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The world was thick, heated smoke. It filled his vision and his lungs and for a few sharp moments that was all there was. Instinctively Erinhue coughed to try and clear his throat. The action brought him back. He was on a field of battle. Where? What? Mauglar. Mauglar the Mighty had been destroyed and the world had turned to smoke and fire.
A hand came out of the smoke and touched his shoulder. A familiar voice called his name. Was that his name? Yes? It didn't matter. The voice was saying that they had to move and move now. Yes, the voice was correct, he had to move.
The voice belonged to a young man. The accent in his voice was of an Eastern dialect. The young man was insistently tugging at him and he got to his feet. When the young man put an arm around him to help him walk it came to him. D'jazi. This was D'jazi one of the Mithril Knights. More and more flooded back but there was little time to pay attention. The crash of the dragon's burned out carcass knocked them both to the ground.
Erinhue struggled back to his feet and in his turn, helped D'Jazi to get up and hurry on. A group of Rangers ran out to meet them and help them back to their line at the foot of the hill that had so recently given them shelter. Elenath rushed over to D'Jazi who was obviously more effected by the smoke and heated air.
Erinhue waved off those who were attempting to assist him. They asked him a dozen questions, all at the same time, but he did not answer. He moved slowly to a large box like rock a few yards from where the others were gathered. He climbed atop it, sat down and dropped his head into his hands.


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At a recent client engagement we built a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) report with a T-SQL based data source. A requirement of the report was to create an action that drilled-through to another report. No big deal, right? This is SSRS 101. Well, that was until I realized that the parameters that had to be set on the drill-through report were based on MDX queries. I still didn't think that it would pose a problem and proceeded to configure the textbox Action to go to another report. After I completed the configurations, I ran the report and it DID NOT WORK! Hmmm, what's wrong?
The first step was to take a look at the parameters on the MDX based report, which revealed very little. I needed to see the source query that provided the data for the parameter. Initially I did not see the data set for the query. Then I realized that when you created parameters using the MDX query builder in SSRS it hid the corresponding data sets. To show them, right-click on the data sets folder and click Show Hidden DataSets. With the data set now visible, I was able to run the query in the designer. The designer revealed a little Golden Nugget of information. There was a column labeled "ParameterValue" as shown in the following figure:
This was interesting. It revealed a fully qualified MDX value as the Parameter Value. Therefore, using the traditional method of only selecting the column from the data set as the value to be passed would not work. So I decided to build an expression that would dynamically create values equal to those values in the ParameterValue column of the MDX query result set. The expression can be seen in the following figure:
I re-ran the report and clicked the textbox with the action:
This directed me to the MDX based report and the parameter was set correctly, which can be seen in the following figure:
Happy Days are here again!
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Patrick LeBlanc, SQL Server MVP, MCTS, founder SQLLunch.com.

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Who is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt?
The Lean Six Sigma Green Belt operates in support or under the supervision of a Six Sigma Black Belt, analyzes and solves business problems, and is involved in process and quality improvement projects. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt drives process improvement initiatives to develop robust systems for the business and deliver consistent output to customers. Green Belt training equips individuals with a logical and objective way to identify, measure, and eliminate problems / issues with process within an organization. The training also enhances the way employees approach their day-to-day work and strategically positioned to support each other in the workplace, the improvement potential expands.Course Overview Course Content Pedagogy FAQs Brochure
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Opening This Week: The Manifold Greatness Finale
After an event-filled tour that has criss-crossed the United States since the fall of 2011—including, most recently, exhibits in Bel Air, Maryland; Danville, Kentucky; and Tifton, Georgia—Manifold Greatness is ready to open at its final exhibit site. The 40th of its 40 locations in 27 states is the Nancy Guinn Memorial Library of the Conyers-Rockdale Library System in Conyers, Georgia, where Manifold Greatness will be on view from tomorrow, May 29, through July 12.
As detailed in the library's brochure below, the Conyers display includes a wealth of programs this June. To see what's coming, including photos of some intriguing local Bibles that will also be on exhibit, read this preview in the Rockdale Citizen. You can also check out the library's website or its Facebook page. (To examine the brochure at larger size, just select the page you wish to read.)
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Oh good, Newt Gingrich is hysterical again. It's been weeks since the disgraced former House Speaker had a noteworthy tantrum
Newt Gingrich accused President Obama on Wednesday of a secret "radical" plot to end work requirements in welfare reform, brushing aside denials from both the Republican architect of the 1996 bill and the Democratic president who signed it into law.
"I think on the hard left, there is an unending desire to create a dependent America," Gingrich said.
To recap, two Republican governors asked the Obama administration for some flexibility on the existing welfare law. The White House said that'd be fine, so long as the work requirement isn't weakened. It's consistent with the policy endorsed by many Republican governors, including Mitt Romney himself, just six years ago.
And now it's a conspiracy to make a country "dependent" on government.
I saw an email earlier blaming this ridiculous mess on the president – he should have known, the argument goes, that Romney and the GOP would have lied about this.
I can't wrap my head around this. If Obama gives the states the flexibility they want, he's "eliminating the work requirement," even though he's not eliminating the work requirement. If Obama rejected the governors' request, it's very likely Romney would be running attack ads right now saying, "Republican governors want flexibility to help welfare recipients get jobs, but our big-government liberal president refuses to allow states to experiment. He doesn't want to help move people get jobs."
The point is, there's no way to anticipate what garbage the pathologically dishonest will come up with, just as there's no telling what kind of loopy conspiracy theories Newt Gingrich might concoct. Don't blame the target of shamelessly dishonest political nonsense; blame those disseminating the lies.
I'd be remiss if I neglected to highlight this gem.
Gingrich joined Mitt Romney and other Republican leaders in contrasting former President Bill Clinton, whom they now hold up as a model of bipartisanship, with Obama.
"In many ways Obama is the anti-Clinton," Gingrich, who clashed frequently with the president as speaker of the House in the 1990s, told reporters. "Clinton tried to move the party to the center, Obama's moved it to the left."
For those who remember the 1990s, this represents a new level of political hysteria. Gingrich woke up every day for years trying to destroy Bill Clinton, convinced that he was a radical leftist who didn't deserve the presidency. Plus, he even hurt Gingrich's feelings that one time, asking him to use a different door on Air Force One, leading the Speaker to shut down the government.
But now, Clinton and Obama – who agree on practically everything – are opposites, and Gingrich sees the man he impeached as a great centrist.
Shep Smith recently explained, "Politics is weird. And creepy. And now I know lacks even the loosest attachment to anything like reality."
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When I'm depressed or feeling a little beaten down by life, I'll often bring out one of five or six games from my collection and give them a play for a few hours. These games are usually something I've played a lot of and I'm already good at. Basically, they're comfort games.
I'll often make myself a grilled cheese and drink a beer while doing playing, and I've found that the combination effect of the comfort games, good cheese, and a cold one is amazing. On my online travels today I was delighted to find that someone else has this habit, and the top two games on their list are the same on mine. Excellent.
In my experience Lumines makes the list, as does Tony Hawk 3. New Super Mario Bros. is a great one, and I'm going to go ahead and add Geometry Wars and for some reason Mr. Mosquito. I have no clue why these games calm me down and center me, but they do. There is something about a game that just "clicks" and allows me to take a brain vacation and get away from my troubles. I'd say that it's one of the strengths of the art form, because a good game can involve you in a way no movie or book can.
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New medal for drone pilots outranks Bronze StarBy Andrew Tilghman - Staff writerPosted : Wednesday Feb 13, 2013 16:37:27 ESTThe Pentagon is creating a new high-level military medal that will recognize drone pilots and, in a controversial twist, giving it added clout by placing it above some traditional combat valor medals in the military's "order of precedence."The Distinguished Warfare Medal will be awarded to pilots of unmanned aircraft, offensive cyber war experts or others who are directly involved in combat operations but who are not physically in theater and facing the physical risks that warfare historically entails.The new medal will rank just below the Distinguished Flying Cross. It will have precedence over — and be worn on a uniform above — the Bronze Star with Valor device, a medal awarded to troops for specific heroic acts performed under fire in combat.The new medal is a brass pendant, nearly two inches tall, with a laurel wreath that circles a globe. An eagle is in the center. The ribbon has blue, red and white stripes."This award recognizes the reality of the kind of technological warfare we are engaged in the 21st century," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told reporters in Washington on Wednesday.The new medal will be awarded for specific acts, such as the successful targeting of a particular individual at a critical time."Our military reserves its highest decorations obviously for those who display gallantry and valor in actions when their lives are on the line and we will continue to do so," Panetta said."But we should also have the ability to honor the extraordinary actions that make a true difference in combat operations," Panetta said. "The contribution they make does contribute to the success of combat operations, particularly when they remove the enemy from the field of battle, even if those actions are physically removed from the fight."The service secretaries will make the final determination for awarding the Distinguished Warfare Medal.The order of precedence came as a surprise to Doug Sterner, a military medals expert and the curator of the Military Times Hall of Valor, the largest database of military medal recipients."It's got me puzzled," Sterner said in an interview Wednesday. "I understand the need to recognize the guys at the console who are doing some pretty important things. But to see it ranking above the Bronze Star [with] V?"
