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Does your child have good grades in every class except English? Well, I hated that subject too, but I have some advice on how to get the pages turning. Watch:
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Does your child have good grades in every class except English? Well, I hated that subject too, but I have some advice on how to get the pages turning. Watch:
Read the transcript.
I have the final answer on whether or not you should pay your kids for grades:
You shouldn't!
There's a great deal of debate out there among parents about how to motivate kids to do well in school. I think kids should do what they are able to do in school. A lot of parents have their eyeballs set on the brass ring – the "A" – when they have B or C students. If a B or C student is working his or her butt off and gets the B or C that they're capable of getting, then that's a huge success. It's the process and the activity of studying that should be valued over the result.
I'll tell you why that works. The more enjoyment and satisfaction you get out of a process, the better it feels. For example, when I'm shooting pool, I go through a five-point process just like the pros do (although I'll never be a pro), and when I do it right, it feels so good that I don't even care about pocketing the ball – that's just icing on the cake. If you're only focused on the end result, your hand tightens up, your arm twitches, and your head moves. Sure you may get lucky and inconsistently pocket some balls, but you'll never get past a certain level. But if you follow the process, eventually you'll be pocketing a lot more balls. It took me a couple of years to get to the point where the process was the goal and not pocketing the ball.
The same goes for kids in school. It's about the process and the learning that are important, not getting the grade.
One fun way to inspire your kids is to sit around the dinner table and ask them what they learned at school. My kid is currently taking some philosophy and political science classes, and on the nights he comes over for dinner from his place, we all sit around and enthusiastically discuss whatever he's learned that day or week. No matter what your child's age, you can still ask them to teach you something they learned at school. Once you've asked, just sit there, look impressed, enthusiastically ask questions, and complement them on their ability to discourse in a particular subject and show you that they've learned something. That kid is going to have a lot more enthusiasm for learning because the payoff is your interest and pride in them.
You have to decide what you want to achieve with you child. Do you want them to get good grades because you need them to get good grades, or are you trying to change their attitude and behavior? You are a lot better off trying to help them improve their habits than beating them up over a grade because they'll not only get the most out of their education, but they'll also learn how to be more focused and productive.
Another reason not to pay your kid for grades is that a lot of what we do on this planet isn't necessarily attached to rewards, especially financial ones (e.g. you don't get filthy rich volunteering for a charity). Providing praise and recognition when your child does well in school is wonderful, but setting expectations for a cash reward won't motivate your kid or instill the values you're looking for. It's difficult for kids to recognize that working hard has long-term benefits when all they are focused on is a paycheck.
So, you need to stress the process over the result, support their work ethic by demonstrating it yourself, and always value the activity of learning. If your kid comes home and he or she didn't quite attain a particular grade but you saw that they really studied and prepared, do not say, "Go to your room and don't play with your friends for six years." Tell them, "You know what? You really studied hard, and this one test in no way measures how hard you worked or how proud I am of what you put into this."


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By Jim and Carole Rike
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After wintering in Mesa, Ariz., as Ohio snowbirds, we decided to take some back roads toward home and to take our time. We drove our 2008 42-foot Allegro Bus to Snowflake, Ariz., and then on to Petrified Forest National Park and the Painted Desert area.
We continued east to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array (VLA). It is located on the Plains of Agustin between Datil and Magdalena, N.M., 50 miles west of Socorro. We spent a delightful afternoon at the VLA, situated at 7,000 feet above sea level.
The visitor's center is open daily from 8:30 a.m. until sunset nearly every day of the year.
The VLA is a system of 27 dish-shaped antennas that work together to form a single large radio telescope. Similar to a camera that intercepts light waves and forms an image on file, each antenna collects incoming radio signals and sends them to a computer where they are combined into a single image.
This is the most powerful and flexible radio telescope in the world today. Since 1980 it has been used in more than 10,000 astronomical observing projects.
Sizing it up
The VLA spans the size of a large city such as Washington D.C. Its legs would extend beyond the beltway around the entire city. Its 27 antennas are placed on three 13-mile-long arms that form the letter Y. The array acts as a single large circular antenna by tracking the radio source over several hours.
If a single antenna were to make pictures as detailed as those of the VLA, the antenna would have to more than 20-miles in diameter.
Each antenna is 94 feet tall, weighs 235 tons -- that is 470,000 pounds. Each dish is 82 feet in diameter. The dishes can be raised or lowered toward the horizon and can be turned to follow the stars across the sky as the earth rotates.
Electronic upgrades
As with so many things today, the heart of the VLA is the electronics. The facility is updating its technologies that date to the 1970s to those that are current state-of-the-art. A new fiber optics backbone will feed into high-speed processors and massive data storage systems.
In the first 30-years of operations, the VLA created a total of about 2 terabytes of data. This data was transmitted from each antenna to the main computer using waveguide transmission technology, which was state-of-the-art in 1965.
The new upgrade will allow data to come from each antenna over 12 channels with each channel sending 1.2 gigabits per second over a fiber optic cable. This will create a data volume of 2 terabytes in about 100 seconds.
The signal received at the base of the antennas can be so weak that any heat in the electronics will mask the data with electronic noise. To prevent this, they cool each collector to 14 degrees Kelvin. That is just 14 degrees above absolute zero. When you are near the antennas, they seem to be singing as you hear the hum of the cooling compressors.
To serve the purpose of the various research experiments that are done here, the antennas are set to four different configurations: A, B, C and D. Configuration A is the largest and has the greatest magnification. D is the tightest. Each configuration is left in place for several months before the antennas move to new locations.
High Plains Lifter
To move these large antennas, they use a unique type of rail road engine called the High Plains Lifter. It moves beneath the antenna, lifts it up and then moves to a new location and lowers it onto its new home.
The lifter provides the antenna with electricity so it can keep the receivers at the required 14 degrees Kelvin while the antenna moves to its new location. Within a few hours, the repositioned antenna can be made operational.
The High Plains Lifter tracks run alongside the actual antenna pad. Because of the size and weight, two railroad lines are used simultaneously by the lifter.
The lifter must be capable of turning its wheels 90 degrees to move from one of the three main rail lines into the antenna pad.
In the last 30 years, the VLA has made major contributions to radio astronomy. It is currently being used to study a massive hole in the universe, an area of space with literally nothing in it. It is estimated to be 1 billion light years across and a mere four billion light years from earth.
The VLA grounds are easily accessible and not an issue for big motorhomes. Guided tours are available a few times a year, but the walking and self-guided tours are easy to follow and wheelchair accessible. The gift shop has a small supply of posters, T-shirts and coffee mugs. Don't go home without one of the "What's my problem" T-shirts. They are too funny.
If you are passing through this area, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array is definitely worth a visit.
More information: www.vla.nrao.edu.

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Cue up "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys -- or maybe "New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra if you feel so inclined -- because MLS finally has a team in New York City.
On Tuesday, MLS announced the creation of New York City Football Club, which will become the league's 20th franchise. The team will officially join the league during the 2015 season and the deal brings together a partnership between Premier League giant Manchester City, MLS, and baseball's New York Yankees.
Following LA Galaxy training on Tuesday, New York native and LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena offered his thoughts on the new franchise.
"I think that it's great. That's where I'm from, that part of New York and it's a great spot for a new franchise," Arena said. "It's an area that supports the sport of soccer.The venues that they've discussed in Queens [Flushing Meadows-Corona Park] is a good one, but if that falls through then I'm sure that there will be some other options. I know that Belmont Park [in Long Island] was a possibility for the [NASL's New York] Cosmos, maybe it can be a possibility for an MLS team. If they get a suitable venue, it's going to be fabulous addition to the league."
The primary question that surrounds NYCFC is just where the team will actually be located. The team will off in 2015 in a temporary location as a permanent home is constructed -- Yankee Stadium is being floated as a potential option -- and may stay there for two to three years. But as NYCFC look for a venue, it certainly doesn't hurt to have the clout of the New York Yankees behind them, a team that is dear to Arena's heart.
"When you get the Yankees behind it, there is not a better organization in sports," said Arena, who attended the Yankees game against the Toronto Blue Jays last Thursday. "The Yankees are the Yankees. There's nothing like the Yankees."
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The daughter of John and Dora White, she was born March 23, 1920, in Plainview. She was an employee of the International Shoe Company and a member and treasurer of the Order of the Eastern Star, Arkansas Valley Chapter 606 for many years. She enjoyed taking care of her home and animals and participating with the members of the Eastern Stars.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wesley Saunders; her parents; two brothers, Huey White and Jack White; and her nephew, Tom White.
Survivors include her nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, at the Plainview First Baptist Church in Plainview. Revs. David Bishop and Joe Yates will officiate. Burial will be at New Bethel Cemetery in Plainview by Humphrey Funeral Service. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at Humphrey Funeral Service in Russellville.
Pallbearers are Mike Saunders, Kenneth Crawford, Ronnie Crawford, Don Pelt, Jerry Pelt and Tommy Pelt. Honorary pallbearers are Wesley Saunders and Matthew Saunders.
Memorials may be made to the New Bethel Cemetery, c/o Ester Ivy, 11929 Kingston Rd, Ola, AR 72853. The family would like to express a special thank you to Jo Ann Race and Wayne Grant for their caring and continued support of Ruby Nell.
