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February 12, 2019 · 23:25
"We'll Lick This Someday" But Will Someday Ever Come: Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey, and Charles Thomas
John Jorgensen, Pee Wee Reese, Ed Stanky and Jackie Robinson on opening day 1947
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Pitchers and catchers reported to training camps in Florida and Arizona today and will continue reporting tomorrow. Thursday is a Valentine's Day and thank God Easter falls late this year so it doesn't coincide with Ash Wednesday.
For the Baseball purist, the Priest and the inept romantic the combination is quite juxtaposing. For the fact of the matter I don't do either Lent which Ash Wednesday begins or Valentine's Day very well, thankfully Lent doesn't begin for a few more weeks.
That being the case I routinely screw both of the up and as hard as I try I struggle to reach the Mendoza Line in either one. Of course that leaves baseball which for me is a religion, as well as a social commentary on America, our values, and virtues, despite the fact that I also find much truth in Soccer, or as most of the world calls it Football. But I digress, this is about baseball, Civil rights, and America.
I'm not the first to say this an editor in Baseball Magazine wrote in 1921:
"Thomas Jefferson, when he wrote the Declaration, made proper provision for baseball when he declared that 'all men are, and of right out to be, free and equal.' That's why they are at the ball game, banker and bricklayer, lawyer and common laborer."
But for African Americans in the first half of the Twentieth Century the game was as segregated as as any town that adhered to Jim Crow in the South or the Sundown Towns in the North and West which excluded them from the political, social privileges enjoyed by Whites. In spite of their relegation to the Negro Leagues a lot of people in baseball knew their talent and ability, one of them was Branch Rickey. Rickey was the first to successfully integrate a team. Baseball Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis opposed early attempts at integration from 1920 until his death in 1944, as a result early attempts to integrate teams failed.
Charles Thomas
It was in 1903 when Rickey, then a coach for the Ohio Wesleyan University baseball team had to console his star player, Charles Thomas when a hotel in South Bend Indiana refused him a room because he was black. Rickey found Thomas sobbing rubbing his hands and repeating "Black skin. Black skin. If only I could make them white." Rickey attempted to console his friend saying "Come on, Tommy, snap out of it, buck up! We'll lick this one day, but we can't if you feel sorry for yourself."
Thomas, encouraged by Rickey was remembered by one alumnus who saw a game that Thomas played in noted that "the only unpleasant feature of the game was the coarse slurs cast at Mr. Thomas, the catcher." However, the writer noted something else about Thomas that caught his eye: "But through it all, he showed himself far more the gentleman than his insolent tormentors though their skin is white." Thomas would go on to be a dentist and remain a friend of Rickey until Rickey's death in 1965. He moved to New Mexico where he became on of the first African American dentists in that state. Mark Moore, the Executive Director of the New Mexico Dental Association noted:
"This was a time when being a professional was difficult for an African-American. As one of the first black dentists in New Mexico, Dr. Thomas helped desegregate dentistry. He had a significant impact on our national history and the dental profession."
Baseball like most of America was not a place for the Black man. Rickey, a devout Christian later remarked "I vowed that I would always do whatever I could to see that other Americans did not have to face the bitter humiliation that was heaped upon Charles Thomas."
In April 1947 Branch Rickey who was now the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers invited one African-American ballplayer to the Dodgers' Spring Training site in Daytona Beach Florida. The South was still a hotbed of racial prejudice, Jim Crow was the law of the land and Blacks had no place in White Man's baseball, but Rickey decided to challenge that rule and the player was Jackie Robinson.
The Dodgers had been coming to Florida for years. Rickey moved the Dodgers from Jacksonville to Daytona Beach in 1947 after Jacksonville had refused to alter its segregation laws to allow an exhibition game between the Dodgers International League affiliate the Montreal Royals, for whom Robinson starred.
That was the year that Rickey signed Robinson to a minor league contract with the Royals. When Rickey called up Robinson 6 days prior to the 1947 season Robinson broke the color barrier for both the Dodgers and Major League Baseball. However it would take another 12 years before all Major League teams had a black player on their roster.
It is hard to imagine now that even after Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier that other teams did not immediately sign black players. However Rickey and Robinson broke the color barrier a year before Harry Truman had integrated the Armed Forces and seven years before the Supreme Court ruled the segregation of public schools illegal. But how could that be a surprise? The country was still rampant with unbridled racism. Outside of a few Blacks in the military and baseball most African Americans had few rights. In the North racism regulated most blacks to ghettos, while in the South, Jim Crow laws and public lynchings of progressive or outspoken Blacks.
Actor, director and civil rights activist Ossie Davis wrote in the book Baseball Nineteen – Oh – Seven" that:
"Baseball should be taken seriously by the colored player — and in this effort of his great ability will open the avenue in the near future wherein he may walk hand in hand with the opposite race in the greatest of all American games — baseball."
Larry Doby (above) and Satchel Paige signed by the Indians
The Cleveland Indians under their legendary owner Bill Veeck were not far behind the Dodgers in integrating their team. Veeck claimed that his effort to purchase the Philadelphia Phillies was rejected by Kennesaw Mountain Landis when he announced that he would desegregate the team. Under Veeck's direction the Tribe signed Larry Doby on July 5th 1947. Doby would go on to the Hall of Fame and was a key player on the 1948 Indian team which won the 1948 World Series, the last that the storied franchise has won to this date.
Hank Thompson and Roy Campanella
The St. Louis Browns signed Third Baseman Hank Thompson 12 days after the Indians signed Doby. But Thompson, Robinson and Doby would be the only Blacks to play in that inaugural season of integration. They would be joined by others in 1948 including the immortal catcher Roy Campanella who signed with the Dodgers and the venerable Negro League pitcher, Satchel Paige who was signed by the Indians.
Monte Irvin (Above) and Willie Mays
It was not until 1949 when the New York Giants became the next team to integrate. They brought up Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson who they had acquired from the Browns. In 1951 they would be joined by rookie Willie Mays to become the first all African-American outfield in the Major Leagues. Both Mays and Irvin would enter the Hall of Fame and both remained key part of the Giants' story. Despite their age have continued to be active in with the Giants and Major League Baseball, Mays still is but Irvin died in 2016.
Samuel Jethroe
The Boston Braves were the next to desegregate calling up Samuel "the Jet" Jethroe to play Center Field. Jethroe was named the National League Rookie of the Year in 1950.
Minnie Minoso
In 1951 the Chicago White Sox signed Cuban born Minnie Minoso who had played for Cleveland in 1949 and 1951 before signing with the White Sox. Minoso would be elected to 9 All-Star teams and win 3 Golden Gloves.
Ernie Banks (above) and Bob Trice
The Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Athletics integrated at the end of the 1953 season. The Cubs signed Shortstop Ernie Banks who would go on to be a 14 time All-Star, 2 time National League MVP and be elected to the Hall of Fame in 1977 on the first ballot. The Athletics called up pitcher Bob Trice from their Ottawa Farm team where he had won 21 games. Trice only pitched in 27 Major League games over the course of three seasons with the Athletics.
