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Last Sunday I spent the whole day with family. I love those kind of days!! My little brother is an awesome baseball player. Not only can he pitch, but he's hitting a .652 with 17 RBI's. I am so proud of him. I tell everyone this, but mark my words, He's going to go pro. He has what it takes, I just see it in him. After I went to his game, I went to my niece's dance recital (Alicea's daughter). As you can see in the pics, she is a doll. She just melts my heart! They both make me so proud!
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I received a sample of the PIXI primer in my target beauty bag and I had a deluxe size of the Laura Mercier from a Sephora purchase I made where I redeemed 100 Beauty Insider Points. Here is what I have to share with you all.
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Pro se Plaintiff L.C. Brown filed this action on May 2, 2014, alleging violation of his constitutional rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Doc. #1. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss or in the alternative for summary judgment on August 20, 2014. Doc. #18. Plaintiff filed a document captioned "PLAINTIFF'S RESPONSE to Roseboro Order, " which this Court construes as a motion for default, on August 21, 2014. Doc. #23. This matter now comes before this Court for review of the Report and Recommendation ("the Report") filed on October 3, 2014, by Magistrate Judge Bruce Thomas E. Rogers, III, Doc. #30, to whom this case was previously assigned. In the Report, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Court deny both Plaintiff's motion for default and Defendant's motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff filed objections to the Report on October 9, 2014. Doc. #33. The Defendant did not file objections.
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I haven't been having that much luck with Socrative as a class response system, I think I'm going back to the clickers. The computers in my room are all in a ring at the edge of the room, while the students are there, they are pretty chatty and they don't work so well on the quiz questions or whatever I've given them. The clickers go to their desks and I think the students will be more serious there.
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I combined 2 challenges this weekend and made one awesome cute layout! I actually didnt mean to but was quite tickled when I realised I had fulfilled both challenge criteria!
So with Ginny's Seeing Double challenge from LIITD there was a Scraplift challenge to scraplift a Member's layout, a specific one LOL And it has such potential! It screamed at me to use the new Doodling Genie I got for Christmas, so I took this challenge up right away! LOL I like the doodling genie, it's neat and it's easy, for simple fast pages! The layout fairly closely followed the original by Cher at LIITD, Thanks for the inspiration to her and to Ginny!
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New York: Social media giant Facebook (FB) is reportedly working on a software that will be capable of building a dictionary of slang terms used on the social networking website.
This software will scan for unique words used in FB posts and comments, and determine if these words have a individual meaning among a small group of people, The Verge reported.
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My issue is though I LOVE being stocked up on things its so expensive everytime we go that I end up blowing more than half my grocery budget on one trip to Sams which will stock us up on medicines and tolietries but doesnt exactly fill my pantry with tons of stuff to cook for dinner. Now i do buy meat there, b/c we go through alot. I like to buy Potatoes there too same reason we eat tons,and I get drinks there!
My question I guess is, when do you see the benefit of buying in bulk, and even if its cheaper by the item to buy in bulk is it worth it if it blows your budget?
I am having issues with it. Matt says that he thinks it is worth it b/c you save so much by the item buying in bulk. However when you are talking just through the week meals not alot of that can you buy there and so you have this high total to buy all this in bulk, and you dont yet see the benefits and in the short run you dont have anything to cook, and no money to go buy anything.
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July 31, 2010 and I notice a great improvement in our reception of WKHR. We live in Parma Heights and had good reception until about a month or so; suddenly it became very weak and noisy. We missed listening to our favorite station that plays the great music of our youth. Has the new antenna system been installed yet? If so it sure is a clear signal today. Just felt you should know.
Lou & Kay Dorazio
- July 31, 2010 at 6:23 PM
Since the time period after the new antenna was installed, I have reduced signal reception that allows another staion to drift in, occassionally. The signal is also reduced during morning hours.I live west of bainbridge but on the east side of Cleveland.
- November 5, 2010 at 9:41 PM
Reception out in the North Ridgeville area is very sporadic. Sometimes we get reception and sometimes we don't (lots of static). There have even been times where it sounds as though the station has been taken over by something that sounds like hip hop/rock music which is not our style. We love the big band sound and the music that you play on WKHR. Help please us to get better reception!!!!
- December 11, 2010 at 11:00 AM
I'm aferaid that a using a two bay antenna, for covering long distances was a poor choice. A five bay would have been a better chioce and an ERI rototiller design is not exactly what is needed in Geauga county, with very hilly terrain..You guy's should have asked an expert about how to cover Cleveland from Geauga county..There are only a couple of those people left
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Grace Parkes has just had to do a terrible thing. Having given birth to an illegitimate child, she has travelled to the famed Brookwood Cemetery to place her small infant's body in a rich lady's coffin. Following the advice of a kindly midwife, this is the only way that Grace can think of to give something at least to the little baby who died at birth, and to avoid the ignominy of a pauper's grave. Distraught and weeping, Grace meets two people at the cemetery: Mrs Emmeline Unwin and Mr James Solent. These two characters will have a profound affect upon Grace's life. But Grace doesn't know that yet. For now, she has to suppress her grief and get on with the business of living: scraping together enough pennies selling watercress for rent and food; looking after her older sister, who is incapable of caring for herself; thwarting the manipulative and conscience-free Unwin family, who are as capable of running a lucrative funeral business as they are of defrauding a young woman of her fortune. A stunning evocation of life in Victorian London, with vivid and accurate depictions, ranging from the deprivation that the truly poor suffered to the unthinking luxuries enjoyed by the rich: all bound up with a pacy and thrilling plot, as Grace races to unravel the fraud about to be perpetrated against her and her sisterMy thoughts:
This book was...a good past-time read. I didn't find it as entertaining as I had hoped. The story could've been more developed and the characters were obscure and disappointing. In the end, I didn't really enjoy this book.
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After dinner last night, my friend asked for some advice for her insomnia. She has the kind where it's hard to get to sleep. (The other kind is where you wake up during the night, and have difficulty falling back asleep. And of course there's the combination of those two.)
There can be any number of reasons for insomnia, so I did what I always do, which is to learn more about that sleeplessness.
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She thought a little more, then asked, "What about reading before bed?"
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I stumbled across this blog post recently by Katrin Becker and have been thinking about her critiques of the Ed Tech field. I have harbored similar concerns, although ones tempered by my background as an educator and as a (web) designer.