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"Worth every penny"
If any soon to be mama does one thing for baby prep, it should be to hire a doula. Liz and Veronica are amazing. We are extremely happy to have found them and have them there to support us and be with us on the birth of our son. We took a private class with Veronica during our third trimester and that - it thought at the time- the best use of money. How wrong I was. Hiring them as a doula was worth every penny.
Megan A.
"An awesome advocate"
Veronica is an awesome advocate! I called her after being told I could not breastfeed in the Eagan YMCA Childcare lobby. Despite the fact that this was after normal business hours, Veronica answered my call and immediately made her own call to the YMCA until she got a live person and supervisor on the phone. She then called me back, gave me the supervisor's direct number, and I was issued a verbal apology for the incident. Thank you, Veronica, for being such a wonderful advocate and taking matters into your own hands. You went above and beyond and I know who to call and refer to with any such future issues... You were great!
Jessica M.
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I went to BabyLove to take a "better breastfeeding" class. I would recommend this class for a new mother, or a mother who is breastfeeding a 1 year old. Veronica was so kind and answered all of my questions. She offered guidance, listened, and even followed up with me. Love, love, love this woman and her mission! Check her out!
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"A gracious and warm heart"
Veronica has a gracious and warm heart. I appreciate her availability and knowledge to situations. My husband and I attended the breastfeeding class, which gave us both confidence about BFing our second child. When baby was born and I was a becoming a bit anxious she was willing to sit down with me, reassuring me positioning, hold, and latch were okay. And now that I've moved to TX, and 13 months later, she was available for a phone consult and provided great insight to my recurring plugged duct issue. I cannot say enough about her and BabyLove! Thanks for providing a wonderful service to moms and the community!
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Veronica, the owner of BabyLove, is one of the most compassionate and knowledgeable birthing professionals in the Twin Cities. She has vast experience and her knowledge base is solid with years of various backgrounds surrounding the pre and post natal aspects. She approaches people with care and is able to make one feel very relaxed even with subjects that can be filled with angst. She is one of the leading experts in tongue and lip ties locally. We struggled for months and knew something was not exactly right. After a couple of visits she was able to diagnosis us as well as put us in touch with a local pediatric dentist. I wish we had found Veronica earlier in our pregnancy but very thankful we found a leading local expert to assist us with our breastfeeding relationship, lip and tongue tie issues as well other adjustments along the parenting road.
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BabyLove is amazing! I have had the opportunity to observe their Lamaze childbirth class, and it is fabulous. Veronica is warm and welcoming. She is also incredibly knowledgeable--she's up to date on the latest evidenced-based studies surrounding childbirth, and you can tell she is passionate about what she does.
Veronica also did carseat checks on our two cars. Again, I was impressed with her knowledge and professionalism. She found several adjustments we need to make to our carseat installations, and taught us how to use the LATCH systems in our cars. Well worth the cost, and I would not hesitate to do it again or to recommend that EVERYONE have this service done!
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Heika: A superstar in Sweden, Stars' Crisopher Nilstorp came to Dallas for new challenge
McKINNEY — When Cristopher Nilstorp was approached last summer by the Stars to bring his game to North America from Sweden, he decided all he really wanted was a chance.
One of the top goalies in the Swedish Elite League for the previous two seasons, he figured a new challenge might be just what he needed. So he signed a two-way contract with Dallas, started his season with the AHL Texas Stars and now sits on the cusp of getting one of those golden opportunities.
"It was time for a change," he said.
And that change might come Thursday against the Vancouver Canucks. Nilstorp (6-3, 191) just turned 29, and he has excelled at the highest level of hockey in Sweden, but he'd still like to prove he can do it at the highest level in the world. With two starts, no wins and one groin pull to his credit in the NHL, Nilstorp is itching to take on the giants once again.
"He's been good this year," said goaltending coach Mike Valley. "And now it's time to show he can be a consistent guy at this level."
Valley recruited Nilstorp with the carrot of opportunity. Both knew that Richard Bachman had earned a one-way contract in the NHL, but that didn't mean a little competition wouldn't be good for the organization. So Nilstorp was given a two-way deal with AHL pay coming at a rate of $100,000 per season and NHL pay coming at a rate of $1 million per season. There was certainly motivation to succeed.
However, Nilstorp's goal has to do with so much more than money. He had battled with the best in Sweden and helped his team Farjestad to the Elite League championship two seasons ago. In his two most recent playoffs, he has posted GAA's of 1.80 and 1.60, as well as save percentages of .944 and .938. Fact is, his numbers were right up there with Viktor Fasth's, the Anaheim goalie who has taken the league by storm this season.
So why couldn't the same thing happen to Nilstorp?
He showed signs in his first game that he can bring top level play. He stopped 31 shots and lost a 1-0 game to the Minnesota Wild. His second outing was a bit tougher, allowing four goals on 29 shots in a 4-3 loss to the St. Louis Blues. He suffered a groin injury in that game, and he had to go back to the AHL to get healthy.
But now that Kari Lehtonen has suffered a groin injury and Bachman has struggled in recent games, there's a very good chance Nilstorp gets the start against the Canucks.
"He's a big goalie, he's calm in the net, and you like those attributes in a guy," said Glen Gulutzan, who has not yet committed to Nilstorp for Thursday's game. "He's been in the American League since his injury, so we'll see how up and running he was down there."
And that's fine with Nilstorp. He understands the challenges, and he understands the risk he took. He doesn't have a wife or girlfriend, so he said it's just him and his car driving back and forth between Dallas and Cedar Park, where he has posted a 16-10-0 record with a 2.13 GAA and .916 save percentage.
"You just do the best you can, and prepare the best you can," he said.
Like Bachman, Nilstorp understands that one good game can mean a spot in the NHL for weeks at a time. And with Lehtonen poised to return from his groin injury fairly quickly, everyone understands the pressure involved in getting the next start.
But it's not like Nilstorp hasn't dealt with pressure before.
"I like how he isn't fazed by things," Valley said. "There's a lot of positive things in how he handles situations. He went down there and played well, and now he's back."
And that's really all he's asking for right now.
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Steve taught me in his drivers training class a few years ago and it was the best driving class by far. He was a very positive teacher who always wanted the best for his students. He shared his love for the outdoors, 4 wheeling, and motorcycle riding. I stayed in touch with steve for a few years when he taught several friends of mine who all loved his style and outgoing personality. Hearing about steves passing is a very sad ordeal and my thoughts and prayers go out to his friends, family, and espically his kids. Steve you will be missed by many.
Steve taught my two daughters how to drive and they both passed the first time taking the driving test. I jokes with Steve that I would see him again in a year for my son. I found out about his passing when I went to his website to call him for my sons instruction. My heart goes out to his family.
Our son, Christopher, was Steve's student. He passed his driving test on Friday!! Steve was a wonderful man, and a great instructor! He will truly be missed.
Steve was my driver instructor for my driving lessons and he always knew how to make me feel comfortable behind the wheel. I am so sad Steve has passed, he was so funny and passionate. Im so sorry for his passing, his family is in my thoughts and prayers.


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At 08:36 AM 1/24/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>Gary answered you thoroughly, in 3 words. This will be longer!
>You were absolutely correct about needing PPR for a free movie showing in
>your public library. I can think of 3 basic ways for your library to show a
>movie legally, with PPR, depending on the particular video you're showing
>and the kind of advertising you want to do.
>1) If you purchased it from a distributor/vendor whose video sales include
>PPR, you may advertise and show it without further ado. If you don't know
>the PPR status of the video, maybe someone in the Onondaga County Public
>Library system has compiled a list of holdings that are known to be okay
>for public performance. I know that your neighbor, the Mid-York Library
>System, provides such a list to their member libraries.
>2) Your library may purchase an annual umbrella license from the MPLC,
>which will permit you to show videos from their list of cooperating motion
>picture studios and independent producers. However, you may not charge
>admission or advertise actual titles. Look them up here -
>3) If it's a home-use video that's not from an MPLC affiliate and/or you
>want to advertise the title of the film, you need to locate the distributor
>who holds the PPR rights, and purchase from them a license for each showing.
>We've discussed this question again and again. But that's beauty of this
>listserv. There are always new members joining us, and even we seasoned
>veterans find ourselves facing new twists on the same old questions.
>I'm on this list because of my job as media rental coordinator for this
>college, and I've learned all about PPR from you folks. Now I can be the
>wet blanket on the board of trustees of my local public library who pipes
>up in a meeting and says, "Hey, we can't do that!" In fact, just last night
>I took to our board meeting a copy of the MPLC brochure, to document my
>most recent attempt at explaining to skeptical colleagues just why it is
>that we can't have a movie night at the library.
>Marilyn Huntley
>At 06:43 AM 1/24/03 -0800, Holly wrote:
> >This has been a great discussion but I must confess I'm getting confused.
> >A few years ago I wanted to run a 'movie night' at my library. We'd show
> >a feature film, eat popcorn, then have a small discussion after. I was
> >told I needed to get PPR before I did this. The viewing would have been
> >free, we would show a video owned by my library, and there would be NO
> >commercial gain to the institution - merely some use statistics for the
> >bean counters.
> >
> >Am I wrong to assume I need PPR for this sort of purpose?
> >--
> >Holly Sammons, Librarian
> >Onondaga County Public Library
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>Marilyn B. Huntley, Audiovisual Assistant
>(Film Scheduling & Rentals)
>Audiovisual Classrm Svcs, 408 C. A. Johnson Hall
>Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton NY 13323
>Phone 315-859-4120; Fax 315-859-4687
Gary Handman
Media Resources Center
Moffitt Library
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Your comment on his post gives me the impression that you didn't understand Brooks's essay either. In my experience, almost no one does.
I read the essay two nights ago, and all I have to say is that--whether due to Moore's Law or whatever, I don't care--I'm at least an order of magnitude more productive doing test-driven development with a language that supplies automatic memory management and the creation of domain-appropriate abstractions than I would be with the best language and platform available fo
I thought Brooks qualified his theory with "In the next ten years", but I'm too lazy to walk two rooms over to check right now. Regardless, our understandings are equivalent.
For what it's worth, I do think a lot of people claiming "no silver bullet" are pessimists.
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The San Diego Air and Space Museum is set to display a replica of the legendary Flying Wing.
The intimidating plane designed by a pair of German brothers, Walter and Reimar Horton, resembles a cross between a bat and a stingray, and could have potentially altered the course of the war. According to the SDASM, the plane was, in fact, reconstructed to determine if Hitler's Third Reich had stealth capabilities three decades before the United States stealth technology was developed.
The Horten 229 wooden plane with a 55-foot wingspan was discovered by U.S. troops toward the end of World War II in a top secret German facility. The aircraft's capabilities remained a mystery to the public for more than 60 years, warehoused in a Smithsonian site in Maryland. On Wednesday, the replica will become part of the SDASM's new WWII gallery.
The plane's reconstruction was made possible by an experienced team of Northrop Grumman aeronautical engineers who worked with original plansin order to reconstruct the full-scale replica, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune.
So, did the plane have stealth capabilities? Tune into the National Geographic channel at 9 p.m. on Sunday for more details.


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Prince Wishes He Could Just Throw On a Burqa and Be Done With It
In a a recent interview with The Guardian, recovering sex-demon-turned-devout-Jehovah's Witness Prince said, "It's fun being in Islamic countries, to know there's only one religion. There's order. You wear a burqa. There's no choice. People are happy with that."
Oh, fine, Prince — so you get to prance around in high-heeled pleather boots and spandex hot pants with the ass cut out, but Islamic women have to be okay with their burqas? Funny how that works!
Apropos of nothing, here are some other notable Prince quotes:
- "Girl, I'll take U 2 a movie show. We can sit in the back and I'll jack U off."
- "Good evening. This is your pilot Prince speaking. U are flying aboard the Seduction 747, mmm...And this plane is fully equipped with anything your body desires."
- "You're such a hunk. So full of spunk. I'll give you head 'til you're burning up."
- Lickin' U inside, outside, all sides, up and down, with my tongue in the crease, baby I go 'round. When I go down, down, down, (Come) down, down, down, da-da-down."
- "Your dirty little prince wanna grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind."


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Lewis Borsellino '79 "Embraces Football and Family," Notes Newspaper
November 23, 2012
"Win or lose Saturday's Class 5A football championship in Champaign, hugs and tears are sure to be shared by a Montini father and son -- Broncos offensive coordinator Lewis Borsellino and senior all-state receiver Joey Borsellino," reports the Daily Herald of suburban Chicago. "Dad enters his final game as Montini's spread offense guru; son is weighing options for his college career. Thus ends more than a decade's worth of bubble screens and Wildcat schemes. Since Joey was a tough little tyke at his father's knee, sporting the same Lombard Falcons colors his father wore 40 years ago, the two have embraced football and family."
Dave Oberhelman writes, "Lewis Borsellino was on the Falcons' first team of seventh- and eighth-graders, around 1969. Like most every local Borsellino he attended Montini. They join the Westerkamps as the first families of Montini athletics. A middle linebacker and tailback who played at DePauw, as a senior in 1974 Lewis' 4 rushing touchdowns against Marian Central set the program record. His 104 solo tackles that season were the mark until last year when Franklin Bruscianelli made 113."
A 1979 graduate of DePauw, Lewis J. Borsellino is CEO of Prism Healthcare Group and authored the book, The Day Trader: From the Pit to the PC. He's been coaching at Montini since 2007 and brought the spread offense to the program.
Access the article -- "Bosellino era at Montini to close -- for now" -- at the Daily Herald's website.Back


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| Candice
スズナ Suzuna
|"The Diamond Dust Girl!"
Artwork from Diamond and Pearl
|Eye color
|Hair color
|Snowpoint City
|Trainer class
| Gym LeaderDPPt
Pokémon TrainerB2W2
| Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Black 2 and White 2
|Leader of
|Snowpoint Gym
|Icicle Badge
|Specializes in
|Ice types
|Anime debut
|Classroom Training
|English voice actor
|Kether Donahue
|Japanese voice actor
|Noriko Shitaya
Candice (Japanese: スズナ Suzuna) is the Gym Leader of Snowpoint City's Gym, known officially as the Snowpoint Gym. She hands out the Icicle Badge to Trainers who defeat her. She specializes in Ice-type Pokémon.
- 1 In the games
- 1.1 Pokémon
- 1.2 Quotes
- 1.3 Sprites
- 2 In the anime
- 3 In the manga
- 4 In the TCG
- 5 Trivia
- 6 Names
- 7 External links
In the games
Candice uses Ice-type Pokémon in her battles. Trainers who defeat her will receive the Icicle Badge, TM72 (Avalanche), and will be able to use Rock Climb outside of battle. Candice teaches that before battling with Pokémon, a person needs to befriend them first. Candice has an interest in fashion and romance as well as Pokémon, and believes a person should put all their focus into whatever they do. She sometimes muses that she acts the opposite of the way people would expect an Ice-type Gym Leader to behave - warm and friendly instead of cold and distant. She also seems to enjoy talking in third person.
She later allows the player entry into the Snowpoint Temple, and, in Platinum, will appear occasionally for rematches at the Battleground.
In Platinum, Maylene mentions in Snowpoint's Pokémon Center that she admires Candice for being studious. She also mentions that Candice wanted to practice against her to learn about the Fighting-type because of it being a weakness of Ice-type Pokémon.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Pokémon Platinum
Gym match
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Pokémon World Tournament
Candice uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles.
Sinnoh Leaders Tournament
Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament
Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
- Before battle
- "You want to challenge Candice? Sure thing! I was waiting for someone tough! But I should tell you, I'm tough because I know how to focus. Pokémon, fashion, romance... It's all about focus! I'll show you just what I mean. Get ready to lose!"
- When sending out last Pokémon
- "I'm going to break the ice and bring out my last-resort Pokémon!"
- During battle (less than half HP)
- "I can sense your will to win, but I promise you I'm not about to lose!"
- When defeated
- "I must say, I've warmed up to you! I might even admire you a little."
- After being defeated
- "Wow! you are great! You've earned my respect! I think your focus and will bowled us over totally. Oh, that's right! I'm supposed to give you this!"
- "Do you think I should try to act more like an Ice-type Gym Leader? Like, do you think I should be more cool and distant? That sort of thing I have trouble with."
- "It's OK! You can let that person in. Cynthia sent word to me. You're working on a Pokédex, aren't you? There should be many rare Pokémon in the temple. Enjoy your exploring!"
- To Maylene
- "What is it, Maylene? Did you want some Accessories? I'll give you some of my favorites."
- "Gee, I wouldn't know. That's a tough question. ...Maybe we should ask Gardenia sometime."
- Before battle
- "Hiya! What's up? I bet you can't tell what I'm thinking! I'll give the answer away. I want to battle with you!"
- No: "Oh... Did my willpower intimidate you?"
- "Listen, listen. You'll battle Candice, won't you?"
- Yes: "This time, Candice is going to try to push through on willpower!"
- During battle (less than half HP)
- "Not yet! You can't break our will!"
- When defeated
- "You're mighty! You're worthy of lots of respect!"
- After being defeated
- "Oh, wow, your scarf is totally in fashion. I wish I had one like that."
Battleground (alternate)
- Before battle
- "Candice is on fire! I'm blazing hot! Hot enough to melt Ice-type Pokémon! I need a battle to cool me down!"
- No: "Awww!"
- "You really want to battle with me, don't you?"
- Yes: "OK! I'll show you how good Candice... I mean, how good my Pokémon can be!"
- During battle (less than half HP)
- "Not yet! You can't break our will!"
- When defeated
- "You're mighty! You're worthy of lots of respect!"
- After being defeated
- "Awww! That's it! I'm going to train so I can throw a Focus Punch myself!"
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
- Before battle (first round)
- "You're the opponent of Candice? Sure thing! I was waiting for someone tough!"
- Before battle (second round)
- "You're the opponent of Candice? Sure thing! I was waiting for someone tough! But I should tell you, I'm tough, because I know how to focus."
- Before battle (final round)
- "You're the opponent of Candice? Sure thing! I was waiting for someone tough! But I should tell you, I'm tough, because I know how to focus. Pokémon, fashion, romance... It's all about focus! I'll show you just what I mean. Get ready to lose!"
- Being defeated
- "You're mighty! You're worthy of lots of respect."
- If the player is defeated
- "I sensed your will to win, but I don't lose!"
- After being defeated
- "Wow! You're great! You've earned my respect! I think your focus and will bowled us over totally. But next time I'll focus even more and won't lose!"
- After winning
- "See? Candice's focus! My Pokémon's focus is great, too!"
- In the lobby, after the tournament
- "You won because your focus was far greater than the others! Yes! I have to focus even more as well!"
| Candice's sprite from
Diamond and Pearl
| Candice's sprite from
| Candice's sprite from
Black 2 and White 2
| Candice's overworld sprite from
Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
| Candice's overworld sprite from
Black 2 and White 2
| Candice's VS sprite from
In the anime
Candice made her debut appearance in Classroom Training! where she was revealed to be a teacher in Snowpoint City's Trainers' School. She is also a childhood friend of Zoey and calls her by the nickname "Zo-Zo" (Japanese: ノゾチ Nozotchi).
Ash battled her in Sliding Into Seventh!, where he defeated her and earned the Icicle Badge. She also appeared in A Pyramiding Rage!. Paul challenged her to a Gym battle in A Pyramiding Rage! where it took place off-screen between the aforementioned episode and Pedal to the Mettle! The winner of the match was Paul as said in the next episode.
She made another appearance in Double-Time Battle Training! where she watches Zoey win the Brussel Town Contest, and her 5th Contest Ribbon. She helps Dawn prepare for the Daybreak Contest with Zoey. In Yes, in Dee Dee It's Dawn! she and Zoey were watching Dawn's performance on TV.
She also made another brief cameo in A Grand Fight for Winning! watching Dawn and Zoey compete in the Sinnoh Grand Festival on television.
Her trademark is using the term "kiai" in regular speech (instead of as a sound effect), such as in the line, "Get your kiai on!"
This listing is of Candice's known Pokémon in the anime:
| Candice's main Pokémon and the major powerhouse of her team is Abomasnow. She first appeared battling Zoey's Glameow soon after Ash and his friends entered Snowpoint City. She was later paired with Buizel to help stop Team Rocket from stealing the Snowpoint Trainers' School supply of Pokémon.
In Sliding Into Seventh!, Abomasnow was Candice's final Pokémon in her Gym battle against Ash. Abomasnow knocked out Staraptor and Grotle before Chimchar defeated her with Flame Wheel.
Abomasnow made one final appearance in Double-Time Battle Training!, where Candice used her to demonstrate move combinations for Dawn.
Abomasnow also appeared alongside Candice during the credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
Abomasnow's known moves are Ice Shard, Wood Hammer, Blizzard, Ice Punch, and Razor Leaf.
|Classroom Training!
|Voice actors
|Chie Satō
|Bill Rogers
| Sneasel was the first Pokémon used by Candice during her Gym Battle against Ash when she went up against Grotle. Although Sneasel had an obvious type-advantage and could skate across the icy battlefield, Grotle was able to use its new defensive battle technique to absorb Sneasel's attacks and was then able to knock her out with Rock Climb.
Sneasel's known moves are Icy Wind and Fury Swipes.
|Sliding Into Seventh!
|Voice actors
|Satsuki Yukino
|Kayzie Rogers
| Candice's second choice was Medicham. Medicham was sent up against Staraptor. Despite a good battle, it was knocked out by Staraptor's Brave Bird.
Medicham's known moves are Confusion and Fire Punch.
|Sliding Into Seventh!
|Voice actors
|Sarah Natochenny
| A female Snover was Candice's third Pokémon to be used, and she proved herself to be a powerful battler, knowing plenty of Ice and Grass attacks which were used to overpower Ash's Gliscor. However, Snover was knocked out by Ash's Chimchar.
Snover's known moves are Razor Leaf, Ice Beam, Bullet Seed, and Icy Wind.
|Sliding Into Seventh!
|Voice actors
|Satsuki Yukino
|Billy Beach
|Candice has a Dodrio as a mode of transportation in A Pyramiding Rage! to get around Snowpoint City more easily.
|A Pyramiding Rage!
|Candice used a Turtwig when she was younger in the Snowpoint Trainers' School, as seen in a flashback in Classroom Training!. It is unknown if it is now in her ownership or if it still is used for youngsters in the Trainers' School.
|Classroom Training!
Helped raise
Candice stated that she helped raise Zoey's Glameow when she was younger. Zoey kept it in a shed outside the Snowpoint Trainers' School when her parents would not let her have it. One day Mr. Honcho the Headmaster of the school found out what Zoey was doing, when Candice stepped in making Mr. Honcho eventually give in. Candice and Glameow have been friends ever since.
|Mounting a Coordinator Assault!
|Voice actors
|Ikue Ohtani
|Ikue Ohtani
Voice actors
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
She first appeared in Route 217 saving Platinum when she fell from her skis after angering a pack of Graveler. Eventually, Platinum challenged her to a Gym battle, where her Snover double-KO'd with Platinum's Empoleon, and her Froslass took over to fight Platinum's Rapidash. At first, the newly evolved Fire Horse Pokémon seemed to take the lead against Froslass' ineffective Ice attacks, but Candice soon realized that Platinum's real objective wasn't to win the Gym Badge sincerely, but rather to get it over with so she can protect Uxie at Lake Acuity. Upon this realization, she ordered Froslass to attack with a Wake-Up Slap and deal massive damage on the sleeping Rapidash, and then withdrew Froslass before switching out to Abomasnow. Losing motivation, she asked the Sinnoh Pokémon League chairman if she could stop the battle, but ended up continuing anyway. With Rapidash close to fainting, Platinum switched out to her new capture, Lopunny, who was surprisingly able to defeat the massive bulk, but eventually was beaten by Froslass. As Candice gloated over her seeming victory, however, it was discovered that Lopunny used Healing Wish to revitalize Rapidash (fainting in the process), who, with a surprise attack, took out Candice's last Pokémon, winning the battle.
Afterwards, she awarded Platinum the Icicle Badge, and the two traveled together to Lake Acuity with Maylene to protect Uxie, only to be promptly defeated by Jupiter's superior brawn and tactics. She later called Byron and told him to send them someone to train them in so that they can become stronger. After some difficulty with their new Trainer, Volkner, Platinum managed to convince him to train them. At the Spear Pillar she, along with Maylene, fought Jupiter a second time, this time defeating her. She along with her fellow Gym Leaders fought Cyrus and managed to break his Red Chain but brought upon themselves the wrath of Cyrus with it and were defeated.
| Abomasnow is one of Candice's main Pokémon. She was first seen when Platinum had bumped into a Graveler while skiing, she took her to the city so she could rest. Afterwords, she was used in her Gym match and was Candice's third Pokémon, against Platinum's newly caught Lopunny. She first successfully hit the Rabbit Pokémon with an Ice Shard, but it could stand it. Despite being an inexperienced member of her team, Lopunny was swiftly able to avoid the massive Pokémon's Focus Blasts, and to defeat her with a nimble Jump Kick.
Abomasnow's known moves are Ice Shard, Rock Climb, and Focus Blast, and its Ability is Snow Warning.
|Disagreeable Graveler
| Snover was the first Pokémon used by Candice during her Gym battle against Platinum against her Empoleon. Due to her opponent's Steel-type advantage, she was quickly defeated by a powerful Metal Claw, however, before she fainted, she had fired a Seed Bomb, which hit the Emperor Pokémon in the head, defeating her.
Snover's only known move is Seed Bomb, and its Ability is Snow Warning.
|Striking Out Snover
Given away
| Candice's secret weapon in her match against Platinum is Froslass, who to counter her used her Rapidash. With his speed, Rapidash was able to avoid Froslass's icy attack, but when it was finally hit, Rested to be saved for Candice's last Pokémon, only to be hit by a powerful Wake-Up Slap, nearly fainting him. After switching with Abomasnow, and the latter being defeated, she went against Lopunny, and stopped its jumping strategy and defeated it, but just before she could claim victory, she was defeated by Rapidash who had it energy restored by Lopunny's Healing Wish, earning Platinum the battle. After the Gym battle, she was taken to Lake Acuity where she was defeated by Jupiter. Later, at the Spear Pillar, Candice gave her to Platinum.
Under Candice's ownership, Froslass's only known move was Wake-Up Slap.
|To and Fro with Froslass
In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
Candice makes an appearance in A Novel Test!, where she gives Hareta a test to see if he can defeat Team Galactic. Candice sends out all three of her golems. She uses Regice and Regirock in a Double Battle. Candice was a tough opponent that Hareta faced as her golems's Ability negated Luxio's Intimidate. In the midst of the battle, her Regirock buries Hareta's Riolu in an avalanche. However, just when Candice was about to walk away, Riolu evolves into a Lucario and defeats both of her golems single-handedly. After the battle, Candice takes Hareta to the Snowpoint Temple. It turns out that the test that Candice gave to Hareta was to determine if he was able to obtain Regigigas
These are the Pokémon that Candice is known to have:
| Regice was used as a test to see if Hareta can catch the legendary golem master, Regigigas. It is her only Pokémon that is her specialty type. Regice was also used along with the other golems to awaken Regigigas in which Hareta was able to catch.
Regice's only known move is Ice Beam, and its Ability is Clear Body.
|A Novel Test!!
| Regirock was used as a test to see if Hareta can catch the legendary golem master, Regigigas. Regirock was also used along with the other golems to awaken Regigigas in which Hareta was able to catch.
Regirock's known moves are Hammer Arm and Dig, and its Ability is Clear Body.
|A Novel Test!!
| Registeel was used as a test to see if Hareta can catch the legendary golem master, Regigigas. Registeel was also used along with the other golems to awaken Regigigas in which Hareta was able to catch.
Registeel's Ability is Clear Body.
|A Novel Test!!
In the Pocket Monsters DP manga
Candice makes an appearance in a flashback in PMDP07 of the Pocket Monsters DP manga.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Candice or her Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
| Candice's Pokémon
Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.
Cards listed with a silver background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
| English
| Japanese
|Rising Rivals
|Bonds to the End of Time
|Rising Rivals
|Bonds to the End of Time
- Even though Candice lives in the snowy north of Sinnoh, the only protection she seemingly has from the weather is the sweater tied around her waist and her long socks.
- Candice is an Ice-type Gym Leader and the 7th Gym Leader of her region; she shares both of these attributes with Brycen and Pryce.
- Candice is the only Gym Leader from Sinnoh that Ash did not have a 3-on-3 battle with. Instead, it was a 4-on-4.
- In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Candice is the only Sinnoh Gym Leader to use two Pokémon within the same evolutionary line on her team (Snover and Abomasnow).
- All of Candice's Pokémon in Diamond and Pearl are Pokémon that have gender differences.
- The highest-leveled Pokémon in Candice's team differs between every battle.
- In Platinum, Candice is the only Gym Leader whose Battleground rematch team contains only Pokémon which are in the Sinnoh Dex.
- Candice's speaking of herself in the third person is somewhat a mistranslation: in Japanese, a person using their own name in place of "I" indicates femininity, whereas in English it is typically considered illeism.
- Despite Candice stating that she is different than other Ice-type Gym Leaders in that she is warm and friendly instead of cold and distant, this is exactly how she acts in the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga.
- Candice is the only female Ice-type Gym Leader.
|スズナ Suzuna
|One of the Japanese names for turnip. Possibly a reference to 涼しい suzushii ("cool").
|From the Latin "candita", meaning "clarity; whiteness". Contains ice.
|From glace, ice.
|From frieren, get cold.
|Literally means white.
|From invierno, winter.
|무청 Mucheong
|Refers to the top of a radish. Related to her Japanese name.
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|鈴菜 Língcài (manga)
小菘 Xiǎo Sōng (anime)
|From the Japanese name 鈴菜 suzuna.
From 菘 suzuna. Also an old name for 白菜 báicài, a winter vegetable.
External links
|Gym Leaders of the Sinnoh region
|This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.


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Flexible and novel partitioning strategy for hierarchical design
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In hierarchical designs, the quality of the
floorplan is analyzed after the blocks are integrated at the top level.
This can result in unnecessary iterative work, wasted resource hours,
and longer cycle times, which could mean missed market opportunities. As
technology trends towards smaller nodes, the sizes of the standard
cells decreases but pin count remains the same. So if we want to close
designs with higher utilization, to save on die area, we will end up in a
situation of routing congestion somewhere in the design. The proper
estimation of utilization is very important and difficult at the initial
stage, as this depends upon various factors such as frequency, power
saving technique and gate count. Even after putting efforts into
planning, there is some weakness left in the design process, which will
lead to late stage surprises including routing congestion. We'll cover
two cases which generally become show stoppers in terms of top-level
signal routing congestion in a design, once placement and routing for
sub-partitions is closed and top-level placement is also closed with
respect to timing.
Case 1
Consider a scenario where two partitions at the top level need to be placed side-by-side (shown in figure 2). Partitions A and D are being placed side-by-side.
Partition D is directly interacting with both the pad ring, to communicate with the external world, and internally within the chip. In order to communicate with the pad ring, pins for partitions "D" interacting with the external world need to be placed on the top or left side (shown in the figure 2). Pins interacting with the top-level Sea of Gates (SoG) are placed on the right side for better timing.
Partition A also needs to interact with the top-level SoG, so for better SoG interaction, the best position for pin placement is at the bottom side of the partition A (shown red in figure2).
With such a scenario, top-level gates interacting with both the partitions should be pulled toward the boundaries of the partitions to meet the timing specification and results in high placement density in the area shown in green. This, however, will lead to signal congestion. The traditional way to solve this issue is to increase the resources at the top level by shrinking the dimensions of the sub partitions. If this is performed late in the design cycle it will result in product delay. Decreasing the dimension of sub-partition creates a need to close the partition from scratch, which is a knotty task and also require extra resource for sub-partition closure.
Case 2
Consider a scenario where two partitions are placed as shown in figure 3. Partition E, acting as the heart of the system, is small and interacting with almost every partition in the design. This requires it to be placed in the center of the design, so that sub-partitions have easy access to it. When partition E is placed on the right of partition C it only overlaps a small portion of partition C, so some buffering channel is required for the pins of partition C in the area that is covered by partition E to meet the timing requirement for the pins.


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Bettis prefers starting, but enjoys relieving
By Thomas Harding / MLB.com
DENVER -- Rockies right-hander Chad Bettis has said in interviews and to the Rockies' coaching staff he prefers starting, but he also has made it clear he enjoys pitching out of the bullpen.
A second-round Draft pick in 2010, Bettis went 0-3 with a 5.02 ERA in eight starts before being tried in the bullpen, where he entered Thursday afternoon's game with the Cardinals 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in three appearances.
"In my career, long term, I would like to start, and I've had that discussion with Walt [Weiss, the manager], Jimmy [Wright, the pitching coach] and Bo [McLaughlin, the assistant pitching coach], but I enjoy both, so I guess that's a problem," Bettis said. "The thing is, I want to be in the position to help the team in whichever way."
Bettis, 24, pitched in relief for 17 of his 24 games at Texas Tech in his junior year of 2010, and finished with 102 strikeouts and 33 walks.
The Rockies are generally loathe to turn their backs on a power pitcher who could start. However, Bettis is more consistently at the 96-97 mph range on his fastball as a reliever, which leads to questions of whether his arm works better in that role. Bettis, however, said part of the reason he isn't that high on the radar gun as a starter is strategy.
"As a starter, I feel I have the ability to dial it up whenever I need to, but really it's about being more efficient -- getting movement, getting groundballs, quick innings," Bettis said. "Closing, I feel it's a little different. But it still comes back to trying to get strike one, getting ahead of the hitter."
Weiss expects competition for rotation jobs in '14
DENVER -- Rockies manager Walt Weiss sees left-hander Jorge De La Rosa and right-handers Jhoulys Chacin and Tyler Chatwood as the foundations of his 2014 starting rotation.
That means right-hander Juan Nicasio, who has been inconsistent, and veteran Roy Oswalt, who is getting a look at the end of this season and will likely be invited back next, will be among competitors for the other two spots.
"As I see it right now, those three guys have really solidified a spot," Weiss said. "Juan's been good at times, but we need to see a little more consistency. But the other three guys, they're nice arms to have."
So the Rockies, who need a strong finish to avoid finishing last in the National League West in consecutive years for the first time in club history, enter 2014 in better shape than this year. De La Rosa, Chacin and Nicasio were coming off injuries in 2013.
But, it sets up dramatic competition at the back of the rotation.
Nicasio has won jobs in camp the last three years. Oswalt figures to be a low-risk competitor. Left-hander Drew Pomeranz, possibly righty Chad Bettis if he isn't made a reliever, and righty Collin McHugh also could be in the mix. Also figuring to be in the mix is 2012 supplemental first-round Draft pick Eddie Butler, a right-hander who went a combined 9-5 with a 1.80 ERA at Class A Asheville and Modesto and Double-A Tulsa. It is expected that he will be invited to Major League camp.
The X-factor is competition acquired in trades or on the free-agent market. The Rockies aimed low last year, bringing in lefty Jeff Francis and picking up righty Jon Garland after he was released by the Mariners in Spring Training. Weiss refused to speculate on free agency efforts, since those are upper-management decisions.
"You take a look at a pool of players who are available," Weiss said. "That's stuff for the offseason, and it changes quickly."
Pomeranz encouraged by relief outing
DENVER -- Rockies lefty Drew Pomeranz had a positive one-inning relief appearance Monday against the Cardinals. It's not clear when he'll have his next chance, but he appreciated a positive outing after a year that has been difficult at the Major League level.
"It was good to throw strikes and make pitches," said Pomeranz, who gave up a hit but forced a double-play grounder in the 6-2 victory. "I just had an inning, 13 pitches or so, but it was good to go right after guys."
Pomeranz is 0-4 with a 7.64 ERA in five games, with all the losses coming in starts -- the last on July 22 -- before he suffered a left biceps tendon strain.
Pomeranz went a combined 8-2 with a 4.65 ERA in 16 Minor League games. But before his first call-up from Triple-A Colorado Springs in June, Pomeranz, after consulting with coaches, raised his arm slot and ended up creating inconsistency.
"I tried to get my arm up a little bit and I eventually got it up too much, which caused me to get hurt, and the consistency was kind of all over the place," said Pomeranz, who is still looking for the production the Rockies sought in the 2011 trade that sent former ace Ubaldo Jimenez to Cleveland. "We just kind of did it. It's a learning experience.
"I think I know what I need to do to be successful up here. I need to do what I know. It's about keeping the same mechanics, instead of trying to change stuff up so much. You never get anywhere when you do that."
Pomeranz, 24, received high marks for arriving in Spring Training in impressive condition, and hopes to take the next step in 2014.
"I learned a lot of good lessons, the good and the bad, and have some perspective," he said. "I think I said the same thing last year, but I'm learning about using what I learned to put it all together and have a good year."
Weiss plans to stick to pitch count next year
DENVER -- The Rockies are known for limiting their starting pitchers to around 100 pitches. Although it's out of the question for them to let one throw 121, like the Cardinals' Adam Wainwright did in 7 2/3 innings of a 4-3 victory over the Rockies on Wednesday night, manager Walt Weiss said it's not out of the ordinary for teams to observe a limit of around 100, even though it's not as discussed a subject as it is in Colorado.
One reason to keep a close eye on pitch counts early this season was the fact Jorge De La Rosa had missed most of the previous two years with an elbow injury, and Jhoulys Chacin missed extensive time last season due to a nerve issue in the right side of his chest. But Chacin has reached triple figures eight times, with a high of 108, and De La Rosa has gone at least 100 six times with a high of 110.
Weiss expects to use similar strategy next season.
"I don't think it's going to change a whole lot, especially early on," Weiss said. "We try to look at the big picture, not just the outing that day. As the season has gone on, I've had a bit of a longer leash at times with certain guys, but I don't think 100 pitches is real restricting. I think the average start in the National League this year is 94-95 pitches. I don't think it's that big of an issue."
Worth noting
• National League batting leader Michael Cuddyer, hitting .331, rolled over on his left wrist and suffered a bruised right forearm making a diving catch in Wednesday night's 4-3 loss to the Cardinals and didn't start Thursday. He hopes to return to the lineup Friday.
• Rockies righty Chad Bettis is often referred to as "The Bus" -- the same nickname former Rams and Steelers running back Jerome Bettis carried through a career that will likely land him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Chad Bettis wears 35, one digit lower than the number the football player wore. He smiled and said he is considering wearing No. 36.
A sweet story: Bettis said that through elementary school and middle school, many of his classmates, not caring at all about racial differences, earnestly asked if he was a relative of the NFL player.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I'm having a problem with trader, 23491. I see that his account is suspended. He sent money via paypal for cards so I sent him the cards. Now it seems as if he's filed a claim with Paypal and is trying to get the money back. Is this happening with other people as well?
Hey Buddy-
I have a problem with one of the traders here. He agreed to a deal and confirmed it through the trade manager and has yet to complete his end. He was suppesed to send $50 via paypal on Sat (19 July) and i have yet to receive it. He has not returned my PMs and he has been on several times making offers to other members to buy their stuff. Whats the best way to go about resolving this. Please PM me and i could give you the name. Thanks
Then I honestly don't know. I know a few other people have had similar problems, and nobody has had a solution for it.
i have at&t, same as always
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I wonder how many gallons of cum she swallowed in her life as a porn star. Wish I could give her some too. Instead of her face I shot twice into a tissue a few minutes ago. Cock still hard. What a fucking hot video. Definitely one of ma favourite. I'm gonna tell my friends about it.
I spent some time with this video. It was worth it. Had two great orgasms.
Sativa Darling For some reasons, my screen had a blackout for 3 months. Now you are back on the screen. Great! You make me wank and cum. Thank you. I visite you every day.
Just had my 200th wank this year. 60 of them I had here with beautiful Sativa Rose.
It must be paradise to ejaculate into Sativa's beautiful face. I have just ejaculated into tissues.
Zu diesem geilen Video lässt es sich so herrlich wichsen und abspritzen. Welch ein Genuss.
On 11th April (see above) I wrote about my encounter with Liza, my neighbour with the best shaped ass in the world, and me having wished to fuck her. I had yesterday a second encounter that made my dream come true. As her George was away for a couple of days I managed to see Liza in her flat. From the small talk I understood that her George cheated on her with another women. I felt Liza wanted a revench, with me as a "victim". A couple of drinks and sweet music, hand holds, wet kisses made us both ready for an incredible sex session. Sensationell what superb sexy things she did to me and let me do to her. Oh yes, her bottom that I admired so much ever since I saw her first kept more than all its promises. Oh, and all the dirty things she whispered into my ears while I screwed her and how she screamed when she came was just out of this world, at least for me, not having fucked a women for many years. My sex life in the passed years was only daily masturbation. I got almost crazy, when I licked her marvelous pussy. Her clitoris was sticking out and I fingered her dripping vagina while I sucked on that clitoris. The way she kissed, licked and sucked my dick sent me off to the seventh heaven. I must say, this event beat my daily lonely wank jobs. For a fuck with Liza I'll give up wanking any time. But I happened to know this was the first and last sex encounter with Liza. My next hard-ons I will soften down with my own right hand as ever. A thought of Liza will probably make me come more quickly. Writing this I got an erection and I wank to Sativa Rose. Her pussy reminds me of Liza's vagina.
Just dicovered this video. This is one I really like. One cumshot after another over a very beautiful face. Can't stand porns showing endless fucking and sucking with a silly end of not visible ejaculations. I can only support "Lucky Wanker's" comments. He is certainly not alone with his addiction.
I discovered youporn almost exactely two years ago. Ever since I visit youporn every day, some days for more than two hours. As I have reported in many comments before: I am really a great pornlover and daily wanker. There is no greater pleasure for me than to masturbate to youporn videos, especially cumshot compilations, and of course to Sativa Rose. She made me cum many, many times. The feeling of an ejaculation is out of this world. And a second or even third ejaculation the same day feels even greater. I have done it already 65 times this year. I am proud of it. I'll continue with my daily wanking as long as I can get an erection and as long as my balls keep producing sperms. To fuck a girl is never as good as a wank. Well, some girl gave me a blow job recently, and that was better than a wank. But while she sucked me, I watched a youporn video. What am I gonna do now? Guess! Yes, it's time for a wank with my darling Sativa........... // 10 Minutes later: I had a fantastic orgasm. Thank you, youporn. See you tomorrow.
Haha only 3 times bro you don't have much stamina seriously I could go all day but I prefer it with women
Tim -- A 20 minute wank must be really enjoyable, but also very exhausting. I wonder, however, how long your second, or even a third wank in the same day would last. Allow me a question: How many times would you be able to jerk off in a day, if you were really horny and in the mood for it? Male masturbation fascinates me tremendously. I simply love to see an ejaculating cock here at youporn cumshot compilations, or even more in reality. By the way: The fully erected cocks I saw so far, have never been as long as the youporn ones. How long is yours?
@Gerald: - I bet you'll visite this video many more times and jerk off to it like me. Enjoy it like me.
@ Lucky Wanker: Certainly I will. Just ejaculated at 10:24.
Sativa is my top favourite pornstar. I admit that I jerk off with her quite often.
Tim -- I get sexually aroused, when men write about their wanking methods and cumshots. I'd love to be a man just for 24 hours, to find out, what a male orgasm feels like. Probably not better than the ones I get when I masturbate. And I feel like doing it now.
Today I'm celebrating my 70th wank in 2011. It's bound to be a good one with Sativa. As I watch her now how her beautiful face gets covered in cum and how she enjoys swallowing the sperms, I feel my cock growing slowly to a full size erection. I'd better start wanking now............ So I gave my best friend a gentle massage with my right hand, holding my balls with my left hand, and in less than 5 minutes I shot my load off, unfortunately not in Sativas mouth, but in a tissue. It felt great. 70 wanks down, the 71st is to come tomorrow or even today. I'm proud of myself having succeeded. As I said before, wanking is good for your health. I'm very healthy.
hay holly wuz up i kan fuck u if u want to ill do anything u want
Shirley --- Please, lick my cock clean now, because I've just shot off
Angelina -- It is hard to postpone, especially during fucking and for 2 hours. Therefore I don't always succeed. However, the orgasm is great, and cums shoots out of my cock. A girl's face would be fully covered with cum. And if she sucks my cock when I came to suck out the last drop, ah men, feels great. When writing this, my cock is already hard again and I'm about to wank and to shoot another load. My cumshots would perfectly fit in these cumpilations.
Sandy -- Funny enough, I have just ejaculated for the second time today. Double fun for you!
@Lucky Wanker -- Thanks to your comment @"Buckets of cum" I found this supervideo. Sativa is fantastic! I shot off only after 2 Minutes jerking. Wish I could have ejaculated into her lovely face and over her super tits. I shall visit Sativa regularly. Have you got other hot addresses for me?
Hi, Lucky Wanker Hast du die Liza mit dem Superarsch unterdessen schon gefickt? Wenn ja, besser als wixen, oder nicht. Ich jedenfalls wurde heute wiedermal wunderbar gevoegelt. Schoen, dass es Schwaenze gibt.
heather brooke also awesome...
I want this girl to lick my ass an i come in her mouth an she swallow
@Lucky Wanker you stories are absolutely hilarious, they don't turn me on, but crack me up :-) btw, if you were staring at me girlfriend ass, I would grant you open access (if my girlfriend would allow it).
It is strange: All my friends have only heard about YOUPORN". But none of them has apparently ever visited its website nor watched a pornvideo let alone masturbated to one. Liars they are! I am sure, they all watch YOUPORN and wank like I do it, however certainly not daily like me. Because it is impossible to watch YOUPORN without jerking off. Porns are made for masturbation. Also strange that the wife of a friend of mine introduced me to YOUPORN years ago saying that she was sure I would like such things, like she even as a woman did, when she once saw one. Ever since I am a daily costumer of YOUPORN and enjoy my wanks and cumshots tremendously.
Lucky- You got me hard. I will click over and jerk off. Thanks.
@bryan If you like it very gently and quietly try "Mayas Massive Cumshots". Keeps me jerking. after the great wild fuck with Liza.
Wow Tiffany wat you said is so hot. I would love to keep doing this to you baby lol. I download this vid almost everyday and jerk off to it.
please sativa i want to ur pussy for a day long. please fuck my cock hard
Nice to hear from you. I had it off with "cum pizdrul" today. Marvellous video. Unfortunately my second orgasm failed today, because I had one glass of wine too much, My cock is stiff now, but no hope for an ejaculation, unless a woman would watch my situation and would keep saying: Come on darling, get on with it, you may shoot your load into my face if you manage to cum. So I have my next wank tomorrw, but certainly not in pill form. Looking forward to more hopefully very dirty messages from you. Yours Lucky Wanker and his hard-on.
@wannabecuck If your girlfriend would allow it, I would gladly ejaculate in her face and mouth.
Amanda and Lisa -- You two gave me an erection. I got rid of it, not under a cold shower, but by jerking it off
i would literally pay 10k to be able to shoot with her
LUCKY WANKER; i'm going to invent a generator that is powered by the force of a cumshot. i notice that you would be a single contributer that would produce enough energy to power at least, your whole house. between yours, mine and all the other wankers, we'll have a cleaner environment without the use of fossil fuels....cum-power ; leaders in a cleaner future
I'd rather have you guys come in her pussy, so I can stick my cock into a nice sperm cocktail afterwards...
yeah heather you should fuck Lucky Wanker. He's really good and his dick is enormous
Los, meine Herren, wixt euch wund, spritzt alles, was ihr noch an Sperma angespart habt uns Weibern ins Gesicht, das lieben wir doch so sehr.
Now that I bought a laptop I can wank to YOUPORN also outdoor on my terrasse. Not to worry, I can't be seen by anyone.
The best way to spend a boring Sunday afternoon like today is to watch YOUPORN and have a good wank to it from time to time, should my friend the cock ask for one. I hope he will. I'm sitting in front of the screen just dressed in a T-Shirt watching blowjobs. I feel now that he's getting slowly erected, making himself ready for his beloved ejaculation treatment. Seeing that he had one only 8 hours ago, he'll probably deliver just a small load, even a smaller one than he had spat out before. However, he'll give me once more that magnificent feeling of an orgasm. It's gonna be the my 176th this year. Thank you YOUPORN for your great sexual entertainment. That's what my cock and I need and adore.
That was sexy, sitting on my terrasse, beautiful sunshine, watching YOUPORN on my new Laptop, having a nice drink, getting slowly an erection, stroking it gently, then faster and faster and then eventually ejaculate. Thank you YOUPORN .
She´s so beautiful... I would like to fuck her or enjoy this good sucking.....
16:07, great double
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Fuck I wonder how much cum this girl has drained out of me! Lol she is so fuckin sexy especially with a face full of cum and then a dick in her hands and mouth....I love this 36 minute Video! Gets me off two to four times the whole clip!
blondie --- Would you like to share your bf's cumshot with me?? I love threesomes.
At 20:00 some cumshots spoiled her perfect eye-makeup. By the way, has anyone counted the various cocks and the number of cumshots??
@me Welcome to the Wanker's Club. Our pleasure is free of charge. Keep on masturbating it's great fun.
@leyley -- I'd gladly do so ! Instead of your face I have just jerked off into tissues.
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Seeing, that nobody posts a comment to this fantastic video, I tell you all, that my cock ejaculated a remarkable load a few minutes ago. My second wank today. What a daily pleasure to masturbate to fantastic YOUOPORN
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I was invited to a party yesterday. I got friendly and friendlier with a 35 years old brunette. I was attracted by her thick lips and her seducing smile. When she walked around I admired her sensationell ass. I tried out my old flirt tricks, and they worked! We finished up in bed for a one night stand. After more than a year not having had a women, it felt great to have my prick inside a juicy cunt. I had almost forgotten about that wonderful feeling. The two orgasms she gave me with her pussy felt stronger than when I wank myself off. She whispered all sorts of things in my ears I couldn't understand, and screamed out terribly loud when she came the first and the second time. She told me to call her Pauline and she loves cunnilingus. She is probably married. The whole session, especially when she sucked my cock, would have been more fun without these fucking condoms. This is the true story of my orgasms Nr. 72 and 73 in 2011.
I was trying to count the cumshots, but half way through I got a hard-on. So I had to jerk off urgenty and forgot how many there were. So I gave up counting. Has anyone else counted? Maybe Sativa? I doubt it.
My girlfriend looks a bit like Sativa Rose. Unfortunately she is not at all as perverted as Sativa. She refuses to suck my cock. Therefore I masturbate to this video, whenever my gf is not around. She also dislikes porns.
Chris - - It must be very hard to postbone your cumshot so long. The more you obviously feel a fantastic orgasm. Can you do this also when you fuck a girl? She must be very happy when you don't cum so quickly, so she can fully enjoy your fuck and she will probably have more than one superorgasm. Shooting off like Peter North is really remarkable. Congratulations! For me he is youporn's best cumshooter. I just adore his ejaculations. I wonder sometimes how he produces all these sperms. Have you ever presented such a massive cumshot to your girlfriends? I bet they were very impressed. Wow! @Tim and Lucky Wanker --- I like your wank reports. Get on with it. Keep stiff! Reading and writing about sex puts me in a masturbation mood even more than watching it. While writing this I gave myself already a good handjob. I wished that more men would write here about their youporn-wanking. I am really curious how often they do it and how long it takes them to shoot a load of cum off. Porns are made for masturbation and nothing else. So let's do it boys and girls. It's fun and healthy.
Wanking belongs to my life like eating and drinking. I do it daily, unless I have the chance to screw a girl which, however, happens hardly ever. After a good wank I feel relaxed and free of stress. Watching the superb cock sucker Sativa Rose now, gave me a good hard-on. I shot off very quickly, at 3:40 already. I'm looking forward to my next orgasm, probably very soon with Sativa Rose. Wanking is good for your health. Do it, boys!
nice girl
Angelina also i seen where you asked someone how many times can they cum in a day....i just recently ejaculated 10 times about a week ago you helped with more than a few and with the one right now keep the comments coming ;)
she can take a shower with all she swallowed
I had a beautiful wank year 2013. I managed to jerk off 385 times. Thank you Youporn for your fantastic videos. My budget for 2014 is 400 handjobs. I just had my number 70.
Truth or phantasy? If it's true what you write you're an incredible sexmaniac. Otherwise you're a good writer. However, I like reading such sexy stories. It turns me on somehow.
@Jeff --I couldn't agree with you more! I just had it off with Sativa again a few minutes ago. She makes me stiff, whenever watch this video.
I counted 74...
JEFF; don't forget the girls, they like to diddle one off too, can't leave them out... aaaaaaand i've got mine in hand and we're off.......... 8(=======================)> - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-}
A good wank to YOUPORN is better than a fuck. I can do it when I feel like it and not a moody girl. I felt like it now and ejaculated a huge load of cum. I wish I could have shot off into Sativas face.
I'm looking back to a very successful wank year 2014. Youporn seduced me to exactely 400 handmade orgasms. There must be hundreds of other YOUPORN wankers who had it as often as I or more often than I. Unfortunately none of them reports here. I would congratulate them. Now I'm gonna jerk off the first time in 2015. Happy new wank year everybody.
this is the 100th time i cum over this video
A good wank makes Xmas-time even more enjoyable.
@Lucky Wanker -- By coincidence I discovered this hot video. In your comments you write openly about your daily masturbation. I am also such a mad addicted wanker. However I can't wank every day and I did not count my wanks over a periode of time so far. OK, I'll start counting today. Number one I had here with Superstar Sativa Rose already. Number two I'll have after I've written this comment. Where else can I read comments of yours and which are your favorit videos? Masturbation is the only healthy addiction. Have a good wank!
Love the cum-swapping! Lucky Wanker- I read your comments and my cock gets hard as a board. It is nice jerking off with you. Give Angel Dark a shot (no pun intended). She's my favorite. Lots of threesomes, great tits, amazing bod, and her face gets more than it's fair share of cum shots. She is a master of big dicks. She has inspired many orgasms from my 7 incher.
Angelina - you are very right about that. and I do like to play with a woman's clitoris & make her cum, but sadly my gf isn't into that...hence the wanking. I like to lube up and grip it with my thumb & forefinger, kinda feels like lips that way (no substitute for the real thing of course). wanking right now watching Sativa.
I shot off like a volcano
@leondrin Yes. she is also my favourite porn girl. I get a hard on just thinking of her.
Why do people write stories about their lives on a pornsite?.. Anyways this was a hot video
Tim --- Wow, what a performance!! Congrats. Your sperm production is obviously unlimited. Your 16.5 cm cock would fit into my cunt and mouth perfectly. Good size. Do you have sex with a girl occasionally apart from your passionate wanking? My three latest orgasms were not selfmade. A busy male tongue did them.
Lucky- check out "This is the hottest gang bang." I had a nice adventure recently. Thank you for sharing your story (kept me jerking).
Dear Ken I love you too. Wank into my face, please.
I spent about 6 hours with YOUPORN today. And here, with Sativa Rose I had my third and last wank for today. This video is still one of the best, although I watched many others since I dicovered it a few years ago. I' am very faithful to Sative Rose. My cock must have ejaculated a hundred times watching her sucking cocks and enjoying the cumshots all over her lovely face.
