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All-Star Memories
With the All-Star Game in St. Louis now behind us, the history of the Mid-Summer Classic includes a couple unlikely Dodger selections, one as a write-in candidate and the other amazing story of a Dodger All-Star who never played for the Dodgers.
In 1974, first baseman Steve Garvey earned National League MVP honors while helping the Dodgers make their first World Series appearance since 1966. But Garvey wasn't a household name at the beginning of the season and he did not appear on the All-Star ballot. Garvey, though, would join Rico Carty (1970 Braves) as the only write-in candidates to be elected to the N.L. starting lineup. Garvey became a 10-time All-Star with the Dodgers and Padres and he earned All-Star Game MVP honors in 1974 and 1978.
The other surprising Los Angeles All-Star is relief pitcher Jeff Shaw, whom the Dodgers acquired from the Cincinnati Reds on the weekend before the 1998 All-Star Game. Instead of reporting to Los Angeles, which was playing in San Francisco, Shaw traveled from Cincinnati to Denver, site of the All-Star Game. Shaw hadn't yet pitched for his new team, but nevertheless donned a Dodger uniform.
— Mark Langill
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Mark thanks for sharing a little history.
Good afternoon all!
I hope all is well with everybody!
Looking forward to some Dodger Baseball tomorrow as well as the rest of the season. I'm thinking we are going to need another SP and Bully guy. I'm a little worried about Brox's toe. We all know how it goes with Conte from no big deal then day to day then 15 day DL then season ending surgery.
Should be interesting to see what transpires in the next couple of weeks. I'm thinking the Giants might try to get Dunn from the Nationals.
Could we get Halliday? Boy it would be sweet but if he cost us so much we would have to part with half our farm as well as a few of our current team, then forget it. Now if they could get him for less players and pay for part of his contract then that might work.
It just makes me get that much madder at A. Jones. If he did last year what he's doing this year, we wouldn't of had to get Manny and then this year could of possibly gotten CC or another pitcher to bolster the staff.
Anyway take care & Go Blue!!
Bring the Ring to LA in 2009!!!!
I worry about Broxton, as well. There really is NO ONE to fill that void should Broxton's health become an issue. I'm all for a Halladay deal. Build the offer around native son Martin. I know there are a lot of Martin lovers out there, but Halladay won't come cheap and I consider Loney, Kemp amd Ethier as having a higher upside over the next 5-10 years. Wouldn't include Billingsley or Kershaw, either, but the Dodgers have a lot of younger arms with tremendous upside, including first-round pick, Josh Lindblom, as well as McDonald. Just thinking out loud here, Martin fans.
Parting with Martin would be tough but of all the guys on the team, I could live with it the most. But just for a guy like Halliday.
I saw Lindblom pitch in ST here in SF and he has some pretty electric stuff. I know he's only a prospect but I'd like to try to keep him. But that might be because I saw him play. But for Halliday I'd give him up.
KC is like 11.5 games back.
I know Bannister isn't a #1 & his W/L is under .500, but he has a 3.66 era. His WHIP is 1.29.
He is really only an average pitcher but maybe we could get him for not to much to bolster the staff.
Hello Joe! I haven't had the pleasure since before the tour.
I'm so glad you ended up going! It brought a huge smile to my face to see/read the piece about the tour.
It was one of those things that life was meant for. Good times…
I hope all is well.
Those were two outstanding Dodger all-star memories, Garvey named 1974 All-Star MVP, after getting in as a write-in candidate and Jeff Shaw pitching for the Dodgers in the All-Star game before he pitched for the Dodgers.
Shaw than later became an outstanding closer for the Dodgers, for too short a time before he left for an outside reason.
Uh oh!
looks like we have time warp again!!!
Mark – Thanks for the history lesson once again.
How did we manage through all of the off-season when this three days has seemed like an eternity of time off?
Thanks for the entry, Mark. I remember that game, the first time Jeff Shaw played in a Dodgers uni. I wonder if there's ever been another case of that with any other player for any other team in All-Star history.
On a different note, lots of people, when they are handed the responsibility of running something, strive to excel, while leaving their own mark on it. Unfortunately for Bud Selig, that mark is a steaming pile of defecation in the middle of baseball history. Leave all the 'roids-deniability out of it, and you're still left with Bud Selig's single handed destruction of one of baseball's most beloved institutions.
I'm only 28 years old, and I know that what I watched last night was not an All-Star Game. All-Star Games are supposed to be fun. Selig has sapped all the fun out of it with a combination of making the All-Star Game "count" for homefield advantage (Why not make them all wear dresses while you're at it? Would make as much sense.), and creating Interleague baseball, which is exciting when it's Dodgers-Angels, Yankees-Mets or Cubs-White Sox, but then we have to suffer through Pittsburgh-Tampa Bay, Minnesota-Atlanta and San Diego-Kansas City.
I remember the All-Star Game being so jovial an affair, that when Randy Johnson threw over John Kruk's head in 1993, everyone involved recognized it as a comical situation, and it was a big laugh. There was another instance (can't remember who) where a player, after having no luck from one side of the plate, turned his helmet backwards and had a go from the other side. The All-Star Game was FUN.
Now, everyone looks like they have a hernia out there.
With the steroid (read: Bud Selig's) problem hammered into our sub-conscious, and the ESPNs of the world throwing every negative story they can at us, Now more than ever, the fans need the All-Star Break to be a BREAK. We need a laugh, and the one game where they seemed to be plentiful, now it's just another reminder of Bud Selig leaving his "mark" on baseball.
NSBlues ~ you ar so right. The A.S. Game is not fun any more. Last night's game was decided by and Padre and an Oriole….neither team will make the playoffs! Everyone in the media says the American League is superior. I think the manager does a better job during the game than the National League Manager has done. The Phillies did win the World Series last year, National League, aren't they?
I only saw the last few innings of the All Star Game so I missed Pujols big error early, but from what I saw I thought it was a pretty good game to watch. There were some outstanding defensive plays and solid pitching. I admit I don't like the fact that the winning side gets home field advantage in the World Series but I also see how this little facit adds some meaning to the game. I get your point that this game shouldn't need any gimmicks to reach its objective: to give the fans an opportunity to see the best of the best play a game. I think it could be argued even that no longer happens with the expanded rosters and the popularity contest choosing the squads has become. But what I noticed most about last night's game was it seemed every moment was framed around a commercial for some product. I mentioned this to my wife and she reminded me even the Dodger broadcasts have become that with the "Baby Ruth 7th inning streatch" annd so forth. I was happy to see Orlando Hudson get a base hit as much as I was a bit bummed that Bills gave up a run.
So why has the American League dominated the National League? Are the best players in the junior circuit? Is the pitching better? Or is it just one of those things? I certainly don't know.
On Monday night, August 10th the Dodgers will be playing the Giants in SF. We are working on getting a group of ITD'ers to show our love of the Blue up here at the Giants stadium for that game. The tix we are looking at are around $60.00 each including all the service, etc charges.
So far the Nelly family, including Tru, & D4 are in. We are trying to find out who else would be interested. If we get more than 25 they have group plans which would probably make the tix less.
Please reply to in the next couple of days here or in Facebook if you are on there and let us know if you would want to go and how many would be with you. We'll see what we can get together. But we wanted to have a ITD North party so to speak. Some of us would be spending the day there getting lunch before heading to the stadium for the game. It would be really fun for me to meet those that I wasn't able to at the ITD Tour as well as for those that went to meet again. It would be great if those of you from the south make it as well.
Joe it would be great to have you out but I can't afford it. McCourt has a little more $$$ than I do.
Nelly, we managed through the off season discussing the season that had just ended and all the moves the Dodgers should or could make to get better. We were all excited to win the first round of the playoffs and greatly disappointed to lose the second round. Then there was all the Manny talk and other free agent signings to argue about so I think we had plenty to keep us busy.
At this stage of the season the Dodgers have the best record in baseball, are leading their division by 7 games, survived Manny's suspension (or vacation if you will), and have been fun (and frustrating) to watch. There still is a long way to go and the Dodgers have to play every game as if it meant a playoff spot. They cannot get complacent. The Giants and Rockies could still make a run and make the race close. I almost expect that to happen since historically the Dodgers never seem to do anything the easy way. Honestly, would you want it any other way?
No, I wouldn't want it any other way – thanks lbirken.
Collie – just so you know, the difference between the ITD tour and this, is that my hubby and son were not at the tour, but will be at this game. As you know, they are gnat fans, and unlike last time when I watched this matchup with them at Dodger Stadium in the safe surroundings of dodgereric's family and the other 50,000+ Dodger fans, the tables are now turned……………yikes!!! (jk) However, since I am buying the tickets, they will be unaware that they will be sitting surrounded by ITD Dodger fans – LOL!!!! Maybe this isn't so bad after all :))))
I know…………..that is an option as well :)))
NellyJune ~ you can buy them tickets in a different area! lol
It has been interesting to see how many Dodger fans there are at opposing parks and how much noise they seem to make. However, from what I have seen on TV this does not seem to be the case at phone company park in S.F.
Dodger fans were challenged about how they would react to Manny since they were none to kind to Barry Bonds. Some writers even called Dodger fans hypocritical if they supported Manny when Bonds was given such a hard time. The real question is how hypocritical will it be for Giants fans to boo Manny as a "cheater".
Lbirken, I kinda think Dodger fans booed Bonds because he was a pr**k. The cheating factored into it, but the crowds were chanting Barry S***s long before he ballooned into Roid status. That's why I didn't buy Plaschke's argument that Dodger fans would be hypocrites for cheering Manny. Manny has a likeable persona, Bonds wanted you to hate him.
