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In order to meet the educational needs of the students at TSBVI, curriculum content and methodology have been modified to meet the needs of different student populations. Modifications are embodied in these five curricular approaches.
The Five Curricular Curricular Approaches at TSBVI
1. Early Concepts
2. Basic Skills
3. Functional Academics
4. Applied Academics
5. Academics
Support for Curriculum Programming
1. Early Concepts
This curriculum is written for students younger than 12 years of age who have visual impairments and are not yet reading, writing, and doing math at a first grade level. Many of these students have mild to significant delays in areas such as cognition, motor, speech/language, and emotional development. These students may also have orthopedic, sensory, or other health impairments.
Programming consists of thematic units that include meaningful experiences to help students build an effective framework for processing new information and understanding how it relates to their world.
Basic self-help skills, such as eating, dressing, and housekeeping are taught within activity routines. Real objects are used whenever possible, unless specific skills in representation are being taught; and activities are meaningful and at the appropriate level of the student.
- Units with goals, objectives, and activities in areas related to the students' lives based on the following themes:
- Animals
- Community Helpers
- Cycles
- Environment
- Happy, Healthy Me
- Holidays
- Others
- Recreation
- Safety
- Self
- Tools
- Transportation
- Where I Live
- Work
- Infused skills in:
- Cognition
- Communication
- Sensory and Motor Activities
- Readiness
- Work
- Music
- Concept words
- Assessment and Ongoing Evaluation Booklet
2. Basic Skills
Basic Skills for Community Living TSBVI publication
This curriculum is intended for students who are between the ages of 6 and 22 who have visual impairments combined with other disabilities, such as hearing impairments (deafblind) and significant developmental delays. It is particularly designed for students who learn best within highly structured routines and who have great difficulty generalizing what they learn to new situations. Social/emotional development and communication skills are a significant component of this program.
The primary instructional approach uses consistent activity routines to teach those functional activities which parents, residential instructors and the educational team have identified as areas of need. Developmental skills are identified and taught within the context of these routines. This program is committed to community based instruction.
- Functional activities from the domestic, recreation/leisure, and vocational domains
- Developmental skills in:
- Social competence
- Social Interactions
- Emotional Development
- Organization
- Senses and Motor Skills
- Basic Concepts
- Representation
- Tools for assessment and developing the IEP
- Information about assessment, planning instruction, and effective teaching strategies for career education, leisure and recreation, communication, calendars, social skills, and behavior management.
3. Functional Academics
This curriculum is intended for students who are 12 years of age or older. Generally the students have reading and math skills between the kindergarten and second grade levels and have demonstrated limited ability to learn within a developmental or academic approach.
The focus of this program is teaching students how to use their academic skills in a variety of functional tasks and, whenever possible, to develop and improve those skills. Social skills and independent living skills are an important component of this program. Students may be taught in the classroom, residence, or community, depending upon the individual needs and abilities of the students.
- Skills in:
- Functional Reading and Writing
- Mathematics Applications
- Social Skills and Personal Knowledge
- Domestic Skills
- Recreation and Leisure
- Career Education
- Thematic units in social studies and science as related to Knowledge of the World
- Assessment and evaluation instruments
4. Applied Academics
This curriculum is designed for students who are more than two grade levels below their chronological level. The knowledge and skills taught are those deemed essential for adult living in the community. Skills are taught in practical applications with a focus on career education skills needed for employability.
Secondary-age students should be able to read at the third grade level or higher and should be able to generalize what they learn to different settings. Courses at this level are offered for local school credit.
- Skills at levels K-9 in:
- Language Arts
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- Home Economics
- Career Education
- Compensatory Skills
- Physical Education
- Fine Arts
- Recommended strategies, adaptations, and materials
- Assessment and ongoing evaluation
5. Academics
This program is the regular K—12 curriculum which includes the essential knowledge and skills required by the state of Texas. This curriculum is divided into courses which have the same titles, content, and requirements as regular public school courses for nondisabled students. They also contain skills and adaptations which address the needs of students who are visually impaired. Students who are not more than two years below their grade levels may take these courses.
Whenever possible, these courses will be taken at the Austin Independent School District, especially at the high school level
- Skills in:
- Language Arts
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- Home Economics
- Career Education
- Compensatory Skills
- Physical Education
- Fine Arts
- Recommended strategies, adaptations, and materials for each subject
While most students will work with only one of the five approaches, a student may benefit from parts of another. No student will be limited to or "tracked" in any one approach.
If, at any time, it is determined that a student would be better served by using a different approach, the educational team can make a change.
The Core Curriculum
TSBVI has adopted the Core Curriculum for Blind and Visually Impaired Students as developed by the National Agenda. In doing so it has committed itself to offering instruction in the following.
Compensatory academic skills include such learning experiences as concept development, spatial understanding, listening skills, and adaptations necessary for reading and writing or other means of communication.
Orientation and mobility is a vital area of learning. Students learn about themselves and the environment in which they move—from basic body image to independent travel in busy cities.
