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on May 19, 2008 at 7:55 pm
As the mom to Kim Hammer, the grandmother to Shayna and Joshua Hammer and the mother in law to Bob Hammer, my husband and I could not be prouder of our immediate family. As a cancer survivor myself, their Have a Ball Foundation means more than I can say. Bob and Kim have put their hearts and souls into this Foundation. Our contribution is to care for our grandkids, our favorite thing to do, the day of the tournament. The golf tournaments have been successful since the first 4 years ago. Bob is now known Worldwide. Wow. Hats off to our family. Love Mama, Nani and a very proud Mother in Law
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on May 22, 2008 at 11:37 am
As friend, fellow TC survivor and LAF supporter I am extremely proud of Boband consider him one of my inspirations to getting involved with fundraising and raising awareness.
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Today, synthetic oils are the standard for a variety of lubrication needs for teams competing in NASCAR. Down to the molecular level, synthetic oils are specially formulated to withstand extreme temperatures, flow quickly to protect critical car parts and work to maximize efficiency and performance.
With ExxonMobil renewing Mobil 1 as the Official Motor Oil of NASCAR and the Official Lubricant Technology Partner of NASCAR, we'll detail the development of Mobil 1 synthetic oil in the sport of stock car racing, which is now chosen by more than 50 percent of teams in NASCAR's top three series.
Few companies have been involved in motorsports as long as ExxonMobil, the makers of Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil. The Mobil 1 brand's history in motorsports officially began in 1978. From that time, the presence of Mobil 1 technology on race tracks and circuits has grown by global proportions.
The early days in NASCAR
The origin of Mobil 1 synthetic oil in NASCAR begins in the 1987 season with Rusty Wallace's No. 27 car owned by motorsports legend Raymond Beadle. The relationship started small with an associate sponsorship and using off-the-shelf Mobil 1 15W-50 synthetic motor oil in Wallace's engine. Fully synthetic 15W-50 oil was especially adaptable to racing because of its ability to stand up to extreme engine stress conditions where conventional oil may not perform.
At the time, synthetics were relatively new in motorsports. But it wasn't long until the Mobil 1 team showed its first success in NASCAR. On the winding road course of Watkins Glen in August of 1987, Wallace drove to Victory Lane and gave Mobil 1 oil its first NASCAR win. Running in all 29 races that season with Mobil 1, Wallace went on to earn two wins, nine top-five and 16 top-10 finishes.
It was only two seasons later, in 1989, that Rusty Wallace edged out Dale Earnhardt to win the NASCAR Winston Cup Series points standings and give Mobil 1 oil its first stock car championship. If not already, Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil had officially established itself on the NASCAR circuit.
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In 1991, Rusty Wallace joined the rejuvenated Penske Racing South organization and took Mobil 1 oil with him. The move joined the Mobil 1 team with Penske's NASCAR and open-wheel teams. It was then that ExxonMobil deepened its lubrication technology relationship to test and develop new lubricants on Penske racecars.
Analyzing the engine and oil after each race, engineers with Mobil 1 and Penske began to notice the significant advantages of synthetic motor oils. Synthetics provided outstanding wear and high-temperature protection, helping to maintain the performance of the car in grueling race conditions. Mobil 1 oils reduce frictional loss in the engines to maximize fuel mileage, increase horsepower and turn more RPMs.
Realizing the mutual benefit of running Mobil 1 oils, the Penske Racing organization grew its relationship with ExxonMobil by introducing the No. 12 Mobil 1 Dodge with driver Jeremy Mayfield in 1998. The first primary sponsorship for the Mobil 1 brand in NASCAR showed how a company can benefit from showcasing its products not only on the racecar, but also inside of the racecar. Drivers Ryan Newman and Sam Hornish Jr. would also pilot the Mobil 1 machine in the No. 12 and No. 77 Penske cars, respectively, before ExxonMobil transitioned to its current partnership with Tony Stewart and Stewart-Haas Racing.
Tony Stewart's crew adjusts his car during a pit stop.
Newman, now in his second stint with Mobil 1, addressed the topic of automotive product manufacturers partnering with NASCAR teams in a 2003 interview. "It holds true that the best drivers are using the best products," Newman said. "In order to win, you need to be able to push everything to the limit, and Mobil 1 has allowed my car and my team to perform at a higher level and to race in ways we never could before."
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Engineers from ExxonMobil and SHR have formed a close working relationship to deliver more performance and enhance results of the No. 10, No. 14 and No. 39 cars on the track. Building on Tony Stewart's 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship, ExxonMobil and SHR teams are a blend of chemistry and engineering that is helping to advance the science of synthetic oils. Ultimately, the knowledge and technology the team achieves through racing ends up in the synthetic oils found at local auto parts stores, quick lubes and mechanic shops.
Tony Stewart meets with Mobil 1 lubricant engineers at Dover International Speedway.
"Throughout the year, Stewart-Haas Racing saw real progress from the technology partnership with Mobil 1 in regard to fuel mileage, engine efficiency and reliability," said Tony Stewart, reflecting on his Sprint Cup Championship. "Mobil 1 engine oil, chassis lubricants, gear oil -- even the power steering fluid -- helped get us to the end. It's about reducing friction, heat and rolling resistance, and standing here as Sprint Cup Champion, I'd say Mobil 1 did a great job of giving me what it takes to win."


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I mentioned a few days ago a hopeful sign in that a US District Court judge Katherine Forrest had ruled that the NDAA, an awful piece of legislation, was unconstitutional. Glenn Greenwald later wrote also hailing the ruling and examining it in more detail. He highlights the fact that the judge rejected all three of the Obama administration's objections to the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality.
The ruling was a sweeping victory for the plaintiffs, as it rejected each of the Obama DOJ's three arguments: (1) because none of the plaintiffs has yet been indefinitely detained, they lack "standing" to challenge the statute; (2) even if they have standing, the lack of imminent enforcement against them renders injunctive relief unnecessary; and (3) the NDAA creates no new detention powers beyond what the 2001 AUMF already provides.
Note that it was the standing issue that was used to overturn an earlier federal court ruling that the National Day of Prayer was unconstitutional.
The standing requirement makes sense in general. If people could bring lawsuits without having suffered any concrete injury, then we would be even more awash in litigation than we are now. But what constitutes a concrete injury has to be judged differently when the issue involves relative intangibles such constitutionally protected freedoms as opposed to (say) defective products.
It is significant that the judge in the NDAA case threw out the 'standing' dodge, rejecting the administration claim that the people bringing the case do not have the right to sue since they have not (as yet) suffered any injury the law. Of course, the government then also invokes national security to argue that they should not be forced to reveal if you are being targeted or not. It is a perfect Catch-22: You can't complain because you cannot show that the law targets you and we, the only ones who know who is being targeted, are not going to tell you if you are or not.
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Makers of scary films far from horrific
The Soska Sisters, Jen and Sylvia, do not conform to any kind of horror stereotype. For a pair who write, direct and produce horror movies, the 29-year-old Canadian twins were cheerful, chatty and bubbly, answering questions simultaneously and finishing each other's sentences, and saying hello and goodbye with warm embraces.
