text: DiannaC Report post Posted September 13, 2011 I have Lightroom 2 and I LOVE it for importing pictures, adjusting and keeping track of my pictures, and I dutifully back it up to my external hard drive. Let me tell you what I just learned, however. My laptop power cord is not working. My BF is going to attempt to solder a few wires to get it back working, but my laptop is on its last leg so I thought it would be a good time to transfer all my data to our new house computer (no more working/chatting in bed ) anyway, lucky for me, my son's laptop cord works on my laptop so I spent two hours or more backing up all data to my ehd so I could transfer all my brushes, styles, supplies, etc. The only thing I forgot was my itunes library which I will do tonight. Well I did a backup of my Lightroom 2 catalog and thought I would just restore from backup on the new computer. The Lightroom back up DOES NOT BACKUP PICTURES! It only backups your catalog settings, tags and change settings to photographs. You have to move your pictures over separate. It is a good thing I realized this before I had a hard drive crash. I thought I was being so responsible backing up my catalog to my ehd on a regular basis. Luckily, I have that cord so that I can go get the photos on the hard drive, and also lucky I found this out now not when it was too late. So, if you have Lightroom, please remember to back up your picture folders too, not just the Lightroom catalog!!! Getting of my soapbox now! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Who's coming with me?
Sitting at LAX, ready to head to Camelback Ranch – Glendale. Hard to believe it's here, but I can't wait to see the place. It's changed dramatically since I was there in November.
Be sure to keep checking back regularly for updates as well as watching the Inside Dodgertown webisodes that are on dodgers.com (if you've disabled autoplay on your home page, you have to make sure to click on it to watch them). The video group from the Dodgers has been doing some great work on a daily basis and there will be new video from Arizona daily.
Meanwhile, if I hadn't booked my flight a month ago, I would have hopped on the Lasorda bus, which departed from Dodger Stadium this morning at 10 a.m. They've got to be closing in on Arizona by now even with their stop for six-dollar burgers at Carl's Jr. and a gas fill-up at 76 (got to plug our sponsors, right?). I can only imagine the stories being told on that bus but keep an eye out for updates on KABC from Josh Suchon all day long; a story on dodgers.com from Rhett Bollinger, who is riding along; reports on KCAL with Gary Miller; and a column by the Daily News' Ramona Shelburne. I'm sure Tommy will post a blog about the trip, too.
Tomorrow there will be tons of coverage from Arizona, as Joe Torre will meet with the media around 2 p.m. and Inside Dodgertown is hoping to catch with him first thing in the morning before the entire baseball operations staff sits down together for the first time this spring.
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Have a blst Josh!!
Sign of the times. Couldn't afford to put an "a" in blast.
Hello. Hello. Is this thing on?
The poor economy is to blame!
It's not printing recent comments so it's hard to tell who's here.
Could not sign on yesterday to join the conversation as to why Beimel is still unsigned. Some things just don't make much (dollars) and sence.
Having had the good fortune of listening to Tommy Lasorda talk baseball for about three hours at Dodger Fantasy Camp some years ago I can only imagine what it would be like riding a bus with him to Arizona. Of course at Dodger Camp there was no media around so he could talk, oh how should I put it; freely.
More sign of the times, I either can't type or spell sense.
I think the ITD virus is spreading.
I've always thought of Biemel as a couple of bad pitches away from being Scott Proctor, but then you turn around and he has put up three decent years in a row. He's durable too, which I think will be quite valuable especially in this year's pen because none of the starters are going to go deep with any consistancy. I'd take him over Reyes, so go ahead Ned, resign Biemel – you've got my blessing. 🙂
bpb ~ with your blessing. You know Ned won't do what we want. Why should he start now?
bpb, I understand but why do you think no one signed him yet?
They thought his asking price was too high.
He made $2M something last year and he was obviously seeking substantially more. He says he's had offers, but evidently all were bargain basement type. At this point I would think that if they matched last year's salary he'd sign for a year. But when guys like Abreu sign for $5M, a situational lefthander really shouldn't command more than $1.5 tops.
Now I read that the Rockies were interested but decided to go in a different direction. They were unable to reach him but are keeping in touch with his agent.
I read those reports as well. Obviously we don't know all the facts but it does seem as if many of this year's crop of free agents over valued themselves. I suppose Beimel still has the option of taking a lesser deal and I too do not have a problem with him resigning with the Dodgers.
I wish I was on that bus to Arizona!!! Do I ever wish.
Good evening ITD.
Hi my friends: Nellyjune, Dodgereric, Dodger4life, Cpompe1, Crz, trublu
I saw that bus on Channel 9 news today while I was at the hospital with my Dad and was excited. It was the same bus that arrived at Canter's!!! So Spring Training is here. I have been looking forward to this day since last season ended. Talk about having an empty feeling!
As I have mentioned before, I have two blogs which I just started a couple of days ago. The first one has my pictures but no one has been able to post. It is kind of a fun blog so everyone is welcome to check it out. I will be posting my pictures throughout the season on it, including ST. The address is http://catlovesthedodgers.blogspot.com. The other one you can post on. Everyone is welcome to post but please nothing profane. The problem is that I can't post pictures directly on it. It actually looks like ITD. The address is http://catlovesthedodgers.mlblogs.com.
I believe the thought process with Beimel is that they already have Kuo in the bully and Elbert or possibly Stults or even Miller can fill the #2 LHRP role. In reality, there really is no reason to pay the #2 LHRP a substantial amount because there really are internal options as well as guys that will more likely be let go in ST that could fill that role well. Remember, that was how Beimel essentially started his career with the Dodgers. I am a big Beimel fan, but in this case, I can understand the thought process behind not resigning him for the $$$ he is looking for at this point in time.
Josh – Once the Dodgers start charging ticket prices that match the events in Arizona (you know, Spring Training games that count for absolutely nothing), then I will be making the trip to McRanch. In the meantime, I will make my annual trip to Arizona and watch the team play the D-Backs in the stadium formerly known as the BOB for substantially less money for games that actually matter. You can tell Frankie Baby I said that too:)
Good Evening ITD readers and writers!!!!
So, by not showing names, do they think this will slow this group down…..I think not. ITD is 2nd only to the Blogosphere which is designed for all teams. I am thinking most of us are pretty good about talking to ourselves, and some are far better than others at it 🙂 I really don't have much to add other than I am still very frustrated about Andre's situation. However, I am excited about spring training getting underway soon.
Hey – we are not nameless anymore!!!!
nellyjune ~ you must have fixed it! ITD was waiting for you.
Thanks 🙂
I guess so……… LOL!!!!! I must have some magic touch. Too bad this magic touch can't get Andre's contract taken care of and this Manny issue taken care of as well.
Good evening ITD, Dodgerfaithful…..
Hello Manny!!!! Nice night to talk Dodger baseball???
Bring the Ring to L.A. in 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good evening to one and all. Just saw Frank's interview on mlb's homepage with the usual "We want Manny back" stuff. SO DO IT, ALREADY!!!!!THIS HAS GONE ON AND ON AND ON AND ON!!!!!! With the start of ST tomorrow, this situation will only continue to fester….Haven't heard anything on a potential Andre signing. Unfortunately, it looks like this will go to the hearing on the 17th……I'm ok with a Hudson signing if it means keeping DeWitt and sending the Garden Gnome to Antiques Roadshow,ebay, or wherever Garden Gnomes go to die. If they deal DeWitt,we will be losing a long-term, solid, homegrown player. Trading DeWitt belies management's professed philosophy of building from within.
Hey dodger4life!!! Keep that spirit flowing!!!!
brownpaperrapper – Andre's hearing looks to be inevitable at this point to me. Unless something is done tomorrow, you have a three day weekend and his hearing is next Tuesday……there really isn't much time to get this thing settled.
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nelly–taking the arbitrator's decisions this spring into account, I think Andre will get his asking price. It's unfortunate that management doesn't value his large contribution to the D's success. Just another example of management mishandling of an exceptional player.
