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Waterskiing was rewritten in 2008 as Water Sports.
- 1. Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while participating in water sports, including hypothermia, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, dehydration, sunburn, minor cuts and blisters.
- 2. Do the following:
- A. Identify the conditions that must exist before performing CPR on a person. Explain how such conditions are recognized.
- B. Demonstrate proper technique for performing CPR using a training device approved by your counselor.
- 3. Before doing the following requirements, successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.
- 4. Do the following:
- A. Discuss the BSA Safety Afloat policy. Tell how it applies to Water Sports.
- B. Name the different types of personal flotation devices (PFDs), and explain when each type should be used. Show how to choose and properly fit a PFD.
- C. Know the Water Sports Safety Code. Promise that you will live up to it and follow it in all water work for this badge. Know the safety precautions that must be used by the boat operator in pulling water-skiers and wakeboarders.
- 5. Show the following skier signals to the safety observer in the boat: skier safe, faster, slower, turns, back to dock, cut motor, skier in water.
- 6. Showing reasonable control while using two skis, one ski, or a wakeboard, do EACH of the following:
- A. Show how to enter the water from a boat and make a deepwater start without help.
- B. Show you can cross both wakes four times and return to the center of the wake each time without falling.
- C. Show you can fall properly to avoid an obstacle. Also, show that you can drop handle and coast to a stop without loss of balance.
- 7. While on shore, show that you now how to properly adjust the bindings on your ski(s) or wakeboard to fit yourself. Then, in deep water, show that you can adjust bindings to fit. Recover and put on your ski(s) or wakeboard that has come off during a fall.
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US Airways retires its last Boeing 737-400
US Airways has retired the last 737 from its pre-merger fleet.
The "Classic" 737-400 model made its final revenue flights for the carrier on Tuesday, FlightGlobal.com reports. The aircraft – tail number N435US – flew from Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth to Philadelphia before returning to Charlotte on its final passenger flight for the carrier. The flights operated as US Airways Flight 737.
Piedmont Airlines, which ultimately merged with US Air to become US Airways, was the launch customer for the 737-400, putting the jet into commercial passenger service in the fall of 1988.
IN-DEPTH: US Airways retires last 737-400 after 26 years (FlightGlobal.com)
MORE: US Airways retires Boeing 737-400 (Airchive.com)
American, which now includes US Airways as the airlines progress with their merger, confirmed the retirement of the 737 from US Airways' fleet.
"We're proud to have been the launch customer of the B737-400, which formed an integral part of the US Airways fleet over the years," American says in a statement to Today in the Sky. "American is focused on updating our fleet with hundreds of new planes and refreshing our existing aircraft to bring our customers a more modern, comfortable and connected experience."
PHOTOS: The new look of American Airlines
American says it has added 53 new mainline aircraft and 18 new regional jets to its fleet so far in 2014.
The 737, of course, will continue to fly in the fleet of the "new" American. AA already had the popular Boeing aircraft in its fleet prior to the merger. And the carrier has more than 150 additional 737s on order.
As for the 737-400 retired by US Airways, its Tuesday flights also marked a milestone for US Airways Captain Jeff Tarr, who retired from the airline after flying the 737-400 on its final flight to Charlotte.
The only U.S. passenger airlines still flying the vintage "-400" model of the 737 on regularly schedule passenger service are Alaska Airlines and PEOPLExpress, FlightGlobal says, citing the Ascend Fleets database. Vision Airlines owns and operates the 737-400s that fly under the PEOPLExpress brand.
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A Community Impact Board (CIB) grant approval in April was the springboard for the July installment of a new state-of-the-art multi-slice Commuted Topography (CT) scanner at San Juan Hospital.
The new Brilliance CT scanner from Philips Medical Systems features advanced technology that produces split-second high quality images, permitting doctors to see more anatomical detail in a fraction of the time needed for other tests.
With this new CT scanner, doctors at San Juan Hospital will be able to more effectively detect and treat a range of life threatening illnesses, including heart disease, cancer, stroke, and lung disease.
The possibility of discovering disease in an early stage, when a wider array of effective treatment options may be available, will help doctors make an accurate diagnosis and recommend appropriate treatment for their patients.
The CT will also contribute to more rapid assessment and decision making in trauma cases, where physicians may have to make life and death decisions within minutes.
Rodney Workman, Radiology Supervisor at the hospital, said, "A series that used to take over an hour to image is now done in minutes. This means the patient is exposed to a significantly lower amount of X-ray energy, and the doctor has an image from which to diagnose in minutes, not hours."
There is no hospital stay required when obtaining a CT, and a scan is usually carried out with one brief breath-hold during the scan.
During the noninvasive scan, the patient is placed on a table and moved incrementally through the squared off donut-shaped scanner while an X-ray beam is projected through cross sections of their anatomy.
The X-ray energy passes through the patient and is recorded on electronic detectors in the scanner. This information is then sent to a specialized computer that reconstructs the information into individual slices and combines them sequentially into a comprehensive volume image of the entire area scanned. Patient referrals may be made through providers at any area clinics.
San Juan Hospital is also in the process of installing a new phone system which should speed delivery of consumer calls to the correct departments. Hospital officials apologize for any inconveniences encountered by patients during the installation process.


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Mammon worshippers have gone after Pope Francis lately, calling him a "marxist," among other things. It might help us to gain perspective to remember that less than a year ago, they were doing the same thing to Pope Benedict XVI.
The moral? Maybe Jesus was onto something when He said it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Here is a post I wrote on January 2 of last year defending Pope Benedict from attacks from the money changers. A few months later, I had to write similar posts defending Pope Francis from the same crowd.
Have you heard the news?
Various outlets are blasting it out there that the Holy Father spoke against "unregulated capitalism" in his homily New Year's Day.
In their rush to hype, they ignore a number of things that I want Public Catholic readers to think about.
1. This is nothing new. I've read Papal Encyclicals calling for economic justice going all the way back to Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII. The message Pope Leo gave in that Encyclical has been reiterated by Pope after Pope since then, including a passionate Encyclical issued by Pope John Paul II on the 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum called, aptly enough, Centesimus Annus: On the 100th Anniversary of Rerum Novarum. I urge you to read both these encyclicals if you are interested in what the Church teaches concerning economic matters.
The Holy Father was simply reiterating what has been the consistent teaching of the Roman Catholic Church concerning economics.
2. The statement that the press has headlined was one line in the middle of a much longer homily, and even then it is part of a list of problems in the world today. That doesn't mean that it's insignificant. It certainly doesn't mean that the Holy Father isn't serious about what he said. But it does mean that the statement was part of a larger teaching on a number of topics and not the headline piece that these various articles would make you think it was.