Not, perhaps, the sort of behaviour expected from the creators of Dead Hooker in a Trunk and their second movie, American Mary. The latter screened as part of the Canberra International Film Festival on Tuesday.
The sisters have been taking American Mary on the international festival circuit since June. Of their first time in Australia, Sylvia said: ''It's wonderful, really nice. Very similar to Canada, except for the accents of course.''
American Mary is a story of an impoverished medical student, played by Katharine Isabelle, who immerses herself in the strange underground world of body modification.
''The tone is really like Psycho. People see things that don't happen, that are suggested to happen,'' Jen said.
''I thought it was a beautiful art film,'' she added, in a mocking, innocent tone.
It has been a swift rise for the sisters, who started out their horror career as teenagers, telling spooky stories while working at a summer camp.
As children and young adults, they worked in acting, stunts and modelling but decided they wanted to make their own movies.
''We maxed out our credit cards,'' Sylvia said of their micro-budget film Dead Hooker in a Trunk (2009), which started as a fake trailer and got them attention.
Then came American Mary, which had a bigger budget but was still under $1 million, for which their parents mortgaged their house to support.
The sisters have since attracted the attention of Hollywood players such as Eli Roth, the director of Hostel, who helped their films find audiences, so the Soska family home is safe.
The sisters have now finished their third film, the monster movie Bob.
Although they are making a name in the US, they still have not made the move from Canada to California. Some things are just too scary, even for them.
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Norwalk, Ohio April 1, 2013 -- The 2013 limited edition John Force diecast car was unveiled today, and it's a stunner. Celebrating 393 years of smoked New England cod, this car is sure to sell out quickly.
"Who doesn't enjoy a little smoked cod, once in awhile?" mused Bill Bader, Jr., President of Summit Motorsports Park. "We noticed that this is the 393rd year of smoked cod in New England, and figured we'd better not let the opportunity sneak by to commemorate that important date along with the 50th anniversary of the track."
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AC/DC has teamed up with Stern Pinball for a unique virtual reality game. The rockers supply the soundtrack to what a press release describes as "an immersive pinball experience."
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St. Augustine's oldest business, St. Augustine Transfer Co., will close forever on Monday morning.
Its owner, Murphy McDaniel, 64, said he's $1.8 million in debt and facing bankruptcy.
"This is the end of the oldest continually operated carriage company in the nation," he said.
Adding to McDaniel's trouble, the half-acre Riberia Street and LaQuinta Place lot where he is based and where horse stables have stood for 136 years, is already under foreclosure.
The company operated under the name Avalon Carriage Service Inc. and its remaining 10 employees — down from 30 in 2012 — will be laid off.
At its height, Avalon owned 32 horses and had an annual payroll of $600,000 to $700,000.
McDaniel says that, since 2005, city administration did everything it could to close him down.
"This is what the city wanted and that's what it's going to get," McDaniel said of the closing.
However, City Attorney Ron Brown denied that any of the city's actions were personal and said the carriage ordinance was changed to make carriage competition more equitable.
Brown said that after the ordinance passed, McDaniel ran as many carriages as before.
"I don't think the city did anything inappropriate. It's not personal. This is not something we want to see," Brown said. "The carriage industry is highly favored by the city and the community. (But) we're authorized to regulate the streets."
The definition of ironic
McDaniel graduated from Flagler College in 1970 with a degree in history, served a tour in the Army during 1971 and 1972, mostly in Vietnam, and came back to his hometown to work as a tour guide.
In 1982, he began to work for Colee's Carriages as an apprentice farrier and driver. In 1989, he purchased two carriage permits and started Avalon.
He says that from 1989 to 2004 he was harrassed by city police, who issued him multiple citations for little offenses. All but one were dismissed.
He tried to buy more permits and increase his business, but most permits were held by Stuart Gamsey, who owned St. Augustine Transfer and refused to sell any permits.
McDaniel said that when he attempted to get more permits from the city, he was "met with disdain, rudeness, humiliation (and) outright lies by the City Commission and city staff."
Tired of waiting, he sued in 2005, contesting Gamsey's monopoly. The city prevailed in 2008 and again on appeal.
McDaniel said then-Assistant City Attorney Carlos Mendoza wrote him saying that "if Avalon wanted more carriage licenses/permits, they must be purchased from the persons/groups that currently own them."
In July 2008 he got a $1.2 million loan from a friend and bought Gamsey's operation.
To his shock and dismay, the city's new ordinance did away with the old permit system and instituted an "equitable" disbursement of permits, canceling 60 existing permits costing $80 per year and issuing 30 permits costing $1,000 a year.
St. Augustine attorney Rob Cook, representing McDaniel, said the city had condoned and supported a monopoly in the carriage business for decades before McDaniel purchased Gamsey's permits.
"It's very simple. They told him that if he wanted more permits, he had to buy more permits," Cook said. "He spent a lot of money to buy those permits. Then the city took them away from him. That pretty much sums up the whole situation."
The 'monopolist'
The city called McDaniel a "monopolist" after he purchased Gamsey's permits. The word infuriates him.
"They told me that we were the monopolists and therefore had nothing to complain about," he said. "We were not invited to participate in the rewriting of the carriage ordinance."
His wife Kelly said it was never their intent to keep all the permits they bought.
"We were going to get rid of the permits we were not going to use," she said.
At a March 2011 public hearing, McDaniel predicted the new ordinance would kill his business.
"The fee structure of charging me 2.5 percent of my income every year leaves me no excess dollars, no profit, no nothing," he said at the time. "It'll put my 30 employees out of work in the midst of a recession."
In February of this year, he began selling equipment, tack and horses to make payroll.
"This was not a job. This was a passion," he said. "(But) I have a mortgage and insurance. There's no way I can compete with (city-supported competitors). Everybody should get the same deal."
A building problem
McDaniel says competing carriage companies will get easy terms to occupy the coming city-built stables at the end of Riberia Street, which McDaniel says essentially subsidizes their operations and removes any incentive they have to invest.
Cook said legal action is still being considered under "equitable estoppel," which means people should have a "justifiable reliance" on the truth of what a figure of authority or trust, such as the city.
The end came late last week, when McDaniel found that he couldn't pay for insurance on the liability of the business.
"My wife and I got one paycheck this year. Once they gutted the business, there was just no way. We're done," he said.
He doesn't know what he and his family will do now.
"I've worked with horses for more than 40 years. We'll do something somewhere with horses, but it won't be in St. Augustine," he said. "We weren't looking for any favors. All we wanted was to follow the rules and get the same treatment as everybody else."


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The first view, that putting millions of illegal immigrants on the path to citizenship rewards lawbreakers, is unhelpful. It is true that they broke the law by taking jobs in the United States. It is also true that their employers broke the law in hiring them. An honest gathering of all the lawbreakers would make for an interesting roundup.
The building of this 11-million-strong population of undocumented workers had another player — the federal government. Until Barack Obama assumed office, no president took enforcing the ban on hiring illegal workers very seriously. Also making the job difficult is the loophole letting employers accept any reasonably good-looking Social Security card as proof of right to work here. Social Security cards are often stolen, and plausible ones are easy to counterfeit.
The proposed reforms would end all that. Companies would have to send the information to a central database confirming a prospective hire's right to work here. Tougher sanctions, meanwhile, would motivate employers to follow the law.