Tonight,did anyone else have trouble signing on?
brownpaperrapper – I understand that Andre is not "homegrown", but they do consider him part of the young core, and it goes back to what you were saying about DeWitt. It goes against their professed philosophy as making sure their young core is taken care of. And to a point I could see if they numbers were million of dollars off, but we are talking one million (and most are thinking halfway would have done the trick), the same price they are paying some of these recent acquisitions just to try out for the big club.
big red pen – "I could see if the numbers were millions of dollars off…………."
I guess alot of people were having a hard time signing on and something was wrong with the side bar stuff. I came on and it all came back to normal.
nelly–I think Andre should've gotten as much as Russell recieved. I'd like to see the D's follow the pattern of the mid-90's Indians and lock up their young core players with lucrative, long-term deals. As you may recall, those Indian teams of that era were pretty sucessful….I will be a DeWitt fan regardless of whom he plays for. You have to root for a guy who doesn't have any one superior skill but is strong in all areas and has an exceptional work ethic. He's already a potential Gold Glover at 2 positions, and, once he settles in at one position, will be an above average hitter, say, in the .280 to .300 range.
Then,you must have the Midas Touch, nelly.
…….Like I told Dodger4life, if I had the Midas Touch, Andre's contract issue would be solved and Manny would be a Dodger.
I think DeWitt is the real deal. I don't think we want him playing for the competition. Same for Andre. I don't want to see him playing for the competition either. If your ultimate goal is to keep the core young guns, then they would be making a mistake by trading DeWitt and not settling with Andre before a hearing.
Dodgers are striking out in Arizona
The Dodgers anticipated a financial windfall by moving their preseason home from Vero Beach to Phoenix, but so far it hasn't worked out that way.
By Dylan Hernandez
8:10 PM PST, February 12, 2009
Reporting from Phoenix — The Dodgers anticipated a financial windfall by moving their preseason home from Vero Beach, Fla. to Arizona, thousands of miles closer to the vast majority of their fans and to a sparkling new training complex expected to attract the attention of deep-pocketed corporate sponsorship.
It hasn't worked out that way.
The Dodgers, who open camp Saturday, had a goal of selling 4,000 season tickets for spring training but will probably sell about half of that, chief operating officer Dennis Mannion said.
And those corporate sponsors?
They're staying away, too.
"The economy is a huge, huge factor right now," Mannion said.
The Dodgers and White Sox, who share the facility equally, were so excited about their new home's potential as a revenue producer that they ignored the proven spring training model of seeking local advertisers and instead focused their efforts on finding national sponsors.
The concept — called "The Starting 9" — was designed to allow nine major sponsors paying $200,000 annually to secure the naming rights for different parts of the facility.
And to make those packages even more attractive, opportunities for fantasy camps or corporate outings were included.
So far, the sales force is 0 for nine in selling them.
Mannion said he didn't anticipate that all of them would be sold before spring training — some advertisers, he assumed, would want to see the facility in use before agreeing to that kind of deal.
But he didn't expect to be batting .000, either.
"I was hoping we would have four of the nine sold," he said.
The Dodgers and White Sox have secured around $700,000 in lower-level sponsorship deals that cost anywhere from $5,000-$75,000, Mannion said, with another major deal in the works.
As for home spring training games, which start later this month, tickets are priced from $18-$100 per seat, with berm seating from $8-$10 depending on the game.
Recently signed pitcher Randy Wolf said this week that he would like to see the Dodgers lower ticket prices so that fans impacted by the nation's economic problems could still afford to attend games.
Mannion said that the Dodgers, who had about 500 season-ticket holders in Vero Beach last year, aren't looking at cutting prices. But he noted that they have started offering more flexible ticket packages, including one-week and two-game plans.
"Baseball to me is America's game," said Wolf, who took a big pay cut himself when the Houston Astros pulled back a three-year, $28.5-million offer prompting him to later agree to the Dodgers' one-year, $5-million deal.
"Americans are losing jobs. They're not spending money, obviously, because they don't know what their next paycheck will be.
"People want an escape still. They still want to get out of their daily grinds and have something to root for."
Amen, nelly. As most of us do, I have a real problem with the disconnect between management's stated policy of building from within and it's contradicting actions. For example, this idea of a "fluid" roster going into the season. Management is gambling on another "Manny Miracle" in July or, possibly, even earlier. Unless a trade involves a complete salary dump, an impact player is going to empty out your farm system of quality prospects. So much for building from within!!
nsblues – that is a big OUCH!!! ….and probably an "I told you so" from some of our bloggers who were ready to go until they saw the ticket prices.
Due to the economy, individual discretionary spending has virtually disappeared and businesses are discriminating in all their purchases.Apparently, Manny and Borass have been under a rock the past 6 months.
For me, I'd really like to be able to catch a game or two (or 10) there, but location and cost make it virtually impossible for me right now, and I'm sure the same can be said for many, even in SoCal.
To me, it's not a big deal, since Dodgers ST games are now close enough to be an option instead of a car payment. I just would've hoped that if I did make the drive, that I'd be able to pay a fair price for 1-3 innings of Big League ball, and 6-8 of Minor League Ball. I can spend less than half the money, and make the 450 mile trek to Dodger Stadium and see the real deal in a good seat for $18.
This report just shows that the economy is going to be a bigger factor than most would've thought. I hope for Baseball's sake the Post A-Rod Steroid Era won't cut further into attendance, as the Post-94 Strike Era saw.
Regardless, the show must go on…
(speaking of which: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBOvOatPqnY , can't resist a Queen reference, I'll have to find a way to fit in a Zeppelin reference in a later post, heheh)
I think that most people who have been turned off baseball by the steriod issue have already made that decision so I don't think you will see any attendance dropoff on that score. Whatever dropoff will be because of the economy.
brownpaperrapper – they haven't done anything all of this off season that tells me they are focusing on the youth. It started out all about Manny, then it moved to Dunn and Abreu and only now that they aren't sure of Manny and have lost Abreu and Dunn to other teams are they beginning to say we will rely on our young core. They aren't giving us any hard proof that is what they are doing. Everything they have said, and done, is skeptical at best.
nsblues – living up here, I am in the same boat you are. If I am going to make the drive, why not pay the same price to see the real deal at Dodger Stadium.
Well, it's almost midnight in the Mountain Zone. Good night, all.
Good night brownpaperrapper!!!
Message for Ned and Scott, via "Billy Madison":
Talkie, TALKIE, talkie… No more talkie.
……..time for some action
Josh – It seems that the story by Dylan Hernanez contradicts your post earlier in January about all of the conversations about McRanch being about the fan experience. Or maybe Dennis Mannion isn't privy to those conversations.
It is pretty amazing to me that he is dumbfounded as to why things are going well from a revenue stream standpoint. Randy Wolf seems to get it, so why doesn't the front office? The tickets are too expensive for practice games, and many fans that have gone to Arizona during the regular season to see the Boys in Blue play the Snakes will continue to do that instead of going to ST. The tickets are cheaper, hotel rooms are cheaper and more plentiful and the games actually count.
I have said all along this was about lining Frank's pockets and Dylan Hernandez's story clearly illustrates the point. Frank reaps what he sows:)
correction–"things aren't going well"
Josh – BTW, when are Frank and Jaime going to have the Town Hall meeting with us regular Joe's? Other team owners do it, why don't the McCourts? I mean, they love publicity and imagine the publicity they would get if they actually didn't charge people to come to a gathering such as this? Of course, the fans would hold them accountable for their responses and they would demand real responses instead of the standard "we are trying to do everything in our power". So Josh, just post the date on the blog and I'm sure their will be a huge turnout. I'm sure the media would be there to take down the responses of the Power Couple and take plenty of pictures too. It sounds like a win-win to me.
Sadly, I think ration has taken a holiday with some aspects of how the Dodgers do business today. They've stopped making sense.
And even though I wasn't alive, from what I've read of the man, I doubt Walter O'Malley would be waiting for his close-up as much as the current ownership has.
From what I've read, he did his talking behind the scenes, and you can't really argue with the results.
3 playoff appearances in 5 years is great, but once upon a time, that wasn't enough for the great franchise atop the hill at Chavez Ravine.
If you don't think big and keep going old… well… ask Neddy's old boss how well that has worked out…
But what do I know, I'm just a simple Californie bumpkin.
….perfect video to sum things up nsblues – LOL!!!!
How is it going Manny??? Any progress yet???
