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We are pleased to offer the following divisions for players in our community for the spring baseball season:
Spring Divisions
(at end of year)
5U Rally Cap 5
7U Rally Cap 6 or 7
9U Tadpole 8 or 9
11U Mosquito 10 or 11
13U Peewee 12 or 13
15U Bantam 14 or 15
18U Midget 16, 17 or 18
Challenger Minimum age: 6
Welcome to the 5U (Rally Cap) Division. Most likely this will be your son or daughter's first experience in baseball. The Rally Cap Program was developed by Sport Canada to ensure that this first baseball experience is a positive one for all young players involved. The four main goals of the Rally Cap program are to:
Create an environment in which children and adults can have fun with baseball.
Teach baseball skills, rules and strategy to our players.
Model and teach competitiveness with an emphasis on good sportsmanship.
Promote increased self-esteem among Rally Cap children and adults
There will be two one hour sessions each week. Each session will combine both a practice component and an actual game. The emphasis in both will be on the 5 FUNdamentals:
Base Running
Your child will have the opportunity to showcase their skills at two Official Rally Cap Days during the season. All players will go through stations where they will perform different tasks. When a player succeeds at each task at a particular level, he/she will be awarded an appropriate coloured hat. These days are designed to build self-esteem in players, promote skill development and encourage fun with friends.
The only gear your child is responsible for during the season is a glove, a protective jock/jill, and a t-ball helmet. We also recommend cleats, but good running shoes will also work.
If you haven't already, be sure and sign up for this awesome introduction to baseball!
Here are some links to help your child get started with Rally Cap!
More information about the Rally Cap program: Rally Cap Mini-Book (revised 2022)
Get started now! Check them all out on this Youtube Playlist from Baseball Canada: Rally Cap Drills
If you're interested in coaching, check out Baseball BC's Parent Leader/Coach Development Manual!
For more information or any questions, please contact the 5U Rally Cap Division Coordinator.
The 7U Rally Cap program is Baseball Canada's Official Initiation Program for players aged 6 and 7. Players' first experiences in baseball should be filled with active and engaging activities that are developmentally appropriate for their age. The Rally Cap program has been designed specifically for young baseball players and aims to increase interest in baseball.
The goals of the Baseball Canada Rally Cap program are to:
Promote increased self-esteem among Rally Cap children and adults.
Players will participate in combined game/practice structured events. Teams will play/practice twice a week combining team play with practice while focusing on the Baseball Canada's FUNdamentals:
The 7U season starts early April and runs until mid-June
During the season, the teams will be working on the 5 FUNdamentals of baseball. There will be two Official Rally Cap Days in the season where players will perform various skills and a variety of skill stations in order to earn the "next" coloured hat from Baseball Canada Rally Cap.
Equipment: All players receive a jersey and hat to keep from WRSSBA. However, each player will need to supply a glove, protective cup/jill, a batting helmet and running shoes or molded rubber cleats. Grey baseball pants are recommended.
The 9U (Tadpole) Division provides baseball for boys and girls aged 8 and 9. Starting in 2019, we will have separate leagues for each age. So the first year players will play in one league and the second year players play in a separate league.
A pitching machine is used for the entire game, with a maximum of 6 innings per game. For the second year players, live pitching will be used starting halfway through the season. Players will continue to develop their primary baseball skills such as hitting, base running, fielding, and throwing, with a concentration on having fun in a team environment.
The Spring Season runs from April to late June. Tadpole players will usually have 2 sessions per week, made up of either practices and/or games. For the spring season, games are only on the weekend. Game times vary, starting at 2:00pm Saturday and 9:00am Sunday. We are usually able to keep the two playing days the same. Weeknight practice times may fluctuate between 5:00pm and 6:30pm.
Scores and standings are only recorded in tournaments. Umpires are also only used in tournaments.
Player Requirements
Each player is required to have a glove, athletic supporter, cleats (molded plastic/rubber), and grey baseball pants. It is recommended the players have their own helmet with strap, however helmets will be supplied if needed.
For team forming, please be aware that friend requests are not being taken. Our primary goal is to keep the teams as balanced as possible.
Summer Ball
There are usually one or two summer ball teams per age group. The summer ball season runs from late June to late July for the older team(s). Watch for information on summer ball tryouts which usually take place in June. There is an additional cost to play summer ball.
For more information or any questions, please contact the 9U Tadpole Division Coordinator.
Tadpole House Rules
This division is played by 10 and 11 year-olds.
11U (Mosquito) is a tiered division where athletes have the opportunity to try-out for the American League ("Rep" program), or can opt into our National League ("Recreational" program). Most games are played at Centennial Park in White Rock, but some games may take place at either SSAP Turf #3 or Softball City. Practices may be held at Centennial, SSAP Turf #3 or Bakerview Park.
The American League is designed for experienced players who are invested in the game of baseball. This will be the first opportunity for players to begin to explore a focus on specific positions of interest and begin increasing their training time. This is the most competitive program at the 11U level during the spring season where competition, strategy and game play becomes a larger component of the experience. All players have the opportunity to be evaluated and, if successful, will be placed on one of the American League teams via the draft process. No player requests for team placement will be considered in this league.
The National League is designed for those who prefer to participate in a more recreational style of play. At this level there is a greater focus on participation and increased opportunity to explore a variety of positions. This program is also perfect for those unable to make a commitment to a more intensive baseball program and as a priority spring sport. All players will be evaluated and through a balanced placement process will be placed on to a National League Team. Player requests will be considered, but not automatically guaranteed. To ensure fair play, team balancing will take precedence over player requests. All other requests will not be considered unless deemed appropriate by the Division Coordinator.
During the evaluation process, parents will be able to indicate if they would like their child to be considered for American League selection. Interest in the American League does not guarantee placement and will be determined by the evaluation process and draft. Please reach out to the Division Coordinator with any questions about which program is appropriate for your child.
The number of teams in each division is determined by the number of available coaches that volunteer during the registration process. If there are more players registered then available teams due to lack of coaches, registered players may be waitlisted.
11U Mosquito House Rules (revised 2023)
Summer baseball in the 11U Division is similar to the American League "Rep" program. Players from either league will have the opportunity to attend a try-out and may be selected to one of our summer season teams. American League players are not guaranteed spots on the Summer Ball team and must participate in tryouts. Traditionally we have offered 4 teams with the goal of providing as many opportunities for as many players as possible.
11U A for the top 12 of the first year players.
11U AAA Tier 1 for the top 12 of the second year players.
11U AAA Tier 2 for the next best second and first year players.
11U AA for the remaining players
There is a summer ball tryout in the middle of June after general evaluations.
For more information or any questions, please contact the 11U Mosquito Division Coordinator.
This division is played by 12 and 13 year-olds (born in 2010 and 2011).
Base paths are set at 70 feet.
Pitchers throw from 48 feet.
Lead-offs and stealing are allowed and games are 7 innings long.
Balks are called on pitchers and running to 1st on a dropped 3rd strike is allowed (if 1st base is unoccupied, or if 1st base is occupied with 2 out).
This is a tiered division where athletes have the opportunity to try-out for our AAA and AA "Rep" program, or can opt into our A or "Recreational" program for the spring season.
The AAA and AA programs are designed for experienced players who are invested in the game of baseball. It is at this level where players begin to focus on a few key positions and explore training specific to those needs. This is the most competitive program at the 13U level during the spring season where competition and a greater emphasis on strategy becomes a larger component of the game.
The A program is offered for those who prefer to participate in a more recreational style of play. At this level there is a greater focus on participation and increased opportunity to explore a variety of positions. This program is also perfect for those unable to make a commitment to intensive baseball programming. Please reach out to the Division Coordinator with any questions about what program is appropriate for your child.
The 13U AAA team will operate as a single-season team with the team being selected in February and continuing through the summer until August in a BC Minor interlock league. Additional fees will apply. Players on this team must be available to travel throughout the season and play through the month of August for potential participation in Western and National tournaments.
Open tryouts will be conducted for the 13U AAA team in early February. Tryout fee will apply.
The AA program team will play in a Lower Mainland BC Minor interlock league. Additional fees will apply.
Open tryouts will be conducted for the 13U AA team in mid February. Tryout fee will apply.
Players not selecting to try out for the AAA or AA program teams will attend player evaluation sessions in late February/early March and drafted onto one of the A program teams. Our A program is completely in-house, and these teams will play teams within our association.
13U takes players another step forward to the full baseball experience with the introduction of leadoffs and other rule changes including balks being called, dropped 3rd strike, unlimited stealing and infield fly. All players bat in rotation as 9-man ball is not in effect at this level (except for 13U Peewee AAA in Summer All-Star play).
All players on the roster are in the batting rotation and all players will play a minimum of 3 innings of defense.
Peewee A House Rules (Revised 2023)
Peewee A House Rules
For summer baseball in the 13U Division, The 13U AAA team will operate as a single-season team with the team being selected in Feb/Mar and continuing through the summer until August.
Our summer AA team is made up of our spring AA players and possibly top performers in A program.
The A summer team is reserved for those who participated in our spring A program.
For AAA the rules move to nine-man ball where not all players on the team bat. There is a coach's option for a 10th batter (extra player) and all players are guaranteed one at bat and one inning on defense. For AA and A teams, spring rules continue where all players must play at least three complete defensive innings of a six or seven inning game and all players must play at least two complete defensive innings of a five-inning game.
Provincial Championships are available for qualifying A, AA, and AAA teams. Western Canada Championships are available for the Provincial Champion in AA and AAA, and Canadian National Championships for the Western Canadian AAA Champion.
For more information or any questions, please contact the 13U Peewee Division Coordinator.
15U AA Program Outline
This is the highest tier offered by WRSSBA. Our 15U AA program is designed for experienced players who are invested in the game of baseball and generally have participated on top tiered spring teams, in addition to seasons of summer baseball. The AA program is a single-season that runs from March to August. At this level you can expect 40 games during the season and 2 practices per week on average. In this division there is travel within the lower mainland as well as possibly to Vancouver Island and the Okanagan. Evaluation and selections for the 15U AA team are made prior to the start of the spring season, with player commitment required through the end of August. Provincial Championships are available for qualifying AA teams with the provincial champions going to the Western Canada championship. While our program places an emphasis on development and helping athletes reach their potential, there are no-fair play rules as we play 9-man baseball at this level.
15U A Program Outline
The A program is offered for those who prefer to participate in a more recreational style of play. All players in the lineup will bat, and there are defensive inning minimums for fair play. This program is perfect for those unable to make a commitment to intensive baseball programming. At this level there is travel within the lower mainland.
For summer baseball in the 15U Division, all A players have the opportunity to attend a try out, and may be selected to the summer season team, which would play from June until August.
The AA program is a single-season, and as such the same team plays through until August.
For more information or any questions, please contact the 15U Bantam Division Coordinator.
16, 17 and 18 year-old players eligible to play Midget AA. This division supports interlock play with other associations so there will be some local travel.
Play is on a major league dimension field with base paths set at 90 feet.
Pitchers throw from 60'6″.
All players bat in rotation and all players will play a minimum of 3 innings of defense.
For more information or any questions, please contact the 18U Midget Division Coordinator.
Post-Secondary Bursary
WRSSBA wishes to support young athletes in their post-secondary endeavors. Two $250 bursaries will be awarded for the academic year.
For eligibility criteria and the application form, please refer to the following form:
WRSSBA Bursary Application Form
WRSSBA offers the Challenger Baseball Division to provides an opportunity for children with cognitive or physical disabilities to enjoy the full benefits of participation in baseball at a level structured to their abilities.
Baseball games are played in a fun, safe environment where no score is kept. Able-bodied "Buddies" are assigned (one on one, where possible) to each participant. These Buddies assist the Challenger Baseball players with their involvement in the game. Pushing wheelchairs around the base path, assisting players in how to hold the bat and swing, or providing protection for the Challenger Baseball player from a batted ball, are just a few of the ways the Buddies offer a better experience for the participants in Challenger Baseball.
Each participant is treated like every other player in the conventional baseball program. All players are outfitted in uniforms, use the same equipment, and play their games at the local baseball parks. A team picture is a must for Challenger Baseball, as it is in the other divisions.
Last but not least, the smiles are plentiful and free! The joy on the face of each participant in Challenger Baseball makes it very clear how much fun they are having. No pressures, no playing time issues, everyone just has fun! It's what baseball is supposed to be all about.
BC Challenger Baseball
Challenger Baseball Video
2018 Challenger Baseball Report
Challenger Baseball Coaching Team – Honour Roll Recipients