Without passage of the immigration reforms, none of this will occur. The Swiss cheese system by which undocumented workers and their employers slip through the law will remain. If you really want to end illegal immigration, the reforms offer the only reliable route. And politically they won't happen if there's no path to citizenship.
This is pretty obvious, but in many cases, animus toward Latinos trumps even self-interest. Iowa Rep. Steve King has built quite a repertory of ethnic insults, most recently referring to border crossers' calves as "the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana."
The other Republican track wants lots and lots of legal, low-skilled workers to ensure that restaurants, hotels and other service businesses need never raise their wages.
Though the hourly pay of cooks and hotel maids is actually falling, there can never be "low-enough" for the cheap-labor rump of the Republican Party.
The bill that passed the Senate provides for a new class of visas for up to 200,000 low-skilled workers. That number was reached through a delicate compromise with labor, which understandably doesn't like the idea.
But Republican Reps. Ted Poe of Texas and Raul Labrador of Idaho are proposing about 400,000 visas a year. This pleases the American Hotel and Lodging Association — to an extent.
"Ideally, there should be no cap," association official Shawn McBurney told The Wall Street Journal. "It should be driven by the market."
By market, McBurney presumably means not the United States labor market, but the Western Hemispheric labor market. Hey, throw in the other hemisphere, too.
Of course, demonizing Latinos while ignoring the economic interests of all blue-collar workers is also not great politics. A Republican Party unable to change these directions is chugging into oblivion.
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When I bought my 5th bike I was "storing it for a friend of mine Bill" so his wife didn't get mad, I eventually bought it off him, I don't think she believed me but I tried LOL
When I bought my 5th bike I was "storing it for a friend of mine Bill" so his wife didn't get mad, I eventually bought it off him, I don't think she believed me but I tried LOL
Garage is for the 4 wheeled vehicles and the 30 x 40 metal building is for the motorcycles and associated gear....plus lots of other stuff
I keep my suit/boots inside the house, in a lower level guest bedroom closet, so I can dress inside. I store all the accessories in a narrow 6' closet by the garage door, where they are readily available prior to a ride. You can see it here to the right of the screen:
It's a pretty convenient set up.
Bike parking is far forward on the right, parallel to the wall (the spot where the GS in the picture is, is for pre trip staging only).
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"When you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there."
I have a large detached garage, it's 24' x 32' with 9' ceilings and an attic for storage. It's not big enough. The four bikes get parked in a row to one side right inside the roll up door. I have several shelves along the wall to store panneirs (off the bikes to allow them to take up less space) and other gear including helmets. Jackets and pants all hang in the back entry closet in the house. The remainder of that half of the garage is filled with woodworking equipment and tools as well as my 79 mustang project car which currently is on a rolling rack. The other side of the garage is for mechanic tools, welding and metal working tools, with just enough room left to let my wife park the car inside.
Hopefully in the next year or two, I will be adding another 20' x 22' wing onto the side of the existing garage. This will become my woodworking space and car parking. The bikes, project car and my truck (which currently resides outdoors) will occupy the existing space.
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I can't wait to retire and have a fixed income. The one I have now is always broke.
I think my garage is 22' x 22', and we have two Subarus there. The bikes (when there were two): one fit across the front parking spot of one of the cars and the other fit along the passenger side of the right side car. This is the bike that is out more often than the car, so I thought about just parking it behind the car. But one day, you know you will just get in the car and back it out without thinking first!
This does mean you can not let the passenger into the car without first backing the car out of the garage; and letting them out of the car in the driveway, then pulling into the garage. It also means knowing your exact parking margin, since you don't want to pull up too far and hit the bike in front, but if you don't pull up far enough, you can't manuever the other bike, with luggage mounted, around the rear fender of the car. I figure a miss of an inch is as good as a mile.
In the winter, the bike is further into the corner so the 8 hp snowblower can be in the easily-accessed spot, and this means something still blocks the passenger door for the car on the right.
I never keep my riding gear in the garage. Bugs, dirt, cold, etc. It is scattered throughout the house, in various closets, dressers and shelves. The helmets and gloves are in the laundry room, right off the garage.
The house and garage are built into a hill: the uphill side faces the road, and the garage has its own basement. The garage also has a single-layer wood floor, so I'm not too keen on pulling the Subaru into it. It seems to hold three bikes reasonably well, however. I'm a big fan of suspending things from the ceiling. Behind the bikes you can see a ladder, and two 15' kayaks (the boats are hoisted by pulleys and then supported with slings). Along the right side is the hockey gear rack, and along the left side are a pair of cheap-ish cabinets containing bike tools and some gear. Power tools live in built-in cabinets along the back wall. There's also a wood stove dating back to the 1960s, when the garage was sort of a clubhouse/hideout for all the neighborhood guys.
I keep my helmets and gloves in the garage, but I bring my other gear into the house.
Both cars and the bike have a place in the garage. Our garage is about 25 x 22. The bike sits along the back wall in front of my car. (I think I can fit a second bike in front of the wife's car if I clear out the garage a bit. Shhhh-don't tell the wife though.) It's a good place during the winter, but during the summer, it's trouble some to get the bike out. With an 18-mos old in charge of the household, I'm not able to get out on the bike much these days.
The gear storage is also not that convenient. I have the pants and jackets upstairs in my closet, the helmet and gloves in the den, and boots in the downstairs closet. I need to find a better location for it. I think I may clean out and remodel the downstairs closet (it's deep and goes under the stairs). I'd like everything on the first floor.
Jeff in W.C.
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"I got my motorcycle jacket but I'm walking all the time." Joe Strummer
The bike shares an assigned parking spot with the car. The gear stays upstairs (unless it'll fit in the city cases). Pretty minimalist, but it works. Maintenance is an absolute pain, though. The parking deck is pretty dark.
My 2 1/2 stall garage has four bikes and a complete woodshop in it. No cars are allowed. I am just beginning a major remodel that will see a 3 1/2 stall garage built onto the back of this existing garage and my new 3-wide driveway will now be off the main street on the side of my house (I live on a corner lot.) The existing garage is being expanded out towards the current front of the house and will become our new kitchen and dining room. The old driveway goes away and becomes grass.
With the new design, I will have room for the bikes (two more are yet to come) and two autos/trucks. The woodshop will be off the back of the third stall, making the new addition "L" shaped. I will have a closet in stall #3 for the bike clothing. Stall 3 will be for all of the bikes. It is the 1 1/2 of the 3 1/2 stall garage.
'09 BMW 1200 GSA, 2013 BMW 700GS, 2000 Goldwing SE, '09' V Star 950, '09 Honda Rebel,
'77 Honda 750A. Holding at six til I get new garage built - need more room for more bikes!
We have almost completed an additional bay to our double garage. I have have never had any building constructed before, and I am surprised at the complexity of even this basic a structure. But we're almost done.
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"When you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there."
I would kill for a garage. Even a 1 car garage at this point. I guess the bigger the space, the more stuff you collect... George was right.
Anyone know of a garage or indoor parking with 24/7 access and a power outlet in or around NYC? That doesn't cost an arm and a leg? Maybe even a place where there are like minded BMW riders where I could learn to wrench my own... and have a beer...