Good Night ITD, Dodgerfaithful. Today is Friday the 13th
It is time for pitchers and catchers to report to work.
Hurray up!!! Manny your next!!! That means you too Frank-n -Ned!!!!!!
We all have been watching the events slowly unfold this winter. Well we now get to watch some baseball, even if it is just pitchers and catchers. It's baseball, Dodger baseball!
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Have a great day today everyone ………..
Once again, I live in Utah and don't get all the news about the McCourts, but 3 out of 5 in the playoffs is outstanding. In the 50 years in LA the Dodgers have only been able to accomplish the same feat one other time: 1963, 65, 66. I understand we haven't made the World Series, but we only made the playoffs 2 times in the previous 16 years.
Take that back…oops. 3 out of 5 happened TWICE: add 1981, 83, and 85.
Alright, the McCourts should sell and I need much more coffee…add 1974, 77, 78.
Good morning dishguy – it's har to focus this early in the morning, isn't it? LOL The coffee will kick in soon! I really do wish the McCourt's would sell the team to somebody who cares about baseball.
*red pen "hard" see I'm in need of coffe, too!
*red pen *coffee, damn 🙂
Good morning ITD, Dodgerfaithful, good morning dish guy, good morning tru, good morning Manny.
What a wonderful Friday, it is a great day for some baseball, and some Awesome Dodger baseball news……
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This management totally SUCKS!
I've maintained that for a long time, of course.
I will add that Torre has my total disrespect as well. It would be great to have a trophy manager who has some guts to require the GM and the ownership to take some serious action to improve the team, and that would include taking care of Andre, who was the best performer on the field for the entire 2008 season. But the guy is truly just a trophy manager without a spine and more interested in his book coverage than starting the season strong.
Way to go, Bear!!!!!
I'm not shedding any tears for McRanch not being the cash cow Frank & Jamie expected. Is it really that they wanted ST closer to L.A. for the fans?, or is it that they knew at Vero that they couldn't sell naming rights to different aspects of the facility for fear of erasing tradition (read that as bad PR)?
I also don't care which side gets burned with Manny either. Frank 'И' Nonesense have painted themselves in a corner to where its Manny or nothing (which obviously it always has been.) Nice to see greed is alive and well even in this economy.
And the one guy who's earned his money both on and off the field, looks like they'll let that go to arbitration.
I love the kids, and I'll support PVLs "Я" Us, but Frank's ill equipped to own a team, Ned's ill equipped to run it, and Joe's ill equipped to manage it.
Or what bear said.
Morning Tru & bear!!
bpb – good morning. I knew from the beginning the ST idea would be a bust. The fans they expected to attend can go to a real game at Dodger Stadium for less money. I've heard this morning that Manny will probably be offered a 3-year deal. And, I hope Andre wins his case, as he should, and put those jerks in their place!
Good morning bpb….
Who's logo will you be sporting this year????
Any advertising dollars been thrown your way, yet???
LMAO, dodger4life!!
I don't blame the people for not buying spring training tickets. If I wanted to watch minor league baseball, I'd go to a minor league game. Sign MANNY and we won't have that damn problem!
Good Morning ITD readers and writers!!!!
messagebear and bpb – I really hung on to hope that the Dodgers would step up and take care of the one player on the field who went through the most adversity on the field. Who was continually jerked in and out of the line up to give chances over and over to Andruw and allow the so-called speed in JP to materialize which never happened. That was June, then you go into July where he finally gets playing time due to JP and Andruw being on the DL, finally gets in some playing time. Then August roles around and you have Manny show up and Andre sits again for a week thinking that perhaps Andruw will be better now. Meanwhile, during the entire season, he is the ultimate professional, never saying anything about playing time and completely being about the team, including giving back to the community. All this and this is how he is paid back by sending him to arbitration over a difference of a million dollars, which the Dodgers have spent more in "the maybe they will make it to the big team" acquisitions. If this goes to arbitration, he will leave when he can and so will the rest of the young core when they can. You take the best all-around ball player last season and screw him, expect to be screwed yourself.
sigh 🙂 ……..I am a little peeved by this whole situation to say the least.
No D4. And I'm pissed!!
Gooooood morning, ITD!!!!
dish, sorry bro but I can't agree with just making the playoffs 3 years in 5 being "outstanding". I would classify that as "decent" as best or "doesn't suck". Winning the Series 3 times in 5 would certainly qualify, but not just making the playoffs. We're not the Giants.
Bear, as usual, you are outstanding. And along with his being the best player on and off the field last year you have to add that he was the best "team player" as well by taking the disrespect from Torre like a MAN.
bpb, as usual, you are not only outstanding but inventive as well!
And you have to love rotoworld's comment on Manny's postponement yesterday:
"Ramirez was supposed to be taught how to play cricket as part of the satellite television provider's promotion of the new CricketTicket service, which would have allowed agent Scott Boras to claim that a whole new set of teams have interest in his client."
That saying should be a classic, bpb!
"Frank's ill equipped to own a team, Ned's ill equipped to run it, and Joe's ill equipped to manage it."
It is hard to be with a franchise where you love the team, but absolutely wish nothing but the worst to the owner/management group. SELL THE TEAM, or better yet GO BANKRUPT, you worthless Power Couple!!!
Playing cricket will be more interesting then watching this offense if Juan Pierre is playing left field and not MANNY!
Fire Joe
Fire the guy who hired Joe
Fire the guy who hired the guy who hired Joe
bear, us old LA Ram fans are right there.
Pierre ≠ Manny
Pierre = Noodle
I read an article that "Plan B" is going with Noodles in left, and that if the kids don't perform they'll go to "Plan C" which is acquiring another OFer during the season. My question is, what do they do when JP doesn't perform because he's already proven he can't.
No more kids! These dudes are veterans now. Only ones I consider kids are Kershaw, McDonald and maybe DeWitt.
I think Frank and Ned are acting like kids!
That is a very true statement!
Ned: Frank, I can't get Manny to sign….boo-hoo
Frank: Come on big guy, you can do it, just use your charming personality.
Ned: Huh, I don't think I have a personality.
Frank: Well, then, just go sign some players so the fans think we are doing a good job.
Ned: I think I can handle that!
Frank: I have to take care of Andre.
Ned: Oh, I forgot, I thought we already had done that.
Frank: Me, too. Oh, well, I've had other important things on my mind and completely forgot about him.
Ned: We make a great team, don't we, Frank?!!
Juan Pierre is my friend 🙂
Where's Manny??? Anyone seen Manny???
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Ethier hit ..335 .409 .583 .991
Kemp hit .299 .344 .478 .821
after the all star break. They are fine with hopefully Kemp getting better…..Pierre has an OBP of .327 before Manny and the three prior of .326 and .330 and .331 after Manny it was .327..thats the weak link, even if Ethier or Kemp don't step up one bit and "improve"
You pout Kemp or Ethier in place of Pierre (clone one of them, either one) and were better..You uprage that to manny and it's not close.
The diff between 2008 martin, kemp etc vs 2009 improved martin, kemp etc..vs the difference between Manny vs JP is huge.
(There I've said it.)
LMAO!!!!!! nellyjune impressed!!!!
We are still friends 🙂 I will never turn my back on him!
Hey, I'm sure JPs a nice guy. He's just a bad ballplayer.
Afternoon ITD!. Is raining here and is cold.. brrr..
Amy _ I admire you for supporting Juan.
HeartRus, Can't view anything on your blog. I created one about 6 monthgs ago but have not done anything with it. when I get a chance, I'll post a couple of pics there. I only took two at Canters. Two with Loney 🙂 but I have a lot that I've taken thru a couple of seasons. Still up in the air what days I will make it to Glendale.
If I don't get a chance tomorrow, happy Valentines days everyone! Love is Blue! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_2qty7GptU
Hope it's a great ride! Happy Valentine's Day — we're sending love to all the haters in baseball on the MLB.com homepage right now. Everyone be sure to leave your comments there on my story. So far Orioles fans seem to think they are the new future! Comment at http://is.gd/js04
They say out of chaos comes order.
