When we think of "Women at War," the topic of this month's blog focus; we think of all the different relationships that we have with women-mothers, daughters, friends, co-workers…and the potential for "war!" But there is another woman with whom we do battle, and that is ourselves.
We compare our hair, our clothes, our weight, our husbands, our children, our spirituality, our houses, our personalities, our jobs, our parenting, our vacations, our fitness, our skin, our shoes!…the list is endless, and it is exhausting! So, we walk into any situation, even environments that are supposed to build us up, like church or small groups…and because we are incessantly comparing ourselves, we can walk away feeling "less than" and diminished in our own eyes! How truly tragic! Yet I do it to myself all the time. How about you? And lets amp this up just a little with "Facebook Envy" (More opportunity to compare…) You know…"My husband just surprised me for our anniversary with twelve dozen roses and little chocolates and candles all around our bed, a trip to Malibu, AND my children just made Student of the Year, and, and, and…." Wow! While I'm picking up my husband's dirty clothes from all around the bed, and my son just got suspended from pre-school for biting! We don't even need the media's constant bombardment telling us what the perfect woman is, we manage to do enough damage to ourselves just comparing ourselves to all the women in our own little worlds!
1: I have to renew my mind with who Jesus says that I am by reading His Word…and believe it!
God's Word tells us that we are uniquely and wonderfully made! He tells us how loved we are!
2: I have to recognize the gifts that He has given me.
1 Corinthians 12 tells us how He has created us all differently and that we are each important for exactly who we are. We are not supposed to all be the same! Phillipians 4:8 tells us to dwell on the good things. Dwell on who you ARE and not what you ARE NOT! Go ahead, actually count the ways in which you are an amazing person and what you offer to the world!
Do you realize that while you are looking at someone else and wishing that you were more like her in this way or that, she is looking at you and seeing your gifts and thinking the same thing! It's really true!
3: I have to recognize and fight the negative thoughts of comparison that the enemy Satan wants to defeat me with.
2 Corinthians 10:5 tells us to take our thoughts captive and make them obedient to Christ. James 4:7 says to "resist the enemy and he will flee!" This has been a life survival skill that I have had to practice!
When we work from a mentality of God-given security, we are fully capable of thinking another woman is beautiful without concluding that we are ugly! We can admire another woman's achievements without feeling like we are a failure. Where on earth did we come up with the idea that we have to subtract value from ourselves in order to give credit to someone else?
Life is short, and my heart's cry is that we would not waste any more time comparing ourselves until we've stripped ourselves of all the God-given beauty and dignity that we have been given! We are all at different stages of our life, and we each have different struggles and different attributes. But we are all on the same path, wanting to look more like Jesus. We are here to bless one another with who we are, and help each other along. Each of us in our own beautiful way, portrays a different facet of God's amazingness! It is not a competition. Stop the war with yourself and celebrate who you are! I am so privileged to know so many incredible women. You inspire me in a million different ways, and I have learned in Christ, that I am not so bad myself! God bless you all.
You are beautiful! What scriptures have helped you through times of comparison? Share your thoughts and comments below!
Seventeen years ago when my husband asked me to marry him, I can't say that my mother-in-law was extremely happy and joyful. Let's be honest, I was taking "away" the son she poured her life into. He was her only child. Adopted at the tender age of seven months old, he consumed her life. After his parents divorced early in his life, she worked three jobs to maintain the lifestyle he was accustomed to. She couldn't always attend his games or travel to school events but he was her pride and joy.
I didn't understand it then because only my filtered wisdom mattered. When we married, I felt she didn't like me much. I had no insight to understand differently. My parents were ecstatic, so why wasn't she?
My thoughts and opinions strained my relationship with her for years. I was cordial and gracious but I know in my heart it could have been a much deeper relationship if I had just opened myself up more. Now that I'm the mother of a four year old son, it creates an awareness I never had before. There are times when loving my son takes my breath away. With every kiss and every hug, he draws me into his heart. Loving him is intoxicating and beyond words. My son has my heart. I realize that if my mother-in-law shared similar emotions about Alton, no wonder it was hard for her to release him.
I've now moved into another season in my relationship with her. I no longer feel tension and stress when we are together. Being able to see the situation through her eyes brings compassion and understanding. A few years ago she was diagnosed with dementia. There are days when her memory is great and then there are days when it takes time for her just to remember our names. I'm so happy that I made peace within about our relationship, especially before her diagnosis. I wouldn't be able to care for her in the way that I do if my past feelings were still there. I try and treat each moment with her as if it were my last. As her disease progresses, I know that only God knows when he will transition her with him. Until then, I will continue to love her in such a special way. If it weren't for her and Alton's dad, there would be no him. No us. Thank God for a change of heart.
1 Corinthians 13 shares the true meaning of love.
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Almost every little girl loves a fairytale, and the story of my youth has all the conventional characters you'd expect to find in one. There's a Hero, a few villains, and, eventually, a handsome prince. There's also a stepmother, but she may be the least "conventional" character, because, truly, there's not a wicked bone in her body.
I met my step mom, Lisa, when I was three years old, shortly after my parents separated. My Dad introduced Lisa to me as his "friend," and right away, I was determined to make her mine too. I promptly took Lisa by the hand and walked her to my bedroom to show her my most prized possession, a Fischer Price record player. Lisa acted like my toy was the most marvelous thing she'd ever seen, and since she gave it its due praise, I decided that I liked her immediately. Fortunately, she liked me too.
My dad and Lisa eventually got married and had two children of their own. Looking back, I can still remember their wedding day. Lisa looked like a Barbie doll in her wedding gown and my dad looked happier than ever. Best of all, I got to be the flower girl. As I was approaching the altar, I'm sure I was thinking more about my pretty pink dress than Jesus, but looking back, it's my first memory of being in a church and I know I was in the presence of God, because I felt so much love.
I hadn't seen that kind of love before between my own parents. Though I'm sure there were happy times in their relationship, all of my early memories of their marriage were of the strife that existed in it. But neither of them are the villains in my story. They both did their best, loved me tremendously, and had every intention of making their marriage work when it started. Still, as Paul tells us in his letter to the Corinthians (1Cor 7:28), "Those who get married will have troubles," and having not yet given their lives and their relationship over to Christ, they weren't ready to face those troubles alone or as a couple.
The two weekends a month that I got to spend with my dad went from "party of two," to "party of three." The pastures seemed greener when I got to leave the monotony of everyday life at my mom's house, and spend two days in paradise with my dad and step mom. I often cried when my Dad and Lisa brought me home to my mom after our weekend visits. I begged my mom to let me go and live with them, and I know it must have broken her heart. Finally, at the age of 9, my mom succumbed to the pressure and I was in the care of Lisa and my dad for a year. I thought all of my dreams had come true! I was catapulted into the greener pastures of my dad and Lisa's life, but, I quickly realized that even greener pastures have rules, chores, bedtimes, and homework. The pastures were also missing something I'd never had the chance to miss before; my mom.
I didn't say it to hurt her and I knew she was doing her best to fill my "empty spaces". But she knew she couldn't ever take my mom's place and she didn't seek to. As our relationship matured, I learned that Lisa's only motive was to be a loving example to me and a friend when I needed one most. As a woman of God, she understood the principle of love being patient, kind, enduring, and hopeful. She was a true example of loving people like Jesus did, because like Him, she loved me when she didn't have to.
Today, I am pleased to say that Lisa and I remain very close. My mother and her have a friendly, mutually respectful relationship. They've both been amazing examples to me, as I strive to emulate their best qualities in my relationship with my own daughters.
If you find yourself in the position of loving an imperfect young girl (or even a boy) who isn't your own biological child, I encourage you to follow my step mom Lisa's example. Love them like Jesus did, without judgment, condemnation, or conditions. Bring your blessings, experiences, and gifts to the body that is your blended family. For as Jesus tells us, we are one body with many parts, functions, and gifts (1 Cor 12:12). I pray that we all might be such examples of God's love to others in need.
Are you a step mother or a woman who has a step mother? If so, how have you worked through the trials that you may have experienced? Share your comments below!
I remember sitting on my bed crying my eyes out. I can still hear my big sister say "Dawn, your plans have not changed, they are just delayed. You will still get to accomplish everything you want to do, don't worry". I was pregnant and unmarried at the age of nineteen. Why is everything so out of order in my life? Can I do anything right? Next, I had to watch my mother cry. Although I did not fully understand it then, I now understand the hurt and pain a mother feels when their child takes a turn in life. It was then that a part of me finally understood that my mother had other plans for my life, and having a child before marriage was not in this equation. But the time passed, and my mother's heart softened in her disappointment.
My beautiful bundle of joy arrived. She smelled so good. All brand new and looking directly in my eyes. Oh, if she would have stayed just a beautiful baby. But she didn't, she grew. She grew from listening to everything mommy said, to suddenly having her own opinion. Who is this? Did this child come out of my womb? The teenage years were rough. She was an alien from another planet. We did not see eye to eye on anything. All I could do is pray. Right at that moment I remembered what I put my mother through and decided this was punishment from God. Was I getting back everything I put my dear mother through? Was my youthful rebellion coming back to haunt me? I Prayed.
Suddenly, she blossomed. She changed into someone I recognized, again. A huge sigh of relief came over me. But more importantly, she changed into a person she liked. She came into her own. As women and young ladies, we go through periods where we are confused about who we are, and what our purpose is. A huge sigh of relief came over me that she left the alien nation and came back to the land of the living. She found Christ.
Never underestimate God's timing. At the lowest time of my life, when faced with divorce, this beautiful gift, my daughter, brought me so much comfort, and so much love. She took care of me like a nurse taking care of a patient. The one that I took care of was now taking care of me. And as Ruth followed Naomi, and said "your people shall be my people, and your God will be my God", she followed me to Grace FamilyChurch, and she became a member. Thank God I did not terminate this pregnancy. I could only see my future, but God sees everything. God knows our past, He is our present and He has plans for our future. And when I look at her, my beautiful daughter, I can see me.
How have you seen your relationship with your mother change for the good over the years? In what ways do you appreciate your mother or daughter as a gift? Share your comments below!


