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[MobilePRwire] – Updated to include a Bluetooth two-player game mode, 5 Dice: Order of Operations Game is available for iPhone/iTouch/iPad and lets two people in the same room play together. Designed for upper elementary and middle school students this new feature makes it easier to play the game in a classroom setting, so students can work together to solve problems and teachers can track their progress.
MathFileFolderGames.com… is pleased to announce the latest development in its fun, innovative math teaching games. The 5 Dice Order of Operations Game app that helps students improve higher order thinking skills has released a new feature. The hands-on game will now offer Bluetooth capabilities which will allow two players to compete against each other in the same room on separate devices. The new feature will help parents, teachers, and students play against each other using the iPhone, iPad or iTouch.
The app was originally released as a one player game that allowed students to improve their ability to solve problems using order of operations correctly. The app is typically downloaded to one device and if more than one person wants to play, they have to do so on that one device. Teachers have been using the app on smartboards in classrooms to allow for both practice and competition within an entire classroom while only needing one device with the app. Now, this new feature will allow students to connect and play competitively with each other on two devices.
5 Dice Order of Operations has gained popularity with teachers due to the ability to get customized student reports as well as printable practice sheets. Another feature that many schools like is that the app does not connect to social media, collect personal data, or display ads. Although the app has received wonderful reviews from teachers, parents and students, prior to this latest update, students could only work together on one device by physically sharing the device or using it through a SmartBoard. The Bluetooth two player mode will now allow two players to play on two separate devices simultaneously together.
Through the technology of Bluetooth, 5 Dice Order of Operations app will help keep students motivated through competition. Students can continue to do independent practice and then have weekly competitions with classmates. Teachers can also pair struggling students with advanced students to work together to solve problems and still compete against other evenly matched teams.
Parents can even get more involved now with what their child is doing at school. A parent can use the app on the iPhone while the student accesses it on their iTouch and through the Bluetooth connection, both parent and student can compete against each other at home in their living room.
The Bluetooth two player mode is also a great addition to the app because it will allow students to not only play together on two different devices in the classroom but also in cars, on bus rides, and at home. Although the app always helped promote learning outside of the classroom, the Bluetooth feature will likely prevent students from getting bored since they can now find someone to play the game with.
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"MeeGo is an open source, Linux project which brings together the Moblin project, headed up by Intel, and Maemo, by Nokia, into a single open source activity."
Ari Jaaksi has written a very informative announcement. Read it.
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The Courier-Journal
Here's a look at what the Kentucky Legislature did during the 2017 regular session, which ended at midnight Thursday.
l Charter schools
House Bill 520 will allow publicly funded charter schools to operate in Kentucky beginning next school year, although none are expected to begin operation until 2018-19.
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By Margaret forsee
Owen County Circuit Court Clerk
National Donate Life Month is celebrated each April to bring much needed attention to healing lives through organ, tissue, cornea and living donation. Through the entire year, Kentucky's Circuit Clerks are dedicated to providing education and registering Kentuckians as organ donors while obtaining a license or ID.
Owen County Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Science
by Julian Carroll | Senate District 7
by Judy Hetterman | Owen County Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Science
by david lilly
Owenton Rotary Club
Each Owenton Rotary Club meeting begins with someone leading the Owenton Rotary Club #3744 in the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag, reciting the Four Way Test and prayer.
Our guest speaker for Dec. 5 was Assistant Executive Director of the Commonwealth Policy Center, Brandon Porter. Porter discussed the Kentucky Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
March is American Red Cross Month. This is the perfect time to honor our Red Cross volunteers, blood donors and financial contributors who bring hope to people facing life's emergencies. During Red Cross Month, we thank you for your tremendous support.
March has been recognized as American Red Cross Month for more than 70 years. All our American Presidents have designated March as American Red Cross Month to recognize how the American Red Cross helps people across the country and around the world.
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Just a few months ago, California's inmates were packed into double- and triple-stacked bunk beds in prison gymnasiums, classrooms and other areas never meant for housing.
Now those beds are empty.
The prison population is declining, but not because there are fewer criminals. Instead, a new state law shifted the responsibility for some lower-level offenders to the county jails, which are filling up.
State officials have "taken the monkey off their back and put it on ours," said Sheriff Bill Gore, whose department runs seven county jails.
In the nearly eight months since the law took effect, Gore has used a number of strategies to ward off jail crowding, including early releases, but he insists the county is handling the load.
He and other county officials have said that with proper funding the local authorities can do better than the state at rehabilitating criminals so they're less likely to end up back behind bars.
"We can't warehouse these inmates," Gore said.
Donovan beds empty
At Donovan state prison in Otay Mesa, rows of graffiti-scarred bunks sit empty in one of the prison gyms, where more than 150 men once slept in an area the size of a basketball court.
A couple of inmates likened the experience to "living in the crazy house."
"It's horrible. It's violent. It's crowded," said David Dewrance, 50, who spent almost two years in a gym trying to rest and study for his correspondence courses.
When space became available earlier this year, Dewrance was moved to a two-man cell in one of the housing units, which allowed him access to one of the preferred vocational programs. The Brooklyn, N.Y., native, imprisoned for second-degree murder, now works in the prison bakery.
Fellow inmate Jesus Yanez said he was housed in a gym at another prison before coming to Donovan five months ago to continue serving his sentence for assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury. In an interview this month at the prison, he recalled trying to sleep, shower and keep his bunk clean while keeping watchful eye dozens of fellow inmates.
"I wouldn't wish that on the worst person," said Yanez, 40, whose head and arms are inked with tattoos, many of them evidence of his former gang life in Los Angeles.
The cells, he said, are "100 percent better."
Shortly after the state's prison population had reached an all-time high in the summer of 2007, more than 19,600 inmates were sleeping in so-called nontraditional beds.
All inmates were cleared out of Donovan's gyms and day rooms at the beginning of this year. And in March, the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced it had stopped bunking inmates in gyms and day rooms at all California prisons.
"It's a lot safer," said Daniel Paramo, a 20-year corrections department veteran who became Donovan's warden in July. The extra bunks, he said, "made it very difficult to manage the institution."
As of this month, 3,573 prisoners were being held at Donovan, about 1,000 fewer than the facility housed at the same time last year, but it remains overcrowded. The prison is designed to hold 2,200 inmates with one man to each cell.
Because of the smaller prison population, the state is reducing its number of "reception centers" — where offenders entering the prison system are sent to be evaluated before they're transferred to other institutions.
By September, Donovan will no longer take reception inmates.
Law works for state
Paramo said the changes at the prison are linked directly to the law that, among other provisions, allowed many nonviolent and nonserious offenders to be sentenced to county jail instead of state prison. Most convictions for sex offenses would still require a prison term.
Public safety realignment, as the law is known, took effect Oct. 1.
Gov. Jerry Brown approved it last year to help fix a budget gap and help the state comply with a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court order to reduce the prison population by 33,000 inmates by June 2013.
And the law is working as designed.
In January, the corrections department announced that the population of inmates housed in its 33 institutions had dropped by more than 11,000 inmates over six months. This month, the population was pegged at 122,305 — 153.6 percent of capacity — according to the most recent figures available.
"The population is going down," said Dana Simas, a department spokeswoman, who acknowledged county officials' frustrations over rising jail populations.