I was struck by the following in particular:
Educational Technologists, for the most part, do not know enough about how technology works to use it well. I studied CS for 7 years. I wouldn't suggest that everyone in Ed Tech needs to do the same, but I DO know that they really need to learn much more about the technology than most are getting now. There are approaches and designs I can create that someone without my background just can't. Just what subset of what I know is core to EdTech? That part I don't know yet, but I do know that asking someone who only knows either discipline will not give you a useful answer (in the same way that you should not ask a mathematician what the average university student needs to know about math).
There is much in the statement that I agree with, think ultimately educational technology is about both education and technology. What I mean is that educational technologists don't necessarily have to know everything there is possibly know about technology but we should know enough about technology to be able to create, design, and implement technology to foster and facilitate learning. Perhaps we aired too much on the side of focusing on learning theory, instructional theory, educational theory and assume that our students will either develop or possess the technological awareness and skills to apply theory in context.
I graduated from a PhD program whose informal motto was, "We don't do technology, we think about technology." This notion was held proudly, and rightfully so, as technology and its implementation can not be seen as independent of ideology, culture, and economy. The program (at least in the late 90s when I was there) saw itself as the counterbalance to, or critique of the predominate discourses in instructional technology and instructional design grounded in some form of "scientific" practice: behaviorism, cognitivism, systems theories, or various forms of constructivism. The idea is that these perspectives can be limiting because they focus primarily on how to teach with technology, not on how those technologies shape the world in which we live, the ways in which we work, learn, are entertained, communicate, and form relationships. While "traditional" approaches to instructional technology are typically predicated on the principles of systematicity, replicability, and predictability, I began my graduate work considering the social and cultural aspects of technology - not doing technology so to speak.
I'm the only person struggling with this issue - the tension between technical skill and theoretic knowledge can be found across the field. Heck - the field isn't even sure what to call itself (for example the recent piece: Labels DO Matter! A Critique of AECT's Redefinition of the Field)
I don't believe someone should go to a graduate program in education to "learn Flash" – we are not equipped to teach that at the level that other institutions are. Someone can go to a local community or technical college and get great training on Flash–they won't get there is knowledge about how to best utilize the technology and the particular and specific affordances of that technology to facilitate learning.
In my own practice, both teaching and research, have come back to my roots in "making stuff." I've rediscovered Pappert and the notion of constructionism. For better or worse, I "do" Educational Technology - I am an educational technology generalist - a Ed Tech guy. Since I stopped being a high school English teacher in 1996, I have been immersed in emerging technology from the early days of the WWW, to switch from analog to digital video editing, to assistive technology, to the emergence of mobile and handheld computing.
Getting back to being more actively involved in technology has been exciting and I think invigorated my research and professional life, and it is building stuff provides a nice balance to the more ethereal products and processes of academic publishing.
With this all in mind I've been working to rethink redesign my classes to provide more engaging experiences and interaction with technology for my students and to model the types of technology development research that I am finding so useful.
Next semester I'm completely reconsider closing one of my classes with this in mind and I am excited to see what will be the outcome. I'll do my courses can provide enough points for my students to explore new technology forms and apply the theory and concepts that they're learning undergraduate program to be able to create and foster meaningful instuctional technology experiences.


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I had my 18 yr. gelding on Smartflex Sr. pellets (he's always had minor stifle weakness), which he did very well on. I was forced to switch him to Cosequin ASU only because he decided to stop eating the Smartflex – although he is doing very well on that as well. I can't honestly say I've noticed a huge difference between the two – what I do notice is a positive difference between the Cosequin ASU and the old school Cosequin (which is great in its own right!). Maybe I'll notice more of a difference come winter – but for now I'd say either is pretty darn good!


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The Private School Stereotype Rears Its Head...Again
I did have a long rant about a thread over at Making Light in which both Patrick Nielsen Hayden and Teresa Nielsen Hayden take a young political blogger to task for sloppy language in a post. But why waste my time and my readers' time? The short of it is that making assumptions about a person based solely on their alma mater (or appearance, as comes out in the comments) is very silly, but effective for the person being stereotyped. That is, if someone wants to dismiss me because I'm a young, blonde Notre Dame alumna who grew up overseas as the daughter of an Air Force officer, they can do so with my thanks and appreciation for effectively removing themselves from the group of people with which I should concern myself.
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THERESA M. PAGLIEI, PETITIONERv.UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BOARD OF REVIEW, RESPONDENT
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Patricia A. McCULLOUGH, Judge
Submitted: July 22, 2011
BEFORE: HONORABLE DAN PELLEGRINI, Judge*fn1 HONORABLE P. KEVIN BROBSON, Judge HONORABLE PATRICIA A. McCULLOUGH, Judge
OPINION BY JUDGE McCULLOUGH
Theresa M. Pagliei (Claimant) petitions pro se for review of the January 20, 2011, order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board), which affirmed a referee's determination that Claimant is financially ineligible for benefits. For the following reasons, we affirm.
Claimant worked for Farmers Insurance Group (Employer) and its corporate predecessors from March 1998 to July 1, 2010. Employer's headquarters is located in Los Angeles, California. In July 2006, Employer moved Claimant's work location from Pennsylvania to Delaware, where Claimant worked continuously until she was laid off. (Findings of Fact, Nos. 1-4.) Claimant filed an application for Pennsylvania unemployment compensation benefits on July 4, 2010. The local job center denied Claimant's application for benefits, explaining that no wages had been reported during her base year, rendering her financially ineligible for unemployment compensation.*fn2
Claimant appealed and testified at the November 2, 2010, referee's hearing. Lynne Wilczynski, a monetary supervisor for the Scranton Unemployment Compensation Service Center, participated in the hearing by telephone.*fn3 Claimant stated that at the time of her separation from employment she was working full time as a senior claims representative earning $31.64 per hour. Claimant, a Pennsylvania resident, testified that she originally worked for Employer in Pennsylvania, but she acknowledged that she had worked only in Delaware during the last twelve months of her employment. She also submitted documentation reflecting that she paid income taxes to Pennsylvania. Claimant did not know whether Employer reported her wages to the state of Delaware.*fn4 (N.T. at 8-11.)
Wilczynski testified that the state liable for unemployment compensation is the state where wages are reported, in this case, Delaware.*fn5 (N.T. at 14.) In response to questions and comments from Claimant concerning a similarly situated co-worker who had been granted benefits, Wilczynski explained that each case is factually different and each is decided based on its unique facts.
