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Tonight's game

Pierre, LF

Jones, CF

Kemp, RF

Kent, 2B

Martin, C

Loney, 1B

DeWitt, 3B

Hu, SS

Lowe, P

Let’s hope that Lowe is extra sharp for this one, because the lineup does not bode well for a lot of runs on our side.

okay, I am officially upset, now – not the lineup I wanted to see. I hope pitching is there tonight.

We might be able to find out how Matt is at lead off – lol!

Pitching, pitching, pitching…without it we have no chance.

I hope a better performance by the Dodgers than what we’ve been getting lately. Speaking of performances, today is the 30 year anniversary of Kingman’s Performance. -Emma

i’m really pulling for andruw today. he’s currently on pace for 6 homers and 30 ribbies. he’s gotta snap out of it some time……hopefully.

I have no confidence in D Lowe tonight, but hopefully he can get us back on the winning side of things. Lineup is ok, it is what it is with the injury to Furcal. Hopefully Druw can get it going against Parra.

so when torre said yesterday, that he planned to give jones a FEW days off… he really meant, none. geez, that 9th inning walk by jones with the 0-fer yesterday from andre must have made joe’s decision the easiest ever… who am i kidding, i bet he knew today’s lineup before watching a single at-bat from yesterday =P

Manny Parra, Brewers starter.
2008 – 7 starts, 5.79 ERA, 1.867 WHIP, batters hitting .311 .403 .455 against him.
Career – 9 starts (16 games), 4.88 ERA, 1.661 WHIP, batters hitting .287 .375 .404 against him.
I smell trouble.

Parra’s stats are typical of the kind of pitchers that have been looking like CY Youngs against the Dodgers lately.

Why does Torre feel the need to play Pierre. Didn’t he watch last nights at bats by little Juan? Where’s Ethier? It really doesn’t matter if Lowe is like he has been. Hey Derek, pitch like you have been and watch the money slip away.

Let’s hope we can make Parra live up to his stats. I predict a homerun for Russ tonight.

Sweet lineup.

As a leadoff hitter Pierre is getting on base at at .172 clip

bolsterd by our 2 hole guy who has gotten on at a .282 clip for the year.

Of course this follows the pitcher and another guy who has gotten on base at a .281 clip on the year.

Yep Jungar, and Kent hasn’t done squat in a couple of weeks.

imagine how grea we would be if we had the lowest payroll in the NL, not the highest.

Imagine how good we would be if Ned used all that money wisely. If you don’t waste around $60M on Phew, Jones, Nomore, Schidt, and Bloaiza then you can sign the Santana’s and Torii Hunters.

Got a little time to kill. Drpdedblnd was lamenting on the last thread “…and I’m sooo tired of not having any power….”. Me too. For such a storied franchise, our career HR leader is a bit embarrasing:
ATL – Henry Aaron – 733
NYY – Babe Ruth – 659
SF – Willie Mays – 646
MIN – Harmon Killebrew – 559
PHI – Mike Schmidt – 548
CHI Cubs – Sammy Sosa – 545
BOS – Ted Williams – 521
STL – Stan Musial – 475
PIT – Willie Stargell – 475
HOU – Jeff Bagwell – 449
CHI WS – Frank Thomas – 448
BAL – Cal Ripkin – 431
DET – Al Kaline – 399
SEA – Ken Griffey – 398
LAD – Duke Snider – 389 (Karros, LAD leader at 270)
CIN – Johnny Bench – 389
TEX – Juan Gonzales – 372
OAK – Mark McGuire – 363
TOR – Carlos Delgado – 336
CLE – Jim Thome – 334
KC – George Brett – 317
COL – Todd Helton – 306
Angels – Tim Salmon – 299
NY Mets – Darrell Strawberry – 252
MIL – Robin Yount – 251
WAS/MON – Vladimir Guerrero – 234
AZ – Luis Gonzales – 224
SD – Nate Colbert – 163
FLA – Mike Lowell – 143
TB – Aubrey Huff – 128

Thirteenth out of the “original” 16 teams. If you consider that the Dodgers moved to LA in 1958 and the first expansion year was 1961, it puts the list in a little more perspective. Move Karros’ mark into position and the 7 teams below him are expansion teams. Seven of the teams above are also expansion teams. Dead center in the expansion teams. If Guerrero wasn’t moved out of Montreal at such an early age, we’d be below the middle of the expansion teams. The only good thing about it is that the Padres are worse.

I’ve never thought of Karros as a real power hitter. Certainly Piazza would have passed him if he had stayed, but he didn’t. It would be nice to have a Dodger up higher on that list someday. Perhaps Kemp, if we can hold onto him. I know that someone might say that in today’s game, you can’t hang onto someone very long anymore. But there are an awful lot of modern players on that list.

Joe is really destroying Ethier’s confidence and putting tremendous pressure on him for every at bat by the way he’s benching him. Andre will be a mental case pretty soon, but then I doubt that Joe really cares. It will just give him a better excuse not to play him. I guess we all have to face the fact that Pierre is Ned and Joe’s boy and he’s going to play regardless of his performance or the affect on the team. This is going to be a long and wasted season for the real Dodger fans.

Interesting info Eric…..

Dodger Stadium greatly depressed home runs until very recently.
The Dodger all-time HR leader would be different if the evil Fox regime hadn’t cobbled together one of the worst trades in history. Curse you Chase Carey!
-the poster formerly known as old_fogey_la

Good point fogey.

Gotta get to my son’s hockey game. Hope to join you after the Dodger’s win tonight. Can’t help but think that Andre would produce more runs in the leadoff spot than Pierre.

Go BLUE!!!!!!

It seems like Andruw is under a microscope.
Every little accomplishment gives Torre confidence in him.
I guess that’s how it is when barring injury, you threat the guy who you know is diffenitely your starting CF.
Let me say that Jones will have to do an awful lot of accomplishing to make most of us forget Ethier.

I’ve nothing to say… or too much – I can’t decide which.

I completely agree redfox. I think Ned and Torre had it in their minds from the beginning that Pierre would be the leftfielder and that Kemp and Andre would share duties in right field. A self fulfilling prophesy to start Pierre. This really stinks for Andre and the team.

After Joe sees a couple of weeks of Phew in the lead off spot, I think when Ferk gets back, Phew will see more pine time. Phew’s hitting will continue to decline and it will be a no brainer. I think by the time Ferk gets back Phew’s OBP will be below .330. Maybe well below.

Need Lowe to pick us up tonight. Badly.

The GIDP by Kemp was LA’s 41st, tying the Cardinals for the league lead. This is game 39.

I’d like to think that you’re right, jhall, but that assumes that Joe is thinking clearly and using common sense. So far we haven’t seen any evidence of that occurring. In all probability, it will just give Torre the opportunity to say that he needs to play Pierre to give him a chance to work though the slump. After Pierre’s AB in the 9th inning last night, he should be sitting tonight. You don’t hit the first pitch you see after a 10 pitch walk – especially when a walk in that situation would have put the tying runs in scoring position and given Ethier a chance to provide Gagne with another blown save.

The Cards led the NL last year with 154 GIDP. LA was 12th at 116. The current pace of 41 in 39 games would project to 170. 158 is the highest NL team total in the 2000s – the 2003 Brewers.

I understand the basic logic behind batting “first ball pop-up” in the leadoff role, he’s a rabbit for sure. Behind the same logic, maybe we can get Carl Lewis to come out of retirement and bat lead off for us. Afterall, speed is the name of the game as it applies to being a good and productive lead off hitter; right? Getting on base is over rated anyway when you’re a speed demon like Pierre. He does lead the Dodgers in “speed back to the dugout.” Does anybody remember that cat down in the minors last year who went crazy and started lobbing the rosin bag like a grenade? That’s how Torre’s/Colletti’s/McCourt’s managing philosophy makes me feel on a daily basis. Even though on some days a blind squirrel can find a nut, today’s line-up features four automatic outs in a row. Hu, Lowe, Pierre and Jones. In fact, the sad part about it is that Lowe may be the most productive hitter in that group. I love Hu, but his bat just isn’t ready for big league pitching. I hear a lot of people (Torre included) talk about letting Jones play through his slump. Jones’ slump started at the beginning of the 2007 season. The way I see it his slump has lasted for nearly 200 games. That my friends is not a slump. I guess it’ll take Torre another 200 games to figure it out. His excuse last year was an injured wrist. The wrist seemed to work just fine getting the fork from the plate into his mouth. Colletti, if you’re listening, please do me a favor; ammend Jones’ contract to include a free tripp to the Hometown Buffet for every homerun he hits. Maybe a Big Mac for every double and a Moon Pie for every RBI. I was against his signing from the start. I wanted Rowand. I thought Jones was a Cadillac when he was with the Braves and he’s proving me right. I bet if the catering truck was parked at first he’d hustle his fat*** down the line. Un frickin’ believeable! We have All-Star caliber outfielders who are sitting to watch million dollar babies suck the life out of my beloved team. Winning isn’t the only thing, in fact, it’s seems to me as though it doesn’t even matter. Frank McCourt has become the Donald Sterling of MLB. Everybody stand back, I’ve go a sack full of rosin bags, and I’m not afraid to use ’em!