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Frazier out of lineup due to tightness in groin
By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
ATLANTA -- After starting all 23 previous games, Reds third baseman Todd Frazier was not in the starting lineup on Saturday vs. the Braves. Frazier exited Friday's 5-4 loss to the Braves in the fifth inning because of tightness in his left groin.
Neftali Soto played third base in place of Frazier. It was Soto's first time starting a game in the big leagues.
"It gives us a chance to see him play," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "He's been up and done nothing but pinch-hit except for [Friday] when he came in and replaced Frazier. We need to see him play. I don't think it's going to be any extended missed time right now, just an extra day. [Frazier] probably could play today if we really needed him to, but I think another day off will really help him."
Soto rose through the system primarily as a first baseman but is blocked by Joey Votto. He has gotten time in the Minors at third base and took up catching during Spring Training to maximize his value and versatility.
"I'm excited about it," Soto said about the chance to start. "I take ground balls at first and third in practice. I played all winter ball at third."
Chapman throws live BP without screen
ATLANTA -- Reds closer Aroldis Chapman had a successful second live batting practice of pitching to Reds hitters on Saturday, namely because he did it without using a screen. But Chapman would like one more session of live BP before going out on a rehab assignment to improve his physical stamina.
"I would be able to go to the Minor Leagues right now, but to be honest, I need at least one more simulated game," Chapman said via translator Tomas Vera. "I think that's what we're going to do -- throw another simulated game before I decide to go somewhere else."
Chapman is tentatively scheduled for another live BP on Tuesday at Great American Ball Park.
"The first thing is I want to keep facing hitters here on the team," Chapman said. "Our hitters are better for me to face than some of the other ones. The other thing is I feel like a couple of more days working on my physical condition and being in shape will help me. I want to be in the shape that I know I can be."
On Saturday, Chapman threw 43 pitches to teammates Tucker Barnhart, Neftali Soto and Ramon Santiago. To simulate a game situation, he pitched a 20-pitch first inning, rested for about five minutes and threw another 23 pitches. Only a couple of his pitches were hit out of the infield.
"He looked really good, woo. Really, really good," Barnhart said.
It was a significant day, according to manager Bryan Price, because Chapman worked without a screen for the first time after using one on Wednesday in Pittsburgh. He appears to have fully recovered, physically and mentally, from being struck in the face by a line drive on March 19, which left him with fractures above the left eye and nose that needed to be repaired surgically.
"I think it was a big step today to throw without a protective screen for the first time since the incident happened in Surprise," Price said. "If one more outing makes him feel physically and mentally more prepared to face hitters in a game situation, that's great.
"I also feel these simulated games we're throwing are as valuable in his preparation to be activated, even if he'll be pitching in Cincinnati in a simulated game on Tuesday. That's one more day of rehab we knocked off had he been in Louisville, Dayton or Pensacola. I think he's shaving days off of his rehab every time he goes out there and throws."
Price was confident that Chapman wouldn't need a long rehab assignment once he is ready. Unlike relievers Sean Marshall and Jonathan Broxton, who recently returned from disabled-list stints, Chapman did not have an arm injury and has been able to maintain a throwing program.
"He got stretched out in Spring Training, he got to three innings. His arm is in great shape, we're still working a little on stamina after the time off," Price said. "I hate to put a number on it, because that'd be reckless, but I don't think that once we send him out, it'll be much more than a week, I wouldn't guess."
Chapman has no concerns about being re-injured by another ball hit back towards the mound.
"I feel normal. I feel about the same. Actually, I'm really positive," Chapman said. "Since everything that happened to me, I've been really positive. I've never had a bad thought about if things can happen again or if I can have any trauma on my head again. They wanted to put [the screen] on the first time and we used it the first time just because it was the first time. I always felt that everything is going to be OK. I don't think it's possible it will happen again. I'm positive, mentally, that this will be OK. My mind is back to being able to do things without thinking about this."
Reds place Mesoraco on DL, recall Barnhart
ATLANTA -- The Reds on Saturday placed catcher Devin Mesoraco on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring and recalled catcher Tucker Barnhart from Triple-A Louisville. Mesoraco was injured during Friday's 5-4 loss while scoring on a Billy Hamilton double.
"It just isn't something that's going to be better in three-to-five days, it's probably every bit of 10-14," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "We really can't go without a second full-time catcher. Neftali Soto can catch, but we're not going to turn a full game over to him. We need Tucker here to support Brayan Pena."
Mesoraco, who grabbed the back of his leg and fell down before scoring on Friday, felt like he could still catch, but running would have been a problem.
"There was no way I could do any type of that stuff at this point," Mesoraco said on Saturday.
Mesoraco began the season on the DL because of a strained left oblique but promptly became the Reds' hottest hitter upon his return on April 7. He went on a career-high 11-game hitting streak that was snapped on Thursday.
In 13 games, Mesoraco is hitting .468 with three home runs, and his 13 RBIs are second on the team. He has had hamstring strains earlier in his career, he said, but nothing like this.
"This one, it's so hard to tell right now because it's so early," Mesoraco said. "In the next couple of days, we'll see how it responds to the treatment and everything. My goal is to be back on the 16th day. I want to be back as soon as I possibly can be. That's my focus at this point."
Pena will take over the bulk of the catching duties, and although he has hit well, the club will miss Mesoraco's presence in the lineup. However, Price expects the Reds to overcome this setback.
"It really comes down to how we see ourselves," Price said. "Our guys don't have to do more because Devin is not in the lineup. They just have to do their part, as do Brayan and Tucker."
Barnhart was batting .250 with one homer and five RBIs in 13 games at Louisville. During his first callup to the big leagues at the start of the season, he was 2-for-8 in three games. The Bats pulled Barnhart from their game vs. Syracuse on Friday, and the call came just before the team departed Louisville for a series in Buffalo.
"They had to pull my stuff off the bus just as it was getting ready to leave the parking lot," Barnhart said. "I felt like I was playing pretty well and things were going good."
Price wants coach Smith to stay aggressive
ATLANTA -- Reds third-base coach Steve Smith has taken some risks during this season's first month, and not all have worked out. For the second time this road trip on Friday, a runner Smith sent home was thrown out. In the first inning, Joey Votto tried to tag up and score on a flyout to right field by Jay Bruce. The ball was not hit very deep to Jason Heyward, who has a strong arm, and Votto was easily nailed at the plate.
On Monday at Pittsburgh, Bruce was thrown out trying to score on a Devin Mesoraco single by left fielder Starling Marte in the eighth inning. Manager Bryan Price has instilled a message of aggressive baserunning since Spring Training and has no plans to curb his players, or Smith.
"When you talk about the throw by Marte and the throw by Heyward, they had to be where they were, you know what I mean?" Price said on Saturday. "Are we going to curb it? No."
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Royals still marveling at Perez's big play
DETROIT -- Not surprisingly, the Royals were still buzzing on Sunday about one of the season's best plays -- the game-ender in Saturday night's 1-0 win over the Tigers.
The most amazing part, to most observers, was that catcher Salvador Perez, despite losing sight of the ball behind runner Prince Fielder, still was able to catch shortstop Alcides Escobar's relay from left fielder Alex Gordon.
