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Self-acclaimed dancehall king, Shatta Wale, has sparked another controversy by proving to Sarkodie and Kwaw Kese that he is not a poor musician.
Shatta Wale has always claimed the he is the richest artistes in Ghana, a statement many musicians have disputed.
Over the weekend, the award-winning artiste in an interview slammed Sarkodie and Kwaw Kese. He described the duo as poor musicians.
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The 'Ayoo' hitmaker's statement drew responds from Sarkodie's manager and Angel Town and Kwaw Kese.
Sarkodie's manager advised Shatta Wale to rather unite his colleagues if he really wants to promote his upcoming album, rather than insult them.
For Kwaw Kese he went hard on Shatta Wale, first he labelled the latter as a 'tramadol user.'
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He again asked Shatta Wale to prove his real wealth and also advised him to fix his 'wele mouth' if he has money.
However, the controversial singer in reply to Kwaw Kese in a self-made video flaunted his fleet of cars and mansion to show that he has got lots of cash.
The video by Shatta Wale is to tell Kwaw Kese that he has properties.
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Meanwhile, Shatta Wale has opened up about his investment with the embattled gold firm Menzgold.
Shatta Wale, who is signed onto Zylofon Media, the entertainment company owned by Menzgold Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nana Appiah Mensah said he has sizable investment with Menzgold.
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Praise Notes:
- Matthew passed his course work and will be going into the 4th grade
- The new truck for the clinic, financed by TSA-Central, is finally at the Toyota dealer and will soon be ready to be released
- Major Sandy spent 19 days with us and we were able to make great progress in computerizing the clinic books
Prayer Requests:
- For God's power and justice to be manifested in a current legal situation at the clinic
- the cholera situation in Haiti where there is a rise in the number of cases. We are to begin managing a Cholera Treatment Center in FDN (40 beds) by the end of October with no identified funding
- the school situation in Haiti. The opening of school has been delayed to Oct 4th.
- our homeland furlough plans for Nov/Dec (Felix to Nigeria and me to Switzerland)
I don't know who is still reading these blogs, but would like to ask for your prayer support. Blessings!


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The Communities and Local Government Committee has launched an inquiry into the capacity of the housebuilding industry to meet demand for new homes.
The Committee is expected to invite the chief executives of major developers to give evidence.
Other areas to be covered by the inquiry include the role of small and medium-sized developers, the skills, size and sustainability of the workforce, the planning process and development finance.
The Committee also considers innovative ways of overcoming constraints on the industry, such as self-builds, off-site construction and direct commissioning by central Government.
The Committee is likely to invite ministers and representatives of industry bodies, the Homes and Communities Agency, local authorities and housing associations to give evidence in public. Skills and training experts, members of the off-site construction and self-build sectors and debt and equity financiers are also expected to be called.
The Committee invites submissions of evidence on the following issues:
- whether the numbers of builders and types of firms in the homebuilding industry is sufficient to meet housing demand
- the structure of the homebuilding industry, in particular the role of small and medium-sized developers
- housebuilders' business models and how risk and uncertainty affect incentives to expand
- the sustainability, size and skills of the building industry workforce
- why fewer homes are being started and completed than the number of planning permissions being granted
- the extent to which current planning approaches cause delays to the building of new homes
- innovative approaches to increasing the housing supply, for example self-build, off-site construction and direct commissioning by central government and local housing companies
- the role of development finance and how it can promote or constrain housing investment
The deadline for written submissions is 12 September 2016.
Clive Betts MP, Chair of the Committee, comments:
"The capacity of the homebuilding industry is a key factor in housing supply, which is simply not keeping up with demand and has left us in the midst of a crisis.
The Committee will cast a critical eye over the major homebuilders, examine the decline of small and medium-sized developers and look closely at the skills shortages, planning delays and finance issues hampering the industry.
Our wide-ranging inquiry will also explore alternative models, such as self-builds and off-site construction, to see if such innovative approaches to homebuilding can help address the country's housing needs."


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Someone You Should Know: Madison Native Competing In The Titan Games
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – You may remember this Madison gymnastics star. All eyes were on Jenessa Goeman at gymnastics competitions growing up. Now, the USF grad is taking on an even bigger stage.
Whether it's at the gym or in life, Goeman isn't afraid to push herself. That's what inspired the South Dakota native to move to Florida in 2012. She started a new job and a new relationship.
"Next thing you know, we broke up and then I turned that pain into my passion," said Goeman. "I wanted to become the best version of myself and sitting on the couch feeling sorry for myself wasn't going to get me there."
Jenessa once again turned to her lifelong love of athletics and competition. This time, instead of gymnastics, she gave bodybuilding a try.
Earlier this year, Goeman was watching The Tonight Show when she heard about the Titan Games, an exciting new physical competition starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
"This is my calling," said Goeman. "I was like, this is everything. This has my name on it."
Goeman and 100,000 other people sent in audition videos. Then, she got the phone call.
"Pretty amazing, I remember jumping up and down at work with my coworkers," said Goeman.
Goeman says the competition is an amazing experience, but the friendships she's formed with the other competitors are the real prize. Through the ups and downs, Goeman knows her hometown is cheering her on.
"That's what it takes to become a Titan," said Goeman. "It's mind-blowing."
The grand prize is $100,000. The Titan Games premiere Thursday right here on KDLT.