The referee concluded that Claimant was not financially eligible for benefits under section 404 of Law because her services for wages earned in Delaware did not constitute "employment" for purposes of section 4(l)(2)(B) of the Law, 43 P.S. §753(l)(2)(B). Claimant appealed to the Board, which affirmed the referee's decision and adopted the referee's findings and conclusions.*fn6
On appeal to this Court,*fn7 Claimant argues that nothing in section 404 of the Law specifically excludes the wages that she earned in Delaware from consideration, and, in this regard, Claimant is correct. However, whereas Claimant contends that no provision of the Law applies to bar her receipt of benefits, section 401(a) of the Law provides as follows:
Compensation shall be payable to any employe who is or becomes unemployed, and who- (a) Has, within his base year, been paid wages for employment as required by section 404(c) of this act ....
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Last week I went to King's English for the book launch party of James Dashner's The Scorch Trials. It was a fabulous evening!! Bonnie, Christy and I had dinner at Mazza (Yummmmm!!!!) and then went to the book signing where we met up with Kim. Several of my book blogging friends were there too- Catie, Ali and Heather.
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Oh, Moonbeam. You know, you really know how to pick 'em. Then again, I should talk; I know how to find 'em.
Quick, what movie has multi-dimensional travel, mad scientists, and people in hideous duck costumes?
(Ye Olde Dramatic Pause…)
OK, but what OTHER movie has multi-dimensional travel, mad scientists, and people in hideous duck costumes?
The answer is This Movie! And it's pretty terrible in it's own right. I actually had a lot more fun making fun of it than I did with "Howard the Duck".
(I digress, but I might as well address this issue here. This is part of the reason why you will not see a review of "Howard" on this website.
The more important part of the reason is that *everyone* with a weird movie review website reviews "Howard the Duck", and I've got to have something to stand out in the crowd, right? Besides, while just anyone can review "Howard the Duck", I'd like to think that it takes a special kind of personality to willingly seek out and watch things like Moonbeam movies. A somewhat masochistic personality, to be sure, but a special one nonetheless.)
The Best Parts:
Before the Movie Begins – Er, isn't this a preview for the movie I'm about to watch? Classic.
(Bonus: Yowler in the Moonbeam Trailer Park!)
42 seconds in – Mirror Berries?
3 minutes in – Note that all of this stuff has happened before the opening credits…
Oh… my… God.
This is a sequel.
5 minutes in – Writers, please stop invoking good things in your bad things (ie, Alice in Wonderland in this movie.)
7 minutes in – Dear readers, I do believe we've got our first female recipient of the dreaded Jake Lloyd Award for Annoying Younger Actors.
14 minutes in – Lord Asriel unavailable for comment.
21 minutes in – Ten! Chocolate! Layer CAAAAAAKES!!!
30 minutes in – Power corrupts you. 😦
33 minutes in – Release the Terrible Actors!!!
36 minutes in – "Hey, there's something alive in this basement! I will take some of it with me!"
37 minutes in – Pork rinds?
39 minutes in – I guess Mary Margaret gets to relinquish her Jake Lloyd Award already…
43 minutes in – Party on.
48 minutes in – This movie's like spending an hour and a half in Idiot World.
51 minutes in – Well, in real life, a doppelganger is a unrelated person who, by a remarkable coincidence, looks a lot like you do. In fantastic fiction, it's a scary thing that steals your face and either portends your imminent doom or wants to go on to stealing your soul.
But here, it's a laser that opens a pathway to a magical land.
52 minutes in – Say, now that Queen Dragora mentions it, she looks more like a drake than her minions do. Are they all cross-dressers?
55 minutes in – "MMMATT DAY-MON!!!"
59 minutes in – "Gosh, you know, now that you've explained the plot, it sounds incredibly stupid."
1 hour, 1 minutes in – Creepiest pickup lines ever.
1 hour, 6 minutes in – "Really? Wow, that really is the stupidest plot ever."
1 hour, 8 minutes in – Woah, that's pretty dark!
1 hour, 11 minutes in – You run into it headfirst at top speed, of course.
1 hour, 16 minutes in – Euw… Creepiest Karmic Death ever.
1 hour, 19 minutes in – Ooh, ouch.
1 hour, 20 minutes in – NOOOOO!!!!! Not Sequel Setup!!!
Classic Lines of Dialogue:
Mr. Bloom: "Little children don't like me! I frighten them!"
Ms. Dennis: "My daughter has faced monsters from another dimension. I think she can handle you."
"TEEEEEEAAAAA!!!!!" – Queen Dragora
Things I Learned from this Movie/Book/Whatever:
* – Tea is evil. Drink more coffee.
* – Plants don't need sunlight or water to grow to maturity, just a string of remarkable coincidences.
* – Satyrs make horrible guards.
* – Caterers are an unimaginably jaded lot.
* – Don't make movies that involve multi-dimensional travel, mad scientists, and people in hideous duck costumes.
Things That Can Save Any Movie:
Cool Creatures? Um… no. As a matter of fact, the Drakes are high-quality Nightmare Fuel.
Good Soundtrack? If you like inappropriately placed trippy electronic music, sure.
Hot Guys? Very, very No.
Pretty Scenery? It almost looks like the Magical Land sequences were filmed in somebody's backyard.
Nifty Animation/Special Effects/Illustrations? Repeat: high-quality Nightmare Fuel.
Drinking Game Potential? Drink when the characters explain the plot to one-another and you catch a look in their eyes that says, "wow, this is stupid".
Head Movie Potential? I would say yes.
Danny in a horrifying duck costume.
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So as my previous post says, yesterday was my first day at the Couch to 5k program. I had forgotten how good it is to work out and run. I remember years ago going to the gym routinely and using the treadmill for 60-90 minutes a day. I would actually skip college classes sometime just so I could do this. It felt so good.
Just this one day on this program brought back those old memories. The only problem I face now is that I have twin 5month olds that take a lot of my attention and finding sometimes 15 minutes is hard.
Does anyone have any suggestions for stay-at-home mom workouts?
I tried a new recipe last night and let me tell you - it was SUPER delicious. I couldn't think of what to cook and I found a box of stuffing mix in the pantry. A light bulb went off and I came up with making a little "Faux Thanksgiving in a Cup." I decided to skip adding butter to the stuffing mix and you couldn't even tell. They were SO GOOD.
I have learned why I love cooking in wonton wrapper cups. It helps me control portion size. I cannot add too much because it wont fit. It helps me stay on track instead of over eating, which is a problem of mine.


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Run, Momma, run!