Curt Roberts
Four teams integrated in 1954. The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Second Baseman Curt Roberts from Denver of the Western League as part of a minor league deal. He would play 171 games in the Majors. He was sent to the Columbus Jets of the International League in 1956 and though he played in both the Athletics and Yankees farm systems but never again reached the Majors.
Tom Alston
The St. Louis Cardinals, the team that had threatened to not play against the Dodgers and Jackie Robinson in 1947 traded for First Baseman Tom Alston of the Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres. Alston would only play in 91 Major League games with his career hindered by bouts with depression and anxiety.
Nino Escalara (above) and Chuck Harmon
The Cincinnati Reds brought up Puerto Rican born First Baseman Nino Escalera and Third Baseman Chuck Harmon. Harmon had played in the Negro Leagues and had been a Professional Basketball player in the American Basketball League. Harmon who was almost 30 when called up played just 4 years in the Majors. Both he and Escalera would go on to be Major League scouts. Escalera is considered one of the best First Baseman from Puerto Rico and was elected to the Puerto Rican Baseball Hall of Fame. Harmon's first game was recognized by the Reds in 2004 and a plaque hangs in his honor.
The Washington Senators called up Cuban born Center Fielder Carlos Paula from their Charlotte Hornets' farm team in September 1954. Paula played through the 1956 season with the Senators and his contract was sold to the Sacramento Salons of the Pacific Coast League. He hit .271 in 157 plate appearances with 9 home runs and 60 RBIs. He died at the age of 55 in Miami.
Elston Howard
In April 1955 the New York Yankees finally integrated 8 years after the Dodgers and 6 years after the Giants. They signed Catcher/Left Fielder Elston Howard from their International League affiliate where he had been the League MVP in 1954. Howard would play 13 years in the Majors with the Yankees and later the Red Sox retiring in 1968. He would be a 12-time All Star and 6-time World Series Champion as a player and later as a coach for the Yankees. He died of heart disease in 1980. His number #32 was retired by the Yankees in 1984.
The Philadelphia Phillies purchased the contract of Shortstop John Kennedy from the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League at the end of the 1956 season. Kennedy played in just 5 games in April and May of 1957.
Ozzie Virgil Sr.
In 1958 the Detroit Tigers obtained Dominican born Utility Player Ozzie Virgil Sr. who had played with the Giants in 1955 and 1956. Virgil would play 9 seasons in the Majors with the Giants, Tigers, Athletics and Pirates and retire from the Giants in 1969. He later coached for 19 years in the Majors with the Giants, Expos, Padres and Mariners.
Pumpsie Green
The last team to integrate was the Boston Red Sox who signed Infielder Pumpsie Green. Green made his debut on 21 July 1959 during his three years with the Red Sox was primarily used as a pinch runner. He played his final season with the New York Mets in 1963. He was honored by the Red Sox in 2009 on the 50th anniversary of breaking the Red Sox color barrier.
It took 12 years for all the teams of the Major Leagues to integrate, part of the long struggle of African Americans to achieve equality not just in baseball but in all areas of public life. These men, few in number paved the way for African Americans in baseball and were part of the inspiration of the Civil Rights Movement itself. They should be remembered by baseball fans, and all Americans everywhere for their sacrifices and sheer determination to overcome the obstacles and hatreds that they faced. It would not be until August of 1963 that Martin Luther King Jr. would give his I Have a Dream speech and 1964 that African Americans received equal voting rights.
Robinson would become a vocal supporter of civil rights, especially after his experience at the 1964 Republican National Convention. Robinson, a Republican and friend of Nelson Rockefeller where he was threatened by a White delegate. He wrote:
"It was a terrible hour for the relatively few black delegates who were present. Distinguished in their communities, identified with the cause of Republicanism, an extremely unpopular cause among blacks, they had been served notice that the party they had fought for considered them just another bunch of "niggers". They had no real standing in the convention, no clout. They were unimportant and ignored. One bigot from one of the Deep South states actually threw acid on a black delegate's suit jacket and burned it. Another one, from the Alabama delegation where I was standing at the time of the Rockefeller speech, turned on me menacingly while I was shouting "C'mon Rocky" as the governor stood his ground. He started up in his seat as if to come after me. His wife grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
"Turn him loose, lady, turn him loose," I shouted.
I was ready for him. I wanted him badly, but luckily for him he obeyed his wife…" (From Jackie Robinson "I Never Had it Made" Chapter XV On Being Black Among the Republicans)
Spring training for the 2018 season begins tomorrow in Florida and Arizona, in what are called the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues. It is hard to believe that only 70 years ago that there was only one team and one owner dared to break the color barrier that was and still is so much a part of American life.
However despite opposition and lingering prejudice African Americans in baseball led the way in the Civil Rights Movement and are in large part responsible for many of the breakthroughs in race relations and the advancement of not only African Americans, but so many others. We can thank men like Charles Thomas, Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey for this and pray that we who remain, Black and White, Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern; Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu; Gay and Straight, as well as all others who make up our great nation will never relinquish the gains that have been won at such a great cost.
In an age were racism has crawled out from under the rock of social distain and has risen to such political prominence that civil rights and voting rights, as well as education, and employment, and healthcare for Blacks, other minorities, and the poor of all races are under attack it is important to remember the words of Branch Rickey to Charles Thomas in 1903: "We'll lick this one day…" It will certainly be a hard fight, but we have to fight
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"We'll Lick this One Day…" Branch Rickey, Charles Thomas, Jackie Robinson and the Desegregation of Baseball
Tomorrow Spring Training begins. It is also Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day. For the Baseball purist, the Priest and the inept romantic the combination is quite juxtaposing. For the fact of the matter I don't do either Lent which Ash Wednesday begins or Valentine's Day very well. I routinely screw both of the up and as hard as I try I struggle to reach the Mendoza Line in either one. Of course that leaves baseball which for me is a religion, as well as a social commentary on America, our values, and virtues.
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The Desegregation of Baseball and Its Importance Today
"Jackie, we've got no army. There's virtually nobody on our side. No owners, no umpires, very few newspapermen. And I'm afraid that many fans will be hostile. We'll be in a tough position. We can win only if we can convince the world that I'm doing this because you're a great ballplayer, a fine gentleman." Branch Rickey to Jackie Robinson
My friends, in just a few days pitchers and catchers report for the 2015 Baseball Spring Training and it is time to reflect again on how Branch Rickey's signing of Jackie Robinson helped advance the Civil Rights of Blacks in the United States. What Rickey did was a watershed, and though it took time for every team in the Major Leagues to integrate, the last being the Boston Red Sox in 1959, a dozen years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.