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MLB 2017 Game #4: Tigers vs. White Sox (Game 1)As the 2016 season was coming to an end, the Chicago Cubs secured a playoff berth with the best the record in baseball. I managed to catch a Cubs game against the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field, and I wasn't certain that I would be attending any postseason games. When the calendar flipped to October, the weather remained beautiful and I wasn't quite ready to say goodbye to the season. The Chicago White Sox were playing their final game of the season at home against the Minnesota Twins. Rumors swirled that Chris Sale was on the trading block and that game could be his final game in a White Sox uniform. Not only was it Sale's final game before being traded to the Boston Red Sox, it was Robin Ventura's final game as manager. That was also the final game with the ballpark branded as U.S. Cellular Field.
Today, I make my first trip to the south side in 2017. Thanks to free ticket vouchers from a friend, I'll see the White Sox (21-25, .457) and Detroit Tigers (22-25, .468) play two. Both teams trail the American League Central leaders, the Minnesota Twins. The Tigers are 4.5 games off the pace and the White Sox sit five games back.
The Tigers will send Michael Fulmer (5-2, 2.55 ERA) to the mound for the opener. The White Sox will counter with Tyler Danish (0-0, 0.00 ERA). Danish will make his first career start.
Fun Fact: My last doubleheader was a non-traditional experience. On October 3, 2012, Susan and I caught the Cubs' season finale at Wrigley Field against the Houston Astros. Immediately, following that game, we jumped in the car and drove to Miller Park to catch the Milwaukee Brewers' season finale against the San Diego Padres.


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Every white liberal's wet dream is to be able to successfully play the devil's advocate to slavery. As a student of a very white liberal college and a graduate of a very white liberal performing arts school, I'm very used to the "Well the Irish were slaves," "White people were enslaved too," "Not every white person was for slavery," and, my favorite, "Technically we're all slaves today" bullshit. These are usually met with multiple black kid eye rolls and exasperated explanations of how modern day slavery to brands and technology is nothing compared to chattel fucking slavery.
Never did I think that a white liberal, let alone two, would make their slavery-remake fantasy real.
When news broke about Confederate, a show that asks the question "What would life be like if the south won the Civil War," my immediate reaction was confusion and then disgust. Confusion because, as a young black woman, fantasizing about modern day slavery never entered my mind because why the ever fuck would I want that? Not to sound too redundant, but I'm black and noticeably so. And then disgust because ew what the fuck? Why would a show like this need to be made. Whose market is this?
And then it hit me - white people. White people are the market. Woke White Boys™ would love this show because it panders to white guilt. You know the "if slavery were today, I'd never participate" schtick.
However, the creation of this show does the usual white liberal bullshit by completely ignoring the feelings of black viewers and the black market. And no, the token black couple they have on as producers does not count.
Because slavery is something that exists in my ancestral bones, I don't need another white liberal wet dream retelling the story of slavery or creating the story of "What if black people didn't have what little rights they have today." The reason why white liberal writers love to venture into the dark side of history is because they've always been the people to benefit from it. Their ancestors were the slave catchers and masters, the rapers and pillagers, the white housewives, the imperialists. It's a warped sense of white guilt that allows them the audacity and the courage to create shows like this. That allows them to have the whitest justification for shows like this that mirror the one made by David Benioff in a Vulture interview.
I remember reading a history of the Civil War, I think it might have been the Shelby Foote one. And there's a famous story, which I'm going to mash up, because my memory's not what it used to be — but there's a famous story of when Robert E. Lee was invading the North. Not the Gettysburg invasion, but an earlier one. And the set of orders got misplaced and were found by a Northern soldier. And it ended up ruining Lee's invasion. A lot of people think if the orders hadn't been lost, things might have been different: The Confederates might've sacked Washington, D.C., it's possible the South could've won the war. So that notion of, what would the world have looked like if Lee had sacked D.C., if the South had won — that just always fascinated me.
This warped sense of white guilt and white liberalism allows these writers to take histories that they've only experienced second-handedly and create "social commentaries." Well listen here D&D, I know you haven't fucked up yet (even though technically this idea is the first fuck up) and I know you haven't even started writing yet, but I need you and all your other cohorts and token blacks on your team to know my social reality is not your social commentary.
And I'm ending this by agreeing with a bell hooks quote.
I can live a very, very happy life if I never see another trauma porn filled, overdone story of slavery for the sake of "guys look how bad the past was" again. There's other shitty parts of history. Stop profiting off of mines.


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I... have plans. You are walking along thinking you're going towards a quest, when poof, the ground beneath you crumbles and you fall 30 blocks to your near death... fortunately, the last adventurer had lined the flooring with haybales, so now you're just stuck. You can either climb your way out or search around, only to find what looks like the tip of a pyramid buried into the ground.
What treasures await those willing to forge ahead and dig their way to open air? What dangers lurk behind corners and in shallow graves?


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ANOTHER PARTY FOR ZIM | Some Zimbabweans have launched a communist party which they claim is aimed at bringing local people together in order to rebuild a nation devastated by years of economic stagnation.
The Zimbabwe Communist Party (ZCP), led by Ngqabutho Mabhena based in South Africa, says it won't contest the 2018 general elections.The official launch of the party comes a few days after two opposition parties were unveiled to the public while seven others formed
a broad movement – MDC Alliance – meant to unseat President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party in the next elections.
Mabhena, who lives in South Africa, said they want to create dialogue with Zimbabweans in order to revive the nation facing serious social, economic and political problems.
"Our immediate concern is not to remove Mr. Mugabe from power like what other opposition parties want but to create a situation where people may engage each other for the benefit of the nation. This is one way of rebuilding the nation. We don't even want to contest this year's elections."
He said Zimbabweans want to rebuild their nation, which has been devastated by economic stagnation for a long time.
Two opposition parties were launched recently and others formed an Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, designed to unseat President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF in the 2018 general elections.