I am not a theologian or a priest. So anything I say is always subject to argument and disagreement. Given that caveat, my take on these encyclicals is that they apply the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount to our economic life. I think they do a masterful and inspiring job of that. The bottom line to Church teaching in this matter (at least so far as I understand it) is that economic systems should serve people, not the other way around.
If an economic system does not allow people to earn a living that sustains the physical well-being of the wage earner and their family, and if it does not do this in a way that does not exploit, enslave or degrade them, then that economic system is in need of reform.
I hear echoes of Jesus' statement "The Sabbath was made for man. Man was not made for the Sabbath." all through these encyclicals, only applied to something far less significant than God's law that we should rest on the sabbath. Economic systems are human devices. They are not holy. They should serve us.
I am not writing this to attack capitalism, which I think is the best economic system people have come up with so far. But I am saying that capitalism should never become a false idol that we put ahead of the well-being of other people or the clear teachings of the Church. When that happens, what you get is corporatism, which is, by definition, never just and downright harmful to vast numbers of people.
Now that I've stirred this economic pot about as much as I can in one post, I'll add the Holy Father's homily so you can read it yourself and form your own opinions. I am going to reproduce it in whole to help you do that. The sentence that the press has focused on is in boldface. This emphasis is mine.
Here, from the Vatican website is the homily:
(Vatican Radio) Pope Benedict celebrated mass in St Peter's Basilica on New Year's Day, marking the feast of Mary and the Church's World Day of Peace. In his homily the Pope urged people to look to God and to his son Jesus for true peace in a world fraught with problems, darkness and anxieties.
Listen to the report by Susy Hodges:
Below, please find the English translation of the text of Pope Benedict's homily:
Dear Brothers and Sisters, "May God bless us and make his face to shine upon us." We proclaimed these words from Psalm 66 after hearing in the first reading the ancient priestly blessing upon the people of the covenant. It is especially significant that at the start of every new year God sheds upon us, his people, the light of his Holy Name, the Name pronounced three times in the solemn form of biblical blessing. Nor is it less significant that to the Word of God – who "became flesh and dwelt among us" (Jn 1:14) as "the true light that enlightens every man" (1:9) – is given, as today's Gospel tells us, the Name of Jesus eight days after his birth (cf. Lk 2:21).
It is in this Name that we are gathered here today. I cordially greet all present, beginning with the Ambassadors of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See. I greet with affection Cardinal Bertone, my Secretary of State, and Cardinal Turkson, with all the officials of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace; I am particularly grateful to them for their effort to spread the Message for the World Day of Peace, which this year has as its theme "Blessed are the Peacemakers". Although the world is sadly marked by "hotbeds of tension and conflict caused by growing instances of inequality between rich and poor, by the prevalence of a selfish and individualistic mindset which also finds expression in an unregulated financial capitalism," as well as by various forms of terrorism and crime, I am convinced that "the many different efforts at peacemaking which abound in our world testify to mankind's innate vocation to peace. In every person the desire for peace is an essential aspiration which coincides in a certain way with the desire for a full, happy and successful human life. In other words, the desire for peace corresponds to a fundamental moral principle, namely, the duty and right to an integral social and communitarian development, which is part of God's plan for mankind. Man is made for the peace which is God's gift. All of this led me to draw inspiration for this Message from the words of Jesus Christ: 'Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God' (Mt 5:9)" (Message, 1). This beatitude "tells us that peace is both a messianic gift and the fruit of human effort … It is peace with God through a life lived according to his will. It is interior peace with oneself, and exterior peace with our neighbours and all creation" (ibid., 2, 3). Indeed, peace is the supreme good to ask as a gift from God and, at the same time, that which is to be built with our every effort.We may ask ourselves: what is the basis, the origin, the root of peace? How can we experience that peace within ourselves, in spite of problems, darkness and anxieties? The reply is given to us by the readings of today's liturgy. The biblical texts, especially the one just read from the Gospel of Luke, ask us to contemplate the interior peace of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. During the days in which "she gave birth to her first-born son" (Lk 2:7), many unexpected things occurred: not only the birth of the Son but, even before, the tiring journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, not finding room at the inn, the search for a chance place to stay for the night; then the song of the angels and the unexpected visit of the shepherds. In all this, however, Mary remains even tempered, she does not get agitated, she is not overcome by events greater than herself; in silence she considers what happens, keeping it in her mind and heart, and pondering it calmly and serenely. This is the interior peace which we ought to have amid the sometimes tumultuous and confusing events of history, events whose meaning we often do not grasp and which disconcert us.
The Gospel passage finishes with a mention of the circumcision of Jesus. According to the Law of Moses, eight days after birth, baby boys were to be circumcised and then given their name. Through his messenger, God himself had said to Mary – as well as to Joseph – that the Name to be given to the child was "Jesus" (cf. Mt 1:21; Lk 1:31); and so it came to be. The Name which God had already chosen, even before the child had been conceived, is now officially conferred upon him at the moment of circumcision. This also changes Mary's identity once and for all: she becomes "the mother of Jesus", that is the mother of the Saviour, of Christ, of the Lord. Jesus is not a man like any other, but the Word of God, one of the Divine Persons, the Son of God: therefore the Church has given Mary the title Theotokos or Mother of God.The first reading reminds us that peace is a gift from God and is linked to the splendour of the face of God, according to the text from the Book of Numbers, which hands down the blessing used by the priests of the People of Israel in their liturgical assemblies. This blessing repeats three times the Holy Name of God, a Name not to be spoken, and each time it is linked to two words indicating an action in favour of man: "The Lord bless you and keep you: the Lord make his face to shine upon you: the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace" (6:24-26). So peace is the summit of these six actions of God in our favour, in which he turns towards us the splendour of his face. For sacred Scripture, contemplating the face of God is the greatest happiness: "You gladden him with the joy of your face" (Ps 21:7). From the contemplation of the face of God are born joy, security and peace. But what does it mean concretely to contemplate the face of the Lord, as understood in the New Testament? It means knowing him directly, in so far as is possible in this life, through Jesus Christ in whom he is revealed. To rejoice in the splendour of God's face means penetrating the mystery of his Name made known to us in Jesus, understanding something of his interior life and of his will, so that we can live according to his plan of love for humanity. In the second reading, taken from the Letter to the Galatians (4:4-7), Saint Paul says as much as he describes the Spirit who, in our inmost hearts, cries: "Abba! Father!" It is the cry that rises from the contemplation of the true face of God, from the revelation of the mystery of his Name. Jesus declares, "I have manifested thy name to men" (Jn 17:6). God's Son made man has let us know the Father, he has let us know the hidden face of the Father through his visible human face; by the gift of the Holy Spirit poured into our hearts, he has led us to understand that, in him, we too are children of God, as Saint Paul says in the passage we have just heard: "The proof that you are sons is that God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts: the Spirit that cries, 'Abba, Father'" (Gal 4:6).