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The Five Best Podcasts for Entrepreneurs
Long, long gone are the days when podcasting was a low-rent, spare time hobby. Today over 67 million Americans listen to podcasts each month, and the medium's audience grows 21% year-on-year. Titles such as Serial, S-Town and Dirty John have captured the public imagination, while shows such as Radiolab and My Dad Wrote a Porno have made stars of their creators.
So, too, has the podcast-startup world flourished. Last month Stockholm-based Acast, which was founded in 2014, won a $19.5m Series B funding round, bringing its total backing up to just over $32m. New York's Gimlet Media, whose stable include some of the podosphere's best business and startup titles, is backed to the tune of $27.5m.
But while the people creating podcasts are making it big, what are the best podcasts titles for prospective startup impresarios to take notice of? Here's a list of five shows Red Herring is addicted to – and a good use of that gym/commute/strolling time.
1. StartUp
As its none-so-mysterious name suggests, this is a podcast about startups. The long running Gimlet show comes out each week, and takes a deep dive into some of the most pressing issues in tech affecting modern society. What's the latest in China's innovation industry? How is digital currency affecting us? Why have domains remained so profitable? Whichever the subject, expect a forensic and fun analysis from StartUp's team.
2. Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas might be the podosphere's hardest working interviewer. As well as penning books and online courses, Dumas interviews an entrepreneur a day, every day, every week. At the time of going to press Entrepreneur on Fire was at its 1,827th episode. So confident is Dumas in his team's ability to change your fortunes, he even keeps a ticker of his own earnings on the EoF site. And judging by his margins, it's something aspiring young tech heads should be taking note of.
3. The Economist Babbage Podcast
Like WIRED, Monocle and others, the storied Economist has been busy leveraging its esteemed print reputation into audio content. Among the magazine's many pod-based titles Babbage, named after the inventor of the digital programmable computer, gives a pithy and concise summary of some of tech's big-picture topics. Impeccable editorializing and some of the cleverest bods in tech and business journalism, Babbage is a great introductory for what you need to know around the water cooler – and it's good meeting fodder for chats with bookish investors.
TWIST–or This Week in Startups, to give it its acronym-purist-bating full title–offers hundreds of videos, articles and of course podcasts on the stories of those who've made it in the cutthroat world of tech. The platform, which also runs a series of respected events, is great for understanding the thought processes, successes and fails that lie behind some of the world's most illustrious brands.
5. The Pitch
Pitching can seem like a dark art for those who've struggled through countless painful investor meetings. Thankfully The Pitch, another Gimlet title, is there to help – in the form of a series that pitches real startup hopefuls with real investors. Think an audio Shark Tank, but with fewer dizzying camera edits and far more insightful information that you can carry to that next sweat-inducing pitch of your own.
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And yet another Cressard study, this time on the Neolithic of North-Central Arabia Peninsula.
Pre-Pottery Neolithic assemblages are best known from the fertile areas of the Mediterranean Levant. The archaeological site of Jebel Qattar 101 (JQ-101), at Jubbah in the southern part of the Nefud Desert of northern Saudi Arabia, contains a large collection of stone tools, adjacent to an Early Holocene palaeolake. The stone tool assemblage contains lithic types, including El-Khiam and Helwan projectile points, which are similar to those recorded in Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B assemblages in the Fertile Crescent. Jebel Qattar lies ~500 kilometres outside the previously identified geographic range of Pre-Pottery Neolithic cultures. Technological analysis of the typologically diagnostic Jebel Qattar 101 projectile points indicates a unique strategy to manufacture the final forms, thereby raising the possibility of either direct migration of Levantine groups or the acculturation of mobile communities in Arabia. The discovery of the Early Holocene site of Jebel Qattar suggests that our view of the geographic distribution and character of Pre-Pottery Neolithic cultures may be in need of revision.
green; after Aurenche and Kozlowski .
The JQ-101 site is located in the southern part of the Nefud Desert in Saudi Arabia.
Critically the Jebel Qattar site includes characteristic fossils: the El Khiam and Heluwan points, that link it clearly to the Southern Levant (i.e. Palestine and Jordan). This may relate this colonization with proto-Semitic or very early Semitic peoples, which are often suspected to be related to these cultures. In particular I wonder if these peoples may have been already carrying the seed of the Southern Semitic languages which once extended through Southern Arabia and parts of The Horn of Africa (now restricted mostly to Eritrea and Ethiopia, although still surviving among the Mehri and Socotran).
Another study also by Cressard researches two greatly different periods of occupation of what was once a lake in Southern Saudi Arabia, not far from Yemen.
The Arabian Peninsula is a key region for understanding climate change and human occupation history in a marginal environment. The Mundafan palaeolake is situated in southern Saudi Arabia, in the Rub' al-Khali (the 'Empty Quarter'), the world's largest sand desert. Here we report the first discoveries of Middle Palaeolithic and Neolithic archaeological sites in association with the palaeolake. We associate the human occupations with new geochronological data, and suggest the archaeological sites date to the wet periods of Marine Isotope Stage 5 and the Early Holocene. The archaeological sites indicate that humans repeatedly penetrated the ameliorated environments of the Rub' al-Khali. The sites probably represent short-term occupations, with the Neolithic sites focused on hunting, as indicated by points and weaponry. Middle Palaeolithic assemblages at Mundafan support a lacustrine adaptive focus in Arabia. Provenancing of obsidian artifacts indicates that Neolithic groups at Mundafan had a wide wandering range, with transport of artifacts from distant sources.
Figure 5. General views of the Mundafan palaeolake.
Again the content is rich in details of great interest for the archaeologist and prehistorian but surely a bit harder to digest for the casual aficionado.
Of interest anyhow is that no Nubian Complex affinities have been observed in the Middle Paleolithic tools and cores, suggesting again that the colonization of Arabia and Palestine from Africa was multifaceted, with different and sometimes ill-defined cultural sources.
The Mundafan Neolithic sites do not appear to be sedentary locations on the basis of the absence of architectural features, grindstones, domesticated faunal remains, and relatively low artifact densities. The prevalence of projectiles and other weaponry is probable evidence of hunting activities. Mundafan would have been a favorable setting for short-term hunting along the lakeshore. The presence of rare obsidian artifacts demonstrates Mundafan's participation in long-distance mobility systems that included relations with the obsidian-rich mountainous zones of Yemen, some 400–500 km away from the site.
While the term "Neolithic" is used in the paper, the kind of economy that the people living there had seems to have been hunter-gatherer.
the proposed reduction succession discussed in the text.
type 2 and yellow type 1/2.
The authors argue that Southern and Central Arabia are the Easternmost reaches of this complex, however we cannot forget that the recent discovery of Indian sites with a complex industry, dated to c. 96 Ka ago, of Nubian, Aterian and other MSA affinities challenges this notion.
… and in general the categories MSA and out of Africa.
This is not about the L(xM,N) lineages but about the Eurasian ones like R0a or R2.
This paper provides a broad overview of the current state of archaeogenetic research in Arabia. We summarise recent studies of mitochondrial DNA and lactase persistence allele -13915*G in order to reconstruct the population histories of modern Arabs. These data, in turn, enable us to assess different scenarios for the peopling of the Peninsula over the course of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene. The evidence supports the posited existence of Arabian refugia, although it is inconclusive which (e.g. Persian Gulf basin, Yemeni highlands and/or Red Sea basin) was/were responsible for housing ancestral populations during the Last Glacial Maximum. Synthesising genetic and archaeological data sets, we conclude that a substantial portion of the present South Arabian gene pool derives from a deeply rooted population that underwent significant internal growth within Arabia some 12,000 years ago. At the same time, we interpret the disappearance of Nejd Leptolithic archaeological sites in southern Arabia around 8000 years ago to represent the termination of a significant component of the Pleistocene gene pool.
Rose uploaded the full paper at Academia.edu. Very much worth a careful read because it is a rare case of paleogenetics being done by a researcher who is primarily an archaeologist and who knows well the material Prehistory of which he's talking about, at all moments seeking to reconcile archaeological and genetic evidence and not, as way too often happens, creating genetic-only models with absolutely no material foundations and unavoidably clashing with prehistoric reality.
The Al-Magar culture, dated to c. 5500-3500 BCE, belongs to a period more humid than today. It has some very beautiful art but, crucially, raises questions on the time and place of the first domestication of horses.
Why? Because the art of the culture is full of what can be horses (wild or domestic) and other equids like the onager. Of course, equid skeletal remnants are also abundant.
While the source of this news snippet is very enthusiastic about the possibility that the area may have been home to a parallel horse-domestication event, no specific evidence is provided other than the statues there being thousands of horse remains (hard to drag from hunt site if these would have been wild) and the ability of those early "Arabs" to build large sedentary settlements. Nothing conclusive… but suggestive indeed.
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Minor, minor hostile edge
: How is it that you have never read Moby Dick? [+1]
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I'm really starting to get the hang of this Hawaii character. All week long we were on the same wavelength, laughing at the same things, talking frankly. It's nice!
The red button (counter-intuitively) opens the page, the green button shuts it again. Inside:
A fragile farm model, and a quite nice one at that.
I had an epiphany following one of her (daily) 'dont-yell-at-me' grumps and crying jags. I'm generally baffled-to-irritated, because she says it when I truly have not been yelling. A little edge in my voice, perhaps, but quiet volume. It finally dawned on me that she feels like I'm yelling at her. She feels yelled at. Okay. (My sin is really a minor, minor hostile edge - like a flat delivery or mild eye roll.) I can't necessarily rein it in but I can sigh and apologize and we can get on with things faster now.
At dinner one night, Hawaii and I were trying to teach Pokey and Ace how to roll their eyes. With maximum disgust-face. Pokey mostly rolled his whole head dramatically, which was kind of hilarious.
Bookshelves that my identity-swapping grandfather made.
Ace says, "I bwoke my arm! It bwoke off!" holding her arm the way Pokey had held his broken arm. "We need to go to the hospital!" And then also, "This is serious, guys. It's not funny."
Apparently while I was in the ER with Pokey, that was Ace's tagline: "This is serious, guys. It's not funny." Which is very funny.
I saw the surgeon-jerk for my six week follow-up. "How are your menopausal symptoms?" he asked.
"I...don't have any?" I answered, confused.
"None?" he pressed.
"Am I supposed to?" I asked.
"Yes, at least a little. Are you on hormones?" he asked.
"Yes," I said, "You put me on premarin."
He consulted his chart and then admonished the nurse for not having written it down. "What dose are you on?"
I shrugged, "0.75?" I guessed.
"What! 0.75 mg?" he said.
"You said you were putting me on the medium dose, not the lowest dose," I said.
"Oh, probably 0.65 mg," he said.
"I don't know!" I said.
That is the conversation, transcribed to the best of my ability. Then there was a silly bit where he asked me about my UTI, and I said I hadn't had one, and he asked what I'd had, and I said "An internal infection."
"Same thing," he said.
NO IT ISN'T. I've had urinary tract infections, and now I've had a post-op infection, and they're really different. Maybe you're using some hyper-doc-ese, Doc, but to us lay people those are very different things.
Anyway, he's my forever-gynecologist, it turns out. One can still get ovarian-style cancers in their peritoneal cavity, and so I need him to root around up there once a year, plus to update me on any BRCA news.
Also: premarin. My friend told me that they are horsey-torture pills. To make the estrogen, they keep horses perpetually pregnant and sap the estrogen out of them like a legit wicked witch to keep me youthful.
It is not something I'm yet ready to go read all about. I'm sure the generic version just tortures generic horses instead of official ones. Bleagh.
Lalala, documenting the good parts, misrepresenting their life. It would appear that they play really well together. Lalalalalala. (We do not own that purple car.)
I'm in danger of inadvertently weaning Rascal. Sometimes I realize that he hasn't nursed in a full day or more. He doesn't seem to get much out when he does nurse. This would be slightly earlier than the rest: Hawaii and Ace weaned at the beginning of January, when they were almost 9 months old. Pokey weaned in October, when he was 11 months old.
My mom serves chocolate chip poundcake cupcakes for dessert every night, with either vanilla or chocolate icing. (Do I naturally say 'frosting' or 'icing'? No idea. They both seem right.) Pokey asked for chocolate. He spat out his first bite and exclaimed, "It tastes like COFFEE!" I was impressed, because technically, yes, my mom makes mocha icing, but it's such a subtle bit that most people do not taste it at all.
Other bits from Pokey:
"Some long-necked dinosaurs can hoot."
"The iguana-na can walk in two languages - on his hind legs and on all fours."
Pokey is a mastermind at blending animal nonsense with absolutely true facts. "Did you know a sperm whale can eat a giant squid?" he asked me. I told him it wasn't true - whales eat krill or something - but we googled, and I'll be damned:
There is video footage too. Sperm whales can eat giant squids. The eyes of giant squids are the size of basketballs, in case you didn't know.
Jammies came home Friday night. It was a long and tiring week, even though the kids were great. The house slowly deteriorated. At best, I try to stall and delay the deterioration of the house, when Jammies is out of town. That part is the absolute worst.
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How is it that you have never read Moby Dick?
How is it that you have never read Moby Dick? Squid-eating is covered.
Re: How is it that you have never read Moby Dick?
I know! I don't know! Everyone seems to like it but somehow I never formally sat down with it.
Something that is weird about kids is how inside your head they can get. Like, you've been the biggest thing in their world for their entire lives, so if they're paying attention at all, they know what you're thinking (or maybe not what you're thinking, because they don't have all the information, but what you're feeling). I ran into exactly that kind of thing, where I thought I had negative reactions completely buttoned down, because an adult would never have picked up how I was feeling, but my kids busted me effortlessly, pretty early on.
Doesn't mean you can't have negative emotions, of course, but there's sort of no hope of keeping them from your kids.
Also, find a different doctor for maintenance and hire someone to have this one killed.
And ugh, the doctor. Right now I don't have to see him for a full year, so I just want to stick my head in the sand about the whole thing.
That is absolutely true. It's spooky. The other half of what's going on, though, is Jammies-sensitivity to conflict, which is much more sensitive than my level. Because often I'm not feeling shouty on the inside and reigning it in, I genuinely felt just a mild eyeroll, both inside and out. (Jammies will absolutely not engage in a fight, and if anything approaches that, it takes him a long, long time to cool down afterwards.)