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Some of my favorite moments with Linus are selfish. They are those moments where I am teaching him. No, not modeling (well, actually kind of), guiding, or parenting but really teaching, like I used to in a classroom. These moments are most often spontaneous (as the best teaching tends to be), but occasionally the planned moments are successful too.
Yesterday's "lesson": A letter to Santa. As a first grade teacher, one of the first ways you work on writing with students is by doing modeled or shared writing. The kids and teacher together come up with the content and the teacher does some or most of the scribing. Depending on the abilities/level, students can help with letters, whole words, punctuation, and even sentences. I decided to try to do some shared writing with Linus. That meant, of course, that I would do all of the scribing but Linus could contribute pictures and be guided as to the content.
Before getting out any paper, Linus and I had another discussion about his Christmas wishes. We remembered books we had read in which children wrote letters to Santa Claus. In technical terms, we were reviewing content and setting up the lesson. I asked him if he wanted to write a letter to Santa, and he got very excited.
"To write a letter to Santa," I prompted, "what do we need to get? What will we write with?"
"Markers," he squealed.
"That's right, Linus. We need markers. What will we use the markers to write on?"
"Paper!" he shouted.
We located our markers and set-up at his easel.
With a blank sheet ready, I asked Linus one toy he wanted Santa to bring him. He blurted out "James" (an engine from the Thomas collection) and I encouraged him to draw a picture of James. When he finished his picture, I asked him if he wanted me to write "James" next to the picture. His "uh-huh" confirmed his approval and I began writing slowly.
"Ja-ja-ja. J for James. Aaaayyyy. What letter do you hear next?"
"A, Mommy."
"That's right, A," and I wrote the letter a.
"Mmmm. I hear M next," and I wrote the letter m.
I added in the e mentioning that it was there too. (No need to go into vowel patterns.) And we added the letter s in much the same way.
Then, with prompting, he added his next wish item and requested Mommy to write it. We did all three items I was aware of him wanting (James, Thomas, and more tracks) when he started drawing at the bottom of the page.
When he told me to "Write it," I had to ask for clarification.
"What do you want me to write there?"
He paused for a bit, thought very hard, and then shouted, "Breakfast at NOSH!"
I guess a restaurant with a ready selection of toys and peanut butter- banana stuffed french toast would be a favorite for a two year old who always has his mind on his next meal.
Once "breakfast at NOSH" was labeled, I quickly added the "Dear Santa" explaining what it said and saying each letter as I wrote. Surprisingly Linus repeated each letter after me.
As I was adding the salutation, I asked him to tell me who the letter was from. He exuberantly screamed "Linus" and watched as I wrote out his name saying each letter. He then picked up his own marker and attempted to write the letter L. It came out as a big line which pleased me.
You see, learning to write (or learning anything especially at a young age) is less about the motor skills (those will come) and more about the process. If a child desires to write and understands that writing is a way to communicate, they will be very motivated to master the motor skills, spelling, and letter recognition without having to do practice sheets, flashcards, or other repetitive activities. (Kind of like how they learn to talk.)
This moment with Linus was really special for me as it allowed me to shine my best light while igniting the glow in him as well.
Here's his masterpiece.
Please remember that all children develop differently. This was the FIRST time Linus has ever shown interest in writing and it hasn't popped up again. The best teaching is not about forcing a new skill but instead about grabbing those teachable moments and using them fully. I am pretty certain that a year from now, when we "write" a letter to Santa again, it will be a nearly identical process. This was just about opening him up to the idea of writing with no expectations.


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Mapping tweets: How to create your own web appMay 28, 2016
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Web mapping with Leaflet and RAug 11, 2015
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This R package provides a set of geostatistical techniques for variogram estimation and cross-validation as well as methods for the design of optimal spatial sampling networks.
The diffeR package implements a set of metrics of difference for comparing pairs of maps representing real or categorical variables at original and multiple resolutions.
This R package allows the construction of the Receiver (aka Relative) Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve and the Total Operating Characteristic (TOC) curve for spatial and non-spatial data.


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01-10 Saison • 10-09 Coffee Porter • 14-04 Tripel Hallertau Blanc
01-10 Saison (5.5%)
This pours pale yellow with a white head … and you can smell the impending sourness. On the palate, however, there's relatively gentle lemon sourness. Sherbet lemon lingers on the finish. Really refreshing and a good way to start a session. (20-02-2016)
10-09 Coffee Porter (6% ABV)
Oh, everything done with so much subtlety and so well. The aroma is of coffee and very light caramel. There's a malty, slightly fruity base, with the coffee bitterness assertive, but just the right touch. The coffee notes build to a bitter finish. In a half-pint measure, it's almost reminiscent of a large liquer coffee. (2017)
14-04 Tripel Hallertau Blanc (8.5% ABV, bottle)
Light golden with a thick, tight white head and rushing carbonation. The aroma is of tart lemon, herbs and spice. On the palate, very much the love child of a Belgian tripel and a German wheat beer, with spicy notes, hints of banana and some warming alcohol. The body's not too robust, but this is a lovely beer. Fragrant and light on the tongue, almost perfumed. An interesting experience — in a good way! (30-08-2017)


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Weather in Pljevlja in April
The weather in Pljevlja in April is cold, when degrees are between 3 and 15 and there are 13 days of rain and 2 days of snow in average. Therefore, if you are planning a trip to Pljevlja in April, warm clothes and gloves are highly recommended.