Nelly and D-Co, I won't be able to make the Nor-Cal meetup, though I'd love to… just too much going on, but I'm very glad you're having it. One thing to think about after doing the ITD Tour is that it's hard to talk to people at the game, so a lunch time meetup sounds great. Give 'em hell for me at the game.
NSB, I agree. We did not need any help in disliking Barry. The steroid thing just added fuel to the fire but really, Bonds was such a great villian.
Actually Birk it get's pretty noisy with the Dodger fans there.
Nelly — That's okay that your family will be there. Even though they are Giant fans I'm sure they're great people. I may hate the Giants but I have many friends that are Giant fans. It would be tough if Wifey was a Giant fan.
NSB — You will be missed.
As far as the supporting Manny issue, I have to agree with NSB. Although Manny has done some idiotic things, he is way more likable than Bonds. Even if Bonds became a Dodger I would of had a hard time cheering for him. But I have no problem cheering for Manny. For the most part, Manny just seems to have a better attitude. Bonds just seemed bitter towards pretty much everybody and that he was burdened to have to play baseball. Manny seems to have fun playing ball.
Ned is looking for another Randy Wolf type guy for the rotation. Khali are you there???
It's kind of scary when Ned goes "shopping", isn't it?
Looks like his credit limit might have been reduced a little.
If he's looking for another Wolf, which I think Wolf has done a good job. JMO….I hope they can give both some run support. I have seen Mulders name come up alot. Supposedly he is 95% ready and us, and two others are interested, according to his agent.
I don't think it will be Halliday because it would cost us way too much…..probably Kersh plus several other players. I would hope, however, it will be somebody a little better than Wolf.
Whatever it takes means without absorbing a lot of payroll at the present time. Someone had an article about teams going back to rebuilding through the farm system in the post steroids era vs the steroid era, under 30 vs over 30.
I cant remember where I read that at the moment. But it seems to be a sign of the times with the economy and payrolls shrinking. So prospects will be a big factor in the future, unless salaries give. Wolf in my opinion has done a good job he is no Halladay that is for sure, and things could of been a little more productive. I agree he does'nt always give you 7+ innings and is prone to giving up a dinger. However he has kept us in most of the games he has pitched. Mulder I am unfamiliar with??? I do remember his name being mentioned earlier in the season though and has recurfaced, so maybe there is some validity to it???
i definitely agree we need to add another pitcher,and i wish halliday could go to the dodgers but i dont think its worth it if we have to give up a deal including russ,loney,kemp,bills,ethier, or kersh.which is what the jays will be asking for.cliff lee would be nice, but theyd probably ask for one of thos guys that jays will be asking for as well.washburn would be great,but i dont think seattle will become sellers and theyll take a run at the playoffs.i think a guy like banister or maybe javier vazquez,since atlanta is looking for offense.maybe a deal with pierre,dewitt,mcdonald or something, but i think braves want power. a guy that really catches my eye is zach duke of the pirates. hes an all star,hes 25, hes got 3 complete games, and a low era. i dont know if pitts would be willing to trade him,but they were willing to trade mcclouth.if we could get duke thatd add another solid starter with upside for years to come.but i doubt pitts will trade him.we definitely do need to update our pen'.i really think we just need an effictive guy that can stay healthy.belisario was great but now hes hurt,kuo was the man last year but now hes hurt,wade was great in the playoffs but hes been hurt or inconsictent. ohman did nothin for us. and brox is banged up.i think a decent experienced starter who can eat innings and a healthy,clutch set up man is what we need.hopefully we can get it without giving up too much.good luck ned.hope he makes the right moves.
mdavis ~ good valid observations. If Joe wants pitching and Ned is shopping, we are going to get somebody.
i heard that mark mulder was gaining some interest in a few teams,including the dodgers.he was great 6 maybe 7 years ago with the a's and he was solid in his first year with st louis,he does have ring,but hes been plagued with multiple injury for years so im not sure how hed look now.while he may be worth the chance, i dont think hes the answer as our final starter in the rotation
Hello Gang!! Hope you are all well and happy!!! I'm very anxious for the start of the second half. I think we have the horses to get it done in house. I would absolutely not give up Billz or Kersh for Halliday. Seems to me that the problem is getting them thru the 6th and 7th inning. They all have the talent and "stuff". If it were me, I would consider the common denominator in this equation. Honeycutt!! I don't think we have a problem with the horse power, I think it is getting it to the road. We need a pitching coach that can instill that "Eye of the Tiger" mentality to these guys. Letting Maddux and Hershiser out of the fold was ignorant as I believe they are the type of pitching coach we need to get the guys we have to realize their potential. Even Wolf and Kuroda. Just my opinion.
Don't even get me started on letting Scioscia get away!!!!!
And not having Brett Butler in our organization is total crap.
He was a freaking gamer. Fundamentally sound, knows how to play the game, and a class act. The old "Dodger Way To Play Baseball"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big D, Drysdale and Gibson didn't go out there to pitch 5 or 6 innings. This quality start of 6 innings and 3 runs is b*llsh*t!!! It just enables them to strive for mediocrity!!!!
Totally Old School, but, that's what made this game great and America's game.
How come pitchers used to be able to go out every 4th day and throw 100 pitches plus when there weren't all the (so called) advanced training facilities and techniques, and now they can't get thru 7 innings every 5th freaking day.
jhall is in the ITD House!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How are you doing Wally? I just saw your name and had to say "hi" first. Now I need to go back and read what I missed :))))
I guess I just remember fondly when baseball had that football mentality and was "America's Game"!!! Is it a coincidence that now football is America's Game, I think not!!! Wake up MLB!!!!!
Hi'Ya Nelly!!!! Doing well, thank!!! How about you? Thank you for coming to my rescue. I've been sitting here talking to myself!!! LOL!!!
jhall – you are making up for lost time on here I see. I would love to see us do this in house if we can't strike a deal without giving up any of the players that got us this far.
Interesting that Kirk Gibson brought that football attitude to the Dodgers in 1988 and they went all the way. Coincidence, I think not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The horses are there Nelly!! We don't need to go outside. It's up to the management and coaching to make it work. That's there freaking job for God's sake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really don't think we have the right people in the right places to develope what we have. From what I've seen, that's where I'm at!!!!!
I am doing great!! ….and don't worry about talking to yourself. You aren't the first and you certainly won't be the last :)))
The young guns proved they can win even without Manny, and I do see some need for pitching, whether it's through help or better coaching, but trading a current position player kind of decreases our offense, yes?. With the exception being Russell, I suppose, all the other position player's backups don't even come close to putting up the numbers the current ones do.
I'm seem to be confuse how do you really determine who have the best pitching in the league?
3.58 .232 .680 26 1.27 37
2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 15th
3.51 .239 .691 24 1.29 46
1st 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 6th
Of course the Giants has more k's and fewer walks overall and they starters and reliever ERA is above us. I think are pitching could be consider the best over the Giants other than the ERA and QS.
Be careful what you wish for jhall. You ask and you shall receive, but probably not what you wanted I am sure :))))
Good point Shad. So far, so good. My contention is that we will not be able to sustain that pace with our starters going 4 or 5 innings and being inconsistant. I hope I am wrong. Dog days of summer really take a toll.
Not to mention they have more CG/Shutout that really help them alot and if we was even close we would kill them nin ERA.
If it was strictly a matter of pitching….the gnats have the edge IMO because their pitchers (Cain and Linsecum) are going into the late innigs and winning. Even Zito and Johnson have had a few QS. They weren't necessarily wins, but their aren't eating up their bullpen either. No, offense, we have them hands down. So, we just need to hit Linsecum and Cain (which we do well against) and we should be just fine against them.
red pen – "they aren't eating…." not "their"
Well Nelly, my wish is to stand pat, don't let Ned make another knee jerk move, and concentrate on developing our considerable talent. Maybe you misinterpreted my comments!!!!
I understood you completely about baseball…keep and win with the talent we have.
It was the hoping you wouldn't be talking to yourself I was referring to :)))
I think our coaching and management is our weak link right now, not our players and talent. JMO!!!! I do wish we had Maddux, Hershiser, Scioscia, and Butler in our corner. I don't think I would be sorry about any of them!!!!
Sounds good to me jhall!!! I would take any of them in a heart beat.
Sorry Nell', I should have known!!! LOL!!! I certainly don't like wishing to talk to me!!! LMAO!!!!
Yeah I see why.
Good Night and God Bless you Nelly!!! Thanks for coming to my rescue!!!
It's okay jhall. We have been having mini time warp issues as well, so some posts aren't posting where they should at times, if at all 🙂
You are more than welcome my friend. I have no idea where your father (dodgereric) and Beav(enchanted) have been…………..up to no good I am sure :)))) It's good seeing you around, and I can't wait for the second half to start tomorrow. Take care, good night and God Bless jhall!!!!
Merci Nelle', bon mon amie!!!! BonNoir!!!!
ahhh yes… Jeff Shaw… I remember that trade… it was on 4th of July and Konerko had to make the walk of shame because SF didn't have an underground way out of Candlestick so between innings he had to walk accross the field to leave through the bullpen… Everytime I see Konerko play I think to myself… Thats a trade I'd love to see not happen… Konerko and Denis Reyes for that piece of crap Shaw… Thanks Tommy (GM at the time) for screwing us with that one.