"I lost the ball at one point, the ball was behind him and I didn't see it for a second," Perez said. "It was a short hop, I caught it and tagged him."
"From my angle, it didn't look nearly as difficult as it was," said Royals manager Ned Yost, an ex-catcher.
"Your instincts kind of take over there. You know that it's over there, you slide over, pick it up and then, boom - bam! That's one of those when you don't think, you just react."
Pitcher Greg Holland, backing up the play, saw how the ball disappeared from Perez's view.
"I was standing right behind Salvy, and I don't know how he picked that ball because it went right behind Fielder," Holland said. "For him to be able to lose the ball behind the baserunner and pick it and make the tag like that is pretty incredible."
All credit to Salvy," Escobar said. "Two good throws and one great play."
Yost mulls how replay will work next season
DETROIT -- Major League Baseball plans to give managers a certain number of flags to toss to bring up video reviews of disputed plays by umpires next year.
Manager Ned Yost figures Saturday night's play on which Emilio Bonifacio was picked off first base would bring out his flag. Bonifacio was ejected by the umpire for throwing his equipment after the call.
Yost raised an interesting point about what might happen on such a review next year.
"Say, obviously, he was safe and the umpire called him out and ejected him from the game," Yost said. "They come back and say, 'No, he was safe,' do they reinstate him into the game?"
Yost and others likely will bring up those types of questions at the annual Winter Meetings.
"Trust me," he said. "There are a lot of things."
Idaho Falls wins series opener
DETROIT -- Left-hander Jonathan Dziedzic was zoned in and the Idaho Falls Chukars took the opener of the Pioneer League Championship Series over the Helena Brewers, 2-1, on Saturday night.
Dziedzic held Helena to two hits in six scoreless innings and struck out eight. It was the longest outing of the season for the product of Humble, Texas, and Lamar University. He was a 13th-round pick in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft.
In 12 regular-season games, including 11 starts, Dziedzic had a 2-0 record, a 2.68 ERA and 47 strikeouts against 14 walks in 50 1/3 innings.
The Chukars scored both their runs in the third inning, as right fielder Elier Hernandez delivered an RBI single and scored on third baseman Hunter Dozier's double. Dozier, the MLB.com's No. 7 Royals prospect, hit .303 in the regular season with seven homers, 24 doubles and 43 RBIs in 56 games.
The best two-of-three series will resume Monday night in Helena, Mont.
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"We feel like we've got a great shot. We can't gain any ground unless we win so we've just got to worry about what's going on here and that's it."
-- First baseman Eric Hosmer on the Wild Card chase.
Crown points
• Sunday's 3-2 loss was the Royals' 52nd one-run decision, second-most in the American League. Their record: 28-24.
• Gordon's latest assist gave him 15, second among Major League outfielders to Gerardo Parra's 16 for Arizona. Since moving to left field in 2011, Gordon has an MLB high of 52 outfield assists.
• If the Royals maintain their staff ERA of 3.50 to end of the season, it would be the team's lowest since the World Series championship year of 1985, when it was 3.49.
• Pitcher Luke Hochevar marked his 30th birthday on Sunday. Another Royal, England's Prince Harry, shares the same date.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Original post made on Jan 8, 2013
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 8, 2013 at 9:30 am
> Klein also rejected the notion that a mayor is strictly a
> ceremonial position in Palo Alto. The position involves
> not only chairing meetings but also representing the city
> in other communities, in the United States and abroad.
The Charter does not remotely suggest that the City of Palo Alto has any municipal authority outside its borders. So, it's not at all clear what role an unelected Mayor should be trying to assert beyond Palo Alto's borders. Certainly inviting people to visit our town is within the role of Mayor, but to promote national policies, or international policies—which might reflect only the mindset of a few people—is not appropriate, and should perhaps even become the basis for a Council recall.
> "I think Greg has shown that he is a leader for our community," Klein said.
Our form of government is "representative", meaning that there is a conveyance of political power from "the people" to individuals who are elected (but sometimes selected) to make decisions for everyone. There is no mention of "leaders" in our municipal Charter, or any of the foundation documents of our government (state/federal constitutions). Leaders are people who generally expect the "little people" to follow them, rather than to discern the sentiments of the majority and make decisions that reflect those sentiments.
After Scharff's clear statements favoring massive buildings (relative to a recent PC zoning: "The building is the benefit"), it's difficult to believe that there will be anything that remotely reflects the general sentiments of Palo Altans—just his clients in the building trades.
It is difficult to understand how a city that is populated with as many well-educated people can end up electing the likes of Peter Drekmeier and Gregg Scharff.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 8, 2013 at 10:47 am
Dark days said:It is difficult to understand how a city that is populated with as many well-educated people can end up electing the likes of Peter Drekmeier and Gregg Scharff.
I agree and I would add Kniss and the new kid, Marc Berman. He sounded like a high school boy talking about himself and joking round. Ignorance wont stand in his way though, the other developer lawyers will tell him how to vote.
Kniss was unbelievable in the tastelessness of her speeches. She used her time to praise her own ELECTION committee and she went off the dais to give flowers to her election committee. Her egocentricity set a new low for inappropriate self-praise.
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Jan 8, 2013 at 11:38 am
The elected officials keep congratualting themselves for doing a great job, but somehow the job is not getting done.
Let's be optomistic and hope for a change:
1. A list of priortitized city services, and meaningful reductions to the bloated City budget.
2. Stop the gifts to developers and uphold the principles of our comprehensive plan.
3. Stop robbing the Utility funds to pay for City operations.
In the end, we need to show that we spend no more per resident than any other Bay Area city.
We have a long way to go. I hope that the voters will hold the elected officials accountable for these pragmatic expectations. We sure spend a lot of time on pomp and circumstance for being a relatively small business compared to the companies most residents work for. Let's ask for fewer words and more results.
Hope springs eternal, but there are no historical data points indicating brighter days. Instead we can look to Bond Issues as a substitute for fiscal responsibility, and breaking Prop. 13 as a substitute for living within our means.
Greg Scharf, I hope you read this and take us in a new direction.
Best regards,
Tim Gray
a resident of South of Midtown
on Jan 8, 2013 at 12:20 pm
Thank you, Tim Gray, for stating so clearly what many Palo Altans want.
a resident of Green Acres
on Jan 8, 2013 at 12:53 pm
Last night's ceremony was impressive for its acknowledgement of the fine work and dedication of those who volunteer their intellect, compassion and foresight to civil duty.
In a democracy, with a representative form of government, we learn to stop, look and listen. Integrity and dedication have been the hallmarks of Yiaway Yeh and Sid Espinosa's service. I commend the new council on its efforts and know that these 9 men and women will ensure that what we are privileged to enjoy in Palo Alto continues: a livable community with the capacity to plan for the future, to make sure the public is involved in that planning and decision-making and to focus on a greener, safer, saner place to live.
a resident of Community Center
on Jan 8, 2013 at 4:43 pm
Dark days-- not only the two you mentioned, but also Morton, kishimoto and burch. Plus we just elected kiss again!! After she manipulated the system to ensure an election year that would suit her needs.
I am honestly surprised given the shenanigans over the last decade we have not booted a few more council members a la Eakins.