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Brexit: Legal action will be launched to stop Boris Johnson suspending parliament and forcing no-deal, John Major says
John Major says he will launch a judicial review to stop Boris Johnson suspending parliament to force through a "totally unacceptable" no-deal Brexit.
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James Dyson buys Singapore's most expensive apartment 'for £44m' as he prepares to move company HQ
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Leigh Steinberg: The Real-Life Jerry Maguire
Earlier this summer I had the chance to interview sports agent Leigh Steinberg. While he may be best known for representing NFL players such as Warren Moon, Thurman Thomas, Steve Young and Troy Aikman, he has also worked in other sports, including baseball.
Born and raised in California, Steinberg attended Cal-Berkeley, where he met his future first client, quarterback Steve Bartkowski, who was one of his residents when he was a residence hall adviser. The football player became the first pick in the draft following his college days, and his RA wound up getting the chance to represent him.
Called the "real-life Jerry Maguire," Steinberg was the original super agent. In addition to his work representing athletes, he is also an accomplished speaker and writer. He is certainly one of the most interesting people in the world of sports.
Continue reading for an inside look at his career.
Leigh Steinberg Interview:
How did you first become interested in becoming a sports agent?: There was not an established area of sports law when I was in law school. There was no guaranteed right for a player to have representation and teams could refuse to deal with an agent. I was a dorm counselor at UC-Berkeley in the early 1970's and the Cal freshman football team was housed in my dorm. One of the students, Steve Bartkowski, the quarterback, was drafted in 1975 as the first pick in the first round of the NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons, and he asked me to represent him. I had traveled the world since graduating in January 1974 and had not started my practice yet. We were able to negotiate the largest rookie contract in the history of the NFL, eclipsing Joe Namath and OJ Simpson's contracts.
Who was your first client, and how hard was it to convince them to sign with you?: It was only the second year that I went through the process of recruiting new clients. By profiling the type of athlete I wanted to represent--a role model with good values--it narrowed the focus to athletes that truly would be excited about the charitable and community approach
Which sport did you prefer to work with and why?: I have represented high round draft picks in the NBA,NFL, MLB, and boxers, ice skaters, gymnasts; and they are all unique. The NFL is the nation's passion currently and so I focused on quarterbacks, and at one point represented half of the starting QB's in the NFL.
What do you consider to be the defining moment of your career, or the one you are most proud of?: Standing at the podium in Canton, Ohio, delivering the presentation speech for Warren Moon's induction into the Hall of Fame was a culmination of everything I tried to achieve.
Warren was my client for 23 years, an extraordinary role model and charitable leader, and the first African-American quarterback in the modern era to be inducted. Troy Aikman also was inducted, and I remembered the excitement of the day in Pasadena when he was selected MVP of the Super Bowl.
Standing on the field when Steve Young won his first Super Bowl and exorcised the shadow of Joe Montana was heartwarming.
If you could do things over, what is something you would change about your career?: I wish I had started even earlier than the 90s crusading on the concussion issue and player safety. It took me ten years to realize that athletes were in denial about their long term health and to really help their life after football I needed to try and make the game safer.
Can you talk a bit about your philanthropy and how you passed that along to your clients?: My dad had two core values; one, treasure relationships-especially family; and two, take responsibility for trying to improve conditions in the world. Asking athletes to retrace their roots to the high school, collegiate and professional communities and set up scholarship funds and foundations that could make a difference was key. Athletes can be positive role models and trigger positive imitative behavior. My clients have raised almost $800 million dollars for charities and raised awareness about societal issues. It is the nexus for a well-rounded approach which will prepare them for second career.
What are you up to these days?: I am getting ready to relaunch a new sports and entertainment company that will represent star talent and have a marketing arm. It can market teams, leagues, corporations and any high profile individual. We will also create a virtual studio to help produce or consult with motion pictures, television, video games, apps that bring fans closer to sports on the internet, mobile phone, tablets and every platform of content supply.
I also am working on a Sporting Green Alliance that will take sustainable technology to stadia, arena and practice fields at the high school, collegiate and pro levels to drop carbon emissions and energy costs and transform those venues into educational platforms so that millions of fans can see a waterless urinal or a solar panel and think about how to integrate the concepts into their own homes and businesses.
I have turned in the first draft of an autobiography to St. Martin's Press which will come out later in the year. I speak around the country and write for publications like Forbes.com.
You can check me out on Facebook or follow me on Twitter @historianandrew
The Baseball Historian's Notes for August 26, 2013: The Sanctimony of Baseball
For as much fun as baseball can be, the sanctimony sometimes gets a little too thick for comfort. The latest example has been the firestorm following Boston Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster hitting Alex Rodriguez with a pitch after several apparent failed attempts in the same at-bat. While Dempster disputed that his actions were intentional, it sure seemed that way, and he earned a five-game suspension.
The purpose of the pitch was assumed to be A-Rod's recent suspension and controversy surrounding his use of PEDs, apparent dishonesty in covering it up, and highly public appeal of his punishment.
The fallout from the incident between Dempster and A-Rod has revealed the hypocritical nature of baseball. While throwing at a hitter is considered acceptable after a home run has been admired too long, a batter jogs across the pitcher's mound following an out, or a hundred other mundane reasons, the outcry against Dempster has been perplexing. Even Boston teammate David Ortiz came out publicly on the side of Rodriguez.
While hitting a batter for any reason can easily be argued as stupid and immature, as long as it has a place in the game (which it currently does), how can there be any quibbling over acceptable circumstances?
Dempster clearly had his reasons for throwing the pitch, which may or may not have had something to do with A-Rod's loathsome public image. People may not agree with what the pitcher did, but he was only following the protocol that has already been in place for generations before him. Don't hate the player; hate the game.
***Out of all the pitchers who have toed a mound in baseball history, one that you would least want to have throw at you was Hall-of-Fame southpaw Sandy Koufax. The flamethrower intimidated hitters throughout his career with his powerful arm.
As a youngster, Koufax was just a thrower with a lot of promise that needed a lot more polish. This scouting report from when he was 18 saw his diamond through the rough edges and recommended him as a top prospect. Whoever wrote it was right on the money; as he went on to have a storied career.
***The topic of Hall-of-Fame pitcher Satchel Paige's age has been a topic of debate for decades. While he's believed to have been born in 1906, nobody is certain that's accurate, and he did little to quell the mystery whenever he was asked to address the matter.
Here is a video clip of Paige talking to a reporter in 1958 about his age. Although he was at least in his early 50s at the time, he spoke of wanting to continue pitching for another 15-20 years. He made it to 1966, when he pitched his last organized game. As he one famously said, "Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
*** Sometimes old-time baseball players are best recognized by their stats or how they looked on their baseball cards. Those who played before the era of television and internet are relative mysteries when it comes to people knowing what they sounded like. Slugger Jimmie Foxx, who hit .325 with 534 home runs and 1,922 RBI, during a legendary 20-year career, is one of those players. There's not a great deal of audio material for Foxx, but this interview is a wonderful example of the burly first baseman talking about his career.
*** Being elected in the National Baseball Hall of Fame is the ultimate pinnacle for any career in the sport. During the induction ceremony, newly minted members can experience a rush of emotions and appreciation for finally reaching the top of the proverbial mountain for their chosen profession.
Pitcher Bob Gibson, who was known as a silent warrior during his great career with the St. Louis Cardinals, gave a great acceptance speech. Like his pitching style, it was direct, effective and classy. His grace in accepting baseball's ultimate honor should be seen as much as an example as what he was able to do on the diamond.
*** A little over 30 years ago, Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett was ejected from a game following one of the most explosive reactions to an umpire decision ever seen.
The future Hall-of-Famer hit what appeared to be a go-ahead home run against Goose Gossage and the New York Yankees. However, Yankees manager Billy Martin asked for the hitter's bat to be inspected. It was determined that the amount of pine tar on the barrel of the bat exceeded permissible amounts, and Brett was called out and the home run was nullified. Brett went berserk, and it became forever known as the "Pine Tar Incident."
As it turns out, Merritt Riley, a 47-year-old police officer, played a major role in the imbroglio. At the time, he was a teenaged batboy for the Royals. The Yankees were able to inspect Brett's bat after their catcher took it from the youngster's innocent hands at home plate following the homer. Riley's recollections of that game are an interesting take from a perspective not usually paired with the story.
***And now your moment of Zen. Turns out the Harvard baseball team isn't just full of players who are wicked smart. They can also perform the hell out of their own version of a Carly Rae Jepsen song.
This 2012 video was obviously made by the players while trying to find something to do while in their travels to or from a game. There may be a number of other attempts to cover this delightful ditty, but the Crimson boys put their own unique spin on it.
The Baseball Historian's Notes for August 19, 2013: All Hail the Hidden Ball Trick!
In a sport increasingly known for money, technology and deeds of avarice, the hidden ball trick has to be one of the rarest and time-honored plays in baseball. It's something that has been utilized since the earliest days of the game, yet still has a place today.
One blog post from several years ago reported there have been less than 300 hidden ball tricks in major league history. It's a stat that has not been well-documented, so while the exact number is in question. there is no doubting its rarity.
Although the hidden ball trick is as old as soaking runners or jamming wads of chewing tobacco into spike wounds, it is still as cool as ever. It was glorified in a movie and is still a top highlight when occasionally pulled off in today's game.
The most recent example came on August 10 in a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers. L.A. third baseman Juan Uribe was the victim of a particularly well-executed play. Naturally, it was talked about for days after the fact. No matter how big baseball gets, it is small joys like this that make baseball the national pastime.
***Whatever good will Alex Rodriguez had with most fans was likely lost following his recent PED suspension and subsequent highly publicized appeal. Going back to a simpler time in his career, this clip documents a 1996 exhibition home run derby in the minor leagues, featuring Ken Griffey Jr., David Ortiz and Rodriguez. It's fascinating to see A-Rod, with innocence in full bloom, not to mention a shockingly scrawny Big Papi (before the "big" was apropos).
***One of the most iconic moments in baseball history was Dodger outfielder Kirk Gibson's 1988 Game 1 World Series home run against super closer Dennis Eckersley and the Oakland Athletics. The full drama of the entire at-bat can be seen via this clip.
Gibson had not started that particular game because of injuries to both legs that left him barely able to walk. Late in the game, he was summoned to the clubhouse, tottered up to the plate and after several minutes of drama slammed a homer against Eckersley; perhaps the best pitcher on the planet at the time.
The Dodgers went on to take the Series against the heavily-favored Athletics. A bonus of the famous moment is that it is called by legendary broadcaster Vin Scully, who can make any magical baseball moment even more special.
***Henry Chadwick, who passed away in 1908, is often referred to as the Father of Baseball. The journalist and voracious scorekeeper had so much influence on the game that he is often credited with its founding. He certainly didn't invent baseball, but his contributions were significant enough that his enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame is an honor richly deserved.
This look at Chadwick is done in large part by the author going through a treasure trove of his papers. Primary sources is the good friend to any historian, and anything that can illuminate a figure like the Hall of Famer, who is largely forgotten by mainstream society is a reclamation worth doing.
***The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees have had a rivalry of one sort or another since the Yankees joined the fledgling American League in 1903 (Boston was an original entrant in 1901). This color photo from a 1942 game at Fenway Park between the two teams is an interesting tidbit in the history of those two teams. It's interesting to note how similar many parts of the stadium are to what stands today. On the other hand, there are noticeable differences to the left field wall, where the Green Monster, which is festooned with advertisements, is not nearly as intimidating as it eventually became.
***Free giveaways have become a staple at baseball games; particularly in the minor leagues. As the swag has diversified, so have the methods of delivery to the hysterical crowd hoping to be one of the lucky few to bask in the glory of free but completely useless crap.
One of the most interesting developments has been that of the t-shirt cannon. Pumping balled up shirts in inconvenient sizes to fans has become strangely popular. The New York Times' Pagan Kennedy explored the history of the non-lethal weapon, and found that it originated in the 1990s, first appearing as a veritable mortar. It has evolved since then, but become an accessory few baseball teams can now live without.
***If you are a student of a game and a lover of baseball history, it doesn't get any better than the following clips. In 1993, Bob Costas interviewed Red Sox legend Ted Williams at length about his career and thoughts about the game. Clip 1, clip 2 and clip 3 add up to nearly 40 minutes of pure bliss for anyone who gets chills listening to the Splendid Splinter talk about hitting or baseball.
***And now, your moment of Zen. Most fans of baseball and its history would agree the current game just isn't the same that it used to be. Fortunately, there's a way to temporarily transport back in time. Here is a complete radio broadcast of a 1957 game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs. The pitching matchup of future Hall-of-Famer Sandy Koufax against Dick Drott led to a fantastic game (and 12 strikeouts by Koufax!)
In addition to other Hall-of-Famers like Roy Campanella, Ernie Banks and Duke Snider playing, the first three innings are called by a young announcer by the name of… Wait for it… Vin Scully!
Boston Red Sox: Why You Shouldn't Be Buying Team's 2013 World Series Chances
Following last season's 92-loss debacle, this year's version of the Boston Red Sox have been a breath of fresh air. Heading into last night's game at 71-49 they already had one more victory than all of last year and hold first place in the American League East. The turnaround can be attributed in various parts to new manager John Farrell and a slate of offseason moves that seriously shook up the roster. While there is a lot to like about this team, let's be clear on one thing; they are not a serious World Series contender in 2013.
This declaration isn't a continuation of the Debbie Downer fatalists who infested Red Sox Nation prior to the team winning the World Series in 2004; taking home the trophy for the first time in 86 years. It's a realistic view of a fun, but flawed team, which will be held back by its lack of starting pitching.
Boston leads the major leagues with 605 runs scored this season. Despite the impressive offensive output, the mediocrity of their starting pitching will prevent them from experiencing October glory.
Southpaw Jon Lester is supposedly the team ace. The 29-year-old was once one of the brightest young pitchers in the game, but has never fully claimed his supposed destiny.
Worried whispers around Boston have termed Lester's lack of ace performances as a "slump." Looking at the numbers suggest it's much more than that. The high point of his career was 2010, when he went 19-9 with a 3.25 ERA and 225 strikeouts. While he won 15 games the following year, his struggles started in the waning weeks of that season.
Since September 1, 2011, Lester has gone 20-24 with a 4.69 ERA in 63 starts. The longevity of such underwhelming production suggests his reality is more that of a back-end starter than pitcher simply needing to get back on track.
Moving on from Lester brings us to other problems with the starting rotation.
Right-hander Clay Buchholz looked like he finally put together everything that made him a 2005 first-round draft choice, as he went 9-0 with a 1.71 ERA in 12 starts earlier this year. Unfortunately, he last pitched on June 8 because of a strained neck.
The injuries are nothing new for the 29-year-old. He has missed time every year since he became a "regular" in the Boston rotation mid-way through the 2009 season. He has shown tantalizing talent, particularly this year, but has cemented his reputation of being made of tissue paper and dandelion spores. Regardless if he pitches again this year, there's no way he can be counted on to front a rotation through a gritty playoff run.
Veteran Jake Peavy was brought to Boston last month through a trade with the Chicago White Sox. While the 2007 National League Cy Young winner can still be effective, he is now more of a back-end guy than anything else.
He had a gruesome right shoulder injury that was MacGyvered back together through surgery, rehab and possibly black magic.
Since coming to the American League half-way through the 2009 season, he has just a 4.00 ERA while allowing 1.1 home runs per nine innings. Those numbers are jumps from his 3.29 ERA and 0.9 home runs per nine innings in eight years in the National League.
Right-hander John Lackey is dangerously close to being in the same category as Peavy. He missed all of last season because of Tommy John surgery. Despite a 7-10 record, he has surprised many with his 3.32 ERA in 21 starts this year. It may not stay that low much longer.
Lackey hasn't had a full-season ERA of less than 3.75 since 2007. Additionally, there are visible signs he is tiring as the season has wore on. He has a 4.96 ERA in five starts since the All Star break, as opposed to a 2.78 mark before that time. Coming off such a grueling injury and recovery, he can't be expected to be a workhorse this year.
The other pieces of Boston's rotation are equally uninspiring.
36-year-old Ryan Dempster and his career 130-132 record and 4.35 ERA were signed to stabilize the bottom of the rotation. At 6-8 with a 4.67 ERA this year, he has done just that, and proved that you can expect about six innings and three runs allowed per start, but not much more, and sometimes even less.