This was a very interesting article about RISP and RBIs. Our boys Casey Blake and Andre Ethier are on the list. It is mentioned that Andre was on top of this list and has since dropped, but the fact that he is still on this list, considering all we heard is how he was slumping and JP was carrying the team for two months during Manny's suspension.
from the article……………………….
So, let's see who has been getting the most RBI chances in the last two months. The total number of RBIs (not just w/RISP) in that span is listed in parenthesis:
PA w/RISP from May 14-July 12
1. Alex Rodriguez, Yankees: 92 (46)
2. Mark Reynolds, D-backs: 86 (47)
3. Mark Teixeira, Yankees: 82 (44)
4. Ryan Howard, Phillies: 80 (45)
5t. Carlos Lee, Astros: 74 (22)
5t. Dan Uggla, Marlins: 74 (30)
7t. Clint Barmes, Rockies: 72 (32)
7t. Chase Utley, Phillies: 72 (38)
9t. Bobby Abreu, Angels: 69 (46)
9t. Casey Blake, Dodgers: 69 (34)
9t. Robinson Cano, Yankees: 69 (27)
9t. Stephen Drew, D-backs: 69 (29)
9t. Carlos Pena, Rays: 69 (26)
14t. Jorge Cantu, Marlins: 68 (20)
14t. Brad Hawpe, Rockies: 68 (32)
14t. Gary Sheffield, Mets: 68 (29)
17t. Mike Cameron, Brewers: 67 (23)
17t. Andre Ethier, Dodgers: 67 (29)
17t. Adrian Gonzalez, Padres: 67 (25)
17t. Victor Martinez, Indians: 67 (38)
17t. Albert Pujols, Cardinals: 67 (52)
Good Morning ITDland. Finally after the longest three days of my life, DODGER BASEBALL is back! Let's continue our winning ways Dodger Blue!
Very interesting, NellyJune. Most of us knew Andre was an RBI guy but, thank-you for reminding us of how important he is to the team!
I just read the rumor wire and hear that Zito may be available…………….PLEASE, PLEASE, NED…..NO BARRY!!!!
Martin, DeWitt, McDonald and Lindblom for Halladay and Barajas. Then you go into post season with Halladay/Billz/Kersh or Kuroda.
Game, set and match.
Welcome back, Enchanted! Not a bad idea at all.
The blue Jays wants Shortstop prospect so we might have to give up Dee Gordon but from what I've heard he considered "near untouchable"…I really don't think we have the prospects to get a deal done. We might have to include Lambo as well but even if its Martin, Lambo and whoever I really wouldn't care. As long as Billz, Kershaw, Kemp, Either and Broxton aren't part of a deal I'll be happy….I'm going to the game tonight! I can't wait it's been a long 4 days without Dodger baseball.
Not unusual to find me in agreement with Enchanted, and I'm right on that Halladay deal. Might throw in a Repko or Hoffmann, if that makes a difference. Would not part with either Kershaw or Billz, because, even if Halladay has a decided edge on those two at this point, it doesn't clearly give us that additional top line pitcher if we have to subtract either of our current two.
Have any of you picked up the July 6th issue of Sporting News? The Dodgers are on the cover (Billz, Kemp, Loney, Ethier and Torre to be exact), and it has a pretty good article titled "Missing Manny?". Some stuff I knew and some stuff I didn't know. A few things that stuck out were the friendship between Matt Kemp and Casey Blake (kind of cool); Torre in 2008, had a difficult time dealing with Kemp, Martin, Broxton and Pierre, and Pierre being the most difficult, but all seems to be better with all of them this season; once again, Torre comparing the current Dodgers to his former Yankee players, which I understand to a point, but doesn't he realize most of us are not Yankee fans and never will be; and, of course, how will Manny do in the 2nd half. I did find it interesting the Martin wasn't on the cover – hmmmmmm.
enchanted – glad to see you back at your usual best.
aeversw – Have a great time at the game tonight. It should be electric with Manny back. We were there last year when he made his debut game, and I can assume it may be very similar in reaction.
I was a Yankee fan at one time. I got it from my dad who liked them because Mantle was also from OK. That was before the Dodgers came west, and it really did not rub off until all of that group was gone. I did not follow baseball very closely for a couple of years, but when Cey, Garvey and that group came up I was a Dodger fan. I've got to admit I didn't have much trouble cheering for those teams of Torre's that made it to the series in the90's
Thanks nelly! I was at Manny's debut last year too and It felt like a playoff game! I'm expecting the same tonight. I'll be in my favorite part of the stadium the Loge section! The Loge seats behind home plate at Dodger Stadium are some of the best in baseball.
aeversw – That's my favorite deck as well. The closest I have been to homeplate on that deck is behind the Dodger Dugout. I have been in section 1, field level, behind home plate, and that was good, but for some reason, the Loge deck is pretty awesome.
knouffbrock – That is pretty cool. I know there are a lot of Yankee fans who wish they had Torre back. There is a checker at my local grocery store that makes that comment every time I come through the line "I wish we had Torre back," and there are some days (after a mismanaged game) I tell him " I wish you did too" – LOL!!! As long as we are winning, it's hard to be mad at any of them really. It's really a "hopeful" thinking right now…..hopeful in that Ned makes the right decisions before the trade deadline.
Good afternoon everyone! I'm glad our boys are back in action, even though I won't be home to watch, I'll be checking updates on my phone. Let's hope our momentum continues, and even goes up a notch to blow out the rest of the NL West!!
I really like Halladay, but I'm not sure if I want to give up the farm and Martin for a guy that could only be a 1 1/2 year rental. Not sure if it's worth it if we can't negotiate and lock him into an extension prior to the trade.
Good afternoon everybody! I hope all is well with everybody!
Tough call on trading for Halliday. Even if we only have him for the rest of this season and the next, he could get the team over the top. A Championship would be worth a few farm players & Martin. It's a risk. To me prospects are only prospects. I've seen so many guys who were "can't miss" and missed. Also I love Martin and it would be a loss for the team to lose him. He handles & knows the staff. I think he works hard and goes all out and really wants to win. I think he really enjoys playing the game & is a guy that all the other players like. But…
Go Blue!!
Bring the Ring to LA in 2009!!!
Agreed collie, it is a TOUGH decision, that's why I worry with Ned at the helm. Will he make the right decision? It's anyone's guess as his dealmaking history is a mixed bag!
Hello there Mike. Yes it is a worry with Ned there. But he has done a little better this last year.
The more I think about it though I really think we need a #1 or #2 pitcher on the team.
But to trade away one of our current pitchers for him as Bear stated wouldn't be helping out much as we need to add pitching depth.
I heard that even though the Phillies signed Pedro they still are interested in Halliday.
I'm thinking that Ned might go after some sort of a package deal for Washburn & Batista.
Yeah, I agree. If we give up a starter for Halliday it's musical chairs, with a slight improvement, but the lack of another starter would still exist. Let's just hope Ned does well!
I apologize for the formatting below. I put that data in a spreadsheet and then created a new column that merely divided the RBIs by the PAs. I then sorted it in descending order. Interesting to see who shows up at the top.
17t. Albert Pujols, Cardinals: 67 (52) 67 52 0.776119403
9t. Bobby Abreu, Angels: 69 (46) 69 46 0.666666667
17t. Victor Martinez, Indians: 67 (38) 67 38 0.567164179
4. Ryan Howard, Phillies: 80 (45) 80 45 0.5625
2. Mark Reynolds, D-backs: 86 (47) 86 47 0.546511628
3. Mark Teixeira, Yankees: 82 (44) 82 44 0.536585366
7t. Chase Utley, Phillies: 72 (38) 72 38 0.527777778
1. Alex Rodriguez, Yankees: 92 (46) 92 46 0.5
9t. Casey Blake, Dodgers: 69 (34) 69 34 0.492753623
14t. Brad Hawpe, Rockies: 68 (32) 68 32 0.470588235
7t. Clint Barmes, Rockies: 72 (32) 72 32 0.444444444
17t. Andre Ethier, Dodgers: 67 (29) 67 29 0.432835821
14t. Gary Sheffield, Mets: 68 (29) 68 29 0.426470588
9t. Stephen Drew, D-backs: 69 (29) 69 29 0.420289855
5t. Dan Uggla, Marlins: 74 (30) 74 30 0.405405405
9t. Robinson Cano, Yankees: 69 (27) 69 27 0.391304348
9t. Carlos Pena, Rays: 69 (26) 69 26 0.376811594
17t. Adrian Gonzalez, Padres: 67 (25) 67 25 0.373134328
17t. Mike Cameron, Brewers: 67 (23) 67 23 0.343283582
5t. Carlos Lee, Astros: 74 (22) 74 22 0.297297297
14t. Jorge Cantu, Marlins: 68 (20) 68 20 0.294117647
Washburn sounds like a Ned type – best years are 5-6-7 behind him. Doing decently this year but, what's the point? To me the point is not just to make it to the playoffs, but to make it all the way through. Halliday has that potential to get you there, Washed-up doesn't. This is what frustrates me with Ned.
Look at it this way also – We have Manny this year and next. Love him or hate him there's no denying the offense is markedly better with him in the line-up. We get Halliday for a year and a half and we've got two seasons of potentially going all the way with just minor adjustments to the bully and catching. Without three frontline starters in the playoffs, you get what we had last year – close but no cigar.
We totally hang our hats on the current young core and possibly Lambo, Lindblom, Kyle and Gordon making a big splash in a couple years, we'll always be competitive, but doubtful we ever make it all the way.