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Winter Instrument Petting Zoo
Give your child a hands-on experience with many of the instruments available to study at the VSO School of Music! Families with children from toddlers to age 6 are invited to our Winter Term Instrument Petting Zoo. Children will have the opportunity to hear, touch and try a variety of real musical instruments, meet instructors and try their hand at musical crafts and games.
Pyatt Hall will be open to existing Early Years Department families (children already enrolled in Colourstrings, Sounds of the Symphony or Instrumental Lessons) from 2-3pm and then open to new families and the general public from 3-4pm. This is a FREE event.
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President Trump has tweeted that there are "many people wanting" to replace Gary Cohn, and a decision will come shortly.
The bottom line: The White House has not done succession planning for Cohn. One problem is Trump likes CEOs and business celebrities and it's going to be very hard — probably impossible — to get somebody of Cohn's stature to replace him.


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Buy or sell .... Barry Bonds is the greatest baseball player to ever grace God's green earth?
If you sell, please state why. Come up with something more creative than "he used steroids". That won't get you best answer.
14-time NL All-Star (1990, 1992-1998, 2000-2004 & 2007)
7-time NL MVP (1990, 1992-1993, 2001-2004)
8-time NL Gold Glove Winner (1990-1994 & 1996-1998)
12-time NL Silver Slugger Award Winner (1990-1994, 1996-1997 & 2000-2004)
2-time NL Batting Average Leader (2002 & 2004)
10-time NL On-Base Percentage Leader (1991-1993, 1995, 2001-2004, 2006 & 2007)
7-time NL Slugging Percentage Leader (1990, 1992-1993 & 2001-2004)
9-time NL OPS Leader (1990-1993, 1995 & 2001-2004)
NL Runs Scored Leader (1992)
NL Total Bases Leader (1993)
2-time NL Home Runs Leader (1993 & 2001)
NL RBI Leader (1993)
12-time NL Bases on Balls Leader (1992, 1994-1997, 2000-2004, 2006 & 2007)
20-Home Run Seasons: 19 (1987-1988, 1990-2004, 2006 & 2007)
30-Home Run Seasons: 14 (1990 & 1992-2004)
40-Home Run Seasons: 8 (1993, 1996-1997 & 2000-2004)
50-Home Run Seasons: 1 (2001)
60-Home Run Seasons: 1 (2001)
70-Home Run Seasons: 1 (2001)
100 RBI Seasons: 12 (1990-1993, 1995-1998, 2000-2002 & 2004)
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- M. DiegoLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Sell, and I give you my arguments
1) Babe Ruth took the game out of the dead ball era, Barry Bonds took it into the steroid era.
2) Just for you to have an idea of the above, when Babe Ruth came to the league the season HR record was 27 HR. Ruth broke it with 29 in 1919 and he would break it three more times with 54 in 1920, 59 in 1921 and 60 in 1927.
3) When Babe Ruth hit 60 HR in 1927, it represented almost 14% of the American league. When Barry Bonds hit 73 HR, it represented only 2.5% of the National league. (OK there were less than half as many teams as in 2001, but the point is that Ruth with 60 HR hit more HR than each AL team combined in 1927 and in 2001 the team with less HR was the Expos with 131)
4) Polo Grounds was a much bigger field than any modern stadium. 483-ft on the center field is huge.
5) Ruth averaged 11.76 AB per HR, Bonds averaged 12.92.
6) Your facts about slugging, OBP, OBPS, BA and RBI are useless because Ruth was better overall in all those categories. Bonds only had more BB and HR because he had more plate appearances.
7) Barry Bonds had more strikeouts than Ruth.
8) All Star games, Gold Gloves, Silver Sluggers? They didn't exist in Ruth era. There were no Cy Young awards neither and most of the time MVP awards went to pitchers.
9) Barry Bonds had overall terrible postseason numbers and never won a World Series. Babe Ruth was as good in the postseason as he was in the regular season and won 7 championships.
10) If the above wasn't good enough, this is where Ruth has the edge. As a pitcher Ruth had a 94-46 record, 2.28 ERA, 107 CG, 17 shutouts and 488 K in 1221.1 IP. Barry Bonds didn't even know how to pitch.
- alpernLv 43 years ago
purchase Wiggy- you understand my emotions in this. Barry Bonds is (in my opinion) the terrific baseball participant to ever play the sport. in simple terms like Roger Clemens is actual between the three terrific pitchers to ever play. Steroids? super, despite. All i will do is seem on the physique of artwork and choose them in accordance with that. and finding at his on container numbers, accomplishments, awards, and so on, And what I remember seeing from him...Bonds is the terrific ever. I refuse to absolutely act like those guy did no longer play professional baseball at fairly the optimal point for nicely over a decade. in simple terms seem on the numbers. EDIT: and you left off the certainty that he had 500 STEALS!! 500 Steals. And he fairly could have had 3,000 hits if fairly fairly everyone could have given him a guess on the tip. and that i've got no longer any subject with those that say Ruth or Aaron is the terrific ever. i'm super with those debates and that i've got no longer any subject with somebody who thinks Ruth or Aaron is #a million. I in simple terms have problems with those that act like Bonds isn't even interior the argument.
- PatriotLv 79 years ago
Wiggy- You know my feelings on this. Barry Bonds is (In my opinion) the greatest baseball player to ever play the game. Just like Roger Clemens is easily one of the 3 best pitchers to ever play. Steroids? Fine, whatever. All I can do is look at the body of work and judge them based on that. And looking at his on field numbers, accomplishments, awards, etc, And what I remember seeing from him...Bonds is the best ever. I refuse to completely act like these guy didn't play professional baseball at the absolute highest level for well over a decade. Just look at the numbers.