That brings us to lefty Felix Doubront, the youngest and hottest member of Boston's staff. After nearly losing his job earlier in the season, the 26-year-old has gone 5-3 with a 2.63 ERA in 13 starts since the first of June. While he has certainly done a commendable job of turning things around, he is still not in the neighborhood of being an ace.
Doubront has pitched seven innings or more just three times this season, and three times last year, over a cumulative span of 50 starts. His inability to go deep in games comes from his struggles to find the strike zone, as his 3.9 walks per nine innings often spike his pitch counts. His style of pitching is often exposed by experienced teams come playoff time, making him a dangerous arm to rely on.
The Red Sox also have a farm system chock-full of young talent; some of whom have appeared at the Fens this season. They may be big parts of the future, but they won't be pulling a circa 1992 Tim Wakefield and making big and unexpected contributions to a playoff run. Allen Webster, Steven Wright and Brandon Workman have all had their moments this year—some good and some not so good. While there is a good chance they will have their time in the next year or two, it is clear it won't come in 2013.
The starting rotation of the Red Sox isn't terrible. It has a number of veterans who are productive and will be part of the team for seasons to come. They just don't have the ability or cache of a playoff staff. To compliment what the current group's skills, an ace is needed to take the team to the next level. That may be easier said than done, but that is what winning teams must do to become and remain viable.
Although the Red Sox have rebounded nicely from last year's disaster, don't get your hopes up for anything more than enjoying an entertaining team. The question marks about their starting pitching are enough to put away the streamers and sparkling grape juice for at least another year
The Baseball Historian's Notes for August 12, 2013: What's Smothering Baseball
Despite some excellent games, Max Scherzer notching his 17th win (against just one loss) and outfielder Alexis Rios being traded from the Chicago White Sox to the Texas Rangers; a somber fog hung over baseball this past week because of the specter of performance enhancing drugs.
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was suspended an unprecedented 211 games for a litany of offenses linked to the Biogenesis scandal, but immediately filed an appeal and played his first games of the season. It's unknown when his case will be heard, but steroids will remain a major issue in the game until that time and beyond.
PEDs have become ingrained in baseball in large part because of players' quest for money and career longevity. There may be no official science linking users with specific improvements in performance or physical benefits, but at the least, the perception is that it helps. Whether it is a star staying at the top of his game or a bit player hoping to hang on for one more season, it all comes down to chasing glory and paychecks. On top of the huge salaries earned by major leaguers, even minor league pay could be the most money some may ever hope to make, especially in the case of international players.
For most players a baseball career is a finite period of time to make their mark and their bank. There is constantly a mob of other players breathing down their necks to usurp their place in the game, so any advantage, real or perceived, may be seen as means to an end if it allows them to hold on for even one more day.
***While some players are desperate to stay in the game, others are just as ferocious in their attempts to break in and start a career. SB Nation's Brandon Snead wrote an eye-opening piece about Montaous Walton, who had a serious lack of talent but created an online and media-driven prospect profile in an attempt to fake his way into a professional baseball career. The shocking part of the story is how far he got in receiving tryouts, interviews, perks and even hiring an agent. The caper took place over the course of years, but finally came to an end when authorities were alerted to his fraudulent actions.
***This next bit may sting a little for fans of the Boston Red Sox. It's the official transfer paperwork documenting the sale of slugger Babe Ruth to the Yankees in December, 1919. Of course, the Bambino went on to serve as the foundation of the greatest dynasty in American sports history (26 World Championships), while the Red Sox went 86 years before winning their next title in 1919. The one-page document had an incredible impact that completely changes the course of two of baseball's greatest franchises for the better part of a century. Simply remarkable.
***Major League teams get all the attention in the media, but minor league baseball is still extremely popular across the country. The Reading Eagle's Mike Drago outlined the 1983 Phillies, which was one of the best teams in recent memory. Despite starting out 6-11, by future MLB stars Juan Samuel and Darren Daulton, they finished at 96-44 and won their division by 18.5 games.
Reading's success was achieved by outscoring their opponents by 200 runs. They also stole a whopping 272 bases, which shattered the previous league record of 232. It's been thirty years since that incredibly successful team was entertaining crowds, but they will go down as an all-time great.
***It was 25 years ago last week (August 8, 1988) that the first night game was played by the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. This video clip of legendary broadcaster Harry Caray and Bill Murray, perhaps the team's most famous fan, shows the action from the booth on that historic night.
Unfortunately, the game against the Philadelphia Phillies was rained out after three innings of play. The first official Wrigley night game was completed the following night against the New York Mets, and resulted in a 6-4 Chicago win.
ESPN.com's Jim Caple wrote an excellent feature documenting the events of that historic illumination.
Technology is rampant in baseball today in so many ways, so it's easy to forget that the simplicity of lights is a relatively new feature for the Cubs.
***The 1969 New York Mets was one of the most iconic teams in baseball history. Just seven years into their existence, they went 100-62 and beat the favored Baltimore Orioles in the World Series. Known simply as the "Amazin's," the squad is still fondly recalled by many for being so fun to watch. This pictorial essay documents in lavish color the team that captivated the country and became the first to show how quickly an expansion franchise could become competitive.
***Baseball lost another of its all-time greats with the recent passing of Johnny Logan. The shortstop had a 13-year major league career, primarily for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves. He shared the left side of the infield with Hall-of-Fame third baseman Eddie Mathews, and was part of some successful teams.
Logan played in two World Series (1957-58), and was an excellent hitting middle infielder during a time when such a thing was a rarity. He hit .268 in 1,503 career games with 93 home runs and 547 RBI. He was also a four-time All Star, and three times finished in the top-20 in MVP voting.
Logan was 86 at the time of his passing.
***And now, your moment of Zen. Hall of Fame outfielder Rickey Henderson is not only known for being the greatest leadoff hitter and base stealer of all-time, he is also quite a character. He was always known for bizarre behavior of comical sound bites that were completely serious on his part. This list compiles the 25-greatest non-play moments of his loquacious career. After reading through these unforgettable parts of his career, you'll never look at him the same way again.
Nolan Sanburn: Oakland A's Pitching Prospect Talks Baseball
The Oakland Athletics have displayed a knack for producing quality Major League pitching in recent years, with the likes of Tim Hudson, Trevor Cahill, A.J. Griffin and Sean Doolittle just to name a few. Young Nolan Sanburn is hoping he can be one of the next in line to emerge from their system.
Sanburn is a 22-year-old right hander who was a second-round draft pick in 2012 out of the University of Arkansas. He was primarily a reliever with the Razorbacks, going 6-5 with a 2.96 ERA in 46 games (four starts) with 84 strikeouts in 73 innings over two years.
Because of a polished pitch arsenal, the A's view Sanburn as a potential starter. He got a brief taste of pro ball last summer in short-season Vermont, but missed the start of this season because of shoulder surgery. He has recently returned and is working his way back to full strength, currently pitching for Single-A Beloit. More information on his statistics is available here: http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=sanbur001nol.
I was able to catch up with Sanburn this past offseason to ask him some questions about his baseball career. Check out what Oakland's pitching prospect had to say:
If you could sit down and pick the brain of any pitcher, current or former, who would that be and why?: Justin Verlander, because he is such an incredibly gifted and talent pitcher. He seems to have mastered his craft more than almost every other pitcher in baseball. Every fifth day, he goes out and gives his team an opportunity to win that day. He competes every pitch of every at bat, and he never gives in. I look up to him and respect him very much as a person and as a player because he is dominant on the field while also staying out of trouble off the field. He is a pitcher I aspire to be like.
Leading up to the 2012 MLB Draft, what kind of contact and recruiting were you getting from different teams?: Leading up to the draft, I was in contact with just about every team. But because our college team was still playing, I rarely thought about the draft because I was so focused on winning and getting to Omaha.
Can you run through what your draft experience was like?: Getting drafted was an incredible feeling! It was years of hard work, with the help of my family's support. My approach to the draft was work and play as if it all depends on you, and pray as if it all depends on God. I feel very blessed and fortunate to be a part of the Oakland A's organization, and I cannot wait for this season to arrive.
What pitches do you throw and which one do you hope to improve the most?: Fastball, curveball, slider and changeup. I feel that I have developed all my pitches after attending Instructional League in the fall. Gil Patterson (former Oakland pitching coordinator) played a huge part in my mental and physical approach to baseball and pitching. I hope I have the opportunity to improve on my location and my percentage of quality strikes.
With the A's getting so much exposure from Moneyball, how has your reality matched or differed from how the organization is portrayed in media?: The Oakland A's organization is an incredible organization to be in. I am so thankful that the front office believed that I have what it takes to eventually pitch in the big leagues. I am not too sure how different or similar the movie is from real life, but I do know that I have been treated wonderfully and been given all the tools and opportunities to be successful.
What do you believe sets you apart from other pitching prospects in the Oakland organization?: There are many great pitchers in this organization, and I believe that all of us have an opportunity to become successful major league pitchers. But when it comes to my performance and overall success, I make sure I am doing everything that I can to put myself in the best position to be successful. I am always surrounding myself with coaches and older players who have more experience and knowledge than me. I take pre and post-injury prevention stretching very seriously, and when I throw, I make sure every throw has a purpose. I am not as physically gifted as a lot of players are, so I take it upon myself to make sure that I am giving it everything that I have on and off the field. If I don't make it to the big leagues, it will be because I wasn't good enough, not because I didn't work hard enough.
What is the most valuable piece of advice you have ever been given?: Start becoming the man you want to be for the rest of your life, and becoming the man your children will look up to. I believe this is the best advice I have ever heard. Gil Patterson is an incredible man who I look up to very much, and this is who spoke these words. I believe this statement is important because it has nothing to do with baseball, but has everything to do with life. Baseball is important to me, but not as important as my relationship with Jesus Christ. If I can become more Christ-like, then I will put myself in better position to be a great husband, a great father and great friend.
Having aspirations to pitch in the major leagues, how difficult is it to put in the work and time needed to get there after being drafted?: In my opinion, I don't see playing baseball or pitching as work. I am a 21-year-old man living an 8-year-old's dream. My life is good! I enjoy going to work every day and playing catch and working out and running. It's fun for me. This is an opportunity of a lifetime, so I am not gonna let it pass me up because it's difficult. I am so blessed and fortunate to be where I am. I look forward to every chance to get on the field to play. It's just another opportunity to be thankful for everything the Lord has given me.
The Baseball Historian's Notes for August 5, 2013: A-Rod Lacks the Good Will to Help Himself
News is expected today announcing the fate of maligned New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. For his role in the Biogenesis performance enhancer scandal, he is expected to face anything from a lengthy suspension to being banned from the game. He has reportedly vowed to fight to the end, and accept no punishment despite there allegedly being volumes of evidence linking to his use of PEDs, active recruitment of other players and interfering with MLB's investigation. Regardless of what happens, it promises to not be pretty.
It's a shame it has come to this. It didn't have to. The 38-year-old Rodriguez was a baseball prodigy who oozed talent. Staying on top of his game may not have been easy but ending his career on such a down note, when he could have been celebrated as one of the best players to ever don a uniform, is a antithesis. Not only is he going out as a cheater, he is flaunting a me-first oblivious sense of entitlement never before seen on a baseball diamond. Even Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens saw the writing on the wall and faded into the sunset after their affiliations with PEDs became prominent.
Rodriguez's long track record of arrogance is overwhelming any sense that he may in the right. Although he had admitted previous PED use, he has never officially failed a test. His suspension/banning will either come under the terms of the Joint Drug Agreement or by the commissioner invoking his ability to act in the best interests of the game. In either instance, the lack of true due process is questionable at best. Unfortunately, Rodriguez has burned so many bridges with his narcissistic and grating ways that he has become like the boy who cried wolf. Instead of stirring up an army of supporters, he is simply giving more ammunition to the growing number of people who would simply like him to go away.
***The PED users who have thrown away parts of their careers and their reputations puts the following story into perspective. Baseball is enjoyed by a wide swath of people around the world. There is flourishing World Series of Beep Baseball, which is a modified game played by blind participants since the 1970s. Pitchers are signaled by a high-pitch beep that allows batters to know when to swing. Runs are scored if hitters reach base before the ball is picked up by an opposing fielder. There have been five balls caught on the fly in tournament history. It's great to see those who love baseball able to get out on the field and play the game after adapting it to their abilities.
***Was there anything Yankees legend Babe Ruth couldn't do? In addition to being the Sultan of Swat, he was also known to enjoy croaking out a song or two. This picture, which was taken in 1938 when he was the first-base coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers, shows him warming up his pipes with some of his players. Meanwhile, this rare footage is of the Babe doing a little arm-swinging song routine for the cameras during the earliest days of television. He wasn't as successful a crooner as he was a baseball player, but like everything he did, he was larger than life in every one of his endeavors.
***Later this week marks the 110th anniversary of one of the darkest days to ever take place at a major league stadium. On August 8, 1903, a large crowd turned out for a doubleheader at Huntingdon Street Baseball Grounds in Philadelphia between the Phillies and Boston Beaneaters. A disturbance in the bleachers caused the structure to collapse, injuring hundreds and killing a dozen spectators.
The Phillies didn't play for another 12 days, as an investigation into the tragedy was conducted. It was determined that rotten timber was the main culprit, and the team wound up playing the remainder of their home games that year at the park of the American League rival Athletics. Stadiums are no longer the tinder boxes they once were, thanks in part to an incident such as this, which has gone largely forgotten.
***The New York Public Library is still looking for baseball artifacts that were stolen from them 40 years ago. The collection includes rare baseball cards, photos, letters and other priceless artifacts from the early days of the game. While some of the items have been returned to the library over the years, the whereabouts of the bulk that were taken still remain unknown. It will be great if they can eventually be recovered so they can be enjoyed by the general public.
***The Boston Red Sox lost two alumni last week, when it was announced former first baseman George "Boomer" Scott had passed away at the age of 69, and former pitcher Frank Castillo, 44, had perished in a drowning accident. Both were popular and productive during their stints in Boston, and their deaths will be felt by Red Sox Nation.
***When Yankees outfielder Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's 34 year-old single-season home run record in 1961, when he hit 61 round-trippers, it changed more than just his own life. The 61st home run was hit off Boston Red Sox's Tracy Stallard, and caught in the stands by a young New Yorker named Sal Durante. He got to meet Maris after the game and was encouraged to keep the ball.
Durante, who was engaged, sold the ball for $5,000 a few weeks later, allowing him to marry his fiancé and start their new life together. This short film tells their terrific story, which is an all-time baseball classic.
***And now, your moment of Zen. Several years ago, Phillies' pitcher Kyle Kendrick had a very cruel but funny prank pulled on him by his teammates. An elaborate ruse was concocted to convince the young hurler he had been traded to a Japanese team. He endured several minutes of uncomfortable incredulity before finally being let off the hook. He's still with Philadelphia, and while he may actually get traded before his career is over, he'll likely never forget the time he was briefly sent packing across the ocean.
Out of the Park Baseball: Playing "What If?" With the Past, Present, and Future of Baseball
Here is a first for the Baseball Historian- a guest blog. It is written by Brad Cook, who runs marketing for the fantastic baseball history game, Out of the Park Baseball. Enjoy!
Thanks to Andrew for graciously offering me a guest post slot at The Baseball Historian. In the interest of full disclosure, I'm the PR and marketing guy for Out of the Park Developments, but I'm also a lifelong baseball fan with many fond memories of the sport. Those memories are what initially drew me to Out of the Park's flagship game, Out of the Park Baseball, before I even worked for them.