She came to us just yesterday, having been rescued from the local animal shelter. She was an owner surrender. A backyard baby, along with her puppy, surrendered just before the cold temps dropped below freezing. She was a buff brown, frightened critter covered in a mass of mats. Her pup was rescued first and, when we told the rescue coordinator we were ready for another foster baby, she was rescued next. Her baby went to one home and, after a visit to the groomer, this newly freed snow-white, fuzzy momma came to us. She was freed of all the mats weighing her down and came to a warm house filled with plenty of hugs and cuddles, regular meals, a warm bed, and all the toys a pooch could ever want where she is to be loved and cared for until she has a permanent home.
Yet, in spite of all the love and attention in the world, all the material things she needs for life and then some, and security and safety in her current surroundings, she ran the first opportunity she got.
A friendly face came to see her loving little self and as the friend began to leave, this lost babe saw an opportunity to bolt through the first open door. She ran like the wind with those caring for her calling out her name. She ran out into the street, barely missing those fast moving wheels which threatened her very life. She crossed one side and then the other of that massively busy street. In the rain. In the dark. With flying cars and squealing brakes. With those that already love her hot on her heels, unwilling to give up, crying out her name in fear as each car missed by inches.
The helpers came out of the asphalt to corral her to safety from the even busier intersection, called to her through their rolled down window, and distracted her as the one who loves and cares for her crept up silently behind her, scooped her up and hugged her with a ferocity that shouted "I'll never let you go again!"
Life can feel like this.
We run from the safety of God's love right into the traps and traffic of old habits, whispers of negative voices, and thoughts of some sort of freedom while barely missing the crushing wheels. All the while, God is calling us back to Him and the warmth and safety of His arms.
Don't you wish sometimes God would sneak up behind us, grab us and hold us tight while admonishing us against these stupid things we do??


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Bring a laptop! Your laptop is one of the most important pieces of technology that you will use while abroad. You'll take notes, maybe even exams on your laptop. You'll use it to study and keep up with family and friends back home. And don't forget keeping up with your favorite shows from back home, reading, defeating boredom in class, and the most important… FACEBOOK!
Back up everything on an external hard-drive. It is a good idea to back up your entire computer on an external hard-drive (Amazon.com $50-100), especially if you have lot of pictures, documents, class notes, etc. that you don't want to lose. That way if you contract a virus while abroad, everything will not be lost.
Update Your Anti-Virus Software. Make sure all the protection on your computer is up-to-date, that way, you lessen your risk of contracting a computer virus that ultimately crashes your laptop. Also, it's best to avoid shady websites and emails with unknown senders. But just in case, you already have everything backed up on your external hard-drive, right?!
Make sure your laptop is in overall good health. If your laptop isn't brand new, and I'm assuming that it isn't, you should fix any problems you already have before going abroad, where it will be difficult to communicate to a computer technician your computer problems. (Problems to look out for: broken fan, constant overheating, battery that loses charge easily, and problems recharging your laptop.)
Bring a fully functional charger (+ adapter). Having a fully functional (healthy!) laptop is useless if your charger is less than adequate. Also, it's important to have an adapter so that your plug will fit into the outlet, not to be confused with a converter, which regulates electrical current. Most laptops and other electronics don't need converters, check with your computer company to be sure.
·Have a back-up plan. Even if you've taken all the precautions, still bad things happen. It's always a good idea to have a back-up plan. The following are some examples:
Have enough money in reserve to buy another computer, or replace parts. A cheap option is to buy a Netbook, which is a smaller laptop with less memory. (corteingles.es, €259)
· Know the contact information of your computer company.
· Check if your computer company has a system to fix your computer from a distance. If so, sign up for it.
· Brush up on computer terminology in your host language just in case you need to talk to a computer technician.
True Life: I decided to write this article upon discovering one of my American friends came to Spain knowing his laptop was close to death and suffered lots of problems here because of it. My roommate's laptop crashed 3 months into her stay after getting a computer virus from a shady website and had to buy a new computer. She chose a Netbook because it was cheaper and served the same purpose.


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"European Union ministers last night surprised and delighted aid agencies around the world when they agreed a dramatic increase in help to countries in Africa and the rest of the developing world that will see the EU's richest states reach the United Nations' historic goal of giving 0.7% of national income in aid by 2015."
"The unexpected success in Brussels will intensify pressure on other rich countries, notably the United States, to increase their own efforts to "make poverty history". It will also raise hopes that the pro-development partnership between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown will end on a high note, not with the damp squib many critics have feared."
"The Treasury said last night that if all 25 EU member states meet yesterday's series of parallel pledges and some go beyond them, as they plan to do, EU collective aid to developing countries, including Africa, will rise from $40bn (£22bn) this year to $80bn in 2010."
"But the deal's potential significance lies in its impact on other countries. "It's really fantastic, it could have been better, but it's a very generous deal that lays down the gauntlet to the United States and Japan. We were desperate for such an injection of cash into the poker game they are all playing," said a spokesman for Oxfam."
"Italy, Germany and Portugal issued statements in Brussels warning that their budget problems may hit EU borrowing limits and stop them meeting the target. EU officials made light of the problem."


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You can find out how to be assured, just like learning the way to cook or drive an automobile. Our self confidence develops and is influenced from the moment we're born, to how we are raised and things we experience during our lifetime. Many people have a tendency to judge how well we our doing in life by what society thinks it is right or what the folks that center our life think. We want to accept ourselves, love ourselves and be ecstatic with who we are as folks. We were valued for just being folks, for just being in this world. We often believe we must ceaselessly try to prove to folk that we are deserving of them or on the same level as them. We regularly spend too much time doing that and we lose sight of the proven fact that we're fine just how we are and the only person that must be cheerful with them is themselves though we aren't perfect folk.
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Decided: January 15, 1987.
ELWOOD MALIN AND EMMA MALIN, HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, CROSS-RESPONDENTS,v.UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, CELANESE PLASTICS & SPECIALTY CO., REICHHOLD CHEMICAL CO., AND CIBA-GEIGY, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, CROSS-APPELLANTS
On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Camden County.
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Plaintiffs appeal from an order granting judgment in favor of defendants*fn1 notwithstanding the jury's verdict in favor of plaintiffs. Defendants cross appeal from the denial of their motions for a new trial. We affirm.
In this product liability, failure-to-warn case, plaintiff Elwood Malin alleges that he became afflicted with photocontact dermatitis from exposure to a chemical manufactured by defendants. This chemical was contained in an epoxy resin which was used by plaintiff's employer, DeVoe Marine Coating Company (DeVoe), in the preparation of a patching compound. The alleged offending chemical is known as diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A, or "083". The defendants stipulated to their manufacture and distribution of "083," each under their own registered names. The patching compound prepared by DeVoe has two components, MD 3487 which is white in color, and MD 3486 which is black in color. For simplicity at trial these components were
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referred to as the "white material" and the "black material." It is only the "black material" which contains "083."