"We never purported that it would be without a few bumps in the road," Simas said.
Even with the recent inmate reductions, some doubt the state will meet the Supreme Court's deadline.
Prison officials want the court to allow them to hold the inmate population at 144 percent of capacity — rather than the 137.5 percent as originally ordered — while maintaining constitutional standards for medical and dental care, Simas said.
"Our conditions have vastly improved," she said.
Jails handling influx
Sheriff's officials say that despite the increase in the number of inmates in San Diego County's jails, the conditions have not suffered greatly. As of Friday, the county's jail population was 4,996. Maximum capacity is 5,600.
"To my knowledge, all sick call requests are being answered," said sheriff's Cmdr. Will Brown, who added that the department is looking into providing enhanced dental care to inmates serving longer jail terms than the law previously allowed.
The county grand jury also recently reported that the jails were secure, well-managed and in good condition, Brown said.
Not all inmates agree.
Damon Westmoreland, 40, said conditions have deteriorated at the Vista jail and the George Bailey Detention Facility in Otay Mesa, where he served time before and after Oct. 1. He said the jails are crowded and understaffed, and as a result the inmates get less time out of their cells each day.
"Now that it's more crowded, we just sit in a box for 22 hours," said Westmoreland, who is awaiting trial on charges related to forging and depositing fraudulent checks.
Before the realignment law, he said, he was allowed to spend time in a day room for about five hours a day. After realignment, that time was cut to about 2½ hours.
In January, the male population in the jails had climbed to 96 percent of capacity, prompting Gore to shorten sentences for some nonviolent offenders by up to 10 percent. Last month, he notified local law enforcement agencies that the jails would no longer accept bookings on certain misdemeanor offenses.
Because the female jail population has not grown as rapidly, nearly all women inmates have been moved from Vista to the Las Colinas Detention Facility in Santee to make room for the men. An expansion is planned for the Las Colinas women's jail.
The Sheriff's Department is also working to develop custody alternatives, such as home detentions and GPS monitoring, to free up additional space.


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Everyone's talking about the stock market's " internal correction": investors have been dumping high-beta, momentum stocks for low-beta, value names.
Facebook is among the stocks that are down more than 20% during the period.
Investors who are broadly diversified aren't doing too terribly. The S&P 500 is just 1.6% from its all-time high of 1,897. But the Nasdaq has tumbled by more than 5%.
According to Goldman Sachs' David Kostin, the big hedge funds are among the investors exposed to these losers.
"These high growth/high multiple stocks feature prominently on our list of "stocks that matter most" to hedge fund performance," noted Kostin. "Having outperformed by 230 bp through February, our VIP basket dropped 2% in March while S&P 500 climbed 0.8%. Long positions trail by 98 bp YTD. Short holdings created problems by rising 130 bp more than S&P 500 YTD."
Google, Facebook, and Amazon.com are on the top ten list of stocks that matter most to hedge funds.
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Characters part 18
Street Fighter IV Characters[edit]
|Character Select
|Balrog is unlocked by default.
Fighter Overview
Balrog is a bit of a beast, just like he's always been, but he plays significantly different from his Street Fighter II self. Combos are hugely important to good ol' Rog's new game, and while a bit of rush down will work, he's got even better tools for dealing with projectiles and rangy characters so patient sitting-back (waiting to explode) becomes the name of the game.
All of Balrog's EX dashing moves get a bit of hyper armor, which lets Balrog absorb one hit from the opponent and keep on charging forward for the attack. This'll let him blast through fireballs at full-screen distance to tag the opponent, giving him a great weapon against projectiles so long as you've got a bit of meter. When you don't have meter, use Buffalo Head ( charge + P ) to hop through fireballs and close the gap between you and the opponent. Balrog's Turn Around Punch ( PPP or KKK ( charge and release ) ) will also go through fireballs as Balrog rolls around, and with that move you can maintain your back-charge and even cancel into a super.
Once you're able to get through projectiles and other rangy attacks, you can make use of Balrog's excellent mix-up game. His dashing attacks all look pretty similar at the start but you can make them hit high, mid or low depending on which attack you use. A Dash Low Straight ( charge + P ) will hit low and trip an opponent that isn't guarding low, while a Dash Swing Blow ( charge + P ( hold ) ) hits overhead, breaking through a low guard. The Dash Swing Blow doesn't knock down, but it does give Balrog a bit of a frame advantage so that you can connect a c.LK and cancel into another special.
Be aggressive once you get in close, poking with low jabs and canceling into Low Straights and Swing Blow to mix up against the opponent. Go for throws a lot, too—you can even purposely whiff a Dash Upper ( charge + K ) against a crouching opponent to immediately get close and then grab.
For anti-air, use Balrog's Buffalo Head up close. His s.MP and c.HP are also decent anti-air attacks. To knock a jumping opponent from the air at a distance, a Dash Upper will do. His c.HK is his best range poke with good speed and knockdown on hit. Learn to flow everything together and, when you get a chance to land a combo, work in a Buffalo Head and you can get a pretty easy ultra combo juggle for solid damage.
|j.HK c.LP c.LP c.LK xx charge + P charge + PPP
|This combo is an example of what you should be going for with Balrog. You can take out the j.HK and start the ground string as a series of pokes that, if they connect, can be canceled into the rest of the combo. When you perform the Buffalo Head special to knock the opponent into the air, your input should actually look like charge + P so that you maintain your back-charge, letting you quickly break out the ultra. In order for the ultra to connect, you'll need to hold down a K button after triggering it—it causes Balrog to attack with Dash Uppers instead of Dash Straights. Release K to let at least one of the hits whiff (we suggest making the first hit a Dash Upper, whiffing the second hit with a Dash Straight, and then holding K throughout the rest of the combo for Uppers) or you risk the possibility of missing with the final hit, which is the one that does the damage.
|charge + KK c.LP c.LP xx charge + P
|This is a combo that you can threaten from a distance against opponents that toss lots of fireballs. The EX Dash Upper will pass through a fireball and, if it connects, you can combo a couple of c.LP attacks which can then cancel into a special. If you do the Buffalo Head like we've outlined here, you can further the combo by juggling with Balrog's ultra combo provided you've got meter.
|charge + P ( hold ) c.LK xx charge + HP xx charge + P
|Here's a good way to capitalize on connecting Balrog's overhead Dash Swing Blow, which is good for throwing into a series of low pokes to break the opponent's guard. You can land a c.LK after the hit and cancel that into a special. Here we've canceled into a Dash Straight and then into Balrog's dope super combo, though you can also go into a Buffalo Head and juggle an ultra combo if that suits you better.