"Tanning Stations on the flight deck"
Is this for real or are you guys cooking up an elaborate joke?And "retardedness" is a word. I use it all the time along with "smoothlier".
2. Canada decides it's a good idea just because the Americans do it?
Giving a medal to someone doing a job that a 12 year old can do that superceeds a medal awarded for being wounded in combat or for heroism is a wonderful idea. They should probably get some sort of danger pay while they're at it.
SINGER:Oh, it's an odd sort of medal, in that the very description of it, the official description says that it, quote, "may not be awarded for valor in combat under any circumstances," which we've never seen happen in a medal before. Essentially, the idea is that it's to recognize accomplishments that are exceptional and outstanding, but not bounded in any geographic or chronologic manner - that is, it's not taking place in the combat zone. And so, essentially, it's recognizing that people can now do extraordinary things because of the new technologies that we're using in war, drones and cyber, but that the system wasn't prepared to recognize them.
SINGER: Well, it's interesting. It goes to what you're trying to recognize with a medal, with an award. Is it the hardships that a person faces, or is what the medal designation says is to recognize something, quote, "so exceptional and outstanding as to clearly set the individual apart from comrades or from other persons in similar situations."So, you know, traditionally, medals have not been about saying, well, you had a really tough time of it. That's the only one that fits into that category, is the Purple Heart. But for all the others, it's to recognize that you've done something extraordinary, something different than others in a similar situation. And that's the category that this medal is for. It's not saying it's the same thing as a combat medal. It's saying it's not for combat.So I think, again, it turns on what our notions of medals and what are they for and what's the role they play in war? But I should put my finger on one part of it, though, is that part of why this has been controversial, not in the public but within the military, is not the creation of the medal itself but it's precedence; that is, where one can wear it. And that's where there's been a lot of controversy in the military because if it was (unintelligible)HEADLEE: The rank, you mean, of this - yeah.SINGER: Yeah, the rank of it, is that someone will be able to wear it above a bronze star with valor, which is something that's awarded for combat. And so, that's what a lot of the controversy within the military has been. It's not been about the medal itself but the precedence, the rank of the medal. And, again, that's, you know, something to go back and forth on. You know, there's an argument to be made there. I can see it.
SINGER: Well, I think it's two things. One, Mark put his finger on the really heart of the controversy within the military right now, which is not, you know, can we recognize these people, but where in the precedent should it be set? And, frankly, that's, you know, something the military is going to have to work out. I'm not in the position to say, hey, it should be above or below bronze or above or below silver. To me, the fact that by its very definition, it's very clear that it is, you know, again, this is the definition. It may not be awarded for valor in combat. It's an indicator that this is a medal, but it's also something different.But there's a second part to this that - I mean, I'm a little bit concerned about from this heat, from this controversy around it, is that the first time this medal is awarded, it's going to go to someone who's done something extraordinary for the nation. And yet, the reality is they're probably going to be mocked by a fairly significant portion of the military and or the Twittersphere, or however you want to say it. That is, we're going to focus on what was not done rather than was done. And that's a shame, in a certain way, coming out of this controversy.


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San Francisco is by all accounts a world-renowned city, so what better place to hold a convention with the theme "A World of Opportunity" than the city by the bay? The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) will hold its 28th annual convention and trade show, March 16-19, at the Moscone Center and the San Francisco Marriott Downtown. The show was last held in San Francisco in 2007.
A couple of world-class athletes highlight two of the feature presentations. Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana, who won four Super Bowls in his Hall of Fame career, will speak about "The Winning Spirit" on Monday, March 16. Montana's speech follows the 5 p.m. "State of the Industry" address by IHRSA President and CEO Joe Moore.
Swimmer Dara Torres, who has won 12 Olympic medals, including four gold medals, will speak about "Celebrating the Champion Spirit" at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 19. At the age of 41, Torres won three silver medals at the recent Summer Olympics in Beijing. She is the first U.S. swimmer to compete in five Olympics.
"In an increasingly competitive environment, it is essential to continue learning and gaining insight from those who have achieved success at high levels and have remained at the top of their respective professions," Moore said in a statement from IHRSA.
The two keynote speakers are Marcus Buckingham, an author and business consultant, and Seth Godin, an author, blogger and a former vice president of marketing for Yahoo!. Buckingham's speech, "Go Put Your Strengths to Work," will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17. Godin's speech, "Invisible or Remarkable?", will begin at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18. The show's educational programming will feature more than 100 speakers and presenters.
Once again, Life Fitness founder Augie Nieto and his wife, Lynne, will be featured at the IHRSA show. The Nietos, who are co-chairpersons of the ALS Division for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), will give a presentation titled "Reciprocity Inc. When You Give, You Receive More in Return" at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17. The following night, starting at 6 p.m., the Nietos will host the annual Augie's Bash, presented by Augie's Quest, to benefit the MDA's ALS research program. Augie Nieto was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease, in 2005.
The trade show hours at the Moscone Center are from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday. Early morning workouts begin at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday and Thursday on the trade show floor.
Three key summits also will take place during the show. The fifth annual IHRSA Technology Summit begins at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, immediately followed by the 13th annual IHRSA Global Leadership Summit at noon. The 13th annual IHRSA Financial Panel begins at 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
Each night will feature a different reception with a worldly theme. Monday night is the opening reception titled "Celebrate the Irish in Us All!", while Tuesday night is the Planet IHRSA reception for international registrants. A "Go Canada" reception will begin Wednesday night prior to Augie's Bash. On Thursday night, IHRSA will sponsor an event titled "Dine Around San Francisco."


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No matter what type of food you have in mind, Florida's Space Coast offers unique dining choices to tempt your palette. From oceanfront dining to locally owned restaurants, it may take a while to settle on one place, but you'll be hard pressed not to find something you like.
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On the waterfront or in historic districts, in small hideaway pubs or large multi-level destination establishments, the Space Coast has it all. Where do the locals dine? Who has the best seafood? What does a gator tail fritter taste like? Ask one or more of the friendly Space Coast natives. The answers are likely to be different and lead you to a great foodie adventure. Bon appetite!
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Will Benedict XVI Miss the Popemobile?
At the end of this, his final day in office, Pope Benedict XVI will lose his papal authority, his Swiss guards and many of the perks that come with being leader of the Catholic Church. But for car fans, the Popemobile may seem like the hardest papal benefit to relinquish.
Indeed, the pontiff has hardly had a chance to break in his latest ride, a Popemobile based on a Mercedes-M-Class SUV. It has the familiar transparent enclosure with the Pope's throne-like chair inside.
Dieter Zetsche, chief executive of Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler AG, personally delivered the new vehicle to Pope Benedict at the Vatican in December.
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text: MS Awareness Week, March 3 - 9 February 20, 2014 Every Connection Counts MS Awareness Week 2014 is March 3-9 and people everywhere are creating connections stronger than those MS destroys. Multiple sclerosis is a life altering disease that affects each person in a unique and different way. MS destroys connections, divides minds from bodies, pulls people from their lives and away from one another. Millions of people are affected by MS worldwide. There is no cure. Therefore, it's only fitting that connections would be its greatest enemy. As more connections are formed, more knowledge is shared, more questions are asked, more resources are gathered, and more hope is provided to help people living with MS move their lives forward. Every connection counts. Connect during MS Awareness Week – March 3 - 9 People impacted by MS are connecting across the nation during Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week March 3 – 9 to combine their efforts, knowledge and hope in order to move us closer to a world free of multiple sclerosis. The National MS Society is a prominent force in forging connections among people with MS, their friends and family who raise awareness and funds; health professionals who treat those with MS; and, researchers who work to stop the disease, restore the function it takes and end MS forever. In less than two decades, this has helped move MS from being an untreatable disease to one where there are at least nine treatment options for those with relapsing MS, the most common form of the disease, with even more new therapies speeding through the pipeline offering hope to people with all forms of the disease. To learn more about MS Awareness Week and how you can connect with others, visit the National MS Society website, or check us out on Facebook and Twitter.


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Russian Patriarch unveils Kremlin icon hidden since 1917
A fresco of Christ on the Kremlin Wall in Moscow rediscovered after being plastered over during the 1917 Bolshevik revolution has been presented in a ceremony attended by Patriarch Kirill I of the Russian Orthodox Church and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.
"The history of these icons is a symbol of what happened with our people in the 20th century," said Kirill at the 28 August ceremony. "It was claimed hat true goals and values and genuine shrines were destroyed, and that aith had disappeared from the lives of our people." The fresco of Christ is located over the Spasskaya, or Saviour, tower of the Kremlin, near St Basil's Cathedral on Red Square. Experts say it dates to the middle or second half of the 17th century.
