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Jone Kalouniviti
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
RESIDENTS of Vatamai, a settlement just outside Lautoka City, say they have been plagued with water problems since the 1970s but all their pleas for assistance have been ignored.
There are about 2000 people who live in this area and 200 are registered meter owners. Luvu Sangam School is also located in this area and the Buabua reservoir is close by.
"Every week or so, we have to call water trucks to deliver water to the area," said 58-year-old grandmother Ved Wati.
"We have had this problem since we moved here in 1975. Even though we have made pipes."
Mohammed Shameem, who also lives at Vatamai, said landowners had in 2012 consented to the use of their land by WAF for the laying of pipes as a means of rectifying the problem. "We do not know who else to talk to but the media now."
Water Authority CEO Opetaia Ravai said they had identified Vatamai as an intermittent supply area since their establishment in 2010.
"As a short term solution, the authority assists its customers by regular water carting services," Mr Ravai said.
"WAF is working on improving works for its Buabua reticulation system with an objective to supply Vatamai as soon as practicable."
He said areas like Vatamai sits on the prioritised list of projects for 2014.
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The Boston Globe has an interesting read on some of the changes made at the W.E.B. Du Bois Library at the University of Massachusetts.
Changes that have had some amazing results:
Library use up 27%
Library Circulation up 84%!
What in the world could have happened?
Well for starters they moved 500,00 under used books from the basement and moved them "into an old mountainside military bunker"
Then they turned the place where "You could shoot off a cannon and not worry about hitting anyone" into a bustling hang out by adding a coffee bar, computers, "Vending machines [that] dispense everything from spare computer parts to notebooks" and cell phone isolation booths!
The Library Gods are dancing again!
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Power producers to list woes before Scindia
India's leading private power developers along with other private developers and leading bankers, will meet union power minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday to discuss major issues especially fuel constraints that are plaguing the sector. Anupama Airy reports.business Updated: Feb 19, 2013 01:30 IST
India's leading private power developers such as Cyrus Mistry (Tata), Anil Ambani (Reliance), Sudhir Mehta (Torrent), Manoj Gaur (Jaypee group) and GM Rao (GMR group), along with 17 other private developers and leading bankers, will meet union power minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday to discuss major issues especially fuel constraints that are plaguing the sector.
The meeting is part of the advisory group constituted by the power ministry to "deliberate periodically issues pertaining to the power sector and suggest reforms in different areas." There are 22 private power producers in the group.
According to Ashok Khurana, director general of Associated Power Producers' Association of India, on the agenda are the availability of domestic coal for the power sector, measures to augment domestic coal production and the need for a coal pooling mechanism.
Power companies are struggling to ensure that 28,000 MW of existing and 38,000 MW of upcoming linkage coal-based generation capacity operates at optimal levels.
Khurana said the scarcity of domestic gas, which has rendered about 24,000 MW of gas-based power capacity inoperable and put at risk almost R1 lakh crore of investment, will also be discussed at the meeting.
"Since both the ministry of coal and ministry of petroleum and natural gas have expressed physical constraints on the availability of coal and natural gas, it is up to the power ministry to provide solutions," he added.
The developers are likely to suggest that the National Tariff Policy of 2006 has outlived its utility, and needs a drastic overhaul to mainstream imported fuels such as coal and Liquefied Natural Gas.


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Sunday, 16 November 2014
Important Life Lessons Kids Learn at a Perth Martial Arts Academy
Kids learning the ways of potent martial arts in Perth, such as the Shotokan karate-do, are provided numerous benefits, including physical fitness, with the exercises involved in the training course designed to build and strengthen bodies.
Friday, 14 November 2014
The Different Benefits of Enrolling in Self-Defence Classes in Perth
Taking up local Perth karate classes, particularly, Shotokan karate for self-defence, offered by organisations, such as WSKF Australia, is a brilliant move. For some people, self-defence training is not merely for amusement, but a lifeline skill to have to save a life, including one's own.
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Shotokan Karate in Perth: Brief History and Features of the Discipline
Local Perth Shotokan karate collectives, such as WSKF (World Shotokan Karate Federation) Australia, teach people the ways of a potent martial art, the Shotokan, which is a unique variation of the original Japanese Karate-do discipline. About.com contributor and martial arts expert Robert Rousseau offers this excerpt on the history of Shotokan, and how it is practised today.
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After the November terror attacks in France, President François Hollande stated that the country is at war. The nation quickly began ramping up attacks against ISIS, and attempted to protect itself domestically.
In the UK nearly 400 ISIS fighters have returned to their home country. Perhaps some became disillusioned, but who knows what harm the rest are planning.
France looked to prevent a similar problem, especially as ISIS publicly states they have large scale attacks planned all over Europe. Hollande's proposal was to strip all French jihadists of their passports.
And how did the liberals in France respond to that proposal? As The Telegraph reported:
Francois Hollande, the French president, has bowed to pressure from his own left-wing government to drop a controversial law which would see convicted jihadists stripped of their French nationality.
This is what passes for a controversial law in France, apparently.
The proposals, which would have been enshrined in France's constitution, had been fiercely criticized by Socialist MPs and the center-right opposition, who accused Mr Hollande of besmirching the principles of the republic.
So insane is the rest of the world that even the so-called "center-right" party in France is opposed to stripping Jihadists of their "rights."
He was initially accused of trampling on human rights for the sake of appearing tough on terrorism, as rendering people stateless is illegal under French law.
The president later clarified his plans, admitting that only convicted terrorists of dual nationality would be stripped of French citizenship under the plans.
Sadly, things aren't much better here in the U.S. of A. Ted Cruz proposed a bill to strip American ISIS defectors of their citizenship nearly two years ago.
And what happened then? Democrats blocked it.
[Note: This post was authored by The Analytical Economist]


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The purple page is of my mom and my youngest niece working a Disney princess puzzle together. Hayley has always loved puzzles, and she always talks Grandma into helping her!
If it wasn't for Skype, I don't think my DH would ever get on the computer, but he loves being able to see our daughter in Alaska while he's talking to her.
Still working on photos from our trip to Alaska in 2006. One page shows our DD's new home there. The other one shows DD and I trying out her big comfy chair! (The title might say "smile", but we were about to leave for Ohio so there were more tears than smiles that day!)
Friday, March 27, 2009
Another take on an old photo....
I scrapped this photo once before, but that page was framed and given to my mom, so I scrapped it again for my heritage album. I used some vintage Jenni Bowlin papers and embellishments on this page, with lots of inking! I just love getting my hands on some older photos like this - what keepsakes!
The good old days!
I used the March kit from Scrap Attack for this page. The printed sentiment went perfectly with this photo of my son at about 18 months (he's now 28). He was always smiling and happy!
Monday, March 16, 2009
A couple more pages finished this weekend. I love finding old photos, and love being able to scan and fix them up with Photoshop Elements. I guess someday my photos will be someone else's "old" photos, LOL!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
A few pages this week....
A few pages from this week. Just some "ordinary life" pages. DH taking our niece on her first motorcycle ride (back in 2006), our dog Samantha and her pal from next door, and DH starting his garden.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Love those braids!
I love Sassafrass Lass papers with those cool decorative edges, so I was glad to see that M's had some of their papers in stock. They worked perfectly for this fun page about my niece and her braids. She's a cutie patootie!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
I love this picture of Katie & Tara. When you live in Fairbanks, Alaska, you can't let a little snow stop you from getting out! (Of course they have about 32" now, so that's more than a "little" snow!)
