insurers "can expect to become more profitable this coming year due to the recent tax reform."
You can see the widening gap between premiums and claims per enrollee in the chart from the report below.
The report also notes that health insurer stocks have outpaced the S&P 500 by 106 percent since the ACA was first implemented in January 2014.
But the Council of Economic Advisers also takes a swipe of sorts at the Obamacare structure, saying that the federal premium subsidies reduce incentives for insurers to compete on prices and that stable enrollment in ACA marketplace plans despite rising premiums "suggests a distorted market that involves large transfers from taxpayers to insurers."
What it means: "The findings are an implicit retort to critics who have accused the Trump administration of 'sabotaging' the health care law," writes Axios' Sam Baker. "That said, the Trump administration's policy changes really do have insurers on edge, and Congress' imminent failure to pass a stabilization package would only make them more nervous — likely leading to even bigger premium hikes and a weaker market."


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Cats giving their owners head butts are cute, but cats butting heads are not. If your cats are constantly at odds, here are a few tips and tricks you can use for keeping the peace.
There are several products available that have calming effects on kitties. One of the most popular — and most effective — is Feliway, a natural product that you plug in to a wall outlet much like a plug-in air freshener. It releases lightly scented oil that contains pheromones, which can relax cats and help them feel more safe and secure. Use a diffuser in each room of the house where cats squabble.
Another natural product is Rescue Remedy. These come in liquid drops made from natural, calming flower essences. Drops can be given orally or disguised in food or water to help ease stressful situations.
If your cats are not stressed, it may be that one is more active and simply wants to interact and play more than the other, causing the other to lash out in rebellion. Commit to 15 minutes of solid playtime with your energetic kitty several times a day to give it the activity it needs and essentially wear your cat out. It's a bonding experience for the two of you, and your cat will be less likely to bother the other cats.
Cats also become protective in areas where they eat or sleep. Be sure you have at least one set of food and water bowls for each cat, plus beds and toys for each so they don't feel like they need to claim their space and defend it. Keeping each cat's bowls slightly away from the others can help as well, so they don't feel threatened while eating.
If a situation is particularly violent, it may be best to try and separate your cats. If at all possible, give each a room where they can be alone, especially at night or when you are away from home. Try this for a week and see if the situation corrects itself. Many times, the stressful situation will pass, and slowly reintroducing your pets while following the other tips above can help cut back on hissy fits.
In the end, most cats do eventually settle down and find their own space. They may never be the best of friends, but cats will generally learn to live with each other. As long as they're not hurting one other, sometimes it's best to let your pets work things out for themselves.
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The famed Alberton Gorge, with its incredible scenery and recreational treasures, makes a perfect family trip on a hot summer day. Located 35 miles west of Missoula, the Gorge is a canyon section of the Clark Fork River with Class II and Class III whitewater.
The Alberton Gorge section of the Lower Clark Fork River is a paradise for many whitewater enthusiasts. This popular stretch of river, contains five major rapids as well as several smaller ones that offer challenges to even the most experienced river rafters and kayakers.
Many commercial outfitters offer trips or you may take your own raft or kayak. The best time to run this river is July and August, after the high water. For more information call (406) 542-5500.
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Hi.. I'm Catherine here! Welcome to my Meladerm Cream Review.
This review is a sincere effort from my side to bring you the best details on this holistic skincare cream. My review cannot really go wrong, as I am a regular user of this skin whitening and spots removal cream for more than a year.
The cream is a multi-utility skincare cream with a holistic effect on total skincare. It is one of the most effective skin whitening creams available today at a very affordable price. The manufacturer claims this cream not only makes you fairer but also removes age spots, acne spots, wrinkles, dark spots and pigmentation spots on your skin. This claim is really true as I have experienced the miracle power of Meladerm Cream on my skin.
Civant Skin Care, the makers of this cream, guarantees the effectiveness of this cream in correcting Hyperpigmentation, Dark discolorations, Age Spots, Sun Spots, Freckles, Tans, Melasma or Chloasma, Acne marks, Old Scars, Birthmarks, Dark elbows, knees, underarms, knuckles, and uneven skin tone. I don't think any other skincare cream has so much effectiveness and holistic skincare potential like Meladerm.
Meladerm Ingredients
The cream is made up of FDA approved natural pigment controlling ingredients which do not possess any adverse effect on the skin. The ingredients are all-natural and organic. The major ingredients are: Kojic Acid, Alpha Arbutin, Mulberry Extract, Bearberry Extract, Licorice Extract, Lemon Juice Extract
One of the biggest advantages and goodness of this cream is that it does not contain hydroquinone, steroids, mercury, or other harmful bleaching ingredients.
How Does Meladerm Cream Work?
Meladerm skin whitening cream works well on all skin types. It effectively works by checking the development of melanin, which is considered to be the color giving agent of the skin. This skincare cream brings together several effective natural ingredients to check effectively the impacts of melanosomes, enzyme, and tyrosinase, which are direct agents of skin pigmentation.