Another icon, that of St Nicholas the Wonderworker, on the nearby Nikolskaya tower at the opposite end of Red Square Kremlin tower, is also being restored. Historical justice and civic and spiritual solidarity are being restored, said the Patriarch at the Spasskaya tower, where he blessed Christ's image. The unveiling coincided with the Feast of the Dormition, which the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates on 28 August. "What is happening today bears witness to the fact that the combining of forces of the State, Church and institutions of civil society for the sake of achieving mutual and important goals gives us a wonderful example of solidarity," said Kirill.
The St Nicholas icon, dating to around the end of the 15th century, was also found to have survived and is still undergoing restoration. It was damaged by bullets and shrapnel during battles in October 1917, but the saint's face was untouched. Both icons were covered up by restorers who sought to save them from the Bolsheviks, who wanted to destroy them during their revolution against tsarist rule. President Medvedev thanked Kirill "for participating in the restoration of the icons and also the restoration of the truth", and said that it will serve to protect Russia. "I am sure that the discovery and consecration of the icons and restoration of justice will ensure further protection for our country," said Medvedev. "Therefore all those present here, all those who pray for and those who love our country will be protected too."
By Sophia Kishkovsky


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Happy birthday, Jackie and Happy Trails, John
Today would be the 90th birthday of Jackie Robinson and we stopped to celebrate this great day today with the second annual celebration at Dodger Stadium on the eve of Black History Month. Nearly 100 local youngsters came to the ballpark and heard first-hand stories from Jackie's old teammates and friends to ensure that his story lives on forever.
While we're fortunate enough to have people like Don Newcombe, Tommy Davis, and Sweet Lou Johnson, among others, who can tell today's kids what life was like for them back during the Civil Rights movement (and before it), we know that won't always be the case so making sure that these kids hear it first-hand ensures that they can tell their grandkids that they heard it straight from those who experienced it…
Meanwhile, this evening at Dodger Stadium, we're hosting a retirement party for the AP's John Nadel. As Jerry Crowe of the LA Times wrote earlier this week, John is one of the few newspaper people who have left on their own terms of late, as that industry continues to take hit after hit. I don't know that I've ever heard anyone say a bad word about John, who has covered our team for several decades. He's always been far more concerned with getting the story right rather than getting it first, and he's been a class act in every way. We'll miss having him around the stadium next year. Congrats, John!
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The more I read about Jackie, the more he just amazes me on what he endured to get to where he got. HAPPY Birthday Jackie!
Congrats John on a job well done.
Congratulations John on a a great career, and enjoy your retirement. It sounds like you have earned it 🙂
Happy Birthday to you Jackie.
Good afternoon nellyjune, junkyardjamie and trublu.
Please sign Andre Frank………….Please sign manny Frank
Happy Birthday Jackie. John, enjoy your retirement. I, myself don't plan to retire for a long time.
Thanks Josh, Happy 90th birthday Jackie, John thank you and enjoy the retirement years.
Today I was fortunate to have tuned in to hear the likes of Sweet Lou Johnson talk about Jackie Robinson and what he meant to him . He said without Jackie there was no Tommy Davis and with out Tommy there wer'nt three rings on his finger. Hug Tommy for me also Lou. I got to hear Tommy Davis talk about having a locker in the Yankees clubhouse as a kid and working out with them. He was feeling obligated to sign with the Yankees until his boyhood hero, Jackie Robinson gave him a call asking him to be a Dodger.
That was enough Tommy Davis is a Dodger. I truly enjoyed Don Newcombe talking about the early years with Jackie and Roy Campenella. How Branch Rickey was going to meet his maker one day and wanted to set things right first. He told the story of how Roy Campenella was the first black manager in baseball after taking control of a game on the managers request, when the manager was booted from the game. How all three of these men and all of us were forever indebted to the great #42. Newcombe spoke of what it meant to wear the Dodgers across your chest, and how important it was to wear that with pride. We are in and among the nations best in doing so.
Happy birthday again Jackie Robinson and Thank you once more To all of the great Dodgers that have displayed the Dodger pride across thier chest. Lets give Sweet Lou another ring for his finger in 2009!!!!!
From the last thread……Good luck, nelly, with your school budget issues. We here in Utah are lucky because the Governor has made it a priority to cut education little if at all. I truly enjoy your posts on the goings-on inside your classroom. Your love for the kids and passion for teaching rings loud and clear throughout. You are, indeed, blessed to be working in a profession you love so much. Without a doubt, the vast majority of your students will remember what you've given them long after they've left your classroom….It was good to see a post from Alex. Regarding Manny, I agree that 3 years with a 4th year option would get it done and have said so here previously…..HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JACKIE AND GOOD LUCK, JOHN!!!!! Thanks, Nelly, for the Baseball America link on the D's prospects. Frank needs to show he's committed to building from within and it starts by paying Andre what he's worth. Or, according to BA, "Andrew Ethier"….Would like to see Arizona win the Super Bowl tomorrow but, if I was placing a bet, I'd bet on Pittsburg. The rich will probably get richer. I hope, at least, the game is a entertaining one and not one where the commercials are the most interesting part.
Good evening, still at work…long day…The top 10 list, I love the Minor Leaguers…Lambo is a beast…His confidence level is so high, he knows he will succeed, that is one of his strengths, he is not intimidated by anyone…As I have said before I had the opportunity to see him in person and talk to him…The attitude is not an issue. He is a very humble but extremely competitive young man…Thank God the other clubs did not do their homework..great job Logan and crew…
Lindblom was just signed when I was up in Midland and I got to watch a bullpen and he had a very live arm and he also was a very humble young man. They think he will move fast.
I am hoping most of the Ogden team will move up to Midland with my man Busty…they hit the snot out of the ball in Ogden…Gordon, Kyle Russell, Anthony Delmonico (his numbers were crazy) , Matt Wallach, Pedro Baez hopefully he will be ready to move up to Midland….
Have we signed Manny yet!!!! I was reading Olney and he said the Dodgers are trying not to offend Manny by coming in too low after their first offer, because Manny may get mad and sign with the Giants…
Do not keep playing games NEDFRANK….You only get a true game changer once a generation or so…and you see what everyone says how he was such a positive influence on the Young boys!!!!
done rambling…
I, too, like the Minor Leaguers. I'm hoping that some of our better prospects, like DeJesus, make it to Albuquerque this season so I can see them in person when they come to Salt Lake. Lambo has a chance to be something really special but he's probably a year or 2 away. The key will be how he starts off in AA early this season as to how quickly he gets to LA.
I am very happy that New York hasn't forgotten Jackie Robinson.
It will be great to walk through the Mets' Jackie Robinson Rotunda at Citifield. As a lifetime Dodger fan from Brooklyn, even though they moved to Los Angeles, I am proud of the Rotunda, that will resemble the Ebbet's Field Rotunda.
Besides being a great crusader Jackie was a great ballplayer.
I became a Dodger fan at the age of 8 in 1946 just before he broke the color line. I was rooting for him and he's my favorite player of all time.
Happy Bithday to Jackie Robinson and best wishes to Rachel
Good luck to John Nadel.
In honor of northstatesblues, who has given us a few fine musical moments, I offer up this tune to celebrate the ongoing Manny confusion: "one way or another, this darkness got to give."
Good Evening ITD readers and writers!!!!!
Thank you very much seesky 🙂
Great Song Kahli!!!
It's great to see you joepierre!!! How are things on the east coast?
I really enjoyed that article about the minor leaguers. That is one area I plan on paying more attention to this year.
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Frank – just pay him ~ he deserves it!!!!
Hey Dodger4life – so maybe FranknNed can sign those two and put the fans out of their misery of having to wait and wait and wait and wait and wait …………
We can only hope. They asked the kids to name one of the Dodgers today at the Jackie robinson event. The 1st answer was Manny 🙂
Are you listening to and reading what the Dodger Fans are saying Frank?
He's too busy shopping for lawn statutes.
What do you mean? He has a garden gnome in left field right now (without Manny signed) that is worth in the area of 8 million for this season.
Frank won't rest until he has a full 9-pc. set!!!!!!!!
LMAO!!!!!! You are probably right about that.
Frankie, Frankie give us the news
We've got a bad case of Manny blues
No Juan's gonna cure our will
We've got a bad case of Manny blues
LOL!!! I like that song Dodger4life 🙂
Manny is sure the hot topic on espn.com's baseball page. I'm sure that Borass didn't like it getting out that he didn't have any other offers out there but the D's.
It is topping the charts on Dodger Lyrics this week 🙂
Well, that's good it's topping the charts 🙂
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Frank – just pay him ~ he deserves it!!!!
pay dre. Is that anything like paypal??????
If it gets Andre his money, call it what you want- LOL!!!!
It is an Eithieraholics charge card. LOL!!!!