………he has turned his back on the Dodgers IMO. Anybody who is asking to be traded because he is not happy being a team player is the one turning his back on his team. He is seeing himself as more important than the team itself. And if he can't see that he was outplayed in every aspect of the game last year by Andre and except his new role as bench player than he, and anybody who puts him on the field as a Dodger at this point, has totally lost their minds. If we don't get Manny then at least let DY, Repko and JP "really" compete for the job. Last year's competition was a joke…..it was an Opening Day competition and then it was back to let's play the pvl instead.
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bpb – who says out of chaos comes order?
Frankie, Frankie give us the news
We've got a bad case of Manny blues
No Juan's gonna cure our will
We've got a bad case of Manny blues
Oh, blow it out your ***, Howard!
I knew dodgereric wouldn't let me down!!
LMAO!!!!!!!! He never does bpb, he never does…….right on cue too 🙂
This whole Joe Torre press conference is about the damn Yankees and AROID, AFRAUD, *****!
Somebody needs to tell Mr. Torre that he's now employed by the Dodgers. If he'd like to go back to the Yankees I'll gladly chip in a Jackson towards a plane ticket.
Peter Gammons looks like Andrew Jackson so I just call it a Gammons lol
Here's our answer to Andre's contract. Just like him though, he is taking as a learning experience.
I think what Andre will be learning is that when he becomes a free agent, there's 29 other teams he'd rather play for.
I think so bpb………and what makes it worse is it sounds like they have not communicated with him at all, which I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
Doesn't sound like Frank communicates at all unless you're a real estate agent, and Ned's obviously doing such a stellar job in the Manny negociations and hiring PVLs that he doesn't have time to talk to statistically the best player on last years team.
Fire Ned Frank, then sell the team.
Or just sell the team, Frank. The new owner couldn't possibly be stupid enough to keep Ned. (Could he?)
LOL!!!! You would think not !!!!!
Aww, you're being too hard on the guy, bpb. I'm sure if you're holding a proffesional video camera and a lighting rig, he'll be happy to talk!
Oh, look! The English major can't spell "professional"!
What was that, bpb? Couldn't hear you, I'm eating some cake this nice lady gave me.
I thought we were an autonomous collective……
I see the natives are getting restless today.
Brain damage is seldom a pretty thing, lbirken.
Very restless lbirken 🙂
Too much Manny, Joe Frank & Ned on the brain if you ask me. And too much worring about garden gnomes. One should not have to worry about garden gnomes.
"Ramirez wants a deal of at least four years in length at a salary in the Alex Rodriguez, $27.5 million-per-year neighborhood."
For a 37 year old ballplayer, that's rediculous, absurd and obscene in this or any economy. Screw Boras, pay Dre, and let's move on.
If that is true bpb, I say, have a nice spring with your wife and kid's Manny.
Time to go on with our buisness, where we oh yeah the owners.
Frank I'm gonna help ya out with the starting 9. We put you and Jamie on a couple of Burro's, Starting in Malibu and have you ride them to Camelback, to show people how easy this can be done…..We can have Corona sponsor the event. It can become a new tradition. For $100 you can have your picture taken with Jamie and the two jack ***es, while sipping a Corona in the player friendly confide's of McCheap Ranch.. Montery burroto's will be on hand to serve lunch for the festivities, served with Pace picante sauce.That fills out 1,2,3, in the lin-up….
PAY ANDRE and SADDLE UP!!!!!!!!
Hello ITD
Sorry about the problem with my blogs. I couldn't even get onto my them. Please try again. http://catlovesthedodgers.blogspot.com and http://catlovesthedodgers.mlblogs.com. Feel free to post. I had problems posting my Andre picture on the MLB blog. I made a bit of a booboo and couldn' t retract it. The blog should start out with "What.." It starts out….a day." Oh, the trials and tribulations of a novice at work.
Thanks Mark for the post.
Cpompe1…where are you?
Nellyjune…I hope everything is okay
I love you Dodgereric, Dodgers4life.
Back to work tonight. Pitchers and catchers reported today. I hope they post pictures on the website. How exciting. The Manny fiasco and the horrible Andre arbitration stuff is sure putting a damper on everything. I am still looking forward to ST. Let all of this be behind us!!! Everyone look at my blogs!!!
Fellow Dodgers fans ~ I'm sorry to interupt this hate party, but I will have to be the lone contrarian. I have few problems, and actually like most of what they have done since buying "My" Dodgers. They have been a gigantic upgrade over the previous foxy owners and have mostly failed in their attempts to appease fans with the high priced FA's. I'm sorry…
sorry, to get on the mlblogs site, I think you have to log in first to the blog site. Once you get there, if you like 🙂 put it on your favorites so you can get there easier…
Why do they make it so difficult?? Just go on the mlblog site and just plug in catlovesthedodgers and it will put you there.
Dishguy, don't be sorry. I agree with all their faults the McCourts are a huge upgrade over Fox. It just seems the McCourts try too hard to be accepted as celebrity owners of one of the gems of major league baseball and I guess a lot of us expect more real baseball stuff and less fluff.
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Bring the Ring to LA in 2009!!!!!
It's is a Beautiful day………. 🙂
God Bless The U.S.A. and God Bless you as Well!!!!!
Bring the Ring to L.A. in 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have a great day evening everyone ………..
Dishguy, hope this doesn't post twice. I posted it a few minutes ago and it disappeared. All of us are Dodger fans. We are just frustrated about Manny not being signed yet and Andre having to go through arbitration. I think we are just eagerly waiting for baseball season to start. Is anyone else having problems posting? Maybe it's the weather!!! We Californians just don't know how to deal with rain!! I'm obsessing about getting to work without getting drenched!!
How is everyone else dealing with the weather? Nellyjune is it still raining in Merced?
Hi Dodger4life. Still the life of the party!!
I know this doesn't have anything to do with the Dodgers, but that New York commuter plane crash sure hit close to home. I flew to Newark (where the plane crashed) in Novemeber a week before Thanksgiving. I fly there about twice a year. Joe Pierre, what is going on with the commuter planes in New York???
Good evening heartruss, I am getting snow soon. I am sick of the snow 😦
heartruss ~ I understand the frustration with Andre, but he is under the control of the Dodgers for a couple more years and even if it goes to arbitration the pain will fade away. I would much prefer a longterm extension, or at least a compromise one year deal to avoid arbitration, but it isn't as big a deal to me as it is to most of you. Then again I've never met him, although I have loved the interviews I've seen and the "Before the Bigs" piece on PT.
As for Manny, I like the fact the Dodgers appear as if they will not do a 3 or 4 year contract for an aging power hitter in a new steroid-testing era. Even at $25M for 1 year or $45M for 2 years it would be overpaying in respect to the current market, I would still offer those. I actually would offer $46 so his annual salary would exceed Texeira's and the two years of options he would have gotten with Boston. If he is still holding out for 4/$100M, thanks for the memories Manny. I still think a deal with the Yankees for Nady is a possibility as some point during ST if Manny stays away; which I wouldn't mind if we didn't have to give up to much in return.
Earlier in the day, I was joking around pretending to be Ned and Frank. I was mentioning Andre, and that they had forgetten he was on the team………….well, it looks like i was right. They were so busy running around signing meaningless players, they didn't have the common courtesy to speak with Andre. So much for taking care of your young core of players, Frank! I am way beyond being miffed…..I am so angry right now, I can hardly see straight!
Good evening, all ITD'ers!!!! I hope noone has had as much difficulty logging on tonight as I have. 45 minutes!!!!
dishguy–I understand that you're from Ogden. I'm from SLC and knouffbrock, another ITD fellow traveler, is from Moab. No need to apologize for your opinions. Airing our points of view is what it's all about here and they are all respected. I can't speak for others but my disagreements with the McCourts don't fall into the category of "hate". I just take issue with their priorities as owners of the Dodgers. I'd like to see a little less profile and a lot more concern with putting a sucessful ballclub on the field. I, too, have never met Andre Ethier and am not a professed "Ethieraholic" but I do believe that he is a cornerstone of this team and should be viewed as such by management. If it were solely a matter of the arbitration hearing, I would probably agree with you but it goes deeper than that. His performance on the field has not always corresponded to his level of playing time and, regardless of his playing time (or lack of it), he has always exhibited a class attitude concerning his circumstances. As for Manny, I would go for any contract configuration lasting no more than 3 years. Anybody who deals with the Yankees will pay dearly so I doubt that Nady is an option. So, if there is no Manny, we are relegated to Plans B or C. A "Manny Miracle" is not likely at any time next season and , I don't know about you, but I don't want to see Juan Pierre in LF on Opening Day,2009.
bpr ~ I do live in the Ogden area. I guess we're going to get more snow in the morning.