The proofs established that Malin, who worked as a filler, was filling one-quart containers with hot "white material" on September 30, 1980 and was exposed to fumes and steam from the hot product which came up into his face. At the same time, there was another mixing tank approximately six to ten feet away, which allegedly contained the "black material." Fumes were emanating from the top of this tank which looked like steam. On one occasion when Malin stood up to stretch his legs, he walked over and looked inside the mixing tank containing the "black material." It is alleged that this exposure to the "black material" containing "083" caused Malin's photocontact dermatitis.*fn2
Malin had been employed by DeVoe for approximately three and one-half years. He began as a maintenance man, but later became a filler. He had suffered from contact dermatitis for many years prior to the incident in question from exposure to various chemicals used by his employer. He had previously seen a number of doctors for treatment. He first came under the care of Dr. Herbert Allen for contact dermatitis on January 5, 1980, over eight months before he was exposed to defendant's products.
Plaintiff conceded that he only worked with the "white material" on one day, which his employer's records identified as September 30, 1980. He never worked with the "black material" containing "083." He was only exposed to the "black material" when he looked into the container mixing the "black material" on September 30, 1980.*fn3 Dr. Allen testified that
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Malin contracted photocontact dermatitis and became a persistent light reactor from his exposure to heated epoxy resin containing "083." However, on cross-examination Dr. Allen conceded that he could not say that the limited exposure to the "black material" containing the "083," as described my Malin, was a competent producing cause of the condition. He did say, however, "It may be enough exposure to do it" and "I am not sure, but, I think, it is enough to say it may be possible." [Emphasis supplied.]
There was no dispute that "083" could cause contact dermatitis. One of the defendants' material safety data sheets, received into evidence, stated that "083" may be a skin sensitizer. The DeVoe label affixed to the "black material" specifically states: "May cause eye and skin irritation, sensitization or other allergic responses."
Malin contends that the "083" contained in the "black material" was defective because of a failure to provide an adequate warning that it could cause photocontact dermatitis. Malin acknowledged he had contracted contact dermatitis from exposure to some one or more of the many chemicals to which he was exposed in the DeVoe plant.*fn4 Thus the issues presented were extremely narrow, i.e., did plaintiff's short exposure on September 30, 1980 to the "black material" containing "083" cause his photocontact dermatitis, and did defendants have a duty to warn that their product could cause photocontact dermatitis. Defendants contend that "083" does not cause photocontact dermatitis. Furthermore, defendants contend they carried their burden of proving there was no information reasonably available or obtainable that their product could cause photocontact dermatitis. Thus they conclude they should not
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Carnival Pride Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern
Sail Date: June 17, 2012
Ship: Carnival Pride
Cabin Type: Balcony
Traveled As: Couple
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Review Summarythey should have more pools or at least bigger swimming pools as what they have right now is not enough for all the people there.
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Pros: Service and the way the employees on the ship were. they never looked sad or not willing to work
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Is Windows Vista really driving people to Linux?
What evidence exists to show that Vista is driving people to GNU/Linux? Let's take the individual who wants to buy a new computer. He or she buys a machine with Windows - that is the norm. And these days, you can ask for XP instead of Vista if you wish - as many businesses do. Even if you did not want Windows on that PC, there is no way that the average retailer would have the skill or the patience to install GNU/Linux on it - and continue to support it for the normal one-year period. You would have to do the installation yourself - and how many brave souls are willing to undertake that?
Let's get this straight - if we are saying that GNU/Linux is being picked in preference to Vista, then we need some statistics showing that a sizeable number of people are asking their retailers to install the free operating systems on their new PCs in preference to Vista. In the absence of any numbers - and I doubt whether you'll ever get them - such claims remain just anecdotal claims.
Well I don't think Linux is taking much of Vista sales...
but OSX is taking a few.
2 years ago there wasn't much OSX users... except for the die hard MAC users...
now on the other hand... that is changing...
personally i don't like OSX, I have developed on it and it sux.
Agreed... only stats I've seen is that OS X has grown their market share, at the expense of Microsoft.
actualy, it did right here :) . My laptop came with Vista, worked with it for a few months and I was quite happy with Vista. Few months ago I removed Vista and installed Linux just for fun (I was actualy going to reinstall Vista so it had to be removed anyway) and atm I'm still working with linux :-p . I don't think this would have happend if my laptop came with XP Pro installed.
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In purging some more of the Apple III stuff I came across 2 accelerator cards for the IIgs intermixed in the pile, Transwarp and Zip GSX.
If was going to re-setup my GS and trick it out, what would be better choice? Does one have any clear advantages over the other?


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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Varsity Lady Caps dominate Cary Imps tonight! 82 to 34
The Varsity Lady Caps played a great game tonight to beat Cary. All ladies played tonight. It is a great start to a week of tough basketball. Jamella Foster was lead scorer tonight with 17 points. The Lady Caps play undefeated Millbrook on Friday December 14 at Millbrook at 5:30. Both teams are undefeated. Please come support our Lady Caps Friday night.
Points: Jamella Foster-17, Justice Byrd-14, Megan Sullivan-12, Kaila Ealey-10, Nadine Ealey-9, Dejah Cheatham-7, Kimberly Spruill-4, Catherine Becton-4, Mariah Wall-3, Chelsey Floyd-2
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I am single. In my early 30s. This, normally, isn't that big a deal, but when you're also a person suffering from depression and anxiety, it can be a bigger deal than that.
Let me explain.
A few weeks ago, I got a rejection from a graduate school that lots of people who know me and know the school imagined would be a "slam dunk." It sucked. Rejection always does. But that evening, my friend and neighbor sat with me and kept me occupied by playing dominoes. We drank Moscow Mules and had a great time. We decided to make it a routine thing.
Once a week, for about a month, that's what we'd do. Another friend of mine even came to our last week's game.
I'll be honest. Sometimes, I almost forget I have a mental disorder, a mental illness. But other weeks, I have to call in sick because I didn't sleep and am afraid to drive and all I do for a whole day is cry. Those weeks are bad, and what gets me through is my little week-end thing. Sometimes, that domino game is the only time all week where I'm interacting with another person while I'm not at work, wearing my "teacher face", my "professional face."
