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Florence Goyet's book is remarkable as much for the scope of its corpus (more than a thousand stories in five languages) as for the quality of its analysis. The author defines the short story first by examining its narrative strategies, then by focusing on its print circulation and finally on how the text shapes its own reading. Goyet refines the distinctive features ordinarily accepted by the critics; she then shows that the readers of short stories are always different from the characters depicted, through the specific periodicals in which they are published. This is why the "peasant" stories of Maupassant appear in high society periodicals, and why the "European" stories of Henry James are published in the US, whereas his "American" ones are accepted in English magazines. The primary aim of the genre is to emphasize the picturesqueness of subjects which are a familiar sight for the readers yet in reality strange, because the characters live in another world altogether. Close analysis of this context in which the stories are published leads Goyet to define the genre as "monological" — being at odds with polyphony — a thesis which is confirmed in her subsequent analyses of the stylistic procedures that discredit the characters. Thus, this book provides us with a new understanding of the short text, which is all the more convincing in that it is always rigorously supported by probing theoretical discussions and by precise textual analyses.
— Denis Pernot, Revue d'Histoire Littéraire de la France, XCV/1 (Janvier-Fevrier 1995), p. 127
I enjoyed reading Florence Goyet's book. I recommend it to you for its breadth and insight.
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The ability to construct a nuanced narrative or complex character in the constrained form of the short story has sometimes been seen as the ultimate test of an author's creativity. Yet during the time when the short story was at its most popular—the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—even the greatest writers followed strict generic conventions that were far from subtle.
This expanded and updated translation of Florence Goyet's influential La Nouvelle, 1870-1925: Description d'un genre ŕ son apogée (Paris, 1993) is the only study to focus exclusively on this classic period across different continents. Ranging through French, English, Italian, Russian and Japanese writing—particularly the stories of Guy de Maupassant, Henry James, Giovanni Verga, Anton Chekhov and Akutagawa Ryunosuke—Goyet shows that these authors were able to create brilliant and successful short stories using the very simple 'tools of brevity' of that period.
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The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre
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1. Paroxystic Characterisation
2. Antithetic Structure
3. Ending with a Twist
4. The Tools of Brevity
5. Conclusion to Part I
6. Exoticism in the Classic Short Story
7. Short Stories and the Travelogue
8. A Foreign World
9. Dialogue and Character Discreditation
10. The Narrator, the Reflector and the Reader
11. Distance and Emotion
12. Conclusion to Part III: Are DostoevskyˇŻs Short Stories Polyphonic?
Epilogue: Beyond the Classic Short Story
© 2014 Florence Goyet
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A few items worthy of note as we ring in 2014.
- This list of New Year resolutions for Kentuckians includes a few history-related things to do, including some sites that every citizen of the Bluegrass State should visit. I'll add one more assignment for Kentuckians in 2014: If you haven't already, read either Thomas Clark's classic history of the state or the more recent volume by Lowell Harrison and James Klotter.
- Speaking of knowing your local history, all you folks in Winston-Salem should get acquainted with your town's Rev War namesake.
- We're getting a new statue of Sam Houston here in Tennessee, where he made a name for himself before heading off to Texas. There's also a new Civil War Trails marker going up in Maynardville, just down the road from my neck of the woods.
- Zachary Keck argues that Americans' fondness for revolutions is misplaced, and stems partly from our own revolutionary beginnings. But he also claims that the American Revolution wasn't all that revolutionary, because it didn't upset the status quo. Keck notes that most revolutions don't create stable, free societies; real progress is due more to evolution than revolution. But should we consider the democratization of the nineteenth century to be an effect of the American Revolution or an example of gradual evolution? Gordon Wood took the long view of the Revolution as a process that turned America away from the hierarchical, colonial past and toward the democratic, egalitarian nineteenth century. Taken as a discrete event which ended in the 1780s, though, the Revolution seems more limited in scope. I guess it all depends on your perspective.
- By far the year's most popular post here at Past in the Present was a 2012 item about an off-color anecdote told by Abraham Lincoln which made its way into Spielberg's film.
- I'd like to pick a best American history book of 2013, but most of the books I read this year had already been in circulation for a while. People have been writing history books for a lot longer than I've been reading them, so I spend most of my reading time trying to catch up with backlisted titles. As for the best American history book I read in 2013, I'd probably go with Rachel Klein's Unification of a Slave State: The Rise of the Planter Class in the South Carolina Backcountry, 1760-1808.
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Costco is Brainwashing You
Have you ever spent any time thinking about Costco and the rituals we go through when shopping there? Specifically, the idea of stopping as you exit and showing your receipt to a Costco employee so they can put a pink mark on it?
Why do we stop at the door and get our receipt checked? Do you do that at a department store or the grocery store? Does the local mini-mart check your pockets when you leave? So why do we do it at Costco?
We do it because that is how it's always been done. We do it because Costco puts employees at the exit and tells them to do it.
So do you have to stop? Does Costco have the legal right to make you stop? What would happen if you just kept on walking? Why do we sometimes wait in a long line of other exiting shoppers just to be checked for stolen goods? I'm not a criminal, are you?
Today I was leaving Costco after purchasing a bouquet of flowers for my wife. I don't really mind stopping as long as there is no line and the employees are ready for me at the door. Today the two employees at the exit were busy talking to each other and after extending out my receipt to them with no response back, I kept on walking out. My feet didn't skip a step...just kept on walking.
What happened next surprised me. One of the employees followed me out, yelling "excuse me sir, excuse me! Did you get your receipt marked?" I turned around and said "nope, you weren't paying attention" and kept on walking to my car. I looked back a few steps later and she was standing there almost in shock that I didn't let her mark my receipt.
Costco is not only brainwashing their employees, they are brainwashing us. I'd love to see a national "Don't stop for the receipt markers at Costco" day. Anyone with me?
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you are an idiot. Costco checks receipts and merchandise to insure that you get what you paid/charged for and yes sometimes people do repackage items so this also helps.
p.s. the membership application you filled out states that they can and will check your receipt. If you dont like it they will more than gladly refund your membership fees !
- Jmartens said...
Thanks for the kind greeting, Mr/Mrs Anonymous. Funny how the ones that start with "you are an idiot" tend to come from faceless commenters.
So if they check to make sure we get what we pay for, can you site how often Costco employees identify items that are on the receipt but not in the cart and then make sure the customer gets that item?