Branch Rickey shook the foundations of America when he signed Jackie Robinson to a Major League deal in 1947, a year before President Truman desegregated the military and years before Jim Crow laws were overturned in many states.
Robinson and the early pioneers of the game did a service to the nation. They helped many white Americans see that Blacks were not only their equals as human beings, and as it was note about Ernie Banks and others that soon "little white boys wanted to grow up and be Ernie Banks."
But for Rickey the crusade to integrate baseball began long before 1947. In 1903, Rickey, then a coach for the Ohio Wesleyan University baseball team had to console his star player, Charles Thomas when a hotel in South Bend Indiana refused him a room because he was black. Rickey found Thomas sobbing rubbing his hands and repeating "Black skin. Black skin. If only I could make them white." Rickey attempted to console his friend saying "Come on, Tommy, snap out of it, buck up! We'll lick this one day, but we can't if you feel sorry for yourself."
The Young Branch Rickey
Thomas, encouraged by Rickey was remembered by one alumnus who saw a game that Thomas played in noted that "the only unpleasant feature of the game was the coarse slurs cast at Mr. Thomas, the catcher." However, the writer noted something else about Thomas that caught his eye: "But through it all, he showed himself far more the gentleman than his insolent tormentors though their skin is white."
In April 1947 Rickey, now the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers had one African-American ballplayer at the Dodgers' Spring Training site in Daytona Beach Florida. The South was still a hotbed of racial prejudice, Jim Crow was the law of the land and Blacks had no place in White Man's baseball. That player was Jackie Robinson.
Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey
That was the year that Rickey signed Robinson to a minor league contract with the Royals. When Rickey called up Robinson 6 days prior to the 1947 season, it was Robinson broke the color barrier for the Dodgers and Major League Baseball. However it would take another 12 years before all Major League teams had a black player on their roster.
But Jackie Robison and Branch Rickey helped bring about change, and soon other teams were following suit.
The Cleveland Indians under their legendary owner Bill Veeck were not far behind the Dodgers in integrating their team. They signed Larry Doby on July 5th 1947. Doby would go on to the Hall of Fame and was a key player on the 1948 Indian team which won the 1948 World Series, the last that the storied franchise has won to this date.
It was not until 1949 when the New York Giants became the next team to integrate. They brought up Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson who they had acquired from the Browns. In 1951 these men would be joined by a young, rookie Willie Mays to become the first all African-American outfield in the Major Leagues. Both Mays and Irvin would enter the Hall of Fame and both are still a key part of the Giants' story. Despite their age have continued to be active in with the Giants and Major League Baseball.
Samuel "the Jet" Jethroe
Spring training for the 2015 season is about to begin in Florida and Arizona, in what are called the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues. It is hard to believe that only 68 years ago that only one team and one owner dared to break the color barrier that was, then, and often today is still a part of American life.
However in those 68 years despite opposition and lingering prejudice African Americans in baseball led the way in the Civil Rights Movement and are in large part responsible for many of the breakthroughs in race relations and the advancement of not only African Americans, but so many others.
We can thank men like Charles Thomas, Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey for this and pray that we who remain, Black and White, Asian, and Latin American, as well as all others who make up our great nation will never relinquish the gains that have been won at such a great cost.
President Obama throwing out the First Pitch for the Washington Nationals
Today we have a Black President who has the same kind of racial epitaphs thrown at him every day by whites who as they did to Charles Thomas, Jackie Robinson and so many other pioneers, Frankly such behavior can only be called what is it, unrepentant, unabashed, and evil racism. The fact is that such people don't think that any Black man should hold such high an office, just as they did not think that Blacks should be allowed to play integrated baseball. It is anathema to them, and that is why their unabashed hatred for Obama runs so deep. They may disagree with his policies, but I guarantee if Obama was white, their opposition to him would be far more civil and respectful. But because he is half-black, and has a funny name they hate him with a passion, a passion that scares me, because words and hateful beliefs can easily become actions.
Racism still exists, but one day thanks to the efforts of the early ball-players as well as pioneers like President Obama, and the undying commitment of decent Americans to accept people regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or even sexual orientation, we will see a new birth of freedom.
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May 4, 2013 · 00:00
42: Thank God for Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey
"Your enemy will be out in force. But you cannot meet him on his own low ground." Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) in the movie 42
"The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time." Jackie Robinson
Tonight I went and saw the movie 42. I have been wanting to see it since before it came out. As anyone who knows me or reads my articles on this website knows I am not only a historian and theologian but maybe more importantly a student of the game of baseball and baseball history. I have written articles on the integration of baseball as well as Jackie Robinson. I have read many books and article about the subject and even still I was unprepared for what I saw tonight. As I watched the movie I found that I was often overcome with tears. That doesn't happen to me often in movies.
A while back I wrote an article about African American soldiers in the First World War and I had a man ask in a comment "why is everything about racism?" The fact that the article was about history and the neglected sacrifices of African Americans who volunteered to serve their country in a time of war and were treated as less than human by many of their fellow citizens was lost on the man. The fact that the French government and not the American government recognized their achievements on those battlefields was also lost on the man. The same is unfortunately true in many other parts of our national life.
Call me a liberal or whatever, but I find racism and other forms of discrimination and hatred to be abhorrent, especially when those that are their most virulent supporters claim to be Christians. Seeing on film the things that I have previously read about in the life and career of Jackie Robinson brought me to tears through much of the movie. To see the hatred, the threats and the open prejudice of people towards Jackie grieved me. It is hard to believe that 80 years after the Civil War and over 170 years after the publication of the Declaration of Independence that so many white people fought against the simple concept of the equality of the races and the rights of people to fully participate in society, even in sports.
Unfortunately racism and many other forms of discrimination are still alive and well in our country. I am 53 years old. I came to age in an era where my high school class was the first to be desegregated in my hometown and attend high school completely in a desegregated environment. When I finished high school I really believed that racism was dead and on its way out. Unfortunately, 35 years after I graduated I still see it. In many cases it is much more subtle but I can say that there are times when it is nearly as blatant as it was in April of 1947 when Jackie Robinson first stepped onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.
Some of the things that I have read and see about President Obama over the past 5-6 years are glaring examples of such racist attitudes. A friend of mine, a conservative evangelical Christian pastor and a graduate of the Citadel who hails from Georgia told me that many of his fellow Southerners believe that the President "doesn't know his proper place." I found that interesting because that has been a charge directed by many whites at blacks and others that aspire to higher office or jobs that they do not feel that blacks, other minorities or women should do.
Branch Rickey, the President and General Manager of the Dodgers was a visionary and a true Christian who dared to challenge the status quo of his age. Jackie Robinson was a courageous man who endured death threats, physical abuse, taunting and even physical assaults during ball games masked as wild pitches and hard base running. Rickey told Robinson when he signed with the Dodger's "we've got no army. There's virtually nobody on our side. No owners, no umpires, very few newspapermen. And I'm afraid that many fans will be hostile. We'll be in a tough position. We can win only if we can convince the world that I'm doing this because you're a great ballplayer, a fine gentleman."
