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Jeanette J.A. Holden, PhD, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA
It's time again to reflect on the last 6 months and all that Jim has accomplished during the summer of 2006. Those of you from Ontario, or living here, will appreciate what spring is like here. It is quite magical to see the spring birds returning and snowdrops coming up from the cold earth. Fortunately, Jim also enjoys watching the signs of nature and the changing of the seasons. As soon as the days start to really get longer and the grass begins to turn green, Jim starts talking about cutting the grass with his tractor lawnmower! This past summer has been one filled with Jim's new-found enjoyment of the garden and helping us construct a huge new garden with a walkway and wall of rocks from a near-by creek.
In early May, Mom, Jim and I decided that we needed to make more room for flowers because Mom and I really enjoy gardening a lot. Little did we know that this would become a passion for Jim as well. After being frustrated trying to hire someone to help us dig a garden, we decided to have a "Garden Party" – i.e. "making a garden" party! Our Team of Staff, Students and Summer Students came together and broke the ground! Not an easy task, but one that we all enjoyed enormously – including Jim, who helped by gathering the sods and bringing them to an area that we decided to build up on our very sloping back yard area – hopefully to house a water feature/pond next summer. He was thrilled to be a part of this happy and energetic group who welcomed him and included him each step of the way. The day was the start of a summer filled with digging and moving soil, collecting rocks for the wall and raised garden, planting, watering and finally enjoying the products of our toil! What had started out as a suggestion from Mom for another garden, turned out to be about 100 feet of garden in an area that had been only grass when we bought the house 2 years ago! Of course, we didn't do all the digging and dirt-moving, but we did a lot, and most of the rocks were collected by Jim and his worker, Jo-Anne.
Jim was in charge of weeding the lawn – removing all kinds of weeds using a nifty tool that he became proficient at using. And he even dug a part of the garden by himself – an area that he decided should be garden! He helped plant some of the plants, and to water them. But his greatest joys were weeding and cutting the grass! He took on these tasks independently – at one point telling us that he preferred to cut the grass when Jo-Anne wasn't' there because she watched him too closely and Mom and I left him alone to work on his own. He actually said that he didn't want Jo-Anne to follow him around as he cut the grass! When we explained this to Jo-Anne, she was delighted at his independence and we all now give him the room to work on his own! Sometimes when we went outside to walk around the garden or to work on the flagstone pathway, Jim would gather his weed-retriever and go off and work by himself, collecting all the weeds that he and we found and dumping them in the compost area.
Our vegetable garden didn't get the attention it deserved this year, because of putting in the new beds, but when I started clipping some of the enormous weeds in mid-July, Jim asked if he could use the clippers! From someone who had difficulty figuring out how to maneuver through a doorway carrying a large box two years ago to figuring out how to use a pair of clippers, it was really something. It took a couple of tries, and then he was off and we couldn't stop him – ah well, most of the garden plants he clipped came back (or didn't….) – but he had a great time!
Our brother, Brian, and a colleague of his (Mike) visited this summer. Jim adores his brother and they went cycling together and Brian was amazed at all the new things Jim did. Remember that only a few years ago, Jim's focus was on doing the laundry and vacuuming – having all these new interests was opening up a new life for Jim. Jim has always enjoyed music and Brian had his I-POD with him. Well, that was a huge hit, and Jim now has his own I-POD! I'm still figuring out how to add some of his other CDs to it (Brian kindly loaded it with a lot – but not everything!) As the weather gets colder, we are hoping that he will be able to start reading the lists of artists and songs by copying them on his computer, and using the Write Outloud program to help him read words. Remember, he can write hundreds of words, but reading them back is still difficult: he has not been able to use phonics because of his hearing impairment. However, he is starting to "get" phonics and hopefully by next spring, he will be able to figure out new words on his own.
Although Jim did continue with his writing at the computer, it was not his priority this summer. He preferred to be outdoors and to do things – to be a part of an activity that Mom, Jo-Anne and I enjoy a lot. As the weather has become cooler, he starts each morning at the computer before Jo-Anne arrives. And if she is unable to come, he continues writing alone. This has been really revealing. We have been working with him to write sentences, with all the articles and prepositions and fluid thoughts. When Jim is alone at the computer, he writes a lot of words that don't make sense in the order he is writing them – one has to know him well and what he might be thinking about to figure out what he is trying to say. When we sort out the words and put them into a sentence, if we get the right context – he tells us ("yep!"). And when we are wrong, he also tells us ("No, no, no, no") and he makes us try again. When he has written a string of 8-10 words, we need to take the time to figure out what he is thinking about. These are not random words – they are all part of a coherent story/sentence – it just takes a while before we get them all in the order that he wants them in. It reminds me of when I used to study for exams as a student – key words, that's all I wrote down, because it was all I needed to know what I was thinking about. Perhaps he is doing the same thing. It's a nuisance writing all the extra words just to make a grammatically correct sentence. Besides, this is also one of the most difficult tasks for people who have English as a second language. Also, he is trying to write down his thoughts as quickly as possible, while he thinks of them – and I do the same: jot down key-words before I forget what I want to say! I know this requires a lot of patience on another person's part, but it is definitely worth it to learn what he is thinking about.
Taking initiative and being self-confident: It is clear from Jim's work in the garden and weeding and also working on the computer, that he is taking control of his own life and taking initiative. He is self-confident and wants to do things on his own. One morning when Mom slept in and I was working in my home office, Jim decided to prepare his own breakfast – he was clearly hungry. When Mom got up, she saw the empty bowl and realized he did it on his own. He sometimes decides that he would like eggs at lunch time, and he prepares them himself – boiled or fried – with toast that he prepares too. These may seem like simple tasks, but his self-confidence has soared as he deals with things on his own and helps us out.
One last short story for now: On Thanksgiving weekend (Canadian Thanksgiving, that is), we went for a nice long drive in the country – to Picton and Prince Edward County – to have lunch and get some apples. It was a beautiful day, and the leaves were magnificent. The sun was going down as we drove home along Highway 2 (I don't like busy highways, and this is a lovely country road). The moon was full and just rising above the horizon. It was incredibly beautiful. Jim noticed it before we did, and pointed it out. I mentioned that it was a full moon, and Jim said "shadow, the earth". These are not words we use every day – in fact, how often do either of these words come into anyone's daily conversations? I tried to figure out what he meant and realized that he might actually understand that the shape of the moon depends on the shadow that the earth casts on it. I asked him what he meant, and whether the earth made a shadow on the moon – and he said "Yes". Jim never says Yes unless we are correct when we are trying to figure out what he is trying to say. When I asked how he knew this, he said "TV". At some time, Jim must have watched TV and seen something about the earth revolving around the sun, and rotating on its axis and that the phases of the moon "reflected" these phenomena. There were two small miracles that day – Jim telling us about something he enjoyed seeing, and Jim letting us know that he put together an observation he made with something he had seen on TV – not just a "thing", but a complex process.