This week, both of my friends cancelled because of life stuff, because of partner stuff, and I don't begrudge them that at all, but it does remind me that I am alone. And this is bad. Because now is the time when my depression is saying to me that it will always be like this, that things will get worse because more and more people will be married, and have families, and things to do with their families, and I'll always be alone and that this is just How Things Are.
In some ways, that is true. I am alone. I don't have a partner in crime, in life, to make plans with, to cancel plans because they made plans for us without checking, to do nothing with, to raise a baby with. That's also how life works. People form families, get more involved in full-time careers, or some of all of the above, and the time they have to spend on friendships just gets smaller. That's just how life works.
The big trouble, for me right now, is realizing how much I've relied on friends, or on involvement – in work, in clubs, in school – to keep the depression and anxiety at bay. Not to cure it, you must understand, but to keep me from being alone with it. It worked pretty well in my twenties.
But that method of coping is going away, and so too, is the quickest way I know to ward off the worst of it. (And, if we're being honest, it wasn't working all that well in my late twenties anyway because my inability to really deal with my depression/anxiety/unstable personality did a lot of damage to a lot of kind people, and I lost a lot of friends. I was kind of a monster. Still am, if given half a chance.) The real problem, and the reason I'm writing now is this: even with my friends, even on domino days, I'm not really myself.
I'm playing a little game of pretend. I'm pretending to be fun, pretending to be okay, pretending – at least for a little while – that I'm normal, that I'm okay, that I have it "together." I don't. This might be why I focus on the idea of being single: because I grew up in rural East Texas, the third notch in America's Bible Belt, where if you didn't have a boyfriend/girlfriend then something was Wrong With You. What that meant in East Texas was perhaps that you were in the closet. Or Worse. (No one ever much said what "Or Worse" was, but after a certain point, even being queer was more "ok" than whatever "Or Worse" was. At least you were interested in someone, and you were able to find someone who was interested in you, and more importantly, able to understand you.)
I'm still struggling with the idea that there actually is very much something the matter with me, and I don't know any way to process that except as Wrongness, and I don't have any interior means of making heads-or-tails of myself apart from how well I am able to function among other people. People's reactions to me have been my guiding stars, my means of navigation, for most of my life.
Director, producer, and co-writer of The Chappelle Show Neal Brennen said something similar during his Netflix stand-up special Three Mics. If you're reading this because you, too, have depression or because you're doing research for work or to understand someone you love who is depressed go watch it. It is worth it because it is more than just a stand-up special. During his hour special, I watched him perform the persona of a composed and clever comedian, and then break from those sections into moments of confession, of honesty about why he was on the stage, about his illness, his treatments, and his personal drives. While the whole special is more than just comedy, the thing that sticks with me was this:
To say I have low self esteem is not true. I have no self-esteem. Like, I don't have the architecture for good feelings. You could give me a trophy and it would just slide right down. I just don't have the shelving.
And right now, that's where I am: realizing I don't have the architecture for good feeling, for (self) support. I don't know where to go from this realization, and on days when my little safety nets, my little islands of good feeling and pretend don't appear on the horizon as I had hoped they would, I don't know what to do next. And my depression is there: telling me this is just my life. This is how it is going to be. That this is what I deserve. I feel like I'm alone with it and that that is how it is always going to be.
Maybe tomorrow will feel better. (Almost certainly it will. Sleep helps many things.) But for today I'm going to give myself a little credit for not texting literally every person I know and resorting to what is, in the cold light of day, emotional manipulation (more on that some other day, when I'm less wobbly) to find company and distraction to avoid confronting the terror of my own depression, my own lack of shelving, alone.


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Saturday, June 6, 2009
End of this adventure
June 6, 2009 - Never did post a blog on the day we arrived back in Portland, which was Wednesday June third. It felt like returning home after a long trip, moving to a new home, and attempting to reconnect with everyone. So I have the excuse that it has been overwhelmingly busy. But here we are, feeling much at home. Maybe living at a marina is like living at an RV park on the water. L and L
End of this adventure
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
June 2 - A good day traveling brought us to Newburyport by 1:30. Tied up at the town docks. Called Sheila, and she and Joel came to see the boat and gave us a ride to Dharma class in West Newbury at 7 PM. After class we were blessed with a visit by almost all the Sangha members who were there. Most auspicious was a blessing by Geshe complete with prayer flags and scarves. The Tempe Teh now looks most beautiful. We are planning to leave by 5 AM with the intention of making it all the way home to South Portland tomorrow. L and L
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Monday, June 1, 2009
June 1 - Got a late start waiting for the small craft warning to lift. Very windy after the storm of last night. Today however was clear and sunny, mostly on the cool side which actually felt invigorating. We were treated to the beautiful sight of many whales today. We agreed this was the high point of the journey. Anchored now in Gloucester, Ma. This may have been the easiest harbor to get into, with plenty of space for anchoring. Very uncrowded, beautiful harbor. I remember driving here one day to find the Crow's Nest Bar after the movie Perfect Storm came out. ( the true story of the ill-fated sword fish ship out of Gloucester. The captain played by George Clooney). L and L
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We moved house last week and had so many things go wrong or cause delays that it almost seemed we would never get there. But we're in and life is somewhat back to normal.
The timing wasn't great for a rogaine, but being only a 15 minute drive from our new home, I knew we had to do it. A 6 hour "Socialgaine", we decided to limit ourselves to a 3-4 hour stint and just enjoy the day without trying to push things too hard after a long week. Since this post is just going to stick to the numbers (next one will give a full run down of the day), I'll get on with it.
Summary stats:
- Distance: 19.6km
- Time: 4:05:38
- Elevation: 518m
We were the third team back in, with the vast majority of teams returning within 15 minutes of the 6 hour time limit. As you can see by the elevation, there were some BIG climbs in there as we made our way from North Wahroonga down to Bobbin Head, up to North Turramurra and then back across to the starting point.
So given we used about two thirds of the time everyone else did, how did we go? Overall we came 72 out of a total 123 teams. In the Mixed Open category we came 35 out of 70 – not too shabby! If we take a look at those who came home early – we came 1st out of only 10 teams returning in under 5 hours; and we came 4th out of 24 teams returning in under 5hr 45min.
Pretty happy with those results, now to learn from what we did right and wrong on the day to put in some good efforts for next year when we enter the Veteran category!


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Look Up…Look Down…
…my pants are falling down.
Not quite as quickly as Sergei's, but my butt (but/butt) is mos-def swimmin' in my pants today. Niiiiiiice.
If only my breasteses wouldn't lose weight, too…dammit.