I agree E. I'm just guessing with the Washburn thing based on rumors & the past dealings of Ned.
I want the "cigar"!!!
32and53fan – Great job on that!!! I checked on the averages too, and Casey and Andre are doing very well. I guess when you are streaky, like Andre has been, it doesn't really show day to day what he has done in the last two months.
Ned at the helm is quite worrisome. The number one thing that annoys me about the way our team is perceived in the media is that Post-Manny, Ned gets no flack.
Ned got lucky with Manny and Blake (who has been good so far, and I hope this is more of what we can expect over the next 2 years). But even with Manny, Ned signed a guy who was using steroids. I would've been pissed during the offseason if we hadn't gotten Manny, but when the test came back, I'd have understood the same way the Mitchell Report made the events of July 31st, 2004 a bit easier to swallow.
IF we don't get a Championship out of this squad, hindsight is not going to be very kind to "Lucky" Ned Colletti, the GM who fallowed the Dodgers' farm.
A shiny pennant ring won't get it done in this town, Pal.
Amen nsblues!
Yeah, nelly, we'd better send our positve thoughts Ned's way.
All of the baseball pundits are saying whoever gets Halliday will have the championship! I tend to agree…..so, if we are not so lucky to land him, please make it so no other offers are satisfactory for Toronto and they decide to keep him!
It's a lot of fun to think about inserting Halladay into our rotation. I do it. I also think about the necessity of doing it just to keep him out of Philadelphia, but I don't really see Ned getting into a situation like the Bosox/Yankees.
No, what we're most likely going to do is more of the usual. It's the same mentality that got us the likes of Milton and Weaver and Vargas and Estes. If anyone comes in, be ready to welcome Miguel Batista or Doug Davis or Mark Mulder or some other dumpster gem.
Let's hope Ned has some more luck pulling BP rabbits out of his hat, because Joe will burn 'em out. Proctor, Saito, Kuo, Wade, Bellisario. Troncoso, you're next. And better be careful with Broxton, don't be in a hurry to bring him back. Remember what happened to Dizzy Dean.
OK, let's balance the negative with a positive.
Ned Colletti SUCKS; to the best of my knowledge, he's always SUCKED; and, if he does not land Halladay without giving up Billz, Kersh, Loney, Andre, Kemp, he'll always SUCK HARD. If he lands Halladay, it doesn't mean that he'll have stopped SUCKING; he just won't suck as hard, and in time I may forget and forgive Schmidt, JP, and Loaiza, not to mention so many others. So what is it going to be SUCKER? Get the job done and bring the Series (I mean Halladay) to LA.
Bear, don't hold back. Tell us what you really think.
And Nelly was concerned there was nothing to talk about yesterday.
That's my bear!!!
lbirken – I know…………….what was I thinking? LOL!!!
…and messagebear………….just so I understand you, Ned sucks, right? :)))
And might I add that:
Joe's an idiot.
Billz is no ace.
Nelly, not to worry. The natives are defintely restless which means things are back to normal. With the trade deadline fast approaching, its time to fasten your seatbelts, put your tray tables in the up position and get ready for an exciting trip towards October.
Dodgereric, Bear and Enchanted ~ No mincing of words today! lol We her you loud and clear…….in fact, I think the entire Dodger Organization know how you feel. Hopefully, Frank will do the right thing and give Ned permission to sign Halliday. We the fans deserve Doc!
*hear and knows how you feel
You've got that lbirken!!
Here are the lineups for tonight's game courtesy of Dodger Thoughts……. both the Astros and the Dodgers – look at Mr. Kemp :)))
Time to update the sidebar 🙂
Bourn CF
Keppinger 3B
Berkman 1B
Lee LF
Tejada SS
Pence RF
Matsui 2B
Quintero C
Rodriguez LHP
Furcal SS
Ethier RF
Ramirez LF
Blake 3B
Kemp CF
Martin C
Loney 1B
Hudson 2B
Wolf LHP
Wow! Matty 5th!
Joe shook the Magic 8 ball, sideways today and it said " Put the O-Dog in the rakin 8 hole."
Welcome Back Boy's !!!!!!
HI Everybody
I'm ready for the second half
I hope it's as good as the first was.
Of course it's got to be pretty good to top the first half for me.
Martin is still high
Good Evening ITD readers and writers!!!!
The Dodger Blue Boys are back in town and ready to get this 2nd half started with a win at home against the Astros.
Wow another 1 hitter tonight and from and old man Moyer
I wonder where was those homerun from Ibanez and Howard in the all stars game. Someone really need to check those 2 outs and alot more on that Philly team.
I liked that play by Hudson on that last out.
I liked that play by Hudson on that last out.
Kuo, dinged…Wade, dinged…Belisario, dinged…Broxton, dinged. Yep, Joe definitely knows how to work a bullpen.
New thread…
What's up with MLB.TV. Can't get on. Anyone experiencing problems


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alex - what kind of gaps are you trying to jump? I havn't jumped many gaps on skates, but my favorite spot at 3rd layer, 4down, and the overpass have all been an 8/9 foot drop in to a 4 foot funbox gap jump. Most snowboard jumps have some kind of gap so I guess I got used to it from that, the more you skate the more comfortable you will get though, good pads help for confidence. Also I used to take the middle out of my funbox to jump the gap, you could always try that.
Keith - thanks for sticking around, I decided to just take the old forums down because it was getting so overrun by spam and I didn't have the time to moderate in new zealand, this forums (new phpBB3) seems to be a lot better at blocking spam. I have always gone smooth side up with massonite. However, I usually inline, we've got 8 wheels so I think extra smooth doesn't hurt, then I use longboard wheels on my skateboard (since my board's main use is skating to class) so my board is very grippy on the ramps. I do have skateboarders at my house a decent amount though and have never heard any complains about the ramp being too slippery. On my 8' halfpipe having smooth side up makes it a fun slide for non skaters. Looking forward to seeing the project page.
Micah - the wheels and rope system is some good thinking, I will definitely have to try that when I get back, have hurt myself a few times trying to move a ramp by myself.
coolguy - I don't think i'll be letting people upload videos straight to the site, coding that would probably be a nightmare, what i'll do is have you upload it to youtube then submit the links for it to embed the videos here. I've got kind of a busy schedule coming up thought so i'm guessing it will be at least a couple of weeks.

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President Obama said he's willing to compromise, but it remains to be seen whether or not he will reject House Speaker John Boehner's back-up plan which would prevent tax hikes on those making less than $1 million. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
An overwhelming majority of Americans want Congress and the Obama White House to reach a deal featuring both tax increases and spending cuts to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, according to the latest national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Click here for full results from the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll (pdf)
In fact, majorities of Democrats, Republicans and political independents each support such a deal.
Yet respondents are split over whether any kind of agreement can be reached, and nearly seven in 10 believe that the coming year will feature Democrats and Republicans in Congress showing little willingness to come to an agreement on important matters.
Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted the survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff, says the public is sending this one-word message to Washington: compromise.
"Doing something trumps doing nothing," Hart said.
Related: Boehner: 'Serious differences' separate GOP from Obama
The survey – conducted a month after November's election – also shows a positive uptick in opinion toward President Barack Obama, and more negative views about defeated GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and the Republican Party. The poll also finds that a majority of Americans now support gay marriage.
Fiscal cliff talks have stalled as 'serious differences' remain between both parties – and according to the latest NBC/WSJ poll the public wants an agreement, soon. Although both sides are still discussing ways to avoid the fiscal cliff, neither side is optimistic that they'll come to a resolution before Christmas. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
'Hints of a thaw'
According to the poll, a combined 68 percent of Americans say that the fiscal cliff – the looming combination of tax increases and spending cuts set to take place at the beginning of next year if nothing is done – is either a "very serious" or "fairly serious" problem.
A similar two-thirds of respondents are willing to accept an increase in taxes or cuts in federal government programs they care about to reach an agreement to avoid the problem.
Asked another way, 65 percent say leaders in Congress should find a compromise to reduce the budget deficit, even if that means Democrats would need to accept targeted spending cuts to Social Security and Medicare, and that Republicans would need to accept targeted increases in tax rates.
NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro discuss the latest developments in the fiscal negotiations between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner.
By comparison, just 28 percent believe that leaders should stick to their traditional positions on the deficit – even if that means Congress goes over the fiscal cliff, triggering those automatic spending cuts and tax increases.
"There are hints of a thaw here, compared to previous data we've seen," McInturff says.
Indeed, for the first time in the poll, a majority of Republicans (59 percent) want GOP leaders in the House and Senate to make compromises in order to gain consensus in the current budget debate.
Previously, in 2011, majorities of Republicans said they preferred GOP leaders to stick to their positions rather than make compromises.
And the percentage of Democrats who favor compromise on this question (70 percent) is now at an all-time high in the survey.
With Christmas less than two weeks away, the White House is faced with the same key question – Can House Speaker John Boehner deliver enough Republican votes for whatever debt deal he and President Barack Obama agree on. The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd reports.
Who's to blame if there isn't a deal? Everyone
Yet the public is split – 48 percent of respondents are optimistic, and 48 percent are pessimistic – over whether Congress will be able to reach consensus to avoid the fiscal cliff. And another 69 percent believe that the next year on Capitol Hill will be marked by division and little willingness to compromise.
If there is no compromise on the fiscal cliff and the automatic tax increases and spending cuts go into effect at the beginning of next year, 24 percent say they will blame congressional Republicans more, while 19 percent will point the finger at Obama and congressional Democrats.