Moves List
|Dash Straight
|charge + P
|Good for poking as it's pretty safe on block and has great range. Use the P button that gives you just the distance you need to keep the move as safe as possible. If you use a HP, for example, when you're in close, Balrog will stop closer to the opponent and be more open to a counter attack.
|Dash Upper
|charge + K
|Good for knocking the opponent out of the air if he/she tries to jump at you from a distance. The EX version even leaves the opponent vulnerable to a follow-up combo (so theoretically you could connect four EX Dash Uppers into one combo).
|Dash Low Straight
|charge + P
|Hits low, so it's good for catching opponents as they try to back away from Balrog's mean face. It's not as safe on block as his regular Dash Straight so be especially mindful of the P button you use to carefully pick the length of Balrog's forward dash.
|Dash Low Smash
|charge + K
|Probably Balrog's least useful dashing move. It hits a bit higher than a Dashing Straight but still manages to connect with a crouching opponent, but it seems to leave Balrog with the least distance between him and his opponent, so you're more vulnerable after it. Barring angry e-mails that tell us we're wrong, we suggest not using it.
|Dash Swing Blow
|charge + P ( hold )
|Hits overhead and leaves the opponent vulnerable to a follow-up combo starting with a c.LK hit. It doesn't hit as immediately as Balrog's other dashing attacks and isn't as safe on block but it's got probably the best chance of connecting when you're in close and applying pressure.
|Buffalo Head
|charge + P
|Lets Balrog pass through fireballs and it's a good anti-air. Learn to abuse it, and try to do it while maintaining a back-charge by inputting charge + P for the attack. Perhaps the best use of the Buffalo Head is that you can juggle Balrog's ultra off of it, so make it a part of all your combos.
|Turn Around Punch
|PPP or KKK ( charge and release )
|Passes through fireballs at the starting roll of the attack and lets you maintain a back-charge while performing the move. The Turn Around Punch gets more powerful the longer you charge it, and good players can hold all three Ps or Ks to start building the charge while using the remaining buttons to continue fighting as normal. A fully charged Turn Around Punch does in excess of 50% damage against most characters, though don't expect to use that (often).
|Crazy Buffalo
|charge + P
|A very good, easy-to-combo super that unfortunately won't see much use because Balrog's EX moves are so vital to his play. If you've got the super and get a chance to combo it, by all means, but generally you shouldn't be trying to safe meter for it. It's got some invincibility at the beginning so it's also a good counter to fireballs and jump-ins.
|Violent Buffalo
|charge + PPP
|A great ultra combo that can fairly easily juggle off of a Buffalo Head. If you hold and K button while the ultra is going, Balrog will attack with Dash Uppers instead of Dash Straights. To get the ultra to juggle, you'll need to use these Dash Uppers though you want one of the hits (usually the second) to whiff by letting Balrog throw out a Dash Straight. If you don't purposely whiff a hit, frequently the last part of the ultra will miss and that's the best part.
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I'll be honest, I like Angry Birds. And of course I like Queen. But I'm really not sure how I feel about the two of them together.
Rovio evidently envisions the late Queen front man as a yellow bird, complete with fabulous crown and mustache. The king pig is right to wilt in sad shame by comparison.
The somewhat strange video is for a good cause, though. The Mercury Phoenix Trust, an organisation that fights AIDS worldwide, encourages "Freddie for a day" on September 5, his birthday. As they explain, "It's a laugh. It's an amazing way to bond with total strangers, to have fun and to raise money for the Mercury Phoenix Trust."
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UK-GBC Christmas Reception
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RESET Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services
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Delivered by Gary Grant and Dusty Gedge, this interdisciplinary master class will explore issues facing London covering surface water management, urban heat island effects, and the quality of air, water and biodiversity.
UEA Low Carbon Campus Tour
When: 12 December, afternoon
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In the first part of our interview with Paul Krugman, we discussed the standard topics of the deficit and the economy.
In our second part, we discuss something more offbeat: The role of technology in the debate over inequality.
This is a topic that Krugman has been writing a lot about lately, and he says that for a long time he missed a key part of this discussion.
Whereas from about 1980 to 2000, the discussion about inequality was mostly seen as labor vs. labor (high-paid, high-skilled workers vs low-paid, low-skilled workers) the new story is about labor vs. capital, a topic that is more taboo.
He notes that there have been periods before where workers went several decades without reaping the benefits of capital-favoring technologies (the industrial revolution), and it's possible that we're in a period like that now, which unfortunately means that easy answers like "skills training" won't necessarily help much.
As for the specific technologies that he's intrigued by right now, he mentioned driverless cars and speech recognition, both of which use "big data" to accomplish something that we previously thought required human intelligence.
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One of my favorite things to do with my mobile device (I use an HTC Dash Smartphone running Windows Mobile 6.1) is reading and deleting e-mail in my spare time - while on the bus, waiting for the elevator, walking between meetings, whatever. Real e-mail authoring (anything more than a sentence or two) still needs to take place on my laptop or desktop, but I've found that over 80% of the e-mail I receive simply requires me to read it, maybe send a quick reply, and delete it. I can do all of this in my spare time on my mobile device, which means that by the time I get back to my desk my Inbox only contains that 20% of mail which requires me to type a full-blown response on my keyboard. I'd estimate that this saves me a few hours a week.
So... why the blog post? What's the life hack? If you already own a mobile device with a data plan you're probably already doing the above.
One limitation of every mobile device I've seen is that it doesn't support permanent deletion. That is, "I want to delete this permanently from my mail server - don't just send it to the deleted items folder." My primary reason for wanting to permanently delete some items is the file size. Yeah, I'm sure somebody finds that 8MB spreadsheet from Bob in accounting useful, but not me, and I don't want it cluttering my Exchange Server storage quota (or Hotmail quota, or Gmail, whatever - even with gigs of storage space this fills up after enough emails from Bob in accounting). In the past, this has prevented me from being as successful as I'd like with my "read and delete" strategy since I later spend time re-visiting these emails and trying to remember that I was ready to permanently delete them.
Hence I devised the following simple but effective "life hack" to help me permanently delete items from my Inbox. Hopefully it's useful for others!
Step 1. Create a folder in your Inbox where you will store items that should be permanently deleted. I called mine __________PERMDELETE. The underscores are optional, but they are there so that this folder appears at the top of my Inbox tree and I won't have to thumb through lots of other folders to get to this one.
Step 2. Using your mobile device, move items into this folder which you want to permanently delete. On my Windows Mobile device I click "Menu -> Move -> Thumb-down once -> Select" - it's a 2-second operation per item.
Step 3. Periodically when you are at your laptop/desktop simply visit this folder, press CTRL+A (select all), then SHIFT-DEL (permanently delete). You could also configure auto-archive to periodically permanently delete these items.
That's it! I've been using this process for a few months and believe it or not it dramatically streamlines my email management. You could use a similar process to create folders such as "______READMORE", for items that require a full-screen browsing experience, or "______READATWORK" for items which require you to be on your corporate network to act on.


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PENDLETON, Ore. -- Schiemer Farms of Nyssa, Ore., will pay $14,500 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC charged that management at the farm permitted the sexual harassment of two female farmworkers by one of its male employees, and then unlawfully retaliated against the harasser's victims when they complained.
According to the EEOC's suit, a driver for the farm sexually harassed Theresa Arias and Rebecca Jones on their first day at work when he made vulgar remarks, provided lewd details about his sexual life and rubbed his groin against one of the women. Arias and Jones both reported his conduct to farm management and asked that it stop immediately. The EEOC's suit alleged that the following day when they arrived to work, Schiemer management told them, "You girls can go home, we don't need any more trouble."
Sexual harassment, and firing employees who speak out against it, are violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This suit (EEOC v. Schiemer Farms 3:08-CV-114; U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon) was filed after a neutral investigation by EEOC investigator Meiju Ong and after first attempting to reach voluntary settlement out of court.