Jim's latest "garden toy" is a leaf vacuum/blower – we have some magnificent old trees (and young trees) on our property and Jim's new job is to vacuum those leaves up and mulch them, getting them ready to put on our new gardens to protect the roses and other perennials. He is a pro! He loves it when the wind blows the leaves around, and he has to do more vacuuming!
Jim is clearly interested in the world around us – he noticed the moon, and he watches the leaves falling and knows that winter is coming. He sees the geese flying overhead and knows that they will come back in the spring. He knows the hummingbirds are gone now, but they too will return – and that the bluejays are waiting to be fed. And we learn so much from every word that Jim utters or writes, that his world is a happy one and that he enjoys belonging to it with everyone who is willing to share it with him.


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While the nettop systems haven't proved to be that popular with consumers, one place where a properly configured nettop could do very well is as an HTPC. The catch is that a HTPC connected to a big screen is typically expected to output HD video. ASUS is set to launch a new EeeBox PC B208 coming in June that will not only offer HD capability, but will feature discrete graphics and HDMI-out reports Engadget.
ASUS offers some specs for the B208 on its website and the device is similar to the other EeeBox nettops with HD capability DailyTech covered in December 2008. The B208 runs an Intel Atom 330 CPU and offers 2GB of RAM. With 2GB of RAM, the machine uses Windows Vista Home Basic rather than Windows XP. Storage for the machine ranges from 160GB to 320GB and graphics are via ATI Radeon HD 4530. Wi-Fi is integrated along with a memory card reader and Bluetooth. Outputs include HDMI and DVI-D with an adapter. The little HTPC also features S/PDIF out.
ASUS ships the machine with a multimedia remote control for operation for the comfort of the couch. The power supply for the machine is a 36-watt unit and ASUS claims that the computer emits only 26dB of sound.
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I would love a transport system that is as good as the systems in most of Europe.
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We owned it, you sold it and we want it back.
Don't throw a profit-making line away, or give it away.
Why on earth should it be half the price of the cheapest advance train ticket to drive by car to my destination? Petrol should be taxed and the money used for trains.
It should never have left public ownership in the first place.
Rail privatisation was madness in 1993 and remains madness in 2013. A massive public subsidy of private profit. Re-nationalisation is not just sensible, it is essential.
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Private rail companies stand to make £500 million from coronavirus bailouts 💰💸 Today we joined our friends at RMT, We Own It & the Association of British Commuters in writing to every MP in the country to demand they act to bring railways back into public ownership now. Read our #TakeBackOurTrains letter 📝👉 bit.ly/3eNgshqResearch reveals that private rail companies stand to make £500 Million from Coronavirus bailouts while passengers and rail unions call for nationalisation.
Britain's private rail companies stand to make almost £500 million in profits over the next 12 months according to new research by rail union RMT, amid widespread speculation that the government is about to extend its Emergency Measures Agreements.
Analysis of ministerial answers to questions in Parliament indicate that the government's Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs) will see the government hand over around £231 million in operating profits to the train operating companies over a 12 month period. The train operating companies are currently lobbying the government to extend the agreements for a further 18 months. These same agreements also entail the government 'picking up the tab' in full for the lease charges that would be paid by the train operating companies to the rolling stock companies, the 'ROSCOs'. Analysis of the ROSCOs' accounts shows that in the last year, they made profits of £241 million. If the government renews the EMAs and continues to bail out the train operating companies, we could see around £500 million in desperately needed public funds leaking out of the railways into private profit.
Groups representing passengers and rail workers have written to MPs from across the political spectrum calling on them to demand proper scrutiny of any government decision on the EMAs and urging them to support nationalisation of the network to stop the scandalous profiteering at public expense. The letter, sent on behalf of rail unions and passenger groups, says that Britain needs a safe, affordable and accessible railway to support public transport and decarbonisation and that every penny of public money should be used to invest in a recovery plan that will get badly needed rail services back on track rather than leaking out into private profit.
RMT Senior Assistant General Secretary Mick Lynch said;
"We desperately need a properly funded rail network to play its crucial role in fighting climate change and to keep the lifeblood of our economy flowing. Now more than ever we need every penny of public money invested in building a safe, affordable, accessible railway, not leeched out of the system by a small group of big businesses with a consistent record of failure."
Ellen Lees, campaigns officer at We Own It said:
"If the government continues to pursue bailouts of the rail industry, they'll once again be ignoring the reality that's staring them straight in the face. No matter how many times they try to prop up a failing system, the private rail companies will always come crawling back cap in hand for more cash.
"It's time we ended this farce. Instead of funnelling millions into the pockets of private companies, we should bring our railways into public hands – so they can work for people and the planet, not for private profit."
Emily Yates, Co-Founder of the Association of British Commuters said;
"Passenger trust is more important than ever, but it has been severely damaged by years of crisis on the railways. Public ownership is now the only way to restore this trust, and start building the integrated, efficient and accountable system we deserve."
Ellie Harrison, Founder, Bring Back British Rail said;
"Privatised rail has never worked. 'Natural monopolies' like our railways need to be centrally co-ordinated and run for the public good. Now the coronavirus crisis has laid bare this simple truth. Public transport is an essential public service to get our key workers to their jobs. We must stop the bailouts to failing private rail companies, and seize this opportunity to 'take back our trains' for good." ...
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Making a profit out of illness and death is just plain sick and uncaring greed. As usual, Profit before People, money matters, people don't. Tory mantra.
Parasites. 🤬
They are on their way to be renationalised. But keep the pressure on.
Is this Ellie Harrison the TV :Presenter?. Ask her how much better the Rail Service is from her local station in the Cotswolds to London since de-nationalisation.