Short post today, the boys in the cubes are nipping at my heels (and trying to pull my too-big pants down), so I leave you with one question:
Where's the strangest place you've ever made whoopee?
(Didn't have to be sex, could be high-school fumbling in the back of an extended crew cab truck at the drive-in movie theatre and he had no shirt on and you had your top off and bra almost off when the security guy came by with one of those headlight flashlights and yelled, "Git yer heds 'bove the seat now!", and wouldn't leave until you dressed in front of him. The dirty bastard.)


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We are pleased to announce the addition of Workspace Property Trust to our list of members!
Workspace Property Trust (WPT) is a privately held, full-service commercial real estate company specializing in the development, management, and operation of office and flex space in large metropolitan suburbs in six U.S. markets including Malvern, Exton, Wayne and Horsham in Philadelphia.
As part of their goals, WPT aims to provide their tenants with full-service, socially-responsible, and environmentally conscious office spaces, which is why WPT struck up a partnership with us.
"TMACC is an aggregate of transportation resources, information and insight," said Tony Nichols, WPT Senior Vice President. "Partnering with them will improve Workspace Property Trust's communications with our tenants and expand on our environmental efforts in office spaces."
In 2016, WPT acquired 108 office and flex buildings, plus 26.7 acres of land in PA, MN, FL and AZ in a $969 million-dollar deal with Liberty Property Trust. This deal added to their preexisting 2.3 million square-feet, 41 building, portfolio in Horsham, PA; bringing their total to 149 buildings and 10 million square-feet of office and office-flex properties throughout the United States. The acquisition has put them at the forefront of suburban commercial real estate and positioned the company as a leading suburban landlord.
WPT joins a group of members comprised of over 120 corporations, universities, townships, elected officials and governmental agencies that work to improve traffic congestion and air quality in Chester County.


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It was bubble day at the park with Funky Minds. The kids were encouraged to try blowing bubbles through different shaped wands and even with wands they made themselves out of pipe cleaners. Some of the teen helpers even made 3 different homemade bubble solutions. Ellie liked experimenting with these different solutions. I was so proud of her scientific method. She kept all the variables constant–using the same bubble wand, using the solution from the same dish, working from the same spot under the shelter to avoid the wind. Ellie told the girls that the "blue" one made the best bubbles. Sorry but I never found out exactly what was in the "blue" solution.
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I liked this one so much that I already made a layout with it.
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Due to my very stupid assumptions and laziness to check, I was left with seemingly infinite hours of leasure at my expense. I couldn't really do anything actually, because I was suffering from I-MUST-have-internet-in-5-secs-or-else-I'll-go-crazy syndrome. :( How the cyber world has its grip on me. T-T Seriously, I can't live without internet access for 5 hours.
But I managed to craft something yesterday morning. The first set of these 3 mini plushes has brought much delight to some Etsyers and so I thought to bring it back. :)
Little Nature Perk-You-Up Set
Water Drop Guy Plush Charm + Puffy White Cloud Plush Pin Brooch + Rainy Day Plush Pin Brooch
Will be listed on Etsy soon. :) Listed on Etsy. Click on the picture to view the listing.
Oh! And another happy announcement! I'm contributing for August's The Sampler!!!! Woohoo!!!


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Stock Up, Stock Down for Los Angeles Dodgers' Top 10 Prospects at MidseasonJune 23, 2014
Stock Up, Stock Down for Los Angeles Dodgers' Top 10 Prospects at Midseason
In the preseason, the Los Angeles Dodgers' farm system was considered to be in the middle of the pack. Baseball Prospectus ranked them 14th, Minor League Ball ranked them 11th and ESPN's Keith Law ranked them 11th (subscription required). To this point in the season, they've performed up to that level.
The top of the system has been as advertised: Corey Seager and Joc Pederson have had excellent years, and Julio Urias has demonstrated that the future is bright. Behind those elite players, the results have been a mixed bag. The lower levels of the minors have seen some young starting pitchers show flashes of dominance, but the higher levels are essentially populated with low-impact future relievers who have been quite ordinary.
Notes: All statistics courtesy of MiLB.com unless otherwise noted. All statistics updated through June 20 unless otherwise noted. Prospect list courtesy of MLB.com. Nos. 8 and 9, Ross Stripling and Onelki Garcia, are injured, so nos. 11 and 12, Jose Dominguez and Matt Magill, will take their place.
10. Matt Magill, RHP
2014 stats: 53.2 IP, 4.70 ERA, 44 K, 33 BB
Magill began the season as a starter, but poor performances and an inability to find the strike zone led the Dodgers to move him to the bullpen. Unfortunately for the righty, the shorter stints from the bullpen have not helped him improve his command. He actually has a worse strikeout-to-walk ratio as a reliever than he did as a starter.
When pitchers are moved from the rotation to the bullpen, it is an acknowledgement that they are no longer capable of turning a lineup over several times. The shift to the end of games is a last-ditch effort to get something of value out of a talented arm, and to this point at least, Magill has not demonstrated that he deserves a big league shot.
Stock: Down
9. Jose Dominguez, RHP
2014 stats: 6.1 IP, 11.37 ERA, 12 K, 6 BB (majors); 21.1 IP, 3.80 ERA, 24 K, 12 BB (Triple-A)
A young Dominican righty with a dynamite fastball, Dominguez made a brief and unsuccessful cameo in the majors this year. In the minors, though, he's been much better.
Historically, Dominguez has struggled with his control, which remains the case. In the minor leagues, his career walk rate is 4.3 per nine innings; in 2014, it is 5.1. The difference between him and someone like the aforementioned Matt Magill is the strikeouts: Dominguez is striking out over a batter per inning. While the command struggles will likely keep him from being an elite major league reliever, it is his ability to get swings-and-misses that will keep getting him big league shots.
Stock: Up
8. Pedro Baez, RHP
2014 stats: 19.1 IP, 2.79 ERA, 18 K, 9 BB (Double-A); 9.0 IP, 4.00 ERA, 9 K, 3 BB (Triple-A); 1.0 IP, 18.00 ERA, 2 K, 1 BB (majors)
Baez has appeared at three different levels thus far in 2014, and his promotions have been well-earned. His brief major league resume notwithstanding, the young righty has been impressive—especially once we consider that this is only his second season as a pitcher.
Like many relievers, Baez struggles with his command. Over both levels of the minors this year, he has struck out just over twice as many as he has walked. This ratio is fine but by no means elite. However, he is helped by the same phenomenon that has aided Jose Dominguez's rise: strikeouts. Striking out nearly a batter per inning will get Baez a shot in the major leagues at some point soon.