My guess is that Costco does this for 2 reasons. First, it is a visual way to deter shoplifting. Second, it is probably a way for Costco to battle internal fraud and/or mistakes where a checker missed an item and didn't charge the customer.
I looked up the membership policies online and there is a paragraph that says they will inspect stuff as I leave, so I'll give you that one and forgive you for the ignorant 'idiot' comment. (However, I'd love to get a lawyers take on this)
My point here was not to fight Costco but to pose the question of why is it okay at one retailer but it likely wouldn't be at another.
At least they stop everyone. Those nice little old ladies at the door at Fred Meyer let us clean-cut middle-aged white guys in baseball hats go by, but I suspect they have a profile to stop people with a certain other, ahem, "look."
- pril said...
I'm the only person in the state, apparently, who has never been to costco. Even when i lived elsewhere with costco, i just never had any reason to go to one.
Jeff actually brings up an interesting point. Frys electronics also checks your bag on the way out . Both costco and Frys are Super Mega Stores I wonder if there is a deeper issue of there being more potential theft at a store like this. All around it is very interesting would it be acceptable if say Fred Meyer started implementing a policy of checking peoples bags on the way out of the store. I have a strong feeling people would cry Foul and say that they are being treated like criminals. Someone who is starving doesn't understand the concept of being full because they have never been there before.
I am sorry if I hurt your feelings but the reason why the first post was started like that was because you immediatly got all agressive about your position. Know your facts first !
All the other stores, beside those with paid membership, have no right or "reason" to inspect your purchase unless they suspect a problem exists with you SPECIFICALLY. But as sheep people will still allow anyone to seize and inspect what is really, after purchase, their private property. I would not, and do not, shop at stores that do those things. The only way to prevent unlawful search and seisure is to not frequent those places of business.
- Jess said...
I think it is a physiological trick. People don't feel bad about stealing from a large corporation, but do feel bad if they feel they are stealing from someone and have to lie to someone's face.
Also, it is part of the "social contract" of Costco. Because you have a membership there is a different relationship with the Costco than Fred Meyers.
- Jmartens said...
@anonymous actually, no I didnt get "all aggressive" about my position. I just simply asked a question.
Another great example is Fry's electronics down in Wilsonville. They check your receipt but have no membership agreement with customers. Is it okay for them to do this? Why is it okay at Fry's but not at Fred Meyer?
Finally, I think Jess (just above this comment) hit the nail on the head...it is more social engineering than anything.
Thanks to all for your comments and for keeping the conversation going!
"Costco is Brainwashing You"
i dont know that sounds pretty agressive at the very least it sounds accusatory !
The way I understand it, because you had to apply for membership with Costco, that gives them additional rights over their relationship with you, such as checking your receipt.
Fry's, CompUSA, etc just do it mostly as a theft deterrent. They're allowed to ask, but they're not allowed to stop/detain you without accusing you of theft and immediately escalating the situation to a "get the police involved" scene.
(I'm not a lawyer, YMMV, disclaimer, etc.)
I don't know you personally but I can tell that you're a fine citizen of the United States. You know your rights. Those of you who agree with people checking your bags before you exit a store forgot the 4th Amendment.
- Unknown said...
Jeff, I regularly don't stop regardless of a line or not. The last time I did this the guy threatened to revoke my buying privileges! I told him if he wanted to check the items on the way to the car he was welcome but he declined. He also got upset that I would not give him my receipt, the receipt is my property after I pay so why would I give my property away! I'm holding to the 4th amendment and if push comes to shove a will pay a lawyer to fight it, I can't stand to be a sheep like so many Americans have become!
- Unknown said...
I regularly shop at Frys Electronics (not to be confused with Frys the grocery store...) and when they ask for the receipt I politely refuse, and keep on walking. Usually, they don't say nothing, but one time, a few years back, at the Frys in San Jose, after I politely declined, this employee chased me out of the store, held me by the shoulder and rather aggressively asked me for my receipt, to which I replied "if you don't let me go I'll assume this is a false citizen arrest, and I'll fight you to the full extent of the law". He let go of my shoulder, with a huge question mark on his face, saying "I need to see your receipt" to which I replied "I won't allow you to violate my 4th amendment" and walked off.
BTW, that's why I don't shop at Costco...
- Coren said...
Brian, he wanted to revoke your buying privileges because you agreed they could when you signed their agreement - either he gets to check the receipt or you aren't welcome to come back. That simple.
- Michael Agee said...
I never stop. Today I bought a bottle of Tide from the Costco in Chantilly Virginia. There was a line of 10 people with full carts. Hell no I'm not waiting in line for that. I paid, I got my receipt... see ya. They guy yelled at me and I just held my receipt up over my head and did not look back. He ran out the store and I told him, "your not supposed to stop me, you know that". And I let him put his little mark in it. OH and the guy who started out with "your an idiot". Look up the word "projection".


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July 21, 2018 at 10:14 am
Reading Regraded Being is like looking through a one way mirror and observing firsthand the back and forth pitter patter between a couple of severely delusional patients stuck in a lock down mental ward. Endlessly fascinating … yet at the same time disturbing — knowing how damaged these people's lives are as a result of being trapped inside the group think of this pernicious and dangerous mind control cult.
July 21, 2018 at 7:46 am
Scieno TV is just so perfectly…Scientology! It an idea completely off the radar of the local orgs and missions, costs tons of money, it's super duper glitzy, lots of build-up, lots of hype, lots of hope, lots of massive cheery announcements and NO RESULTS.
Reminds me of that stupid video that LRH introduced in ? 1978. I think the orgs had to cough up $7000 for the audio visual equipment. People were dragged in off the street to watch this stupid depressing video which was supposed to guarantee folks would sign up for courses or processing. LOLOLOL No results, no one that I know of signed up for anything. Do you see the pattern.
The crazy, crazy thing is this. If the COS simply made a safe space, ran a TR's/HQS course, kept the riff-raff out, did tons of word clearing, Scientology would been
For some odd reason, people tend to stay away from money-grubbing, totalitarian regimes.
July 22, 2018 at 10:02 pm
Just curious…who's the riff raff?
July 23, 2018 at 9:35 am
We has faced the riff-raff, and they is US!
July 22, 2018 at 10:08 pm
Just curious…who are the riff raff?
July 23, 2018 at 2:16 pm
By Scientology standards, anyone unwilling or unable to give the Reg their credit card info and turn over all liquid cash to buy services is riff raff.