Social interaction skills are taught carefully, consciously, and sequentially since blind and visually impaired students do not learn these skills casually or incidentally.
Daily living skills consist of all the tasks and functions persons perform, in accordance with their abilities, in order to lead lives as independently as possible. They include, but are not limited to, skills in personal hygiene, food preparation, money management, time monitoring, and organization.
Recreation and leisure skills are taught so that students can develop a repertoire of enjoyable activities that carry into their adult lives. The teaching of these skills is carefully planned and deliberately taught.
Career education prepares students for adult life with a basic knowledge of the world of work and the opportunity to learn marketable skills. Students explore their own strengths and interests in a systematic, well-planned manner.
Technology expands the horizons of students. It allows students to give feed-back to teachers, parents, and peers, and store a wide array of personal data for easy retrieval.
Visual efficiency skills are taught so that students learn to utilize their functional vision. Functional vision assessments, planning for appropriate learning activities, and instruction in the use of vision in effective and efficient ways are integral parts.
Support for Curriculum Programming
The materials were developed by TSBVI, focus on specific content, and can be used as appropriate with the five approaches:


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Hawaiian judge coming to Alamo City
Not many people would leave an office with a prime view of Honolulu's harbor for a windowless office in San Antonio, but Senior U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra is doing just that.
Ezra, 65, is moving here to help the San Antonio-headquartered Western District of Texas, whose current judges are swamped largely with immigration and drug cases on top of a busy civil caseload.
It's a homecoming of sorts. Ezra's wife is from Texas and he went to St. Mary's University.
"It's a combination of the need of the judiciary (in Texas) and my wife," Ezra said. "I had indicated to the Administrative Office of the Courts that I was willing to move to the mainland and help. We have a very moderate caseload" in Hawaii.
Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts approved Ezra's assignment in Texas. He begins Jan. 2, helping to fill a void that has been pending more than four years, ever since Judge Royal Furgeson took senior status and moved to Dallas to take on cases there.
Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for federal judges, who must be at least 65 and have served 15 years to qualify.
They receive the full salary of a judge but work only part-time. Senior judges do not occupy benches. Instead, their bench become vacant, and the president may appoint new full-time judges to fill their spots.
President Barack Obama has yet to name anyone to permanently fill Furgeson's former judgeship in San Antonio, which anchors the Western District of Texas, and that has left the remaining judges seeking relief elsewhere.
The federal district stretches along Texas' southwestern border and its division also includes Waco, Austin, Del Rio, Alpine, Midland/Odessa and El Paso.
Ezra grew up in Hawaii and graduated from St. Louis High School there. He then attended Chaminade College and the University of Hawaii before coming to San Antonio in the 1960s and graduating magna cum laude from St. Mary's with a business administration degree and first in his class from St. Mary's School of Law.
He then entered the Army, became an officer and returned to Hawaii after his military service.
Ezra joined the law firm of Anthony, Hoddick, Reinwald & O'Connor, becoming a partner in 1976. In 1980, he formed his own firm and concentrated on financial services litigation.
At 39, he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to a lifetime position on the federal bench, becoming the youngest federal judge in Hawaii's history. He's now the longest serving active federal judge there.
Ezra served as vice president of the U.S. Federal Judges Association, and has held a number of posts related to the judiciary in the Ninth Circuit, which the District of Hawaii is part of.
In 2002, he was elected by the judges of the Ninth Circuit to a three-year term as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States, the federal judiciary's policy-making body. Ezra serves on the conference's Budget and Finance Advisory Council.
He has presided over thousands of civil and criminal cases. Among his most notable cases are those in which he oversaw state agencies to ensure they complied with federal mandates to provide services to public school students with learning disabilities and adequate care for the mentally ill. One of those cases took 14 years.
Ezra also struck down a number of laws in Hawaii that he believed infringed on First Amendment rights, including one that prohibited reporters from speaking with prisoners and another that barred people from putting political signs in their front yards.
"He works hard and cares about getting things right," said Paul Alston, president of the Federal Bar Association of Hawaii. "He's not swayed by politics. He's ruled on a lot of hard, complex cases with political overtones and he does it without anybody having to worry that he'll have one eye on the headlines and one eye on the law."
Ezra recently took senior status when he turned 65 in June. Leaving the Ninth Circuit, he comes to the more conservative Fifth Circuit, which includes the Western District of Texas.
He will work out of an office at the John H. Wood United States Courthouse in HemisFair Park.
"I've always wanted to serve, and it's my pleasure to do that," he said. "And to be able to do that in San Antonio is a blessing as far as I'm concerned."
For the Western District, Ezra is a welcome addition and a tremendous help, Chief U.S. District Judge Fred Biery said.
Ezra will complement Senior U.S. District Judge Harry Lee Hudspeth of Austin, who periodically comes to San Antonio to hear cases. Biery said Hudspeth hears about 20 percent of San Antonio's civil docket.
