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A friend of mine came upon a R1100RT on the side of the road with the rear wheel off and wedged in place. Looking at the picture he sent me, one lug is sheared and another is missing- can't see the others.
A friend of mine came upon a R1100RT on the side of the road with the rear wheel off and wedged in place. Looking at the picture he sent me, one lug is sheared and another is missing- can't see the others.
A friend had the same model and same issue a few years ago. Being an owner of that model, I am interested in hearing from experienced wrenches' thoughts as what might have caused these incidents.
Could over tightening the bolts be a cause?
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Did either bike ever use any type of Never Seize on the threads? I have been told this is a NO NO.
I don't have any experience with the R1100's but do with the bikes before and after that and never had any issues like that. I have had that issue on a trailer and on one car in the past.
What you've described presents itself as the most probable cause being the rear wheel lug nuts coming loose. Possibly other causes, but unlikely.
The two most common reasons for this to happen are:
- lug nuts not being sufficiently and properly tightened
- some rims don't hold their torque as well as they should
There is a very good reason that it is recommended to retorque one's lug nuts after any wheel has been installed and driven/ridden for 50-100 miles. Lug nut seating issues, metal fatigue, thermal stress, etc., can all contribute to having a lug nut loosen after it's initial tightening.
Either or both of the above can be caused by installing the wheel with a corroded and/or dirty rim and/or lug nuts or several other issues. These can be tightened to the proper torque initially but if there is grit it can move with the rim and create a loosened rim rather quickly. If there is metal fatigue, thermal stress or other issues the same thing can happen.
I have had some rims that just never held an initial torque. Also, never retorque a hot/warm rim. This usually results in an over-torqued rim and can accelerate metal fatigue.
The recommended way to retorque lug nuts is to loosen the lug nut and do your retorquing. I do it differently (doesn't mean I'm correct, it is just what I do). I do not loosen the lug nut, instead, I set the torque wrench to the proper torque and tighten. If any lug nut moves (it was under the torque spec) then that vehicle gets re-checked in another 50 miles and if there is no longer any loosening issue all is fine. However, if there is loosening on the second retorquing then one needs to identify the cause.
Please be aware that by not loosening the lug nut prior to checking the torque, one is not likely going to see the actual torque value of that lug nut. To properly identify the torque value one must be tightening a loose lug nut as neither the wheel stud (lug) nor the lug nut should be lubricated in any way. Therefore, the amount of torque required to move a tightened lug nut will almost always be more than the actual torque of that lug nut (it has to overcome it's resistance to move due to friction, stretching, etc.). The process I use is merely to identify if any lug nut has loosened not to actually retorque to the factory spec. My personal feeling is that this gets you very close, which I feel is all that is needed, without subjecting the rim/lug nut to potentially the same issue that may have caused the initial loosening. I actually had rims in the 80's that required retorquing twice after almost every install until they were stable and didn't loosen anymore. This appeared to be due to the hub design and the seat of the lug nut as it occurred with several sets of rims. If I loosened the lug nuts and retorqued them they might require retorquing 3 and possibly 4 times, but when I switched to my method only one retorquing was required.
I do know of someone who left their BMW dealership after have their wheel removed and reinstalled only to have it start to wobble a short after leaving the dealership. It was apparent that the Tech had hand tightened the wheel but forgotten to torque it. Very fortunately no one was injured.
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The 4 lug setup and not torquing to a very high value (105nm) has caused this issue for many, myself included.
First time I changed a tire on H's 1100R after we met and assuming I had it tight...and not thinking about no axle had me pulling over shortly to find a very loose wheel.So glad it was me and not her
Another well known traveler had two lug bolts left in Central America on his extreme high mileage 11GS after he had replaced seal and maybe the bearing in FD in a remote city and was in the boonies when discovered...happens.
A local member recently posted a thread about it happening to him commuting to work, also on an 1100.
Torque wrench has never been an afterthought since. And have never used anti sieze,however do regularly wire wheel them to clean up. Hand tight will catch up with you at some point.
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I had the loose wheel problem I blame the idiot who replaced the wheel after last set of tires! When I removed the tire I got bike on center stand took a small ratchet and socket gave a halfhearted try to remove bolts, than took battery powered impact wrench and removed bolts, when I reinstalled wheel I looked at impact wrench thought better not, took socket put on ratchet and tightened bolts than replaced little plastic hubcap. I guessing I rode 100 to 150 miles before it was obvious something wrong, stopped used tools in toolkit to pry hubcap off tightened up bolts went home got torque wrench out and did things right.
Wheel bolts on the R1100RT are supposed to installed dry - no lube or anti-sieze. They are also supposed to be tightened in two stages. I change my rear tire about three times a year. When I do it, I get the wheel all the way against the final drive, then install the lugs by hand until they are all the way into the wheel. Then I torque all of them to 50 NM, then torque them again to 100 NM (the spec says 105). Never had a wheel lug loosen.
Michael Stock, Trinity, NC
However, after my adventures with wheel-offs on Daytons and Budds, the manufacturer rules are the rules and for no other reason than liability.
All of my vehicles, bikes included, company vehicles as well, rap the nuts down with a 3/8" impact in a star pattern. Torque to the manufacturers specs in a star pattern, then re-torque in a circle pattern. If any fastener moves so much as a hair at the second torque, the whole wheel comes off, wheel face, hub face and the hub external and internal get the brush.
In my environment, our wheels are subject to something called "hub jacking", essentially the same as "solder bloom".
It's been policy for decades now everywhere that wheel should be re-torqued at about 100 miles of service.
The other thing, bringing out the big gun and rapping the nut down tight until the gun squeals and then checking with a torque wrench is not a wise idea. Yep, they might be tight, really tight, stretch the stud tight.
On this forum, lots about "no oil-neverseize, etc."
For sure, clean external an internal threads are preferred but in real life, I have never seen anybody chase all the threads and then use a solvent to make sure.
If you can spin the bolts by hand into place, prolly no worries. If it hangs a little while doing so, I don't see any harm in a thin film of lubricant.
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i always mark the bolts with a dot on the outermost point with a sharpie. That ink comes right off with carb cleaner or brake cleaner. I alays clean the bolts so a new mark is needed. When I check air I check the marks. Never had one move.