But a majority of respondents (56 percent) say they'll blame both sides equally.
Still, twice as many Americans say they trust the president more in handling this fiscal situation (38 percent) than House Speaker John Boehner and the congressional Republicans (19 percent).
And significant majorities believe Obama holds a clear mandate from the election on issues related to this subject:
- 68 percent say he has a mandate on cutting taxes for families earning less than $250,000 per year
- 65 percent say he has a mandate on reducing the deficit by both increasing taxes on the wealthy and reducing federal spending
- And 59 percent say he has a mandate on eliminating the Bush-era tax cuts for household income over $250,000 a year.
Obama's lift vs. the GOP's decline
Speaking of Obama, the poll shows an uptick in his numbers after his victory in last month's presidential election.
Fifty-three percent of adults approve of his overall job performance, and 49 percent approve of his handling of the economy – higher marks on these questions than at any time during the 2012 campaign.
Another 53 percent say they feel either "optimistic and confident" or "satisfied and hopeful" Obama will do a good job as president, which is up three points from Oct. 2012.
"Any president has a little bit of a lift heading into the first few months of any new term in office," McInturff, the GOP pollster, says.
Thursday's "Gaggle" which includes Jackie Kucinich, Margie Omero, Perry Bacon and Bob Costa talk about the fiscal cliff negotiations.
But if Obama is getting a lift after the election, the Republican Party is seeing a further decline.
The GOP's favorable/unfavorable rating in the poll now stands at 30 percent/45 percent (minus-15 points), which is down from 36 percent/43 percent (minus-7) right before the election.
That's compared with the Democratic Party's 44 percent/35 percent rating (plus-9 points).
What's more, asked to give a word or short phrase to describe the Republican Party, 65 percent offered a negative comment, including more than half of Republicans.
Some of the responses: "Bad," "weak," "negative," "uncompromising," "need to work together," "broken," "disorganized" and "lost."
By contrast, 37 percent gave negative descriptions of the Democratic Party, while 35 percent were positive.
"Republicans have gone off the image cliff," says Hart, the Democratic pollster.
"Elections have consequences," McInturff adds about the GOP. "And among those consequences is the cost of losing."
The consequences of losing also exist for Romney, whom Obama defeated in November.
Romney's favorable/unfavorable rating in the poll is 35 percent/44 percent (minus-9 points), down from his 43 percent/44 percent score (minus-1) before the election. Much of that drop comes from Republicans and conservatives.
Majority supports same-sex marriage
Finally, for the first time ever in the NBC/WSJ poll, a majority of respondents – 51 percent – support same-sex marriage.
That percentage in support is up from 30 percent in 2004, 41 percent in 2009 and 49 percent in March 2012, demonstrating how quickly public opinion on this issue has changed in just eight years.
The NBC/WSJ poll was conducted Dec. 6-9 of 1,000 adults (including 300 cell phone-only respondents), and it has an overall margin of error of plus-minus 3.1 percentage points.


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The World and the Word: Tales and Observations from the Xhosa Oral Tradition
University of Wisconsin Press, Oct 15, 1992 - History - 499 pages
A master storyteller of the Xhosa people of South Africa, Nongenile Masithathu Zenani gives us an unprecedented view of an oral society from within. Twenty-four of her complex and beautiful tales about birth, puberty, marriage, and work, as told to the renowned collector of African oral tradition, Harold Scheub, are gathered here. Accompanying the stories are Zenani's detailed commentaries and analyses and Scheub's striking photographs of her in performance. The combination of these historical and cultural observations with a richly symbolic collection of tales from a single traditional storyteller make The World and the Word a remarkable document.
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So a little while back I was contacted by Jenny Grotherus the design team coordinator for an amazing paper manufacturer in Sweden, Maja Designs, to see if I would join their design team. They have gorgeous paper collections designed by an incredibly talented artist, Marie Janson, the designer and founder of Maja Designs. At the time I had already been telling myself that for 2013 I would not take on as much scrapbooking teams and guest spots as I have in the past years. So my first response was a kind but reluctant pass. But I was curious about their paper collections and Jenny said she would send me out one of their collection packs so that I can see the beauty and quality of their papers. I was delighted when just a few days later I recieved this huge box of their full collections!! And let me say, I was VERY impressed! Their beautiful shabby chic designs are right up my ally for the type of scrap papers I like to use and the heavy weight, 2 sided designs are just perfect for the fussy cutting and paper manipulating I like to do when I scrap. Although my intention was to agree to a guest spot, in the end I couldn't help but give them a big Yes! I would love to be on the 2013 team!
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TSRT-07-01: Trend Micro ServerProtect StCommon.dll Stack Overflow Vulnerabilities Feb 20 2007 10:00PM
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TSRT-07-01: Trend Micro ServerProtect StCommon.dll Stack Overflow
February 20, 2007
-- Affected Vendor:
Trend Micro
-- Affected Products:
ServerProtect for Windows 5.58
ServerProtect for EMC 5.58
ServerProtect for Network Appliance Filer 5.61
ServerProtect for Network Appliance Filer 5.62
-- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability since January 16, 2007 by Digital Vaccine protection
filter ID 5050. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:
-- Vulnerability Details:
These vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Trend Micro ServerProtect. Authentication
is not required to exploit these vulnerabilities.
The specific flaws exist within the StCommon.dll library and are
reachable remotely through a DCE/RPC endpoint on TCP port 5168 bound to
by the service SpntSvc.exe. The RPC endpoint is exposed from
TmRpcSrv.dll with the following IDL stub information:
// opcode: 0x00, address: 0x65741030
// uuid: 25288888-bd5b-11d1-9d53-0080c83a5c2c
// version: 1.0
error_status_t rpc_opnum_0 (
[in] handle_t arg_1,
[in] long trend_req_num,
[in][size_is(arg_4)] byte overflow_str[],
[in] long arg_4,
[out][size_is(arg_6)] byte arg_5[],
[in] long arg_6
The upper half of the 'trend_req_num' DWORD RPC argument from above is
used within TmRpcSrv.dll as an index into a call table. It must
specifically be 0x000a which results in a call to StRpcSrv.65673970().
The original arguments to the RPC endpoint are then passed to this
called routine:
657416E6 mov eax, opnum0_call_table[eax*4]
657416ED test eax, eax
657416EF jnz short loc_65741707
65741707 loc_65741707:
65741707 mov [ebp+var_4], 0
6574170E mov edx, [ebp+sizeof_arg5]
65741711 push edx
65741712 mov edx, [ebp+arg5_array]
65741715 push edx
65741716 mov edx, [ebp+sizeof_overflow_str]
65741719 push edx
6574171A mov edx, [ebp+overflow_str]
6574171D push edx
6574171E push ecx ; trend_req_num
6574171F call eax ; call handler
The lower half of the 'trend_req_num' DWORD RPC argument is then used
within StRpcSrv.dll as an index into a second call table. The value of
this lower half controls the code flow to the following vulnerabilities
and is hereto referred to as the 'subcode'.
--[ Vulnerability One
A subcode value of either 0x0011 or 0x0017 results in the following
65674D7F push ebx ; overflow_str
65674D80 call CMON_NetTestConnection
A stack overflow occurs within the routine CMON_NetTestConnection() due
to an unbounded widechar wsprintf() into a 44 byte stack based buffer as
shown in the following relevant excerpt:
65634AC5 xor ecx, ecx
65634AC7 lea edx, [esp+65Ch+Name] ; 44 byte stack buffer
65634ACB mov cx, [eax]
65634ACE push ecx
65634ACF push ebx ; 1st arg
65634AD0 push offset str_SC ; "\\\\%s\\%c$"
65634AD5 push edx ; LPWSTR
65634AD6 call ds:wsprintfW ; vuln!
--[ Vulnerability Two
A subcode value of either 0x0008 or 0x0009 results in calls to
CMON_ActiveUpdate() and CMON_ActiveRollback() respectively. Both of
these routines subsequently call StCommon.65631220() which can result
in a stack overflow due to an unbounded widechar lstrcat() into a 2k
stack-based buffer as shown in the following relevant excerpt:
65631311 lea edx, [esp+0A78h+buf]
65631318 push ebp ; lpString2
65631319 push edx ; lpString1
6563131A call ebx ; lstrcatW ; stack overflow
The resulting stack overflows can be leveraged to execute arbitrary
code under the privileges of the SYSTEM user.
-- Vendor Response:
Trend Micro has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:
-- Disclosure Timeline:
2007.01.16 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
2007.01.19 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2007.02.20 - Coordinated public release of advisory
-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by Pedram Amini,
TippingPoint Security Research Team.
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Last semester, I made one of the best decisions of my undergraduate career: I became a part of Pegasus Creative, Oglethorpe's student communications agency, launched in the fall by the University Communications department. Thanks to Pegasus, I've gained hands-on experience, internship credit, and the confidence that can only come from a supportive, skillful team. (For those students out there, with summer internship orientation around the corner, why not consider applying to Pegasus?)
One of the (numerous!) great things about Pegasus is that we are offered field studies—we're required to complete at least one—to enhance our skills and learn about other real world communications careers. Recently, my co-workers and I ventured on one such trip: a behind-the-scenes tour of CNN, courtesy of Joe Sutton '09 (an alumnus of Oglethorpe's program for adult students), who generously took time out of his busy schedule to show us around his workplace. Joe has quickly climbed the so-called ladder of success, earning numerous promotions, and is now a news editor and journalist for CNN. He oversees the editorial direction and news gathering for 13 states and serves as the liaison between the Washington, D.C. bureau and CNN headquarters. He credits much of his early success to Oglethorpe.