LMAO!!!! There you go – that's it! An Ethieraholic's charge card – very good 🙂
Apply for your own Eitheraholics Master Card with Dre's picture prominently displayed on the front.
Depends on the picture – the one on the homepage for his leading in HRs is not his best picture IMO of course 🙂
Dining with Dre, The only way to pay 🙂
I'll leave it to the ladies to decide what picture would be appropriate.
Me also. Good thought BPR 🙂
That's it. A Dre's Diner's Club Master Card. Accepted at fine restaurants everywhere.
That picture on his website is pretty good, but then I have quite the collection of pictures at this point so there are many to choose from. Good idea for a Master Card slogan – cool!!
Good night, nelly & d4life. Hopefully, soon, we will have resolution to the Manny Stalemate, or"the most boring negotiations in baseball history".
Boring is definitely the word for it. Good Night brownpaperrapper – Have a great SuperBowl Sunday!!
Good Night and God Bless, Bpr
Have a good day tommorrow 🙂
Good Night ITD readers and writers!!!! Have a great Super Bowl Sunday and may the best team win.
Make Dodger Fans happy Frank and Ned……..
Pay Andre!!!
Sign Manny!!!
Sign a SP!!!
Just do it!!!
I have been cooking spaghetti and it called for a lot of wine, so I will just say Good- night and God Bless.
Go Dodgers and I love ya Manny!!!!!
Good Morning ITD, Dodgerfaithful.
original song Chicken Fried by: The Zac Brown Band.
You know I've got Dodger Pride
Cold beer on opening night
A pair of seats way out in right
Vin and the radio on
Well I was raised up beneath a place they call Chavez Ravine
The Dodgers home you know
Farmer John, Dodger Dogs, and me
Where my spirit grows
In my house, its all we can talk about
and its filled with love, thats grown on hallowed ground
And a little bit of Dodger pride
Cold beer on opening night
A pair of seats way out in right
Vin and the radio on
I'd like to look up high
See a Dodgers championhip flag fly
Feel the touch of a series ring
And know were not done
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most
Not where you live, what you drive
Or the price tag on your clothes
Theres no dollar sign on a piece of mind
This I've come to know
So if you'll agree, Have a drink with me
raise your glasses for a toast
To a little bit of Dodger Pride
Cold beer on opening night
a pair of seats way out in right
Vin and the radio on
I'd like to look up high
See a Dodgers championship flag fly
Feel the touch of a series ring
And know were not done
I thank God for my life
And for the Stars and Stripes
May freedom forever fly, Let it ring
Salute the ones who die
The ones who give thier lives
So we dont have to sacrifice, all the things we love
Like our Dodger Pride
Cold beer on opening night
A pair of seats way out in right
Vin and the radio on
I'd like to look up high
See a Dodgers championship flag fly
Feel the touch of a series ring
And know were not done
Like a Dodger Pride
Cold beer on opening night
A pair of seats way out in right
Vin and the radio on
I'd like to look up high
See a Dodgers championship flag fly
Feel the touch of a series ring
and know were not done
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS DODGER4LIFE!!! I am so happy I am the first one this morning that gets to respond to this song. I absolutely love the original song (like you didn't already know that). This song rocks Dodger4life, both versions…………………………………………..JUST AWESOME!!!!!!
Good Morning ITD readers and writers!!!!!!
I hope everyone has a Spectacular Super Bowl Sunday.
Good morning Dodger4life ~ Great job!! I am very impressed! I see I'm not the only one up early today…………with Andre and Manny on my brain, it's hard to sleep! SIGN ANDRE………………..SIGN MANNY
Sorry, nellyjune, I was typing when you showed up………GOOD MORNING!!!
Good morning all…this site is always hopping…I do not visit other sites, why after you have seen the best why waste your time, I cannot imagine a more active blog than this..
Going to church, will say a prayer for a Manny signing, along with a few other ills in the world….
Steelers will probably win, but Warner is one of my favorite Rams, he took us to the promised land and won, so my heart is with him and the Cards!!!!
You have to wonder if Boras has Manny's freedom train parked outside Raymond James stadium, yelling to the press All Aboard, next stop Hollywood!!!!
I hope you are ready and serious Frank!!!
Cafardo mentioned Manny Ramirez to Omar Minaya and Minaya laughed it off saying, "We'll look into adding some offense, but only if it makes sense."
This is the same thing the Giants said. So basically if the Dodgers really want him we are out but if….
We Really want him dont we Frank 🙂
The 3b coach has come out in the press saying we need/want Manny.
The Manager has come out in the press saying we want Manny
The GM has come out in the press saying we want Manny.
The Fans have come out to say we want Manny.
Frank, you hearing this?
I think Frank is DEAF!!!!!
Or dumb….maybe both…ok now that was not nice!!!
We hope he's not blind???
Any Lakers fans…Bynum was just starting to play really well and now he is hurt again…not his fault, but geez this really stinks!!!
Go Dodgers sign Manny and some guy named Andre….I am not sure of whom they speak of, but sign him NOW!!!!
ramslover ~ I think Bynum won't be out like he was last year. The tests done were negative………..so I hope that is a positive. lol
.I think Frank is deaf, dumb and blind!!!! Much too busy showing himself off as half of the super couple!!!
Trublu, I hope you are right, but I was on Rotoworld and Phil commented he could be out a while…Stay positive, I keep telling myself, but it seems the kid is cursed with injuries….
ramslover ~ I hope Bynum isn't injury prone like Bill Walton was. The Lakers will be unbeatable this season with him in the lineup. I smell a championship…….even without Shaq!
This is your Andre:
March/April Total:
85 18 28 7 0 2 13 41 12 14 2 0 4 .415 .482 .329
May Total:
89 8 26 5 0 2 7 37 5 15 0 1 0 .330 .416 .292
June Total:
77 9 15 6 0 3 12 30 6 9 0 0 0 .253 .390 .195
July Total:
96 18 27 6 1 4 14 47 10 23 1 1 0 .346 .490 .281
This is your Andre on Manny:
August Total:
96 19 28 6 2 7 13 59 8 17 2 0 0 .346 .615 .292
Sept/Oct Total:
78 18 36 8 2 2 18 54 18 10 1 1 0 .557 .692 .462
Think about it.
28 August 2008 was the first time Andre hit #2 and Manny hit #3.
The Dodgers were 65-69.
The last time that Andre hit #2 and Manny hit #3 was 21 Sept 08. The Dodgers were 81-75 and had a 2.5 game lead.
The Dodgers went 16-8 during that span.
So Andre's only bad month was June, and if memory serves me correctly, he was getting jerked in and out of the line up because of Andruw, couldn't hit worth crap, Jones and our current Garden Gnome, aka noodle arm. So, Ramslover, to answer your question of who is this Andre guy, he's one he'll of a ball player who happens to play Right Field for the Dodgers and is currently getting screwed by Dodger management.
I don't think there's any doubt that Bowa, Torre, Ned, the fans, Ethier, Martin, AND Frank all want Manny back. The real question is…does Manny want L.A. back? And if he does, at what price? Or more to the point, at what price will BORAS grace us with his client's presence?
Nelly,Debbie Nelson
I'd like to know how you change your nickname so often.
I read some instructions but I couldn't find this "gray area". they refer to.
And what would happen of Manny doesn't re-sign?
"We've got three everyday outfielders," Colleti said, adding that there might be another player out on the market that would fit. "We'll keep on going."
Colletti also said he wanted to add "at least one more starter and hopefully a reliever."
I'd say the Dodgers without Manny only have two everyday starters. The third outfielder is only a backup player moved to that position out of necessity ot talent.
red pen *not talent
LOS ANGELES (AP) – In a stunning announcement, Dodger's general manager Ned Colletti today told reporters that he has ended his pursuit of Manny Ramirez and has named Juan Pierre as his starting left fielder. "Juan has been doing strength training all winter and has bulked up to 185 1/2. We're anxious to see what that's done for his game" Colletti said. Juan Pierre commented, "I've been weight training and working out with the South Valley L.L., and I don't see why this year I can't hit two, maybe three home runs if I play everyday."
"Any player that can double, even triple his previous year's power numbers is someone we want out there day in and day out" said Colletti. "There's no way Manny could do that."
Colletti also hinted that Pierre, known as noodlearm on many blogs sites, will try a new technique in left field which reporters speculate to be running the ball in rather than throwing it. An unnamed source who wishes to remain anonymous told AP, "its been working against the SVLL, so we're going to give it a whirl in real game situations. He's a professional and his speed is very important to us. I, I mean, they really gave him the business last year, but we're gonna start fresh again this season… and **** David Wells."
Speculation also abounds as to whether or not Tanyon Sturtze will be named opening day starter since his re-signing several days ago. "We've got Sturtze, Estes and Vargas to choose from… that'll all be up to Joe [Torre] and his staff to figure out" Colletti pontificated.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In the stock market today, paper bag converters shares rose dramatically for the 21st day in a row, closing at an all time high.