RMT are too busy worrying about black lives matter and whining about tories to worry about the railway
If FirstGroup go under, they'll take Avanti West Coast, TransPennine Express Trains, Great Western Railway and South Western Railway with them. Then Grant Shapps will have no choice but to #TakeBackOurTrains! Take action 👉 weownit.org.uk/take-back-our-trains ...
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Who remembers John Major and John MacGregor with those promises by telling us that rail privatisation will deliver vast improvements and fares will be lower? In fact, I remember it well and it never delivered anything.
I had the misfortune to work for the company in a senior leadership role a decade ago. It was hell on earth, everything was about the bottom line, Aberdeen micromanaging the day job and being obsessed with protecting the brand. Profit before people for sure.
Of all the bus groups which emerged from de-regulation in 1986, First Group have always seemed to be bottom of the pile, a situation which has been entirely of their own making. I saw their share price last week, they were trading at 35 pence!
Have to say seeing the back of First would be a source of great rejoicing. Unfortunately the consequences for bus/rail passengers will probably not be good.
Anyone who had the misfortune to live in North Manchester and be 'served' by First knows only.too well.how appalling their services were
Oh god I SOOO hope first go bust, they are the Britain's WORST EVER company. They recently lost the contract to provide most of the buses in Cornwall, I guess because they were totally incapable of being able to run the buses ontime and that's when they could be bothered to actually send one in the first place. Much less run an integrated transport system where by a train pulls up at a station and there is a bus waiting at the bus stop right outside. Often first would timetable the trains and buses so there was a 30-45 minute gap. Sheer incompetence would be a massive understatement when describing first group.
First Group has always been more focussed on its money-making ability than its commitment to its customers. The mess that it's in is of its own making and I have no sympathy for it whatsoever.
Avanti is the Italian state railway company, isn't it?
they also run the buses in Leeds
When you see the state of the Armed Forces, NHS and anything else the government runs be very, very careful what you wish for.
And why will that be a good thing .
Ride acock horse to Banbury Cross..... Home again Home again Jigatyjig....
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What a pair to be making such an important decision. Schapps will botch it and Patel will insist it is only for white people!
No thanks I can't afford it
As the reason the government wanted to privatise the railways was because they had to subsidise them, there really is no reason to leave them in private hands when they are still subsidising them. It's a nonsense.
We help put money into foreign transport so they can get better cheaper travel. They are laughing at us. We need to take OUR COUNTRY BACK.
Privatised rail had failed by the 1930s and private companies were secretly begging governments to buy them off them - whilst demanding compensation for nationalisation of course. That's how railways came to be publicly owned in the first place !! And they got compensation for decades!!
Ironic isn't it- our railway companies part owned by the Dutch, French and German state railways.
It's all very well, to say this but aren't some franchises owned by state operators. Part of the irony, they're foreign ones. I should now, I live in the Abileo Greater Anglia area
And the buses! South Western Railway have failed to deliver on every promise they made when they got the franchise and are still rolling more than half their fleet in SWT livery! Their priority seems to lie in ticket collectors not counter staff and Friday afternoon's out of Basingrad are always a nightmare!
If the money that has been spent on all these private train operators , even by govenment subsidys .had been spent on the old british rail , we would of had the best system in the world . thank god Branson is no longer so called opperating any trains , or he would of gone to the government , cap in hand demanding a bailout
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME UK Government......Wake up n smell the roses The British need their railways n profits need to stay in the UK
What excuse can this SHAMBOLIC Government come up with now to not Take Back our Trains after all we are now out of Europe which they wanted , now Little Britain the Trains belong to us
Except HS2 thank you. We taxpayers do not want the responsibility for the catastrophic inevitable losses - neither the exorbitant cost of building this disaster NOR for subsidising and keeping it running because it will never, ever pay for itself. The latest report from the Infrastructure Authority has just downgraded HS2 from Amber-Red to Red. Go figure.
The TOC's own absolutely nothing, the whole shooting match is still 100% owned by the UK government. The whole 'privatisation' excercise was an excercise in smoke and mirrors to stay on the right side of eu competition rules.
As much as I would like to see it having worked for Network South East I think your find it will go to managed contract's.Then they will be squeezed every year to make cost savings & unfortunately the staff will be the largest cost. 😢
Make this simpler to support to much faff
Take back our trains, you mean the ones built by Germany?
All railways are owned by the government at the moment
Clearly most of the people on here don't remember how awful our nationalised rail service was. Since privatisation the number of services has trebled and the average age of the rolling stock has plummeted. Closed lines and stations have been reopened. People complain about high fares with one breath, and overcrowding with the next. Lower fares and increase the overcrowding
"Take back out trains" perfectly summarised by a platform with no trains.
Get rid off SWR. That railway operator is beyond a joke.
What back to the good old days stikes late arrival dirty carriages dried up sandwiches unhelpful guards
It is time to take back OUR BRITAIN. Seize the assets spuriously acquired by the crown, government and the elite fat cat society. Return the assets to the NATION for the benefit (right) of the GENERAL PUBLIC.
Good luck dealing with a bunch of toffs who hate the word public
Start with SWR ('owned' by GWR and MTR) as MTR is the Hong Kong Rapid Transit company. That'll excite the Chinese...
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Even though I have now Retired, I would LOVE to see it return to British Rail rather than how it now is. Yes I do have a few shares as such, but WHAT profit we do get a year, IS AN INSULT to say the least. Seriously, we get less than £25.00 per year.
Oh, pleeeeeeeeeeeease!! XX
As a railway employee the last 3/4 months the punctuality has been fantastic less trains means a railway that can run smoothly hopefully we don't go back to the old model of a saturated railway
Under privatisation there's no such thing as a business model in recovering costs even with the highest fares in Europe. It's simply totally subsidised by the taxpayer.
You put a spiv with no industry experience in charge of transport, and this is what you get
They have no plans they are just a bunch of rabbits caught in the headlights.
they're just thinking how to skim more out of the next budget, Never a thought about giving it back to the country.
More public money for failed privatisation. It's a win win situation for Tory donors.
The Tory Govt is sure to pick the worst option for the travelling public & the best option for skimming money into private pockets.
We get 159's past our house and today one was really crowded. There were three people on it.
Shapps is more slippery than a greased weasel ... in a game of 'Whack-a-Mole' I would concentrate on him ...