Biery said Ezra will pick up another 20 percent of the civil cases in San Antonio and about a third of the criminal defendants (about 700 defendants a year) in Del Rio.
Biery, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia and U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez will continue to do criminal cases in San Antonio, and the remainder of the civil docket.
Biery said that in fiscal 2012, there were 932 felony defendants and about 1,100 civil filings in the San Antonio division.
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Monday, December 21, 2009
USA Track and Field's National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships
We rarely highlight the impressive talents of southern Oregon's running youth on this blog. Probably about time...
Lela quietly racks up some impressive performances here in our Rogue Valley. This year Lela won the 14 and under age division in the Southern Oregon Runners "Runner of the Year" Race Series. On her way to doing so she placed sixth for women in the Frostbite 5K, fourth for ladies in the Rogue River 5K and finished with a 1:15:31 at this year's Pear Blossom Ten Mile (good enough for 226th out of 1270 total finishers!) All impressive results for a twelve year old.
This past weekend Lela Stemple traveled to Reno, Nevada for the USA Track and Field National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships. Though she personally felt she could of run faster, she still thrilled by finishing 50th out of 228 runners in not so ideal conditions.
So without further ado, here's Lela Stemple, in her own words, as she discusses her race last weekend:
"As far as the race goes it was okay. There was about a foot of packed snow, they tried to clear it, but it was still very snowy. It was super cold. My arms were numb by the end of the race - even with the arm warmers. I started out with sunglasses which really helped me to see where I was going in the snow. But, when the huge flakes of snow started to come down during the race, they were a pain, so I threw them to Dad. I had a lot of fun and it was a great event, but my time and place weren't what I was originally hoping for. My overall time was 12:26 - a bit slower than my PR. I was super nervous, this being my first trip to something as big as Nationals. The winner came in at about 10:57. Next time..."
Posted by Rogue Valley Runners at 11:49 AM
3 comments:
- Runnin' Shorts said...
Nice runnin' Lela!
- Monday, December 21, 2009 3:58:00 PM
- Julia Harpston said...
Hey L,
Been reading your blog for a good few months now, you've really an inspiration to people who wanna get into running like me! I've created my own blog about Compression tights and stuff about running and sportswear. Id be really appreciate if I could get a message back and also if you could link to my blog http://compressiontights.blogspot.com/ - the name of the blog is Compression tights
your effort inspires me :-D
- Monday, December 21, 2009 5:59:00 PM
- DK said...
Way to run lady! Nice job sporting the RVR jersey. You do us proud kid.
- Thursday, December 24, 2009 8:41:00 AM
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I was running some stats on the Fedora 11 release, and an interesting thing caught my eye. Very few people are downloading the six (or in the case of PPC, seven) CDs to perform a "Fedora" install. Very Very few. In fact, at most, six people downloaded split media CDs using the Fedora mirror servers in the first few days. This in contrast to the over 234,000 direct downloads of DVDs and LiveCDs in the same amount of time. BitTorrent statistics are a little better for CDs: 908 completed downloads of the split media CDs, out of 41,235 total downloads (or ~2.2 %).
Which leads to the question, "Do we really need split media CDs for Fedora 12?"
A few more points lend credence to this idea.
Looking only at the BitTorrent stats for Fedora 9, 10, and now 11, we see an interesting trend. Figure 1 shows that the interest in split media CDs has been decreasing over the past year.
I have a suspicion. As the number of x86_64 users grows, it's more likely that x86_64 systems will have DVD readers as opposed to older CD readers. Figure 2 shows the growth of x86_64 vs x86 over the past year, again extracted from BitTorrent statistics.
The entire Fedora 11 release as sent to the mirrors is ~143GB. Of that, CD and DVD ISOs represent ~34GB; the split media CD ISOs represent ~15.5GB of that. As most of the rest of that 143GB is all hardlinked, we're really only transferring out all these ISO files. 10% of the disk space, and 45% of the time/bandwidth needed to get a release out to the mirrors, for about 2% of the user base, and declining.
CDs had their place, back when DVD readers weren't commonplace, and before we had LiveCD/LiveUSB medias. Now, DVDs are fairly common, the LiveCDs work great for a lot of installs, and we have both a small (158MB) network-based bootable CD installer for new installs that would require a CD, and preupgrade for upgrading from an older distro version to the next. Let's kill off split media CDs for Fedora 12.
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Klinkert, Hildebrand Cornelis (1829-1913)
Hildebrand Cornelis Klinkert was born 11 June 1829 at Amsterdam, and died 20 November 1913 at Leiden. He was at first a surveyor; he was educated for the missions by Dirk Harting, pastor at Enkhuizen, and the Mission School of Rotterdam; in 1857 he entered the service of the Dutch Mission Association. He worked at first with Pieter Jansz at Japara, but in 1861 transferred to Semarang, his principal task being to translate the New Testament into the Malay language. In 1862 he settled on the island of Chianjur (Tjiandjur) as a missionary. In 1863 he entered the service of the Dutch Bible Society and later became an instructor of the Malay language at the University of Leiden.