LMAO, Bpb !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You made my day!!!
And, in order to bolster the bench with some much needed power, Ned and Frank decided to bring back Mark Sweeney.
LOS ANGELES (UPI) – In a not-so surprise move today, Los Angeles Dodger's owners, Frank and Jamie McCourt, filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court today seeking a gag order on third base coach Larry Bowa. "We're very concerned that Larry [Bowa] has turned daft with regards to his assessment of Manny Ramirez" said Frank McCourt. In her deposition, Jamie McCourt stated, "We just think that, you know, he's a little weird."
In response to the lawsuit, Mr. Bowa was heard to say, "#%$^ the McCourt's and the ^&*^%*#$ horse they rode in on. They wouldn't know their #%(*& from a hole in the ground. I'd ^%&#^&% knock his !#@$^&) head off if the $&^^#% was here now."
It's said the McCourts are anxiously awaiting the court's decision in their Malibu mansion(s), though when last seen, Jamie was heard laughing in her Mercedes all the way to Wells Fargo.
Go get them, brownpaperbag! We should send them the Garden Gnome as a house warming gift……they can place it by their pool deck as a reminder of what great owners they truly are.
Comedy writer Jerry Perisho, on the Bellflower woman who gave birth to octuplets: "Eight kicking, screaming Southern California babies? Throw in a washed up pitcher and you'd pretty much have the Dodgers."
The worst thing is, I think we do have a washed-up pitcher.
I think we've got more than one Tru.
Yes, we do!
Good evening ITD…The Cards and Warner played a hell of a ballgame and if they did not such dumb mistakes they would be SB champs…
Oh well, I see that nothing has happened on the Manny front…This is so unbelievable…you need him, he needs you,,so just get it done…..
PS I love Andre also…..Sign him NOW..this is a young man you want to be with your team along time…He was shafted out of ST last year and could have sulked and pouted, but he did not and he became the best hitter on the team, not named Manny. He is a community guy and plays hard..Do not play McCheap with him…
Good Evening ITD readers and writers!!!
I see that junkyardjamie made an appearance today and appears to be taking on my Ethieraholic status and is sounding an awful lot like me. Brownpaperbag – is it you, formerly known as enchanted? 🙂 I am just kidding brownpaperbag. My identities are getting crossed and I am having a hard time knowing which personality will show up next. I guess without fleamarketfrank and costamesaned, junkyardjamie is just lost and needed to come out somehow through nellyjune. Maybe she's afraid of losing all her spending money to FranknNed and the desire to get Manny, give Andre his extra million and get that extra SP we seem to be needing right now. These are even more reason Frank needs to stop this madness and get these guys signed so our ITD identities can be restored back to their former selves. Please Frank……..just do it!!!
bpb – I see nothing happened to your mind while spending time in the Rain Forest. Very nice!!!
Although a great catch, Santonio Holmes didn't get his right toe on the ground.
joepierre – I saw your question up above. Nellyjune has been my account name for some time. It just never appeared in the "by line." I tried to change it back a while ago after the whole "Leave It to Beaver" June Darlin' thing kind of stuck. It was only recently in trying to change it again, that I got that name back. Pretty much you have to go in and create another mlblog account using a different e-mail account. So, for instance through my computer at home, I have one account for ITD/Dodger stuff and one account for just me being Debra. Then I also have a school account, which I was using when I first started posting here on ITD. However, having the three different accounts lead to my idenitity crisis today (nellyjune/junkyardjamie). I was blogging from my phone from my daughter's volleyball tournament, and I forgot about the change in accounts. In a round about way to answer your question, you need to get a different e-mail address and then sign up for a new mlblog account. Now, others on here have changed their names also and maybe it wasn't so difficult for them. It took me well over 7 months to get nellyjune on here finally.
Good Evening Ward Dear……. How are you doing? Boy!! Am I glad to see you………….. You weren't kidding about the cookies. I made two batches just like you said to the letter ~ one batch we took to Mariya's volleyball tournament and one batch I left here for the boys. Well, let me first say……………I have never been much for actually eating the cookie dough itself (other than tasting for salt,etc.), but Oh My God! – it was the best cookie dough I have ever tasted. Then the whole first one out of the oven thing – even better!!! Okay, the first batch goes to the volleyball tournament and they are pretty much gone by the time their second match starts, which was around 10 am, and the rest were finished off during their lunch break and it was the adults as well as the teenagers eating them. Side note : Mariya's team got first place in today's tournament, which was a great confidence builder. The reason I say today's tournament is that this tournament just ranks them for future tournaments. You didn't really win anything for getting first other than the satifisfaction that you left the building better than the other 16 teams there. Anyhow, back to cookies. We get home after meeting the boys for dinner and the remainder of the SuperBowl ( a very happy Michael BTW) and there are but a half dozen cookies left from the 2nd batch. They took them down to the academy for the boys down there and they are all gone too. So, a couple more lessons learned about your cookie recipe…….if you want some for yourself, you need to hide them, and if you plan on making more than one batch and you don't want to end up eating all of them yourself (or your family), then you better have a place for them to go.
Hi Junie! That's fantastic about Mariya's volleyball team! First place! Congratulations!! As you say, that works wonders for confidence. Once you start winning and you start believing in yourselves, the sky's the limit!
It sounds like you did the cookies right. If it wasn't for the raw egg, I'd probably eat half the batter! When I take them to my in-laws' house, my father-in-law always hides some of them for himself 'cause the grandkids are on them like ducks on a junebug (no offense!).
LOL!!! no offense taken. I have screwed up my name plenty today all by myself. Yes, it was good to see them win today because how the matches work is it's the best two of of three, well the last two matches went three games, and the last one they were down 6 points, with the other team only needing two points to win, and came back and won. This is so much better than years past……..all the girls are playing and they are all having fun. This group of parents are very good too, quiet and just there for support, no "out there"parents who are trying to coach from the sidelines.
Did you end up seeing the other movie, "The Wrestler"?
As for the cookies, I am sure it will take months, if not years to make them perfect like you, but it was definitely a start.
Good evening ITD boys and girls!
Well, I'm not the biggest football fan, but I am a fan. And since neither my husband or myself are Steeler fans (sorry to any Steeler fans out there) we definitely wanted to see Arizona win. And they almost did! It was an exciting game! I thought that the Arizona defense would've held the Steelers on that that last drive to nothing, but that didn't happen. Oh well, at least the Steelers weren't playing our Packers today.
So Nelly, you ARE junkyardjamie! I thought you were! Does anyone know when Andre's arbitration hearing is? I'm pretty sure that a contract can still be agreed upon right up to the arbitration date. I am still holding out hope that he'll get signed without going to arbitration. FRANK AND NED: PAY ANDRE!!!
Oh, and I forgot: HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKIE!!!! ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT, JOHN!!!!
Andre's hearing is the 17th, and maybe I am and maybe I'm not 🙂
No, we didn't. We ended up staying home and watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid from Netflix. We've been doing a lot of that lately, seeing things that we've either missed in the theaters or a classic that we haven't seen in a long time. Matt's been into westerns lately, ever since seeing 3:10 to Yuma. We watched The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence the other night. Next up is The Last Emporer.
Hi cp! How are you?
hey eric, dnelly, and cpompe 🙂
Hiya sara! So did your team win tonight?
Hey sara!!! How are you?
Hi CP!!! Yes, I am jyj 🙂
Ward Dear……….those classics are fun. I find myself watching them all the time now.
…however because of mlbtv, I have been watching classic baseball games…….talk about fun!
Are you a Netflixer, Junie?
yes eric, i was rooting for the steelers.. it was a great game, regardless of the outcome..
i'm good dnelly, how are you?
So Andre's hearing is on the 17th, huh? Nelly, I am 99.9% positive that you and junkyardjamie are one and the same! I'll keep believe that until someone tells me otherwise! 🙂
Hey Eric, I'm doing fine. I just really wanted Arizona to win tonight, but it just didn't happen. But my husband and I were wondering on that very last play of the game if Warner's arm wasn't going forward and thus it was an incomplete pass. We thought for sure that the booth would review that, but they didn't. It's too bad that the game ended on that note.
Hey Sara! How are ya girl? Are you (or any other ITDer) planning on going to any of the public caravan events this week? Again, I may go to the lunch, but it depends on if I have more pressing plans that day – ya know, like an interview???
i'm intrigued by this russell j. martin thing.. one thing's for sure.. j.martin will look odd on the back of his jersey.. at least until we get used to it..
cpompe.. i want to go.. but i'm not sure i have the time to go to any of those events..
i'm a netflixer eric! and i LOVE it! 🙂
See, I thought so!!! So that's another "pseudonym" here. Okay, brownpaperbag is enchanted, junkyardjamie is nelly! Okay, any other "pseudonym" ready to reveal themselves for who they really are???
Ward Dear…….I do the blockbuster version of netflix 🙂 Plus, we have all the movie channels as well. I tend to watch more movies than regular tv lately.