No they maybe renegotiated but will never be run by the state. Problem will be what incentive will there be in future to continue to invest in new stock . Improved facilities and timetables. Very little i suspect
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'Britain's railways will be 'renationalised' using emergency coronavirus measures - ending the current franchise system' 🚆 Grant Shapps' proposal is to replace rail franchises with contracts managed by publicly-owned Network Rail, instead of the Department for Transport. It could be an improvement on the current shambles, but do we really need private rail companies involved at all? Let's #TakeBackOurTrains! Take action at 📝👉 weownit.org.uk/take-back-our-trains
Britain's railways will be 'renationalised' using coronavirus measures
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Rail travel, along with all public transport should be a standard cost per mile (or Km) and should be compatible with travelling in a car alone. Say 12 p per mile. It should not be a profit making business but a public service. There should not be huge differences according to when you travel and NO class system.
We need a single, integrated publicly owned and accountable entity. No need for or point in any privateer involvement.
The government can't manage private companies with the NHS, so don't hold out hope for the railways.
Oh I see where they're doing. During the Coronavirus crisis, social distancing means that the privatised rail franchisees can't make their huge profits, so the state jumps in to take that loss. Once they're profitable, they'll be given back. Don't we just love neoliberal capitalism?
Let's keep it permanent and run it for our benefit, not just for shareholders and top execs
Another privatisation failure, it's hilarious that the conservatives are having to do it, they have used public funds to support these companies.
We don`t need nationalised company`s, fat cat wages more managers than workers seen it all before
They are only taking them back so that the taxpayer can pay to fix up the shambles that the private sector made of them and then give away taxpayer business value for a song to other rich Tories to make a private sector fat profit and shambles of again.
Fares and timetables in the hands of ministers??? Of what fun lies ahead
Yet when Labour suggested this it was crazy
As if bike use is going to continue in the same way after the virus has passed! Once winter comes it will be locked in the shed.
doing his best there to resemble a bygone image of trainspotters
Renationalise yes franchise of any name NO
Would be nice! But i honestly think this is fake news
tories have to have their pals involved so they can blame public when its crap private when its good
Well as this report is in the Daily Fail, and concerns a "report" about a "Grant Shapps' proposal", I wouldn't believe a single word of it, because I am in a quandary as to who tell more lies, the supposed "journalists" who write articles in the Daily Fail, or tory government Ministers !!!!
Network Rail's charter doesn't allow for it to be a train operator, so I don't see how that is feasible...
In Germany DB is state owned and runs 80% of the German Network, the same as NL 🇳🇱. 80% of the bus network is the same too. The local council runs buses and only contractors are bought in to make up any shortfall.
Get it done
bring back br !!
34 of the top 50 highest paid people in the public sector work on the railway. So that will now be relegation for the other 16.
I see no nationalisation anywhere in these proposals. Very little change from the current system. I know what he's at. He'll say to the public, 'There. We nationalised the railways just as you wanted.' While nothing real has happened at all. Another Con-trick.
A managed franchise is probably the worst outcome. If they are given a certain amount of money to run it then the only cost savings are the staff 😢
Do we need private firms at all? OF COURSE WE DO unless the Railways set up their own oil refineries, with supertankers to bring in Crude oil their own electricity generation and grid. Own Workshops to manufacture Carriages and Trains plus frigeht wagons. Also manufacture all their computers and associated machinery for staff and Booking offices. Own Bank and investment experts for placing surplus funds. Gas manufacturing for Office Central Heating. Could go on but have a meal waiting for me. Own breweries and drinks and sandwich manufacturing with farms to supply milk, vegetables and meat, some of which will need to be processed
Their idea of renationalisation and our idea of renationalisation could be two very different things!
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On this week's episode of Weekend Confirmed, Garnett and the two Jeffs are joined by indie developer Brendon Chung of Blendo Games (Flotilla, Gravity Bone, Thirty Flights of Loving, Atom Zombie Smasher). With Nintendo Direct in the rearview, the crew breaks down the resulting news and announcements, followed by some gaming talk about a host of games ranging from the Far Cry series to the more recently-released indies Strike Suit Zero and The Cave. Some talk about the end of publisher THQ and the sale of its studios and IPs is unavoidable, before things get wrapped up with another batch of Finishing Moves.
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"The simple truth is that I am innocent, I've maintained my innocence since day one and ultimately I was proven to be innocent," so Ryan Braun ended his press conference on Friday morning, his first since the announcement of his successful appeal of MLB's 50 game suspension ruling. Unfortunately Braun's statement is not accurate. The simple truth is that there is no simple truth here. Throwing out evidence on a technicality does not prove innocence…but neither does it indicate guilt. It's a messy, ultimately unsatisfying conclusion to a situation that was highly unpalatable to begin with. But you know what? Life is like that more often than not. So, what have we learned from all of this?
The System Works…Kind of. Hear me out. MLB's PED testing policy is supposed to flag all suspicious test results for investigation regardless of a player's stats, paycheck size, seniority or personal reputation. That happened. When the National League MVP's urine sample contained what was by all accounts a ludicrous amount of testosterone (and the alleged amount in and if itself is highly questionable in Braun's favor to my mind, but I digress) the investigation began and proceeded according to the rules in place, up to and including Braun exercising his right to contest the eventual decision and go to arbitration. MLB did not agree with the decision the arbitrator returned but according to their own rules they must abide but it and they are doing just that. Whether or not you are satisfied with the end result of the process, you have to applaud the process itself, or at least the basic bones of it, for functioning.
But It Only Takes One Person… Prior to my current position, I was a project coordinator in the marketing department of a large mortgage bank. The legal requirements of marketing mortgage loans are, by absolute necessity, epic in terms of length and complexity…yes, even before the crash, contrary to what the media will tell you. So we created checklists for all of our campaigns itemizing absolutely everything that each piece of the offer must include or wasn't allowed to include. And on those occasions where a campaign error made it past the proofreaders and out to the public, every single time, without fail, it was because someone didn't follow the checklist. People get lazy and skip steps. They get bored and sloppy. They get busy and rush through steps. And/or they run into something unexpected and get creative without thoroughly checking the established procedures to see if their creativity abides by the letter and spirit of the rules.