Here, dear brothers and sisters, is the foundation of our peace: the certainty of contemplating in Jesus Christ the splendour of the face of God the Father, of being sons in the Son, and thus of having, on life's journey, the same security that a child feels in the arms of a loving and all-powerful Father. The splendour of the face of God, shining upon us and granting us peace, is the manifestation of his fatherhood: the Lord turns his face to us, he reveals himself as our Father and grants us peace. Here is the principle of that profound peace – "peace with God" – which is firmly linked to faith and grace, as Saint Paul tells the Christians of Rome (cf. Rom 5:2). Nothing can take this peace from believers, not even the difficulties and sufferings of life. Indeed, sufferings, trials and darkness do not undermine but build up our hope, a hope which does not deceive because "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us" (5:5). May the Virgin Mary, whom today we venerate with the title of Mother of God, help us to contemplate the face of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. May she sustain us and accompany us in this New Year: and may she obtain for us and for the whole world the gift of peace. Amen! (For more stories like this, go here.)


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September 2018 Office Hour Recording
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Fabulous Beasts - a new kind of game
Fabulous Beasts is a game for one to five players who take on the role of gods and goddesses, taking turns to add magical Artefacts onto a balancing tower.
**The game is 100% funded on Kickstarter which means we can now confirm production of the game is on course for November 2016!**
Every time you successfully stack an Artefact, you alter the connected digital world. The aim is to make the most fabulous world you can, before your tower collapses.
Fabulous Beasts is brought to you by an experienced team of game designers, artists and engineers including Alex Fleetwood (Hide&Seek) and George Buckenham (Wild Rumpus, Panoramical). The soundtrack for the game is being created by Disasterpeace.
The digital app is compatible with modern Android and Apple smartphones and tablets. For more details see our FAQs.
Want to share this project? Here's a selection of our favourite videos and reviews!
Choose a beast Artefact, scan it, then place it on the tower:
Stack your Artefacts carefully to create and nurture your beasts in the digital world:
Build your tower with skill and strategy, as when it collapses, it's game over!
After a year of playtesting and development, players of all ages have told us that they love:
- the complex shapes of the pieces and the variety of towers they produce
- the depth of the scoring system
- the super-social co-operative gameplay
- the delight of creating and discovering hundreds of fabulous beasts
- the reliability of the connected hardware
- the potential to extend gameplay with new pieces and game modes
Check out this Let's Play video for a detailed look at the game in action.
Winner, Indiecade Technology Award, 2015
Featured in The Guardian's 25 Most Anticipated Games of 2016
"It is a perfect melding of a digital and physical game and can appeal to thinkers of all ages. The amount of different things that can be done with their cleverly created platform means this game will only get better with time." Christopher Badell, Greater Than Games
"One of the most exciting things I think I've ever seen in the tabletop genre." JR Honeycutt, The Nerd Nighters
"Completely reinvents the game of balance." LA Times
"An enchanting creation." Edge
"Jenga, meet CRISPR." Wired
"A fascinating object stacking game." The Guardian
"As a party game, it might end up as one of the best." Pocket Gamer
"A clever idea well done." Boardgame Babylon
"All signs are pointing to Fabulous Beasts being the next evolution of the toys-to-life genre of gaming." Toys for Games
"A physical game that has been truly enhanced by mobile." Techmog
Every reward in our Kickstarter campaign is priced at a discount from anticipated future RRPs.
Just announced! A new partnership with the Yogscast on a unique Edition of the game. See it in action in their video!
Fabulous Beasts started when Alex was making a fire in a campsite in California. While stacking bits of firewood and watching pelicans fly by, he had an idea for a game that linked the balance of nature with the balance of objects.
Once back in London, Alex called up George, Tim and Lyall - who he'd worked with while making games at Hide&Seek. With the help of Play Sandbox they started working on a prototype with the Engineering department at Bath University. Chris began helping us with hardware, and rapidly became the fifth member of the team.
We use technologies like 3D-printing, Arduino, Autodesk Forge and Unity to bring indie creativity to hardware as well as software. We love working together and shaping all the different elements of the game in parallel.
We've spent the last year taking the game to festivals, evolving the design, and developing the game. We'll tell you all about it during the campaign.
We're lucky to have the backing and support of some fantastic people from the games and hardware industries. But what we're trying to do is something that's rarely been done before. Companies who make games that bridge physical and digital are mostly ginormous multinational corporations.
We've got a refined, award-winning prototype and we've built out a manufacturing plan with experienced partners in Hong Kong and China. The fastest way for us to carry out that plan is with your support.
Most importantly, we want to start a conversation about the future of this game with YOU. We're so excited about being able to keep adding to and improving it and we have a ton of ideas - from different game modes, to extra pieces, to hardware upgrades. With your support, we can make them all happen!
In order to reduce customs fees & VAT and to keep shipping prices low, we are working with a Hong Kong based logistics partner to pick, pack and ship all rewards to local fulfilment centres in the UK, US, Canada and Australia, and then on to you. EU rewards will therefore be delivered from within the EU. We expect to ship all other rewards direct from Hong Kong.
Shipping prices for the Core Edition / Core Edition Plus / Maker Edition vary as follows from territory to territory:
UK, US, Canada, Australia: £10 (approx $15 USD / $20 CAD / $20 AUS )
Western EU* (excl. UK): £15 (approx €20)
All other countries: £25
Other rewards are charged by weight and volume accordingly.
*Western EU includes: France, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Greece
Risks and challenges
A key challenge for our game is the manufacturing process. We are working closely with JDH Sourcing, a Hong-Kong based company who oversee every aspect of the game's production from the electronic components to the packaging. JDH work with partners including Teenage Engineering, PowerUp and Perfect Bake. Our team has visited the factories we will be using to see their processes first hand. We have already adapted the game's physical design and electronic engineering so that it can be produced at scale.
Digital Development
There's a risk that we might not ship the game with all the advertised features, or ship late. The game is already quite fully featured and has been developed in Unity to minimise costs and problems with porting from the current iOS build to Android. We have a working build on Android devices
We have budgeted time and resource to develop the features we have planned for the core game and any features added in stretch goals ahead of our proposed shipping date in November 2016.
We also need to ensure compatibility between our hardware and your device. We have planned in testing and QA to deal with this and we are in discussion with Apple and Google about certification.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
Funding period
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James Kakalios has been named one of four Institute of Technology Taylor Distinguished Professors. This is a three year appointment to work as a team of key advisors on matters related to improving undergraduate education within the college.