Here's my DD at 5-1/2 months. Isn't she just glowing? Just 3-1/2 more months til little Gracie gets here!
windy days & long ears don't mix
We've had a few days lately with some serious winds. Poor Ozzie does NOT like windy days - it's tough when you've got long floppy ears!
Way back in 1970....
This photo was taken back in 1970, on a youth group outing to the Cincinnati Zoo. See that goofy guy in the middle with the sunglasses? I ended up marrying him five years later, LOL!
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A 17th century silver cup and matching cover with original bright gilt interior. With ovolo borders and chased acanthus leaves. The lid has a small pine cone finial. Probably ecclesiastical, a pyx box. Weight 214 grams, 6.8 troy ounces. Height 12 cms, 16.5 cms to top of finial). Diameter 9.5 cms. The edge of the base has the cross key town mark for Rome, Italy. Also the "bee" maker's mark (see Bulgari Parte Prima, Vol 2, No 1124). Date 1687/1697.
This silver cup is in very good condition with no damage or restoration. Both pieces fully matching. Original bright gilt, no wear. The base has clear Italian silver stamps, the lid is unmarked. There is just a slight mark in the centre of the bowl where the stem has pushed up a little.
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October 17th, 2012
Hi NFLRUSHers! My name is Jake, and I will be writing a column called "4th and Goal With..." featuring my interviews with guys from around the NFL. My first installment is with Todd Fritz, executive producer and one of the "Danettes" from The Dan Patrick Show.
1. I know you are a Broncos fan, so how do you think the Broncos will do with Peyton Manning as their starting Quarterback?
I think Denver should be good enough to win the West, but not by a wide margin. I can see them winning at least one playoff game, but I'm not ready to send them to New Orleans just yet.
2. What team do you think will surprise us the most this year?
I think the Redskins, Chiefs, and Panthers may be among the teams who can surprise us this season.
3. Who do you think will win MVP this year?
Many candidates, but being a biased Broncos fan, I'm going to go with Peyton (although Cam Newton was another thought).
Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for my next interview, with Rich Eisen of NFL Network!
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The LA Times editorial mudpatch really threw a bitch-fit over Sheila Kuehl's SB 1437, which they say would require California textbooks to "tell the stories of contributions made to history by gays and lesbians." They jest that Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) may be trying to write herself into the history books (Kuehl was the first openly gay member of the State Legislature). The Times takes issue with Kuehl because they think history books ought to "tell about the most important contributions, and misdeeds, of people in history, regardless of their beliefs and orientations."
What a load of santorum. First of all, as an elected official, Kuehl will already be in the history books. She's just trying to make sure she's properly represented therein. Currently, schools cannot incorporate textbooks which "contain any matter that reclects adversely upon persons because of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry." I would argue that, considering how much husband/wife, emperor/emperess, fuhrer/girlfriend couplings you find in history, the perspective becomes warped. Omission of lifestyle details itself becomes an act of … um … adverse reflection.
Heteros have plenty of heroes to look up to, but wouldn't it be inspiring to gay schoolchildren everywhere if some of those heroes felt like heroines inside? Or dressed up like them in their spare time?
Was Alexander the Great gay? Or Socrates, or Julius Caesar? Not by our reckoning; though they all buggered many a boy in their time, there was no stigma associated with sodomy in the ancient world – think of it as a coupla rungs up on the intimacy ladder from a backrub.
Was Abe Lincoln gay? He certainly shared a bed with a man for awhile, but they didn't have climate-control back then so it doesn't prove much.
Which brings me to J. Edgar Hoover. Was he a cross-dresser? Nope, sorry. But he was widely believed to be gay; rumor has it that upon being informed of his death, Richard Nixon said, "Jesus Christ! That old cocksucker!" Whether he was referring to Jesus or Hoover is uncertain.
Was Hoover a ladies' man? Let's just saw two things:
- Clyde Tolson was Hoover's closest companion, his "alter ego". The two men worked together at the Bureau, ate together, even vacationed together.
- He lived alone with his mother until he was 43. Then she died.
Why would students benefit from learning that Hoover may have been gay? As head of the FBI through 48 years and eight presidents:
- Hoover persecuted (among many others) so-called "homophile" (love of the same) groups such as New York's Mattachine Society – such organizations fought to end the oppression of gays, anti-sodomy laws and a general lack of fabulousness
- He called Adlai Stevenson a fag to derail the future U.N. ambassador's 1952 bid for presidency
- He threatened anyone who would challenge his sexuality whilst simultaneously gathering files on Eleanor Roosevet's lesbian lovers for blackmail
It's fascinating to me to imagine being Gay J. Edgar: a homosexual man in the midst of a society, a political party even, to which he was a degenerate – persecuting those courageous enough to speak out or fight for what he would rather hide for the sake of personal gain. Or was it patriotism, an urge to serve his country no matter what he must sacrifice, acknowledging the generally-accepted homophobia omnipresent throughout much of 20th century America?
Either way, it'd make for a fucking interesting history lesson. More fun than the Bantu migration anyway (though if you erase the letters B and u because the textbooks are cheap and you can, it says "the ant migration", which is funny when you're 12).


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Each day, 800 women die from preventable causes related to childbirth and pregnancy. Worldette writer Amy Huang explores the issue and what's being done to help.
Imagine a world where women do not receive the necessary care required for the delicate procedures of childbirth; imagine still having to travel up to 20 kilometers to fetch water while being heavily pregnant; imagine the devastation to the family when the prospect of a baby turns into tragedy as the mother's life slips away due to severe bleeding or infections.
This world is not far away. In fact, a world where women regularly die from pregnancy and childbirth is right in front of our eyes.
The facts
According to the World Health Organization around 800 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every day. Of these cases, 99% occur in developing countries, with three fifth of the deaths occurring in sub-Saharan African alone.
Many of these deaths are caused by severe bleeding, infections due to unhygienic birthing conditions, untreated high blood pressure during pregnancy, unsafe abortion methods used in many cultures, as well as illnesses contracted during pregnancy such as malaria and AIDS.
A United Nation estimate states that for every woman who dies during pregnancy or childbirth, around 30 more women will suffer injury, infection and long term physical and mental disabilities.
While the modernized world improves on health care and medical technologies, maternal mortality in developing countries remains an ongoing crisis.
Improving maternal health in developing countries is one of the Millennium Development Goals made in the year 2000. While there have been improvements since then, the unfortunate fact is that many women still don't receive care during pregnancy and childbirth due to factors such as poverty, remote living conditions, lack of education, inadequate care facilities and outdated cultural practices.
What needs to be done
Solutions to reducing maternal mortality are simple ones, and these include better community education of such issues; access to clean water; access to better health care facilities; access to qualified and well trained medical staff; enhanced financing and a strengthening of government policies in regards to women's health.
These solutions cannot be implemented however, without the aid of the international community.
In September 2012, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon launched a global movement called Every Women, Every Child (www.everywomaneverychild.org) to mobilize and intensify global action to improve the health of women and children around the world.
His vision is that through commitments made by global organizations, including governments and policy makers and philanthropic institutions, every part of the solution can be implemented worldwide.
So far, the movement has secured more than 250 commitments and active donors to the cause.