It's been reported that the Yankees need to get rid of one of their outfielders and speculation is that Nady is available, but his salary isn't a bargain anymore. But our need in LF is so great we may pay the salary, as we will save greatly if we don't sign #99. He makes almost $7M and is a FA at the end of the year. My guess is if we pay his salary we wouldn't have to give up much of a prospect…
bpr ~ I don't know how management can not feel obligated to pay Andre what he deserves………if they don't take care of their so called young core now, they will all leave and we will be stuck with a bunch of old worn out ballplayers.
dishguy–we're supposed to be getting some snow tonight as well……as long as the transaction is strictly a salary dump, I could live with a Nady deal in lieu of Manny. The fact that he is a free agent-to-be would make it even more vital that we don't give up anyone of significance.
It's amazing – almost no one in Dodgers Nation has any confidence in Kershaw, Billingsley,Kemp, Ethier, Loney, DeWitt, Martin, and the rest – it's all "MANNY" or Nothing.
Setting my opinion that the front office leaves a lot to be desired aside, it's time to face it: MANNY IS NOT COMING BACK!!!!! Manny Ramirez is part of the past now. He knows he's welcome in Los Angeles and if he does come – good, we'll welcome him with open arms. But it's time to move on. Much luck to him whatever he does – but we're moving on.
tru–I don't understand why management has treated Russell and Andre completely differently. They made a strong effort to sign Russell but they don't seem to care in Andre's case.They're both key elements of this team. I hope their attitude doesn't come back to bite us down the road.
I hate to argue about MONEY!!!!!!!!
bpr ~ I think Andre is too easy going and even with the way they are treating him now, he still takes it in stride and says he will play hard no matter what.
tru– Andre doesn't have much choice but to take it in stride. Until he attains free agency status, management holds all the cards.
Did you all see the Oct 1st game @ SD was changed to April 7, making the opening series with the Padres a 4-gamer.
Trublu, how are you doing? I couldn't agree with you more about Andre. It's so frustrating the way they continually disrespect him no matter what his accomplishments are. I think it's pathetic that they haven't even made an honest and fair attempt to come to an agreement with him before his hearing. It blows my mind that they haven't even contacted his agent. He should never be going to arbitration. With what he contributed last season, they should have made a deal with him right from the get go like they did with Russ. I love Russ and am glad he got signed, but Andre should be treated the same. Freaking unbelievable.
What was the reason they moved the game??
bluecrewgirl ~ I know, it is unbelievable how they are dealing with Andre. Other than being frustrated, I'm doing just fine. And, you?
I have no idea, but it was in an article on the Dodgers website. I'll attempt to link the article (Nelly tried to teach me how the other day): http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090213&content_id=3827034&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la
dishguy ~ you did a good job!
I'm doing good trublu. Can't wait for the season to start. I will be on vacation from work next week, so I am definitely looking forward to that.
Brownpaperrapper, were you formerly brownpaperbag (enchanted), or are you someone else? I can't keep up with the names, lol.
I think brownpaperrapper is seesky. Brownpaperbag is enchanted.
you nailed it, dishguy, but it doesn't say why they moved the game….bluecrew, how are you. A tip of the ITD flask to you!!!
Thanks trublu!!!!
Pitchers and catchers report…Woo Hoo!!!
Go Dodgers!!!
Thanks for clarifying trublu. I wasn't sure. In that case, Hey brownpaperrapper. Hope you are doing well and taking care of the flask.
I know I'm an optimist, but I'm really looking forward to the early reports on how Schmidt is throwing. The article says he thinks he's ready to go.
I'm doing well, thanks, bluecrew. The flask is primed and ready for another sucessful Dodger season. Names may change but the passion lives on forever.
We sure do have passion for our Dodgers. If we didn't, why would we be so upset at the way some things are handled?
After the last 2 years, we'll take anything we can get from Schmidt. Maybe, just maybe, we'll catch lightning in a bottle.
I hope Schmidt is able to come back strong. The Dodgers certainly could use him now.
I have no expectations for him, just hope.
Hey, I'd settle for half a season!
tru– my emotions bounce back and forth from resignation to frustration: resignation stemming from the realization that I can't control Dodger things and frustration at those same events.
I know what you mean, bpr. I got spoiled when Tommy was manager and it was fun to see the season develop. I loved his fiery attitude and his never give up attitude.
They're onto something with Troncoso as a starter. He had a real nice line in 3-4 starts in the DWL. If that's their intention with him now it would behoove him to start the year in Alb and build up some innings. Could be an interesting rotation in 2010 with Bills, Kersh, Kuroda, McDonald and Troncoso.
I read an interesting stat this morning where last season each team averaged 10.5 different starters. So the stock-piling of vets hopefully will help down the line.
Not too bad, bpb. I could live with that.
Goodnight all. Go Dodgers!!!
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Dishguy, were you someone else before, or have you always been dishguy? I agree that all we can do is hope about Schmidt. I just hope he doesn't end up being another Dreifort.
tru–It's these unresolved issues left over from the offseason that's gotten some of us worked up. I'd like nothing better than to be only talking about the upcoming season and experiencing the anticipation that all baseball fans feel with the start of ST.
Good night, dishguy.
I think #5 is strictly rule by committee this season. 'Course it was that way last season too.
bpr ~ I feel exactly the same. Usually when it's time for ST I'm really excitied. Now, I just don't know what to expect.
Completely agree bpr. I don't understand why they just can't take care of the business they need to like signing Andre and hopefully Manny too and then let's move onto the season.
bpb ~ I think it would help if Joe knew who were the players on his team. it took him half of the season to realize Andre was there.
Good point trublu, hopefully he'll still remember him by the time spring training starts, lol.
It will be interesting to see how this pitching cattle call plays itself out. Just like casting roles in a play. Hopefully, the D's aren't casting solely a tragedy or a comedy.
Sometimes, with Joe, you get the feeling he doesn't know or care about what is going on around him.
I'm actually hoping Weaver can make a contribution. I always kind of liked him when he played for the Dodgers before.
When was the last time the D's truely had 5 starters that threw at least 30 starts apiece?
I know what you mean about Torre, tru. Last year, sometimes I wondered if he was actually breathing on the top step of the dugout.
Tru – They played with that same apathy Joe shows all year until Manny showed up. They all played tight knot knowing if they we're getting yanked the next game.
Obviously the Tylenol PM are kicking in – that's "not" knowing.
So true, bpb !!!!
If we're stuck with JP in left, I hope Joe has the decency to bat him 8th.
I want him batting 10th! LOL
bpb–they had 3 in 1974 with 30 or more–Sutton with 40, Messersmith with 39, and Rau with 35. You'll never see that again.
Those were the days!!!!
All Andre has to do to get his price is to offer Frank an option on his house in Phoenix and on the lot next door.
bpb, if Joe bats him behind Raffy I am going to scream. I hope we sign Manny and trade JP, but if we have to go with him, I agree he should be in the bottom of the lineup.
Joe loves Jp………thinks he has speed. Just doesn't realize he has to get on base to be able to run.
The only way we can bat Pierre 10th is if the NL institutes the position of "Rover". At least, then, we could be assured that his throws would reach the plate.
Or at least the infield bpr.
I'd settle for the days of Hooton, Reuss, Valenzuela and Welch.
LMAO, bpb!!!!…..those 1974 D's stats are a real relic from a different age; Marshall appearing in 106 games,throwing 208 innings, and only 21 saves.
Good late evening ITD boys and girls!
I know, I know, it's been quite a while since the last time I signed on. I've just been so busy that I've barely had time to read. No, unfortunately "…been so busy…" doesn't mean that I have a job. I don't. But it's just been tough to spend any kind of quality time here on ITD. I miss all of you so much when I'm away for any length of time.