The four Taylor Distinguished Professors, together with Paul Strykowski, the Institute of Technology associate dean for undergraduate programs, will form the Taylor Committee. The committee will deliberate and make recommendations on matters of strategic importance to the undergraduate vitality of the college. The first charge of the Taylor Committee will be to explore the benefits of establishing a required freshman experience for all incoming Institute of Technology students, with the primary goal of increasing student retention and graduation rates.
The Mr. and Mrs. George W. Taylor Professorship Fund was created by the Taylor Family in the spirit of improving the undergraduate experience in the Institute of Technology. George W. Taylor was a 1934 mechanical engineering graduate of the University of Minnesota. The Taylor family supports numerous awards and initiatives related to undergraduate education within the Institute of Technology.


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Low-carb and requiring just seven simple ingredients, this traditional Middle Eastern dip is perfect for combining with pita bread, crackers or crudités for a flavor combination that can't be beat.
- 1 large eggplant
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons tahini (sesame seed paste)
- 3 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
Preheat oven to 400°F. Cut eggplant in half lengthwise. Place it on a baking sheet with cut sides down. Bake in hot oven for approximately 20 minutes, until skin is dark and eggplant is soft and cooked through when pierced with a fork. Meanwhile, place garlic in a small mixing bowl; add tahini and lemon juice. When eggplant is done, remove from oven and run cold water over eggplant halves for one minute. Drain water and cool slightly. Remove skin (it will peel back easily). Dice the eggplant and place it in bowl with tahini mixture. Mash the eggplant with the other ingredients to make a lumpy dip. Sprinkle with parsley and cayenne pepper, and drizzle the olive oil over the top of the sauce. Chill until serving time. Serve with pita triangles.
Yield: 2 1/3 cups.
Serving size: 1/3 cup.
Nutrition Facts Per Serving:
Calories: 74 calories, Carbohydrates: 7 g, Protein: 2 g, Fat: 5 g, Saturated Fat: 1 g, Sodium: 8 mg, Fiber: 3 g
Exchanges per serving: 1 nonstarchy vegetable, 1 fat. Carbohydrate choices: 1/2.
Sharon Palmer is a registered dietitian and freelance writer in Southern California.


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Wonderful Winter Photo Ops
One good thing about this winter's heavy snowfalls: They have created wonderful subjects for the camera. Storms in December and January left behind still, surreal landscapes and fascinating views of plants under ice and snow. One tip for capturing a good snow scene is to shoot right after the snow stops but before the sky clears. Of course, the Garden also looks resplendent on a clear, sunny day when the white snow appears extra bright.
From closeups of ice crystals on pine needles to wide shots of the sleet-speckled (nearly) empty Cherry Esplanade, here are some photographic highlights of the Garden in winter:


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Cory Vaughn: 2-for-3, 2 2B. He's hitting .382/.447/.765 with eight extra-base hits in nine games in July and is sitting at .242/.344/.470 overall in 80 games.
SSA: Jamestown Jammers 5, @ Brooklyn Cyclones 2
CF Brandon Nimmo (.205/.379/.342 - 21 games) expanded his NYP-leading walk total by going 1-for-2 with two walks. Philip Evans' two-run single in the sixth put the Cyclones out in front 2-1 briefly.
Starter Hansel Robles was sharp: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K to lower his ERA to 2.57.
This game was on SNY. What did y'all see?
R: @ Pulaski Mariners 7, Kingsport Mets 6
The story in the system last night: LHP Steven Matz: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K.
He told MiLB.com:
"My changeup was working good. I only threw one breaking pitch though the first five innings, just using my fastball and changeup. One of the things I was working on with the pitching coordinator is shortening my stride. I shortened my stride up and everything fell into place.He also told MiLB his fastball "touched 95." He issued both of his walks in the first inning and did not allow his one hit until the fourth.
The K-Mets lost because RHP Cory Oswalt gave up seven runs on five hits and retired just one batter.
21-year old RF Maikis De La Cruz, was 4-4 with a homer. He's on the old side for the Appy League (really) but is crushing at .348/.357/.500 in 19 games.


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Judith Barrington: Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art, Second Edit
A narrative account of writing the memoir.
Anne Bernays: What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers (3rd Edition)
A great collecton of writing exercises and prompts for fiction writers. Intended as a college-level text. A little expensive, but the only book of its kind out there.
Ernest Hemingway: Ernest Hemingway on Writing
A thin book chocked full of Hemingway's observations on writing. The quotes are thoughtful and beautiful--so unlike the he-man hunter image. He loved writing--loved perfecting his craft. His quotes about writing reveal his love for writing. An inspirational book that should be on the shelf of any/all fiction writers.
Anne Lamott: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
If you're a writer and haven't read Anne Lamott's book, you've cheated yourself. It's inspiration and rings true. It's become a classic for writers--especially those just beginning. I'm going back and reading it again. I need a little inspiration right now!
Charles Baxter: Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
A collection of essays by Baxter in which he mixes commentary on society and fiction writing. I read this book shortly after it was first published and my copy has increased in weight from all the marginal notes I've made. In truth, the book is a little academic, a bit heavy handed--so, it might be for the writer who truly wants to delve into the mix of theory/writing/social commentary. But, by my way of thinking, Baxter is always a good read!
Phillip Lopate: The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present
If you're interested in the personal essay, you've got to have this. It's considered the seminal text. This book has a little of everything--although the first part is definitely academic. Most of us will be more interested in the last of the essays--the ones by contemporary writers. Check out the essays by James Baldwin, Mary Gordon, Scott Russell Sanders, Joan Didion, etc.
Collection: The Writer's Notebook: Craft Essays from Tin House
This is a collection of essays from the Tin House Writing Conference in Oregon. It's terrific! I especially like the essay by Susan Bell, "Revisioning THE GREAT GATSBY." Reading a collection like this gives the workshop experience without being there!
Julie Checkoway: Creating Fiction
CREATING FICTION--a collection of essays by writers and professors, published by the Associated Writing Programs (AWP). I use this book in some of my classes. A great collection of essays on craft. Some of my favorites include essays by Richard Russo (on place/character); Debra Spark (what gives rise to fiction); John Barth (incremental pertubations in plot); Jane Smiley (on revision). This collection should be on every writer's bookshelf.
Janet Burroway: Writing Fiction A Guide to the Narrative Craft (6th Edition)
This is the basic--the standard. Every writer should own a copy of Burroway. There are seven edition. I prefer one of the older editions. I think the 5th edition is my favorite. Find chapters on everything from plot to characterization, to point-of-view. After each chapter, find short stories that illustrate points made in the chapter. Burroway is a starting point for building a fiction writing library.
Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games
Stephen King in ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY wrote: "A violent, jarring, speed-rap of a novel that generates nearly constant suspense . . . . I couldn't stop reading." Exquisitely plotted--superb tension and pacing! Linda Busby Parker
Annie Proulx: That Old Ace in the Hole : A Novel
A novel about character transformed by place. A young man working for an agricultural conglomerate scouts land for pig farms along the Texas/Oklahoma border, a lonesome place of stark beauty. The place is reminiscent of the moors of England--lonesome and starkly beautiful indeed! But, it's not England, it's that flat, harsh middle-of-the-USA land. The boy becomes a man as he travels alone on a mission of questionable value.
Annie Proulx: The Shipping News: A Novel (Scribner Classics)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and The National Book Award, a story of how place transforms a young man. Place becomes salvation! An elegant rendering of character development within place. In terms of literary novels, this is indeed a classic, having a couple of essential ingredients of literary fiction--character transformation and elegant writing.
Susan Vreeland: Girl in Hyacinth Blue
A series of related stories about a would-be Vermeer painting and what it meant to several families and individuals. Vreeland writes about famous painters of by-gone days. She's an artist herself and does an outstanding job of describing color, texture, and emotions engendered by a great work of art. You might want to also read her novel, LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY, about Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1880.
Tracy Chevalier: Girl with a Pearl Earring, Deluxe Edition
A gorgeous book about a teenager working as a servant in the home of the great painter, Johannes Vermeer, in Holland, 1664. The book smoothly and elegantly transports the reader to the time and place. The character come alive. The book is much better than the movie, however!
Barbara Robinette Moss: Change Me into Zeus's Daughter: A Memoir
This was one of the first books I put on my blog, but, I'm adding it again to get it close to the front. A must read!
Kent Haruf: Eventide
The two old brothers in this novel are two of my favorite characters in all of literature. They are the larger than life ordinary/extraordinary people. Their standing on the front porch waiting to receive a pregnant teen is one of my favorite scenes in all of literature. You've missed a treat if you haven't read Haruf. Bring a hanky to this read--you'll need it! The sense of place is exquisite too!
Kent Haruf: Plainsong
So beautifully written. Kent Haruf makes you feel lonesome to be in the places he writes about. His characters come off the page. Haruf's books explore longings in the hearts of everyday people--but each of the characters in PLAINSONG is extraordinary in his or her own way.
David Pierce: Don't Let Me Go: What My Daughter Taught Me About the Journey Every Parent Must Make
A memoir about a father and daughter running marathons and climbing mountains. Both grow closer to each other and closer to God. We have our children for a short while before they are grown and out on their own. David Pierce discovered a way of enjoying this limited time. It's an easy read--inspirational!
Helene Cooper: The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
This memoir is about a Liberian childhood. I love works like this because they give me insights into lives I could never know outside of books. I bought the hardcopy and also purchased the audio version. It is a fabulous audio book. As a reader, you're actually there--in Liberia. It was a N.Y TIMES best seller forever!


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'Swing Copters', from the developer of "flappy Bird"
Workplace productivity and personal relationships the world over could soon be taking a hit: The man behind the world-wide mobile gaming sensation "Flappy Bird" has unleashed his newest effort.
Dong Nguyen, the shy Vietnamese developer whose famously challenging title winged its way to the top of the App Store and Google Play earlier this year, on Thursday released his newest work, called "Swing Copters."
The iOS and Android smartphone game is free, with an optional $0.99 in-app purchase to remove advertising. It is now available in some countries' App Stores and on Google Play. Dong has written on Twitter that it will soon be available in more countries.
Like its predecessor, "Swing Copters" appears potentially habit-forming — and is extraordinarily difficult.
Players must steer a small creature with large eyes and a propeller hat from the ground up into the sky, through what look like large swinging gavels suspended from girders. If the creature is hit, it plummets to the ground, then blinks its eyes incredulously.
In a recent preview of the title, iOS gaming site TouchArcade said it may well be harder than "Flappy Bird," which Dong in February mysteriously withdrew amid global attention. Dong later told The Wall Street Journal that "it was just too addictive."
In its absence, "Flappy Bird" devotees created fan art, and phones with the game installed were offered for sale online.
"Dong Nyguen, it looks like you have done it again," one commentor on the TouchArcade article wrote. Other readers, however, criticized the game, saying it appeared to be merely a vertical rendition of "Flappy Bird."
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"Everyone's talking about water. For once, they're saying the same thing" is the motto of a California group called the Groundwater Voices Coalition.
Well, not exactly saying the same thing when it comes to all things water in our state. Just mention the prospect of an upcoming water bond, for instance, and you've got the same old fighting words: Too much! Not enough! Not a dime for Delta tunnels!
But it is true that, and rather of a sudden, Californians are speaking with more of a unified voice on the problems of this drought. For the first time since the question was annually asked beginning in 2000, more residents say that the drought is the No. 1 environmental issue in our state, according to a poll by the Public Policy Institute of California.
A whopping three-quarters of Californians say that they favor "mandatory" restrictions by water agencies to reduce use. Mandatory isn't defined here, and probably means punishment for people other than oneself, but it's an impressive number nonetheless.
And the fact is that in the past few of us would know, and fewer care, about a group called the Groundwater Voices Coalition. But we're no dummies, Californians. We've been reading the reports derived from data supplied by JPL satellites showing that parts of our Central Valley subsided by 2 feet just between 2008 and 2011 — before the current severity of the ongoing drought. We know that desperate farmers since then have been sucking dry the aquifers below the formerly verdant land, drilling deeper and deeper in an unsustainable push to keep their crops alive. So, yes, we are unified as can be on the subject: 97 percent of aware Californians — in this case, registered voters — say they know groundwater is important to the state's overall water supply. And majorities across party, ethnic and geographic spectrums say our state has to establish a groundwater management plan to deal with the issue.
We're not sure they know about one odd detail about our state, so thirsty for water, so parched. It's that unlike almost every other state in the nation and every one in the West, California has no comprehensive permit system for the regulation of groundwater use.
In Colorado, for instance, seven powerful Water Courts divide up the state and rule on any application for pumping groundwater. In Arizona, there's a complicated application process for those who want to "withdraw a specific amount of water, from a specific location, for a specified purpose."
But now in California, there is a new recognition that, in the same way zoning might stop your neighbor from building a skyscraper next door, the water beneath real estate in some ways belongs to us all, just as the airspace above the ground does.
When a farmer or anyone else drills down, ever-deeper, for water, in most cases it is not as if the water being tapped is from a reserve that exists only beneath one property. It's likely in a pool that flows beneath many other landowners' surfaces. Or from beneath public lands as well. In so many senses, that water belongs to all Californians, and ought to be well managed. But without the regulation that so many other states have, when the Groundwater Voices Coalition asked California voters it polled if they were concerned about the current method of resolving water disputes — litigation, often costly and lengthy — 57 percent said they were "very" or "extremely" concerned.