Timothy is right on. Instead we get another evening of back slapping and self congratulations. Get ready for another year of crumbling infrastructure and consultants fees while we plan to build an expensive bike bridge over 101 so that all can see how wonderful PA is.
Too bad, Timothy was not elected to the council. Unfortunately he spoke his mind regarding our "leaders" and their shill, the PA Weekly.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Jan 8, 2013 at 8:13 pm
Scharff is just another of Klein's yes men. It is no wonder Klein unashamedly nominated his junior partner. Too bad we don't have any councilmembers willing to show leadership or act independently, but choose only to follow blindly where others have already failed. What a pity.
a resident of Professorville
on Jan 8, 2013 at 8:27 pm
Scharff has shown that he could care less about the citizens and employees of Palo Alto. What he does care about is "rubbing elbows" with the big builders that keep invading our town.
a resident of Barron Park
on Jan 9, 2013 at 9:29 pm
Glad to see a few glimmers of positivity in these comments. Thanks to Sid and Yiaway for their service. I appreciate the valuable, dedicated service of these wonderful people.
a resident of Midtown
on Jan 12, 2013 at 8:27 pm
The story here isn't Scharff it's shephard. Why did three council members vote against her? That's unusual. I suspect it's because they think she is not up to the job of mayor intellectually and they don't want to put her next in line for it. But no one asked them or if they did the paper didn't publish their responses. If you have ever talked with her then you know that she's very nice but not going to be able to swim in the deep end of the intellectual pool. Since this is Palo Alto the partners the mayor has to deal with in industry and with Stanford require a higher degree of horsepower. At least she's not a self promoting old crone or a spoiled brat (welcome to our two newest members!). But she's basically a hat rack. Good for Pat Burt and the others for trying to maintain some standards.
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I have recently not been able to receive emails using Outlook XP
The account with the issue is yahoo.
All my settings are correct and I receive emails for other addresses
Now last time I had an issue I lost email was a Zonealarm / windows update so hoping its the same thing.
I receive error code 0x80042108
Any ideas as we all get regular updates for Zonealarm?
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The beast in me is where it started
The least in me is where the art is
Nothin dear to me, its all departed
Home ain't where you bleed, it's where the heart it
Where the heart is, Where the heart is
Where the heart is
Feeling like I'm burning up a tailpipe
But I'll make it feel like-- What you wanna feel like?
Cause I'm on a deal right and you'll never fight back
If you wanna fight back ougta make it feel right
Lover not a fighter but I'll beat you
Cause I wanna eat you, fuck it ima EAT YOU
And I'm gonna lick it on a skillet with a bird poo
I don't wanna hurt you, but I fuckin need to
Take another vitamin and swallow it and follow it
And chase it with the barrel of a nine and drink a hollowtip
Rippin through the bottom of your body from your bum to your lungs to your tongue to the back of your esophogus
Don't make me do it...
Now I'm gonna rip right through it...
My bitch got that fever...
Love me like Justin Bieber
Yeah motehrfucker I'mma dumbshit, but I'm on a function
And I'm on a hundred, and I'm gonna punch it, stab it
Take it anyway that I can grab it
Bitch you'll never have it, cause I fuckin run shit
And I'm gonna light it, then I'm gonna bite it
Then I'm gonna line to the rifle sight it
Then I'm gonna chk, chk, click, click, flip like manic
Never gonna sink my ship, Titanic
Stingin like a motherfuckin bee, but I'd rather be a beetle
With a fuckin needle stickin through the back of my abdomen
What the fuck is happenin
Rather be in church, they know how to treat a Fetal
Lamb, but I'm lookin like a Tyga
With a fuckin lighter, higher than a glider
Gonna go back to Iraq and I'm never comin back
Till they rip them moterfuckin wings off that spider
Come into the ring and take a first swipe
Wanna take a first bite, tell me what it feels like
Does it make you scream out, when you fuckin bleed out
When I pull the teeth out, man it fuckin hurts right?
Little bit of pain to make you feel it
Them I'm gonna heal it, then I'm gonna peel it
Then I'm gonna roll it up and fold it up and seal it
I don't wanna smoke it, I just wanna deal it
Rip into the body and I'm shaking it and breaking it
And flip it over throw it in the oven and I'm baking it
And tear into the meat and feel the blood, make it drip
From the tip of your lips, till you wanna put in a stake in---
Then I'm gonna take another rabbit from the back
And then I'll hit it with a bat, and then I'll put it on the rack
And then I'll stick another fork into its head till its red
I don't think it really care its dead...
Give me everything and then I'll TAKE THAT
Cause I wanna break that, and I wanna break dance
Cause I'm biting off a little more than I can chew and at the moment
I'mma foamin at the mouth like a dingbat
Yeah, yeah, yeah, my jam...
I'mma take everything I can...
Enterrer mon frère...
Everybody throw your hands in the air
And I'll cut em off in one swipe, gonna make it one bite
Gonna make it burn like, you ain't never burned right?
And I'll make you turn right, when you wanna turn left
Where you gonna turn next? Everybody flirts right?
Everybody sing this, everybody bring this
Williams: Serena and Venus
If you wanna serve me, you ain't gotta hurt me
You ain't gotta work me, but you gotta FEED THIS


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The Young And The Restless: Religious Right Millennials Gird For Battle
I endured my second Values Voter Summit over the weekend, and as my colleague Rob Boston shared with you yesterday, it was an interesting time.
Like Rob, I was subjected to some crazy Religious Right rants and raves. But it doesn't upset me that much any more. After all, I've read or heard most of them before, and the majority of the Summit speakers are older and ultra-conservative. I practically expect them to be backward.


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Free Horse: Big Thoroughbred, light riding
Knight has a big personality and can tend to spook in place. He knows lots of maneuvers such as legyield, turn on the forehand and haunches. Loads easy, stands for farrier, easy to vet, and fun to gallop. He is very sweet and well mannered, and loves to be ridden. He needs a lot of grain to keep his big boy weight up, and wears shoes on his front feet reset every 6 weeks. He does well with a joint injection once or twice per year. He is sound for light riding.
Horse NameKnight's Last Star
ColorDark Bay/Brown
Height17 hh
Weight1200 lbs
SireKnight in Savannah
DamUbi Star
LocationMurfreesboro, TN, USA
StatusFound Home


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Artinthepicture.com new designSunday, November 30th, 2008
For those of you who regularly visit our main website, this probably isn't news anymore since our new layout has been online almost for a month now. But the complete redesign of Artinthepicture.com ofcourse merits a post on this blog as well.
The redesign of Artinthepicture.com is a work of young, Belgian graphic designer Joke Vermeiren, who I (not incidentally) talked about in a previous blog post. While it has become a dark theme with some interesting colorful eyecatchers, it was very important to give the art itself the star role. And I believe our designer certainly has succeeded very well at this balancing exercise.
Apart from the new design, we have also changed/added/deleted some things from the old website. The homepage of our website has been upgraded to become a real gateway to everything on our website. A special section on interesting artbooks has been added. On any artist page you know immediately see the most important thing this artist has to offer: the paintings. And we've added a search function at the top of every page for easier browsing.