So, I still see that there's no news on Manny. What gets me more than that is that article about Andre. He's sounding like he's resigning himself that he's going to have to go thru the arbitration hearing. That just burns me up. But I'm hopeful that a last second deal will happen to avoid the hearing. But if it does go to an arbitration hearing, I just hope and pray that Andre comes thru the experience okay. Even after him being jerked in and out of the lineup, I believe that he's tough enough to not let it affect his play on the field.
So how are my ITD friends??? Remember, don't forget your Valentines tomorrow!!!
Those 4 had 20 or more starts in the strike-shortened World Championship season of 1981. A full season would've gotten them to 30.
Hey, CP! Long time no see. How are you?
Had to dig, but here's the last time 5 starters each had at least 30 starts. I'd have never come up with this crew:
Orel Hershiser 33
John Candiotti 33
Keven Gross 33
Ramon Martinez 32
Pedro Astacio 31
Hey CP!!
Didn't mean to not acknowledge BCG either, so Howdy BCG!!
That should be Tom Candiotti – how soon I forget. Old age I guess.
I know what you mean, bpb. I would've never guessed that group or that recent a year. I was looking earlier.
Hey bluecrewgirl!!! Yeah, I know. Long time no see!!! I HAD to sign on tonight. It's been too long for me – I need my ITD fix!!! I'm doing fine. This cold snap is doing numbers on my shoulder, but my shoulder is okay for the most part. I am still doing my due diligence and still looking for a job. I tested for the US Census Bureau – got 27 out of 28 questions right!!! It was a piece of cake. We'll just see what happens next.
Hey BPB!!! I'm being lazy by not scrolling up, but what are you trying to find with the list of old Dodger pitchers???
CP – Just the last time the D's had 5 consistent starters all year long. They got close 2-3 other years, but I went back to '78 and that was the only time.
More often than not in the 5 man rotation era, that 5th spot HAS been a cattle call.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you CP. I know the perfect job is just around the corner. Hey bpb, how have you been? Is it cold in New Mexico now?
Thx bluecrewgirl!!!
Okay bpb, got it. Unfortunately, it has been quite a long time since the Dodgers had five consistent starters all year long. It would be nice to get back to the days where the Dodgers have five consistent starters. It's been way too long since then.
BCG – not really down here in the south. It'll get down to 31°-32° at night, but back into the high 50s low 60s in the daytime. Our weather patterns here are different than all points north of Socorro.
Bpb – Okay, call me a Southern California wimp, but that still sounds cold to me… Brrr…
In Utah in February, daytime highs in the 40's are above normal. Tonight, we're expecting snow. Count your blessings.
Me too, CP! I've lived in cold weather before, but not in a long time and my blood has thinned. I'm even sick of the rainy weather we're having even though I know we need it.
Sorry bpr. I'm a wimp and I know it. I don't mean to sound insensitive to practically everyone else here that has to deal with weather much colder than I do. I guess I just don't do well when it comes to weather extremes – hot or cold. So how are you bpr???
I was up in Salt Lake last year sky – can't remember if it was May or early June. I do remember high-tailing it out of town to avoid a potential snowstorm though.
Not bad, cp. My family in Michigan has it much worse than I do, weather-wise, so, I, too, count my blessings. Listening to the O'Jays "LIving for The Weekend' on my mp3 and hoping all this off-season stuff gets resolved and we can start thinking only about on-the-field matters.
Ya know bluecrewgirl, I just have to look at my husband. I grew up in the San Fernando Valley. For the longest time I couldn't stand and still can't stand the heat in the summer. That's why I live by the coast; doesn't get too hot, doesn't get too cold. But my husband grew up in Northern Iowa (about 30 minutes south of the MN border). But he's lived in CA for close to 25 years now. When he goes back to IA to visit, he can't stand their summers (very hot and very humid). I guess after a while, you get used to the weather. I just can't see me getting used to extreme hot or extreme cold anymore!!!
Freak snowfalls have been known to happen at that time of year, bpb. If you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes. The Wasatch Mountains do strange things to weather fronts here.
Then, again, 90-plus degree days in the summertime in Salt Lake City are normal. You get the real extremes here.
Yeah bpr, I'd like to stop talking about all this off-season stuff and get back to baseball. Now this song ALWAYS gets me in the mood for baseball!!! Have fun listening!!!
Fortunately in the summer here an extreme day is 104°. We'll hit a hundred frequently but summers are when we get our rain, so if you can make it past June which is just plain hot, its not too bad. I'm just glad its not like Phoenix.
Think I'll hit it.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!
Good night BPB!!! I'm getting kinda tired too. I'll catch up with y'all later… Happy Valentines Day!!!
Good night, bpb, and Happy Valentine's day to you.
cp-great song. God, Bruce is so young in that video. That's got to be 25 years ago. Makes me feel old.
Think I'll sign off, too. Good night, all. Happy Valentine's Day.
Good evening ITD,
I have been lucky enough to have spoken to Andre a few times. He is a very levelheaded young man. I found him to be extremely patient even during the time that he had to sit on the bench much of the time. He knew that his time would come. He is smart enough not to say anything that will come right back at him later. I always told him that all of us on ITD support him so I think that's what keeps him going, knowing that he has many fans. He also seems very centered. He is thinking about his future. I know he loves his baby very much. I actually have a picture of Andre with his baby taken when the baby was just a couple of months old. His family is number one which is probably why this arbitration is so important. It's too bad that management can't see how valuable Andre is. However, Andre will get past this being a professional. Let's all just keep supporting him. I know that when I see him next which will be at ST I will tell him again that we all love and support him. 🙂
Thanks for sharing heartruss. I hope they do right by him. He deserves it.
I think I am going to call it a night too. Goodnight everyone. Talk to you all soon.
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Bring the Ring to LA in 2009!!!!!
Good Night All!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God Bless The U.S.A. and God Bless you as Well!!!!!
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For those of you who have the MLB Network they are showing the 2006 miracle game against the Padres at 5:30 PM Sunday night.
Where the Hell is Manny? I'm not going to subscribe to MLB.TV until Manny shows up is a Dodger uniform. My new Dell HD 24″ monitor is ordered. Now just waiting for Manny to sign. Lets go DODGERS. All the way in 09……………………………
Note: Kevin Kennedy is going to work for the Tampa Bay Rays as an analyst.
Good morning all, pitchers and catchers, what could be better? This is the start of spring…I do not care what the groundhog says!!!
I am sorry to hear Kevin Kennedy is leaving the Dodgers Fox set, I enjoy listening to him…He is also great on MLB radio…
Lets get Manny signed and lets split the difference with this Ethier guy, not really sure who he is, Nelly can you fill me in please!!!! Andre is the epitome of a team player…when he was screwed last year in ST and the beginning of the year, he did not pout…He worked hard and when it was time to play he siezed the moment….So Ned and Frank do not mess with his psyche…Get him signed before the hearing!!!
As for the positive info on Schmidt, I would rather nothing be said than to get my hopes up…How realistic is it to depend on a 36-37 year old coming off of major shoulder injury and has not pitched in almost 2 years…If he does, great, if not, just go away!!!
I would love to see Troncoso seize the 5th spot..I thought he pitched well for the Dodgers last year and he has a power sinker…He had a good winter league…intriguing….
Good morning and Happy Valentine's Day to all. I was hoping for some good news this week but, unless something drastic happends today or tomorrow, it will turn out to be another wasted week. I resent the way Frank and Ned have handled this off-season. I reset the way Frank has no interest in taking care of the loyal Dodger fans.I resent the way we were lied to about wanting to keep the young nucleus together. And, most of all I resent the terrible way Andre has been treated.
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Rich, one half of the country duo Big & Rich, beat out actress Marlee Matlin, winning $250,000 for his selected charity, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
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Margaret Thatcher, 87, who passed away on April 8 after suffering a stroke, was the longest-serving prime minister of Great Britain of the 20th century and the only woman to hold the post.
Margaret Hilda Roberts was the younger of the two daughters of Alfred and Beatrice Roberts. The family lived in a nondescript apartment above one of two grocery stores owned by Alfred. The business sense he derived from such a livelihood made him a conservative, and he shared that leaning with his daughters, especially with Margaret.