EDIT: And you left off the fact that he had 500 STEALS!! 500 Steals. And he really should have had 3,000 hits if anybody would have given him a chance at the end.
And I have no problem with people that say Ruth or Aaron is the best ever. I'm fine with those debates and I have no problem with someone who thinks Ruth or Aaron is #1. I just have problems with people that act like Bonds isn't even in the argument.
- 9 years ago
Sell yes he did use steroids. Many of players who some think are the best to ever play have used steroids, and that takes them out of the discussion right away. Yes, the numbers are there but that does not mean they are "real". Nobody knows and will never know how many HR's were fake. Unlike Hank Aaron all of his number were real off steroids.Source(s): Me
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- DavidLv 79 years ago
Sell. He's number 10 among hitters all-time on the Hall of Fame Monitor score. And that doesn't included pitchers. He and Arod are the two PED users in the top 10 hitters, and surely neither would be that high without.
- el ÁguilaLv 79 years ago
Sell. Babe Ruth did what he did in HUGE BALLPARKS that hurt his numbers (read: 'The Year Babe Ruth hit 107 Home Run' or something like it).
Barry Bonds played in tiny little matchboxes. I think that had as much to do with the offensive explosion of the 1990s- the new wave of ballparks with tiny dimensions.
- ?Lv 69 years ago
Definite Buy!
In addition to all those stats you listed, there is another that I think is most telling of his greatness: he was the first person to steal 400 and hit 400 HR and he did that before he took PEDs the summer that Mac and Sosa were having their PED riddled HR race while the country smiled in awe of them and the media squashed the story about their PED use (and we allowed them to)... then Bonds took PEDs and became the only member of the 500-500 club and smashed pretty much every other slugging record... fr a while it was crazy, you either walked him or gave up an extra base hit, no one was even close to that good, he made us have to do something about it b/c it was too obvious, he was unreal on PEDs and the G.O.A.T. without em... that's what's its so sad he felt he had to go there...
- mattapan26Lv 79 years ago
Willie Mays
Hank Aaron
Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Joe DiMaggio
Ted Williams
Just to name the more obvious better players
- 9 years ago
I'd buy him before 2000 and up and then sell him from there. Let's face it he was a good player without steroids but he ruined it with steroids. A part of me will always wonder how good his stats would have been without steroids. Perhaps they still would have been good enough without them but he took them and sort of tainted things a bit.
- 9 years ago
Sell, for sure more people are yet to come. Home runs don't necessairly mean anything. Steriods did not do much I believe he was good but there was better.


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Anybody get it yet? I'm still waiting for preorder to come in, but at least there's real football on tonight!
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NFL2K5 rocks Madden's ****. I got to play it over the weekend.
I've got 2k5 also and defiinitely like it, but I got Madden when EB Games was doing the $10/game guaranteed trade-in. I got Madden and NCAA for $2.80 plus 9 old games.
Nice work! How is NCAA? I'd love to try that one out.
I love it. There's nothing like running the triple option!
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I love it. There's nothing like running the triple option!
I should get it.
bokdaddy Posts: 176I picked up Madden today. I haven't played ESPN, but I'd be willing to bet it might be just as good. I've played two games and all the computer has done is pass. And I can't stop it no matter what I do. First and ten, second and eight, third and long. You name it, they'll pass on me whether I'm in a 4-3, a nickel, or a dime defense and complete it 80 percent of the time.
But can I pass? No. And I'm averaging about 3 yards a carry rushing the ball. And NO this isn't my first Madden. But this is the first time I've sucked at Madden.Home:
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I'll probably have to up the difficulty. I'm passing way to easy. Had about 300 yards in the first half of my last game. I love the curl routes. Running seems about right though.
I like the Tony Bruno show playing when you're in the menus of the franchise mode. It's something different. I wish they'd put in a halftime show like ESPN. It's weird just starting the 2nd half right away after getting used to seeing Berman. ESPN definitely wins the presentation, but both games are fun in their own ways.
warviper Posts: 585I play it in All pro mode and its a killer game. The running game is spot on and they tightened up the pass play, so now the dbs play alot tighter.
Loving the franchise mode but they still value first round picks too much. Good for us but it makes the game bad for realism. I like the fact that winning games matter to free agents but i have not experienced it yet but thats the way it should be.
The hit stick is an effing riot. Nothing like just knocking the crap outta someone.
All the pre play setup is cool but I find that its a struggle to get everything done before the snap on D.
Punt return is a pain. I have yet to had a big return. Lots of fumbles though.
Kicking game bad.......naw i find it alot more realistic because in real life kickers tend to shank the ball on the long kicks and not just bareley miss like in previous versions of the game. Most the time its hit or miss.
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Trust your teamates. I take the Fs and and help cover the middle and let the strong saftey play over the top man 2 man on the rest and let the dline get the sacks. 10 minute quarters and the defense gets about 50 yards rushing tops and about 250 through the air. The xbox versions new to me so still getting used to the controller but Im sure ill get them down to 200 through the air.
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It's warm and sunny, with clear skies.
If my office didn't keep the temperature at sweater weather I would be in a t-shirt. Maybe even flip-flops.
It seems half the country is freezing or snowing right now, so it doesn't seem fair that we are only cold after dark.
Here's the view from my office patio:
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Obama's No Fool: Blocking Non-Existent "School to Prison Pipeline" Paved Way for Parkland Shooting March 2, 2018Posted by Tantumblogo in asshatery, disaster, Endless Corruption, error, horror, Revolution, scandals, secularism, self-serving, sickness, Society, unbelievable BS.