Help is at hand
Along with the UN, many non-profit organizations are dedicating their efforts to women's health, like the Women and Health Alliance International (www.waha-international.org), who partners with African and Asian midwife associations, hospitals and medical specialists to implement solutions which address the most immediate problems in women's health.
They believe that "we cannot accept that today women still die in the act of giving birth" and the organization's volunteers work alongside local medical teams to deliver the highest possible quality medical care and research activities.
Some of their previous patients, grateful for the care they received, have become nursing aids themselves to give back to the work that's helping their communities.
While it's encouraging to know people are fighting for women's rights to give birth safely no matter where they live, the facts are still shocking. Do you think enough is being done about the maternal mortality crisis?
Tell us your reactions and thoughts in the comments below.


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AKA Blanche Devereaux on Golden Girls.
NEW YORK Rue McClanahan, the Emmy-winning actress who brought the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux to life on the hit TV series "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 76.
Her manager Barbara Lawrence said McClanahan died Thursday at 1am of a stroke.


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Polar the Heart Rate Monitor specialists now encroaching into GPS launch a red version of their RCX5 range topper.
We mentioned the new Polar RCX5 GPS a few months ago but the Finns famous for their heart rate monitors have just now released a signature red version as they've done with previous models. The wrist mounted device (that's a watch - ed) displays the usual clever HRM training functions but by means of a separate wireless GPS module will also record your cycling, running and even swimming routes for all you wild water swimmers for future download and analysis. The most likely option for cyclists includes watch, HRM strap, GPS module and a bracket to mount the watch on your handlebars for £359.50.
Details: polarelectro.co.uk
Tacx Lumos barend lights and indicators: in shops next week
No sooner had we mentioned the neat LED 'bar end lights a couple of weeks ago and along come these from Tacx that combine front and rear lights and indicators into nifty enclosures for £19.99 a pair. No-one is pretending these are all you need and we certainly wouldn't trust the amber turn indicators but we love the idea of lighting which marks out to drivers the true width of a cyclist on the road. Retailer J E James has already posted this video:
Details: fisheroutdoor.co.uk
Retrovelo German-made leather frame bag
This is only going to work on a gentleman's bike with a level top tube, and a big one at that, but we're taken with this well made frame-hanging attaché case with a clever clip and strap to prevent it swinging. All mod cons for laptops and phones are provided and the construction is hefty natural leather in black or brown. £251.
Details: velorution.biz
Ergoterra carbon bar completes new 3T cyclo-cross 'front end'
Look in the gallery above for a pic of the much-trailed 3T Luteus all-carbon-fibre fork specifically for the rigours of cyclo-cross. The new fork has been 'in development' with the pro guinea-pigs for well over a year but there is now stock and UK pricing. For £449.99 you get disc brake mounts for 160mm rotors, an asymmetric design to cope with the unequal stresses of braking on one side and a clever groove to safely tuck away the brake line. Steerer size is tapered from 1⅛ to 1½" only.
To complete what 3T is billing as a complete cyclo-cross front end is a new carbon bar called Ergoterra Team. Two features differentiate it from their existing Ergosum compact road bar; the first being that the drops slope outwards by 6〫to allow extra wrist clearance while clattering over the rough stuff with a clever compound bend meaning that the brake levers are still perfectly vertical. There are two sizes; the 45cm model measures 42cm at the hoods with the 47cm correspondly 44cm at the hoods. Got that? And the other difference? The 31.8mm centre section where the stem clamps is extended and reinforced so that 'cross top brake levers can be mounted. Price is a premium £199.99. We're just checking with 3T to confirm whether or not there will be a cheaper aluminium 'Pro' version, as they do with their other 'bar shapes.
Details: i-ride.co.uk
New website for Madison clothing direct
Since they started out as a bike shop in West Hampstead 25 years ago, Madison have run their own clothing brand focussing on the basics; their black Lycra shorts have been a value staple in bike shops for years. Simple functional garments at good prices have played well with the recent cycling newcomers as well as experienced hands like our reviewer Iwein alike; a new website that focusses everything in one place should help and for people who can't get to a local stockist they can order direct and post free.
Details: madison.cc
Freshtripe Harris Tweed bag by iL Soigneur
The stitchers in Bristol who make iL Soigneur musettes must be driven crazy by the variety of recycled materials in short runs that they use; this one is genuine heavy duty Harris Tweed labels and all, and it's been made for fixie mail-order specialists Freshtripe based in Bath. There's a reflective tab, signature embroidered bear logo and orange lining, webbing strap and press studs. £35.
Details: freshtripe.co.uk
It's Hallowe'en: Milltag spooky Glowing Skull Tee
Scary-themed cycling events seem to be all the rage. It must be that cycling lights are so much better - see our road.cc lighting feature
tomorrow here - but anyway don't forget that there's Herne Hill's Muddy Hell tomorrow Saturday 22nd October evening. You may not get this Milltag tee in time for that but there's still a week until the 31st.
Details: milltag.cc
Le Coq is back!
Le Coq Sportif, the véritable flag carriers for France's proud cockerel have been out of cycling for some time but the midweek launch of Le Tour 2012 confirmed what we'd heard; that Le Coq are back as official suppliers of the fabled Maillot Jaune. Their recent sponsorship of the Tuscan vintage ride L'Eroica has been marked with a range of kit that evokes 50s and 60s continental cycling; we can expect more of this En France next summer. Bring. It. On.
Details: lecoqsportif.com
Team Z retro jersey from Prendas Ciclismo
Of course, down on Blighty's South Coast with a view on a good day of La Belle France, mail-order clothing specialist Prendas Ciclismo never forgot what the whole Euro cycling thing was about. We spotted them selling this £45 classic 80s 'Z' jersey this week. Maybe not France's finest hour but then again Robert Millar wore it so much can be forgiven.
Details: prendas.co.uk
And finally, the V&A Museum gift shop...
We popped along to the Victoria & Albert Museum's 'Power of Making' exhibition last weekend which is highly recommended and not just for some really nice handmade British bikes. The V&A shop has always been a great place for original gifts but they're surpassing themselves at the moment for cyclists. Apart from the hefty book Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle by Julie Lasky (Lars Müller Publishers) for £20, there is a good selection of quality wallets, bags, phone cases and the like in a cycling design from £5 to £60.
Details: vam.ac.uk
Clever from the V&A shop: large printed fabric square for wrapping gifts can be used again and again.


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Carbs have a bad rap these days. All those protein-pushing fads like the Atkins and South Beach diets have taken their toll on how we see bread and pasta.
A believer (not always a doer) of "all things in moderation," I eat my share of carbohydrates like pasta, rice and wheat. (Do I have a choice with a no-meal-is-complete-without-bread Italian husband?)
So when I was invited by the Mom Bloggers Club to last week's Bread Art Project event, I happily agreed.
The Bread Art Project is a team effort to fight childhood hunger in America sponsored by Share Our Strength, the Grain Foods Foundation, and Food Network host Melissa d'Arabian.
I was shocked to find out that in our land of plenty nearly 17 million children –- almost one in four –- struggle with hunger.
At the event, the vivacious TV host and mother of four, Melissa d'Arabian, talked about her own struggles, growing up in the South with a single mother who had a hard time putting food on the table.
She told us about a morning when their refrigerator broke and her mom broke down in tears, wondering how she could replace the food she had worked so hard to get in there.