"The least I can do is stay in contact with the institution that has made me who I am and the education that has allowed me to take on any damn thing I put my mind to," said Joe. "Being at school late at night and taking some weekend classes helped me fully prepare to take on more complex, time-devoting career positions. I understand how to manage time effectively and juggle multiple projects simultaneously, and I love being under pressure and deadlines… What I set my eyes and mind on, I usually get! That's the stormy petrel in me."
"It was a great opportunity to see things up close and in person," said Zach Kevorkian '13, Pegasus's graphic designer. "The exclusivity of it made us feel like we were part of the excitement. The fact that our tour was personalized by an alum made it all the better, and I was grateful for the fun afternoon with my friends at Pegasus!"
Joe showed us numerous offices including International Headquarters, the Command Center, and his own workspace, which he called "the heart of CNN." We were given the opportunity to sit across from an anchor as she delivered her news report (live!), and to ask questions about Joe's daily life at CNN. Between that, watching the process of a breaking news report, and posing with the majestic Lady Rainicorn (of the Cartoon Network's "Adventure Time" series), I can't decide what I most enjoyed!
"My favorite part of the trip was seeing the control room," said Chandler Anderson '13, web content developer at Pegasus. "The director analyzed the various camera shots to determine which one was the most effective, and relayed that information to his crew. It was incredible seeing all of this important behind-the-scenes work done before my eyes."
"I was impressed at how fast it all is," added Caitlyn Mitchell '13, former magazine features writer for Pegasus. "You know that news is speed, and that the turnaround time has to be near instantaneous, but you don't realize until you're seeing it that there are stations across the United States…ready to leap at a moment's notice. My favorite part of the trip was definitely sitting in the command chair in the "Command Center"—yes, they really called it that! I was doing my best…not [to] touch any of those incredibly tempting buttons."
"Joe Sutton gave us a tour that was unlike any tour I've ever gotten," added Rebecca Williams '13, editor of the adult degree program's newsletter The Nightcap and friend of Pegasus. "We were able to see important procedures—like filming the news—that we would otherwise never see. (Joe) is widely respected by everyone there. It's undeniable that he will continue to do great and amazing things for CNN!"
This opportunity would not have been possible without Pegasus—and would not have been possible if I had not pursued an internship at Pegasus. It is not enough to be supplied with opportunities, but to take them as they come. Pegasus showed me an exciting career choice that I had not previously considered, and internships like Pegasus can make all the difference in paving the path to your future.
"Internships are essential to determining who you are as a person," said Joe. "In media, there are plentiful internships in various departments. Be flexible, be savvy, be astute in global news, (and) be committed. Generally, I find that saying 'yes' is a good thing…it opens many doors of opportunities in the business."
Attention Oglethorpe students! For me, Pegasus opened the door, and it can provide many opportunities for you as well. If I've persuaded you to join our team, or if another internship opportunity calls to you, contact Debbie Aiken in University Communications. Opportunity is knocking, and you only have to answer!


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A solution to the longstanding mystery of why rocks move erratically across an isolated patch of California's Death Valley finally emerged on Thursday, when researchers published a study showing the driving force was sheets of wind-driven ice.
Trails from the movement of the rocks, which show them changing direction suddenly in their movement across the so-called Racetrack Playa, have long befuddled scientists and the general public. People wondered: How were the rocks moved?
Paleobiologist Richard Norris of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who led the study, saw the rare phenomenon first-hand last December while standing with his cousin, engineer James Norris, at the spot.
They published their findings on Thursday in the journal PLOS One, showing that even though the stones can sit for a decade or more without moving, on certain occasions they go on a slow trip that results from an unusual combination of ice and wind in an area normally known for scorching hot temperatures.
That happens when the dry lake bed they are in freezes over with a thin layer of ice which then breaks apart in a light wind, sending large sheets of ice against the rocks with enough force to move them a few yards per minute, Norris said.
Because of the ability of the large ice sheets to catch the wind, and aided by the underlying flow of water, the rocks, which weigh as much as 700 pounds (318 kg), are pushed along in a way that could not occur from the force of the wind alone, he said.
A scientific theory dating back to the 1950s had suggested that thick ice and heavy winds could be behind the movement of the rocks, but the study published on Thursday found the ice is far thinner and the wind much lighter than first thought.
Popular theories for what drives the rocks have ranged from a sudden tilting of the Earth to the action of giant magnets under the surface of the ground.
"I think it has massive popular appeal because it is one of these things that's very widely known about but kind of marveled at," Norris said.
Norris said other people might have seen the rare phenomenon of wind-driven ice pushing the Death Valley rocks, but they probably did not understand what they were seeing because it happens so slowly and the trail the rocks leave is obscured until the water dries out.
His team used motion-activated GPS units built into rocks and also cameras to document the phenomenon in preparation for publishing their findings.
Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis


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|Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
Dorothy Bovine is the heroine of Lash Holstein: Space Cowdet in Muppets Tonight episode 202. She is a beautiful, single ranch owner who also owns a plutonium ore mine, which Moo-Ing wants control of. Moo-Ing also wants Dorothy to be his bride, but not if Lash Holstein has anything to say about it!
Her name is a reference to 1960s film actress Dorothy Provine, best known for playing Emmeline Marcus Finch in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and who also appeared in Disney's That Darn Cat! and The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock with Lou Costello.
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NRA gives $15K to improve shooting range
MADISON, Wis. — The National Rifle Association has donated nearly $15,000 to make improvements to a state-run shooting range in far northern Wisconsin.
The grant will be used to expand the Snaketrack Public Shooting Range in Iron County.
The NRA had previously given a pair of $25,000 grants to upgrade two other Wisconsin ranges: one at Yellowstone Lake State Park in Lafayette County, and the other in the Kettle Moraine State Forest.
Warden Keith Warnke of Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources says all three grants will be matched 3-to-1 from federal grants.
Those grant revenues are taxes that shooters and hunters pay on ammunition and equipment. DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp says it's only appropriate for the money to go back toward providing more shooting opportunities.


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Today I'd like to talk to you about...backing up. I don't just mean connecting an external hard drive to your laptop and transferring all your files over. I'm talking 'bout backing up the cloud.
Has the thought of losing all your Gmail emails, Google documents, Flickr photos and tweets scare you? You may think storing everything online will make you immune to data loss, but that's not often the case. Lifehacker's done a terrific round-up of helpful free services, but here are the best:
Services like Dan Benjamin's FlickrTouchr script and the Java-based FlickrEdit will help you download all the Flickr photos in their original size, with the last one letting you download your contacts' photos too if you wish.
There's a plethora of back-up tools for your POP-supporting email accounts, or you can simply use your PC or Mac's Outlook/Mail programs to download your whole email history. If paying a couple of dollars each month doesn't faze you, BackupMyMail works with Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo accounts.
Likewise, Google documents has the Windows GDoc Backup which cleverly downloads just the documents you don't already have on your PC. GDataCopier works with Mac and Linux systems.
The average Twitter user doesn't have much use for backing up all their tweets, but what if your account tweets haikus about the day's trending topics, or something equally "valuable"? Only 3,200 tweets are available for download, so if you've made more than that it makes sense to back up for posterity's sake. Backup My Tweets downloads them in HTML, PDF or JSON formats, in exchange for a tweet about the service.
Facebook users can try out Social Safe for $3, which backs up photos (both yours and others who've tagged you) and friends lists, but sadly not messages or comments. If you know of a better Facebook tool—preferably free—do let us know.
Alternatively, you may be wanting to store your desktop data in the cloud for the first time, but don't know where to start. Let us remind you of CrashPlan for Windows, Mac and Linux users, which costs $4.50 a month; Mozy which will give you 2GB a month for free, or $4.95 a month for unlimited; or Dropbox which is a little more pricey at $9.99 each month for 50GB of storage.
Have we missed your favorite storage/back-up service? Let me know below what you use. [Lifehacker]
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Finding Repeated Words in a Passage, Part 1
Whether you're a pastor, scholar, or inductive Bible study afficionado, one of the best ways to identify key ideas or themes in a passage is to look for repeated words and concepts. One way to do this is by going through the text and highlighting key words in various colors. Then you can easily see the words which get repeated most often.
If you've never used Accordance's highlighting tools, you can open a palette showing all your highlight styles by checking Highlight Palette in the Window menu. By default, Accordance supplies one predefined highlight style labeled Important, but you can easily define other styles for various purposes. To do that, go to the Display menu and choose Define Highlight Styles….
In the dialog box which appears, you can simply click New to add a new style, then give that style a name and choose its color, intensity, shape, and pattern. You can create styles that look like color markers, that draw boxes around selected words, that underline or strikethrough the text, etc. For highlighting key words in a text, you could create styles labeled simply "Key Word 1," "Key Word 2," etc., or you could assign specific roles or functions to each style, such as "Protagonist," "Antagonist," "Actions," "Places," etc. Accordance gives you the flexibility to develop whatever system works best for you.
Once you've defined several different highlight styles, click OK to dismiss the dialog box. All those styles you defined should now appear in the Highlight palette. To highlight some text in a passage, you simply select it and then click the style you want in the palette. You can also use the keyboard shortcut command-8 to apply the most recently selected highlight style to a selection. Command-8 is a great shortcut to remember when you want to work your way through a text highlighting every occurrence of a specific key word.