Annual reports of the Dutch Mission Association.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1885): 60-63; (1886): 82 ff; (1887): 32 ff, 37; (1890): 39 ff, 44 ff, 46, 48; (1891): 34.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 513.
Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. Biographisch Woordenboek von Protestantsche Godgeleerden in Nederland. Utrecht, 1903-: V, 20 ff.
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Neff, Christian. "Klinkert, Hildebrand Cornelis (1829-1913)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 7 Aug 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Klinkert,_Hildebrand_Cornelis_(1829-1913)&oldid=145583.
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Neff, Christian. (1957). Klinkert, Hildebrand Cornelis (1829-1913). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 7 August 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Klinkert,_Hildebrand_Cornelis_(1829-1913)&oldid=145583.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 205. All rights reserved.
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Beat the Streak Report: Wednesday, April 27
Matt Kemp has been one of the season's most dangerous rakebots, delighting Dodgers fans, Rihanna haters and BTS pickers alike with his nightly heroism in the batter's box.
The multitalented jet-ski racer/destroyer of baseballs disappointed on Tuesday, however, snapping a modest six-game hit streak with an 0-for-4 against the Marlins and resetting the odometer on 8.8 percent of all streaks.
Trust us, Streakers, this one hurts. We were working on a little season-high run of our own, and Chris Volstad looked like a pretty tasty matchup. That dude hands out hits like they're mini American flags at a Fourth of July parade.
Three hours later: Strikeout, flyout, popout, groundout. Cool! He hit for the out cycle! (Note: not cool at all).
At least those of you who lost with Kemp can take solace in the fact that your fellow Streakers nailed the next six most popular choices. Nope, no solace provided at all. We remain unsolsified. Or is it unsolacized?
The lesson, as always: Pick Ethier.
Wednesday's picks
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
• Nick Swisher: .538 AVG (7-for-13) since '06 vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
• Carl Crawford: .395 AVG (15-for-38) since '06 vs. Orioles starter Jeremy Guthrie
• Jay Bruce: .545 AVG (6-for-11) since '06 vs. Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo
• Jacoby Ellsbury: .393 AVG (11-for-28) since '06 vs. Orioles starter Jeremy Guthrie
• Robinson Cano: .455 AVG (5-for-11) since '06 vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
• Justin Upton: .444 AVG (4-for-9) since '06 vs. Phillies starter Cole Hamels
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Luke Scott: .474 AVG (9-for-19) since '06 vs. Red Sox starter Josh Beckett
You'll thank me later …
• Kelly Johnson: .174 AVG (4-for-23) since '06 vs. Phillies starter Cole Hamels
• Hanley Ramirez: .182 AVG (2-for-11) since '06 vs. Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley
• Michael Bourn: .167 AVG (4-for-24) since '06 vs. Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse
• Jose Reyes: .176 AVG (2-for-12) since '06 vs. Nationals starter Tom Gorzelanny
• David DeJesus: .071 AVG (1-for-14) since '06 vs. Angels starter Dan Haren
Leaderboard time!
Kiss bit the big one with Joseph Votto last night, leaving cleopatravijal alone atop the standings pyramid at 24 games. You're almost halfway there, cleo. Just remember the old saying: Denial is more than picking Carl Crawford every day.
Top MLB streakers
Andre Ethier: 23 games
Alex Gordon: 19 games
Jeff Francoeur: 15 games
Johnny Damon: 13 games
Brian Roberts: 12 games
(Make a BTS pick)
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Rain will PLAGUE Wednesdays games even worse than we've seen recently.
TB/MIN (60%), COL/CHC (80%), KC/CLE (100%), SEA/DET (95%), and SF/PIT (65%) are all at risk. There's a lesser chance for LAD/FLA, CWS/NYY, NYM/WAS, and BOS/BAL.
Staying indoors today it seems
Ethier? Guesstimates on when he'll go 0-fer? My guess will be during the SD series. Why? I think a divisional game will treat him with more fear/respect than non-divisional. Throw in a good lefty pitcher and maybe Friday is the day: 0-2 with 2 walks maybe. Just a guess
The ex-leader that picks DL players may want to fill the next 9 days with Casey Blake. Per rotoworld he's headed for the DL
I originally had Blake picked for yesterday but switched to Carroll. Let's see if Tony Gwynn, Jr does any better today. I'm sticking with the Dodgers since the game is being televised this afternoon and will make the game more interesting to me. Avoiding Ethier since he is 0-6 against Sanchez. Also, Gwynn is leading off and will have maximum ABs.
That didn't go well. 😦
Lol. Oops.
lol, making a pick just because the game is on TV has to be 1 of the dumbest reasons to make a pick.
And when was Jamey Carroll a starter before this year?
There were certainly better picks than Carroll for Wednesday!