OOTP, as it's known, lets you indulge in your wildest "What if?" fantasies, even if "What if?" simply means letting you call the shots for your favorite team as the current season plays out. Sure, OOTP lets you take the reins of your favorite modern day club and unleash your inner GM and armchair manager, allowing you to haggle over trades, draft a fresh crop of talent for your farm system (complete with the top couple hundred or so real draftees), sign free agents, decide who deserves a contract extension, set your lineups and pitching rotation, make game-time decisions (when to steal, when to pinch-hit, and so forth), and much, much more. And you can play forward from there, taking your club decades or even centuries into the future as you guide its destiny.
However, this deep management game also lets you travel back through time and play forward from there, with real players showing up when they actually did and expansion teams and realignment appearing at the right times. Want the Red Sox to keep Babe Ruth? Sure, you can do that. Ever wonder how Lou Gehrig's career would have turned out had he not contracted a fatal disease? Easy. Curious how Mike Schmidt might have fared had your team drafted him? No problem -- just turn off the "players show up on their debut teams" option and he could be yours in the draft.
And when you turn on commissioner mode, you can travel to even more parallel baseball universes. Go back in time and add the DH before it appeared (if you must be a heretic). Bring about free agency sooner than it actually happened. Tweak the financial settings. Adjust the variables to make your league more hitter- or pitcher-friendly. Just about every feature is customizable, including the option to have real players show up randomly throughout history, rather than when they really did -- Pete Rose could appear in the 1920 draft while Ty Cobb debuts in 1950 and Sandy Koufax begins his career in 1980.
You can travel as far back as 1871 and play forward from there, with the likelihood that you could end up with a very different 2013 season by the time you reach the current day, depending on the settings you choose. OOTP also supports as many saved games as you want to create, so you can experiment with a variety of options to see what results they produce.
Baseball fans love to argue about whether Koufax could have struck out Ruth, or if Hank Aaron would have gotten the best of Three-Finger Brown, or if a certain team could have reversed its fortunes had its management not made some unfortunate decisions. While we'll never know the definitive answers to those questions, OOTP lets you get as close as possible to them.
Out of the Park Baseball 14 is the latest version in this long-running series, and it's available now for just $39.99, with all seasons and players included. It runs on PC/Mac/Linux. A simpler version is also available for just $4.99 for iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch).
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Consent to Jurisdiction for Non-Core Issues Allowed in Bankruptcy Proceedings
In a case decided on May 26, 2015 the United States Supreme Court decided that parties can consent to Bankruptcy Court jurisdiction on non-core issues. This is a key decision affecting the rights of parties in bankruptcy proceedings. The case is Wellness International Network, Ltd., et al. vs Sharif, 575 U.S. ____ (2015).
Here are the circumstances that led to this decision.
Sharif filed for chapter 7 in the Northern District of Illinois. Prior to the filing, Sharif and Wellness International were engaged in contentious litigation in which Wellness sought to collect on a judgment against Sharif. Subsequent to the entry of a judgment against Sharif in the District Court, Sharif filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. Wellness filed an adversary proceeding containing in part an objection to Sharif's discharge. In his answer to this adversary proceeding, Sharif conceded that the matter was a core proceeding. The contentious litigation continued in the bankruptcy court forum and the bankruptcy court subsequently issued a ruling denying Sharif a discharge. Sharif appealed to the District Court, which affirmed the bankruptcy court's findings. Before the District Court issued its decision, but after briefing was concluded, the Supreme Court issued its decision inStern vs. Marshall, 564 U.S. 2 (2011). Sharif sought permission of the District Court to file a supplemental brief. This was denied as untimely by the District Court and affirmed the Bankruptcy Court's decision. Sharif then appealed to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals which affirmed the District Court in part and reversed in part on the basis of division of authority between the district courts and the bankruptcy courts. In short, the 7th Circuit determined that Sharif's Stern objection could not be waived and that the non-core proceeding could not be heard by the bankruptcy court.
The Supreme Court granted certiorari and arguments were presented in January, 2015.
In a split opinion, the Supreme Court held that bankruptcy courts are not prohibited from hearing and making determinations regarding non-core proceedings if the parties consent or waive objection. Article III of the United States Constitution does not prohibit bankruptcy judges from determining non-core proceedings if the parties agree or waive consent. Parties may waive their objection to the bankruptcy court hearing non-core proceedings such as in Stern. However, such consent must be knowing and voluntary but does not need to be express. Consent can be implied as well. The key question for courts to review is whether the litigant's consent, whether it is express or implied, is knowing and voluntary. The Majority Opinion points out that Bankruptcy Judges are appointed by Article III judges and may be removed by them and hear matters by reference by the District Courts. Therefore it was apparent that the District Courts intended for bankruptcy courts to hear matters as delegated. The Court then remanded the case to the 7th Circuit for a decision on whether Sharif knowingly and voluntarily consented to the bankruptcy court's jurisdiction.
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Biden says no 'Cold War' with China, but tensions may flare soon
Analysis by Ishaan Tharoor
November 15, 2022 at 12:01 a.m. EST
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The meeting with President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping went largely as expected. On the Indonesian island of Bali, the leaders of the two global powers had their first in-person, face-to-face encounter since Biden took office. The session, on the sidelines of the Group of 20 major economies summit, came amid a deep freeze in relations between the two countries. The modest goal was to stabilize a tense dynamic and lay the kindling for a potential future thaw. After Xi and Biden spoke, officials suggested progress had been made.
"I absolutely believe there need not be a new Cold War," Biden told reporters following the three-hour closed-door meeting. He added that he and Xi "were candid and clear with one another across the board" and pointed to the need for their two countries "to be able to work together" on global challenges like climate change and food insecurity.
Xi responded in somewhat similar fashion. He said "China-U.S. relations currently face a situation that is not in the interests of the two countries" and hoped that he and his American counterpart could "steer the bilateral relationship in the right direction."
There were glimmers of breakthroughs. It emerged Monday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will go to Beijing early next year as part of an expanding dialogue between both countries. And it also appeared that a number of intergovernmental joint working groups — including important bilateral discussions on climate change — were set to resume operation after China broke off contacts in the wake of the controversial visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in August.
Under Xi, China wants absolute security. It's making the world nervous.
Today, I met with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China.
We discussed our responsibility to prevent the competition between our countries from veering into conflict and finding ways to work together on shared challenges that affect the international community. pic.twitter.com/ufneHdcyCF
— President Biden (@POTUS) November 14, 2022
Both Biden and Xi came to the sit-down bolstered by domestic developments. At a major Communist Party congress last month, Xi secured his position as paramount leader of the one-party Chinese state and raised up loyalists to further cement his indefinite grip on power. For outside observers, the long horizon of Xi's rule has crystallized a view of an increasingly aggressive China on the world stage, bent on subverting the international system in its favor while further constricting the space for civil society and dissent at home.
Biden, to greater surprise, emerged from last week's midterm elections with a stronger mandate than anticipated, as a red wave failed to materialize and his Democrats maintained control of the Senate. He argued that the election results justified his administration's approach to foreign policy after the nationalist disruptions imposed by former president Donald Trump.
"I think the election held in the United States … has sent a very strong message around the world that the United States is ready to play," Biden said during his Monday news conference. "The Republicans who survived, along with the Democrats, are of the view that we're going to stay fully engaged in the world and that we, in fact, know what we're about."
The irony is that Biden has, in some arenas, maintained the Trump-era status quo, refusing to drop tariffs on China. He is also pressing ahead with an ambitious plan to delink a key cog of the tech supply chain from China by boosting the manufacture of semiconductors within the United States and placing a complex regime of export controls on this key equipment to China — what some analysts have cast as a bureaucratic declaration of economic war.
China wants to mend ties with the U.S. But it won't make the first move.
Xi and Biden's meeting did not conclude with a joint statement, a diplomatic nicety that usually indicates a level of trust and common cause. That's clearly not there, with the two countries still at odds on a host of issues, from tech policy to Taiwan. Analysis of the separate readouts of the Biden-Xi meeting put out by the United States and China showed a telling divergence.
The United States touted Xi's agreement with Biden that Russian President Vladimir Putin should not threaten to use nuclear weapons in his war in Ukraine. That view was not present in China's summary of proceedings, which relayed that Xi simply said that the crisis in Ukraine had no "simple solution" and that "confrontation between major powers must be avoided."
The clash over Taiwan is a more urgent issue. Biden, according to the U.S. readout, pressed Xi in private discussions about China's "increasingly aggressive" actions toward the self-governing island, which is witnessing a spike in Chinese military maneuvers near its coastline and entries into its airspace. Xi retorted, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, that Taiwan's future is at the "very core of China's core interests" and is a "red line" the United States must not cross.
That's easier said than done. Bipartisan sympathy has grow in Congress for the Taiwanese plight, with some lawmakers now pushing legislation that would authorize the U.S. government to be able to arm and train Taiwan in advance of a Chinese military invasion in the same way it has aided Ukraine after Russian tanks rolled across its borders. U.S. military planners believe the prospect of China taking military action against Taiwan is high in the coming years.
The pomp, pageantry and paranoia of China's Communist Party Congress
President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on issues of strategic importance in China-US relations and on major global and regional issues. Check the full readout & some highlights of President Xi's remarks: https://t.co/ho8j348P3t pic.twitter.com/imKyRuywCl
— Qin Gang 秦刚 (@AmbQinGang) November 14, 2022
The discussions between Xi and Biden may cool temperatures for now. But while Washington and Beijing can try to put guardrails on their relationship, sensitivities over Taiwan are high and the risk for misunderstanding acute. That Biden or his successors may not budge on their solidarity for Taiwan could prove a problem for Xi, who has in part staked his legitimacy on the promise of Taiwan's eventual unification with the mainland.
"The United States thinks that so long as there is no conflict or crisis in relations, then that's fine. But China wants to see evidence of progress, especially when it comes to Taiwan," said Wu Xinbo, dean of international studies at Fudan University in Shanghai, to my colleagues.
Some analysts insist that conflict doesn't need to be in the cards. "A war over Taiwan is no longer unthinkable, but it is by no means inevitable, especially if the United States acts to bolster the credibility of the conditional threats and conditional assurances that have preserved the peace for decades," wrote Jessica Chen Weiss in Foreign Affairs. "The growing fatalism of some commentators neglects the interest that the United States, China, Taiwan, and the world all share in avoiding a shooting war."
Yet the absence of meaningful diplomacy between the two powers sets the stage for further friction. "The meeting seems to have accomplished the minimum: creating the potential for stabilizing the relationship," Lyle Goldstein, of the Defense Priorities think tank, said in an email. "But that requires robust follow-up and a determination on both sides to break with trends in both countries toward vitriolic rhetoric and escalating tension."
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Lincoln (Hardcover)
A Life of Purpose and Power
By Richard Carwardine
Knopf, 9781400044566, 416pp.
Digital Audiobook (2/4/2009)
Compact Disc (2/1/2009)
Hardcover (9/18/2018)
Pre-Recorded Audio Player (5/1/2009)
MP3 CD (2/1/2009)
An original and deeply insightful biography of Abraham Lincoln, already awarded the prestigious Lincoln Prize.
As a defender of national unity, a leader in war, and the emancipator of slaves, Abraham Lincoln lays ample claim to being the greatest of our presidents. But the story of his rise to greatness is as complex as it is compelling. In this superb biography, the highly regarded Oxford University historian Richard Carwardine examines Lincoln both in his dramatic political journey and in his nation-shaping White House years. Through his groundbreaking research, Carwardine probes the sources of Lincoln's moral and political philosophy. We see how, while pursuing office, Lincoln drew strength from public opinion and the machinery of his party. We see him, as a wartime president, recognizing the limits as well as the possibilities of power, and the necessity of looking for support beyond his own administration. We see how he turned to the churches, to their humanitarian agencies, and to the volunteer Union Army for allies in his struggle to end slavery.
In illuminating the political talents that went hand in hand with large and serious moral purpose, Carwardine gives us a fresh, important portrait of the incomparable Abraham Lincoln.
Richard Carwardine, the Rhodes Professor of American History at Oxford University, is the first British scholar to be awarded the Lincoln Prize, the largest award in the United States for nineteeth-century American history. His previous work includes "Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America." He lives in Oxford.
Praise For Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power…
"An illuminating and thoroughly intelligent assessment of Lincoln the politician. . . Carwardine provides a comprehensive study of how an essentially good man could gain and wield power, even in scoundrel time."
—Kevin Baker, The New York Times
"One closes this biography wondering how postbellum politics might have been different were it not for that fateful gunshot on April 14, 1865. Carwardine's Lincoln Prize-winning study is not only analytical and smart, it's also delightfully readable — and it will surely emerge as one of the most important Lincoln books to be published this decade."
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power stands up to any comparison. Carwardine's confident writing and exemplary scholarship come together well in this faceted, evenhanded treatment of the 16th president. . . Carwardine wisely reinterprets many sources to present his nuanced overview of the moral man who was Abraham Lincoln."
—Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett, The Oregonian
"Among the most thoughtful of the many [books] that have been pouring out in anticipation of the Lincoln bicentennial now three years away."
—T.C. Johnsen, The Christian Science Monitor
"This is the biography of a prudent, decisive, activist Lincoln the world has been waiting for. Richard Carwardine has drawn a true portrait of the strengths of Lincoln's personal character, the development and tenacity of Lincoln's ethical convictions, his subtle and deliberate political acumen, his respect and embrace of moral principles for the conduct of personal relations and public statecraft; and, finally, Carwardine demonstrates Lincoln's mastery of men and of public opinion."
—Lewis E. Lehrman, Co-Chairman of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
"The book offers an insightful, judicious, and, in some ways, original study of Lincoln's public career."
—Eric Foner, London Review of Books
"Rarely does a biography of a popular historical figure offer all the qualities that make for a good read: lively writing, a fresh perspective, significant insight, and a compelling narrative. Carwardine does all this and more. How Lincoln obtained, used, and often withheld power to achieve base political objectives as well as enlightened national ones are brilliantly detailed. There is simply no other Lincoln biography like it."
—Tom Schwartz, Lincoln Presidential Library
"Richard Carwardine has given us a thoughtful examination of Lincoln's profoundly moral relationship to power and of the Great Emancipator's role as a representative American of his age. The publication of this beautifully written book, which makes use of the earliest evidence and the latest insights, marks a high point in a decade that has been particularly rich in Lincoln scholarship. No one seriously interested in Lincoln can afford to ignore Carwardine's judicious work."
"As commander in chief in a war for the very survival of the United States, Abraham Lincoln wielded enormous power, which he infused with unequaled moral purpose and religious clarity. Richard Carwardine explains the wellsprings of these extraordinary qualities of Lincoln's leadership better than any other biographer."
—James M. McPherson
"Carwardine succeeds brilliantly in comprehending both the pragmatic and moral dimensions of Lincoln the political leader. No other historian has penetrated so incisively and handled so deftly Lincoln as practical politician and Lincoln as moralist."
—William J. Cooper
"Carwardine's astute blending of information and interpretation affords a rare result — the sense of an accurate perspective. It is like having the best seat in the house."
—Douglas L. Wilson, Lincoln Studies Center
"Richard Carwardine's long suit is his skill in situating Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln's various political, social and religious contexts during the Civil War. Carwardine's Lincoln is the most perceptive and powerfully-written biography of Lincoln by an English historian since Lord Charnwood."
—Allen C. Guelzo, Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era & Director, Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College
"In the very crowded shelves containing books about Abraham Lincoln, Professor Carwardine has added a superbly conceived and crafted study, filled with fresh perspectives that add a great deal to our understanding of the sixteenth president. It is a great achievement."
—Joel H. Silbey, Cornell University
"The Atlantic can serve as a wonderful clarifying prism. Oxford don Richard Carwardine looks across it and paints a remarkable picture of the greatest of the Americans who fused the secular and the sacred."
—Gabor S. Boritt, Director, Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College
"Richard Carwardine's study of the political leadership of Abraham Lincoln represents an extraordinary achievement."
—Mark A. Noll, Professor of History, Wheaton College, IL
"The best book on Lincoln to appear in many years . . . by a true expert in the politics and history of the antebellum and Civil War eras."
—David Hein, Professor and Chair of Religion and Philosophy, Hood College