As part of the settlement, Schiemer Farms agreed to pay Arias and Jones $14,500, and the company will review its policies on harassment, discrimination and retaliation; train managers and supervisors about discrimination prohibited by law; and voluntarily provide information to the EEOC concerning its handling of Title VII-related complaints.
"On their first day at work, these women faced outright sexual harassment by a co-worker, and they had the courage to report the problem to management right away," noted EEOC Seattle Field Office Director A. Luis Lucero, Jr. "I hope the positive results from this settlement will encourage other workers, especially new hires who may feel uncertain about asserting their rights while on probation. No one should have to endure harassment as a condition of employment."
"Employers should encourage workers to speak out about sexual harassment, not fire them for doing so," said EEOC Regional Attorney William Tamayo. "We look forward to working with Schiemer Farms to improve its response to this type of situation in the future."
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Defying West, Israel moves ahead with new settlements
Israeli officials announced this week that they would press on with a surge in new settlement construction, defying criticism from Western governments that the construction would doom fledgling hopes that Israeli and Palestinian leaders might reach a peace deal.
Israel's governmental and municipal planning committees are weighing several projects this week that would total nearly 5,000 new homes in East Jerusalem settlements.
Palestinian officials said that several of the projects were slated to be built on key contentious plots of land that would cut off entire neighborhoods from what Palestinians hope will be a contiguous future state.
"The slow process of cutting Palestine into pieces will be complete if Israel goes forward with these developments," said Xavier Abu Eid, a spokesman for the Palestinian Authority government in Ramallah, West Bank. "It is a Christmas gift for Bethlehem that this biblical city will be the first to be cut off from Jerusalem."
Israeli officials are expected to give a green light in the coming days to Givat Hamatos, a new settlement that in its first stage will include 2,610 housing units on a strategic hilltop between the cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Hagit Ofran, a spokeswoman for the Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now, said that building in Givat Hamatos was a "game changer."
"By building here you complete the circle of settlements that have enveloped Bethlehem," she said.
Standing on the crest of the hill where Givat Hamatos will be built, the complicated geography of the area is visible to the naked eye. Side by side are the successive hills of Israel's East Jerusalem settlements, with the Palestinian city of Bethlehem sandwiched between them.
Israel's East Jerusalem settlements are considered illegal under international law, as are all buildings Israel constructs over the 1967 Green Line. But successive Israeli administrations have given East Jerusalem settlements special status, pointing out that Israel annexed East Jerusalem after the 1967 Mideast War. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has said Israel treats its East Jerusalem settlements as part of the greater Jerusalem municipality – as one "united city."
In an interview earlier this year, Barkat said it was within Israel's rights to build "across Jerusalem" and that international criticism of building projects was misplaced.
"Settlement activity is unilateral and is completely adverse to the continued viability of a two-state solution and the possibility for our people to continue to exist. It's an attack on our people's right to life, essentially," Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told Reuters on Monday.
The White House has joined several European countries in criticizing Israel's new settlement construction in Givat Hamatos, as well as other East Jerusalem areas, as harmful to peace talks. In addition to Givat Hamatos, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled that Israel might build on E1, a 12,000-acre plot that serves as the main thoroughfare connecting the north and south West Bank.
Other East Jerusalem settlement plans slated for this week include Ramat Shlomo, which Israeli officials green-lighted Monday for 1,500 additional housing units, and Gilo, for which Israeli officials will discuss building 1,000 new homes in a Jerusalem planning committee meeting later this week.
"The building of new homes in Jerusalem is based on old planning and zoning," Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman for Netanyahu, wrote on his Twitter feed Tuesday.
"No country needs or asks permission to build in its own capital," he said.
Israeli officials have confirmed that the recent push in settlement construction came in response to the Palestinians' successful bid in the United Nations last month for nonmember status. Israeli Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon said settlement construction had been frozen while Western governments tried to convince Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who's known familiarly as Abu Mazen, to abandon the U.N. bid.
"We said, 'We won't build, so as not to give Abu Mazen an excuse to go to the U.N. and an excuse not to come to the table,' " Yaalon told Army Radio, "After he did what he did . . . we removed these restrictions from ourselves."
He added that Israel would "continue to build in accordance with the state of Israel's strategic interests."
Netanyahu's political rivals have suggested that the Israeli premier is pushing the settlement construction as an election ploy to appeal to his right-wing constituency. Israel will hold national elections Jan. 22.


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Election OT: A winless Wednesday?
Could the presidential race go into overtime?
It turns out the unnerving prospect of an election that drags on for days — or even weeks — past Election Day isn't as far-fetched as it sounds.
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Between the possibility of recounts, provisional ballot problems and lawsuits, there's no shortage of scary vote-counting scenarios that threaten to push the election outcome beyond Nov. 6.
Most of the scenarios, of course, are contingent on a tight race where the result comes down to one, or just a few highly competitive states. And that's exactly the election the polls are suggesting.
Here's how America could wake up Wednesday and not have a clue as to who will be the next president:
The rules and thresholds differ from state to state, but if the difference between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is 0.5 percent in any one of them, that tends to be recount territory.
It's a minuscule figure, which is why there are so few actual statewide recounts. But Virginia, according to its RealClearPolitics polling average, is currently within its recount window, and Florida is just a one percentage point outside its own.
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Colorado and Florida laws provide for an automatic recount trigger of 0.5 percent — in the case of Colorado, 0.5 percent of the winner's vote total rather than the overall vote total.
Virginia has no automatic trigger and instead allows a petition from the losing candidate if the margin is 1 percent or less. Colorado also permits candidates to request a recount. The deadline there for finishing an automatic recount is 30 days after the election; a requested recount, 37 days, according to Lawrence Norden of the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, who wrote a brief on the issue Friday.
In Wisconsin, Obama or Romney could ask for a recount regardless of the margin. The last time a statewide recount happened there, in a 2011 state supreme court race, the recount took more than four weeks.
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Keep in mind that in some states there's no recount threshold at all — a candidate just needs to request one and, in some cases, pay for it.
"It is no exaggeration to say that these [state recount laws] could determine who is elected president in 2012," Nordon wrote.
Provisional and absentee ballots
The murky world of provisional ballots is where it gets really scary.
Under the George W. Bush-era Help America Vote Act, those are ballots cast by voters whose eligibility is in question on Election Day. Later, officials determine eligibility and count those votes, along with absentee ballots.


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Sunday Sweets: Castles
It's pretty rare that I get to break out the ol' baking pans these days, but happily John and I get to provide John & Abby's baby shower cake next weekend. We're going with a medieval knights and dragon theme - which is tough to find at the party store, I might add. Anyhoo, while researching cake ideas, I came across some gorgeous castle examples that were too good not to share. So here I am, sharing them. Enjoy!
I've had this gorgeous sand castle cake on my hard drive for ages, so I don't know who made it. Anyone know?
This is a wedding cake, so mad props to whoever thought up having the bride and groom figurines riding a dragon! Plus the castle itself is a great medieval style - check out the little crossbow windows and delicate stone shading. (Found by Evil M., made by Jane's Cakes )
And finally, here's the ultimate castle cake for us Disney Geeks:
Have a sweet to nominate, or a theme to suggest? Then send it to me at Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com.