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WATCH: Justin Vernon & Aaron Dessner share 'Latter Days' (feat. Anaïs Mitchell) from upcoming Big Red Machine album
How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? will land on August 27th, featuring Irish musician Lisa Hannigan.
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and Anaïs Mitchell have teamed up on their brand new track 'Latter Days', taken from Vernon's Big Red Machine collaborative album with The National's Aaron Dessner.
In the coming days and weeks prior to release day, Big Red Machine will be sharing a selection of tracks from How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?, beginning today with album opener 'Latter Days'. Recorded during early sessions at Long Pond, it's a haunting number sung by Vernon and Anaïs Mitchell that set the emotional tenor for what was to come.
"It was clear to Anaïs that the early sketch Justin and I made of 'Latter Days' was about childhood, or loss of innocence and nostalgia for a time before you've grown into adulthood - before you've hurt people or lost people and made mistakes. She defined the whole record when she sang that, as these same themes kept appearing again and again," Dessner says.
Aaron Dessner has consistently sought an emotional outlet and deep human connection through music - be it as a primary songwriter in The National, a founder and architect of beloved, collaboration-driven music festivals, or collaborator of two acclaimed and chart-topping Taylor Swift albums recorded in complete pandemic-era isolation at Long Pond, among many other projects.
On How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?, many of Dessner's previous collaborators and friends show up for him, continuing the reciprocal exchange of ideas that has come to define his creative community.
Songs feature guest vocals and writing contributions from artist friends including Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Ben Howard, This Is The Kit, Naeem, Sharon Van Etten, Ireland's own Lisa Hannigan and My Brightest Diamond's Shara Nova.
'Hutch' is also inspired by Dessner's late friend, Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison. Taylor Swift appears on 'Birch' and 'Renegade'; the latter was recorded in Los Angeles at the Kitty Committee studio in March 2021, the same week Swift and Dessner took home the Grammy for Album of the Year for folklore. His brother Bryce Dessner provided orchestration.
"This is all music I initially generated and feel emotionally connected to, but it has been very interesting to hear how different people relate to it and how different voices collide with it," says Dessner, who for the first time also handles lead vocals on three tracks.
"That's what makes it special. With everyone that's on this record, there's an openness, a creative generosity and an emotional quality that connects it all together."
Along with Vernon, Bryce Dessner and a community of musicians and creatives, the 37d03d (PEOPLE) collective was launched in 2016. 37d03d produces multi-artist events and operates an independent record label, all with the goal of supporting and encouraging collaboration.
Pre-order How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? here.
Watch the Michael Brown-directed video for 'Latter Days', feat. Anaïs Mitchell, below:
How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? tracklist:
Latter Days (feat. Anaïs Mitchell)
Phoenix (feat. Fleet Foxes and Anaïs Mitchell)
Birch (feat. Taylor Swift)
Renegade (feat. Taylor Swift)
The Ghost of Cincinnati
Hoping Then
Mimi (feat. Ilsey)
Easy to Sabotage (feat. Naeem)
Hutch (feat. Sharon Van Etten, Lisa Hannigan, and Shara Nova [My Brightest Diamond])
8:22am (feat. La Force)
June's a River (feat. Ben Howard and This Is The Kit)
Brycie
New Auburn (feat. Anaïs Mitchell)
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As doth the ocean consumeth the rivers several!
Thou, the sister of Madhusudhana *!
As the eye's apple of the Mountain King!
Oh! Malai Valar Kadali Uma Maiden *!
literally meaning the "Loved damsel that flourishes in the mountain."


Billy Dee looks like he's having a great time!
Disney has a ton of movies upcoming this year!
Of course DC Comics is not to be outdone, revealing our first major look at Todd Phillips' The Joker. Joaquin Phoenix looks insanely fantastic in this trailer.
In big news, we have been approved to attend Phoenix Fan Fusion from May 23rd-26th at the Phoenix Convention Center. It's our first time attending a convention in our hometown so we hope you'll join us! For more information on tickets, guests and how to attend, please go to their website and get your tickets soon! We hope to see your beautiful faces there!
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Quotes About Being Constrained
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"Im phobic about the idea of being constrained."
— Joanne Harris —
"The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you for what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras having neither analogue nor precedent, an itinerant carnival, a migratory tentshow whose ultimate destination after many a pitch in many a mudded field is unspeakable and calamitous beyond reckoning.
The universe is no narrow thing and the order within it is not constrained by any latitude in its conception to repeat what exists in one part in any other part. Even in this world more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way. For existence has its own order and that no man's mind can compass, that mind itself being but a fact among others."
— Cormac McCarthy
"Things that look like they were designed, probably were ... If intelligence is an operative component of the universe, a science that methodologically excludes its existence will be susceptible to being trapped in an endless chase for materialistic causes that do not exist ... Where there are sufficient grounds for inferring intelligent causation, based on evidence of "specified complexity," it should be considered as a component of scientific theories.
Inclusion of intelligent causation in the scientific equation is not novel and has not impeded the practice of science in the past, e.g. Newton and Kepler, in an age when science was not constrained by a philosophical materialism, and by many current scientists who have remained open to following the evidence where it leads."
— Donald L. Ewert
"By remaining constrained in one's environment or country or family, one has little chance of being other than the original prescription. By leaving, one gains a perspective, a distance of both space and time, which is essential for writing about family or home, in any case."
— Rabih Alameddine
"Love, it seems to me, is that condition in which one is most contentedly oneself. If this sounds paradoxical, remember Rilke's admonition: love consists in leaving the loved one space to be themselves while providing the security within which the self may flourish. As a child, I always felt uneasy and a little constrained around people, my family in particular. Solitude was bliss, but not easily obtained. Being always felt stressful- wherever I was there was something to do, someone to please, a duty to be completed, a role inadequately fulfilled: something amiss. Becoming, on the other hand, was relief. I was never so happy as when I was going somewhere on my own, and the longer it took to get there, the better. Walking was pleasurable, cycling enjoyable, bus journeys fun. But the train was very heaven."
— Tony Judt
"But what I heard was a low insistent murmur, with pauses for reply in which no reply was made. It had a hypnotic quality that I had never heard in any voice: a blend of urgency, cajolery, and extreme tenderness, and with below it the deep vibrato of a held-in laugh that might break out at any moment. It was the voice of someone wanting something very much and confident of getting it, but at the same time willing, no, constrained, to plead for it with all the force of his being."
— L.P. Hartley
"I have gained this by philosophy ... I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law."
— Aristotle
"What if Jesus was not offering his followers an ethical system to follow, but rather was inviting them to enter into a life of love that transcends ethics, a life of liberty that dwells beyond religious laws? The difference between following an ethical system and being consumed by love can be seen in the way that ethical systems seek to provide a way to work out what needs to be done so that it can be carried out. In contrast, love is never constrained, it never sits back, it always seeks to do more than what is demanded of it."
— Peter Rollins
"Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed that when it is needful to be otherwise you may be able to change to the opposite qualities. And it must be understood that a prince, and especially a new prince, cannot observe all those things which are considered good in men, being often obliged, in order to maintain the state, to act against faith, against charity, against humanity, and against religion. And, therefore, he must have a mind disposed to adapt itself according to the wind, and as the variations of fortune dictate, and, as I said before, not deviate from what is good, if possible, but be able to do evil if constrained."
— Niccolò Machiavelli
"A soft knock sounded. Amaranthe feared Sicarius had come to collect her for another round of training, but he didn't usually bother knocking. Or being constrained by door locks."
— Lindsay Buroker
"And so I lay awake, smoking and reflecting on many things, but, being of a practical turn of mind, chiefly on how we were to give those Masai villains the slip. It was a beautiful moonlight night, and, notwithstanding the mosquitoes, and the great risk we were running from fever from sleeping in such a spot, and forgetting that I had the cramp very badly in my right leg from squatting in a constrained position in the canoe, and that the Wakwafi who was sleeping beside me smelt horribly, I really began to enjoy myself. The moonbeams played upon the surface of the running water that speeded unceasingly past us towards the sea, like men's lives towards the grave, till it glittered like a wide sheet of silver, that is in the open where the trees threw no shadows. Near the banks, however, it was very dark, and the night wind sighed sadly in the reeds."
— H. Rider Haggard
"Rather than there being two distinct and unambiguous categories of
constrained and unconstrained (or tragic and utopian) visions of human
nature, I think there is just one vision with a sliding scale. Let's call this the
Realistic Vision. If you believe that human nature is partly constrained in
all respects-morally, physically, and intellectually-then you hold a
Realistic Vision of human nature."
— Michael Shermer
"I'm not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it published."
— Lynn Abbey
"There can be no relation more strange, more critical, than that between two beings who know each other only with their eyes, who meet daily, yes, even hourly, eye each other with a fixed regard, and yet by some whim or freak of convention feel constrained to act like strangers. Uneasiness rules between them, unslaked curiosity, a hysterical desire to give rein to their suppressed impulse to recognize and address each other; even, actually, a sort of strained but mutual regard. For one human being instinctively feels respect and love for another human being so long as he does not know him well enough to judge him; and that he does not, the craving he feels is evidence."
— Thomas Mann
"Never being constrained, thinking about things freely-that's what you're hoping for?" "Exactly." "But it seems to me that thinking about things freely can't be easy." "It means leaving behind your physical body. Leaving the cage of your physical flesh, breaking free of the chains, and letting pure logic soar free. Giving a natural life to logic. That's the core of free thought." "It doesn't sound easy." Haida shook his head. "No, depending on how you look at it, it's not that hard. Most people do it at times, without even realizing it. That's how they manage to stay sane. They're just not aware that's what they're doing."
— Haruki Murakami
"True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will."
— Jonathan Edwards
"He was not to blame for being born with an irrepressible charachter and a mind some how constrained."
— Leo Tolstoy
"I'm phobic about the idea of being constrained."
— Joanne Harris
"Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being."
— Caitlin Moran
"I am constrained to express my adoration of the Supreme Being, the Author of my existence, in full belief of His providential goodness and His forgiving mercy revealed to the world through Jesus Christ, through Whom I hope for never-ending happiness in a future state."
— Robert Treat Paine
"The state is concerned with the promotion of outward righteousness arising from the individual being constrained to keep the law. The Gospel alters human nature, whereas the state merely restrains human greed and evil, having no positive power to alter human motivation."
— Alister E. McGrath
"No obligation. Nor any restriction or limitation, nor any guidelines or rules. Nor are you bound by any circumstances or situations, nor constrained by any Code or law. Nor are you punishable for any offense, nor capable of any-for there is no such thing as being "offensive" in the eyes of God."
— Neale Donald Walsch
"In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is doing or what one knows, and when there remains an energy that is all the stronger for being constrained, controlled and compressed."
— Henri Matisse
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De Leon Dynamics Aerial Summer Intensive
9am-3pm daily
Cost: $450pp (10% sibling discount)
Join De Leon Dynamics for our Advanced Level Aerial Summer Intensive!*
At the Aerial Summer Intensive, participants will:
– Achieve new advanced level aerial skills
– Explore different aerial apparatuses
– Learn new concepts for developing choreography and character in your acts
– Get stronger with conditioning for aerialists
– Improve flexibility
*Prerequisite: Only open to aerial students who are currently at an intermediate level or higher.
In addition to De Leon Dynamics owners Victor and Nicole Flores, the De Leon Dynamics Aerial Summer Intensive will include amazing guest instructors!
Antonio Moore –
Antonio is originally from Chicago, Illinois where he grew up doing gymnastics, tumbling and circus acrobatics – he competed in power tumbling representing Team US
His performance resume is extensive: Cirque du Soleil's Mystere, Cirque du Soleil's Joya, Cirque du Soleil's Wintuk, Cirque du Soleil's Zumanity, Lionel Richie, The Wiz Live, MTV Amazingness, Las Vegas WNBA Aces, plus a hand full of stunt films!
Brenda Hamilton –
Brenda Hamilton has choreographed, performed, and coached internationally for stage, film and television. Brenda has performed on the Voice, Dancing with the Stars, The Country Music Awards, The Kids Choice Awards, The Super Bowl, and most notably, with Cirque Du Soleil for the opening ceremony of the Pan Am Games in Toronto, Canada and a special one-time performance for Cirque Du Soleil and 45 degrees in Mumbai, India.
With over 15 years of teaching experience, Brenda provides a safe and fun environment for all levels and encourages each and every student to excel to their highest potential.
Miguel-Andres Garcia –
Most recently seen performing as an aerialist with Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie on this year's Billboard Music Awards, Miguel Miguel has worked for everything from theme park shows to big budget productions; from Disney to Cirque du Soleil and many places in between. He's performed in Franco Dragone's Le Reve, and The Beatles LOVE in Las Vegas, partook in the 34th annual Cirque de Demain festival in Paris, France. Miguel has enjoyed every step of the way and can't wait to see where he gets to go next.
Carey Nagoda –
Carey started dancing and tumbling at age three in Pittsburgh, PA, where she performed and competed with the Abby Lee Dance Company for 10 years. While studying and working as an environmental engineer, she continued training and performing various dance styles, including jazz, modern, tap, hip hop, ballet, and gymnastics. In 2006, she discovered aerial dance, quickly fell in love with the art form, and became a company member of Baltimore-based Air Dance Bernasconi. Carey taught several forms of aerial arts at dance and trapeze schools in the Baltimore/DC area and performed at countless festivals, theatres, fundraisers and corporate gigs.
In August 2012, Carey relocated to San Diego, CA, where she has performed with [the] movement initiative dance company and Culture Shock Dance Center. Most importantly, she is very excited to have found Victor and Nicole at De Leon Dynamics and De Leon Productions, where she has been teaching silks class, performing at corporate gigs and is honored to coach the demo team kids.


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Jakarta Model United Nations 2016 sets its sight on raising the awareness that the international issues and challenges are no longer characterized solely by the military and the traditional security issues, but also those that pose threats to our effort in achieving better civilization.
These challenges vary from food security, and poverty to transnational crime, and climate change. Accordingly, the participants will realize that strengthening cooperation among nations and actors involved is fundamental in facing the challenges that have now become the common threat to the face of human race.
The motivation of choosing "Engraving History: Facing the Challenge of Civilization" as the grand theme of JMUN 2016 is to encourage the participants to explore the characteristics and dynamics of international politics.
Presumably, during the process, the participants will learn that cooperation is one of the key elements in facing the challenges to civilization and together engrave history.
This year, Jakarta Model United Nations (JMUN) 2016 will be held on 20-24 July 2016!


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If only MacGyver could defuse this potential bomb. Lucas Till stars in the upcoming live-action/computer animated adventure "Monster Trucks," which is now scheduled for release January 13, 207. But apparently its own studio, Paramount/Viacom, sees a big loss coming, and is already writing it down in the books.
"Lowering its earnings forecast for the current fiscal fourth quarter, Viacom cited 'a programming impairment charge of $115 million' that is 'related to the expected performance of an unreleased film,' in addition to other factors.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter the movie in question is 'Monster Trucks,' set for release on Jan. 13. The big-budget title has been delayed numerous times after originally being slotted to hit theaters more than a year ago. First set for release on May 29, 2015, it was then pushed to Dec. 25 of that year, then March 18 of this year and eventually to next January."
The added that the estimated budget for the film was over $100 million. Jefferies analyst John Janedis noted, in a report quoted by THR, "Viacom indicated there would be a write-down of $115 million related to a future film that will not likely perform to expectations." Drexel Hamilton analyst Tony Wible added that the loss "implies that Paramount will have lost about $500 million this year despite a favorable box office, home entertainment and licensing environment."
As Collider (which visited the "Monster Trucks" set back in June 2014) noted, Paramount has had some success this year, but "Star Trek Beyond" wasn't a massive hit, and there were no "Transformers" or "Mission: Impossible" franchise movies in 2016. Still, there's hope that things will improve next year.


knowledge for man to use all these jinn works (technology).
to man because man went out of his way.
village. Now they are planting in two hundred acres lands.
these farmers. Every one of them is complaining.
heedlessly in top-speed to do them. What's the rush?
Daytime is for work and nighttime is for rest.
they are the highest. And the highest among them is Sweden.
is free. They have the highest rate of committing suicide.
So all this technology didn't really bring so much to man.
what I am going to do with my life." Hmm. You don't know?
Sell it. Nobody's going to buy it.
all this technology made man to become lazy. That's all.
with that intelligence. (Sheykh smiles).
Edith Kiss (L), a Hungarian, and Asta Erimer, a Lithuanian, are both l earning the delicate paper marbling art of ebru and see it as an escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
There are things that are simply immaculate, at first sight. The mere sight of a tulip on a marbled paper, almost surrealistically delicate, is one such beauty: no wonder there are people that travel the whole wide world to İstanbul to learn how to replicate this feat.
On a very hot summer day in the city, where you would have to bribe a person to step outside of home to crumble into pieces under the sun, I went to Sütlüce, to Miniaturk where free marbling (ebru) courses are available: I was intrigued. On the way, I thought to myself, "Oh, how Sütlüce resembles Palestine!" With its splendor of sun-drenched construction sites, sun-drenched grey buildings and all tones of grey as if painted the color on purpose to attract even more sunlight. I entered Miniaturk and passed the kids riding the little train among the mini-sized Blue Mosque, the Maiden's Tower and Dolmabahçe Palace.
Still wondering how people can bear even to play games under the sun, I entered the tent where a bunch of women were caught up in the delicacy of marbling tulips, acacias and roses on water. It was as if a cloud of tranquility was separating this room from the outside world. It is always said that if you have something evil in your soul, you can't manage to make a shape on the ebru water, hence one almost paints the colors of one's soul on the water when one is doing ebru. I always thought that was a myth; however, how can the tranquility of the ebru painting room be explained while it is 40 degrees outside and car horns form a choir of madness?
Ebru is totally an act of absolute patience since both the paint and the water need an exact consistency achieved through the addition of hard-to-find elements. For example, to thicken the paint, formed from 100 percent natural mineral-based pigments, you need öd (cow bile — yes, a cow's bile!) to mix it with. To thicken the water and give it the desired consistency to preserve the painted shapes on its surface without allowing them to be spoilt, you need to mix in the powder of the geven plant, which flourishes in Anatolia. I remember all those thorny bushes in really dry regions of Turkey and wonder how one can pick them without hurting oneself, let produce a powder.
Nur Gökalp, the assistant of Turkey's world famous ebru artist Hikmet Barutçugil, explained to me how delicate it was to achieve this exact measure of consistency in addition to explaining the rather mysterious history of ebru. Not much is known about ebru's past apart from the fact that it was born in Uzbekistan and later came to the Ottoman Empire and has been continually practiced in the region covering Turkey, parts of Iran and other regions of the Ottoman Empire. Nowadays, people from this region somehow connected to ebru in their home country come to İstanbul to see ebru in its cultural capital. Hence there are students who come from all around the world to attend ebru classes held by Hikmet Barutçugil and his assistants. One marbling artist from Bukhara, Uzbekistan, came all the way to Turkey just to take this workshop. Socializing through art is the most fun way to make friends. So here people play a wonderful artistic game together. The maddening exactness and sizeable kit needed for ebru makes me think it would be less fun, and certainly less educational, to try the art at home.
Miniaturk, under the auspices of the İstanbul Municipality's culture and arts division, wanted to set up a culture and art workshop such as this one at Miniaturk to provide people with the opportunity to enjoy learning traditional arts. Initially targeting people living in the vicinity, the workshop soon saw students from around the world. The best thing about these courses is that they are free. For me, this is too good to be true because we do not live in a country in which each citizen normally feels that his cultural satisfaction is taken at face value by powers that be. It is generally the reverse: We feel like we want to be fooled and rendered more ignorant by the "powers that be" when we watch TV programs that adults are supposed to follow. However, at this course at Miniaturk, which started as a trial project about two months ago and is slated to end this month, it really feels that people in charge of this project do feel obliged that a 12-million-strong city like İstanbul should be a place where everyone could learn about their cultural heritage without having to spend an outrageous amount of money.
I am told that the Japanese show a lot of interest in our ebru. They also have marbling in Japan; however, there are no individual designs on marbled paper in a style that can be considered Japanese. So they come here to learn to make individual shapes such as roses, tulips, etc. and most of all to look at this art from a different angle. On a hot day like this, I felt lucky to meet Edith Kiss, a Hungarian, and Asta Erimer, a Lithuanian, at Miniaturk's ebru atelier as they took turns on ebru pieces.
Kiss, from Hungary, studied visual arts in Hungary and came to Turkey with the European Volunteer Service (EVS) to do volunteer social work. At Toplum Gönüllüleri Vakfı, where she works, she saw a poster about this course and came and registered right away. She also gives art workshops in Anatolian cities such as Mardin, Van, Samsun and now ebru will also form an integral part of her art workshops in Anatolia. She thinks that this course here is great because the professors are really professional, all the material is provided and it is free. She is very careful when working on her ebru pieces as she takes precise measures and proportions the shapes she works on.
Erimer, as you can tell from her surname, is married to a Turkish man. She moved here about six months ago. In Lithuania she had been working at managerial positions in banks and commerce companies for a long time. Since she came to Turkey she has been trying to adjust to the new country and system and it seems ebru is a very calming method of adjustment to the at times crazy pace of İstanbul. She heard about this course by word-of-mouth and decided to enroll. She never painted before in her life but when you observe her working a green leaf upon the water into a more edgy leaf with thorn-like patterns around it, it appears that she has gotten used to the delicate style of ebru in quite a short time.
Or perhaps, judging by the immaculate tulips and daffodils waiting to dry in all the corners of the atelier, you might think that only pure souls get to be the present students in Sütlüce, since the colors in their soul come out as perfect shapes on the marbled water, no matter how slippery its surface.
An incredible collection of the musical notes of Ottoman classical works has been gathered together in a revolutionary new software program created by two Turkish mathematicians.
Mathematicians Kemal Karaosmanoğlu and Süleyman Metin Yılmaz spent years looking at musical manuscripts of a myriad of Ottoman classical songs and instrumental works found in the dusty archives of TRT, Turkey's first and only state television and radio station. As a result of this meticulous study, they applied the musical notes of more than 1,500 classical works to database software they created, calling the result Mus2okur. The software program not only contains the musical notes of centuries-old Ottoman works, but also their lyrics and information about the composers. In addition, each song in Mus2okur is provided with a makam, melodic mode, and usul, underlying rhythmic cycle that complements the melodic rhythm and helps shape the overall structure of a composition in Ottoman classical music.
Mus2okur also contains an index of a total of 24,000 different Ottoman classical works with their descriptive characteristics. All the works can be applied to 128 different musical instruments on a music computer and can be played with a fretless guitar.
Mus2okur is a masterpiece, said Karl Signell, world-renowned U.S. ethnomusicologist and scholar of Turkish classical music.
Mus2okur is one of the most successful studies I have ever witnessed and is a unique source for addicts and researchers of Ottoman classical music, said Periklis Tsoukalas, a Greek musician who specializes in Eastern music.
In the early years of the Turkish Republic, Ottoman classical music was neglected to a great extent because it evoked a past tradition and way of life not in line with modernization and Westernization efforts of the young nation state. We have adopted the notation system of the West and simply ignored our own classical music, said Karaosmanoğlu. As we turned our face to the West, we neglected our own music. Karaosmanoğlu noted that in most Western music, the octave is divided into 12 semitones, while Ottoman classical music features a much more complex range of tones.
Mus2okur also contains information on a specific music notation system created by Hampartsoum Limondjian, more commonly known as Baba Hamparzsum, a prominent Ottoman Armenian composer of Turkish classical music. Called the Hampartsoum notation system, the system Limondjian developed became the main musical notation system for Turkish classical music. Limondjian served as royal musician during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Selim III, who was also a musician. Hampartsoum notation uses symbols derived from an older notation called khaz used by the Armenian Church in the eighth and the ninth centuries.
The music notation system created by Limondjian is the basic notation system in the history of Turkish classical music. Thousands of old songs are still alive today thanks to Limondjian's notation system, said Karaosmanoğlu. This is the reason why we have also incorporated his notation system to our software program, he said.
Mus2okur's rich database makes it a great reference on Ottoman classical music for Western musicians and scholars who are interested in the unique style of music.
Osmanli Nakshibendi Hakkani Dergah, Siddiki Center, New York.
Medet Ya Sultan Evliya, medet.
Prophet (sws) appeared as only one person.
other than worshipping Allah all rose up against him.
couldn't finish him. He was only one man as an individual.
In the human body he was one man.
Allah is talking about Habib-i Najjar in Surat-ul Ya Sin.
the foundation of Islam and they put everything there, alhamdulillah.
So the work of Mehdi (alayhi salam) is working now.
It's (already) working, spreading everywhere in the world.
what Mehdi is going to do.
mouth. So you have no connection at all. You are lost already.
time. You know how it is.
who know the secrets don't open the secrets.
Sheykh Mevlana that were waiting and they passed.
"Okay, let's run here", "Let's run there".
of course. So you were saying that. It's okay.
nothing changed. Hmm. (You proved to be) wrong.
in the front lines. This is what our duty is.
going to begin half an hour later. It doesn't matter.
who are in authority, who have the knowledge work.
going to happen because you want it or I want it?
they say that. Then believe on that word. Sit and wait.
and wait. Why are you going searching around then?
know the situation why that one is saying that word.
So it is not an intelligent act that they are doing.
it is the time of peace. The war didn't begin yet.
then. So they are not going to be running around.
be able to stand for what's coming.
InshaAllah ar-Rahman, Allah knows best.
These words are to you and to me inshaAllah.
If we take it then we win for our own selves.
If we don't then live as you like.


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Two new innovative products designed specifically for the waste recycling sector have recently been launched by County Tyrone based Steelweld Enviro Products Ltd.
The company is a subsidiary of Steelweld Fabrications Ltd which has over three decades of experience partnering with world renowned brands, manufacturing equipment on a 60,000 sq ft site in Cookstown.
With state-of-the-art facilities, Steelweld Enviro Products Ltd. designs and manufactures a world class range of innovative solutions for waste recyclers. Having sold machines in the UK, Ireland and Europe, the new company are currently in the process of building a global network of agents.
The result of a year long project, the new machines include a mobile metal separator and an air density separator.
The Steelweld Strobe ECS 1500 is a mobile eddy current separator using a powerful magnetic field to separate ferrous and non-ferrous metals, such as aluminium and copper from a variety of materials. Incorporating the Master Magnets, ECS150 ensures that optimal separation and a maximum yield is achieved; it can process up to 30 tonnes an hour, depending on source material density. Its unique low feed height allows it to be directly fed from a Trommel.
It comes with crawler tracks, an on-board diesel generator and hydraulic power pack, allowing for easy site manoeuvrability and can be used to process a variety of materials including municipal solid waste, C&D reclaim, incinerator slag, biomass, shredded wood and crushed glass. A static version is also available.
The second product is the Steelweld Rotary AST 1500, a tracked mobile air separator using powerful air fans to separate waste based on its density; it will also be available as a static machine.
The input material is separated into two fractions varying from light to heavy. Like the Strobe ECS 1500, its unique low feed height allows it to be directly fed from a Trommel. It also has a fully adjustable feed belt, air system and air knife allowing for optimal separation control on a range of source materials.
As Steelweld Enviro continue to grow, they plan to add to their exsisting line of products, so watch this space!


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Q: Does jar file not contain imported packages and classes? I tried a simple A package B package example.
Package structure is like this -
---A
     |---a.class
---B
     |---b.class

a.class imports package B and class b.
Then I created a jar file with the following command -
jar -cvf a.jar A

Then I displayed the contents of the jar file using "jar -tf a.jar" command, and I see the following -
META-INF/
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
A/
A/a.class

How come B/b.class is not a part of the jar file when A/a.class imports it?
Also how does A/a.class run correctly with B/b.class being a part of it?
java -cp ./A.jar A.a

A: The import statement allows you to refer to a class that's in another package by its short name; it does nothing else. imports aren't even carried over to the compiled .class file; all references are replaced by fully-qualified names.

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Resolutions for 2010: Let's make a better world!
Hi Friends as the 2010 has started with the feeling of a fresh new decade let's share some of our resolutions that will impact others and help in making a better world.
I will followup this note with my resolutions as they are still in the process of cooking. I will truly appreciate your comments and I believe that no resolution is small or big as all take strength and and attitude to fulfill.


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Q: Python function return value reuse in another fuction def function1(a,b,c):
    total_function1 = a + b + c
    return total_function1

def function2():
    total_function2 = total_function1 * 0.3
    return total_function2

def function3():
    total_function3 = total_function1 * 0.7
    return total_function3

I am trying to have the logic into the first function and create simple function to just apply some percentage 30% and 70%. I will use the 3 different results into specific sqlite columns.
I have search but was not able to find this specific case.

A: You need to call the function.
def function1(a,b,c):
    total_function1 = a + b + c
    return total_function1

def function2(a, b, c):
    total_function2 = function1(a, b, c) * 0.3
    return total_function2

def function3(a, b, c):
    total_function3 = function1(a, b, c) * 0.7
    return total_function3

or you could call it outside, and pass the value in:
def function1(a,b,c):
    total_function1 = a + b + c
    return total_function1

def function2(total_function1):
    total_function2 = total_function1 * 0.3
    return total_function2

def function3(total_function1):
    total_function3 = total_function1 * 0.7
    return total_function3

val1 = function1(1, 2, 3)
val2 = function2(val1)
val3 = function3(val1)


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Below is a TED talk that she gave, which, by the way, became one of the most viewed TED talk of all time.
When you can quiet your mind, and be quiet in your mind, you will eventually come to realize that you are not quite your mind….


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Takehara Han (japanisch 武原 はん, Vorname eigentlich Yukiko; geboren 4. Februar 1903 in Tokushima; gestorben 5. Februar 1998) war eine japanische Tänzerin und Schriftstellerin.

Leben und Werk
Takehara Han zog mit ihrer Familie 1914 von Tokushima nach Osaka und begann eine Ausbildung in der Tanzschule "Yamatoya Geigi gakkō" (芸妓学校) unter Yamamura Chiyo (山村 千代) und erlernte dessen Tanzstil. Nach dem Abschluss machte sie sich als Geisha selbstständig. Im Alter von 28 Jahren ging sie nach Tokio und wurde in dem Restaurant Nadaman (灘万) Jungchefin (若女将, Waka-ōkami). Unterstützt von Bandō Mitsugoro VII. und von Fujima Kajūrō VI. konnte sie 1932 auf der von Yonagawa Fumiko (米川 文子) geleiteten Veranstaltung der "Studiengruppe zum Gesangstanz" (地唄舞研究会, Jiuta-mai kenkyūkai) den Tanz "Yuki" (雪) "Schnee" aufführen, was großen Beifall fand. Ab 1939 beschäftigte sie sich unter der Anleitung von Takahama Kyoshi mit dem Verfassen von Stimmungsbildern und Haiku. 1940 bildete Takehara sich im Tanz unter Nishikawa Koisaburō II. weiter.

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg eröffnete Takehara 1947, also im Alter von 44 Jahren, das Shimbashi-Tanztheater "Shimbashi Embujo" (新橋演舞場) und veranstaltete ihr 1. Tanztreffen (第1回武原はん舞の会, Takehara Han mai no Kai). Mit ausgesuchten Inhalten, hervorragender tänzerischer Darbietung in einem sehr persönlichen Stil wurde sie die "Blume des Jiuta-mai (地唄舞)" genannt. 1955 wurde sie Mitglied des Literatur-Magazins "Hototogisu", wo sie "Han Kotobiki"  (はん寿), "Takehara Han Ichidai kushū" (武原はん一代句集), die Essay-Sammlungen "O-Han" (おはん), "Han Yōshū" (はん葉集), die große Sammlung von Essaya, Haiku, Jahresalben u. a. als "Takehara Han Ichidai" (武原はん一代) publizierte.

Takehara wurde mit vielen Preisen ausgezeichnet, darunter 1966 mit dem Förderpreis des Kultusministers (芸術選奨文部大臣賞, Geijutsu senshō Mobudaijin shō), 1972 mit dem Kikuchi-Kan-Preis. 1985 wurde sie Mitglied der Akademie der Künste, 1987 wurde sie als "Person mit besonderen kulturellen Verdiensten" ausgezeichnet. 1989 wurde sie Ehrenbürgerin der Stadt Tokushima und von Tokio.

Anmerkungen

Literatur
 S. Noma (Hrsg.): Takehara Han. In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X, S. 1514.

Weblinks
 Biografien Takehara Han in der Kotobank, japanisch

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Autor
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Japaner
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Gestorben 1998
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Q: Galaxy map generator always allows some star systems to touch I am using procedural generation to create a List<int[]> where each int[] contains the x and y coordinates of a star system in a galaxy. I use a minimum distance argument to avoid placing star systems too close to each other. However, it doesn't seem to matter, and I always get at least a few star systems that touch.
How can I make it so that, given a minimum distance of 2 or more, the coordinates generated will never touch?
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

/// <summary>
/// Procedurally generates a new galaxy.
///
/// This class uses a relatively complex manner of ensuring no solar systems are
/// too close to each other. This is designed to allow slower hardware to handle
/// the generation fairly quickly.
///
/// To achieve this, the program will break the given area of the galaxy into
/// smaller squares. Each square will be given several solar systems that are at
/// least a user-given distance apart. Then each square will be placed within
/// the galaxy at the same user-given distance apart from each other. This
/// ensures no solar systems are within the given distance from one another.
/// </summary>
public class GalGen
{
   /// <summary>
   /// Generates a new galaxy.
   ///
   /// This generates a new galaxy by creating many small sections of the galaxy
   /// and combining them together.
   /// </summary>
   /// <param name="galaxyHeight"> The height of the galaxy in sections. </param>
   /// <param name="galaxyWidth"> The width of the galaxy in sections. </param>
   /// <param name="sectionSize"> The height and width of galaxy sections in tiles. </param>
   /// <param name="minStars"> The lowest possible amount of stars per section. </param>
   /// <param name="maxStars"> The highest possible amount of stars per section. </param>
   /// <param name="minDistance"> Both the minimum distance between star
   /// systems, and the distance of each sector from it's neighbors and the
   /// borders of the galaxy. </param>
   /// <returns> A List<int[]> of (x, y) star system locations </returns>
   public static List<int[]>
   generate(int galaxyHeight, int galaxyWidth, int sectionSize, int minStars, int maxStars, int minDistance)
   {
      Random rand = new Random();
      List<int[]> galaxy = new List<int[]>(2_500);

      for (int x = 0; x < galaxyWidth; x++)
      {
         for (int y = 0; y < galaxyHeight; y++)
         {
            // randomly determine the amount of star systems in the section
            int stars = rand.Next(minStars, maxStars + 1);
            // create the section
            List<int[]> section = createSection(sectionSize, minDistance, stars);
            // adjust the section's position according to it's placement in the galaxy
            section = adjustSystemPosition(section, sectionSize, x, y);
            // add the star system's coordinates to the galaxy
            galaxy = galaxy.Concat(section).ToList();
         }
      }

      return galaxy;
   }

   /// <summary>
   /// Adjusts the position of the star systems in a section according to their
   /// position in the galaxy, as indicated by the y and x arguments.
   /// </summary>
   /// <param name="section"> The section to modify. </param>
   /// <param name="x"> The amount of sections to the left of the section argument. </param>
   /// <param name="y"> The amount of sections above the section argument. </param>
   /// <returns> A List<int[]> of (x, y) star system coordinates. </returns>
   public static List<int[]>
   adjustSystemPosition(List<int[]> section, int sectionSize, int x, int y)
   {
      for (int i = 0; i < section.Count; i++)
      {
         int xPos;
         int yPos;

         // adjust for tile size
         xPos = section[i][0] << 5; // 32
         yPos = section[i][1] << 5; // 32

         // adjust for section position
         xPos += (x * sectionSize) << 5; // 32
         yPos += (y * sectionSize) << 5; // 32