I torque the 4 cap screws to the recommended 77 ft lb (105nm) and have never had a problem in 1,700,000 on our classic K or Oilhead bikes . When on the road without a torque wrench I do the best I can - probably over tight but never a stripped thread. Then a borrowed torque wrench ASAP>
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One other possible cause would be the spacer ring (between the wheel and hub). If you drop it on the floor and get dirt on it, and then install the ring with dirt on it, it will cause extra space between the wheel and hub. As you drive down the road, the dirt will begin to crush, and you are suddenly left with extra space between the wheel, ring, and hub. Now the bolts are loose and the wheel falls off. I always make sure that my spacer ring is clean when I install it. Same goes for the hub and wheel.
The other challenge: when was the last time you had your torque wrench calibrated??
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Boeing said Friday that testing on the redesigned lithium-ion batteries for its 787 Dreamliners should be completed within a week or two with results that the Federal Aviation Administration will review before resuming passenger flights.
Ron Hinderberger, Boeing's vice president for 787-8 engineering, said there will be a single test flight and that most tests will be done in the lab because monitoring is more thorough under those conditions.
"The reason that we are confident with a plan with one flight test is because of the complexity and the amount of detail that we've put into our lab testing," Hinderberger told reporters in a conference call.
The FAA and other safety regulators grounded the worldwide fleet of Boeing's flagship jetliner on Jan. 16, when an All Nippon Airways flight made an emergency landing in Japan because of the smell of a smoldering battery. On Jan. 7, a Japan Airlines plane parked in Boston caught fire.
Plans call for insulating each of the battery's eight cells, tightening the range of voltage the battery receives from the charger and installing a fireproof shell with a venting system to send electrolytes and smoke overboard if there is another battery failure. The shell and venting are intended to starve the battery of oxygen, so even if there is a failure, it won't result in a fire.
Each plane carries two batteries, which will each be surrounded by a stainless steel box to prevent a fire from spreading if a battery fails. Each battery will have a titanium venting tube to a 1-inch hole in the fuselage to carry flammable electrolytes and smoke overboard if a battery fails.
The redesigned battery will be the same size because the insulation around the cells will be more heat-resistant. Boeing said the new insulation, called phenolic glass laminate, can withstand 500 degrees Celsius, compared with the previous insulation that worked up to 150 degrees Celsius.
Academics on lithium batteries have suggested that lithium batteries need cooling systems, like the fan on a laptop battery. But Hinderberger says neither failed battery had gotten hot.
"There is no dedicated cooling required for this battery," Hinderberger said.
In a briefing earlier Friday in Tokyo, Boeing executives acknowledged not finding the reason for the two failures but said the remedies would prevent any future battery fires.
"We may never get to the single root cause," said Mike Sinnett, chief project engineer for the 787. "We have made significant improvements across the board."
Ray Conner, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said airlines that already have the first 49 planes would receive the first redesigned batteries, and then production models in Everett, Wash., would receive them.
"We would anticipate it would be weeks, but it may be longer," Conner said, depending on FAA's review of the company's testing.
FAA Administrator Michael Huerta has said there is no timetable for completing the testing or certifying the plane for passenger flights.
Asked whether he would fly on the plane again, Conner said he would be on the first passenger flight.
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He apologized to Japan, airlines and passengers for the battery failures.
The National Transportation Safety Board said 3-inch flames sprouted from the Boston battery. But Sinnett said there was no fire in the ANA plane and there was no flame within the battery box — only once the box had been breached.
Deborah Hersman, chairman of the NTSB, described the origin of the Boston fire as a short-circuit in one of eight cells of the battery that then became an uncontrolled chemical reaction called a thermal runaway.
But Boeing officials argued that the incident was a thermal propagation — rather than a thermal runaway — because the entire battery wasn't destroyed. Hinderberger said they have registered their dispute about how to characterize the Boston incident with the NTSB, but that Boeing still takes it seriously.
"They have a different view," Hinderberger said.
Sinnett said engineers who spent more than 200,000 hours studying the battery failures tracked down 80 possible problems. After lumping them into four categories, Sinnett said engineers developed solutions for every possible cause.
Asked if there could be an 81st or 84th problem that engineers haven't foreseen, Sinnett said the fireproof shell and venting would deal with it so that the plane could land safely.
"I am very, very confident that we won't have a fire as a result," Sinnett said.

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The question isn't IF your users will need more bandwidth, but WHEN they will need more bandwidth. 802.11ac represents the next evolution of the 802.11 standard, and, as you've heard, this one really pegs the gas petal in the quest for speed. Offering a link-rate of up to 1.3Gbps, 802.11ac represents the first wireless standard that surpasses the gigabit barrier.
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See http://restsql.org for an overview, developer documentation and binary distributions of the framework and the SDK. The source code is licensed under MIT and hosted on github.
restSQL is a very unconventional, ultra-lightweight data access layer for browser, mobile, desktop or server-based applications. For many applications, conventional ORM is heavyweight and inflexible, and conventional Web Services (WSDL/SOAP) are cumbersome. restSQL substantially lightens the middle-tier. It is targeted at the 80% of data access that is basic CRUD (Create-Read-Update-Delete), making it faster and simpler to develop distributed applications.
restSQL is not an object-oriented view of the database. It presents flat or hierarchical "views" of relational database tables. These views are query-able and updatable through a simple REST-based HTTP or Java API. The HTTP interface is based on REST principles, which use HTTPT's built-in features, rather than abstracting away from them.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Someday, it might be possible to take the Pete Seeger Bridge to Pete Seeger Park and listen to Pete Seeger music by the Pete Seeger statue.
Plans abound to honor the recently deceased folk icon, with a few early events planned for Saturday, what would have been his 95th birthday. But trying to honor a hardcore egalitarian like Seeger raises some questions.
How do you single out a singer who revered the masses? Is it OK to bestow honors on Seeger that he declined during his life? And would the old eco-warrior want his name on a $3.9 billion bridge serving suburban car culture?