I'd like to kiss the cum off Sativa's face.
Writing this I see that this video had 3,352,830 viewers so far. If only every second viewer wanked himself off to it, that means this video caused over 1,5 million orgasms. I had many. Since this video first appeared in 2009 I jerked off every single time when I went for a visite. Thank you Sativa Rose, goddess of addict wankers.
I always find my way back to Sativa. No other pornstar excites me sexually more. With her I shoot off in less than three minutes and enjoy a really great orgasm like before I wrote this comment.
lucky wanker-thanx and yes ive read ur comments i can tell ur a big wanker i wank at least once day i love watcing sexy ladys such as sativa swallowing loads of cum and getting it sprayed all over there faces i allso wank my cock alot over creampie compilations
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Lucky- yeah, I LOVE that one. Beautiful chicks, big cocks shooting LOTS of cum with the added benefit of the most amazing breasts. Love jerking off to that one. Just for grins, check out "she-male cumshots."
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Angelina---- My next handmade ejaculation will be dedicated to you. Can't wait................ I did it! Wow, good shot.
I tried to masturbate without YOUPORN for some time today. No way! I couldn't even get a proper hardon. So I started my PC, went on Youporn, found a very hot video, and after a few minutes I shot my today's load into a tissue.
Angelina -- You are an absolute sexpert. I'll dedicate my next wank to you. My cock is rockhard and ready for it. ........ 10 minutes later, I shot off a remarkable load of cum. It felt great as always.
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My woman makes eat mango all day before she swallows all my cum all night.......
no doubt she's the cum eater queen of porn
Dear lucky wanker I wank off to your posts. The thought of you wanking everyday makes me wank my cock....
We Northern Europeans have suffered under a heat wave for already a week now. It is impossible for me to jerk off. Can't get a hard on. A day without a wank is a lost day. Not to worry, I'll catch up as soon as it get's colder. Youporn girls will be as hot as ever.
My daily necessities are eating, drinking and wanking, whereby I've started today with wanking.
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Loney's illness causes lineup shuffle
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
Mattingly had Juan Rivera start at first, Elian Herrera in left and Ivan De Jesus serving as designated hitter.
"James was really sick when he woke up," said Mattingly. "He'll be here around game time, but I won't be bringing him in to pitch in the seventh inning."
Loney's desire to pitch notwithstanding, Mattingly said he also thought about using regular catcher A.J. Ellis as designated hitter. Ellis had the day game after a night game off.
"If Ivan is going to be a pinch-hitter guy, he's got to stay sharp," said Mattingly. "But this happens to a National League team [in Interleague Play]. What we're doing today with the DH is because we're not equipped to have a DH. We're just not. Bobby Abreu can be a DH type, but he's played two games in a row and we've got to keep him fresh. It's all part of balancing the roster right now."
Dodgers seek lineup protection for Ethier
OAKLAND -- While the Dodgers continue to look for a starting pitcher, two losses to the A's have been a reminder that they need a run producer too. Someone like Houston's Carlos Lee, perhaps?
Although the Dodgers have precious little to offer in return, Lee is the latest name to surface on the Dodgers radar and that's the kind of bat the Dodgers need, especially with Matt Kemp out of the lineup for another three weeks and Andre Ethier being pitched around.
Manager Don Mattingly said Ethier, who went 0-for-4 in Wednesday night's loss, is dealing with the situation.
"He's really the only true, true threat," said Mattingly. "They're going to stay away from him. All there is to it. As long as he's battling, I have no issues with him.
"I thought right after his first at-bat last night, he crushed the ball to left and it didn't go anywhere. I felt he kind of changed a little bit. But overall, I think he's hung in there. I'm always happy with 'Dre as long as he doesn't give away at-bats."
Although Ethier leads the league in RBIs, he has only one home run in the past month.
Lilly, Hawksworth making progress
OAKLAND -- Pitchers Ted Lilly and Blake Hawksworth, both on the Dodgers' disabled list, are taking forward steps in their recoveries.
Lilly, out since May 24 with left shoulder inflammation, will resume playing catch when he rejoins the club on Friday in Anaheim.
Hawksworth, sidelined since a pair of elbow operations before the season started, will begin a Minor League rehab assignment at Class A Rancho Cucamonga on Friday night.
Ken Gurnick 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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Images are powerful things. What shakes one person to the core is just as often stunning and inspiring to another. Beauty truly is 'in the eye of the beholder'.
Which is why I was so interested when I stumbled upon this article recently. A Bulgarian magazine has stirred up some serious controversy by publishing a shocking set of photographs by Vasil Germanov.
Titled "Victims of Beauty", the images depict gorgeous women – but with a twist. They are all mutilated, in some form or another. Bruised, sliced, burned, etc.. The pictures are quite beautiful, actually, and while I'm not sure what the underlying message is because I can't pretend to read the artist's mind – they certainly stay with you. The juxtaposition of these perfectly gorgeous high-fashion faces and the brutality 'inflicted' upon them is jarring. Continue reading


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The killing Friday of four French troops by one of their Afghan trainees upended Sarkozy's counterterrorism strategy, leading him to immediately suspend France's training program and joint military patrols and raise the prospect of an accelerated pullout from Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is not at the center of France's presidential race, which culminates in a two-round vote in April and May. But for Sarkozy, the war looms as uncomfortable background noise amid wider French public concerns about swelling state debts and joblessness at its highest in over a decade.
On Afghanistan, he's been on the defensive: Francois Hollande, the Socialist nominee for the presidential election, wants a pullout soon — a position supported by most French, according to polls.
Sarkozy has not formally announced whether he will run, but nearly all political observers expect he will. Polls show him trailing Hollande, and he has widely been seen as battling on all fronts to boost his lagging popularity.
A brash and impulsive leader, Sarkozy has had several successes in the international arena — notably with French interventions in countries like Libya and Ivory Coast. But he has struggled to parlay them into political capital at a time when pocketbook issues are on the minds of most French.
Sarkozy, who took office in 2007, inherited France's participation in Afghanistan long after it began with the international coalition a decade ago, but repeatedly invoked it as important to helping keep France safe.
Time after time, as French soldiers fell in combat on Afghan land — including 26 last year alone — Sarkozy insisted France wouldn't walk away from the fight. He pegged the eventual French withdrawal from Afghanistan to President Barack Obama's planned pullout timetable for U.S. troops of 2014.
After Friday's shootings, France may now break ranks on that.
Speaking to French diplomats Friday, Sarkozy said that if security conditions for the country's troops in Afghanistan cannot be restored, "then the question of an early withdrawal of the French army would arise."
He said French troops were in Afghanistan to help Afghans fight terrorism and the Taliban, and "The French army is not in Afghanistan so that Afghan soldiers can shoot at them."
Parsing Sarkozy's comments, strategic affairs analyst Francois Heisbourg said: "I think it's pretty clear that this is a prelude to anticipated withdrawal, without waiting for 2014."
The killings — one of the deadliest single days for French troops in Afghanistan — was the second time in a month that they'd been killed by Afghan soldiers. It revived concerns of an increased Taliban infiltration of the Afghan police and army.
The killings led Sarkozy to quickly rethink his Afghan policy.
"My hunch is that he was reeling from the blow," said Heisbourg, who heads the Foundation for Strategic Research think tank in Paris. "It's not only four soldiers killed, a large number of guys were wounded. The whole 'business model' is being upset — if we were talking in business terms."
Sarkozy, who prides himself as a man of action, immediately ordered his defense minister and military chief of staff to Afghanistan to investigate the killings and wounding of 15 other French troops — eight of them seriously.
France's foreign minister sought to give his boss some political cover.
"In the face of such moving tragedies like the one we are experiencing today ... considerations about how it counts or not in the electoral campaign don't cross our minds," Alain Juppe told reporters.
The U.S. has praised France's role in Afghanistan — Paris provides the fourth-largest contingent to the campaign. Many pundits said Obama, who is wildly popular in France, did Sarkozy a favor by appearing in a joint French TV interview after the G-20 summit in November and praising France's military roles in Libya, within the NATO structure, and Afghanistan.
Sarkozy, an unapologetic, longtime admirer of the U.S., said then: "when the Americans had troubles in Afghanistan, we needed to be at their sides — because if not, we're not friends, we're not allies."
In Washington, White House spokesman Jay Carney called France "an excellent and valued member" in the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, but declined to address possible French decisions about their future role there.
Hollande, the Socialist nominee, wasted little time taking to French airwaves to reiterate his line on Afghanistan: That France has done its job, and needs to bring its troops home by year-end.
"It's time — more than time — to start our withdrawal that will be seen not as abandoning a mission launched in 2001, but an end to an intervention that has today reached its goal and has no reason to be extended," Hollande said. He pledged to coordinate a French pullout with NATO allies and Afghan authorities.
Earlier in the Afghan campaign, as the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush focused on using hard power to crush the Taliban and their al-Qaida allies, France took a different tack. It advocated a NATO focus on training for Afghan soldiers and police, and building up civil society.
Under Sarkozy, France reached its peak deployment in Afghanistan in 2010 — about 4,000 troops. France has lost 82 soldiers in the country since 2001, more than one-third of them last year alone.
The main French role in the NATO mission has been to help ensure security in an area northeast of Kabul, the capital. About 3,600 French troops now take part in the NATO-led operations, down about 10 percent from late last year in sync with a gradual U.S. drawdown.