For me it seems so hard to comprehend the hatred that would seek to deny people who are fellow citizens, human beings and in the case of Christians, brothers or sisters in Christ a place at the table. Whether that table is elected office, baseball diamond or even a church simply because of their race, gender, religion or even sexual orientation I do believe that the table should be open to all and that one's character and competence need to be the measure, and not the color of their skin, whether they are male or female, the place that they are from, who their parents happen to be, the God that they worship or the people they love. I'm sure that both Robinson and Rickey would agree.
I admire both Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson, as well as the Dodger's team Captain Pee-Wee Reese for what they did in that pivotal season of 1947. However, there is so much more work to be done in our generation. I do hope that we find it in ourselves to answer this sacred call.
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The Long and Slow Integration of the Major Leagues: A Reflection on Desegregation and Spring Training
"Thomas Jefferson, when he wrote the Declaration, made proper provision for baseball when he declared that 'all men are, and of right out to be, free and equal.' That's why they are at the ball game, banker and bricklayer, lawyer and common laborer." – Baseball magazine (1921)
"Baseball should be taken seriously by the colored player — and in this effort of his great ability will open the avenue in the near future wherein he may walk hand in hand with the opposite race in the greatest of all American games — baseball." Ossie Davis
It was in 1903 when Branch Rickey, then a coach for the Ohio Wesleyan University baseball team had to console his star player, Charles Thomas when a hotel in South Bend Indiana refused him a room because he was black. Rickey found Thomas sobbing rubbing his hands and repeating "Black skin. Black skin. If only I could make them white." Rickey attempted to console his friend saying "Come on, Tommy, snap out of it, buck up! We'll lick this one day, but we can't if you feel sorry for yourself."
In April 1947 Branch Rickey, now the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers had one African-American ballplayer at the Dodgers' Spring Training site in Daytona Beach Florida. The South was still a hotbed of racial prejudice, Jim Crow was the law of the land and Blacks had no place in White Man's baseball. That player was Jackie Robinson.
It was not until 1949 when the New York Giants became the next team to integrate. They brought up Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson who they had acquired from the Browns. In 1951 they would be joined by rookie Willie Mays to become the first all African-American outfield in the Major Leagues. Both Mays and Irvin would enter the Hall of Fame and both are still a key part of the Giants' story. Despite their age have continued to be active in with the Giants and Major League Baseball.
Spring training for the 2013 season has begun in Florida and Arizona, in what are called the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues. It is hard to believe that only 66 years ago that only one team and one owner dared to break the color barrier that was, and often still is a part of American life. However in those 66 years despite opposition and lingering prejudice African Americans in baseball led the way in the Civil Rights Movement and are in large part responsible for many of the breakthroughs in race relations and the advancement of not only African Americans, but so many others. We can thank men like Charles Thomas, Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey for this and pray that we who remain, Black and White, Asian, and Latin American, as well as all others who make up our great nation will never relinquish the gains that have been won at such a great cost.
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June 27, 2011 · 23:58
The Unbelievable Implosion of a Storied Baseball Franchise
At one time the Los Angeles Dodgers were one of the most desirable and bulletproof franchises in all of sports. They were one of Major League Baseball's premier franchises. They had a reputation as pioneers they were the stuff of legends, Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Duke Snyder, Pee Wee Reese, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Tommy Lasorda, Walter Austin, Kirk Gibson, Steve Garvey, Fernando Valenzuela, and the list can go on ad infinitum especially for a Dodgers hating San Francisco Giants fan like yours truly.
But today something that a couple of years back I could never have imagined. Today Dodgers' owner and destroyer Frank "I love my MLB ATM" McCourt declared bankruptcy. For me it was like the Soviet Union going tango-uniform to end the Cold War back in 1989. It's unseemly, it's unsightly and it's undignified. My goodness the man and his equally despotic ex-wife Jamie bought the team with none of their own money and took loans totally hundreds of millions of dollars from the team as well as turned the team into their own realm of nepotism. The hired their sons at over half a million dollars a year, they paid the former Mrs. McCourt a million a year, they set up multiple expensive residences and they hired a psychic for a pretty price to guide their decisions, well I guess if Nancy Reagan could why not them. Now that couldn't have been a good experience after all have you ever heard of a "happy Medium?"
They even signed Manny Ramirez who by the way is now their number one creditor. I mean this is embarrassing; multiple pops for performance enhancing drugs, declining stats, injuries and all the Manny baggage. The ridded themselves of Dodger Town in Vero Beach that storied spring training facility that had hosted the Dodgers for over half a century. They bankrupted the team and even took a 30 million dollar personal loan from Fox to meet the May payroll.
Why in the hell Major League Baseball gave them, I said gave them a franchise, especially one like the Dodgers I don't know. After all what connection did McCourt have to baseball? Well none actually. He was a smooth as freshly laid asphalt parking lot mogul with a propensity toward pomposity. He could talk Hannibal Lector out of Lady Gaga's drumstick, not that there's much meat on it but still you get my drift. And to think that baseball rejected Mark Cuban because they didn't want a new young Steinbrennerish owner to upset the cart. However despite his antics Cuban is a committed owner who would have done baseball and the Dodgers better than the parking lot Putz. Ask the people in Dallas what they think of him, look what he did to revive a franchise. He used his money and put himself on the line to turn the Mavericks into a winner. He hired good basketball people and got out of the way. He was a face, spokesman and cheerleader and he would have been good for the Dodgers. Los Angeles is big and it loves the outlandish he would have been perfect and he would have used his money not others to do it.
Now Bud Selig and the rest of the baseball establishment will have to figure out to do. If they don't want Cuban they could pick someone like Steven Spielberg or Bill Gates who have oodles of money and love to spend it on charity cases, which by all counts the Dodgers now are.
I see this as a Giants fan would in light of the Cold War. When the Soviets went tits up the world went crazy. They were the Yang to our Yin. I certainly don't want baseball to experience anything like the world has gone through since the end of the Cold War. Baseball is about stability not chaos and the McCourts have thrown the Dodgers into chaos which is not good for baseball or America. They should be taken out and banished to outer Mongolia or some other place that is parking lot deprived.
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The Passing of the "Duke of Flatbush": Duke Snider 1926-2011
Duke Snider (Getty Images)
"He was the true Dodger and represented the Dodgers to the highest degree of class, dignity and character," Tommy Lasorda
Baseball lost a legend today. Duke Snider the "Duke of Flatbush" who was instrumental in leading the Dodgers to 6 National League Titles in 10 years and a World Series Championship in 1955 was 84 years old.