In tomorrow's post, I'll give you a specific example of how highlighting repeated words can give you insight into a passage. Later in the week, I'll also show you some powerful shortcuts for finding repeated words in a passage.


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Rumor has it that 3.2 is going to be going live at the same time as this post. We'll see if that works out. But! I like to cover my bases, so…
The Cliff's Notes version, reverse excitement order, blah-est to yay!-est:
- Crusader's Coliseum — New 5/10/25/dailies, yadda yadda yadda
- Changes to raid instances: 10- and 25- mans now have both heroic and normal settings; Dungeon and Raid IDs can now be extended, each extension doubles the lockout period (so Ulduar goes from 7 days to 14, Onyxia goes from 3 days to 6, etc.)
- PoH gets a nerf (approx 17%, the nerf hitting harder as your SP goes up)
- Penance gets an increased cooldown (12 seconds, up from 10)
- MP5 gets a huge buff (mp5 on items is doubling)
- Soulbound items have a "cooldown" period, wherein they can be traded (I think that came about purely in response to our usual master looter and the infamous number of "put in a ticket and blame me" miss-loots. >.> E-HARTS)
- Emblems are changing, moving back to a more TBC way of doing things.
- Buncha changes to the UI essentially duplicating the effects of addons like Ratings Buster, SellFish, etc.
- Children's Week in Dalaran — Wolvar and Gorlock pets ahoy!
- Zeppelin from Thunder Bluff to Orgrimmar, negating the need for the run across the Barrens at lv 1-15 (About fscking time!)
- Riding at 20 for 4g, Epic riding at 40 for 50g, Flight at 60 for 600g, Epic flight gets faction discounts (my alts say Hallelujah!)
- "The local Postal Service has grown tired of walking so far each day to collect mail and has decided to install a large number of new mailboxes in Stormwind, Undercity, Darnassus and Orgrimmar." (asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf YES WHY DID IT TAKE YOU 5 YEARS?!?!?)
Okay, so, Cliff's Notes. On to the details:
I don't care about the Coliseum. I've covered this already. The fact that I additionally need to JOUST to participate makes me just want to kill it in a wad of flaming snot. This elf-troll-girl-whatever DOES NOT JOUST.
If it was unclear before, I am actually looking forward to several of the changes which won't actually do anything for my mains, simply because they're generally the kinds of stupid changes that totally just make sense. Alliance gets a boat from Darnassus to Stormwind, negating the death run across the Wetlands (oh, death run across the Wetlands… How I do not miss you) so it's kinda a no-brainer that they've finally added the equivalent to take care of the death-run across the Barrens for the Horde. Likewise, actually putting MAILBOXES in more than one or two random-ass locations in the capitals? Totally awesome in my book. I've long held to the superiority of Silvermoon as a Horde city primarily because there's a mailbox on every corner (and sometimes two). And, finally, the changes to mounts are unadulterated awesome. Old-Azeroth content is one of the weakest aspects of the game, at current. Once you're out of the belf/draenei noob zones, with the exception of Dustwallow, you're in the land of "run over there and bring me some of that" when "over there" takes an hour to get to, and "some of that" never actually drops. They've increased the rate of XP (especially after Heirloom gear) so it's nice to see they're increasing the speed of it as well.
I'm honestly kinda meh on the changes to Badges. It definitely makes it easier to play catch-up, since the gear curve isn't going to be quite so steep at this stage in the game, but while they're still BoP (as opposed to BoA. Damnit, I want BoA badges, blizzard!) I'm probably going to continue using them the same way I am now; I don't need the gear they offer, so I'll just keep buying heirloom gear for alts and stuff I can sell on the AH to re-make my raiding repair bills. This change doesn't affect me, I really can't bring myself to care much.
I'm actually most interested in the general changes to raid instances. The infinitely-extendable lockouts can be a good thing or a bad, depending on how they're used (specifically, on later-instance bosses you just need more time on, because getting to them takes up half your raid week). This, coupled with the ability to trade soul-bound items for a limited period of time kinda fall under the point above about changes that make a stupid-amount of sense. Neither are game-breaking, they don't affect the size of your e-peen (yes, you can clear all Ulduar in 2 raid days, we need 4, but only have 3 per week. Have a trophy.) They make it easier for Blizzard GMs (not having to wade through all the "oops, miss-looted" requests, leaving them time to deal with more important issues) and the more casual raid groups. Like the badge changes, you can say they're continuing to dumb-down the game, but it doesn't really break anything. And, also, as far as the badges go, at least, you can argue that they're just matching the dumbed-down levels of the previous expansion.
And finally, priests are being nerfed. It sucks, but they're pretty OP at current. Blizzard has always said that when you bring one class at the expense of another that does the same job, they need to normalize, which is the position Priests (holy, specifically) have been in regards to current Hard Mode content. I'm going to probably get a lot of hate-mail for this, but it's a needed and expected change. (And priests are STILL pretty OP, just less so.) The PoH nerf (if you've not read the post linked above, do it now. Derevka at Tales of a Priest handles the numbers of it very well) is not really that big a deal. The CoH cooldown was a much more noticeable difference. Holy Priests aren't going to be losing raid spots over it, at least not the spots they were taking at the expense of other classes, at least. Penance cooldown was increased by effectively 1 GCD, which is one more shield, one more ProM, one more flash. I'll fully admit to not being a Disc priest and not having a firm grasp on the effect, but 1 GCD really doesn't seem like that much. I'll reserve comment beyond that.
So, yeah, 3.2 today? Next week? Next month? All I have to say is Arthas better come soon. Coliseum is pretty ho-hum.


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Ghouls, graveyards and goblins, Halloween can be harrowing! But where there's creep, there's also merriment: parades, painted faces and candy corn!
Candy corn, this most classic of Halloween goodies, also happens to be one heck of a good looking object! Like all of our most cherished holiday candies – candy canes, gelt, jelly beans – candy corns aren't really loved for their flavor. They're adored because they cause us to conjure the rituals and details of the day, to relive in our minds a lifetime of Halloweens. It's not the power of sugar; it's the power of good design!
These little knit sweeties will ensure that candy corn is a part of your Halloween tradition, year after year. Line them up on your windowsill; arrange them on your mantle with some candles; or pop them into a big bowl on your hall table. They're kinda irresistible.
I knit up my set of Candy Corns with Brown Paper Packages' Trio, a beautiful silk and wool blend. The shine of the silk brings an unexpected elegance to these little guys, which I love! And Trio is actually a needlepoint yarn, making it the perfect choice for knitting up palm-sized objects like these!
Get started on your own bunch of knitted confections!
The Materials
For 10 Candy Corns:
- 11 total skeins of Brown Paper Packages' Trio, 50% wool and 50% silk.
- 5 skeins of Big Canary (Keep your tails on the short side in order to get every last yard out of this color!)
- 4 skeins of a mix of Marmalade and Clementine
- 2 skeins of White
- A set of US #5 double pointed needles
- Some stuffing
- Some lentils for weighing down the Candy Corns' bottoms. I used about 2 teaspoons for each.
The Pattern
5 3/4 inches = 1 inch in stockinette stitch
Finished Size
5 1/2 inches around the base and 3 1/2 inches tall
With the yellow yarn, cast on 8 stitches to the double pointed needles.
Join for working in the round, being careful to not twist the stitches.
Round 1: Knit into the front and back (kfb) of each stitch. 16 stitches
Round 2: Knit.
Round 3: [Make 1 right (m1r), k4, make 1 left (m1l), k4] 2 times. 20 stitches
Round 4: [M1r, k6, m1l, k4] 2 times. 24 stitches
Round 5: [M1r, k8, m1l, k4] 2 times. 28 stitches
Round 6: [M1r, k10, m1l, k4] 2 times. 32 stitches
Round 7: Purl.
Here's what the bottom looks like on the needles:
And here's what it will look like in the end:
Continuing with the yellow yarn…
Rounds 8-13: Knit.
Round 14: [Ssk, k8, k2tog, k4] 2 times. 28 stitches.
Cut the yellow yarn and join the orange.
Rounds 15-19: Knit.
Round 20: [Ssk, k6, k2tog, k4] 2 times. 24 stitches
Rounds 21-24: Knit.
Round 25: [Ssk, k4, k2tog, k4] 2 times. 20 stitches
Cut the orange yarn and join the white.
Rounds 26-28: Knit.
Now use the cast on tail to sew the bottom hole closed and bring the tail to the inside of the piece. Turn your candy corn inside out and weave in all the ends.
Return the piece to right side out and fill the bottom with two teaspoons of lentils. Then fill the rest of the candy corn with stuffing. I preferred my candy corns plump, but not overly stuffed!
Round 29: [Ssk, k2, k2tog, k4] 2 times. 16 stitches
Rounds 30 and 31: Knit.
Round 32: [K2tog] 8 times. 8 stitches
Add a lttle bit more stuffing to the very top, then cut the yarn and sew it through the remaining stitches. Sew the tail through to the bottom of the Candy Corn and trim it.
Now make some more!


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The current contest for the presidency is not getting high marks for civility. Some think it the dirtiest of all the presidential elections.
No way.
The candidates today are accusing each other of boring stuff, such as bringing down Western civilization, and national bankruptcy. But in 1884, they dealt with real issues, like Grover Cleveland�s illegitimate baby and James G. Blaine�s habit of bribery.
That 1884 election was one for the books.
The Republicans had held the White House ever since the Civil War. Every GOP candidate since Abraham Lincoln had served in the Union Army � Grant, Hayes and Garfield. Mark Twain called it the Gilded Age � a time of gaudy excess and low ethical standards. The political system was rancid with corruption. Much of the sleaze and bribery was linked to the pell-mell expansion of the railroads.