I can create checklists all day long and MLB can set rules and procedures until they're blue in the face, but they can only ever be as effective as the human beings who follow them. I can think of any number of perfectly innocent, human reasons the collector in the Braun case failed to mail the sample for 44 hours. Maybe he had to beat it immediately after work to get his kid(s) to practice/the game/whatever. Maybe he had a honey do list a mile long and some of the items were time sensitive. Maybe he was tired and just decided 'the job can bite me tonight, I'm going straight home and will take care of Fed Ex when I feel like it.' And who among us hasn't decided something similar at one point or another? But the fact of the matter remains that he did not follow MLB's written procedures and this is where the process failed. The fact that it sounds like this may have happened before and no one questioned it does not excuse or alter in any way the fact that it happened this time.
Okay, So the System Works Up to a Point, But Clearly it Could Use a Few Refinements. Obviously MLB needs to clarify and refine a few of its sample handling procedures. That and try to ensure that every collector on their staff follows them to the letter 100% of the time, which is basically impossible. See previous point about human beings and their habits. But I think it goes a little bit further than that. I think that the response to sample that raises suspicions of PED use should be an immediate, unannounced second test. Basically, one representative each from MLB and the Players' Union show up at the clubhouse or the home of the player in question with a collector and the necessary equipment in tow and say, 'drink some water or whatever you need to do, because we need a second test right now.' This eliminates any concern that too much time has passed, or that the player had time to begin some sort of aggressive system cleanse after learning that the first test was suspicious – better for any player who is truly innocent and the victim of some random goof in testing, and better for MLB.
If a collector ever fails to follow procedures to the letter, the test should be immediately declared invalid and a second test administered. Why this last part wasn't done in the first place in this particular case is beyond me. A swiftly administered second test would have save lot of headaches for all concerned.
Loose Lips Sink a Heck of Lot More Than Just Ships. Show of hands. Who else is sick of anonymous sources leaking confidential information? Yeah, that's a lot of hands. I completely agree. We should never have known that any of this was happening. Because the arbitrator found in Braun's favor, we shouldn't know about any of this now. Enough with the loose lips routine already. No matter who does it and with what intention, in the end it just makes everyone look bad.
In the Court of Public Opinion, Nice Guys Get the Benefit of the Doubt. After watching Braun's press conference I am leaning more towards believing him than not…and I honestly wasn't expecting that. He was up front and articulate. He sounded deeply hurt by the whole situation, which moved me. And, really, a lot of what he said made sense to me, especially about the fact that his personal stats have remained consistent and that he has taken and passed numerous PED tests during that time. Now, nice guys and not so nice guys alike have stood up and lied to our faces about this very subject any number of times before, and there is no proof that PED use actually enhances every performance. Many performances to be sure, but not every performance. So I am not completely decided in Braun's favor and I may never be, but I am leaning that way…and it sounds like I am not the only one.
Am I – and many others – giving Ryan Braun more of the benefit of the doubt than I would a player with less of a nice guy reputation? Absolutely. Is that fair? You know what? Again I say absolutely. We live in world where the perks for being a nice guy are sadly few and far between – an indication of severely reversed priorities a far as I'm concerned. Occasionally getting an edge in the court of public opinion because of a nice guy reputation seems only fitting. But here's the thing about having a nice guy reputation, if it ever shatters the backlash is swift and brutal. The decision has been rendered. I sincerely hope that Braun can recover from this on and off the field, that MLB makes a few changes (that will benefit truly innocent players too) and that we can all move on and just enjoy the season. But if it ever comes out down the road that Braun was another extremely convincing liar…


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A Look at the New Jedi Force
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There's little doubt that Toy Fair was disappointing for me — it brought us the end of the Galactic Heroes. Perhaps I suspected that this was coming since we've had absolutely no news about the line for months, but I certainly didn't want to believe it. So it's taken me a couple days to adjust to the news. (Sheesh, you'd think a family member had died the way I'm acting).
So what are we left with? Hasbro is going to replace the line to compete head to head with Fisher Price's Imaginext line by creating figures that are in a similar style, renaming the line as Jedi Force.
It's taken me a little time to look at these figures objectively, but I can see these are actually pretty neat looking figures. They have much more articulation that the Galactic Heroes figures did, making them easier to fit in the accompanying vehicles. They've actually reissued the Snowspeeder and Anakin's Starfighter, so obviously the vehicles will continue to fit right in with the Galactic Heroes ships we've already got. I guess I'm feeling renewed optimism.
To give you a look at these figures, I'm linking you to the pics taken by Jeff at Han's Hideout. He's done a great job of showcasing these new figures, including Hasbro's other Playskool Heroes lines: Marvel Comics' Super Hero Adventures and Transformers' Rescue Bots.


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The Photographic Society of America (PSA) is a worldwide organization for anyone with an interest in photography. Founded in 1934, the Society is for casual shutterbugs, serious amateurs, and professional photographers.
PSA has members in over 80 countries. Individual and photo organization memberships offer a wide variety of services and activities: a monthly journal; online photo galleries; image evaluation; study groups; courses; competitions; an annual conference; opportunities for recognition of photographic achievement and service; and discounts on photography-related products and services. To learn more about PSA and its activities, choose a topic below to reveal or hide its contents.
There are ten Chapters which may be considered as "local" PSA branches and are composed of only PSA members. They are located along the East Coast, in the upper Midwest, and in parts of the Far West. Because of legalities, there are no Chapters outside of the United States. An annual PSA Chapter Showcase competition is held at the PSA Annual Conference. Chapters submit a PSA Chapter's Gallery quarterly which is a print gallery of their member's works. Any PSA member residing in the vicinity of a Chapter should feel free to attend any of their activities. Chapters also have activities including competitions, field trips, and speaker programs. Additional information is available on the PSA Chapters home page.
There are over 500 camera clubs throughout the world which are members of PSA. One of the primary activities of PSA-member clubs is participating in the PSA Interclub Competitions. You can also find out about many other activities run by PSA Clubs, Councils and Federations.
A camera club Council may also be known as an association, federation, or organization of camera or photography clubs. A camera club Council consists of a number of camera clubs, usually located in a geographic area, which join together to participate in photographic activities as a group. All camera clubs are PSA members. Each year these Councils can compete in the PSA Council's Challenge. Councils have activities including competitions, field trips, and speaker programs. Their activities may be found on the Council's Calendar web page.
The annual PSA Newsletter and Website Contests are also available to Chapters, Clubs, and Councils. The Chapters, Club, & Council's Vice President has the primary responsibility for overseeing the activities of these organizations.