         // adjust for section borders
         xPos += x << 5; // 32
         yPos += y << 5; // 32

         section[i] = new int[] {xPos, yPos};
      }

      return section;
   }

   /// <summary>
   /// Generates a small, square, section of the galaxy.
   /// </summary>
   /// <param name="sectionSize"> The height and width of the galaxy section. </param>
   /// <param name="minDistance"> The minimum distance between star systems. </param>
   /// <param name="stars"> The amount of stars to create. </param>
   /// <returns> A List<int[]> of (x, y) star system locations. </returns>
   private static List<int[]>
   createSection(int sectionSize, int minDistance, int stars)
   {
      Random rand = new Random();
      List<int[]> section = new List<int[]>(stars);

      // determine the first star system's location
      int x = rand.Next(0, sectionSize + 1);
      int y = rand.Next(0, sectionSize + 1);
      int[] location = new int[] {x, y};
      section.Add(location);

      for(int i = (stars - 1); i > 0; i--)
      {
         // create new star coordinates
         x = rand.Next(0, sectionSize + 1);
         y = rand.Next(0, sectionSize + 1);
         location = new int[] {x, y};

         // avoid locations that would put it too close to other stars

         for(int j = 0; j < section.Count; j++)
         {
            if (findDistance(location, section[j]) < minDistance)
            {
               j = 0; // restart loop
               // find new potential star coordinates
               x = rand.Next(0, sectionSize);
               y = rand.Next(0, sectionSize);
               location = new int[] {x, y};
            }
         }

         section.Add(location);
      }

      return section;
   }

   /// <summary>
   /// Finds the distance between two stars.
   /// </summary>
   /// <param name="star1"> The coordinates of the first star </param>
   /// <param name="star2"> The coordinates of the second star. </param>
   /// <returns> The distance between the two stars. </returns>
   private static double findDistance(int[] star1, int[] star2)
   {
      double exponent1 = Math.Pow((star1[0] - star2[0]), 2.0);
      double exponent2 = Math.Pow((star1[1] - star2[1]), 2.0);

      return Math.Sqrt(exponent1 + exponent2);
   }
}

A: The problem is this section:
for(int j = 0; j < section.Count; j++)
{
    if (findDistance(location, section[j]) < minDistance)

You iterate through all of them and regenerate if they are close. However it might just generate coordinates that collide with a previous one.
Do this instead:
(Minimal change intended for demonstration purposes. A proper solution would be different. Also if there is no room it will never finish!)
for(int i = (stars - 1); i > 0; i--)
{
   do {
      bool collisionFound = false;
      // create new star coordinates
      x = rand.Next(0, sectionSize + 1);
      y = rand.Next(0, sectionSize + 1);
      location = new int[] {x, y};

      // avoid locations that would put it too close to other stars

      for(int j = 0; j < section.Count; j++)
      {
         if (findDistance(location, section[j]) < minDistance)
         {
            collisionFound = true;
            break;
         }
      }
   } while (collisionFound);
   section.Add(location);
}


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California-based Medical Marijuana (OTC: MJNA), which makes and sells hemp-based products through subsidiaries, said that its HempMeds subsidiary expanded its retailing network by securing partnerships with more retailers.
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Published April 7, 2015; 1:10 p.m.
The faculty, dean, and president councils of Lindenwood University recently approved a measure to implement a Fall Break during the 2015-2016 academic year.
This break will occur during the fall semester on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 12-13, 2015.
Lindenwood will now join the ranks of the other schools in its geographic area and those in the MIAA conference that have fall breaks that range from two days long to an extended Thanksgiving Break.
In the past, officials at Lindenwood did not approve a fall break to allow professors the freedom to cover required material in light of a shorter semester in the spring.
Evans believes the faculty will have to present the essential material more efficently, but this is common for classes taught in the spring semester.
Due to a reduction in classes held in the spring since 2009, from special circumstances such as Sibley Day, Good Friday, and classes canceled because of inclement weather, the Faculty Council recognized disparity between the amounts of classes held during the fall and spring semesters.
They then proposed this break to Lindenwood officials. Amendments were made to the measure by the Dean's council, and then it was approved by the Board of Directors.
Professor John Cawly, who chaired the subcommittee of the faculty council along with three other faculty members, helped to write the proposal.
"I am very pleased that the new schedule will provide the faculty with the opportunity to present the same materials in each semester. This is a positive step forward," said Cawly.
Along with being a benefit to students, professors will be able to use this time to grade assignments and exams as this break coincides with the issuing of mid-term grades.
He believes the break could lift the energy and spirit of the whole campus.
Sept. 16, 2014 6:00 p.m.
Playing a second consecutive overtime game, the women's soccer team fell to the Bulldogs 2-1, Tuesday, at Truman State University.


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U.S. Companies Are Moving to Europe to Get Away from Our Awful Corporate Tax Policies
By Curtis Dubay
About Curtis Dubay
I hate to say I told you so, but . . .
A few months ago I warned that if Congress didn't lower corporate taxes, U.S. businesses would start moving their headquarters abroad.
Lo and behold, two major U.S. businesses now are looking to pack their bags for Europe.
Pfizer is trying to acquire AstraZeneca, a U.K.-based pharmaceutical company. If it does, the newly merged company will be based in the U.K.
Walgreens, the pharmacy and convenience-store chain, bought a similar company in Switzerland, and now its shareholders are putting intense pressure on it to move its headquarters there.
These well-known U.S. businesses are looking to pull up stakes because the U.S. taxes their foreign earnings at the highest rate in the industrialized world. Indeed, we are the only country that taxes the foreign earnings of our businesses.
By moving abroad, Pfizer and Walgreens could shed billions in taxes on foreign earnings – earnings that never would've been taxed to begin with if we had a territorial tax system like the rest of the developed world.
Last year, in a paper detailing the huge economic benefits of switching to a territorial system, I noted the following:
The worldwide system only applies to businesses headquartered in the U.S. If a U.S. business moves its headquarters abroad, it would still owe tax on income earned in the U.S., but moving its headquarters to another country would avoid the extra tax on foreign income. The U.S. has strong anti-inversion rules that make it difficult for a business headquartered in the U.S. to move its headquarters to another country, but little prevents U.S. businesses from selling themselves to foreign-owned businesses.
Pfizer and Walgreens didn't sell themselves to foreign businesses, but buying foreign businesses and re-domiciling the new merged business is effectively the same thing.
In the same paper, I explained what's at stake:
When a business moves its headquarters to another country, it takes high-quality jobs with it and leaves a palpable absence in the communities it once inhabited. Businesses often become synonymous with the cities in which they are founded and grow…
New York City (Pfizer's headquarters) and Springfield, Ill., (Walgreens' headquarters) are about to feel these losses. Congress needs to act soon to fix the corporate tax code, or other cities will join the list.
— Curtis Dubay is a Heritage Foundation research fellow, specializing in tax and economic policy issues.


IT IS FINALLY MY FAVORITE MONTH OF THE YEAR! I love October and everything that comes with it. Halloween, cool weather, leaves, candy, hot chocolate, PUMPKIN, apples, E V E R Y T H I N G!
Last month was kind of a fail on my part. I'm still trying to figure out the best schedule for me to attend classes and get all of my work done without losing out on sleep, sorority life, hanging out with my friends and binge-watching Netflix.
Visit another museum // Never had the chance!
Take pictures of Boston // I took pics of the Blood Moon…does that count?
Bed by 10 on school nights // hahahah what a joke. It's funny that I actually thought this was possible.
Do not by clothes // hahahha what a joke. It's funny that I actually thought this was possible.
Yikes….. I need to be more accountable this month!
1. Complete some of my Autumn To-Do List!
Have the besttttt October ever, friends! Lots of love!


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A weekly community support group, led by Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach staff and volunteers, is available for ex-offenders living within the Rochester community.
Many of these women and men will become leaders in our community and often return to mentor others and participate as volunteers or staff in our programs. For example, some graduates are in school or working in our community as nurses, case managers, pre-school teachers, carpenters and home health aides.
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Ryan Howard said this morning on ESPN's "Mike & Mike Show" that the Phillies had a little bit of a hangover at the start of this season. This is something we all figured, but it was finally confirmed by one of the players.
The Phillies look like a team right now that believe they can just put the uniform on and get wins by that alone. Like that "World Series Champions" patch is going to scare opposing pitchers when they see it.
And there are a bunch of leaks that are threatening to flood the ship. Rollins, Lidge, Eyre, Taschner. The list isn't long, but some of the key ingredients from last year haven't performed like they need to.
I have already diagnosed Rollins, so no need to rehash that. When Jimmy figures out that he needs more patience at the plate, he will start to turn it around. And when was the last time that Brad Lidge came into TWO straight games looking for a save.
But the loss of J.C. Romero to a 50-game suspension is starting to show more and more to be an issue. Without Romero, Eyre moves up a step with more pressure on hime and hasn't filled the void. And because of that move, the Phils acquire Jack Taschner, who is right now a leading candidate to get released when Romero's suspension comes to an end. Taschner allowed the go-ahead two run single in the 7th Inning that led to the Braves 3-2 win on Sunday.
It's time to get it turned around.
So Phils players, enjoy your off-day. Tomorrow begins another chance to get things squared away with the Manny-less Dodgers coming into town.