A repairman, en route to a family vacation with kids hanging out of the car, came to their rescue charging either little or nothing for his service. Similarly a school administrator helped Melissa get free lunches, and even a job in the cafeteria, ladling peaches in syrup and serving grilled cheese triangles.
d'Arabian's Budget-Friendly Ways to Prepare Grain Foods
- My kids like sandwiches without crusts, so I am constantly cutting them off sliced bread. Instead of throwing them away, I save them in resealable freezer bags. I turn them into "dippers" which my kids use for dunking in jam (crusts are apparently completely delicious, just not on a sandwich when you are five), or I use the crusts to make fresh and fluffy bread crumbs. And the color of the crust makes for nice browning when I cook with the bread crumbs.
- Don't overlook bread as a base for sweet snacks! My husband is French and he grew up eating bread and chocolate together. Try it — it's a delicious dessert or snack. Just spread a baguette with a smear of butter and add a small piece of chocolate. Or, make an "apple pie sandwich" by spreading a slice of sandwich bread with a bit of butter and filling it with sliced apples.
- For parties, go to the day-old bread rack and stock up on a bunch of bread — the more varied the better! If it is not sliced already, slice the bread thinly and brush olive oil on all the exposed cut edges. Grill, roast or sauté the bread until golden and serve in a large basket with dips, spreads, grilled veggies, cheeses, garlic-infused olive oil or even simply alone. It's a festive and inexpensive side item to feed a crowd, it looks beautiful, and it goes with everything! Plus, an interesting bread basket can double as table décor.
- Keep different varieties of pasta in your pantry for weeknight meals that are as nutritious as they are quick. Your weeknight strategy: get the pasta started and while it's cooking, pull out a large sautépan. Add a little olive oil and then check your crisper drawer, freezer and pantry for aromatics, herbs, veggies or meats to sauté in the olive oil. You can always go simple with just minced garlic, red pepper flakes and some slivers of broccoli, for instance. Once the pasta is cooked, toss it into your sauté pan, adding a little of the pasta water and some parmesan cheese to make a light sauce.
- Check the bulk aisle for more unusual grains to try when they go on sale. Quinoa is uber-hip right now. It is a complete protein and the crunchy, nutty taste is crave-worthy. In addition to rice, mix things up by trying bulgur, millet or couscous.
Easy, Low-Cost Recipes from Melissa d'Arabian
BLT Tartlets
These bacon, lettuce & tomato tartlets were my favorites at the Bread Art luncheon. Crispy yet creamy with no utensils needed, they would be perfect for party appetizers or as a potluck dish.
Note: A low-mess way of cooking a few slices of bacon, as called for in this recipe, is to sandwich the bacon between paper towels on a plate and pop them in the microwave until crispy.
Serves 4
Cook Time: 15 Minutes
- 8 slices white bread
- 3 T light cream cheese, softened
- 1 T light mayonnaise
- 1 t garlic powder
- 1 t dried oregano
- 2 medium tomatoes, chopped and lightly salted
- 4 slices bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
- 3/4 cup red or green leaf lettuce, chiffonade (roll and cut into ribbon-like strips)
- Salt and pepper
- Olive oil for drizzling
- Heat oven to 375°. Remove crusts from bread and, using a large spoon, gently press the slices of bread down flat until thin and almost doughy. Brush with olive oil on both sides. Place the slices in the muffin tin, pressing them into the muffin shape, to create a tartlet shell. Bake for 12-13 minutes, or until golden and crusty.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, use a fork to mix the cream cheese, garlic powder, mayonnaise and oregano with salt and pepper until smooth and creamy.
- Once the bread is golden, remove the shells and place them on a cooling rack to assemble. To make the tartlets, place a teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture on the bottom, followed by the bacon, tomatoes and the lettuce. Top with salt and pepper and a drizzle of olive oil.
Tuna Bread Salad
In honor of bread and the Grain Foods Foundation, here is a recipe from Melissa's Food Network show, Ten Dollar Dinners.
Invented to make use of day-old bread, bread salad comes from a frugal Italian tradition. Tuna adds protein to this recipe, giving it zip and a hefty lift into the one-dish meal category. (Gotta love that.)
This salad will taste infinitely better if you use Italian-style canned tuna. No need to splurge on imported brands: Cento and Starkist's Genova Tonno brand are excellent and easy to find in the supermarket. (See my 3 Super Fast Pasta Sauces Kids Love for another way to use this tasty tuna.)
Serves 4
Prep Time: 15 min
Level: Easy
- 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup cooked great Northern white beans
- 1 (5 to 6-ounce) can light tuna, packed in oil, drained (see note, above)
- 1 shallot, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup sliced pitted kalamata olives
- 1/2 long baguette, cut into cubes (slightly stale works great)
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh basil leaves (or oregano)
- In medium serving bowl, add the tomatoes and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Let sit for 10 minutes before adding the beans, tuna, shallots and olives. Just before serving, mix in the bread cubes and combine gently.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the mustard, vinegar and salt and pepper, to taste. Drizzle in the oil, whisking to blend. Pour over the salad just before serving. Add the basil and toss. Taste for seasoning before serving.
For more budget-friendly recipes and video tips on saving at the supermarket, see Ten Dollar Dinners with Melissa d'Arabian.


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A destructive earthquake leveled the whole village in 1881. According to "The History of Chios" by G. Zolotas, a few houses with a small church in the center composed the village. The church, which is devoted to Agios Georgios, still exists today. After the earthquake, however, the citizens of the village decided to build a greater one. Another version says that there were only three houses in the village, in the so-called Valide Tsiflik ("Property of the Sultan's Wife") near the castle of Doxara.
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Brooke Pierce • Boston • Feb 22, 2002
This is an uncompromising tale of the excesses of the Jazz Age, with drunkenness, debauchery, and murder all playing their part as a raucous bash unfolds and finally comes undone onstage. The party in question is held by the showgirl Queenie and her lover Burrs, a blackface clown. Other showbiz types--producers, strippers, singers, has-beens, and never-will-be's--show up to join the fun. When Queenie's friend Kate arrives with a gigolo named Black in tow, an attraction between Queenie and Black ignites and jealousies flare.
The Broadway Wild Party played in a large proscenium theater, but SpeakEasy gives the musical a much more intimate feel on its smaller thrust stage. There are positives and negatives to this new setting, but the upshot is that it alleviates some of the complaints that people had about the original production: Since the action is almost literally in-your-face, the show's energy is more potent and the intricacies of Queenie and Burrs' complex, highly dysfunctional relationship come more clearly into focus here.
The downside is that the fluidity of the story is staunched somewhat by the complications of moving so many characters around on such a small playing area. Director Andrew Volkoff frequently has key scenes taking place so far downstage that it's unlikely that a good share of the audience sitting on the sides can follow them, and there are instances when secondary characters seem to be pulling focus from the principals. During the latter part of the show, in particular, transitions between a series of short scenes appear awkward. Volkoff does excellent work with the big ensemble numbers, though; highly effective are the presentational numbers when the party is first getting underway and, later, when the revelry begins to degenerate into fights and tears ("Gin"/"Wild").
This production is blessed with a fine cast, headed by Bridget Beirne as Queenie and Christopher Chew as Burrs. Both are excellent and are supported by wonderful performers, notably Kent French as the bisexual, drug-abusing Jackie and Maureen Keillor as the aging legend Delores Montoya. Since LaChiusa's jazz-heavy score is one of the finest created for a musical in several years, it's essential to note that SpeakEasy's orchestra, under the direction of Paul S. Katz, renders it perfectly.