Most divisions offer digital or print Study Groups for individual PSA members and have appointed one or more volunteer directors to supervise and conduct these activities. While postal costs and regulations limit the majority of print groups to North America, digital groups frequently have members from various parts of the world. This is made possible by extensive use of the Internet for on-line entries and messages.
A group typically consists of 5 to 7 PSA members. During each cycle, which may range from 1 to 3 months, each member submits 1 to 4 prints or images for review. Print groups use a round-robin procedure to conduct their cycles. However, digital groups make use of individual websites for on-line submissions of images and reviews. This process allows members to work independently but still share knowledge and experiences. Some groups have senior volunteer photographers providing expert commentary.
PSA members are welcome to participate, free of charge as a benefit of membership, in as many groups as they wish, within and across divisions. Over the years, these groups have served to increase the knowledge and expand the skills of all those who have been a part of these programs. Many lasting friendships have been formed, even though the members may never meet face-to-face.
Each division conducts Interclub Competitions, under the supervision of appointed volunteer directors. Depending upon the division, the competitions are conducted 3 or 4 times a year (refer to the Interclub Comparison Chart). Divisions with large numbers of participating clubs, including those from various countries, are organized into groups of approximately 25 PSA clubs each. Host clubs volunteer to conduct each of the competitions, on a group-by-group basis, which includes providing a panel of 3 judges.
For each competition, the clubs submit 6 digital images or prints from their entire membership, which may include non-PSA members. The combined scores of a club's entry are used to determine their ranking within a competition. The combined scores are also totaled at the end of the year to determine overall rankings. In the case of competitions having multiple groups, the rankings will be used in forming the groups for the next year. All scores and rankings are posted on the website, as are galleries of the award-winning images.
Individual high awards are given to approximately 10% of the digital images or prints for each competition. Another 10% may receive Honorable Mention recognition. Some divisions conduct end-of-the-year competitions for anyone that has received a high award to determine the best of the best. These competitions are the basis for producing photographic programs, complete with music, which may be used for informational and promotional purposes.
Some divisions also conduct individual competitions, free of charge, throughout the year for PSA members, using appointed volunteer directors. In addition to sharing their work and possibly earning some recognition, PSA members have opportunities for determining how well some of their images might perform in International Exhibitions. In the case of digital competitions, remote judging is frequently used to provide a broader spectrum of expertise.
Image of the year competitions are held by some divisions. Only those digital images or prints that have received a medal in an International Exhibition of Photography are eligible for inclusion in the competitions. A panel of judges is used to determine the highest awards, which are often presented during the annual PSA Conference.
The Society has a long-standing practice of recognizing members for outstanding and dedicated service. This is unlike other societies and organizations that grant recognition based only on photographic proficiency (see PSA Distinctions) and this can be confusing to those who have been involved with other photography groups. The honorees are presented with their awards at the conference each year during the closing banquet.
Aside from Honors, PSA recognizes the services of its volunteers through several awards that are given out at its annual conference. A list of awards is available on the Recognition of Service page.
One of the major activities of PSA is the establishment and implementation of a set of standards for the conduct of an International Exhibition of Photography, under the supervision of the Exhibitions Vice President. On a calendar year basis, the divisions provide recognition to several hundred Exhibitions worldwide, which adopt these standards. An exhibition may consist of a single section, two more sections within a single division or multiple sections recognized by two or more divisions. There are also circuits, which are two or more exhibitions being conducted as single activity. Any group or organization desiring to host an exhibition can apply to PSA to have it "recognized."
Anyone can enter an International Exhibition of Photography. For those wishing to submit entries, PSA maintains an online Exhibition listing as well in the PSA Journal. All entries are judged by a multi-person panel, with approximately 25% to 45% being "accepted" and listed in the exhibition's catalog. These acceptances may be used by PSA members to apply for Star and Galaxy ratings as well as enabling them to earn photographic Distinctions for their achievements.
Each year PSA publishes Who's Who in Photography, which is a compilation of the accepted images from PSA-recognized International Exhibitions of Photography conducted during the previous year.
One of the most enjoyable activities of PSA is the week-long Annual Conference. The Annual Conference is held in September or October in a different location each year. During the Annual Conference registrants can participate in photo tours, classes, workshops, and photo shoots. There is an Opening Meeting of the Society with award presentations, an extensive Print Exhibition, a variety of programs, featured speakers in the evenings, social events, a vendor area with product demonstrations, numerous photographic activities, and a Banquet on the last evening. The Conference is a great way to meet people, have a personal encounter with someone whose photography is known, and renew longtime acquaintances.
PSA Greenhood scholarships are awarded to second-year students majoring in photography at a school that offers a degree in photography. The PSA Scholarships and Grants Committee, all Presidential appointees works with an education foundation, which oversees the scholarship process for over 20 Art Institutes with photography programs in the US and Canada. Once the process narrows down the list of possible candidates each year, the Committee completes its works by reviewing the students' work for itself before making final decisions, which are announced at the annual PSA conference. In addition to receiving the scholarship, the selectees must provide a portfolio of prints for display at the next conference. They are given the opportunity to attend the conference, free of charge.
Each year PSA conducts a Youth Showcase, which is a competition that is open to all high school age students worldwide. Entry is free however each student must be sponsored by a Chapter, PSA-member club or council or 4H club. A school, in coordination with a single sponsor, may submit no more than 6 digital images and 6 prints. Some of the award-winning images are displayed at the annual PSA conference and receive cash awards. Chapters, clubs and councils may submit their digital images on-line.
The Members Only page contains a description of all benefits as well as access to the several programs and other information items, which are intended only for the use of PSA members, including the online version of the PSA Journal, PSA online courses, PSA member discounts, and a special section for Clubs and Councils. It is important to honor and respect those privileges of membership. Consequently, this members' only page (with all the links "live") is password-protected.


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By Jeffrey Bramnick, Pure Matters
Walk into an office when winter sets in and you're bound to hear a cacophony of coughs, sneezes and sniffles. Walk into a school and you're likely to hear even more hacking and nose-blowing.
Now, walk into the home of the average senior citizen. Notice how quiet it is? That's because senior citizens are less likely to catch a cold than the rest of us.
The reason is largely twofold, doctors say:
- Most senior citizens don't spend a lot of time with large groups of people especially the very young, who often are infected with cold virus.
- Although your immune system weakens slightly with age, you slowly build up resistance to some of the 200 catalogued rhinoviruses responsible for the misery of the common cold.