James G. Blaine was one of chief architects and beneficiaries of the rotten spoils system. He was �Slippery Jim Blaine� to the Democrats and also to the reform wing of the Republican Party. The reformist Republicans were called �Mugwumps� by their political enemies, who saw them as birds with their mugs on one side of the fence and their �wumps� on the other.
Sen. Blaine played all the factions with political finesse and ended up with the Republican nomination.
But he had made one bad mistake. He had written a letter to a railroad executive in which he suggested a phony letter from the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad � which he had showered with favors � exonerated him from using any undue influence on the railroad�s behalf. He ended his letter with the line, �Burn this letter!�
But the letter was not burned, and the phrase bounded across the country during the campaign. Blaine heard it yelled at every whistle stop, along with:
�Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine.
Continental liar from the state of Maine.�
Opposing Blaine was Grover Cleveland, Democrat and governor of New York. He was known for his rugged honesty and his battles against Tammany Hall and corruption.
But on July 11, 1884, a Buffalo newspaper reported that he had seduced a widow, Maria Halpin, fathered a child and refused to marry her. From that incident, which Mr. Cleveland never denied, developed a tsunami of rumor, speculation, distortion and outright lies.
Cleveland was described as a habitual drunkard and philanderer, and that he was being treated for a �malignant� disease. The governor�s mansion in Albany was pictured as a den of vice marked by orgies and a stable of kept women.
Many purported to be shocked. The president of Amherst College declared that only those with �debauched moral sentiment� could vote for Cleveland. Cartoons showed a shamefaced Cleveland holding a howling baby. Republican rallies chanted a line over and over:
�Ma, Ma, Where�s my Pa?�
After the election, Democrats replied:
�Gone to the White House, Ha Ha Ha!�
Later investigation cast doubt on whether Mrs. Halpin was quite the �virtuous Christian woman� described by a Buffalo clergyman. She apparently had extended her favors to other men, and it was not clear just who was the father of the baby.
At any rate, Cleveland never denied the liaison and paid Mrs. Halpin $500. He is supposed to have remarked: �The American people don�t want a gelding in the White House.�
If he did say that, he was being more forthright than other high-placed men caught in dalliance.
The situation polarized the country. Lucy Stone�s Woman�s Journal saw the Cleveland nomination as a personal affront to all decent women. But Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the old Abolitionist and leader of the first black regiment in the Civil War, wrote that unbroken integrity was more important than unbroken chastity and that therefore Gov. Cleveland deserved a pass.
One clergy endorsement was a mixed blessing. The Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, minister of the huge Plymouth Congregational Church in Brooklyn and one of the most influential Protestant clergymen in the country, would normally be a much coveted prize for any politician. But Mr. Beecher himself had recently gone through a widely publicized trial for adultery with one of his parishioners and his renewed arrival on the national stage brought the whole issue of illicit sex front and center.
In the end, the election was probably decided by a blunder of bigotry. At a political banquet at Delmonico�s Restaurant in New York City, one of the speakers declared that the Democrats belonged to the party of �Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.�
That famed alliteration roared across the country, outraging millions of Irish and German Catholics. It mattered not that Blaine�s mother and sisters were Catholic. The vote count on Election Day showed that Cleveland had carried New York by 1,047 votes out of more than 1.16 million cast. That gave him New York�s 36 electoral votes and the election.
Albert B. Southwick�s column appears regularly in the Telegram & Gazette.


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This example shows how to model a simplified half-car model that includes an independent front and rear vertical suspension. The model also includes body pitch and bounce degrees of freedom. The example provides a description of the model to show how simulation can be used to investigate ride characteristics. You can use this model in conjunction with a powertrain simulation to investigate longitudinal shuffle resulting from changes in throttle setting.
Figure 1: A free-body diagram of the half-car model
Figure 1 illustrates the modeled characteristics of the half-car. The front and rear suspension are modeled as spring/damper systems. A more detailed model would include a tire model, and damper nonlinearities such as velocity-dependent damping (with greater damping during rebound than compression). The vehicle body has pitch and bounce degrees of freedom. They are represented in the model by four states: vertical displacement, vertical velocity, pitch angular displacement, and pitch angular velocity. A full model with six degrees of freedom can be implemented using vector algebra blocks to perform axis transformations and force/displacement/velocity calculations. The front suspension influences the bounce (i.e. vertical degree of freedom) according to Equation 1.
Equation 1
The pitch contribution to the front suspension is given by Equation 2.
Equation 2
Equation 3 contains expressions for the rear suspension.
Equation 3
The forces and moments result in body motion according to Newton's Second Law (see Equation 4).
Equation 4
To open this model, type
sldemo_suspn in MATLAB® Command Window. Figure 2 shows the top-level diagram of the suspension model.
Figure 2: Top-level diagram of the suspension model
The suspension model shown in Figure 2 has two inputs, and both input blocks are blue on the model diagram. The first input is the road height. A step input here corresponds to the vehicle driving over a road surface with a step change in height. The second input is a horizontal force acting through the center of the wheels that results from braking or acceleration maneuvers. This input appears only as a moment about the pitch axis because the longitudinal body motion is not modeled.
Figure 3: The Spring/Damper model used in FrontSuspension and RearSuspension subsystems
The spring/damper subsystem that models the front and rear suspensions is shown in Figure 3. Right click on the Front/Rear Suspension block and select Mask > Look Under Mask to see the front/rear suspension subsystem. The suspension subsystems are used to model Equations 1-3. The equations are implemented directly in the Simulink® diagram through the straightforward use of Gain and Summation blocks.
The differences between front and rear are accounted for as follows. Because the subsystem is a masked block, a different data set (
K and
C) can be entered for each instance. Furthermore,
L is thought of as the Cartesian coordinate x, being negative or positive with respect to the origin, or center of gravity. Thus,
Cf, and
-Lf are used for the front suspension block whereas
Cr, and
Lr are used for the rear suspension block.
To run this model, press the Play button on the toolbar in the model window. Initial conditions are loaded into the model workspace from the
sldemo_suspdat.m file (open this file to view its contents). To see the contents of the model workspace, in the Simulink Editor, on the Modeling tab, under Design, select Model Explorer. In the Model Explorer, look under the contents of the
sldemo_suspn model and select "Model Workspace". Loading initial conditions in the model workspace prevents any accidental modifications of parameters and keeps MATLAB workspace clean.
Note that the model logs relevant data to MATLAB workspace in a data structure called
sldemo_suspn_output. Type the name of the structure to see what data it contains. Read more about signal logging in Simulink Help.
Figure 4: Simulation results
Simulation results are displayed in Figure 4. The results are plotted by the
sldemo_suspgraph.m (you can open this file to see how it is done). The default initial conditions are given in Table 1 below.
Table 1: Default initial conditions
Lf = 0.9; % front hub displacement from body gravity center (m) Lr = 1.2; % rear hub displacement from body gravity center (m) Mb = 1200; % body mass (kg) Iyy = 2100; % body moment of inertia about y-axis in (kg m^2) kf = 28000; % front suspension stiffness in (N/m) kr = 21000; % rear suspension stiffness in (N/m) cf = 2500; % front suspension damping in (N sec/m) cr = 2000; % rear suspension damping in (N sec/m)
Close the model and delete generated data from MATLAB workspace.
This model allows you to simulate the effects of changing the suspension damping and stiffness, thereby investigating the tradeoff between comfort and performance. In general, racing cars have very stiff springs with a high damping factor, whereas passenger vehicles have softer springs and a more oscillatory response.


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The crew at LTMotorwerks in El Monte, CA is one of the hardest working shops in SoCal and its recent partnership with Japanese styling company Liberty Walk has turned it up a notch.
On display outside the company's HQ was the full range of Liberty Walk cars, built by LTMW in double-quick time.
Hopefully by now you've seen two of the E92 M3 widebody cars (black and grey) in the October 2013 issue of european car Magazine that's on the book shelves now. We delve into their full spec including ESS Tuning superchargers in the magazine.
They were joined by the latest addition to the family - Darren Yoo's blue E92 M3 with the same Liberty Walk widebody, ESS blower, etc. It also shares an ear- splitting exhaust system with one of the other cars that uses an electronic flap to make the sound more police-friendly.
Star of the show was the Liberty Walk Murcielago, which was downright nasty, especially parked next to the company's comedy Prius conversion. If the world froze over and I had to drive a Prius, I guess this would be the one...
On the other side of the Lambo was the new widebodyZ4 conversion with a fresh set of BBS crammed under its fat fenders. This was probably the best Z4 we'd ever seen until Slek Design rolled in with its new carbon fiber-bodied Z4 that blew everybody away.
The bare carbon was beautifully finished, with every panel covered in the lightweight material. The car is stall awaiting a rollcage and some finishing touches but was spectacular, nonetheless.
Two other cars from LTMW that caught our eye were the E90 335i with WTCC widebody, belonging to the same owner as the Liberty Walk Z4. The red sedan is a genuine replica of the World Touring Car racers and deserved more attention, but was slightly overshadowed on the day...
Finally, we loved the M3-bodied E91 328i wagon on BBS LMs that was tucked away in the workshop. It lacked engine mods but the GT3 RS grey paint made up for the deficiency.
We'll have a full report from the LTMW Summer Show with more cars and more information here at www.europeancarweb.com on Monday, but we wanted to get this mini report and gallery online as soon as we could...