July 20, 2018 at 8:12 pm
Good show Sir
July 20, 2018 at 6:27 pm
Trying to decide whether the Scio channel is comedy or drama. It's a good thing there isn't isn't a rating of the Stupid Channel… mmmm… yes there is, another Scientology breakthrough!
It does give a chilling example that "free to air" is anything but free. It's also hard to digest that all of Scientology's media is firmly seated in a trail of shattered dreams, wasted lives & stolen money.
Will all those set free by Scio tech please stand up… (crickets chirping).
July 23, 2018 at 9:40 am
The scn channel must be a drama, and so melodramatic it serves well as a sleep aid. they are SO serious and full of themselves…. Just thinking about that drek makes my eyes sag.
July 20, 2018 at 4:51 pm
Hey scientologists, enturbulated much?
There is a great cute for that, and it feels oh so good.
It is called blowing (And not the kind you dirty minds are thinking, although….)
July 20, 2018 at 5:25 pm
A question I asked years ago.
Why can't there be a Church of Sexualogy?
July 20, 2018 at 8:36 pm
There is! They're call them swing clubs. And I did partake. And it was great. But, this was back when I was in my late 20s, early 30s.
One of the clubs was Plato's Retreat West in Hollywood. It opened at 10 at night and we would exit at 6am.
July 20, 2018 at 9:10 pm
Gee, I'm jealous you can remember stuff like that. I've been told of some of my greatest escapades – I wish I could remember the details of some of them. Aw well, there's always a compromise in everything somewhere. That's life I suppose.
July 21, 2018 at 9:43 pm
July 23, 2018 at 11:25 pm
Glad you brought up NXIVM. Hey Dave Miscavige, look into NXIVM and what happens to cult leaders
July 20, 2018 at 3:38 pm
I love how watching a few minutes of Leah's show caused a kool-aid drinker to lose all the gains that she previously had. Sweet! If that's all it takes, then Scientology should come crashing down in no time!
Go Leah!
July 20, 2018 at 2:12 pm
Where is Jim Rockford when we need him? A few glasses of Scotch and a strong door knocking at FLAG is all he would have to do to end the madness.
July 20, 2018 at 3:32 pm
Jim rockford… James Gardner . Sued the network for not getting paid per episode. Never worked again.
July 21, 2018 at 12:17 am
James Garner actually had major recurring roles in a number of series in later years. Or is there something I'm missing?
July 21, 2018 at 12:42 pm
This doesn't have much to do with Scientology, except in the use of underhanded tactics to get and keep other people's money.
James Garner sued Universal Studios for $16.5 million in 1983 and settled out of court six years later, with the usual NDA. In that suit, the phrase "creative accounting" was used by Garner and later became a catchword for Hollywood accounting practics designed to keep profits hidden from actors in order to pay them less than their contracted fees. He sued Universal again in 1998 for $2.2 million, regarding unpaid syndication royalties.
Ten years after the first suit, which he won, Garner began the first of what became eight two-hour "Rockford" made-for-TV movies, under the firm hand of Garner's production company. In Garner's memoir The Garner Files, he told of his new cash-up-front policy with the studios he still had to deal with:
"Beginning in 1994, we made eight Rockford movies. I tried to keep my production company as far away from Universal as possible. I told the studio people when we were negotiating that if I had to drive onto that lot every day, it would be like sticking a knife in my ribs. There were no accounting problems because it was cash and carry: they gave me the money, I gave them the film. In that order."
James Garner. The Garner Files: A Memoir (Kindle Locations 2234-2238). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.
From the record, Garner did not sue and never work again, as suggested. He was involved in movies, TV shows, TV movies, commercials and voice-over projects before, during and after his successful lawsuits. His fellow actors and others were able to wise up to the studio tactics of freezing them out of profits by "creative accounting." Many people, other than studio bigwigs, had reason to be thankful for his lawsuits because it increased the liklihood they would actually receive the money their contracts promised them.
FWIW, my favorite Garner movie was Victor Victoria, with Julie Andrews at the peak of her beauty and charm, and fave series Rockford Files, which re-used scripts from the original Maverick.
July 20, 2018 at 1:55 pm
Yo Julian,
Howz yer backlog these days? Which works best for ya, background threats of disconnection or full on declares. Seems like most of yer UTRs are just dealin with the threats. Nice work!
Yo Dave,
Go ahead and let Eff Pee out again today. Things are a bit slow and we need some good ole fashion Kult style entertainment to keep our skills honed.
For the record Dave, Kult style entertainment is where a bot pretends that it knows the truth and tells lies which are then exposed by the Ess Pees on the fringes.
July 20, 2018 at 4:29 pm
Marty, would you handle this goddamn Newcomer. What the fuck am I paying you for???!!!
July 20, 2018 at 6:07 pm
July 20, 2018 at 7:20 pm
Dave WHO?
July 20, 2018 at 7:35 pm
The dude who thinks he's da pope.
July 20, 2018 at 8:38 pm
The Dude thinks he's God. But, he's really just another cult member.
July 20, 2018 at 9:25 pm
The 'Dude who Hides' ain't no Dude at all. He's just a fluorescence shadow cast against a concrete wall. No amount of money is worth that, but the leaders of Scioland sure think it is. The freedom to grab a burger, catch a flick or walk on the beach with a loved one or alone taking in nature – simple but worth more than money can buy if you don't have it available.
That's one of the problems with crime, it sends you security crazy. People crave revenge.
July 20, 2018 at 9:31 pm
He's da biggest bean in da smallest cult. Hip, hip, yo Dave!
July 20, 2018 at 1:34 pm
Comedy or Drama? If they want comedy, they can keep watching the Scientology Channel.
July 20, 2018 at 1:32 pm
In 2013 or 2014 when I was still in the SO at Big Blue in LA, a major typhoon hit the Philippine's, causing death and destruction. I had a pocket AM/FM radio and would listen to the news at the end of each night and the Typhoon was the top news story for 3 days and was still covered after that. The SO restrictions regarding TV, movies and Internet didn't include radio so I used that to keep up to date on politics, world affairs, etc. About 3 weeks later, there was a big IAS meeting at AOLA where I was posted, for all Big Blue regges, FSM I/C's and so forth. Josh Garfield, the FSM I/C AOLA came to me afterwards to brief me on the meeting, saying " The VM's are going to be doing a huge disaster relief cycle". I said, Oh, the Philippine's, right". Josh immediately blew up in anger, saying "How could you know that? How could you know that? This data was just released by the IAS!!!" I told Josh to get a grip, it was a natural disaster that occurred 3 weeks ago, all the news networks covered it then. He stomped off in the other direction saying I had "crashed the IAS meeting" to get the data. This was when I realized that C of S and IAS control what Scientologists hear about things in the world.