"A lot of people have the misconception that an older person is more susceptible to catching a cold, but it just isn't true," explains David W. Bentley, M.D., professor of medicine in the division of geriatrics at the St. Louis University School of Medicine. While children can have an average of six to 10 colds a year, adults over age 60 often have fewer than one cold a year.
While you may be more likely to avoid a cold as a senior, doctors add this warning: You're at risk of becoming sicker and developing more complications if you do get one.
So experts like Gwendolyn Graddy-Dansby, M.D., a geriatrician, recommend you take steps to protect yourself. "Try not to get too close to someone with an obvious bad cold," she says, "and wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water."
Hand-washing, experts say, is the most important thing you can do to reduce your chances of catching a cold or other infection.
You can pick up a cold virus from a doorknob or table surface; "you don't have to kiss someone or have them cough in your face," says Dr. Bentley.
Monitor your cold. If you get "the chills," feel shaky or dizzy, have chest pain or have a hacking cough that produces yellow, green or brown phlegm, call your doctor, advises Dr. Bentley.
"If you begin to run a fever of 99 degrees and the next day it spikes to 102 degrees, make the call. Call sooner if you have a chronic illness, such as high blood pressure, kidney disease, heart disease or diabetes."
Adds Dr. Graddy-Dansby: "Senior citizens, especially those with chronic illness, run the risk of becoming dehydrated. Be sure to drink plenty of fluids and avoid caffeine. Caffeine can increase the risk of dehydration." And watch your diet: Senior citizens are especially susceptible to weight loss when they become ill.
Experts suggest you keep your home moist during the dry winter months. Keep your nasal passages damp with a plain saline spray found in most drugstores or by applying a small amount of petroleum jelly to the inside of your nose.
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Steam can also help. Use a vaporizer, run a hot bath, or inhale the mist coming from boiling water in a tea kettle-but keep your face about two feet away from the kettle to avoid burns.
If you see your doctor, be careful about pressing for antibiotics, "Antibiotics are not used to treat colds, because they have no effect on viruses," says Dr. Bentley. "The great majority of time, they're not necessary. But your doctor might prescribe antibiotics if he suspects you have something besides a cold or you are at risk for developing a bacterial infection on top of your cold."
Doctors also make a distinction between a cold and the flu.
The flu is not just a "bad cold;" it is a far more serious illness that leads to thousands of deaths a year in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends vaccinations against flu and pneumonia for those 50 and older, as well as younger people with chronic respiratory and heart disease.
As fall turns into winter, we'll all catch more colds. But did you ever wonder why?
The experts says it has nothing to do with cold weather; studies of scientists traveling to the Arctic proved that. But it is related to the time of year. Throughout winter, children assemble in schools, outdoor activities move indoors and we gather in large groups as the holidays arrive. This close contact during cold months, when we spend far more time inside with the windows closed, creates an environment for the spread of cold viruses.
"During this time of year, people are more apt to have close contact, kissing and hugging each other, shaking hands more frequently and sharing food," explains St. Louis University's David W. Bentley, M.D.
Once a virus is passed along from person to person, it runs its course until the season changes. When spring comes along, people generally have less close contact and spend less time indoors.
Source: http://resources.purematters.com/healthy-body/cold-flu/for-seniors-the-cold-facts


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Jin Yi is a seemingly innocent woman who has hidden motives for approaching Ji Woo. Her plans are complicated by the romance developing between them unexpectedly, as well as the numerous pursuers hot on their trail. Keiko is a Japanese singer who also falls in love with Ji Woo. In this love triangle, who will finally win the love of Ji Woo?
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Congratulations to all of the teams who earned playoff berths and many thanks to all of the teams (even those like the Angels, Rays and Dodgers who didn't quite make it) who helped make this playoff race such an exhilarating, every single game counts right down to the wire, experience. Yeah, I'm actually even gonna tip my glass to old Bud Selig for the change in playoff formats. I don't compliment Bud very often for obvious reasons, and I did initially dread the format change, but if the end result that every season ends roughly like this, then that is one worthwhile format change! (We'll talk about this evening's crappy call and Wild Card Game under protest later after I've noodled over it a bit, as a former manager of mine used to say. But, in general, even with that, my *cringe* compliment still stands.)
Special congratulations to the Nationals and the Orioles for defying expectations and recent history all season long and to the A's for what – seriously, all rivalries aside – was an absolutely epic comeback. While, of course, I wish the Angels had been able to push even harder in September and come back even farther to take the playoff berth in their place (or in the Rangers'), as a baseball fan, I just plain tip my glass to the A's achievement as well. And I have one more glass tip – to Miguel Cabrera, and in his case let's respectfully amend that to a hat tip, shall we. Yes, naturally I know all about the raging AL MVP debate right now and the season's hot and heavy race for the batting title between Cabrera and our Angels' hero, Mike Trout. But I want to set all that aside for a little while. The first Triple Crown since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967? Wow! Seriously, wow! That is a big deal. Congratulations to Miguel Cabrera on an achievement that adds his to a very select and impressive list of names.
Yes, of course, I am disappointed my Angels didn't make it to the Postseason, but they took too long to gell as a team, losing too many games along the way, and even though their play in the 2nd half was inspired, they were flat out outplayed by the A's. And you know what? Fie on all of this failed season talk from the analysts. That's baseball. Sometimes you get outplayed. Yes, the Angels spent a metric F ton of money on the team this season, but since when does money guarantee success? Big payrolls and big free agent signings don't work out – or, as in the Angels case, don't work out right away – all the time. Besides, the Angels had a lot of be proud of this season with a no hitter and an epic, record breaking rookie season both high on that list. (And, if you're of a mind, you can check out what else I had to say on this very subject on L.A. Angels Insider.) I tip my glass to the Angels twice – once in mourning for the season that wasn't, and once in pride for the season that was!