The heartening news is that the Legislature is poised to take up two groundwater bills that aim to begin addressing the problem when it returns from a break in August, Senate Bill 1168 (Pavley) and Assembly Bill 1739 (Dickinson).
In different ways the bills would require groundwater to be assigned rankings from low to high priority for the state's reserves and provide local groundwater agencies with the authority and assistance necessary to sustainably manage groundwater.
The editorial board, along with suddenly and properly concerned Californians, will have some time in the heat of our late summer to consider the merits of proposed legislation to change the way we allocate our underground resources in the same way as we manage water that flows in the Bay Delta, from the Colorado and Owens rivers and other surface sources. It is entirely understandable that under current rules, if you are a farmer with parched land, you drill down for the water that could irrigate it. But Californians also understand the drought has changed our lives, and that we must change the way we use water.


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Sunday, 12 December 2010
My stepson
And my parents got to spend time with all of them, which made everyone happy.
And when I say "all" of them, yes, my step-son, Andreas was there, too. And, while I love seeing him, we all seem to have trouble understanding how to relate to him. And the truth is, none of us really knows him anymore. We all expected it to flow naturally, but it didn't really. You can actually see in all of the pictures, that he has placed himself a bit to the side, as if he always felt a bit outcast. And it makes me sad in retrospect.
Things started out strangely when he called SR "Jeff" (SR's real name is not Jeff, btw) multiple times and then called him "grandpa". For SR, who had been with Andreas day in and day out from when he was born until he was five, this was very surreal.
And Andreas has perfected ambivalence torwards adults. It didn't matter how many times any of us asked him to do something, he would just pretend he wasn't listening or loudly say "No!". And who can blame him, I guess? Who were we to suddenly step in his life and tell him what to do? But it was to the point where he wouldn't dress himself and pretended he didn't know how to put on his velcro shoes (he is 7, by the way). And when we finally got to the park, he refused to go on bascially any ride - even The People Mover. And this lasted all four days we were at the theme parks.
At some point, I started to feel I was being too hands off with Andreas and allowing SR and my dad to do all of the reprimanding. After a couple of days of him only eating junk food between meals, I told him at noon he could eat nothing until he had a piece of fruit or some veggies. I didn't think it was possible, but he actually ate nothing the rest of the day.
When I said good-bye to Andreas the last day, I was again yelling at him because he refused to put on his shoes. And now he's gone from our lives for another few months. And he doesn't really understand who I, SR or my parents are.
(But if you asked Andreas for his version of me, he would say that I fell asleep early every night instead of taking him to the pool and was running while they were eating breakfast.)
Let me just say this: being a parent in a family with a happy marriage is easy. Okay, not easy, but so natural and the kids grow up with a sense that the loving people in their lives will always be there. And they become happy and trusting (and thus easy to parent).
Being a parent of a kid from a broken marriage, who you hardly get to see, is really difficult. Not because you don't want to love them. I was going to say it is harder being the step-parent, but actually, it is harder for SR. And you know what: it's worst for the kid.
But what can we do?
One person, who has no trouble deciding what to do is The Lorax, who worships the ground "Big Guy" (Andreas) walks on. He talks about his older brother on a daily basis, though he only sees him a couple times a year. It is actually kind of incredible the way they get along. He they are, leaving me behind in the jaws of death.
And one other thing: if there are enough bubbles involved and SLG has a beard, everyone will be at least slightly amused.
And there were times when Andreas was really fun. He had this game of going on It's a Small World again and again with The Lorax. And taught The Lorax how to draw robots. And he conquered the biggest waterslide at Old Key West, showing everyone how fun waterparks can be. I have to imagine that this side of him would come out more often if we had a chance to get to know him well again.
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SLG, Why does the boy live with his mother and the girl live with her father? Maybe the boy wants to live with his dad, too. I don't know the background here. That's hard to deal with for four days.
Lynne in MD
- 13 December 2010 at 04:04
- sea legs girl said...
Hi Lynn
Thanks for commenting. Yeah, with us living in Denmark and their mom living in the US, either we would not get to see the kids at all or we would get one full-time. It ended up we got Natty. And we often talk about whether Andreas should switch and live with us for a while. It's not an easy situation for the kids to be moving all over the world. And that's why we'll probably end up moving back to the US eventually.
- 13 December 2010 at 07:13
- Kirsten said...
I guess the kid is just feeling let down by not seeing his father and then when he does see him, he has this other family with him where Andreas feels left out.....And goes into regression to get some attention - better being yelled at than feeling outsider. So he made some heavy points about being unhappy about the situation since he doesn't have words to express himself.
You probably did the best you could to make him a part of the gang and setting some limits to his behaviour was definitely in its place. But of course it's a bad feeling to leave this little sad person behind....Do you have a possibility to have him come over to Dk to visit? Then it would be your turf and might be easier and would probably do him good. Maybe you know somebody travelling that could acompany him.....
- 13 December 2010 at 13:23
- olga said...
Yep, coming back to US would be the best option, even if not a solution. Not just to US, but same town, or within driving distance, to make it weekly meets. Is it possible? I don't know. Will it be too late? I don't know either...
- 13 December 2010 at 16:36
- sea legs girl said...
Thanks Kirsten and Olga for your thoughts. Really - that is why I posted it. I just need to hear what other people think of the situation. It means a lot to me that you guys took the time to write.
- 13 December 2010 at 17:08
- Glaven Q. Heisenberg said...
Wow. That's really tough all around.
I hope it works out better for you in the future. It's great that the Lorax worships Andreas - it probably makes him feel like a Big Man, which is probably the very type of ego boost he needs.
Good luck with this relationship, sister!
- 13 December 2010 at 17:29
- Drs. Cynthia and David said...
I sympathize. SR must have been stricken by not being acknowledged as "Dad". It does sound like more contact with Andreas rather than less is what is needed. Good luck not taking his aloofness personally- the kid is just confused.
That said, I made a move so that my boys could spend more time with their dad and it came back to bite me. They resented me for moving them away from their friends, and their dad spoiled them into big brats. I don't believe they or our relationship ever recovered. If you're going to try reuniting the families, it might be best to do so well before the kids hit adolescence. (Just my 2cents)
- 14 December 2010 at 00:49
- Danni said...
Yeah probably the best thing from the kiddos' perpsective would be if you all lived nearby. Move to Madison so I have more reasons to get back to the Terrace (do you even drink beer?).
- 14 December 2010 at 01:54


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In today's litigious society, it was the inevitable next step: There is now movement toward a class action lawsuit against "Three Cups of Tea" author Greg Mortenson.
Mortenson, whose popular book has helped him to raise millions to support his efforts to build schools in central Asia, was one of America's most respected and best known philanthropists – until last month. That's when author Jon Krakauer appeared on "60 Minutes" to allege that Mortenson had lied in his book, misused the funds entrusted to him, and misrepresented the degree of the success of his school-building mission.
