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Set Up Windows 8 to Connect to a Network
First, a word to the wired crowd: If you've chosen to connect a computer to your router with a cable, plug one end of the cable into your computer's network port. Plug the cable's other end into one of your router's network ports. (The ports are usually numbered; any number will do.) Then repeat with the other computer's cables.
If your Internet company didn't do it for you, plug a cable from your broadband modem's LAN or Ethernet port into your router's WAN port.
Turn on your router, and you've finished: You've discovered how easy it is to create a wired network.
Wireless is a different story. After you set up your router to broadcast your network wirelessly, you must tell Windows 8 how to receive it. Here's how to connect to your own network:
Summon the Charms bar and click the Settings icon.
You can tackle this step, which brings up the Start screen's Settings pane, in a couple of ways:
Press Windows+I to head straight for the Charms bar's Settings pane. Mouse owners can point at the screen's top- or bottom-right edge; when the Charms bar appears, click the Settings icon.
If you're a touchscreen user, slide your finger inward from the screen's right edge; when the Charms bar appears, tap the Settings icon.
Click the network icon near the bottom of the Settings pane.
The network icon changes shape depending on your surroundings and connection method:
Available (wireless): When the icon says Available, you're within range of your wireless network. Start salivating and move to Step 3.
Unavailable (wireless): When the icon says Unavailable, you're out of range of a wireless network. Move closer to your router until the icon says Available.
Connected (wired): This icon means the cable is correctly connected between the router and the computer.
Unavailable (wired): The cable isn't connected correctly, or the router hasn't had time to detect the connected computer.
If you've connected a wired network, and the icon shows Available, your network is up and running. If it's listed as Unavailable, turn off your router, modem, and computer. Then turn on your modem, router, and computer, in that order, waiting a minute before turning on the next one.
Click the Wireless Available icon.
Windows sniffs the airwaves and then lists the names of all the wireless networks within range of your computer, including, hopefully, your own. (Your network will be the name — the SSID — that you chose when setting up your router, described in the previous section.)
Choose the desired wireless network by clicking its name and then clicking the Connect button.
If you select the adjacent Connect Automatically check box before clicking the Connect button, Windows automatically connects to that network the next time you're within range, sparing you from following all these steps again.
Enter a password.
Here's where you type in the same password you entered into your router when setting up your wireless network.
Or, if your router model allows it, you can press a button on the router to bypass the password and connect immediately.
Choose whether you want to share your files with other people on the network.
When you see this question in Step 6, you know you've successfully set up your wireless network. All your networked computers should now have Internet access. Congratulations!
7Because you're connecting at home and not in a public place, select the option labeled Yes, Turn on Sharing and Connect to Devices.
That lets you share files and printers with others on the network.
If you're still having problems connecting, try the following tips:
Cordless phones and microwave ovens interfere with wireless networks, oddly enough. Try to keep your cordless phone out of the same room as your wireless computer, and don't heat up that sandwich when web browsing.
While you're working on the Windows 8 desktop, the taskbar's wireless network icon provides a handy way to connect wirelessly, as well. If your desktop's taskbar contains a wireless network icon, click it to jump to Step 3.
For more information about Windows 8 and its features, explore Windows 8 For Dummies, available online.


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Blackhawks draft Greenwich's Hayden
Greenwich's John Hayden was already headed for one championship team. Sunday, he became part of another championship organization.
The Chicago Blackhawks took Greenwich's John Hayden with the 74th pick in Sunday's NHL draft, a selection they had just acquired from Winnipeg in a trade for Michael Frolik.
Hayden, 18, who will join the defending NCAA champions this fall at Yale, becomes property of the Stanley Cup champions as well. He was with the U.S. National Team Development program in Ann Arbor, Mich., the last two years after starting at Brunswick.
The Blackhawks also hold the rights to Westport's Michael Paliotta. They took the defenseman, a rising junior at Vermont, 70th overall in the 2011 draft.
Another Greenwich product, Wiley Sherman, was taken by the Boston Bruins in the fifth round, No. 150 overall. Sherman, a Harvard commit, played at Hotchkiss.
The New York Islanders' biggest splash at the NHL draft came before they picked, trading Nino Niederreiter, who scored 28 goals for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers the past season, to Minnesota for gritty forward Cal Clutterbuck and a third-round pick.
Niederreiter, the fifth-overall pick in 2010, had requested a trade in January after the Islanders didn't invite him to their training camp for the lockout-shortened NHL season. His numbers dropped in the second half.
Niederreiter told the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune he was excited for the new opportunity but was disappointed to hear very little recently from the Islanders. At the draft, in Newark, N.J., Islanders general manager Garth Snow told reporters he didn't feel there was a rift between the organization and Niederreiter.
The New York Rangers' first selection, 65th overall, was Adam Tambellini, whose older brother Jeff set a Sound Tigers record with 76 points in 2007-08. Adam is committed to the University of North Dakota.
The Islanders took junior defenseman Ryan Pulock with their first pick, 15th overall.
North Branford's Adam Erne was taken 33rd overall by Tampa Bay.
The left winger played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League the past two years and had 72 points for the Quebec Remparts this past season.
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City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
2004 Media Releases
Mayor Coleen J. Seng today encouraged Lincoln area residents to observe the third anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America by attending "Patriot Day – Lincoln Remembers," a free community memorial ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Friday, September 10 at the Veterans Memorial Garden in Antelope Park. The U.S. Congress has designated September 11 as "'Patriot Day" and has asked local governments to observe the day with appropriate programs. This year's event will feature a concert by the AVI8ORS ensemble, a five-person group which presents a USO-style show featuring songs of the World War II era.
"It is important that we never forget the events of September 11," said Mayor Seng. "Our Patriot Day event is an opportunity to remember the victims of that day and to honor those who serve us as emergency responders and in the military."
The program is being organized by the City of Lincoln and the Mayor's Advisory Council for the Veterans Memorial Garden. The public is encouraged to arrive early to tour the Garden and its memorials. Music from Lincoln Pipe and Drum will begin at 7 p.m. The half-hour program beginning at 7:30 p.m. will include remarks from Mayor Seng, State Adjutant General Roger Lempke and Jeff McCullough, a cousin of Monte Hord of Central City who died in the Trade Center attacks. The AVI8ORS concert begins at 8 p.m.
Sponsors for the event include the Abel Foundation, HWS Consulting Group, Lincoln Plating, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Olsson Associates, Pfizer, Tabitha Health Care Services and Talent +. Bench seating will be available, but those attending are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. Refreshments will be available in the enclosed shelter north of the Garden. Parking is available north and south of the Auld Recreation Center, with overflow parking available at the Folsom Children's Zoo. Handicapped parking is available south of Auld. The program will be interpreted for hearing impaired persons, who are invited to sit in the reserved section. In case of rain the event will move inside the Auld Recreation Center.
The program will be taped for airing on 5 CITY-TV, the government access cable channel. More information on the AVI8ORS is available at avi8ors.com. More information on the event is available by contacting the Mayor's Office at 441-7511 or on the City Web site at lincoln.ne.gov.
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Shifting Sands: Jewish Women Confront the Israeli Occupation
News reports about Israel and the Palestinians are often full of political doublespeak and misinformation. This makes it difficult for people of conscience to work for a just Middle East peace. How can we help if we don't know what's really going on? A new book goes to the heart of the issues, with true stories that stress human rights over political expedience.