July 20, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Not to mention the fact that the IAS took three weeks to proclaim this as a VM project to support – which clearly shows that all IAS cared about is sucking the bucks out of the faithful's wallets, not about providing any relief in the Phillipines. If they cared about the Phillipines they would have acted immediately.
July 20, 2018 at 10:05 pm
It's like going to a relative's for Thanksgiving dinner and you wait afterwards until almost all the dishes are washed and you only then volunteer to help and wash dishes. It's been done so you get out of it but yet look good for having volunteered.
July 21, 2018 at 1:42 am
They waited 3 weeks because they didn't want to be told to not get in the way of the real disaster relief people.
July 24, 2018 at 9:41 am
They waited 3 weeks because the real disaster relief people were in their way.
July 24, 2018 at 11:24 pm
Well stated.
July 20, 2018 at 1:08 pm
Scamology's brain to much tech works just fine.
July 20, 2018 at 2:45 pm
correction to my post above:
Scamology's brain to MUSH tech works just fine.
July 20, 2018 at 1:03 pm
Comedy or drama. Hmmmmmmmm. Hard to choose. Hmmmmmm. I guess I'll take comedy. There's tons of drama in every Idle Morgue.
July 20, 2018 at 1:01 pm
RB, that is spot on….
July 20, 2018 at 12:56 pm
First panel: "They just repeat the same programs over and over again."
Hubbard doctrine: "The number of times through equals certainty."
If you want a foolproof mind apply this foolproof Hubbard doctrine and you are well on your way to a stupefied mind. After a while you will have full conceptual understanding of any drivel Hubbard pulls out of his ass and be able to smugly attack others for their lack of "understanding" because of supposedly going by a misunderstood word. That will be the extent of your brilliance.
July 20, 2018 at 12:47 pm
Hardly anyone active these day days except for a couple of irreparably demented dupes and Da Chan Man to take their money.
July 20, 2018 at 12:39 pm
$cieno TV is perhaps the most irrelevant TV network on this planet. If you spend 4 hours you get to watch the entire content of their library. The 'mind numbing' mentioned by RB is probably its intended purpose. Nothing else could explain the drivel on that station.
Hell, my TV dream came true earlier this year with the Heroes and Icons Channel, which does all 5 Star Treks every night. And no drivel about Psychs and 'saving the planet'. Star Trek saves the entire Galaxy. Or should that be Gal ax cy….
July 20, 2018 at 1:28 pm
H&I is my regular viewing as well. TOS through to Enterprise!
July 20, 2018 at 12:37 pm
Confronting and shattering entheta ? Ha ha ha! It's more like hiding or putting one's head in the sand pretending reality is not there.
July 20, 2018 at 1:42 pm
Yeah, they've put their head in something all right. But it's not sand.
July 20, 2018 at 2:10 pm
They all have their heads in the sand. It's a requirement.
July 20, 2018 at 3:22 pm
The three monkys (see no, speak no, hear no) all rolled into one?
July 20, 2018 at 8:39 pm
Yep! That works, Jim!
July 20, 2018 at 12:31 pm
Ah, the joys of cognitive dissonance. It won't be long before this brain dead couple gets hauled into ethics for whatever money can be squeezed out of them. Must be fun these days being a Scientologist!
July 20, 2018 at 2:14 pm
Ah, yes. Cognitive dissonance. It comes with complete and utter devotion.
July 20, 2018 at 12:31 pm
"You never know when you'll find yourself having to Confront Entheta."
That's the problem. They NEVER "Confront" it. They only run and hide from it, burying their heads in the sand. Change the channel, stop reading negative articles, run away silently when confronted on the street…..where's the "confront" in that?
They sure as hell don't do a very good job of "shattering" the entheta either. They seem to be stuck in a perpetual state of multiplying (exponentially) the "entheta" due to their own policies and actions. Talk about "pulling it in"…..
July 20, 2018 at 2:26 pm
Spot on Mick. As always.
July 20, 2018 at 9:22 pm
100% true. Confront? Baloney. Handle? Forget it. The course should be called, "How To Turn Tail And Run From Everything Scary". They really are beneath contempt.
July 20, 2018 at 12:26 pm
A few years ago I researched OT8's:
July 20, 2018 at 2:08 pm
What a list! I like the way it is alphabetical using first names !~?&^%! Must have been compiled by a $cientologist.
But it is incomplete. Should have Newcomer , 8-23-03 original Oh Tea Ate , fully duped but now long frickin gone. I did and have happily achieved the state of free being and I do have recall of my Hole $cientology track.
July 21, 2018 at 12:48 am
July 21, 2018 at 12:51 am
Interesting list, but definitely out of date. Doesn't show a couple of people like Mary Khan and others who have vocally left. These days, it would be hard to keep on top of the stampede for the exit.
July 23, 2018 at 12:43 am
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I've always enjoyed John Buchan's framing of the environment surrounding Edinburgh in the year 1771. The first three paragraphs say so much in a brief space. Walter Scott, of course, was born on August 15, 1771. From Buchan's biography "Sir Walter Scott":
In the autumn of the year 1771 an Edinburgh citizen, returning after many years' absence, would have noted certain changes in his native city. If, on the morning after his arrival at the White Horse Inn in the Canongate, he had ascended to the high places of the Castle hill, and looked north and east, he would have missed one familiar landmark. The Nor' Loch, his haunt on youthful holidays and the odorous grave of city refuse, had been drained, and its bed was now grass and shingle. Across the hollow which once had held its waters a huge mound of earth had been thrown, giving access to the distant fields. Farther east, another crossing was in process of making, a bridge to carry a broad highway. Before he had left home the Canongate had burst its bonds into New Street and St John Street, and he noted that the city had spilled itself farther southward beyond the South Bridge of the Cowgate into new streets and squares. But now the moat of the Nor' Loch was spanned, and on its farther shore building had begun according to the plans of the ingenious Mr Craig. He had heard much of these plans that morning in Lucky Boyd's hostelry—of how a new Register House, with the Adam brothers as architects, and paid for out of the forfeited Jacobite estates, was designed to rise at the end of the new bridge. And the spectator, according as he was a lover of old things or an amateur of novelties, would have sighed or approved. The little city, strung from the Castle to Holyroodhouse along her rib of hill, where more history had been made than in any place of like size save Athens, Rome and Jerusalem—which, according to the weather and the observer's standpoint, looked like a flag flung against the sky or a ship riding by the shore—was enlarging her bounds and entering upon a new career.