Obama may have been lazy, corrupt, and incompetent, but he was no fool. Quite the contrary, he knew exactly the effect his policies would have, and a high-profile shooting or two may well have been seen as desirable for achieving one of his highest policy objectives – denying those backward hicks any guns to cling to.
The Obama administration posited a belief that schools referring children under their care to local law enforcement for crimes committed in their schools somehow constituted a "pipeline" from the schools to prison. They were most concerned about locales with a huge number of incarcerated men – inner cities and other communities with "disproportionate" numbers of residents in prison. Rather than understanding this phenomenon from its root cause in, it must be said, generally leftist social policies, but from some invisible incipient racism still lurking in American society, the administration decided to try to encourage school districts to change their disciplinary practices to make it all but impossible to expel or suspend a student, or to bring law enforcement into truly egregious acts that broke the law.
Well, facing at least a tacit threat to their sacred federal funding, numerous American school districts immediately changed their disciplinary policies to fall in line with the Obamanation's wishes. And lo and behold, it turns out that very heavily left-wing Broward County, Florida, was one of the first to fall into line. Thus, even though he committed numerous violent acts that should have resulted in his being charged with and probably convicted of several crimes, Nikolas Cruz never once was charged and thus was able to lawfully purchase the firearm he used to commit his insane atrocity.
Yes it may be a bit conspiracy oriented to think Obama saw that far ahead and actually desired this kind of outcome, to whip up such a frenzy of anti-gun sentiment as we see now (in at least a portion of the American populace, but I sense the majority is still strongly supportive of the 2nd Amendment), but he certainly desired chaos and destruction, all of which serve leftist ends of ever-growing statism.
At any rate, it's amazing that inanimate black objects are being blamed for the sins of many, many failed bureaucrats and deranged policies:
Despite committing a string of arrestable offenses on campus before the Florida school shooting, Nikolas Cruz was able to escape the attention of law enforcement, pass a background check and purchase the weapon he used to slaughter three staff members and 14 fellow students because of Obama administration efforts to make school discipline more lenient.
Documents reviewed by RealClearInvestigations and interviews show that his school district in Florida's Broward County was in the vanguard of a strategy, adopted by more than 50 other major school districts nationwide, allowing thousands of troubled, often violent, students to commit crimes without legal consequence. The aim was to slow the "school-to-prison pipeline."
"He had a clean record, so alarm bells didn't go off when they looked him up in the [NCIS] system," veteran FBI agent Michael Biasello told RCI. "He probably wouldn't have been able to buy the murder weapon if the school had referred him to law enforcement."
Disclosures about the strategy add a central new element to the Parkland shooting story: It's not just one of official failings at many levels and of America's deep divide over guns, but also one of deliberate federal policy gone awry.
In 2013, the year before Cruz entered high school, the Broward County school system scrapped and rewrote its discipline policy to make it much more difficult for administrators to suspend or expel problem students, or for campus police to arrest them for misdemeanors– including some of the crimes Cruz allegedly committed in the years and months leading up to the deadly Feb. 14 shooting at his Fort Lauderdale-area school.
To keep students in school and improve racial outcomes [meaning raising the minority graduation rate], Broward school Superintendent Robert W. Runcie — a Chicagoan and Harvard graduate with close ties to President Obama and his Education Department — signed an agreement with the county sheriff and other local jurisdictions to trade cops for counseling. Instead of the criminal justice system, students charged with various misdemeanors, including assault, were referred to counseling, which included participation in "healing circles," obstacle courses and other "self-esteem building" exercises. [Because if there is one thing we all know millennials desperately need, it's to think even more highly of themselves]
Asserting that minority students, in particular, were treated unfairly by traditional approaches to school discipline, Runcie's goal was to slash arrests and ensure that students, no matter how delinquent, graduated without criminal records.
Instead of howling to burn Dana Loesch to death, or murder Marco Rubio, maybe those devastated beings of Broward County should turn their attention to their incompetent sheriff, department of human services, and school superintendent.
- 2. Camper - March 2, 2018
An excellent post, Tantum. Kudos.
- 3. Baseballmomof8 - March 2, 2018
Exactly. Whether it's this program or Obamacare or immigration policy, the man was fully aware of the actual consequences. He knew of the chaos he was creating.
- 4. guest - March 3, 2018
Fla. Governor orders investigation of terror-tied CAIR Sheriff Scott Israel whose deputies did nothing during school shootout yet he provided weapons training to radical mosque
- guest - March 3, 2018
Sorry. Don't know why that linked to the wrong article.
- guest - March 5, 2018
Back again
re: the site I linked to – Pamela Geller
The Left is Really Trying to Silence Us – March 2, 2018
Pamela Geller explained to Milo Yiannopoulos that "Google has scrubbed all internet searches … of anything critical of jihad and Sharia. So if you Google 'jihad' and you Google 'Sharia' and you Google 'Islam,' you're going to get Islamic apologetics, you're going to get 'religion of peace.' Whereas my site used to come up top, page one for 'jihad' and 'Sharia' or 'Islam,' or JihadWatch did, you can't find it now. They scrubbed 40,000 Geller posts of Google."
She continued, "You know what? It's Stalinesque."
Geller wasn't exaggerating, and her example is just one of many."
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Striving for higher things
Students enjoying the activities of Mental Health Week
Mental Health Week is an annual event held to recognise
the value and importance of our mental health and wellbeing. This year it was
celebrated with sausages sizzling on the BBQ, music playing and fun activities
to enjoy, creating a carnival atmosphere. Staff from Headspace, Child and Youth
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Why are you here?
I was in great form on the 4th of July as my wife and I attended the fireworks display at Longwood Gardens in Longwood, PA.