Mortenson has admitted that he "compressed" the timeline of some of the incidents in "Three Cups of Tea" but otherwise denies any claims of wrongdoing. His charity, the Central Asia Institute (CAI), has stated that in order to "address the recent media allegations" it is "gathering relevant facts from our field managers in Pakistan and Afghanistan to provide more comprehensive reporting." According to those close to Mortenson, pending heart surgery has prevented him from being able to speak out more fully in his own defense.
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In federal court in Missoula last week, two Montana legislators – state Reps. Michele Reinhart and Jean Price – filed a claim against Mortenson, stating that they were duped into buying "Three Cups of Tea" and then giving to Mortenson's charity because they thought the stories in his book were true.
The legislators have suggested that millions of others who bought the book, heard Mortenson speak, and/or contributed to his charity could potentially became part of their suit.
Reinhart, Price, and others "purchased the book because of his heart-wrenching story which he said was true," says Alexander Blewett, attorney for Reinhart and Price. "If people had known all of this was fabricated, they would not have given the money."
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"Three Cups of Tea" was published in 2006 and has garnered a wide and wildly enthusiastic audience. The book was on The New York Times bestseller list for three years after the release of its paperback edition. (The hardcover version of the book was not a big success and the paperback took off only after Mortenson persuaded his publishers to give the book a more hopeful subtitle.) It has since sold more than 4 million copies and been published in at least 39 countries. The book is required reading on many US college campuses and for all US service people bound for Afghanistan.
Mortenson, who also published a second book, "Stones into Schools," in 2009, draws huge crowds when he speaks about his work and has raised millions of dollars for his charity through both his books and his frequent speaking tours.
The suit being pursued by Reinhart and Price proposes that any monetary damages awarded be placed into a trust and directed to schoolchildren in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Marjorie Kehe is the Monitor's books editor.
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In much the same way that ballet has inspired film, pop musicians too have a healthy appreciation for dance. With the return of Chroma featuring orchestrations of music by The White Stripes, we thought we'd take a look at a few examples:
Freddie Mercury and The Royal Ballet - I Want to Break Free
One of Queen's most iconic music videos and possibly the clip that kickstarted pop's fascination with ballet, I Want to Break Free saw The Royal Ballet perform with Freddie Mercury in a Wayne Eagling-choreographed performance that paid no small homage to Vaslav Nijinsky's L'Après-midi d'un faune. The Company had worked with Mercury before - performing Bohemian Rhapsody and Killer Queen with him on stage at a gala at the Coliseum in 1977. Mercury was an avid opera and ballet fan, and also collaborated with soprano Montserrat Caballé.
Lady Gaga with The Bolshoi - Ballets Russes Italian Style (The Shortest Musical You Will Never See Again)
Pop's most eccentric artist collaborated with the Bolshoi Ballet as well as a host of other celebrities for Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art's 30th anniversary gala in 2009. The event was masterminded by artist Francesco Vezzoli, who dubbed Lady Gaga 'one of the Nijinskys of our epoch'. Among other high profile collaborators, Damien Hurst designed the piano played by Gaga, while Baz Luhrmann and Miuccia Prada designed costumes, and David Hockney designed the staging.
Radiohead with Wayne McGregor - Lotus Flower
A viral hit, Radiohead's 2011 music video for Lotus Flower is strikingly sparse - bowler-hatted frontman Thom Yorke flails in monochrome to the stuttering and soaring stand-out track, taken from the album The King of Limbs. Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor choreographed the sequence at Yorke's request and the video sparked an internet meme 'Dancing Thom Yorke' where fans replaced the audio with other songs, most memorably Beyoncé's Single Ladies. Yorke and McGregor collaborated again on the video for Radiohead side-project Atoms for Peace's Ingenue. 'It's like any contemporary artists working alongside each other,' offered Sadler's Wells Artistic Director Alistair Spalding. 'They will tend to work with their friends. It's like when Diaghilev would commission Stravinsky. Maybe today he would think about Radiohead.'
Boy George, Alison Mosshart, and more with Wayne McGregor - Carbon Life
Another pop/dance fusion from Wayne McGregor, Carbon Life saw the choreographer team up with DJ/producer Mark Ronson enlist to assemble a supergroup of pop talent from 80s new wave (Boy George) to indie rock (Andrew Wyatt of Miike Snow, Alison Mosshart of The Kills and The Dead Weather) and hip hop (Wale). The Gareth Pugh-designed production saw a backing band perform nine songs live from the rear of the stage while a revolving ensemble of Royal Ballet dancers performed in front. Among other inventive elements, the ballet saw male dancers performing on pointe, dressed in Pugh's striking angular costumes.
Sufjan Stevens with Justin Peck and New York City Ballet - Year of the Rabbit
Performed to an orchestration of Sufjan Stevens's astrology-inspired electronic song cycle Enjoy Your Rabbit, Year of the Rabbit was choreographed by New York City Ballet corps dancer Justin Peck. It followed an earlier collaboration between Peck and Stevens, which was created for the New York Choreographic Institute and follows the George Balanchine's tradition of, in Stevens's words, 'refusing to impose meaning [and] manipulating the dancers as abstract objects'. The pair are collaborating on a third work which will have its premiere in May 2014.
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Small talk by itself usually means perfunctory or meaningless conversation.
"Cut the small talk and get to the point."
A small talk is a short conversation.
Student or Learner
When we chat with our colleague(s), we 'have (a) small talk with' them.
A native speaker from Britain said to me that 'have a small talk with' is OK,
but my teacher says that 'have small talk with' is better.
Which do you think is better? Also is there any difference in meaning between 'have small talk with' and 'have a small talk with' ?
Thank you.
Small talk by itself usually means perfunctory or meaningless conversation.
"Cut the small talk and get to the point."
A small talk is a short conversation.
I agree that small talk can be seen as meaningless and perfunctory. However, small talk does serve a practical purpose. It helps people get to know each other. Making small talk shows friendliness.Originally Posted by mykwyner
In the context of language learning, I'd say small talk is "good talk". Small talk is easy in your first language, but it might not be so easy in a foreign language such as English.
It's good to start off with some small talk. Some people might feel reluctant about jumping into the deep end right away.
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mykwyner, X Mode, thank you for your reply.
In the following context, which is better?
'In a telecommuting system, the employees might feel lonely because they don't have anyone around them to [ have a small talk / have small talk] with.'
I guess 'have small talk' is better in this case,
because in this context the employees could feel relaxed and refreshed by having small talk with their colleagues (namely small talk does serve a practical purpose). They cannot feel relaxed and refreshed by just
having a short conversation.
Is this correct?
You're correct.