Another sight of some significance was to be had in the same year at the same season. From every corner of the north droves of black cattle were converging on Falkirk moor for the great autumn Tryst. It was the clearing-house of the Highlands, as Stagshawbank on the Tyne was the clearing-house of Scotland. The drover from Glen Affric, herding his kyloes among the autumn bracken, could see from his bivouac a cloud of dark smoke on the banks of the Carron river, and hear by day and night the clang of hammers. This was the Carron Ironworks, now eleven years old, and a canal was being made from Grangemouth-on-Forth to carry their products to the world. There, within sight of the Highland Line, a quarter of a century after a Jacobite army had campaigned on that very ground, the coal and iron of the Scottish midlands were being used in a promising industry. Cannon were being made for many nations, and the Carron pipes and sugar-boilers and fire-grates were soon to be famous throughout the land. The Highland drover, already perplexed by the intrusion of Lowland sheep on his hills and the cutting of his native woods by English companies, saw in the flame and smoke of the ironworks a final proof that his ancient world was crumbling.
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So our restored exile may have regarded the scene with mingled feelings. His countrymen beyond doubt had their heads at last above water, but the land they were making for was not the kindly soil he had known. …
The Family of Buccleuch
From the family of Buccleuch there was an early offshoot, called first of Sinton and then of Harden, whose tower still stands in a dark nook of Borthwick water. The Scotts of Harden were scarcely less noted in the Border wars than the parent house, and they produced such figures of ballad and folk story as Auld Wat of Harden, who in 1567 married Mary Scott, the "Flower of Yarrow," and his son William, who espoused the daughter of Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank, the "Muckle Mou'd Meg," of a tale which is probably apocryphal. The third son of this William of Harden became laird of Raeburn, and his wife was a MacDougal of Makerstoun, of a family which has some claim to be the oldest in Scotland. This Walter Scott was a Whig and a Quaker, but his sons walked in other paths, for his eldest fell in {22} a duel, and the second, Walter, was known on Teviotside as Beardie, from the great beard which he allowed to grow in token of his regret for the banished Stuarts. Beardie, after narrowly escaping the gallows on account of his politics, married a kinswoman of the Campbells of Blythswood, and in his old age had some repute for learning. His second son took to sheep-farming, and leased the farm of Sandy Knowe from the Scotts of Harden, after staking all his fortune on the purchase of a hunter, which he fortunately sold for double the price he gave. He prospered, and made a great name on the Border as a judge of stock. His wife was a Haliburton of Newmains, who brought to the family the right of burial in Dryburgh Abbey. The sheep-farmer's eldest son, Walter, forsook the family pursuits and, first of his race, settled in a town and adopted a learned profession, for he became a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, the highest stage in Scotland of the solicitor's calling. His wife was Anne Rutherford, the eldest daughter of the professor of medicine in the University, and with her came into the blood two other ancient strains. For the Rutherfords had been longer settled on the Border than the Scotts, and her mother was a Swinton of that ilk, one of the most sounding names in early Scottish history, and a descendant of Ben Jonson's friend, the poet Earl of Stirling.
Scott's Ancestry
So much for the details of pedigree. The child born in August, 1771, to Anne Rutherford and Walter Scott at the head of the College Wynd, had a more varied ancestry than falls to the lot of most men. No doubt the ancestry of all of us is oddly mixed, but in his case the record was known. He was linked collaterally through the Buccleuchs with the greater noblesse. He had behind him the most historic of the Border stocks in Scott and Murray and Rutherford and Swinton. He had Celtic blood from MacDougal and Campbell. Of the many painted shields on the ceiling of the hall at Abbotsford which enshrine his pedigree, only three lack a verified heraldic cognizance. Among his forbears were saints and sinners, scholars and sportsmen and {23} men-at-arms, barons and sheep-farmers, divines and doctors of medicine, Whigs and Jacobites, Cavaliers and Quakers. Above all he had that kindest bequest of the good fairies at his cradle, a tradition, bone of his bone, of ancient pastoral, of a free life lived among clear waters and green hills as in the innocency of the world. …'


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Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman announces retirement
Minnesota Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman has announced his retirement.
Adelman, 67, has considered retirement often in recent seasons as his wife of more than four decades, Mary Kay, struggled mightily with her health. His contract included an option for next season for both the team and the coach, and his departure has been expected for quite some time now.
While this Timberwolves season was certainly a disappointment for Adelman, his career was anything but. He is one of just eight coaches to be part of the 1,000-win club, finishing with a 1,042-749 mark and a .582 winning percentage that is fifth-best among the group that includes Don Nelson, Lenny Wilkens, Jerry Sloan, Pat Riley, Phil Jackson, George Karl and Larry Brown.
The next hire will be crucial for Minnesota because of the uncertain future of forward Kevin Love, who can be a free agent next summer and who has yet to play in the postseason in his six-year career.
Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg has long been known to be high on the list of Timberwolves president Flip Saunders and is expected to be among the candidates. "The Mayor," as he has been known since his playing days, played two of his 10 NBA seasons for the Timberwolves (2003-05) when Saunders was the coach.
Saunders is also know to have a close relationship with Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, who was an unofficial consultant of sorts for him last year leading up to the NBA draft. Izzo has said consistently that he had no plans of leaving the job he has held since 1995, but that doesn't mean Saunders won't try to convince him to give the NBA a try.
George Karl is another name to consider in this mix, as the longtime NBA coach and current ESPN analyst has the sort of credentials (1,131-756 all-time record) and reputation that may make Love feel more at ease about sticking around.
The notion of Saunders taking over the coaching duties is also a possibility. He has a strong relationship with Love and would be able to determine the team's fate on that front.


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The Now Habit
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Just before taking a one year sabbatical, Adrian Deal is again offering one-on-one sessions during June, July, and August 2007.
Apart from anxiety, relationship issues, emotional overeating, compulsive behaviors and lack of motivation, she is also well versed in issues of procrastination.