The future British leader studied chemistry at Oxford's Somerville College where she became a leader of the university's Conservative Association. Introduced to the value of political and economic freedom through the works of Friedrich von Hayek and Milton Friedman, she nevertheless began a career in the chemical industry and later obtained a law degree. Married to the well-to-do Denis Thatcher in 1951, she became the mother of twins, Mark and Carol, in 1953.
Soon seeking a political base, she won a seat in Parliament in 1959. From then on, she was given ever higher posts in the Conservative government and later, when the Conservatives lost power, she became the party's leader in the field of education. In 1966, she was one of few members of parliament to support measures calling for decriminalizing male homosexuality and legalizing abortion. When the Conservatives again triumphed in 1970 and Edward Heath became prime minister, she served in his cabinet as secretary for education and science. In that post, she cut the budgets of the state education system, including a reduction in subsidies for a student milk program that earned her nationwide criticism. She later said that the milk issue taught her a valuable lesson: "I had incurred the maximum of political odium for the minimum of political benefit." The lesson would guide much of her future decision-making.
In 1967, the U.S. Embassy in London selected her to take part in the U.S.-created Foreign Leader Program. This honor included a six-week visit to various U.S. cities, enabled her to meet with numerous American political figures, and helped her become familiar with American-based institutions such as the International Monetary Fund.
By 1975, Thatcher had risen to leadership of the Conservative Party. One year later, she pulled no punches in denouncing the ambitions of the leaders of the Soviet Union who she said were "bent on world dominance and they are rapidly acquiring the means to become the most powerful imperial nation the world has ever seen." Her strident attack led a Soviet journalist to label her "the Iron Lady," a sobriquet that stuck and even delighted her. She either didn't know or refused to acknowledge that Western aid and trade to the Soviets, especially from the United States, was responsible for the Kremlin's war-making buildup. It was during this period that she also took a stand against further British immersion into the European Union.
Four years later in 1979, the Conservatives won a fairly large majority in the House of Commons. As her party's leader, she became the UK's first female prime minister. Her rise to Britain's topmost political post, which she held until 1990, overcame even her own frequently stated doubt that a female would ever occupy attain such a height.
At a time when government mismanagement and inflation had led to bankruptcy for 10,000 businesses, she set out to make government leaner and more efficient. Her oft-stated intention called for new policies that would "change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society, from a give-it-to-me to a do-it-yourself nation." Her first target was the coal miners' union, a battle most felt she could not win but one in which she eventually triumphed. She then won a reduction in payments to the European Union, forced the sell-off of numerous nationalized industries, initiated a mild form of privatization, cut subsidies to failing entities, and took the government out of much of the housing industry. She also refused to give in to the demands of the Irish Republican Army and even survived a 1984 assassination attempt that IRA leaders boasted was their work.
In 1982, her reputation as a world leader rose when she sent forces to defend the British-owned Falkland Islands from an invasion by troops from nearby Argentina, even rebuffing then-Secretary of State Alexander Haig's plea that she avoid a military response. In less than two weeks, British forces had routed the Argentines although the cost included 255 British fatalities and 649 dead Argentinians. In a seeming reversal of her militarism, she protested when newly elected Ronald Reagan sent U.S. troops into the British territory of Grenada to oppose a suspected communist takeover. She would later submit to demands from Communist China to turn over the British possession of Hong Kong to Beijing's control.
Thatcher inexplicably supported Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge at the UN, gave permission for U.S. fighter planes based in England to attack Libya in 1986, and later pushed President George H.W. Bush to take action against Iraq after Saddam Hussein's forces had marched into Kuwait.
Perhaps the U.K.'s first and only female prime minister is best remembered for friendships with two other national leaders: 1) her strong association with President Ronald Reagan, and 2) the dignity she supplied to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Even though she once boasted that had she been Britain's leader in the latter part of the 18th century, the United States would still be a British possession, the Thatcher-Reagan bond was unique as both leaders were being given undeserved adulation for adherence to hardline free market economic policies. Under Reagan, of course, the U.S. national indebtedness rose steadily despite media claims that government was being starved. In Britain, similar reporting greatly overstated the government's somewhat meager contractions.
With Gorbachev, a surprising love fest developed — mostly through her actions. While Thatcher had previously denounced Soviet conduct and intentions, she welcomed the soon-to-be Soviet leader with almost girlish fascination. Even before Gorbachev assumed command in Moscow, she invited him to Britain in 1984 and gushed, "I like Mr. Gorbachev. We can do business together." She thereby overlooked his lifetime of service in the murderous Soviet leadership, his steady rise to become its powerful leader through membership in the Politburo's criminal clique, and his being tapped for leadership by KGB head Yuri Andropov. Gorbachev later presided over the highly questionable demise of communist control of Russia and has since become a crusader for questionable environmental claims and an array of attacks on national sovereignty. His Gorbachev Foundation keeps him in regal style and his Green Cross International, a leading sponsor of the subversive Earth Charter, works to steer mankind into a United Nations-led new world order. If the truth about Gorbachev's entire career as a top functionary of the murderous Soviet system had been pointed to by Margaret Thatcher, and had she properly recoiled from it, she would have had little or nothing to do with Mikhail Gorbachev.
Current Prime Minister David Cameron somewhat grudgingly commented on Thatcher's passing, "We can't deny that Lady Thatcher divided opinion." Many recall that her downfall at the end of her 11 years at Britain's helm resulted from her attempt to impose a "community charge," a tax on virtually every citizen. But even today, partisans who admired her consider her "the woman who saved Britain." Opponents prefer to condemn her for a "cruel and nasty" attitude toward welfare recipients.
Without question, Margaret Thatcher helped her country, but only in a limited way. But also without question, she played the game of the international politician who never posed a threat to the new world order that she had to know was being built and should have been opposed.
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The show began with all four coaches singing a Prince medley, which included '1999,' 'Little Red Corvette' and 'Kiss.' Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera and Adam Levine were heavily featured until the final song, when Shelton turned in a bluesy version of 'Kiss' (no, he didn't go for Prince's famous falsetto).
From the first audition, all four coaches were playfully (mostly) bickering back and forth about who would make a better coach. They each turned around for the LiNE, a Nashville-infused duo that chose Tom Petty's 'American Girl' for their audition. Aguilera threw an early punch by reminding them that Shelton sent his duo home early last season. Still, it was shocking that Hailey Steele and Leland Grant ended up choosing her team.
The country singer fired back three contestants later. "Let me just say that if you look across this panel you'll see spikes and tattoos and things like that," he said. "I'm your country guy." He was speaking to the undeniably country songstress Gwen Sebastian, who auditioned with Sugarland's 'Stay.' She broke down after finishing, feeling her decision to put off starting a family to begin a music career was justified. There was little doubt she would choose Shelton's team, and she didn't disappoint.
Perhaps the night's most curious moments came when Green pulled object after object out of his Acme bag of tricks. After landing Jamar Rogers, he was suddenly speaking while stroking a cat that looked straight out of Inspector Gadget nemesis Dr. Claw's layer. Later, he switched glasses to make sure Angie Johnson was beautiful (she was). Harry Carey thought his new frames were ridiculous.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan, the nation's top elected Republican, effectively abandoned Donald Trump Monday, telling anxious fellow lawmakers he will not campaign for or defend the floundering businessman in the election's closing weeks. Pro-Trump members rebelled in anger, accusing Ryan of conceding the election to Hillary Clinton.
Indeed, Ryan said he would devote his energy to ensuring Clinton doesn't get a "blank check" as president with a Democratic-controlled Congress, according to people on his private conference call with GOP House members. While the Wisconsin Republican did not formally rescind his own tepid endorsement of Trump, he told lawmakers they were free to do just that and fight for their own re-election.
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Trump retained the backing of the Republican National Committee, which has overseen crucial field efforts for the candidate in battleground states. On a conference call with RNC members, chairman Reince Priebus said the party remains in full coordination with Trump.
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Still, Ryan's announcement underscored the perilous predicament Republicans find themselves in one month from Election Day. Recent revelations of Trump's predatory sexual comments about women deepened the worries among GOP officials who fear he'll drag down their own electoral prospects in November. But others look at Trump's loyal bands of supporters and see no way for Republicans in other races to win without their support.