The gardens attract thousands of tourists daily, all summer long, so with it being the 4th and all, the tourist bus parking lot was over flowing with large people movers.
As we sat in the gardens sipping our wine we found it to be an ideal people watching day. I felt like I was in Times Square in New York. It seemed every country on the planet sent representatives to our plush little area out here close to Amish country. I think we were the only people from Pennsylvania in attendance.
To the ear, it was like a foreign language seminar. Chinese, French, Spanish and apparently dignitaries from India. Maybe they weren't dignitaries but they sure looked sharp in their cultural dress. How did they get to little old Longwood PA?
I love spending the day in a cultural diverse environment. It's like taking a course in Life. There are no credits for these types of classes, but the learning curve is second to none.
Honestly though, I would see a family sitting near us speaking German, and I would smile and look at my wife and say, "What are they doing HERE?" In Longwood PA? How did they get here?
The same for the Chinese family. Longwood is a long way from China. Are the fireworks THAT good?
Someone might say I'm coming very close to the "P" word. You know, "Profiling."
It's not true. It's very simple really. If you don't have a farmers tan, and your not wearing a baseball hat that say "Stoltzenfus Tractor Supply", your not from the Longwood area.
The camera around the neck is also a hint.
As we sat in our chairs waiting for the fireworks to start, I noticed a woman, by herself, gamely limping through the grass on her way to her seat, which was located right next to me.
After a few pleasantries, just to make conversation, I asked her where she was from.
It turns out she was from Quebec, and she drove there.
Not Quebec Delaware, Quebec Canada!
I pounced on her. You drove from Canada? Why are you here? Why Longwood?
Where are you staying? You drove to the fireworks from Canada?
She was really very very nice. Quebec is a French speaking province in Canada, so her accent made her even cuter. She explained that Longwood Gardens has a very good reputation for their fireworks display, so she planned the trip to Longwood after stopping in New York and Philadelphia. It still blows me away.
After she answered all my pain in the butt questions to my satisfaction, I couldn't help myself.
Fearing this question could be a real buzz killer, I just had to ask.
"So, your from Canada," I asked. "How's that government run health care working for you up there?"
Ah, to sum it up, she loves it.
So, a great day it was.
My Canadian friend is probably near 60 years young.
She was by herself.
She had a bum knee.
She drove from Canada to my area to watch a fireworks display.
The next day she was heading to Gettysburg, PA.
She heard it is quite interesting there.
How can you not love this lady?
7 comments:
- slommler said...
What a terrific lady she is!! And courageous to be traveling around...alone!! And to learn that someone loves the government run health care is amazing!
Sounds like you had a good holiday!
- July 6, 2010 at 8:07 AM
- nacherluver said...
Lovely story! I'm always full of questions about people and the possible lives they lead. Always seeking interaction to learn about others. Kudos to you for your meet and greet. Not only did you enrich your life with her story, you enriched hers with the knowledge of yours and now all of us here on your blog! Love it :)
Life. Interesting.
- July 6, 2010 at 8:29 AM
- Karen said...
I think it's amazing that you have such a diversity of spectators at that show! I'm a peoplewatcher too, we'de probably be on the same team if it's unisex.
Love that 60-years young woman and her attitude on life... I hope I'll always been willing to travel and explore...
- July 6, 2010 at 9:29 AM
- dcpeg said...
Sounds like you had an all around awesome day. Didn't know about Longwood's fireworks show. If there as good as D.C.'s, I may just have to head up their myself next 4th of July.
A lot of fireworks are manufactured in PA, aren't they? I seem to remember a place near Northeast, PA where my uncle kept his boat.
Ain't diversity grand?!!!
- July 6, 2010 at 12:33 PM
- Marilyn said...
I love your fireworks post and visiting with the lady from Quebec. We went to the fireworks and came home before they started. There were too many mosquitos. TV and a few out my window is what I saw.
- July 6, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- beth said...
i am totally on that all star team with you !
- July 6, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- Keda said...
What a wonderful encounter. We meet such wonderful people when we just open ourselves to other people.
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Thankfully, a woman with obstetric fistula can be physically healed through life-transforming surgery. However, for many survivors, complete recovery goes beyond the physical—emotional and psychological damage can haunt her long after her body has healed. Fistula Foundation's partners in Africa and Asia are dedicated to providing holistic care for their patients. Many offer comprehensive counseling…
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Rose developed a fistula after her very first pregnancy, and has been suffering because of it ever since. For over fifty years she struggled, never knowing that treatment was available....until recently when she met Sister Anna, the head nurse of Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center's fistula ward in Moshi.
Rose's Story
Rose was in labor for three days before she was taken to the local clinic. Due to the limited capabilities and resources of the staff there, they referred her to the district hospital. At the hospital, doctors rushed to operate on her but it was already too late: the surgery was unable to save her baby boy, who only cried once before taking his final breath. But little did Rose know the true extent of her loss, because she soon realized that she was leaking urine continuously. She was discharged from the hospital without a diagnosis, and without any further assistance for her condition.
When Rose returned home, she felt utterly defeated. Her husband left her and married another woman. She never conceived again and led a life of isolation and sadness. A constant need to change her clothes, coupled with the fear of embarrassment and painful genital sores, forced her to stay close to the house at all times. As a result, Rose withdrew from every social activity unless her presence was absolutely required.
With a diminished capability to work on the farm because of her condition, each day Rose struggled more and more. Time and age did not solve her problems, as her hardships only continued to grow. The crucial support that she derived from her parents was lost upon their deaths, and her farm animals were stolen by thieves as word got around that she was an old woman living alone. Perhaps one of the most hopeless feelings was when Rose saw her siblings blessed with children and grandchildren while she continued to be childless and alone.