So yesterday I managed to convince my brother in law to change his pick to Berkman from ROBO-Kemp and it worked out for him. Did I get a hit, noooo.
But I guess I was doomed from the start thinking I had Theriot in and actually had Rasmus.
Anyways Im going with the Vottobot tonight. Lefty-Righty matchup, hits well vs Yovani and 0-fer last night.
lol, what makes a hitter a bot?
I'm going with Robinson Cano to get to 3.
Highest No selection page 1 with a streak of 19 heading right back to 0.
I was thinking of Cano also, but his splits against lefties had me concerned. Will Buehrle be the good pitcher like 3 games ago (allowed just 2 hits) or the bad pitcher seen in last 2 games (allowing avg of 9 hits)?
took lance berkman today. hes hitting well the last week and j.a. happ has struggled so far this year
The only concern I had about Berkman is that he may sit against lefties at times. If this was a day game after nite game, I'd say he definitely would sit. But being a nite game, LaRussa will probably play him.
i know but i feel with pujols hurting larussa wont be willing to sit one of his other power bats
Probably. FYI: Pujols is playing today.
LaV's List
Wednesday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
152 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Robinson Cano 338 13.66
Miguel Cabrera 160 6.46
Denard Span 139 5.62
Troy Tulowitzki 137 5.54
Matt Holliday 119 4.81
Joey Votto 106 4.28
Jay Bruce 106 4.28
Michael Young 88 3.56
Andre Ethier 86 3.47
Pablo Sandoval 82 3.31
Placido Polanco 74 2.99
Matt Kemp 52 2.1 (LEADER)
No Selection 52 2.1
Dustin Pedroia 39 1.58 (2nd)
Victor Martinez 1 0.04 (3rd)
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 1 with streak of 19 back to zero.
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 25.92% with ROBO-Kemp reseting the most.
Got Pinched OR 1 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and double switch, 1 AB or More)
R Martin NYY, RESET 16, highest was 14gamer
C Gonzalez COL, RESET 7, highest was 12gamer(DOUBLE SWITCH)
Pujols(23) pinch-hit but was walked in the ninth.
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
'www.jew, 18, pg 2, 21, Sizemore (PICKED 20X)
Jagx, 13, pg 12, 278, M Young (PICKED 88X)
levinc, 10, pg 47, 849, M Young (PICKED 88X)
trixiewright, 10, pg 53, 849, C Headley (PICKED 1X)
backrubs, 9, pg 59, 1353, M Holliday (PICKED 119X)
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
Dodgerlu RESET BY RASMUS
GL to all
Wow, trixiewright was the ONLY player who picked Headley on Wednesday!
Mark, you're scaring me 🙂 For the last 3 days, we've both picked the same games & in two of those the same players. Though I chickened out yesterday & changed from Holliday to Cano. But let the luck continue… For me, 3 days, 3 1st AB hits
so does that make us both smart then. maybe you are smarter.
I cant get past 4 this season.
Just lucky, not smart. But not as lucky as those 3 weeks ahead of us
I think your batting average overall is a better measure of if you are making smart picks or not.
You have many more data points to work with (more AB's than days) and a different distribution does not affect the batting average.
IMO, I think getting hits off the starter is a better measure. No one makes picks thinking no hits off the starter but instead, getting 1 or 2 hits off the relievers. I have a a very low percentage of 1st hit off relievers
Hey, I just got a first-inning hit myself from Polanco. That sure beats the no-inning hit I got from Kemp yesterday…
Plac is now 4-4. Great pick.
Tulo pickers need to wait another day. CHC/COL PPD and no doubleheader tomorrow for that game but there is one for another game.
Min Tb double dip tomorrow.
Hmmm, one of our blogger's group top streakers just got pinched, and in a bad way
It's a shame when ur player gets the call and your team is down 7-0 late in game.
Condolences Trixie.
I was pinched twice last year, once I was at 3 and Pudge hit a Sac fly in the 8th as a Nat, but the other I was at 9 and the now retired Manny Ramirez pinch hit in the 5th as a Dodger and struck out. Despite being mid game he was removed and there were no more chances. I was so pissed!
There was a time like that for Manny last year that I remember, but it was in the 7th Inning.
He got ejected for arguing on a called 3rd strike.
Robinson Cano 1st inning home run, onto 3!
Amd with that double by Grady, Jew moves on to tomorrow.
up to 5 with berkman's 6th inning single
And the BTS gods rested; no major sacrifices. Should be a really low reset rate when all the games are in
No it won't be a very high reset but we do lose #2 with Pedro's 0-fer.
Alex Gordon's streak has ended at 19.


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With so many different entertainment options out there for your children, we at PopcornBiz thought we'd take a moment each week to dissect one piece of family entertainment strictly from a parent's perspective, so that you know what parts are appropriate for your loved ones, and which are not. This week's COVER YOUR EYES subject: "Mrs. Doubtfire".