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S'up? - I just read an article online before arriving at this site entitled: "The Problem of Procrastination" and I must say there were a lot of helpful insights in it. Under the 'type of procrastinator' list, I recognized myself in several of the descriptions.
Hi! Im Rick, an industrial design student at UW-Stout. I'm looking for help compiling some scary stories about procrastination, and some input on the types of objects or methods people use to help curb it.
For many reasons, I have decided to start writing more. Not that writing has ever been my hobby, quite opposite, when having to write something, procrastination is all I usually manage in that respect for a long time. This time was different. Just the thinking about it got me pretty enthusiastic.
When I was a child I was given a story book about a kid on a marvelous pair of stilts. I immediately showed the book to my dad and asked him if he'd make me a pair of stilts like it. He said yes, and I couldn't contain my excitement at the prospect of having my very own pair of stilts.
You know how time management gurus recommend coming up with a to-do list as a way to curb procrastination? My friend came up with this idea: a have-done list. Sure, you can draw up your to-do list (although my friend suggests keeping it to just three items at first, so it won't look so daunting), but then keep a scrap of paper or better yet a notebook handy in order to record the things you HAVE done. It's like a record of accomplishments, so you don't keep feeling like a useless lump of organic material. I tried it, and I have to admit, looking over my have-done list felt better than moaning over my vaguely accusing to-do list.
Name: Moira
Age: Thirty, or so nearly thirty it probably doesn't matter
Stuff About Me: I'm a full-time employee at a university, a wife and a mother of a beautiful two-year-old girl who is currently discovering the joys of the word "No." I'm also a wannabe writer who dreams of publishing her own novel one day.
S'weird, isn't it? I mean this problem of chronic procrastination. Sometimes it feels like you're the only one infected with the bug, and everyone else around you is being nice and productive and of sound mental health while you're sitting in your chair reduced to a semi-catatonic state by indecision, shame and sheer inertia. It makes me ashamed to be around productive and disciplined people, who are legion. I'm ashamed to even look myself in the eye when faced with a mirror. It's weird, because procrastination is a sort of paralysis, and beating myself up over it results only in more paralysis...so much for that.


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Protecting Human Subjects in Student Inquiry Projects
Project rationaleThis project is needed and timely for a variety of reasons, including:
- Increased emphasis on "high impact practices" which have engaged more students in gathering information from and about human subjects. Such practices include active learning, undergraduate research, study abroad, community-based learning, and capstone projects (Kuh et al, 2008;see AAC&U, High-Impact Educational Practices for a succinct summary). Research performed with and by undergraduates poses a specific set of ethical challenges, particularly in selective liberal arts institutions that actively promote such projects. However, there is little professional literature examining these challenges and little policy guidance from the federal Office of Human Research Protections.
- Increased dissemination of student work via websites, posters, and undergraduate conferences within and beyond the campus, which increases an institution's obligation to ensure appropriate protection of subjects' identities and information, and makes it harder to determine whether or not such projects constitute "research" subject to IRB review.
- Variation in institutional definitions, policies, and procedures for human subjects protection, both in general and with respect to student projects. This is particularly problematic for courses and programs that draw students from multiple institutions, and for projects undertaken in study abroad programs where jurisdictional issues are complicated (Wesche, Huynh, Nelson, and Ramachandran, 2010). There is considerable ambiguity in the application of the federal regulations concerning human subjects protections in such inquiries, and considerable differences across institutions in the regulatory interpretations and review procedures employed.
- Lack of professional development opportunities in human subjects protection for faculty assigning and/or supervising student projects. Though often expert in conducting their own human subjects research, these faculty often lack detailed knowledge of the implications of student projects that fall on the boundaries of IRB jurisdiction.
- The special challenges posed by student projects undertaken in study abroad programs, where jurisdictional issues are complicated for a number of reasons. First, projects are often developed after students are already on site with limited access to educational resources and institutional policies. Second, cultural norms affecting ethical imperatives may be very different from US norms. Third, program advisers are often lacking in knowledge of both human subjects protection principles and policies, and the cultural norms of the site where a project may be undertaken.
- Time demands on college IRB members.IRB members would be pressed for time even if all they did was review projects that fall clearly within the jurisdiction of the IRB. Given all the above trends, however, IRB members are increasingly asked both to review projects that arguably do not fall within the scope of their responsibilities, and to do the work of the instructor in educating students about human subjects protections so they can prepare "approvable" project applications. This leaves no time to develop or refine policies or procedures that could educate students, prepare faculty, avoid inter-institutional policy conflicts, and protect subjects more efficiently.


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(Pocket-lint) - The new Santa Fe is a new car on a new platform, Hyundai tell us, taking this four-by-four SUV beyond the facelifted 2010 model that's done surprisingly well in the UK.
The SUV market has exploded in recent years, with larger platform cars coming from all angles. The Santa Fe Premium SE is a proper all-wheel drive vehicle, however, offering more than just off-roader looks.
But the new generation of Santa Fe will also offer a two-wheel drive option for those who want to take advantage of the size of the vehicle, with no intention of showing it more difficult driving conditions - a large saloon, if you will.
At the top of the line, the Santa Fe Premium SE, featured here, will also appeal to those looking at the MPV market, thanks to the two folding seats in the rear. They fold flat into the base of the boot, so you don't get the feeling that you've lost space for having them, and they deploy quickly and easily with a quick pull on the handle.
Design: inside and out
Hyundai has redesigned much of the Santa Fe, refining the styling to help it compete with some of the head-turning premium SUV models on the road from the likes of BMW or Audi. The new exterior design is more distinct, with angular headlights and a larger grill.
Designers love fancy terms, and for Hyundai it's apparently "Storm Edge". The Santa Fe's contemporary styling delivers that premium look and status, but without sending the cost sky-high. The new Santa Fe is longer and wider and 45mm lower too, so it's hunkered down and more aggressive in looks.
That story continues with the interior. Hyundai told us that one of the biggest requests from Santa Fe owners was to improve the "perceived quality" of the interior. The new interior is more refined, but hasn't sacrificed space. There is plenty of legroom in the back and the cabin feels light and spacious at the front with amble headroom.
Our test model had "privacy glass" in the rear so it didn't feel quite as open as it might, but it adds a touch of luxury and keeps the sun out of the eyes of the kids in the back.
We were in the Premium SE model, the highest level of specification that Hyundai has for the Santa Fe. It's comfortable and feels well put together. Switches and buttons felt nice and solid and we'd say it has the edge over the Veloster Turbo we drove on the same day, especially with things like the interior door handles.