"He did everything possible to not take credit for anything. It was always a group effort," said George Mansfield, a council member in Beacon, the Hudson River city near where Seeger and his late wife, Toshi, lived for decades. "People say 'How do you best memorialize Pete?' and everyone agrees the best way to memorialize him is to continue what he started."
Seeger, who died in January at age 94, was known around the world for his activism and gentle voice on such signature songs as "If I Had a Hammer," ''Turn, Turn, Turn," and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone." He was also known closer to home for his deep connection to the Hudson River and his tireless efforts in the movement to clean it up.
That's why Beacon plans to rename its riverside park for Seeger and his wife, who were instrumental in converting the former dump into Riverfront Park. And more controversially, some people want to put Seeger's name on the massive span that will replace the Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson just north of New York City.
"I just imagine a family driving across the bridge years from now and some kids says, 'Who is Pete Seeger?' That kind of thing. That would be cool," said Bill Swersey, a New York City resident who liked the bridge-naming idea so much he created a Change.org petition that has more than 14,000 signatures.
Critics say naming a bridge for Seeger that carries some 140,000 cars a day between sprawling Westchester and Rockland counties would fly in the face of the singer's live-simply ethos. One counterproposal has been to rename the more ecologically friendly Walkway Over the Hudson about 45 miles upriver.
Seeger declined such honors in his life, so the idea of lending his name to bridges sits uncomfortably with some.
"He hated the spotlight," said family friend Thom Wolke, who believes living up to Seeger's ideals is a more fitting remembrance.
Mansfield said Seeger's family approved of renaming the Beacon park, provided Toshi was included. He said the family also will have a say in what sort of sculpture or plaque will grace the renamed "Pete and Toshi Seeger Riverfront Park," which could be anything from a representational statue to something abstract. One Seeger family member, grandson Kitama Cahill-Jackson, said he's for naming anything that keeps his grandfather's name alive.
"Whenever someone wanted to name something after him I'd ask him, and he'd say, 'Do it when I'm dead," Cahill-Jackson recalled. "And he's dead, so I think this is a good time to do it."
Cahill-Jackson is among the people who will honor Seeger in the most obvious way: with song. He is raising money for Seeger Fest, a five-day series of music and events in the Hudson Valley and New York City — including a concert at Lincoln Center's outdoor performance area — starting July 17.
Seeger's birth date on Saturday will be marked with shows featuring his songs in Woodstock, New York and St. Paul, Minnesota, and Wolke organized a show in Fontenet, France. The shows will be held in different places with different artists, but the thought is the same.
"I think part of me is doing this because I want to keep them alive," Cahill-Jackson said. "And I'm hoping that weekend, they'll be alive."
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Someday, it might be possible to take the Pete Seeger Bridge to Pete Seeger Park and listen to Pete Seeger music by the Pete Seeger statue.


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A team of researchers has launched a project that is working to put online records of the United States Colored Troops—regiments of African American soldiers that included large numbers of men who had been slaves at the start of the Civil War.
In 1862, the Union Army officially created the United States Colored Troops (USCT)—regiments of African American soldiers that included large numbers of men who had been slaves at the start of the Civil War. However, details of these estimated 200,000 men who fought in the conflict are not easily accessible. While the army kept records of their backgrounds and where they fought as well as their fates and fortunes, they are housed, in paper format, in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C.
The African American Civil War Museum in Washington now plans to produce an electronic archive chronicling the lives of these soldiers, both before and after the war, shedding new light on life in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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With nearly 700 reported cases of West Nile virus nationwide, health officials say this is the worst season for West Nile in eight years, and ground zero for infections is Texas. NBC's Janet Shamlian reports.
Texas state health officials, alarmed by the worst outbreak of West Nile virus since the infection first hit the United States in 1999, started spraying insecticide from airplanes Thursday night.
Years of research show the poisons being used in the spray are safe for humans — and certainly safer than the virus, health officials said. But blogs and social media lit up with concerned comments from people afraid the insecticide might hurt them, their children or other creatures in the environment.
"This is not science. It is ignorance, fueled by chemical corporations seizing the opportunity to poison everyone," Judith Winchester, a Dallas-area designer, posted on the North Texas Poison Center 's Facebook page.
The poison center and state health officials, as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Environmental Protection Agency, say the spray being used is about as safe as an insecticide can be. Called Duet, it's made up of two products, both synthetic versions of a chemical made by chrysanthemum flowers.
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Culex pipiens, left, is the primary mosquito that can transmit West Nile virus to humans, birds and other animals. The bite of this mosquito is very gentle and usually unnoticed by people. At right is an Aedes vexans. It is a very aggressive biting mosquito but not an important transmitter of disease.
"Risks with aerial spraying are very, very low, especially compared with the risk of disease," said Carrie Williams, a spokeswoman for the Texas State Department of Health Services. "We believe it is a safe and very effective approach for Dallas."
Insecticides first got a bad name back in the 1960s, when it became clear that DDT was killing birds by thinning their eggshells. Then it turned out it was a likely cause of human cancer, too, and it was banned in the U.S. in 1972. And because so many insecticides are nerve agents, they have worried doctors, environmentalists and the public. There's one class of pesticides called organophosphates that do appear to damage the nervous systems of people who get exposed to high amounts — farm workers, for example.
But the pyrethrins in Duet — that's their chemical name – are formulated differently and work through a different mechanism. They kill mosquitos in very low doses. And they don't affect mammals, humans included, in the same way they affect insects.
According to the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC), a joint venture between Oregon State University and the EPA, pyrethrins work by blocking the nerve activity of insects and they kill adult mosquitos by direct contact. But they're not as dangerous to bigger creatures, even birds.
"Pyrethrins are one of the least poisonous insecticides to mammals," the center says on its website. They break down quickly into inactive forms in the body and don't build up in the soil. They do, however, kill honeybees and can poison fish and other aquatic life. That's one reason that Texas is spraying at night – to minimize the effects on bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects.
They are used in pet flea and tick preparations and in lice control shampoo for humans. The EPA says they don't cause cancer and don't hurt pregnant women or their unborn babies.
Compare this to West Nile, which has made 30,000 Americans sick since it arrived in the New York City borough of Queens in 1999. "The 693 cases reported thus far in 2012 is the highest number of West Nile virus disease cases reported to CDC through the second week in August since West Nile virus was first detected in the United States in 1999," the CDC says.