Important K for Lowe against Hall.

Game over, good night, IM not watching this crap for the rest of the evening.

Counsell 7-20 vs. Lowe, career. 350 .423 .450 .873

This pitcher hitting 8th thing seems to work. Crud.

And finally the GIDP. Better late than never, but geez.

CY Parra

When somebody hits our starters, everybody hits our starters, even ninth place defensive catcher Kendall.
I don’texpect Torre to do anything for a while.

I was actually going to say nice hit for Pierre, and then he got caught stealing – classic!!!!
Sara – there’s another tally mark for Pierre getting caught stealing.

Anybody who doesn’t like long running games must surely appreciate the Dodger offense.

Ya know, I try to be optomistic about this team (after all, it’s only May), but the way they’re playing so far, it’s almost an exercise in futility.

Look at it this way, JP’s CS saved Jones from the GIDP.

We need to get at least one or two runs this inning in order to have a shot at this game.

Look at it this way, JP’s CS saved Jones from the GIDP.

Now THAT’S optimism!

Well said Kace!!!!

LOL, I love the rosin bag thing.

What hurts the most is that anyone can see we have the talent. It’s just not being used properly, and frustration is an understatement.

Maybe they should start laying some thin cardboard on the field at the Stadium, because we all know the Dodgers play best on paper.

Where’s Ethier, Joe!!! We want Andre to come out and play, Joe!!! Please, can he come out and play now, Joe – please, please, please!!!!!!!!
Spoken like a teacher, who has been brainwashed by her students – lol!!

Feel free to put Ned’s name in place of Joe’s – I’m not sure who’s to blame anymore.

Kemp just missed the the right field foul pole.

No patience at all. Out in front of changeups all night long.

How can he play Ethier if Jones is in CF & Pierre’s in LF?

All I can say is, if Torre’s waiting on the vets wake up May/June like he did with the Yanks and become saviors, leading the team to the promised land, Joe’s gonna be wandering the wasteland for a VERY LONG TIME.

Pierre’s not even capable of doing what it is he’s supposed to be good at. The starters stink. Nomore, Sweeney, Pierre and Jones – you know, Ned’s vets, emit a most profound foulness from having been reclaimed from the dung heap, and the kids will never get any experience with Torre managing.

There’s a new song for this organization – Crying time again.

Did I miss something. The Brewer announcers were talking about signing Martin to a 6 year deal before the season after the Braves gave McCann a long contract. I don’t recall that happening. Actually quite the opposite. That’s what we want them to do, and of course they don’t have the foresight to get it done.

Another 1-2-3 inning served up by the Pride of Sacramento, What’s-his-face Parra.

Manny “Garcia” Parra

Welcome to opening day 2088 and all the festivities surrounding the 100th anniversary of the Dodgers last World Championship…

Ho hum…boy, does that winning streak seem long ago. This is SO like the past few seasons. Up/down/up/down/up/down. That said, let’s free the innocent. Grady, you weren’t the answer, but in hindsight, you probably weren’t the problem, either. Joe? Andruw? DeWitt? Hu? Kuroda? You weren’t even here the last couple seasons. Kemp? Andre? Loney? They wouldn’t play you, so you’re off the hook. Martin? Please…one of our FEW bright spots. The guilty? I’m too weary to total up the carnage.

GO BLAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DeWitt!! Rookie of the year candidate so far. Oh wait, they’ll bench him when Nomore comes back. Fools.

NUMBER 3 for DEWITT wecome him to the club.

Nice job Blake! Did I predict Russ would get a homerun today? I meant Blake! :)

Brewer announcers are talking about possible dh’s for this weekend. I’m going to game in Anaheim on Friday – who will be DH for us? I would think with the way the line ups are going, it’s anybody’s guess at this point.

DeWitt is insane. Unbelievable.
-the poster formerly known as old_fogey_la

That’s right Rick, yes the green chastity belt surrounding the stadium looks just the same as when it was installed way back in the early 2000s.
Yup Charlie, and the team hasn’t changed much either since then, heh heh…

DEWITT now joins KENT, KEMP, ETHIER & MARTIN with 3 HRs.

DH in Anaheim will be Pierre. Granted, he’s not a great defender, but we gotta have that hitting machine with blazing speed in the line-up.

I think the DH should help Torre with the outfield situation for a while.
If it doesn’t………?

This is looking like typical LOWE type of game.
Unless the offense wakes up.

Angels will take 2 out of 3 from us. No doubt about it. BDV will rip dodger pitching. I wish I could be more optimistic.

nice at bat JP

(Rick) And to throw out the first ball, its our current general manager Ned Colletti III. Listen to that crowd… I think the fans are a little mixed up, sounds like they’re sayin Booooog.

And here’s the ceremonial first batter Andruw Jones II…

(Charlie) You know Ned makes a lot of pitches to free agents…

(Rick cuts Charlies mike) And Here’s the pitch…

SWUNG ON AND MISSED… heh heh, like father like son.

Somebody started this (wasn’t me):
-the poster formerly known as old_fogey_la

DRUW hitting the ball hard tonight.

Pierre with a craptastic bunt attempt, a liner to the pitcher! Then Jones with his SECOND single.

Okay, is it possible for Andruw to lead off the next game? (jk-I think). He is doing better than Pierre. Hell, everybody is doing better than Pierre right now.

Two strikeouts for Kemp isn’t good, either.

OK, I’m losing it again watching this game:

People try to put him down.
Talkin’ ’bout my Juan Pierre.
Just because Andre sits down.
Talkin’ ’bout my Juan Pierre.
Things he do seem awful (well, just awful…sorry, no rhyme)
Hope he sits ‘fore Andre gets old.
Talkin’ ’bout my Juan Pierre.

This is Ned’s acquisition, Ned’s acquisition, baby…

Now let’s see if Lowe can get his 6 in.

“(well, just awful…sorry, no rhyme)” – how about “weird” pronounced to rhyme?

Thanks for the petition link, westernmost. I really like your other name better. Will you ever get it back or is it gone for good?

This is the spot for the patented Lowe routine grounder.

westernmost, anything you’d like…I feel like Lennon and McCartney…

Well guys, I have to go hang with my Boy Scouts tonight, but I’ll be checking my cell for the score in hopes of some kind of miracle. Have a great night.

“Things he do suck derriere”?

Well, out of all the sites, this is by far the most creative bunch.
Nice one – kpookimon!

DeWitt is now second on the team to Furcal in OPS – over .900.

Charley Steiner just blew a load over that DeWitt play lol

DeWitt is just rockin’ tonight!!

Well Im looking towards tomorrow already with CBill vs Sheets.

That works, westernmost. Book it!
Don’t mean to pick on Pierre…well, I guess I do. But at the end of the day–as always–the body lies at the feet of our fearless GM. He created the mess, we just slop around in it.

(Rick) You know, there are a lot of former Dodger’s that reached Hall of Fame status AFTER leaving the Dodgers, and we’re lucky enough to have several of the great and great great grandchildren here today.

(Charlie, mumbles something as he’s not figured out how to turn his mike back on.)

(Rick) Why I see the Martins and Kemps out in the right field pavillion, and there are the Loney’s, Martin’s and Kershaw’s out in the back of the third deck down the left side. Unfortunately the Ethier’s wern’t able to get in the stadium.

Really make you long for the old days eh Charlie?

(Charlie muffled) Um-Hum.