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Honors Life
Honors Awards
The Honors Program recognizes the outstanding achievements of our students at a number of points in the year. In accordance with the Honors purpose statement, these awards recognize of consistency and high achievement in coursework, as well as outstanding commitment to service and leadership.
At least once a year, each student who has achieved a 4.0 GPA for the previous semester is presented with a certificate honoring their achievement at the Honors Dinner / Awards night. Students are encouraged to invite friends or family to the banquet.
Honors medallions are awarded to each student who has completed the Honors Program at the Senior Send-off Banquet.
The Outstanding Service award is given each semester during the awards banquet. Students are nominated by their peers, and a final decision is made by the Honors Program staff.
Outstanding Professor
The Outstanding Professor award is given each semester during the 4.0 awards banquets. Professors are nominated by their students, and a final decision is made by the Honors Program staff.
Senior Symposium
At the Senior Symposium, the best poster or posters receive an award for excellence, and the awardee's name and college are engraved on a plate that is displayed in the Honors Program office.
Stoles are awarded during the Senior Send-off banquet each spring for Service and Leadership. Stoles may be worn at graduation, along with the Honors medallion. Those honored with a stole will have their names engraved on a plate displayed in the Honors Program office.
The Endeavor
Honors Student Council


Make some simple ghost finger puppets for imaginative play. This set of five puppets has one for each finger and is very quick and easy to make. There is also a black and white version so kids can colour their own.


Health Benefits of Turmeric | Probably the Healthiest Spice of Them All!
For centuries, this bright yellow spice has been a staple in kitchens across South Asia. And because of the many health benefits of turmeric, it has also been a staple for practitioners of ancient Ayurvedic medicine for more than two thousand years.
This relative of ginger root is flavourful, colourful, and has become a key ingredient in Indian curries and samosas, and it's even used to give a lovely colour to Indian cakes and desserts.
...making it a useful treatment for everything from arthritis to Alzheimer's disease.
The curcumin in turmeric acts as a natural antibacterial agent, cutting down on your risk of food poisoning.
It can also be used to help clean minor cuts and burns, and to aid in the treatment of psoriasis. For external use, turmeric oil is particularly useful. Read more on its essential oil.
...Are now looking at the health benefits of turmeric for Alzheimer's patients. Early results have shown promise in removing some of the plaque build-up in the brain that exacerbates symptoms of Alzheimer's.
It is also showing promise in several new studies on halting the progression of multiple sclerosis.
If you can get hold of it, the best way to enjoy the many health benefits of turmeric is to consume it fresh and add it to your food, where you can enjoy both the flavour and pleasant effects on the body.
However, if you live in the West, you will probably use it in powder form and add it to your recipes or use it in homemade blends.
You can even make a potent tea with the powder. Click for my recipe.
...turmeric supplements should not be taken by pregnant or breastfeeding women, anyone with gallbladder problems, or anyone about to have surgery or who has recently undergone surgery. Read more on turmeric side effects.


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Imagining the Future of Democracy Conference
IDI and the Hebrew University held a conference on the 'Future of Democracy' in memory of Prof. Yaron Ezrahi featuring former Prime Minister Tony Blair and Pulitzer Prize columnist Thomas Friedman
Rt. Hon Tony Blair: "Intense polarization leads to de-legitimization – that is the real threat. I believe in radical centralism – the alternative is very grim"
(Jerusalem - July 30, 2020) The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem hosted a special conversation today with the Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Executive Chairman of the Institute for Global Change and former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Pulitzer Prize columnist Thomas Friedman to discuss "The Future of Democracy and Globalization in the Age of Corona."
This is the inaugural event of a new conference on democracy to be held annually in commemoration of internationally renowned political scientist Prof. Yaron Ezrahi (1940-2019). Participants from around the world joined the online event that was dedicated to a discussion of the possible impacts of COVID-19 on democratic norms as well as the economic challenges and effect of the pandemic on globalization.
In the discussion on political polarization and the future of democracies:
Tony Blair – "I have come to the conclusion that we have to build state institutions of real objectivity. Intense polarization leads to de-legitimization – that is the real threat. I believe in radical centralism – the alternative is very grim."
Thomas Friedman – "Old binary politics of right and left don't exist anymore. We are moving from binary to quantum politics, in which you are in multiple states simultaneously – we have to ask ourselves whether democracies can handle it."
Friedman added – "Social media has created an ADHD society – compound by social networks and their evils."
On the effects of Covid-19
Tony Blair - "Covid-19 has made clear that the challenge facing democracy is efficacy – in a fast changing world, how do you make systemic changes so government can keep up. The paradox is that at the very moment you need adaptive governments and politicians – you have a reversion to partisan politics."
"Governments have almost decided debt doesn't matter, because interest rates are low, but what happens if that changes? The real challenge afterwards – after coping with the covid-19 crisis, is will governments be able to cope with the aftermath. Is democracy up to the challenge?"
Blair added – "Who will survive the economic fallout of covid-19? The better educated, who are comfortable using technology. The people who are going to lose first are those in insecure jobs, people who are actually already living near the bread-line. Unless you get political leadership that can step forward and give people a real sense of hope for the future and optimism, then the pessimism people will have will drive them into the arms of what could be an even worse populism than we have experienced up to now.
Thomas Friedman – "The challenge with Covid-19 is you have to start looking at the world through natural systems – chemistry, biology and physics. Mother Nature will not reward the strongest or smartest – rather the most adaptive. All countries will have to form a sustainable strategy form maximizing lives and livelihoods – because whoever focuses only on saving the economy will pay with lives."
Friedman added – "Right now there are three main strategies for dealing with the corona crisis - the Chinese model in which we have massive state surveillance systems – we find versions of this around the world including in Israel. The Swedish model which stayed partially open to try to create herd immunity. Finally, the American model – which is a fifty state mess."
Yohanan Plesner, President of the Israel Democracy Institute – "The coronavirus hit Israel at a unique moment, during an endless election, with a Prime Minister under indictment. This revealed some of the weaknesses in our democratic system. We understand that we have to strengthen the Knesset's oversight of the government as well as the independence of the judiciary."
Prof. Yuval Shany, Vice President of Research at the Israel Democracy Institute – "Professor Ezrahi was one of the founders of the Israel Democracy Institute, and there is no better way to honor his memory than to hold this conference, especially in that it is focused on the future of democracy. We thank the Ezrahi family in particular, as well as our friends who continue to support us during what are difficult times for all."
Prof. Karnit Flug, Vice President of Research at the Israel Democracy Institute – "The economic crisis has very severe implications for Israel's economy and just like is the case all over the world, the unemployment rate is sky rocketing. Although we finally have an elected government, it is still acting as if it is preparing for an upcoming election. It has made populistic decisions, while what are really needed are steps to provide the market with a sense of certainty. The Israeli government's overall economic packages in order of magnitude are similar to other countries, although a bit more modest, but some of its programs are less targeted. For example, the grant given to families with up to four children before the holidays was a waste of resources. Targeted tools are more efficient in dealing with a crisis."
Thomas Friedman: "Old binary politics of right and left don't exist anymore"
Democratic Values and Institutions,
No Way to Run a Democracy
Israel's Tragedy: One Country, Separate School Systems
Clinton Could Have Clout Over Israel
Reforms, Politics, and Corruption
Performance Measures for Israel's Attorney General
Democracy as an Exercise in Cooperative Self-Government


Ruby Gap is linked to the first mining rush in Central Australia. In March 1886, explorer David Lindsay found what he thought were rubies in the bed of the Hale River. By May 1887 there were over 200 people in the area prospecting for rubies. By then gold had been discovered in the creek near Paddys Rockhole, 45 km to the west, which led to the establishment of the Arltunga Goldfield.
The best time to visit Ruby Gap is in the cooler months of the year (April to September). You should allow a full day to visit Ruby Gap and two days if you plan to do any walking or visit Arltunga Historical Reserve.
Situated 150 km east of Alice Springs, access to Ruby Gap is via Arltunga Historical Reserve and the Binns Track. A high clearance 4WD is essential. Rain may cause the roads to become temporarily impassable. From the park entrance there is a 5km drive along the river bed and then a 2 km walk (one way) to reach Glen Annie Gorge.
Camping – There are no facilities available but camping is permitted along the river between the park entrance and Ruby Gap. Camping fees apply and should be deposited in the box at the entrance to the Park.


Please space explorer wannabes. Transform a Little Hero Pan cake into a cosmic traveler with creative piped-icing details and a small American flag.
Before decorating, trim hose, arm extensions and ears off cake.
Ice sides and background areas smooth with thinned blue icing.
Use tip 3 and gray icing to outline spacesuit, helmet and boots.
Use tip 16 and copper icing to cover face with stars; overpipe three layers of stars to build up nose.
Use tip 3 and white icing to pipe in whites of eyes (smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch).
Use tip 3 and black icing to outline mouth and eyebrows and to pipe-in pupils.
Use tip 16 and brown icing to pipe pull-out star hair.
Use tip 18 and white icing to cover spacesuit and helmet with stars.
Use tip 18 and gray icing to cover cuffs of suit and boots with stars.
Use tip 3 and yellow icing to pipe dots and tip 16 to pipe stars on cake sides.
Use tip 18 and blue icing to pipe star bottom border.
Use tip 3 and red icing to print message on helmet.
Preheat oven to 350°F or temperature per recipe directions.
Your cake will unmold easily, without sticking, when you prepare the pan properly. Grease the inside of pan using a pastry brush and solid vegetable shortening (do not use butter, margarine or liquid vegetable oil). Spread the shortening so that all indentations are covered. Sprinkle about 2 Tablespoons flour inside pan and shake so that flour covers all greased surfaces.
Remove cake from oven and cool on cake rack for 10 minutes.
While the cake is still in the pan, carefully slice off the raised center portion of the cake. This allows the cake to sit more level and helps prevent cracking. To remove cake from pan, place cooling rack against cake and turn both cake rack and pan over. Lift pan off carefully.
Cool cake at least one hour. Brush loose crumbs off cake.


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/*
Name: Store Manager Game
Author: Robert Stivanson
Created: 2012
Repo: https://github.com/RobertStivanson/Store-Manager-Game

This is the revised code for the Store Manager Game. This code was written
during my second programming class in college. Compared to the original code,
this really shows how I have grown as a developer. My approach to the problems
posed by the intended product changed dramatically.

*/

#ifndef STORE_H
#include "stockItem.h" // StockItem

// Store
// This class holds and handles all information regarding a store.
class Store {
	private:
		// A static list of items owned by the store (Also defines the items in the game)
		// Ex. Apples
		static StockItem ITEMS[];

		// The amount of money a store currently has
		int money;

		// The Number of employees a store currently has
		int numberOfEmployees;
	public:
		// This is a count of how many items are in the ITEMS array
		static const int NUM_STOCK_ITEMS;

		Store();

		// AddProfits
		// Calculates profits based on the items  and adds the resulting number to the store's money
		void AddProfits();

		// GetItem
		// int	id	The ID of the item we would like to be retrieved.
		// Retrieves the item of the given ID from the ITEMS array
		StockItem GetItem(int id) const;

		// AdjustQuantity
		// int	itemId	The ID of the item we would like to be retrieved
		// int	adjustment	The integer amount we would like to adjust the quantity by
		// Adjusts the in-stock quantity by the adjustment for the item defined by the item ID
		void AdjustQuantity(int itemId, int adjustment);

		// GetMoney
		// Returns the amount of money the store currently has
		int GetMoney() const;

		// AdjustMoney
		// int	adjustment	The integer amount we would like to adjust the stpre's money by
		void AdjustMoney(int adjustment);

		// GetNumberOfEmployess
		// Returns the amount of employees the store currently has
		int GetNumberOfEmployees() const;

		// AddEmployess
		// int	amount	The amount of employees we would like to add
		// Adds the given amount to the store's amount of employees
		void AddEmployees(int amount);
};

#endif

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Françoise Madeleine Hardy (born 17 January 1944) is a French singer-songwriter. She made her musical debut in the early 1960s on Disques Vogue and found immediate success with her song "Tous les garçons et les filles". As a leading figure of the yé-yé movement, Hardy "found herself at the very forefront of the French music scene", and became "France's most exportable female singing star", recording in various languages, appearing in several movies, touring throughout Europe, and gaining admiration from musicians such as Bob Dylan, Miles Davis and Mick Jagger. With the aid of photographer Jean-Marie Périer, Hardy also began modeling, and soon became a popular fashion icon as well.
Peel played a track by her on his 24 November 1983 show. It is not known whether he has played any of her other songs on his shows, but he seemed to ignore her during the 1960s, when she was at the height of her fame. Indeed French pop, or yé-yé, never featured in his playlists of the time, whether for KMEN, his BBC shows or Radio London. He showed more interest in Gallic stars of the '60s in the 1970s and '80s, when, in addition to Hardy, records by singers such as Sylivie Vartan and Jacques Dutronc were occasionally heard on his shows.