Did you know that "Mrs. Doubtfire" was the 22nd highest selling DVD in the past week, beating out the likes of "Tangled"? It's true! The 1993 Robin Williams kneeslapper has been on the DVD bestseller chart for 811 weeks. I didn't even know history contained that many weeks. It's the "Dark Side of the Moon" of DVD sales. I have no idea why it occupies such a lofty position on the DVD sales chart in 2011. It could be because Amazon is offering it as a streaming video. Or maybe Wal Mart had a big push for it in their DVD section. You never know what old movie big-box stores will randomly push on you on any given visit ("Three Men And A Little Lady" for four dollars? How can you NOT buy it?). Either way, the movie has shown remarkable staying power despite the fact that it's kind of awful. The American Film Institute rated it the 67th funniest movie of ALL TIME, beating out the likes of "Caddyshack," "The Jerk," and "Fargo," which is downright nutty. What's the secret? Why hasn't this movie gone gently into cinematic irrelevance over the past two decades? It could be because "Mrs. Doubtfire" is such a family-friendly movie. How family-friendly? Let us consider the factors
The "Will Parents Be Able To Tolerate It?" Factor: Your ability to sit through all two hours of "Mrs. Doubtfire" depends on whether or not you're still cool with the whole "everyone on screen thinks Robin Williams' character is HILARIOUS" thing that Williams has relied on since "Good Morning Vietnam." Given Williams' recent box office track record, you'd think Americans would have tired of him by now. But toss "Mrs. Doubtfire" on and suddenly we're willing to accept all kinds of Williams-patented zany zaniness. Perhaps people are looking for a family comedy that isn't always winking at the audience, which you get a lot of in the Age of Irony. "Mrs. Doubtfire" is many things, but insincere isn't one of them. It has HEART. Oh, does it have heart. It's like a Heart Festival out there.
The Divorce Factor: There are no dead mothers in "Mrs. Doubtfire," but the movie gets very serious right away when Sally Field asks Robin for a divorce early in the picture, which is shocking to Williams' character because hey, who wouldn't want to be married to an irresponsible clown FOREVER AND EVER? So if you're with your kids, you're gonna have to explain why Sally is divorcing Robin (he's too permissive!), and then you're gonna have to explain why Sally is shacking up with Pierce Brosnan. Fortunately, many American children have to go through REAL divorce, and so this movie acts as a kind of gentle instructional video for why mommy and daddy hate each other.
The Cross-Dressing Factor: Despite the hot-button debate about gay and transgendered rights currently roiling American politics, the fact that Robin dresses up as an old Scottish lady isn't likely to offend many parents, mostly because the Mrs. Doubtfire character isn't sexualized in any manner. If Robin were out cruising for tricks dressed like that, then your kid might have some questions. But the motivations are clear in this movie: Robin is dressing up as a lady because he wants to see his kids, not because he's a fetishist. OR IS HE?! Also, Harvey Fierstein plays the gay brother in this movie (stunning), but he's there only to help Robin with his old lady makeup. Kids may want to know why Fierstein talks like that, but I have no good answer.
The Sexy Sex Sex Factor: Brosnan in a bathing suit. Nothing much more inappropriate than that. You also get a prosthetic breast fire, which is much gentler than it sounds.
The Violence Factor: None, save for a vigorous Heimlich.
Age Range: Seven and up. After you get past the painful divorce issues, you're left with inoffensive silliness. And that is apparently enough to make you a boatload in DVD sales.
Cover Your Eyes: "Mrs. Doubtfire"
With so many different entertainment options out there for your children, we at PopcornBiz thought we'd take a moment each week to dissect one piece of family entertainment strictly from a parent's perspective, so that you know what parts are appropriate for your loved ones, and which are not. This week's COVER YOUR EYES subject: "Mrs. Doubtfire".


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Even while on a diplomatic mission to Pakistan, South Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finds time to be a nervous mother.
Her daughter Chelsea is getting married on July 31 in upstate New York, and both parents are, she says, nervous wrecks.
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She joked about husband Bill Clinton that "You should assume that if he makes it down the aisle in one piece it's going to be a major accomplishment.
"He's going to be so emotional, as am I," Clinton told NBC's Andrea Mitchell, speaking from Islamabad, Pakistan.
Clinton refused to reveal further details about the wedding. "My lips are sealed. I am under very strict orders not to talk about it," since it is a private matter.
Chelsea, 30, plans to marry investment banker Marc Mezvinsky on July 31 in Rhinebeck, NY.


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After watching dozens of online predators march into a house looking for sex with children during three separate "Dateline" investigations, you might feel moved to do something. One productive way to spent that energy is use the show as a launching pad for a serious talk with your children about the hidden dangers of the Internet. This page is here to help.
Child and family therapist Susan Shankle has worked with us to create a series of questions and discussion guides for parents and teachers. You'll also find links to the various "Dateline" investigations, including a recent piece about kids who reveal too much information on their personal blogs.