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Yes, I would consider that fast food, as well as Subway. Any place where you can get a meal in less than 5 minutes is fast food in my book, healthy food or not. Fast food doesn't always have to be unhealthy food. Oh, and I do not consider either Quiznos or Subway to be healthy food.
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Thanks for the article. That author really, really seems to like Lesnar.
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I read the article and couldn't help but think, does the writer see the same Lesnar on TV that the rest of us do? I mean, we all know it's just him playing the heel, but some kind of mention about his ring persona would have been nice.
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I live in Puerto Rico, tropical, where we have a 12 month summer weather. No cold weather seasons.
Following the owner's manual instructions the coolant level at the water reservoir was constantly checked.
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Please help me, I didn't ever think I'd be in this situation and I've got no one to talk to. This morning my husband told me he doesn't think he loves me anymore and I'm completely shattered by it.
We have been together 8 yrs and married for 4. We have a 2.5 yr ds. When he was 9 months old everything in my world fell apart. My dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer, my nephew was born at 26 weeks and very ill in hospital for months, my grandma died, my husband was made redundant and my dad then passed away. This all happened in a very short space of time. I suffer with anxiety which I've had to keep under control through all of this. I didn't take to motherhood easily and found/find it exhausting, I'm not sure if this is just because I'm crap or a knock on effect of everything else going on. I love my DS to bits and I think he's been the thing that's kept me going. But it's been hard raising him with all that going on too. It's safe to say I probably haven't been the best wife. It's been just over a year since my dad passed and I'm still grieving - it's still as horrendous as in the early months. I worry about my mum a lot and as I'm the only one around (both brothers live 2 hrs away) I spend time helping her etc. I also work 3 days per week. The past 2 years have been utterly shite.
His situation isn't easy either - he lost his job and has built up his own business from scratch during this last year. He's very stressed with the workload but bottles things up. During the horrendous time I've relied on him a lot for house work, cooking etc when I've just found it all too much with everything else going on. Not all the time but he's really stepped up and been amazing. But now this seems to have backfired he's stressed up to his eyeballs and I've made him fall out of love as I've been so useless.
We've had a few major arguments in this shit 2 years about the way he behaves when he goes out with friends. He will get himself in stupid situations like walking home through unsafe areas alone in the middle of the night, very drunk and vulnerable. We row because I don't understand why you'd put yourself in those situations when you have a family to consider. One occasion he did get attacked and ended up in hospital. This was the worst incident but there have been 4 or 5 major arguments in this bad period of my life where he's put himself in silly situations.
One row occurred last night and this is how it all came to head. He's extremely stressed with work and says he doesn't know where to turn or what to think anymore. His head is all over the place. He doesn't feel like he loves me. I feel like I've been a useless wife and my world has come crashing down because I haven't been making him happy. I never saw this for my DS and it breaks my heart to think of what his future might be. I don't think I can cope with al this. Sorry for rambling on, I just needed to get it out. I think I'm still in shock.
So sorry you are going through this. Sounds like you have had a crappy time of late.
How has he left it? That he doesn't think he loves you and wants to split or does he think you can just carry on now he has dropped this bombshell?
That line is the cheaters script for 'I've got or am interested in another woman'
However, with all that you have going on it could be something else on this occasion.
What is a 'Good Wife'?
What does that look like to you? To your DH?
Because as a 'Good Husband' he should be supporting you through all of this.
You should be supporting each other.
Are you now doing that?
Can you get some counselling, alone or together?
You've had a seriously awful time of late and I can't possibly imagine how dreadful it has been for you all.
But families can and do come out the other side of these things.
I think you need to sit down with him and do some straight talking.
Where is your relationship now?
Where do you want it to go?
I know I would not want to be with someone who doesn't love me.
But he could be depressed and may need to visit the GP.
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Firstly I seriously doubt you have been a useless wife, you find motherhood difficult but you have between ypu raised your little boy, you work, you support a bereaved parent whilst still grieving yourself.
I wouldn't necessarily think there is an OW lurking, DH is just as likely someone who has tried giving support through several worrying life events and has now reached breaking point.
This was this morning, I rang in sick. He had to go to work after having the conversation as he's a self employed tradesman and no one else can do the work. He is saying different things. He seems all over the place and I suggested going to the dr today about the stress as he's going to make himself ill.
I asked all the normal questions like how long as he been feeling it but he just seems completely confused and messed up and says he can't think straight. I know the obvious answer from the outside is OW but I genuinely believe it's not. That may well come back to bite me but I don't think it is
When someone says that it is nearly always OW.
But I don't think it is either in this case. Which is what I put in my PP.
Get him to the GP.
Hopefully he can be referred for counselling.
He may need meds.
But that is your first port of call.
Talking to somebody in rl would help him. If there isn't anybody, persuade him to see his GP, try a good therapist?
The risk-taking stuff he does is him letting off steam. He could end up damaging himself. Telling you he doesn't feel like he loves you is another risky thing to do. On some level he may think it's a way of ensuring his thoughts and feelings are prioritised.
My DP and I went through a similar thing due to my mum's teminal illness and then eventual death. I started to rely on him a lot, and was probably low-level depressed for a couple of years. We grew distant because he couldn't understand what I was going through. Sad to say it broke us and he is now my ex-DP. For him I had been a rubbish partner and, as he put it, "not much fun" for 2 years. For me, he had failed me at the time I needed him most.
I often think that if he has just hung on in there and supported me emotionally then he would have got the best version of me - how I am now. I am stronger than I have ever been. Independent, stable and with a renewed sense that life is precious. He doesn't get to enjoy that though because he walked out the door.
I think if you can then you should admit the things that you have failed at these past few years, and tell him that it won't always be like this. Grieving is a process and you do eventually come out the other side. If he can support you through it you will be stronger than ever because it is the ultimate test of a partnership. But also remember that if he can't be there for you in the absolute worst of times then he is also failing to do his part.
So sorry about your dad, I think of my mum every day, it is a pain like nothing else
It sounds like both of you have been dealing with unbelievable stress for some time. Unfortunately when a couple is dealing with their own stress often the need to also help their partner with their stress becomes 'too much to handle' and marriages break down. Perhaps you should suggest couple's counseling so you can 'get your marriage back'.
Sorry to hear you're going through all this. This was us 18 months ago - but without the added trauma of bereavement. We went through a period of severe stress through a business sale and were in terrible financial difficulties. My DH felt the relationship had failed and moved out. I was devastated. I think I was suffering from low level depression and I believed he was severely depressed and under great strain. Three weeks later he collapsed with a near fatal heart attack.
We had a tough 6 months of separation but he got a new job on his recovery, his self esteem, confidence and earning power greatly improved and we are reconciling. It's not all plain sailing, there was another woman in the background but it wasn't the primary problem. We were just overwhelmed with about 4 years of continuous strain.
Offer support but back off emotionally and I would focus on yourself and your child and maintain your own boundaries. I wish I'd done that more, but you don't need to give up hope yet, if you don't want to.
I hope it all works out for you all.
For what it's worth, initially my DH blamed me; he issued me with a quite frankly ridiculous list of my supposed failings - mostly around housework and childcare. Even in my distress, I knew this was utter bollocks and I knew this was about his inability to cope rather than anything to do with me. He subsequently told me he had to try and convince himself he wasn't just bailing out like a huge selfish coward....