Super Kahli!!! Bravo!!!

“Yeah, Charlie, I still remember the trade that sent Martin, Loney and Kemp to the Mets for Carlos Delgado and a sore-armed Johan Santana back in 2010…right after Colletti signed that new 7-year contract of his…”

Wow, they didn’t hit for the pitcher there, 2nd and 3rd, two out? Parra isn’t going more than one more inning, should have hit for him, crappy pen or not. The Dodger offense better make Ned Yost pay for that poor choice.

If anyone said that Blake DeWitt is our brightest star right now, he’d get no argument from me.

The Brewer announces were joking about stealing the Dodger signs…
The way things are going…
I don’t know.

Loney’s gonna go yard here.

You go Enchanted. LMAO!!!

Those were the days Rick, but a lot of people thought that was a bad move at the time. However it was able to block the youngsters just long enough for reaquiring Lugo.

Of course Parra came in with an era over 5!!

Bah, DeWitt hit into a Pierre.

Remember when he let Furcal go and extended Pierre’s contract?

Must be DY to PH here, right?
-the poster formerly known as old_fogey_la

WTH???? Where is the RIGHT-HANDED BAT of Young to face the lefthander here?

Pierre comes thru in the clutch with that RIP! lol

Rick) And here’s this afternoon’s line-up:

LF Juan Pierre V. Juan’s a tireless worker who get’s to the park at 3:00 AM to help sweep the parking lot. Juan’s been in the league 12 years now and is hoping that this will be the year of he gets his first homerun. Nicknamed Pop-gun I assume for that wishful first dinger…

(Charlie) Juan’s been working on an underhanded throw from the outfield in hopes it will improve his distance. The wind-up takes awhile though…

Pierre has some of the most feeble swings i’ve ever seen from a major leaguer… but we’ll take it.

I guess Pierre will be in the line-up again tomorrow – the ruled that last one a hit, so on the books, he is 2 for 4.

We got a break here in the 7th but we’re going to take it .
Maybe Andruw can help us out here.

Andruw showing signs of his old self – strikeout!

An ugly rally but we’ll take it. Maybe our luck is starting to turn

Well we only trail by a run, we are still in the game.

That inning was a mid 60’s Dodger rally minus the stolen base and the sac fly.

(Rick) Batting second and in center, Andruw Jones V. One of the most consistant hitters on the team. He’s mastered the art of swinging on the same plain for every pitch no matter where its thrown.

(Charlie) And those 7 RBI he had last season is one of the reasons Ned extended his contract. He’s an imposing figure at the plate too – kinda reminds me of Refrigerator Perry.

ATTA WAY PROCTOR may have to go 2

Leadoff walk was bad, but Proctor got everyone else. First five up are Kemp, Kent, Martin, Loney, DeWitt. The time is NOW!
-the poster formerly known as old_fogey_la

I see Park is the starting pither on Saturday against the Halos.

The Dodgers will start Chan Ho Park over Hong-Chih Kuo against the Angels on Saturday.

Park has a 2.16 ERA in 25 innings out of the bullpen. He’s expected to be available to throw 85-90 pitches on Saturday.

Oh, not deep enough!

I’m sure Pierre will remain in the lineup as long as Furcal is out.
But also you have to remember that Torre likes his play and Colletti bought him.

Kemp has to worry, if he slumps I think he sits.

(Rick) Batting 3, 4, 5 and 6 and playing all the infield positions, Nomar Garciaparra.

I spoke with Ned III earlier today and he said it was his great grandfather”s dream to one day have Nomar as a super infielder that could play all the infield stops and thankfully, he can fulfill those dreams now through cloning.

(Charlie) Yeah the cloning took awhile to perfect though. Back in the 2050’s you’ll remember the Nomars we went through because they all played like Nomar the first when he was in Boston. Boy Ned II realy had his hands full.

(Rick) No chance of that happening now Charlieboy, we’ve reached the pinacle of the technology. Now he goes calf, back and hammy on us and keeps coming back (or one of him does) for more.

Kemp just ripped that ball, unfortunately it was caught. And he went, what 2-4 with a double yesterday?

Go hit by Martin keeps us going at least.
Loney’s due.

Dang – that was out in a stadium that doesn’t have OF walls that belong in a pinball machine.

Maybe we’ll get another crack at Gagne.

If we get through the 8th it will be DeWitt & probably two pinch hitters.
We may see Ethier.

I agree with you, Joe Pierre. It will be DeWitt, Young and Ethier. Then the “top” of the order.

O.K. Beimel
Let’s go Broxton.
Keep us in the game.

Good god, if we get a runner on, it could come down to Phew again.

(Rick) Batting 7th and in RF, Jeff Kent.

Now entering his 97th season Jeff’s still chasing that elusive World Series ring. He taken the move to right like you expect a true veteran performer (holds his hand over the mike – he hit me with his walker.) They say he doesn’t have the mobility he did when he was 85, but he’s still a gamer and a great guy in the clubhouse (covers the mike again – if you like Sam Kinison.)

Charlie. Anything to add?

(Charlie) Depends.

(Rick) On What?

(Charlie) No. I can see Jeff’s Depends. He’s worn them on the outside again.

Now it’s MOTA.

Mota’s in the game. Blast From The Past, Part II.

Mota is throwing strikes.

(Rick) Batting eigth and catching, Gary Bennett IV.

Tough choice here as it could’ve gone to so many deserving backstops, but Torre VI does favor the vets. Gary muscled down and hit a robust .133 this spring.

(Charlie) He’s also working on his throw to second by running half way there before he lets go of the ball.

Good walk there by Young. Ethier time, right?

JP TIME! lol

2-1, a hitter’s count…..

atta kid andre!

And Pierre TAKES ball one!!!!!!!!

OMG I cant wait to read these posts now.

Never doubted Pierre for a second! atta boy!

Wow! JP! (was that a 2-0 pitch?)

JuanP comes through!!!

Good gawd, did hell freeze over?

Pierre smoked Mota!!!

Good steal there, Jones can get him home with an out.

See? Cheapish RBI for Jones. BIG insurance run.

Holy Cow!!!

Who closes? Doesen’t Sammy still have the flu?

Saito is warming up.

A team that PLAYS together STAYS together.

An 0-5 collar for Kemp with 3 Ks. I see the wheels of Joe’s mind spinning already. Ethier in RF against Sheets. JP stays in LF and Jones in CF. Kemp to the bench!

He’s gotta be pretty weak after the flu. This could be interesting.

Sit DOWN Counsell!

Welcome back to the dugout, Gabe Kapler/n.

Sammy Says, F-you!!!
Props to Phew, he didn’t stink tonight. Good job!!
Kudos to the bullpen. H*ll of a win. Way to go!!

HUGE WIN! I want to call this a tide turner but we face Ben Sheets in 14 hours. Sleep fast. The bullpen came up huge! DeWitt and Pierre are the players of the game without a doubt. But, we all NEEDED this and hopefully the D’Backs can lose…we’ll see.

That was a great finish. Nice to get back to the Win column!

Nice job Sammy!

Both the starters & the bullpen have 10 wins each.
and we’ll finish the first 40 games at at least .500.

Greatway to end a losing streak. Dewitt and Pierre the stars of this game, If that’s how you pitch after 4 days of the flu, may some of our other pitchers catch it.

Blake DeWitt, write-in, All-Star Game.

Young’s walk and Ethier’s single in the ninth were HUGE.

DeWitt is a stud. On both sides of the ball.

They might’ve had their Craig Nettles & their Brooks Robinsons but we have our BLAKE DeWITT.

Yep Fogey!! This should be a huge confidence builder. Get us on another win streak.

BTW Kahli, kudos on the Stones take-off [way] above. Nicely played : )

Amazing 6 to 4 Victory by our Beloved Los Angeles Dodgers over the Milwaukee Brewers. Super Hero Juan Pierre does it again with his 3 Hits, 3RBI’S and Clutch Double. Fear Not, all us Dodger Fans, Reinforcements are on the way,so Let’s all sound the Charge all the Way to Our Seventh Word Series Championship!

Wow, I get home and find this great victory!!! Congrats to the Dodgers!!! Let’s keep it going in the morning!

Huge win by the Dodgers, and congrats to Juan Pierre for being the hero.