"Over 80 percent of the cases have been reported from six states (Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and California) and almost half of all cases have been reported from Texas."
West Nile itself isn't especially deadly — only about 20 percent of infected people even know they have something, other than perhaps a mild cold. And most who develop symptoms get what's called West Nile fever, which has the typical symptoms of many viruses — fever, headache, tiredness and, sometimes, a rash.
But 1 percent of cases get severe disease, usually meningitis, an inflammation of the spinal cord, or encephalitis, which is inflammation of the brain. These are usually older people are patients with suppressed immune systems. These symptoms can kill quickly or leave people with nerve damage such as paralyzed limbs.
There is no human vaccine for West Nile — there's one for horses — and no real treatment. People with severe infections get supportive care such as IV fluids to make sure they don't die of dehydration and breathing support if the nerve damage affects their ability to breathe.
The other chemical used as a defense against West Nile is DEET, an ingredient in the most effective insect repellents. It seems to stop mosquitoes from smelling their human victims. The NPIC says it's very safe for people. "Nearly all of the DEET that is taken in through the skin is eliminated by the body within 24 hours of applying it," the center's website says. It also does not cause cancer and has been used safely by pregnant women.
Williams says the state health department is trying to address fears. "People have kids, they have pets,and we completely understand that people may be feeling apprehensive about this," she says. "We have relied on the science to help us make the decision."
And the department says spraying is only part of the answer to the problem. People need to cover up, use insecticide and,most of all, control standing water to stop mosquitoes from breeding. Even a small amount of water in a potted plant can provide a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
Related links:
- Texas sprayed as West Nile virus spreads
- Tenth West Nile death confirmed in Dallas
- West Nile virus on the rise


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The Postal Strike of 1970
March 18 marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most momentous events in postal history — the postal strike of 1970. The night before, postal workers in New York voted 1,555 to 1,055 to go out on strike in protest of a House committee vote to limit their wage increase that year to 5.4 percent on the heels of a 41 percent increase in Congress's own pay. The wildcat strike and picketing were effective in shutting down postal operations in New York and quickly spread to about 30 other cities. Within days about 152,000 workers in 671 locations were on strike.


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It has been a while since I've posted here, for two (I think) very good reasons. The first is that when I returned from San Miguel last summer, I had a lot of data to process, and I'm still working on that material. The second is that I had a series of health issues that took all my time and energy, making my annual trips to Mexico less likely. Don't get me wrong, I'm doing okay right now, but I also know that I have to plan my future wisely. As much as I love Mexico and can't believe that this is the first summer in 15 years that I won't be there, there are times when you just have to take a step back and stay put.
At the same time, I've become involved with a new research project here in Northern Virginia, another "something" that I did not anticipate. When I finished my work in Kennett Square, I was ready to move permanently into my Mexican fieldwork and leave the world of gringos adjusting to their Latino neighbors to other scholars. Then Herdon, Virginia erupted into a firestorm of anti-immigrant controversy, and was soon followed by another larger, more organized (and troubling) anti-immigrant movement (The "Help Save" organizations) in Manassas, Virginia. Last fall I found myself drafting a research protocol to get into Manassas and talk to real people about their feelings about their changing communities, a project that just completed the first half (surveys) of Phase 1.
Phase 1 looks something like this: with a colleague, we picked a lovely neighborhood of about 1400 houses in the City of Manassas. We purposefully picked a location that was near a good bit of known immigrant housing (townhomes,apartments, small single family homes), but itself seemed to be a older established community of predominately Anglo-European Americans. We did a random door-to-door sample of one hundred of those households, asking residents about all types of issues in their community, like traffic, crime, taxes, and school changes. Now we are going back into the community to do extensive oral history interviews with 30 of the 100 informants who complete surveys to obtain a deeper, more nuanced idea of what is going on in Manassas. The idea here is to really understand the experiences and perspectives of people in the community.
In this regard, my life and work have changed a great deal in the last year--I was in Mexico one year ago today talking to Mexicans and Foreign expats about San Miguel de Allende. I still hope to get back to that project, but at the same time, I have a lot of material that I have work with on that project, and SMA is not going anywhere.
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Previously warned of coming tyranny under Obama
Steve Watson
Jan 24, 2013
Georgia congressman Paul Broun hit out this week at his favourite target, President Obama, stating that he has no concept of the US Constitution.
In an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Broun, a frequent critic of Obama noted "I think my role is to uphold support and defend our Constitution."
"The Constitution I uphold and defend is the one I carry in my pocket all the time, the U.S. Constitution," Broun added.
"I don't know what Constitution that other members of Congress uphold, but it's not this one. I think the only Constitution that Barack Obama upholds is the Soviet constitution, not this one. He has no concept of this one, though he claimed to be a constitutional lawyer." the Congressman also said.
Congressman Broun has been a thorn in the side of Obama's agenda since day one.
In 2009 he warned attendees of a town hall event that the Obama administration was planning to use a pandemic or a natural disaster to implement martial law in the United States.
Speaking at the North Georgia Technical College auditorium, Broun said that the "socialistic elite," as well as Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, were planning to exploit a crisis to create a favorable climate for their stalling political agenda.
"They're trying to develop an environment where they can take over," he said. "We've seen that historically."
He also spoke out against Obama's plan to create a "national civilian security force," warning that the program sounded like a 21st century Gestapo and that it was part of a move towards a Marxist dictatorship.
"That's exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it's exactly what the Soviet Union did," Broun said. "When he's proposing to have a national security force that's answering to him, that is as strong as the U.S. military, he's showing me signs of being Marxist."
Broun also cited the threat to the second amendment posed by the Obama administration and anti-gun Attorney General Eric Holder.
"We can't be lulled into complacency," Broun said. "You have to remember that Adolf Hitler was elected in a democratic Germany. I'm not comparing him to Adolf Hitler. What I'm saying is there is the potential of going down that road."
As a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, Broun has also been heavily critical of the TSA. In recent weeks he has sought to "pick up right where Congressman [Ron] Paul left off" by reintroducing "Audit the Fed" legislation for the current session of Congress.