I also endured some very risky behaviour around other women as well as awful financial recklessness. He said afterwards it was pure escapism - he was trying to distract himself from the mess he was in and the pain he was causing. It was a nightmare and I could never have envisaged we could build anything constructive again. But we seem to be doing so!
fwiw, I just think that he is very stressed indeed.
Personally I wouldnt be taking too much notice of what he is saying at the moment.
I would just tell him that we will talk about him not loving me later, and tell him that you will help as much as you can with his work and other issues.
I think that you will find[could be wrong] that he will be very grateful not to have to bother thinking about whether he loves you or not.
It will release him from having that to worry about too.
Oh, and be easy on yourselves, both of you.
Now is a time for pulling together.
If you are going to part[largely doubt]there is plenty of time for that some other time.
Thank you so much for all your replies, it means a lot. I agree about the need for him to go to the dr's as the first step. Hurt aside, I'm genuinely worried that he's on the way to a breakdown.
I suggested couples counselling and he said he needs to figure out his own head yet before he can think about whether that would be worth doing. He says I've not done anything specifically wrong. There's just distance between us where we've not been putting each other first. He said is this just a sign that we just couldn't be bothered with each other? I think it's a knock on effect of the other stresses but am I just clinging on to that hope? I know myself we've neglected each other but this is a complete bombshell.
I actually thought our lives were looking a bit better lately - we had a nice holiday together in May, we've even talked about having another baby and it was him saying this more than me. I tried to ask when his feelings began to fade and it does sound like only after the other stresses started. But has too much damage been done? I'm sorry, I know people have posted to say they've come out the other side but my mind is in a whirl and my thoughts are just coming out jumbled.
I know this happens an awful lot but I really thought and believed our marriage was for life. My heart breaks for my boy.
He is always saying to me how his friends comment on what a great marriage we have, how we're strong and he has a good one in me as compared to others I'm laid back and easy going. He still has freedom and I'm not at all jealous or possessive. We basically have what others view as a good relationship.Obviously they don't see the other side of it where it's been understandably hard and strained for the last 2 yrs but there must be something good there for people to have that opinion on us.
He also said though that in recent weeks if someone made a comment along theses lines then he'd think to himself "then why do I not feel love anymore". Sorry, I'm rambling again.
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Personally I just dont think that he has enough headspace to love much at the moment,
Also, he just isnt thinking straight. Though he may think that he is.
Best to not say too mucha nd concentrate on day to day practicalities.
tbh, he may be depressed.
A classic sigh of depression is not thinking straight.
My guess is that he is finding it very hard to cope at all. With anything.
He very much needs a break from work.
Try not to worry yourself. I know that is easier said than done.
Thank you everyone. I really don't see how I'm going to cope if it is in fact over. I know this happens to lots of people all the time but I'm not that strong. I think I'm still in shock
Don't rush to any conclusions just yet. I felt exactly like you, couldn't imagine any sort of life ahead of me. I lost 3 stone in 3 months I was in such a state. But during our 6 months separation, I started to do more and more things for myself - and had some good and positive experiences - you are much stronger than you think you are - and lots of people were amazingly supportive.
He may need some time to work things out. Don't make his existential crisis the focus of your life. Forge ahead with your own life, get out and do things with your child. If you do split up - you will have the makings of your new life. If you stay together, it's much healthier, I've learned, not to live in each others pockets.
You will cope whatever, honestly. Your child needs you and people will help you. Wishing you all the best.
I just can't believe this has happened, I feel sick and couldn't sleep. He says he wouldn't of said this lightly. I just can't imagine my life alone and not as a family. How on earth am I meant to function, hold down a job and not let this affect my DS?
Is it possible for someone to think they don't love you but then do again? I'm aware of how pathetic that sounds.
imo, it is my opinion that it is possible for them to think they dont love you and mean it.
But they are stressed/overtired/overworked/anxious/fearful etc that they are not thinking straight. In other words they are thinking incorrectly.
Talking much about anything at this point is pretty useless. Because until they are out of the consuming tiredness, they will continue with muddled thinking.
In fact making much decisions more than what to have for tea is not good also.
The best thing you can do is only talk barely to him. Not be rude but a bit stay out of his way. Or smile and give him an occasional pat or light hug.
Actions, not talking.
You are both going through a storm. Just aim to get through it unbroken.
My DH said at the time he didn't think he loved me - he says he does now, frequently, and acts in a way that supports that. I always believed he was in such a crisis, I represented everything he thought he needed to get away from - oddly enough, it wasn't personal, it wasn't about me as a person. I recognise now, painful as it was, we both needed to call a halt to that situation and I don't think we would have reconciled properly unless we'd had a break from eachother.
I agree with settingsitting, get some space between you, don't be clinging to him, you can't support eachother right now. Look after yourself and your child.
My husband left, gave me the same lines. Turns out he was having an affair. Anyway we are separated now.
Not that i think you are in the same boat as you probably arn't but one of my husbands lines was that I didnt communicate with him anymore, he didnt feel connected to me. And although that is a massive excuse on his side, to shift blame etc, although he NEVER tried to talk to me about how he was feeling, (he just found someone else) my point is that I was very busy. As all working mums are. And I probably prioritiesed him low on my list and just expected him to tell me if ever he was feeling left out etc... Anyway, like the ladies say above...hard to know whether to talk to him but I have found men to not want to talk etc...they can get fed up of it can't they... so you cannot really win. Leave him to it and thats not right either.... I guess I would say make sure you are strong and do what you need to do for you becuase if he does leave at some point you do not want to feel like I and many other women felt. Like we never had a chance to rebuild etc.... so just make sure you have no regrets. Thats all i would say. Try not to spend time worrying and just try to be open, supportive yet make sure you look after you. x
PS you will be in shock and you will cope whatever happens. You are a woman, and a mother and you do not deserve this so don't allow the weak thoughts to come. Easy for me to say, I have just left a rambling post on my thread saying how weak I feel etc but its always easier to inspire other people than yourself isnt it.... Sending you strength xx
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I am researching my Grandma's Englehart line. Her mother was an Englehart before she married. Her name was Loretta Phoebe Englehart b. Oct. 24, 1881 in Waubay, SD. Her parents were George James Englehart and Mary Ditter Englehart. Loretta married Van Henry Groshong Feb. 12, 1896 in Crow Wing Co. MN. where they lived and raised their family.
Loretta's father James George Englehart was born Feb. 28, 1850 in Dane Station, WI. His wife Mary Ditter was born in Baden, Germany Sept. 14, 1853.James and Mary moved to Crow Wing Co. MN to be near their grandchildren. They were there til their deaths. James died Jan. 10, 1934 and Mary died Oct. 1, 1913. Both are buried in Crow Wing Co.
James George Englehart's father was George Joseph Englehart b. Jan. 2, 1818 in Steinford, Germany. He married Annie Elizabeth Schunart. Annie was born Nov. 12, 1832 in Thallfank, Germany. George Joseph Englehart died Jan. 15, 1894 in Waubay, SD. George and Annie had 14 children.
My gGrandma Loretta Phoebe Englehart Groshong moved out to Renton, Washington with my Grandma and some of her other children in the early 1940's. She lived there until her death in 1950. My Grandma, Loretta's oldest daughter, died Dec. 15, 1997 just five months shy of her 100th birthday. She is buried in the same cemetery in Renton, WA along with another of Loretta's daughters.