Many viewers and educators have e-mailed looking for copies of the "Dateline" shows: You can watch them online and find out how to order copies from the front page of the "To Catch a Predator" special report.
The following discussion questions are basic, open-ended, and meant for all ages. They are simply conversation starters, and are best asked immediately after watching the "To Catch a Predator" programs with children. Most important, Shankle said, is that adults must view this as an opportunity to open an honest dialogue and listen, not preach or punish.
"The main reason children don't tell their parents what is going on is because the kids are afraid they will get in trouble," Shankle said. Avoid judgments and histrionics, she said. "Kids stop listening when they're being lectured or yelled at — adults do too, nobody likes it. A realistic presentation of facts and good listening skills are what is needed, along with follow-up at a later time to make sure your points got across and continue to have value for the children."
1. Do these people (on the show) look like what you think perverts look like? Which one, if you passed him on the street would look most like your idea of a pervert? Which one would look least like one? Why?
This could lead to a discussion about how some of the men, like the one who showed up naked, seemed more suspicious than others. Starting simple may put children at ease. It may also help children learn that predators can look like anyone. Participate in the conversation by identifying the ones you thought looked more suspicious than others, and point out the differences in your perspectives.
2. Do you know anyone who has ever been solicited for sex on the Net? What did you do? What did he or she do?
Some children will answer this question, some won't. Forcing the child to tell you is not the point. Creating a comfortable atmosphere for your child to be willing to discuss the subject IS the point. You are not asking the child if he or she has been solicited directly, just if they know someone who has. Questions like this one help the child begin thinking about the subject and formulate plans if it DOES happen. You are also making the point that's it's okay for the child to talk with you about it without repercussions.
3. What are some things you can do to keep yourself safe?
Adults might be surprised at answers to this one. Children will think of things that adults would completely miss. Give the children positive reinforcement ("Great idea!") for suggestions. By doing this adults continue to create an on-going comfort zone for the children to share information. Encourage children to have conversations on their own about this question.
4. What can I do to help keep you safe?
Listen to what they say, make a list, put it on the fridge and DO IT, whatever it is, within reason, of course. Revisit the list periodically, ask children if there's anything they'd like to add or subtract.
5. Let's just say you know for a fact someone is stalking you. What would you do differently on the Web? Would you remove anything from your blog?
This should at least get the children thinking without getting into power struggles. You can also ask them to show you the places they visit online, including their own blogs. To ease potential tension in that conversation, consider giving the kids 24 hours warning — at least the first time — so they have time to clean up their sites before you see them. Subsequent site visits can be a surprise, but if this is your first conversation about the topic, it's best to avoid a "gotcha" confrontation that will likely lead to less communication, not more.
As for general advice, Shankle says parents should be on the lookout for weird packages in the mail. Perpetrators will send gifts and even airline tickets to convince the child to meet in person. Reluctance to participate with kids their own age is also an important warning sign.
Isolated children who feel alone are at the greatest risk, she said — such as kids who want to run away, or who are in abusive situations either at home or at school. That's why dialogue is so important.
"Perpetrators hate involved parents," she said.
Finally, parents who feel they simply cannot talk with the children about this topic should find a qualified therapist in their area.
Shankle can be reached at email@example.com.
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Recall of the Governor
Like all other public officials, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin are not eligible for recall until they have served at least one year in the current term of office. An official who has been recalled and survived a recall election cannot be recalled again during his or her current term in office.
The number of signatures required to trigger a recall election for Governor and/or Lieutenant Governor is one-quarter votes cast for Governor in last gubernatorial election.


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Last week I had the incredible opportunity to attend the Blog Her conference in the heart of The Big Apple – more on that in another post. The highlight of my time in NYC wasn't the conference surprisingly, but rather a party before the event, the Stiletto Media Kick Off Your Heels Event at Pio Pio Restaurant.
I've been part of the Stiletto Media (#SMlatinas) group for awhile now, and was so so excited to meet some of the ladies I communicate with regularly through social media in person!! The event was an opportunity for us to network, make new friends, and celebrate being latinalicious bloggers!
In addition to endless Sangria, delectable hors d'oeuvres, and glitter tattoos there was friendship. I met Migdalia the powerhouse of Stiletto and fellow single mom, Lourdes a friendly latina who made me get my first glass of Sangria, instantly clicked with Gloria another former teen mom, Sili my silly Sili with an electric smile, super friendly Maria who welcomed me in with a warm hug, Rachelwho was just too cool for school, beautiful Heiddi & super sweet Eileen!! Along with many more, we posed, we drank, we laughed, and most importantly we supported each other.
Listen, getting a group of opinionated ladies together doesn't always end well. But in this instance, in this atmosphere, we were one big latina family. There was no pressure, no cattiness, there was acceptance. I've struggled for a long time figuring out where I fit in, there was no doubt I was supposed to attend this #SMlatinas party and meet the wonderful ladies that I did.