The layout of the cabin is pretty good, although there's a fair number of controls for things like the climate control system. The symmetrical layout of the central console means some are a bit of a reach for the driver, but once you know your way around, it's all easy enough.
It's comfortable too, with the large leather seats cosseting you as you sit in front of the new instrument panel, which is clean and easy to read at a glance. Hyundai has also redesigned the stalk controls to increase the feeling of quality. It's worked too, as the cabin is a very nice place to be.
We're not totally sold on the two-tone beige/black interior of the model we drove, but given that the exterior paint colour was Mocha, we can't complain too much.
The technology
The new Santa Fe brings with it a great deal of technology, both inside and out. You get the normal ABS, ESP and so on, but for tackling hills you also get descent control and hill start assist. If you are towing, then there is a trailer stability system that will help bring your trailer back under control automatically should you start snaking down the road.
Like the Veloster Turbo we drove on the same day, there is a 7-inch touchscreen display, which is the hub for entertainment, as well as providing the display for the rear camera when reversing. There is an additional 4.3-inch display for information in the driver's panel, with controls for major functions on the steering wheel.
The entertainment system is intuitive enough and we had no problem finding our way around the satnav or media system. It's perhaps not as refined or as visually exciting as systems found elsewhere, such as on the new Audi A3 we tested recently, but it covers all bases.
Bluetooth is in place to hook up your mobile phone and we had no problem connecting the Motorola RAZR i so we could stream music to the 10-speaker system. There is a USB port which will accept your iPod or other media player.
There is plenty of volume on offer, although we found that the satnav instructions were a little harsh. You can change the volumes of music and guidance independently, but the system works by cutting music from the front speakers to relay driving instructions to you, so any music you're listening to can become a little patchy.
On and off the road
We drove the 2.2CRDi 4WD automatic version of the Santa Fe. It's an easy drive, with nice light steering, but you can change steering modes at the press of a button for a different feel if you'd like something firmer. The drive is relatively smooth because the Santa Fe doesn't wallow around too much on the road and in the corners.
We found the automatic gearbox to be a little temperamental; sometimes the delivery of power wasn't smooth and predictable, feeling jumpy at times on the road, especially coming off roundabouts when you put your foot down. But even though this is a big beast, there's plenty of power to get you moving. As the speed picks up you'll notice there is some wind noise, but not excessive road noise. Once we'd nudged up the radio, it wasn't anything to cause concern.
Taking the new Santa Fe off-road, we were impressed by just how easily it handled the route that Hyundai had prepared. Sure, it wasn't taxing, but after a quick press of the differential lock and downhill control, we found that the Santa Fe conveyed us with confidence off the beaten track.
It's great fun too as, this being an automatic gearbox, there's very little to do other than keep the speed at a level where you feel in control and comfortable. It's a smooth ride over the bumps and of course the high driving position gives you great visibility both on and off the road so you can see what's coming.
Lasting impressions
The Hyundai Santa Fe might not be the first model that springs to mind when looking for a capable SUV, but the price and specification makes it an attractive prospect. It's a more efficient car now, so running costs will be lower than previously and you get a lot packed in for your money.
The top spec model we drove starts at £32,695. That's for the automatic with seven seats and Hyundai tells us that 70 per cent of existing customers opted for this model in the previous Santa Fe, so it's likely to be the top seller again.
The impressive thing is that you get everything for that price: 19-inch alloy wheels, electric driver's seat adjustment, Xenon headlights, rear aircon, panoramic sunroof, keyless entry and stop/start button, premium sound system, satnav, cruise control, tyre pressure monitoring, the list goes on. The only options are no-cost options and that's for the colour of the leather and the paint.


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This report analyses the Spanish government's current fiscal predicament, examines some of the measures it has taken in response, and considers what will be required to successfully manage this debt burden. While Spain's debt burden accumulated quickly, the time horizon for reducing it can be much longer. The Conference Board has devised a simple framework for simulating the evolution of the debt-to GDP ratio that demonstrates how sustained improvements in labor productivity performance and steadily putting the unemployed back to work will place Spain's debt burden on a sustainable path over the long term.


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Presidents Day
My sister, aunt, cousin, momma, and I went to an outlet mall yesterday. It was AMAZING and I walked away with four pairs of shoes and a few tees. My FAVORITE purchase of the day, hands down, were these GOLD SHINY LOAFERS.
The awesomeness was overwhelming and I could NOT leave them behind. Needless to say I was the only one who felt that way, haha!
Lilybuns spent the night at her cousins house so I wasn't greeted by her when I came home last night 😦
It's ridiculous how much I love this little girl!!! A few hours away from her and I'm already requesting pictures (MMS). I don't know what I'm going to do for my Euro trip! Hopefully by then I'll have her portrait on me *crosses fingers*
Oh yes, how can I not mention that my Aunty is teaching her all kinds of tricks? Lily now knows "drop", "leave", and "take". The picture above shows Lily leaving a treat. She won't try and eat it until we say "take".
Happy Tuesday!
February 22, 2011 4:53 pm
Shiny gold loafers are the best. I have a pair that are actually orthopedic shoes that I got for $2 at Salvation Army. They are the most comfortable shoes I own. I would live in them year round if they weren't so slippery with tights/socks.
February 23, 2011 4:53 am
You had a good day at the mall outlet. You and gold shoes thats you!!! I have found anyone who is a true animal lover is a good person. Who are you going to leave Lily with when you go on your Euro trip? Lily learning new tricks she is so smart, just like her Momma!


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Each time a positive development seems poised to occur in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a problem arises and often results in a bigger catastrophe. This cycle will continue until the United States musters the moral and political courage to put a stop to it.
This time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yugal Steinitz are dragging their feet in keeping a recent promise to transfer tax and customs revenues, about $500 million in Israeli currency, legally owed to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority.
The authority, established under the 1993 Oslo Accords, is the self-rule government that has limited control over specific areas of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Making conditions worse for the PA's struggling economy, the United States followed Israel's lead and has been withholding about $500 million in promised aid for more than a year. Recent good news is that Congress decided it would release the money.
International leaders gave Israel the power to collect taxes and fees and distribute them to the PA. This arrangement has become a potent tool Israel uses to retaliate against the PA when the organization makes political moves deemed objectionable.
In this case, Israel and the United States have been withholding money because of the PA's successful campaign to upgrade its status from "nonmember observer entity" to "nonmember observer state" in the United Nations. In November, the U.N. General Assembly granted the Palestinians the new status.
Nonmember states with observer status can attend meetings and participate in debates, but they cannot vote in the General Assembly or run for elected positions. The new status, mainly symbolic, improves the Palestinians' chances of joining other agencies that include the International Criminal Court, where the PA could, for example, legally challenge Israel's unrelenting settlement construction in the West Bank.
Israel and the United States warned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that a U.N. upgrade would virtually kill the peace process. In reality, there was not much of a peace process to begin with.
The withholding of money, as Netanyahu and the United States warned, is crippling the PA. This, in fact, is the biggest danger to peace. The authority has not been able to pay the salaries of more than 165,000 civil servants, including educators, health care workers and security forces. Knowing they will not receive paychecks, many of these employees have stopped showing up for work.
The obvious paradox is that by smothering the West Bank in debt, Israel is endangering its own security. The authority was established as a vehicle that would lead to a permanent peace agreement that would lay the groundwork for a Palestinian state.
Abbas has managed to prevent terrorist attacks against Israelis and has been willing to engage in substantive peace talks. Last year, Yoram Cohen, the chief of Shin Bet, Israel's intelligence agency, praised Abbas' efforts in a report to the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. "The security coordination with the PA is good," he said.
He warned officials recently, however, that the PA's ability to keep the peace with Israel depends on daily living conditions of West Bank residents and public opinion.
Now that Abbas no longer can pay most employees and because the occupation keeps private companies out, he needs the money owed to his government. Each day, thousands of workers are joining strikes and other protests as conditions worsen. More and more residents are beginning to doubt the wisdom of Abbas' accommodating strategy.
During an interview with Forward.com, a Jewish publication, Gadi Zohar, a retired general who directed Israel's military affairs in Gaza and the West Bank, said: "If the authority falls, Israel will have to provide services to the population, and the budgetary burden will fall on Israel. The Palestinian security forces, which have been a major component in keeping the calm, will be dispersed and won't do their job. It will fall on the army."
For the good of everyone involved, which includes U.S. taxpayers, Israel should keep its promise to release the money. The United States should do the same.
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Homer-happy Nationals beat Dodgers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gio Gonzalez picked a good time to earn his first victory for Washington in the second half, coming against a talented Dodgers lineup the Nationals could see in the postseason.
Backed by four homers, including two from Denard Span, Gonzalez snapped his five-game skid with a 6-4 victory on Monday night in a matchup of division leaders.
Gonzalez (7-9) allowed three runs and three hits in six-plus innings. The left-hander hadn't won since beating the Cubs on July 5. He had a 4.38 ERA in his previous nine games.
He also doubled and scored on Anthony Rendon's double off Brandon League in the seventh.
"My velocity was where I wanted it to be," Gonzalez said. "I was attacking the strike zone, fastball, curveball, changeup, it was all working. Especially in a game like this with that lineup, it's definitely not easy."
The East-leading Nationals (78-58) own the NL's best record while the Dodgers (77-61) are atop the West and close behind in pursuit of the top seed, despite losing for the third time in four games.
"We need to win games," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said.
Rafael Soriano pitched a shaky ninth to earn his 31st save. He yielded an RBI single to Juan Uribe, after the ball skipped by the mound and caromed off second base, allowing Yasiel Puig to score.
The Dodgers then had runners on the corners with two outs but Joc Pederson took a called third strike in his major league debut.
Roberto Hernandez (2-2) gave up five runs and five hits — including a career-high four homers — in 4 1-3 innings. The right-hander came in 2-0 against the Nationals, having allowed just an unearned run in 15 1-3 innings in two starts against them while pitching for Philadelphia before being acquired by the Dodgers last month.
"It surprised me a lot," Hernandez said through a translator. "I didn't have command of my pitches from the first inning. It was just a matter of things not working for me. It wasn't that I had lost confidence."
The Nationals ended August with 40 homers, second-best in the major leagues behind Baltimore. They picked up where they left off to start the final month of the regular season, with Jayson Werth and Asdrubal Cabrera adding solo shots.
Span's second homer, a two-run shot on the first pitch he faced in the fifth, extended Washington's lead to 5-2. That chased Hernandez, who had walked Cabrera to start the inning before striking out Gonzalez.
"I really can't explain it, other than home runs come in bulk and I've been seeing the ball pretty good," Span said.
Werth hit his 16th homer with two outs in the first. The Dodgers then got a two-out homer in the bottom half from Matt Kemp to take a 2-1 lead.
Asdrubal Cabrera tied it at 2 with a leadoff drive in the third. One batter later, Span hit his first homer of the game.
It was Span's second career multihomer game. His first came on Sept. 13, 2008. His three RBIs were a season high. He is batting .360 in 43 games since the All-Star break.
The outfielder was 2 for 4 with two runs scored and the two-run homer, his 17th of the season. He has 10 RBIs in his last nine games, batting .361 since Aug. 22. His 174 career homers are three behind Mike Piazza for fourth on the Dodgers' career list.
Nationals: 1B Adam LaRoche left in the fifth after straining his lower back during an at-bat. He is day to day. … OF Steven Souza Jr. (left shoulder) returned from rehab and was reinstated to the active roster. He was named International League MVP last week, having led the league in nearly every offensive category.
Dodgers: RHP Chris Perez (bone spurs, right ankle) was reinstated from the 15-day DL after making five rehab appearances with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. INF Carlos Triunfel was designated for assignment.
Nationals: With rosters expanding Monday, Washington recalled RHP Aaron Barrett, LHP Xavier Cedeno, C Sandy Leon, INF-OF Tyler Moore and RHP Blake Treinen from Triple-A Syracuse.
Dodgers: Los Angeles recalled C Tim Federowicz, RHP Yimi Garcia, and INF-OF Alex Guerrero from Triple-A Albuquerque and selected the contract of OF Pederson from Albuquerque. Guerrero struck out as a pinch hitter and Garcia made his major league debut in the eighth, allowing one hit and striking out two in two scoreless innings.
Nationals: RHP Doug Fister (12-5, 2.55 ERA) is 0-2 with a 3.86 ERA in his last three starts.
Dodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw (16-3, 1.73) starts. Among NL pitchers with at least 15 decisions, Kershaw and Fister (.706) rank first and second in winning percentage.