If anyone has any information on this Englehart line I would love to see it.
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Wilson picks up Aiken in new district
COLUMBIA — South Carolina's newly drawn 2nd congressional district promises to bring some political change to the region and its residents, but not for the man who serves as its congressman.
U.S. Rep Joe Wilson isn't thinking about the party make-up of his new district, said his spokesman Thursday.
"What the congressman hates most about the new map is he's losing the people in Hilton Head and Beaufort, but he does enjoy picking up all of Aiken County now," said Neal Patel, the Republican lawmaker's spokesman.
"I don't know if it's more winnable or not. That, to him, is not a concern," he added.
Translation: A safe Republican district is going to get even safer.
The once-a-decade redrawing of South Carolina's congressional districts was completed by the state's Republican-controlled House and Senate in July and signed by Republican Gov. Nikki Haley on Monday.
The plan, H. 3992, must win approval from the U.S. Department of Justice, pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, because of South Carolina's and other southern states' historical discrimination against black voters.
The Second Congressional District currently reaches north of Columbia, scoops eastern Aiken, Calhoun, Orangeburg and Richland counties, and drops down the Georgia border to the state's southern tip in Jasper County. The new map, pending approval, will be more compact and clustered around a unified Aiken County, along with Lexington and Barnwell counties and parts of others.
While lawmakers frequently argued against splitting counties across two congressional districts, Sen. Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, said Aiken County residents were better served by having both Wilson and Rep. Jeff Duncan, a Republican representing the 3rd congressional district, advocating for them.
"All the public testimony I heard was that Aiken enjoyed being split. They liked having two representatives that they could call on," said Massey, one of only two republicans in the S.C. Senate to join with the Democrats in voting against the new plan.
"They liked having additional people to focus on the Savannah River Site and on energy," he added.
"And none of this had anything at all to do with a negative outlook on Congressman Wilson. He's been in Aiken, and the people here know him, but the folks also like Jeff Duncan."
Massey said he also objected to the new map on the grounds that it carved Aiken County out of the 3rd congressional district. He said removing Aiken County as a population anchor for the 3rd district could strip influence from the rural communities just north of Aiken County, situation at the southern portion of the district, namely Edgefield, Saluda and McCormick counties.
Nevertheless, Massey said it was possible the new map would lend the unified Aiken County more influence over the selection of the 2nd district's representative.
The new 2nd district is expected to be an even safer seat for Wilson in the 2012 election than it was in the last one, when Wilson defeated Democratic challenger Rob Miller by nearly 10 points, and in 2008 by a margin of 54-46 percent.
But one local Democrat says the district's less sprawling outline could end up helping a Democratic challenger who would probably have less money than Wilson.
"I think it'll be easier for someone to run," said Teresa Harper, first vice-chair of the Aiken County Democratic Party. "I think it'll help, being a more compact district. The candidate will have a chance to get around to more places and talk to people."
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The Tennessean reported the first-degree murder charge against 23-year-old Morris Long was sent to a Dickson County grand jury on Friday.
Long was hit by a tractor-trailer truck on Interstate 40 on Dec. 22. That was the day after 21-year-old Ashlee Long was found dead. Morris Long recovered from his injuries.
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By Jason Wojciechowski on May 9, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Did you guys know that if you email me questions, I might answer them on the site? Do you want to be famous? Email me questions! (Or Facebook me questions or Tweet me questions. Or carrier pigeon them. I can't read smoke signals or semaphore, though. Sorry.)
Dave from Saratoga, New York writes
Big East Coast A's fan here; I have a question about Jemile Weeks. Is it possible he'll be sent down to AAA to get his swing back on track? He's killing us this year.
And what are the chances last year was a fluke? Are we looking at another Bobby Crosby/Kurt Suzuki/Daric Barton/Travis Buck kind of player, a guy whose numbers diminish every year?
These aren't easy questions. The first isn't easy because even to the extent I have any connections in the A's front office,1 they wouldn't tell me what they were thinking about Jemile Weeks anyway. At least not on the record. That said, I think we can grapple with the kinds of considerations and factors the A's would presumably take into account in making a decision whether to demote Weeks.
The first question is: what are the alternatives to sending him to AAA? Weeks's .188/.260/.304 batting line won't play anywhere in the lineup, but if you can reduce his effect on any given game from five plate appearances to four by hitting him 8th or 9th instead of first, then maybe you let him work out his issues at the bottom of the order.
There's also the old "give him two days off and let him rest his mind" trick. To the extent that we think either of these things will fix Weeks, it's presumably because we're aiming at a psychological issue -- we want to take the pressure off for a few days (in the "get him some rest" solution) or a few weeks (in the "bat him 9th" solution) and let him focus on just getting himself right without worrying about being The Table-Setter in front of the guys who are hitting (Josh Reddick, Jonny Gomes, Yoenis Cespedes).
Maybe, though, the problem isn't psychological, or isn't psychological in the way of putting too much pressure on himself. Maybe the issue is that his hitting mechanics are messed up as he tries to hit for power, self-conscious about hitting just two homers in almost 100 games last season while his brother bopped twenty. In that case, the essential question is which coaches you want him working with to fix the issue. A lot of noise was made this off-season about having Chili Davis around to mentor Weeks and Cliff Pennington in The Ways of the Switch-Hitter. Sending Weeks to AAA puts him instead under the care of Greg Sparks, a guy who only hit left-handed, plus whatever roving instructors the A's can spare to help Weeks out. Presumably the A's have faith in all the coaches on their staff, but that's a different thing from finding the very best fit for a particular struggling hitter.
The A's might also judge that as a matter of developing Jemile Weeks to be the best player he can be so that he peaks at a high level in the next couple of years, when Oakland is hoping to compete, they're better off having him struggle at the major-league level than work on his issues in the minors. This could be because they see positive psychological benefits to working through one's issues against the very top competition or because they don't think he would take a demotion well. Some players are likely to respond to a demotion by making things worse -- pressing, perhaps, or even sulking.
Then there's the question of "how much improvement do we get on the field from demoting Weeks?" The A's would presumably make Eric Sogard the starter at second base and call up Adam Rosales to be the utility man. (There are other alternatives, I suppose, involving Brandon Inge playing second while calling up Josh Donaldson or Wes Timmons, but those are either horrifying or complicated, so let's take the easy route.) I like Eric Sogard. I am a fan. He's not that good, though. His OBP in 142 career PA (a sample just slightly larger than Weeks's 2012) is .248. He's very likely not that bad, but the gain at the major-league level from playing Sogard instead of Weeks isn't going to be huge on offense, and there's a decent chance that Weeks is a better defender at the keystone anyway, reducing any gain you get at the plate.
This also raises the question of how much the A's care about winning as many games as they can in 2012. Bob Melvin certainly cares about winning games with the roster he's given, but that's a different question from the one facing Billy Beane: do you demote a struggling young player to try to push for 85 wins instead of 84?
That was the world's longest "I don't know." What about the second question? Was 2011 a fluke?
Everybody loved Weeks when he was knocking the ball around, batting .303, hitting doubles and triples, but his minor-league performance had been mixed. He hit well at Sacramento, albeit not that well once you adjust for the park and the league, and he was downright poor at Midland. He had a hip injury in 2010 that cost him almost three months of AA time, but he also played in the Texas League for about a month in 2009 and didn't hit at all.