It really works as per my personal experience and based on the testimonials given by a large number of satisfied customers. The effects of the cream are visibly noticeable within the first 2 to 3 weeks. Of course, it is the continuous usage of the cream that will maintain the desired effect. As our body needs food every day, the skin too needs to be cared externally with this pigment reducing cream on a regular basis.
The cream could be applied little lavishly during the first two weeks as the skin absorbs it quickly and thoroughly. It is also noticed that slight skin peeling takes place during the first weeks because of the exfoliating ingredients present in this cream. Soon the skin gets adjusted to the effects of the cream and within two to three weeks the skin responds effectively to this pigment reducing the solution with the desired result.
What I like most about this cream is its soothing and gentle effect on the skin. Unlike most of the other skin creams, it does not make the skin appear oily and sticky. The texture and scent of the cream are subtle and leaves behind no sticky or viscous residue. This cream is suitable for both lighter and dark-skinned people.
Best results with Meladerm pigment reducing complex can be achieved if you also use an appropriate Sunscreen with 30SPF whenever you have to be outdoors and get direct exposure to sunlight. It is a precaution for not to lose the good effects of the cream in the sunlight.
Everyone's skin conditions are different for genetic and climatic reasons. The results of this skincare cream may vary from person to person. But overall the cream has proved to work for everyone to a very satisfactory extent.
The final word on the effectiveness and results of the cream is a truth that must be kept in mind. There is not a skin lightening and spot removal cream in the market that works overnight. This skin enhancement cream definitely works over a period for everyone. Among the numerous skin creams available in the market, I can assure you that this holistic skincare solution is the best choice that you can make.
Are There Any Side Effects With This Cream?
All active ingredients in the cream are natural and organic. It is a proven skin cream that has gone through several trial and error clinical tests and perfected it to the maximum over the years. No customers ever have reported any serious side effects of the cream.
I have been personally using this cream for over a year with very satisfactory results and never faced even the slightest skin irritation or any other Meladerm side effects so far.
The only point to be kept in mind is that the cream should not be used with other cosmetics and creams which contain lots of chemical substances. Fortunately, this cream does not contain any chemical ingredients like Hydroquinone which is commonly found in other skin creams and is very dangerous to the skin in the long run.
Guaranteed Results
It might take two to three weeks to see the good results of this skin whitener. I have come across people giving testimonials on the effectiveness of this cream that they have begun to notice the good effects of this cream within three days of usage. I have noticed very satisfactory results in about 20 days since I started to use Meladerm Cream.
It works, and you will get the best results without an iota of doubt. If you are not satisfied with this cream, there is nothing to worry about. The manufacturer and distributors of this skincare cream give 30 days money-back guarantee if you have not got any satisfactory result with the cream or experienced any side effects after using the cream for 30 days.
My Opinion On Meladerm Cream
What I can say best to you on this holistic skincare cream is that the product is solid and useful. You need not be in a divided and confused mind over this pigment reducing complex; you have nothing to lose as the distributors of this product offers you 30 days money-back guarantee.
- For a comprehensive treatment, I would recommend "Meladerm 4 Piece Kit" that contains Meladerm Cream
- Facial Cleanser – Gentle daily facial cleanser with natural extracts and antioxidants
- Facial Toner – Smoothes, tones and purifies the skin after cleansing.
- 1 Microdermabrasion Cloth – a special cloth made of "Micro Fiber" material that can rival many costly clinical skin peels.
With All-In-One Skin Lightening Regimen Kit from Civant Skin Care, you can have the best holistic and total skincare solution that will definitely make a huge positive difference in the way you will look and impress others with your flawless, bright and beautiful skin.
If you have been frustrated with skin problems, this product can be an answer to your worries. Start using this skin-care cream and experience the difference in your life. You have a 30-day money-back guarantee and my personal testimonial on Meladerm Cream that is not a lie.
How I Use This Cream?
I have been using this Pigment Reducing Complex since more than a year now. I have found the best results with this skin cream. My facial skin is fairer and spotless now. Before using this cream, I had tried and tested several other creams over the years, but never found the goodness and effectiveness that it gives. If you are serious about improving your skin complexion just follow the exact method I am following:
- Get the Meladerm Skin Cream ( 4 kit package if possible)
- Wash and rinse your skin over the desired areas and dry before applying the cream
- Apply an even layer of cream on the desired skin surface in the morning and evening
- Gently massage in an upward circular motion till the cream is fully absorbed into the skin
- Do not apply any other makeup for another 10 to 15 minutes
- Use an additional sunblock cream with SPF 30 or higher if you have to be in the sunlight.
With this simple and easy procedure, you can get the spotless, glowing skin with no blemishes or pigmentation marks within a couple of weeks. Use this cream on a regular basis to keep your skin young, bright, and fairer. Experience the magic of Meladerm cream soon!
A Genuine Testimonial On Meladerm
INSTRUCTIONS FOR BUYING MELADERM: Meladerm should be purchased from the Official Website only (Link Given Above). This Cream is exclusively sold online and not available for purchase at local shopping centers or pharmacies. No matter whichever country you are residing in, the product kit will be delivered to your mailing address via international courier services within a few days. For purchase, you can use any valid Credit Card or any internationally valid Debit Card.