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.
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The Press Democrat's website took a top award in a recent national competition for online publications.
The 2014 Best in Digital Media contest was sponsored by the Local Media Association, which includes more than 2,200 media outlets in North America.
Competing in the largest circulation group, the recently redesigned pressdemocrat.com received first place in the category of best community website. The contest was judged by BIA-Kelsey, a national media research agency.
The Press Democrat's return to local ownership when it was purchased by Sonoma Media Investments in 2012 gave the newspaper's online team an opportunity to rebuild and re-engineer pressdemocrat.com. The redesigned site debuted in July 2013 and moved again to a new platform earlier this month. Also launched this month are a new mobile site as well as updated apps for Apple and Android smartphone users.
"We're committed to continuous improvement in our goal of delivering a compelling news report for our readers. It's more important than ever that we keep pace with the technological changes that will help us achieve that goal," said Greg Retsinas, the newspaper's digital director.


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By Greg Goode
Watchmen, the seminal graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, appears on Time magazine's 100 Greatest Novels of the 20th Century list. In 2009, The New York Times began publishing a graphic novel bestseller list. The same year, Heath Ledger wins an Oscar for his portrayal of The Joker, Batman's arch-enemy, in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight.
The comic book, long considered a disposable object exclusively for children, is finally getting some respect. Further validation for the art form can be found on college campuses, where graphic novels are becoming an increasingly common part of the curriculum, including at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa.
Matt Plowman, Grand View's associate professor of history, first experienced comics in the classroom at another institution as part of a critical thinking class on the Holocaust. Plowman said one of the most powerful texts the class read was Maus by Art Spigelman, a graphic novel about Spigelman's father's experience in a Nazi concentration camp.
"I've seen [graphic novels] used very effectively, and communicate things that just weren't alive on the page of a history book," Plowman said. "Literally, it's graphing reality for them, picturing reality and playing with it."
Later this semester in his European Cultural & Intellectual History class, Plowman will be using V For Vendetta by Moore and David Lloyd, a graphic novel about an anarchist's war against authority in a near-future totalitarian England.
"With European intellectual history, you kind of have to show where society's moving," Plowman said. "So I was looking for something that was late 20th century, and particularly with where a lot of European thinkers were going, there's a lot of dystopia. And the graphic novels tend to be on the edge of that."
Plowman said he picked V For Vendetta partly because of the students familiarity with the story from its 2006 film adaptation.
"I wanted them to be able to see the original intent of Alan Moore and what he's really trying to say about society," Plowman said. "Sometimes it's easier for some students, rather than trying to find a movie that has a traditional novel, where they have to do more literary criticism. Especially for the visual learners."
Kevin Gannon, professor of history at Grand View, said he's always been intrigued by the use of graphic novels in class. Two years ago, Gannon took part in a summer reading program for the Grand View freshman class that used Gene Luen Yung's graphic novel American Born Chinese.
"I had never taught with that before and in my discipline, it's not very common. We use pretty standard vanilla textbooks. I was intrigued with the idea," Gannon said. "I was a bit intimidated by the idea, too, because I had no idea how to teach it. What I learned is that it's just like any other text."
This semester, Gannon is assigning A People's History of American Empire, a graphic novel that adapts writings by radical historian Howard Zinn. Gannon said students have responded to the text enthusiastically.
"For me personally, a graphic novel fits right in with the way I structure my courses and what I want students to be able to do with the texts that we read," Gannon said.
Other Grand View instructors utilizing comics include Ken Jones, who assigned the zombie apocalypse story The Walking Dead in his Introduction to Ethics class this semester and Jim Whyte, who has given students the task of creating their own comics in his Principles of Management class.
Gannon said he sees the use of graphic novels in his class as a way of expanding his students' ideas of what materials can be used in the classroom environment.
"I ask my students to be open-minded and look at different things as text, not just the standard printed page," Gannon said. "If I'm going to ask my students to look at a text in that way, I should be willing to do the same myself. And that's where graphic novels help stretch me as a teacher."


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When Nets general manager Billy King spoke earlier this week about Deron Williams' struggles this season, he referenced the injuries and struggles Carmelo Anthony endured last year with the Knicks.
Though King didn't mean it in this context, there is another parallel to the Knicks from last year without Anthony that has appeared during the two games Williams has missed while resting his ailing ankles: Williams' teammates have stepped up in his absence.
The Nets (31-22) got huge contributions from the roster Wednesday night on their way to a 119-108 win over the Nuggets in front of a crowd of 17,251 inside Barclays Center, sending the Nets into the All-Star break on a two-game winning streak.
"When you've got a key guy out, it motivates guys to step up and play a little harder," said Joe Johnson, who finished with a game-high 26 points on 10-for-19 shooting. "Guys who haven't played that much tend to come in and play big minutes and be successful."
After the Nets got blown out of Barclays Center in the second half of Sunday's lopsided loss to the Spurs and hearing the news that Williams would miss the final two games before the break after receiving platelet rich plasma treatment on both ankles, it seemed certain the Nets would enter it on a down note.
Instead, they recovered from a late deficit to pull out an overtime win Monday in Indiana, and then used a blazing-hot night shooting the ball to surge past the Nuggets and give the Nets two of their more impressive victories of the entire season.
"We knew we needed these two games," said Gerald Wallace, who finished with eight points, nine rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots. "The Washington game we kind of laid down and they kicked our butts, and San Antonio we didn't take advantage of what we should have and gave two games away.
"Our main thing was we wanted to go into the All-Star break on a good note, and these were two must-win games."
The Nets were efficient offensively, shooting 54.7 percent from the field, including an impressive 59.3 percent (16-for-27) from 3-point range. But while they were hitting a ton of outside shots, they also made sure to take advantage of their size and strength — something they have failed to do time and again this season when playing against smaller, athletic teams — allowing them to get to the foul line 30 times and outrebound Denver 37-29.
The Nets were red-hot the entire game. They shot a blistering 64.7 percent (11-for-17) from the field in the third and went 5-for-8 from 3-point range. They opened the third with an 18-4 run and stretched their lead to as many as 20.