Stock: Up
7. Tom Windle, LHP
2014 stats: 73.2 IP, 3.79 ERA, 67 K, 22 BB
After being selected in last year's June draft, Windle threw only 53.2 innings last year, so he was a bit of an unknown quantity coming into the season. However, 2014 has been an overall success.
The Cal League, where Windle's Rancho Cucamonga team plays, is notoriously hitter-friendly, so a 3.79 ERA is quite impressive. Additionally, the Dodgers will be impressed with his 3-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Finally, because Windle is a lefty, it's worth taking a look at his righty/lefty splits. When lefties struggle to succeed in the rotation, it's often because they cannot get right-handed hitters out. Windle, though, has not had that problem: Righties are hitting .270 against him and have struck out 48 times (compared to 13 walks).
Stock: Up
6. Chris Reed, LHP
2014 stats: 83 IP, 3.25 ERA, 83 K, 33 BB
Reed is now 24, so the Dodgers would expect to see a bit of growth from the young lefty. And in fact, in his second full season in Double-A, he has improved. His ERA has dropped over half a run, and—most significantly—his walk rate is over a full percentage point lower. All of this has occurred while the Stanford product has improved his strikeout rate.
Throughout his career, Reed has struggled against righties. In 2014, though, he has seen no such problem. Right-handed hitters have a .202 batting average against him. If Reed truly has solved his platoon issues—and it's very obviously a small sample size—then he looks like a legitimate big league starter rather than just a future reliever.
Stock: Up
5. Chris Anderson, RHP
2014 stats: 64.1 IP, 5.18 ERA, 72 K, 33 BB
Like teammate Tom Windle, Anderson pitches in the hitter-friendly Cal League, which has undoubtedly inflated his numbers. He has proved exceedingly hittable—73 hits in 64.1 innings—and his command has not been very good either—4.6 walks per nine innings.
Baseball Prospectus writer Ron Shah recently saw Anderson throw, and he came away unimpressed. His full scouting report is worth reading (linked above and here), but the conclusion is noteworthy: "I haven't seen enough to believe this player can stick in a starting rotation. Instead, I see him becoming a power reliever in a bullpen."
Stock: Even
4. Zach Lee, RHP
2014 stats: 83 IP, 4.45 ERA, 60 K, 25 BB
Lee is pitching in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League, so his numbers are inflated, but even taking that information into account, his year has been a disappointment. He has allowed 89 hits in 83 innings, and nine of those have been home runs. That number is a bit high and probably aided by the PCL, but he has simply allowed too many balls to be put in play.
His strikeout rate is just 6.5 per nine innings, which compares favorably to noted strikeout artists Wei-Yin Chen and Tom Koehler—except Lee is still in the minors. Additionally, his walk rate of 2.4 per nine innings is not indicative of someone with elite control.
Prior to the year, he seemed to be on the short list to be called up if the Dodgers needed an emergency starter. Now, though, he has clearly hurt his case.
Stock: Down
3. Julio Urias, LHP
2014 stats: 42.2 IP, 3.59 ERA, 47 K, 18 BB
At just 17 years of age, Urias is still being protected by the Dodgers' developmental plan. However, he has been quite impressive in his short outings. If we consider just the context of his age and experience, a 3.59 ERA is excellent. If we then remember that the Cal League is extremely hitter-friendly, it's even more remarkable.
Urias's strikeout and walk totals are great for a teenager: He is striking out over a batter per inning and demonstrating good enough control. It's not elite—3.8 per nine—but it's certainly not horrible.
Stock: Up
2. Joc Pederson, CF
2014 stats: .323/.435/.582, 11 2B, 17 HR, 19 SB
Pederson's successes are well known at this point. He has been so good that he is knocking on the door of the big leagues, but there simply remains no spot.
He has played 58 of his 70 games in center field and is probably the best defensive choice of the realistic options (Andre Ethier, Scott Van Slyke), but he is still just 22, so the Dodgers want to make sure he continues to get regular playing time in Triple-A.
The outfielder's name is up and down the PCL leaderboard: He's seventh in batting average, second in OBP, third in SLG, third in home runs, third in steals and second in OPS. However, he still probably won't see real playing time until at least one of the expensive outfielders (Matt Kemp, Carl Crawford, Ethier) is traded.
Stock: Up
1. Corey Seager, SS
2014 stats: .348/.399/.602, 25 2B, 12 HR, 5 SB
Seager has been absolutely incredible this year and has solidified his status as the Dodgers' infielder of the future. He is just 20 years old, and he is putting up great numbers in full-season ball.
As has been mentioned several times in this article, the Cal League is notoriously hitter-friendly, so Seager's raw numbers are a bit inflated. However, we can still see the extent to which he has dominated by looking at his places on the Cal League leaderboard: second in OPS and AVG, first in SLG and third in total bases.
The ultimate timetable for the young infielder is still undetermined, but he is definitely knocking on the door. There probably isn't much of a challenge left at High-A, but the Dodgers won't want to push him too fast. After 2015, when Juan Uribe's contract ends, the team will need someone to play on the left side of the infield. And, not coincidentally, that is where Seager plays.
Stock: Up


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West Ham reportedly have no intention of keeping Sam Allardyce beyond the end of this season.
According to the Daily Mail, West Ham United have no intention of handing a new contract to manager Sam Allardyce at the end of the season.
Allardyce, who has been in charge at Upton Park for almost four years, had a superb start to the season, and were challenging for a European place up until Christmas.
Since then though, it's been tough going for the Hammers. With just one win since Christmas, Allardyce is under increasing pressure to turn things around before the end of the season.
The 60-year-old was tipped to leave West Ham last summer, but the Hammers board backed him with a raft of new signings such as Aaron Cresswell, Carl Jenkinson, Alex Song, Cheikhou Kouyate, Diafra Sakho and Enner Valencia.
This time, it seems that Allardyce will be departing when his contract expires this summer, with the Daily Mail reporting that there is 'no way back' for Allardyce at West Ham - even if he can spark a good run of form before the end of the season.
That looks unlikely after Saturday's 3-0 defeat to Arsenal, and the Daily Mail report that West Ham will cut ties with Allardyce the day after West Ham's final game of the campaign against Newcastle on May 24th.
West Ham will choose not to renew Allardyce's contract when it expires in July according to the report - leaving the Hammers to look for a new manager ahead of their final season at Upton Park before they move to the Olympic Stadium in 2016.