Additionally, 'to have a small talk' could also refer to an important matter that needs to be discussed in as brief and as painless way as possible. For example,
Boss to a new employee: Come into my office for a small talk about the company dress code. Jeans are inappropriate.
Father to his daughter: Let's have a small talk about your responsibilities at home.
Casiopea, thank you for your response.
Your explanation was very helpful for me!
I could learn that 'have a small talk' can be used to discuss important matters in a brief and painless way.
Originally Posted by peppy_man
Yes, you're correct.
If people have "a small talk" it's likely that it's about something that is significant and specific. "A small talk" could really be about anything. By contrast, if people are engaged in "small talk" it's usually more like a friendly chat. It doesn't have to be about anything specific and significant, but it certainly can be. One never knows the direction a conversation will take. Small talk can turn into something more meaningful. It depends on the speakers.
Originally Posted by peppy_man
Yes, you're correct. However, it's usually "make small talk", not "have small talk". If it's "a small talk", then use "have".
make small talk
"have small talk" - That's possible, but far less common. The usual collocation is "make small talk"
have a small talk
It is true that ''have a small talk" make good, because when we talk with people, we feel good, and we don't think more to our problems.
I would like to have a small talk with people because it will permit me, to correct my mistakes in english.


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Kemp's HR in 10th spoils Harper's strong debutLos Angeles Dodgers' Matt Kemp celebrates after hitting a walk-off home run in the tenth inning of their baseball game agains the Washington Nationals, Saturday, April 28, 2012, in Los Angeles. The Nationals won 4-3. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
LOS ANGELES (AP) Perhaps one day, Bryce Harper will be hitting home runs at Matt Kemp's current pace - although very few can.
For now, the Washington Nationals' top prospect can take satisfaction from the fact he hit a rope over Kemp's head in center field for a double in the third at-bat of his major league debut.
Harper also drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning with a sacrifice fly and Wilson Ramos added an insurance run for the Washington Nationals with an RBI single. But closer Henry Rodriguez gave both runs back in the bottom half with the help of three wild pitches, and Kemp homered leading off the 10th to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 4-3 victory on Saturday night.
''Kemp hit a bomb, and that's terrible,'' Harper said. ''But he's a great player and a great hitter. He's hitting like .440 right now with 11 jacks and 24 RBIs. I know that if I had a number one pick, he'd be it. He's unbelievable.''
Harper, the Nationals' much-ballyhooed 19-year-old outfielder and the first overall pick in the 2010 draft, was 1 for 3 in his four plate appearances. He started out by hitting a comebacker in the first inning and flied out in the fifth.
''I really didn't have butterflies at all. I think that's one of the first times I've never gotten butterflies,'' Harper said. ''I was sitting in the dugout before the game and I was thinking to myself: 'Wow, I'm in the big leagues.' But I was talking to Adam LaRoche before the game and I told him: 'Hey, I'm really calm right now.' I was just trying to look for my pitch and got into some good counts. I think in the next week or so, it'll really sink in.''
Because of the Nationals' rainout last Sunday at Miami, Stephen Strasburg didn't get the marquee matchup with NL Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw that many had hoped for. But the Nationals' ace right-hander still had his hands full keeping up with Chad Billingsley, who matched zeros with him until both teams scored a run in the eighth against the two starters.
''We played a great team tonight,'' Harper said. ''Billingsley threw a great game and we fought 'til the end. That's the way you want to start off your career, I think. But I wish we would have gotten the W, of course.''
Kemp drove a 1-2 pitch off Tom Gorzelanny (1-1) to center field for his majors-leading 11th home run, breaking the Dodgers record for long balls in April set by Gary Sheffield in 2000. Kemp tossed his helmet as he galloped from third to home plate, where he was mobbed by teammates.
''We're having fun right now,'' Kemp said. ''It took everybody to get this win tonight. I got the pitch I wanted to hit, a fastball over the middle and I hit it hard.''
Jamey Wright (1-0) pitched a perfect inning for the win.
Strasburg allowed one run and five hits over seven innings, struck out nine and walked none in his Dodger Stadium debut before a rollicking crowd of 54,242.
''I knew it was going to be a loud stadium tonight, so I just wanted to go out there and keep my composure, pound the strike zone and do my best and keep the team in the ballgame,'' Strasburg said. ''This was a tough one for us.''
Rodriguez, trying for his sixth save and first since tag-team partner Brad Lidge went on the disabled list on Friday, gave up a ground-rule double by Juan Uribe - one pitch after a fan ran onto the field and was tackled in left-center by security guards.
A.J. Ellis struck out and James Loney was thrown out at the plate on a grounder to first by pinch-hitter Adam Kennedy. But Rodriguez threw a wild pitch to Dee Gordon on a 1-2 count, allowing the tying run to score, and Gordon reached on a strikeout-wild pitch. Gorzelanny relieved Rodriguez, and Tony Gwynn Jr. lined out to first with two runners in scoring position.
''I was proud of the guys for bouncing back in the ninth,'' Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. ''To scratch out a win against those guys is showing that our guys are playing together. It's fun to watch Kemp, you see him getting better and better.''
LaRoche, whose two-run homer Friday night against Kershaw accounted for all the Washington scoring in a 3-2 loss, put the Nationals ahead 1-0 against Billingsley with a line drive into the lower seats in the right field corner on a 3-1 pitch. It was his third home run in 24 career at-bats against the right-hander.
The Dodgers pulled even after Strasburg hit Jerry Hairston Jr. leading off the bottom half. Loney reached on a fielding error by second baseman Danny Espinosa, and Hairston scored on a one-out single to left field by Ellis. Harper made a strong throw to the plate on the fly, but Ramos couldn't handle it cleanly.
''I was trying to make a good throw and I had a good opportunity to try to throw him out,'' Harper said. ''I did the best I could, but it didn't go our way.''
Billingsley gave up one run and five hits in seven innings with six strikeouts and a walk. He came in 4-0 with a 2.28 ERA in his four previous starts against Washington at Dodger Stadium.
Notes: Strasburg hit two batters, one more than he plunked in 177 innings over his 21 previous big league starts. But he hasn't allowed a home run in his last 10 starts and 63 1-3 innings since LaRoche took him deep on Aug. 15, 2010 while playing for Arizona. ... Strasburg led off the sixth with an opposite-field double to right-center, his first extra-base hit in 35 career at-bats to that point and the first by a Nationals pitcher this season. ... Billingsley has given up five homers in 30 2-3 innings this season. Last year, he had a homerless stretch of 92 innings. ... Strasburg, who was born in San Diego, made his first start in California. ... The youngest player in the 44-year history of the Montreal/Washington franchise was LHP Balor Moore, who was 19 years and 116 days old when he made his big league debut on May 21, 1970. Harper is 79 days older than Moore was.


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