During that quarter, Joe Johnson led the way with 15 points and C.J. Watson — who finished with 25 while filling in for Wiliams — chipped in with nine, including eight straight.
"I thought we played well the entire game, but in that third quarter we played great defense, we did the things we needed to do [offensively] and opened it up," Nets interim coach P.J. Carlesimo said.
Add it all up and, after already going through a season's worth of ups-and-downs to this point, the Nets enter the All-Star break in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. With Williams set to return after the break, they have a chance to put together a run to move higher up in the standings once play resumes next week.
"We're capable of being one of the top teams," Johnson said. "We understand that. We've shown that. We just need to get some consistency going in the latter stretch of the season.
"We want to position ourselves to make a big push. I'm sure the guys will come back focused."


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William Mackesy's account of this walk. This is how the Nakahechi trail was for our group of 12 middle-agers in June 2015. Day 1 - Koyasan. This is a slightly funny day's walking, a steep clamber on the old womens' route around the perimeter hills of one of Japan's greatest Buddhist temple complexes, then a meander through its heart.
Search for saltwater crocodiles and the colourful range of birdlife for which this region is renowned. After lunch, stop at Nourlangie, where your guide will lead you on a walk to view the rock.
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First Birthday, Boy Birthday Invitation, Elegant Invitation,Gold and Black The Big One, photo invitation
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Welcome to Perfect Pixel Factory!
I look forward to working with you to create a memorable event.
At Perfect Pixel Factory You will find high quality and unique designs for every event. Our inventory is constantly growing, so keep checking back with us to see what's new.
This listing is for
-Event invitation, announcement, save the date, holiday cards,etc..
- Your choice of invitation size are: 4x6 or 5x7
-A digital invitation file(s) will be sent to your ETSY EMAIL for you to print. No items will be shipped.
Ordering Is Easy! How It Works...
1. Purchase the design you like by adding it to your shopping cart and check out via PayPal or Direct check out.
2. Please write at "note to seller" and include the following information:
•NAME how you want it to appear on the file
•AGE child is turning ( if applicable)
•WHEN the event is taking place
•WHERE the event will be
•TIME or time frame your event will be
•RSVP phone number and or email
•CONTACT name to contact regarding event
3. Upon receipt of your complete information, I will begin customizing your file.
4. Within 48 hours or less, (Usually less) during the work week I will email the proof for you to review. I will be happy to make any changes until you are 100% satisfied with the final product. However, once you have approved the files any changes will require additional cost.
★Rush orders available for an additional fee. Please contact me BEFORE placing a rush order.
Revisions may take up to 24 hrs to be completed. Thank you for your patience. For faster turn around time please make sure to include all the information you would like to include in the invitation with your order.
I will work on your invitation until you are 100% happy with it. However, once you have approved the file you are responsible with any errors and there will be an additional cost for revisions.
★Check the proof for all spelling and information details. Once you have approved the file, I will send you the high-resolution file for you to print. A JPG or PDF file will be sent.
You may print as many as you need: This file is for personal use only. You may not forward, share, sell or distribute the file.
Your photo should be a high resolution JPG format straight from your camera for proper print quality. Pictures of pictures will not be accepted.
Small photos will blur when enlarged will not be accepted.
Please do not send close up photos as they will not work. There needs to be enough space for me to properly place the photo to the design.
If you are sending a photo of your son with a stuffed toy,prop or balloons please note that they maybe cropped to fit the design, unless they are directly in front of or closely next to the child.
PHOTO EDITING please be sure and submit a photo you're happy with. I may brighten, lighten your photo. However, any additional editing may incur an additional charge and must be discussed prior to ordering.
If the photo you are emailing me was taken by a professional photographer, please ensure that you have full permission in the form of a copyright license from the photographer. You also agree to take full responsibility for any misuse of copyrighted images and agree to not hold me liable for any misuse of copyrighted images. This store will not accept photos for invitations that have a watermark on them.
No company names will be advertised or displayed on the final product.
Keep in mind that if you are having your invitation printed at a photo lab, it's much cheaper to print the 4x6 size. I recommend checking out printing policies and pricing prior to ordering. If the size of your invitation is not specified in your order notes at the time of purchase, a 5x7 will be sent to you. No exception.
★If you purchase the wrong DESIGN and/or SIZE (or have changed your mind on the design and/or size) ordered AFTER the digital file of the invitation has been sent to your email box, you will need to re-purchase another invitation as I'll need to start from scratch and work with a completely different template. No exception.
Save your files by simply saving or downloading the file to your computer, USB flash drive or disk. From there you can print to your home computer, upload to an online printing vendor or take into a printing vendor to have printed for you. (Please be sure and read the recommended listing below.)
Please keep in mind that cell phones and other mobile devices and thie providers tend to compress/reduce attachments/files sizes. This may cause issues (and has with previous clients) when trying to upload to an online printing vendor as the file will no longer be the original 300 DPI file size (huge) required by online printing vendors. This is an issue with your provider and is not reflected on the actual file size emailed to you by Perfect Pixel Factory. My recommendation is to upload/download the file(s) from a computer to eliminate this issue.
*Please note colors seen on screen may differ upon printing depending on the quality of the printer, paper used and settings. Perfect Pixel Factory is not responsible for the resulting color variations. Because there are a vast number of variables involved in printing, there will be no refunds and no design revisions of colors if you are dissatisfied the colors, size, shape or prints when they are printed. Test prints are recommended before you print multiple files.
All listing are for the creation and delivery of high resolution JPG DIGITAL FILE (digital file) Or PDF File (Portable Document Format). No physical product will be shipped.
Your purchase is for the time and effort involved in creating your child's customized invitation and or party items. I personalize and create printables for your event, I don't specialize in the printing of them. If you're using an online vendor, or walk-in photo lab, to print out your printables, please call 'them' to ask about their uploading processes as I'm unaware of how that vendor may operate and is a completely different service than I offer. Please remember that if a vendor requires a bleed or border, you will need to specify at the time of placing your order. If requested after the order is approved there will be an additional charge no exception. Once printed, If any of the files look different in anyway from how the file emailed to you 'view's, that's a technical issue with your printing vendor.