Yes, I do read the fabled wisdom that is the internets. I am aware that Angels fans are rumored to be some of the whiniest, most "it's always someone else's fault," overly entitled fans out there and I do understand that if you read it on the internet it absolutely must be true and all that. 😉 Well, fie on all of that too – and since when are there rules for such things anyway and who gets to write them I ask? 😉 The Angels were outplayed. I am disappointed but far from devastated. I offer my sincere congratulations to all of those who did the outplaying. (More tips of the glass…yes, the Postseason demands quite a few tips of one's glass. It's excellent practice for the offseason which requires even more to get through. Why do you ask?) And I promise to regale the lot of you with all of my hopes, plans and general armchair GMing for the Angels 2013 throughout the fall and winter. You have been warned. 😉


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A few times before, I have spoken about the Codex Napoleon. Why does Stanczyk speak of Napoleon? Well, he (or his army) did discover the Rosetta Stone, leading to the understanding of Hieroglyphics and also while he was in Egypt he also uncovered the Sphinx which had lain buried in sand for centuries. He commissioned the Arc de Triomphe too. His military exploits reshaped the European borders. Finally, his progressive laws embodied in the corpus: Codex Napoleon gave personal and property rights to the individual and abolished feudalism. But did you know those codes in the Kodexu Napoleon (see Polish does have the letter 'x', at least for foreign words), also designated how to record vital records?
Most European Church Records after 1806 followed this format and it was this code that required the two witnesses in vital records. The image at left/above is from Biechow parish church book in 1811, noting (above the yellow line) that they now follow the Kodexu Napoleon –Biechow now a part of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw. From LDS MF # 936660, it appears to me that starting with August 15th, 1810 the vital records in the Catholic Church in the parish of Biechow switched to the "Napoleonic Form" — a long paragraph narrative in a standard form, with two witnesses, written in the local language (Polish, not Latin).
This blog's meme is really about how History/Law shape the discipline of genealogical research. I am not merely thinking about border changes — although that is certainly a part of this meme. Today's thread in the meme is certainly about the border changes and the shifting administrative units (Departement vs Wojewodztwo vs Gubernia, etc.), but also the data changes required by the law. For instance, the requirement for two witnesses means we have two more names in the record for our research. One of the witnesses may also be a God Parent or possibly just another family member. Does that indicate a new relationship (i.e. another sibling)? Perhaps a witness or declarant is a mid-wife. Does that indicate an illegitimate birth or that the father is away, serving in the military? More data, means more information or clues/mysteries for further research. Prior to Napoleon and the Codex that bears his name, we did not have this information, afterwards we do.
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Photographs taken in China before about 1950 are relatively rare. During the Cultural Revolution many Chinese destroyed their collections of photographs, as any evidence of a 'bourgeois' past could get you into serious trouble.
Some collections of photographs of China have been preserved elsewhere, but until recently most of those were fairly difficult to access. Professor Robert Bickers of the University of Bristol has been instrumental in making a number of those collections available through the Visualising China website, where more than 8,000 images can now be explored.
These pictures include views of cities which have since completely changed, portraits of individual Chinese both eminent and humble, and records of everyday life. Some of the collections came from British people who were working in China as part of mercantile, imperial or missionary enterprises. Others are photographs taken and collected by Chinese that somehow ended up outside China.
One of these collections comes from Fu Bingchang (1895-1965), who held various posts in the Nationalist government and was also a keen amateur photographer. His snaps provide a very personal glimpse of elite life in China between the 1920s and 1940s.
The images show a society poised between tradition and modernity. As well as cameras, motor cars and bathing suits, they include traditional architecture, gardens and furniture. Exemplifying this period of huge change in Chinese society, women are often portrayed wearing the cheongsam (or qipao) dress, based on male Manchu dress but adopted by women from the 1920s onwards as a modern, progressive fashion and accessorised with scarves and handbags (as was recently explained to me by WESSIELING). Fu Binchang himself is sometimes portrayed in traditional dress and sometimes in up-to-the-minute plusfours and co-respondent shoes.
An image of a Fang Jiangling next to a round window to me exemplifies this fascinating hybridity: the window is of a type that had been used for centuries in Chinese garden walls to provide enticing and nicely framed glimpses of greenery and vistas beyond. At the same time, Fang Jiangling's pose next to it is somehow very moderne, as she grasps the edge of the window like an Art Deco sylph playing with a ball or a Bauhaus mannequin manipulating a cog in a machine.
This image database is yet another example of the opening up and linking of online collections that I have mentioned in previous posts. Thanks to Visualising China Fu Binchang's world can now be reappraised and studied in greater detail.
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He Just Wasn't That Into Them. How About a Change of Scenery?
If it seems as though I compare all things baseball to all things relationship a lot, that would be because A) I do, and B) the analogy absolutely works! Hey, it's not like I made this up. I mean, how happy were you as young person the first time you made it past first base on a date? Not so much the first time you struck out with a cutie in public, right? Or, take the amazing t-shirt a friend of mine got after the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, which proclaimed "I saved second base!" Honestly, it would be weirder to try and separate the concepts.
I do finding it amusing though that the timing for these analogies is often opposite. I mean, right now, just as millions of men and women everywhere are resolving not to date Mr. or Ms. Right in 2012, or to stop dating their friends' castoffs, baseball teams are leaping to the contrary conclusion that these are fine ideas. This isn't a pot/kettle situation. Vernon Wells in 2011. Fernando Rodney in 2010. Scott Kazmir in 2009. I could go on but, really, what's the point? As an Angels fan, suffice to say, I know from whence I speak.
Trying to look at it from the teams' perspectives, I get it. At least, I think I do. I mean, we've all been there right? You think the Angels just didn't understand Fernando Rodney. Not the way you can, Rays. They nagged him way too much about his control and all of those walks without spending enough time appreciating the speed of his fastball and the rakish angle of his ball cap. If only the Angels had taken more time to praise him and shower him with applause, you know, like they back when the relationship was fresh, things might have been different.
And what about Carlos Zambrano? I know Marlins, I know. Clearly he and the Cubs had severe compatibility issues. Sure the making up part was epic every. Single. Time. But all of the volatile spats that lead to the making up? And their increasing frequency coupled with little to no making up? This wasn't a case of opposites attracting, they weren't even speaking the same language. It will be different with you, right Marlins? Signing Carlos will be like getting to marry your best friend, right? Near perfect compatibility.
And for the rest of you out there joining me in a collective WTF – hey, I can see that face you're making! – just remember, it always looks different when your friend is the one rationalizing a bad decision then when you're the one doing it. And, really, who are we to point fingers? Sometimes these things work out, crazy as they may seem at the time…right? My husband and I made all of our friends make those faces when we started dating and we're heading toward our second decade together…though examples of this working out are far more prevalent among humans than among baseball teams, I think. Still, good luck Rays, Marlins and everyone else in this position. Maybe it really will be different with you…
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