In my busy day to day life I don't give myself the opportunity to kick back and enjoy with friends, and I'm so glad I did. I brought out the hot pink dress (representing Stiletto!) and the heels for this event! The pictures just begin to tell a story of the fun we had, it was truly a night to remember.
HUGE thanks to our generous sponsors Sweet Pickles Books, HP, COVERGIRL, Avocados from Mexico, and Glitter Tattoo NY for supplying us with awesome goodies to take home!! Many thanks to the photographers, videographers and Migdalia's oldest son Karl for taking snapping great pictures of us throughout the night!
Stiletto Media is an amazing sisterhood connecting influential latina bloggers with creative voices and experiences. If you are interested in joining this sisterhood please visit Stiletto Media, and be sure to connect with us through Twitter by using the hashtag #SMlatinas
Disclosure: As a member of the Stiletto Media Blogger Network, my trip to the VIP Latina Blogger Event was sponsored, but as always, my thoughts and words are my own.


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From equine marijuana farmers to drunk elks caught in apple trees — yes, it's that kind of weekend.
Several days ago, Per Johansson of Saro, Sweden discovered a besotted elk in his neighbor's apple tree. The elk was ensared by its zeal for fermented apples, and emergency services chopped off tree limbs to extricate the loopy beast. You can listen to Johansson's testimony of this world-shattering event above.
Notes the Beeb, "It is not unusual to see elk, or moose as they are known in North America, drunk in Sweden during autumn, when there are plenty of apples about." Also, here are several more animals who share the elks' predilection for getting tore up.
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PHOENIX — Nik Richie and thedirty.com are flourishing in a world where the Internet and social media sites render privacy more and more irrelevant.
The site, which got its start in Scottsdale, broke the news of the next chapter in the Anthony Weiner scandal.
After a sexting scandal led to Weiner's resignation from Congress in 2011, thedirty.com revealed that he continued to send X-rated messages and photos to women online under the alias Carlos Danger.
"It was just like any other submission," said Richie, the site's 34-year-old creator and moderator. "(The woman) needed help to get exposure to get her message out there so people would believe her. I gave her the opportunity to do so."
After receiving the submission, Richie asked to contact the woman so that he could fact-check the information she gave him. When he connected the dots with Weiner's previous scandal, Richie was convinced and posted the photos on the site.
"It was posted just like any other post we would put on The Dirty," Richie said. "It just went out there to national media."
Weiner was forced to admit his continued online sexting, but as of Friday had refused to drop out of the race for mayor of New York City.
The Weiner revelation is not the first time the site, known for gossip and racy photos, has fueled a national story.
In March 2008, when thedirty.com was still based in Scottsdale, the site posted photos of then-Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart drinking and beer-bonging in a hot tub with young women. In September 2011, thedirty.com reported that Ashton Kutcher was cheating on Demi Moore in San Diego.
Former Arizona Congressman Ben Quayle also was drawn into controversy during his 2010 campaign when it was revealed that he had written for the site under the pseudonym "Brock Landers."
"We've broken a lot of national stories, but this one by far is the largest as far as traffic and media coverage," Richie said.
Richie sees thedirty.com as a reality-based blog. He said he based the idea off the popularity of reality television and the notion that no one had conquered reality Internet before.
"To me, it's civilian paparazzi," Richie said. "I wanted to give people a voice where they could express themselves and have their freedom of speech and talk about their neighbors, celebrities, friends, politics and what not."
Sites like thedirty.com serve as the fifth estate in today's digital media, said Kelly McBride, a senior faculty member specializing in ethics at the Poynter Institute. While it doesn't put them on the level of a national newspaper or news site in the fourth estate, thedirty.com is valuable enough to create and break stories like this one, she said.
"The fifth estate creates information, but the fourth estate still amplifies it," McBride said. "Most people did not hear about the latest round of Anthony Weiner's indiscretion from The Dirty. They heard about it from someone in the fourth estate who was referencing The Dirty."
McBride said that while it's tempting to say that sites like thedirty.com will replace more traditional news outlets, it's hard to envision that actually happening. More traditional news sources sort through all the information created in the "fifth estate" to tell the audience what's important to look at, she said.
"Anyone can influence the marketplace of ideas and the trick is to have the right information at the right time," McBride said.
Richie said the Weiner scandal is another example of the power of the Internet and the spread of information.
"It reveals that the Internet gives people their voice," Richie said. "We don't know how to really control it and we still don't know how to gauge it, but at the same time it gives the little people their chance to shine and it makes celebrities out of everyday, normal people."
Richie acknowledged that if it wasn't for Scottsdale, he wouldn't be where he is now.
"I'm really, really proud to say this all started in Scottsdale," Richie said. "It's just cool to me to know that the test market of Scottsdale was so juicy and had so much scandal and had so much craziness going on but it was all private."
The site, now based in Newport Beach. Calif., boasts 20 million monthly views across its 400 localized sites around the world, including ones in Australia, Moscow and Stockholm.


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