You will need the following materials..
1. Printer
2.Heavy weight premium photo paper in a soft/semi gloss for photo invites or bright white matte finish card stock.
3. Scissors or paper cutter
Many photo labs are unable to print these popular party invitations/printables due to the copyright images used on them. I recommend checking if you had a specific vendor in mind. Below is a listing provided by feedback received from previous clients that may help you in finding locations to print them at.
★walgreens.com, cvs.com, vistaprint.com, Target, Shutterfly, Sam's Club and some Costco and Kinko locations. If you upload your file(s) to snapfish.com as a one picture, no text invitation, they include envelopes. Places that will not print them include Staples, Wal-Mart, Office Depot, Office Max, a few Costco and Kinko's locations.
★★★There will be no copyright release from me, so please make sure the printing company you'll be using doesn't need any.★★★
IMAGES AND DESIGNS were created byPerfect Pixel Factory and are protected under domestic and international copyright laws (aside from licensed character images or trademarks) according to 17 U.S.C. Section 501. Any licensed images of characters used in the designs are free and not being sold. Character copyright is held by original owner. (Digitally reproduced or interpreted licensed characters cannot be shared, distributed or sold and limited rights are not transferable to anyone for any reason.) Designs are intended for ONE TIME use only. Your purchase is for the labor and time involved in creating your child's customizations.
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This library contains research reports produced by the Building America program and other building science resources used to support this Solution Center. The materials cover both new construction and existing homes. Use the search box and/or the filters to explore hundreds of residential building resources. Access to some references not produced by Building America may require purchase from the publisher. Documents are listed alphabetically. While we continually update our database, links may have changed since posting. Please contact our webmaster if you find broken links.
Organization(s): PARR, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Gas Technology Institute, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, CNT Energy, Future Energy Enterprises
Publication Date: October, 2012
Document reviewing of the current northern Illinois energy efficiency retrofit programs.


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A palpable wave of grief spread across campus today as word filtered through that John D. Gray [trustee 1961–2006] had died of cancer at the age of 93.
It's hard to convey the level of respect and affection for John and Betty Gray that generations of Reedies have held in their hearts.
"Reed probably wouldn't be in existence today if it were not for former trustee John Gray," said John Sheehy '82, author of Comrades of the Quest, the oral history of Reed that reveals how John and Betty Gray, together with Paul Bragdon [president 1971–82], Howard Vollum '36, Ed Cooley [trustee 1968–2001], and Dick Wollenberg [trustee 1962–2005] rescued Reed from the brink of financial abyss during the early '70s.
John and Betty have also become near-legendary figures on campus thanks to the Gray Fund, established in 1992, whose mission is to provide "stimulating cultural, social, and recreational programs of excellent quality." Over the years, the Gray Fund has made it possible for Reed students to have experiences to remember for the rest of their lives, from kayaking to hot-air balloon trips to rock climbing to watching the creation of Tibetan sand sculptures. In May, Reed celebrated 20 years of the Gray Fund with stilt-walkers, drums, parades, skits, and a massive concert at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall downtown, at which John was greeted by an ear-splitting standing ovation.
John came from humble beginnings. Born and raised in Ontario, Oregon, in 1919, he grew up fatherless during the Great Depression. As a teenager he worked as a farm laborer for $1 an hour. He graduated from Oregon State, served in World War II, returned home to marry Betty (his college sweetheart), went to Harvard Business School on the GI Bill, and then blazed a spectacular career as an entrepreneur, beginning at Oregon Saw Chain Corporation, where his first chair was a nail keg. He also developed John's Landing, the Salishan resort, Skamania Lodge, and the Sunriver Resort.
Along the way he supported dozens of philanthropic enterprises. In addition to Reed, John was involved with Oregon Health & Sciences University, REACH the Community Development Corporation, the 4-H Center at the Oregon state fairgrounds, the Community Transitional School, the Boy Scouts, and many others.
Announcing John's passage, President John Kroger wrote:
It is with profound sadness that I report that John Gray passed away yesterday . . . John and Betty were among a very small number of trustees and donors who provided exemplary moral and philanthropic leadership during the 1960s and '70s, a time of great financial uncertainty for the college. Their generosity with both time and money helped lay the foundation for the Reed we know and love today.
In addition to his great service to Reed, John was a well-known businessman and a pillar of Portland civic life, as well as a champion of education, the arts, and the environment. A true friend to Reed, John will be greatly missed.
We will share details of memorials for John as soon as we learn of them.


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By posting these, I am not endorsing everything they say (with the exception of the last book). On balance, however, I think they provide a great introduction to current topics in digital security.
- Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know by Peter W. Singer and Allan Friedman
- Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon by Kim Zetter
- @War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex by Shane Harris
- China and Cybersecurity: Espionage, Strategy, and Politics in the Digital Domain by Jon R. Lindsay, Tai Ming Cheung, and Derek S. Reveron
- Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World by Bruce Schneier
- Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime-from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door by Brian Krebs
- Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It by Marc Goodman
- Chinese Industrial Espionage: Technology Acquisition and Military Modernisation by William C. Hannas, James Mulvenon, and Anna B. Puglisi
- Cyber War Will Not Take Place by Thomas Rid
- The Practice of Network Security Monitoring: Understanding Incident Detection and Response by Richard Bejtlich (use code NSM101 to save 30%; I prefer the print copy!)


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Gil Hodges and the Hall of Fame
"I can't understand why Gil Hodges isn't in the Hall of Fame."
Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully doesn't stand on a soapbox when discussing the merits of longtime Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman who later won a World Series as manager of the 1969 New York "Miracle" Mets. He doesn't cite Hodges' 370 career home runs, which by 1962 ranked second all-time for right-handed hitters behind Jimmie Foxx. The case of Hodges and the Hall of Fame is an example of "out of sight, out of mind." Hodges passed away on April 2, 1972, two days shy of his 48th birthday. His death due to a massive heart attack occurred at the end of a round of golf with his Mets coaching staff in spring training.
For election to the Hall of Fame, a candidate must receive at least 75 percent of the ballots cast that particular year. The panel during Hodges' candidacy from 1969-83. A player could remain on the ballot for 15 years. Anyone receiving less than five percent was removed from the following year's ballot. The voting in Hodges' era was exclusively conducted by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
From 1970-83, every player who finished ahead of Hodges in the balloting eventually was elected to the Hall of Fame. Those elected to the Hall from 1970-83 were: Lou Boudreau, Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, Early Wynn, Warren Spahn, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Ralph Kiner, Robin Roberts, Bob Lemon, Ernie Banks, Eddie Mathews, Willie Mays, Al Kaline, Duke Snider, Bob Gibson, Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal. Johnny Mize and Enos Slaughter, who finished behind Hodges in the 1970 and 1971 HOF elections when Hodges was still alive, were lated added to Cooperstown by the Veteran's Committee.
At the time of his of his death, Hodges had appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot four times – 1969 (14th place, 24.1 percent); 1970 (third, 48.3); 1971 (fourth, 50.0), and 1972 (fifth, 40.7). He gained 17 percent in 1973, but finished fourth behind Spahn (83.2), Ford (67.1) and Kiner (61.8).
Although Hodges was always among the leaders in votes received, his percentage never came close to the required 75 percent. He twice hit 60.1 percent when finishing third in 1976 and third in 1981. His biggest percentage during his final year of eligibility (63.4) in 1983 produced only a seventh-place finish behind Brooks Robinson (92.0), Marichal (83.7), Harmon Killebrew (71.9), Luis Aparacio (67.4), Hoyt Wilhelm (65.0) and Don Drysdale (64.7).
Hodges and Snider were teammates on Dodger pennant-winning seasons in 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956 and 1959. Hodges' final year as a player was 1963; Snider's was 1964. Players must be retired at least five years before appearing on a HOF ballot, so Hodges was one year ahead of Snider. From 1970-76, Hodges finished ahead of Snider in the balloting. The 1973 results for Hodges (57.4 percent) and Snider (21.2) changed dramatically by 1978, the first year Snider (67.0) finished ahead of Hodges (59.6). Snider's 86.5 percent was enough for election in 1980, while Hodges (59.7) finished fourth behind Kaline (88.3), Snider, and Drysdale (53.9).
If there is a hurdle for the Hodges' cause, it might be voters might believe there is "enough" representation from the fabled Boys of Summer era from Ebbets Field – Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Duke Snider, owner Walter O'Malley, broadcasters Red Barber and Vin Scully. And the passage of time means dwindling numbers of those voters who actually saw Hodges as a player or a manager. But Hodges remains a worthy candidate, and his uniform No. 14 was retired by the Mets in 1973.
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It's sad that he hasn't gotten in, and sad that he probably won't because he isn't here to make his presence felt–and that those who knew him are dying off. He probably suffers from the Tony Perez Syndrome: Perez didn't have the numbers of other great Reds like Rose, Bench, and Morgan, but their success would have been impossible without him. Without Hodges's bat and glove, the Brooklyn Dodgers couldn't have won as many as they did, and without his leadership, the Miracle Mets would have been much less miraculous.
The best thing would be and I've wanted this for a long time is to have the Dodgers retire Hodges' number 14 at the stadium. The Dodgers have this 'rule' that a player must be in the MLB Hall of Fame for their number to be retired. With the exception of Jim Gilliam, all the other retired numbers are of MLB Hall of Famers. I think the Dodgers should exempt this self-imposed rule and retire number 14 since Hodges was their first baseman for 15 seasons and helped them win 2 World Series.
Please take a moment and look at these stats for these 2 retired players and answer the question
The following 2 players both played a total of 18 seasons,… the 11 consecutive seasons taken for the stats, are the same exact years for each player,… and both players werre team mates on the same team
question === are they both in the Hall of Fame,.. one of them , or neither of them?
and why
keep in my that the left hand batter would naturally have the higher batting average by virtue of mnore right handed pitching
11 consecutive seasons in the meat of an 18 year career – left handed batter
23 hr,,,, 92 rbi,, 100 runs,,, 292 avg
31 hr,,,, 107 rbi, 109 runs,,, 321 avg
29 hr,,,, 101 rbi,, 96 runs, ,,,277 avg
21 hr,,, 92 rbi,,,,,80 runs,,, 303 avg
42 hr,,,,,126 rbi,,,132 runs,, 336 avg
40 hr,,,, 130 rbi,,,120 runs,,, 341 avg
42 hr, ,,, 136 rbi,,,126 runs, 309 avg
43 hr,,,,, 101 rbi,,112 runs,,,,292 avg
40 hr,,,,,,,,92 rbi,,,,91 runs,,,,,274 avg
15 hr,,,,,, 58 rbi,…45 runs,…,312 avg
23 hr, ,,,,,,88 rbi, 59 runs,,,, 308 avg
=11 seasons, 349 hr, 1123 rbi, 1070 runs, 306 avg
11 consecutive seasons in the meat of an 18 year career- right handed bnatter
23 hr,,,, 115 rbi,,,,, 94 runs;;;,,,285 avg
32 hr,,,,,113 rbi,,,,98 runs,,;;;,,283 avg
40 hr,,,,,103 rbi,,,,118 runs,;;;,,268 avg
32 hr,,,,,102 rbi,,,,,87 runs,,;;,,254 avg
31 hr,,,,,122 rbi,,,,,101 runs,;, 302 avg
42 hr,,,,,130 rbi,,,,,,106 runs,,;304 avg
27 hr,,,,,102 rbi,,,, ,75 runs,,;;,289 avg
32 hr,,,, ,87 rbi,,,;;;;,,86 runs,,,,265 avg
27 hr,,,,,,98 rbi,,,,;;,94 runs,,,,299 avg
22 hr,,,,,,64 rbi,,,,;;,,68 runs,,,,259 avg
25 hr,,,,,,80 rbi,,,,,;;,,57 runs,,,276 avg
= 11 seasons, 333 homers, 1116 rbi, 984 runs, 281 avg —
The leftey is duke snider, the righty is gil hodges
also keep in mind, that gil batted behind duke nearly all the time,…… which is what makes what hodges did even more impressive— looking at the box scores from baseballreference.com
Very nice Mark. And JG. good and valid comments.