During his 18 year career of which 16 were spend with the Dodgers, one with the Mets and his final season with the San Francisco Giants he batted .295 with 407 home runs and 1333 RBIs. He still is the all time home run leader for the Dodgers with 389 as well as RBIs. He was an eight time All Star. During his most productive period between 1953 and 1956 he averaged 42 home runs, 124 RBI, 123 runs and a .320 batting average. During the World Series Championship year of 1955 he hit .309 with 42 home runs and 136 RBIs.
While the Dodgers' were in Brooklyn Snider was one of a trio of Center Fielders that all reached the Hall of Fame and are considered some of Baseball's immortals. Snider along with Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays electrified the diamond of Ebbets Field, Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds and have some baseball historians still arguing just who was the greatest New York Center Fielder of the era. He was consistently for a period of 10 years in the top 10 of votes for MVP finishing second by just 5 points to teammate Roy Campanellain a controversial vote involving a mismarked ballot from a hospitalized sportswriter which had the ballot been marked correctly could have given Snider the MVP.
Snider as well as his Dodgers' teammates Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Carl Erskine, Gil Hodges, Clem Labine, Don Newcombe, Ralph Branca, Jim Gilliam, Joe Black and Pee Wee Reese have been immortalized in Roger Kahn's classic book The Boys of Summer. It is a book that I have read several times and is part of my usual summer reading program along with David Halberstam's The Summer of 49, October 1964 and Teammates a Portrait of Friendship.
Snider was released by the Dodgers after the 1962 season after he and Third Base Coach Leo Durocher disagreed with Manager Walter Alston on a recommendation to have Don Drysdale go into the third and deciding game of the 1962 National League Championship Series against the San Francisco Giants. With a 4-2 lead Alston opted for Stan Williams in relief of Eddie Roebuck and the Giants rallied for a 6-4 win. After spending the 1963 season with the Mets and the 1964 season with the Giants he retired at the close of that season. He would later be the play by play announcer for the Montreal Expos and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980. The one blemish on his post baseball life was a conviction for tax evasion for not claiming income earned from the sale of baseball cards and memorabilia.
Despite the conviction Snider is remembered as one of the good guys of baseball respected by his peers and his fans. He is immortalized with his fellow Center Fielders Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle in the Terry Cashman's classic baseball ballad (Talkin' Baseball) Willie, Mickey and the Duke. http://video.yahoo.com/watch/456784/2533611
Hall of Fame Broadcaster Vin Scully said "He had the grace and the abilities of DiMaggio and Mays and, of course, he was a World Series hero that will forever be remembered in the borough of Brooklyn. Although it's ironic to say it, we have lost a giant."
An ESPN News Story about "The Duke of Flatbush" is here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnShow?showIDshowID=SRDA&addata=2009_tscbr_xxx_xxx_xxx_xxxespnShowcomshowIDflv
Here is a clip of Duke Snider in his words. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHQXQC9grAU
I shall treasure my autographed Duke Snider Baseball Card even more.
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Let's get something straight right from the very beginning but when you start growing your business, so many people will tell you that its luck that you need.
Oh, wow, how lucky was it that you went to that conference and met that business partner!
Well let's get this clear when growing your business it's not about LUCK, It's about FAITH.
* When we get on a plane we have the FAITH it is going to fly!
* When we go to bed we have FAITH that in the morning there will be light!
* When we leave our house we have the FAITH that it will be there when we return.
90% of our daily activities are solely based on our faith and belief. If we had no faith, we wouldn't even be able to get out of bed in the morning. Faith fuels our very being; yet when it come to getting clients and building our business it seems that there is a faith shortage.
If we hold a workshop and one person shows, then we tell ourselves we have the wrong niche. If the first 10 people we speak to say no to our service, we convince ourselves that we hate marketing.
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Faith is tested when things get hard, when we are afraid, and when our perfectly laid plans aren't so perfect. True faith is continued belief in the face of adversity. True faith is when you have every single reason in the world to have NO faith, especially in business.
1) Be clear about what you want. Faith wavers when it is uncertain what to claim. Claim what you want.
3) Stop looking for the results. Not your job. They will come. Your job is faith, action, repeat.
4) Know that our faith will be constantly tested. You pass the test when you continue to believe.


Everyone knows that you can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs, and the same is true when it comes to construction. Whether you are in the process of building a home in Riverside from scratch or are extending an existing commercial property, the fact of the matter is that the very act of construction can leave your home or business looking a little worse for wear. However, that is where we at Integral Facilities Services can help.


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London is the cultural, financial, and political capital of England and the United Kindom. With a population of 7.5 million, an urban area of 8.2 million, and a metropolitan area of 14 million, it is the largest city in the European Union, and one of the greatest cultural and financial centres on earth.
Military flypast over London
London, England, UK - March 13, 2015: Military Chinook helicopters race over the City of London as part of a comemorative flypast.
Pride in London Parade
London, England - June 25, 2016: Following the "Brexit" EU referendum vote, an EU flag is carried by defiant revellers at London's Gay Pride.
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London, England, UK - July 11, 2013: Sparkford House, a high-rise tower block of council flats, catches evening sun on the Somerset Estate in Battersea, south west London.

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Q: Finitely generated group is a subquotient of SL_2(C) We already know that $\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$ and $\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 2 & 1\end{bmatrix}$ generate a free subgroup of $GL_2 (\mathbb{C})$. But we are then asked to conclude that every finitely generated group is a subquotient (i.e. quotient of a subgroup) of $SL_2 (\mathbb{C})$.
I don't quite see the relation between them, so I barely know where to start. Could anyone give me some hint on doing this?

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The Woolsey fire has spread to the KarJenners' territory, as Kim Kardashian filmed the flames from her aircraft window on Nov. 8! Find out who else may have had to flee with Kim, which HL has EXCLUSIVELY learned.
Kim Kardashian, 38, was greeted by a horrifying sight as her aircraft touched down in Calabasas, California on Nov. 8. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star videoed the Woolsey fire spreading from below her airplane window, as seen in a series of videos she posted to her Instagram Story on Thursday night. You can see the screenshots below. "Pray for Calabasas. Just landed home and had 1 hour to pack up & evacuate our home 🙏 I pray everyone is safe," she captioned one of the videos. And we've just learned that more members of the KarJenner clan may be joining her! "Kris [Jenner's] neighborhood has been evacuated," a source EXCLUSIVELY tells HollywoodLife. Recall that in 2017, Kris bought a $9.9 million mansion right across Kim and Kanye West's home in Hidden Hills, the town adjacent to Calabasas! Luckily, Kendall Jenner's gig at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Thursday night pulled Kris out of her Los Angeles home. She was safe in New York, but we're still left concerned for the safety of one other family member.
If Rob Kardashian, 31, was home, he would've also been forced to flee. Our source tells us that he currently "lives down the street from Kris, but in the same community." As for the rest of the clan that have home bases in Calabasas and Hidden Hills — Kylie Jenner, 21, Khloe Kardashian, 34, and Kourtney, 39, — we at least know that Kylie's definitely safe! She's supporting her baby daddy Travis Scott, 26, at the first stop of his Astroworld tour, which is in Baltimore, Maryland. The Kylie Cosmetics CEO proved her attendance by posting a concert video to her Instagram Story on Nov. 8! Meanwhile, Kourtney appears to untroubled, as she shared a peaceful picture from home to her Instagram Story, soon after Kim's evacuation news. Khloe hasn't updated her Instagram or Twitter since Thursday afternoon — we hope she's okay!
The Woolsey fire started in Ventura County west of Chatsworth at around 2:25 p.m., according to CBS News 8. As the brush fire burned 2,000 acres with "zero percent containment" by 8:30 p.m., it was headed towards Hidden Hills and triggered mandatory evacuations for communities inside the town, the outlet further reported. Those living in Calabasas and Aguora Hills were also warned of possible orders to flee, the news site added.


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Canon i-SENSYS MF4320D Driver Download. I have to manage this Canon i-SENSYS MF4320D printer and wait, but has nothing to do with the purchase. I this Canon printer is not worth its money. Both mechanics and drivers are under all cannons. The flap for the flat bed scanner is not spring loaded and will open when the start is started. In addition, it is very wobbly. I think it will still break within the guarantee. It is not possible to print 10 pages at a time, the Canon i-SENSYS MF4320D printer must constantly cool down and constantly calibrate. After installing the scanner driver, all other HP printers (at least 100 pcs.) Are so slow on the system on which it is installed that the message "Application does not respond" After 3 - 10 minutes then the printer window opens and one can trigger the pressure.
This Canon i-SENSYS MF4320D driver has thus paralyzed the printing system, which so far has worked wonderfully and without delay. The Canon i-SENSYS MF4320D quite big and looks great for home. The small touch screen switches off in the idle state and therefore does not interfere. The display is too small, however, that it can only be operated very slowly with normal sized fingers. Entering a fax number requires high concentration to avoid typing.
The Canon i-SENSYS MF4320D scanner is agonizingly slow. There is better. The paper holder is open so that paper can become dusty. Because of the small size, it will probably not be otherwise. The Canon i-SENSYS MF4320D does not make a very solid impression. It would be out of place in an office. Also because of the printing costs. This device is easy to set up. Airprint from Applehandy goes perfectly. The print image is also good. I bought a Xerox 3315 and 3325 for my office. The Canon is at home. If I compare both devices, the HP is light, small, lame and handsome.
The Xerox, especially the 3325, is a stable, fast-paced high-pressure processor. The same expensive Lexmark 312 is extremely fast in printing, faxing and scanning, but the ADF feed rollers are already slack after 2000 pages and cost around 80 euros. The same is available at Xerox for 20 euros. While the Canon i-SENSYS MF4320D is big enough, the Lexmark is much larger, the more stable Xerox are significantly larger, but do not reach the Lexmark. I have given 3 stars from overall evaluation. If I would give an evaluation as an office multifunction device, this Canon gets only 1-2 stars, the Lexmark if the intake rollers were not so worn away 5.


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Stomach cancer is a serious health problem where cancer cells grow on or in the stomach. It can be fatal, but if caught in the early stages, treatments may be successful. Stomach cancer can appear in any part of the stomach. I can also start in other areas of the body and spread to the stomach. It can be very painful and sometimes fatal.
It is not known what causes stomach cancer. There are several things that can contribute to it. Cancer cell mutation begins in a cell's DNA. The mutation causes the cells to keep growing and living. Normal cells die after a period of time, but cancer cells continue to grow. There is also a strong correlation between a diet high in smoked and salted foods and stomach cancer.
If the cancer is diagnosed before it can spread to areas outside the stomach, the prognosis is good. Once the cancer has spread or if it is not diagnosed until later stages, the survival rate is lower. Many people are able to beat cancer and go on to live normal lives. Patients should be checked regularly to make sure they are still in remission.


We'll be campaigning against the government's continued programme of austerity. We will also be telling people about the Labour Party's alternative plan, to make a society that works for all! Meet at Giles Circus (by statue of Giles' Grandma) from 10.30am for a street stall, handing out leaflets. We'll be joined by our MP, Sandy Martin when he has finished his Saturday morning surgery. You don't need to spend the whole session with us, just drop by for an hour or so.


A two-alarm blaze erupted at 740 Park Avenue yesterday.
Update 4/8/16: The fire was reportedly caused by items placed too close to the heating part of a sauna.
Original 4/7/16: It seems that the high-end real estate market in Manhattan is still on fire—literally.
A duplex spread reportedly owned by financier and Madoff associate J. Ezra Merkin at 740 Park Avenue, dubbed "the world's richest apartment building" in a book by Michael Gross, caught fire Wednesday afternoon. Two hundred New York City firefighters responded to a two-alarm blaze in the building, which is on the corner of Park Avenue and 71st Street.
By 6pm, the fire was under control. Three firefighters suffered injuries and flames also spread to other units.
Merkin and his family are "dealing with the serious fallout from the fire," his lawyer, Andrew Levander, wrote in an email to the New York Times. "Fortunately, there has been no loss of life but the fire was a serious one."
Residents at the legendary building have included Vera Wang, Woody Johnson, David H. Koch, Ronald Lauder, Julio Mario Santo Domingo, and Saul Steinberg. Another apartment on the sixth floor, where Merkin's apartment is reportedly located, was the childhood home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (her grandfather James T. Lee was the building's original developer).
Finished in 1930, the 17-story building has set real estate records (a sixth floor duplex is currently listed for $32.5 million). Its co-op board has suggested that a minimum of $100 million in liquid assets is required to be considered for residency.


Bob Uecker is a retired Major League baseball player and one of the most beloved sportscasters in American. Uecker was given the title of "Mr. Baseball" by Johnny Carson.
Though he sometimes joked he was born on an oleo run to Illinois, Uecker was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He grew up playing baseball and watching the minor-league Milwaukee Brewers at Borchert Field. He signed a professional contract with his hometown Milwaukee Braves in 1956 and made his major league debut as a catcher with the club in 1962. His six-year career never flourished as he finished with a career batting average of .200, though he was regarded as a solid defensive catcher.
After retiring as a player, Uecker returned to Milwaukee. In 1971, he began calling play-by-play for the Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcasts, a position he holds to this day. He was also a color commentator on network television broadcasts for baseball in the 1970s (ABC's Monday Night Baseball) and in the 1990s (NBC as he teamed with Bob Costas and Joe Morgan). During that time, he was a commentator for League Championship series and the World Series.
Uecker has been named Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year five times by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association and was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998. The National Baseball Hall of Fame presented Uecker with the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting in 2003.
Known for his humor, particularly about his undistinguished playing career, Uecker became much better known after he retired from playing.
Uecker also pursued an acting career, playing the part of George Owens on the television sitcom Mr. Belvedere in the 1980s. He played a prominent role in Major League, Major League II, and Major League: Back to the Minors as Harry Doyle, the announcer for the team on which the movie is based, the Cleveland Indians. The well known phrase from this movie: "Juuuust a bit outside..."
In April, 2010, Bob Uecker announced that he was going to miss a portion of the 2010 baseball season because of heart surgery. After a successful surgery, he returned to broadcasting for the Brewers in July of the same season.
Uecker's sports expertise extends beyond baseball. He hosted two syndicated television shows, Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports and Bob Uecker's War of the Stars. Uecker also published two books, an autobiography entitled Catcher in the Wry and Catch 222.
Uecker also appeared in a series of commercials for the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League in the mid-1990s, including one in which he re-designed the team's uniforms to feature a garish plaid reminiscent of the loud sports coats synonymous with Uecker in the 1970s and 1980s. In February 2006, the Admirals commemorated those commercials with a special event in which the players wore the plaid jerseys during a game.
In 2003, he received the Ford C. Frick Award, bestowed annually by the Baseball Hall of Fame to a broadcaster for "major contributions to baseball". His humorous and self-deprecating speech was a highlight of the ceremony.
In 2005, Uecker's 50th year in professional baseball, the Milwaukee Brewers placed a number 50 in his honor in their Ring of Honor near the retired numbers of Robin Yount and Paul Molitor. Four years later, on May 12, 2009, Uecker's name was also added to the Milwaukee Braves Wall of Honor inside Miller Park.
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Your Decisions: Ethical or Manipulative?
The life of an advisor can be seen as an endless sequence of presentations. In any presentation, where you want to make a point or influence someone else's decision, you have five choices. Which of these do you do more often?


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Charles de France, Duce de Berry, (Charles de France, duc de Berry), (31 iulie 1686 – 5 mai 1714) a fost nepot al regelui Ludovic al XIV-lea al Franței. Deși el a fost doar un nepot al lui Ludovic al XIV-lea, Berry a avut loc rangul de Fils de France ("fiu al Franței"), mai degrabă decât petit-fils de France ("nepot al Franței"), ca fiu al Delfinului, moștenitor al tronului. Ducele de Berry a fost timp de șapte ani moștenitor prezumtiv la tronul Spaniei (1700-1707). El a fost un membru al Casei de Bourbon.

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Macy's at St. Clair Square in Fairview Heights has junior-size, sleeveless gray tanks that show Diana Prince in a black suit at 4:59 p.m., then next to her, the transformed super heroine in WW attire at 5 p.m. On sale now for $14.99.
World Market in Shiloh had cool kids' glasses with WW's trademark gold headband and wavy black (but plastic here) hair. Cost: $8.99. The retailers also has bendable small figurines for $6.99.
Target in Shiloh carries two-piece tank and boxer shorts sets in XS to XL (in misses lingerie) for $19.99. WW's face is on the tank top, while the bottoms are red with stars.
If you're a fan of Chip and Joanna Gaines of "Fixer Upper" fame on HGTV, their new line of furniture, textiles and accessories sold in retail outlets may be of interest to you. Magnolia Home is the name to look for. I found some of the collection a couple weeks ago at Pier 1 Imports and Bed, Bath & Beyond, which are two of the many mortar-and-brick retailers the Gaineses are selling their merchandise to. An online check shows Value City Furniture carries the furniture line and you'll find a few pieces at Nordstrom at the Galleria in St. Louis. You'll have to decide whether the prices are in line with your budget; I thought everything was a bit expensive.
Old Time Pottery in Fairview Heights has 30 percent off all its outdoor cushions for chairs, chaises, benches and more, with sale prices starting at $3.49 up to $34.99 through the end of the month. This retailer always has the largest selection in the area at the best prices, vying only with At Home in O'Fallon.
Macy's will hold a grand opening celebration of its new Backstage outlet store June 17 inside the St. Clair Square location. I'll get a sneak peek next week and let you know June 16 what you'll find there.


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Sitting in an empty theater, a film archivist watches the grainy footage that will be his undoing. David and his wife are perfectly happy—or so he believes. When he finds out the home he shares with his wife and son was the scene of a ghastly turn-of-the-century murder, David dismisses it as ancient history. That is, until the sinister history ripples into the present and casts a shadow over life as he knows it. And when a looming secret shatters his marriage, David can't help but suspect the dark spirits of the house are somehow involved. In his drive to unveil the shadows hidden in the walls, David begins to descend into insanity, threatening the lives of everyone around him.
Through ghastly imagery and a chilling score, Ivan Kavanagh's The Canal is an Irish ghost story that will leave you with a fear of the dark and a dripping chill down your spine long after the film's conclusion.
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Directed by Ivan Kavanagh
Ivan Kavanagh is a highly-acclaimed Irish filmmaker whose work has toured the festival circuit worldwide. Amongst his directorial credits are Francis (2005), The Solution (2007), Tin Can Man (2007), Our Wonderful Home (2008), and The Fading Light (2010), which won Best Irish Film and Best Male Actor for Patrick O'Donnell at the Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards during the 2010 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival.
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Al-Qassim National Hospital obtained JCI accreditation
Al-Qassim National Hospital obtained a certificate of accreditation of health services quality, JCI "Joint Commission International", after passing the international joint body test, which is composed of a working team that came from the United States of America and stayed in the hospital for a week. The CEO of Al-Qassim Medical Services Company, Dr. Abdul Aziz Bin Nasser Al-Rayes has indicated that this accreditation and passing the test with a distinct result from the first time is an evidence of the hospital's commitment to providing the best levels of health care to its patients and the hospital's ability to provide a safe environment to reduce the risks that may face patients, visitors, and employees.
It is noteworthy that the accreditation certificate granted by the International Committee is sought by all health organizations due to the evaluation process that includes the hospital's systems and policies, the understanding of doctors, nursing and technicians thereof, the procedures of patients' entry and exit, the quality of care provided to patients, the standards of diagnostic radiology and laboratory services, the systems of using medical drugs and medicines, the correct use of information systems while protecting the privacy of patient information in addition to all administrative aspects, hospital documentation for contracts and the credibility of scientific certificates of doctors and employees, in addition to a preview of the building and its compatibility for safety rules.
Al-Qassim National Hospital obtained CBAHI accreditation
Al-Qassim National Hospital obtained the accreditation of the "Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions" (CBAHI) after passing a comprehensive and integrated assessment to determine its commitment to the quality and safety standards set by the Board. These standards are among the most advanced and accurate international standards for health facilities to provide the best and most safe medical services for reviewers.
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Hong Kong Short Film: New Action Express, a scheme to sponsor local short film makers to participate in specified international short film festivals or competitions, opens for applications today (May 11). The scheme is implemented by the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) with funding support from the CreateSmart Initiative administered by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK).
The Head of CreateHK, Mr Jerry Liu, said at the launch ceremony today, "In recent years, the emerging short film industry has nurtured numerous talents who have scooped awards in major international competitions. In view of this, CreateHK has decided to provide funding support for the short film industry to take part in overseas competitions, enabling them to exchange with their counterparts from around the world."
"The scheme provides local short film makers with more opportunities to participate in overseas film festivals and competitions, thereby broadening their horizon and raising their profile internationally. It will also encourage local short film productions and reinforce Hong Kong's position as Asia's creative capital."
The scheme will sponsor the travelling and relevant expenses for local short film producers who are invited to join 78 specified international festivals and competitions. The HKAC will also submit the winning entries of six major local short film competitions to these festivals or competitions, with the entry fee covered by the scheme. The list of international festivals and competitions was compiled after consultation with an advisory panel comprising five representatives from the local short film industry.
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Claiming an emphatic victory in the opening MX2 moto, Thomas Covington wrapped up round 13 of the 2017 FIM Motocross World Championship securing third overall in the MX2 class at the GP of the Czech Republic. In doing so the American racer secured his third consecutive MX2 class podium result for the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing team.
With rain falling heavily a few hours prior to Sunday's racing, competitors were faced with a muddy and slippery track. Finishing third in the MX2 qualifying race Thomas Covington had a great gate pick for the final motos.
Getting a good jump out of the gate in the opening race Covington found himself in second behind Jorge Prado. Making a quick pass for the lead the American started putting in some really fast lap times, opening up a sizeable gap to the rest of the field. Crossing the finish line 10 seconds ahead of his closest competitor, Covington celebrated his second moto victory of the season.
Battling through an early mistake in moto two, Covington had to dig deep. Making crucial passes the American managed to earn a 10th place result for third overall at the GP.
For Covington's Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing teammate Thomas Kjer-Olsen the GP of the Czech Republic was one of mixed results. Starting the opening MX2 moto inside the top 10 the young Dane kept charging hard for fourth at the chequered flag. Suffering an early fall in moto two, Kjer-Olsen had to settle for 13th at the finish. Getting eighth overall at the GP the FC 250 powered rider retains his third position in the provisional MX2 World Championship standings.
For Conrad Mewse the highlight of his GP in Loket were his good starts in both motos. Finishing 10th in moto on the young Brit found himself racing in second soon after the start of moto two. Wrapping up the final race in 12th place, Conrad claimed 10th overall at the GP.
In the MXGP category, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing's best performing rider was Gautier Paulin. Showing again that he has the speed to battle for the top three, the Frenchman collected 4/5 moto results to wrap up the GP of the Czech Republic with a strong fifth overall in the 450cc class.
Claiming third in the MXGP class' qualifying race, Max Nagl was positive of claiming good results at the Loket circuit. Finishing 10th in moto one, the German lost a lot of time when he hit the start gate at the beginning of moto two. Crossing the line in 13th place he earned 11th overall.
Eager to continue his strong run of form Max Anstie was left with a mountain to climb after a crash in moto one. Briefly re-joining the race the Brit felt pain in his foot and was forced to stop. Battling for a place inside the top 10 in moto two Anstie crossed the line in 12th.
The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing team will return to action at round 14 of the 2017 FIM Motocross World Championship in Lommel, Belgium on August 4/5.


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Built by Collett in 1927 after pressure to restore the GWR's pre-eminence in motive power and cope with increasing traffic post-war to the Devon and Cornwall holiday resorts, the thirty Kings were the final development of the Churchward Stars and the 1923 Castles and remained on top-link main line duty until their final replacement by the 'Western' class 52 diesel hydraulics in 1962. The book includes an insight into the thinking of some of Collett's senior staff at the end of the 1930s and the eventual transformation in the latter years with redraughting and double chimneys. As well as describing their design and construction, the book covers comprehensively their operation and performance backed up by many recorded logs on all main GW/WR routes over which they were permitted. The author had close experience of the class when working at Old Oak Common between 1957 and 1962 and includes a chapter of his experiences with them including many footplate trips (as a management trainee, he was greeted with glee by many firemen who would hand him the shovel). The book includes over 300 photographs of which 100 are in colour.
Throughout the book, we are treated to a huge number of illustrations of locos at work throughout the life of the class, and culminating with the preserved examples which can still be enjoyed on preserved railways and the main line.
This is an excellent overview of one of Britain's best-loved locomotive classes.
West Somerset Railway Association
Overall, this is a "must-have" book for Western enthusiasts. The subject is covered very comprehensively, and all chapters are copiously illustrated with excellent photos, many of which are full-page – a mixture of shed & station shots, and typical front-three-quarter views on expresses. As ever, Pen-and-Sword's production quality is excellent, with heavy glossy paper, fine strong binding, heavy board covers and a well-designed dust-cover. The landscape format suits railway photos very well.
Bradford Railway Circle
Great documentary work.
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The Society of Model and Experimental Engineers Journal, April 2021
Review by Philip Benham
As one has come to expect from David Maidment, this is a very professional, well-researched and important book that brings a fresh perspective to the life and work of these impressive locomotives. It will have wide appeal, not just to King aficionados, but also the many with a serious interest in steam traction.
The Journal of the Friends of the National Railway Museum, Winter 2020/2021
No GWR fan should be without this superb volume – well worth adding to the bookshelf.
Railways Illustrated, April 2021
Review by Roger Backhouse
Much to like in this account of a powerful locomotive class, much promoted by the Great Western Railway.
York Model Engineers newsletter
In true Maidment style, the stirring history of these locomotives is supported with detailed technical descriptions and performance tables...
... One aspect that really sets this book apart is the chapter on David Maidment's personal experiences of every member of the class; surely not even O S Nock could have matched that! Add a fabulous array of photos, many superb ones in colour from the likes of Derek Penney, and you have a first class book.
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The history of the GWR King Class locomotives have been told in previous books. But these are now out of print and Maidment's volume is a very welcome and authoritative work which will interest anyone with an interest in express mainline steam locomotives. Recommended.
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Books on the Line
A good book to know these "real" locomotives.
Unos Cuantos Trenes
Another great book in the series that is a must for those who want the full history of this class of locomotive. Highly recommended
James Simmonds
About David Maidment
David Maidment was a senior manager with British Railways, with widespread experience of railway operating on the Western and London Midland Regions culminating in the role of Head of Safety Policy for the BRB after the Clapham Junction train accident. He retired in 1996, was a Principal Railway Safety Consultant with International Risk Management Services from 1996 to 2001 and founded the Railway Children charity (www.railwaychildren.org.uk) in 1995. He was awarded the OBE for services to the rail industry in 1996 and is now a frequent speaker on both the charity and his railway career and author of four novels, two non-fiction works on street children and over fifteen books for Pen & Sword's locomotive portfolio series, the royalties from all being donated to the charity.
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