Add all this up and you see why PECOTA and ZiPS projected this:
That's some pretty sharp agreement. The park factor matters, of course, since these are projections into Oakland, not into a neutral ground, but ZiPS figures Weeks for just an 88 OPS+ and PECOTA has him down for a TAv of .254 (with league average being .260). PECOTA also saw the odds that Weeks would repeat his 2011 being less than 10%.
It's an interesting list of names that Dave presents, by the way. Bobby Crosby turned out to be injury-prone, and I can't believe that his list of maladies, which goes on for pages and pages on his Baseball Prospectus player card had nothing to do with the fact that he never hit like 2004-05 again. (Noting, by the way, that his 2005, while just a half-season, was far superior to his 2004 with the bat.) I think it's no coincidence that his FRAA numbers declined just as his hitting did.
I don't know what to think of Kurt Suzuki. His first three years (2.5, really) were very good, as he was an above-average hitter (for the league, not just for his position) each year. He hasn't been that since, though he was close in 2011. The continuing league-wide decline in offense means that the difference between 2009 and 2011 isn't as big as it looks from his raw slash line, but it isn't clear to me that he'll ever be an average hitter again. And speaking of "average," that's where the entire decline comes: it's hard to walk enough to have a respectable OBP when you're batting .240, as Suzuki does. And it's hard to hit above .240 when you hit a pop-up every third at-bat, as it sometimes seems Suzuki does. With Suzuki, maybe his body has just worn down from being a relatively small catcher squatting behind the plate for a lot of games every year.
I'm not through with Daric Barton yet. He's still just 26 and 2011 was a wreck. His approach and swing don't seem any different than they were in 2010. It's possible that the .273 batting average that year that drove his stellar OBP and pushed his SLG to semi-respectable levels can't be repeated given those mechanics. Maybe a .316 BABIP isn't something he's capable of given his body type and swing and the .260 figures he's put up last year and at the start of 2012 are all he's capable of (and thus, he's not a major-leaguer). I'm just not ready to say that.
Travis Buck is one of the great mysteries to me. He hit out of his mind from the day he turned pro all the way up to skipping AAA and coming straight to Oakland, where he kept right on hitting. Until 2008, when he stopped hitting. He's never picked it back up (though he's got a .302/.375/.442 line in 48 PAs for Houston this year), he's hit only o.k. in AAA (again, accounting for park and league), and he's been hurt a lot. I have no idea what to say about Travis Buck.
I will say this about Jemile Weeks, though: I think he's distinguishable from all four of those players. Bobby Crosby was the 25th pick of the draft in 2001, and none of the other three were picked higher than that. Barton went 28th, Buck was a sandwich pick, and Suzuki was a second-rounder. Jemile Weeks went 12th overall. The guys above him were Tim Beckham (tools monster who could still make it), Pedro Alvarez, Eric Hosmer, Brian Matusz, Buster Posey, Kyle Skipworth (oops), Yonder Alonso, Gordon Beckham (stagnated, but he hit once upon a time), Aaron Crow, Jason Castro (reach!), and Justin Smoak. Weeks was taken ahead of Ike Davis, Brett Lawrie, and the high school version of Gerrit Cole.
Weeks, in other words, was supposed to be as good as he was in 2011. There are any number of pieces showing how expected performance falls off after the top picks. Here's one, for example, by Sky Andrecheck, complete with a graph showing how steep the curve is at the very top. 25th picks are supposed to have value. 12th picks are supposed to be good.
Obviously, 12th picks bust, and performance in the pros matters, at this point, more than draft position four years ago, but that draft position serves as a proxy for a judgment of where Weeks's tools and skills are supposed to go as he enters his prime. Maybe the scouts were wrong, but I think it's too early to say that.
In terms of data that's more in my purview, I just don't see many alarming things about Weeks so far. Check out his FanGraphs player card and scroll down to "PITCHf/x Plate Discipline" (and promise me to never ever use the one just labeled "plate discipline"). He's swinging about the same amount as last year, and he's done that by swinging less at pitches out of the zone and more at pitches in it. He's making the same amount of contact, and he's being pitched in the zone at the same rate. He's almost doubled his walk rate from last year, and his Isolated Slugging is unchanged.
There is one difference that I see: Weeks had a BABIP of .350 last year and is at .204 this season. Now, .350 is quite high in the major leagues. The list of guys around a .350 BABIP last year includes names like Joey Votto, Ryan Braun, Alex Gordon, and Mike Napoli. Among players with 350 or more PAs, Weeks ranked 17th in all of baseball in BABIP. You're just never going to ask that to repeat.
But you're also not going to ask .204 to continue forward. Nobody, not even Vernon Wells, posted a .204 BABIP in 350 or more PAs last season. (Wells was the lowest at .214. Just to put a point on this: Alex Rios was next at .237.) So that's going to come up. It has to. Jemile Weeks is a big-league player. The question is how far it will come up, and whether it will come up enough that he'll be really good or just o.k.
The thing is, though, that "just o.k." is still a better hitter than most of the guys Dave is worried about.
Oh, one other note. Shame on me for this, perhaps, but Weeks isn't actually hitting any more balls in the air, per FanGraphs, than he did in 2011. I have a perception that he's just flying out and flying out and flying out, but apparently that's not been the case.
There's fuzziness in there, of course, since perhaps some things have been called liners that would be called grounders in other situations, but there does not appear to be any massive change in the air/ground distribution of Weeks's balls in play so far. He has hit more infield flies than in 2011, but not so many more that they can explain a 150-point drop in BABIP by themselves.
To sum up:
I don't know whether Weeks should be sent down. My inclination is not to, but I don't know the player at all, and even if I did, I wouldn't know him well enough to make the judgments necessary in balancing the psychological and mechanical issues that the A's have to deal with.
I don't think Weeks is Travis Buck. It looks like he may be suffering from a massive case of bad luck so far, as his strike-zone indicators are flat at worst, and may be improved, his batted-ball distribution, to the extent we can tell such things, isn't anything new, all while his BABIP, oh his BABIP, has plummeted. I'd expect things to reverse course shortly, while at the same time not expect him to repeat his 2011, because that was a really good (and/or quite lucky) season.
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The first page of the preliminary draft of the home rule charter revision recommended by the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Charter Revision in 1977. Among other things it sought to increase the size of the City Council from seven to twelve members, to change the date of municipal inaugurations from May to March, and to allow the Mayor periodically to reorganization the executive branch of city government. These proposals did not come to a vote, however, probably because there was insufficient public support for the revision package.
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text: On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Luke Mewburn wrote: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:46:50PM -0600, Frederick Bruckman wrote: > | Root's crontab and /root files are in "etc.tgz", so just don't install > | that; use "etcupdate" instead. The really annoying thing about that > | method is that you have to build "sysinstall" and all the alternate > | kernels, when you really only want the sets. It would be nice if "make > | release" were factored so that you could easily make just the sets, > | or just sysinstall (plus INSTALL kernels), or just the other kernels. > > After a "make build" (or equivalent), do: > > # populate $DESTDIR with various config files > cd /usr/src/etc > $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-${MACHINE} distribution > > # make the sets > cd /usr/src/distrib/sets > $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-${MACHINE} maketars > > It is not necessary to build the kernels (which is performed by the > "snap_kern" target in etc/Makefile) to build the release .tar.gz sets... Thanks; that's not too bad... Any chance of adding an option to "build.sh" to build just the sets? Would anyone else use that? (I would.) Frederick