Huge win by the Lakers as well. Look forward to going to game 6 on Friday night to cheer on the beloved Jazz…even though there’s not much hope. Go Dodgers!

Yeah I was gone as well. Watched thru 8 innings and had to leave. Way to go Pierre, I am as shocked as you are. Let’s take the series tommorrow vs Mr. Sheets.

If Juan Pierre can make me eat crow everyday, I’ll be a happy camper. Great game Juan. You still don’t deserve to start over Ethier though.

I left the game in the 7th to drive home and then when I got home, I was pleasantly surprised. I showed up, DY was on 1st, Andre was batting and got his single (way to go Andre!), and then there was Pierre. I have to give credit where credit is due, and Pierre deserves the credit for this game, along with DeWitt, of course. Kudos also has to go to Andruw for a much better day and our bullpen for getting it done today.
Let’s win the series tomorrow and head home (sort of ) to play the Angels this weekend. Can’t wait to go on Friday!

Looking at the replay of the 9th inning, you have to give credit for Andre and his ability to score from 1st base. He is normally not accredited for his speed, but he sure came around 3rd with speed that was really good for him. Maybe that is something he is working on since it’s the only thing that Pierre has over him. I am sure he is working on everything since he has to prove he belongs out there everyday.

Also, Kemp sure was off today – hopefully it was just a bad day for him, and he will be back in full swing tomorrow. I could see him DHing at least once during this upcoming Angels series.

Nice Game Huh! Pierre is getting better and better

Well, congratulations to Pierre for a fine clutch performance last night. What’s this rumor I’m hearing about Ned talking contract extension with his agent.

I’ll echo bigkace in saying well done to Juan and a big thank you for helping to end the losing streak. We really needed that one.

However, it doesn’t change the fact that he’s the 4th-best outfielder on the team. Sorry. It doesn’t mean that I HATE him.

In other news, from the LA Times today:,0,4795462.story
“Rafael Furcal is making progress in physical therapy to ease the pain in his lower back. But with the possibility that Nomar Garciaparra could return from the disabled list before Furcal, Torre said he might use Garciaparra at shortstop to keep Blake DeWitt in the lineup at third.

“He was taking groundballs there” Tuesday, Torre said of Garciaparra, a five-time American League All-Star at shortstop who moved to the corner infield spots four years ago. “He volunteered that he could do this. And I certainly would be open to it.”

And: “Chan Ho Park, 1-0 with a 2.16 earned-run average in 25 innings of relief, will make his first start as a Dodger since 2001 in Saturday’s interleague game at Angel Stadium.

To the morning group,
I must admit I was so excited to see us come back and win last night, and like I said up above, I have to give credit where credit is due and Juan Pierre – you came through for us, and for that, we are much appreciative. However, I am still a firm supporter of Ethier, Jones, and Kemp in the outfield, with DY and Pierre coming in on off days and such.

Morning game for those of us on the west coast –
Go Dodger Blue!!!!!!!

Kudos to Pierre last night, however………with apologies to rock’s great poet:
Hey Mr. Ned Colletti,
Won’t you hear our plea,
We’re not winning
And there is no place we’re going to.
Hey Mr. Ned Colletti,
Won’t you hear our plea.
In this jingle-jangle season,
Won’t you please play the kids.
Andre is a gamer with the sweetest swing you’ll see
Kemp is just a beast
DeWitt we want to keep
Repko’s still on his feet
Waits only for a recall to contribute
They’re ready to go anywhere,
They’re ready for to play
Pierre is in the way
Andruw’s a “big” mistake
Nomar, he fell from grace
They’re only just road blocks to the future
Hey Mr. Ned Colletti
Won’t you hear our plea,
In this jingle-jangle season
Won’t you please play the kids.

Great job, kahli! You guys are setting a standard that the rest of us cannot reach, but keep it up! It’s great fun to read them! Shoot, it took me a full day to come up with that simple limerick a few days ago.

Slappy did hit well last night, but everyone seems to forget about his play in the outfield that cost 2 or more runs. The hit to shallow left field and the guy scored from second without as much as a throw???? That was pathetic!! just like the night before!!

My friend and I work next door to each other (connecting classrooms), and we are both avid baseball fans (she’s a Braves fan, but forgiven – lol!). She knew I was going to the Dodger’s/Angels game on Friday, and she has been my vocal sounding board over this whole outfield issue. I think someone here had mentioned getting t-shirts that said “Got Ethier?” way back in spring training days. Then, again, it could’ve been me thinking it (idk). Well, she brought me one today, and it is the coolest thing! Just had to share story. She also gave me a copy of the decal – it’s pretty awesome. In the word got, the letter “O” is a baseball, and of course she put the decal on a pure Dodger blue t-shirt.

Whoever predicted no Kemp today is right on.

Didn’t say it, but I thought it might be Matt’s turn to sit – poor guy :)
You would think with Sheets pitching, they would have overlooked his day yesterday, but then again, nothing has made sense so far so why should we be surprised.

Slappy did well at the plate, but like “jnv” said above, his defense is atrocious and Ethier, Kemp & Jones are still the three best OF.

Trade JP while the rest of the league is blinded by his decent offensive stats.

Memo to Billingsley: trust your stuff, throw strikes, and believe you’re a major leaguer…or go back to AAA until you do believe it. Question for Honeycutt: What EXACTLY do you do???

I know and even though JP did well offensively, the Brewer announcers were still all over his defensive skills, so mlb is fully aware of that issue, unfortunately.

Ditto on kpookiemon’s post!

I just noticed Kent’s OBP is .287….yuck! Maybe Kent should sit and LaRoche given a shot at 2B? Or DY? I mean, Kent is extremely limited defensively as it is and if he’s not hitting….maybe it’s time to call it quits?

Nice to see Dre back in there, and I’m curious to see what Maza can do.

Hey Mr Kahli Man, bravo!!!!!
T-shirt sounds very cool Nelson. Need to market those.

New thread up top.

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Here in Albuquerque

Posting from a box at Isotopes Stadium, where Manny Ramirez will start his rehab assignment this evening here in Albuquerque. It’s a really nice facility…the last time I was here was in 1998 and Paul Konerko and Dennys Reyes were the top prospects playing for the Dukes. They’ve got a new stadium and are expecting a sellout crowd tonight due to Manny’s arrival. Should be an interesting few days.

Meanwhile (and more importantly), the team is in Chicago for a three-game set against the White Sox. Clayton Kershaw will host a web chat at 1 p.m. PT/3 p.m. CT today on from the clubhouse at US Cellular Field, so be sure to login and catch up with him.

Also, for those of you who have a few minutes, you’ve heard us talk about the People All-Stars Among Us program…well, it ends tomorrow night so you only have a little bit of time to vote for one of the three people who will represent the Dodgers at the All-Star Game in St. Louis.

That’s about it for now…will try to post the lineup for the game in Chicago later in the day but it could be busy around here. MLB Network will be here providing live look-ins of all of Manny’s at-bats and there’s quite a bit of media that has made the trip to Albuquerque.

All-Stars Among Us…

I’m sitting in our Philly hotel room at the end of the “off day” which we used to get here. Looking forward to facing the defending World Champions tomorrow, but in the meantime, there’s a really cool opportunity right now for all of you so please take a minute to read this…

Major League Baseball has launched the PEOPLE All-Stars Among Us campaign and you have a chance to make a huge impact on the program and on the life of someone you know. And it’ll only take a couple minutes.

MLB and People magazine are inviting you to nominate the individuals who have gone above and beyond to serve their community. Maybe they helped save a neighbor’s home from foreclosure, donated their time and efforts to a charitable organization, or have been an unsung hero in your life and you’d like to see them recognized. Well, now’s your chance.

All you have to do is visit this website sometime between now and May 22.

You’ll be asked to upload a photo of them and explain in 50 words or less why they deserve to be one of the three finalists for the Dodgers. From there, one winner will be chosen to represent our team at the All-Star Game in St. Louis. And one of those 30 team nominees will actually be featured in PEOPLE magazine!

Please take a moment to forward this along to the people you know and hopefully take the time to nominate those around you who are so deserving.

UPDATE: Tonight’s lineup

Pierre, LF

Furcal, SS

Hudson, 2B

Ethier, RF

Martin, C

Loney, 1B

Kemp, CF

Blake, 3B

Kershaw, P

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Why You Should design Your Blogs with Personalized Colors

Online marketing platforms are used by different entrepreneurs to promote the products of their brand before a large number of potential customers. Blogs are one of the important platforms on which different kinds of products are promoted.