The embarrassment she felt over leaking plagued her mind at all times. "When I would be spending time with my sister's grandchildren, they would ask me why I was not using the bathroom when my clothes would get wet," she narrated with sadness in her eyes. Incidents like these continued to add to her grief, along with the fact that she was told that she was incontinent because she was bewitched. Rose tried seeking out traditional healers, but nothing she did could alleviate her suffering – until she met Sister Anna from Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC) in Moshi.
Sister Anna is the head nurse at KCMC's fistula ward. She visited Rose's district as part of an outreach trip that was funded by Fistula Foundation. The goal of the outreach trip was to build capacity for fistula identification, referral, and transportation to KCMC for treatment. The outreach team conducted educational activities, connected with local ambassadors, and identified and transported women suffering from fistula. Rose was one of these patients who was brought to KCMC as part of the outreach trip. After 50 years of living with a fistula, she has finally received the care she deserves and has been healed.
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Congregational Meeting
The Real Estate Task Force will hold a congregational meeting after the service to present and discuss important matters related to the potential sale and relocation of our congregational building. Our engagement with the real estate market has proceeded as authorized by congregational vote in September 2016, and we have significant activities to discuss.
Childcare and lunch ($5 suggested donation) will be provided.
While there will not be a vote at this meeting, we encourage you to attend. Please also mark your calendar for two additional dates when votes may be called: June 11 and June 18. As per our by-laws, any vote will be available to those who have signed the membership book, are 18 years of age or older, and have made an identifiable financial contribution (of any amount) to the Operating Budget of the congregation during the immediately preceding twelve months. We would love full participation in any vote, and we encourage all to confirm their eligibility in advance.
In this last weekly update before our meeting, we'd like to share with you a list of possible scenarios for what our home might look like after a successful transition:
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I'm always looking for recipes that use up leftover roast chicken from Sunday. Risotto's, pies and cobblers are always a good bet but this pasta dish is a firm favourite in this house.
The smoked paprika and streaky bacon give it a lovely robust flavour and it only takes about half an hour to make - perfect for busy Monday's. In fact if I'm being super organised I make the sauce on Sunday evening, then all I need to do is cook some pasta when we get in from swimming lessons.
If you didn't have bacon, chorizo would work well and I sometimes add in more veggies like courgettes and spinach for extra goodness. It's a great base recipe for you to add what you have in the fridge.
What do you do with your leftover roast chicken?
Chicken Pasta
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Chicken, Smoked Bacon & Tomato Pasta
A family friendly pasta recipe using up leftover roast chicken with smoked bacon and tomatoes.
prep time: 5 minscook time: 15 minstotal time: 20 mins
- 400g Pasta
- 1 TBSP Olive Oil
- 1 Onion, chopped
- 2 Cloves of Garlic, chopped
- 120g Streaky Bacon, chopped
- 2 TBSP Smoked Paprika
- 1/2 TSP Chilli Flakes
- 2 x 400g Tins Chopped Tomatoes
- 1 TSP Sugar
- Leftover Roast Chicken, chopped into bite size pieces
- Grated Parmesan to serve
- Step 1: Bring a large pan of water to the boil and cook the pasta following instructions.
- Step 2: In a large frying pan, heat the oil then fry the onion, garlic and bacon for 5 minutes. Add the smoked paprika, chilli flakes, tomatoes and sugar and cook for 10 minutes to thicken the sauce.
- Step 3: Add in the roast chicken then toss through the drained cooked pasta.
- Step 4: Serve with some grated parmesan.


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Niemann-Pick disease is a group of problems with body's metabolism. Fatty material builds up in vital organs, such as the brain.
There are four main types:
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Niemann-Pick disease is inherited. Both parents must carry the faulty gene for their child to get the disease. The cause depends on the type of Niemann-Pick disease.
A fatty material called sphingomyelin builds up in the organs. This substance is present in the membrane of most cells. The enzyme sphingomyelinase breaks down this substance. People with type A or B either do not have enough of this enzyme or this enzyme does not work the right way. Without the working enzyme, this fatty material builds up in the cells. The cells die and the organ does not work the right way.
In these two types, nerve cells in the brain are not able to move cholesterol out. It builds up, which keeps cells from working the right way.
This disease affects the following people:
Symptoms of Niemann-Pick disease may happen during infancy, childhood, or the teen years. Symptoms vary. They worsen over time.
Symptoms start within the first few months of life. They may be:
Symptoms start during pre-teen years. They may be:
Symptoms may start in infancy, childhood, or teen years. They may be:
You will be asked about your child's symptoms and health history. A physical exam will be done.
Your child may have:
Niemann-Pick disease can't be treated. Treatment is aimed at easing symptoms. For example, those with type B may be given oxygen to help with lung problems.
There is no known way to prevent Niemann-Pick disease. If you have Niemann-Pick disease or have a family history of it, you can talk to a genetic counselor when deciding to have children.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation, Inc.
Health Canada
Canadian Chapter—National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation
Niemann-Pick disease. Genetics Home Reference website. Available at: https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/niemann-pick-disease. Updated July 3, 2018. Accessed July 6, 2018.
Niemann-Pick disease overview—types A, B, and C. National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation, Inc. website. Available at: http://www.nnpdf.org/npdisease_01.html. Updated September 9, 2009. Accessed July 6, 2018.
NINDS Niemann-Pick disease information page. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website. Available at: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/all-disorders/niemann-pick-disease-information-page. Accessed July 6, 2018.
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