Shifting Sands: Jewish Women Confront the Israeli Occupation is a collection of personal essays by 14 women activists who found it impossible to remain passive when confronted with the human cost of Israel's dispossession of the Palestinians from their homeland.
Many of the essays in Shifting Sands describe how an individual comes to question, and then challenge, the "official version" of conflict and history.
In "Do Not Stand Idly By," Hedy Epstein describes how her trauma as a German-Jewish teenager bereaved by the Holocaust was tempered by humanistic values, and how her career of social service and activism on behalf of Jews eventually led her, in her 80s, to volunteer with the Gaza freedom flotilla. Linda Dittmar, in "Lights Vanish From Lifta," describes the adult realization that the quaint villages in Israel where she played as a child were in fact the ruined homes of forcibly evacuated Palestinians.
Former Israeli Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg has said that too many in Israel fail to question the actions of their government. Defenders of Israel "right or wrong," both within its borders and in the United States, insist criticism of Israel is unfair, claiming that other nations also violate human rights and flout international law, but are subjected to less rigorous scrutiny.
Some of the contributors to Shifting Sands address this mindset in essays that are part travelogue, part political witness. In "Only 30 Miles But A World Away," Tomi Laine Clarke describes how the journey from the living room of her welcoming in-laws in Tel Aviv to a refugee camp in the West Bank traverses a barrier of experience and perception even greater than the obstacles presented by walls and checkpoints.
Transcending this status quo in the context of the U.S.-led "global war on terror," and $3 billion a year in U.S. military aid to Israel, is an enormous task for citizen activists. Shifting Sands includes an appendix that is something of a toolkit for taking action. It offers maps, statistics, and quotes (most of the latter from the now-declassified version of the history of the founding of Israel). There's also a chronology that distills a lot of history into just a few pages—terrific to share with those who regard the situation as too complicated to understand or as the continuation of a centuries-old conflict.
"Those who love and care for Israel," writes contributor Starhawk, "need to stand with her true interests now, by demanding an end to the occupation, an end to the siege of Gaza, the dismantling of the settlements, restitution, and real justice. These are the preconditions that will lead to true security and peace."
Human complexity is often reduced to a rhetoric of black and white polarities. The women in Shifting Sands don't change sides. They retain Jewish identities while dissenting against Israeli government policy, and disprove the myth that people who speak against Israeli policies are betraying Israel, Jewish people, or Jewish values.
"It is a circuitous journey that leads many of us toward a new awareness that reconciliation and peace must stand on a bedrock of truth," writes Linda Dittmar. The contributions of the 14 women who poignantly share their journeys in Shifting Sands are an important step in that direction.
Linda Frank wrote this review for What Happy Families Know, the Winter 2011 issue of YES! Magazine. Linda is a founding member of Women in Black Tacoma, and traveled with the CodePink Women for Peace delegation into Gaza for International Women's Day 2009, just two months after Israel's Operation Cast Lead.
My Feet Were Praying
All my life, I created stories to help me make sense of the world. I created the stories, then I believed in them. Inevitably, as life intervened, the stories dissolved, leaving me with more complex and often painful realities. My central story about Israel was based on the belief that there were parallel narratives, an equivalently urgent Israeli and Palestinian history, that there were real dangers Israel had to protect against. I was carefully taught that the state of Israel was a refuge for persecuted and tormented remnants of a vibrant and rich world of European Jews after World War Two. I saw that singular truth, and no other. …
Now, as I listen and struggle to remember my dedication to the oneness of all things, I push against criticism, shame, as well as the sense of moral disappointment and personal outrage at the draconian oppression Israelis are carrying out against Palestinian people. How do I keep from arming myself with anger and judgment, separating myself from the Israeli government's actions and all its supporters? How do I ask my broken heart to stay open? How do I express my oppositional trust with fierce love? Like my grandfather taught me, no matter who or what! Challenged by members of his conservative congregation about why he chose to march with Martin Luther King in Selma, Alabama, in 1965, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Herschel responded, "My feet were praying."
For me, standing in the street with Women in Black is my public expression of the Amidah, our daily prayer. —Sandra Butler
Do Not Stand Idly By
When Dianne and I were leaving to come home from that first trip, I was stopped by Israeli security at the airport. I was 79 at the time. I do not know if they knew I was a survivor (although my passport states that I was born in Germany) but they knew where I had been and what I had been doing. After being frisked, I was asked to get undressed. I asked the 20-something woman why and told her I wanted an attorney. These were her words: "Because you are a terrorist, because you are a security risk. Yes, you can have an attorney, but until you get one, you will be detained at the airport detention center." —Hedy Epstein
A growing grassroots movement is using the techniques of the anti-apartheid movement to challenge U.S. support for Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.
How can we step into the experience of the other and learn that true dialogue is possible only when blame is shared.
- More book reviews from the Winter 2011 issue: :
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As a result of the recent debates in various threads I have decided to try and combine them all into one thread. I am particularly referring to the recent debates re the openers, Sehwag & Ganguly.
At this point it appears to me that the general concensus is that Sehwag opens because there is no other spot for him, and that Ganguly rates ahead of him because of his Captaincy.
The Australian team selection policy for decades has been to select the best available team to meet the requirements (including type of pitch conditions and opposition), and then to select the player they think will be the best Captain from the playing team.
IMO the only time you should contemplate deviating from this is if your Captain is better than above average, not only in his success but also in his leadership, tactics, development etc. Only then should his Captaincy come into consideration v his form. Australia currently has different Captains for the Test & ODI sides, as does SRL.
The issue I wish to raise re India, is does Ganguly's (or anyone elses) form with the bat warrant his selection in Tests & ODIs ahead of other players available - e.g. Sehwag, Laxman, Yuvraj, Kaif etc?
Would any of these players rate selection in the side ahead of Ganguly as a batsman? If so then does Ganguly's Captaincy rate high enough to warrant his continued selection ahead of these players in his position in the batting order?
IMO his recent Captaincy in the last 2 series would suggest not, as I am one of those people who believe the Captain takes responsibility for the performance of the team on the pitch. The Captain makes the primary decisions re bowling changes, field settings, and he can lead by example regards run rates when batting. IMO Ganguly was a liability to the team effort in NZ, and his decision making in the 1st test in this series hampered any slim chances India had to force the issue.
His one saving grace has been his ton, but was this achieved as a personal milestone at the detriment to the team effort? By comparison Fleming failed in the 1st test and yet when required to accelerate the run rate in the 2nd test he did so even tho it meant that he would sacrifice his wicket ahead of his personal run scoring.
The next question is who would you bat in his place? Who is the next best option in that position - Sehwag, Singh or Kaif or someone else? If Sehwag is the option you then open up other possibilities for the opening position - do you select Laxman or Singh & do to them what was asked of Sehwag, or do you select the openers on their merits in that role?
With Ganguly out of the side who would you have as Captain? Further more does the same story apply re the ODI side?
For me if Ganguly did not perform as Captain on the OZ tour and did not contribute with the bat, I would drop him in favour of Sehwag & select a specialist opener to partner Chopra. I would then look at Dravid as Captain.


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text: It's been a while since I've come across cool-looking goodies for our fury friends. So I was thrilled to have stumbled upon these wonderful cat pods by Colombian designers Martin Zapata and Susana Mejia of Lord Paw. So if you still haven't decided what to buy your kitty for Holidays this might be your golden ticket. Hop over to their Etsy shop as I'm sure Whiskers will love to snuggle in such a cozy bed.


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Criterion Classics You Probably Need To Catch Up On (for FREE!)/
Don't worry that the Hollywood output this week is a bunch of crap, Hulu has a great collection of Cinema Rarities courtesy of Criterion up that you can watch for free. We all can't go see The Master multiple times so it's nice to sit at home and get caught on some classics you may have missed.
Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped,
Elaine May's Mikey and Nicky,
Kenji Mizoguchi's The Life of Oharu
Wim Wenders' Alice In The Cities
Frank Borzage's History Is Made at Night,
Giuseppe de Santis's Bitter Rice.
Kaneto Shindo's The Naked Island,
Bryan Forbes's Seance on a Wet Afternoon,
Kon Ichikawa'sPrincess from the Moon,
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This made me laugh, until it made me cry. CabinGirl from Booman's Tribune had an interesting exchange while voting in Pennsylvania on Tuesday…
So, I just voted in the PA primary today…
For the first time ever, I was asked for a photo ID to vote. When I responded that asking for that was just wrong, the suburban white lady looking up my name in the voter rolls actually defended it: "It will keep the terrorists from voting, and we'll give you a free one."
Oh my god, run for the hills…the terrorists are going to vote us into submission.
I don't have to think very hard to figure out where that poll worker might have gotten that idea. I can just picture Gretchen Carlson saying it on Fox and Fiends (not a typo).
What isn't funny about that incident is that the right has succeeded in brainwashing way too many people into believing such nonsense.
Think about how many people don't bother to vote because its an inconvenience or they might actually have to think about things other than the Kardashians for two minutes. I'm having a hard time understanding exactly what these "terrorist voters" are going to achieve with all this voting. Democracy?


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Before summer ends we feel compelled to do a piece on that summertime favorite of kids and adults alike – the milkshake. Nothing beats that thick, calorie-rich (I once read the calorie count at Baskin-Robbins and I still haven't recovered from the shock!), cold drink. I mean, let's face it; isn't that the real reason you bought a blender??!!! So here's to indulgence – for just one afternoon, throw caution to the wind and make everyone's favorite treat. There's a flavor and a design for every taste. Here are some of our favorites.
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This meal rocked my world tonight, and I just had to share it. I had a beautiful fillet of fresh, wild caught skin-on trout that I needed to cook up, and soba sounded good, so I decided on a Japanese/macrobiotic inspired meal of fish, soba, and stirfried vegetables with sauerkraut. Could easily be made in a larger portion for a crowd! It was super quick - probably about 15 minutes prep time tops. Even better, it tasted amazing and left me feeling great.
If gluten-intolerant, make sure to use 100% pure buckwheat soba (soba is most commonly made with a blend of wheat and buckwheat). It is a little harder to find than regular soba, but worth the effort!
PAN SEARED TROUT WITH SOBA, BOK CHOY, AND SAUERKRAUT (gluten free)
yield: 1 serving
4 oz fresh wild caught trout
2 oz 100% pure buckwheat soba noodles
2 baby bok choys, chopped
4 green onions, chopped
3-4 baby carrots, or 1 small carrot, cut into fine strips or diagonal rounds
1-2 T azuki tamari (or regular soy tamari)
1/2 c raw, natural sauerkraut
olive oil or sesame oil
1 sheet nori
wasabi powder
- Bring water to boil in small saucepan, and add soba. Boil until just al dente - do not overcook pure buckwheat soba, it WILL get mushy and fall apart! Rinse and put in bowl.
- While soba is cooking, heat oil in heavy bottom fry pan. Add bok choy, green onion, and carrot, and saute briefly. Add a splash of tamari, and saute until just softened. Remove, and place in bowl.
- Pour some tamari on your trout, and let soak into flesh. Wipe out fry pan, then add a touch of oil and turn up to medium high heat. If trout has skin, first place flesh side down, and sear. Then flip and place skin side down, add a touch of water to the pan, and cover. Let cook for 5-7 minutes, or until fish is cooked through and flaky. Remove from pan, and remove skin. Place fish in bowl next to noodles and vegetables.
- Spoon some sauerkraut into the bowl. Cut your nori into fine strips, and sprinkle over noodles. Add another splash of tamari to the noodles if desired.
- Mix wasabi powder with water to make a paste, and serve alongside the meal. If you can tolerate sesame, sprinkle some sesame over your noodles, it woudl be darn good Eat with chopsticks for ultimate enjoyment. Yum!


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June 8, 2013, Mississauga, ON, (ISN) On Saturday in World League men's volleyball action Canada lost to Portugal at the Hershey Centre (25-19, 20-25, 25-18, 25-23).
Although Canada made quick work of Portugal on Friday in three sets, it was a tighter contest on Saturday in front of a crowd that had supporters of both teams on the edge of their seats.
Canada seemed to miss the physical presence leading scorer Gavin Schmitt (Saskatoon, Sask.) who did not play due to injury. The Canadians had a tentative start allowing Portugal to get the better of them early on in the first set.
"It was disappointing for us," said Canada's captain Fred Winters of Victoria, B.C. "They did the same thing to us that they did to Finland last week. We started so slow that we gave them confidence right off the bat."
In the second, Canada came on strong and Portugal responded, but finally Canada seemed to connect to win the hard-fought set by five. But Canada's momentum did not last into the third, which they dropped by seven points. The last set was tighter, but too late for Canada to make its mark.
Flavio Gulinelli, coach of Portugal, said: "Obviously we are happy with this win. We played much better than yesterday in every way. We deserved to win. My players put a lot of spirit out onto the court."
Portugal's Alexandre Ferreira had 17 points and the team's captain Joao Jose finished with 16.
"We were better organized, our defense especially was better, and we were more disciplined," said Jose.
Gord Perrin of Creston, BC. was Canada's top scorer with 13 while Winters added 11 and Adam Simac of Ottawa 10.
As expected the pool C standings are tight. Finland, Netherlands and South Korea, which all play their fourth match Sunday, are 2-1 followed by the Canadians and Portuguese while Japan is winless.
"Portugal controlled the match beginning to end," said Canadian coach Glenn Hoag. "We need to learn to play two matches in a row. We cannot afford to make as many mistakes as we did today."
Last week, Canada had one win and one loss against the Dutch team. This Friday and Saturday (June 14-15), again at the Hershey Centre, Canada faces South Korea. Next week promises to be exciting, as South Korea men's national team has had an injection of young players for 2013 with their sights firmly set on the 2014 Asian Games and 2016 Olympic Games.
Tickets for next week's games are available at the Hershey Centre or Ticketmaster.
TV: Tape delayed on Sportsnet ONE @ 23:00, Encore on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West, Pacific on June 9 @ 10:00am


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Victory Bonds for Clean Energy
There aren't too many issues that unite the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution. But recently, they came together to promote greater financing of clean energy in the United States. Their urgency is shared by the American public at large. Poll after poll shows that Americans across the political spectrum want the same things: clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy independence.
Our reality is considerably different, with the U.S. falling well behind China in clean energy investments. In 2009, China invested twice as much in clean energy, and now controls 35 percent of the global market in solar panels. Clean technology could be a major generator of U.S. jobs, but not if we fall far behind China and other nations in investments.
In order to increase investments in clean energy, create U.S. jobs, and provide all Americans with a safe investment in building their country's future, Green America is proposing Clean Energy Victory Bonds (CEVBs). Clean Energy Victory Bonds would allow anyone, with an investment of as little as $25, to help finance efficiency and renewable energy innovations around the country. CEVBs draw on the historic example of Victory Bonds in WWII, which brought together millions of people from across the country to support the U.S. war effort. CEVBs could do the same for a new generation of Americans, uniting us in our support for a clean energy future that can help prevent future wars over dwindling fossil fuels and climate change impacts.
CEVBs would have a dramatic impact on clean energy investment in the U.S. They would leverage an initial $7.5 billion investment in the first year to provide up to $150 billion in public and private financing to fund the production of innovative clean energy technologies. In subsequent years, CEVBs could raise $50 billion in investments that could, in turn, promote hundreds of billions of dollars in public and private financing. The money raised by CEVBs could help support the rapid expansion of solar power, the smart grid, and energy efficiency innovations, just to name a few benefits. CEVBs would also allow the U.S. to retire coal plants more expediently, significantly reducing air pollution, mountaintop removal mining, and other health and environmental impacts from America's most destructive energy sector.
The bonds would pay an annual interest rate back to the buyer, based partially on the energy savings or climate change emissions reductions generated by the investments from Clean Energy Victory Bonds.
We recently asked our members if they would be interested in purchasing CEVBs, and we received an overwhelmingly positive response. Within a matter of hours, thousands of people across the country told us they would be excited to invest hundreds or even thousands of dollars each in CEVBs if they were available.
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Sustainable energy policies and technologies that can make our infrastructure more climate friendly.
Now the government needs to do its part. With Congress likely to be gridlocked on large-scale legislation, making it likely impossible to pass a comprehensive climate bill in the near future, CEVBs offer an innovative opportunity for Americans to unite across party lines to create jobs and begin building a clean energy future. These bonds are designed to spur private sector growth and innovation, will encourage more Americans to be savers, and will make the U.S. more competitive with other nations, while avoiding controversial tax increases or subsidies.
With a continuing recession and high unemployment, Americans need solutions they can rally around and take part in. Past generations enthusiastically invested in their nation's future. With CEVBs, Americans of all incomes and walks of life can once again build a brighter future for their country.
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: Van Jones advocates a green stimulus package in his new book, The Green Collar Economy. He says we can solve two of America's biggest problems with this one solution.


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It was, I have to say, delicious.
"Today's announcement is a significant landmark in the re-birth of Flybe," said the airline's chief executive, Saad Hammad. "We are delighted to re-enter the London market at London's most convenient airport."London City Airport DLR station is a station on the Docklands Light Railway which serves London City Airport. It opened on the 2nd December 2005.
"I don't want to sound like a grumpy old man, but I also think muttering is something we could have a look at. Actors' muttering can be testing – you find you have missed a line. You have to remember that you have an audience."Jamaica Inn drew an audience of 6.1 million, but the BBC's online messageboard was filled with complaints from disgruntled viewers.
"It's designated as an area of special scientific interest because of the breeding kittiwake and razorbill,"The new path will include reconstructed versions of the tubular bridge and a 25-metre suspension bridge which were once part of the route.
"Access is either from the top of the cliff or via the sea. Back in the days (when it was built), the bigger bridges were floated in and then lifted into place and it may very well be that that has to happen this time round too."Visitors will be transported from the visitors centre in groups of 12 by minibus to the entrance of the path. They will then be given a guided tour. Final ticket prices have not been set, but the estimate is £6 per person.
"In the first year we expect around 50,000 visitors, now that is a very pessimistic projection, but we like to err on the side of caution. Underestimate and overachieve. This is the pinnacle of everything that the council have aspired to give to the ratepayer as a legacy of what the council stood for and delivered."
"The experience is immersive and you do really feel that you are part of the action. I'm very proud to bring it to Odyessy. I'm very proud to bring it to Northern Ireland and I think we really have something of truly European standard."The first film to open at the centre was Everest.
"It's very, very hi tech actually. We would have three computers to manage the system. The soundtrack is put onto disc into a hard drive, so you have to synchronise the film with the soundtrack which is very, very important. It's a totally different concept to what normal film would use."Alas, the Belfast IMAX closed down in September, 2007. Mr Curistan was declared bankrupt in 2013.
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On a well-manicured lawn lined with rose bushes in full bloom – 211, boasts one brochure – members of American University of Afghanistan's first graduating class mingle and take pictures with former presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah. Though there are just 32 graduates in the first class, most of the university's 789 students have turned out for the ceremony.
Packed into the auditorium, they are told that Harvard, Stanford, and George Washington University, among other US institutions, have sent letters of congratulations. first lady Michelle Obama also has sent a letter, only to be outdone by former first lady Laura Bush who produced a video message that played on two projectors just ahead of top US Ambassador Karl Eikenberry's keynote speech.
The flurry of high-level attention to this small graduation Thursday highlights just how big a deal it is in a country battling the effects of decades of brain drain.
"It's hard for the students to understand it's not normal to get this level of attention," whispers one university official as the former first lady's message plays.
But such focus on the university and its graduates shouldn't be a surprise. After three decades of war, the country's most talented professionals have fled, leaving behind a nation where 72 percent of the people are now illiterate and the number of universities may not even reach 50.
So, as the first graduating class of the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) collected their diplomas and shook hands with Ambassador Eikenberry, the most remarkable thing about the moment may have been that the majority of the graduates said they were committed to staying in Afghanistan.
"For a master's degree, yes, it's tempting to go overseas. But for living, it's not. Once you've got an education, it seems like this is where people need you most," says Sulieman Hedayat, one of 32 students who graduated on Thursday.
AUAF opened its doors in 2006, and everyone from prominent Afghan businessmen to institutions like USAID have invested tens of millions of dollars in the hopes of minting a university that produces students who can help rebuild Afghanistan.
For the country
In his keynote address, Eikenberry praised the students' accomplishments but also reminded that they should now reach out and provide guidance such as that they received at AUAF. "I thank you in advance for all you're going to do for your country," he told the students.
Investing in the development of people who then flee the country has long been a problem for Afghanistan. Just last week, three Afghan students bolted for Canada at the conclusion of their study abroad in Midwest. Most famously, the Afghan national soccer team had to temporarily disband in 2004 when nine of the players disappeared during training camp in Italy and later turned up as asylum seekers.
For graduates and young people, Afghanistan often holds little promise. Aside from on going security problems, unemployment remains near 35 percent and the average annual income is $800, about a third of what those in neighboring Tajikistan make and less than 10 percent of what the average Iranian makes. With about 80 percent of the country working in agriculture, options remain limited for those with an education.
Until the end of the Russian invasion in the 1980s, the Afghan government helped recent graduates find jobs within the government. When that system dissolved, nepotism became the determining factor for employment, says Habibullah Rafi, a political analyst and member of the Afghan Academy of Sciences.
"There is nothing happening to help graduates after they finish college," he says. "There is nothing for poor graduates."
In this environment, it is not uncommon to find people with university degrees working low-level jobs throughout Afghanistan. The problem is particularly pronounced among medical students. With only a limited number of residencies available in Kabul, a number of students are asked to complete their hospital tours in the provinces. Due to safety concerns many refuse, leaving them unable to complete their degree.
"Overall this is a problem for university graduates – they can't get their desired job," says Shafiq Wardak, a communications professor at Kabul University.
The job hunt
Among AUAF's first graduating class, most graduates either had jobs or a master's program lined up after completing their undergraduate degree. Some hold government jobs, some nonprofit, and a few have started their own businesses. Many of the students actually held jobs throughout the course of their studies. And university officials proudly say that several government ministries actively recruit among the student body.
While at least one AUAF student worked as a janitor before starting his studies, others came from prominent families in Afghanistan. At $5,500 per year, the tuition remains an astronomical sum for the average Afghan family, though AUAF provides varying amounts of financial aid to 70 percent of its students.
A number of students say AUAF was worth the investment compared with government or other private universities because it offers a relevant curriculum.
"At AUAF, you can apply what they teach you to your job," says Lida Nadery, one of AUAF's first graduates.
Unlike other institutions, it does not face government regulations that often create challenges for universities here. Aside from complaints about outdated teaching methods, public universities must contend with the added challenge that Afghan law forbids public institutions from charging tuition.
"The problem with Afghanistan's higher education is that the government has a lot of control and there is resistance to reform," says Sharif Fayez, former minister of higher education and founder of AUAF.


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Just a popping by post to say that we are continuing to settle into what will be our home for the next, let's see, 21-1/2 months now : ) There are still lots of boxes to unpack &/or organize, & lots of things have been set aside for donations or yard sales or eBay or my Etsy shop. I am, as I have probably said before, we have been dragging some boxes around with us for years, from move to move, without really knowing what's inside. In addition to these boxes, we'll be going through all the Christmas boxes to downsize their contents. I have decided that I'm tired of having "dust catchers" sitting around the house, so I'm guessing at least 80% of my primitives are going to be sold. I'm also going to go through all my craft things ... cross stitch supplies, quilting fabrics, paints & woodworking things, you name it ... & downsize those as well. Kitchen things are likewise going to be downsized. The plan is to move to our next home taking only the things with us that we really, really like & that we will really, really use. I'm looking forward to that.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Catching Up
My last post was May 29th! This is hard for me to believe in one way, but not so hard in another. We've moved of course, & oh the stories I could tell ... but this is going to be a short post, so I'll just say that what appears to be a squeaky clean house at first glance may very well not be. Far from it in fact. We spent the month of June renting U-Hauls (yes, I meant that to be plural) & making trips in the SUV to cart most of our things here ourselves. I had wanted a specific moving company to move our furniture & some unwieldy boxes but the owner never got back to me in time, which is sad because they took the utmost care with our furniture when they delivered it from the store. I had a backup company I found on Angie's List that had nearly 200 glowing reviews. I had to end up hiring them instead, but I felt confident from the reviews that all would be well. It wasn't. I asked for three moving men; two showed up. Young dudes with questionable training or experience. I did not walk out to the truck with them & watch them load. I should have. I don't believe they padded anything. There was so much damage to almost all the furniture. Chips & scrapes & scratches & a literal gash down the side of my hutch. They brought in the washer & dryer sideways, then sat the on the carpeting & force-pushed them into the laundry closet leaving a bunch of black grease on the carpeting which the homeowner had cleaned themselves & I followed up with professional cleaning the week before. The young dudes had no idea where the grease came from but said not to worry about it, the company would take care of it. They brought in an end table & placed it on the living room carpeting. I asked them to place it a tad to the left. When they did, there were grease marks left by the table legs. Once again they were puzzled but said not to worry, the company would take care of it. Despite the fact that I paid for additional insurance to cover each piece of furniture separately, the company took care of nothing. I submitted detailed pictures & descriptions of all the damage. The owner called to advise me that the insurance did not cover damage to flooring. When I told him of my concern regarding our two power recliners & John's fancy-schmancy 65" nano crystal UHDTV, he stated that the insurance did not cover damage to anything mechanical or to any electronics because "who's to say if those things were working before they were moved?" He said he would pass my photos along to his repair technician who would contact me in four to six weeks to come to my home to assess the damage & make any repairs. I could not & did not want to wait that long. In addition, the owner was so cavalier about everything (he didn't even say that he spoke with the young dudes regarding the damage!) that I really didn't trust that his repair technician would be any different. It was a blessing from above when, quite by accident, a person was recommended to me as "the best furniture repair person in the state." He is indeed! An interesting & chatty man, we enjoyed visiting while he skillfully repaired all the damaged furniture & readjusted the recliners. Thankfully the TV is okay. I rehired the professional carpet cleaners to come back to get the grease out of the carpeting. They were successful. I've been scrubbing with various cleaners (none of which worked) & have now taken to sanding & resealing the bottoms of the wood furniture legs on several pieces of furniture in order to remove the grease.
And speaking of cleaning, we've been here five weeks & I've been cleaning pretty much every day. The cleaning was obviously not done by professional cleaners as I had been led to believe, but rather in a slapdash manner by the prior tenants. I still need to clean most of the light fixtures & plate covers, two ceiling fans, two sets of blinds, & all the windows. I'll get the house power washed as well.
Our landlady is a real interesting character. She's an "it happened the way I say it happened" & "your way is wrong, my way is right" type of person. I've had to bite my tongue several times when she was going through here telling me the leaking faucets really weren't leaking & the chip in the ceiling must have been made by our movers (it wasn't) & so many other things. I haven't mentioned anything to her about all the cleaning I've had to do, but if, when we leave, she says that she wants us to leave things as they were when we moved in, I will say "no you don't" & proceed to tell her all I've had to do. I probably should have taken pictures as I'm sure she won't believe me.
The bedroom furniture issue has been extremely stressful. I sent it back three times to be repaired or replaced per the manufacturer's lifetime guarantee. The last time I sent it back, trying to get them to fix the silver metal bits underneath the drawers that are quite visible when the drawers are shut, I was told this is the way this furniture is made & there is nothing wrong with it. However, I could pay them $450 & they could add lips to the bottom of the drawers to hide the metal bits, or they could color the metal bits with a black marker so they wouldn't be as visible. A friend (you know who you are!) called this the saga of Schrodinger's Defects: Simultaneously not existing while still being fixable. The manufacturer would not budge. I called a multitude of attorneys who all said there was nothing I could do (I still don't understand this). I finally told them to just send it back. I'll use it for the two years we're here, turning a blind eye to the metal bits, & sell it for whatever I can get for it before we move again.
My RA has unfortunately been very bad. My doctor had prescribed a drug which was not working in pill form so she suggested injections. This was two weeks before we moved. During those two weeks I had a lot more pain & stiffness & swelling & just chalked it up to the rigors of moving. However, things kept getting worse. I was so very tired all the time & developed bone pain. John said I could no longer blame these things on the move. I saw my vascular surgeon ... no problems there. Two weeks ago I saw my hematologist who discovered that I'm anemic. He said that all the problems I was having were most likely from the medication injections. He ordered a few more blood tests to be safe & told me to call my rheumatologist as soon as I got home to tell her my symptoms. Sadly I was only able to speak with the nurse as the rheumatologist was on vacation until August 8th. She suggested stopping the injections & she would talk with the doctor upon her return & let me know what she wanted me to do. She said I also should call with an update or two prior to the doctor's return. In the meantime the extra blood tests that the hematologist ordered came back negative so he feels the anemia & other problems are definitely being caused by the injections. I've been off them for a week now & I'm doing a little better. Don't know what they'll give me for my RA now as this makes three medications that have resulted in bad side effects.
I did get things straightened out with my insurance company ... again ... so I "only" had to do without my other medication for two weeks.
John is doing well. Not really any change in his vision though. He is seeing his eye doctor today & hopefully some sort of relief will be provided.
You may remember my Aunt Vera. I wrote about her last year asking for prayers. She was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 90. Unfortunately she waited too long to seek medical attention & the cancer spread to various areas of her body. She seemed to be doing better for a while, but then the chemo stopped working. She passed away on August 28th ... the day of our move. The funeral mass & burial were scheduled for July 5th. I drove to Pittsburgh to attend. She is at peace now but I will miss her so much. She was like a mother to me. I always wanted to run away & live with her. She was always fun, always joking around. She loved to cook & go to yard sales & flea markets. She loved jewelry & Christmas. When she was in her 80s, someone suggested to her that they had various events that she might enjoy at the local senior center. Her response was "What do I want to go there for? I'm not old!"
My good friend Mary passed away on May 4th, now Aunt Vera just two months later. The world just won't be the same without them.
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Topic Page: Tripolitan War
(trĭpŏl'ĭtӘn), 1800–1815, conflict between the United States and the Barbary States. Piracy had become a normal source of income in the N African Barbary States long before the United States came into existence. The new republic adopted the common European practice of paying tribute to buy immunity from raids. Difficulties began in 1800 when William Bainbridge, the officer who took tribute to the dey of Algiers, was compelled to go under the Ottoman flag to Constantinople. When the pasha of Tripoli demanded (1800) more tribute than previously agreed upon, the United States refused payment.
Hostilities broke out in 1801, but Commodore Richard Dale's blockade of Tripoli failed to daunt the pirates. President Thomas Jefferson then decided to settle the affair by negotiation, but his envoy Richard Valentine Morris could not reach an agreement with the pasha. The war continued. Tunis was more or less drawn into the struggle because of ill feeling between the bey's court and William Eaton, the U.S. consul there.
After Eaton and Morris quarreled over the campaign, the blockade of Tripoli was lifted, and the U.S. government considered resuming tribute payments. Edward Preble then succeeded Morris as the U.S. commander in the Mediterranean. Preble dispatched the frigate Philadelphia under Bainbridge to resume the blockade. A storm drove the ship aground. It was captured, and Bainbridge and his crew were imprisoned. Stephen Decatur and a small group of men were sent (Feb., 1804) into the harbor. They set fire to the Philadelphia and destroyed her.
Despite this exploit Preble was still unable to take Tripoli, and, in Sept., 1804, he was succeeded by Samuel Barron. Meanwhile William Eaton had convinced the U.S. government of his plan for supporting a rival claimant for the rule of Tripoli by a land expedition. Eaton landed in Egypt and after an arduous march took the port of Derna. Before he could advance farther, the war was ended. John Rodgers, sent out with a strong force in May, 1805, negotiated a settlement in June. The U.S. prisoners were ransomed, and Tripoli renounced all rights to halt or to levy tribute on American ships.
Though the most favorable agreement yet made with a Barbary power, the treaty was not a brilliant triumph and did not end the threat of piracy to U.S. shipping. During the later Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, the pirates increased their raids on American commerce. Algiers actually declared war on the United States. In 1815 a squadron under Decatur forced the dey of Algiers to sign a treaty renouncing U.S. tribute, and the so-called Algerine War was ended. After 1815 the United States no longer paid tribute to any Barbary State.
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My New Sisters
There's a story that I met my father when I was a few months old, just before he left my mother and me behind for good, but of course I don't remember that. After that, I heard from him three times: he called me while I was in college (I refused to speak with him), he sent me a cryptic letter and a $1,000 check for my graduation, and he once mailed me an empty Christmas card, signed "Best Wishes."
So I didn't get to choose whether I had a father when I was growing up, but always felt a void, knowing he was out there somewhere. Fourteen years later, after an uncomfortable exchange of phone calls and emails, I flew to Philadelphia with my partner, Henry, to meet my father for the first time. As we got near the bottom of the airport escalator, I saw him: portly and balding, with a round, fat-cheeked face and eyes just like mine, only older. Two women in their thirties were with him—my half-sisters. I knew I'd meet them on this trip, but I hadn't expected it so soon. I figured he had brought them along to act as a buffer, something to distract both of us from the tension of this first meeting.
I let go of Henry's hand, and we all politely introduced ourselves. My sisters' names were Arlene and Janet. Janet, the younger one, had a developmental disability and kept to herself. She held a bouquet of flowers, which Arlene prompted her to hand to me. My father seemed nervous, and avoided my eyes, but Arlene was smiling and friendly. As we walked toward the baggage claim, she struck up a conversation, pulling me aside as my father chatted with Henry.
"He just told me about this a few days ago," she said, jerking her head towards our father. "He kept bugging me to come, so I said 'Yes.'"
Her tone was conspiratorial, but also apologetic, as if she knew that I hadn't expected to be confronted immediately by three "new" relatives. Her comment hinted that she didn't hold our father in such high regard either.
As they drove us to our hotel, I found it surprisingly easy to talk to Arlene. She was confident, congenial, almost a little bossy—qualities that have been used to describe me. My father seemed stiff, interrupting our easy banter with too-jokey remarks, as if we already shared a familiarity that I felt he hadn't yet earned.
"You don't need to stay at a hotel, you could just stay with us," he said, as if I were his eldest child who'd just come home from college, instead of the daughter he'd abandoned more than thirty years earlier.
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"They want to stay in the city, Dad," Arlene said, and I was glad that she was there. When they dropped us off and we said our good-byes, I felt relieved to see my father go—we were both uncomfortable—but I was sad to part from my sisters, even though we were going have dinner with them all later that night. It was surprising and gratifying to already feel a bond with both of them. We hugged before they left—it felt like the most normal and familiar thing in the world.
The rest of the trip went about the same as this first hour of meeting my father and sisters: my father continued to act as if we had the most normal relationship in the world, which was more insulting than pleasant, but I quickly formed a relationship with my sisters, especially Arlene, that I knew would last even when I returned back to California. And it did, and it has. I didn't choose who my sisters were, but I did choose to get to know them after half a lifetime of separation. I may not have a relationship with my father, but I now have two sisters whom I love and care about, my new family.
Rona Fernandez is a writer, fundraising consultant and activist living in the San Francisco Bay Area. She blogs at ronafernandez.wordpress.com
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From the decade of big hair, excess, and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile. Vice City is a huge urban sprawl ranging from the beach to the swamps and the glitz to the ghetto, and is the most varied and complete digital city ever created. Combining nonlinear gameplay with a character-driven narrative, you arrive in a town brimming with seedy opportunities and are given the chance to take it over as you choose. Take control of a variety of vehicles including high-performance cars and motorbikes, powerboats, golf buggies, and helicopters. Browse through the radio stations, with styles ranging from rock to electro, to find a sultry melody or pumping beat to suit your mood. No matter what type of man you are, Vice City is always full of surprises.
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Covering the Bases: Game 26
FIRST: Well, that took long enough. Shaun Marcum is back in the win column. The righty helped lead the Jays to a 9-3 victory over the A's on Sunday afternoon, earning his first 'W" in…
…598 days.
Marcum's last win came against the White Sox on Sept. 11, 2008 — shortly before he underwent reconstructive elbow surgery that cost him all of last season.
This year, Marcum had been solid through his first five outings for Toronto, but whether it was due to a lack of run support or a shaky bullpen, he simply was not able to pick up any wins. Not until Ben Sheets absolutely imploded for the A's on Sunday, allowing the Jays to run out to a 9-1 lead after four innings.
Marcum worked 6 1/3 innings, scattered six hits, struck out six and walked four. He allowed just the one run in the 105-pitch effort. True to his character, Marcum downplayed finally getting a win and instead said it was just great that the team found the win colum. Good on him.
Also, good on the crowd for its stading ovation as Marcum headed off the hill in the seventh. Those used to be reserved for a certain ace, but Marcum — now in Doc's old slot in the rotation — was the recipient this time around. Much like the good doctor did for years, too, Marcum gave a quick tip of the hat in response.
SECOND: The Blue Jays scored nine runs combined over Marcum's past three starts. So nine runs on 13 hits was much appreciated by Marcum this time (even though he wouldn't admit it). But, this was more about the ineffectiveness of Sheets than the awesomeness of the Blue Jays' offense.
Sheets faced 22 batters and this is what happened: 10 outs, 10 hits at a cost of $10 million for the A's. The Jays drew two walks, pounded out two singles, four doubles, one triple and three home runs against the righty. Over his past two starts, Sheets has allowed 17 runs across a grand total of 7 1/3 innings.
Every Blue Jay in the lineup had at least one hit with the exception of Adam Lind and Jose Bautista. Fred Lewis launched a two run homer in the fourth that actually bounced up when it hit the seats in the second deck. He and Aaron Hill went back-to-back, and Hill finished a triple shy of the cycle. Alez Gonzalez hit his eighth homer (two-run shot in the first) and John McDonald (!) went 2-for-4 with a double and a triple.
Sheets? Boom! Roasted.
THIRD: Beyond all the guys mentioned above, how about that John Buck? A few days after launching a trio of home runs, Bucky put a few dents (see what I did there?) in the wall in left with three doubles against the A's. Since manager Cito Gaston and hitting coach Dwayne Murphy held a s�ance to revive Buck's bat, the catcher has gone 8-for-12 at the plate with three homers, three doubles and seven RBIs.
HOME: In the first edition of "You Know It's Getaway Day When…" let's take a look at one telling stat from Sunday's tilt in Toronto. After running out to a 9-1 lead through four innings, exactly ZERO Jays hitters looked at a called strike. The final 15 Toronto batters gripped it and ripped it, bringing a speedy end to the contest. The last player to take a strike was Gonzalez during the final at-bat of the fourth inning. Consider that seven of the first 13 Jays hitters and 10 of the first 24 took at least one called strike. In the first inning, six of seven hitters took a called strike on the first pitch.
NOTE: I will not be in Cleveland for the upcoming series between the Blue Jays and Indians. I will be tweeting and blogging again about your Jays from U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, beginning on Thursday.
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Sheets was throwing meatballs over the middle-of-the-plate all day. I have seen instances where the Jays have let pitchers get away with that. Not this team.
As one can tell from this post by Ben Badler of the Daily Dish on Baseball America, our kids in the minors are getting noticed.
Thursday Dish: Do You Know D?Arnaud?
Travis d?Arnaud hasn?t been able to find the spotlight. Not yet, anyway. After the 2009 season, d?Arnaud ranked as the No. 4 prospect in the Phillies system, behind the high-ceiling troika of Domonic Brown, Kyle Drabek and Michael Taylor. When the Phillies traded the 21-year-old d?Arnaud to the Blue Jays this offseason, Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee were the big league aces getting most of the ink, while the focus on the prospect side of the deal was on Drabek and Taylor.
Even among catching prospects, d?Arnaud has had trouble distinguishing himself in a time when Carlos Santana, Buster Posey and Jesus Montero are among the top 10 prospects in the game. Heck, even in his own family, Travis has had to share the spotlight with older brother Chase, a quality middle infield prospect with the Pirates.
Regardless of how many people are noticing, what d?Arnaud is doing in the high Class A Florida State League with Dunedin is hard to ignore. D?Arnaud?s plus bat speed helps him hit for power, while his low-maintenance swing allows him to stay short to the ball, so the power doesn?t come at the expense of making contact. That skill set has shown up in d?Arnaud?s early numbers. After going 2-for-4 with a walk yesterday, d?Arnaud is hitting .396/.431/.660 in 63 plate appearances with just five strikeouts.
?There?s not a whole lot going on (with his swing),? Dunedin manager Clayton McCullough said. ?It?s pretty simple and compact. When he walks up to the plate, he's got a plan in mind, how he thinks the pitchers are going to attack him. He trusts it and he sticks to it.? What stands out to McCullough about d?Arnaud is his confidence in his ability to hit, an attitude that?s certainly merited. ?He just has a real calmness about him when he's in the batter's box, a real easiness to his approach,? McCullough said. ?When he gets a good pitch to hit, he?s got the ability to do some damage to all fields.?
D?Arnaud isn?t just a one-dimensional prospect. He has an above-average arm and he?s done a solid job blocking balls this year thanks in part to his athleticism. ?I think the big thing is that he really likes to catch,? McCullough said. ?Some guys that have that kind of offensive potential, the defense goes on the backburner. But Travis likes to catch, he likes working with pitchers and he?s been good thus far.?
Velocity Spike
Blue Jays righthander Henderson Alvarez threw his fastball anywhere from 86-92 mph last year in the Midwest League, finishing the season with a 3.47 ERA in 23 starts for low Class A Lansing thanks largely to his advanced control and an above-average changeup.
This year Alvarez, who turned 20 on Sunday, is throwing in the low-90s and has touched 96 mph, according to McCullough. Through two starts with Dunedin, Alvarez has allowed one run in 14 innings for a 0.64 ERA, with two walks and seven hits allowed. The extra velocity hasn?t led to more strikeouts (six), but he?s pounded the strike zone and kept the ball down, leading to three groundouts for every fly out early in the season.
?His work on his days when he's not pitching are getting better,? McCullough said. ?He?s understanding the importance of conditioning between starts to help him build arm strength and to maintain it. It?s just a young kid whose body is maturing.? McCullough said Alvarez, who is 6 feet, 190 pounds, has made strides with his offspeed stuff as well. He?s added a greater speed differential between his changeup and his fastball by tweaking the grip on his changeup, and shown more confidence in his breaking ball.
?Last year his breaking ball was just a work in progress,? McCullough said. ?He sees the value of it, the importance of getting that third pitch to be a starter up the ladder. Having a viable breaking ball is something he?s going to need, and it?s nice to see him trusting it in his outings much more this year. This year?s he?s throwing his breaking ball in situations he never would have last year."
Buck has been ok for a couple games but when will we see Arencibia up in the majors?
If Arencibia keeps up the good work in Lost Wages, we might see him as a September callup. I think the Jays would like to see him break camp with the team next year. They won't bring him North in a bacup role. Either he is ready to take over as the full time catcher, or he will be sent to AAA where he can get regular work.
Catchers, catchers and more and more catchers is an understatement. We all are aware of JP Arencibia in AAA and Travis D'Arnaud in A+
But there must be something in the water the player development groups is feeding our catching prospects because there are tremendous performances happening from numerous kids throughout the minors…AAA-JP Arencibia-.265/.333/.441….AA-Brian Jeroloman-.350/.458/.600 + Johnathon Jaspe (3 games only)-.556/.583/1.000…..A+-Travis D'Arnaud-..328/.362/.525 + Yan Gomes-.326/.392/.457….A-Sean Ochinko-.299/.344/.448+ AJ Jiminez-..311/.353/.489+ Karim Turkamani-.313/.412/.313.
And this fine list does not include highly touted prospects Santiago Nessy and Carlos Perez, arguably our highest ceiling potential prospects, who start in the GCLl Jays and Auburn in June.
Nice to see Brian Jeroloman making a statement. He has been left behind a bit, but a .350 BA will get you back on the radar very quickly. This is an evaluation year for the Jays, and by the end of the season, they should have figured out what the long term look of the team should be. They will want to keep as many players in the fold until then, but perhaps this off season, we will see some of the pitching and catching depth used to secure some of the other pieces they need.
What has really impressed me this year is how, so far, AA has filled the holes in the lineup with guys like Lewis, Eveland, Rommie Lewis, and Mike McCoy for what amounts to pocket change. Beats the daylights out of Mench, Wilkerson, Millar, et al. I can't wait to see what they come up with in the draft.
I forgot David Delucci. He was a real winner.
No Bastian for three whole days.. D:
I agree. However, the real key to these fill-in players is not falling in love with them, but turning them into type A free agents that can be used to stock the farm system with above average potential. Imagine if a guy like John Buck could have a career year and hit close to 20 home runs? Or take a guy like Gonzalez, who could possibly put up 25 home runs. None of these type of guys are the future, but they can be used to buy the future if we can move them in a trade or on the free agent market in return for picks. Let's hope that they all continue to be productive.
I hear you, burt. I hope what it really speaks to is the increased quality of the scouting department, because there are several high ceiling low risk players in our fold now that other teams have given up on. The Jays also have a couple of guys called Cito and Dwayne that are pretty good hitting coaches, so another high value free agent is definitely not out of the question.
Bob Elliot Of The Toronto Sun was in New Hampshire and watched Drabek pitch last night. Although I doubt if he was impressed with New Hampshire's defense, particularly Jeroloman, Drabek clearly impressed him and showed his composure looks to be major league ready.
My thank you and compliments to Bob Elliot for taking the time to go to New Hampshire and get this story showing some in the Toronto Sports media are really working to help get the real Blue Jay's stories to us. Here's what Bob posted.
Drabek takes over EL strikeout lead
For the Blue Jays? top pitching prospect, right-hander Kyle Drabek, the first inning Wednesday night was the perfect storm for disaster.
The New Britain Rock Cats leadoff man, Ben Revere, struck out in the double-A Eastern League game at Merchantsauto.com Stadium, but reached on a throwing error by Fisher Cats catcher Brian Jeroloman.
After a stolen base, the Rock Cats? No. 2 hitter, Estarlin de Los Santos, dribbled a ball in front of the plate, but Jeroloman?s throw to third was late. No. 3 hitter, Rene Tosoni, dribbled a ball off the glove of Brian Cooper and into right, allowing a run to score.
Time for Drabek to flip out? Well, he may have rolled his eyes, but the 22-year-old escaped the inning with two popups and a strikeout.
Drabek then sailed along until outfielder Darin Mastroianni dropped a ball in center for a two-base error, leading to four unearned runs in the sixth. Drabek, the former No. 1 pick, worked 5.2 innings allowing six runs ? but only one of them earned ? on eight hits, two walks and one hit batter. He struck out seven to take the lead in the Eastern League and lowered his earned run average to 3.18.
It's not often a baseball game provides a phenomenal trivial question, but the game last night between Vegas and Reno did just that.
So the trivial question is "how does a team score 4 runs in an inning without getting a hit?"….The answer is 6 walks and 5 wild pitches-and these really were wild pitches, not the in the dirt type our Buckaroo misses. That was the inning for the Vegas 51's in the 8th inning last night in a real cold (46 degree with a 20mph ne wind) evening..
The 51's proved it wasn't just a fluke and worked another walk and wild pitch to go along with a number of hits and put up another 4 runs in the top of the 9th, before Reno ran out of pitchers they wanted to burn in this calamity. So they brought in their center fielder to finish the inning and two more runs were scored totaling 10 for the 51's in 2 innings.
Three 51 hitters walked 3 times in the game, one of which was JP Arencibia. I never checked his record, but I'd bet that was his first game as a Jays prospect with 3 walks. JP is in a bit of a slump, but his obp is now quite good with his hitting line of .253/.341/.427..
Blue Jay fans have got to love this statement:….All four of Toronto's full-season farm clubs are over .500. The system entered Wednesday with a combined .569 winning percentage, tied for second best in baseball.
I'd bet its been 15 or more years since The Jays could make such a statement and it offers prove that the plan Alex has put into place to improve player development is reaping results. Well done AA, keep it going.


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Christmas Breakfast Traditions From Around the World
The last thing on the minds of children Christmas morning, is breakfast. It's all about seeing what Santa left under the tree, then playing with the new toys you received. Since breakfast is the most important meal of the day, it's important to get the kids to eat. The tradition at our house was croissants and cinnamon rolls my mother had made the night before.
Here are other family traditions from around the world.
Atole - Mexico
Atole is an ancient Mexican beverage. It's thickened with cornmeal and it's chocolate version is popular for breakfast on Christmas morning.
Atole Recipe
Dresdner Stollen - Germany
Dresdner Stollen is the famous fruitcake from Dresden Germany. It's made from a rich yeast dough mixed with candied fruit and almonds. Loaves are brushed with butter, topped with powdered sugar and stored for at least two weeks before eating.
Stollen Recipe
Linzertorte - Austria
Linzertorte is a jam tart with a crumbly crust made with hazelnuts or almonds, a simple filling of currant or raspberry jam and a distinctive lattice top.
Linzertorte Recipe
Pasteles - Puerto Rico
Pasteles are cakes in banana leaves and comes from Puerto Rico. The whole family usually makes these starchy parcels.
Pasteles Recipe
Pavlova - Australia/New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand claim to have created Pavlova to honor the great Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. It's a baked meringue, crispy on the outside and marshmallowy on the inside. It's spread with whipped cream and topped with fresh fruit
Pavlova Recipes
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Enjoy breakfast with Santa at Christmas on Main Street Saturday November 23rd. You can sign up for the 9am or 10am breakfast that includes hotcakes and OJ from McDonald's and a buffet from the Trackside restaurant.