On the internet you are going to find different kinds of blogs which are informing the customers about different products and thereafter promoting good brands offering such products or services. Most of these blogs are built on WordPress CMS which supports many advanced features and provides a great user experience.

Moreover, the users also have the option of customizing the WordPress design according to their wish which will make the website appear unique and draw more clients to it. One of latest customizing features that is offered on the WordPress platform is the use of custom or personalized colors.

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What is custom color?

Wordpress platform has come up with a new feature: Custom design which enables the bloggers as well as the designers to personalize the blog with their own choice of colors. The WordPress users have the option of choosing between the ready to use palettes or choose their own palette from a wide range of choices offered by the platform and thus creating a unique design in accordance with their preference.

Here are some reasons explaining why you should opt for the custom color rather than normal one:

Personalizing the blog

Since the competition is quite narrow the designers should make the best use of all the advanced features available to them that will give them an edge over others. The use of personalized colors will give the website a personal touch and make it appear unique. Moreover, the use of custom colors makes it possible to choose from a large array of colors according to the preference as well as the need of the blogger. Colors used in a blog promoting gadgets will be obviously different from that of a blog promoting beauty products. The custom color option will help the designer to come up with alluring results according to the need of the clients.

Attractive and engaging designs

The use of custom color will certainly make the website appear very alluring and thereby attract more targeted client to the website. An attractive website helps in engaging the client with the website spontaneously and thereafter he or she will take the interest in reading the content posted on the site. Thus an attractive design is the primary requirement for increasing the conversion rate from your blog and the use of custom colors will ensure such effects on the website.

Highlight the main contents

With the use of custom colors the designers can also highlight the main areas of the website like the headers, footers, layout and other elements of the webpage. Putting emphasis on the main sections will help in addressing the needs of the target audience, make the webpage clutter free and thereby attract more clients to the website. Use of such strategies will aid in popularizing the blog and thereby attain the purpose with which it was established.

Exclusive appearance of a brand name

There are thousands of blogs promoting the same genre of products. Therefore, to make the most of the online platform the designers need to ensure that the blog is exclusive in its appearance so that it strikes a cord in the heart of the potential visitors and they keep coming back to your site time and again. The custom color has the potential for creating such effects.

These are some of the reasons owing to which a designer or the webmaster should opt for custom color to personalize the blog with this advanced feature of Wordpress Design. Choose between a wide array of ready to use colors or choose your own selection to make your website exclusive in its appearance.

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Best Buy Circa 2000 Wayback Machine

For years the majority of online stores were large behemoths offering giant product collections. Think Gap, Toys-R-Us, and Staples.  This is primarily because it took a large company and a large amount of money to create an online store.

With the recent introduction of DIY online store builders like Shopify (see our review here), Bigcommerce and Etsy, paired with crowd-funding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, we’re seeing more grass roots entrepreneurs selling their wares online. This brings us to the age of single-product and low inventory count ecommerce stores. We’re seeing the local guy who makes beeswax candles selling online.  That crafty girl down the street has an online store to sell her hand-made moccasins.

The challenge in designing a store that sells only one or two different products is that most pre-made templates are built specifically for a larger catalog. I scoured the web to hunt down some well designed ecommerce stores that sell only a couple of things.

Here are 20 well designed small catalog ecommerce stores:

Griz Coat

Griz Coat   Home of the Grizzly Bear Coat and other faux fur gear

Cards Against Humanity

Cards Against Humanity

Skinny Teatox

Skinny Me Teatox

Pebble Watch

Pebble Smartwatch   iPhone   Android Smartwatch

Coffee Joulies

Coffee Joulies™   Welcome

Opena Case

Opena® Case   iPhone Bottle Opener — Welcome

Formlabs 3D Printer

Formlabs   High Resolution Desktop 3D Printer

Z Board

ZBoard   The Weight Sensing Electric Motorized Skateboard

Goldie Blox

Engineering toys for girls

Oculus Rift

Oculus Rift   Virtual Reality Headset for 3D Gaming   Oculus VR

Studio Neat

Studio Neat — Cosmonaut

Faucet Face

Glass Water Bottles

ZPM Espresso

ZPM Espresso

Combo Meal   Spikeball Store   Backyard Game  Beach game  Competitive.

NeuYear — Welcome

Ramos Alarm Clock

Ramos Alarm Clock

Pencil   FiftyThree

Freshly Picked

Freshly Picked Moccasins

The stores above properly reflect a growing trend in ecommerce. The barrier to entry into the world of e-tail has been so drastically reduced that entrepreneurs can now go from idea to production to distribution within weeks, not months or years. And the process costs hundreds of dollars, not tens of thousands. You might be interested to read our Shopify review btw.

Over the next few years we will increasingly see more online stores that don’t offer a wide selection. They don’t even offer a ‘bargain price’ – since you can’t buy their product anywhere else. Some may say this is contrary to what people are looking for while shopping online: convenience, selection, and price comparison. But the allure of buying directly from the creator is unquestionably strong, and you can look to craft fairs, farmers markets and pop-up stores to support that belief.

I hope this roundup of well designed small catalog online stores was interesting and inspiring for you.


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Studly Soldier Gives His Buddy A Christmas Lap Dance

Mistletoe isn't the only thing hanging in these military barracks!

One soldier decided to share more than the Christmas spirit when he surprised his buddy with a private ass-baring lap dance!

Our only complaint is that the clip's so short! We wanted to see whether this soldier was more into giving or receiving his Christmas gifts!

(H/T: The Gaily Grind)

I always said republicans are dicks Wonder how i can raise his trunk

Look at the dude in the background...he seems to like what he sees

Where is the second part?

too cute

Thanks for ruining Christmas, Instinct.

If that's all it takes to ruin your Christmas, I pity you

Lap dance <> this

That was a " far away from his lap " dance

Uh...what is your definition of a "lap dance"?

Looks like weeman's shtick from Jackass

Obviously a giver!!

Do you know what time it is ?  Good one.

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Behind the Scenes: Coordinating Patient Transports with Life Flight

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Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes for Life Flight to transport a patient? Cindy Hayes is an Operational Controller with Intermountain Life Flight. On average, she coordinates 8-10 flights per 12-hour shift. She offers a little glimpse at the coordination required to transport patients throughout Utah and/or parts of Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and Arizona.

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If you want to lose weight and be physically active, you should engage in an exercise plan that is sustainable and of moderate intensity. Also, when combined with exercise, a well-constructed meal plan can allow you to achieve meaningful weight loss and actually ENJOY physical activity for the rest of your life.


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Live Free or Die

On Wednesday, the great state of New Hampshire joined Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, and Iowa as it became the 6th state to legalize gay marriage. Even though its Democratic governor personally opposes gay marriage, he signed the bill into law once it was amended to include language that explicitly states that churches need not marry same-sex couples if doing so violated their religious principles. Of course, this kind of language is unnecessary, since state and federal constitutions prevent the government from forcing churches to perform any kind of rite. But whatever. He signed it. That's all that matters.

I come from a deeply religious, Roman Catholic family. They say novenas. They go to confession regularly (to confess what, I have no idea, since they are some of the most pious, selfless, and humble people I know). Some attend mass every single day.

Needless to say, they are completely against gay marriage on religious grounds. And while I completely disagree with them, I do understand it. They live their lives 100% in accordance with their faith. If the Bible doesn't say it's so, well...it isn't so.

But it would seem that if the Catholic Church wasn't being made to marry gay couples, then their issue really isn't about religious freedom after all. It then becomes as issue of approval. They don't approve of the "gay lifestyle." They think it immoral and contrary to God's teachings (as if the heterosexual world were somehow immune to immorality). But while heterosexuals, who have done more to damage the institution of marriage than Cheryl and Cathy getting married ever would, enjoy 1,138 rights granted by marriage, gay couples are relegated to second-class status. A gay man cannot make decisions on his partner's behalf in a medical emergency. A gay woman cannot take advantage of the FMLA to care for her sick partner. And this? Is unconscionable. For me, gay marriage is about equal rights under the law. Plain and simple.

What I do not understand (and what I've told my family members repeatedly) is why they and others who are against marriage equality for whatever reason oppose civil marriages (those performed by the state). More people married = increased stability, happiness (most of the time, anyway), and taxes. It's a win-win for the couple and the state, isn't it? Hell, gay marriage can even help end the recession.

I am perpetually befuddled as to why people care so much about the topic of gay marriage. How does it affect you or me in the least if Tim and Craig who live next door get hitched? It doesn't.

Yes, I'm a bleeding-heart liberal to my core. But even if I weren't, I fail to see why this is such a big deal for those in opposition to it. No one is asking your church to marry gay couples. You're not being asked to bless their unions or buy them wedding gifts or even to lend a gardening spade to that horrible gay neighbor across the street if you don't want to.

If New Hampshire's governor was able to look beyond his personal views on gay marriage and see it for what it is: a matter of equal rights under the law, then I cannot for the life of me understand why those who oppose it on religious grounds cannot do the same. Live and let live.

This is the photo that hangs on the outside of the Unitarian Church whose building houses the preschool Isabella will attend in September. While the preschool is unaffiliated with the church, I think I shall take her photo under it on the first day of school and mail it to all my relatives.

Having angry thoughts about where they went wrong in raising me me will give them something to talk about in confession.

11 Responses to “Live Free or Die”

  1. # Anonymous Ness @ Drovers Run

    I agree with you totally. I think the same thing - it's just not fair is it?

    Since the inception of our new constitution here in RSA, it is one of the most liberal constitutions in the world - although of course how often they stick to its principles is HIGHLY debateable - I *can* tell you that our new president is an man accused (and acquitted of rape) a man who knowingly slept with an HIV positive woman saying that he could simply take a shower and he 'would be fine', and is a practicing polygamist with three wives. (No. I did *NOT* vote for him).

    While I don't judge his personal life, and the fact that he has three wives, I DO take exception to the fact that our tax payers money obviously goes towards paying for three swish inauguration outfits instead of just the usual one. Can't he just pick one to attend an event? Like on a rotation?

  2. # Blogger In Due Time

    Great post! I completely agree. It makes me sad.

    Whoopi on The View said it best, "if you don't agree with same sex marriage, DON'T MARRY SOMEONE GAY!!!"

  3. # Blogger My Wombinations

    I totally agree (well-played using the NH slogan as a title, too even though it is more libertarian than democrat:) But unlike you I do not understand opposing anything on religious grounds. Maybe it is b/c overall I am not a believer, but I think that 95 percent of the ills of the world can be directly traced back to religion somehow. Just b/c a person believes in some book and some supreme being does not give them the right to make decisions for others who do not believe. Period. Whether the bible says it or not. We have a separation between church and state.

    I know you agree. But I had to say it anyway because opposing it on "religious reasons" actually makes less sense to me.

    That said, everyone on the wrong side of this issue is about to hear some "Get out the way." They are on the wrong side of history and best step aside. We are winning this fight.

  4. # Blogger Mom24

    I am not a 'bleeding heart liberal'. I would guess some of my views are fairly conservative, yet my husband and I go round and round and round about this. It's the one thing I just can't talk about with him anymore because (sh, don't tell), I think he sounds like an incredibly intolerant idiot. Actually, he's probably well aware of that. If the idea of gay marriage is so threatening to you (and I completely agree it's the heterosexuals that have screwed that up), than why not civil unions? Why not protect people's rights to buy property together, to make medical decisions for each other, to live out their lives with each other? Drives me crazy. You are completely right, it comes down to judging. I can understand being against a promiscuous lifestyle--gay or straight, but then those aren't the people seeking marriage, are they? It's crazy.

  5. # Anonymous Lis Garrett

    Well said, Kristi!

    I really can't add anything that the commenters before me haven't said already, so I'll just say that I completely agree with you.

    Oh, and the part about taking Isabella's photo under the sign totally had me cracking up!

  6. # Blogger Sugar and Ice

    While we have a lot in common when it comes to our children, we are so, so different when it comes to most other things. I am certainly not a "bleeding heart liberal". I do consider myself to be open minded...I always am open to hearing all sides, but I just usually relate to a more conservative view. With that said, I'm not a Republican...I relate much more with the Constitutionalists when it comes to politics. In the case of gay marriage...I don't even really know what I think about it when it comes to my religious views. However, I do know this...I am always for less government, so it sickens me that the government even has to get involved. Why was it ever up to the government to decide who can get married and who can't? I don't like that...I am obviously straight...but if I wasn't it would piss me off to have the government telling me I was never allowed to marry anyone but a man. That seems crazy. I could go on and on...

  7. # Blogger Andrew

    As I've said before, you're a born hag. xo

  8. # Blogger kenju

    Then I'm a hag, too. I love the sign and your idea to take Isabella's pic under it!

  9. # Blogger Veronica

    I told the boyfriend that we're not getting married until my friends can legally get married in this country.

  10. # Anonymous Anonymous

    THANK YOU for this. Bravo.

  11. # Blogger Pregnantly Plump

    I completely agree with you. It's not a religious issue and I don't even feel it should be a political issue. I'm so glad that more states are coming around to this. If people want to get married, then they should be able to.

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Use Your Watch as Your Phone: Omate's Android-Powered TrueSmart Smartwatch

In a Kickstarter campaign that has since gone gold ($332,493 of the $100,000 goal as of this writing), a newly-formed company dubbed Omate is offering to the public a smartwatch it calls the TrueSmart. While most smartwatches are designed to be paired with a smartphone, the TrueSmart can pretty much replace your smartphone – it has the guts to do it. Check out the official video:

Indeed, usable on the tiny 1.54”, 240x240-pixel touchscreen is a customized version of Android 4.2.2 “Jelly Bean.” Speakers, a microphone, a 3G HSPA modem and a micro SIM card slot make the TrueSmart capable of answering and making phone calls, as well as text messaging via SMS and boundless internet browsing anywhere you want, so long as you can stay connected to the nearest cell tower.

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The TrueSmart also has GPS, WiFi for connection to your coffee shop's routers and a 5MP camera to snap your daily cappuccino, all crammed inside a metal, waterproof casing attached to a silicon strap. The latter two features, at least, are expected out of even an ordinary watch, but the Omate TrueSmart is clearly no ordinary watch.

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Further bolstering that fact are the 1.3Ghz dual-core ARM Cortex A7 CPU, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of flash memory, and micro SDHC card socket mounted on the device's tiny motherboard. These specs are similar to those of a very certain Android-powered pico-projector, which is neat, but, like that device, Omate hasn't released the goods on battery life. The 600mAh battery is good for 100 hours of standby time. That's all we know.

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We do know, though, that the TrueSmart also plays host to the usual bunch of smartphone sensors, including an accelerometer, gyroscope and compass, along with a vibrator for notifications and games. To that end, the Google Play Store will be accessible, though I have to wonder just how many of the available apps will work properly on that tiny screen. I suppose that's one of the main reasons why...

Some more views of Omate's custom Android skinSome more views of Omate's custom Android skin

...Omate is emphasizing the TrueSmart's hack-ability, with a promise of a “developer's package including SDK, full support and forum.” All of that, plus a rooted TrueSmart, can be yours to use come October by pledging $199 to the Kickstarter campaign. Everyone else can pledge the same amount for the standard edition, which ships out in November instead, or wait until Christmas to pay the full $299 asking price. Take that, Crossbow! You can see the campaign page here.

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An admission made by retired Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) CEO Ken Lewis in a sworn testimony could prove “very damaging” to the former CEO and the mega bank, according to a legal expert.

In a deposition regarding a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of BofA shareholders, Lewis admitted that he was aware of larger than reported loss projections before shareholders voted on the purchase of Merrill Lynch in 2008. According to court documents obtained by The New York Times, Lewis said BofA “expected the merger to be more than 13 percent dilutive in 2009 and 2.8 percent dilutive in 2010.”

The suit, which asserts BofA executives misled them by not disclosing Merrill’s mortgage losses, could result in more monetary fines for the bank, but it won’t lead to criminal charges. The Securities and Exchange commission previously settled its investigation of the high-profile merger and fined the bank $150 million.

A legal expert who spoke with The Charlotte Business Journal said that Lewis’ statement could be harmful to the Charlotte-based bank, especially considering BofA previously denied any wrongdoing in the matter.

“A statement like that from Lewis is very damaging to the case,” Tom Hazen, a securities law professor at UNC Chapel Hill, told the Charlotte Business Journal. “If he knew, then other people inside the company surely knew.”

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Will Warren Buffett Exit Like John Elway … or Brett Favre?

The failure of Buffett's self-imposed 'five-year goal' is noteworthy, but it would take a lot more to tarnish the Oracle's legacy

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We’re all but certainly about to see an amazing record come to an end. Warren Buffett has a self-imposed goal — increase Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK.B) net worth per Class A share by more than the S&P 500 over a rolling five-year period — is sure to come to an end. The index’s cumulative total return at the end of September was 48 percentage points higher than Warren Buffett’s $292 billion company.

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At age 83, every financial media outlet has riffed on when Warren Buffett is going to hang up his investment tool belt and ride off into the sunset. And of course, he will exit the game eventually.

But the question is increasingly looking to be whether he’s going to go out like John Elway (a champion) or go out fighting till the bitter end when is skills are clearly diminished, a la Brett Favre.

Everyone has an opinion on this subject. Here’s mine:

Go to a Beach?

That’s not Warren Buffett’s style.

Buffett appeared on The Dan Patrick Show on Jan. 22 to discuss his $1 billion bonanza for anyone that create a perfect March Madness bracket, and he told Patrick that as a kid he dreamed about owning the Washington Redskins.

Countless Redskin fans — myself a fanatic since 1973 when Joe Theismann left my hometown Toronto Argonauts to sign with Washington as a third-string QB and occasional kick returner — gasped with anticipatory glee only to be brought back to reality by Buffett’s comments that some rich people buy art, houses, boats, etc., but he buys investments.

That’s not likely to change. A well-known quote of Warren Buffett tell us as much:

“I do what I do because I love to do it, not because I need the money. It’s fun and I surround myself with people I enjoy seeing every day.”

It’s this philosophy that longtime friend and Fortune editor Carol Loomis elaborated on in her 2012 book Tap Dancing to Work, a collection of Fortune articles culled from 46 years of material. In Berkshire Hathaway’s 2004 shareholders letter, Warren Buffett clearly states that the primary job of its directors is to find a successor should he die, become disabled or lose his mind.

That doesn’t leave much of a mystery. He’s in this till the end.

Is Warren Buffett Losing His Touch?

A quick Google search of the phrase “Warren Buffett losing his touch” produces 4,690 results. That’s an incredibly large number of results on a single, mundane subject. Many will view his miss of the five-year rolling return as further evidence that his skills are slipping, or alternatively, that the behemoth of a holding company has become too big to outperform in essence becoming index-like.

Either way, calls for his retirement will likely continue to be heard. But is that fair?

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If you would like to help Invisible Movement, there are several options. You can donate money for its hosting; or help with one of the tasks below. Just make sure you look at the publishing policy and submission guidelines first; so editing would be brought to minimum.

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The following articles need to be typed out:
Lime Lizard, November 1991
Guitar Techniques, March 2010
Total Guitar, June 2011
Classic Rock, June 2014

The following articles need to be translated from German:
Spex, October 1991
Fachblatt, May 1992
Visions, May 1992
Visions, June 1999
Musikexpress, March 2004
Visions, March 2004 - Shadows Collide With People review only
Blond, April 2004 - in case you have a readable copy of it.
Visions, April 2006
My Entertainment Magazine, April 26th 2006
Piranha, May 2006

The following articles need to be translated from Hungarian:
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Blue Jean, August 2002
Blue Jean, June 2006

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Rock Sound, June/July 2002
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Guitar Extreme, July/August 2004
Rock Machine, June/July 2006
Guitar Collector, June/July/August 2007
Guitar Part, August 2007
Guitarist & Bass, May/June 2010

The following articles need to be translated from Japanese:
Crossbeat, July 1992
Rockin' On, March 2000
Rockin' On, April 2001
Rockin' On, July 2002
Rockin' On, April 2004
Guitar Breaker, January 2005
Crossbeat, May 2006
Guitar Magazine Japan, June 2006
Guitar Magazine, February 2009 (incomplete - what's already translated can be found here)
Strange Days, March 2010
Crossbeat, March 2012
Wax Poetics, August/September 2012
Outsides booklet interview, 2013 (incomplete)

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Live photographs

Live photographs are always welcome! As it is clearly visible, almost anything goes, as long as it was photographed by you or someone who would give you permission to send their photos in. However, it would be absolutely splendid if someone could dig out and scan/upload/send over any photos from 1988-1992 and more from 1998-2002, especially the photos from the 2001 solo mini-tour. The archive is pretty short on 2003 photos as well, at least compared to what has surfaced from 2004-2007, with digital cameras going mainstream and becoming more affordable.

As for 2004-2007, here are the shows with no fan-submitted photos, in case that rings a bell for anyone:

- Performances: 2, 6, 7 and 8.
- RHCP shows: 05th June (Rock am Ring), 06th June (Rock im Park), 10th June (Aerodrom 04), 27th June (Santiago de Compostella), 24th July (Osaka), 25th July (Yokohama), 28th July (Boston), 12th September, 30th September and 15th October (Los Angeles), 23rd and 24th October (Mountain View - Bridgeschool Benefit).

- RHCP shows: 20th April (Paris), 09th May (Fuse studios), 13th May (KRQQ Weenie Roast), 29th July (Fuji Rock Festival), 15th August (Boise), 16th August (Salt Lake City), 24th August (Oakland), 01st September (Los Angeles), 19th September (Saskatoon), 20th September (Winipeg), 26th October (Atlanta).

-RHCP shows: 13th January (Dallas), 23rd January (Charlotte), 27th February (Chicago), 02nd March (Des Moines), 06th March (San Antonio), 10th March (Mexico City), 07th April (Adelaide), 08th April (Melbourne), 14th April (Brisbane), 16th April (Sydney), 21st April (Auckland), 05th May (03rd Annual Hullabaloo), 05th June (Tokyo), 06th June (Osaka).

Of course, photos from shows that aren't on the list are welcome as well, as well as those from the rare events that took place in 2008 and 2010.

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Facer Family Reunion August 2013

Ollie was SO excited he was big enough for the water slide!

Nana and Papa snuggling Nora girl and waiting to see Ollie down the slide

We spent two days of the reunion down at Oceanside.  It was so nice.

Walking the jetty with Aaron and Sammy

Oliver being super adventurous and awesome climbing the rocks

Ryan being an amazing Dad (and smoking hot)

All my favorites

The Facers representing at the cannon ball contest

Tica and Ami in the shrimp division.  They both won!

Ollie busting out his cannon ball.

He won!

Our cheering squad

Could these girls be any cuter?!

Late night jam session/ Youtube video watching:)

Jill and Dane going to watch the boys surf

Aaron and Meg said...

Great pictures, fun memories! We had so much fun with you guys! Baby Nora and Ami Jane are some of the most commonly requested people around our house. ;) You're a solid family--great parents with sweet kids. I just wish we lived closer to spend more time with you.

The Locklins said...

It looks like you guys had such a fun time together. Yay for fantastic families!


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Look, if you don't want to give M. Night Shyamalan another chance after The Happening and The Last Airbender, I wouldn't - I couldn't - blame you. But darned if this new trailer for After Earth doesn't make Shyamalan's next movie seem potentially... not totally awful. As we know from SDCC, the movie is set in the future after Earth has been evacuated and quarantined, when Will and Jaden Smith crash on it, and Jaden has to go head out to brave the wild kingdom to find the ship's rescue beacon. The trailer only shows them crashing, Jaden playing Tarzan, and then revealing the Earth-like planet is, indeed, Earth.

There are two reasons why After Earth might end up being okay: 1) Shyamalan didn't write it; he's directing someone else's script for the first time ever, and 2) he seems to be getting the "twist" - that the planet is actually Earth - out of the way quickly so we can all move on.

Unfortunately, there are two reasons why After Earth could suck: 1) it's still directed by M. Night Shyamalan, whose terribleness has far exceeded any good will he engendered with The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, and 2) I am 98% certain the movie has another twist in that it's set in our past and Jaden Smith somehow ends up starting the human race. It seems like the kind of thing that only M. Night would still find clever, and moreover, I'm pretty sure I saw a saber-toothed tiger in there.

I would love to be wrong, though. Your thoughts?


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Why Do We Keep Going Back to Jurassic Park?

What is it about Jurassic Park that continues to capture the public's imagination, even almost two decades after its theatrical release? Dinosaur Tracking's Brian Switek weighs in on the enduring cultural significance of Jurassic Park, why the sequels failed to live up to the original, and how Jurassic Park IV could… » 10/28/11 8:00am 10/28/11 8:00am


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Gidon Saks, Contradictions

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It would be hard to forget the loathsome Hagen incarnated by Gidon Saks, in Washington National Opera's Götterdämmerung in 2009, all the more remarkable because it was a concert performance. It seemed likely that the Israeli-born bass-baritone would bring the same magnetic presence to his recital of art songs for Vocal Arts D.C. last night in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Of course, opera singers do not necessarily make good song recitalists, and it was not that surprising that Saks had varied success in a program that had its ups and downs.

Saks was at his best in a set of songs by Shostakovich, set to poems in English and composed in 1942. The poetry, alternately edgy and banal -- a Walter Raleigh sonnet about the ingredients of hanging, a Shakespeare sonnet about the desperation of the creative life (the line "art made tongue-tied by authority" must have resonated with Shostakovich), ballads by Robert Burns, and a nursery rhyme (an absurdist miniature playing on the insipid description of military concerns) -- is matched to music in an often sparing, bleak style, and the combination engaged the best side of Saks's imagination. The same was true of Gerald Finzi's Let Us Garlands Bring, a setting of poems by Shakespeare that is all too often heard in voice student recitals (I have accompanied them in that sort of setting more than once). Shakespeare's verse already has its own complicated music, making putting it to music fiendishly difficult, but along with Britten, Finzi had the greatest success. Again, brilliant text and unusual music brought out the best in Saks and in his accompanist, Roger Vignoles, who was at his most assured and exciting in these two sets.

Other Articles:

Anne Midgette, Gidon Saks’s brilliant and idiosyncratic singing performance (Washington Post, June 1)

Donald Rosenberg, Stepping out of the ensemble: Opera singers Brewer, Saks plan solo recitals for Art Song Festival (Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 20)
An opening Handel set was less felicitous, unexpected given that Saks has recorded Handel with some fine ensembles: perhaps the pairing with the smaller sound of the piano brought out the nervous, overlarge side of his voice, leaving the runs a little fuzzy and his tone too stressed when he tried to compress it. A high point came in a surprise appearance by National Symphony Orchestra principal horn player Martin Hackleman, who played the horn part in "Va tacito e nascosto" from Giulio Cesare in Egitto. In a side note, it was announced that Hackleman will be retiring from the NSO at the end of next this season -- as it turns out, the first in a number of announcements of impending personnel changes at the local band (more on that later) that will be one of the lasting marks of the Christoph Eschenbach era. Songs that encouraged Saks's more melodramatic side took him too far over the top in many ways. John Musto's Shadow of the Blues elicited some exaggerated American vernacular and off-pitch tone; Jacques Ibert's Don Quichotte made for an awfully robust sound for the Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance. A set of "Victorian Parlor Songs" were really from the Edwardian era, the sort of thing the characters in Downton Abbey might sing or play on the newfangled Victrola. This sort of sentimental old song has intrigued many singers, including Christine Brewer, but it works best with a more reserved style of performance, something more natural rather than dramatic. The choice of Sondheim for encores was another miscalculation along the same wrong path.

Patricia O'Kelly, the Managing Director of Media Relations for the NSO, has informed me that Martin Hackleman, the orchestra's principal horn player, has resigned, not retired, effective at the end of this season.

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Khronos Releases Significant OpenCL 1.2 Specification Update

SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 – The Khronos™ Group today announced the ratification and public release of an update to the OpenCL™ 1.2 specification, the open, royalty-free standard for cross-platform, parallel programming of modern processors. This backwards compatible version updates the core OpenCL 1.2 specification with bug fixes and clarifications and defines additional optional extensions for enhanced performance, functionality and robustness for parallel programming on a wide variety of platforms. Optional extensions are not required to be supported by a conformant OpenCL implementation, but are expected to be widely available; they define functionality that is likely to move into the required feature set in a future revision of the OpenCL specification. The updated OpenCL 1.2 specifications, together with online reference pages and reference cards, are available at

“The OpenCL working group continues to listen closely to the demands of the developer community, and this update provides a timely increase in functionality and reliability of code ported across vendor implementations,” said Neil Trevett, chair of the OpenCL working group, president of the Khronos Group and vice president of mobile content at NVIDIA. “The new extensions enable early access to functionality for key use cases, including security capabilities for implementations of WebCL that enable access to OpenCL within a browser.”

The new OpenCL 1.2 extensions provide enhanced parallel programming flexibility, functionality and performance through updates and additions, including:

- enabling an OpenCL image to be created from a OpenGL multi-sampled texture that is designed for multi-sampled anti-aliasing using color or depth, providing more flexibility in interoperating 3D graphics and compute;

- creating 2D images from an OpenCL buffer to enable flexibility in which memory structures are processed using the advanced properties of OpenCL images;

- providing security features for WebCL implementations layered over OpenCL, including: the ability to initialize local and private memory before a kernel begins execution, and a new query and API to terminate an OpenCL context to ensure a long running kernel does not affect system stability;

- loading an OpenCL program object from a Standard Portable Intermediate Representation (SPIR) instance. SPIR is a vendor neutral non-source representation for OpenCL C programs that enables increased tool chain flexibility and avoids the need to ship kernel source in commercial applications.

“ARM sees GPU Compute functionality as a fundamental enabler for enhanced user experiences and increased energy efficiency in mobile and consumer devices. OpenCL is a key standard for turning these goals into reality,” said Jem Davies, ARM fellow and vice president of technology, media processing division, ARM. “We look forward to expanding our current Full Profile OpenCL 1.1 support and to including OpenCL 1.2 as part of the ARM Mali-T600 GPU series.”

“Intel is pleased by the improved portability and interoperability delivered by the OpenCL 1.2 specification update,” said Bill Savage, vice president and general manager of the Developer Products Division of Intel’s Software and Services Group. “These improvements should foster developer innovation and are important steps in the evolution of the OpenCL feature set.”

“We continue to see growing interest from our customers and partners in using OpenCL to deliver high performance compute from our GPUs. Imagination’s PowerVR Series6 architecture is optimized for OpenCL, so we are delighted to see this latest update to the specification, which brings improved functionality in key application areas such as image processing to GPU Compute,” says Tony King-Smith, Vice-President, marketing, for imagination Technologies. “We remain convinced that OpenCL will be a ‘cornerstone’ API for parallel and heterogeneous processing in the years ahead.”

“Vivante is pleased to be one of the leading mobile IP promoters and contributors of OpenCL 1.2. With strong industry support and a robust ecosystem built around compute, OpenCL 1.2 strengthens the foundation and building blocks to enable broad adoption of the compute API across all market segments,” said Wei-Jin Dai, President and CEO of Vivante. “As the technology goes mainstream, our goal is to make sure consumers using Vivante products get the perfect balance of performance, features, programmability, and extreme low power.”

Khronos at SIGGRAPH Asia 2012

Find out more about Open CL at the Khronos hosted “DevU for Educators” - a full day seminar at SIGGRAPH Asia to brief educators on the latest Khronos APIs, and for educators to engage with Khronos members on how academia and industry can work together to create consistently effective courses and examinations on these important industry standards. The DevU for Educators session will be held on December 1, 2012, in Conference Hall K of Singapore Expo from 10AM to 6PM – all SIGGRAPH Asia attendees are welcome to attend. More information:

About The Khronos Group

The Khronos Group is an industry consortium creating open standards to enable the authoring and acceleration of parallel computing, graphics and dynamic media on a wide variety of platforms and devices. Khronos standards include OpenGL®, OpenGL® ES, WebGL™, WebCL™, OpenCL™, OpenVX™, OpenMAX™, OpenVG™, OpenSL ES™, OpenVX™, StreamInput™ and COLLADA™. All Khronos members are able to contribute to the development of Khronos specifications, are empowered to vote at various stages before public deployment, and are able to accelerate the delivery of their cutting-edge media platforms and applications through early access to specification drafts and conformance tests. More information is available at

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