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I have a 1980 R100RT and a 2003 R1150RT. I certainly would not trade the brakes on my 1150 for the brakes on my R100RT. I love the brakes on my 1150RT. Just my opinion. I'm glad we're all free to choose!
I have a 1980 R100RT and a 2003 R1150RT. I certainly would not trade the brakes on my 1150 for the brakes on my R100RT. I love the brakes on my 1150RT. Just my opinion. I'm glad we're all free to choose!
The long and short is the 1150 ABS system just sucks, imo and a few others as well.
I also own an 81 R100RT and an 03 R1150RT. In my opinion the 1150 is a love/hate feeling with the brakes. Had to do a serious learning curve to even start to feel comfortable at parking lot speed.
There is no feel. I have yet to try the ABS function. The bike stops so fast it's hard to hold on. And the 81 rear disk, well that's another story in itself.
Well I just wanted to know if someone had changed the ABS system on these bikes and so for one person has removed it and is fine with it.
Thanks for all the comments
I understand some folks love them and others do not, my query was a technical one.
Hello again Dave,
I should say just one more thing about the 1150 ABS brakes and that is if I could have found a way to dis-able or put another way un-link the brakes I would not have opted to go the way I did and remove the complete system. Or if I could have partially dis-abled the link so that when I apply back brakes I would not have engaged the front brake but application of just the front brake would have applied pressure to the rear brake. I don't think it is possible to do this without replacing the modulator or somehow modifying it.
I too love my ABS link assisted 2002 RT. I have over 80000k on the bike and have never experienced a lay down because of the brake system. You do need to be aware of how the system operates and compensate for it.
I am a MSF Rider Couch and use my 2002 RT in teaching the Experienced Rider course including demonstating the infamous box-figure-eight exercise as well as the quick stop techniques. As was said before, it's all in the eye of the beholder, or, how you use them.
I will say that if I had had a better understanding at the time I purchased my '04RT new in '04 of how the brakes actually worked I most likely could have avoided the two mishaps I had. It was the second flop over that resulted in a torn rotator in my right knee that kept me in some pain for about 6 months when I decided to off the ABS system and, to repeat, I'm glad I did. Even BMW saw the light and got rid of that servo assisted fiasco of a braking system with umpteen bleeders with the system open to the atmosphere making annual brake system flushes such fun for the hapless owner. Of course, you could always just take the beast to your all knowing dealer and pay right through the old shnozola (nose) for him to do the job, NOT!
No different than going from non-power steering/brakes to power steering/brakes in a car. You have to be proficient at using both and know which one you're using. I am very pleased with my 04 brakes, and in a different, cro-magnon way, with the much less effective brakes on my airhead. Jetfighter versus sopwith camel.
R75/6, Non functioning 2014 FJR1300A
I suppose last-word-itis is tiring. Equally valid opinions don't have to be the same. Lots to learn from different experiences in this and most threads. Yes, even including yours. Otherwise, how would I know what I would be missing if I ripped out my factory braking system? No wiki page for that.
R75/6, Non functioning 2014 FJR1300A
Perhaps if it was so great BMW would have continued to develop it. But it only lasted about four years.
I don't agree that it is an equivalent to powered brakes on a car. Braking a motorcycle is as much balance as it is application, and anything that can affect balance and stability has to be considered very carefully.
I for one do not like the system and would never buy a BMW so equipped. But that's just me. Old school perhaps, but very eefective at brakes old school.
Get trained! The best "performance" upgrade you can get is YOU. Visit msf-usa.org for training info.
Had an 04RT and loved the brakes. Now wish I had them on my 06Rt.
Marty - in the western Oregon mountains.'06RT, (gone '04RT, '86 Venture Royal, '81 Yamaha Virago920, '82Suzuki GS1100GK, '76 Suzuki GT750, Triumph 750 Bonneville, BSA Road Rocket 650, 61" Harley knucklehead)
Marty - in the western Oregon mountains.'06RT, (gone '04RT, '86 Venture Royal, '81 Yamaha Virago920, '82Suzuki GS1100GK, '76 Suzuki GT750, Triumph 750 Bonneville, BSA Road Rocket 650, 61" Harley knucklehead)


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Women in jail have high rates of serious mental illness, post-traumatic stress and substance use disorders, yet most jails are limited in their capacity to provide mental health treatment, according to a national study.
"These findings suggest that many women in jail have multiple disorders and, subsequently, have complex treatment needs," said the study's lead investigator, Shannon Lynch, chair of the Idaho State University Department of Psychology, who worked with investigators Dana DeHart of the University of South Carolina College of Social Work, Joanne Belknap of the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Bonnie Green of Georgetown University.
Between June 2011 and June 2012, 491 women in jails in South Carolina, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, D.C., and Maryland participated in structured diagnostic interviews for the study funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance.
"This is one of the first and largest studies of jail populations that included women in multiple states, including both urban and rural sites," said DeHart, a social work researcher at USC. "We interviewed women in jails as well as staff, including administrators, correctional officers and healthcare providers at the jails."
The investigators report that 43 percent of the participants met criteria for serious mental illness, with rates including:
- major depressive disorder, 28 percent;
- bipolar disorder, 15 percent; and
- schizophrenia spectrum disorders, 4 percent.
In addition, 82 percent of the women met criteria for a substance use disorder, and more than half, 53 percent, met criteria for lifetime post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
These rates of major depression, bipolar, substance use disorders and PTSD are 1.4 to 5 times higher than rates for women in the general population.
Women in jail also demonstrated high rates of co-occurring disorders; for example, one in four women met lifetime criteria for a serious mental illness, post-traumatic stress disorder and a substance use disorder. In addition, about 25 percent of women with disorders reported severe functional impairment in their daily lives.
"Women's mental health struggles were linked to their pervasive victimization histories—these women suffered many different types of abuse in childhood and into adulthood," DeHart said. "This is important as we know multiple experiences of victimization increase the risk of mental health problems."
And jails have a hard time treating those mental health problems.
"It's not what we are resourced to do," said one correctional officer interviewed for the study.
Corrections administrators and staff were aware of mental health issues as a serious problem for female offenders, but also noted scant funding for mental health programming in jails, as well as deficient resources for coordinating efforts of correctional staff with mental health services in surrounding communities.
"It is important to recognize that allowing women to go untreated represents a serious risk for recidivism," Lynch said.
Findings suggest that serious mental illness was associated with more experiences of victimization prior to incarceration, more extensive criminal histories, with more violent offenses, and with earlier onset of offenses such as running away, substance use and drug related crimes.
"Assessment of victimization experiences and mental health, especially recognizing the extent of co-occurring disorders, is critical to inform treatment programming and to interrupt the cycle of re-offending," Lynch said.
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Pupils stressed by targets culture
Children are feeling stressed, anxious and afraid to fail due to a "targets" culture in schools, a poll has found.
Too much focus on meeting targets is having a "hugely detrimental" impact on pupils' education, according to the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).
A poll conducted by the union found that pressure to meet particular objectives damages the quality of teaching, with teachers "teaching to the test" and leaving less time for practical or creative work.
In total, more than half (53%) of the school staff questioned by ATL said that targets make their students fear failure and make them stressed.
A further 49% said they increase students' anxiety levels, with 42% saying that they lower pupils' self-esteem.