- Similar Sweets: Castles & Fairies
Hey, pro bakers! I still need volunteers to provide the cake for most of the stops on the coming book tour. Here are the cities still in need of the cakey goodness:
Orlando, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Dallas, Austin, Kansas City, & NYC
This is a great chance to show off your handiwork to hundreds of locals residents, and of course I'll be sharing the love here on CW and via Twitter. So if you're a professional baker (sorry, no home-baked goods) and are interested, please let me know!


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The Arizona Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration are conducting a study and environmental overview to identify and evaluate the most feasible transportation corridor / river crossing for the future extension of Loop 303 between the proposed State Route 30 and Hassayampa Freeway. The proposed corridor could be located within the city of Goodyear and unincorporated sections of Maricopa County.
The proposed Loop 303 extension may include four travel lanes, a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane in each direction and a new Gila River crossing. The Loop 303 corridor may ultimately connect to Maricopa Association of Governments' proposed Hassayampa Freeway.
An initial analysis identified five possible river-crossing alternatives for the Loop 303 from the west of Tuthill Road bridge to Cotton Lane.
Based on a preliminary review of aerial photography, current land uses, topography and an inventory of engineering and environmental constraints, three of the river crossings are not recommended for further study: Alternatives 1, 2 and 4.
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Sunday Sweets: Wedding Wonders
Shaped and themed cakes are awesome, of course, but I still drool and dream over more traditional wedding cakes, too. After all, they've come a long way from just simple tiers with flowers - even the simple tiers with flowers!
Hard to believe those tufted pinwheels and embroidered borders are all sugar. It's so perfect!
And check out the string work on this engagement beauty:
I love the curls on the top tier, and the piping on the bottom lace collar and upper level strings is simply awe-inspiring. Skill like this always renews my faith in cake artistry. :)
If you've never stacked or tried to support cakes in the shape of a ball before, let me assure you: it's hard. And all that detail! Totally swoon-worthy.
Another rounded design:
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See that lace border on top? Someone piped that. Yeah. Respect!
And speaking of mad piping skills:
Or, for a more modern touch:
This has been one of my favorite designs since before I even started CW. I love the swirls and the bold flowers.
WOW. Just...wow.
And finally, the cake that had me scooping my jaw off the desk:
That's all *cake*, guys. Look at that tufted tier in the middle. LOOK AT IT. Now, tell me: how the heck do they DO that? Not to mention the perfect corset lacing, the bows, the ruffles, the porcelain-perfect gumpaste roses...seriously, I think I could stare at this all day. Just. Gorgeous.
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Coffee!! Fox News story: Chances are 100 per cent that far off planet has life
How do we know? Faith in faith alone, the astronomer explained:
"Personally, given the ubiquity and propensity of life to flourish wherever it can, I would say, my own personal feeling is that the chances of life on this planet are 100 percent," said Steven Vogt, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, during a press briefing today.Well, that settles it, I guess.
"I have almost no doubt about it."
James M. Kushiner points out, at Mere Comments blog, re "Odds of Life on Nearby Planet '100 Percent,' Astronomer Says":
Did you hear about the astronomer, who said, get this, that the odds of life on nearby planet are 100 Percent? What was he thinking? What do astronomers know about biological life, and, besides, if the odds are 100 percent, then there are no odds--at least if I go to Arlington Race Track and find a horse that has a 100 percent chance of winning, they probably won't be taking bets on him. No odds there.Read more here. Kushiner is editor of the science and popular culture mag Salvo, pictured above.
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I am not saying this planet could not support life. I am just wondering what are the chances that any given astronomer would peg a planet with so many unknowns or uncertainties with a probability of having life on it at 100 percent? Of course, if a news story is in play with a possible headline, I'd up those chances considerably, whatever they are.
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They get it: Ikea and the Gap fill the wage gap
Julianne Malveaux | 7/7/2014, 1:22 p.m.
(NNPA) – President Obama would like the national minimum wage to rise to $10.10 an hour. By executive order, he has already raised the minimum wage for federal contractors. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has threatened to sue Obama for his use of executive order, which he says circumvents Congressional authority.
Ikea said it will raise the average minimum wage to $10.76 an hour, which is an increase of 17 percent. Ikea says its goal is to offer their workers a living wage, regardless of whether their competitors offer it. Half of Ikea employees will get a raise, while those who already earn a living wage will not. The chain now provides other benefits, such as a 401(k) match. Ikea has just 38 stores in the United States, which may minimize the impact their wage increase has on its competitors. Still, Ikea has done the right thing and earned a competitive advantage in the areas where they have stores.
The Gap, too, has increased its wage to $9 an hour, which will rise to $10 an hour next year. Seattle has raised its minimum wage to $15, and dozens of municipalities have also increased their minimum wage. When employers and municipalities fail to offer a living wage, they shift a wage burden to the rest of us because those who earn the minimum wage are subsidized by federal benefits to the poor, which we all pay.
This is also true when states refuse to expand the base for Medicaid for the purposes of the Affordable Care Act. In more than 20 states, people have to earn less than $11,000, or $23,000 for a family of four. With Medicaid expansion, people can earn as much as $15,000 to qualify for Medicaid, and as much as $32,000 for a family of four. Without the Medicaid expansion, some states are saying that poverty and poor health are acceptable for some of its citizens.
The moves by Ikea and the Gap put some wage pressure on their competitors. It also makes it clear that these companies understand that raising wages will not significantly affect their profits. These companies also understand that better paid employees are also productive employees. Memo to fast food and big box stores set on paying the minimum wage or little more – pay your workers a living wage.
Ikea gets it, so does the Gap. What's wrong with Congress? Whether they are Democrats or Republicans, they have constituents who would benefit from an increase in the minimum wage. Why are they resisting? Might it be because Obama has pushed for an increase in the minimum wage? If our president pushed for blue skies it is likely that some obstructionist members of Congress would oppose it.
If the minimum wage kept pace with inflation, it would be $10.90 by now, a bit higher than the amount Obama has proposed. The same Congress that opposes an increase in the minimum wage gets an automatic increase in their pay. This is the kind of hypocrisy that engenders indifference and contempt for our elected representatives.


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Rex Hudler, a.k.a. The Wonder Dog, is a former Angels player and former radio/television color commentator. He recently wrote a book called "Splinters" in which he talks about his life, his faith, and his time in the Major Leagues. We recently had the opportunity to catch up with Rex Hudler to find out more about all of these issues as well as what Rex has been up to this offseason.
How are things? What are you up to?
Things are great. The last two weeks I've been doing my recordings for Sony for a Major League video game called "The Show". I've been happy doing some color commentary for them. I'm wrapping that up. In the meantime, I'm a father of four children and trying to stay on the good side of my wife during the offseason, which is challenging at times. But I'm having a good time. I'm really enjoying the offseason and the fun I have being a part of my kids lives. That's mainly what my job is.
I understand that you are doing some upcoming book signings. Can you tell us about them?
I frequent these Costco super markets around Orange County, and they heard about this book and were interested in having me come to do a book signing at their places. It will be fun to go out and see some fans and say "hello" and share my book Splinters with them.
Where and when will your next book signings be?
I am going to be appearing at the Tustin Costco [on El Camino Real] on the 12th—this upcoming Saturday from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm.
What inspired you to write a book?
Over my 21 year baseball career, and then the 10 years as a broadcaster, there were a lot of things out there that I wanted to share. I've had a writer, a ghost writer, follow me around for 5 years off and on and I just told him stories and he kept an audio log of it. And I told him stories about different teams and different leagues and 10 in the minors and 10 in the majors, 5 years in the American and the National, and living in 3 countries during those 21 years. There were some stories to be told and I wanted to share those. What finally got me the idea to do this book—my wife and I struggled back and forth—should we do it? Well, we didn't have a publisher, so we decided that we would self-publish and go out our own pace. Do our own proof reading. And we learned an awful lot about the book industry, and how that all works during the process. But, I just wanted to have something to share, and it ended up being a memoir. It ended up being a book about my life, my faith, and a lot of the struggles I've had as a player, and some of the fun stuff. I shared about some of the different managers that I got to play for, and raising 4 kids—one of them with Down Syndrome. I call it Up Syndrome.
Can you tell us more about how you came up with the title for the book?
I wanted one word that could capture everything and Splinters came to mind and meant the splinters I collected because I didn't play everyday in baseball. I rode the pine for nine lots of times. And then I realized it: everyone has splinters. I'm willing to share some of my splinters off the field and also some personal splinters in the hope that some people could be encouraged, or make me more human and be transparent in front of the fans in baseball.
When I read the book, it was just like I was sitting down having a conversation with you. Was that your goal in how you wanted to come across?
Not really. I didn't have any idea, although I did know that there was not going to be an author's words in there. They were going to be mine. We wrote the book. My wife and I, and my partner, Jim Rosenthal—he did a nice job. He's a writer from New York. He's a friend of mine. He's a big baseball fan and a big fan of mine and he's the one who encouraged me. He said "Hey look, let's do something with all these stories that you've been telling over the years." I didn't have any idea that it would end up being all my words pretty much the way I say them. That's okay. You know, whoever is my fan, I give them medals number one. But, number two, they have to be able to put up with the book. But, it's a short read. It's an easy read. There are a lot of pictures about my childhood, some of my friends, my spiritual mentors, and some people that other people may think are not important but were extremely important in my life. It was fun trying to capture some memories and jot them down in the hope that some people would be entertained but mainly encouraged.
What kind of reception have you had to the book?
Well, it's been mixed. It's been fun. I don't have a publisher, so I don't have an agent out there pushing the book. I don't have anyone out there offering to put it on their shelf. So, we've kind of been taking our time, but we probably sold 5-6,000 copies. We've had a real good run. It's been fun. I'm with a printing company in Orange County, so, they've taken real good care of us. They know it's our own project. The whole thing was done in the hope that if we did generate any income that it would be a way to help our Team Up for Down Syndrome. That's our organization that my wife and I started 13 years ago. It would be a way to supplement them a little bit as well. So far I think we've done well. It hasn't been a full year yet that the book has been out. But it was fun this season talking about it on radio shows and different places. But overall, we're happy. And, if it touches one person, that's really all I wanted. If one person could be encouraged. And certainly that's happened. I've gotten a lot of calls from people and different emails sent talking about different parts of the book that encouraged them. Every person, there's going to be some story that's going to attract them. Everyone sees the book differently. Everyone is going to get something from it different. It's not the same message. In fact, there are a lot of different things in there that have happened. Talking about my childhood—about being an adopted child and what that was like. There are a lot of different things in there that number one, people didn't realize about me. And, number two, I think that there's something in there for everyone. And it's an easy read. It's entertaining and has some humorous spots in it. I am just overall thrilled that there is any interest at all.
I really enjoyed the prayer that you learned from Bob Ennen: "I'm a sinner Lord; I need your help. Can you please guide my life?"
Nice! Hey, that's pretty cool! You know what? Every person in their life they have a higher power. For me, it was G-d. I understood as a young person that I couldn't control my destiny. I couldn't control any of that. So, I was very grateful for my spiritual mentor. A handyman by trade. An older gentleman who really took us under his wing and wanted to share the good news in the Bible and some of the hope that we have through Jesus. I was really grateful for him in that particular time in my life. I was young and I was able to memorize some Scripture so that I could use it for food later when I grew up. Gosh, I owe a lot to Ennen. Certainly the prayer I said with Bob was when I accepted Christ into my heart. Heck, that was life changing and probably the best decision I ever made in my life or that I'll ever make.
At one point you wrote a paraphrase of a discussion that you were having with G-d and G-d said to you "Hey Hud, where have you been? I've been here waiting for you. You saw what you could do by yourself. Nothing." What advice do you have for someone who wants to get back onto the path?"
I would say that if you wanted to get back on the path that they can't do it their way. It's difficult to maneuver things in life with you in charge because we are only human beings. Why not trust your future into someone who can see the future. G-d can! We can't. To me, that's just a no-brainer. I would encourage people to look for some guidance besides themselves because none of us can see the future. Only G-d can.
You talk about the Baseball Chapel? Can you give us a sense of how many players are involved with the Baseball Chapel? How did it come to be?
The Baseball Chapel was originally developed to be able to reach the ballplayers that couldn't go to church on Sundays because we played in the ballparks at one o'clock games Sundays a. So you're at the park early—9 o'clock in the morning. At 10 o'clock you're not able to attend services. So the Baseball Chapel was formed to bring the church to them, tothe players. There's probably 5, 10, 15 guys —depends on the team—that whenever they announce the Chapel in the stands or in a certain room, you know "Chapel, 10 o'clock," then everyone goes. They usually have a speaker or somebody who plays an instrument and they read out of the Bible and give us like a church service there. It just depends on the team. I got to play for 6 different teams and everyone was different. There were some where more participated than others. But it was a wonderful way to have some kind of fellowship with the guys I worked with. Baseball is another pretty rough occupation. When we're down in the trenches there is a lot of language. There are a lot of young ball players, so there's a lot going on in their personal life that may not be conducive to going to church. Still, a lot of us need that strength to carry on our Christian life in a tough world like baseball.
While faith does play a predominant part in your life, in your book you talk about several critical points in your life where you took fate into your own hands. Much like G-d helps those who help themselves. You wrote Mr. Steinbrenner a letter asking for a promotion. You asked to be traded. You called the Phillies up directly. Do you believe that your faith encourages you to be an active participant in it?
Absolutely. Like I said, we all get on an airplane and trust and have faith in the airplane that it will fly us from one destination to the other. And that's just automatic. When you sit in a chair, you automatically have faith that that chair is going to hold you up. That's the kind of faith that G-d wants us to have in Him. As He says in the Bible, trust Him wholeheartedly for all of our needs. That He'll provide the desires of your heart if you do that. Don't worry about anything. Instead, pray about everything. There's a communication there. There's a relationship between me and G-d through Jesus. Faith is everything. Look, I have faith. I don't put that much faith into myself, although I've felt led to do a few things during my baseball career. Of course I would pray about all of it. When I wrote George Steinbrenner a letter, I didn't just do it on a whim. I would pray to G-d "Is this was the right thing? Do you think I should do it?" What happens when we get answers is we have a peace in our heart, that comes over our heart. And that's when you know that if you have peace in your heart about certain situations then you know that it's okay to do that. I'm nowhere near a perfect person, or pretend to be, or any of that. I just know what's real and that's real in my life. It has been, since I was a young kid. I am more successful when I have faith and I trust Him than myself.
What thoughts and comments would you have for your fans who are of different faiths than yours?
Hey, we have one thing in common, a lot of the fans, and that's baseball. And that's fun. I've learned how to separate. When I'm a broadcaster, I don't dare bring in my faith or religion or anything into that because that's not what I'm there for. I'm there to talk baseball. So we have one thing in common. Certainly I am not a pushy or aggressive or anything towards anybody. I would just love them. I would love them no matter what. I'd love them whether they have faith or not because in my Christianity, I'm called to love people, no matter what their denomination is, what they are like, what color their skin is. G-d just wants us to love people. And if you do that, He is going to honor that when you get to the Kingdom.
Let's talk a little bit about your Major League career. Who would you say was the toughest pitcher you faced?
I would say Dwight Gooden. I didn't face Doc until the mid '80s back when he was a young phenom at 19 years old. I saw him at Triple-A. They brought him up from A-Ball. Then I saw him years later with the Mets in the mid '90s. He was really tough. He threw a hard. He threw a big curveball. He threw me three straight curveballs one time and I took all of them. I think I swung at the last one and then fell down. I walked back to the dugout and my manager Joe Torre from the Cardinals was just laughing at me. It was a day game, and I played once a week. And I played against Doc Gooden. He put me in there and I had no chance. I'll never forget how silly he made me look.
What's it like to make the jump from the minors to the majors and now facing the guys you grew up idolizing or following? You said at one point in your book that you made the recognition that you were facing "Just another Hall of Fame player in a different city."
Yes, but that was after I had been beat up a little bit in the minors. My first cup of coffee, I was 21 or 22, and certainly there was a wide-eyed feel about it. You're a little bit intimidated. There's a little bit of an adjustment. No question. First of all, you want to show these guys that you can play up here. And then, you don't want to be too embarrassed or get embarrassed. Usually that ends up happening because you get overmatched. And the pitchers, man you can tell a big difference. That two-seam sinker was unbelievable the first time I saw one of those at the big league level. I remember facing Todd Worrell, a closer for the Cardinals, who struck me out on three pitches. You know, all of them were nasty, hard. And that slider he threw me . . . it looked like a fastball and then all of a sudden it darted away with a lot of electricity on it. It was a different game. But then, I reached a point that I became a Triple-A/big league player and was up and down. It was time to either pee-it-on or get off. So I got engaged to my wife and as far as I looked at it, this was my last shot. So when I got to the big leagues in '88 with the Expos, that's when I looked over at Ozzie Smith and wasn't intimidated because my attitude changed. Now, instead of being wide-eyed, I was 28 years old and it's my turn, and I'm going to show you that I can play in your league. So, mentally, when you turn your attitude on like that, watch out! I was physically fit. I was fast and I was a physical player. I was aggressive. I played the game hard, and so I developed a little reputation. That got me 5 years in the big leagues. I went to Japan and learned two ingredients: How to hit a breaking ball and to self control—to calm down just a little bit. I needed to. I was a very energetic player. I learned those two things and came back and had 5 of my best seasons after that in the majors.
We often hear stories about great pranks that occur in the majors. Could you share one with us that either you witnessed or participated in? Names can be changed to protect the innocent.
That was everything. That was so fun! Look, that was a part of every team. When you are in a locker with 35 guys, that's one big party. One big fraternity.
In Montreal, you had to pickup your own luggage off of the carousel, which is unusual. In the States, they do it for you. So I took off our trainer, Gene Geiselman, for the St. Louis Cardinals, I took his luggage off and he didn't see me. I took his luggage off and hid it on the bus. So, he's standing there waiting for his luggage and it never came. I was messing with him. He gets on the bus and we get back to the hotel about 3:00 in the morning. I had his bag up in my room. I waited until about 4:00 or 5:00 and I called the bellman and I had the bellman take it to him. I wasn't quite smart enough to tell the bellman "Hey, don't tell him what I look like or who it was." I didn't do anything like that. So, when he brought it back to him, he said "Who? Who did that? Who gave you the bags?" And the bellman said "Oh, a round red-headed guy." So he knew right away. He kind of threw me under the bus.
So, we get back to St. Louis, and he remembered so, we had an off day. My wife and I went home in the afternoon, and in our driveway was pile of dirt and sand—about 8 tons—sitting in our driveway. So, my wife and I we kind of slow down and pull up and go "What the heck?" I said "Man, what am I going to do? We can't get our car in or our car out. Who did that?"
My neighbor comes over and said "Hey, are you building a swimming pool in the back? What are you doing?" I said "I don't know what. Somebody is playing a prank on me or what." He said "I got the name of the company." So I went "Oh, you did? Thank you."
I called the company up and said "Hey look, you guys dumped some sand on my place." And they said "Yeah, you ordered it."
"I did?"
"Yeah, somebody called up and said that this is Rex Hudler and I want 8 tons of dirt in my driveway."
I said "Man, somebody did that and they just played a prank. Can you come back and pick it up?" And he goes "Oh, we only deliver. We don't pickup." I said "I only got a wheelbarrow. What do you think I'm going to do, move all that dirt? You guys have to come back and pick all that up. I'll tell you the guy who did it."
Now I didn't know. So I go to the ballpark the next day and I'm waiting around for somebody to give any kind of hint. So Gene Gieselmann comes up to me and goes "Hey Hud! Did you any special deliveries yesterday?" I played dumb and said "Uh . . . no. What are you talking about?" So I played dumb just to try and kind of mess with him a little bit. And then I called the company and told them who to bill it to and gave them the number and everything. I said "Here's his phone number. I want you to play a prank with me and call him up and tell him that 'We're going to press charges against you for making a false order like that and that you put our workers in jeopardy of getting hurt and we're going to come after you.'"
So, they called him up and they played along and they made him feel really bad. He was on the other end and I had a tape recorder and taped it. I had him saying "Oh gosh, I was just messing around playing a prank. Oh, I'm really sorry. Here's my number and my credit card." So, he ended up getting me, but I got him back! Those were the kind of cat and mouse games that go on and the mental mind games.
There was a time when guys would mess with your personal stuff in your locker—your clothes that were hanging there. I remember somebody cut up my underwear and they put it back in there. When I went to go change, I went "What? Hey! Look!" And the guys were all looking around and they know who did it.
So I found out who did it and I put his clothes in water during the game the next day. He's playing. So for 2 ½ hours he's playing. He's out there on the field. I put his clothes in water and then froze them. I hung them up in a freezer. And so for 2 ½ hours they froze during the game. And then when the game was over, the clubhouse kid hangs them in the locker for you. Then you go to the shower and then back to your locker and the clothes are just frozen stiff. It was just beautiful!
Everybody knew it was you. You'd tell everybody. And then once the guy goes into his locker, brittle as it may be, he looks around to see and everybody he looks at looks the other way so he didn't know who did it. Those kind of fraternity things were fun because you'd let everybody in on them.
How would you say that the game has changed from when you were drafted until today?
Obviously the athletes are more specialized. These kids now are not just playing all the sports. They are focusing on individual sports. In baseball they play baseball only. They are a lot more advanced. Also I want to say that the ballparks are all new. There's not as much nostalgia as there was. There are new ballparks, and that's just the way the game changes. The money has changed too, which is good. I think that the biggest thing is that the young athletes are stronger and better and more individualized.
Let's talk a little bit about the fans. In your book you talked a little bit about the passion of some of the Mid-West fans. What was it like meeting the fans at Throwbacks?
Oh man, those were great! Are you kidding me? The Angels fans, they are dedicated and there are a lot of them that are loyal. The heart of the Angels has really been showing. They've been playing better. I think this is a glory time for the Angels. It was fun to be able to feed off of the crowd. I have a lot of natural energy, and it was fun to be able to share with them. In some aspects, my personality sometimes dictates that maybe I'm a cheerleader or something like that. Really, that's not what I'm about. I'm about encouraging and those kind of things that I played with my competitors and with my teammates.
Look, being a broadcaster, I was feeling love all over me. That's just how I am naturally. So, it was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the people, especially getting to meet young people, young kids, moms. They could identify with my broadcast a lot. They enjoyed the team. It's a great product. I liked the way I broke it down and talked to kids about the rosin bag and some of the little things that some people don't know.
Did you have a favorite moment during your Rex Hudler Show at Throwbacks?
I loved having Buck there. He got me 6 years in the big leagues. I was really thankful for him. He knew that I could hit left-handers and play different positions. He was a big advocate of mine.
Also, we had Albie Pearson. He was on the first Angels team in '61. He was so articulate and he was in his 80s (I think). And he came and able to tell stories. That was really fun. It was great to hear some of the history of the game from people who were there.
We at Angelswin.com really appreciated your shout-outs to us in Spring Training and a couple of times during the season—especially during a game in Seattle. We wanted to thank you for your support and recognizing that the medium for covering baseball games is changing. Do you have any thoughts on future of where things are going with blogs and sports?
It gives everybody a chance to communicate and to share their feelings. I think that is good. It's another avenue. Any way that you have, whether it's writing a letter, sending an email, or getting on with a bunch of your friends and talking to them on the computer, I think it's great! Especially for sports. Especially for baseball because you play every day and there's always something going on. There's always dialogue and you want to talk to one of your buddies. Go ahead and get on. I think it's a wonderful way. I'm looking forward to the future as well and find different ways to broadcast the Grand Game. But I think it's a positive, especially the way that you can talk to 15, 20, 30 people, that's a lot of fun.
Hudlerisms. We love them. Where and how do you come up with them?
Sitting on the bench and playing baseball as long as I did, I kind of invented a lot. I was kind of a bench-jockey. But I had fun and I would learn a few things. I had a few sayings that I would use. And then I realized that as I became a broadcaster, what I did was, I kind of brought those things up. I wasn't trying to say "Hey, look at my new invention or look at my new thing." It was that I was going to share some of those things that go on down in the dugout and come to the broadcast booth as a former player. I would come with a player's mentality so the fans could understand what a player was thinking. That was my job. My job wasn't to be a play-by-play broadcaster. It was to give the fans an idea of what a player was thinking. Those kinds of things just naturally came out, and I always used them where they fit. They were a little bit off-centered, but baseball players, we're not exact creatures with exact language. I think they fit their purpose. It was fun. People could understand them. It would tie them in. They'd laugh. Baseball is a game of fun and communication. If you can't have fun in baseball, then you're in trouble. That's a long season. I've learned that as a player and brought that to the broadcast booth. Some people liked it and some didn't.
What kind of work did you do to prepare to broadcast each game?
It starts the next day when you wake up. You get a little time and you sit down behind your computer and you go over the team, you over over the pitcher, you go over the scouting report. You try to have some things written down on a little notepad that I'd keep in my pocket. And then I'd have a pretty good idea of when I'd get to the ballpark around 3:30 or 4:00, whenever I got there, I would go down to the locker room and talk to the players. I'd introduce myself and say "Hey look, I get to talk about you for 4 times tonight when you show up to bat. I want to be able to give you some love and talk a bit about you. So maybe you could help me out a little bit with some nuggets and I can give you some love tonight."
What's the story with the baseball in your hand. We always see you with one. Is there a special ball that you keep with you?
I played for 21 years, and a lot of it was spent riding the pine. I'd throw the baseball in the dugout to help pass the time. When I went into the broadcasting booth, I took it with me. It kind of was a "paci" [pacifier] for me. It was just something to do. It was just something to hold in my hand. It just helped me. But then I realized that it was a great way for me to market baseball. Anytime anyone would tune in and see me, they'd see the baseball and they'd know exactly what we were talking about—baseball! I was able to advertise the game that way. And the fans, they loved them. I'd give them out to the fans. Mr. Moreno was very kind. He'd let me take one or two a week and I would give them to a fan. They would just be happy. It was something special to give a ball to a fan. Who doesn't like getting a baseball at a game?
My favorite moment from your announcing career was when you and Physioc got put on the Kiss cam. Your move on Physioc was a hoot! What was your favorite moment?
Oh man, there were plenty of them. I just loved being there for the fans—the kids, the moms, the dads, everyone. I just loved having fun with the fans. There was this one time when I had a spot for Bosley hair treatments. And I thought to myself, "Hey Hud, what are you doing? They'll never let you live this down!" But then I thought, "I've got to live it up!" So, I brought in brushes, hair dryers and mirrors to make it all great. And there I was, with all these fans looking up at me after the spot during the game, and I was living it up. I was doing my hair up and just having fun with it. And the fans—they were loving it up! Hearing the laughter from 20-30,000 fans, that was a good moment.
What happened this offseason with the Angels broadcasting?
Well, we had our annual broadcasters meeting, and the Angels called me in and told me that they just didn't have any place in the broadcast booth for me. It was just like that. I thanked them for my years with the Angels and for the opportunity to be with them.
Do you think you'll still be involved with the Angels?
You never know with this Grand Old Game. Things happen for a reason. Look, I bounced around a lot over my years, so you never know. I would never close a door on an opportunity. It's just up to me and Jennifer to accept that this is another one of those "splinters" in life and that everything happens for a purpose. It's not up to us to always understand it, but He has a plan for us.
How would you explain this transition to one of your younger fans?
I would say that ownership and management has a right to do what it wants with the team. And, that just like any star who moves on, baseball constantly changes. But that we need to learn to live with change. We can't control everything. It's not always up to us to control everything. But, we need to accept the change. We need to welcome the new—embrace the new. We may have to grieve the old. It's okay to grieve the old. But we have to embrace the new. That's what baseball is all about.
Rex, on behalf of Angelswin.com and all of your fans everywhere, thank you for taking the time to talk with us.
You're welcome.
For more information about Rex, his speaking engagements, his upcoming book signings, or to order copies of his book, fans can go to www.rexhudler.com. For more information regarding Team Up for Down Syndrome, fans can go to www.teamupfordownsyndrome.org.
Regarding the upcoming book signing mentioned in the interview, Rex will be appearing at the Tustin Costco located at 2655 El Camino Real, Tustin, CA 92782. Books will be available for purchase at the book signing, and Rex will be available for photographs and autographs for fans.