Trump himself made no reference to Ryan and the GOP defections at a Pennsylvania rally, except perhaps one line that could apply to fleeing Republicans as well as the Democrats.
"The last 72 hours has framed what this election is all about. It's about the American people fighting back against corrupt politicians who don't care about anything except for staying in power," he said.
Running mate Mike Pence said he was staying with Trump. "I'm honored to be standing with him," Pence said.
Trump's candidacy long ago laid bare the turmoil roiling the GOP. Some party leaders had hoped to push off a reckoning until after the election, but with Ryan and other lawmakers publicly distancing themselves from Trump — and in some cases even calling for the real estate mogul to drop out of the race — that now appears impossible.
For Ryan, the most pressing goal through the next four weeks is preventing Republicans from losing control of the House, a scenario that seemed remote as recently as a week ago. Although Republicans are not yet panicking given their wide 246-186 seat majority, Ryan and Greg Walden, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, both acknowledged on Monday's conference call that the majority was more in peril in light of Trump's problems.
Clinton's campaign hammered Republicans for recoiling from Trump at this late date and urged voters to hold GOP candidates accountable for standing by their nominee for months. The campaign had earlier tweeted that "Ryan is still endorsing Trump."
The remarkable development came as Trump battled to rescue his campaign after the release last week of a 2005 video in which he is heard bragging about how his fame allowed him to "do anything" to women. Several leading Republicans have withdrawn their support or even called for him to drop out of the race.
Several people on the call said Ryan explicitly told House members, "You all need to do what's best for you in your district."
Ryan said he was "willing to endure political pressure to help protect our majority," a person on the call said.
In the eyes of many Republican leaders, the recently released tape of a 2005 conversation in which Trump made vulgar, predatory comments about women not only jeopardized his own uphill candidacy but that of Republicans fighting to hold their majority in the Senate. Their commanding majority in the House could now be in peril, too.
Some conservatives expressed alarm with Ryan's tone, according to those on the call.
California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher called Republican leaders "cowards," one person on the call said.
On the other side of the Capitol, there were signs that more Republican Senate candidates were moving to distance themselves from Trump. Two Republicans said they expected to see ads urging voters to back GOP Senate candidates as a check on Clinton's power in the White House.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to even acknowledge Trump, telling business leaders in his home state of Kentucky that if they expected to hear him discuss the presidential race they "might as well go ahead and leave."
Questioned at Sunday's debate about his vulgar remarks, Trump turned his fire on the Democrats. He accused Bill Clinton of having been "abusive to women" and said Hillary Clinton went after those women "viciously." He declared the Democratic nominee had "tremendous hate in her heart" and should be in jail.
"Anything to avoid talking about your campaign and the way it's exploding," Clinton countered.
For voters appalled by Trump's words, the businessman's debate performance likely did little to ease their concerns. He denied he had kissed and groped women without their consent, dismissing his claims that he had as "locker room" talk.
Clinton on Monday tweeted: "If Trump stands by what he said about women as 'locker room talk,' he's clearly not sorry."
"Just like Michelle says, when they go low, we go high," President Barack Obama added on his account. "@HillaryClinton went high and showed why she'll be a POTUS for all Americans."
Trump's intensely loyal supporters might well be energized by his vigorous criticism of Clinton. He labeled her "the devil" and promised she would "be in jail" if he were president because of her email practices at the State Department — a threat that drew widespread criticism.
"That was a quip," Kellyanne Conway, Trump's campaign manager, said Monday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." She also wouldn't confirm what he said at the debate: that as president he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Clinton. Trump was "channeling the frustration" of voters, she said.
But Trump doubled down on the prosecuting Clinton at the Pennsylvania rally on Monday afternoon: "I win, we're going to appoint a special prosecutor."
And he said that if more tapes are released of Trump saying inapporpriate things, "we'll continue to talk about Bill and Hillary Clinton doing inappropriate things."
Going into Sunday's debate, Trump trailed Clinton by double digits among likely voters, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll that showed Clinton with 46 percent support among likely voters in a four-way matchup, compared to 35 percent for Trump.
The Trump video overshadowed potentially damaging revelations about Clinton's paid speeches to Wall Street firms. Emails released by WikiLeaks last week showed Clinton told a group that it's acceptable for a president to project differing positions in public and private.
Asked if that's "two-faced," Clinton pointed to Abraham Lincoln's effort to get the 13th Amendment passed, allowing emancipation of slaves, by lawmakers who did not support African-American equality.
Rolling his eyes, Trump said, "Now she's blaming the late, great Abraham Lincoln."
WikiLeaks published another 2,000 emails Monday that it said belonged to Clinton campaign chief John Podesta.


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"Body area network" sounds like something from a 1970s sci-fi movie, but is actually the subject of serious R&D by major players.
Biosensors that collect and wirelessly transmit data from human bodies have clear applications in healthcare and other areas, but the need for ultralow power is even more of a challenge than in machine integrated sensors. Qualcomm has been particularly active in addressing this aspect, coming up with new algorithms last year which are now included in an ultralow power network called Peanut, a potential challenger to Bluetooth and ZigBee in the home, industrial and even body monitoring markets.
Although Qualcomm shut down its LifeComm unit, for managed healthcare services, last year, it remains heavily focused on applications such as homebased health monitoring and medical networks – which would use the company's silicon and its managed services platforms. It has a health and life sciences unit to invest in next generation technologies, and some more commercial activities like its machine-to-machine joint venture with Verizon Wireless, nPhase.
Meanwhile, the market for ultralow power wireless technologies, for short range networks, is overcrowded, but has not addressed the health sector optimally, so Qualcomm is creating yet another contender to go alongside Bluetooth, ZigBee, UltraWideBand and ZWave. This one is less about personal area networks than pushing power levels even lower, eventually targeting the body area network. The firm says the sector needs to discover its own optimized approaches rather than shoehorning existing technologies for BANs. "Bluetooth and Zigbee were designed for other purposes, and now people are trying to use them for healthcare," engineer Harinath Garudadri said last year.
The firm's SVP of R&D, Matt Grob, said Peanut could be used over distances from a few inches to the length of a room. "It would require fractions of a milliwatt of power but move data at high speed," he told the EmTech@MIT 2010 conference. Those speeds would be a "few Mbps" for data, voice and audio, and it could probably handle video too.
The Peanut radio has been under development at Qualcomm for four years, and needs another year to be commercially ready. Since it has lower power consumption even than the new low power Bluetooth standard (which uses the WiBree system developed at Nokia) it could be applied to a range of new uses. Target markets include industrial control ZigBee's stronghold, but promising to support emerging M2M functions that need to transmit more data than current systems, while preserving long battery life. Monitoring devices would also be important, and fall into the healthcare market in which Qualcomm has taken such an interest in recent years. This would take it into the realm of body area networks, which rely on tiny monitors and sensors attached to the user, or eventually even embedded in them.
Grob also described an application for the automotive industry devices for reducing driver distraction by creating a wireless network surrounding a driver, but not the passengers. This would prevent the driver being diverted by calls or engaging in texting.
This is another element in a broader effort. Last year, Qualcomm's healthcare R&D team came up with a Compressed Sensing algorithm, an application layer technique that reduces the amount of data acquired and sent via a BAN. It has applied the technology successfully to blood pressure and heart rate sensors.
While sensing of a body's vital signs must be carried out 24/7, Garudadri told the meeting that a Harvard University study, CodeBlue, had discovered that up to 50 per cent of transmitted packets are lost on multihop networks. "This is not acceptable in life and death situations," he told EETimes.
Qualcomm researchers believe they can show a path to lowering power consumption on sensors down to tens of microamps. In ECG sensors, which collect rich data that cannot be randomly sampled, it also has an approach to lowering power precoding the signals to achieve 99 per cent accuracy even with 20 per cent packet loss.
Qualcomm will be cheered by news that the US FCC will consider allocating licensed spectrum for medical BANs, to enable wireless monitoring of hospital patients. GE Healthcare asked the FCC in 2008 to set up rules for MBANs and wants spectrum in the 2360MHz to 2400MHz band for use by low power medical devices, replacing wired solutions to monitor vital signs, respiration and ECG readings. GE is developing prototypes of the new wireless sensors and says licensed spectrum is needed to protect from interference from Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
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