CP – the only reason jyj came out is because I screwed up. I forgot my phone was on my old e-mail account, which is now tied into jyj now.
I'm just a very sad and blue bag!
Ah, Nelly, now I get it! See, I was able to get one name right! I still have troubles with the others and I am sure that the other "paper bags" have more familiar names, but don't ask me to figure it out! I don't know!
….well CP, when FranknNed do their job and get these boys in blue looking like the Dodger team we thought would be a no-brainer to get ready for this upcoming season, the bags will come off and they will become their normal ITD selves again hopefully.
I'll never tell……….
Cp This is my name that i took on in Enchanteds absence 🙂
I was rooting for AZ, and was glad that it was a good game. We used to have so many of these Superbowls that were clunkers. Now we've had a few in a row that were very exciting. But as I said, I think the Steelers were very fortunate. Their last TD was a gift.
And the officials did review the last play, cp. As much as I wanted it to be an incomplete pass, it was a fumble. His arm hadn't started moving forward yet.
I see how it is………I screw up and you all come out and rub it in…….Fine!! Be that way 🙂
eric, i actually do believe he got his toe down.. i watched several replays.. and warner definitely fumbled on the last play..
Hi cp how are ya?? I am still praying for you 🙂
I was a good mom and stayed neutral during this game. When my team is not involved, I am usually one that pulls for the underdog team, but I just sat quietly and let the best team win. Now onto the real thing – Dodger Baseball with some NASCAR thrown in there.
Speaking of NASCAR Ward Dear……one of the grandparents of one of the girls' from another team we know pretty well is leaving for Daytona tomorrow in their RV……two weeks there and two weeks back. I was just a tad jealous.
Hey Dodger4life – How are you doing? Are you feeling better? It's good to see you 🙂
Every replay but one, sara. There was a shot that they had, ground-level, from behind the Steeler's offense. Until I saw that replay, I thought he got them both down. I have a DVR and replayed it several times. His right toe leaves the ground just before he catches the ball and never hits the ground again. I didn't have any money on the game and I've never given two hoots for the Arizona Cardinals or the Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm as neutral as you can get. The TD shouldn't have counted, but it's over and it's in the books. So be it.
I cant complain Nelly
Life is good. I was rooting for the Steelers, but you cant help but have respect for Curt warner 🙂
Why would I think any different Dodger4life. You are truly an inspiration 🙂
Yeah Nelly, we'd ALL like to see Frank and Ned do their job the right way. Do you think there's any chance that they will? To me, this off season isn't what I thought it'd be up to know…
You'll never tell unknown? Well, would you believe me if I have a good idea? Or would you think that I'm blowing smoke up your *** and really don't know???
paperbagblues – Okay, you've given me a clue – the name you took on in Enchanted's absence. Again, I know Enchanted is AKA brownpaperbag, but Enchanted, are you also paperbagblues? Hmmm. Let me think…
Dodger4life – I'm fine. Thx for still praying for me! Boy, I've got some REALLY good friends here on ITD! I know Dodger Stadium is far for some of you (ID, NM, NY, UT…) but I REALLY would LOVE to meet all of you at our ITD tour! And now that we know it's going to be sometime during the season, maybe Josh can hook us up on some tickets!
Just a tad? I'm more than a tad, myself. Someday, that'll be me.
Well, I am far off from that stage of life where I can just go away for a month…………how much fun would that be though – just a blast I would imagine. I have no doubts you will be there some day,and I will be very jealous but very happy for you too 🙂
Oh, you think so, huh?
D4! How was your weekend with your daughter?
i believe you eric. if you say you saw a ground level shot that shows it was incomplete.. then i believe you.. but like you said, it's in the books.. and the steelers can celebrate..
paperbagblues – I did have another thought. Perhaps you're trublue? I just figured if you "changed" your name, you wanted to keep some part of your more familiar name! Am I right? Are you going to tell? Again, I wouldn't be surprised if you are Enchanted AKA brownpaperbag! But again, I could be very far off and be someone like, I don't know, bluecrewgirl?
cp, if you know who all these bags are, you're better than me! I'm very confused by it all.
Nelly, I'm still a few years away myself. But someday……..
Okay unknown, what do you think that I think??? Or do you think that thinking is just a hobby with me??? Or, am I thinking that I have no idea what I'm thinking??? Have I confused you already??? 🙂
can you guys believe pitchers and catcher report in less than 12 days??
What do you want to bet they charge $500 for the ITD tour?
Dodgereric – definitely someday…….
Eric, I don't know. I have my guesses, but I don't know. I mean, I guess I was very astute when I called Nelly and jyj the same!
Now THAT'S a depressing thought, unknown.
sara – Valentine's Day – what day for Spring Training to get underway. Sounds appropriate since we LOVE our Dodger Blue 🙂
Ah, ah, ah unknown! Your cynical side is showing… 🙂
cp go back and look at the clues one more time 🙂
haha yes dnelly, very appropriate..
unknown and eric.. josh would never do that to us.. there might be a small fee, but nothing outrageous..
Okay Dodger4life, are you one of the paper bags? Perhaps you're imsobluepaperbag or paperbagblues. I'm thinking maybe you are one of these since you live in ID and don't get as much of an opportunity to make it out here to DS for games, so you're blue that you can't see your beloved Dodgers. Am I right?
CP – I think we are better off just hoping FranknNed do the right thing so all these BAGS will go away 🙂 Then again, we are relying on two people who don't have a brain between them 🙂
Okay Dodger4life, I won't guess between one or the other. Darn it, I'll make a decision! I think you're paperbagblues. I took your advice and scrolled up and saw paperbagblues ended his post this way:
And, coincidentally, you, Dodger4life, also end your post this way:
Right, right, right?
I hope not sara. I'd make it if at all possible, but it has to be reasonable.
Yes cp that is true. I am just ba sad and blue bag 😦
I am really quite happy cp 🙂
I was just messing with brown paper bag 🙂
Ah, but Nelly, I'm having a lot of fun trying to figure this out! It's a game to me! But I agree with you that Frank and Ned need to do the right thing! But it is a scary thought to rely on these two. We may be in a perpetual forest of paper bags for a long time!
See CP!!! All the answers are there, you just have to look for the clues on who is who based on their writing personality and when they are or aren't on ITD normally.
See Nelly, I got one paper bag right!
Okay, any other paper bags ready to fess up??? 🙂
i'm sure josh is reasonable.. and i believe he actually does care about us.. he wouldn't get us excited about a tour and then make it unreasonable..
….then there's enchanted who just came out and told us he was changing his name until FranknNed change the way they do Dodger Business.
I really resent all these name changes!
Nelly – That's why I KNEW that Dodger4life wasn't cheapbrownpaperbag. The writing style is totally different.
And, D4 – great song back up there! That was your first song, wasn't it?
Hey, an appearance from fmf!!! Okay fmf, I haven't seen you on ITD for a little bit. Go on – post some more!!! Maybe I'll be able to figure YOU out from your writing style!
there is a cheapbrownpaperbag? I didn't notice that Bag 🙂
Nelly – Check out his post at 5:27 PM today!
I did not see that – hmmmmm!!!! That one is new to me I believe.
Thanks Eric, and thanks for the post at Dodger Lyrics 🙂
Unless, fmf – are you also cheapbrownpaperbag? Even if you are, I still don't know your original name!
Unknown, are you still lurking around here???
Yes, Eric It was a first 🙂
Oh, and Dodger4life. I forgot to tell you before – great song!!!
Thank you cp 🙂
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Well, I'm getting kinda tired. It was great to link Dodger4life & paperbagblues together! Have a nice evening y'all!!! I'll catch up with y'all later…
Good Night Cp, it was good to see you again.
God Bless You and Yours 🙂
I love that number Dodger4life!!! Did you see Shepherd's post when he posted all of Andre's stats by month for last season. He did a fabulous job all season with the exception of June, in which he only had 77 ABs compared to the high 80s and 90's in all the other months.
Good Night CP!!!!!!!
That's what I thought. When I add the "tags", all the other ones that start with the same letter pop up as an aid. But yours didn't. I could have sworn you'd done one. Great first effort. Your first one, our 474th! Well, make that 473. Lucy's picture wasn't a song!
I did, he was an animal with Manny around 🙂
…..I bet we could come up with a song about Lucy. How is Lucy doing, or should I ask how you and Chris are doing with Lucy?
Good Night ITD,Dodgerfaithful, I need to put my personalities to bed.
Tommorrow is another day. May we have some good news.
Have a fabulous monday everyone .
11 day's till pitchers and catchers report 🙂
God Bless Us All and God Bless The USA 🙂
She's doing ok, I guess. She seems to be pretty smart, so there's a light at the end of the tunnel. She is absolutely the most voracious eater I've ever seen! It's a floor show to watch her go at it! And if there's any single guys out there who want to meet women, get a bassett puppy! She's a chick magnet!
Good night, D4! God Bless you, buddy!
Good Night Dodger4life!!!! Take care of yourself please……..and God Bless to you and your family. Life is good today 🙂
Dodgereric – That is hilarious about he girl thing. Does that mean that Matt has had a bunch of girls over now that you have Lucy – LOL!!! She is adorable, but having three dogs myself, I know it's more than just being cute.
Matt hasn't walked her yet, just Chris and me. But every time we take her out, we're accosted by women! "Oh, she's so cute! Can I pet her?" Criminy! And she loves the attention too!
Her one thing right now that we have to break her of is wanting to bite when she plays. You saw Chris' arms. She's getting a little better, but not there yet.
LOL!!! That's cute about the walking, not so cute about the biting. Yea, Chris' arms were pretty bad. Maybe enchanted (brownpaperbag) has some suggestions on that.
Perhaps. Most likely we just have to get through the puppy stage though.
Well, I think I better turn in. We have a long week ahead of us. We're driving to AZ Wednesday for a funeral on Thursday and I have to get in about 4 days of work in the next 2, so I need to get some sleep.
Good night to you and yours, June Darlin'! And to any and all Dodger fans still hanging around!
I half-expected Manny to sign this weekend to steal some of the NFL's thunder! Maybe this will be the week the paint will finally dry.
Sign Manny
Sign Sheets
Pay Andre and avoid arbitration
Good Night Ward Dear………Get a good night's sleep and I hope you have a great Monday.
Take Care and as always,God Bless to you and your wonderful family 🙂
….yes, Chris' sister's father-in-law. You do have a long week ahead of you. Definitely get some sleep then 🙂
Good Morning ITD ~ So glad football season is over (well I guess we still have the never watched Pro Bowl), now, let's all concentrate on Dodger Baseball. Please Frank, get things done this week……………sign Andre, sign Manny and get us a pitcher.
Morning Tru!
Eric – I'm afraid its just puppydom until Lucy gets her permanent teeth and learns to control the bite force. 'Bout all you can do for Chris is have her wear long sleeves and wait until then.
I wouldn't worry about 'Dre, they've got two weeks to hash out a contract. I don't believe Ned's regime has ever gotten all the way to arbitration. Even if it did, he'd bungle it somehow and 'Dre would get his money. Unless you put up numbers like Howard that can get away with an outrageous amount, I'm sure 'Dre's people went a little high, Ned a little low so that they could meet somewhere near the middle.
Bpb ~ good morning. I think they will meet in the middle on Dre's contract. I just wish they would take care of business, so we can remove our "bags" lol
G'mornin' e, er, bpb! Thanks for the wisdom, you weren't kidding about either the gluttony or the whining! It's almost like she talks to us sometimes. Sure looks like she's going to be a great dog though! She's really quite smart.
If I remember correctly, Ned and Ethier Darlin' are about a million apart. It sure seems to me that they should be able to find a middle ground there somewhere. What I am not going to want to hear is that Ned would use his numbers as a tool for justifying the lower figure when it was the idiot Torre who kept him on the bench for Juanpy!
Ooops, sorry! Good morning Tru! How are you and that shy hubby of yours?
Good morning, Dodgereric ~ I'm just fine and my "shy" husband is his same old self! LOL
Just wondering, now that the Super Bowl is over, how long they are going to discuss what we all saw?! So far, on ESPN, that is the only thing they are talking about. Good grief, I wish the World Series would get that much attention.
LMAO!!!!!!!!!! shy? Good Morning bpb, Ward Dear and tru!! Thanks for the morning laugh – that was funny Eric.
Good morning, Nellyjune ~ I never got my "dodgereric" cookies! You'll have to make another batch.
..oh and as far as Andre, I am pretty confident all things will work out. However, right now, I have nothing else to really complain about…….well, there's Manny and a SP, but we have plenty speaking their minds about that 🙂
tru – THEY ARE GONE!! I believe the kids took the rest to school seeing how there were only six left at last count.
My bassett has gray circles around her eyes now. Still healthy as a horse though.
Imagine my disappointment when I come home to find that all Ned did while I was gone was add Ausmus (everyone needs a 40 year old catcher) and Sturtze. Seems pretty safe bringing "Who Dat?" and the brown paper bag back to life this season. In previous offseasons, Frank & Furter at least made an attempt, albeit foolish ones, to better the club. Schmidt, Pierre, Nomar, Jones we're bad pick-ups, but at least it showed some interest. Loretta, Ausmus, Vargas, Estes, Mota and Sturtze as a group are pathetic at best and an airsick bag at worst. Not replacing Lowe and Manny (at this point since he's not signed) with like players is a slap in the face to every Dodger fan who lays down their hard earned money for tickets, parking, concessions and souvenirs.
But at least Frank's got two houses in Malibu and another pair 'round Beverly Hills to show for his success…
And we've got Loretta, Ausmus, Vargas, Estes, Mota and Sturtze to show for ours.
Doesn't give you much confidence in management's abilities to run a baseball team, does it? Frank better get his priorities straight or he may have to sell one of his mansions. The fans are pretty smart and they will show their comtempt…………..at least, I hope they do!
Now, now, c'mon youse guys! Ned reminds us that the rosters in the offseason are not the ones we go to war with, and he's right! After all, he's still got all of spring training and all of the regular season to pick through the dumpsters! There's no telling WHO we might end up with! Why, just look for yourself! You can use MLB.com to look at the depth charts of all the other teams! Just for instance, check out that 3rd string catcher for the Mariners – http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=453531
Career OBP of .129! Unfortunately, he's only 29 years old so he's waaaaaaaaay too young. But he might just be there for the taking when Ausmus gets a hernia or something.
Patience, comrades, patience. Ned is playing this like a guy in the parking lot looking for tickets. The closer to game time, the better the price. I still believe Manny will be a Dodger by Spring Training, as will some hack arm like Wolf or Sheets. And don't forget, whatever the Dodgers do, we can all unite in our absolute hope that the Yankee$ fall flat on their collective a$$e$.
Whoops, my bad. He's 32. My memory ain't what it used to be ………. but he's still too young……..
…….. and good morning Nelly and Kahli!
And remaining on the optimistic side, how much longer will it be until stories like this awaken the MLBPA and start the collusion accusations?
bpb – I don't know if I should be impressed or not that you called the Ausmus signing before you left.
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Editor's note: CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a bestselling author whose books include "Late Edition: A Love Story" and "When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, Friendship, and Dreams."
(CNN) -- Earlier this year I happened upon a movie I had heard nothing about.
Released in 2009, it did virtually no business at the box office: the Internet Movie Database, which keeps track of such things, says the film earned exactly $19,348. Which was a little surprising; the movie, called "The Open Road," featured a terrific cast -- Jeff Bridges, Justin Timberlake, Mary Steenburgen and Kate Mara, among others -- and I thought that, in its low-key way, it was wonderful.
It was about a Hall of Fame baseball player, now in retirement and picking up money on the autographs-for-pay circuit, and his complicated relationship with the grown son he seldom sees, a young man toiling with little success in the minor leagues. The baseball star had walked out on his wife and the son years before; now the ex-wife was facing a dangerous but necessary operation, and she told the son that she would not agree to go through with it unless he brought his father to see her in the hospital.
So the son, played by Timberlake, shows up unannounced at an Ohio autograph show to ask his dad, played by Bridges, to do this for the family. It's a road picture; everything that happens unfolds as they drive through the United States together, with the hospital as their destination.
What I liked best about the movie was the job that Bridges did playing Kyle "Lone Star" Garrett. Bridges had two films come out within a few months of each other at the end of 2009; "The Open Road" was released first, followed by "Crazy Heart," for which Bridges, playing a hard-living country singer, won his first Academy Award as best actor. Maybe a decision was made to put all of Bridges' promotional time into "Crazy Heart," which has earned more than $39 million. I enjoyed both movies, but I thought that Bridges was even better in "The Open Road."
Why am I telling you this now, all these months later?
In "The Open Road," Bridges' portrayal of the retired athlete reminded me of someone from the first moment he appeared on the screen. His offhanded looseness, his easy-beyond-easy charm, the Texas timbre in the tone of his voice, the effortless way he wore his celebrity like a faded pair of jeans he'd owned forever. . .Bridges' Lone Star Garrett was a man I sensed I'd seen somewhere in real life.
Before the movie was over, I realized who it was: Don Meredith, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback who had become as famous as a man could be when he, Frank Gifford and Howard Cosell were the three stars of ABC's "Monday Night Football" in the broadcast's first years of immense popularity. I'd gotten to know and travel with Meredith a little bit during those years; in the film, Lone Star Garrett's conflicted attitude toward his enduring fame, the way he reflexively reacted to the strangers who were constantly approaching him and not knowing quite what to say to him ... even some of his lines were variations on lines that Meredith used over the years (Lone Star to a fan who wanted to know if it was really him: "Number 11 in your program, Number One in your heart").
I was touched by the message of the movie about the son trying to reconnect with the father who had always been so celebrated by the rest of the world, and I decided to find out, after I'd seen it, just who had been perceptive enough to come up with the story and get the details exactly right.
Which is when I learned that the writer and director of "The Open Road" was Michael Meredith: Don Meredith's son from an early marriage.
When Don Meredith's death at age 72 was reported last week, I thought about the movie again, and about how fathers and sons can struggle to communicate; about the nature of fame and its tricky lures, and about how we allow ourselves to regard far-off stars as something close to family.
Meredith was a considerably more interesting and multilayered man than the Dandy Don persona. I recall one evening in Cleveland Stadium before a Monday night game between the Browns and the Miami Dolphins. There was a party in a private club inside the stadium a few hours before kickoff; the owners and board members of both teams were there, as were around 100 other invited guests. It was the night that Spiro Agnew, Richard Nixon's vice president who resigned from office, gave his farewell address to the nation. There was a single television set in a corner of the room. With everyone else chattering about football and the game that would soon begin, two people sat on the floor next to the TV set, blocking out all the sports talk around them, listening intently on that historic night to every word the departing vice president of the United States said: Don Meredith and Frank Gifford.
In the movie, during those occasions on the trip when there are silences between the father and son, volumes are spoken. The father, it is clear, has been the recipient of gushing adulation from admirers from the time he was first able to pick up a baseball bat and glove. The son has long observed this, both close-up and from a distance; he can see, in people's eyes, what is about to happen once they cross a room and giddily initiate their moment with Lone Star. In the car, there are no fans, and no fame. Not a cheer can be heard, and that seems to be fine with both men.
I found some quotes that Michael Meredith gave to a writer at the time "The Open Road" was having its brief and neglected run in theaters. He said that, while the plot was fictional and thus not autobiographical, his family and friends had inspired the characters.
"It's fascinating to watch as [the father and son in the movie] express their feelings toward each other," Michael Meredith said, "because to some extent this is something I haven't been able to do in life. I think I'm educating myself as I go along.
"There's forgiveness, there's understanding, and there's the realization that none of us are perfect, and we're just going to have to accept our dads, our sons, our moms, our girlfriends and our boyfriends for who they are. These are old classical themes -- forgiveness and acceptance."
There aren't any eye-popping special effects in "The Open Road," no crowd-pleasing helicopter attacks or roaming bands of zombies. But if you were a fan of Don Meredith, and you should ever get the chance to see the father-son movie his son wrote and directed, I think you'll find it more than worth your time. There is a quiet sweetness to it, and by the last frame you are certain of one thing: the old athlete and his grown boy may find it hard to say out loud, but they're very proud of each other, and glad that they made the trip.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Bob Greene.


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Over the past year, the market for ag-specific smartphone and tablet computer applications has gone mainstream. Now many of the big names in agriculture are offering apps to improve crop and machinery management.
Here's a look at some of the new offerings for Android and iOS (Apple) smartphones and tablet computers.
AGCOMMAND, AGCO's telemetry service for remote machinery monitoring of Challenger, Massey Ferguson and Valtra tractors, harvesting and application equipment, and fleet vehicles now has a mobile application for iPhone and iPad mobile devices. Available as a free download at the Apple App Store, it provides integrated weather radar at machine locations, turn-by-turn directions to machines, machine data history and more.
John Deere Mobile Farm Manager, a free iPad/iPhone application, offers anywhere access to important farm and field information stored on customers' Apex farm management software. The app allows the user to view field maps, historical reports, GPS tracking, field navigation, soil sampling grids and more. It also streamlines sharing of agronomic information with ag service providers, farm managers and other advisors.
Monsanto's Asgrow, Dekalb and Deltapine brands now offer agTools, a suite of mobile applications that delivers weather radar maps, commodities and exclusive agronomic information, industry news, grain elevator pricing and more to Android and iOS tablets and smartphones. Special functions include agSeedSelect, which lets farmers create, store, email and print a seed guide tailored to their specific geography and crops, and Weed Manager Plus, for region-specific weed management recommendations, a tank-mixing tool, videos outlining best management practices and a measurement conversion calculator. The application is available free from the Apple App and Google Play stores.
Trimble's Connected Farm app uses the built-in GPS of smartphones for collecting in-field information, including mapping field boundaries, marking flags, taking geo-referenced photos and entering scouting information for pests using an extensive built-in list of weeds, insects and diseases. Information can be viewed, sorted, printed and analyzed by sending it to Trimble's Connected Farm Web solution for free online access, or by transferring the data to Farm Works Office software. The application is available free from the Apple App and Google Play stores.
AgStudio MAP from MapShots is designed to map field boundaries and record precision ag soil sampling data for integration with MapShots AgStudio precision agronomy software. Co-developed with Cogent3D, the iOS application is available for free download at the Apple App Store.
AgJunction Mobile is an iOS-based in-field data-collection system featuring GPS-enabled boundary mapping and soil sampling for synchronizing direction with AgJunction precision software. Also developed in conjunction with Cogent3D, AgJunction can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and unlocked by entering the AgJunction license key, user name and password.
ZedX recently launched a free mobile device application to complement its Web-based AgFleet service. Features include boundary mapping, soil sampling, field directions and in-field navigation to sample points. The application is available on the Apple
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just heard that woman can be in dallas mavs roster next season
can this be proper according 2 rules?
just heard that woman can be in dallas mavs roster next season
can this be proper according 2 rules?
All for it. Any woman that can compete at the NBA level and is better than the next guy should absolutely be allowed on the team. There's no reason not to have women play if they've got enough game.
ok then
but i dont think any woman will handle 82 games especially 4 games in 5 nights unless that woman will be some1 like Serena Williams.
I've only seen some YouTube videos of her but I don't think she's good enough to play in the NBA. It's one thing to dominate girls that are 5 inches shorter and weigh about 150 pounds but try that against NBA players. Compounding her problem is she is a front court player so she gets to play against the biggest and strongest guys in the NBA. If any women has a chance it would have to be as a 3 pt specialist like Novak not a 6'8" woman that has 18 weak dunks in her college career.
Luisa Harris and Denise Long were also women that were selected in the NBA draft but never tried out.
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FIBA shouldn't allow to make it happen. We had a similar case in football a while ago, if I remember correctly there was a Mexican woman wanting to play for a proffesional men's club. Moreover, she even signed a contract. However, the FIFA ruled that the division between men and women should be mainted and as a result she wasn't allowed to participate in a men's competition. The ruling wasn't about the question if a woman can be as tough and physical as a man, but one of the ideas behind it was to forcome possible suits for sexual harassment on the pitch. Another things is, most men wouldn't pay some hard earned $$$ to watch women playing together with men. Women's football doesn't attract much of a crowd for a reason.
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I read where Griner said she's committed to going to the WNBA and is ruling out the NBA summer league. But she wouldn't mind exploring trying out for the Mavs, her attitude is nothing ventured, nothing gained.


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Farm Animal Behavior, Emotion, and Intelligence
"Farm animals feel pleasure and sadness, excitement and resentment, depression, fear, and pain. They are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined…they are individuals in their own right." —Jane Goodall
Farm Sanctuary was founded in 1986 when Farm Sanctuary President and Co-Founder Gene Baur rescued Hilda from a stockyard dead pile. Since that time, we've met, loved, and provided refuge for thousands of animals. Many people see two classes of animals: The animals with whom we share our homes, and everyone else. But other animals are not different in any way that matters morally from the dogs and cats with whom so many of us share our lives. At Farm Sanctuary, we share our lives with farm animals — chickens, turkeys, pigs, goats and sheep, ducks, geese, and cattle. And we can tell you from personal experience that farm animals have the same range of personalities and interests as cats and dogs.
In her introduction to The Inner World of Farm Animals, Dr. Jane Goodall writes that "farm animals feel pleasure and sadness, excitement and resentment, depression, fear, and pain. They are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined…they are individuals in their own right."¹ Professor Joseph Stookey from the University of Saskatchewan explains: "Whenever scientists do projects on any animal species to better understand their cognitive abilities, emotions, memory, etc., almost inevitably, we are more awed by their abilities when the results finally come in. . . . [W]e are still a long way from understanding how animals think, how much and how long they remember, how they learn, etc."
Time and time again, contrary to the assumptions of certain scientists, we learn that animals can anticipate the future, delay gratification, dream, play, use language and tools, and do everything else that some thought they couldn't do. As Richard Dawkins rightly notes, evolution worked in other species just like it worked in us, so, of course, other species have emotion, cognition, and self-awareness, just like we do.
In this section, we'll be talking about some of the recent science regarding farm animal emotion, cognition, and social behavior. Of course, this research is in its infancy, and the fact that something has not been shown in farm animals doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
1Hatkoff, A. (2009). Inner World of Farm Animals, New York, NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, pp. 12–13.