The survey goes on to indicate that targets make little difference to many students' school work, with 45% of staff saying they have no impact on how hard students work and 44% saying they have little effect on grades.
But it also found that half of teachers think that targets help students to focus on a goal.
More than half of the school and college staff questioned thought that specific objectives have a negative effect on quality of teaching, with 79% saying they make it difficult to teach a broad curriculum.
ATL is due to debate a motion on the issue of target setting in schools at its annual conference in Manchester this week, highlighting the impact that targets have had on the NHS.
The resolution calls on the union to investigate the effect that this issue is having on pupils, staff and learning in general.
The poll reveals that three fifths (60%) of teachers think that a focus on targets means that they "teach to the test", with over a third (36%) making students spend as much time as they can practising for exams and tests.
One secondary school teacher from Peterborough told the union: "Rigid target setting based on random factors and bad evidence does not raise educational standards and never will.
"Targets tend to lead to manipulation of grades and achievement."
Around 58% of staff claimed that targets leave them less time to spend on creativity and communication skills, while 38% say they do less practical work with their classes.
More than a third (37%) said they spend less time teaching topics that their pupils will not be tested on, and over a quarter (27%) said they do not teach non-tested topics at all.
One Milton Keynes secondary school teacher said that teachers and schools were constantly trying to leran new ways of meeting objectives that are "impossible to achieve".
Another, from Buckinghamshire said: "GCSE targets are based on Key Stage 2 results (for children aged 11) and a computer programme that says what a child 'should' get, but make no allowance for the fact that we are working with teenagers, with whom there actually is no straight-line trajectory."
Instead of being goals to aim for, targets have become tools for judging pupils, teachers and schools, ATL argued.
Around 61% of those questioned said they think students' progress can be measured and assessed without setting targets, with just 17% saying they are needed.
ATL general secretary Dr Mary Bousted said: "An over-emphasis on targets is having a hugely detrimental effect on children's education.
"In too many cases meeting the targets seems to be more important than children learning and gaining important knowledge and skills."
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "We totally agree that education should not be an endless treadmill of revision and testing. That is why we are scrapping modules and January assessments to end constant exams and ensure pupils develop an indepth and lasting understanding of a subject."
She added that the new national curriculum is less prescriptive, allowing teachers to use their creativity.
:: The poll questioned 944 ATL members working in state and independent schools and colleges in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.


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text: Main Content Senate Bill 0457 (2011) rss? friendly link printer friendly Friendly Link: http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2011-SB-0457 Public Act 171 of 2012 (Effective: 6/19/2012) Find this PA in the MCL Sponsors Patrick Colbeck - (primary)Tonya Schuitmaker, Judith Emmons, Steven Bieda, Tory Rocca, Coleman Young, Mike Nofs, Rick Jones, Goeffrey Hansen, David Hildenbrand, John Proos, Roger Kahn, James Marleau (click name to see bills sponsored by that person) Categories Counties: employees and officers; Health facilities: other; Health facilities: nursing homes; Health facilities: homes for the aged; Health: death; State agencies (existing): community health; Local government: other; Law enforcement: investigations; Senior citizens: crimes; Health facilities: county medical care facilities; Human services: long-term care; Human services: adult foster care; Counties; employees and officers; establishment of elderly and vulnerable adult death review team; allow county medical examiner to establish and prescribe its powers and duties. Amends secs. 1c, 2 & 3 of 1953 PA 181 (MCL 52.201c et seq.). Bill Documents Bill Document Formatting Information [x] The following bill formatting applies to the 2011-2012 session:- New language in an amendatory bill will be shown in BOLD AND UPPERCASE.- Language to be removed will be stricken.- Amendments made by the House will be blue with square brackets, such as: [House amended text].- Amendments made by the Senate will be red with double greater/lesser than symbols, such as: <<Senate amended text>>. (gray icons indicate that the action did not occur or that the document is not available) Documents Senate Introduced Bill Introduced bills appear as they were introduced and reflect no subsequent amendments or changes. As Passed by the Senate As Passed by the Senate is the bill, as introduced, that includes any adopted Senate amendments. As Passed by the House As Passed by the House is the bill, as received from the Senate, that includes any adopted House amendments. Senate Concurred Bill Concurred bill is the version passed in identical form by both houses of the Legislature, issued prior to availability of the Enrolled bill. Public Act Public Act is a bill that has become law. Bill Analysis House Fiscal Agency Analysis House Committee Summary (04-23-12)This document analyzes: SB0457 Senate Fiscal Analysis COMMITTEE SUMMARY (Date Completed: 9-26-11)This document analyzes: SB0457 FLOOR SUMMARY (Date Completed: 10-24-11)This document analyzes: SB0457 SUMMARY AS ENACTED (Date Completed: 7-24-13)This document analyzes: SB0457 History (House actions in lowercase, Senate actions in UPPERCASE) Date JournalAction 6/15/2011SJ 54 Pg. 1478REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES, SENIORS AND HUMAN SERVICES 10/25/2011SJ 83 Pg. 2398REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 10/25/2011SJ 83 Pg. 2398COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT 10/25/2011SJ 83 Pg. 2398REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 11/2/2011SJ 87 Pg. 2466REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 AND AMENDMENT(S) 11/2/2011SJ 87 Pg. 2466SUBSTITUTE S-1 AS AMENDED CONCURRED IN 11/2/2011SJ 87 Pg. 2466PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 AS AMENDED 11/2/2011SJ 87 Pg. 2467RULES SUSPENDED 11/2/2011SJ 87 Pg. 2467PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE 11/2/2011SJ 87 Pg. 2479PASSED ROLL CALL # 628 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 11/2/2011HJ 89 Pg. 2538received on 11/02/2011 11/2/2011HJ 89 Pg. 2546read a first time 11/2/2011HJ 89 Pg. 2546referred to Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors 5/15/2012HJ 47 Pg. 843reported with recommendation with substitute H-2 5/15/2012HJ 47 Pg. 843referred to second reading 5/22/2012HJ 50 Pg. 899read a second time 5/22/2012HJ 50 Pg. 899substitute H-2 adopted 5/22/2012HJ 50 Pg. 899placed on third reading 5/29/2012HJ 53 Pg. 968read a third time 5/29/2012HJ 53 Pg. 968passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 313 Yeas 110 Nays 0 5/29/2012HJ 53 Pg. 968returned to Senate 5/30/2012SJ 53 Pg. 983LAID OVER ONE DAY UNDER THE RULES 5/31/2012SJ 54 Pg. 1224HOUSE SUBSTITUTE H-2 CONCURRED IN 5/31/2012SJ 54 Pg. 1224 ROLL CALL # 416 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 5/31/2012SJ 54 Pg. 1224GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT 5/31/2012SJ 54 Pg. 1224ORDERED ENROLLED 6/12/2012SJ 58 Pg. 1692PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 6/7/2012 @ 2:47 PM 7/18/2012SJ 61 Pg. 1854APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 6/19/2012 @ 12:12 PM 7/18/2012SJ 61 Pg. 1854FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 6/19/2012 @ 2:59 PM 7/18/2012SJ 61 Pg. 1854ASSIGNED PA 0171'12 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT